Originally posted at the DL May 2015
You're standing on my neck.*
Like the last movie, this one features a lot of vignettes of the non-core cast. Unlike the last movie, these ones actually all tie back to the main plot in a meaningful way. Not necessarily advancing it, but at least working off the main concept.
It's Graduation Season! Hurray!
It's College Application Season! Booo!
Honestly I'm not sure what to say about the main plot thread. Daria's college application process doesn't really speak to anything I've ever had to do, I guess. The resolution of her and Tom's relationship, well... is fitting and makes perfect sense but doesn't inspire terribly interesting commentary. Tom was something Daria needed in her life but their actual relationship wasn't one meant to last.
Howeeeever.
Here's what's interesting. Tom's main function in the show is, as noted above, to be the voice that says "Go ahead, give it a try". So Jane's arc in the movie? Daria has to be the voice that says "go ahead, give it a try" for her. Much as the last episode of the series shows Daria's arc come full circle, here most of her and Jane's friendship comes full circle.
And they claim they wrote this show as they went.
Rating: 7/10. Good ending for things, but lacks major hits on the feels-o-meter.
*Hey, just because it's not in the movie doesn't mean the last Daria write-up SHOULDN'T end on la-la la la la.
la-la la la la
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