**NIMONA** is a QUEEN OF CHAOS - First Time Watching Movie Reaction
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- Опубліковано 29 чер 2024
- In this video, I'm reacting to the new movie "Nimona" for the first time! Watch as I rant, rave and laugh my way through the movie.
If you're a fan of cartoons and adventure, then you'll definitely want to watch "Nimona"! Based on the popular graphic novel series, this new movie is an exciting and fun ride. Watch as I react to the movie for the first time, and let me know what you think!
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Nimona is a science fantasy graphic novel by American cartoonist ND Stevenson. The story follows the title character, a shapeshifter who joins the disgraced knight Ballister Blackheart in his plans to destroy the over-controlling Institute. Blackheart's intent to operate under his code of ethics contrasts him with the impulsive Nimona.
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0:00 - Intro
1:28 - Nimona Movie Reaction
19:37 - Final Thoughts
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Could you do the dragon prince season 5
@@user-vd7rq7sd1kvery true
Nimona is the most ADHD person I have ever seen
Fun Fact: The credits for the film has an entire section dedicated to everyone that has worked at Blue Sky, complete with Nimona shapeshifting into a squirrel. (Like their mascot, Scrat.) A bittersweet, but great note to end on. I'm glad they got the last laugh against Disney.
That’s fantastic! I haven’t looked super into the details on what happened with Disney, but I’m so glad Netflix picked it up!! Also thank you so much for the support!!!
I see someone else is also binging Nimona reaction videos
I love looking down and seeing you on every reaction :D
What if we convince Annapurna studios to buy Blue Sky Studios copyright and have all their films distributed by them now like how Dreamworks went first from paramount to 20 century to finally universe I mean it could work if we want them to make a Nimona 2,think about it everyone!😮
Is it wrong of me to consider Nimona to be sweet revenge against Disney for what they did to The Owl House?
Honestly I think the fact that Nimona came back but was basically dead before that is a wonderful ending. Not only because now she will finally get the love she wanted and deserved all these years, but also because apart from being her own character, she's also a metaphor. In the movie it's pretty clear that she's a metaphor for being transgender/genderfluid. People fearing and not accepting her different forms, trying to put her in boxes or identify her "true" form (even though all of her forms r her true forms), that's all very similar to how our society treats trans people. But she can also be a metaphor for any struggling minority on hating which some people build their entire lives. For example, I'm cis, but I'm autistic and I felt A LOT of things while watching this movie. So the ending is both a commentary on how sometimes we accept different people too late (Nimona being gone) and the damage is irreversible, and on the fact that no matter how much hateful people will try, they will never be able to kill all people who r different from them (Nimona comes back).
Thank you for the insight! I see now how clear the movies metaphor of Nimona being transgender/gender-fluid is. But the time of watching it hadn’t registered for me somehow. Looking at it now I totally agree with you that it’s so great that she came back!!
5hats alot
"Say it! Out loud!"
"Vampire"
BRO I FUCKING DIED, THAT CUT WAS SO FUNNY 😂😂😂
It’s my gut reaction anytime some days “Say it” 😂🤣😂
Hang on tight spidermonkey 😝
Timestamp?
This movie made me cry. It is now on my top 10 favorite movies. Also, this movie was based of the graphic novel, which was also created by the creator of the Netflix She-Ra series.
The irony of both projects making me ugly sob all throughout and for like an hour after viewing lol
So, Nimona at the beginning describes fighting the institute and then rising "like a firey phoenix and overthrow the government," which is literally what happens. She foreshadows her own death/rebirth because she turned into a Phoenix to defeat the Director.
This movie far surpassed my expectations. At first Nimona's chaotic energy took a moment to get used to but overtime she's grown on me a lot! I'm glad this movie got released and I hope it gets the recognition it deserves because it's animation, comedy, story and characters are great!
I didn't like how violent she is, but then I realized I'd be a good parent and cried harder, and then she found acceptance, and I'm about to cry again lol
I think that the closest answer to "What's Nimona's true form?" is "Whatever form she's in at any given moment." By that I mean shapeshifting is such an inherent part of who she is that regardless of what form she came into the world in, every shape she takes is a deliberate choice, and there's no default that she has to "return" to. (Which is a fascinating departure from most shapeshifting characters, who usually start out as a certain thing, even in science fiction where that certain thing might be a creature of pure energy or a puddle of sentient goo.)
Also, I love that Nimona specifically tells Ballister "be right back" before she launches her final assault against the Director - she's letting us know this won't be the end of her.
I love that she’s always in her truest form! And I should have caught that about her “be right back line”!
@@thebestofstephx also, the fiery bird Nimona turned herself into to stop the cannon at the end? That was probably a Phoenix; the symbol of resurrection.
@@jorgmintel3060Yeah I think so, because in the beginning she suggests to bal “Shall we pillage a village? Lay low until they don’t remember you. Then we rise like a fiery phoenix from the ashes to overthrow the government!”, which is basically exactly what she did.
I'm 74, a straight male. I laughed, cried, and love the movie. I feel that it is for everyone that doesn't fit the mold which is a lot of people. Nimona does not die in the book.
Oh wow what a special comment. Thanks for sharing. So heartwarming
I love you, we never see someone who is older and a straight male who is actually accepting of these types of movies, I appreciate you so much ❤
@@dianehoover305 a good movie is a good movie, even if it´s message is not really aimed at you.... and the fact, that even the "not designated audience" gets the message is just a perfect example of a good storytelling....
@@Metzwerg74 yes I agree but Alot of people would hate on the movie for involving lgbt representation
@@dianehoover305 sadly...
but none the less it will bring people to think about some things, they did not think about, or did not understand, as many of the problems lgbt people have, are simply problems, that "normal" people never have to face....
like partly me, as i am straight male. but quite some (definately not all)of those problems i had too when i found my way into BDSM, which in the 90ies was still problematic to many.... cost me two nice relationships, to just mention, what i really would love to do... nowdays, its mostly accepted, if mostly just in a very stereotypical kind of way... but it was the presence in media(even if only as"sex sells"parts) it broadened the acceptance overall, and that is why nimona is important... sorry for the wall of text...
Did you just miss the part where Ambrosius said he loved Bal? Cuz u kept on referring to him as Bals friend lol
It’s very possible I miss it a first time. I only remember hearing it the one time later in the firm
@@thebestofstephx I was a little upset you didn't show them being gay cuz of your toh reactions lol
It was around the time you were checking the IMDB so maybe that's where you missed the "they're gonna love you *holds his hand* like I do" moment before they snuggled
@@DayBlueberry-Fall the more reason to watch it again in like a month or whatever haha
I was kind of astounded at her ability to get through like 60% of the movie thinking they were just best friends lmao
I love that Nimona comes back at the end of the movie. It's not really a secret that the movie is about being trans and/or non-binary, so the only trans/non-binary person in the world dying would be a terrible conclusion. Nimona comes back because, just like in the real world, if nutjobs manage to wipe out every trans and enby person today, it'll still be futile because more will be born tomorrow.
That’s some great insight! I didn’t think about that
I was just about to say exactly this
Also, I think Nimona dying -- right after being given a reason to live during an attempted suicide -- would have been _horrible_ story-telling, straight from the "bury your gays" section of the trope library.
@frankwales fr, like she wouldn't've been "free," she literally just tried to kill herself. The only reason she wanted to die was cuz of all the people who mistreated her and called her a monster, so to be killed by one of those exact people would have been horrifying, not peaceful.
Edit: Like "now ur freed from your misery... by being killed by the people creating your misery" is not the best. Her dying would have been an unbelievably sad, morbid ending.
Oh and it would mean that the bad guys succeeded by finally killing the "monster."
@frankwales idk the idea that the trans societal outcast has to sacrifice themselves to make society better is pretty freaking horrible too.
They went from suicidal ideation to heroic sacrifice far far too fast.
After I saw this movie, I told my sister to watch it and that she would like it, she refused because it was a “cartoon”, I asked her two more times but she still wouldn’t. Yesterday I decided to rewatch it and she came out to get food and sat down to eat while it was on. She ended up staying the rest of the movie and made me pause it when she had to do something so she wouldn’t miss any of it.
I’m so glad she got invested in it! I love to see people opening up to the idea of watching animated movies more as adults.
I'm definitely an Ambrosius defender, I've seen a surprising amount of people calling him toxic because he cut off Bal's arm. In my mind, he only meant to disarm him (which he did VERY successfully) but accidentally overdid it because of the situation of... you know... *his mom dying.* He loves Bal and is very sorry about the arm accident, you can't change my mind.
It was explicitly how the knights were trained.
For real, a laser cannon just shot the queen he had to immediately disarm the weapon he didn't have time to be careful and do it the way that didn't maim Ballister
@@noremac7216 It's still very telling that their first instinct is to dismember their targets.
@@Janoha17 Maybe, but honestly swing your sword at things killing Queen isn't an entirely unreasonable first instinct
If anything is toxic, it's the system that had them all fooled.
Every time she calls Ambrosious his “best friend” it kills me, like it was so obviously romantic from minute one
RIGHT?? 💀
Hahaha. Yeah I missed some stuff at the beginning I think that made it super clear to the audience.
@@thebestofstephx its all cool lol. I feel like I should mention that Nimona’s entire storyline is a metaphor for being trans/non binary. All the times they insist on just being called Nimona and not a girl, the whole conversation in the bus with Ballister saying “It would just be easier if you we’re a girl, a lot of people aren’t as accepting as me” etc…
Catradora “best friend” style
Welp, looks like it's time to cry on a Monday
Under regular film circumstances, a big sacrifice is narratively rewarding, but considering that Nimona, the character, is an avatar for trans/non-binary/gender fluidity. The creator of the graphic novels this is based on is a trans non-binary individual. It’s important that Nimona isn’t another queer coded character that dies in the end. What’s miraculous of this animated gem is that it was resurrected from Disney’s acquisition of Fox and them not cool with how “gay” it was that it was scrapped having 75% already animated. Thanks to Anapurina for buying it from Disney and Netflix for distribution. It would have been cooler if it had the opportunity to be in theaters.
And like a phoenix, Nimona rose from the ashes.
@@Janoha17 Excactly what Nimona said in rapid fire pace in their proposition to be Balaster’s sidekick…and dismantling the government lol.
One person made a comment on why it was good that Nimona survived. If Nimona died then the commander won. If Nimona survived then Nimona won, it was one last F U to the commander. And I agree with that.
Yes, Bal and Ambrosius and just the best guy pals.
Hahahahahaha. Roommates
And they were roommates
Ngl at the beginning when she said his friend I was like “excuse me? Friend? Did you miss the part when he said he loved him??”
Just a couple of guys bein' dudes
" something, something, something... we win" That's... most amazing planning and how it comes together. Sad part is, when you treat people like monsters, they will start to believe that and start behaving like that.
Since Nimona became a pheonix, she was reborn so techinally, she did not oof herself but she did oof the director
9:18 "Cars can fly in this world?" 14:04 "are we talking about more than friends?" Has she been watching this movie at all? There are flying cars in the first seen after the "1000 years later", and Ambrosious says he loves Ballister before the knighting and during the inner monologue in the chariot with the director.
I have ADHD so i often miss details like that cause i get distracted by my phone, or a noise, or my cat Ect. Often times i gotta rewatch stuff to be able to get all the info. It happens, even if people don't have ADHD, sometimes people are more distracted on some days than others. I'm sure she'll watch it again eventually on her own time.
Yeah I definitely missed some important info in the beginning. It happens!
@@thebestofstephx I get it, it happens, sorry if it came out harsher than I intended. It just had like a double take when you said each of those, like is she for real? hehe
I think the reason she came back is cause she died as a Phoenix
Also instead of dying for the wrong reason, she sacrificed herself to save what she loves. Kinda reminds me of soldiers who you assume you won't ever see again, but actually come back, like my dad from Nam.
I do like that Nimona came back, cause for many of my friends it would have been too sad for them had they not- but an interesting thought of that "freeing" them!
ACTUALLY EARLY IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS SINCE THE MOVIE CAME OUT
It's finally here! Hope you enjoy!
When I first saw the trailer I did not have high hopes for the movie but I absolutely loved it in the end and cried like 3 times
It's interesting cause in one of the Nimona clips in this video, they make a reference to a phoenix rising from the ashes. Which is what she transformed into in the end, **foreshadowing**
This movie is based on a graphic nobel from ND Stevenson, the producer of she-ra and the princesses of power!
Omg I love that connection!!!!
If you’ve seen She-Ra and the Princesses of Power before Nimona, there are actually some scenes in Nimona that are quite similar to scenes in She-Ra (just thought that I might point that out 😁)
@@Cosymint22 Oh definitely. GoldenHeart in the book has serious Catradora vibes.
THE PARALLELS
So much of this movie reminds me of ParaNorman, one of my all-time favorites. But it goes even deeper with its portrayal of classism, gender fluidity and depression (watch at your own risk with the latter).
Also, I love Chloë Moretz in this role, any role really.
Sameee about Chloe. I’ve been watching her since she was in Hugo and loved her ever since. I’ve never watched ParaNorman but I’ve heard good things!
@@thebestofstephx Oh, you've gotta watch it. Maybe it would be a good October movie to react to. It's creepy, but still fun and kid friendly.
I think the first thing I saw Chloë in was Kick-Ass, where she played the superhero Hit Girl. Fun fact, that movie also had her in a fight scene set to The Tra La La Song.
This implies we must be patient for a ParaNorman reaction! That and Frankenweenie live rent free in the back right of my mind lol
13:47 "She's evil, Bal"
*Cat suddenly appears*
Coincidence?
I think keeping her dead would have sent thenwrong thematic message. That sure if youre an outcast you can be accepted by society if you make a big heroic sarifice. Keeping her alive allows her to live a bit in the world that is more acceptong of her. And add that the movie is a metaphor for trans and gender nonbinary and gender fluid people and this is really needed for the time. Film is amazing woth how strong a metalhor thet is. Really what sucked me into the movie but i also knew that was a theme going in.
14:54 I made a theory in another reaction video that Nimona initially took animal forms to try to fit in with animal packs. But eventually feeling tired of the constant rejection, she met a little girl, one from the many humans she’s prolly seen from afar, & immediately took a form of a girl to appear harmless to her. Her little gambit paid off as she finally felt like she belong, then with a someone instead of a pack/group/society. 🤔
I think that makes sense!
It’s from the same writer as She-ra!!! THE PARALLELS
So Nimona is a shapeshifter. Her "true form" is whatever she shifts into. It's easier to imagine a shapeshifter having a single form that is their true form because we only ever have one form, so when we mentally model a shapeshifter, it's just us with shapeshifting powers, and our true form is human.
But she didn't start as a human, she started as a shapeshifter.
Yay!!! Nimona reaction 😄Also today is my birthday 🥳 July 31 same as Harry Potter. This is a great video to watch on my birthday 🎂
Happy Birthday!!!
@@thebestofstephx Thank you 🥳🎉😄🎂
Happy birthday!
@@MittensZora Thank you 😄
I am really trying my best to your but I can't really wrap my head around the idea that you didn't notice Ambrosius and Balister were a couple until almost the end of the movie. They literally cuddle in the first scene therein, and Ambrosius outright says he loves him. It wasn't implied it was very blatant, I'm so confused
I think the scene happened right when she was checking the voice actors, she just genuinely wasn't watching in that moment and didn't hear it at first. Though the queer allegory of this entire story felt so blatant to me that it's a bit confusing when I see it go over people's heads so completely. But I try to remember that not everybody is always looking at movies through a queer lens, and not everybody can recognize when those experiences are being referenced
@@starcaptain9320 She never once mentioned Terry being obviously trans in her Dragon Prince season 4 reaction either like when he mentions it to Viren or the trans flag flower. It's like merely mentioning trans people makes her uncomfortable which is pretty yikes. Dreading the misgendering of a certain nonbinary Bard in her Owl House season 2 reaction.
Is it dragon prince or owl house next week?
I kind of read Nimona as someone who really doesn't actually want revenge and murder. She never actually harms anyone and I think she really plays up the violence, murderousness, and unhingedness for effect. The things she actually does do are all basically petty vandalism. Really what she wants and needs most is someone who cares about her. Ballister kind of is her friend and sort of a little bit of a father figure, but mostly friend, and clearly that's what she wants the most. Someone to connect to, and she thinks at first that she can connect with him via murdering the ruling class.
She doesn't answer his questions and even mocks them when clearly they're asked from a place of annoyance or even a kind of unconscious discrimination. When he asks if she can't just be a girl, mainly because he wants her to change for other people, she mocks him and shuts him down. But when he shows he actually cares about her and his question isn't about what other people think of her, but about how she feels and he is genuinely concerned about her, and wants to get to know her better, she answers him truthfully. She still makes jokes and teases him a little, but it's clear she means it kindly.
Someone mentioned something I hadn't realised before, but he said that a hated and discriminated minority shouldn't have to do anything at all to be accepted, and he was kind of mad that it took Nimona (almost) dying and sacrificing herself for the city to accept her when they should have accepted her in the first place. It's not the job of the discriminated and hurt person to be a better person and save their tormentors in order to be accepted by those tormentors.
Also note that Nimona never once actually does anything to harm anyone. She falls into buildings when she's shot, and she swipes at a screen when it plays a commercial about slaying monsters, but that's it. She really only walks through the city. And just her existing in this world is enough for the director to want to murder her.
Oh wow, subtle message that, the director of an institute that keeps the city closed off and in perpetual fear of monsters that don't exist, wants to murder the person who is just living her life, doing nothing to harm anyone, and the director doesn't care about whoever gets caught in the crossfire. In fact, is quite happy to commit genocide on half a city of bystanders to take out an innocent person she hates for existing.
I can't believe you didn't recognise the first song it's from Kipo 😅
Kwispy the cereal dragon is the voice of ND Stevenson 😁 showrunner of She Ra
Hello, how are you? Yeah, even I found Nimona to be gloriously bold and hilariously chaotic. It was possibly one of my favorite animated movies of 2023 for several reasons and I'm pretty sure I don't have to remind you which of her lines hit me right in the mind and soul. It still stupifies me that Sony and the Walt Disney Company also refused to produce this movie with its 60-70% production process. I swear to high heaven, this kind of movie was literally in their creative ballparks. But no, "themes and great storytelling be darned, it's all brand recognition with us."
As for the pineapple pizza joke, I'm surprised you're one of several content creators that enjoy it. Honest Trailers, Blind Wave, The Normies, Tim (Reacts) mentions it's a popular combo where he lives and will take it with pepperoni, Elijah (Not-so-average Fangirl) and now you? 😮 Personally, I like it with Pepperoni (sweet and salty mix), and if I'm feeling spicy, top with some green peppers, Jalapenos or light red pepper sprinkle. I recommend it to you - that crap is STRAIGHT FIRE.🔥
OMG I LIVE FOR YOUR REACTIONS AND NOW I GET TO WATCH YOU REACT TO NIMONA UGHH LIFE IS PERFECT
I don't get it tho, why people thought it was platonic? Ambrosius literally said "the man I love" in his mental freak out.
Favourite film of the year by far even though Transformers was a very pleasant surprise. Barbie can't top this even though i haven't seen it. I just know
I love how each reaction channels watching this movie have different opinions about the pineapple on pizza 😂
We've got a Bellwether situation here
4:15 I'm sorry FRIEND????
I'm so glad you're also a pineapple on pizza enjoyer. Thank you!
So excited to watch! Unrelated, but I'm curious if you've watched Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies. I feel like you'd enjoy it! 😊
I haven’t! But I saw all the unfortunate drama surrounding it being cancelling and immediately removed from Paramount + right after the season finale. Idk if I’ll find a way to watch it but I’ve heard good things!
@@thebestofstephx Yeah, I think it's available to buy digitally now, but it was pretty sad that they canceled and removed it so soon. It's really good though! I can't stop listening to the soundtrack!
Glad to see you like pineapple on pizza. Pear works, too. Salty and sweet are awesome together.
As for cars flying in this world... I mean... they _showed_ that right at the start. The very first few seconds after '1000 years later', boom... flying cars.
As for Nimona being back... she kinda _had_ to come back, or else the Director wins. The Director _did not care_ who got hurt, she just wanted to kill the monster. She was likely even willing to sacrifice her own life to achieve that goal. The Director is a fundamentalist, 100% certain in her mind that 'monster = evil', and so she likely felt she was doing the heroic thing taking the monster down no matter what the cost. Other lives, her life, it didn't matter. The _point_ was to take out the monster, no matter what, because anything _less_ than this was giving in to evil, which would eventually destroy everyone. You see this _same_ thought process among the fundamentalists _today_ who are anti-LGBT+. Some of them have even flat-out stated they want such people executed.
Good reaction!
Have a nice day!
Hug that child sounds so pedifalistic 💀
Tod is a shinning example of Legacy doesn't produce the best knights.
The movie was based on a graphic novel so, I felt it was very faithful to the book
20:38 absolutely savage
Shadow weaver dies again?! 😢
Stop that WAS the same voice wasn’t it. I knew it sounded familiar
Yup same VA, also the graphic novel this was based on was made by ND Stevenson, same person who made She-ra and the princesses of power
Not my spooky mom!!!!!! Nawr 🥺
Season 5 of The Dragon Prince is out you should watch it
Dragon Prince season 5 is out!
Dragon prince new season has come will we have to wait a while after you finish owl house?
I think so. I’m not sure if I’m going to take a break between season 2 and 3 of TOH to fit it in or wait until I’m done with the whole show
the kwispy dragon song is actually the Banana Splits
Love the reaction. Nimona was fun!
Also dragon prince season 5!!! Pleaseeeeee
hay yo Stephanie Best this amazing is 100% metal 5:38
BRUH HOW DID IT TAKE YOU SO DAMN LONG TO REALIZE HIM AND GOLDENLOIN WERE A COUPLE 😂
Are we getting a reaction to the dragon prince season 5 soon? 🥹
Just curious, are you going to continue dragon prince, and react to season 5?
Yes!!!! I definitely am going to do it.
Yesssssss ❤
Its amazing how little she understood the themes of this movie given she was bothered by how Nimona lived.
When’s the Dragon Prince season 5 reaction coming?
Hopefully soon! I'm not sure if i want to do it inbetween TOH S2 and 3 or wait until im done with TOH all together
4:18 His friend? Dude they're dating dfhjehfkj
The dragon prince s5 is outt
Nimona was not killed in the book.
I felt the same about the pacing! The setup for Nimona and Bal's relationship did come off a little rushed but they really make up for it in the second half, this film is so good!!
14:10 hasn't realized they're a couple.
Todd sucks.
Have you seen rwby? If not would do reaction videos for it?
DON'T U DARE
#screwtodd
"I don't know if I like that she's back" Well I for one am glad that the film didn't end on the message that trans people should have to die to make a positive change what the fuck. I'm over here wishing they should have made it more explicit that she lived.
I totally hear you. And appreciate the comment. I see now how clear the movies metaphor of Nimona being transgender/gender-fluid is. But at the time of watching, it hadn’t registered for me somehow. I definitely agree now that it’s a much better ending that she came back at the very end.
"friend" i would advise actually paying attention to stuff you "react" to next time
C'mon. You know it's not platonic, just like you know Nimona is trans-coded. Well, you do now.
You should consider watching heartstopper. It’s a cute lgbtqia+ series about falling in love and friendship. It’s very popular and the second season just dropped today. And the episodes are quite short actually(half an hour), so it should be a quick watch. Yeah but i guess, your watchlist is very long already.
literally the most boring reactor lmao