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Holii, espero estén pasando un inicio de año excelente y con las mejores vibras del mundo.
Estos días los he pasado con mi papá y como les he comentado, mi papá es la razón principal por la que yo amo tanto el cine, así que hemos pasado estos días viendo puras películas; ayer vimos Soul de Disney y aunque ya yo la había visto cuando se estrenó, me di cuenta que no la había entendido en lo absoluto.
Por eso quise hacer este blog expresando mi opinión de esta pequeña obra de arte.
Hiii, I hope you are having an excellent start of the year and with the best vibes in the world.
I have been spending these days with my dad and as I told you, my dad is the main reason why I love movies so much, so we have spent these days watching movies; yesterday we watched Disney's Soul and although I had already seen it when it was released, I realized that I had not understood it at all.
That's why I wanted to make this blog expressing my opinion of this little work of art.

The first time I saw this movie, I was hypnotized by its animation and cinematography, the colors, the texture, the lights, the way in which the characters are visually presented, the realism of the landscapes, etc... Because of that, my attention was focused almost entirely on it and not to the story they were telling, I knew what the story was about, but not in depth or what was the message they wanted to convey. This second time, I paid more attention to the story and wow!

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Soul es la historia de Joe Gardner, quien es un profesor de mediana edad de una escuela secundaria, pero quien realmente sueña con ser un pianista reconocido y dedicarse al jazz. Este no cuenta mucho con el apoyo de su madre debido a que, para ella, la música no es un trabajo real con el que puedas pagar las cuentas; básicamente el cliché de siempre dicen, que si te dedicas al arte morirás de hambre.
A Joe se le presenta la oportunidad de tocar con una de sus mayores ídolos de la música jazz, Dorothea Williams, quién al principio parece indiferente con él, pero después de verlo y escucharlo tocar con tanta pasión, le ofrece tocar con su banda una noche.
Joe, distraído por la emoción de la noticia, cae por una alcantarilla y queda en estado de coma; la película, al principio te da a entender de que fallece, pero más adelante vemos que realmente estaba en estado de coma. Joe se opone a atravesar el “Gran Después” porque no siente que haya cumplido su propósito de vida; logra salirse de la fila y se escapa a el “Gran Antes” que es, básicamente, donde preparan a las almas para la vida en la tierra, designándoles su personalidad y buscando despertarles la “chispa” para que así puedan irse a la tierra.
Soul is the story of Joe Gardner, who is a middle-aged high school teacher, but who really dreams of being a renowned pianist and dedicating himself to jazz. He doesn't have much support from his mother because, to her, music isn't a real job that pays the bills; basically the cliche they always say, if you go into art you'll starve to death.
Joe is presented with the opportunity to play with one of his biggest jazz idols, Dorothea Williams, who at first seems indifferent to him, but after seeing and hearing him play with such passion, she offers to play with her band one night.
Joe, distracted by the excitement of the news, falls down a manhole and falls into a coma; the film, at first gives you to understand that he dies, but later we see that he was really in a coma. Joe opposes going through the "Great After" because he doesn't feel he has fulfilled his purpose in life; he manages to get out of the line and escapes to the "Great Before" which is basically where they prepare the souls for life on earth, designating them their personality and seeking to awaken the "spark" so they can go to earth.

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Here it begins to touch on many important issues, because it shows us that there is no life after death as in many cultures and religions is believed, such as the fact that our personality isn't really built and molded based on our life experiences, but that we are already programmed with one even before we are born. Something that I really liked, were the characters of Jerry and Terry, the fact that they are multidimensional beings which are presented to Joe in a way that he can understand; it' s a very subtle way of saying that we are a kind of experiment of some kind of advanced civilization which prepare us for the earth as well as guide us to the afterlife. Therefore, they use the most significant souls for the history of mankind to guide new souls to find their "spark" to start their life on earth. ⚠️But that's what I think.⚠️

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Joe se hace pasar por una de esos orientadores porque cree que, si le roba el pase para la tierra a una de las almas nuevas, podrá regresar a la tierra, pero no contaba con que le asignarían el alma más complicada identificada como 22; las almas nuevas no poseen nombre, sino que están identificadas con número.
22 es un alma que no encuentra su chispa, ha pasado por innumerables orientadores como Abraham Lincoln, la Madre Teresa, Copérnico, entre otros personajes históricos de gran valor; simplemente no le encuentra sentido al vivir y hasta desarrolla un desagrado a la vida, así que se vuelve un alma odiosa y poco colaborativa. Cuando conoce a Joe y se da cuenta de lo patética que ha sido su vida y que, aun así, él quiere regresar a vivir, le despierta la curiosidad a 22 y accede a ayudarlo.
Joe y 22 lo intentan de todo, pero nada parece resultar, así que 22 decide llevar a Joe a “la zona” para que así conozca a un viejo amigo de 22 que cree que lo puede ayudar a volver a la tierra. La zona es a dónde vamos cuando hacemos lo que nos apasiona, esa sensación que vuelas y se te llena el alma de paz como de plenitud.
Joe pretends to be one of these counselors because he believes that if he steals the earth pass from one of the new souls, he will be able to return to earth, but he didn't count that he would be assigned the most complicated soul identified as 22; the new souls don't have a name, they are identified with a number.
22 is a soul that doesn't find its spark, it has gone through countless mentors such as Abraham Lincoln, Mother Teresa, Copernicus, among other historical figures of great value; it simply doesn't find meaning in living and even develops a dislike for life, so it becomes a hateful and uncooperative soul. When he meets Joe and realizes how pathetic his life has been and that he still wants to go back to living, he piques 22's curiosity and agrees to help him.
Joe and 22 try everything, but nothing seems to work, so 22 decides to take Joe to "the zone" so he can meet an old friend of 22's who he thinks can help him get back to earth. The zone is where we go when we do what we are passionate about, that feeling that you fly and your soul is filled with peace and fulfillment.
I really liked this scene, but it also made me sad and it was because of the fact that, really, I feel that I have never been in the zone because, although I have had the opportunity to do the things that I like and I'm passionate about, I have never felt that kind of trance; in fact, I lie, I have been in the zone but not exactly for the good things, but for the anxiety, many times the anxiety to do what I am passionate about and to achieve my dreams consumes me.

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En la zona conocen a Moonwind, un alma que sigue conectada con su cuerpo debido a que sigue vivo, pero se siente tan feliz que siempre está en la zona. Este se ofrece a ayudar a Joe después de conocer su caso, realiza una especie de portal para encontrar el cuerpo de Joe pero este se desespera al encontrarlo y sin querer, cae junto a 22. Joe vuelve a la tierra, pero en el cuerpo equivocado, entró en el cuerpo del gato de terapia que había en el hospital donde él estaba internado; en cambio, 22 entró en el cuerpo de Joe.
Luego de eso, la película se desarrolla en cómo Joe devolverse a su cuerpo antes de la presentación que tiene esa noche y cómo devolver a 22 al Gran Antes, pero en el transcurso del día, 22 empieza a conocer cómo es vivir de verdad, no una simulación como estaba acostumbrado sino en la realidad; conoce los sabores, los olores, cómo se siente el tacto, los sonidos, conoce el hambre, entre muchas cosas más que poco a poco lo van enamorando de la vida y así es cómo logra despertar su chispa.
In the area they meet Moonwind, a soul that is still connected to his body because he is still alive, but he feels so happy that he is always in the area. He offers to help Joe after knowing his case, he makes a kind of portal to find Joe's body but Joe gets desperate to find it and unintentionally falls with 22. Joe returns to earth, but in the wrong body, he entered the body of the therapy cat that was in the hospital where he was hospitalized; instead, 22 entered Joe's body.
This to me made me very curious, because basically they're telling us that cats don't have souls, or well, ⚠️that's what I understood.⚠️
After that, the film develops in how Joe return to his body before the presentation he has that night and how to return 22 to the Big Before, but in the course of the day, 22 begins to know how it is to live for real, not a simulation as he was used to but in reality; he knows the flavors, the smells, how touch feels, the sounds, he knows hunger, among many more things that little by little make him fall in love with life and that is how he manages to awaken his spark.

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Esto es algo que a Joe no le conviene debido a que 22 quiere seguir explorando acá en la tierra y encontrar su propósito, pero Joe está convencido que 22 se siente así es por el hecho de que él está en su cuerpo y siente las cosas como Joe las siente.
22 sale corriendo, necesita huir de Joe para que este no la devuelva al Gran Antes, pero Terry, quién es el ser encargado de contar las almas que pasan al Gran Después y ha estado buscando a Joe desde que su cuenta no cuadraba, los encuentra y los lleva al Gran Antes; Joe y 22 están molestos entre sí, Joe porque 22 no cumplió el acuerdo y 22 porque quería seguir explorando para conocer su propósito, pero uno de los Jerry se da cuenta que ya 22 consiguió su chispa y ya puede irse a la tierra, pero este molesto, le da el pase a la tierra a Joe y se va a la zona.
This is something that doesn't suit Joe because 22 wants to continue exploring here on earth and find his purpose, but Joe is convinced that 22 feels this way because he is in his body and feels things the way Joe feels them.
22 runs away, needing to get away from Joe so he doesn't send her back to the Great Before, but Terry, who is the being in charge of counting the souls that go to the Great After and has been looking for Joe since his count didn't add up, finds them and takes them to the Great Before; Joe and 22 are angry with each other, Joe because 22 didn't fulfill the agreement and 22 because he wanted to continue exploring to know his purpose, but one of the Jerry realizes that 22 got his spark and can go to earth, but this annoyed, gives the pass to earth to Joe and goes to the zone.

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Joe se va a la tierra y llega a tiempo a la presentación, pero al finalizar, se siente insatisfecho y no entiende por qué si cumplió el sueño de su vida, al comentárselo a Dorothea, ella le responde "una vez un pez le preguntó a otro cómo llegar al océano, este le responde que ya está en el océano, pero el pez dice que solo es agua"
Joe se regresa a su casa y se siente perdido, no entiende por qué no se siente bien al cumplir su sueño, al llegar a casa, se sienta en el piano y empieza a tocar, este empieza a tener recuerdos de las cosas que vivió 22 mientras habitaba en su cuerpo y empieza a comprender qué es realmente la chispa y que 22 no se sentía así por el hecho de estar en su cuerpo, era que realmente estaba empezando a apreciar la vida. Joe necesita volver para ayudar a su amigo y la única forma que sabe que puede hacerlo es ir a la zona tocando el piano.
Joe goes to the land and arrives on time to the presentation, but at the end, he feels unsatisfied and does not understand why if he fulfilled the dream of his life, when he tells Dorothea, she replies "once a fish asked another fish how to get to the ocean, he replied that he is already in the ocean, but the fish says that it is only water".
This caused me a bit of anxiety, because I have always felt the fear of not achieving my goals, or not achieving them and not feeling satisfied; because it is something that has happened to me frequently, it is difficult for me to achieve full satisfaction in the things I do, because I live in a constant self-criticism.Joe goes back home and feels lost, he doesn't understand why he doesn't feel good about fulfilling his dream, when he gets home, he sits down at the piano and starts to play, he starts to have memories of the things he experienced while in his body and starts to understand what the spark really is and that he didn't feel that way just because he was in his body, he was really starting to appreciate life. Joe needs to go back to help his friend and the only way he knows he can do that is to go to the area playing the piano.

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Al llegar a la zona, se desconecta de su cuerpo y va en busca de 22 para darse cuenta que se convirtió en un alma perdida como las personas que ya están vivas que se obsesionan con algo y se pierden; Joe intenta ayudarlo demostrándole que sí tiene una chispa, pero que esta no es el propósito de vida, el propósito es algo que encuentras ya en la tierra, la chispa es lo que se necesita para vivir, por eso es lo último que se consigue en el proceso de formación para ir a la tierra.
Joe tries to help him by showing him that he does have a spark, but that this isn't the purpose of life, the purpose is something you find on earth, the spark is what you need to live, that's why it is the last thing you get in the training process to go to earth.
I liked this very much because it happens a lot that one becomes obsessed with finding a purpose to justify one's life, to look for something in which one has talent and thus stand out; but when one doesn't get it or not at the time that others do, one feels defeated or failed and we don't think that the simple fact of being alive is a purpose and that we don't have to justify anything. We all have that spark that makes us appreciate life.

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Joe acompaña a 22 a su salto en la tierra, pero él sabe que ya no puede regresar; él asume su destino, ya cumplió su sueño y aunque no haya sido cómo esperaba, entendió que ya su tiempo en la tierra había culminado, sin embargo, los Jerry le dan una segunda oportunidad, para que encuentre un nuevo propósito y viva con mayor plenitud.
Joe accompanies 22 to his jump on earth, but he knows that he can no longer return; he assumes his destiny, he already fulfilled his dream and although it wasn't as he expected, he understood that his time on earth was over, however, Jerry gives him a second chance to find a new purpose and live more fully.
I loved this message, because even Joe says "I don't have a purpose but I will live every day as if it were my last" which I think we should all do; sometimes we get lost trying to achieve our goals and we forget to live, to enjoy the fact of being alive.

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Soul me gustó muchísimo, me hizo reflexionar mucho acerca de mi vida y lo automatizada o rutinaria que ha estado siendo, siempre le he dado prioridad a mis obligaciones y responsabilidades que a mi tiempo de recreación, que no digo que este mal pero yo ya he estado llegando a niveles muy malos; dejé de salir y convivir con muchas amistades por siempre estar ocupada y eso hizo que ya casi no tenga amigos.
Actitud que he estado cambiando poco a poco pero aún sigo rechazando muchas salidas y convivencias por el hecho de "tengo cosas que hacer", pero admitir los errores es el primer paso para empezar a corregirlos.
Soul I liked it very much, it made me reflect a lot about my life and how automated or routine it has been, I have always given priority to my obligations and responsibilities than to my recreation time, which I'm not saying is wrong but I have been reaching very bad levels; I stopped going out and spending time with many friends because I'm always busy and that made me have almost no friends.
Attitude that I have been changing little by little but I still keep rejecting many outings and social gatherings because "I have things to do", but admitting mistakes is the first step to start correcting them.

Muchísimas gracias por el apoyo y si tienen alguna opinión o algo que me quieran compartir, me encantaría leerlo en los comentarios.🌻
Feliz inicio de año y nos vemos pronto.💙
Thank you so much for the support and if you have any feedback or something you want to share with me, I would love to read it in the comments.🌻
Happy start to the year and see you soon.💙

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