Lilo and Stitch - Nostalgia Critic

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the Pudge the fish thing got a lot heavier for me when I discovered Lilo feeds him because he "controls the weather" and her parents died on a stormy night, so ever since she's been trying to "appease pudge"

A detail that's kind of easy to miss: Nani's room is full of surfing contest trophies. She's not just a casual surfer, she is a COMPETITIVE one, who has entered tournaments and won and potentially could've gone pro. And she gave all that up to knuckle down and care for her sister.

"She needs me!" "Is THIS what she needs!?" This movie is phenomenal.

"My dog found a chainsaw." One of the best lines in any film ever.

Actually, Aloha Oi is the best song Nani could sing. The last Queen of Hawai'i composed that song as a farewell and an apology to her land because she couldn't stop it from being colonized. Nani is saying goodbye and apologizing that she couldn't do more for Lilo, even if she herself was barely out of childhood.

David is a great character because of how he interacts with Nani. They know they have feelings for each other but that Nani isn’t emotionally or otherwise available for a relationship. Yet he never holds it against her, never gives her help to use as leverage for a date. He helps her because he’s a genuinely good person and Nani needs helps like yesterday. They have a much more interesting and healthy dynamic than many of the official Disney Princess and prince relationships, or at least more fleshed out because we see them as friends who want to be something more instead of two people meet and they’re The One for each other immediately.

I actually think the climax change was an improvement. By changing the airplane to a spaceship and the location from a city to the mountains, it reinforced the movie's clash between the futuristic sci-fi of the aliens and the natural beauty of Hawaii.

One thing I always really liked was how they designed Nani. Most adult women in Disney movies look like sticks, but Nani looks like an actual human being.

"Lilo" means "generous one" but can also mean "rip/tear" or "lost". So the movie can be interpreted as "lost or ripped apart but joined together". So the movie hits differently when Stich starts crying "Lost..." that he is crying for "Lilo" instead.

"Oh good, my dog found the chainsaw." Twenty years later and that line still gets me.

Fun fact - The fight between Stitch and Jumba also had a major change. Originally Jumba was a lot more sadistic and violent and used the gun more, for instance the plates flying out of the roof were originally laser blasts, and it even ended with a gas explosion instead of the blaster getting jammed. That's why Jumba looks off model throughout the scene, most of it was reanimated.

As an older sister who has had to take care of a younger sister, as our parents were absent because of work/emotional trauma, I can confirm that this is the most honest portrayal of a sibling bond, especially when there is a threat trying to separate them. My sis is in college now, but we have the most secure bond while my parents are working hard to connect with her. This movie hits so hard every time ;-;

In my opinion the most heartbreaking scene in this movie is the scene where Bubbles take Lilo. You hear their conversation from the perspective of Lilo and Stitch and it is just a tear jerker, the line, "IS THIS WHAT SHE NEED!" was just amazing....

I actually liked David character. He was more than a love interest and was a great friend

I like how the Nostalgia Critic included himself in that list of characters he would find annoying if they didn't say something funny to make him like them.

No matter how old I get, I still break when Stitch calls out "I'm lost." As he waits in the forest for his family. I'm actually tearing up just typing it.

Lilo and Stitch is an odd but wonderful gem in the Disney Animated Movie Line-Up!

Not ashamed to admit, Stitch saying he was lost got me teary eyed in the theater too

Whole-heartily agree with 'Lilo being the most realistic kid in cinema'. Her fights with Nani freaking kill me...especially how both of them scream into pillows at the exact same time later. 😂 Fun fact: When you stay in Disney World and order a wake-up call, sometimes Stitch calls you and says "NO SLEEPING!" and cackles before hanging up the phone 😆