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Hi Alex, can you do a vídeo about the Bratz movies, the Scott Pilgrim movie, the Equestria Girls movies, Nanny McPhee, and the Paw Patrol movies, please
@@juliangandara9552THE EQUESTRIA GIRL MOVIES YESS
Tangled got it right when they gave us two animal sidekicks and they never said a word
Beat me to it
Hey, that dragon from Mulan was awesome comic relief.
@@Nopeasaurus ok that’s true
@@Nopeasaurus Mushu is always the exception
Two? What was the second one?
And the winner for the best movie... that is animated... about a wishing star... set somewhere vaguely in Spain... goes to: Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Exactly! I loved that movie 😄😁
Don't even COMPARE these two movies. Don't put such a great work of art in close contact with . . . whatever Wish was.
@@kaputt_jay3873Even Jack Horner wouldn't wish this movie upon others.
encanto is a close second for me
And with talking animals lol
I like the villain's character growth from "questionable" to "comically evil" in the span of one scene
Lol
HONESTLY THO 😭 HE STARTED OFF SYMPATHETIC BUT THEN BECAME DERANGED AND IDEK WHAT TO THINK OF HIM
what drives me nuts about this how desperetly afraid Disney has become of plot holes. They had to make him clearly explain he had indeed never tried crushing a dream before, in case some kid on the internet made fun of them for not spoon feeding him.
It's weird too because he was always meant to be evil, so WHY make him sympathetic, why make him have a point, why making it seem like he was just corruptd by dark magic (only making him even more sympathetic). A simple "I faked to be a good guy all along" would've sufficed, but the way he went from sympathetic antagonist to cartoon eeeevil villain just felt so rushed and forced.
@@kou7191 I would've liked him much more if he was a bad guy pretending to be a good king all along😏come on, that's way more interesting than a sudden 180 turn to a stock villain
"Here, grandfather. I got you're wish. What did you wish?" "I wish your where never born."
That happens in the movie where the grandpa dismiss her and ask her to leave the house. Because he doesn't want the wish.
Your*
i wish you were*
Honestly would have made a 100x better story
Were*
Oddly, this movie seems to ironically showcase how Disney has changed over 100 years from a cutting-edge studio into a corporate sweat-shop, milking its legacy and image for $$.
Snow White pandered to conservative str8 ⚪️ Christians but Asha can't exist
I mean Disney was always that even in its golden years. The problem was in 2023 Disney wasn't just Disney the animator. It was Disney the studio that owned or bought out a good chunk of media companies at a time when the very IP-driven culture people craved a decade ago was running out of steam. So that's not exactly Disney's fault, it just became the posterchild for outrage at this culture of our own creation.
I mean, Walt Disney was so mad at animators asking for decent wages that he had Dumbo basically take the piss out of them (hence, the sequence with the clowns that get drunk and then march off singing "we're going to ask the big boss for a raise". As bad as Bob Iger is, I can't imagine him doing something so petty) so it's not like they ever had a reputation for treating their employees well.
Kinda like onlyfans girls
@@DukeSkylocker Look up "Fractured Fairy Tales: Sleeping Beauty." Jay Ward absolutely NAILED it!
Imagine being the biggest entertainment company for 100 years, and for your big anniversary movie, you get upstaged by a funny Adam Sandler movie.
I knew we were gonna go there at some point
What that movie name?
Leo it's on Netflix
A funny Adam Sandler movie!? What heresy do thy speak of!?
@@LondonS-od6ey thank you
I like to think that Asha becomes so fed up with people's wishes and as she becomes older she becomes the grumpy godmother from Shrek that we know 😂
Omg LOREE
given her personality... probably true
😂 lmao I wouldn't be surprised
It is like Lucifer's line in Hazbin Hotel: "I gave them free will and THIS is what they chose to do with it."
@@schwarzerritter5724Weirdly fits
This movie could have been better if, instead of having a normal “mc is always right and villain is always wrong”, they could have made it a learning experience. Granting everyones wishes isn’t the best solution, and it probably won’t ever be. The story should have been that Asha wanted to grant everyones wishes, but doesn’t understand when Magnifico says no. He let’s her see what sort of chaos insues, and in the end he or Asha uses their wish to fix it all. She learns the importance of limits, and Magnifico is able to step down.
You couldn't have said it any better
Fun fact: this movie was supposed to have a love story with the little star. The star was supposed to be able to turn into a person and they would’ve had such a cute story. Asha was also supposed to be a princess and her parents were supposed to be evil. In other words, this movie could’ve actually been good.
We can’t have male love interests or evil women. Especially not when you cast a lesbian as the lead actor. That’s backwards and sexist.
I hate that they didn't do that 😩
Not only that, but the song that Magnifico and Asha sang about the wishes was supposed to be a love ballad with Starboy. Which is way more fitting than how they shoe-horned it in to be about wish orbs!
why didn’t they do that plot? it sounds so much better!
@@AxdiAurus one word: GREED
Disney once again making their "villain" somebody who isn't even that bad and is the most level headed person in the room at all times.
Literally
Disney could have taken it up a notch by making Walt Disney the main villain of this story.
@@gushernandez25 i dont think they ever do that but what would of been good is to actually show how this negatively effects the people. When you make his motive “to protect the kingdom from terrible wishes” then you lose any intrinsic reason to root against him.
That was my impression . The king literally created a perfect utopia but the catch was he didn’t grant inappropriate wishes. He seemed the one character I liked. Good guy but flawed. Then he turned into a cartoon villain and it didn’t make any sense. Saving the king from the evil magic would have made a better arc.
I'm still waiting at the moment they are finally going to "diversify" the villains.
The 100 year movie. Where the villain is actually mature ans thinks about his kingdom and the female lead just thinks about her grandfather and turned a good king into a villain. Great movie
Not really, a lot of people’s dreams were just to become things like a singer, a seamstress etc. he thought it would save them the trouble of trying to attain something that may or may not happen, but it also removed any other motivation they had for life. I thought the concept was great just executed poorly.
@@Shophiamondar2, ye but the people also choose to be there, if they want to move then the guy would give it back. Giving up your grates wish for the chance to be granted to live in a utopia seems like a good deal. You can also make it very detail so it’s not too vague, it’ll have a grater chance of bringing granted.
@@a_randomuser4402 not to mention the asinine concept that your wish at 18 has any bearing on who you are as a person. It's described as your heart's greatest desire, but do you know how many 18 year olds think they are in love or want to be some ridiculous caricature of a job where they want to make millions of dollars painting for some rich guy?
@@Shophiamondar2exactly they could’ve made a great movie about following your dreams have have Asha show the King that hopes and dreams are wonderful even if they aren’t always attainable so they eventually he would return the smaller dreams so he could help make larger safe dreams attainable or something like that.
@@a_randomuser4402 bro he is human too... he has his limits and some of them could probably wish to be terrorists for all we know... the fact that he isnt executing anyone based on their wishes is just out of his blatant kindness... just because it isnt shown dont mean it dont exist...
The king was the most real and logical person in the movie, who preferred security and stability over ambition, then 180s midway through the movie and becomes super ambitious because… why? He can already grant literal wishes, what does having more power do?
Nothing it does nothing. He literally got his wish which was to make a place for people to live after seeing a barren desert hell scape.
its meant to show that hes a villain... but hes not really a villain imo... he was being logical and responsible, putting the safety of his people before everything else... he had ptsd, and when asha caused all that chaos, he felt like his people were being threatened, and turned to dark magic to try to protect them... i hated the way they ended it... asha learned nothing and is considered a hero among her people, even though she literally overthrew a king and caused a revolt amongst the people who magnifico was trying to protect, while magnifico gets no redemption arc, and is just stuck in a staff.... i really hope that if disney makes a sequel, they show the consequences of ashas actions and shows the entire kingdom of rosas in chaos, causing asha to realize that she was in fact the one who was wrong and has to free magnifico to fix her mistakes... they can even do a reprise of 'what i know now' saying that since ashas grown up, she now sees the error of her ways... but doubt disney would ever do that....
The kingdom just pushed him beyond his sanity. All they ever wanted from him was wishes nothing else, plus disney sucks so they will also just 180 it outta no where
@@sallyroslin4634 Exactly this! Disney's worse downfall was making him human. They made him too relatable. I wanted to hate him going into my first watching of the movie, but the more I watch it, the more I can see he's not the actual villain. He's actually just a human with flaws and undiagnosed mental disorders. Not only is it demonizing mental illness, but it's also enforcing the stigma that men shouldn't show any kind of weakness. That men aren't allowed to have bad days or show any emotions, they're just supposed to 'man up'. And I just can't hate someone who is literally just acting like a human being. As someone who is married to someone who has panic attacks almost all day, everyday, I could literally see the signs that he was becoming overwhelmed and starting to have anxiety because of how selfish his people were. They weren't focused on their safety, but their own wants and needs. Poor Magnifico just wants to protect his people as a king should, and he's turned into the villain, even though they made this character sympathetic and relatable.
Asha: One person shouldn't control whose wishes come true or not. Also Asha: Becomes the fairy godmother.
Disney hypocrisy at best 😅
Only women get to control things and be badass now. Both men and women should be spotlighted. Not pivot and undermine. Sad that the earlier concepts were better than what they served.
Kinda off topic, but I hate her because of that, and her super quirky "humor". Quirky is not, and will never be a personality trait
You don't get it a fairy godmother grants anybody wishes but tells them there are rules they have to follow
@@alcremiecutie334Asha is like a ton of Disney protagonists since Tangled. It worked the best for Tangela’s but since then it’s just been getting kinda annoying. They call that kind of personality Adorkable and it seems it be all Disney is able to do recently.
The weird part is it is never addressed that some dreams could be potentially harmful. The king granting a wish that ended up having catastrophic consequences would have led to a great motivation for him and a foil for the protagonist to overcome
Because that requires thinking more complex than a 3 year old, which is all they can manage. Instant gratification, no consequences, no responsibility. That is the message of the movie and why it is terrible.
Yeah the whole slogan being advertised was "be careful for what you wish for" like huh????
@@GodwynDi to be fair there was a moment where Asha suggested giving the wishes back and noting those with bad wishes can be stopped. So there was a way of addressing it. That said I prefer the old Disney style of wishes where the wishes were merely giving you a chance to work and earn your happy ending.
That's the common mentality of people writing these stories, everyone should have whatever they want with zero consequences.
@@anzelaivmadoka magica had the whole be careful what you wish for(that's the only example i have)
If King Magnifico actually had done something with the wishes, like use them in magic spells or potions as an energy source before the mom thing, thus making it impossible for people to ever dream again, and Asha had decided to rebel and free the wishes BECAUSE of this... Then he might have been an actually cool villain.
Exactly this. It would have been easy to show him using the wishes of one person to grant the wishes of others, and the utopia was a facade to get more people in for more power. Instead he learns LAST MINUTE destroying a wish gives you a blunt hit power boost. Like....huh?
Get this man in the Disney writer room
It would have been nice if they had used his tragic backstory to show him as a scarred individual. He'd be a flawed character thinking he was doing the right thing cause he doesn't want something like that to happen again. It leaned towards that but then just flipped the script.
I think the problem was that instead of writing the story and then adding Easter eggs, they built the story around the Easter eggs.
What really blows about this movie is that the potential to be good was right there, but it’s completely overshadowed by how blatantly corporate the whole thing feels
It really did. If you saw the concept art, the king and queen were supposed to be evil 😈. Disney robbed us of a villain power couple!
How does this feel more corporate than Rapunzel? Like why are y'all so cynical about this one in particular
@@kaykay8855there's still time for that elsewhere, Amaya being so compassionate is a beautiful plot point
@@nailinthefashion Wish was played so unbelievably safe to the point where it’s just not a really fun movie to watch, and for it to be on the 100th year celebration of Disney as a whole is incredibly disappointing. Also Rapunzle is awesome and terrible comparison.
@@nailinthefashion we’re cynical about this one because while the plot had potential, the execution and how Disney focused more on Easter eggs.
If Disney just made a massive movie crossover with every character ever and called it "Disney" i would have watched that
They did. It's called "Disney's Once Upon a Studio".
@@mishynaofficial I saw once upon a studio but that's not really a movie. There's no real story to it. It's mainly just short stories compiled together. Don't get me wrong, I loved it but they could have made something special.
Just play kingdom hearts
You might want to try "once upon a time" similar concept of live action fictional characters overlapping into each other's stories. Snow white /Peter pan/pinnochio /beauty and the beast and so on
@@CodeeXDyeah they should have just made a kingdom hearts movie 😂😂
Mushu from Mulan was one of the only talking animal sidekicks done right
Sabastian, Terk and Tantour, Archimedes, Iago. There are plenty of great talking animal sidekicks, they just need to be done right. I am very over the small animal with the deep voice gag
@@zeinabao2363 They weren't just sidekicks, they were also unique characters. Valentino is just funny kid with man voice.
@@zeinabao2363 Do terk and tantour really count when in the context of Tarzan, they're all speaking "gorilla"?
@@Kingdom850definitely up for debate, but I’d say if Sebastian and Flounder do, Terk and Tantaur would as well, since Ariel would be able to understand them as a mermaid speaking “fish”
Iago Too. Rip Gilbert Gottfried.❤️🔥
6:46 THIS. From someone who has not only dealt with a multitude of losses, but who has also faced most of them before I was even a teenager....I wish more movies would touch on grief in a real way. Not just sweeping it under the rug or slapping the Five Stages of Grief on it (don't even get me started on how inaccurate the stages are btw), but a story that isn't afraid to talk about loss and face it in a real way to help kids cope. It seems like Wish had a lot of missed potential.
I’m definitely late for the party. But I think the innacuracy comes less from the stages themselves and more for the order. Depending on the individual they come in different order than the one established, and the time the person stays in one stage varies. Some people never get out of a stage
The king is actually a wise king, not everyone’s wishes should be granted.
Yeah some of them could be something negative
I think this is Disney's attempt again to sell their anti-Christian agenda. I could see the symbolism of Magnifico to the Christian God and how the movie encourages Rosas/ people to rebel against Him. Plus the people's "wishes" seem to be an allegory to people's "prayers".
@@markjosephbacho5652yeah I thought this too when I first saw the trailer
I'd wish everyone to go mute forever, bc everyone is so loud and annoying😂 that is why all the wishes shouldn't be granted
He had a God complex.
The premise of the story should've been; "What are the consequences of your wishes coming true?" Now that would've been not only a great life lesson but a real good movie.
Into the Woods the musical (notttt so much the film...) really does this justice, and it's fantastic. It's a shame, it's such a good theme to explore. I imagine the first drafts of the script were miles better than what the film ended up becoming.
right? i mean not all wished go together, some contradict eachother, grant every wish and there'll only be chaos, if the twist was that the king was picking wishes while preventing that it would have made wayyyy better
Sounds like Shrek though :/
Sounds like Aladdin
That's Dragon Ball GT..
11:01 This is the prime example…of why you SHOW not TELL! He is literally telling the audience it feels good to crush the wish! Use facial expressions! Use body language! 😭
That’s literally what I said during this scene to my mom 😭
He literally went insane because he's getting old and everyone around him is a piece of shit
Imagine if Asha got the job to be the aprentice off the King, and slowly realizes how bad he is, so she brings the star to free the wishes with what she learned of magic. And since she would be staying in the castle, where her friends works, the characters and their stories could be more explored. Just that would change a bit the movie and make it so much better.
My problem is that no one seemed to have anything driving them before the conflict hit. Mulan wanted to be a good daughter, tiana wanted her restaurant, and Rapunzel wanted to see the lights. They all had a dream before the conflict. I have NO CLUE what asha wanted.
Heck, Asha not having a motivation COULD have been the character development and even motivation itself. She has no motivation BECAUSE her wish was taken from her, so she wants to recapture the magic of wanting something. It could've made for an amazing commentary and character development.
She wants people to follow their dreams
Watch her meeting Magnifico again then. She reveals that she wants to learn magic so she can help people make their dreams come true, she then becomes a fairy god mother. It's simple but it's there if you aren't actively trying to find flaws lol
To be a magic apprentice apparently XD. Not that that was clear or...ever even really touched upon after the interview.
i think a really cool plot could have been her not wanting to give up her wish. she's just a normal citizen whose journey starts because she rejects the ceremony and wants to keep her wish; it might be something super meaningful to her that she wants to hold onto, even if that might mean it doesn't come true. maybe she's punished by the society for it, and she realizes the corrupt nature of the whole thing and fights back. and then it snowballs into her returning all the wishes. that just makes so much sense to me and i think it could've made for an interesting character. in general they had a really cool opportunity for a dystopia setup, but disney decided to be a coward about it
And you know what's the worst part? The entire movie was him looking for an apprentice that would take care of the Kingdom of Rosas. Because everyone was so focused on their own happiness, no one was willing to take on his role. He knew someone self-centered could abuse this power and start granting wishes carelessly for themselves or others, causing chaos. That's why he was disappointed over and over again when his apprentices only wanted to get close to him to get personal favors. They didn't care about the common good, only about themselves. Asha was the most shameless one, doing it on day one. He could've used his powers for ANYTHING, yet his only focus was to keep peace in Rosas, so no one had to suffer like he did. And of course, he went crazy when some kid started trampling over his life's work as a temper tantrum, thinking they knew better. Because their grandpa (WHO WAS OLDER THAN THE KING AND PROBABLY CHOOSE TO MOVE IN) couldn't learn how to play the guitar. Scratch that, he wanted people to like what he played and feel inspired by what he played. Imagine having that power over people, that's actually really dangerous.
Yes!
i think the king even said it at one point, his wish was too vague. he wanted to inspire people, but never stated 'inspire them to do what?' like sure, maybe he inspires them to cure cancer, or invent indoor plumbing in this medieval setting, or become a serial killer, who knows!
Omg yes! Asha seemed so self centered and tone deaf. They could’ve made a great movie if they focused on the king and his thoughts but it was just awful. I don’t think the king was the villain, I do agree the way he handled the situation was horrible.
@@gemart7343 Oh yeah, absolutely. I do believe he knew how easily corruptible someone in his position was, which is why he wanted a good apprentice to take the role from him. But years of being exposed to people's selfishness and lack of appreciation slowly made him callous. How many generations of possible apprentices just looking to gain power? The breaking point was when Asha brought a literal star to break the order of things. So he kinda went, “F it, if Rosas gets ruined, might as well be by me. After all, who else deserves it, but me?” He fell into the corruption he tried to avoid and that he was hoping his true apprentice wouldn't fall into. King Magnifico is the perfect example of someone with good will and intentions that eventually became disillusioned by the world and the people. Added to that, his past traumas made him a bit too paranoid and controlling, eventually transforming him into what he sought to destroy. He would've been an amazing character to explore, and about how one person carrying such responsibility gets affected. But Disney fumbled HARD.
@@victorsardaneta8727 you explained this so well! Literally putting my thoughts into words. But really, the king could have had a killer character development (even if he ended up becoming a villain) but the story just seemed unfinished. I do like the music though but some of the lyrics seemed really gen z and underwritten in my opinion lol.
I think Disney just needs some new perspectives… a LOT of Disney artists are taught to draw a very very specific way, animate a specific way… story tell a specific way. A lot go to the exact same schools. This movie to me feels like the ultimate culmination of that idea. Most people talk about the music being lame, or how the main character is sooo goofy silly girl like Rapunzel… but what stands out most to me is how it’s animated. Not necessarily visually in design but more so how the characters actually MOVE and their facial expressions. You start to get a sense that there’s maybe 5 people at Disney in charge of actually coming up with mannerisms and expressions… so inevitably it feels like 5 actors are playing every character in the movie, in all of the movies. Like there are mannerisms this protag does that I’ve seen done very similarly in recent movies and I’m like “oh so so and so was in charge of how this character moves AND Mirabel from Encanto” In my opinion it leads all of the characters to feel samey in more than just personality but physicality.
Yes exactly! Asha was really giving Moana in her mannerisms
The wish movie looks like a last minute school project completed the night before.
Fr fr
Especially with that Sophia the First ass animation. I know Alex likes it, but I think it looks like a downgrade.
@@rosykindbunny1313 it kind of looks like they didn’t shade or render it yet 😭😬
In my personal opinion, the reason Asha lacks a character arc is because the team originally wrote Wish as a love story. The wishing star is supposed to be a star boy, and Asha's love interest. Asha and the star boy are soul mates; it was mentioned that they had an emotional journey. The star boy was said to be inspired by Peter Pan with a Mickey Mouse charm. I heard that the main conflict that Asha is supposed to face is something related to the Star Boy sacrifice or something, and King Magnifico's wife is supposed to be a villain too; they're supposed to be a villain power couple.
Something that really got me was how the Queen was just totally chill with her husband, the love of her life, being trapped inside of a staff gem for eternity. She even made a joke, like wtf lady.
@@GuyInASuit1653 For real!! She's like, "Welp, he's being branded evil; better safe than sorry." We see no conflict, whatsover, with herself when she's been seen to be very supportive of her husband earlier. Like what happened to Anna when Elsa didn't trust Hans, aka the guy she wanted to marry after few minute meeting him for the first time, and that created conflict with Anna, which grew exponentially when Elsa's power grew out of control and she ran away from Arrendell.
Sounds a bit too close to Stardust
@@Archbishop_of_the_Noodle Stardust?
@@AraDragon_ Movie where the star is human and is soul mates with the other lead. Emotional growth and sacrifice as what was stated in the OP. It's a 2007 film and novel.
As someone who works in retail selling Disney merchandise, there was a huge lack of interest in Wish from consumers. We received an extensive shipment of products from the movie since it came out in theaters and sales were so terrible that we had to relocate some into the discount aisle. They really missed the mark on their 100th anniversary.
Just curious, how much of it was centered on the Star character? Because I’ve heard it called a marketable plushie a lot, and agree with that assessment.
Do they have a website and do they ship internationally? Because in that case, I would appreciate it if you could give me the name of the page. Im one of those few people who would actually like to buy some things about this disaster xD
Prove it lol
I wanted merch for Elemental but found NOTHING. But this movie got early release merch like every other Disney project even though it’s garbage? 😭
That makes sense and it's so sad 😞
If people think Asha is a heroine, then this world has a serious problem. She is clearly a crazy, selfish and ingorent young woman, a wicked villain... It's ridiculous to have made the king, the most decent, realistic of all, a villain... We don't realize people's wishes like that... you imagine chaos, hell on earth.
I also want to mention the queen as she is a sinner. She betrayed her husband like it was nothing for no reason.
@@cendresaphoenix1974 these comments are as dumb as the movie...
@@vmethod Should I be honored that you read them and even left a response...Thank you young person, I'm flattered.
@@noonanunimelf9872 i think he was referring to the weird sinner/christianity comments in this comment section
@@Koranthus Ok, I'm French, so I don't have all the American references. Thanks for the clarification.
I know every generation says it but I honestly think that being a kid in late 90s/early 00s was the best time... Peak Disney films and shows / still playing outside but having internet and acknowledgment of MH when we were teens...
Why was Grandpa upset about not getting his wish if he couldn't remember or care about it?
to give asha a reason to go after magnifico lol
P L O T
Because plot
I think the plot was that when it's a big wish like the dream of your life, it's a part of yourself. Even if you forget it, you will feel something missing. So, personally, got no complaints about that but the movie as a whole sucks big time
Plot convenience :D
Hear me out. Story where asha made a wish to get her father back and it doesn’t get granted and then she pursues it for the whole movie but the climax makes her come to terms with accepting the loss of a family member, and that not everything we want can come to us but it’s still good to try to work for things and make our lives better with what we have.
YES
Wasn't that sort of the plot of Onward though?
We have so many Disney movies whose main theme is about grief, death, and loss though: Onward, Big Hero 6, Coco, Up, literally every single movie has someone die lmao
@@velveteenrab1dAnd the Dungeons and Dragons movie
That movie basically already exists, it’s over the moon on netflix which is also an animated musical
"Wishes are stored in the balls"
Couldn't they just write their wish down or tell somebody their wish before giving it up so they wouldnt forget? Like I find that kind of hard to believe.
The concept art of her falling in love with a magical boy that can shape shift into the ⭐️ and they have to fight the King and his Queen (a villain couple) sounded like a missed opportunity. Oh wow another 1k liked comment 😂
Two power couples fighting the other, with the power of love (healthy/toxic maybe) would have been amazing!!!
Also star being a shapeshifter could have been so interesting and fun as a very sweet, subtle, exploration of non binary characters because like it’s a star I doubt stars have human gender norms. Can you imagine like this yellow gold floating character with glowing hair and magical stardust. Man that would have been so cute.
The general audience isn't ready for that. Nimona barely got away with it just because it was produced by a smaller studio and she's a kid with no romantic interest lol. A genderfluid star person is a bridge too far for now but maybe in Wishes
@@Lithiel we were robbed 😩 bring back the cringe romance tropes Disney!
@@Lithiel A love story by disney these days?? Not going to happen they are anti straight relationships.
Asha feels like a self-fulfilling prophecy. The way she painted King Magnifico as evil leads me to believe he became a villain through her influence.
I feel that's giving Asha too much credit. She barely does anything, while Magnifico overreacts a lot and escalates the conflict all on his own. He's not even aware when Asha sneaks in to take back her family's wishes (which is such a plothole all on its own that Magnifico doesn't even suspect her in any way, despite being paranoid just because of a light causing the wishes to wiggle a little). Not to mention, as the only expert magic user in the kingdom, he of his own choice decided to use an evil book knowing full well what the consequences are. Even the queen warned him not to use the book. Magnifico had potential to be a great villain, but his writing is just all over the place.
@@nonsensestash2293 i fully agree with this. I’ve seen a lot of people do this thing where they make out a villain to be a product of the main characters mistakes/provocations, when their intentions were already nefarious prior to any contact with the “hero”. People are always looking for a bad guy with a heart of gold.
@@debatable98 I didn't like that nobody, not even his wife, tried to save him from his corruption. If the villain had been a woman they'd have tried to remove the corruption, but because he's a man he's just sent to the dungeon. Disney: we'll save evil women, and condemn evil men.
@@aussiewanderer6304 I'm really struggling to understand where your point is coming from?? Tangled: the evil woman dies Snow White: the evil woman dies Sleeping Beauty: the evil woman dies The Little Mermaid: the evil woman dies Cinderella, 101 Dalmatians, and Emperor's New Groove: the evil woman doesn't die, but she doesn't get redeemed either The only examples I can think of where a villainous woman gets redeemed are Moana and Encanto. Can you explain your point further?
@@randomgirlxrulz i'm gonna guess the answer is no because they clearly pulled this misogynistic garbage right out of their ***
5:14 Sidenote: Let me guess: your editor is using Clarity to remove the music and non-dialogue. I don't know if you'll ever see this, Alex, but if you do, if you have the 5.1 Blu-Ray version of a movie, the center channel is often with very little to no music. Import the audio to Adobe Audition or other waveform editing software and delete all other channels safe for center, then apply Clarity to that.
12:34 "It's not about friendship. It's not really about her family THAT much. It's about.... ERHHHH???" sums the movie up pretty well
Would've been better if the Star had turned out to be the real villain all along and was manipulating Asha, with the King learning that Asha was right about giving the wishes back to people and decides to sacrifice himself to save her.
Or they could have gone along with the first draft. Starboy and evil King AND Queen.
@@sweetcinnamonpnchkin yes, keeping him wouldve solved so many problems lol
@@sweetcinnamonpnchkinFrr ive seen a lot of clips of the starboy and i already love him so much. Im so mad that they scrapped him he would've made the movie way more enjoyable to watch tbh
He shouldn't sacrifice just because she causes drama.
would have been better if the star talked and asha had a better personality. both her and the villain were frustrating to me cause they were both self absorbed in their own ways "i know whats best for everyone. everyone needs to live the way i say they should" the kings "thats the thanks i get" song can go for asha too.......
It might have been better had they had the Queen be evil alongside her husband, as was the initial concept. A villainous couple would have been engaging, plus her being good wasn't explored much.
Yea I don’t think we’ve had a villain couple. Imagine the songs, tiktok would’ve helped this movie trend by recreating the songs.
I liked the idea of Wish tying into Snow White, except we hardly got to know Asha's friends to even care, and it ultimately felt like a callback to other, BETTER Disney movies.
@@reannagordonyou know that’s something I didn’t even think of. I didn’t see any of the songs from Wish trending on TikTok (maybe they did and I missed it) whereas songs from Encanto for instance were everywhere.
@@ScarsFromTomorrow1 yea most of the content I see on tiktok about Wish is negative saying it wasn’t good, forgettable, or people wishing the movie was based on the original concept art with the girl falling in love with a star boy
Why are you everywhere??
13:04 the sound she makes while rolling on the floor 💀
Fun fact: The star was actually gonna be a shape shifter who becomes Asha's love interest. That's why it feels like there's something missing plot-wise. On top of that, Magnifico and Amaya were BOTH gonna be evil, which I think would've been Disney's first evil couple. There were lots of interesting concepts that were tossed aside, which is a real shame. I think the concepts themselves sound more interesting than the final product.
I know everybody likes the idea of a villain couple but I prefer Magnifico as the misunderstood antagonist, driven to the brink by people's selfish wishes, and his wife as his tether to the light. I do wish the star was a starboy and he was Asha's love interest, it was have been such a beautiful romantic concept.
Wow how interesting 😄 It's a shame it was pushed to the side 😔
real shame indeed, the final story just feels like plot points pieced together forcibly
Bro, i love the first idea! It adds more story and interest. I also like the villain couple idea but with the first reply on your comment, I agree Magnifico can be a misunderstood villain. I dunno about Amaya, I guess they can be the real evil one?
The werdiest thing to me about this movie is that they did not hire any of the broadway musical writers for the 100th disney film? You know broadway the thing that carried the Disney renissance
Which is weird, since they hired pretty good musical actors. Ariana Debose is in Hamilton and West Side Story Chris Pine was Cinderella's Prince in Into The Woods. And despite being an inexperienced singer, he was pretty good singer
@@ezelfrancisco1349 Yeah the songs were kinda bad to underwhelming. The only one I actually liked and would listen to again was the "Totally not a love song between the 40+yo villain and the 17yo protagonist! Promise!" -song. In fact I've seen a lot of great animatics with the concept art Starboy and Asha using it.
@@MsLilly200 Disney kinda screwed the music over themself too, bc the songwriter spoke abt how they were only given a vague outline and not a great deadline to work with, they weren't told much about the movie so it's no wonder the songs not only; don't fit, but are also lackluster and underwhelming. Not to mention they don't even do what songs in musicals are SUPPOSED to do, which is either move the plot along, or expand character. Something the whole movie COMPLETELY LACKED😭
when Alex was talking about how they move around a lot a thought hit me: that's how old ppl see the gen-z and alpha - flat, fidgeting kids who cannot hold their attention for a second and like some pop music where words don't really matter = they don't know anything about kids, making think movie for noone
They wasted 200M for this movie And the animation is subpar... There's a rumors among animators said Disney hiring a group of Intern Who can't do simple basic thing. Disney hired them because they're cheap to paid
This movie seemed very rushed and no thought was put into it. 14:22 ALSO WHY DID SHE HAVE THE SAME CRUSTY DRESS ON WHEN THE STAR MADE HER THE FAIRY GODMOTHER!?
9:30 holy crap. I didn’t think this movie could get any more on the nose as a Biblical allegory after I watched the trailer. And now the “super cute and adorable” fallen star literally hands the girls a round red yarn (totally not an apple or forbidden item) in a tree. Come on.
Wish is a representation of Disney today: Magnifico is all the higher ups who keep on promising us (the citizens of Rosas) something good, so every time he comes out with a new wish ceremony (a new movie) we all gather to watch hoping that maybe this time it will be our wish (it will be something good) and Asha and the seven meaningless friends are all the animators and writers who genuinely have some interesting and beautiful ideas, but are unable to make them come true becuase Magnifico (cooperate Disney) just keeps on crushing them out of fear of loosing power and money.
Encanto
This is SO accurate
Well, the difference is that Magnifico actually gives them a literal utopia, and Disney just....nothing...
Totally Maybe Disney is making again fun of themselves like they did in Enchanted Wreck it Ralph 2 wich is bad and now Wish
Say what?
Why was like all of the dialogue so expository???? "I have my interview today" "What interview?" "You know! The one with the prince!" "Oh yes, the hot prince!" Like...just show the audience the plot with the story. You don't need to go, "Oh wow, I just crushed this wish and now I feel so powerful!" Like...we can see that you felt powerful. Do you know how effective it would've been for him to crush it, and have power so obviously course through him, and then his face shift ever so subtly?? Disney used to be able to do that. Why is it so dumbed down now?
It could've been cool for him to intentionally absorb her wish, like "Watch as I take what is rightfully hers"
Maybe they’re adhering to a clear lack of media literacy growing in wider audiences but i defo think that’s a dumb decision
@@darkdestiny1785 a lot of media has been dumbed down for people recently, and it's just stupid. It ruins the media. Most people over the age of twelve can understand a story without expository dialogue
It's crazy how one of the main rules about making films, showing not telling, is just being ignored by so many movies today???
@@KittyPryide honestly, the same is happening in modern literature as well, it’s really just saddening tbh
This is such a weird series of events. The king is managing everyone's dreams to keep people happy and cooperative. Then he sees the star fall and feels the power behind and reasonably thinks someone is attacking his kingdom with terrifying power. His fall to straight up villany starts with him trying to be a good king. It honestly felt like this was the start of his hero arc. Where he learns how poorly he was running things despite his intentions and he has to go on a journey to learn and sing and cry.
I think the funniest part is Magnifico had a legitimate reason not granting her grandfather's wish and they still tried to play it off as him being evil XD
Honestly, I feel like Encanto would’ve been a perfect 100th anniversary movie instead. I know it didn’t feature an actual villain, but it had some great songs, was all about magic and getting a gift, and the whole movie was honestly a great gift from Disney!
I know I’ve said this before, but depending on how the rest of the 2020s work out for Disney, I think Encanto will be seen as the Lilo and Stitch of this era in a decade from now lol
Also the fact it was the 60th Walt Disney Studios film! It would have been a better idea to release their 60th movie on the 100th year anniversary. Also, with the extra two years, they could have developed more time to explore Pepa's side of the family and actually make Isabella have a full character arc.
@@amyvasquez4268I agree as Encanto, like Lilo and Stitch, is one of my favorite Disney films
bruh and I am watching it
Yes!
King magnifico could've been a great new Disney villain but the writers ruined his potential. The writers keep trying to have it both ways, they want him to be a classically evil Disney villain but they also want him to be sympathetic and complex. They couldn't decide what they wanted him to be and they ruined him.
But credits to Cris Pine, he gave all his efforts to make a good performance in such situation.
I agree! They gave us a sad story for him. But then when he turned evil. It just came off meh. Like if he had flashbacks to his horrible past and that drove me to be more drastic to "save" the kingdom that would of been good.
He's better off as a hero
I came up with an idea for how they could make him slowly turn evil when I found out destroying wishes makes you stronger After finding out destroying wishes can make you more powerful, he comes up with an idea: he can grant the good wishes, and destroy the bad ones to give him energy. Little does he know, absorbing the energy of wishes, especially bad ones, makes you turn evil. He never realizes this, and by the movie’s climax he’s completely lost it. We can also throw in the concept of him and his wife being a duo by making her also help destroy bad wishes or something like that
@@Byssa6 That's way more cohesive than what Disney wrote. Their character shifts were too abrupt, with the King turning from benevolent to tyrannical like flicking a switch and the Queen not even trying to save him. If he was lured into corruption by a genuine desire to good, and she was a party to/witness to his descent into madness but ultimately chose to oppose him, it would have made for more compelling storylines for both of them. Since it's a kid's movie, the ending might then be a bit too tragic but say, Instead of the stupid song at the end and Asha becoming the new wish granter, the people of Rosas all wish to free their King from evil and they go on as before but with a humbled, more receptive King and a more informed populace.
This movie is like when you have to write an essay to argue about a point which you dont support cause its blatantly wrong and stupid so you just yap to pad out time
Alex's animating is way better than the movies 😂
Encanto was a amazing movie. It show cases toxic family dynamics and the deal seated expectations that people are pushed into. But Wish was absolutely terrible, it had no story line, and a badly written villain.
Were you born yesterday?…. That’s been a thing on cinemas for decades …
Also, remember the song "We Don't Talk About Bruno" was everywhere on 2021 and even made it to #1 on Billboard at 2022? Meanwhile, nobody is singing the new songs from Wish as it's so generic, forgettable and one more thing, written by A.I! Also, looks like Lin-Manuel Miranda is losing his mojo to be song writer.
@@margarethmichelina5146 What does Lin Manuel have to do with this? He wasn't involved in Wish I don't think
@@Fluff_Noodles He's the song writer of Wish's songs and also on any new Disney movies right now. Yes, the new villain song is written by him and the lyric kinda don't make sense if you read it.
@@margarethmichelina5146Lin Manuel Miranda is not involved in this movie. Don’t do him dirty like that
I haven't seen Wish and when Asha opens the door to reveal the signing chickens I legitimately thought it was a bit you were doing. The fact that that is in a DISNEY movie is insane
Yeah, I had never seen that footage before. It feels like rewatching the God-awful early-2000's CGI for the "Home on the Range" villain song with all the rainbow cows marching...
That song was great...@@NatYourAverageNerd
My kids favorite part. Otherwise they couldn’t get into it.
9:59 the sound quality 😂
the main character of wish appeared in Shrek 2 and showed her real colors how evil and bad she is. I think this disnay movie should be considered as Shreks prequel lol😂😂😂😂
That's actually the perfect non canon crossover lol. - Asha -> Neverland -> Fairy godmother -> Harold to a Frog -> nepotistic old person lol.
I’m surprised Alex didn’t talk about how King Magnifico’s “villain song” didn’t sound anything like it. I’ve seen people talk about how it resembles a pop song, which it kinda does. Someone in the comments made a good point by saying that when they had the Lion King soundtrack playing, their sibling asked to skip Scar’s song “Be Prepared” because it always scared him. That’s what a villain song should do. Even Scar’s design is creepy. You have Poor Unfortunate Souls, Mother Knows Best, Hellfire, Friends on the Other Side. And apparently Asha was supposed to have a love interest named Starboy. It would’ve been nice to have a love story like the original Disney movies.
There's an reason for that, because they had pop songwriters write the songs. When in the Lion King and every other Disney musical they had songwriters with experience in theater and musicals.
@@Ashbrash1998 disney went from orchestas to pop singers. if there isnt a better example of corporate level selling out...
Funny thing is it is possible to make an upbeat, catchy villain song and it was released just a couple weeks after Wish. Wonka was a surprisingly good movie and I've been listening to the soundtrack since I watched the movie. The villains have a song and it's campy and catchy. It's more funny than scary, and yet they are still intimidating throughout the movie despite this. You know Disney is going downhill when WB is making a better musical and film than they are.
Omg Hellfire was my skip song as a kid. No other song has ever given me the heebee jeebees like that one. 😬😬😬
@@fanime1 I agree that a villain song could be catchy and upbeat, especially when the villain is the campy or comically narcissistic asshole type. However, they need to pay extra attention on the lyrics if they’re going for that direction. Personally I think Hazbin Hotel’s “Hell Is Forever” is a good example of that.
I think this move completely misunderstood the power hungry leader archetype. The make it seem like he’s a tyrant purely because he wants to hang on to his power. Like, no shit? He’s the leader of a kingdom. No competent leader would put himself in positions where he can lose his power. Imagine if the president of a country was constantly doing stupid things to get himself impeached. They wanted Magnifico to be a villain so bad but they didn’t show him doing anything villainous, until he literally got corrupted by Evil Plot Device tm.
There’s actually a deleted scene where he eats wishes to become a hulking, brutish monster and reveals he never cared about the people’s wishes, even snacking on them at times to get power. I think the issue was that Disney wanted a complex antagonist, but the Disney villains of the past owned their villainy and that was wonderful to watch. They were all power hungry madmen with no regard for anything but themselves. But trying to make Magnifico complex just makes him confusing. If they’d kept the pretense that he pretends to care to hold onto power but steadily becomes more unhinged as time goes on, that’d be more compelling for a villain.
Personally, I think I would’ve had him be the same until he crushes the first wish. He gets such a rush from doing it that he immediately becomes addicted and tries to keep riding that high. For the rest of the movie, everything he does is to hold onto the wishes so he can crush them. Maybe near the end he starts trying to take the wishes of everyone, not just the adults, so he can feed his addiction. And instead of him getting locked in the mirror, Asha’s able to talk him down and get him to give everyone’s wishes back (the ones that are left, at least) and get help. This would allow the Queen to be good (she just wants to help her unwell husband), and explain the King’s sudden heel turn out of nowhere. It also fits with the modern Disney theme of no one person being the villain, but rather an idea (Magnifico’s not the problem here, it’s his addiction). Only issues I see are that it muddles the almost-an-allegory of the wishes being childhood dreams. We may also need to delete some earlier scenes to fit that thread in in a reasonable amount of time. There’s also the fact that I came up with this off the top of my head when Alex played the wish crushing scene, so it likely has a number of holes in it. No idea how to fix the rest of the movie though, as I have not seen it.
"This movie reminds me of a YA novel." Specifically one YA novel. The Giver.
@@mariokarter13interesting... Why does it remind you of the giver?
@@jtm881 Both protagonists are working as an apprentice for an authority figure who's job is to take away a fundamental aspect of the human experience from the broader population.
Why does she look so like isabella from Encanto, the whole scenery is so.. uncanny valley - similar
5:06 am I the only one who noticed the descendants poster in the background?
I mean, his most-viewed video is on Descendants, and that was the first video of his that was recommended to me (and likely a lot of other people). He might owe a lot of his current KZhead success to that franchise.
When I saw a trailer for it in the theater when Magnifico said most wishes wouldn’t be granted I thought “the movie makes it seem like it’s a bad thing, but there are wishes out there that shouldn’t be granted.” Also when I saw destroyed wishes give you power, what if you just destroyed the bad wishes and granted the good ones? Unless that will make you turn evil, which would be an interesting backstory for why Magnifico became a villain.
Yeah I mean they make a villain but also say that nobody else could ever be bad or selfish in their greatest desires. You know someone must have wished to be 10x as powerful as Magnifico, or to be the king of their country. What's the dude supposed to do? Ah person with no training or understanding who has only ever worked in a shoe store, let me make you the most powerful person on the planet with the ability to change reality. This cant go poorly. Or how wanting to be king is literally the plot to MacBeth and we saw how dark and bloody that can go.
omg PLEASE im SO down for characters that get corrupted beacuse they (try to) eradicate evil, and hence being one, and imagine if Asha's role was to bring the king back 'alive' and that he doesnt have to sacrifice himself for the greater good
Tries to make the world a better place and becomes a villain. Sounds a bit like Death Note (aside from the God complex)
King Magnifico was set to be such a great hero, they ruined him so bad.
Yeah, I was immediately reminded of Bruce Almighty when he started granting everyone's prayers and the chaos that caused. Like no, not every wish should be granted. Like he said about the old man that yeah his wish is too vague open to too many interpretations, so the potential for it to backfire is high. Now, had it been something like I wish I could play music to inspire people to be better or good, that would have been more doable.
We are in the death of creativity era it seems. I watched toy story and cars recently and man, the regression is pitiful. For example, even though cars is a kids' movie the dialogue is natural and anyone of any age can appreciate the story. I miss animated movies like that
I disagree. For recent modern animation, we have Spiderverse 1 and 2 , Puss in Boots 2, Arcane--all of which are genuinely good films and even better implement the new trend of adding painterly or hand drawn effects than Wish. There's also a show called Survivor's Reign, while not on par as the other animated movies I listed, its Moebius-inspired-art-style and premise is imaginative. Disney is no longer the standard of animation anymore, they are currently creatively bankrupt but that doesn't mean that everyone else is. EDIT: I meant scavenger's reign
I think people do have creativity so much but Companies dont allow it anymore remember nickeloden? It was a giantic chanel where people could add their creative shows and now its only spongebob because they can milk it as much as they can, I think disney and other companies just wont allow writers to be creative anymore, its just the same princess character in every movie, same problems and same prince. Its just a copy of every hit movie now because they know they can profit of it. Its getting so annoying, I genuinely just want something different
Not death of creativity but the birth of over censorship. People treat kids like they are babies and the shows reflect that a lot. I HATE that Disney bought Bluey because they have already had to start catering to the cry babies and remove episodes and even change episodes
I'd also like to point out that movies like toy story and cars took many years to make, so it makes sense we would be in a lull for movies right now seeing how many recent massive productions we had in the last decade. We were getting multiple movies almost every year for a while it felt like, it's a lot of material to burn through in a short amount of time. This movie probably should have had more time to be worked on but they had to rush out a movie for the anniversary of Disney because like I said, they pushed out too many movies in a short span of time. Someone else made a comment that Encanto should have been released for the anniversary movie instead of this and I honestly agree. Encanto was very well received overall, and well produced. Kids and adults alike absolutely loved it and the songs made waves on social media and awards shows alike. Delaying that release to the anniversary would have given them another year or two or production time to finish fine tuning this movie. Imo lol
Jeez yeah the censorship on bluey is a solid proof Censorship is RETARDED@@apollomommy7364
I think it’s so stupid how the only way the writers could describe the wish orbs was by Asha saying “ball like bubbly things, that are very pretty, but very locked up”. 🙄I just can’t with this movie
I will never understand why the king was made the villain. The guy has to deal with hundreds, maybe thousands of people with conflicting ideas and desires. It would be insanely irresponsible to grant everyone's wishes. They could have gone for a "this is my responsibility" etc and how Asha learns from it and grows as a person. They could have gone another way, like "you don't have to hold on to your past and one single wish/idea/desire", and learning to have different wishes and desires as they live and grow older. But nope.
Finally, an AI-generated Disney movie! Exactly what we've all been itching for!
Yes! That's what's been bugging me about this and I couldn't put it to words: it feels like a facsimile of a Disney movie.
Exactly, even the voices sound AI-generated somehow and it's insane
Oh is that what that is? So ... is there a creme or salve or pill or something I can use to get rid of this itch?
I’ve actually seen speculation that the movie, especially the music was AI generated. An example is that one lyric is “throw caution to every warning sign” which makes no sense. It’s like blending “ignore the warning signs” and throw caution to the wind”, which seems like a mistake AI would make
What’s really sad is if you look up the original concept of the movie. It had a really good plot, interesting characters and overall was just better visually. And then they made this
At the very least, we know that some ppl in Disney are capable of producing original and creative ideas, so that gives me a tiny bit of hope that someday we can get an *actual* Disney movie.
@@CHARGEMEDOKTOR That's the thing. There ARE people in there with creative minds. The problem is what pieces are gonna be approved of those ideas.
It's like disney hates creative people. To be fair tho, South Park said it best. "PUT A CHIC IN IT. MAKE HER GAY AND LAME!!!!"
@@CHARGEMEDOKTOR We should try to get them out of there as soon as possible, then
@viniciushenrique6672 who approves them because they really suck at there job
With how Disney’s animated movies have been I do wonder. How do all the animators and people behind the scenes feel about all of this? Animation is not easy at all, wonder how they all feel knowing all their work was for nothing.
Thanks for the explanation, I thought I was dumb for not understanding the story, but it turns out the story was kind of there, it just went really fast 😅
I've never even been a huge Disney fan, but in my wildest dreams, I would have expected something like Fantasia for a 100th-anniversary film. How depressing.
Well, we DID get Once Upon a Studio.
My God, Fantasia is my favorite Disney movie. I wish they did that! And it needs to have Carnival of the Animals.
@@kevinlee7678I really liked once upon a studio 🥹
They should’ve made a third Fantasia for Disney’s 100th. That, and a better version of this movie.
I remember watching a short on this & the person summed it up pretty well. It was how in almost all Disney movies it's "wants" versus "needs" How a character wants something in the beginning & throughout the story they get what they needed, not what they wanted. In this movie she just legit gets what she's wants. There's nothing more to it. There's no real journey. And that's where it falls very flat.
And its more nefarious than that. Most of the stories involve the want not actually being a good thing, or having consequences involved in it. Overcoming that and learning that things aren't as simple as just wanting something is an important part of the character growth and an important lesson to teach children. Wish goes directly against that. It says give in to the desires you want now, don't think about or worry about consequences. Asha and the Star are the villains of the film.
@@GodwynDi Yes!! From what I've read aside from it being inspired by the centennial they were "tying together" the theme of "wishes come true" Which... okay? But there's always some character development with the protag throughout their movies. What's bizarre is that one of the writers also wrote Frozen. Like, how can you get it so wrong?
The fact that the last disney romance based movie was TANGLED wich is 14 YEARS OLD😭
You know, Disney could have done the "too nice" trope, where the king is so kind that it is harming the city of Rosas. He fulfills EVERY wish and feels underappreciated. Asha could have been the voice of pragmatism while all the city is in chaos due to their wishes being fulfilled one after the other. This song matchs the vibe. Also, the line 'be careful what you wish for', on the movie's poster would be matching the theme, this way.
It probably would have been better to have the protagonist learn a lesson from the king instead. He built a stable, nigh utopian society, and she wants more. Everyone wants more. Sure, some people might wish for good things, but let's face it, most people are selfish, and it's the kings job to grant the selfless wishes and not selfish wishes. By taking away people wishes. He's actually removing the selfishness of people.
Anyone noticed that the king guy wasn't even evil, then the moment he crushes that first wish he just does a complete 180? As others said, this movie had insane potential and it was just done horribly.
I haven't watched the movie, but based on this review in itself I don't know why Asha is so upset about him not granting everyone's wish. When people are adults, they lose alot of their imagination and make realistic wishes because the magic and innocence behind fun wishes die with childhood naturally. But in a world like this people are going to make wishes that never died because of the possibility of magic. So I the king has to go through wishes like, " I wish I could fly or talk to animals" he correct in his thinking of not all wishes need to or should be granted for the sake of the kingdom
@@nyashiahughes3829 you havent watched the movie so your opinion isnt valid, the king is lying to them thinking his protecting there wishes but he just's imprisons them and only chooses which wish he want so the people who didnt get their wish come true loses there hope and dream its basically a part of who they are and his taking them from them so it basically makes them sad and hopeless
@nhoj7795 idk I think their spot on I watched the movie. And they have a point. I'm imagining alot of the wishes in town are they wish someone loved them back...( using as a example) the king couldn't rightfully grant those wishes cause you can't force someone to love someone else... some wishes from a 18 person shouldn't be granted And I'm assuming they can still dream and live their lives after giving the wish away.. at 30 I wouldn't want the same "wish" I wished at 18..
@@nhoj7795 "... you havent watched the movie so your opinion isnt valid..." Who passed and made you king? All you did was give yourself leeway to shut down someone for having "the wrong opinion." For someone who barred another from talking about the movie, it sure is audacious to discuss it with that very same person immediately afterwards. Is nyashiahughes supposed to forget your opening line and chitchat with you, or were you anticipating silent submission to your words?
@@aprilbennett4161 what are u yappin about
I can’t believe Disney fumbled this hard with this movie. Meanwhile nearly every other studio released much better films. I hope he covers Once Upon a Studio
Once Upon a Studio was the shallow corporate cash grab I didn't want Wish to be lol. What is there to say about it realistically? Y'all are hilarious
@@nailinthefashion dude u need to chill. Not everyone is going to love the movie. Most of the criticism is actually valid and alternative ideas proposed by fans/viewers were even better lol. If you love the movie, that’s good for you. But don’t click on a video called “Disney’s Wish is kinda dumb” and NOT expect ppl to think it’s a bad movie
@@CrystalLovesChrist I'm calm and I disagree. If I had seen yet another black woman in a safe heteronormative relationship with a straight white guy despite being a personified star capable of being a woman (or anything for that matter) too I would have set fire to the rain. But luckily they have enough sense not to compete with Nimona so soon. Luckily they realize how a generic cash grab romance isn't a slay right now, and yet, y'all would eat it up no crumbs. THAT IS IRONIQUE! Meanwhile the original commenter doesn't even make original work. They profit off of Disney's characters hahahaha. These comments tickle me, and it's why I don't sub to Alex anymore. Too many cynics, too many elitist people who don't wanna discuss nuance but just trash on stuff.
@@CrystalLovesChrist Das why I don't sub to him no more and don't like coming around the cynics, this just popped up bc Wish. Y'all would rather mock my makeup than discuss the scenes just because I love the movie yall hate. These threads have been tho thilly
Literally nobody said anything about your makeup. @@nailinthefashion People not liking a crappy, soulless Disney movie aren't "cynics" you're delusional for defending this movie as hard as you are and attempting to spin things to turn yourself into some sort of victim because people are disagreeing with you. If you like crappy movies with bad plots and characters people don't connect to, you're allowed to. Just like people are allowed not to like it. But liking the movie doesn't make you better than anyone. Get tf over yourself.
I actually heard that this was going to be a love story where the star was actually a prince of the stars and not an adorable star creature. I saw the concept art on Pinterest and the comments on it where just like "Man. We could've gotten this and they decided to go with the other plot?!" Like, so many of us romantics would've liked the romance story. If Disney's message was just about wishes: I wish we got the plot with the romance in it.
The more I hear about this movie, it makes me think of cardboard if cardboard had a personality
Asha was 100% the villain. Obviously the king originally had good intentions but lost himself along the way, but we don't actually see him be evil until he crushes the wish which clearly corrupts him.
She really was the villain. She caused everything.
Ummm, he seemed narcissistic and vindictive before he got tainted by using dark magic
I think they didnt aim it that way but it is good represantion of today... lots of young people think they are heros of their stories and the world when they are actual villians and they dont even understand that. But of course with Disney it is they cannot have villians... they need them have cause to be villian and that makes them more human than villan... they wanted to make movie with evil stepmother....
@@James-mh6fh Clearly we didn't watch the same movie because he's kind hearted, builds an entire kingdom with his own hands to keep people safe and happy, remembers his citizens, shows compassion and empathy for people's pain, shares everything about his life including his secrets and has a heartbreak at finding out not even his apprentices ever want to be friends with him but just want a wish granted. This guy is not a villain.
No he obviously is a villain but a badly executed one. Wtf is wrong with you to even remotely think his actions were ok ?
I remember when Velma came out, and basically the entire Scooby Doo fandom came together and- well they mostly talked about how bad it was, but I saw a couple of fan projects spawn from it, all of which were better than the entire show, despite some of them only being 5 minutes long. And there's thousands of animators, musicians, voice actors, writers and so many more people here on KZhead... we could easily remake Wish. Just sayin'
Now, if I completely miss the idea, please correct me. But by remaking the movie do you mean make a new one? Because oh boy Disney will be so happy! They’ll invite you to this magical room with there amazing friends, the judge and the lawyer! And the judge will get payed by Disney if you come!
@@puro9284 Ah yes, the magical world of copyrights and trademarks... I feel like the closest we'll get is probably a couple covers of some of the songs, maybe some fanart or animatics. But unless hell freezes over and Disney lets people have fun for once, it's just a pipe dream
I CAN DRAW, WHERE'S MY SPOT!?
And that's why they gonna make the season 2. It doesn't matter if it's positive or negative comments, as long people talk about it and give it attention then more shifty movies and shows will be produced because as Mr Krabs says MONEY
10:29 my guy cringed too much
I don't know why but seeing that silhouette constellation of Ichabod Crane at 14:37 has made me sad for some weird... I don't know why... Makes me want to watch The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, and those shorts that were made in that same artstyle like Paul Bunyan, Johnny Appleseed, and Pecos Bill... I'm just feeling so sad right now...
At this point Disney has really lost all their passion and love that they originally had. Some random movies they have made in the last decade have been good. But man.... they are going downhill fast
I thought they had a really good 7 year run starting with The Princess and the Frog in 2009. Then they had Tangled, Winnie the Pooh, Wreck-It Ralph, Frozen, Big Hero 6, Zootopia, and Moana. And they were all GREAT. But Moana is the last non-Pixar movie they had that I really loved. And that was 8 years ago. Since then it’s been a mediocre Frozen sequel, a bad Ralph sequel, Raya (fine but forgettable), Encanto (overrated and forgettable), Strange World (straight garbage) and Wish (top to bottom fail).
@@AwesTexcalling encanto forgettable is hilarious. You may not personally find it memorable but it broke records from the 90s topped the streaming charts and still does
@@lilac3266 Meh, the songs were fun, but there was basically no real point to the plot. I watched it, expecting something great, and it was basically just "oh no, grammy wants us to be perfect, it's so much pressure" The grandmother doesn't even apologize for making everyone feel bad, life just goes on like it did before the Casa started to crumble. Decent allegory to real life, but not all that entertaining.
@@ameliaduncan3236 the plot is fairly simple to understand. House is breaking finds a vision saying she’s the cause finds out the truth about her family along the way realizes she isn’t the cause and confronts the problem.
I think taste is subjective,it really hurts for you to call the frozen sequel and wreck it Ralph sequel mediocre knowing how hard we worked on it @@AwesTex
I WISH they used the older animation style to celebrate Disney or they could've used the original concept story of this movie
Me too! I really wish people made more 2d movie. Especially Disney. 3d doesn’t mean better.
I was so entertained just by this guys animation style wtf X'D i loved it!!
This is my first time watching one of your vids, and... damn, this is the most animated persona I've seen for a reviewer. My heckin' respect to ya, m'dude.
I haven't watched the movie myself, and quite frankly after Alex talking about it, I don't see any reason to either. Which... that's kind of a depressing mindset to have when Disney was a part of your childhood. 100 years anniversary? It has ALL the potential to bring those older generations back together in one-sitting. If just they had done something memorable. I totally agree that the premise actually could've been really interesting. I can just imagine it: A kingdom is built on wishes; the wishes are taken from the people as a metaphor for them growing up. A film premise that COULD reflect how those generations in the real world(the viewers) have grown up over the past 100 years. But as the movie progresses, the characters learn to reunite with their wishes, learning the valuable lesson that. a) wishes can't be taken from us. Our wishes(the viewers' childhood dreams) remain valid as grownups. It's alright to be a kid. or b) wishes don't need to be fulfilled by a fairy, going to Neverland... or having a king fulfill them. As a grownup, you can still live your dreams or try to, at least. Because grownups aren't hallow baby machines. They're still people, but people who have to adjust because they no longer have the freedom that children have. And, rather than portraying the king as a stereotypical antagonist driven by cliché motives of world domination and power, the film could introduce a nuanced perspective. He had a wish, too, which was to make the world a better place. He could be an example of an adult who tries to fulfill their genuine dream but fails because... Again, it's a dream. Wistful and innocent thinking doesn't make the dream less valid. It's a bittersweet reality that while dreams may not materialize in their entirety, the journey toward them holds intrinsic value, encouraging individuals to persist in their pursuit in their dreams, regardless of the final end result. That's how I wish Disney had made their 100th anniversary movie. Something with meaning.
You should watch the movie. It's not as bad as people say. It's trendy to hate Disney so they are nitpicking every detail. But as a all the movie is alright. It's not a masterpiece but it's fun to watch and the message is good. The only real issue is that the movie is rushed and so the motivation and growth of the characters can feel like they come out of nowhere if you're not paid attention.
@@monsterak471 I don't think it's unwatchable as a movie. I assume it's pretty default. Like not bad, but not memorable. 🤔 But as a anniversary movie, it's a bit off a letdown.
@@monsterak471 it sounds like you have to put in effort to enjoy the movie .
@@Honey-rp6zx if paying attention to the movie you're watching is an effort then I guess so
"NO NO NO NO THIS ANIMAL BETTER NOT SAY A SINGLE WORD!!" That's when I knew the animal was going to start talking.
“Kinda” dumb? 😭 its not even comparable to teenager fanfics because at least their fanfic they can write the characters who sticks to their personality, wish is just… what the fuck
The thing that bothered me the most about this whole animation was: The protagonist's hair being 100% glued to her right shoulder. It jiggles a little bit here and there to... simulate an animation I guess... but it hanging on her right shoulder for almost the entirety of the movie (oh dang, except here 8:44 I guess animators remembered that her hair could move), really, really, really, reeeeaaally bothered me. I imagined her being a girl with a very stiff neck, as that would be the only way for her hair to be always perfectly hanging 100% on her right shoulder, not mattering her movements or the position of her body.
11:09 Wow. That sounded even worse without music.
Wish is the perfect example of targeting only one type of audience. As a wise man once said, “A children’s story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children’s story in the slightest.” -C.S. Lewis
The whole point of people giving their wish to magnifeco was that they could not achieve it themselves. He didn't take their wishes they voluntarily gave it to him.
Gonna be honest just seeing the extreme faces in the intro put a smile on my face so I thank you
I was actually very excited when the trailer came out, like the girl's name Asha was literally an Indian name meaning wish. But then the movie crushed my dreams and expectations. They could have made the movie 100 times better if they had a solid theme like romance or friendship. The original idea of having a star boy, who falls in love with her was a good plot too. But apparently, Disney had decided no more love stories Edit: The name meaning was like a little fun fact for me that's why I shared. It's the same thing as seeing a character of your culture in the mainstream media. There is a big chance they would completely butcher the character with stereotypes and whatnot but before you are disappointed you have the right to feel excited.
I agree that Asha is a really beautiful name. It’s pretty much the most unique thing she has going for her. When your character’s coolest trait is their name (and maybe also voice actor), you know you’ve screwed up with them.
So you were excited because "oh, an Indian name! Disney chose _my_ people to exploit this time!" ? Just odd in _that_ being the thing that made you excited -- it'd be like me getting excited to hear a Boudica movie is being made (because Éirinn go Brách) only to realize it's more of a fantasy mockery than anything.... _that totally didn't happen and I'm definitely not still salty._ It's a bit ironic... the King who wants to take peoples worry away by making them forget their wishes only to harness it later for his own gain and power is an _astoundingly_ apt analogy for modern Disney. Let you see your wish of an Indian inspired Princess only to dash it away by making her extremely cookie cutter, zero ties to the inspiration, little love and no heart to the tale, all so King Mickey could harness the expectation of your wish to bring "himself" more reach, money, and power. Kind of poetic -- in an E.A. Poe kind of way.
@@Kaspar.C0LD Why does it even matter? You said all of this without reason. The entire purpose of movies and character design is to make them relatable to the audience they are intended for. Just because Disney isn't doing a good job doesn't mean that the idea was terrible.
@@Kaspar.C0LD Let me remind you, they said that they got excited over Asha *before* they watched the movie itself. Also, that was completely out of pocket. By your logic, every single thing in any movie related to a group of people is exploiting. A movie is meant for being relatable. What I find weird is how you're coming at a person simply because they showed their excitement for knowing that ‘oh, look, that's a cool thing! Asha means wish in Hindi!!’ And you've completely decided to drown out their excitement by saying that it's not valid? Personally, I find that weirder than simply being excited over a name.
@@Kaspar.C0LDcoulda not said anything my guy
11:18 Wait but the face though-
Here’s a list of things you should also review: - Thomas & the Magic Railroad - some of the Bob the Builder specials - The FRED Figglehorn trilogy
4:04 I had to read that book for my 7th Grade Honors ELA summer packet lol