We Watched Lilo & Stitch For The FIRST Time…

I love the fact that they made the social worker actually genuinely a caring social worker instead of being malicious and evil, like how they are normally portrayed in media

I think there is a deleted scene that explains why Lilo takes pictures of the tourists. It’s because the tourists treat her, a Hawaiian native, like an attraction when visiting. So she treats them how they’ve treated her. Fun fact: the climax of the movie was rather different in the original draft, but it had to be altered after an unfortunate event in September 2001. There is a rather dark theory that the reason Lilo is so meticulously about feeding that fish. Since she believes it controls the weather, Lilo thinks her parents died on that rainy day because she forgot to feed the fish.

In case yall didn't know, the reason why Lilo says that the fish controls the weather is because her parents would take her every week to feed the fish until one day Lilo forgot and later that night, her parents died in a storm. So she genuinely believes that if she forgets to feed Pudge again, he will create another storm and potentially kill more people. This was more explained in the deleted scenes, but its so sad.

Both Lilo and Stitch are among the best characters Disney have ever created, IMO.

So Lilo takes photos of the tourist as a role-reversal on how many tourists who go to Hawaii see the locals almost as attractions in real life. Plus, it's funny that Lilo is often looked down upon (I think in the show spinoff and sequel) for being in the dance group despite her being the only native there and the dance is a traditional Hawaiian dance.

I'm honestly just suprised that this is the first time you've watched this movie yall. I'm glad yall liked it!

Lilo: Maybe send me an angel. The nicest angel you have. Stitch: Maniacal laughter This never gets old.

“Ohaha means family. Family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten.” That saying is not only quotable, but powerful too. Love this movie, so much fun and emotional.😌

This movie has an underlining message about tourism in Hawaii. All the people you see on the beach are tourists, and Lilo takes pictures of them because she's treating them like they're attractions, just like they treat her island and culture. Also Nani's first job that she lost is specifically a business that relies on tourism, and you can see how she dresses in a way that's meant to make her look attractive. She basically had to be a sexy waitress for tourists, which is pretty messed up when you think about it.

"Also cute and fluffy" is personally one of Stitch's best qoutes 💙

no matter how many times i see people react to this film, it always gets emotional, the story with Lilo going into Foster Care and her older sister trying to look after her feels so real

Fun fact: the reason why Lilo takes pictures of the fatter tourists was to be an inverse and commentary of how in the early days of Hawaii's statehood (and quite a while after), tourists would take pictures of native Hawaiians as if they were like zoo animals. There is even a deleted scene about it.

Rest in peace David Ogden Stiers 1942-2018 who voiced Dr Jumba Jookiba and Zoe Caldwell 1933-2020 who voiced the Grand Councilwoman, David Ogden Stiers worked with actress Daveigh Chase they worked on Spirited Away from 2001

A really beautiful thing about this movie is that the name Lilo means (something along the lines of) broken/lost. So it a broken/lost child/family and the Stitch’es that brings it all together

You guys should do the other movies in that era of Disney soon. Like Treasure Planet, Atlantis and Brother Bear.

I remember Lilo and Stitch show being SO GOOD. You guys just gotta find a place for it on your schedule someday, It may be one of my favorite episodic shows in all of my childhood.

As someone who was born and raised in Hawaii, this movie always makes me homesick and holds a special place in my heart.

The fact that Jumba knew "hound dog" not ever stepping foot on earth confirms what MIB not only exists but that Elvis did in fact go home

Coincidentally I’m literally in Hawaii right now lol. One thing that’s hinted at but never fully addressed is how this movie alludes to the USA government taking over. The high emphasis on tourism. Lilo takes pictures of tourists like how in the past tourists would come into Hawaii and snap pics of the natives. The song/poem Nani sings to Lilo before she’s taken away is the song the final queen of Hawaii sang to her ppl when her land was taken from her. In this case tho, CPS isn’t 100% unjustified in what they’re doing, but are failing to account for the fact that Nani is struggling and is causing more harm for both instead of just finding a better way to help. In a way, what a lot of Western powers did to their conquered lands, believing they knew better. More cool details include the fact Nani used to do competitive surfing but had to stop to take care of Lilo. And Lilo feeds Pudge cuz she believes he can control the weather, bad weather being what killed her parents. Lilo is also likely neurodivergent, which explains her difficulty connecting to others.

Man I have such a complicated relationship with this movie. I love it and it's a masterpiece but at the same time, I often find myself avoiding it because of how depressing it is. At least in the first half. I can't even imagine being in Nani's shoes. She's what I think 18 or 19, she could've gone to college and had her own life but because their parents died, she had to give all that up to raise Lilo. I mean no blame on anyone but I just always felt so bad for her.