Disney's WISH - Movie Review
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- Опубликовано: 21 ноя 2023
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Disney celebrates 100 years with WISH!. Here's my review of how an out of touch company tries to bring the masses joy... 
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I offer one of my favorite C.S. Lewis quotes: "A children's story that is enjoyed by only children, is a bad children's story."
Yeah soOo true!
What
C.S. Lewis was the bomb digity.
Walt himself said you're dead if you aim only for kids.
@@ARC117Studios It means that if only a child mind can appreciate a story, it isn't a good story. You can entertain a child with colors and sound, but to take that and be able to have EVERYONE enjoy it regardless of age makes it a superior story for children in the end. Basically, just because you're an adult doesn't mean you can't enjoy a good story that is focused for a child audience. Disney has proven this multiple times with their own films that they have the capability, they are not doing it.
We also as an internet society just got over an entire decade of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic being dominant on the internet. That was a children's show that had a vastly large adult audience due to it's writing and animation not saying "eh, it's just for kids". Bluey is now this decade's version. Both shows are drastically different over the countless kid's shows that premiered, then failed, in the exact same amount of time.
There is a reason why people from 12 to 72 still read and enjoy The Hobbit, regardless if they proceeded to Lord Of The Rings at all. It's a tale that was more geared towards children, yet enjoyed by all.
"Family movies should be enjoyable by the ENTIRE family" is an underrated line about so many movies right now.
Kids movies sell adult tickets
They found the right balance for decades and now it's just soulless corporate paint by numbers trash.
@@brandonm4550end state of any company that gets too big.
*People in 2023 - "what's family?? I only grew up with 1 parent"*
You know a movie is good when you like it as a kid and STILL like it as an adult.
"It doesn't feel like a celebration of 100 years of Disney - it feels like a celebration of the 100th year of Disney"
That is honestly such a perfect line for describing this movie.
I have the same concept, just different wording: I thought of it as more of the 100th anniversary of the CORPORATION, not WALT DISNEY.
@@TheReal_JG Once Upon a Studio gets the celebration of the STUDIO completely right. Seeing so many forgotten characters all in one place was magical. Jim flying with Sisu through the halls, freaking Pete's Dragon with the boy from Rescuers Down Under, seeing Mickey with Walt's statue when Feed the Birds kicked on had me tear up....Thomas O'Malley, Chicken Little, BLACK CAULDRON CHARACTERS WERE THERE. That's how you KNOW it was a love letter to the ANIMATIONS not the CORPORATION. because some of the characters repped here were from movies that were not only commercial flops, but critical ones too.
Agree completely! It is nuggets like that which make Jeremy's reviews compelling.
Bars
The fact that people actually FORGOT this film was even out really says a lot about Disney’s current state.
Absolutely. None of my kids are talking about it. We were all thinking, wait, it's out?? Disney has been capable of making good family features not that long ago (Wreck it Ralph, Moana, Encanto and we can't forget Frozen) but recently over the past few years they have really hit rock bottom more times than not with their own product and what Pixar's been doing.
I just found out this movie exists lol
i legit thought this film was still on the drawing board and was supposed to be released next year or something. i of course was surprised to find out otherwise about it today
Not really. Encanto only came two years ago and just these year elementals came out, which was very good, and so many were gushing over the little mermaid.
no fr I literally love disney and I genuinely forgot it was coming out
Do you know Walt Disney himself, and the company itself through 2010, would allow the writers MONTHS to work out the stories? Walt once threw out six months worth of work by his storyboard artists/writers when it became apparent to them and him the direction of the film wasn't working. (Pinocchio was delayed because they weren't happy with the character design). A writer on Toy Story 3 took six weeks to unknot a story problem and everyone was cool with that and liked his solution. Now, things are rushed through to feed the content pipeline and there's no time given to put something aside, ponder it, and rework it if necessary.
I Wish things were like they used to be
This should’ve stayed as the gold standard for the company, a shame that they want everything fast and cheap like other crappy companies from the past like Filmmation.
Disney held himself and the company to a high standard. People love pointing out his flaws but if they did a SHRED of research on the man you'd be rather impressed with his work ethic. Mickey himself way only created out of necessity after losing Oswald. But he took that success and made sure Mickey was a very likable character who wasn't entirely perfect and got into mischief; that's how Fantasia came to be. They wanted mickey to get back to his roots and the spotlight.
You can blame the Good Dinosaur not doing great after a lot of delays for how things are
Disney needs new leadership
How brave, Disney criticizing a kingdom that grants only the safest, most generic, most non threatening wishes, while constantly stamping out its competitors 😂 Stunning!
Not the "most generic", he even says about the grandpa's wish "it's too vague" he wanted very specific wishes. Also he hardly granted ANY wishes at all, all he did was take a little bit of their souls away.
@@Mike__B Still sounds like Disney self snitching, to be honest...
@@Mike__Bgod that sounds horrifying when put like that. And people say he's in the right on tiktok? Tf
@@TheRibottoStudios also when put like that it weirdly sounds like a subtle copy of Big Mom from One Piece.
Super powerful regent periodically takes away a bit of their subjects' souls to increase their power in exchange for a vague promise of prosperity for their kingdom.
Stunning and brave
If you want to see what Disney was once capable of, watch the opening of Hunchback of Notre Dame. Absolutely tremendous.
TARZAN .. and Hercules, Lion King, Pocahontas 😄 Gosh even Brother Bear.
@@Coconuts03lion king has the best villan song ever.
@@Coconuts03 And Brother Bear wasn’t even Disney at its best by a long shot-but it was still better than what several Disney films are today.
@@katherinestives940 I think that's the only movie from that era that I didn't watch because I had actually read The Hunchback of Notre Dame and could not fathom how or why they could or would want to make a movie out of it. I can't remember if Quasimodo is the only one who dies saving someone who would never love him, or if they all end up dying, but it was like a Shakespearean tragedy flavored with the grimness of a Dickensian tale of a Victorian street urchin.
@happymaskedguy1943 Thank you! Your comment made me watch the movie, and now I absolutely LOVE both part 1 (1996) and 2 (2002), listening to the soundtrack rn.
As 42 year old, unabashed old school Disney fan, it's so depressing to see what this company has become. I was raised by my Grandma, sitting on her lap as she sang classic Disney songs while playing the piano. We watched VHS copies of everything from the 30s to the early 80s, it was my everything and Robin Hood '73 is still my favorite animated film of all-time. I remember when every animated Disney release was an event, and even in my early teens, movies like Lion King were amazing and still cool to like. I know that period will never return so I guess we should just appreciate the classics and how good things once were.
Robin Hood is my favorite too!
“Every town has its up and downs… in Nottingham” such an epic soundtrack
Also love Robin Hood! Great movie that still makes me laugh.
The goodness there’s Disney +
We can watch classes as much as we want
I WISH Disney made good movies again
That almost goes without saying
BA DUM BANG!🥁
That would require selling and firing everyone in the Disney, LucasFilm and Marvel. It's rotten to the core.
They are playing everything too safe not to piss off the woke generation!
King Magnifico stole your wish and will never grant it. And my King Magnifico, I mean Bob Iger.
so as in turns out, Puss in Boots 2 is the better "wishing upon a star" movie than the one disney made :)
I think it's very ironic and Jack Horner was totally a jab at Disney.
And better villains apparently.
WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE FEARLESS HEEEERO
Same with the Jirachi Pokemon film.
Looks way better too. Has the Spider-Verse inspired "2D" look that Disney supposedly attempted here.
Remember when a new STAR WARS movie was an event?
Disney ruined that.
Remember when a new MCU MARVEL movie was an event?
Disney ruined that.
Remember when a Disney animated movie was an event?
Guess what!
Does Pixar still got it?
Pixar is now affected by Disney Corporate meddling so don't expect any masterpiece @@AlphaladZXA
@@AlphaladZXA Elemental was good but Disney did screw Pixar over by constantly releasing their films on Disney plus during the pandemic while releasing their own films to theaters. A lot of Pixar fans noticed this and wondered if Disney was trying to find an excuse to close down Pixar. Now they're starting to release Pixar films in theaters including the ones that were supposed to originally be in theaters.
@@fanime1 Elemental was OK, but it was a step down in quality compared to previous films
For me, the peak 3D animated Disney film has to be Wreck It Ralph. It had a twist villain, but it was properly built up to and the reveal was extremely rewarding. It had a fulfilling arc for the main character. Funny non-human side characters that never overstayed their welcome. Awesome, fleshed out cast, even for side characters. Disney even got to put in references to outside IPs without it feeling forced or out of place! How amazing is that???
The other day my daughter saw some Wish merchandise at the store and said something to the effect of "it's a Disney movie so it's probably going to be bad." My experience as a child of the 80s/90s was the exact opposite. You knew it would be good. I don't think Disney will ever be what they once were. My kids prefer DreamWorks and Illumination.
your kids have good tastes, can't fault them for that lol
@@RecliningWhaleI mean I wouldn’t really consider Illumination good taste
So your daughter prefers the minions over Moana…to each of their own
@@emilianoortiz8795at this point I think illumination is better than Disney
@@lollove9974 You chose one movie against another movie. Bias at its finest. Lemme try
Her Kids chose How To Train Your Dragon over Moana.
i think we can all agree that once upon a studio is the REAL 100th anniversary of Disney.
Yes
Absolutely
Without a doubt.
FACTS
Can’t wait to hear the cope: “it’s for kids anyways”
I don't know if it's my favorite Disney, but the older I get the more I love, appreciate, and am in awe of Mulan. The characters, art direction, writing, the villain, music, it all just lands so perfectly as the years go by.
Certainly my favorite when it comes to music.
not the recent one, right?
@@ArariaKAgelessTraveller He said the characters, writing, and music so definitely not the 2020 one.
@@MurasakiTsukimarubecause 2020 mulan doesn’t have any of those aspects right
I'm kind of done accepting "it's for kids" as an excuse. As Jeremy said, there's a difference between movies for kids and movies for families- but even old school Sesame Street had references and jokes that made parents who were in the same room as the TV smile, and understood how not to make those same parents grit their teeth and mutter "it's for the kids" under their breath. Kids AND adults deserve better, and even post-Disney+ Disney should understand what makes parents decide not to put a particular Blu-Ray in someone's stocking.
You know a Disney villain is forgettable when an enthusiast reviewer couldn’t be bothered to remember his name.
Jeremy hasn't been enthusiastic in years lol
@@derekgray9774 Disney killed his enthusiasm, although he was very enthusiastic for Oppenheimer
@@derekgray9774 What does that mean? He was absolutely ecstatic talking about Dark City. He's always gonna light up whenever it's a movie he really loves.
@LuisSierra42 Except he’s doing it to almost every Disney related thing regardless. I mean he did that to Guardians 3 and that was praised by nearly everyone.
He didn't remember Dar-Benn name either
I miss 2d Disney movies.
90's Disney was amazing. Can we have that again!
I miss 2D period.
Me too. It was an unbelievably short sighted decision by Eisner to get rid of it. No, the early 2000s animated movies didn't bomb because they were 2-D and people preferred 3-D, they bombed because THEY WEREN'T VERY GOOD.
@@Simoss13 It's not like those movies were burned
Treasure Planet 2 never ever.
Tangled was the last truly genuine, great Disney animated feature film. It was the 50th animated Disney film. They used a very expensive animation process that combined hand drawn and computer based animation and merged it seamlessly. In that movie there was so much love and respect for Disney’s past while being fresh and amazing all on its own. The music, acting and side characters were all extremely well done and memorable too. Since then it’s just been a slow, downward spiral. Utterly sad.
MOANA BRUH!!!
And honestly I can't even credit Disney for it. Tangled was one of the first couple of films made after Disney bought Pixar and put Lasseter in charge of both animation departments. So we owe Tangled and Wreck it Ralph to Lasseter. Not Disney.
Agreed!! Moana doesn’t hold a candle to Tangled
Come on Moana, Frozen, Coco, Encanto, these are really good I consider them part of the classics, I also like Red and Zootopia.
@@alenezi989a3I think your in the minority here.
The short that Disney made where they included every Disney character in a group photo really felt like the 100 year mark of Disney with how much passion was put into it. This movie on the other hand...
do you not mean ralph breaks the internet or am I forgetting something?
That thumbnail doesn’t inspire confidence. But reading about the behind the scenes is even more depressing, because they did try to revive the classic traditional animated style for the 100th anniversary, channelling the spirit of Snow White or Sleeping Beauty. There was an attempt. But Disney is their own worst enemy.
How was there an attempt lmao
Snow White won't be saved by a prince and won't be dreaming about true love, weird, weird
@@Peasham I read the behind the scenes info, that’s how I know. Not that the trailers, or Jeremy’s review, give any indication that ever transpired.
@@LuisSierra42 That's the most good change they could make that was some pedo shit
Yeah also Bob is they're worst enemy let's make a list of everything he did right
Done he did like nothing good at all
Weird how Jeremy didn't review Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, thus not referencing it at all, because that movie fits the whole Wishing Star concept way better than what Wish did. I mean, it did everything right. Jack Horner is the unabashedly villainous character that Magnifico thinks he is. The goat is the annoying sidekick character that Perrito avoids being and becoming a beloved character in his own right. The love between Kitty and Puss, and the familial bonding of the Bears and Goldilocks is felt deeply by the audience, unlike the "friends" in Wish. Hell, we even have romance, unlike in Wish.
TLW is enjoyed by all ages, where Wish is likely to be enjoyed only by small children who just like to look at pretty colors. TLW would have been the perfect 100th anniversary movie for Disney that deals with that one line from that one song about a wishing star, if only they had the creative capacity to think of it.
Thanks for reminding us about that wonderful Puss in Boots movie. I saw that four times in theaters. 3D and plain digital. So excellent and enjoyable.
Woah, he didn’t review it at all?
@@LosRockson Nope, apparently not. I hope he watches it if he hasn’t already because I would love to see him do a review of it.
@@daniellavaladez7820 weird, it was one of the biggest movies of the year. Every one was liking it all around. Wonder if there is a particular reason for that.
I see last wish I heard talking death good kids I am 28
I was 5 when The Little Mermaid came out and then Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin were amazing! Then The Lion King, changed the game. A Disney movie showing in theaters was an event - and I didn't even live in the US at the time. It was amazing growing up during the Disney Renaissance.
It’s honestly so sad how Disney just feels…average. Which is like, a crime. Disney used to give us memories, moments, and most of all, *experience*. The fact that this movie literally seems to be written by AI is just devastating on how Disney doesn’t care about those sorts of experiences anymore.
6:53 “Not a celebration of 100 years of Disney, but a celebration of the 100th year of Disney”
That’s why we love you, Jeremy
That stood out to me as well, a very keen way of putting it.
Marvel takes the plot from Space Balls, and Disney takes the subplot from Bruce Almighty.
Every few months I get into a phase where I NEED to watch Brother Bear. I know it isn’t critically beloved but it is very significant to me (childhood and core memory blah blah blah). Apart from Encanto…Disney movies just don’t have that same warm feeling anymore. Brother Bear is like a hug to me. It’s flawed in some areas but it is also a genuine work of Disney in my eyes. Idk what the company’s future is but we are all lucky to have the classic movies to turn to for wonder, magic, music and light!
Great vid as always🎉
This right here. Something about the scenery feels so ……”home”
Not gonna lie, I have nothing but good, if not great, memories of brother bear!! I thoroughly enjoyed it for sure!!
@@SoulDeSolyou mean the part where it serves as the conflict of the movie and gets resolved better than the Last of Us Part 2?
Jeez, this is the one time Disney had the balls to make a mature film in this decade and you got uncomfortable? Well guess what, the Lion King is objectively way more disturbing same goes for Princess and the Frog, Sleeping Beauty, Tangled and a few others.
Phil Collins carried Brother Bear. Nuff Said.
Wow, that’s a profound, really on target way of describing it… “I don’t feel it’s a celebration of 100 years of Disney but more like the hundredth year of Disney”. Thanks for another wonderfully candid, entertaining review brother!!
One thing I really miss in Disney films is their ability to TEACH things. I recently showed my friend my favorite movie ever, 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame', and there were so many times where she asked, "What does that word mean?" Like, the vocabulary in that movie, as well as others ('Lion King' also comes to mind) is extensive and so well integrated. As a child I loved figuring out the difficult words based on how the characters delivered the lines. When my friend kept asking that question she wasn't upset she didn't know what the word meant - she was excited to learn something knew and see how they used it in the movie. Frollo and Scars' vocabularies add to their sinister nature, that they're these educated characters who knows what they're doing and are master manipulators. I like fun villains, but for this movie I'm kinda upset that the King is indeed the bad guy. Like, the concept that you can't/shouldn't answer wishes can be really deep (heck, 'Bruce Almighty' touched on it lol), but it sounds like he's just a generic, power-hungry evil dude :(
I had to look up the word "expectorating" when I rewatched Beauty & the Beast, as that's one of Gaston's words in the song "Gaston". I don't necessarily need that kind of high-brow vocabulary for a film to feel good...but that's immediately what I thought of when I read your comment.
@@sarabass8231 That is a perfect example lol. I think what I'm getting at though isn't the fact that it's 'high brow', but rather engaging. Like it forces your brain to do think-thunking lol.
@@sammaloo Gotcha...yeah, when they have that engagement, deep thought, and depth of characters-both villain and hero---that's the kind of movie (animated or not) that sticks with you!
Really do ayll think minions is good but hate this to the point it’s y’all worse movie of all is astonishing
@@lollove9974 ...I think you responded to the wrong conversation, because this has NOTHING to do with what I commented lol
So this year, they had GhibliFest, in which the distributor put ten Miyazaki movies back in theatres. I saw Nausicaa, Castle in the Sky, Porco Rosso, Howl's Moving Castle, and Spirited Away. And in the year they've had, I'll just say it:
Those movies are what Disney SHOULD be striving for. Even the worst of those films is still miles above anything Disney has done recently. And some of them are 30-40 years old.
That sounds awesome, Miyazaki is my favorite director
@@zachsutton6195 I appreciated his work, but seeing them on the big screen helped me to "get it." Howl and Nausicaa especially.
I'm also ten years older now than when I first saw them, lol
Let’s be real though, those movies are some of the best you can find, not even just in animation. Miyazaki’s art direction and world building is one of a kind. Literally every frame brings more life than even the peak of Disney animated movies
@@Ian-fy6lc It really feels like it, huh?
There is no worst Ghibli's movies.
Encanto was a classic Disney movie that I feel like Disney didn’t embrace until it got critical acclaim. Than they were like, yeah this is the movie we made… right.
It's essentially the Lion King of this generation (Disney thought Pocahontas was going to be their award winning film).
I'm sick of disney and the MCU being so safe nowadays. Thanks for the review, Jeremy. Being watching since, like, 2015? Love your stuff and always love to see what you have to say. You're the best!
"It's a kids movie" is not an excuse anymore. Disney themselves ruined that excuse when they made great movies like The Lion King and almost the first generation of Pixar movies and even more recent movies like Moana
Ugh! I've always hated that excuse. Still do.
That's a good point. Disney is the reason that excuse doesn't work.
My god man, I hated that excuse. Always hated it, I mean geez there are some animated movies that I still enjoyed watching as an adult. Jesus, this excuse is ridiculous as hell
Hunchback of Notre Dame has remained my favorite Disney movie for the last 15 years. I am so disappointed that Disney has moved away from gripping, dark, memorable, risky storytelling to safe, generic, bland storytelling that they’ve done over and over again since 2013.
Really miss when their stories were deep, and had great messages and had amazing lessons in not just the characters, but the environments and atmosphere of the worlds they would build. Really hoping they return to that one day. They are entirely capable of it.
I really need to watch that movie. All these years I've been wanting to.
Hunchback wasn't their best movie from the 90s but I really loved it because of the risks it took. I was really intrigued that they would explore Frollo's internal struggle between staying true to his dogmatic religious beliefs and thereby suppressing his own sexuality, and his pure unadulterated lust for Esmerelda. Even Quasimodo had internal struggle with his sexual attraction to her but he ultimately let go of it in order to maintain his friendship with her and Phoebus. What a refreshing and mature story for an animated feature. (Sorry, it's been a while since I thought of this movie and your comment brought it back)
When they do take risks it blows up in their face so they probably lost confidence to take big risks and in this day and age unless the movie is at least 8.5 out of 10 nobody is going to see it they will wait till it on streaming
I really like WISH. I’m really baffled at the negative reviews, it has a very high audience score. Songs were great, plot was great, art styles was phenomenal, characters were funny…people are obviously on a hate-train against disney lately
No, they are entirely incapable of it now.
"No one's going to be like, I fucking need the soundtrack."
That was hilarious, Jeremy!
When the Disney renaissance came in the late 80’s to 90’s, Disney hit a winning formula. Story telling, visuals and music was at the forefront. Even when Disney branched into non musical movies like treasure planet and Atlantis they still held a gravitas that is no longer there. Villains were villains. We wanted to basque in the delicious evil of the Villain’s and see the hero’s win. There was a balance. True evil was conquered by true good. Even the classics like snow shite, Cinderella and sleeping beauty were not afraid to show the darker sides of story telling. To be honest, new Disney has thrown that formula out. Less is more, but new Disney is just more, without substance, without heart, and without risk. The reason Pixar is so enjoyable, is because they cater to the whole family. They are not making a kids movie, they are making a great movie that happens to appeal to kids. Big difference.
"Snow Shite" LOL 😂
ive just rewatched tangled again yesterday. The music is so good, the jokes still make me laugh, lovable characters, the lantern scene still give me the chill, plot twist still make me tearing up. Disney movies used to have A BIG HEART AND SOUL. Watching this, my mind wonders, how the hell todays Disney movies can be so so so bad.
Tangled! Thanks for the reminder - time to watch this again tomorrow and dive into a nostalgic mood: movies from a time where they meant something...
Imo Tangled was really the last Disney film that captured the amazing magic, humour, adventure, ROMANCE, and dark story elements that made Disney stand out. That's due to true talent behind the production, in stead of greed. It's definitely one of my top 3 Disney movies.
Disney movies ended with Tangled and Moana for me. We dont watch anything past then. It is like Endgame for Marvel..... nothing past that really matters or should be taken seriously.
Tangled was amazing, absolutely top tier Disney movie. Agree with everything you said and would like to add that Rapunzel's existential escape crisis montage is one of the funniest things in any movie ever.
I love Tangled. Watched it many times. It still bothers me though how many times people get smacked in the head by a cast iron frying pan. Rapunzel pasted Eugene at least 10 times when the initially met. His skull would be mush and many concussions. I know it's just a fun animation, but I still can't not-see that.
The "Once Upon a Studio" short on Disney+ feels like the best "Celebrating 100 years" video IMO
It was
Imagine paying for Slop+
@@OilFreeFeathers Imagine being pitiful enough to care what others watch.
also what is so bad about paying monthly to be able to watch all the old GOOD disney owned stuff?... just cause disney now is bad doesn't mean it was back then...@@OilFreeFeathers
The Jungle Book is beyond great, it’s sublime. Pinocchio is pretty epic. The Fox & the Hound made an impression on me as I saw it at the cinema as a new release at the appropriate age, and it has that hard edge like Bambi.
That line about Disney being out of touch with the audience is completely true.
Just this week I got an email notification as a test screener for an up-coming Disney animated film. I couldn't allow my Mom to join me because they only wanted folks aged 14 to 49.
They really ought to re-examine the scope of their audience. I don't think I'll attend the screening... I'm upset at their policy. It should 14 to 75 If you ask me.
Nah you should go. If anything maybe you can make the tiniest bit difference even if the policy is stupid. Idk having a chance to have an action mean something, is worth it to me. It may not do much but it sure would be interesting if it did.
"It didn't feel like a celebration of 100 years of Disney, it feels like celebrating the 100th year of Disney" this sums up current Disney perfectly.
I think the reason they didn't produce a tour de force of modern animation is that the people who could do that at Disney aren't there anymore.
Why can’t the ones there do it? Isn’t diversity their strength?
That is so dumb. The people who made Tarzan and other classics still work there fool.
@ak1342able Tarzan is 25 years old I highly doubt most those people still work there
The lead animator was born in 1954
@@ak1342able do you have proof?
@@ak1342ableoffer up some proof and stop being so rude. Very immature.
For the nostalgia, for its scope, scale, character, music, tone, everything - The Lion King has to be my all-time favorite Disney animated film. I truly hope someday Disney finds its magic again
It’s funny how Grace’s reaction to movies are almost always the direct opposite of Jeremy and I love that🤣🤣
Who is Grace?
@@whutzatGrace Randolph I think. I personally don’t find her to be a particularly clever movie reviewer or have much intelligent insight, lol.
@@janhavi1977God, I hate her channel so much. She's Lily Orchard levels of bad when it comes to reviewing
I know people who worked on this movie who hated it. I feel like that's saying a lot.
Oh boy
That I doubt.
This is bad
Can you elaborate on that?
@@tomhur1I have a couple of friends who worked on the movie as well as talking to a few previous supervisors and art directors who used to be part of the team when I met them during lightbox, siggraph and a spiderverse exhibition. All of them hated the movie, except for a friend of mine who only likes it cos its her first credit in the industry.
It looks better than a lot of what disney's been putting out, but im not convinced the villain is THAT evil and I'm worried the message is gonna just be "do what feels right no matter the consequences."
really? compared to what?
Disney movies pandering to postmodern nonsense like lemmings off a cliff.
It's a crap movie, either way
The usual "do whatever you want because the world is centered around you" kind of message.
Any movie can give any message; but to each their own personal perception is why you feel like a message is what it is.
Disney has just completely forgotten about the saying *”quality over quantity.”* Did you know that the writers at Disney were once given 6 whole months to write out a story? Why have film companies just completely forgotten about that it doesn’t matter how long it takes to make film, all that matters is that the film turns out good! If a movie is good, it’s likely that people are gonna watch it! Many people today don’t care as much anymore about deadlines, THEY JUST WANNA SEE A GOOD MOVIE!! Plus it gets people all the more hyped up when the movie does eventually come out! The only way Disney can save themselves now is if they just stop, take a step back, and reevaluate everything and start fresh. Because what they’ve been doing is getting exhausting to watch.
See THIS is an actual good example of their real, current problems. Not “iTs BaD cUz it’s WoKe!” lol
I feel like Disney doesn't want to be "scary" anymore, it doesn't want to make the villans SCARY and terrifying. With full dark strong color choices with heavy hitting music for them. Like I still remember Claude Frollo killing a mother and then attempting drown her baby, Mother Gothel was pretty fire too but everything afterward had kinda diluted down and gotten soft.
And that's so odd too, considering they act like one politician, maybe two, are evil incarnate. But no, can't make this king guy full bore evil, just cartoon evil.
That much was obvious And shills will continue to defend
You can blame parents for that. I was in the Disney College Program and I remember when they told us they had to tone down the Snow White ride because parents complained. Parents sucking and ruining creativity is not a new thing despite what people are saying nowadays.
“A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest.”
― C.S. Lewis
I just re-watched The Rescuers last night. That’s a great movie, loved the matte background paintings, so simple and fun.
Aristocats is excellent
The Rescuers Down Under, most Underrated Disney Villain McLeech!
@@241clearance5JOANNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
😂
Yes! My kids have been watching the older Disney classics and have noticed how animation styles change between the films - Sleeping Beauty is different than Cinderella which is different from 101 Dalmatians.
@@241clearance5 - George C. Scoot was great in that role. The egg scene with McLeach and Joanna is still hilarious to me🤣. "These are not Joanna eggs!
You know what movie would have been a perfect anniversary celebration? Enchanted. It was a proper homage to Disney and fairytales that was optimistic and truly a blast. It had cameos from so many Disney stars too.
this movie made me appreciate Puss in Boots the Last Wish significantly more than I already do
It sounds like a Disney Movie written by AI. The prompt: Make a movie that celebrates 100 years of Disney, sprinkle in some nostalgia, and try to mash modern CGI Disney with old Disney. Throw in a quirky sidekick or two as well
I asked Chat gpt to do it and here is what I got:
Title: "Timeless Tales: A Century of Magic"
Synopsis: In "Timeless Tales," journey through the enchanting world of Disney as it celebrates a century of magic. The movie seamlessly blends the charm of classic hand-drawn animation with cutting-edge CGI, transporting audiences through iconic moments from beloved Disney classics.
Follow a whimsical duo, a mischievous sprite named Whimsy and a wise-cracking sidekick, Pixel, as they embark on a magical adventure through the realms of Disney's rich history. From the vibrant landscapes of "Fantasia" to the futuristic cityscape of "Zootopia," our quirky companions encounter familiar faces and encounter challenges that test the essence of Disney magic.
As they navigate this journey through time and animation styles, the film pays homage to Walt Disney's vision and the timeless stories that have captivated audiences for generations. With a sprinkle of nostalgia and a dash of modern technology, "Timeless Tales" is a celebration of the enduring magic that has made Disney an integral part of our lives for 100 years.
If this movie was written by AI, then Disney is over.
You forgot: "make all white men evil."
if indeed ChatGPT wrote the lyrics of the songs and AI animated the movie, the fact that it doesn’t have a human touch is the first thing wrong. We might not realize it, but we end up somewhere near the Uncanny Valley when something’s not human created and we don’t like the lack of depth.
Writers wouldn’t have to fear AI taking their job if they could write an interesting movie
My daughter is 4 and I asked her if she wanted to see this and she was like “ meh… no mommy” 😂😂. She’s really into the classic princesses now.
You know it's bad when even the kids don't care for it.
While i was watching your review i noticed and admired the grey streaks in your hair and it dawned on me that I’ve been watching your reviews for over 10 years now and i just wanted to say keep up the great work!! You’re the best!
My favourite Disney film of all time will always be Treasure Planet. It's a great coming of age story, it's beautiful to look at, the characters are amazing (i know people don't like B.E.N but i don't really mind him), and the soundtrack is great, i still listen to I'm Still Here to this day
Yes! Thank God, I thought I was the only one who would go for Treasure Planet.
Definitely! So underrated!
How can they celebrate Disney's history when the hate everything about old Disney?
Right, exactly 🥴
Why would they hate themselves? Where are all these assumptions coming from?
Wdym hate 💀😭 y’all take this wayy too seriously sometimes I swear
@@DrDiabolical000They're remaking all of their old classics as awful live action woke nonsense, taking a big ol' dump on old Walt. And they have removed some old works (Song of the South) so you can't watch them any more. I know it's considered racist now, but it would still be an interesting historical contrast -- what was considered acceptable entertainment back then, and what it said about the society of the times.
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Your point about our parents enjoying old animated movies with us was SO solid. My mom, to this day, thinks Batman: Mask of the Phantasm and Toy Story are legit great movies.
Most stuff that gets dumped out now would bore her to tears.
Are you forgetting that Bad Guys, Puss In Boots The Last Wish, and the Spiderverse movies exist? Come on - there is content that is just as good as the old days. This is a Disney problem, especially when other studios have been showing what they are capable of.
@@justinstewart9145Those are good movies they just don't hold up compared to those legends thats all. Bad guys is a good film.
@@justinstewart9145 I said "most", not all.
@@Denozo88Last Wish literally holds up almost all of them.
And why in the hell we are putting good films against each other?
@memecliparchives2254 I don't remember that film. Good is subjective and whats the issue with comparing films?
A complaint I saw another person say is that the entire movie looked like the 3D characters were on a stage with painted 2D backgrounds and they couldn't unsee it once they realized it
It's poorly rendered, which is an insult to hand-drawn animation.
Mulan was my favorite Disney movie and I worry Disney will never get better than that.
The setting, the art style, the morals, the music, and a female protag who was gender nonconforming, strong, well-written and relatable.
Judging from the thumbnail. Looks like disney is desperately wishing for a box office hit
Disney is killing it at the box office.
@@anubusx indeed the box office is killing Disney
@@LuisSierra42🔮☠️🎁🗄️
Do you know what I mean?
I rarely watch movie reviews anymore, but THIS one I gotta see.
Same lol
JJ is pretty solid and somehow can keep (well earned and deserved) Disney hatred from coloring his opinions. That said, I look forward to less kind reviewers eviscerating this latest dismal offering.
Generic comment. Why?
Funny, I rarely watch movies anymore but I mostly watch movie reviews lol.
I had no idea he could do such a good cartoon villain impression.
ill be honest i havent watched you in like 6 years but its nice to watch you again, just like old days
6 years? That's crazy, dude. Just subscribe to him.
I remember watching Tangled back in 2011 and Pascal and the Horse couldn't talk but absolutely was able to make you feel emotion. They were two of the funniest characters in the movie
This should be a year of celebration for Disney. 100 years of their movies, many of which were my favorites as a child.
Instead, nearly every single release they've put out this year has bombed, and they are creatively and morally bankrupt in eternal service to the Message. South Park has called them out on it and we are glad someone finally spoke up.
Cartman Kathleen Kennedy: put a chick in it and make her gay and lame
Jeremy! You are such a hilarious film critic! 🤣🤣🤣I relish all your videos! 💕
loved ALL of the classics. even their "ordinary" cartoons. 100 years and we got this? proves our point
This movie should have been hand drawn with Mickey Mouse as the main protagonist....you know, the mascot of the company, instead they gave us a lifeless movie made by a corporation which doesn't know what made Disney great in the first place.
Also the "Orgazmo" joke, that was hilarious 😂
I was born in 89 so it's tough to choose a favorite Disney movie because pretty much all the movies I grew up with were hits. Gun to my head though, I'd go with Aladdin simply because it has the best music and Genie is probably the best Disney character ever created other than Mickey imo. Even the Aladdin videogame on SNES was excellent.
It hope Disney can get back to what it was. They certainly have the resources.
Aladdin on the genesis was better, and this is coming from a long time Nintendo owner
@@corymiller536 I didn't have Genesis but I've heard good things about it too.
Lion King is still the best Disney movie ever made in my opinion- the cinematography, emotional journey, lessons learned, best dad, devious villain, Hans Zimmer soundtrack was goosebumps inducing….but the thing is that Mulan, Tarzan and Hercules comes very close to second. Disney forgot that magic ingredient in their movies.
I barely just saw this and the way you paused when trying to remember the king's name is priceless. Thats my face when trying to comprehend how a studio as Disney messes up a simple movie
"It doesn't feel like a celebration of 100 years of Disney - it feels like a celebration of the 100th year of Disney" Wish was the celebration 100th year of Disney. Once Upon a Studio was the celebration of 100 years of Disney. And notice the difference of reception from both projects. So yeah.... that was a pretty accurate statement lol.
Cartoon Saloon has become the new Disney for me. They are the only ones i can think off who does fantastic 2D fantasy these days. Wolfwalkers and Song of the Sea especially.
I mean there's plenty of 2D to be found everywhere, people just ain't lookin
GhibliFest happenign this year is just another reminder of "man, Disney ain't even trying anymore." Like I rewatched the Rocketeer recently, and even the Stephen Sommers live-action Jungle Book... way more enjoyable than any Disney film I've seen recently.
Last spring, I did a marathon of all 61 Disney animated films. Personally, I prefer the hand drawn films over the cg ones(Tangled, Frozen, and Zootopia being the highlights of those).
I think my favorites of the hand drawn ones are Pinocchio, Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Sleeping Beauty, Hercules, and Princess and the Frog.
It honestly makes me sad and disappointed that evidently they couldn’t be bothered to make something really good with Wish. If they really wanted it to stand out, they should’ve ironed out the story and the songs, and perhaps had it be hand drawn. But what do I know?
As a side note: watching all those films did make me revisit wanting to become an animator(which was something I wanted to do when I was younger). I’ve drawn a ton of new ideas, and even done some very very basic animation.
I think I remember hearing somewhere that the animation was supposed to be what they did with Spiderverse and Puss in Boots 2
The problem (among others) is that Wish doesn't take advantage of all the colors granted with this animation style like Puss in Boots 2 or Spiderverse do
It's still the typical Disney-style animation which makes people wonder why they would try to replicate Spiderverse and Puss in Boots 2 at all
My favourite Disney animated films: Pinocchio, Cinderella (from Golden Age); 101 Dalmatians, Great Mouse Detective (bracketing the Bronze Age); Aladdin, Mulan (of the Renaissance).
Jeremy has anyone ever told you you need to play an animated 90's villain cause that impression was perfect.
Black Cauldron. I'm repping underrated Disney greatness.
Is it?
Great Mouse Detective would be my pick.
Treasure Planet
Atlantis
I’m chilling in The Goofy movie camp
My 5 year old nephew was over for the first time in a long time, and after a long exciting day we wanted him to wind down a little for bed, so we just slapped on Snow White and the Seven Dwarves because old Disney movies have a far gentler style than new kid shows (overall, I know there are dark moments).
And holy shiz, the amount of heart and soul in that movie is staggering. I remembered hardly anything of it from when I was kid, but it’s beautiful.
My dad and I were complementing the animation of moving water, and how the animators balanced the more realistic human characters with the cartoonish dwarves. The surplus of little animal friends are adorable and clearly have their own personalities. The Evil Queen is creepy! Every minute there was something I appreciated and enjoyed about the movie, despite it being made decades ago.
Please, please go watch an old Disney movie. They have so much care in every frame, and god is it a breath of fresh air compared to Disney today.
I wonder if it's indicative of the current work culture at disney that a lot of their modern films seem to lack deep friendships and ongoing family relationships. Or even just scenes of the characters being happy and relaxed and slow. Disney protags all move so fast all the time, they only slow down when theyre sad or think theyre failing. And their stories are all about completing a task. The older films the characters would sit and smell the flowers and enjoy nature, and there was behind the scenes footage of the writers and animators doing the same to capture it. Its like the production speed is so brutal now that the creators arent able to inject real love and happiness like that, because they dont have time in their personal lives to experience and think about it.
I havent thought this out all the way obviously, but there's something missing now, and i wonder if that's part of it.
Treasure Planet! That was the best Disney adventure movie and most underrated movie of all time
A celebration of 100 years of Disney should be a Wreck It Ralph 3 style movie that brings in all the big villains from all the Disney movies and tries to have them work together for a grand scheme.
Robin Hood is my favorite Disney movie. Loved it as a kid and saw it recently and it still holds up perfectly.
My favorite animated Disney movie has got to be Aladdin. Fun for the whole family, hilarious, and moving.
I remember seeing the trailer for it and being unimpressed with the art direction. I think it would work better in an RPG or just a videogame in general. I don't think it works well for a movie audience cause the visuals are too muted.
It's not particularly impressive but by no means is it "muted" lol
It look as if was made with Dragon Quest VIII graphics. Which is an older JRPG game .
@@MariaRodriguez-hb4ix Oh, wow! You're totally right. It really does resemble DQ. Minus all of the charm of Akira Toriyama's iconic character design of course.
That paper plane short looked amazing, and we never really saw that style in a Disney feature. If they wanted to celebrate the 2D they could have have done something like that, instead of adding a cell shade filter on top of regular-ass 3D animation.
ya same, the art felt bland and flat but couldn’t figure out why, I didn’t know at the time they tried a different art style
This channel has saved hours of my life that would have been wasted watching bad movies.
saved hours of life spent watching this channel D: so not saved at all.
Don't be silly; each of his videos is at most 1/4 the length of the film he reviews, so it does save at least 3/4ths of the time I'd have lost watching all the films.@@swordzzjoh
I never get tired of your reviews.
Beauty and the Beast is my favorite Disney movie, IMO the best animated film ever made. I loved the beginning of the film with the stain glassed art, it had very serious creation myth vibe about it. The soundtrack is really good. The character design, the colors, the story, the message, the whole aesthetic of the film. Heck now I want to watch it again lmao.
Remember when they storyboarded Brother Bear three times to make sure they had a solid, meaningful script? Disney films lately just feels like a throwing together trite ideas and tropes and sprinkling whatever they think is popular on top.
“orgasmo? cant be that” 😂😂
love you jeremy
To this day, "Nemo Egg" by Thomas Newman is the only score that hits me like a bag of bricks. It's childhood nostalgia distilled into a beautiful score, made for a beautiful film. Finding Nemo is the one movie that can consistently take me back to my blissful childhood. I love it because it just makes me remember what it was like when I was a kid watching it foe the first time. And ngl, I still lowkey tear up when I hear the score.
That is what Disney was.
That wasn't disney yet, that was pixar
@@HunterMagunterThey're basically the same thing, let's be real.
@@goiabexp no they're really not, disney had zero say previous to 2006
@@goiabexpno they're not. Their studios are on the complete opposite sides of the state they work in. They also have different philosophies and work environments.
I saw some merchandise at target for this recently and I figured it had already come out. I hadn’t even heard of the movie before then and this is the second time I’m hearing of it.
I love Tangled and Emperor’s New Groove. I was a teenager when the first came out, I still watch them and my parents still watch them with me and laugh at the jokes. My nieces love these movies even when they were born years after they premiered. They were FAMILY movies and once upon a time that’s what Disney meant
Jeremy hit the nail on the head with the allegory of Disney intermittently giving us movies we can love. Thinking about it Coco, Encanto and Luca were amazing movies. It’s so baffling that they can get the right team together to put together great stories but also miss the mark so much of the time as well.
I'm sorry but all those movies you mentioned suck. Lol
@@digitaldazzle5836 Aw, Coco was really good!
Coco was pretty good, the other two ........neaaah !
Luca was barely passable, although the other two are good.
I might be biased because of my love for musicals, but Encanto was actually a really good movie.
Coco was more childish, but was still entertaining enough.
Because you named movies from Pixar not Disney. Pixar is a part of Disney but it does movies differently, it's why Pixar movies don't usually focus on romance and already made stories while Disney makes romance movies that have twists based on story books.
I’m glad you use your platform to actually help people out and get them to open their eyes to see that Hollywood or a very radical vocal part of Hollywood is lost and destroying themselves and their viewership
I loved the music. ^^
"The Rescuers" &
"The Rescuers Down Under" are some of my favorite Disney adventures.
Favorite is definitely Hunchback of Notre Dame. The music is epic, really only rivaled by Dreamworks’ Prince of Egypt, the art direction is stunning. Villain is terrifying and grounded and has the best villain song. They diverted and changed enough of Hugo’s novel to make it Disney friendly and not boring, but kept a lot of the maturity and darkness so it’s great for children to revisit when they are adults. It spawned an even darker and more epic stage show in Berlin in 1999 (and then they kinda over baked it and and added and changed too much in America in 2015) but the movie remains one of Disney’s best and most controversial
A masterpiece, but I always find that movie very unsettling. The lust toward Esmeralda in the villain's face over his villain song gave me the creeps. A masterpiece, but one I do not want to watch again. Sort of like Se7en...
Hunchback and Prince of Egypt shared a lyricist, Stephen Schwartz. Schwartz is well known for writing musicals such as Wicked and Pippin - he's incredible at what he does. The music for Hunchback was written by Alan Menken, who wrote the music for every Disney movie from the Little Mermaid through Tangled, while the Prince of Egypt was by Hans Zimmer, who writes some of the most incredibke soundtracks on the planet.
@@hgdellingeractually Schwartz did music and lyrics for Prince of Egypt. Zimmer did the soundtrack background music for Prince of Egypt much like he did for Lion King even though Elton John and Tim Rice and Lebo did the songs
From my perspective, I thought the songs were good. Not all of them are perfect, but good enough. "This Wish" and "Knowing What I Know Now" were great. I didn't enjoy the villain song, though. While catchy, it wasn't sinister enough to consider it a Disney villain song.
Ariana DeBose and Chris Pine's performances were the saving graces for the film though.
They focused more on the nostalgia more than the story. I thought it was nice, but it did affect the story a lot.
The nostalgia isn't the key to make a Disney hit though, it's the story that matters. If they focused more on the story than the nostalgia, this movie could have been improved a lot.
Plus, the storybook-look for the animation was a good try, but needed some work. Its animation wasn't bad, but not as good as the Spider-Verse films.
Overall, to me, this movie is nowhere near "Chicken Little" or "Home on the Range" territory, but it was not as good as the other modern animated Disney films since "Tangled" was released.
My score is 7.5/10
Remember when they made films that everyone still can quote 20 years later? Soundtracks you can look up after decades and still see the exact scene it was played over in your head?
That kinda stuff simply isn't made anymore. I'm curious if kids 20 years from now will have the same nostalgia and love for the current films being made.