Steven Universe: the Movie FINAL PART! (plus Intro 3!)

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Man.

Wow.

Dude.

Man.

That was an experience.

A proper Steven Universe movie.  And it was a proper  Steven Universe movie!  It was filled with themes of understanding  what’s true about yourself and how you became who you were, with themes  of redemption and healing, and with song after song after song after  song.

Seriously, I lost count of the musical numbers somewhere in there.  How many were there?

Experiencing all of that over the course of a month was fascinating.  I really got to get into the details–I mean, I get to do that with regular episodes, but I’ve never  experienced a movie this way.  I know some people have sent in asks  worried about the way I was getting to experience the movie and if it  was affecting my enjoyment, but I loved (almost) every second of it.   There’s a lot you get to see when you’re pausing every few seconds that  you miss otherwise, and I loved all the little details, from the  beautifully painted backgrounds all the way to the way Spinel moved and  fought.  This movie was so well-done!

I checked, by the way, and the total is 909 screenshots for the entire movie.

And Spinel.  Hoo, boy, Spinel.   Aquamarine has a rival for my favorite Steven Universe villain; I’m  still too close to the movie to judge whether she’s been surpassed or  not, but I’m pretty sure she has.  Stiles’ performance as Spinel was heartrending.   Everything about her aside from her factory reset form hurts to think  about.  It was such real, deep pain, and I was really moved.  Other  Friends and Drift Away are now two of my favorite Steven Universe  songs–I sincerely doubt anything will ever dethrone It’s Over, Isn’t It, but these two are in the upper echelons of what I’ve liked from Steven Universe music.

ALSO I NEED MORE ROCK’N’ROLL PEARL I NEED IT GIVE ME MORE

It’s  hard to find something to complain about in this movie.  The songs I  didn’t like were musical taste rather than quality.  The acting was  great.  The story was great.  The emotional moments were great.  Connie KISSING STEVEN  was great.  I’m sure as I get some distance from the movie and the  honeymoon period comes to a close, I’ll find some gripes with it, but  for now?  For now, I’m just basking in the glow.  This movie was really  good, you guys.

I cannot wait to see where the show goes from  here, with all the changes that have come.  I want to see more of Little  Homeworld, especially.  I’m sure Jasper’s locked herself away in a  cupboard or something, if she hasn’t had the self-respect to go back to  Homeworld looking the way she does now.  That’ll be interesting.   Bismuth being a semiregular like Peridot and Lapis will be fun.  Connie  having KISSED STEVEN will be fun to follow up on, yes it will.  God, I am so excited for there to be more Steven Universe!  I can’t wait.

I'll be doing the Patron Picks next, which will be kind of jarring coming off an entire month of Steven Universe: the Movie, but I'll see you guys Wednesday for that!