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Put on your headphones and get ready to existential-crisis your consciousness as we break down the cosmic jazz, the unmatched Jamie Foxx and Tina Fey chemistry, and the wild metaphysical encounters in our watchalong of Pixar's Soul!

Watch Along: https://youtu.be/1r0FP9Sjfoo

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SOUL WATCHALONG

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Chaisaray

Thanks for reminding me to watch this one!

trunk

This is genuinely one of my favorite Pixar movies, so I'm excited to watch this one with y'all! It's definitely not the strongest in their catalogue but I honestly think it was just mostly overlooked due to releasing during lockdowns, otherwise this likely would have been a big hit.

KaylaTheKing

Mr Mittens is alive and well because he ran into his owner's arms right after Joe left the You Seminar with 22's badge and returned to his body before going to the Jazz club to perform with Dorthea in the Subway and Terry knowing which souls were out of place immediately knew Mr. Mittens was not supposed to be there considering how fast he clocked Joe disappearing from the count lol

Dakota Jones

Best pixar movie since toy story

Mill

they showed the cat was alive loll

Marco

i love seeing what other people interpret from this movie because there is truly so much to take away. loved watching it with yall :)

Iyanu

I have only seen this film a handful of times because I weep through the third act, but you guys kick-started my crying EARLY because of your conversation. I'm much like Greg so I understand the need to actively work to internalise the messages in this film. Every time I see it, it reinvigorates my desire to do things like be active with my gratitude. The only ting you missed from not watching the credits was not hearing the rest of the rap song Joe made when he was a kid.

Stefanie Horton

As a New Yorker who has an arts background, is a teacher, and is going through a major medical moment, this was the perfect watch. I actually waited for the RR channel to do a watchalong before ever watching it, with secret special hopes that Greg will be the one to cover it. Yes, waiting all these years. This literally made my evening. Thanks to Jackie too for her unique perspective!

Zane Platt

Would freaking love it if you guys would consider doing watch alongs of John Carney's filmography. He is an irish filmmaker who makes really fantastic films about musicians

Christian Seibold

Imo, the montage at the end flashing to different scenes isn't primarily about enjoying the little moments, it's about human connection. The entire movie he dismisses and pushes people away - the barber, the person he's mentoring, his mother, the singer in the subway, the student, etc. Then, during this scene, it flashes back to what? The *people*, the people they interacted with throughout the movie, the students in his class, the people in his life. This connects back to one's "spark", the music, etc. - it's the thing they use to *connect to people*. Without connection to life, to other people, you become a lost soul. Once he realizes this, he goes back to 22, the person he's supposed to be mentoring, and puts more effort and focus onto them, where previously he dismissed them as a person because of his obsession with the act of being an accomplished musician. What's important is how music allows for connection between people. Yes, the little moments matter, but the larger theme of the movie that is left unstated is about human connection. The scene with the student that wanted to quit gives us basically this entire theme wrapped up in one scene: the student comes saying they want to quit. After talking with 22 in Joe's body, and showing her some music, she then decides not to. 22 asks why she quit and then changed her mind out of the blue. Joe just dismisses this as "it's what she's good at, so of course she would continue" and misses the obvious answer - the student *talked with a human that understood them*, and then *connected* with them through their music. It was the human connection that brought the student back, not her skill for music.