I’ve been rewatching HEY ARNOLD! during the pandemic and I’ve finally gotten to the point for the film. Not the biggest fan of the computer animation style (it kind of reminded me of BIG MOUTH, but that is such a different style from the original). The updated wardrobes and looks for the characters was really well done.The story is great for fans of the show, since we get so many little nice call backs. I am on the fence on whether or not Arnold’s parents should have been alive. It is very farfetched that they wouldn’t have starved to death after being asleep for 9 years. While it is really nice he gets to have his parents back, and yes I did cry during the reunion, but there is something about having to accept the deaths of your parents and how you view the world. Arnold’s positive outlook despite losing his parents is a great thing for kids to see and kind of invalidates it for people who really experience this because in real life parents don’t come back. I loved the Helga/Arnold arc here. In rewatching the whole show, you really see that Helga is the co-lead of the series and how mature she is.
