If I never see another cgi animated story about how a boy’s daddy doesn’t understand him because he’s [insert stand-in for animator here], but by the end… he does! It’ll still be too soon.
Where are my stories about how a girl’s daddy doesn’t understand her, and then he never does — because there aren’t cliche happy ends for women — and she totally destroys him (or just leaves him behind & he’s sad forever) and goes on to be great and powerful in spite of him?
On a similar note, sometimes I get really tired of watching fictional characters have falling outs with their friends… and then get them back? In my experience, that almost never happens, and I’d like to see fiction show how to handle it and move on more often.
Bringing this back to cgi animation, “Bao” is a fantastic short that deals with loss and changing relationships really beautifully, and I absolutely love the moment when she eats the dumpling.