i watched wish so you don't have to ⭐️🌳🐐 (disney wish review)
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- čas přidán 9. 05. 2024
- disney's latest animated movie, wish, just hit theaters and i'm sorry to say that it's been just as disappointing as their last few animated releases despite having a promising premise. in today's video i took a closer look at disney's wish and discussed some of the ways i think it could be improved. what did you think of wish?
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I wish we got something better…..
HA! Good one.
@@umbrellaum That was said in the video 💀
@@hyrulecrybabyzelda5174 🤧😔 I DIDNT WATCH THE FULL VIDEO AT THE TIME I FEEL EMBARASSED
wow…
:D
Lol you Wish 😏
Still unbelievably upset that they also scrapped Star Boy as Asha’s love interest in favor of having a plushie character. This movie would’ve been an absolute hit if they stuck with the original concepts. A villain couple AND a magical star boy ?!! WE WERE ROBBED!!! 😭
Because heaven forbid a Disney princess falls in love. Then she’s “weak” and “a bad role model”
Where did this whole "love interest" idea about Star come from? Didn't the actual concept art state he was a manifestation of Asha's originally dead grandfather?
@@ifiwerearichman-yabadibathat was a separate concept for star, they were two different options
I'm rewriting wish and I just finish the outline. Gimme some beta readers and I will go OFF!!
@@kamiw5899I will read anything man I'm so starved for a good story 😭🙌
I’d even go so far to say Anna makes adorkable work (like Rapunzel and Mirabel) since she grew up alone, but Asha? It makes NO SENSE. She would’ve been the perfect opportunity to make a character that is ambitious and hardworking, meeting a moral dilemma when it comes to recovering the wishes or pursuing the career she wants. Idk, there was so much potential for an interesting, complex character but HEY ANNA, RAPUNZEL, AND MIRABEL ARE CUTE, LETS MAKE HER ONE TOO!
Agreed. Also, Anna has Elsa to play off of who is the opposite of adorkable
Asha is supposed to have lots of friend and is well liked in the town yet she is still supposedly quirky girl.
Anna and Rapunzel make sense since they grew up alone, they wouldn't be aware of social norms hence 'quirky'. Mirabel makes sense since she is the outcast of her family...She needs something other than not having a gift to be outcasted. Moana is the case of being a dork in a normal family and internal doubt making her unsure. What does Asha have to make her a dork? NOTHING
I was expecting for Asha to have a personality that is a combination of Snow White and Ariel's.
i agree that Anna's adorableness makes sense, for the reasons you already mentioned, but it also impacts the plot in a major way. Had she not been so naive adorable bubbly, so shut of from the world, she would have never gotten with Hans. I wasnt too big a fan of mirabel's quirky side tho, I think she was much more compelling whenever she was sad of angry, but it didnt make me go, hey, this doesn't fit here. I just wasn't into it with Mirabel. Honestly, the best thing would just be if Disney could diversify their female protagonists a bit, and be a bit more creative, it doesn't feel like that big of an ask.
If this movie was celebrating the 100 year anniversary of Disney Studios it should’ve been in 2D.
It originally was supposed to be 😢
I would have been nice but, as mentioned in the video, there aren't enough people working at Walt Disney Animation Studios that could make a traditionally animated picture, almost all of the artists are exclusively CG animators. For things like the Once Upon a Studio special, the 2D animators were practically guest animators since they now work as freelancers. Heck, in Mary Poppins Returns the animated segments were outsourced. Can't imagine Disney outsourcing the production of a 2D feature, their movies have to be made in-house
Ugh when will you all be done with this!
Too much skilled labor required for Disney.
I thought trying a new style was better than 2D. Walt always wanted to try new things
There was a missed opportunity for the queen to be evil and part of a villain power couple with her husband, but I'd argue that her being good was also something Disney hadn't explored. We've had evil stepmothers marrying good men, but we've never had a villain's spouse forced to realize that the person they wanted to share their life with is not a good person. Here we have a princess who lived happily ever after with her prince, and decades later, all the good in him fizzled out until she had to go against him after he drew a weapon on her for trying to talk him down. This is heartbreaking, this is dramatic, but the movie barely wants to acknowledge her, so it has no impact. Knowing What I Know Now should have been HER song, not the song of a bunch of teenagers with a queen guest appearance. I don't care how cute your ragtag teens are, give her a moment!
A villain couple was one of the original plans for the film, but they chose not to do it 😢
I havent seen this yet, but as someone with generational trauma caused by good women marrying evil men, I’m for it
Concepts are only as good as their execution. If Wish had executed their concepts really well, no one would really be begging for these old concepts.
I mean, the idea of a king who is slowly driven to villainy by his paranoia and need to cling onto power, driving away his queen as she is tragically forced to watch the man she loved melt away and be replaced with a cruel, villainous shadow of his former self is SICK AS HELL. If they had done this well, I probably would have PREFERRED it over a shallow Disney villain couple.
The way i had a fanfiction involving this trope that i haven't continued for 2 years LMAOOO
I know lots of people want to see an evil power couple from Disney, but honestly the concept of a loved one giving into their paranoia, being drained and becoming a shell of their former vibrant self, would be SO HEARTBREAKING to watch.
The fact that the Queen basically went "oh, he can't be saved, he's just going to be evil forever because of that random book we didn't bother burning, so sad, oh well", it just...struck me the wrong way with how easily glossed over the arc was. The love of your life that you built an entire kingdom with...and even if he couldn't saved and that was due to external forces amplifying his paranoia into greed and being "wish thirsty", you don't have ANY sort of feelings of pain, guilt of having to sacriface your own loved one, nothing??
Why was the Queen even needed if she was just there to support Asha and nothing more??
If anything, one positive thing Wish did was make me appreciate Tangled even more. Similarly to Wish, Tangled was also a celebration movie. It was Disney’s 50th animated feature film, and conceptually, it was ALSO similar to Wish. It’s a modern day retelling of a classic fairy tale with plenty of references and allusions to older Disney movies. Except Tangled actually delivered with a good story, memorable characters, a FANTASTIC villain, and great musical numbers.
Big Broadway style musical numbers vs pop. Why they went pop for this 🤦♀️
Wasn't Rapunzel also the first 3D princess? Back then her face actually seemed cute & unique, unlike now when every Disney girl has it 😭
@@hollymelon7527 I think Rapunzel was a Keane design.
@@hollymelon7527ikr
Is wish based on a fairytale? Because if it isn't, that actually could be part of what's missing
I feel so validated hearing you say you agree with magnifico at the beginning 😭 I was so confused why it was supposed to be bad that he didn't grant every single wish. It could genuinely cause so many issues
People had arguments over his statement. He's not entirely wrong that not all wish should be granted, but it also feels like he's overcontrolling the kingdom to the point where people rely too much on him to grant their wish. I haven't watched the movie but seeing the review, I wish Asha's motivation and the whole message of the movie aren't so naive. It would've been better if it's a "be careful what you wished for" type of movie. This seems like a forgettable movie like Raya (literally nobody remembers that movie lol).
I don’t think you paid attention. It wasn’t just that he wasn’t granting each wish. His sorcery removed the desires of the individuals and prevented them pursuing their dreams. Of course not each wish could be granted. However, he could return the wishes, explain why they weren’t being granted, and offered each individual the opportunity to request a wish that didn’t disrupt their society. Also, imagine living your whole life and dying without knowing what your wish was and living with that emptiness for… 100+ years. Each Person who presented a wish to Magnifico was a completely different person from before. And you could make the argument that each citizen gave their wish consensually but they didn’t. They are denied informed consent because Magnifico does not inform them (nor did he intend to) of possibility of their wishes never being granted. If each citizen was fully aware of ALL the stakes of giving him their wishes, they likely wouldn’t.
@@Nohandle1125 I would argue that the citizens of Rosa are kind of at fault for giving away their wishes. At one point, Magnifico said he granted 14 wishes in the past year and I assume it's more or less the number of wishes he grants every year. People know this because he makes a huge celebration out of it so it's not like he hides it. There are people like Saaba (Asha's grandfather) who have spent like 82 years waiting for his wish to come true. Like, people absolutely can infer, by logic, that there is a possibility that their wish could never be granted so it's at their own risk that they give it away.
People aren't mad about every wish not being granted, it's more how he only chooses the safest ones by his own judgement, nothing that could ever be perceived as bad
Same.
Man the scrap of the wishing star being a “prince” made me wanna throw my phone. Disney’s scraps tend to always look better than the actual product. 😭😭😭
reall they could have make a cute love story bc disney is also known for true love
@@bianawitchvacker4008no
There's already so many love stories
@@kittygirl0872 there's nothing wrong with adding more?
@@Wizard608 I'm just saying there's so many other love stories
It's overrated
@@kittygirl0872 well humans are programmed to love, that's why it's a recurring thing in media. 🤷♂️
I think Tiana, Jasmine and Rapunzel might be the last serious disney princesses we had. And I add Rapunzel because the whole "quirky, weird cute girl" thing was actually part of her character and Disney basically turned it into a now unsuccessful formula. I'd love to see more princesses like Tiana and Jasmine or even Nani from Lilo. Beautiful girls with not so great circumstances who actually work past them using brains, determination and courage.
Moana was silly but also serious
I disagree. Elsa is a fantastic write
id also add, Merida though her circumstances were a bit different. I like that the main conflict of her film was basically her own fault and she learns to take resposibility as a result.
@@multiversomental6893 I didn't add her because technically she's a Queen, not a princess but she's another good example.
i agree with this comment, and like everyone else who replied, i’d also like to add a princess, Belle. i can’t remember a time when she was really quirky, maybe there were one or two times, but those wouldn’t count as part of her personality. i view her as a reserved, introverted bookworm who is really smart and curious about all things. yes, she does resemble the old Disney princesses when it comes to being “royal”, “perfect” and “elegant” at times, but i still think they fleshed out her personality better than the older princesses, where they just wander off into the woods (or somewhere idk) longing for someone to love (i’m not trying to hate on those movies, i just didn’t really take interest in them so maybe i’m wrong). instead, she’s longing for adventure and excitement, and i really found that charming about her. anyway, that’s just my opinion and i agree that the princesses you mentioned deserve to be one that list. 👌
I think Asha should have started secretly granting villagers wishes regardless of their potential impact, to disastrous consequences. When the king found out someone was granting wishes and undermining his power he should have gone crazy ramoaging while Asha had to deal with the consequences of wish granting, how they damaged the kingdom and left people listless since they didnt have to work to achieve anything. This way Asha learns that you can't just grant wishes, but she still believes the people should be allowed to persue their dreams through other means. Also Asha should have been an assistant as a call back to the magicians assistant
That is actually a good lesson to learn!
Not al wishes are good, and they are your own responsibility.
I love this idea. it's a great lesson to learn, and makes our heroine a flawed but human character that can take responsiblity for her mistakes and work to fix them. the more nuanced take on wishes, Asha being the middle ground on the matter, is a lot better.
also, it's the sorcerer's apprentice! I only mention it because it's one of my favorite live action disney movies. Totally a guilty pleasure lol
YES
Person A wishes Person B would fall in love with them. Does Asha change A to become the "perfect" person for B? Or does she make B just fall for A as is? Either way someone's free will is being overridden.
How come you didn’t work in the project? Your idea sounds way more sense than whatever THIS is.
The animation style and character designs are so disappointing. Disney noticed the trend of mixing 3D with more stylistic 2D elements (Spiderverse, Puss: The Last Wish) but instead of going all out, it’s like they were afraid to take risks and only did it half-heartedly, and instead of looking like a beautiful, cinematic film Disney is known for in their animation (both 2D and 3D), it ends up in a weird middle ground and looks more like a decent budget Sofia the First special. Nearly all the 3D Princess films look better, Rapunzel was first way back in 2009 and looks so, so much nicer with brighter colors, beautiful cinematography, iconic character designs, etc.
Asha and every other supporting character look so plain and blend into the background looking like default designs, and it doesn’t help that the similar facial features, dark hip-length hair, and purple dress make Asha look like a bad knock off of Isabela from Encanto (who still has a much better design and still stands out from such a big, colorful and unique cast). Asha herself doesn’t stand out either, all of the recent Disney princesses, whether they were well written or not, still had very distinct designs that take inspired from the cultures they’re inspired by (Moana with Polynesian inspired elements, and Raya taking inspiration from Southeast Asia). Asha’s outfit? A purple dress, vaguely resembling old Spanish (?) dresses, I’m not totally sure. No distinct colors as they’re all just close shades of the same purple making the dress not stand out and look plain, and a boring silhouette. I like the locs of her hair, but I’m sure they could’ve done it just a tad less simple? Overall, I think Wish had a lot of potential, but in rushing to do something without truly understanding what could’ve made it special, it falls flat (literally) and is quite a disappointment.
I'm so glad I'm not the only ne who thought the art style of Wish looked like Sofia the First.
The animation is supposed to resemble the pages of a story book. The texture is grainy and the colour is saturated like watercolour on water colour paper. It’s beautiful.
@@Nohandle1125
Watercolor was at best used for backgrounds for classic Disney films. They used acrylic for moving animation
Either way, watercolor is not supposed to be dull and colorless like this movie wants you to think. Puss in Boots did a better storybook style from what I’ve seen
I disagree tbh i love the artstyle but thats just my opinion
I like the artstyle. It's not as iconic as the 2018 into the spider verse or the last wish
When I saw the first teaser image and the information that it was the "origin of the Wishing Star", along with describing Asha as a princess, I got the impression that it would end bittersweetly with Asha becoming the wishing star herself and fulfilling her wish to help everyone. It's the way I wrote a better story in my head than this movie ever did
That would have been very interesting....
Omg! That would have been so good, especially because they could have tied it back to the star from Princess and the Frog.
Wow, I love the idea that SHE would become the wishing star!! Especially since she doesn't really have strong ties/relationships or anything else going for her....lol.
Can you imagine? Asha wishes and the star comes down, and as they free the wishes the kingdom sucumbs to complete chaos as asha did not contemplate the consequences but she remains stubborn, powerdrunk in her naievety, believing that every wish should come true but it is not until the regents reason with asha and show her the bigger picture that Oh! Her wish did not grant happiness, but a wreaking havoc and so, with her heart filled with sorrow, Asha begs, she promises the star to give them anything to make everything right. The star understanding that no prize would be enough for asha to feel she paid her debt takes her to the celestial vault and, once the blazing light recedes a second star is revealed bright and beautiful.
@@sofianova1472 dude, chill. You know Asha is meant to be the heroine, right? Magnifico's writing making the moral kind of skewed in the final movie doesn't mean Asha should be rewritten as a straight up villain.
Honestly, the fact that she's a tour guide gives the opportunity for Disney to have their cake and eat it too by having the adorkableness be deliberate act, because tour guides can be like that to entertain their customers. It would be really cool to have a character who has a level of emotional intelligence that they can turn on and off certain mannerisms to cultivate specific reactions from whoever she's talking to.
Oooh I like this idea!
a better plot would’ve been if Asha goes against magnifico and all the wishes in the kindgom were granted, which causes havoc within the kingdom and Asha has to “redeem” herself and admit her mistakes
this would've fit in so neatly with the suggested change for Asha to have already been Magnifico's apprentice from the start
YES this sounds so good!!
but it has been done before, sort of... Bruce Almighty, anyone?
sound awfully similar to wonder woman 1984
the movie really wants to pretend that people making wishes that actually come true wont cause unforeseen effects.
Disney truly got a problem with the quirky protagonists trope. Also, i wish the scrapped concept where the star character was about to be made as a "peter-pan" figure and the king and the queen were some sort of an evil power couple seems much interesting that what the movie had.
Honestly, Disney needs to get out of its own way and let their creatives actually experiment more. The original ideas and concept art for this movie (2D, Star being a mute shape shifter, an evil queen AND king), and even the ideas she brings up in this video (too many side characters with little to no development, and extra talking animal, the King not being overly evil enough or playing into his backstory enough, Asha not being enough of her own character and how she could have already been working as an apprentice, and a better soundtrack) could have made this a real enjoyable watch.
It just reeks of corporate meddling (even more than Frozen 2, Raya, Ralph Breaks the Internet).
Corporate meddling can sometimes help make a film better, but here it just ruined it.
@@leonardobazail8740 oh yeah, sometimes you need a second party to reign in ideas and structure things so they need to make more sense, but lately (when comparing of what COULD have been in these newer Disney movies) Disney has been overly involved, overly cautious, and very safe…or bland…
For example, a lot of deleted scenes and ideas from Frozen II would have made it a darker/more serious story REALLY digging into Elsa and Anna’s family history with the Northuldra (also, the amazing song: “Get this Right” was cut and it is a CRIME). Also, just watching some episodes from The Making of Frozen 2 had me so livid with the amount of interference and disorganization behind the scenes at Disney, it surprises me that they are even able to create a few movies that I like (since Moana, I have liked Encanto and Strange Word-as it gives me Atlantis/adventure comic vibes and I love that).
well if your so smart why don't you make a better film
@@aidanbarnes4290 I don’t have the kind of money or people power that Disney has at its disposal to make a fully animated movie.
that's exactly my point animation and filmmaking is hard work, it's not easy to come up with a decent story these days so it's not doing you any good complaining about how Disney isn't good anymore@@amcleartayba
I feel like this is everyone’s critique of this movie but…THIS movie was what they made to celebrate 100 YEARS of animation…imo they should’ve made a third Fantasia. Not the movie everyone would watch but one that everyone would understand being the 100th anniversary.
Ohmygodd the very idea of this brought tears to my eyes... As a severe lover of the first & second Fantasia- this would have been amazing and now I'm bummed out by what could have been lol
OH MY LORD THE DISNEY FANTASIA SERIES THAT'S IT HFJDJDJ 😭😭 they could've done that instead!
They actually did make a third Fantasia, but it was scrapped. Look it up Fantasia, 2006.
That would be amazing! And with the advancement of animation technology, they could try everything! 2D, 3D, a combination of both; be it like 2.5D, or 3D that look like 2D, or 2D and 3D all mashed together, and other things that they could try. Each segment shows various styles and techniques.
A celebration of their animation history? Then they could show the array of animation that they have done; in the past, in the present and even the possible future.
THIRD FANTASIA WOULDVE BEEN AMAZING IM SO MAD NOW
I think if you want to make a character socially inept and awkward you gotta COMMIT to it. Give them all of the social awkwardness. Make them weird in a way that doesn't endear them to everyone else but rather isolates them. I'm autistic and I would be so happy to see a character who commits to the awkwardness and actually ends up like me. Someone who struggles to make friends because they're an outcast due to being socially inept
@redtailarts101 Exactly! Most of these movies with so-called "awkward" characters only portray the socially acceptable parts of that awkwardness rather than writing them to be considered fully "weird". I think that's why I like Lilo from Lilo & Stitch so much, because we actually see her struggle to interact with people and have friends. She isn't just quirky for a comedic bit, it's a part of her personality that actually affects her relationships with others. I wish more movies had good writing like that
Fuck, am I autistic?
I swear Disney romanticism of awkwardness is starting to bother me I am awkward too and it caused struggles for me and back in middle school it actually ruined one of my friendships its not something that makes you cute or funny I tried to be funny and it failed miserably
@@miss.mirana4061Disney didn't create the Adorkabke trope
Lilo, Quasimodo, Riley (sort of), Rapunzel, Mulan, Anna, and Linguini are all varying degrees of awkward. And that's without counting all the TV series characters.
I WISH they stuck with the earlier concepts cause Asha is being wasted character deign wise and it makes me sad as a Black person who would've loved her presence as a kid :(
at least you got Tiana (lets ignore that she is a frog for 80% of the movie) and she has two beautiful dresses
@@zkme2734 Also, Tiana is getting her own show on Disney+ sometime soon. I believe in 2024 is when it'll be released.
@@zkme2734don’t forget joe from soul 😍 (who was a ghost 80% of the film)
Asha is pretty and the fact that this is the second black disney princess we gotten makes me so mad
@@zkme2734who cares if she’s a frog for the majority of the movie. She still had her incredible personality and characteristics; the most important aspect of her, while in frog form. Not everything is about skin color.
I think that Frozen makes the adorkable protagonist work because Anna and Elsa balance each other out, meaning that they work better as a group than individually, but it also helps Elsa stand out
Idk I never really warmed up to Anna. She just seemed like a poor man's Rapunzel. Elsa for all her passivity was still so much more interesting
@@hollymelon7527 yeah thats kinda the point. Sure when alone she is a bit of a downer but thats still more Unique in modern Disney than Yet another adorable goof
@@hollymelon7527 Anna is the little sister left all alone developing that perky personality as a coping mechanism for her isolation.
@@ScionStorm1 I know, but that does not mean I think it was well executed. I tend to compare frozen to tangled due 1) marketing explicitedly frozen by the team of tangled back in the day, and 2) anna is rapunzel minus the hair and artistic interests and thrusted into a winter palace instead of forest tower.
Making Asha an adorkable character isn’t fit her style. She wasn’t a shut in or anything. I don’t mind if she was clumsy at times, still I wish Disney would make Asha to be serious throughout the movie. It’s hard to take her seriously when she acts that way.
Disney kind of broke their Moral lesson by making Asha a Fairy Godmother, if the lesson is that you shouldn't rely on others to grant your wish, or rely on magic for it, then why make the main character a magical wish granting been at the end?
Because the lesson is “It’s okay when we do it”.
I thought it was because there are times where you DO need help to achieve your dreams.
They did Star so dirty , having to make Star into the marketable plushie character just shows how bad valintino was at being the marketable cute character as well both are such fumbles
Even the Wishing star looks like Luma from Super Mario , Sounds legal feud between Disney and Nintendo might comin soon
I.. despised that goat. 😭
well if your so smart why don't YOU market characters better
I’ve seen the star plush in every store, not one was sold. It’s the same thing with the goat.
@@aidanbarnes4290wow, you got any more of these weak ass arguments ?
You know what would have been more interesting? If Asha wasn't the prototypical quirky girl but an analytical, hardworking, and emotionally distant person. She could still have some sass, but most of her humor comes from a dry delivery. Asha could also be more about efficiency and not having time for frivolous activities. Then after she meets the star(boy?), it sparks an emotional growth in her.
I love your idea and imagine the same for Star. If it were to me, I would have kept him as Peter Pan-esque shapeshifter boy who loke joking around and having fun but ultimately learn (sorry for the cliche) that with great power comes great responsibility. Which he learns from Asha
Personally I would say Asha’s design looks nearly identical to Isabelle Madrigal from Encanto, except with braids. But the braids are so fine, you can barely tell they are braids. So long black hair with a side part and swung to one side, light purple-ish long dress and tan skin 🤷♀️ The dress also is indeed nearly identical to Rapunzels. To me, already during the trailers, this gave off an incredibly lazy vibe where the main character seemed to be an amalgamation of previous designs with nothing new or unique. This made me from the start already dis-interested in the movie 🤷♀️ Now that the reviews are confirming the meh-ness of the film, I will probably just watch it on Disney+ and definately not pay for a cinema ticket.
She does OML
I know, right? My first thought when I saw the trailer was: "This girl looks *suspisciously* similar to Isabella. When is she gonna start summoning plants?"😂
I thought that too.
Valentino's face looks like a tweaked version of Judy Hopps'
I remember when I first saw Asha’s design and thinking damn she literally looks like Isabella’s twin 😂
Agree totally. In my opinion Wish problem is that it's was a boring movie. It was play too safe. Let's not make the woman a villain, let's make the princess the same adorkable princess we have made the last 10 years. Let's not introduce a romantic subplot because it can be problematic for modern audiences (even if Disney gold era have a ton of nice and competent romances.) The villain is pretty tame and even relatable. If the movies tooks some risks it would be awesome, sadly they didn't.
i find it so idiotic how they think a romance will immediately downplay the female characters... (speaking as a girl here) most girls LOVE a good love story so i dont get these disney executives
@@kkkumofieimagine a power couple vs evil power couple battle. it would be so cool
@@spoon7053 that wouldve been so cool, and imagine all the funny, campy dialogue from the villain couple,,,,
If I'm the editor, I'd turn the king into a paranoid man & show a glimpse of his past & what led to him removing people's wishes. The king truly has a point that a wish is dangerous. They could've shown some people's wishes hurting others, becoming evil, etc. Since the king's wish is to protect his family & didn't want to repeat the tragic past, the king used the forbidden magical book. This, however, did not corrupt him. Instead, it corrupted the soul of the person he cared the most.
As for Asha, I would've written her as someone who is socially awkward if they want to stick with the boring side characters who are not really nice friends to her. But even though she is socially awkward, she wished to become a guiding star for those who are around her. As she manifested that glorified fairy-like power, she became much more matured & powerful. She guides the king & corrected him just like how she aimed to become the king's assistant (I'd rather not do the apprentice thing). In the end, they beat the queen's evil self & the king cried, bowed & said sorry to the queen. The lesson is that we all have something that we are afraid of. Thus, we do things that we thought would be best for us & for people around us. But it wasn't. We ended up hurting the people we love the most. But there will always be a friend like Asha who will guide you to the right path so long as you embrace such help.
@@kkkumofieI am a girl and I think it's idiotic too I love romance and lots of my favourite old Disney movies had romance in them falling in love doesn't make you weak and alot of girls would like to find true love
For Valentino I wish that he would either just make goat sounds like Jolly;or be voiced by an actual child like Flounder, because the deep manly voice just sounded weird coming out of a young small animal.
I think he supposed to be a comedic relief but most of his side jokes aren’t that funny.
This kinda thing works great in Shrek, but looks weird in a Disney movie
As a musical theatre lover, one of the reasons I love Disney is the fact that a lot of the movies are musicals. The music in Wish sounds like it was written by AI…
Not the first comment i see implying that so at this point i wouldnt be surprised.
I took a look at the lyrics and??? What even... it feels like ChatGP
I would say Encanto songs are far better than Wish songs
@@JeeMeeVee of course they are. they were made by Lin Manuel Miranda who has musical theater experience and knows how to make songs for story telling. All of the song in Encanto pushed the movie forward, each song had a purpose with telling the audience what was going through the characters minds (Surface Pressure, Waiting for a Miracle, What Else Can I Do?). Family Madrigal, Bruno, and All of You were there to either get information out to the audience or to wrap up the story. The songs of Wish sound like they are diet Lin Manuel (the store brand variety not the name brand) trying to sound like them without the effort and meant for the billboards not a movie.
“I let you live here for free and I don’t even charge you rent.”
This is the line that kills me
“When it comes to the universe, we're all shareholders.”
Tell me you made this movie under a corporate thumb without telling me.
The reason why I think the young “adorkable” protagonist is so popular now? Because it’s the most palatable “flaw” to movie-goers (initially) tolerated/liked in a young person/teen character
What do I mean by this? Well, I commented something similar on Aldone’s video, but screw it. Whenever you look at irl young people and even past Disney leads, they’ll often exhibit traits such as being temperamental, selfish, gullible, salty, rebellious, and dishonest. But that’s okay because A) We’re not perfect, and our fiction reflects that B) The leads need to have flaws in order to have arcs and dynamics anyways
However, while most audience members usually appreciate this sort of character writing, it’s not going to connect with anyone. I’ve seen parents dismiss Disney protags like Ariel, Merida, & Cinderella for being “disobedient” and “a doormat,” complaining about how their kids will apparently emulate these sorts of bad behaviors. Anyone remember that Twitter/X drama where the Mystery Skull creator went on a rant about how Lilo was a horrible brat? Because they found her annoying in their SUBJECTIVE opinion
So those flaws are undesirable and potentially make you unlikable. However, as ModernGurlz pointed out in the Adorkable video, the quirky, quipy, dorky female protagonist who doles out that MCU meta-humor, is (or now was) acceptable in the eyes of executives and audience members. Because those flaws of awkwardness and lacking social cues were turned into endearing, positive, traits, despite ostensibly giving the Disney female leads a unique flaw/personality
Well that might have worked during the early 2010s, but we live in a post Joss Whedon world where every character has to either be a self-aware snarker or a self-aware adorkable geek, it’s not really “unique” anymore Disney
Yep we live in a world where the tolerance for women having flaws is so low… i think its mostly bc of the black and white thinking thats become more prevalent
May I also point out that young characters that behave like people their age are judged by the adults as "too annoying" or "stupid" when they're supposed to be kids still learning about the world and themselves (remember Turning Red?), but being quirky dorky is a more palatable way to portray the awkward teen/young adult/tween, so that's what we get
It’s a clever method Disney, up until this point, has perfected. Having your cake and eating it too
Disney can say that they’re correcting for the past mistakes of princesses/female leads not having a relatable/realistic/unique personality for young girls to look up to (Meaning: replacing poise & grace w/ a HEAVY dose of klutzy slapstick & “well that just happened” quippy humor)
While simultaneously not having to commit to any of their female leads’ intentional character flaws causing consequences or story impact (ie. Tiana’s workaholic tendencies, Merida’s temper, Snow White’s naiveté), with the risk of causing a portion of the audience (no matter how small) to dislike them for it as people, not as characters
If Asha had genuine flaws then that would not only help her character but gabos to because there would be a trait that he could be critical about and not be annoying for saying that stuff because it’s what the audience is thinking
or someone saying that snow white and aroura are nothing but dismels in distress, waiting for a prince to save them and getting girls to be just like them when they forgot that snow white met her prince in the first half of the movie, ran away from the hunter after she discovered that her own stepmother is trying to kill her and went into hiding at the dwarves cottage and aurora who was raised by her fairy aunts in the cottage, keeping her safe from maleficent because of the curse placed upon her, when she was a baby, then she was sent away to the forest by the fairies flora, fauna and Merryweather, singing an i want song, hoping to see the stranger again, who indeed is phillip her one true love, then they danced together, after that she returns back to the cottage telling her that she met someone in the forest, but they told her that she's a princess and than she was sad that she can't see the stranger again.
As an artist who worked in film, I can confirm a lot of decisions are changed by management who has 0 passion and knowledge in whatever creative department they handle.
This is *_NOT_* a feature film commemorating 100 years of Disney's contributions to the animated film industry.
This is a Disney Jr. holiday special that'll get dumped in the bargain bin at the local dollar tree if it's lucky enough to get a home media release.
I think it would’ve been interesting not only if Magnifico & Amaya were an evil power couple, but also if Asha was their daughter. She could be adopted, making her initially feel all the more like she should be grateful, making it more satisfying when she rebels. The mother & grandfather honestly kinda felt like non-characters to me, and this way Asha’s rebellion would truly come down to the betterment of her people, while also making for a more powerful internal conflict. And I wouldn’t have them be the classic cruel stepparents, I’d have them start off with genuine high hopes for their daughter carrying on their legacy.
I think they did in their original concept but Disney decided to “play it safe”
Magnifico was a king.
He set up a kingdom, had an era of peace under him, understood that having such power of being careful who and what could have it, the decades of a king's wisdom. All of this while his people ask him of more than what he already gives them, aka a safe place to live, food, magic, all of that. All he asks is for people to do a little work for what they want and for a little respect. That's all.
Really, Asha comes off as entitled by the end of things because she wants something for nothing.
They could have saved it by having an evil queen (a bit old hat) manipulating her husband. He could have decided to pull the trigger and open the book but Asha could have saved Magnifico at the end and the Queen could have been banished or sucked into the mirror, or the book. Leaving magnifico to rebuild his kingdom. Anything would have been better than what we got.
There's nothing wrong with wanting more than having your basic needs met.
So the film truly does represent Disney then...
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@@jenniferschillig3768I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought about that
Finally someone talked about the king's very cruel fate, his actions are not that bad for him to get such a disturbing end lmao
That is the thing his actions suck. Before Villains always had a cruesome death. Mother Gofhel, Jafar, Scar, Ursula, Frollo and the list goes on. Disney had really lost their touch.
The scrapped cute starboy character was such a missed opportunity it’s insane
What do you think about the no Disney Prince problem? Where are the princes in Disney? I understand the "needing no man" but I am a sucker for romance! Instead of completely wiping out the Disney Prince, they should have made a better complimentary relationship between the princess and her prince if they don't want the princess to "always be saved".
there actually WAS supposed to be a love interest here. the star was a boy instead of a sellable merch looking star. but you can take a guess what happened with almost ALL the good ideas for this movie. also, listen I GET that people wanna be progressive and feminist this feminist that (coming from a woman) but look at Belle for Pete's sake! that's the BEST EXAMPLE of doing both! (maybe that's me being a lil biased but idc!) Disney really is doing away with love stories as well as good stories in their new movies and that's also what makes these newer movies not as big of a hit for me. Disney was mine along with many people's first exposer to real and genuine TRUE LOVE. I still hold that standard for if I ever am in a relationship. and it's just so heartbreaking to me that kids won't get that in newer movies. long live Disney's classic princess movies, which died with Frozen. So sad :/
@@gabslovestayI think instead of getting rid of princes entirely, Disney could have princes who are friends to the protagonist, or let your female protagonists have their romantic princes AND still be strong. Belle, Mulan, Meg, Esmeralda, and Jasmine were all strong women who didn't need romance, they CHOSE it. They were strong and smart and they chose to fall in love with their princes/love interests, and that's a strong feminist message too. You don't need a partner, but if they treat you well, make you happy, and encourage you to be a better person, there's nothing wrong with falling in love and being romantic
IT BOTHERS ME TOO. I think Disney Executives believe that because their new princesses are badass and girlboss they don't need a romantic interest anymore, when the entire company was founded and recognized by their romantic aesthetic and storylines (Snow White)
The last princess film with an interesting romantic partner that had an amazing chemistry with the female lead was Tangled. I don't count Frozen since they obviously sidelined Kristoff (specially in the second film) and the main focus are Anna and Elsa's relationship.
I think part of the problem is that Disney doesn’t understand why their past romances in movies were critiqued. Not having a love interest doesn’t make their female protagonists more independent and instead they are failing to use their platform to portray healthier romantic relationships.
Yeah! How long has it been since theres been an actual romance in a non remake disney movie? Like frozen, maybe? That was 10 years ago!!
“Feels like a love song.” Because it was supposed to be a love song between Asha and Star. It makes me so sad they got rid of that. 😢
I just realised that Magnifico never said the line from the trailer "All You Have To Do Is Give Your Wish To me" making me think that there were some major plot changes in the last few months 'cause that line is pretty loaded in motivation that just wasnt in the movie at all
I think having a person who is skilled in theater can make all the difference when it comes to telling.
Love him or hate him, LMM understood that assignment when he created songs and story progression of Burr from Hamilton.
The guy was a very sympathetic individual who because of circumstance, ended up falling into the role of an antagonist over time.
It seems like they wanted to do that with Magnifico, but gave up halfway through the film.
Anna, Rapunzel, and Mirabel makes sense for being more awkward than other princesses because they were all isolated in one way or another and aren't socially active- but Ahsa has the biggest friend group out of all the princesses so if anything she *should* be one of the more well adjusted and mature princesses 😩 I really wanted her to be a more studious princess but instead she's super clumsy until the film needs her to stand up to the king and be the "serious" heroine/ leader
The artwork in the book looked amazing!! What happened to that??😢 Asha looked beautiful and unique why did they change that?
It has been a running theme with Disney scrapping their creatives most unique and interesting ideas. If you want to know what I mean, just look at the art concepts for Rapunzel and Frozen. And agreed that Asha looked great in the concept art, not only were her hairstyles super cute she also had a very distinct face and colour pallette
The concept art for wish looks 1 million times better than what we got. Asha was originally going to be the kings, daughter, and the king and queen were going to be an evil couple with a cat. Honestly, the original ideas they had really felt like something. Walt Disney himself would have come up with. The star was going to be a human/Shapeshifter who is Asha’s love interest, and is like Peter Pan meets the genie z
@@Kelsey1987 nooo they even scrapped the cat...
Magnifico should’ve gotten a redemption arc, honestly. He didn’t start off evil, and his corruption came from a place of fear. If Asha and his wife were able to pull him out of that, it could’ve been a love conquers all AND a you don’t need to rely on magic for your dreams compounded message. I agree Asha and the side characters needed more development, and with some extra dialogue, it wouldn’t even have to extend the film’s runtime. This is the thanks I get was a banger though. As an overworked parent, I felt that whole ‘I work so hard and I sacrificed so much, and you still won’t eat your dinner’ exasperation 😂
I feel like if Disney made her personality more like Belle or Cinderella's it both would've been a very good change of pace from recent characters And would work as something of a throwback since it Is their 100 year anniversary movie.
I like that you pointed out that they should have given Asha a different color dress. Orange sounds nice or maybe even Peach? If they’re going to bulk up the Disney princess lineup, they’re going to stand out better if they have different colored gowns.
Also, I think I have a crush on Magnifico 😬
It's so sad seeing the concept art and knowing just how hard they fumbled this movie
The slow, painful death of interesting original ideas that people cared about is such a horrible casualty of disney's current state
This movie did not look good from the trailers. I just thought that the trailer was poorly edited but this is honestly disappointing but not surprising
Thank you for mentioning that they bullied Simon / sleepy for becoming boring after he gave up his wish. They're the reason he betrays them to get his wish back. Ugh. That grated on me.
Seeing asha having drawing as a hobby they could have done something where she drew with star's thread to do magic instead of a wand, but that would be giving up an easter egg and being original with it....
I love how each réaction CZcamsr found a way better story than the movie’s one
I feel like it would’ve made more sense if the king decided which wishes were granted based off of which ones positively impacted him directly.
Or if he somehow was controlling what the people were wishing for like mind control or something…
Honestly thank you so much for mentioning the wish math. Between that and the age weirdness with Asha’s mom/grandfather and Eric in the live action little mermaid, I’m starting to seriously worry about the math literacy in disney studios these days
Sad as it is to say, I'm not surprised in the least. When I watched the trailer, I could already see all the signs of awkward humor and redundant side characters, and that killed any interest I had in seeing it. But even from the trailer I'd thought Asha was already the king's apprentice, because I literally couldn't imagine why else she'd be welcomed into his inner sanctum and told such a huge secret. And can we talk about how depressing it is that even in a magical world with literal wish fulfillment, job interviews still exist? A reminder of corporate capitalism is the last thing I want in my fantastical adventure story, but clearly the execs at Disney don't get that.
Disney is going through a dry spell for good movies, personally i think they are too focused on making the live action remakes and dealing with too many different franchises. Disney is going to keep hurting financially if they keep releasing sub par movies. At some point some change in leadership for the Disney animation side of things is probably what is needed to change direction and get some new ideas in to the mix instead of milking the old ones until we are sick of them.
Bob Iger just needs to go already. He put so many f*k ups into development then passed the ball to Chaypeck and waited for him to take the fall so he could come back and 'fix' everything that went wrong (problems he created) and be the hero. Well, he's had a year and it's been Disney's worst year in recent memory. Fantastic 100th Anniversary, Iger. I hope he's remembered forever for this year.
The soundtrack was one of the worst parts. What does "throw caution to every warning sign" even mean????
"in this universe we're all shareholders" 😂
“I was sweet but now I’m something else” like they gave up
And don't forget "I let you live here for free and I don't even charge you rent"
it's giving ai songwriting 😭
good god the more i read the lyrics the more I’m convinced they used ChatGPT 😭😭
12:54 The way you described how you’d rather have Star be a mute shapeshifter, reminded me of Sandman from Rise Of The Guardians! I mean they’re both yellow and can make people’s dreams/wishes come true!
Me too!
RISE OF THE GUARDIANS MENTION 💙💙💙 early concepts of starboy remind me of jack frost as well!
no way amaya didn't know what her husband is doing, she probably waited for him to slip up so she could get the throne
I think Wish has a REALLY interesting first act. The lore of the world, Magnifico's complicated relationship with wishes, Asha as someone who looks up to him and has total faith in that system - all of that is a great setup. The fact that Magnifico's fear is grounded in reality need not be a bad thing, it could make for a more nuanced story where the protagonist and antagonist need to find an understanding. And no, that doesn't *have* to be the same as something like the "generational trauma stories" of Encanto or Turning Red. There are many ways to write complex characters and situations. You can even have them fail to find that understanding, and end up as enemies. Maybe in the end, Magnifico is too afraid of change to ever give up power, but he can still be sympathetic, and his fears can be realistic. Just build up their relationship more, then frame that as a tragedy or at least bittersweet rather than a simple triumph. That could work great with your idea of Asha already being the apprentice with a father figure-like relationship to Magnifico.
"At All Cost" was, without question, the best song in the movie and I don't know why the Disney Company kept pushing literally EVERY OTHER song in the movie for the marketing, except for "At All Cost".
From the sounds of it and it’s demo version, it was definitely a love song
So to have it be sung by the king and Asha was, a choice
I've a theory that it was gonna be a love song between asha and star in early drafts 😅
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That’s what me and some friends also thought, which is weird because concept art told us the design was based off of a younger version of her grandpa
If they’d marketed At All Costs it would have made the other songs sound even worse by comparison 😅
@@afrolens9532 No, the concept art says that they went through multiple potential phases when designing Star and him looking like a young version of the grandpa was just one of many ideas.
It would have been cool if we had the star be a Peter Pan/Jack Frost character and the king and queen be an evil version of Gomez and Morticia Addams! Also the way the lyrics go felt very odd.
word for word this is exactly what i was hoping for !!
This star should be exactly like morf from treasure plant. He had so much abilities like shapeshifting and so much emotions and character. When John Silver started yelling at him we could genuinely feel all of it ❤
The reason I love Princess and the Frog because Tiana is a hardworking young woman who can still be funny, but also very serious at times.
her and Rapunzel are the last princesses that are both independent, creative, and intelligent while also not being afraid to ask for help and have a partner. that's one reason why they are some of the most popular princesses ever as of right now
I have seen so much content that talks about re-doing Wish's attributes (character art, songs, plot lines, etc.) and that by itself should be concerning. It's like the people making it don't even know what they're trying to make, or worse, they had a great idea (which they did) and had to condense it because of Disney execs telling the writers and animators that they need to follow the Disney princess formula because it sells. If I had one to make, my wish would be that those execs get fired and Disney remakes this movie (which had too much potential to be such a miss) with the original scrapped ideas.
(Side tangent: What kind of Disney princess has an outfit THAT boring. Unbelievable. Like the whole time I was expecting a fabulous costume change, but was sadly mistaken and disappointed)
Disney made a second movie starting a black girl lead, one where she doesn’t get turn into an animal, but doesn’t give her a real personality nor good motivation in a movie with that was just made to make references of past Disney films rather than tell it own story. They should had made the star into a shape shifting star boy as depicted in the concept art. So what if it reminds people of genie? That much better than just putting in references. At least I’m seeing people make their own version of wish following the original concept. Especially ones where they ship her with the star boy because you don’t get to see black girls in popular pairings often.
I haven't seen the movie, but the trailers alone made me actually root for the "villain".
Also, it might be just me, but at this point, I honestly feel like encanto wasn’t made by disney.
That movie is actually pretty good, unlike almost every other movie they've released in recent years.
Giving Asha some flaws would have been good because then gabo making comments about would be less annoying
Like making her overly ambitious or selfish or thinking that her relationship with the king makes her special
Something that gabo notices and it knocks her down a peg as well as making her more interesting
Hear me out. I had a theory early on (more what I wanted than what I expected) that Magnifico was either half or whole star. Since they are/were shapeshifters it could work. Then instead do going full camp villain you instead have two forces who are actually on the exact same page but on opposing sides.
Star is following Asha because she made a wish that brought him to earth, but that doesn't change the fact that stars can not grant everywish that is offered to them. Magnifico can then be desperatly trying to stop Asha from doing something stupid. Like granting wishes that sound good on paper but functionally not so much. Maybe if they still wanna go crazy evil, he pushes himself past his limits to stop what he thinks could be a disaster and goes nuts. Now armed with a bit of introspection Asha can still face off against a mad king, but this time in an act to make up for her recklessness. Then you have sequel bait where Asha now has to take care of all the magic stuff in Rosas while also looking for a way to fix Magnifico's brain.
Magnifico doesn't have to be perfect, he can still be a narcissist who jumps to anger way too quickly but as long as his main goal is to protect his kingdom no matter what, he stays out of the pure evil category. Have his wife established as the one to rein him in, then show her mourning his insanity after everything goes down but refusing to give up on him or the kingdom they built together.
Oooooo that sounds so much better
Magnifico being a fallen star would've been crazy cool
Dang girl I haven’t even seen the movie but how does your rewrite of the movie sound way better than the actual movie?!?! I’d actually watch your version of the movie
I’m not the hugest fan of the Star design. It kind of feels lacking in genuine character and expression, like someone said in another video, it’s very “toyetic”, just a toy inserted into the movie to appeal to kids. There’s not much that’s memorable other than the fact it’s cute. Disney could’ve used the early shapeshifter design but they scrapped anything unique because capitalism beats out creative innovation when it comes to Wish.
The Wishing Star design looks straight off rip off from Lumas Super Mario
Let see that Disney will deal with legal feud with Nintendo
They should’ve kept the star boy. Tsk tsk tsk.
They should have made Star be the blue fairy and call her Evangeline. That would have been a good call out to 2 Disney movies
wow if i had a nickel for everytime Chris Pine played a lack luster villain in a movie id have two nickels which isnt a lot but its weird that it happened twice right?
What was the other instance, Don't Worry Darling?
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Pixar made an amazing short featuring Scrat from Ice Age finally getting his acorn in memory of the studio that is now owned by Disney. It was sad, nostalgic and it got close to our hearts even if it had a bad reason to do so. And yet Disney can't think of a good movie to celebrate 100 years of buying every studio that exists, making 70% of all movies nowadays and making huge amounts of money. Disney is slowly dying and i think it's for good. Let's make room for something new - new studio, new styles, new stories, new artists, and someone else who will make what Walt Disney made but for our time.
We could have had a villain couple?! Why did they not go with that? I cannot even remember if there was ever a disney movie with that kind of villains.
When I first saw concept art for Asha’s design about a year ago, I automatically thought to myself “Okay, that’s definitely NOT going to be her final design because she looks waaaay too much like Isabella Madrigal.”
…only for that design to make it to the final product. 😐
Pure laziness. Wish was such a wasted opportunity.
"And our heroine who isn't really good at anything"
Well, then, why is she the main character? What makes her important to the story? It's story writing 101! Why am I telling this person's story?
To be fair, she doesn't have to be amazing at everything, she just has to stand out in some way. You covered my first idea in the video, suggesting that she has a talent for magic. Make the Sorceror's plan for all the unfulfilled wishes feel more like a personal attack against Asha. But, if she has a little magic that she can dive into during the movie, maybe, just maybe, she learns a different way of magic that can incorporate the citizen's wishes and make them feel like they could be fulfilled.
It made sense for Rapunzel and Anna to be so quirky and akward, since they've been isolated for almost their entire lives and barley had any interaction with anyone else. (And mabey it made also a bit sense for Mirabelle.) But for Asha and especally Moana, who was trained to be chief for all her life, it made no sense & was kinda weird and out-of-place. EDIT: Ok, you mention that at 5:09.
I listened to At All Costs without having seen the movie and I thought it was a love song between the villain and his wife 😅 I was confused when I found out it wasn't.
"They were forced to go to 3D since they laid off most of their 2D staff." How oh how could they have fixed that, I wonder???
Imagine for a moment a world in which Asha is the serious and sincere sorcerers daughter who is having a very hard time learning magic - her father and mother evil in ways that she doesnt yet understand (at least at the beginning of the movie) - first of all she'd be the first born a princess black disney princess and secondly making her come to terms with her own parents deception to their people (and likely to her) throughout the movie maybe paralleling her understanding of her ppl and her magic, and making HER the good queen at the end would make for a far more interesting plot. At least to me.
I made this comment on another video but I love the idea so much I'll say it again! I think they missed a perfect opportunity to make Asha's relationship with Magnifico like Elphaba and the Wizard. You coud've even made him more prposefully villainous rather than being corrupted. I also wish they kept the love interest with the star being a shape shifter boy! It would've been the BEST Disney call back...I miss Disney relationships... And tbh Anna and Kristoff don't do it for me. They don't have that kind of lasting chemistry, especially after the second movie.
the second movie ruined their relationship for me. Soo i’m with you !
Thanks for covering this! I’ve been mildly curious about this film, in part just because I couldn’t even really tell what it was about from the trailer. There didn’t seem to be any actual story, just poorly done “jokes” by the annoying goat. More than happy to skip this film, unfortunately.
Was really hoping you'd cover this movie. Every BTS thing I've heard make it sound like a good movie but the transition between that time and the product we got cut so much.
Like how that star was supposed to turn into some kind of "star boy" (look at the concept art) looked sooo good. You NEED a good supporting cast with Disney to really make it memorable. Look at Lion King, Hercules, Mulan, Tarzan. All of them had the main character AND a few great side characters other than their "sidekick".
I would have loved for the king to not be evil for the sake of evil but just staying on his stand point that he is afraid those wishes would cause evil, not seeing the damage that he does. And by the end of the film redeem himself or at least see that he was wrong.
Wait, that would actually make him a better protagonist than Asha.
I would love more videos with protagonists of all ages, not just teenagers. Having a stressed adult making bad decisions but then wanting to make things right is more interesting (and realistic) than say a girl locked in her room for like 18 years with antisocial issues, or a 16 year old who’s stupid enough to want to marry a man she just met, or whatever the heck Asha has going on… Just a thought
i def agree about the idea of being passionate enough about it to want it to be better… i find no “joy” in disliking what was meant to be such a meaningful film for a studio i’ve loved since before i could talk, and as a black girl, this is the first protagonist in a disney animated film that has looked almost exactly like me. this film feels like it could’ve been so deeply beautiful and unique but it’s a shame that disney just seemed to lose the plot of their own movie….
the goat did not have to talk
I have watched... an unreasonable amount of reviews for this film out of sheer fascination with it, and honestly yours is my favorite review. You put my thoughts into words the best tbh !
I enjoyed wish, I thought the Luma was cute, but I would trade it for a movie made up of the ideas from the concept art and the ideas from the reviews in a heartbeat I mean COME ON. How could they skip on a villain couple! It's disappointing for many many reasons. Anyway, I'm going to go rewatch Tangled✌🏾
Yeaa it feels like they couldn’t decide on what Magnifico should be. Like they weren’t sure if he should be a sympathetic character or just evil like Maleficent. They also didn’t seem sure if they wanted him to be controlling since he supposedly only allows himself as the sole person using magic and hoards wishes but then he doesn’t seem to impose strict rules on the people of Rosa (at least nothing we see imposed like in Duloc from Shrek).
If they'd made more of his past trauma, and gotten rid of the "there's no saving him now" angle, we could have seen how a Disney villain ended up a Disney villain--and how he found his way back again.
I’ve been waiting for this ever since you made the adorkable video!! I’m so happy right now!!!
Btw “ protect you at all costs” is actually kind of a love song, just watered down because they changed the scenario in which it’s sang
The original was supposed to be for star-boy and Asha, when they show the first flicker of romance!
Or something like that
Btw i love your reviews-they're so relaxing and calm lol 😊 x
I have so many thoughts about this movie: The music felt like repurposed scrapped projects for other contemporary artists, which gives some story moments really awkward tone due to that music. You nailed it yourself when you mentioned the duet felt more like a love ballad.
The biggest music offender in my opinion is Knowing What I Know Now: from afar it looks like an overblown reaction to criticism from someone who's been in the field longer, not as an actual stand against a tyrant. It has "giving opinions too early into your new job" energy
Also, this movie could have been such an excellent commentary on goals versus reality: there are a lot of people who can relate to working towards something, but felt frustrated about the reality of what it takes. This is common for people who go to college to pursue one profession, only to end up doing something else. It would have been such a powerful message to say that changing your destination mid-flight doesn't mean you failed: It's okay to pursue a new dream. Asha learning how wishes are handled would have been perfect for setting up this plot point
If Asha joins the official Disney Princess lineup, I’m going to be LIVID!!!! She has done literally 0 work to get to where she got by the end of the film, unlike Mulan who LITERALLY SAVED AN ENTIRE COUNTRY, but also because the movie is SO BAD!!
OMG we have to get more Valentino voice acting from Moderngurlz 😂😂
Asha isn't a princess. Disney just made a princess movie without a princess. that is stupid beyond reason.
Yes, I've been thinking the exact same thing. Why make a Disney princess movie with no princess?
I am once again stunned by your eloquency, diligence, and keen eye.
Been waiting for your review ever since the adorkable video 😭
My two favorite modern Disney movies are Zootopia and Tangled.
I love those movies!
Am I the only one that didnt think Asha was adorkable at all? Besides the first scene with the job interview... She was so serious and soft spoken the rest of the movie... Im confused..
YES THANK YOU 😭 I feel like people are doing too much every since that quirky Disney protagonist video
her mouth is drooping 💔💔💔🥺🥺
Ok now I really need to watch the movie for myself instead of basing everything on reviews, is there any mention of it coming out on Disney plus soon?
@@jennah5990 It will probably be released on there in either a month or 2. But if you can, pls go see it in theaters. It is such a magical film and imo is being straight up slandered by "critics" which is why I mostly believe it is flopping at the box office
Wait which one? There’s so many out there 😅
Aw man evil power couple sounded like so much fun
The bronze age and post renaissance era were great and so underrated don't even get me started....much much better than what we are seeing today
I wish her personality was more like belle and Tiana. And also maybe she can admit she was wrong in some parts of her argument. It'll be nice to see a main character to admit faults or meet the supposed villain in the middle.