The title says it all really. It’s neither great nor terrible but average. To get right to it, a lot of people myself included thought that this would be the first Disney Animated Canon movie since Tangled to have a straightforward villain and unfortunately it didn’t. For the first half of the movie King Magnifico falls more into the category of not evil just misguided and the second half he’s controlled by a magic book that forces him to do evil rather than being his choice. While I can damn him for opening the book in the first place as I would for Scarlet Witch in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, it’s still a far cry from the classic Disney villains we all Love to Hate. Magnifico is still the best character in the movie but that damns him with faint praise.
The message of seeking to realize your wishes through your own efforts was a good one but it’s muddled by Asha becoming a Fairy Godmother at the end.
The music was fine but that of Encanto was far better.
I know there is a certain segment of the population who tend to dislike modern Disney projects for shoehorned political messages but I honestly didn’t find any of that here.
And I definitely enjoyed the Easter Eggs to other Disney movies but the downside to that was being reminded of much better movies.
I can’t really find anything I hate about this film but I can’t find anything that is truly worthy of praise either. It’s just average. So Okay, It's Average.
So okay, it’s average
The title says it all really. It’s neither great nor terrible but average. To get right to it, a lot of people myself included thought that this would be the first Disney Animated Canon movie since Tangled to have a straightforward villain and unfortunately it didn’t. For the first half of the movie King Magnifico falls more into the category of not evil just misguided and the second half he’s controlled by a magic book that forces him to do evil rather than being his choice. While I can damn him for opening the book in the first place as I would for Scarlet Witch in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, it’s still a far cry from the classic Disney villains we all Love to Hate. Magnifico is still the best character in the movie but that damns him with faint praise.
The message of seeking to realize your wishes through your own efforts was a good one but it’s muddled by Asha becoming a Fairy Godmother at the end.
The music was fine but that of Encanto was far better.
Asha’s friends lacked the simple charm that the seven Dwarves had in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
I know there is a certain segment of the population who tend to dislike modern Disney projects for shoehorned political messages but I honestly didn’t find any of that here.
And I definitely enjoyed the Easter Eggs to other Disney movies but the downside to that was being reminded of much better movies.
I can’t really find anything I hate about this film but I can’t find anything that is truly worthy of praise either. It’s just average. So Okay, It's Average.