There’s no longer enough time for
me to make separate “most memorable moments” top tens for the movies, TV shows,
and anime of 2019 like I did for 2018.
It’s in the middle of March already.
Still, I want to do at least one such list So here are what I found to be the top ten most
memorable moments from all the stuff I saw from both the big screen and small screen in 2019.
Honorable Mentions: Batman’s
“Illuminati” is revealed to be pulling the strings from behind the scenes (Young Justice: Outsiders; Mandalorians rescue
the Mandalorian (The Mandalorian);
Tanjiro (with Nezuko) vs. Rui (Demon
Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba); Ash finally wins his first ever Pokemon League championship (Pokemon: Sun and Moon)
10.) Kristoff’s “Lost in the
Woods” Song Number (Frozen II)
One can argue that, by itself,
“Lost in the Woods” is a beautiful song that wonderfully encapsulates the
emotion and state of Kristoff’s arc at that point of the story. Maybe.
That’s one way of looking at it.
But the lyrics and style of the song are really reminiscent of
old-school, over-sentimental rock love songs like Peter Cetera’s “Glory of
Love.” The filmmakers might have
realized this, and thus, proceeded to present the song number, tongue in cheek,
as a cheesy, overdramatic 80’s-style music video. Thus, it ended up being the most hilarious –
and most memorable – scene in the movie.
What makes it funnier is that Kristoff’s voice actor, Jonathan Groff,
took it seriously. In one interview, he
said, “We were completely genuine when we were making that song. There was nothing funny about it at all and
then the animators did such crazy things.” LOL!
