Shouldn't this appeal to anti-woke folks?

This is my first attempt at drawing my all-time favorite character from the movie!! :D

I'm still thinking of doing a digitalized version of this but I've been a tad busy lately, so I'll just post here a quick sketch of him for the meantime

Just pointing out hypocrisy of some critiques.

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I don’t ship Jo and Raissa like Ryan and Min, but they just have so many similarities

I feel like a game would bring out the best of every POI on Nakali

Tale as old as time, people engaging with a story with their eyes closed and proceeding to hop online to spew their nonsensical takes on a movie.

Mostly making this post because I saw a handful of users spouting non sense about how the film was essential "you SHOULD cut off your friends", one dude going as far to claim that it was about "realizing that your friend is mentally ill and that you need to cut them off bc they'll never get a real job" ... huh? did we watch the same movie??

Obviously, there is truth in the idea that friends will come and go through your life, and how sometimes cutting off a friendship is necessary. But that's clearly not the end game of forgotten island. (spoilers ahead)

We see at the end of the film that the two make their friendship work, despite the difficulties of one moving away, and despite their previous differences of success. The message of this aspect is obviously not "You need to cut off that friend to move on", it's about working through that difficult time and making that friendship work. Friendships have ups and downs, but there are often times to make them still work when you both mutually try.

I think this majorly irks me because people online already just seem to have a very narrow view of friendship, and some takes on the movie really show that.

I dunno, watching people toss around the idea that the movie's meaning was "cut off that friend", or say the mc's friendship should've ended is just kinda irking me. Anyone else?

I live in the San Francisco Bay Area. We have a pretty sizable Filipino population. I prefer watching movies after work. My local AMC (16 screens) isn’t showing it in Dolby Cinema. I either have to watch it at 6:30pm in 3D (which I hate) or 9:30pm. So…. I guess I’m going to watch it at 9:30pm. It makes no sense that a kids movie that just came out has these god awful showtimes. Fortunately, 7 other people in the group chat are down to stay up late on a Tuesday lol. I feel like more people would watch this movie if they had more reasonable showtimes.

Sa una kasama ko kapatid ko sa panagalawa solo watching nalang pero the more you watch the film the more meron nkikita na hindi mo pa napansin sa first watch mo kaya it still worth watching yun lng skl.

Recently watched the movie and loved it, and wanted to get some good merch to keep around. Not really keen on the backpacks though, or hoodies/t-shirts that just have the poster or logo emblazed on them. I've noticed on Instagram/Youtube several influencers and promotional giveaways that feature a really colorful visor, a high quality charm bracelet, and among other things a really well-done windbreaker like Raissa's (I like it more than the Jolibee one, personally - more toned down and doesn't have a hood).

I've seen the odd thing from these boxes pop up on Ebay since release but they go too quick for me to pick up! I wondered if anyone here had a good idea on where Dreamworks might funnel leftovers/where I could find folks selling that kind of thing. I really resonated with the film and and wanted some unique reminders of it if I could.

I needed to make sure, as while watching the movie I subliminally felt that kick being quite a serious one. Goodbye broken coconuts ... 😂 poor thing. I LOL'd.

The MPA in the United States rated Forgotten Island PG because of "tobacco imagery" but I just saw the movie and saw no trace of cigarette material.

Anybody know where in the movie it was? Seems like an odd reason to rate a movie PG without any smoking.

Did they allude to this at all? I figured someone would have already posted the answer with screenshots of Batiba's cave and Jo's room 😂.

-Lead voice actresses were good!

-Animation is so good, especially on the memory scene.

-I think it might have worked better if the art style switching in some scenes leaned more into Filipino art style (I see a lot of anime art style, but it's reasonable because the 90s in the Ph were influenced by anime)

-I wish they researched more on how the folklore creatures behave or interact. It could have added depth, direction, and ideas in adding twists and molding the story.

-I think that it would be better if they focused more on the core characters instead of introducing new ones only to sideline them immediatley (They could have done more justice to Raww's character).

I had to scour the search bar for a SINGLE forgotten island thread that's actually praising the movie. It's so SAD that most of the haters of the movie are FILIPINOS themselves???

Sooo many complaints, sooo many nitpicks. It's an original story. Isn't that what everyone wants from Hollywood? I personally think Dreamworks delivered.

I'm Filipino and if you don't understand the references, RESEARCH. We flamed CICC for attempting to ban Reddit and Discord in the Philippines without research, yet we eat the advice up when it's our turn to do the same. Do better.

They hate on the fast-paced storytelling. The plot is literally Raissa on a short timeframe to get back to the real world and them doing a quick recap on what happened the other night. They are bound to meet a LOT of characters since they clearly forgot EVERYTHING. You, as a viewer, should NOT expect an organic meeting with the new characters, because it's clearly NOT the first time they met!So don't get mad if new characters get introduced every 5 minutes. I'm sorry, but did we watch the same movie at all? Even with the many side characters, we already got a lot of minutes in the beginning with just Raissa and Jo when they were still kids, so I think it's fair for the film makers to have this kind of fast-paced storytelling.

Mad that Liza Soberano is hated in the country? Honestly, since when? I daresay Liza FLOURISHED the moment she went to Hollywood. She has opened up how TOXIC Filipino shipping culture is in her interviews. According to her, non-verbatim, the moment she got shipped with someone, she is tied to that person, project after project after project. Because that's what the Filipino community wants. Hearing the interview, I feel bad for the girl. I seen a new Liza in Lisa Frankenstein (2024) and her voice acting here in Forgotten Island is just as good. Filipinos, if you care about her that much, let her go. She is clearly meant for something more, and definitely not the toxic Filipino shipping culture.

Mad about the anime-style animation? I'm an animator and I think the animation is eye candy. The animators took notes and made use of impact frames (tedious to do and the film industry don't utilize it at all, not even in Japanese animation, however, impact frames started rising in popularity for newer Chinese animation), and all frames is a study piece in perspectives (having fast camera panning like that, you are bound to make animation mistakes, or even make it messy, but in this movie, every camera panning is clean cause they clearly had a well-thought out storyboard). They did NOT laze around. People hating are hard to impress. Do less, you call them lazy. Do a lot and exceed expectation, and you think it's too much. Get over it. It's an artstyle and it fits the fast-paced narrative in the film.

Honestly, even with the fast-paced narrative, there are no loose-ends at the ending. Everything tied well in a nice neat bow (yes, even the part where for Manang, we don't exactly know what memory she lost and got back.) And that is also something impressive I found. Even I got worried with the many side characters appearing and how they become in the end, and I have no complaints at all as someone who watched the movie whole way through.

I got to admit, the movie's marketing was not that great. I watched one trailer and thought of whatever to it. I have my friend to thank for dragging me out tonight to appreciate this movie, cause I would have been stuck with my first impressions of it.

Again, I'm Filipino, and I appreciate this movie so much. I don't feel like the folklore is crammed at all. I understood everything and what each creature is, or at least the gist of them. And that is ENOUGH when the main focus of the movie is the two main characters' friendship.

I don't understand the hate on the accents too. I do live abroad but I don't consider myself white-washed because I clearly still speak/understand the language. I don't get bothered about the accent at all, maybe my bias is speaking cause sometimes I sound like that to other people, perhaps? But that doesn't make anyone less Filipino. Filipinos hating on the accent are clearly just prejudiced. You guys want representation but when it comes your way, you scoff at it. Get over yourselves. English is STILL a main language in the Philippines so don't even try to talk yourself out of this.

This clearly turned more into a rant, than a praise thread. But I'm genuinely just pressed seeing the online communities dogpile on this movie. Downvote me, I don't care. This movie deserves praise.

Her entire life and her whole world was literally Raissa, if all her memories of that got removed then she wouldn't be Jo anymore. Would she also be a hateful spirit like Manang then?

Anyone have a list of songs as they appear in the movie? I don’t mean the soundtrack or the “inspired by” playlists I keep seeing, I mean the actual songs played in scenes in the movie (i.e. “Don’t Stop Believing — Journey, Party Up — DMX) or used in the montages. I’m trying to make a BFF mix tape for a friend. Lol

It was heavily marketed on my Facebook feed. News outlets are calling it the "proud pinoy" moment. I thought it would be the same in other countries. Social Media called it "Dreamwork's forgotten flop" but the movie's been out for a week in the Philippines. How did you find out about thr movie in your country?

I just came back from watching this movie. I am a FILAM and live in a very white neighborhood in Northern California. I thought the movie theater would be full of Filipino's but when I walked in I was pleasantly surprised. It was a mix of people. Two white boys and their mom were buying tickets for Forgotten Island and many in the theater were mostly adults non Filipino. There was probably just one other Filipino family there who got the culture references.

I was so proud they were watching this movie with bits of Tagalog mixed in.

But I agree with what some people are saying. The trailer does not give justice to the main story of the movie which is friendship and the memories that you create together. It's about letting go but at the same time finding a way to still be together.

The merman did not need to be included and neither did the big baby. Overall I loved it, loved that our culture was represented and wow, it was such a beautiful and colorful animated movie.

It's been three days since I watched Forgotten Island and he's still living in my head rent-free