Hi guys! So sorry that I didn't initially understand the message in 'Surface Pressure'!! I admit, I got distracted by the donkeys! XD I realise (in this video) during the credits what she was actually saying. My bad for not picking up on it at the time!
In fact the donkeys add to the point of the song. They are representing the beast of burden. They are working animals, they pull heavy loads, plough fields and carry people
They are generally seen/used as beasts of burden. Just there to carry the load. But I've seen video from a farm with donkeys. They have amazing personalities and are very social animals. I saw one place that has a donkey as a seeing-eye support animal for a blind horse. He diligently guides her out of the barn in the morning, stays by her side as her companion all day, and makes sure she gets back into her stall before going into his at night. All on his own, no-one instructs him to do these things.
Hi! I’m new to your channel, I’m in the part of the video when Surface Pressure just finished and I must admit I was a little frustrated bc you where paying so much attention to the visuals and not the lyrics that I have to stop and read the comments😅. I’m really glad I found this one because now I can continue watching. The lyrics on this movie were created by Lyn Manuel Miranda, same as in the movie Moana. He is the creator of the Broadway musical Hamilton too. So his lyrics are always important and worth listening. Recommendation for future reactions, if you are reacting to a movie with music in it, pay attention to the lyrics. It’s true that not always happens but most of the time lyrics are import to the plot, not just a funny filler. I will subscribe now for sure because apart from that, I’m loving your reaction. Sorry for the long message. Great work 💜
You should totally look into the fan made song Turn It Down, the actual voice actress of Dolores sings it so in a way it's at least half canon in my opinion. Plus the song is so catchy 🥰
When Alma is describing her story to Mirabel in the opening, she's talking to a 5 year old, so we see a muted version of how Pablo died, and instantly focus on the candle, but when they are at the river together, we see the entire story and Alma faces her pain for the first time 😢 one little detail tends to go unnoticed, The Casita responds to Mirabel the same ways it responds to Alma, and only to them, Mirabel will be the next head for the next generation, and she will know when it will be time to pass the candle to the next person when the time comes. This movie is a full family therepy session that celebrates the individuals within it. So wonderful ❤
It took me forever to just realize why Bruno's room had so much sand it's because his visions when they're solidified is etched into glass heated sand makes glass therefore he needed sand for his visions to be made into a photo which is a clever little detail that I missed for so long
Choosing favorite song from "Encanto" is like choosing a favorite leg - all of them are great and important. "Surface Pressure" has the deepest meaning and has the biggest contrast between verse and chorus, "Dos Oruguitas" is the most touching and tear-inducing, "We Don't Talk About Bruno" is the catchiest, "Family Madrigal" is the perfect opening and the greatest character introduction, "Waiting on the Miracle" is the most epic sounding and inspiring, "What Else Can I Do" is the most cathartic and the perfect duet, and "All of You" is the perfect ending and the perfect mix of all previous songs.
Sweet man, you MUST stop apologizing for your tears during reactions 😂 I know it's compulsory because you apologize any time you have an emotional reaction. But it's part of what we're here for ❤
Abuela is just the Spanish word for grandmother, her first name is Alma. Also, look up images of the Caño Cristales. That is the river Alma and Mirabel are standing in hugging during the song that makes everyone cry. It's called the rainbow river because the plant life in it cause it to look several different colors certain times of the year. It's really neat. Antonio really does have the best gift. Notice that Mirabel's dress has a bunch of extra flowers and designs stitched into it, it looks like she did that by hand, and she sewed that stuffed animal for Antonio. I think her gift was that she was the thread that wove the family back together. I just hope she got a better room than the nursery in the new house.
The way everyone doesn't even notice that Mirabel isn't in the family photo is actually quite relatable to me. I had the same thing happen to me when we were on vacation in Bulgaria. Everyone was taking photos while I stood off to the side just enjoying the sunset on the beach. While I really didn't mind not being included in the whole thing, the fact that my mother or anyone else didn't even NOTICE that I wasn't there hurt the most.
I know exactly what you are talking about. I was always the afterthought of the family. The one they only called upon when they needed me to babysit my elderly grandmother. When I wasn't needed, they would forget to call me to invite me to special occasions. Even if they did invited me, they would call me the day of the event while everyone else had gotten written invitations weeks ahead of time. I was also the last to be told anything. Including being told about marriages, pregnancies and births. "OH, you didn't know? I thought someone told you!", was the line I got from almost everyone my whole life. I feel you and get you. I suggest you do as I did. Never take it personally. You can't re-raise them and teach them all over again. You are not their mother. They are who they are. Chances are they have even far bigger issues than you do. So trying to get validation from people who can't recognize their own problems is not worth it. You know your own worth. And that is ALL that matters and all you need. So raise your head high and look and move forward. Don't let anyone hold you back simply because they think so small that it blinds them. If they can't see you, it's because they are spiritually impaired, and their souls are blind to the beauty of the true you. Be you and keep shining bright. Perhaps that is why they can't see you. Your light is so bright it blinds them. 🌟😉👍❤️🔥
There are numerous RUclips fan theory videos about Encanto. One of the popular fan theory is that the house is actually the spirit of the grandfather (Abuela's late husband who sacrificed himself to save his family and the villagers). The other theory is that the reason Mirabel never got a door and room when she was little because she is the next matriarch of the family. The entire house IS her room. She is the new keeper of the candle and the glue that holds the family together. 🏡✨️🕯✨️
She enchants the doorknob. There is no candle for her to bear. It is basically hidden not hidden in Dos Oruguitas. At first it seems like the song is about Alma and Pedro but later you realize that Mirabel and Alma are the ones who are the Mariposas (it is in their clothes), the one with the power of transformation. Notice how in the beginning Alma tells the story as if Pedro simply went away with their pursuers and the candle raised the mountains... but during Dos Oruguitas, Pedro is slain, Alma cries out in despair and that leads to candle being ignited with magic and banishing their pursuers. Which also gives another meaning to "we need a new foundation" as the miracle was based on Alma's despair and fear for her family but Mirabel finds the new one in the empowerment and trust of her loved ones. This is also why Mirabel did not get a gift as she has everything she needs and is the one giving the gifts. Also people weirdly say she will take over from Alma but she already has in the end of the movie.
Mirabel has no gift, because she quite literally IS the miracle. With the candle gone the miracle lives on within her, as she is the embodiment of the candle - or rather the miracle itself. So much like Abuela who was the "owner" or "caretaker" of the miracle, she has no "gift" of her own, as her whole thing is BEING the miracle itself.
Dos Origitas (the song by the river) is 1000% my favourite in the film. The translation of the lyrics in itself tell such an emotional story, but even not knowing the meaning you still get that emotion coming through - beautifully written and performed
my favorite of the songs is actually Surface Pressure, the one Luisa (the strong sister) sings. If you look past the whole crazy donkey situation and upbeat melody, and actually listen to the lyrics, it's actually a heart breaking song about the pressure of being the "responsible" sibling in the family, and how everyone is counting on you to carry the whole responsibility without giving a second thought to how YOU are feeling. it's a song that has broken many a reactor into tears, relating to the lyrics.
As the oldest of four, and the only girl, I feel this song so deeply every-time I hear it and I cried the first few times. Who was caring for/raising us?! I’m slinging out the virtual hugs to all the Firstborn’s ❤
So true, huldra! It hits me during the credits what the song was actually about!! (I admit, I was a bit distracted by the donkeys XD but that is on me!)
There's a little joke in the Latino portion of the fanbase that the real miracle of the movie is the grandmother admitting she was wrong and apologizing.
You said the hug between Mirabel and Isabella "didn't do anything," but in the background the candle starts glowing very strong as they bond and hug, and it only starts fading again when Abuela tells Mirabel to stop.
I love that your favorite Disney song is the Pink Elephant Parade which is the most visually insane thing I remember from childhood and you were confused by the dancing donkeys in Surface Pressure😂
Haha, fair point, Jordan! XD Every atom of me loves Pink Elephants, but I was DEFINITELY too focused on the Donkeys during Surface pressure! XD Maybe if Mirabel got drunk just before, I would have picked up on it faster! XD But I do feel bad about how I reacted to this part!
"A house divided cannot stand." The house was cracking because the family was divided. You rightly state that the individuals' gifts are based on their personalities and/or passions. Mirabel's whole focus is on the family. Her first song is her introducing the family and their gifts. Therefore, her gift is the whole house and caring for the family. Her empathy for her sisters' struggles, Bruno's isolation, and calming Antonio's fears and recognizing his passion shows her focus on others; culminating in understanding her Abuela's trauma.
So many tiny details both spoken and shown that make this movie so much better than what is shown on the surface. Like super hearing Delores covering her ears during fireworks, how the grandmother never really moves past her grief to the point she is so stuck in it she arranges the perfect marriage for the perfect granddaughter ( who looks like she did when younger), to a buff hunk (that looks a lot like a buff Version of her departed husband), bc what a perfect life they will have (a life she should have had with her husband), how Maribel’s eyesight isn’t cured by her mom’s cooking, showing mom can only heal injuries not genetics. How there are butterflies everywhere in the design of the house and clothing and its butterflies that symbolize the tragedy and healing of generational trauma. *chef kiss*
Fun fact: Disney made lots of Isabella dolls, expecting kids to love the 'pretty sister', even though she was only shown as self centred and mean for a good portion of the movie The kids absolutely adored Luisa instead
The theory is that Mirabel is to be the new matriarch, taking over from Abuela some day. After all Abuela doesn't have a specific gift and like with Mirabel, the house listens to her. The gift needs to be looked after by someone who does not have magic It's interesting to me that the problem between Mirabel and Isabella is simple jealousy. Isa doesn't get angry until Mirabel calls her selfish. Isa has been putting her own wishes aside for the sake of the family since she was born. She is jealous of Mirabel because she can be free in a way that Isa can't. While Mirabel is jealous of Isa because she gets the attention and seemingly has this wonderful life
For me that is the more plausible theory because if you look at the end of the movie, when they are rebuilding casita, Camilo drops the bucket and looks at Mirabel with fear, like waiting to be scolded. It’s like he sees Mirabel as an authority figure despite being close in age. 😊
One of the great things I noticed upon rewatch is that while Casita helps everyone, it only directly takes orders from two people - Abuela and Mirabel. Mirabel ALWAYS had her Gift, and her Door was ALWAYS the front door. Additional notes: 1. "What Else Can I Do" is such an Alanis Morissette song and I can't help singing it in a (sub-par) impression of her inflections. 2. While I'm glad Bruno and Jorge got out during the collapse, we still don't know what happened to Hernando...
Bruno & Mirabell are the real victims here. The rest of them tried to blame their bad luck on Bruno but really they were just self-fulfilling prophecies
"Is this getting a sequel?" I don't think a sequel movie would work, since I can't think of another major conflict that could come up and make it worth it. However, a sequel series, focusing on lower stakes drama that gives room to explore all the characters could be incredible.
I'm so glad you understand Abuela. I don't even have to explain it like I have on so many videos, you already completely understand the complexity and conflict of the family dynamic. So many people hate Abuela Alma and villainize her and act like she doesn't deserve redemption. Nobody is perfect, but she apologizes and works to reconnect with her family and (literally) rebuild it. You couldn't ask for a better resolution to generational trauma.
The song at the resolve between mirable and her abuela is titled los origitos (spanish for Caterpillars). It's fitting bc the family hadn't made its transformation yet. Then, at the end of their resolve, the song was talking about mariposas or butterflies . Representing the metamorphosis and reuniting the madrigal family.
One of my favourite design things about this is the way they use colour to help you keep track of the family connections. All Pepa's branch of the family wear warm tones, reds and yellows, Julietta's branch wear cool toned blues and purples, Bruno is in the middle of his sisters in green, and Abuela wears red but a cool toned red.
Pepa is more yellow and orange. Julietta is different shades of blue. Abuela wears a purple/maroon. Additionally Isabella is the only one not following the family color scheme, because she is wearing purple, like Abuela. Showing how Abuela is projecting herself onto Isabella.
I love everything about this movie, but my favorite scene is when Pepa and Julietta see Bruno after 10 years. You kinda have to imagine that with their powers they were close as children, so not being together (for triplets) must have felt like a missing limb, even when they were upset about his visions. And my favorite song is Isa's because I love the idea of the beautiful girl wanting to grow carnivorous / exploding dye plants! And I always assumed when the candle went out that the magic hid inside her until Casita was rebuilt. It assumes that Bruno's visions can't be changed, because it went either way, but the point was if she saved it, it would come back stronger, because the family was stronger.
They "Don't Talk About Bruno" because him leaving broke Abeula's heart and any mention of him was likely to cause a scene/upset her. It wasn't hateful, it was because bringing it up hurt Abeula (although her coping mechanisms may have been a bit...fiery, as well. Either way, it's the sort of taboo subject that happen in big families out of concern rather than malice.)
Dumbo is so good that, true story, when my older brother was around 1-2 years old, he would cry every time (spoiler alert) Dumbo flies and it used to baffle my grandpa. He asked my mom about it and apparantly, he cried because it means the movie is ending! He would only stop crying if someone restart the movie from the beginning again 😂😂😂
The whole thing with Abuela is everything needs to be perfect and only if they are special they are perfect. It shows the most with Isabella, she threw all her broken dreams on her and molds her into this perfect version of herself. Her fiancée even looks like Petro. But the "a gift just as special as you are" is also so toxic. That means, that the better your gift, the more special you are. And if you have no gift, then you are not special and you are a disappointment. It’s super toxic, but it all stems from Abuelas own trauma, so you can’t be that hard on her. But she is literally the cause of everything going wrong in the family. Everyone just tiptoes around her and wants to make her happy and proud. Louisa is being crushed under all the weight and responsibilities that she shoulders, Isabella forces herself to be perfect to the point where she would marry a guy she doesn’t even like. She even said in her confession: "Everything was perfect. The family was happy. ABUELA was happy." And for everyone else it’s the same. Pepa bottles up her emotions because Abuela doesn’t like her changing the wether. Dolores basically serves as Abuelas earpiece and tells her everything she wants to know about the town. And even Mirabels parents don’t really stand up for her against Abuela. It’s especially noticeable when her Dad found the prophecy. His first thought isn’t: Oh no, Louisa is losing her powers and Mirabel is in a really bad spot right now. I should comfort them right now. No. His first thought is: You did not find this prophecy. Louisa’s gift is not fading. Everything is okay. Abuela wants this night to be perfect, so this night has to be perfect. This family is honestly so screwed up due to generational trauma. But damn do I love this movie.
And that’s all the way Abuela knows everything’s not perfect. She knows about the cracks. But she still pretends in front of her family and town. Making Mirabel look crazy or jealous. She cares so much about her perfect little miracle, that she lost regards for everything else.
You mean Isabella. You wrote Luisa forces herself to marry someone she doesn't like. But I do love when her dad does stand up for her against Abuela. "Think of the family!" "I was thinking about my _daughter_ !"
Fun Fact: Mirabel is voiced by Stephanie Beatriz…. AKA Vaggie from Hazbin Hotel. This movie also has a very interesting background, the fact that it takes place in Colombia and how Alma and Pedro were forced out of their original town by “raiders” reveals to us that Abuela’s backstory happens during the “Great Displacement” historic event that happened in the country in 1901. To summarize…. a lot of people in that time were forced to leave their homes because of the internal conflicts between Guerrilla Fighters, Paramilitaries and the Armed Forces of the Colombian Goverment. Millions of people lost their homes…. And here in Encanto we are told the story of Alma Madrigal who survived the raiders of her town in year and received a Miracle. This information also tells us that the movie takes place in the year 1951, or at least in between 1950 and 1960, since abuela Alma mentions that she received the miracle 50 years ago.
I feel like more people would know Stephanie Beatriz as Rosa from Brooklyn Nine-Nine. People being displaced as refugees in Columbia has been happening on and off for the last 100 years. Technically, that war is still going on today, it just flares up from time to time.
The beautiful song at the lake was Dos Oruguitas by Sebastian Yatra. The lyric translation is in the closed captioning, but you can find it easily online. I recommend watching the video with the translation because it fits so very well visually. It kills me every time - I still don't know how it didn't win the Oscar that year, it's so beautifully produced and and sung. BTW - Dos Oruguitas translates to 'two caterpillars'. As I'm sure you noticed, butterflies are symbolized throughout the movie.
Honestly the colours are another great reason for Pixar to continue featuring different world cultures in their stories. When they get it right (which I hear they mostly do, culturally) the palettes they have to draw from can be so gorgeous. I look forward to seeing your Coco reaction, that one is visually breathtaking too.
I always felt that the reason that Isabel and Mirabel didn't like each other was because they were both jealous of each other. Isa, as the oldest grandchild, was loved the most by her grandmother, and Mirabel desired that love. On the other hand, Mirabel had complete freedom, as no one had any expectations of her, and Isa, who had every decision made for her, wanted that freedom more than anything. Favorite Disney movie: Encanto Favorite song: Surface Pressure You should definitely watch Coco.
One sequel idea(if they do one) is that they can have Isabella and Luisa go off on an adventure to discover themselves with Camilo sneaking along as the comic relief. The B plot could be Mirabel learning what it means to be a head of a family.
I would LOVE if you did more of these!!! I think you would really enjoy them. On your list Big Hero 6 and the whole Shrek franchise would be top of my requests 😂. Shrek is infamous for having an incredible sequel, and I agree, Shrek 2 is a must see.
I adore Pepa because she is a visual representation of general anxiety disorder, which I've had since I was a small child. Nobody wants our emotions, including us!
omg.. you haven't seen Shrek?! i think you'd absolutely love it! Big Hero Six is another one i think you'd thoroughly enjoy! and just to add.. another disney movie with some great songs and awesome visuals.. Princess and the Frog! it also has such a good message.
Coco, Moana, Tangled, Encanto and Big Hero 6 all must watches! Frozen and Frozen 2 are really great too. Favourite Disney movies from childhood Aladdin and Beauty & the Beast, but recently Coco is just incredible. Favourite song Whole New World 🌍❤
I think the cracks in the physical house was such a perfect metaphor for the "cracks" in the family unit. you can plaster over the cracks (problems) and hide them from view, but they are still there, likely worsening under the surface. until you do the inevitable work of stripping it down and repairing the foundation (fully addressing the problems) and the longer you try to ignore it and cover it up, the harder it is to fix it. In the end the entire house (family unit) had to crumble and be fully rebuilt.
Mirabels gift is to be the next candle holder (family matriarch) but another way to describe it that I didn’t think of until you said her gift was to bring them back together, reminded me of a quote from the maze runner about one of the main characters- ‘he the glue’ and the same can be said about Mirable as she is the glue that held them together
The reason why Maribel did not get a gift was because in the end she was supposed to take the replacement of the candle she was supposed to be the light of the family the candle head to go because of the fact that the family especially abuela was so dependent on the candle providing them their powers and losing sight of valuing family over the candle so finally without the candle being in the picture the family can focus on each other and being a family to produce magic powers amongst themselves
I am Dominican-American. Born in the U.S. but both my parents were born in the Dominican Republic. 🇩🇴 Though this movie is set in Colombia, it struck a nerve with me in the most positive way. I identified with the main character, Mirabel so much being that my brother and I have always been considered the weirdos of the family. We are the ones that are most different from any of our relatives, and we were always reminded of that fact by our relatives. By the end of this movie, I was balling with tears. For a long time, no matter how many times I heard the caterpillar song near the end of the film, I couldn't help but cry my eyes out. 🎞🎶🥹😭❤️🔥🎶 BTW, my middle name is so incredibly similar to the main character of this animated movie. Her name is Mirabel but my middle name is Maribel. It was the name my grandmother wanted to be my first name but my mother chose it as my middle name instead when I was born.
In many Disney movies, the colors lime green and purple indicate a villain. I think I saw the most of these colors in this movie in Bruno's prediction flares/pictures and the eyeglasses the Mirabella wears. This could have helped mark them as the family outcasts. In a universe where lime green is an indication of evil, discovery that your "gift" is shown when someone sees something they don't want to see in a mass of swirling lime green sands would not be a good thing. (Hypotheses can be fun when tied to fiction.)
Hi guys! As the message at the start says, there were some technical problems with the very end of the movie (I was extremely lucky it wasn't worse), so there are a couple of times where my face cam freezes for a few seconds! Hope it doesn't take too much away from the reaction!! If you want to be a part of future Movie Polls and get full length Reactions, you can back the Patreon for as little as you like! :) www.patreon.com/VeggieGamer
I love the last song (All of you) because it's a song about loving people where they are at. It's actually the perfect song to end the movie on. Plus Her getting the Door to the house to me said Mirabels Gift is that she's the one who cares for the family as just who they are not for their Gifts.
Definitely watch Coco. It might be perfect for October since it takes place around the Day of the Dead in Mexico. It’s really an amazing movie. Love Dumbo too! Classic Disney is classic for a reason.
Veggie, I've never watched a reaction to this movie where the person watching didn't cry. I've seen it quite a few times and bawled every time. I think maybe people especially wanted you to watch it because you are a dude who isn't afraid to show emotion... all that to say, of course don't feel bad about crying. :) I'm definitely the kind of person who is most partial to Camilo's ability, though I expected you to love Antonio's the most of course, Hufflepuff that you are lol! Luisa's song is my favorite, it's just too good. Thanks for watching this, I was so excited to see your reaction!!
There are 2 earlier scenes in the movie that get mirrored later on. 1st is during the intro version of Abuela telling young Mirabel about getting the Encanto, you see the gouse use the windows to wave at Abuela and then she smiles and waves back. The house waves to Mirabel the same way after the magic is restored and she waves back in the same way. 2nd is that at first Mirabel leads Antonio to his door by signaling with a nod. At the end of thw movie, Antonia leads Mirabel to thw door of Casita nodding the same way and still walking arm in arm.
I think Mirabelles gift is healing minds the way her mom heals bodies. She didn't get it when she was 5 because she was too young to handle it. Notice how everyone, including Casita starts opening up about their problems right after she sings Waiting For A Miracle. She got her gift when she asked for it and not before because that is a horrible "gift" for a child to have.
Yes, Encanto is my absolute FAVORITE animated film, Coco, Inside Out, The Incredibles movies, SO MANY GOOD ONES! Also, if you ever do TV and have seen Avatar the Last Airbender!
Not really having a villain is definitely a hallmark of modern Disney. I think this is a great example of that working, but some stories do still deserve a fun truly evil character!
Absolutely can't wait for more animated movies 😭 they are my favourite movies to watch, and the ones from your list are so awesome! Also, i love Dumbo as well!! The music is so fun, but my favourite is Hunchback of Notre Dame 🥰 best music. Best theatrical feel. Excellent villain. So good 👍🏼
Haven't been around for a while, but it's great to be back. I saw Dumbo as a kid - they used to have movies in the gym once a month on the Airbase my father was stationed at and they had that and Sleeping Beauty.
Im so glad you liked this movie. ❤️ Cant wait to tag along your animation journey. Im sure people will point it out in the comments, but both Abuela and Mirabel didnt have gifts, but could control casita. So I thought her "gift" would be just... Keeping the family together, but in another format, since the trauma and danger back in abuela's generarion is no more. Eventually her door is the front door of the house! I feel for Pepa (the weather one), because shes was never free to express herself, always had to repress her emotions. So dont apologize for crying!
Great Reaction! I love this movie, it's definitely one of my favorites because it is so complex in the characters emotions, experiences and grief! Some movies to watch and are underrated are treasure planet and Atlantis!
49:21 notice how the house listens to Mirabel & Abuela only. Mirabel wasn’t given a specific gift cause the house chose her as the next caretaker. To take over for Abuela when the time comes. 49:44 love how Jorge saved Bruno. 52:14 put the closed captioning on and they do the english translation to it. It’s about 2 butterflies. 58:50 it showed that when Isabella wasn’t so stressed and worried about being perfect the candle burned brighter. It was going out cause Abuela (as she said in the song) was afraid of losing them and the gift so she held on to tight and made sure they used they gift only one way.
i hadn't seen encanto until a few days ago. tarzan was my favorite prior, now it's this. (it would've been impressive to remember all the names & powers after the first song, but it not only establishes more basic premises too, but makes it easier to pick up on names & powers again as the movie continues) bruno & mirabel's parallels as people experiencing a scapegoating / outcasting from the family while being blamed for its problems is very strong & very real. it's interesting how different bruno's power is from anyone else's: he can't really divert it for some desired use, he simply sees truths nobody can change; he also can't just have visions anywhere, so to "help the community" people would have to come to him in his tower, which was likely isolating. the "your future awaits" sign & all the stairs (as well as seemingly everyone being in on the "we don't talk about bruno") sentiment suggest that plenty of people sought out his visions, even when then plenty of people didn't like getting the truth. he probably had the experience repeatedly of someone desperate for a vision from him for help & then having negative reactions, as happens with mirabel asking for another vision. mirabel's role is also seeing the truth & sharing it, trying to address the issues with the magic, house, & family, while already feeling out of place (like bruno did, even though he still had a power) & increasingly being blamed & isolated for this. but also already she was providing support the family needed: she's the one person who can find & encourage antonio, & her message of "you don't have to worry about me" b/c she has her family is a message she needed from her own family members regarding her fears of letting everyone down & not making them proud: even while she can't direct that towards herself, she can extend the support she needs to antonio. you can see her put in bruno's place at antonio's ceremony: she's standing apart from everything, behind a wall, in the shadows, not feeling like she can come out without ruining everything, & only manages it when antonio pleads with her, needing her support. bruno has also obviously been apart from everything, behind walls, and is afraid to emerge for his own sake, but does so to help mirabel (and the rest of the family by extension, of course, but he has the especial support and understanding for her as a very similar and right now very vulnerable family member who needs his help specifically) and in the end he can even try to use his status as the scapegoat, the person who supposedly makes bad things happen, to try to protect mirabel and take all the blame for the house breaking and miracle seemingly ending. he was afraid to face abuela himself simply for his own sake (like rejoining the family) but he would burst onto the scene in front of her & confront her while making himself look even worse (than he thinks she regards him) for the sake of protecting mirabel from being blamed. at that point he really might not have cared what abuela thought of him anymore, insofar as he'd gladly have her hate him than let mirabel be hated instead. it's kind of like the return of the miracle in that moment: bruno doesn't need abuela to have changed & now treat him differently, he'd accept it if he just managed to have sort of sacrificed himself for his niece there, but it's lovely that she does have nothing but love and support for him now; likewise, the family could've been fine without their gifts returning, but it's only a bonus that they do after seeing all the value & help they have without it. there's also the factor that the way bruno is discussed (& depicted) seems to indicate these various ways he can be considered disabled (mirabel not being "gifted", supposedly not able to contribute or belong or be a point of pride in the same way, could be looked at through a lens re: disability) and he's seen as "weird," seen in a negative light, & misinterpreted (badly) in ways beyond his visions, like how bruno's efforts to be friendly & supportive to his sister on her wedding day were interpreted and relayed to us. then dolores' verse may as well be about how it was bruno himself with any & all of his oddities that the family was grappling with & couldn't understand. it's certainly not only all about the visions, and it's very important how the movie allows him to keep being "weird" even as he gets out from behind the walls and is embraced. the message would fall flat if it's not that the family changed, but that bruno became more "normal" before they'd treat him better. instead he can be weird, including if the experiences he's been put through have made him "weirder," and the family can support him anyway, b/c it's not bad, but hurting & losing a family member is. it's great how mirabel & bruno are able to find very crucial support in each other when, on their own, they're getting scapegoated & blamed for the problems of the family, when both of them were the ones seeing things as they are and telling the truth about it. if the refuge that the family should be hinges on recreating the precarity of the outside world (to "preempt" being hurt by that outside world) &/or rather believing a refuge must be where bad things never happen, rather than a place where, when bad things happen, you're helped rather than hurt further, then one way or another you're on your own with problems, to handle yourself & pretend don't even exist. mirabel & bruno supposedly "fail" by being odd ones out who aren't helping the family, aren't making them proud, and then even by being openly unhappy about how things are going, perhaps challenging & disrupting them, & this is supposedly "ruining" things. you can see in the scene where mirabel needs to hug isabela that they get further away from hugging when mirabel's just trying to pretend things are fine, & only when things get "worse" & they argue can truths come out & things change, for the better. same with luisa, where mirabel supposedly makes things worse until luisa confesses her worries, then mirabel feels guilty as luisa struggles more with her powers throughout the movie b/c the conversation with mirabel made the status quo feel more unsustainable. bruno thought he was only making things worse (& learned that people would only see the worst in anything associated with / from him) and internalized that, where unlike what others read into him he knows he's not malicious or causing anyone's futures one way or another, but presumably started to feel something must be inherently wrong with him (as mirabel must have felt in not being given a gift) and been extra preoccupied with warding off bad luck as a result. after not only having these experiences seeing how her sisters in particular are suffering & feel trapped in that, but in seeing how far it went with bruno being so separated from his family, seen so badly by everyone, while so hurt in reality and seeing that as unable to change, puts her in a better place to realize it's not actually that something's wrong with her and she's only hurting people, but that something needs to fundamentally change in the family, a new foundation. but the confrontation and exposure of cracks and hurts and truths looks disastrous and ruinous and it seemed easier to pretend everything has to be fine with what everyone already knew, while the scapegoated outlier family members saw and tried to attend to the cracking of the house. it's just all very real as to whose supposedly "disruptive" presence gets negatively piled on: troublemaking for telling the truth, like if you're an extra vulnerable family member who's not getting the support they need & can't pretend they're okay without it, or even needs to leave because of it, supposedly becoming the "uncaring" one, or someone "creating" problems rather than that the way they're failed by preexisting problems just brings those problems more into the light, & if anything, creates the opportunity for solutions, or certainly improvements anyways, and forever the potential for further ones: it isn't perfect, neither are we. ugh, i could say so much more than i already have even lol, it's so good, and the movie's so excellent and strong in all elements. the characters in this are fantastic and even in the midst of that, bruno is an incredible character. this scapegoated disabled (easily also readable / interpretable as queer (as isabela might be too)) role in this family who is vilified (& even when julieta doesn't say anything negative about bruno directly, her remarks that he lost his way frame him as a fate to be avoided for mirabel after mirabel was "disrupting" by seeing things as they were and telling the truth about them even when that "ruined" a celebration of the family & the miracle supposedly in its ideal form) yet is completely key to mirabel having the perspective and support she needs to be what the family needs. absolutely amazing and so important.
I remember that movie! I haven't watched it in ages but I remember that Val Kilmer gave one of his greatest performances in that movie. Thanks for reminding it to me!
I think you would really like Tangled and The Emperor's New Groove and Big Hero 6. too. BTW...the reason the music is so great is it was written by Lin-Manuel Miranda who created Hamilton.
Don't worry about getting teary-eyed and emotional - when I watched Encanto with my kids for the first time, I accidentally scared them, they kept asking me why I was crying... 🥲😅 This movie hits you right in the feels, because everything is so real - the family relationships, everyone dealing with their own demons while trying to show the smiling face to the outside world, trying to keep up appearances rather than dealing with everyones insecurities and issues, it all breaking down in shambles and them being able to reconect, realise their mistakes and come out stronger... This is so emotionally powerfull, that even a heart of stone would shed a tear... 😉
Nice to see someone pick up on how Isabela's struggle is an actual struggle. Most reactors seem to just hate on her and laugh at the whole "stuck being perfect" thing without giving it a second thought, but having to appear/act "perfect" at everything at all times, that is something genuinely tough to go through. Might be the phrasing of it in the movie that makes people not pick up on it, a shame, really.
I'm so glad you don't blame the grandma. I saw so many reactions in which they hate the grandna, they hate her because they don't understand. Here in Latin America generational trauma is normal, the last century were full of violence, coups that civil conflict. I don't think there's a single Latin American contry that didn't go through at least one of the stuff I mentioned before. Grandparents or even parents suffered too much when they were young and they were hurt, and broken and they tried to fix themselves the best they could. We, the generation raised in peace have not right to hate on them. I see many people of my age (27) and younger blaming their parents for everything, is not our parents fault to be traumatised. Young people want to be heard so badly but they never take the time the heard the elder, to understand their paibs and fears.
An interesting yet completely tearjerking fact - *Mirabel* is the villain of the movie. Why is the grandmother so harsh on everyone else? *Because Mirabel keeps trying to be part of the family, thus reminding her grandmother that there's problems with the gift.* If Mirabel had just accepted it and stayed in her place and stopped trying to be part of the family, both literally and emotionally, and had kept out of the way, the grandmother's "OMG EVERYONE MUST BE PERFECT TO MAKE UP FOR HER NOT BEING PERFECT!" shtick wouldn't have been anywhere near as bad... so the family wouldn't be crumbling under the pressure, because the pressure would be less. Sure, Mirabel is the solution... but the problem only exists because she hasn't learned to shut up and keep out, like Bruno did.
Yeah, it is showing another side to Luisa, but it took me until the credits to realise what it was! I wish I had picked up on it sooner (I got distracted by the donkeys, sorry! XD)
My favorite disney song is "Proud of Your Boy" which is a cut song from Aladdin that was brought back for the Broadway musical adaptation and my favorite disney movie is Treasure Planet which is a VERY underrated disney film that is a Sci-fi adaptation of the book Treasure Island. It is a rare male protagonist as the main character and also isnt a romance plot but a coming of age/found family plot with pirate action adventure galore!
I love the fact you don't just sit on hating on the grandma(Like I have seen alot and I mean alot do). Like Yes she did wrong but she didn't know and to be fair no one really corrected her either(That I mean really really corrected her, I know Mirabel's parents do defend their daughter). But as soon as she realized she was more then open to change her ways. Like we can't imagine whats happening in someones head or what someone is going through. Not all "Bad people" are bad, some are just troubled.
Omg, yes PLEASE watch the Hunchback of Notre Dame!! It is my favourite Disney movie and (in my opinion) Disney's darkest animated children's movie. The animation is absolutely gorgeous in it, and the songs are just plain epic. The opening is on the same level of incredibleness as that of the Lion King. I would really, REALLY, recommend watching it. Also really recommend the Disney classics Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella. Yes, they're a bit old and might seem a bit boring to some modern audiences, but they are just absolute classic fairytale Disney princess movies. Also for more recent releases recommend Lilo & Stitch, Moana and Turning Red. These are just my recommendations, and they are pretty biased because these are some of my all time favourite movies. Would really love to see your reaction to them!
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Hi guys! So sorry that I didn't initially understand the message in 'Surface Pressure'!! I admit, I got distracted by the donkeys! XD I realise (in this video) during the credits what she was actually saying. My bad for not picking up on it at the time!
In fact the donkeys add to the point of the song. They are representing the beast of burden. They are working animals, they pull heavy loads, plough fields and carry people
AAAH!!! Beasts of burden!! That is such a great point, Ruby!! I would never have made that connection, but it completely makes sense!
They are generally seen/used as beasts of burden. Just there to carry the load. But I've seen video from a farm with donkeys. They have amazing personalities and are very social animals. I saw one place that has a donkey as a seeing-eye support animal for a blind horse. He diligently guides her out of the barn in the morning, stays by her side as her companion all day, and makes sure she gets back into her stall before going into his at night. All on his own, no-one instructs him to do these things.
Hi! I’m new to your channel, I’m in the part of the video when Surface Pressure just finished and I must admit I was a little frustrated bc you where paying so much attention to the visuals and not the lyrics that I have to stop and read the comments😅. I’m really glad I found this one because now I can continue watching. The lyrics on this movie were created by Lyn Manuel Miranda, same as in the movie Moana. He is the creator of the Broadway musical Hamilton too. So his lyrics are always important and worth listening. Recommendation for future reactions, if you are reacting to a movie with music in it, pay attention to the lyrics. It’s true that not always happens but most of the time lyrics are import to the plot, not just a funny filler. I will subscribe now for sure because apart from that, I’m loving your reaction. Sorry for the long message. Great work 💜
You should totally look into the fan made song Turn It Down, the actual voice actress of Dolores sings it so in a way it's at least half canon in my opinion. Plus the song is so catchy 🥰
When Alma is describing her story to Mirabel in the opening, she's talking to a 5 year old, so we see a muted version of how Pablo died, and instantly focus on the candle, but when they are at the river together, we see the entire story and Alma faces her pain for the first time 😢 one little detail tends to go unnoticed, The Casita responds to Mirabel the same ways it responds to Alma, and only to them, Mirabel will be the next head for the next generation, and she will know when it will be time to pass the candle to the next person when the time comes. This movie is a full family therepy session that celebrates the individuals within it. So wonderful ❤
The villain is the idea of "toxic perfectionism", often a generational curse.
It took me forever to just realize why Bruno's room had so much sand it's because his visions when they're solidified is etched into glass heated sand makes glass therefore he needed sand for his visions to be made into a photo which is a clever little detail that I missed for so long
Choosing favorite song from "Encanto" is like choosing a favorite leg - all of them are great and important. "Surface Pressure" has the deepest meaning and has the biggest contrast between verse and chorus, "Dos Oruguitas" is the most touching and tear-inducing, "We Don't Talk About Bruno" is the catchiest, "Family Madrigal" is the perfect opening and the greatest character introduction, "Waiting on the Miracle" is the most epic sounding and inspiring, "What Else Can I Do" is the most cathartic and the perfect duet, and "All of You" is the perfect ending and the perfect mix of all previous songs.
Sweet man, you MUST stop apologizing for your tears during reactions 😂 I know it's compulsory because you apologize any time you have an emotional reaction. But it's part of what we're here for ❤
Exactly! Never apologize for being human.
Absolutely! Emotion is a huge part of reactions!
A good sign of a great movie is one that'll trigger an emotional response. This is one movie that'll do that to ya😊
Abuela is just the Spanish word for grandmother, her first name is Alma.
Also, look up images of the Caño Cristales. That is the river Alma and Mirabel are standing in hugging during the song that makes everyone cry. It's called the rainbow river because the plant life in it cause it to look several different colors certain times of the year. It's really neat.
Antonio really does have the best gift.
Notice that Mirabel's dress has a bunch of extra flowers and designs stitched into it, it looks like she did that by hand, and she sewed that stuffed animal for Antonio. I think her gift was that she was the thread that wove the family back together. I just hope she got a better room than the nursery in the new house.
The way everyone doesn't even notice that Mirabel isn't in the family photo is actually quite relatable to me. I had the same thing happen to me when we were on vacation in Bulgaria. Everyone was taking photos while I stood off to the side just enjoying the sunset on the beach. While I really didn't mind not being included in the whole thing, the fact that my mother or anyone else didn't even NOTICE that I wasn't there hurt the most.
I'm so sorry to hear that, jeez that would hurt me so much
I know exactly what you are talking about. I was always the afterthought of the family. The one they only called upon when they needed me to babysit my elderly grandmother. When I wasn't needed, they would forget to call me to invite me to special occasions. Even if they did invited me, they would call me the day of the event while everyone else had gotten written invitations weeks ahead of time. I was also the last to be told anything. Including being told about marriages, pregnancies and births. "OH, you didn't know? I thought someone told you!", was the line I got from almost everyone my whole life.
I feel you and get you. I suggest you do as I did. Never take it personally. You can't re-raise them and teach them all over again. You are not their mother. They are who they are. Chances are they have even far bigger issues than you do. So trying to get validation from people who can't recognize their own problems is not worth it. You know your own worth. And that is ALL that matters and all you need. So raise your head high and look and move forward. Don't let anyone hold you back simply because they think so small that it blinds them. If they can't see you, it's because they are spiritually impaired, and their souls are blind to the beauty of the true you. Be you and keep shining bright. Perhaps that is why they can't see you. Your light is so bright it blinds them.
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@@LaurinGarcia I just moved away and lived life on my own terms.
There are numerous RUclips fan theory videos about Encanto. One of the popular fan theory is that the house is actually the spirit of the grandfather (Abuela's late husband who sacrificed himself to save his family and the villagers).
The other theory is that the reason Mirabel never got a door and room when she was little because she is the next matriarch of the family. The entire house IS her room. She is the new keeper of the candle and the glue that holds the family together.
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She enchants the doorknob. There is no candle for her to bear.
It is basically hidden not hidden in Dos Oruguitas. At first it seems like the song is about Alma and Pedro but later you realize that Mirabel and Alma are the ones who are the Mariposas (it is in their clothes), the one with the power of transformation.
Notice how in the beginning Alma tells the story as if Pedro simply went away with their pursuers and the candle raised the mountains... but during Dos Oruguitas, Pedro is slain, Alma cries out in despair and that leads to candle being ignited with magic and banishing their pursuers.
Which also gives another meaning to "we need a new foundation" as the miracle was based on Alma's despair and fear for her family but Mirabel finds the new one in the empowerment and trust of her loved ones.
This is also why Mirabel did not get a gift as she has everything she needs and is the one giving the gifts. Also people weirdly say she will take over from Alma but she already has in the end of the movie.
If you really wanna hear a fan theory: Casita is a time traveler. It will one day go back to a time before it was build to give Alma a home.
Antonio’s “don’t eat those” kills me😂
Mirabel has no gift, because she quite literally IS the miracle. With the candle gone the miracle lives on within her, as she is the embodiment of the candle - or rather the miracle itself. So much like Abuela who was the "owner" or "caretaker" of the miracle, she has no "gift" of her own, as her whole thing is BEING the miracle itself.
Dos Origitas (the song by the river) is 1000% my favourite in the film. The translation of the lyrics in itself tell such an emotional story, but even not knowing the meaning you still get that emotion coming through - beautifully written and performed
my favorite of the songs is actually Surface Pressure, the one Luisa (the strong sister) sings. If you look past the whole crazy donkey situation and upbeat melody, and actually listen to the lyrics, it's actually a heart breaking song about the pressure of being the "responsible" sibling in the family, and how everyone is counting on you to carry the whole responsibility without giving a second thought to how YOU are feeling. it's a song that has broken many a reactor into tears, relating to the lyrics.
YES same here for the same reasons. It's a heartbreaking song past the catchiness of it.
As the oldest of four, and the only girl, I feel this song so deeply every-time I hear it and I cried the first few times. Who was caring for/raising us?! I’m slinging out the virtual hugs to all the Firstborn’s ❤
So true, huldra! It hits me during the credits what the song was actually about!! (I admit, I was a bit distracted by the donkeys XD but that is on me!)
@@VeggieGamer lol totally understandable, I didn't really pay attention to the lyrics the first time either! 😅
I 100% agree, but Luisa is actually the middle sister. Meaning still stands the same, but hits me as a fellow middle child.
There's a little joke in the Latino portion of the fanbase that the real miracle of the movie is the grandmother admitting she was wrong and apologizing.
You said the hug between Mirabel and Isabella "didn't do anything," but in the background the candle starts glowing very strong as they bond and hug, and it only starts fading again when Abuela tells Mirabel to stop.
I love that your favorite Disney song is the Pink Elephant Parade which is the most visually insane thing I remember from childhood and you were confused by the dancing donkeys in Surface Pressure😂
Haha, fair point, Jordan! XD Every atom of me loves Pink Elephants, but I was DEFINITELY too focused on the Donkeys during Surface pressure! XD Maybe if Mirabel got drunk just before, I would have picked up on it faster! XD But I do feel bad about how I reacted to this part!
"A house divided cannot stand." The house was cracking because the family was divided. You rightly state that the individuals' gifts are based on their personalities and/or passions. Mirabel's whole focus is on the family. Her first song is her introducing the family and their gifts. Therefore, her gift is the whole house and caring for the family. Her empathy for her sisters' struggles, Bruno's isolation, and calming Antonio's fears and recognizing his passion shows her focus on others; culminating in understanding her Abuela's trauma.
A fcking plate. A FCKING DRAWN PLATE. HOW CAN A DRAWN PLATE CAN MAKE SO MANY PEOPLE CRY??
We don't talk about the dinner plate! ☝️
So many tiny details both spoken and shown that make this movie so much better than what is shown on the surface. Like super hearing Delores covering her ears during fireworks, how the grandmother never really moves past her grief to the point she is so stuck in it she arranges the perfect marriage for the perfect granddaughter ( who looks like she did when younger), to a buff hunk (that looks a lot like a buff Version of her departed husband), bc what a perfect life they will have (a life she should have had with her husband), how Maribel’s eyesight isn’t cured by her mom’s cooking, showing mom can only heal injuries not genetics. How there are butterflies everywhere in the design of the house and clothing and its butterflies that symbolize the tragedy and healing of generational trauma. *chef kiss*
Fun fact: Disney made lots of Isabella dolls, expecting kids to love the 'pretty sister', even though she was only shown as self centred and mean for a good portion of the movie
The kids absolutely adored Luisa instead
Lol. And then they had to rush to make Luisa dolls to meet demand.
proof that Disney has no idea what girls actually like
Isabella dolls might have done better if they'd put her in her colorful dress instead of her pre-epiphany dress.
The theory is that Mirabel is to be the new matriarch, taking over from Abuela some day. After all Abuela doesn't have a specific gift and like with Mirabel, the house listens to her. The gift needs to be looked after by someone who does not have magic
It's interesting to me that the problem between Mirabel and Isabella is simple jealousy. Isa doesn't get angry until Mirabel calls her selfish. Isa has been putting her own wishes aside for the sake of the family since she was born. She is jealous of Mirabel because she can be free in a way that Isa can't. While Mirabel is jealous of Isa because she gets the attention and seemingly has this wonderful life
For me that is the more plausible theory because if you look at the end of the movie, when they are rebuilding casita, Camilo drops the bucket and looks at Mirabel with fear, like waiting to be scolded. It’s like he sees Mirabel as an authority figure despite being close in age. 😊
One of the great things I noticed upon rewatch is that while Casita helps everyone, it only directly takes orders from two people - Abuela and Mirabel. Mirabel ALWAYS had her Gift, and her Door was ALWAYS the front door.
Additional notes:
1. "What Else Can I Do" is such an Alanis Morissette song and I can't help singing it in a (sub-par) impression of her inflections.
2. While I'm glad Bruno and Jorge got out during the collapse, we still don't know what happened to Hernando...
Hernando and his bravery were no longer needed now that Bruno returned to the family.
Bruno & Mirabell are the real victims here. The rest of them tried to blame their bad luck on Bruno but really they were just self-fulfilling prophecies
"Is this getting a sequel?"
I don't think a sequel movie would work, since I can't think of another major conflict that could come up and make it worth it. However, a sequel series, focusing on lower stakes drama that gives room to explore all the characters could be incredible.
Abuela is the Spanish word for grandmother. So basically, when the kids call her Abuela, they are saying Grandma. 👵
I'm so glad you understand Abuela. I don't even have to explain it like I have on so many videos, you already completely understand the complexity and conflict of the family dynamic.
So many people hate Abuela Alma and villainize her and act like she doesn't deserve redemption. Nobody is perfect, but she apologizes and works to reconnect with her family and (literally) rebuild it. You couldn't ask for a better resolution to generational trauma.
The song at the resolve between mirable and her abuela is titled los origitos (spanish for Caterpillars). It's fitting bc the family hadn't made its transformation yet. Then, at the end of their resolve, the song was talking about mariposas or butterflies . Representing the metamorphosis and reuniting the madrigal family.
One of my favourite design things about this is the way they use colour to help you keep track of the family connections. All Pepa's branch of the family wear warm tones, reds and yellows, Julietta's branch wear cool toned blues and purples, Bruno is in the middle of his sisters in green, and Abuela wears red but a cool toned red.
Pepa is more yellow and orange. Julietta is different shades of blue. Abuela wears a purple/maroon. Additionally Isabella is the only one not following the family color scheme, because she is wearing purple, like Abuela. Showing how Abuela is projecting herself onto Isabella.
I love everything about this movie, but my favorite scene is when Pepa and Julietta see Bruno after 10 years. You kinda have to imagine that with their powers they were close as children, so not being together (for triplets) must have felt like a missing limb, even when they were upset about his visions.
And my favorite song is Isa's because I love the idea of the beautiful girl wanting to grow carnivorous / exploding dye plants!
And I always assumed when the candle went out that the magic hid inside her until Casita was rebuilt. It assumes that Bruno's visions can't be changed, because it went either way, but the point was if she saved it, it would come back stronger, because the family was stronger.
They "Don't Talk About Bruno" because him leaving broke Abeula's heart and any mention of him was likely to cause a scene/upset her. It wasn't hateful, it was because bringing it up hurt Abeula (although her coping mechanisms may have been a bit...fiery, as well. Either way, it's the sort of taboo subject that happen in big families out of concern rather than malice.)
Dumbo is so good that, true story, when my older brother was around 1-2 years old, he would cry every time (spoiler alert) Dumbo flies and it used to baffle my grandpa. He asked my mom about it and apparantly, he cried because it means the movie is ending! He would only stop crying if someone restart the movie from the beginning again 😂😂😂
The whole thing with Abuela is everything needs to be perfect and only if they are special they are perfect. It shows the most with Isabella, she threw all her broken dreams on her and molds her into this perfect version of herself. Her fiancée even looks like Petro.
But the "a gift just as special as you are" is also so toxic. That means, that the better your gift, the more special you are. And if you have no gift, then you are not special and you are a disappointment. It’s super toxic, but it all stems from Abuelas own trauma, so you can’t be that hard on her. But she is literally the cause of everything going wrong in the family. Everyone just tiptoes around her and wants to make her happy and proud.
Louisa is being crushed under all the weight and responsibilities that she shoulders, Isabella forces herself to be perfect to the point where she would marry a guy she doesn’t even like. She even said in her confession: "Everything was perfect. The family was happy. ABUELA was happy."
And for everyone else it’s the same. Pepa bottles up her emotions because Abuela doesn’t like her changing the wether. Dolores basically serves as Abuelas earpiece and tells her everything she wants to know about the town.
And even Mirabels parents don’t really stand up for her against Abuela. It’s especially noticeable when her Dad found the prophecy. His first thought isn’t: Oh no, Louisa is losing her powers and Mirabel is in a really bad spot right now. I should comfort them right now.
No. His first thought is: You did not find this prophecy. Louisa’s gift is not fading. Everything is okay. Abuela wants this night to be perfect, so this night has to be perfect.
This family is honestly so screwed up due to generational trauma. But damn do I love this movie.
And that’s all the way Abuela knows everything’s not perfect. She knows about the cracks. But she still pretends in front of her family and town. Making Mirabel look crazy or jealous. She cares so much about her perfect little miracle, that she lost regards for everything else.
You mean Isabella. You wrote Luisa forces herself to marry someone she doesn't like.
But I do love when her dad does stand up for her against Abuela. "Think of the family!" "I was thinking about my _daughter_ !"
Fun Fact: Mirabel is voiced by Stephanie Beatriz…. AKA Vaggie from Hazbin Hotel.
This movie also has a very interesting background, the fact that it takes place in Colombia and how Alma and Pedro were forced out of their original town by “raiders” reveals to us that Abuela’s backstory happens during the “Great Displacement” historic event that happened in the country in 1901.
To summarize…. a lot of people in that time were forced to leave their homes because of the internal conflicts between Guerrilla Fighters, Paramilitaries and the Armed Forces of the Colombian Goverment.
Millions of people lost their homes…. And here in Encanto we are told the story of Alma Madrigal who survived the raiders of her town in year and received a Miracle.
This information also tells us that the movie takes place in the year 1951, or at least in between 1950 and 1960, since abuela Alma mentions that she received the miracle 50 years ago.
I feel like more people would know Stephanie Beatriz as Rosa from Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
People being displaced as refugees in Columbia has been happening on and off for the last 100 years. Technically, that war is still going on today, it just flares up from time to time.
"I don't recognize any of these voice actors"
Mirabel was voiced by Stephanie Beatriz, who voiced Vaggie in Hazbin Hotel!
Bruno also voiced Sid from Ice Age. And has done a huge amount of live-action stuff.
The beautiful song at the lake was Dos Oruguitas by Sebastian Yatra. The lyric translation is in the closed captioning, but you can find it easily online. I recommend watching the video with the translation because it fits so very well visually. It kills me every time - I still don't know how it didn't win the Oscar that year, it's so beautifully produced and and sung. BTW - Dos Oruguitas translates to 'two caterpillars'. As I'm sure you noticed, butterflies are symbolized throughout the movie.
During the end credits, Sébastien Yatra sings it in English, but I love that they used the Español version in the movie 😊
Honestly the colours are another great reason for Pixar to continue featuring different world cultures in their stories. When they get it right (which I hear they mostly do, culturally) the palettes they have to draw from can be so gorgeous. I look forward to seeing your Coco reaction, that one is visually breathtaking too.
This wasn't a Pixar film, however.
I always felt that the reason that Isabel and Mirabel didn't like each other was because they were both jealous of each other. Isa, as the oldest grandchild, was loved the most by her grandmother, and Mirabel desired that love. On the other hand, Mirabel had complete freedom, as no one had any expectations of her, and Isa, who had every decision made for her, wanted that freedom more than anything.
Favorite Disney movie: Encanto
Favorite song: Surface Pressure
You should definitely watch Coco.
One sequel idea(if they do one) is that they can have Isabella and Luisa go off on an adventure to discover themselves with Camilo sneaking along as the comic relief. The B plot could be Mirabel learning what it means to be a head of a family.
This would be great!
I would LOVE if you did more of these!!! I think you would really enjoy them.
On your list Big Hero 6 and the whole Shrek franchise would be top of my requests 😂. Shrek is infamous for having an incredible sequel, and I agree, Shrek 2 is a must see.
Prince Uncharming XD
*lol*
I adore Pepa because she is a visual representation of general anxiety disorder, which I've had since I was a small child. Nobody wants our emotions, including us!
omg.. you haven't seen Shrek?! i think you'd absolutely love it! Big Hero Six is another one i think you'd thoroughly enjoy! and just to add.. another disney movie with some great songs and awesome visuals.. Princess and the Frog! it also has such a good message.
Coco, Moana, Tangled, Encanto and Big Hero 6 all must watches! Frozen and Frozen 2 are really great too.
Favourite Disney movies from childhood Aladdin and Beauty & the Beast, but recently Coco is just incredible.
Favourite song Whole New World 🌍❤
I think the cracks in the physical house was such a perfect metaphor for the "cracks" in the family unit. you can plaster over the cracks (problems) and hide them from view, but they are still there, likely worsening under the surface. until you do the inevitable work of stripping it down and repairing the foundation (fully addressing the problems) and the longer you try to ignore it and cover it up, the harder it is to fix it. In the end the entire house (family unit) had to crumble and be fully rebuilt.
I like to think if i was in this world and i had a power, it would be like Mirabel's mom.
Abuela is a good example of an antagonist who isn't a villain.
Mirabels gift is to be the next candle holder (family matriarch) but another way to describe it that I didn’t think of until you said her gift was to bring them back together, reminded me of a quote from the maze runner about one of the main characters- ‘he the glue’ and the same can be said about Mirable as she is the glue that held them together
The reason why Maribel did not get a gift was because in the end she was supposed to take the replacement of the candle she was supposed to be the light of the family the candle head to go because of the fact that the family especially abuela was so dependent on the candle providing them their powers and losing sight of valuing family over the candle so finally without the candle being in the picture the family can focus on each other and being a family to produce magic powers amongst themselves
I am Dominican-American. Born in the U.S. but both my parents were born in the Dominican Republic. 🇩🇴
Though this movie is set in Colombia, it struck a nerve with me in the most positive way. I identified with the main character, Mirabel so much being that my brother and I have always been considered the weirdos of the family. We are the ones that are most different from any of our relatives, and we were always reminded of that fact by our relatives.
By the end of this movie, I was balling with tears. For a long time, no matter how many times I heard the caterpillar song near the end of the film, I couldn't help but cry my eyes out.
🎞🎶🥹😭❤️🔥🎶
BTW, my middle name is so incredibly similar to the main character of this animated movie. Her name is Mirabel but my middle name is Maribel. It was the name my grandmother wanted to be my first name but my mother chose it as my middle name instead when I was born.
Lilo & Stitch is by far my all time favourite Disney movie, you definitely need to check it out sometime, you’d love it
In many Disney movies, the colors lime green and purple indicate a villain. I think I saw the most of these colors in this movie in Bruno's prediction flares/pictures and the eyeglasses the Mirabella wears. This could have helped mark them as the family outcasts. In a universe where lime green is an indication of evil, discovery that your "gift" is shown when someone sees something they don't want to see in a mass of swirling lime green sands would not be a good thing. (Hypotheses can be fun when tied to fiction.)
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Hi guys! As the message at the start says, there were some technical problems with the very end of the movie (I was extremely lucky it wasn't worse), so there are a couple of times where my face cam freezes for a few seconds! Hope it doesn't take too much away from the reaction!!
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The thing that was breaking the miracle was family strife - so the hugging represented the solution.
I have lost count how many times I have watched this movie because my kids love it so much
You gotta rewatch this with captions it definitely helps me especially during the ending songs !!😭🤞🏽💕
I love the last song (All of you) because it's a song about loving people where they are at. It's actually the perfect song to end the movie on. Plus Her getting the Door to the house to me said Mirabels Gift is that she's the one who cares for the family as just who they are not for their Gifts.
Aww never apologise for getting emotional! I’m the same 😂
Oh my God, I never expected this and I'm so happy you did this movie, Veggie! Thank you!
Dont say sorry for crying!! That is so real and cute ❤
Definitely watch Coco. It might be perfect for October since it takes place around the Day of the Dead in Mexico. It’s really an amazing movie.
Love Dumbo too! Classic Disney is classic for a reason.
Veggie, I've never watched a reaction to this movie where the person watching didn't cry. I've seen it quite a few times and bawled every time. I think maybe people especially wanted you to watch it because you are a dude who isn't afraid to show emotion... all that to say, of course don't feel bad about crying. :) I'm definitely the kind of person who is most partial to Camilo's ability, though I expected you to love Antonio's the most of course, Hufflepuff that you are lol! Luisa's song is my favorite, it's just too good. Thanks for watching this, I was so excited to see your reaction!!
There are 2 earlier scenes in the movie that get mirrored later on.
1st is during the intro version of Abuela telling young Mirabel about getting the Encanto, you see the gouse use the windows to wave at Abuela and then she smiles and waves back. The house waves to Mirabel the same way after the magic is restored and she waves back in the same way.
2nd is that at first Mirabel leads Antonio to his door by signaling with a nod. At the end of thw movie, Antonia leads Mirabel to thw door of Casita nodding the same way and still walking arm in arm.
I think Mirabelles gift is healing minds the way her mom heals bodies. She didn't get it when she was 5 because she was too young to handle it. Notice how everyone, including Casita starts opening up about their problems right after she sings Waiting For A Miracle. She got her gift when she asked for it and not before because that is a horrible "gift" for a child to have.
Oh, VG! You’re just such a sweet spirit and I adore your reactions to these emotional movies.
I had no idea you did this. So excited right now.
Exactl what I need laying awake at 5am with a broken ankle :^)
Ouch! So sorry to hear that, Mike! Hope you heel up soon!! :)
Yes, Encanto is my absolute FAVORITE animated film, Coco, Inside Out, The Incredibles movies, SO MANY GOOD ONES! Also, if you ever do TV and have seen Avatar the Last Airbender!
Not really having a villain is definitely a hallmark of modern Disney. I think this is a great example of that working, but some stories do still deserve a fun truly evil character!
OH YESS
Encanto is, in fact, my favorite Disney movie XD
I'm sure someone said this, but there is a theory that Mirabel didn’t get a gift because she was intended to be the next keeper of the candle.
Absolutely can't wait for more animated movies 😭 they are my favourite movies to watch, and the ones from your list are so awesome! Also, i love Dumbo as well!! The music is so fun, but my favourite is Hunchback of Notre Dame 🥰 best music. Best theatrical feel. Excellent villain. So good 👍🏼
Frollo is, in my opinion, the most realistic Disney animated villain. Out of all of them, he seems like somebody who could actually be a real person
Haven't been around for a while, but it's great to be back. I saw Dumbo as a kid - they used to have movies in the gym once a month on the Airbase my father was stationed at and they had that and Sleeping Beauty.
I do have my favorite Disney movies, but I feel like you'd enjoy Wreck It Ralph as a gamer. The way they build the arcade world is pretty creative.
Im so glad you liked this movie. ❤️ Cant wait to tag along your animation journey. Im sure people will point it out in the comments, but both Abuela and Mirabel didnt have gifts, but could control casita. So I thought her "gift" would be just... Keeping the family together, but in another format, since the trauma and danger back in abuela's generarion is no more. Eventually her door is the front door of the house!
I feel for Pepa (the weather one), because shes was never free to express herself, always had to repress her emotions. So dont apologize for crying!
Please don't apologise for crying/being emotional. I'm also a big cryer and think it's beautiful to be moved so much!
Hercules and Mulan are the most nostalgic and rewatchable for me. But I love so many of the movies from the last 10-20 years of Disney/Pixar
Great Reaction! I love this movie, it's definitely one of my favorites because it is so complex in the characters emotions, experiences and grief!
Some movies to watch and are underrated are treasure planet and Atlantis!
49:21 notice how the house listens to Mirabel & Abuela only. Mirabel wasn’t given a specific gift cause the house chose her as the next caretaker. To take over for Abuela when the time comes. 49:44 love how Jorge saved Bruno. 52:14 put the closed captioning on and they do the english translation to it. It’s about 2 butterflies. 58:50 it showed that when Isabella wasn’t so stressed and worried about being perfect the candle burned brighter. It was going out cause Abuela (as she said in the song) was afraid of losing them and the gift so she held on to tight and made sure they used they gift only one way.
Awww, don't apologize for crying, I'm right there with you lol.
Hunchback of Notre Dame is my favorite Disney movie. I would love to see your reaction to that one.
I feel like Veggie would really appreciate the Hunchback of Notre Dame, for multiple reasons!
My absolute favorite Disney movie is Atlantis the lost empire ❤️ The story and animation is so unique
i hadn't seen encanto until a few days ago. tarzan was my favorite prior, now it's this. (it would've been impressive to remember all the names & powers after the first song, but it not only establishes more basic premises too, but makes it easier to pick up on names & powers again as the movie continues)
bruno & mirabel's parallels as people experiencing a scapegoating / outcasting from the family while being blamed for its problems is very strong & very real. it's interesting how different bruno's power is from anyone else's: he can't really divert it for some desired use, he simply sees truths nobody can change; he also can't just have visions anywhere, so to "help the community" people would have to come to him in his tower, which was likely isolating. the "your future awaits" sign & all the stairs (as well as seemingly everyone being in on the "we don't talk about bruno") sentiment suggest that plenty of people sought out his visions, even when then plenty of people didn't like getting the truth. he probably had the experience repeatedly of someone desperate for a vision from him for help & then having negative reactions, as happens with mirabel asking for another vision.
mirabel's role is also seeing the truth & sharing it, trying to address the issues with the magic, house, & family, while already feeling out of place (like bruno did, even though he still had a power) & increasingly being blamed & isolated for this. but also already she was providing support the family needed: she's the one person who can find & encourage antonio, & her message of "you don't have to worry about me" b/c she has her family is a message she needed from her own family members regarding her fears of letting everyone down & not making them proud: even while she can't direct that towards herself, she can extend the support she needs to antonio. you can see her put in bruno's place at antonio's ceremony: she's standing apart from everything, behind a wall, in the shadows, not feeling like she can come out without ruining everything, & only manages it when antonio pleads with her, needing her support. bruno has also obviously been apart from everything, behind walls, and is afraid to emerge for his own sake, but does so to help mirabel (and the rest of the family by extension, of course, but he has the especial support and understanding for her as a very similar and right now very vulnerable family member who needs his help specifically) and in the end he can even try to use his status as the scapegoat, the person who supposedly makes bad things happen, to try to protect mirabel and take all the blame for the house breaking and miracle seemingly ending. he was afraid to face abuela himself simply for his own sake (like rejoining the family) but he would burst onto the scene in front of her & confront her while making himself look even worse (than he thinks she regards him) for the sake of protecting mirabel from being blamed. at that point he really might not have cared what abuela thought of him anymore, insofar as he'd gladly have her hate him than let mirabel be hated instead. it's kind of like the return of the miracle in that moment: bruno doesn't need abuela to have changed & now treat him differently, he'd accept it if he just managed to have sort of sacrificed himself for his niece there, but it's lovely that she does have nothing but love and support for him now; likewise, the family could've been fine without their gifts returning, but it's only a bonus that they do after seeing all the value & help they have without it.
there's also the factor that the way bruno is discussed (& depicted) seems to indicate these various ways he can be considered disabled (mirabel not being "gifted", supposedly not able to contribute or belong or be a point of pride in the same way, could be looked at through a lens re: disability) and he's seen as "weird," seen in a negative light, & misinterpreted (badly) in ways beyond his visions, like how bruno's efforts to be friendly & supportive to his sister on her wedding day were interpreted and relayed to us. then dolores' verse may as well be about how it was bruno himself with any & all of his oddities that the family was grappling with & couldn't understand. it's certainly not only all about the visions, and it's very important how the movie allows him to keep being "weird" even as he gets out from behind the walls and is embraced. the message would fall flat if it's not that the family changed, but that bruno became more "normal" before they'd treat him better. instead he can be weird, including if the experiences he's been put through have made him "weirder," and the family can support him anyway, b/c it's not bad, but hurting & losing a family member is.
it's great how mirabel & bruno are able to find very crucial support in each other when, on their own, they're getting scapegoated & blamed for the problems of the family, when both of them were the ones seeing things as they are and telling the truth about it. if the refuge that the family should be hinges on recreating the precarity of the outside world (to "preempt" being hurt by that outside world) &/or rather believing a refuge must be where bad things never happen, rather than a place where, when bad things happen, you're helped rather than hurt further, then one way or another you're on your own with problems, to handle yourself & pretend don't even exist. mirabel & bruno supposedly "fail" by being odd ones out who aren't helping the family, aren't making them proud, and then even by being openly unhappy about how things are going, perhaps challenging & disrupting them, & this is supposedly "ruining" things. you can see in the scene where mirabel needs to hug isabela that they get further away from hugging when mirabel's just trying to pretend things are fine, & only when things get "worse" & they argue can truths come out & things change, for the better. same with luisa, where mirabel supposedly makes things worse until luisa confesses her worries, then mirabel feels guilty as luisa struggles more with her powers throughout the movie b/c the conversation with mirabel made the status quo feel more unsustainable. bruno thought he was only making things worse (& learned that people would only see the worst in anything associated with / from him) and internalized that, where unlike what others read into him he knows he's not malicious or causing anyone's futures one way or another, but presumably started to feel something must be inherently wrong with him (as mirabel must have felt in not being given a gift) and been extra preoccupied with warding off bad luck as a result. after not only having these experiences seeing how her sisters in particular are suffering & feel trapped in that, but in seeing how far it went with bruno being so separated from his family, seen so badly by everyone, while so hurt in reality and seeing that as unable to change, puts her in a better place to realize it's not actually that something's wrong with her and she's only hurting people, but that something needs to fundamentally change in the family, a new foundation. but the confrontation and exposure of cracks and hurts and truths looks disastrous and ruinous and it seemed easier to pretend everything has to be fine with what everyone already knew, while the scapegoated outlier family members saw and tried to attend to the cracking of the house.
it's just all very real as to whose supposedly "disruptive" presence gets negatively piled on: troublemaking for telling the truth, like if you're an extra vulnerable family member who's not getting the support they need & can't pretend they're okay without it, or even needs to leave because of it, supposedly becoming the "uncaring" one, or someone "creating" problems rather than that the way they're failed by preexisting problems just brings those problems more into the light, & if anything, creates the opportunity for solutions, or certainly improvements anyways, and forever the potential for further ones: it isn't perfect, neither are we. ugh, i could say so much more than i already have even lol, it's so good, and the movie's so excellent and strong in all elements. the characters in this are fantastic and even in the midst of that, bruno is an incredible character. this scapegoated disabled (easily also readable / interpretable as queer (as isabela might be too)) role in this family who is vilified (& even when julieta doesn't say anything negative about bruno directly, her remarks that he lost his way frame him as a fate to be avoided for mirabel after mirabel was "disrupting" by seeing things as they were and telling the truth about them even when that "ruined" a celebration of the family & the miracle supposedly in its ideal form) yet is completely key to mirabel having the perspective and support she needs to be what the family needs. absolutely amazing and so important.
There is a theory that the reason WHY she didn't grt a gift is that she is the next "abuela" the next matriarch, basically.
And my favorite song is Surface Pressure, I love Luisa's song.
My fav animated movie is actually not a Disney film. It's Prince of Egypt. Hopefully it gets added to your list
I remember that movie! I haven't watched it in ages but I remember that Val Kilmer gave one of his greatest performances in that movie. Thanks for reminding it to me!
I think you would really like Tangled and The Emperor's New Groove and Big Hero 6. too. BTW...the reason the music is so great is it was written by Lin-Manuel Miranda who created Hamilton.
Don't worry about getting teary-eyed and emotional - when I watched Encanto with my kids for the first time, I accidentally scared them, they kept asking me why I was crying... 🥲😅 This movie hits you right in the feels, because everything is so real - the family relationships, everyone dealing with their own demons while trying to show the smiling face to the outside world, trying to keep up appearances rather than dealing with everyones insecurities and issues, it all breaking down in shambles and them being able to reconect, realise their mistakes and come out stronger... This is so emotionally powerfull, that even a heart of stone would shed a tear... 😉
P.S.: Sorry for any mistakes, English is not my first language...😶🌫
we need more of these vids veggie!! coco is (in my opinion) one of the most beautiful movies of all time, i think you'd love it :)
You definitely should look up the english translation for that song but it will probably make you cry again
There actually is a voice actor you know in this movie, Stephanie Beatriz (Mirabel's voice actor) is also Vaggie's voice actor from Hazbin Hotel
I had no idea!! That is amazing!!
Nice to see someone pick up on how Isabela's struggle is an actual struggle. Most reactors seem to just hate on her and laugh at the whole "stuck being perfect" thing without giving it a second thought, but having to appear/act "perfect" at everything at all times, that is something genuinely tough to go through. Might be the phrasing of it in the movie that makes people not pick up on it, a shame, really.
I'm so glad you don't blame the grandma. I saw so many reactions in which they hate the grandna, they hate her because they don't understand. Here in Latin America generational trauma is normal, the last century were full of violence, coups that civil conflict. I don't think there's a single Latin American contry that didn't go through at least one of the stuff I mentioned before. Grandparents or even parents suffered too much when they were young and they were hurt, and broken and they tried to fix themselves the best they could. We, the generation raised in peace have not right to hate on them. I see many people of my age (27) and younger blaming their parents for everything, is not our parents fault to be traumatised. Young people want to be heard so badly but they never take the time the heard the elder, to understand their paibs and fears.
An interesting yet completely tearjerking fact - *Mirabel* is the villain of the movie. Why is the grandmother so harsh on everyone else? *Because Mirabel keeps trying to be part of the family, thus reminding her grandmother that there's problems with the gift.* If Mirabel had just accepted it and stayed in her place and stopped trying to be part of the family, both literally and emotionally, and had kept out of the way, the grandmother's "OMG EVERYONE MUST BE PERFECT TO MAKE UP FOR HER NOT BEING PERFECT!" shtick wouldn't have been anywhere near as bad... so the family wouldn't be crumbling under the pressure, because the pressure would be less.
Sure, Mirabel is the solution... but the problem only exists because she hasn't learned to shut up and keep out, like Bruno did.
I have three favourites, encanto, tangled and moana/vaiana
No need to apologize, I always get teary eyed during this movie, no matter how many times I watch it. It's true for most Pixar movies ☺
The Sword in the Stone or Robin Hood are my favorite Disney movies. BUT my favorite Disney song is from Sleeping Beauty..."Once Upon a Dream" ❤
I tried so hard not to get choked up the first time i first heard "Surface Pressure"
Yeah, it is showing another side to Luisa, but it took me until the credits to realise what it was! I wish I had picked up on it sooner (I got distracted by the donkeys, sorry! XD)
@@VeggieGamer lol i know the visuals are wild! Love the reaction
My favorite disney song is "Proud of Your Boy" which is a cut song from Aladdin that was brought back for the Broadway musical adaptation and my favorite disney movie is Treasure Planet which is a VERY underrated disney film that is a Sci-fi adaptation of the book Treasure Island. It is a rare male protagonist as the main character and also isnt a romance plot but a coming of age/found family plot with pirate action adventure galore!
I love the fact you don't just sit on hating on the grandma(Like I have seen alot and I mean alot do). Like Yes she did wrong but she didn't know and to be fair no one really corrected her either(That I mean really really corrected her, I know Mirabel's parents do defend their daughter). But as soon as she realized she was more then open to change her ways. Like we can't imagine whats happening in someones head or what someone is going through. Not all "Bad people" are bad, some are just troubled.
Omg, yes PLEASE watch the Hunchback of Notre Dame!! It is my favourite Disney movie and (in my opinion) Disney's darkest animated children's movie. The animation is absolutely gorgeous in it, and the songs are just plain epic. The opening is on the same level of incredibleness as that of the Lion King. I would really, REALLY, recommend watching it.
Also really recommend the Disney classics Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella. Yes, they're a bit old and might seem a bit boring to some modern audiences, but they are just absolute classic fairytale Disney princess movies. Also for more recent releases recommend Lilo & Stitch, Moana and Turning Red.
These are just my recommendations, and they are pretty biased because these are some of my all time favourite movies. Would really love to see your reaction to them!
Wreck It Ralph and Big Hero 6 are my favorite Disney movies. I do love Encanto though the music is so great!
I am all for you watching Disney movies