Movie 6

Lilo & Stitch

I watched a movie, Lilo & Stitch. It was distributed by Walt Disney Pictures in 2002, was nominated for the 2003 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. This was my second time to watch it. I watched it for the first time 5 years ago in a movie theater.

A girl, Lilo lives with her older sister, Nani in Kauai of Hawaii. They lost their parents by a car accident. Lilo’s hobbies are hula and taking pictures. She has no friends, and is alone while Nani is working. They often have a quarrel. Lilo always remembers her parents. Nani tries to have a dog for Lilo who wants friends. Lilo named the dog Stitch.

Stitch is an alien who escaped from space. A scientist, Dr. Jumba Jookeba created Stitch as EXPERIMENT 626. Stitch is a blue alien with four arms, two legs and antennae. He doesn’t like water. Dr.Jumba’s boss orders Dr. Jumba to catch Stitch. Therefore Dr. Jumba comes to the earth from a planet with Pleakley who knows the earth well. They are aliens, too.

Stitch is a destroyer. He gives many troubles to many people. Lilo never abandons him. She loves him as her family. She says to him that he is my ohana. Ohana means family in Hawaiian. He comes to open his mind. They are good friends. He gets along with Nani’s boy friend, David.

A social worker, Cobra Bubbles worries about Lilo and tries to take her into foster care. Dr. Jumba and Pleakley can’t catch Stitch easily. The boss orders Captain Gantu to go to the earth and catch stitch.

Lilo and Stitch are caught by Captain Gantu who is an enormous alien. Stitch succeeds in escape from him, and saves Lilo. The boss knows that Stitch has his family on the earth, and decides to guard him. Cobra Babbles stops tearing Lilo and Nani apart. Finally Lilo and Nani begin to live with Stitch, Dr. Jumba, Pleakley and Captain Gantu in Kauai on the earth.

I enjoyed this movie. The story had a happy ending. We can here many songs of Elvis Presley in the movie. Lilo likes him. I didn’t know him very much, but I thought his songs were very good.

In addition, Hawaiian songs were amusing and rhythmic. Hula made me comfortable and pleasant. I learned that family is very important for Hawaiian. I could feel a lot of Hawaiian cultures in the movie.