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Ooh that Somerton shout out did not age well haha, still this was a great video anyways!

Great job man I agree love how your explanation isn’t another annoying angry rant about why the flim didn’t work and went into detail about it.

“Wish” felt more like a commercial for the Walt Disney Company than it did an original story or 100-year anniversary addition to the studio’s animated film library. The references to other Disney titles and just unabashed “rEmEmBeR THIS dIsNeY mOvIe?!” moments that littered the film up to literally the last visual image the film leaves us with (…Disney… why TF do the fireworks explode into a PERFECT Mickey Mouse silhouette?!) were so distracting I didn’t even notice the socio-political commentary you so expertly and thoroughly described. That’s a really important allegory for Disney (or any animated studio) to tackle… and I completely missed it because I was drowning in Disney-branded ‘Memberberry goulash. Watching “Wish” made me feel like I was being marketed to rather than being told a story. It felt gross.

You know, I never saw this movie, however from what you described if someone took the same premise from this, but fixed the mistakes of this film, then and that would make for an incredible movie.

I can't believe Disney somehow managed to 'disney-fy' one of the most tragic queer yearning tales I've ever heard [the little mermaid]. I mean homegirl split her tail into feet for the man she loved, and still, that wasn't enough. Disney truly gaslit us during our childhood.

Dc should use more Superman ‘ villains.

Me being a 90 kid gen y I can relate

Yall ain't helping

I agree that Wish could have been better.. It definitely had corporate meddling all over it. Even with the lackluster writing and lack of characterization and such, I still can't fully hate this film..I like the ideas it tried to present but it woefully missed the mark in my opinion. I like Asha as a concept but I wish (no pun intended) she was fleshed out more and had more personality...she has a spark of something but unfortunately she never really got to fully shine the way she was meant to.. I don't hate the music of Wish completely..I (kind of) like This Is The thanks I get because of the weird lyrics. But the "I'm A Star" Song is dumb and vague...not bad necessarily but felt out of place, or rather a filler jusy to check off a box.. Queen Amaya was slept on in terms of storytelling, character, and definitely singing voice..Her part in "Knowing What I Know Now" was beautifully sung in my opinion..I also enjoyed Asha's singing as well. I feel they should have went a more Broadway musical esque direction with the music. It was a HUGE mistake not to have Alen Menkin involved with the Wish soundtrack since he helped produce some of the best soundtracks the Disney Movies have to offer (ie: many of the Disney Renaissance films for example.). instead of whoever they got. Big missed opportunity. Speaking of opportunities; Star being human and a love interest for Asha (I miss classic Disney romances), Queen Amaya being a villain with her husband Magnifico (that would have went hard), fleshing out Asha and her friends more,.etc.

What I find worse in this depiction, and what irked me the most was the fact that his affair with Heron's mum was depicted as romantic and consensual, when it just wasn't. As a result, Zeus is treated as the bad guy and Hera is seen as an hysterical woman who lashes out at everything and manipulates everyone. It's quite sad to see that, and it angers me quite a lot.

hiii love the video - can u tell me where u got the shirt from? lol

Wait what

Treasure Planet. They did not want it to succeed.

I have a book of concept art from Guillermo del Toros work, and there's a couple of pages on the Creature. He spent months drawing up sketches and showing them to every male attracted person in his life to get notes in how to make him attractive. This was the final result and, while not my type either, I totally get it.

I’m on team Snubbull

This show feels like a response to Invincible and The Boys using the 'Evil Superman' trpoe so effectively they had to take the power back.

Well, now 2022 feels like... something else

The Queen basically nothing but an opportunist a little leech.

I WILL NEVER FORGIVE DISNEY FOR NOT GIVING US A GOOD "WISH" MOVIE! They skipping the BEAUTIFUL LOVE STORY between Asha and the Starboy, and the evil couple, Magnifico and Amaya, broke my heart! 😭💔💢

There is a way to critique the structures of power by showing Amaya as kind, empathetic, and forgiving of her spouse by indicating it's an abusive relationship. Use the moments of doubt to be rationalizations that it's not unhealthy, it's not controlling, that it's "perfectly fine..." with that same consistent unease. Even when an abuser reveals themselves, people who have spent decades of their life with this person...it's a fear of the unknown, a fear to let go, and so fucking often the abused person chooses the abuser again because it's what they know. The film crew *could* have leaned into that allegory, and instead of having Amaya be a 'deader', show the guilt, shame, confusion, etc...from having supported and stayed in this abusive relationship. Show her relinquishing power, show her stepping down, show her acknowledging her inability to trust her own decisions anymore. FFS this is an allegory to work in here about how Magnifico's behavior is abusive, controlling, and exploitative. Absolutely not speaking from a position of having a parent ignore *thousands* of red flags and giant warning sirens with everyone telling them their spouse was an abusive bastard...and refusing to get divorced. But no, that would encourage class revolution and not changing anything, the system is 'perfect' and all you ever need to do is change the person at the top, that'll turn out *great*.

It's arguable that Asha is qualified as an apprentice. She really isn't. She wasn't interested in magic, she wasn't interested in helping her people, all she wanted is to get her grandfather's wish. That's it.

Tried to be too marketable but forgot to be memorable

Combining Batman (my favorite franchise that actively makes me want to brawl with the writers because of how they write their characters) and real-life issues (I grew up being punk, both from my circumstances, research on history, my own unfortunate events, and a general separation from the law and government by my mere existence) is like going over to your favorite auntie's house and eating a meal even the highest payed chef in history couldn't make

My main issue with Wish (that I don’t think was discussed in full here) is that Asha as a protagonist does not fundamentally grow, develop or change throughout the film. A main character CAN get what they want but it needs to feel organic & earned by the character actually learning something by the end. Tiana from the Princess & the Frog does get her restaurant but she comes away with a deeper understanding of what actually matters in life & that her restaurant wasn’t what she needed to be happy. Asha does not accomplish the same thing. She could’ve seen why NOT every wish should be granted (one of the promotional slogans even being ‘Be Careful What You Wish For’) or that wishes are something that you need to make come true yourself in order for them to truly feel fulfilling (which they somewhat attempted to do - but badly 😖). Asha’s ideals are not challenged in a way that allows her to see the bigger picture & she believes from start to finish that ALL wishes should have a chance to come true & in the end is rewarded for it by being given the exact SAME power to grant wishes as Magnifico but as a ‘Fairy Godmother’ 🤦‍♀️ Just watch the Nostalgia Critic’s review of the film to see my full opinion of the movie 😑

As a film major, I wanted to expand on something that was mentioned in the video that really bothers me from a scriptwriting standpoint: Wish knows that the movies it's trying to emulate are good, but it doesn't understand WHY they're good. To avoid writing an entire essay I'll just go over the example mentioned in the video: "City of Rosas" vs. "The Family Madrigal". The reason that "City of Rosas" doesn't work is that it doesn't understand why "The Family Madrigal" is a good opening song, and just tries to emulate it on a surface level. Wish's understanding seems to end at "our main character sings to a group of outsiders about her [family/city]". The thing is, the reason "The Family Madrigal" is about Mirabel's family, and doesn't tell us much about Mirabel herself, is because that's the *whole point of the movie.* Mirabel doesn't see herself as special enough to sing about, and doesn't want to bring up that she doesn't have a gift, so she focuses the entire song on the rest of her family, with the last verse being devoted to her literally trying to get out of giving any information about herself. This establishes the main conflict of the film: Mirabel loves her family, but doesn't see herself as special. Even some of the melodies in the song are setting up later plot points of the film, like Abuela's verse using the same melody as "Dos Oruguitas", but that's a whole nother kind of analysis. Comparing that to Wish, what does "City of Rosas" tell us that we didn't already know? It tells us how the city was established and how the wish ceremonies work, but we already knew that from the storybook explanation. It doesn't tell us anything about Asha herself except that she loves the city, but that's really only surface level since it doesn't have to do with the main conflict. We learned about the setting and our main character from "Family Madrigal", but "City of Rosas" could be cut from the film entirely and nothing would really change. Like I said, this kind of surface-level understanding applies to most other things Wish is trying to emulate from other Disney hits, but I don't want this comment to get any longer lol. Hopefully this example showed how badly they're misunderstanding what makes a film work, and why Wish ultimately feels so surface-level.

"Yup, sounds about white." As a guy who's whiter than basmati rice in a blizzard, this got a chuckle outta me.

I am so glad that Disney did not get there wish with Nimona!!! Such an amazing film that I thank my lucky stars (get it) that it was finished by Annapurna Films. They made a Gay/Trans movie icon. Shows what you can do with remarkable story and vision. Absolutely stunning! Simple story that hits your with emotional beats right in the chest. I was so happy to see this nominated for the Oscar and not Wish.