In Defense of Magnifico: The Mad King
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- Опубликовано: 30 апр 2024
- I'm a psychological horror buff, and let me tell you, Disney's Wish is peak psychological horror. I never expected to see this type of mental decline in a Disney film. This film was nothing like the brand Disney's been cultivated for years. While flawed in execution, this difference was the main reason I ended up enjoying this film. Its a story of a man losing everything due to a downward spiral, a bad decision, and a kingdom completely stacked against him. Essentially turning our intended villain into the tragic hero, and our intended heroine into the villain.
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Finally, someone who points out that he genuinely could have become an unforgettable character but disney just screwed up the whole movie.
Seriously! Like he was the most enjoyable part of the whole film, and it could have been done well if they actually intended to do that with his character!
@@MookiluvRight I didn’t think he’d be the villain, because ya know granting everyone’s wish would have catastrophic consequences on the world.
Like for instance someone could literally wish to be an all powerful god, or the ability to control fire like the firebenders in Avatar.You see what I mean, and plus the kingdom didn’t have any poor people in it. Magnifico perfectly balanced granting wishes to not granting wish.He seemed like a great ruler to me.
We did get him, he's amazing!
Magnifico is the result of the Giving Tree that ends up corrupting because of everyone elses selfishness.
Totally agree!
Yeah, and the citizens DARE to blame him after all the mess
Someone said by the end it was his choice to do that. Well, if he doesn't then he's a freaking SAINT and let his people push him around to grant wishes. But in reality he's just a man with no one by his side and care about his own wish 😢
I wonder what was going on in Magnifico’s mind after he was trapped in the mirror.
Hanging on the dungeon wall, Magnifico is scared and confused. He’s trying to piece together everything that happened. After opening the book, it’s all a bit hazy. He waits for someone to come down to him. But no one does. He’s scared what on earth he must have done in his possession to deserve this. But surely someone would understand, he’s their king after all. He’s always looked out for them, he’s built them a whole kingdom, he’s spent every waking moment trying to protect them. He hopes at least someone will hear him out. But no one does.
The days go by. Magnifico cries for help. He cries for Amaya. He refuses to believe she would abandon him. After all they’ve been through together, after all those years, he refuses to believe she would drop him just like that. But Amaya never comes. The realisation that she has abandoned him seeps in only gradually. Magnifico is beside himself with grief. Alone in the dark, he is alternately consumed by guilt, sorrow, terror and rage.
The months go by. He still calls for her, even though he’s lost hope. The silence is driving him mad - sometimes he can hardly remember who he is. He starts to think that it would have been more merciful to kill him. But in his quiet isolation, all he can do is wait.
Eventually, his emotions fade to apathy. For the first time in his life, he no longer cares. Nothing matters anymore.
The years go by. All that is left of him now is disappointment and lingering fury. He’s never forgotten the loss of Amaya, but his grief has finally turned to resentment.
And so, when after a hundred years of unimaginable loneliness, a woman calls upon the ruined husk of Magnifico - “Mirror mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?” - he thinks to himself: Oh yes. I’ll play into your vanity. I’ll play into your selfishness, your entitlement, your petty, stupid desires. And I’ll gladly watch you tear yourselves apart. So Magnifico replies: “You, o Queen, are the fairest of them all.”
This is a good fanfiction
This is my headcanon now. So cool
Fascinating.
Brilliant
THE WAY MY JAW DROPPED
Ever think about how Amaya goes on about how all he cares about is his crown yet shes the only one of the two whos always wearing her crown
Ohhhhhhhh myyyyyyyy godddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd. the hypocrisyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
I hate that he has a sympathetic backstory, but they still want us to treat him like an unforgiveable classic Disney villain. They tried to have their cake and eat it too. Its clear that they've literally FORGOTTEN how to write non-sympathetic villains.
I'm a true believer that this movie was Magnifico's villain origin story, and that he wasn't actually the villain in this film. Asha, inadvertently, was a villain doing what she thought was right, but I believe Amaya could have been pulling the strings and manipulating those around her to end up with the throne. She would make an AMAZING twist villain, and I wouldn't have been surprised if the film ended with some evil smile from her or something. If that were the case, I think Wish actually would have been a great movie, and that would have recontextualized the whole film.
Didn't they do the same thing with Lotso?
@@Disneyfan82 Hm... True. Lotso is how you would do this sort of thing PROPERLY.
Speaking out of both sides of their mouth kind of thing
Wait isn't it "Eat your cake and have it too", Or am I just tripping?
Because it'd make more sense that way
And yeah, its really infuriating how this entire movie is one big "fvck you" to a man who literally did nothing wrong and they really expected nobody to notice
Like, why did the Queen suddenly decide to treat him like the dirt on the bottom of her shoes??? How did anyone think this was a good idea?
@@Mookiluvjumping in here, but she ditches him in the span of 24 hours! She literally went from “You make people feel safe” to “You like looking at yourself in the mirror, and deserve a punishment worst than death.”
What? And it’s not even like in other movies where they’re like “you promised me you’d never touch a cigarette because my father died from smoking, so if you do smoke, that’s a deal breaker.”
Nah, she’s like “aw, pretty please be strong”, to “a mouse told me to betray my husband, so that’s what ima bout to do.”
@@rayeiswriting4372 LITERALLYYYYYY
@@rayeiswriting4372 shit that's literally what she did 💀
@@Mookiluv Maya did NOT deserve the DILF. I would treat him better. I WOULD GO ON A RAMPAGE WITH HIM.
This movie honestly would've been brilliant and quite revolutionary for an animated Disney musical if Magnifico were the main character and the story _intentionally_ played out as you describe. As is though, I think they were trying to go for a traditional Disney bad guy but failed miserably since they've become rusty at portraying charismatic, scene-chewing villains who we love to hate like Frollo, Scar, Jafar, Maleficent, Ursula, Cruella DeVille, etc.
You are absolutely correct. He failed as a standard Disney villain and Asha failed as a standard Disney hero. I wish it was intentional that the story was told the way it was, but ultimately it was due to poor writing choices and decisions by Disney.
you really can't put an orphan with a backstory that says "I lost everything and I still live to help others" and expect people to want him harmed or gone.. none of the classic villains had a backstory we cared about because they didn't care either, they were mean to the core and that was it. King Magnifico is constantly altruistic and sweet and even before using the book he admits he would only touch it to protect his kingdom.. why would we want him gone or hurt?
They actually did try to return to classic old-school villains, that was their intention for Magnifico.
@@dikastederook6380 They FAILED
@@dikastederook6380 you mean classic heroes
I think its funny that "asha is too selfish" and "asha is too selfless" are both valid interpretations of her character
I guess It shows her lack of personality
I feel people can interpret the film in whatever way makes them happy. I do feel like they tried to shove the idea that Asha was selfless down our throats by telling it to us (like when doc says her biggest weakness is caring too much) instead of SHOWING us those qualities in her. What I ended up seeing in the film was only selfish qualities, which is why I lean heavier towards that side of interpretation.
@@kalinnexavier2261 TRUEEEEEEEEEEEE
@@Mookiluv Honestly, they didnt even SELL her selfless qualities that well...I knew all I needed to know when she ran straight for her grandfather's wish and BLEW UP on Magnifico like a 5 year old when he reasonably told her no and explained why lol.
The longer I'm on RUclips, the happier that I am that more and more people see Magnifico for who he really is: a tragic hero (or a Greek Tragedy,take your pick)
Magnifico was never a bad guy, just having a mental breakdown and his only support system ditched him with next to no hesitation
I KNOW! Most people focused on bashing the film or mourning what it could have been, but not a lot of people actually took the time to discuss the film we actually got.
Magnifico is a wonderful character who was wasted on a shitshow of a movie. I don't consider him a villian in the slightest. He was hurting, and scared and eventually had a breakdown as a result. But when he's possessed, people still think that's HIM. But it's not. At that point the magic is in control and Magnifico himself has taken a back seat. But his wife and his kingdom see him stumbling around on stage or screaming about being handsome WHILE HIS EYES ARE GLOWING, and are too short sighted to think, "Something is wrong, he never acts like this." And at the end? he's scared. He's hurt and he's sad and he's being thrown away and he's not possessed anymore so he doesn't really know what's happening. It's disgusting that he's punished like this. Finally, look at the messages this tells kids! It tells them that mental illness should be dismissed. That if someone has a mental break or a substance addiction that they're worthless. That loved ones don't deserve help because YOUR needs are more important. I hate this movie so much, even though it gave me a new favourite Disney character. A character that sadly, we will likely never see again.
You exactly summed up my feelings about him and what they did to him.
idk about never seeing him again because there's an entire community dedicated to him that keeps going viral on social media.. Magnifico deserves love or something. I think we'll see him again if they keep it up (editing bc I want to tell that account if it ever reads this that you're doing god's work carrying magnifico on your back and we love you lol)
substance abuse and mental problems are the weirdest most flexed take and has nothing to do with this movie at all but I guess you're projecting a lot of your own problems on this character. I hope you get well soon.
@@nnnnnn-lk1wd I think it's more like they mighta taken it too seriously. Even I think this is a 2 mile long stretch
First Disney princess to become a villain...
Now that's a twist!
Honestly he was the hero and Asha was the villain
Side Note:This Video is great
Thank you!!! You're great
Your welcome
Exactly, cause he was right about granting certain wishes. Not everyone wish is pure and good, you have to disregard the bad wishes. Can't grant everyone wished and also why was the people mad about a wish they forgot not being granted. Asha is a villain for causing a coup.
@@TheFlash-vb9bjexactly
King Magnifico is a hero, a great one too and by the way he's possessed by a curse, everything he does after opening the book is not himself at all that's why he laughs like that and crushes wishes
Absolutely! Though, I like to believe the book doesn't just wipe away the man. It just pushes him further towards instability :)
@Mookiluv he did say he didn't know he could harm others or their wishes in the book too so yeah it's just nothing he would've ever done if Asha didnt force him to become mad. would've been nice if the movie treated the curse as the villain instead of him since he's innocent 🙄
@@Alex-mh5mu Seriouslyyyyy 🙄
@@Mookiluv also why didn't Asha ask him the reason why he doesnt return wishes? because "most are bad" being the answer would've made asha useless to the plot
@@Alex-mh5mu This film just needed more thought put into it. A lot of plot points can be rendered meaningless with a few words.
This man got royally screwed over, I hate Disney for blowing wish into whatever we got now, I wish we had a different ending like damn the guy got trapped for eternity ( AND he didn't deserve it at all,+ he never killed anyone even if he got that stupid "haha go evil book lore")
I feel so bad for magnifico 😭😭😭
I AGREE. They just decided to trap a man for his entire life due to one mental breakdown of an overworked and underappreciated man, who was an amazing king.
Honestly this movie's characters and how they behaved, Especially Queen Amaya, makes me think that Disney has forgot how human psychology and nature works at this point
I understood what the writers were going for but they failed to convey it. They were trying to show that Magnifico did not care for the ppl. He just kept their wishes giving them hope but in reality, that's how he kept them in control. His intentions were good at first but then it was just power. BUT the writing was so poor they did NOT give that impression. The first mistake was that giving your wish is OPTIONAL and they all knew they would forget the wish and it being granted was like the lottery. Second, they gave him a traumatic past. That makes him very cautious. And he overthinks a lot. Ppl with paranoia tend to be controlling because they think their way is the only safe way. Not to mention his system has been working for years. Three he showed empathy. He was going to hire Asha just because he had empathy and he even opened up his personal life with her. Four, Rosas is a utopia! Everyone is happy even though they are "missing a piece of themselves". No homeless, no starvation, no discrimination, no taxes. Supposedly the wishes they gave were the wishes that make you who you are but most of the wishes were shallow and vague. Asha wants ppl to have a chance to pursue their dreams on their own but she becomes a fairy godmother. They literally just created a new Magnifico and are contradicting the lesson. Asha is supposed to be the hero but she learned nothing in her hero journey. The writers just made Asha and the ppl spoiled and ungrateful. I thought they were going to save Magnifico from possession but apparently, the magic is SO powerful there is no going back. Yet they defeat him by SINGING! That was so lame. They were cruel. Lock up the guy with PTSD because he had ONE day of insanity. Forget about everything he has done. I did like songs and animation. My favorite song is "At All Costs" I also put that one on repeat. I rate this film 7/10.
It's really funny to me that "At All Costs" and "Knowing What I Know Now" are my favourite songs even though they say the complete opposite things about the same character. KWIKN is so catchy but so painful to listen to.
It's so crazy to me that they have a song like At All Costs only for everyone to completely ignore everything it's saying for the rest of the movie
@breadman422 KWIKN is catchy! I remember when they said they were fed up, I just thought, Fed up about what? ya'll been in paradise. And when the Queen said she has seen too many bad things, she can't count. My thought was, "Then you are guilty too, cuz u knew!" And for the song "This Wish" when Asha says "something more for us than this, " I was so confused about what she meant. More what? If you aren't happy there I will take your place 😅
HE JUST NEEDS A HUG BRO 😭
When I watched the movie, I just felt bad for the guy. He was one of the few characters in the film that actually felt well written and I related to him far more than Asha.
I’m making an AU/Rewrite that expands more on his possession and having Asha and Star’s (whose now Starboy from the concept art) motive go from wanting to get Sabino’s wish to freeing Magnifico from the forbidden book. Also Amaya shows way more concern for his well-being.
Yessss, make the movie we were supposed to get!
This sounds like an awesome rewrite!
The reaction of the Queen, especially at the end, was what bothered me the most. The movie goes out of its way to call her his loyal wife. And then she gives up on him pretty quickly. First, breaking the hold the dark magic has on him seems almost an afterthought when she's plotting with Asha and the others (how well does she even know Asha anyway to think to go to this teenager instead of anyone else for help?). Then when she hears that once he's given in to dark magic there's no turning back, she takes it in stride and moves on. In a different story, this idea could have been used in a redemption arc where their love, or his genuine love for his kingdom/people, or innate goodness (with help from other characters) won out in the end and saved him. But the worst part was her joke after he's imprisoned in the mirror. Not even a hint of sadness or trying to reason with him after who knows how many years of marriage? It's not like she was shown to be unhappy or frightened or even disagreeing with how Magnifico did things before he turned to the book. I would have liked this story better if they had both been villains. As it is, the Queen doesn't come off looking great. I can't imagine other Disney couples tossing each other aside this easily.
The biggest issue for me is the counter for "why not give everyone their wish back?" Is simply "why did you give your wish to him in the first place?". The grandpa is older than magnifico, meaning he had to have already been trying to get his wish done for YEARS, gave up, and sought a magical solution instead. Everyone that gave him their wish gave up on fulfilling them already.
Magnifico is not the blame. Asha is. Asha has 0 interests for saving Rosa. And 0 interests to learn magic. So not sure why she even bother to take this apprenticeship if she’s going to act like that - to her king, no less. She has the audacity to call her king selfish, even though she’s the most selfish one. Not only that, Asha left out one important fact about Magnifico that she didn’t tell her generic seven friends. The part where the king nearly lost his home to selfish greedy people that nearly destroyed his world. Apparently, that didn’t matter to her. And she got the queen to side with her. Wtaf. All she cares about is making Rosa gearing towards post apocalypse coz she is too naive and ignorant.
“Why do I look like a villain? why?! I was trying to protect them, why do I look like this?!”
“Why? because history is written by the winner.”
Honestly i felt like it’s the story of rosa’s destruction from Asha’s view because she won, and cut off the moment before there are chaos because she wanted to show her glory.
And maggie is one of my favorite fictional character not just by disney btw. i imagine him as sort of furina- selfless and is doing what he genuinely believe is best only to be blamed by the ignorance in the entirety of rosas.
Love the nickname Maggie. History is always told by the winner which is why we got this warped version of the film. I just wish it was intentional :(
@@Mookiluv i’m really a maggie simp. also, i genuinely believe the name he have in front of everyone isn’t his real name and is just the identity to make himself and also others forget his past
How can Disney make a guy who lets people live on his land _and grants wishes_ for free and pretend hes on the same level of someone like Scar or Ursula?
Disney either tries to make a bad guy look like a saint or a good guy like a devil... kinda messed up
I remember hearing his arguments and thinking: ”Wait…he right tho!”
Thank you so much for this video, i knew I couldn't be he only one who considered him a whole meal
This is the best comment on this entire video. My kindred spirit
How this man went 20-30 years without breaking before this surprises me. It’s too bad asha just had to push the final button. He was such a great character
Videos like these give me hope for humanity. The rich folks at disney may have dead brain cells but not the rest of the population. Thank you for this video. God bless
🙏🙏
Magnifico has PTSD. He's tired of being a living Magic Lamp.
Everyone comes to see him not because they like him but because of what he can do.
He just got out of his nerves because she was arguing again and again telling him how to work.
When it's the opposite people make a whole movement, Magnifico was WOMANSPLAINED.
The two villains could explain a lot.
The old wise king who cares too much and has a lot of trauma.
And the vane queen. You can't have both to be the SAME person, Disney!
You know what the biggest irony of this movie is?
Previously, people were complaining about how Disney and Pixar were putting out so many villainess movies. And while I had no issue with the concept as a whole, Magnifico was supposed to be Disney's response to that... in a movie that didn't need him to be evil!
Wish was a movie that I don't think needed to have a villain at all, and yet they shoehorned in this confusing mess of an antagonist.
Thank you so much for pointing out how selfish asha and the people of Rosas are! Magnifico is just an amazing character and totally deserved so better! Asha is literally the worst main character disney has ever made, she is so naive and selfish it is honestly unbelievable. I cannot understand how people think Magnfiico is a villain. He is just a man who was a great king and person who was pushed to far
Totally agree. You can tell in my essay that seeing that selfishness over and over was seriously rubbing me the wrong way. People need to see things from multiple different angles to make realistic decisions, yet, so often we make choices based on black and white perceptions. Doing this, at the end of the day, both harms ourselves and others.
You’re the first person I’ve seen to defend King Magnifico. Honestly, I feel like this movie could have been great, like a lot of people have said. The biggest problem was having it out for Disney’s 100th anniversary. They should have just had Once Upon a Studio as the tribute and continue the finishing touches. Also, the animation doesn’t bother me.
Agreed. The animation is okay, its just not the best to look at in my opinion. I can watch it, but I was expecting more.
@@Mookiluv Fair enough; everyone has different tastes.
Really?
Manga Writer did a video on "Wish" awhile ago and he defended Magnifico
@@DragonGoddess18 I probably didn’t watch his video yet.
I agree, Asha should be the villain. Plus, she is not correct. I felt bad for King Magnifico. And Asha, she doesn't care! 😡 All she cares about her grandfather's wish to be granted. Like girl, all wishes can't be granted and you've putting people in Rosas in DANGER!!! How come she didn't realized that her grandfather's wish is too vague?!! King Magnifico is the good guy and the best character. Asha should be in jail (in my opinion).
King magnifico is the villain
Dang it. Now I REALLY want a remake of this movie that focuses purely on Magnifico. I already agreed on every point before watching this, but now I'm almost tempted to write fanfiction about it.
If Disney had done the movie like you're saying, it would have been such an amazingly refreshing change of pace from their obsession with the bright-eyed princess stereotype. Asha, Anna, Rapunzel, Moana and Mirabel are all basically the same person. I liked Rapunzel, but then they just kept copy and pasting her personality instead of making new ones.
Totally agree! Or even if they made the original concept for the movie it would have been good 🥲
'The world was black and white, and he was a shade of grey the world refused to see the good in.'
OH WE'RE COOKING WITH THIS ONE, LADS!!! But no, you're absolutely right! Watching this movie, I was so frustrated and unimpressed with Asha the entire time. She just came off as an entitled, spoiled brat. I was so much more interested in Magnifico for literally all the reasons you gave. His design is perfect, and his story is compelling. I really enjoyed every single minute he was on screen. I think what kills me is that, even if they had made it so his people betrayed him - the betrayal of Amaya hurt even harder. I think if she'd just been there for him, and not betrayed him at literally the first test of faith, he might've come back. But Disney was just so hellbent on making their 'villain' that they had to ruin probably one of the most promising Disney characters we've had in years. It is truly a shame for what he COULD have had. Magnifico will always be one of my favorite Disney characters, but not the way Disney intended for him to be.
Also. Magnifico is the least threatening """Disney Villain""" ever.
He just, gives you depression or not even that, just makes you SAD.
He never ended any life, not even when he was 100% corrupted by the evil magic.
The hunter from Bambi was a bigger villain than him.
My wish would be to free the homie King Magnifico. He didn't do anything wrong!
Free the DILF!!!
Or at least have him trapped in the mirror earlier in the narrative by the true villain who was freed from the book, and have a time skip where the kingdom has been conquered by said true villain and now the Asha gang as we’ll call them, now have to break him free from his mirror prison and maybe have the traitor friend commit a heroic sacrifice when the true villain is about to strike a deadly blow on his former friends
King Magnifico deserves love
totally agree
Magnifico is a morally grey character with a bit of an ego but that has kept the kingdom safe for decades. He also has a temper and doesn't like to be disputed, he also can have a bit of spite with those who don't behave.
He's a way more interesting character... Because HE'S FLAWED.
We know more about his backstory than from asha's.
Magnifico has been put on a par, by Disney itself, with the other villains in a century of animated films. Just to underline the ridiculousness of this choice and to do full justice to the true hero of Wish, namely Magnificent, I would like to place him next to Shan Yu (Mulan).
Magnifico ruled for at least 17 years (Asha's age) in total harmony with the population.
The subjects are free, not forced, to donate their desire, their aspiration, and they know the mechanism very well: they know that desires, in order to be fulfilled, must comply with precise rules and that, whatever happens, they live in a peaceful and prosperous.
Magnifico repeatedly demonstrates that he listens to others, even seeking the help of the population...help that is denied to him by the superficiality and childishness of the people, who only want another ceremony of desire.
When he is in "evil" mode, incited in any case by a magical artefact on which the queen reveals there is an antidote to avoid falling prey to it (one wonders if she has hidden this information from her husband), he limits himself to keeping his subjects in place... .that is, once that stalemate was overcome, what mattered? To keep them in that state forever?
Furthermore, he is "so bad" (and I am highly ironic) that he is not granted any appeal: one would expect, at the very least, Magnifico's redemption, especially considering how he was presented in the first half of the film...instead he is condemned to an infinite existence as a prisoner of a mirror... I don't know, to me it seems worse than death.
And what's worse, he is betrayed by his wife, who first flatters and adores him, then dumps him without even trying to make him come to his senses once defeated.
Shan Yu, on the other hand, has had the soldiers killed on the Great Wall, burns the imperial flag as a challenge to the emperor, annihilates an entire army and presumably the nearby village, and threatens to kill the emperor in revenge for the loss of his army . Oh yeah, he also gets one of the scouts killed.
Honestly, I feel embarrassed for both of them seeing them compared: the second is a ruthless villain, the first is a tragic hero.
I agree, I just wouldn't say that Asha is entirely selfish just because she cares about her grandfather. It's completely natural for someone to care for the people we love the most and even when Magnifico said his wish was vague, Asha was right to step up for him. She knows him better than anyone, of course she would know he had not ill intentions.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Depending on how the wish granting magic works, especially if there's a monkey's paw type element. If that's the case, then his judgment is correct, the wish is a touch too vague. Asha may know her grandfather's heart, but she clearly doesn't consider the fact that she knows nothing of how the magic works. Blind optimism and ideals can be dangerous unless tempered by a healthy dose of realism.
True, but the king doesn't know him, so if he's not sure if the wish will harm or not, he's better off not granting it, just in case.
If her grandfather was alone playing a guitar in that Wish like a certain woman plays a violin, then it would make sense what his Wish would be. He would be granted a new guitar. But he was surrounded by people and talked to them, it's actually difficult to determinate what exactly he "inspire" them to. What exactly Magnifico can grant his "inspiring" Wish? His "Urge"? His "Talent"? His "Music"? Is he going to be a Siren? Is he like Pied Piper's Magic? Is he going to be the next Hector? The Wish is actually two faces of the coin, it can go the right way or it can go the wrong way.
Remember what happened in the "Coco" movie? It can ended in badly due to one of those people he was around. Inspiring people can lead to do many things - either start the revolution with music or killing him for his music/song. Beside, he's 100 years, it means he had to be waaaaaay above "18 years old" when he arrived to that island but he didn't even practice on a guitar nor the written music book in the sight. There is no way he "suddenly" plays a guitar without learning all music notes in few hours?! 100 years or at least half of his age is too long time without touching a guitar, it would make him completely rusty. Is he a super genius? 🤔🤔🤔
When you see the Wishes are all released back to those people who are selfish for asking more. ALL of the Wishes.... you know what it means, it included Bad Wishes too. Their Wishes are based on their desires and thoughts, right? If they got their wishes back and remembered their wishes.... You know what that means.... It's not going to be pretty when they remembered what they ACTUALLY wants and CAN DO what they desired to.
Yeah, but we think nepotism is bad even though they “know their kids better than anyone”.
If Asha decided to get her grandfather’s wish, but didn’t see herself as the hero of Rosas, it’d land better. If she risked herself, not the whole kingdom.
Walt wanted to set up his family’s finances before he died, and then became a drug lord.
Just because it’s for Her grandfather doesn’t make her selfless. It’s HER grandfather, who was bummed but completely ok to die without his wish.
She’s not written to be selfish, but the writing doesn’t hit it quite right
@@rayeiswriting4372 - Huh, I already know about Walt's family part, but I don't understand the part about "Walt became a drug lord"? 🤔
Gets possessed by an Evil Magic Book
Scarlet Witch: poor girl she suffered a lot and lost her children.
King Magnifico: He deserves it because he's EVIL (for not granting my family's wishes)
5:50 he was POSSESSED by the evil magic book of evil.
That's not Magnifico!
I was just watching the movie and if I was King Magnifico I would do the same. It’s my magic, my Kingdom, and he has every right and should evaluate each and every dream to ensure that granting a wish is good for him and his Kingdom both of which he worked very hard to build. Sure try to be fair and just, but at the end of the day, “I decide.” And he opened the book of Forbidden Magic (this world’s version of the Dark Hold/book of the damned) because he was obsessed and determined and desperate, to protect what was his, particularly from people who are greedy and envious.
This movie could have been better if maybe King Magnifico banished/executed his subjects who dreams were interpreted as treason, opposing Magnifico’s rule, and perhaps banished/executed Asha’s father, Asha blindly follows the king and learns the truth and then tries to overthrow Magnifico to avenge her father and fulfill his dreams, or something.
There was a lot of potential with Wish, I loved the animations and some of the characters, Magnifico being the number one favorite, but the plot, the writing, betrayed it.
King Magnifico is not even a villain. He's not evil enough. He's quasi evil. He's semi evil. He's the diet coke of evil. Just one calorie not evil enough.
4:12 "No one, not even his wife tries to help him out of his breakdown"
*Shows a clip, where Amaya supports him, so he doesn't use the book*
HAHA MY BADDDDD. I was just trying to put his wife in the frameeee
@@Mookiluv You make a good point though. When he's being badgered by his people for a wish ceremony she just stands back and lets it happen and then tried to validate their actions to him when he gets upset. And then she leaves him alone DESPITE knowing he's been wanting to use the book and now he's more riled up. Also his villain song wasn't a villain song at all: It was a stressed out man venting his anger and trying to self soothe. But then THAT backfires because not only does he overthink himself into using the book, but Asha was spying on him the whole time after breaking into his home. So even a moment alone is ruined and used against him. But back to Amaya, look at her reaction when she first finds him possessed. She's disgusted ("How could you??") and then defends Asha when Magnifico tries again to explain what's wrong. In his inebriated state, of course he's going to point the staff at her. No, Amaya. How could YOU???
@@babsiwuff WELL SAID. It really is abundantly clear that Asha and Amaya aren't good people at heart, even if their actions can be interpreted as "good" on the surface level. It begs the question, if everyone is disingenuous, do the truly good people become the villains? Their mentalities become the outlier, and they are exiled for not fitting the mold and conforming to everyone else's standards. That's exactly what we see here with Magnifico. This movie is a film on mob mentality targeted against someone who thinks differently, and its repulsing.
@@Mookiluvno Asha and Queen Amaya are good people at heart and king magnifico is not
Nah, really, the way Amaya just threw him away at the end really rubbed me the wrong way
Based, Magnifico is a hero.
This sounds like what would happen if a hero had to fight alone.
Asha: You can't decide which wishes should be granted.
Also Asha: Yeah now i'll be the wishgranter of the kingdom.
It's just a problem when I'M NOT IN CHARGE.
In all honesty, I want to watch the movie so badly because I personally think the animation is an interesting mix of 3d and 2d, which I thought was always fun to look at. I just never got to watch the movie because so many people are talking about it so badly, that I had to overthink my whole taste in movies, which I have to admit isn't the best but I enjoy them alot for the story they tell, overlooking the animation completely.
There's actually a Trope Name for Magnifico's Type of Character, it's called "The John Walker Effect"
ooooo interesting
King Magnifico deserves love!
HE DOESSS
ive got no words i genuinely dont know what to say in the BEST WAY POSSIBLE i loved this analysis. if you ever decided to do a full rewrite i bet it would be incredible. subbed!!
Oh my god, thank you so much! Love to hear you enjoyed the video, there are plenty more to come
I like how bro kept the wishes that could be deadly and could overthrow his kingdom in a safe place where he can protect them. Oh no not to harness there power ir anything to PROTECT THEM.
And yet we are supposed to hate him for it? You know the story is bad when you start cheering for the villain to win instead of the hero
4:38 just have him be crushing the wishs from the start
Honestly, that would have made him a great villain.
when me and my parents decided to watch this trainwreck of a movie, we all agreed that he definetely needed a therapist
The movie literally says about Asha
"You care too much" that's her FLAW. That's not a flaw that's a MARY SUE RED FLAG.
Yup. Mary Sues do love to have flaws which aren't actually flaws. The other typical one is "oh I'm so clumsy and awkward... but somehow it never negatively affects me and is only used for endearment".
One thing you're not taking into consideration is the scene where Queen Amaya and Dalia, one of Asha's friends, are looking through King Magnifico's dark magic book, and Amaya begs Dalia to look for anything that could break his staff, bind his magic, or bring him back from the dark path he's on. But Amaya and Dalia learn that there's no way to either stop him or to redeem him. Dalia even read from the book this quote: "If you commit to dark magic just once, you commit to it for all eternity." This meant that Magnifico went past the point of no return as soon as he took up the dark magic book again and embraced its evil magic.
In my rewrite of wish, i’m making Asha the villain to make her more interesting. I love the kings character design, I got annoyed when they defeated him.
It’s been far too long since we have gotten a great villain from Disney. They need to do something like Big Jack Horner and just make one that is plain evil and has a great villain song.
Like he has a crap ton of trauma and no one cares. Is the lesson to not care about trauma?
What's also interesting is that Asha clearly has magical talent by being able to find her grandpa's wish. She also literally leads the whole town into a musical tour for like 3-5 people and is integral to getting them interested
Also, he says it usually takes an assistant quite some time to ask for a wish. I almost wonder if that is eluding to her talent as well.
Also also, she activated the books protection spell which attacked Magnifico, not her.
My favorite part of Macifico is that, out of all the many references to other Disney works, he's a reference to the sorcerer Mickey trains under in Sorcerer's Apprentice, called Yen Sid.
Yen Sid spelled backwards is Disney.
The movie makers literally hid in the movie that Disney is the villain of a movie of a flourishing kingdom where Disney cherry picks wishes to grant while draining everyone else.
I definitely agree he's one of the best Disney villains because he uses the fact that if the people don't do what he say won't get their wish granted.
I don't think he was holding the wishes hostage in that way, he genuinely only did it to Asha because she disrespected him!
Agreed. Disney really fumbled so many things about this movie, but King Magnifico is by far the most compelling character in it. ^u^
In the second half of the movie his character is replaced with a cartoon villain.
The ego thing wasn't something until This Is The Thanks I Get.
And no, calling yourself handsome is not being an egomaniac that's called SELF-STEEM.
I'm convinced Asha's the villian
Like. "I wish to be te best football player ever."
But in over 60 years I never kicked a ball.
"I wish to be the best animator ever." But i never touched a pencil.
Excuse me but YOU'RE JUST BRUTE-FORCING with magic.
You don't deserve your wish granted.
First Hans,
then Yokai,
then Thunderclap,
then Ercole Visconti,
then Zurg,
then Gorr the God Butcher,
then Kang the Conqueror,
and now King Magnifico.
What does a male have to do to be considered an acceptable and easily glorified villain at Disney?
Loved your perspective on Magnifico. You've opened my eyes.
Glad to hear you enjoy the video! ❤❤
Like, her plan is "If a house is on fire we can turn it off"
What about IF THE HOUSE WASN'T ON FIRE TO BEGIN WITH?
Thank you for this video!!
I feel so bad for Magnifico. Aside from resorting to forbidden magics (and even the reason for that is kinda understandable), he really didn't do anything wrong. He didn't even steal any wishes even though people like to pretend as if he does. They gave their wishes away WILLINGLY. He didn't force anyone and it wasn't even a deceitful type of deal. The people are fully aware they'll lose the memory of their wish (that was kinda the point of the deal: that he'll keep your wish safe, perhaps even make it come true, but never will you have to experience your dreams being shattered). If someone claims otherwise then they are either stupid or lying. This system has been going on for decades, it'd be impossible to hide even if Magnifico wished to do so. Also, prior to being corrupted by the book, Magnifico didn't even know he could get power out of these wishes: "All this time I've protected the wishes not knowing... the power they yield!" (btw, note how he uses the word 'protect'). He was not "hoarding" them for some grand evil plan of his but out of legit care for his kingdom. It's not like he has been doing a bad job either. His kingdom is extremely prosperous, its' people well cared for.
Yes, Magnifico might have been overly paranoid and kind of a control-freak and there's underlying issues with the system he has created (more on that later) but that doesn't make him evil. It just means he's flawed. The man has PTSD from his previous home being destroyed ffs. Is it any wonder he tries his hardest to prevent this from happening again or that he reacts poorly when something reminds him of it? Ironically, his need to maintain safety/control is partly to blame for why the people of his kingdom act so entitled and obsessive about wishes, thus he inadvertently ends up giving himself more stress. There's moments in which he expresses very clear frustration. When Asha, ignoring him while he was opening up about his hopes btw, asks for a favor as soon as she secures a good position with him ("Well, that was fast. Most people wait a few months or even a year to start asking me for favors.") and when he, probably for the first time ever, asks his people to HELP HIM to keep the kingdom safe and instead they be like: "Nah, we only care of what you can do for us so gimme wish granting ceremony plz!" He snaps with: "Is that all you can think about??!". Like, I feel you man I really do, but you kinda unwittingly enabled this behavior by spoiling them. Not that the responsibility lies solely on him but you know what I mean. He basically encouraged people to depend on him and now they are glad to treat him like their personal wish machine who always needs to give more. They don't *truly* respect him as a leader. It's tragic really.
The movie would have been WAY better if all these nuances were actually explored instead of them suddenly trying to make him an irredeemable villain. It just doesn't work at all. Magnifico simply doesn't have the traits to be a classic eeeevil Disney villain and the fact they try to frame him as such is just sad on so many levels. It would have been a stronger message if Asha helped Magnifico realize that he didn’t have to control everything to make his people prosper and that being a happiness pump wasn’t healthy for him or the kingdom. In turn Asha could have learned important lessons from him and curbed some of that naivety. The people also should have had a moment in which they reflect on their entitlement. That they are ashamed their King couldn't rely on them after everything he has done to build them a good place to live. That would have given justice to Magnifico, that would have actually helped him with his flaws and mistakes, and it also would have made Asha (and the people of Rosas) way more likable.
Something people overlook, is that if Magnifico was truly a bad person, he would have shoved Asha off the building when she’s literally standing in the edge there destroying his plans
I think the biggest problem with the story is that the writers never bothered to explain why he needed to hold their wishes in the first place. Its not like people only have one wish. Most people have an endless number of wishes. So him holding a single wish from each person didnt seem to have any clear narrative reason other than making him appear nefarious somehow.
Even though at the beginning, he is written in such a way that he claims to hold the wishes for good intentions, there's no obvious threat against the wishes other than "well maybe they wont come true." But again, people have countless wishes that wont come true so him protecting one from each person doesnt really do anything.
If there was some evil entity out there that could harm a person if it knew what their number 1 wish was, and Magnifico said "ok, to protect all my people from Entity X, i will hold their number 1 wish safe in my castle" then this would start to make sense. Then they could have had Entity X play both Asha and Magnifico against each other in a scheme to corrupt Magnifico and tempt him with the dark power using the wishes. Then the Entity X could possess him or something once he is corrupted enough and you could have similar things play out. This way Asha's selfishness would actually justify Magnifico's fears, because he is actually legitimately protecting the number one wish from the evil entity, possibly at great cost to his own mental health, and Asha blindly destroying that system could result in his frustrations boiling over and causing the mental break that allows him to be fully corrupted by the entity.
This way Asha's actions can be more gray, not black and white. She doesnt understand the delicate balance Magnifico is barely keeping under control, and she ruins it although believes she is returning everyone's wishes. That would allow growth for her while still letting Magnifico's descent into villainy be tragic.
Im sure there are other ways to fix this but thats just one idea 😀
Wish is not the Worst Disney Movie Ever," but rather something worse: NOTHING. For a film that's supposed to celebrate the company's 100th anniversary, the story was far too safe and soulless to carry that mantle, with all of the Company Cross References being completely superficial.
The company that made Snow White isn't acting like the company that made Snow White.
It's the use of other Disney characters in the end credits because the movie didn't earn the right to use them.
King Magnifico was wasted as a villain, as the movie initially portrayed him as a potentially layered antagonist given his backstory, only to turn into a vain, selfish tyrant at the drop of a hat while also making the Magic Book that supposedly corrupts him rather pointless.
Several times during the movie never shows us any "bad" wishes, which would give Magnifico a legitimate reason not to grant every single wish lAsha wanted.
I would've loved if he had his wife on his side as him TRUE partner(like in the intended ver I think). Out of the whole movie he was my favorite and I'm genuinely sad this movie turned out like this cause it DID have potential, tho I can't say I'm surprised
Totally agree, the villain couple would have been iconic, but we got what we got and there's no changing it now 😢
Finally someone gets it.
Imagine if this had happened in Frozen. "Oh no, Elsa went insane and almost kills her sister, welp there's clearly no way she'll ever reflect, the only thing we can do is lock her up forever without giving her a chance of redemption."
And do mind this is Disney, the company that the past few years has been going "Remember Maleficent? Remember Cruella de Vil? They deserve to be vindicated." But apparently one of the few rulers in the entire franchise who is not a complete disaster doesn't.
It's unfair.
This video is a great example of why "Death of the Author" interpretations are a great tool for critiquing flawed plots and characterizations. Your sympathetic interpretation of a character the writers try to force into the "villain" box provides a more consistent explanation for his behavior than the movie provides, and elucidates how the more "evil" actions he takes are clearly contrivances the writers had to make to delegitimize Magnifico's solid points. Great job!
I'd like to make 2 observations of my own. First, I think another point against Asha is that the movie fails to provide evidence that her actions were necessary to save the kingdom. Sure, one can critique Magnifico's methods of maintaining his rule, but if you remove Asha from the story, Rosas likely would have continued as before, and Magnifico would never have had a reason to start crushing wishes.
Second, and this one may be a stretch, but I wonder if Wish is in fact not a tribute to Walt Disney, but rather a rebuke of him. Sounds crazy, I know, but isn't it a little odd to make a movie celebrating 100 years of Disney, and then make the villain a man who built his magic kingdom upon wishes?
I think framing is the issue with the Asha and Magnifico dynamic. If the movie presented Magnifico as a paranoid monarch overly obsessed with control and deciding what he thinks is best, never letting people pursue their own dreams and wishes, then you could present it as a threat to individuality. Something like a light Wall-E type future. Then Asha could fight for their right to do so, while Magnifico reluctantly relies on the book for more power before he becomes completely consumed, and then free him from the book's influence through the power of the people's wishes to overcome him on their own. This helps him realize the error of his ways and opts to follow Asha's example, ending with him making her his successor or something.
And yes they say grandfather not great-grandfather.
He and his 100 years meat had one of Asha's parent.
You're point of view on Magnifico is exactly why I couldn't like Magnifico. Magnifico at no point in the story is a villain, yet Disney wants us to believe he is. They screwed up so much that they don't even understand their own characters.
The only villain in the story is the black magic book. We can't even see the mental breakdown of magnifico aside from his "villain" song, which doesn't represent much. He's simply afraid that he'll lose everything he's built and the lives of everyone he sword to protect and in order to do that, he feels the need to tap into black magic. The book takes a hold of him and he's literally not the same character. He is either corrupted or mind controlled by the book, which pretty much makes him a victim of Asha's actions.
Character was fumbled on so many levels. This had so much potential to go in so many ways.
This could've been a Nineteen Eighty-Four situation where Magnifico and his evil wife used his sorcery to oppress his citizens in sinister, insidious ways or a twist villain in Asha where Magnifico was actually right but she refused to accept his wisdom, overthrowing him only find out that, once in his position, granting or returning every wish is not so easy as she had thought from an outsiders perspective.
It's literally built into the marketing material: one of the posters straight up says "Be careful what you wish for", opening the door wide for a Wishmaster situation or a twist where Asha gets what she wants (the power to decide which wish gets granted that she was sure Magnifico was mishandling with none of his experience or knowledge of Wish magic) and learns that maybe she isn't so much more clever than him after all.
Instead we get a villain whose only villainous attributes seemed to be a smidge of arrogance (understandable from someone who literally developed magic to GRANT WISHES and built a kingdom from nothing, I'd argue) and past trauma that caused him to overreact when a naive and ignorant young woman decided to threaten everything he built.
He fails as a villain, especially after the promise of a "return to form" of the classiv malevolent villain. As it is, he's a tragic victim of his own traumatic past more than anything.
Villain of that movie is either Asha (who basically overthrew the king only to take his place) or the evil magic Magnifico turned to when he felt like his kingdom was in danger.
I liked this movie too! But at the same time, it could’ve been better, which is why I am giving this movie a 7/10. Great video btw! 👍
Thank you! And I totally agree with you, it felt like a lot of things didn't make sense in the movie and could have been done better, but a fun watch nonetheless.
Thank you for talking about how Amaya is basically a psychopath.
You're telling me that with the years that she has known him, the fact that the movie even IMPLIES that the book Magnifico used to get a grip on the kingdom is the very reason he lost his mind and she DOESN'T EVEN FEEL THE SLIGHTEST BIT OF EMPATHY FOR HIM?
Asha may be incredibly selfish and stupid, but what Amaya did is straight-up inhuman.
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Magnifico lost his home to magic. He used magic to give people what they wanted and sometimes couldn't give EVERYONE what they wanted(which is honestly very fair. I mean, one person might want one thing, another person might want the opposite)but then Amaya comes in questioning his whole system and judging him and then we're supposed to think "What a jerk, he won't let her old grandfather become a musician? The scoundrel!"
Magnifico should have been redeemed and cured of the corruption. They could have had it revealed that another Star had dropped in Magnifico's kingdom and someone used the wish to do something REALLY bad that destroyed it(created an evil army, etc;).
The wish popping should have been Asha's fault. His wife could have been the actual villain and manipulating Asha so Asha would help her take power(and given it was the hundredth movie and the first Disney movie villain was the Evil Queen, it would have been a good parallel, but nnoooOOOOooo.)
It’s like General Ironwood all over again 😔
Rosa got destroyed a year later.
I actually like Magnifico. Yes, he's far from perfect, he's not on the level of legendary Disney villains like Tremaine, Cruella, Jafar, the Evil Queen, Hades and *certainly* not on the level of Maleficent and his song is bad but I found him to have interesting and pretty unique (and potentially massively OP) powers, his design is really cool, his voice acting is excellent and I think he could have become an extremely good bad guy.
4:04 uh oh wrong. Asha wasn’t the one who asked all the questions who caused him to use the book of dark magic. Asha is not the one who let the book take over him while perfectly knowing the consequences. All Asha did was questioning the morality of Magnifico’s actions. And she made a good point : by keeping the wishes of people whose wishes weren’t meant to be granted, Magnifico made them totally dependent of him. This is the fundamental flaw of his system, and the fact that he doesn’t even realize that there is something wrong with stealing the dreams of people to keep the trust in his kingdom makes him pretty frightening. He may be genuine in his actions, but he should at least have thought of something for the wishes he didn’t want to grant, such as granting what people need not what they want, or not making them forget about their wishes.
I find it ridiculous how people just completely forget that Magnifico turning evil and almost dooming Rosas was, in fact, entirely his own fault. Of course it wouldn't have happened without the protagonist, but Asha herself has never done anything that would justify Magnifico turning so desperate.
The problem with the film's writing, is that they built the kingdom around a wise and great king, only to give him negative attributes later on in the story, even before taking up the book. This confuses a lot of people, but realistically Magnifico wouldn't be able to achieve this "paradise", because he has a lot of insecurities. He may want good, but ultimately he is irresponsible and egotistical as hell.
Like, imagine if Rafiki just told Simba that "Don't face your past, it will hurt and thats a bad thing, its best to just not bother with it", which is basically what Magnifico thinks. Put in this context, its quite obvious why his beliefs are extremely harmful. Sadly people just consume the ideas that are easy to understand and are already shared by others, hence why we see so many people repeating "Magnifico is the actual hero"
Magnifico experienced extreme trauma in his past and created a prosperous kingdom which survived FOR YEARS on his "flawed system." No one complained. People sang the praises of the kingdom and Magnifico, and were willingly giving away their wishes to participate in his system. Which is a lottery by the way! Asha's "good point" came from a place of naivete (which is pointed out in the film) and selfishness to get her Saba's wish granted. She blatantly disregards the problem with granting every wish, and proposes a new form of government almost immediately, without any thought on how that would impact the life of the people in Rosas or how it would be perceived as a LEGIT MUTAINY in a monarchy. His position and his kingdom was threated by a rebel group, he did what he had to do to protect their prosperity. He turned to an evil book, and that's when his actions become any form of villainous. Once again, it is a tragedy, and this movie was his villain origin story where he was made by Asha's actions.
@@Mookiluv Do you remember what Asha actually said during their conversation? Her point wasn't to grant all wishes, but rather give the wishes which will never be granted, back to their owners, so that they can pursue them themselves. She never said that she'd grant every wish, its crazy how many people misinterpret her argument.
Or can you quote that line of hers from the movie?
@Mookiluv His trauma isn't really an excuse cause he was still taking wishes and willingly built a codependent society only to complain about his people being selfish later on. He likes to throw blame and make assumptions about everything. If there were actual bad wishes, it'd make sense to destroy them.
Why hold onto something dangerous? Even after Star arrived and the wishes reacted, his first thought wasn't "Oh no, I gotta make sure X wishes aren't affected" He's just concerned about a new magic user being in his kingdom. Guy just loves control.
In context, the fact a 40-50 year old man willingly throws away everything just to prove a point to a kid and her goat is funny.
@@sonicsilveramy Except he isn't 40-50 years old. We don't know his or Rosas' exact age from the film, however looking at his backstory, its not far-fetched to assume he is more than a 100. Sabino is one hundred years old after all, and while his backstory isn't clear either (this film was well written), he may have been born in Rosas.
What I'm saying is that, its not nonsensical to think Magnifico, as a great mage, extended his own lifespan. Which of course makes his behaviour even more ridiculous than it already would be for a man of that age
This movie would have been better if He was a twist hero and Aisha was the villian
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I enjoyed it but I’m just confused who is the good guy. This how I saw the movie, a man who came from tragedy builds a kingdom to keep people happy and safe. He grants his people’s wishes to the point they are asking him for their wishes to be granted. They took over his kindness to the fact he been doing this for years. They want to keep taking and taking. The main protagonists was want was to get her grandfather wish granted but refuses to great it because he believe that the grandpa might inspire people to start a rebellion. He kinda at fault too because those dreams are part of who they are. It kinda sucks that he got punished for using forbidden magic. But he did made that choice so I don’t feel bad for him. He was given warnings from the queen. Even if he was possessed too, he still did those horrible things. But I can’t really wrap my head around it
This moral was done better in Bruce Almighty, when he just says yes to everyone's prays without giving it a single thought. And as a result the world turns to ruin. He wanted the power of God without the responsibility that came with it. You can't grant every wish people have because not everyone has the same moral values as you. This movie had good songs and the building blocks are there for an amazing movie.
bro im late to this video but just today (a few hours ago) i watched wish abnd all i was thinking was like "isnt he in the right??" and also how annoying asha is as a character but thats not the point i loved watching his cahracter disney wtf did u do 😭
I knowwww😭😭😭
Look at that.
Disney didn't learn from Rumpelstiltskin. (OUAT)
He had the SAME issue, and lack of conviction with the writers.
To be perfectly fair, Asha never said she thought all of the wishes should be granted. She said the ungranted wishes should be returned to their wishers.
she sure grants her grandpa's wish at the end tho, also returning all wishes to evil people is a good plan to have Rosas destroyed in a week
Yeah, because it's part of their souls as we're shown later
She didn't grant her grandfather's wish. He just took the time to learn how to play music. The whole point of the ending is that everyone decided to tackle their dreams themselves instead of begging someone to do it for them.@Alex-mh5mu
@@sonicsilveramy lie. the movie is 24 hours long. she granted his wish with Star.