*ENCANTO* is SO RELATABLE!! | First Time Watching | (reaction/commentary/review)
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Every song in this film slaps!! I couldn't help but feel like this is the best Disney animated film in recent years due to the incredible story, the catchy songs, the unique characters and the deep themes at the core of this story. Enjoy :)
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One thing that's easy to miss with Isabella is that she looks almost exactly like her grandma and her boyfriend looks like her grandpa. Grandma's trying to relive her life through Isabella.
You can also see earlier signs of her not being allowed to be imperfect. When grandma is asking Dolores about the proposal, a mis-colored flower shows up in Isabella's hair, which her grandma discards.
It's not about abuela reliving her life through Isabella but pushing her towards what Grandma thinks would be perfect a perfect life for her because the guy is the type of guy she thinks is perfect.
@@olavihekandjo2928 ???
She literally is reliving her life through Isabella
I don't know if you had a good life, but something like this is WAY too common
@@olavihekandjo2928 yeah, she thinks that, because subconsciously he reminds her of her Pedro, for a movie that took even side side characters and gave them all a unique look, but the proposal guy and Isa looking like abuela and abuelo is just too much of a coincidence to not have a full on connection.
@@thephalange8630 true and by watching the movie again, I saw more signs showing Isabela doesn't want to marry Mariano
@@a.g.demada5263 definitely, her facial expressions and body language says it all, I didn't realize until a couple of time of watching 🤣🤣
I don’t know if you noticed, but when the grandfather died, and the candle made a safe place for them, everyone turned to the grandmother. So not only did she just lose her husband, leaving her a grieving single mother with three babies, but everyone was looking to her as their savior. I can’t imagine being so afraid, so alone, and having the responsibility of all those lives on your shoulders. Feeling like you have to live up to, and be worthy of, your husband’s sacrifice.
P.S. The colorful river is a real river in Colombia. It’s called Caño Cristales.
This is why I love that the new house was built by the community. It went from being a constant reminder of a horrible sacrifice to a symbol of support and love within the whole community. I can't imagine what it was like for her to live in that house all those years and constantly resent that, in order to have it, she had to lose so much
I don´t care what ANYBODY says Alma is STILL a villan, I have suffered the effects of generational trauma AND IT FUCKING SUCKS. Greaving and holding on to trauma doesn´t mean you get to be a rude judgemental asshole, it does not give you the right to take out your pent up resentment on "the black sheep" of the family.
@@hypnotherapy69 she's more an antagonist than a villain
I think Dolores is really good at keeping secrets I think she was just trying to ruin the proposal
Considering she could hear Bruno the whole time and knew he never left but never told anyone... I would say I agree with you.
Dolores is both the family Secret Keeper and the Gossip, and she actually fulfills both roles well. Not only does she steer Mirabell to Luisa, but also gives her several broad hints about Bruno.
there's a theory stating that she was the villain in the movie. and she had every right to be: she has the worse gift of them all, seeing the man she loves getting married with her cousin and i'm sure she heard the casita crack a bit. however, i wonder how is her room... i know that rooms with complete silence exist but the thing is that you become crazy in 45 minutes, so maybe its the case for her... i kinda hope there'll be a sequel to explain to us the details about the gifted kids. Yes i'm curious about everyone lol especially Camillo because we don't see him much.
one of the theories about why Mirabel has no gift is that she is meant to become the next Abuela. Abuela doesn't have any powers and the house responds to her, but not to most of the other characters. Mirabel however is the same, she doesn't have a gift and the house responds to her as well.
That’s my theory. Abuela will die someday, and to have a head of the family with a particular gift would be to say that one gift is more special than the others. It makes sense that the head of the family would be without one.
They could get her a proper bedroom though and not just the nursery.
@@_Pixelatedthat only makes sense if the gift anticipated that she would die without a grandchild to pass the mantle to. She was young when she had her children but much older by the time Mirabel was born. The miracle sensed that she would need an heir and chose Mirabel
The house responds to the others as well. We just only ever see it with Mirabel because she's the main character
@@elipsis7651 it seems more intentional than that. They only show Abuela and Mirabel address casita directly. Its a subtle difference but there are a lot of subtleties to Encanto so it does say a bit
@@_Pixelated only if you assume that’s how it works, which there’s no indication of. You could name them the next bearer but if the magic doesn’t respond to them the same way it’s not really the same. It’s not like royalty where it passes to the next in line. The gift is choosing the successor
How cruel Isabella's prophecy must have seemed. Imagine always having to be perfect, hide what you want, and who you really are. Being told that you'd live the life of your dreams and then living miserably as the person everyone else wants you to be, trying to convince yourself this is what you want.
And all because they misinterpreted it 😞
In the end, she did get to live the life of her dreams. Bruno don't miss.
In the song "we don't talk about Bruno" you can hear her say "I'll be fine, I'll be fine" it's like she's clinging to that prophesy because she's miserable, but Bruno promised that she'd get the life of her dreams and he was never wrong.
The lyrics also say, "He told me that the life of my dreams would be promised, and someday be mine" which was totally an eyebrow raiser to me because I assumed her character was the cliche mean girl who's dreaming to marry her prince or whatever and I thought she'd say "LOVE of my dreams" but instead she said LIFE and that's when I knew her character was more complex than what meets the eye.
I don’t think you understood the prophecy. She’s supposed to be living the life of her dreams not the life of her grandma’s dreams.
“We don’t talk about Bruno” is the best Disney song to come in a while.
Facts!
thinking WDTAB is better than Under Pressure is wild…and wrong lol
Also the most overplayed in a while
Unpopular opinion: Mulan’s *I’ll Make A Man Out Of You* goes harder..
Bruno took a bad rap in Luca as well. Must be someone at the studio
You know Louisa has been taught to minimise her problems when she sings "a light wind blows" when an actual tornado is coming their way. Little touches like that are so clever in this film!
I don't think that's something she was taught but more herself who did that
@@a.g.demada5263 No one asked her what she needed but she was constantly expected to be the 'strong one' so over time she would have learnt to minimise her own problems and focus on everyone else's. Just because something isn't taught intentionally, doesn't mean it isn't taught.
She didn't come up with it by herself. The whole film is pointing out how each one has generational trauma and Mirabel is the one to break it. They were all taught by the grandma to use their gifts to help others no matter the cost to themself. She didn't word it like that but that's how she brought them all up
@@michaeladundon I meant she did that for standing out from her sisters
@@a.g.demada5263 sorry I don't get what you mean?
@@michaeladundon Luisa is the middle child stuck between a perfect big sister and a young sister without gift who's their parents are always worry so maybe she tried to find her place too but counted too much on her gift to that at a point she thinks she's nothing without it.
Sorry for ly bad english, I'm french
For Encanto, I'm always struck with the "story told vs reality lived" part of it. The tale that starts the movie vs the one told by the river. The stoic woman she wants the world to see her as vs the utter wreck she actually was in the moment.
I also saw that part both as her trying to show a stoic front but also as kind of her telling the story to a child versus her telling it to a fifteen year old, both in the way of abuela wanted to soften it but also little mirabel focusing more on the miracle rather than actually being able to understand the tragedy.
It's pretty brilliant that they introduce it only as a throwaway explanation for the gimmick. For both the viewer, and the characters, it's only the surface of the tale that they see, just like they only see Abuela's outward face. Then at the end they hit you with the reveal that has been the core truth of the family all along that they can now all process together. I often wondered why this movie works so well with no clear "villain" for the audience to latch on to, and now realize it is because the bad guy was lurking there all along, and it's really a mystery story to find and draw it out
The part of We Don’t Talk About Bruno where all of the singers are woven together is actually called a madrigal. Just like the song, the family itself works at its best when they all work together
I always listen closely at this part because Isabella switches up what she’s singing to just repeating “I’m fine”
if you watch close you can see how Isabella grows one white flower when she's startled about the five babies revelation, and Abuela plucks it out. And then in What Else Can I Do, when she first gets color on her dress, she looks to Mirabel for approval/reassurance and Mirabel instantly supports her, so then Isabella leans into it and gets color everywhere. And the only times Abuela talks to Luisa or Dolores when it's time for them to use their power. This movie is amazing and I cry every time.
Mirabel’s mindset is opposite of Abuela’s
The mismatched flowers are Mirabel and Bruno, whom Abuela "discards" because they don't match her vision of perfection.
I’m crying just watching this.
15:26 Lin-Manuel Miranda has said that “Surface Pressure” was a tribute/apology to his own older sister, whom he acknowledges had more responsibility growing up than he did.
20:47 Wanna know the best part? This kind of song, with overlapping vocals, is called a madrigal. (LMM did it a couple times during Hamilton, notably during “Non-Stop,” the last song before intermission.)
14:46 it just occurred to me: “The ship doesn’t swerve as it heard how big the iceberg is.” Iirc, the Titanic actually was warned about an iceberg, but the warning was ignored until it was too late. Luisa could be saying that she’s tried to mention her concerns before, but was dismissed because they assume she’ll just handle it, fix any negative consequences or overpower any obstacle that could have been avoided. She’s worried her gift makes the family/community complacent. That’s really cool.
Wow that makes a lot of sense.
Some stuff I picked up on regarding Isabela’s character that the movie didn’t have a ton of time to explore:
- There’s a scene right before Mirabel goes into Bruno’s room where we see Abuela and Isa walking together. Abuela is telling Isa that her union to Mariano is going to be perfect, it’s a “perfect match” and we hear Isa basically just parrot that back to Ama.
- Speaking of Mariano, how she acts in regards to him or at the mention of him is so telling. There’s a lot of forced (almost pained) smiling. During the Family Madrigal number when Mirabel is rap/singing to Mariano, we see Isa walk by in the background and not spare the man even a glance, actually she looks in the complete opposite direction. And then there’s the flower punches to the face which could be subconscious of how much she really does not want to marry him. (Side note: I love that Mariano wasn’t a bad guy, Isa just didn’t want to marry him. Which is fine).
- After the song What Else Can I Do, it’s this huge release for Isa, finally be able to test the limits of what she can make. She’s even laughing with Mirabel… until Abuela shows up. It’s so subtle but when both sisters sit up you see Isa’s eyes quickly dart down to her pollen covered dress, and her body language is almost like she’s trying to make herself smaller before she slinks off to the side refusing to look at her sister or grandmother. Just because she’d had this liberating moment didn’t take away that pressure or that want for approval.
- You touched on this but Bruno prophesied that Isa would get the life she wanted, and that her powers would grow. When we first hear this we're like "oh of course she'd get the good fortune while everyone else gets bad ones" but if you think about it, that would have possibly been a terrifying idea for Isa at the time because to get the life of her dreams she'd have to potentially disappoint Alma and .... Well that just wasn't an option at the time.
- When Delores mentions that Mariano wants five kids, flowers grow in Isa’s hair. They’re all pink except for one white flower that Abuela promptly picks out because it doesn’t match the rest.
- During the ending of the “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” number when everyone is singing over each other, you can hear Isa repeating the phrase “I’m fine” several times which… is not something who is actually okay does.
- This isn’t concrete but it’s possible that the reason Isa is mean to Mirabel is that she’s jealous. Mirabel doesn’t have any expectations from the family at all. It’s a Grass is Always Greener situation. On top of Abuela treating Mirabel kind of bad so it’s like… mirroring what Abuela wants?
It’s a real close call, but I think Isabela might be my favorite of the Madrigals? I love Luisa, Mirabel, Bruno, Pepa, and everyone… but I think I just relate to Isa a little. Not to this extent, but I’ve had that feeling a lot throughout my life. That one minor mistake on an assignment or not living up to the image my family has of me could create some form of disastrous butterfly effect. So… yeah. Again, logically I know it’s just my anxiety talking but emotions are far from logical.
Same here. Once Isabella revealed what she was really thinking and feeling, she became the most relatable character in the film for me.
The way the pile of flowers they're laying in instantly shrinks away to nothing when Abuela walks in, too, is so telling.
@@Shax22132 true, she's the oldest child which means the one the parents have often a lot of expectations.
Also, I think it's really because she was jealous of Mirabel if she was so mean with her. I mean, she tought Mirabel doesn't have to live under constant pressure but she realises she was wrong when Mirabel says the truth to Abuela
Personally, I wondered why they never pointed out that Abuela didn't have a power either. I always saw this as to why Mirabel didn't have one. The house was appointing her the new matriarch.
Neither you nor any of the characters think to question it because she is (and always has been) such a powerful force even without magic.
@@ccthomas thats incredibly my point. The magic knew the strength of them both, so it knew they were not in need of any power.
Because she isn’t supposed to have one? The reason Mirabel is outcasted is because she’s SUPPOSED to have a gift. Almost like she’s defected
@@ccthomas Because she isn’t supposed to have one? The reason Mirabel is outcasted is because she’s SUPPOSED to have a gift. Almost like she’s defected
@@Dora-xi5ob exactly. In my opinion, Mirabel is kind of a representation of how a handicaped person can feel into his/her family. I'm an autistic woman and I recognized myself in her
Lin Manuel Miranda wrote most of the music for encanto. You know the guy who wrote Hamilton. It’s an incredible soundtrack.
“We don’t talk about Bruno” was a huge commercial success. number one on billboard and Spotify. “Dos Oruguitos” is the most beautiful song in the whole movie. It was nominated for an Oscar for best original song.
Growing up in a Hispanic family is realizing the black sheep of the family the outcast was usually the one who try to step out of the toxicity of the family and was mark as disrespectful for that.
That's your usual big traditional family. In every country and with every cultural, financial, religious background. Especially toxic when those ignorant and arrogant boomers are involved.
Those darn boomers ruin everything 😡😡
"They combined all their verses". That, my friend, is called a "madrigal".
I love how this movie talks about generational trauma and cycles that keep getting repeated and passed on from one person another.
After Abuelo Pedro's sacrifice, Abuela Alma understood that the only way to keep the family safe was through sacrifice, so the culture of the family Madrigal was primarily based on the idea that everyone in the family had to sacrifice their wants, needs and overall happiness to honor the great sacrifice that was made for them.
Like to cope with the trauma of the sacrifice, they kept demanding and repeating the sacrifice in their own lives and in the lives of their loved ones, which is ironic, but it's what frequently happens in real life: some of our traumas have so much influence in our decisions and behavior, that we end up repeating and reliving them. It's not until we resignify the trauma that we can break the cycles and stop their repetition.
In the end, while Mirabel looks at the rubble of their house, she starts the song All Of Me by saying, "Look at this home, we need a new foundation" 'cause she understood that the old foundation, the old idea which was the base of their culture, was what broke their home in the first place. They couldn't just build it again without first changing its foundation, so that's what they literally do: they rebuild their encanto, basing it on ideas like community, solidarity, their own effort and also their own wellbeing.
First it was the movie Luca with the "silenzio Bruno!" stuff. Now there's a whole song dissing Bruno.
I feel so attacked! 😤
I wonder what disney has against brunos? 🤭
@Brun0ROBLOX yes 🙃 It seems like we're namesakes(?), name twins(?) idk
How do yo call a person who has the same name as you??
Dos Oruguitas, the song that played during the flashback, is one of if not the most beautiful song I've heard in any Disney movie to date.
I always liked the theory that Mirabel’s “gift” was to be the next abuela. Coming from a culture that regards grandmothers as the most respected family member, and Mirabel’s keen trait on picking up on her family’s true wishes and passions, fuels this. Mirabel didn’t get a “gift” because above all, the greatest gift casita could give (in both retrospect to the culture and the Madrigal family) was to be the next matriarch.
Hahha.. actually everyone missed it.. her gift is actually amazing. She can go back to Abualea's past and see how it actually happened. Who else in the family can do that 😊
Surface pressure is truly an iconic song. I love how protective of Mirabel Luisa is.
I wish the film was longer so we could focus more on Dolores and Camilo too.
If you notice....so many people misinterpreted Bruno's prophecies 😔 you can hear Isabella telling herself she's 'fine' during the end of We don't talk about bruno...everyone is hiding their imperfections 😭
It was Camilo's actor's first time singing, he did so well!
Yeah, apparently they cut out a subplot for Camilo where when they all lose their powers his appearance changes into someone completely different because he'd transformed so many times over the years that he didn't know what he actually looked like.
@@vashsunglasses i would love a sequel or miniseries or something focusing on Dolores, Camilo, and Julieta because they're the three we didn't see much of. Camilo would likely have the worst identity problems i could imagine, which would be a very good plot to investigate. When you view your responsibility to the entire city to revolve around becoming other people, an existential crisis is almost unavoidable at some point. Adding in Dolores hearing literally everything and the massive pressure Julieta must feel as a healer, and we could probably have a similarly intense story as we got with Isa, Pepa, Luisa, and Bruno and how the negative sides to their gifts.
@@vashsunglasses Omg it makes me so mad that that storyline was cut out! Camilo is my favorite character and I think it was a big miss that they didn't go into his gift and relation to it at all. Especially with him being the closest in age to Mirabel, their relationship could've been integral to her story as well.
This movie is, frankly, a masterpiece. It's an example of how to tell a thoughtful story, with good values, addressing very real world problems WITHOUT sugar-coating them, BUT while also making it totally all-ages appropriate, and genuinely staying optimistic.
Oh, AND managing to celebrate a culture authentically and respectfully, in the true spirit of sharing it with the world.
Oh, AND they made it ENTERTAINING?!
I really can't find anything to criticize about it.
Honestly, it's one of my top favorite family movies of all time. And I'm "old" (42 😂). I grew up with all the classics. I put it up there with Disney's The Sword in the Stone and Alice in Wonderland; Which are not perfect movies, but I am very sentimental about them , so they're big favs of mine 🥺
If comparing simply on execution of goals, putting my personal sentiments aside? Encanto may be number 1, IMO. I really think in 100 years, it's going to still be a classic.
You didn't grow up with a narcissistic mother, and it shows. -_- This movie is a slap in the face to anyone who's ever tried to confront an emotionally abusive parent and then suffered the consequences. Confrontation fixes nothing... leaving does. And emotionally abusive people don't magically develop self-awareness in their 70s and stop being toxic.
@drummergirl2319 you must be fun at parties
@@drummergirl2319 I grew up with a narcissistic mother and I still stand by this movie and its message. Just beacause it didn´t work like this for you it doesn´t make it any less valid for millions of other people. And it sure as heck doesn´t give you the right to undermine someone else´s experience with it as you did on your comment. You didn´t like it or don´t agree with the premisse? Don´t watch! See how easy it is to solve problems?! I didn´t run away.
@drummergirl2319 I think that You were very unlucky and I understand that You can get angry about this movie. There are however three things that I feel makes Your argument a bit less. Firstly, Mirabel DID run away. The only option she could see after the desastrous confrontation. Second, I find the message of the movie works because it was the abusive parent (Abuela) who initiated the healing, she DID apologize and actually tried to be better. I am sure You were not that lucky. Third, for people who think Abuella was not punished enough I would like to remind you that she saw her worst nightmare come true: she lost her family again! I am sure that there will be tension in the future, but that is not what this (suposidly) kids movie is about. Schaffrillas Productions has a video about this and I thnk that would help everyone who is not sure.
If You do not like the movie, because it brings back terrible memories. You are fully entitled to.
@@drummergirl2319 SPEAK for yourself, I don't feel slapped in the face at all and I still live with my narcissist.
There has yet to be a time when I watch this movie and I don’t cry 🙃 this movie is one of my favorites they’ve ever done. I think it’s one of the more HELPFUL ones they’ve done, especially from someone with a broken family. This movie is the warm hug I needed
I always manage to tough it out up until Dos Oruguitas and that scream as abuelo is cut down is just. So. Visceral. Whoever was on the animation for that pushed the emotion to the absolute limit and it's so real and perfect.
That and for someone reason 'was Hercules ever like 'yo, I don't wanna fight Cerberus'' for some reasons hits some hidden part of me.
@@felixhenson9926 THE SCREAM😭 if I don’t cry for the rest of the movie I will always cry at that. It’s so well done
I'm still waiting to get to that point, it just won't happen yet!
A remark that was made and I really liked was the fact that, when the house is crumbling, Mirabel is the only one that got to the candle because she asked for help (from Casita). Camilo and Isabella relied completely in their powers, and without them, they didn't know what to do.
As someone that grew up in a very traditional Hispanic family, 98% of the level of toxicity you see is accurate...
The most unrealistic thing if the film isn't the magic, it's that they forgave each other so quickly 😅😢
I absolutely agree, even in this though it wasn’t much of an actual apology too 😂
It's so lovely to see a Disney movie that takes place in Colombia because i'm adopted from there. The film makes me think of my biological mother. I feel closer to her when i watch Encanto. 😭💔✨️
Colombia is female?
Yes, Mirabel is the source, the Keeper of the Miracle. That is her gift. She is at the heart of everything. She will be the family matriarch and leader. Without her the miracle would fail, hence why we see her uniting her family throughout the film and amplifying their powers. Her connection to the house is also the strongest because of this- it's an extension of the miracle and therefore an extension of her. It responds to her and "communicates" with her in a way that it doesn't with anyone else, except Abuela who is the previous Keeper of the Miracle.
Something I don’t think I’ve seen anyone mention but Abuela’s line in the beginning of the movie “sometimes the best thing some of us can do is step aside-“ is super foreshadowing in that Abuela herself is who needs to step aside and let Mirabel heal the family
I've also noticed that Isabella and Luisa don't have as much screen time with their actual parents, Julieta and Agustin, as Mirabel does. Maybe because both Isabella and Luisa have significant responsibilities within the family, they're the ones with strong and important gifts. You know how parents sometimes favor the weakest member of the family because they assume the others can fend for themselves. Sadly, we forget that even the strongest ones in the family still need the same unconditional love and care. It's a subtle detail, but when you compare it to Pepa and Felix, who are always seen with their kids, it becomes more obvious that Julieta and Agustin show more sweetness and care towards Mirabel than towards her elder siblings. Her being the youngest and the "weakest link" is probably the reason.
Someone else pointed this out, but Isabellas part of the Bruno - song appeared to everyone as a good thing, but wasn't to her. Pretty much the last thing she truly wanted was her power to grow by creating even more perfect flowers, never escaping the pressure to create perfection. She probably realised later that her powers growing actually referred to also creating less - perfect (but still awesome) plants :)
If you listen her words are "grow like grapes on a vine" but she only grows flowers. She is lamenting her powers to only produce pretty things not (as she says in her song) "something real" like fruits, like grapes on a vine.
It wasn't even raise this family alone. It was raise this whole community alone. Protect everyone, never having time to greeve
What sucks is that these types of family dynamics really exist. Having one non-special person (the black sheep) in a family and they are constantly verbally and emotionally abused. Some never recover from that type of trauma. They become people pleasers, or worse. The hardest thing is that many never get the "Disney happy ending". No resolution or understanding and repentance from the abusers. Some people never fully let it go (some never figure out how to let any of it go) and it weighs them down their entire life.
Thankyou for noticing Abuela’s heart! For noting she never meant to hurt but only ever did so out of fear of the family breaking. And to realise her own character growth!
So many people who watched this acted like she was a villain and was hated on so much! Yes she was cruel and mean to Mirabel sometimes. And way too strict to everyone. But she’s not pure evil. Her intentions were right but she was blinded by fear. And she didn’t get angry at mirabel accusing her but instead took it to heart and was willing to change to be what the family truely needed! I think she grows just as much if not more than Mirabel in this movie.
You are very quickly becoming my favourite movie reactor for being able to read the heart behind characters in movies like this! And for being able to laugh along the good jokes with me too :P
Ps, I only recently found you but I’ve been binging your videos to catch up :P
One of the best things about this film is that they gave the super strength to a woman. It's not something that you typically see in film...a woman built the way Louisa is built being seen as both strong and feminine is dope and I love it so much
My headcanon is that Mirabel got her gift the same night Antonio did. Immediately everyone started talking to her about things they'd never told anyone. She heals minds the same way her mother heals bodies.
Fun Fact: Mirabel's voige actress was in labour during the recording of Waiting on a Miracle
There is ongoing turmoil in Columbia similar to villages being overtaken by marauders. The story takes place in turn of the century Columbia. The appearance of flowers, butterflies, and magical realism is a significant part of Colombian culture. Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez features these symbols in his novel and film, "One Hundred Years of Solitude."
I LOVE your commentary!! You pick up on so many things that most people brush over and understand the emotional beats so well, it's lovely to see ❤
Side note, but what happened to abuela and Pedro has been and still is a reality for many Colombians, it's heartbreaking to see it depicted here but I appreciate that they didn't shy away from it
Notice the only people in the family that actually spoke to the casita was Abuela and Mirabel. This kind of indicates to me that Abuela was the keeper of the magic and that role has now been passed to Mirabel.
33:45 and that is the reality of many people in my country Colombia. Families were forced to leave their homes. Internal violence has taken so many lives and has caused lots of suffering through generations.
lets not forget the mvp of this movie:
Jorge. He makes the spackle.
Hey Oscar! I'm fairly new to the channel, but I just wanted to reiterate what I've seen others have already said in the past: I love your insight and empathy as you watch these movies, and also your values as well! It's so refreshing to find a movie reactor who isn't crude, or crass, or raunchy; I love the wholesomeness! Never change, mate.
Encanto is one of my (new) favorite movies from Disney, and I teared up again towards the end just hearing YOUR reaction and thoughts. Thanks for reacting to it!
Thankyou ☺️ glad you enjoyed the reaction.
@@thecocoacouch Since you enjoyed this movie I would recommend reacting to lydiatheard's disney villain songs. she takes the classic characters and well know songs and give them a change to make them more of a villain song. I would start with Mirabe's villain song We don't talk about Bruno and Isabela villain song what else can i do? The only thing that is of importance is to READ THE STORY IN THE DESCRIPTION FIRST BEFORE YOU WATCH THE VIDEO! the songs are so good that you can actually feel like it was a possibility from the start. There are lines that show you the change and sends chills down your spine that leaves you questioning everything and opens your eyes to see disney movies are surprisingly darker then you know.
@@thecocoacouch Did you know there was a different scene where alma and Mirabel reconnected. The other way Julieta would end up being critically injured. Mirabel believing it is her fault that her mother is going to die she runs away pausing at the river only to dash across it to when she hears alma's voice. alma arrives at the river only to see mirabel fleeing round the bend in the trail. alma promises to find mirabel. she finds her old town is rebuilt and bigger and finds mirabel crying in a park at a monument for pedro. they have the heart to heart scene and mirabel says this: I can't go back, I just can't. Alma replies with this: "That is what i said about this town but here I am.
As a generation Z Mexican girl raised by a mother who was not wanted as a baby and had to start taking care of sublings at the age of 7, I can definitely relate to Mirabel in this movie. 😢❤
The tears I cried when Casita used it's last "dying breaths" to save mirabel. I cried through this whole movie. I still do and I've seen it so many times
Watching "Encanto" and Mirabel's character as the youngest child and the only son, of a family who expects a lot from every single thing you do, tears away my soul knowing how it came as easy as it looked for Mirabel to solve the main issue just by talking it out with everyone. How I could only wish it was that easy in reality to get out of that situation. How I could wish everyone I want to understand my position would actually be willing to listen and compromise that easily. I could only hope to acquire such miracle. 😔
When she goes to talk to her sisters, she's not the one talking. She's the one listening and realizing she's not the (only) victim.
"Every child is a gift" FACTS!
No way! I just found your channel and am not yet familiar with what you’ve watched and I’m totally in my “Encanto era” XD so loved thisss! My fav Disney movie in a long time, may be a top tier too 😊
Lin Manuel Miranda works his genius magic again!!❤
20:46 that technique were voices are combined in such a complex way is called a… wait for it… Madrigal….
I’m amazed you haven’t seen this one! I am so happy this popped up at the very top of my feed. Your reactions are so emotive and empathetic and I just love watching them! Thanks for sharing. ❤
This is a modern example of how good a musical can be. Exceeded all expectations I had for this film
"...this song's a bop..."
Yeah, that's pretty much _all_ of the songs in this movie. In fact you said it at least one more time (about Bruno's song).
"...super hearing's very dangerous I imagine..."
Possibly more than you realize.
"...they took a photo without her..."
Yeah, but then notice that when Alma called everyone over, all the others worked out where to stand _on their own?_ It's just a case that no one _checked_ to be sure everyone was in the photo, they just presumed everyone _would be_ because they expect everyone Mirabel's age and older to act in a responsible manner. In other words, _they_ didn't exclude her, _Mirabel_ excluded _herself._ Now, I _fully_ understand _why_ she did, with her feeling so bad in that moment, but I don't blame the rest of the family for not noticing. Lots of things like that can happen.
"...I think putting so much pressure on this miracle is the wrong way to go about it..."
I love that this comment comes about 10 minutes _before_ a song called Surface Pressure.
"...you also gotta take care of yourself first..."
Which is 90% of the message of this movie.
"...I can't believe she has that power and can't keep a secret..."
Mmm... there might be something deeper there.....
["...like your future was undecided..."]
I like to point out that Bruno misread his prophecy. There was _no_ indecision. Like every one of his other prophecies, there was only one way it could work out, and it did exactly that. Mirabel _did_ break the house, the family, and then she put it back together again. Every image in the prophecy scene that follows _happened._ All of them. She did _every_ part of it. You mention the mountain splitting, for instance. That was shown in Bruno's vision. It was going to happen.
"...that's the problem with prophecies, they're always so vague..."
Lots of them are. Some of his weren't. Like growing a gut, going bald, or the fish dying. Those are quite specific. And while you might not be able to _stop_ them from happening, you can _at least_ prepare. You can say goodbye to your pet, you can get looser pants and not make plans that involve narrow spaces or chairs, you can invest in hair replacements early on. But yes, generally prophecy, _especially_ in the real world, is _way_ too vague to be useful. _Prediction_ is where it's at.
"...I'm assuming the house crumbling is directly related to the family's health as a family..."
Well caught. Many people don't see it. The house had cracks 'behind the walls', hidden, when the stresses were minor. When Mirabel is feeling ostracized by her family, the house cracks. But then she shoves that aside and unifies with the family again in that moment to try to help... and the house repairs itself. After that, though, things become more and more off as she investigates, and the house is cracking, the internal cracks coming to the outside.
"...that felt so much more visceral than at the start of the movie..."
Yeah... it's easier to hear about an event than to watch the event itself.
The only thing you seem to have missed is the secret villain of the whole movie, the one who was _trying_ to break the house, destroy the magic:
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Another movie with generational trauma themes that _I_ personally liked is "Turning Red". The more blind you can go into watching that the better.
Great reaction!
Have a nice day!
Lin-Manuel Miranda did the music for Encanto! If you loved it l, you are going to lose your mind over the Broadway musical Hamilton that he wrote. And I would sooo love to watch you react to it!
Omg yes, that reaction would be amazing!
Agreed! It would be amazing
I love this movie and I've watched so many reactions but THIS IS MY FAVORITE EVER! You really paid attention to the details and the emotions.
That's what I look for when I watch reactions, someone who really pays attention to the characters and details in a movie. ❤
Excellent reaction! This film literally delivers on how the true magic wasn’t the gifts, but it was literally the love and the support that the family needed to embrace that was the true magic. 🕯🦋💛
"That felt so much more visceral than at the start of the movie" I've been watching reactions to Encanto for a while now (I'm a bit addicted lol) and you are the FIRST PERSON I can remember actually noticing that just immediately. For all Abuela says they were given their miracle because of Pedro, I really think the miracle was born from her grief more than anything, as a way to protect herself and her family and her way of life, very rooted in looking to the past. And then when it was reborn once they rebuilt Casita and everything, their gift was reborn through Mirabel - healing and growth and looking to the future.
Encanto is my favorite Disney movie. It´s soooo good and emotional and up to date with all the expectations we have to deal with.
This is a movie that grew on me. I honestly didn't connect with it the first time, but hearing others share what they loved made me love it on rewatches. Part of why I love reactions like yours so much! Always new ways to see the same story.
I was so glad to see you pick up on the two versions of Abuelo’s story. There’s the sanitized version that Abuela tells baby Mirabel at the beginning - “…and your Abuelo…was lost.” - and then there is the raw, unfiltered reality at the end that an older more mature Mirabel can finally understand. Abuelo was murdered right in front of her, and the candle’s awakening was a direct result of it, a literal explosion of unfathomable grief and love. And I love how they showed the realization wash over Mirabel of everything that Abuela endured. All of the beautiful little details like that in this movie have made it one of my top three Disney movies. They really hit a home run with this one.
I didn't know if anybody what has said this, but... about Bruno:
Whenever Disney has utility type things on their resort and park properties that are necessary but ugly, they're painted a very specific shade of green that the eye tends to gloss over to focus on other things. They call it "Go Away Green".
Bruno's most dominant color in his clothing is _Go Away Green._
That's INCREDIBLY meta and I love it to bits.
I always felt her gift was that she was the emergency backup generator so to speak. She held a spark of the house magic that could re-alive the house in cases of tragedy.
The movie will easily go down in history! It was so well done, and very different than the usual Disney stories. I loved it and glad you did too
They for sure should have made sure everyone was in the photo, but everyone would have expected her to just walk up and join in. It shows how people who feel disincluded can make that their reality more than necessary. It's a hard skill to learn for some, but sometimes you just have to insert yourself into social situations in order to be part of a group, especially in big families.
Idk if it's that simple. Imagine if Isabela hadn't stepped forward or Luisa. Wouldn't they have been called over before the picture was snapped? Mirabel was "allowed" to stay back or was truly forgotten
One thing that I noticed during my first watch of this movie is how vastly different the narration of the past was in the beginning of the movie and at the end with the song Dos Oruguitas. It shows how even the grandmother was putting on a brave perfect facade for everyone. Sanitizing the events and making it more focused on the Encanto rather than the visceral moment of loss that probably triggered it.
Now rewatching it via your reaction, I realized how Mirabel has been bridging and mending her relationship with her family throughout the movie from those she has good relationships with to bad to worse. Starting from Luisa (a sister who always seemed busy but someone she likes), to Bruno (the one who shall not be named of the family), to Isabela (the sister she hates and thinks hates her) to finally her Abuela (the grandmother she admired but she thinks she disappoints). And her journey led to mending their family and making them stronger. Like the caterpillars in the song Dos Oruguitas, the Madrigal miracle has to collapse and be destroyed in its current form and be reborn as a newer one - a stronger and more united family, imperfect but complete where everybody is seen and loved as they are.
The music for this movie was written by Lin Manuel Miranda. If you like this movie, I recommend some of his other works (Moana and Hamilton are some examples)
I love how Bruno saw that the miracle was gone and literally the first thing that he did was to try to take the blame so the family would not blame Mirabel. Bruno is really the best.
"Colombia te quiero tanto" ... I wish everyone would see your Encanto...!!
Lin Manuel Miranda basically made this movie what it is with his fantastic songs. Surface Pressure hits me right in my feels every time.
The song "pressure" made my bf cry 😢 I didn't understand the undertone until I heard the song again. And it's basically a tribute to men (stereotyped as the breadwinners that aren't allowed to take breaks or be stressed out, u get the gist) I love this song 💚💚💚💚💚
Made me cry hearing it for the first time too... you know how they say your birth order affects your personality? First born problems I guess 🤷♀
It's called "Surface Pressure" but yeah, I don't blame him
I’ve heard lots of people say they also related to it as being the firstborn child of a family, especially a girl. It can have so many meanings!
it’s not a tribute to any specific gender but just people who are the ones carrying the family trying to keep everything a float. The song writer actually dedicated the song to his older sister who was always dealing with so much.
I love John Leguizamo as Uncle Bruno. He's also the chop shop guy from John Wick, Aurelio.
They really made grandma looks awful and heartless like the villain right from the start but damn when that scene started playing. It was amazing how they could relay the pain grandma was feeling (i feel it everytime i see the scene, it's heartwrenching i cant imagine) and the song is so so perfectly fitting and beautiful i cant. It does not justify what grandma had done but we can definitely see where she's coming from. A single mom. With THREE babies. Just lost the love of her life. And there's no home. She's gone through A LOT in a very short time. And thankfully grandma admitted her mistake and ask forgiveness which is a small act but have a HUGE impact. I love this movie so much. The songs are so good too. Definitely one of my favs. ❤
Ooohhh you didn't see Encanto yet?? Yeah...I'm in for the ride with you ❤❤❤❤
Definitely one of my top 3 Disney movies for sure. The soundtrack is one of the best soundtracks (and I don’t mean just for Disney) ever made imo.
20:42 Fun Fact: that type of music where all the verses are overlaid like is called a Madrigal.
I know the donkeys are also a comedy device, but they're one of my favorites bits of symbolism in the movie. They're strong, dependable beasts of burden, but apart from pulling a cart once in a while, they are not being used as such - Luisa is. She's carrying them and doing the work you'd usually use a donkey for. Even in her song, the only time they're carrying her is in her daydream. That last shot of "Surface Pressure"? Luisa, Isabella, four donkeys, and the entirety of the Madrigal house... and Luisa's still the only one holding all of it, like she's afraid to set it down or she thinks she can't, even though those donkeys are spaced perfectly to help take that load from her.
*six donkeys, I mean, not four
Isabella? Do you mean Mirabel?
@@kirakotobuki9195 I did, yes, thanks for catching that!
@@mollyd.9128 No problem. ^^
I was totally wanting to watch Encanto today and now I get to do it on the Cocoa Couch!!
Okay, but can we talk about how Dolores kept it a secret that Bruno was in the walls for years, but as soon as she hears Mirabelle say she thinks that the magic dying MIGHT be because of her, she blabs without even talking to her cousin first? Kinda shows how few people in her family support her in my opinion.
I love watching Encanto and I love your reaction. I love this Disney movie. I love,relate to Mirabel so very much.
I heard someone saying that Mirabel didn't have a gift cause she was supposed to lead the family later on and that in itself was a gift. She would become like "the next abuela" and help her family in that kind of way.
Maybe but in my opinion, that was because Casita saw the invisibles damages of the family and chose Mirabel to be the one who will be able to repair them (after all, she was the last child born)
I love that you reacted to this one...very heartwarming and cute reaction ❤
I don’t know if anyone else has mentioned this but the voice of Bruno is also the voice of Sid the Sloth from the Ice Age franchise!! 😊😂🩷
Abuela's grief was the catalyst...but it's Abuelo Pedro's life that is the source of the power. He gave himself to protect his family. Abuela's love and pain is what gave that power form.
A lot of people think Pedro is the House, Casita. But I don't think that's the case. I think Casita is drawn from Pedro's personality and will, but that it's still a distinct entity unto itself.
Just want to say it's always a pleasure to rewatch something with you❤
This is one of the few Disney movies that still makes me cry every time I watch it. You are totally right that Mirabel is the heart of the family and empathy is her greatest gift. My theory for why her door quasi-formed and then disappeared is because the casita was evaluating her and in the process the door formed, but once casita realized that Mirabel had the strongest innate human gift of all there was no reason to give her an enhancement gift. Casita knew it could trust Mirabel with the task of rebuilding the family when it became superficial love and acceptance.
I'm kinda surprised you didn't hear We Don't Talk about Bruno before. It was so popular on the radio and internet that people got sort of annoyed of it after a while, just like Let It Go was when Frozen came out. I personally like Surface Pressure the most but the entire soundtrack is fire.
I’m so glad you reacted to this, it’s one of my favourites. Love your reactions and this one was a lot of fun. ❤
I'm not tearbending 😭
Ohhh, Encanto, a story based in my beautiful Colombia... I didn't ask for this reaction, but I'm so here for it...!!!!
Notice the constant use of butterflies. It's on the candle. Mirabel has them all over her dress. She tells Bruno to follow the butterfly in the vision. The song that plays in the flashback is "Dos Origuitas", which means "Two Catterpillars". It's clear that Mirabel is meant to be the next Candlebearer. The new matriarch.
I really cried when Dos Oruguitas came out watching the movie for the first time, because the grandparents Alma and Pedro suffered from forced deplacement just as in Colombia. We have so many scars about the internal conflict and the guerrilla warfare and its so relatable to watch how much pain you see in those scenes where you lose the ones you love. Its exactly like reality. And for example, my grandparents were saved thanks to God according to them, so they were given this “miracle” exactly as in the movie. They have such high expectations about us having a good future, being good students and sons so we can have a brighter economic life than they could have in the capital city. So its very relatable for me. So many people didnt understand the arc of the movie cuz its complex and told in such a small period of time. Its not as good as coco, but its just as relatable for me.
This movie is perfection. I cry every time
If you like the way the lyrics layer each other, you’ll want to watch Hamilton! Lin Manuel Miranda wrote the music to this movie and is the creator of Hamilton where he plays Hamilton. I don’t think it’s an understatement to say it’s a musical masterpiece. He definitely has a way with words!
The way I interpret is that Maribel is the new matriarch of the family.
Thats why she didnt got her room, bc shes linked to the whole house. It also explains why she didnt got "a power", bc her power is her being the new matriarch - which obviously couldn't become reality when she was so young.
This movie is a very good example of magical realism. A literature genre very popular in Latin America where surrealism splits into seemingly realistic fiction.
Here we have the reality of a small village mixing with the unreal possibility of a latin grandma admitting she's wrong.
@Brun0ROBLOX ????
Pixar movies really hit you in the feels. This is one of my favorites.
Edit: okay my bad. Not a Pixar movie 🤷♀️
This is not from Pixar.
This movie resonates with every family oriented country there is.... Although it also connects with some family that lets their children be free when they reach a certain age this hits different to those families that even if the children are of legal age they still live with their parents around or they build a house right beside where the parents' house is because they cant fathom the idea of leaving the family.
The story on the hidden feelings of every member of the family and how they deal with it in silence.
Each character is fighting their own battle as a part of the family and finds strength to one another while some members are the reason for the struggles of others without knowing it. What a family actually needs is connection through honesty and understanding.
I don't know how many times I seen this movie, its just break me every time. Its so tragic and at the same time so damn beautiful
What i find interesting is that Camillos portion of "we dont talk about Bruno" hes only a couple months older than Mirabel so everything he knows about Bruno is by word of mouth only and the last time he saw bruno he was like 6 so he probably looked 7 ft tall 😅
Yay, I’m so happy, this is one of my favorites!!!
Fun fact. At the end part of the song "we don´t talk about Bruno" where everyone is singing their parts at the same time is in musical terms called a MADRIGAL, hence the family name Madrigal.
You always have great reaction videos. Thanks for entertaining us. I’m looking forward to watching this one right now.