I feel like this movie is a great example of the narrative structure that was discussed in chapter 4 of Moving Pictures because you have your protagonist (which I think is Riley because the audience is rooting for her, but between the emotions I think Joy was the protagonist because she was trying to make the most out of a bad situation) and then you have a bunch of obstacles (the other emotions making things worse, the core memories getting messed up, etc). Throughout the entire movie, I loved seeing the obstacles because the protagonist was able to figure her way through them.
Now, the teaser trailer shows the audience that Riley is about to go through puberty. I immediately thought back to all of the new emotions I had to experience during puberty, and how hard it was to adjust to life with my new feelings. Anxiety was the only one that was introduced in the trailer, but I can't relate to this as much. Luckily I never really experienced anxiety growing up, but hopefully some of the other emotions are more relatable for me or maybe we'll be able to see the different mood swings (I'd like to say my mood swings went away after puberty but unfortunately I still have like 100 a day).
At the end, the title card flips through various emotions, old and new, and has a question mark next to each of them. I think the question mark is anxiety’s fault, as she’ll be second-guessing everything. I think Disney will be able to tell a funny story of not being able to understand these new emotions during puberty and not knowing how control them. With that being said, I don't think young kids should be exposed to the idea of anxiety and other emotions like that too early because it might confuse them before they should worry about it. Either way, I'm excited to go watch it, and now I want to rewatch the first movie!
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