I love that Magnifico is treated as unreasonable for saying that the granddad's wish of wanting to write songs could be dangerous Then at the end, he's defeated by a song, proving he was 100% right.
@@jareththegoblinking3191 I saw in some of the early storyboards had both a Star boy and the Star we got, maybe the original plan had him only on earth for a limited amount of time and he turns into Star at some point.
This movie should have ended with the queen sitting on the throne as she says "Now my wish has come true" then turning to the mirror before asking "tell me darling, who is the fairest of them all?"
Something recent Disney has forgotten, accountability. Aladdin realizing his mistakes and chooses to correct said mistakes by confronting Jafar. Mulan disobeyed her father, almost getting herself killed and or executed, chooses to acknowledge mistakes and continues to fight as herself. Asha doesn’t have to overcome difficulties.
Hell there is even some variety in that. Animated Mulan knew both her going to war was both illegal and dangerous, particularly as her being a women meant she had 0 training. She acknowledged that and decided she was willing to take those consequences over the death of her father. Belle knew it was her in prison or her father, she volunteered without knowing love would save her. Tiana tries the easy way out kissing frog Naveen and gets cursed for it, she certainly isn't happy but she then works to fix things til she accepts it may not be possible.
in general, that's a problem of boring female leads today. They are so marry sue and perfect, they don't actually grow, they just overcome the villain which was never really in question
@@yourshoulderdevil5229 Speaking of that song, during the song they keep carrying materials and stuff with the implication that they are building something to take down Magnifico, but when the song ends after the queen arrives and joins in, they're all like "so what do we do now?" and all the materials are gone. So what was the point of all that? And how did the queen find them anyway? The point of the secret room they were hiding in was that it was, well, a SECRET room no one knew about so how did the queen find it? And if she found it cuz she heard them singing, then how didn't MAGNIFICO or any guards hear them singing?
How is it that Encanto also has lots of characters but most of them have development and are memorable to this day while Wish failed spectacularly at this?
This literally could have been a retelling of "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" and the girl could have released all the wishes because she thought she knew what was best on her first day on the job. Then she and her wacky sidekicks would have to go out and clean up the chaos she caused, so that she can learn to take responsibility and the powerful message that sometimes, the people in charge actually know what they're doing. It would be visually pleasing seeing all the wishes, but it would also really lean into the history of Disney because the "Sorcerer's Apprentice" was one of their earliest and very recognizable works.
@@mr.mediocregamer9653 Yeah, literally the only thing I'd change, is give Asha a partially valid argument. Enough that it should be worth considering for its useful bits, but doesn't. She sees the good 10% but not the problematic rest and bases her decision on that. Good way to justify the 'be careful what you wish for' since generally the road to hell is paved with good intentions. Something like "maybe we let the people with failed wishes try again in a few years or so" "Maybe we let them have a second chance when their brains are a little more developed?" "if thats too many wishes, maybe you need to hire a few more apprentices?" "have you considered telling people to be more specific?"
Only 19 minutes? Dude the entire movie's a sin. But thanks for calling out the fact that the King literally has a point by not granting everyone their wish!
Seriously, imagine how great of a twist would have it been if Amaya was the true villain! I think it would have been cool to reveal that she was the great evil that destroyed Magnifico's home and slowly manipulated him to open up the book to become corrupted cause maybe for some reason she lost the ability to open the book and that's why she needs Magnifico to open it instead. I mean through out the whole movie her personality felt too nice and boring to me so I was expecting her to be the twist villain. Many plot holes could have been fixed with her as the villain like the roof having an opening. She could have installed that herself as part of the spell she needed Magnifico to use the wishes on. If this movie was supposed to be dedicated to the 100 years of Disney than Amaya would have been the perfect villain to honor that cause she would honor the modern twist villains but also honor the truly evil ones cause she would had never loved her husband! She would have just wanted power! The fact that I can rewrite just ONE character and have that fix so much of this movies problems, just shows how lazy the writing really was!
Not only that, imagine making a big budget movie that was supposed to be celebrating it's 100 year anniversary yet shows like Phineas and Ferb or movie trilogy like High School Musical had better and memorable original songs than Wish 🤷
I think the worst part for me was how Asha being the main character was the one to get everyone chanting in hailing the queen when the queen herself basically sat on her butt for most of the movie except for complaining about her husband...
@@chatnoire89 Right, if she were so loyal, why was she so quick to give up on the king? oh, the book says he can't be saved. whoops, oh well, moving on.
If you don’t mind me idea dumping: -Asha’s wish is to bring her father back, and Magnifico doesn’t grant it because he doesn’t want to upset the balance of the universe -Instead of bees, the book is guarded by a spell that manifests a character’s trauma -It shows Asha a vision of her father, which flows into her and Magnifico’s conversation about him, and later Magnifico his village when he goes to retrieve it -Amaya makes a wish for Magnifico to be saved from the book’s influence
"Wish" is one of those rare Disney films where the Villain wins instead of the Hero. When you think about it, Asha is the TRUE villain of this film, because King Magnifico has a really good point about how it's dangerous when everyone's wishes are granted.
@@m3tamorphosissystem250it was a willing contract. The only people at fault were those who chose to live in the kingdom. It was up to the townsfolk to decide how valuable that wish REALLY was to them.
@@m3tamorphosissystem250the people come to his kingdom exactly knowing they had to pay this if they want to live there. Literally the only contribution they had to do. It's equivalent exchange with full consent of both party. And asha is saying they shouldn't pay at all? It's like saying a guy comes to your house, wants to live there, then you lay down the house rules that they need to pay rent. That's it. They agreed for some while but then they feel entitled that the house is now theirs bcs they live there, and paying rent means oppression. So they boot you out and bash you for making them pay rent. She's awfully selfish and doesn't listen to anyone ever. Really shown by how asha tried touch the very thing magnifico warned her to not touch in the beginning of the movie
@@ThePinkRubber again, it’s part of you. A more accurate comparison would be like literally giving your arm and your leg in exchange for living somewhere. It’s not fatal, but it will certainly make your life harder.
@@m3tamorphosissystem250 the people gave them up at the age of 18.... people grow up, and their desires change... the wish they made at 18 could be completely different from what they want now....
Disney: We promise to give you an old fashioned villain. Also Disney: Gives “villain” reasonable backstory, logical mindset, and then forces him to be evil. Classic Disney 😒
It's especially funny when an oddball series like Jojo's has more well written Villains than most of what Disney has been making for the past few years.
It's super easy too. Just make him more outwardly narcissistic and craven. Straight up ignore people or not remember their names. Make it to where Asha gets to hear about the wish sanctum but not see it cuz it's his hoard. There were a million ways to make Magnifico better and they just didn't do it.
I love field days. I get to prove my skills in important athletic contests, like tug-o-war, three-legged races, and that one thing where you have to hold the waist of the person in front of you and run to the finish line that they called at my school, I kid you not, "The Human Centipede Race". Anyway, field days rule.
I do believe she was loyal but her turning sides is pretty understandable though especially seeing how your husband turned evil all of a sudden (still asha’s fault through if only she didn’t destroy the balance and the king’s view on granting said wishes)
@Star14Light nah, if she was actually loyal she'd want him to be saved from the book's influence, maybe with a wish? But no they trapped him in a mirror for eternal punishment.
5:32 - I love how everybody.... EVERYBODY... immediately thought of this as soon as they saw the first trailer. "But... not everyone CAN have their wish granted, if only because of simple wish economics." NOBODY thought it was fair to label Magnifico the villain for just being practical with his wish-granting. lol
This movie deserves an extra 5,000 sins just for Asha’s magic wand. After preaching the whole movie that people should make their dreams come true themselves, and that the king was evil for deciding which wishes would get granted, she has the gall to accept a magic wand and take on the role of the kingdom’s fairy godmother. Basically, it’s evil if Magnifico is doing it, but it’s totally fine if she herself is doing it. Asha is a lying piece of ****.
Asha has the power to _help_ wishes come true. Unlike Magnifico, she isn't taking their wishes away or stopping them from pursuing their wishes themselves. That's what makes her okay and Magnifico "evil". Asha is an assistant, Magnifico is a wish dictator.
@@amystarr7654 A “dictator” who lets people live in his kingdom for free, protects them for free, gives them the freedom to live their lives however they want, and grants wishes just to be nice. Wishes that, by the way, he doesn’t “take” from them. The people willingly choose to give him their wishes, even though he tells them upfront what that would entail. The people are fully aware of the fact that they’ll forget their wishes, but they don’t care. This isn’t a case of an evil dictator king. It’s a case of lazy people who would rather have someone else make their dreams come true, than work hard themselves to make them happen. And as for Asha, no. If you’ll recall, Magnifico was an assistant. We see him grant the wish of a woman who wants to make the most beautiful clothes in the land. He grants the wish by giving her a magical pair of scissors to help her. He doesn’t actually make the clothes for her; he simply gives her a tool to assist her in her endeavors. So, by your logic about being an assistant, there should be no difference at all between Magnifico and Asha. Which brings me back to my point-she’s a lying hypocrite with an “It’s okay when I do it” attitude.
Ahh Magnifico… the first Disney villain to prove how evil he is by fighting to keep his people safe and happy. Doing nothing to them they weren’t completely willing to do and that they understood in its entirety…. Wait… which character was the villain again?
@@ajmcomixonline8824 No he didn't. He took a single wish, not turned them into utter zombies. In exchange he created a near paradise where they lived free from fear from invasion and had all their needs seen to. They were also more than welcome to leave at any point.
@@anastasious they were told only he had the right to pick which wishes and dreams should come true he was a total control freak and threatened the well being of anyone who dared to question him and there families asha gives the smallest bit of back talk and he makes a big show of how he's never gonna grant her familys wishes
@ajmcomixonline8824 She stole one of the wishes he was guarding after he told her specifically that her grandfather's wish was too vague. And it WAS. He wished to inspire the next generation. That's it. He didn't say "inspire them to do good" or "inspire them to be heroes." What if his inspiration led to the next generation starting a civil war that destroyed the nation Magnifico worked so hard to protect? Mind you, he's lived through a harrowing experience like that before. Asha demanded King Magnifico grant her grandfather's wish with no thoughts as to what implications it could have. The punishment he gave to her family was suitable, in my opinion.
Take Mother Gothel. She is initially deceitful but not outright evil until the end of the movie. But her transition from mean to murderer is believable because she had BEEN evil (kidnapping Rapunzel). But Magnífico never showed any signs of evilness so his transition feels forced
Agreed. With Mother Gothel, we got an incredible case of dramatic irony where we can see she's evil for kidnapping a child, locking her away and using her for her magic hair, but Rapunzel just sees her as a loving if distant mother. The treat is in seeing Rapunzel realise that her only mother figure has been evil the whole time, and recognising that the monstrous men and villains she was taught to fear were actually good deep down.
Imagine if they'd run with the idea that the protag is assumed good and turns out to be the evil one so the viewer feels betrayed and starts to side with the antagonist
I took my kids to the theater to see this movie. I hated how the villain was The hero and the hero was the villain. My kids hated that everything in the film was just an Easter egg. When the four year old can find your plot holes you got a problem
the people come to his kingdom exactly knowing they had to pay this if they want to live there. Literally the only contribution they had to do. It's equivalent exchange with full consent of both party. And asha is saying they shouldn't pay at all? It's like saying a guy comes to your house, wants to live there, then you lay down the house rules that they need to pay rent. That's it. They agreed for some while but then they feel entitled that the house is now theirs bcs they live there, and paying rent means oppression. So they boot you out and bash you for making them pay rent. She's awfully selfish and doesn't listen to anyone ever. Really shown by how asha tried touch the very thing magnifico warned her to not touch in the beginning of the movie. Asha is really evil
@@ThePinkRubber Agreed, the movie would make 100x more sense and be 100x better with a few changes that make Asha out as the villain properly. Maybe she's the one to use the tome of dark magic or something, and in the end it's Magnifico who has to stop her insane rampage and show her the error of her ways.
Ah it's truly the internet when you see these baffling hot takes. A villain makes one good point and you suddenly think that's enough ground to defend his actions. No it was a convenient truth that not every wish should be granted. Convenient for him. He can go 100% that the Grandpa wants to inspire people for the good and he still wouldn't granted because all inspiration go to bed would inspire people to not give the wishes to him. Is backstory is so transparent that his Family will clearly tyrants. They were the greedy and power-hungry ones. And he learned nothing from me and decided to double down with what the family did. Made 10 times worse when he pretends to be kind. His songs prove how dangerously deranged he was to actually sink with the things he was saying that in any form of way that they did not show respect to ever show him gratitude.
@@SeeMyEvil no one is defending Magnifico’s actions, they’re saying that the movie didn’t present anywhere near enough motivation for Magnifico to commit those actions in the first place The movie *presents* Magnifico as a reasonable guy at first (and does a really good job at it too) only to have him turn evil so abruptly and for no reason that he doesn’t even feel like the same character You can literally tell he is only evil because the movie needs him to be, he doesn’t act like a real person at all
I have to say that as a biracial person, I was so excited when I saw the trailer. When I was little, I desperately wanted a Disney Princess that looked like me, so when I saw the trailer and realized she was biracial, I was nearly in tears. I finally had my biracial “Disney Princess.” But then I saw the movie, and I cannot express how much my heart broke. I finally got that representation my child self dreamed of, but it was delivered to me in a broken package. Seeing the concept art felt like a slap in the face for good measure. It could’ve been so good.
It's quite hilarious that Disney cancelled Nimona, a 20th Century/Blue Sky movie during production, got picked by Netflix with Disney now releasing Wish as their 100th anniversary event and ended up being Nimona recieving way more acclaim including an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature than Wish 😂
Not only does Asha ask for her grandfather’s wish to be granted BEFORE she even gets the job, but would she have even cared if she hadn’t found his wish? Would any of this have happened if she saw some random person’s wish? Nepotism.
@@ajmcomixonline8824 she literally mentions in the beginning how 'nobody misses their wishes' and then discovers her grandfathers wish, and is like, 'hey, king, i know i just met you and this is an interview, but its my grandfathers 100th birthday, and me being the spoiled brat that i am, think that you should grant my grandpas wish because its his birthday.' then gets all hurt when the king says no because he has a logical and reasonable reason for not wanting to grant it, and like the childish 17 year old she is, goes off and throws a tantrum and throws the entire kingdom off balance because she felt entitled... im sorry, where exactly does that make her the hero of the story? if anything, ashas the villain....
@@slinger0083 ya probably she didn't like that any of the wishes were kept without being granted her family may have been the driving force but her belief that people should at least know what they wished for is caused her to go back and fight after her and her family got away, asha still had her wish, her grandfather got his back and it was to late for her Moms she only went back to save all the others her song that summons the star has her saying she wants something better for the kingdom
3:47 Bro I agree. When Belle got her library from the beast at least you got a sweeping shot at how BIG it was and knowing how much Belle loved reading it had a personal connection to it. 4:03 wow as an artist that's insulting
17:14 Are they trying to imply that he was sucked into the staff and now exists as the mirror from Snow White? Pause it and advance one frame at a time.
The real problem with this movie: someone should’ve told Disney “There’s celebrating your centennial and there’s advertising your worst movies.” They did the latter
I believe Starkid said it best in their brilliant piece Twisted: "If you're good and you're attractive, no need to be proactive! Good things will just happen to you!"
I'm not gonna laugh for putting shame on this centennial animated movie but COME ON! We all knew The Lord of the Rings trilogy and Ian McKellen's character in Middle-Earth.
I feel like we need an extended edition to properly sin this movie 😂 What about the fact they sing a full-blown romantic love song to the wishes? The bunny says the answers to Asha’s questions are simple - and then they sing a whole song that doesn’t answer anything. Actually all the songs need more sins. And we need a bonus round for every time they say “wish.” XD
The songs were fine and ya they said wish slot its a movie called wish about a wish r star freeing stolen wishes from an evil wish hoarding king. That ends with the mane character becoming a fairy godmother who helps with peoples wish the word wish will come up slot like the word dog in hotel for dogs
Also,5:45 This is exactly why I thought Asha's plan wouldn't work: plenty of people would be upset that their wish wouldn't be granted and that resentment would build after seeing certain wishes be granted instead of theirs. Therefore a rebellion would happen, possibly destroying Rosas Ya can dislike or disagree with King Magnifico all you want,but his methods have worked for years,if not decades.
Also: Everybody knows that they forget the wish they give to the king, and they also know that exactly 1 wish is granted per month, so if more than 1 kid is born per month, they must all *know* that not all wishes are granted. Logically speaking, knowing these rules, you would either wish for something you can’t achieve through hard work anyway (eg because it violates the laws of physics) or some dark, twisted, evil desire you want to rid yourself of, because you correctly assume it will never be granted. Reading through that wish collection probably requires some psychological counselling afterwards.
Asha herself resented that the tailor lady got her wish rather than her grandpa and made such a fuss about it at his birthday. Even her mom and grandpa did not seem happy at this account, though understandable in their case but the point stands.
13:21 Considering he’s studied magic for so long, it would make sense for him to have read about a magical island full of fairies and hand craving crocodiles
It's really the fact that Trolls Band Together is more well recieved than Disney's Wish (a movie that was supposed to be celebrating Disney's 100th year anniversary that's failed miserably) and the songs in Trolls Band Together are way better than Wish despite the fact that most of it were cover songs is hilarious to me 😂😂
Trolls Band Together may be a cashgrab sequel no one asked for that reeks with corporatism but at least it gave us the absolute legends known as Velvet and Veneer, those two CARRIED the movie.
1:18 Yeah, yeah movie. His LOYAL wife...you know? the one who turns on him in an INSTANT. Also ironically, the tagline on the poster for this movie was "Be careful what you wish for" LMAO What I find hilarious is that Asha, we can assume was BORN in this kingdom and had absolutely no issue with how things were done until it indirectly effected her personal life. Disney made a movie about a protester and anarchist.
"My Saba is good" girl the king barely knows you or your grandpa! You barely finished the interview and already asked him to change the fabric of reality because the earth spun around the sun one more time since your saba was born.
This movie smells like a sloppy rewrite. It sure seems like they intended to make Magnifico a sympathetic villain by giving him more backstory and motivation. But that probably tested poorly. It sure seems like they were hinting his village was destroyed by magic related to wishes. Like you could split the interview scene into two parts. End after Magnifico's good guy song about protecting wishes and end wish him giving Asha the apprenticeship. Skip forward time to Asha asking about her grandfather's wish, Magnifico not freaking out, but instead expositioning how a greedy wish destroyed his village. Have her disillusioned without going super villain, have her sing her song. Have the star come down, and have Magnifico freak out and start his decent to evil from there. And yes, "you can't really take away someone's wish" makes a lot more sense of a theme than "we're all made of stars"
In other words the king ain't a villain he wants to prevent the consequences he experienced in the past from repeated meanwhile so called hero asha cluelessly wants repeat the consequences the king is trying to prevent from happening again
Plus the people come to his kingdom exactly knowing they had to pay this if they want to live there. Literally the only contribution they had to do. It's equivalent exchange with full consent of both party. And asha is saying they shouldn't pay at all? It's like saying a guy comes to your house, wants to live there, then you lay down the house rules that they need to pay rent. That's it. They agreed for some while but then they feel entitled that the house is now theirs bcs they live there, and paying rent means oppression. So they boot you out and bash you for making them pay rent. She's awfully selfish and doesn't listen to anyone ever. Really shown by how asha tried touch the very thing magnifico warned her to not touch in the beginning of the movie
My wife and kids dragged me to this movie. As soon as she learned the truth that many wishes would NEVER be granted, including her grandpa's, I immediately turned to my wife and said that if this wasn't a Disney movie, the right decision would be for the King to end her right there and make up some excuse about her "accidental" death before she becomes a problem. But no! He just let's her walk free with dangerous insider knowledge.
True. I mean, the king was a sorcerer, and it's already been established that he can manipulate people's memories. Why didn't he just do that with Asha after seeing her reaction? Or you know, not show your Day 1 intern the big secret?
You know, both Magnifico and Amaya were meant to be an evil power couple? If Disney had gone through with this idea than this probably would have been a better movie! Seriously, imagine how great of a twist would have it been if Amaya was the true villain! I think it would have been cool to reveal that she was the great evil that destroyed Magnifico's home and slowly manipulated him to open up the book to become corrupted cause maybe for some reason she lost the ability to open the book and that's why she needs Magnifico to open it instead. I mean through out the whole movie her personality felt too nice and boring to me so I was expecting her to be the twist villain. Many plot holes could have been fixed with her as the villain like the roof having an opening. She could have installed that herself as part of the spell she needed Magnifico to use the wishes on. If this movie was supposed to be dedicated to the 100 years of Disney than Amaya would have been the perfect villain to honor that cause she would honor the modern twist villains but also honor the truly evil ones cause she would had never loved her husband! She would have just wanted power! The fact that I can rewrite just ONE character and have that fix so much of this movies problems, just shows how lazy the writing really was!
I don’t think it was lazy, my guess is after a series of failures, Disney executives made everyone return to the basic, which was ironically another failure
@@jeffmccullough7341 uhm no. It's lazy If many people can make their own rewrites in the comments and just shown how better it is, that's poor excuse of saying "they failed" and have to go back to basics No you can not use that excuse when they came out with Puss in boots 2 the last wish.
5:57 What's worse in this case is that Asha says "People of Rosas are good" but girl, have you forgotten that not all the people are from Rosas or were born in Rosas? most of them are immigrants from far away lands who might not always have good intentions or wishes
You forgot to mention that in the credits they didn’t even put ALL WDAS properties in it as Rescuers, Black Cauldron & Meet The Robinsons weren’t included in the credits
The Black Cauldron is a crap movie anyway. It focuses on Welsh folklore and yet, they pronounce every WELSH NAME so incorrectly is physically pains me. Plus, they basically changed the original origin of the 'Black Cauldron' from the Welsh fantasy story (honestly, the original folktale is so much better), so I could care less that they didn't include it in the credits of they're terrible 100th anniversary movie
6:38 10/10 would recommend 8:19 Thank you for pointing this out. My older sister is convinced Magnifico is still evil. When I pointed out the fact that Asha was Breaking and Entering/Stealing she said that they didn't belong to him. She ignored me when I said if there gifted they legally belong to him :/
Nowadays everyone is worried about AI ruining art. This movie is what you get when a focus group writes a script. That's what people should be worried about. No passion, no vision, nothing offensive.
Fair. It’s been said before but I’ll keep it said: They should have gone back to 2d animation/cel shading for this movie. That would have been a true 100 year anniversary tribute.
Give the writers a brake they.had.to make a movie that highlighted 100 years of storytelling into like 90 minutes its a simple story and thats fine the original Disney movies were all pretty simple so a movie trying to honor that fact would it's self be simple
I find it funny that Asha’s whole plan to steal the wishes was to lure Magnifico far enough away so that he couldn’t get back in time to stop them. But, after it is revealed that Magnifico didn’t fall for her trick Asha steals his horse and makes it back to the kingdom in time to try and stop Magnifico. So, In this way, Asha proves that her own plan wouldn’t have worked even if Magnifico had in fact taken the bait. Because if Asha can get back to the kingdom that fast on Magnifico’s horse, than as an all powerful sorcerer Magnifico would have had no trouble getting back to the kingdom quickly. I’ll say that again. This actually happens in the movie. She proves that her own plan wouldn’t have worked!
“Throw Caution to every warning sign” The phrase is “throw caution to the wind” throwing caution to a warning sign implies that you’re being cautious when you see the warning sign. The exact opposite of the original phrase - Schafrillas
@@RustyRaccoon808have you even SEEN a Shaff video? He once claimed that Disney is homophobic despite being one of the most gay friendly companies in the world.
@@m3tamorphosissystem250 I have and they were, but have You seen alex hirch's response to one of disney's pride month tweets? And him having to wait until the end of gravity falls to reveal that the two cop guys were gay
1:03 LOL! As a DnD fanatic myself, this very thing irked me and I was like, "Wouldn't it be nice if CS mentioned this in their video?" Thankyou for granting my Wish!!! (Pun very much intended)
The movie could have been so much better if Asha became the apprentice of Macnifico and disagreed with his view on wishes like in the movie. Then someone becomes disgruntled because his wish wasn't fulfilled for him and so aims to gain Magnificos power. Asha, in her goodwilled naivety, helps that person to steal Magnificos' power. Then all the wishes cause a lot of chaos and destruction and Asha is forced to realise how right Magnifico had been about the dangers of wishes. Then, while Magnifico is busy containing the chaos, Asha goes on her adventure to reclaim the stolen power. She has to overcome people who got their wishes granted to them and who cause some kind of suffering to others and/or themselves, emphasising the dangers of unchecked wishes. Then she reclaims the power, prevents the great disaster and returns the power to king Magnifico, humbled and wiser. He then takes the power back and fixes (almost) everything and takes her in as his apprentice again, certain she has learned her lesson. But what do i know? I am not a screenwriter. They certainly had spent more time brainstorming than the 5 minutes i wasted on that idea.
8:31, exactly. If it were otherwise then they should have at least given some indication that Magnifico specifically required them to give up their wishes instead of seemingly giving them up out of their own volition
The problem was he acted like he was willing to grant any and every wish the people had no idea that most of them would never be if the knew how poor the odds were the probably would have kept them but the the king would probably found away to pressure them into giving up there wish
@@ajmcomixonline8824 the people of Rosas must be incredibly stupid. Their PR song at the beginning specifically says one wish a month. Sometimes he grants more. But those are just extra. Nowhere does it say that *everyone's* wishes gets granted. All it says is 12 guaranteed wishes a year.
@@CrimsonMey true but again he never out right said some wishes were basically illegal or whatever his bull crap was, so while they were dumb to give up there wishes it's more like playing the lottery from there point of view they didn't know it was rigged
6:44 This song is probably better than any song in this dumpster of an anniversary movie. Let just point out that this is what we get for Disney's 100th anniversary movie...
"mother knows best" was a better gaslighting song than "this is the thanks I get" because Magnifico is just straight up guilt tripping the people who aren't even there to hear his song. He's just ranting all by himself lol. Atleast Frollo does it with grace
TBH, I would just want Star to actually be a character at least. Even if they didn’t get a love story, they could also show that friendship is an important thing.
Why could I not stop thinking about Wonder Woman 1984 and the patent stupidity of granting all wishes. Just show her one vile, selfish, greedy, hurtful, foolish wish ... then reveal that most of the wishes he's got caged up in the musty old wish attic look like a 15 year old's browser history. Walk her down to the basement full of the skulls and broken toys of villainous wishers that almost got what they wanted. Show her that deciding this sort of thing is a burden. Hell, he could reveal that he actually has granted all of the good, loving and selfless wishes and only captured and held the wicked ones.
Giving the wishes back is also horrible. Imagine someones wish was to be the best thief in the world. Guy or girl forgot his wish and build a nice life in Rosas. Has a family with children and does good work in his life. Memories come back and he or she suddenly decides to leave everything behind and pursue that wish. And lets not forget those whose wishes were stuff like beeing obsessivly in love with someone who does not love them back or following some kind of murderous revenge.
The moral of the story is "watch more Disney movies please for the love of god watch more Disney movies even if they're horrible please just watch them!!!"
Wasn’t the genie just a dick in that franchise though? Interpreting wishes in the worst way possible because it was funny to him? Its less about the consequences of the wish then someone just intentionally cosmicly screwing you over.
I will ALWAYS be frustrated with the potential of this movie. You can see the ghost of what this movie tried and failed to be. Julia Michaels talked about the direction she was given for the songs in this movie during her songwriters round table; and it was SO VAGUE. She wrote pretty good songs, but she literally didn't know what the plot of the movie was. And obviously the writers didn't know either.
from the art book we know they had a functioning plot at one point, but it didn't impress the bosses enough to get past the fear of anything with a personality to it i guess
Yeah, pop songs twist words a lot. Disney songs are theatrical and grand and fit the mood of a scene or character, similar to classic theater and stage musicals. Classic theater and modern pop are NOT the same thing.
@@SawdustMusic-rd8mj Ok look. Let’s just agree to disagree. I don’t want to argue. It’s just that I’m a HUGE Disney fan and I’ve listened to songs from Alan Menken and Lin-Manuel Miranda who have made many catchy songs for Disney in the past. These songs in Wish just aren’t really for me.
3:16 There is also a continuity error shortly after that scene. Dario eats the sneezed-on cookie, to then have a cookie appear in the same position on the tray right after.
17:09 so no one's going to notice Disney buried the Sorcerer inside the staff with the not-so-subliminal image of the face from the Magic Mirror in Snow White? So the Queen is really the Evil Queen of the same movie?! I have so many more questions. Damn you CinemaSins!!
To be fair, Magnifico was actually kind of a good character. It doesn't show it in this movie, but he knows Asha's father BY NAME, and even his profession. He also sings about how much he cares about the wishes. Also, the entire time he's possessed, he actively fights hurting anyone. He throws Asha away instead of immediately killing her. Also, also, he has a great philosophy on the validity of the wishes. Some shouldn't be granted.
I love that Magnifico is treated as unreasonable for saying that the granddad's wish of wanting to write songs could be dangerous
Then at the end, he's defeated by a song, proving he was 100% right.
Agreed
This is the closest the film got to being clever and I think it was an accident XD
@@7geckosinatrenchcoat”happy little accidents!”
😂😂😂
How can wishing of wanting to write songs be dangerous though?
The worst part about this movie is that the concept art tells the story of what could have been a MUCH better movie
maybe
Except for that star boy but
I like the star we got, he’s cute
@@jareththegoblinking3191
I would've perfer the boy but I get where you're coming from
@@jareththegoblinking3191 I saw in some of the early storyboards had both a Star boy and the Star we got, maybe the original plan had him only on earth for a limited amount of time and he turns into Star at some point.
If Disney would just shut up and let the writers and artists do their jobs, I guarantee their movies would be so much better.
This movie should have ended with the queen sitting on the throne as she says "Now my wish has come true" then turning to the mirror before asking "tell me darling, who is the fairest of them all?"
Underrated comment 😭
So true
😮 That would have been amazing!
Oh shIt, this gave me goosebumps…nicely done. 👏🏻
And then we could get a sequel that's actually good! (Maybe)
The fact there was NO SIN for the disaster of a line that is "I'm a star, look out world here I are." is a crime against humanity
That was terrible
I wondered what that sound was after the deer said "Here I are" but I now realize that it was several kids and adults collectively groaning.
Looks like they evaded all songs because copyright strikes
The sin count will now forever be 221 for me
What a mess
Something recent Disney has forgotten, accountability. Aladdin realizing his mistakes and chooses to correct said mistakes by confronting Jafar. Mulan disobeyed her father, almost getting herself killed and or executed, chooses to acknowledge mistakes and continues to fight as herself. Asha doesn’t have to overcome difficulties.
she cares too much
It's safe to say she's the most disliked character they ever made
She doesn't learn any lesson.
Hell there is even some variety in that. Animated Mulan knew both her going to war was both illegal and dangerous, particularly as her being a women meant she had 0 training. She acknowledged that and decided she was willing to take those consequences over the death of her father. Belle knew it was her in prison or her father, she volunteered without knowing love would save her. Tiana tries the easy way out kissing frog Naveen and gets cursed for it, she certainly isn't happy but she then works to fix things til she accepts it may not be possible.
in general, that's a problem of boring female leads today. They are so marry sue and perfect, they don't actually grow, they just overcome the villain which was never really in question
“ChatGPT, write me a Disney movie.”
This whole movie is exactly what you get.
Nah, chat gpt would at least include plot man
Chatgpt would also include a animal I don’t want to throw off a cliff
Sadly this film is the best argument for having AI write films instead of humans.
@@pesky716I type in that on ChatGPT, and the story it made was better then Wish.
This is the thanks I get?
A missed sin in the villain song was the line "I let you live here for free and I don't even charge you rent". Bro, is literally the same thing
Also the “Watch out, world, here I are” lyric in “I’m a Star”. Grammar freaks like me can’t stand that lyric.
Or “throw caution to every warning sign” 😂
@@yourshoulderdevil5229 Speaking of that song, during the song they keep carrying materials and stuff with the implication that they are building something to take down Magnifico, but when the song ends after the queen arrives and joins in, they're all like "so what do we do now?" and all the materials are gone. So what was the point of all that? And how did the queen find them anyway? The point of the secret room they were hiding in was that it was, well, a SECRET room no one knew about so how did the queen find it? And if she found it cuz she heard them singing, then how didn't MAGNIFICO or any guards hear them singing?
@@brittanydavisghiblieaglesfan *eye twitch* this lives in my head rent free, much like the residents of Rosas
Encanto
the movie that said “what if every single character had no development at all”
And the so called "generic villain" had more depth and sense than the main character.
Yeah, pretty much 😅
How is it that Encanto also has lots of characters but most of them have development and are memorable to this day while Wish failed spectacularly at this?
@@cintronproductions9430 probably because Encanto had actual effort put into it
True equality, everyone is equally undeveloped
This literally could have been a retelling of "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" and the girl could have released all the wishes because she thought she knew what was best on her first day on the job. Then she and her wacky sidekicks would have to go out and clean up the chaos she caused, so that she can learn to take responsibility and the powerful message that sometimes, the people in charge actually know what they're doing.
It would be visually pleasing seeing all the wishes, but it would also really lean into the history of Disney because the "Sorcerer's Apprentice" was one of their earliest and very recognizable works.
That would have been great!
@spacebubble1552 Thanks! I just seems like a really obvious story, right?
@@mr.mediocregamer9653 I've honestly never heard of it until now but genuinely this has such a good life lesson too, especially in this day and age!
@@mr.mediocregamer9653 Yeah, literally the only thing I'd change, is give Asha a partially valid argument. Enough that it should be worth considering for its useful bits, but doesn't. She sees the good 10% but not the problematic rest and bases her decision on that. Good way to justify the 'be careful what you wish for' since generally the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
Something like "maybe we let the people with failed wishes try again in a few years or so" "Maybe we let them have a second chance when their brains are a little more developed?" "if thats too many wishes, maybe you need to hire a few more apprentices?" "have you considered telling people to be more specific?"
thats actually a good idea
Only 19 minutes? Dude the entire movie's a sin. But thanks for calling out the fact that the King literally has a point by not granting everyone their wish!
420 likes and no replies? Let me just fix that…
@@KoolKidUdy Christ you're sweet
If only the Disney executives just simply leave the filmmakers alone, we would've gotten Starboy and Disney's first (feature animated) villain couple.
That's how you know this is an abused movie
Disney needs to stop meddling, it's causing too many flops and runing innovation
I like the star in the final film. But a villain couple does sound cool.
Seriously, imagine how great of a twist would have it been if Amaya was the true villain! I think it would have been cool to reveal that she was the great evil that destroyed Magnifico's home and slowly manipulated him to open up the book to become corrupted cause maybe for some reason she lost the ability to open the book and that's why she needs Magnifico to open it instead. I mean through out the whole movie her personality felt too nice and boring to me so I was expecting her to be the twist villain. Many plot holes could have been fixed with her as the villain like the roof having an opening. She could have installed that herself as part of the spell she needed Magnifico to use the wishes on. If this movie was supposed to be dedicated to the 100 years of Disney than Amaya would have been the perfect villain to honor that cause she would honor the modern twist villains but also honor the truly evil ones cause she would had never loved her husband! She would have just wanted power! The fact that I can rewrite just ONE character and have that fix so much of this movies problems, just shows how lazy the writing really was!
@@fry4guy like i said studios need to stop meddling, they're creating more bombs than successes nowadays
Imagine being the biggest entertainment company for 100 years, and for your big anniversary movie, you get upstaged by a funny Adam Sandler movie.
Not only that, imagine making a big budget movie that was supposed to be celebrating it's 100 year anniversary yet shows like Phineas and Ferb or movie trilogy like High School Musical had better and memorable original songs than Wish 🤷
@@Erasureeraser dude Phineas and Ferb music is really hard to match
Or upstaged by the movie you decided to not make anymore, Nimona.
@@Erasureeraser fr like encanto was a lot better 😭
@@katexx4 What about any Pokemon movie (except for the Hoopa or the Genesect one?)
I think the worst part for me was how Asha being the main character was the one to get everyone chanting in hailing the queen when the queen herself basically sat on her butt for most of the movie except for complaining about her husband...
Not to mention the queen was first described as loyal and then she turned against her husband so easily.
Good point.
@@chatnoire89yeah she didn’t seem the least bit upset that her husband (who she clearly loved) was now evil and dead (trapped in a staff??)
@@chatnoire89 Right, if she were so loyal, why was she so quick to give up on the king? oh, the book says he can't be saved. whoops, oh well, moving on.
Encanto
If you don’t mind me idea dumping:
-Asha’s wish is to bring her father back, and Magnifico doesn’t grant it because he doesn’t want to upset the balance of the universe
-Instead of bees, the book is guarded by a spell that manifests a character’s trauma
-It shows Asha a vision of her father, which flows into her and Magnifico’s conversation about him, and later Magnifico his village when he goes to retrieve it
-Amaya makes a wish for Magnifico to be saved from the book’s influence
Disney needs to hire you asap
Disney needs to hire you asap
Disney needs to hire you asap
"Wish" is one of those rare Disney films where the Villain wins instead of the Hero.
When you think about it, Asha is the TRUE villain of this film, because King Magnifico has a really good point about how it's dangerous when everyone's wishes are granted.
If you agree with King Magnificos decision to take a part of what makes a person themselves is good, that makes YOU part of the problem.
@@m3tamorphosissystem250it was a willing contract. The only people at fault were those who chose to live in the kingdom. It was up to the townsfolk to decide how valuable that wish REALLY was to them.
@@m3tamorphosissystem250the people come to his kingdom exactly knowing they had to pay this if they want to live there. Literally the only contribution they had to do. It's equivalent exchange with full consent of both party. And asha is saying they shouldn't pay at all? It's like saying a guy comes to your house, wants to live there, then you lay down the house rules that they need to pay rent. That's it. They agreed for some while but then they feel entitled that the house is now theirs bcs they live there, and paying rent means oppression. So they boot you out and bash you for making them pay rent. She's awfully selfish and doesn't listen to anyone ever. Really shown by how asha tried touch the very thing magnifico warned her to not touch in the beginning of the movie
@@ThePinkRubber again, it’s part of you. A more accurate comparison would be like literally giving your arm and your leg in exchange for living somewhere. It’s not fatal, but it will certainly make your life harder.
@@m3tamorphosissystem250 the people gave them up at the age of 18.... people grow up, and their desires change... the wish they made at 18 could be completely different from what they want now....
Disney: We promise to give you an old fashioned villain.
Also Disney: Gives “villain” reasonable backstory, logical mindset, and then forces him to be evil.
Classic Disney 😒
Well to them these kind of people are villains.
Of course that would make them evil, but they are evil.
The problem is the execution. Magnifico is way too likeable to be a villain.
It's especially funny when an oddball series like Jojo's has more well written Villains than most of what Disney has been making for the past few years.
It's super easy too. Just make him more outwardly narcissistic and craven. Straight up ignore people or not remember their names. Make it to where Asha gets to hear about the wish sanctum but not see it cuz it's his hoard. There were a million ways to make Magnifico better and they just didn't do it.
Asha was the villain they were referring to. XD
Villager 1: I wish Villager 2's wish not to be granted.
Villager 2: I wish Villager 1's wish to be granted.
Deal with that, Asha.
Disney: *laughs paradoxically* no
Encanto
She understood not all wishes should be granted she just wanted people to be able to remember them
It's a f###ing paradox!
Now that’s a conundrum.
After watching this movie I told myself “Man, Cinemasins is gonna have a field day with this movie.” Looks like I was right.
I love field days. I get to prove my skills in important athletic contests, like tug-o-war, three-legged races, and that one thing where you have to hold the waist of the person in front of you and run to the finish line that they called at my school, I kid you not, "The Human Centipede Race". Anyway, field days rule.
@@CinemaSins Why didn't you leave this movie alone?
@@lydiajulianprower8356 because no movie is without sin
@@lydiajulianprower8356 Because the movie deserved it? Disney failed so hard in so many different ways with it
Hes no different than the movie in reality😂 cinemasins adds nothing and sins things for the most ridiculous reasons
Not to mention how Asha became the one person in charge of the wishes.
You know, THE THING SHE WAS FIGHTING AGAINST FOR THE BULK OF THE MOVIE!!
i like how Magnifico's wife is introduced as "loyal" but straight up betrays him halfway through the movie
I do believe she was loyal but her turning sides is pretty understandable though especially seeing how your husband turned evil all of a sudden (still asha’s fault through if only she didn’t destroy the balance and the king’s view on granting said wishes)
@Star14Light nah, if she was actually loyal she'd want him to be saved from the book's influence, maybe with a wish? But no they trapped him in a mirror for eternal punishment.
5:32 - I love how everybody.... EVERYBODY... immediately thought of this as soon as they saw the first trailer. "But... not everyone CAN have their wish granted, if only because of simple wish economics." NOBODY thought it was fair to label Magnifico the villain for just being practical with his wish-granting. lol
et puis il exauce des vœux cest déjà incroyable ils sont vraiment ingrats je trouve car il aurais pu ne jamais en exhaucer
Even a baby could see it lol
"A Star Is Bored"
I'm sure Honest Trailers will thank you for the assist
"I pay and pay and pay and pay, you'd think they'd be more competent...and THIS IS THE MOVIE I GET?"
Problem is, they pay too much to people giving arbitrary orders, instead of focusing on the people with actual creativity and logic
This movie deserves an extra 5,000 sins just for Asha’s magic wand. After preaching the whole movie that people should make their dreams come true themselves, and that the king was evil for deciding which wishes would get granted, she has the gall to accept a magic wand and take on the role of the kingdom’s fairy godmother. Basically, it’s evil if Magnifico is doing it, but it’s totally fine if she herself is doing it. Asha is a lying piece of ****.
Wishing on a star in Disney movies never just grants the wish... The star just gives tools to make your wish come true yourself...
@@BaronSengir1008 that tool being a literal Magic wand, yes. So relatable.
Yeah
This movie had a "It's only okay when I do it" mentality
Asha has the power to _help_ wishes come true. Unlike Magnifico, she isn't taking their wishes away or stopping them from pursuing their wishes themselves. That's what makes her okay and Magnifico "evil". Asha is an assistant, Magnifico is a wish dictator.
@@amystarr7654 A “dictator” who lets people live in his kingdom for free, protects them for free, gives them the freedom to live their lives however they want, and grants wishes just to be nice. Wishes that, by the way, he doesn’t “take” from them. The people willingly choose to give him their wishes, even though he tells them upfront what that would entail. The people are fully aware of the fact that they’ll forget their wishes, but they don’t care. This isn’t a case of an evil dictator king. It’s a case of lazy people who would rather have someone else make their dreams come true, than work hard themselves to make them happen.
And as for Asha, no. If you’ll recall, Magnifico was an assistant. We see him grant the wish of a woman who wants to make the most beautiful clothes in the land. He grants the wish by giving her a magical pair of scissors to help her. He doesn’t actually make the clothes for her; he simply gives her a tool to assist her in her endeavors. So, by your logic about being an assistant, there should be no difference at all between Magnifico and Asha. Which brings me back to my point-she’s a lying hypocrite with an “It’s okay when I do it” attitude.
"this Scene doesn't contain an"
*AH FUCK I DON'T WANNA DIE!!*
Killed me
6:38 especially after that whole song 😂
@@whyiamafs yeah that kills me 🤣
Ahh Magnifico… the first Disney villain to prove how evil he is by fighting to keep his people safe and happy. Doing nothing to them they weren’t completely willing to do and that they understood in its entirety…. Wait… which character was the villain again?
He was because he.wasn't protected his people he was stopping them from having any.hopes and dreams he treated them like pets instead of people
@@ajmcomixonline8824 No he didn't. He took a single wish, not turned them into utter zombies. In exchange he created a near paradise where they lived free from fear from invasion and had all their needs seen to. They were also more than welcome to leave at any point.
@@anastasious they were told only he had the right to pick which wishes and dreams should come true he was a total control freak and threatened the well being of anyone who dared to question him and there families asha gives the smallest bit of back talk and he makes a big show of how he's never gonna grant her familys wishes
Asha is
@ajmcomixonline8824 She stole one of the wishes he was guarding after he told her specifically that her grandfather's wish was too vague. And it WAS.
He wished to inspire the next generation. That's it. He didn't say "inspire them to do good" or "inspire them to be heroes." What if his inspiration led to the next generation starting a civil war that destroyed the nation Magnifico worked so hard to protect? Mind you, he's lived through a harrowing experience like that before.
Asha demanded King Magnifico grant her grandfather's wish with no thoughts as to what implications it could have. The punishment he gave to her family was suitable, in my opinion.
"Oh, I see they're not even going to attempt democracy." Took me out 😂
How do we know democracy has even made a come back yet? For all we know it's the 1100s.
Take Mother Gothel. She is initially deceitful but not outright evil until the end of the movie. But her transition from mean to murderer is believable because she had BEEN evil (kidnapping Rapunzel). But Magnífico never showed any signs of evilness so his transition feels forced
Agreed. With Mother Gothel, we got an incredible case of dramatic irony where we can see she's evil for kidnapping a child, locking her away and using her for her magic hair, but Rapunzel just sees her as a loving if distant mother. The treat is in seeing Rapunzel realise that her only mother figure has been evil the whole time, and recognising that the monstrous men and villains she was taught to fear were actually good deep down.
and it was.. cursing him was like saying "this man is good and we don't want that, take this book so we can all get mad at you for becoming green"
@@Alex-mh5mu When I saw the lime-green sfx, I was like, "Yep, there's the Disney trope of 'lime-green = villain'."
@@alisonmicahtillery3814I was absolutely disgusted
@@GamingGreen21 I honestly thought they retired that trope…. So it came as a shock when they brought it back… why is lime-green the color they chose?
Imagine if they'd run with the idea that the protag is assumed good and turns out to be the evil one so the viewer feels betrayed and starts to side with the antagonist
“I hope one of these bubbles has Planes in it.”
I hope Jeremy’s sense of humor never changes. 😂
I took my kids to the theater to see this movie. I hated how the villain was The hero and the hero was the villain. My kids hated that everything in the film was just an Easter egg. When the four year old can find your plot holes you got a problem
the people come to his kingdom exactly knowing they had to pay this if they want to live there. Literally the only contribution they had to do. It's equivalent exchange with full consent of both party. And asha is saying they shouldn't pay at all? It's like saying a guy comes to your house, wants to live there, then you lay down the house rules that they need to pay rent. That's it. They agreed for some while but then they feel entitled that the house is now theirs bcs they live there, and paying rent means oppression. So they boot you out and bash you for making them pay rent. She's awfully selfish and doesn't listen to anyone ever. Really shown by how asha tried touch the very thing magnifico warned her to not touch in the beginning of the movie. Asha is really evil
@@ThePinkRubber Agreed, the movie would make 100x more sense and be 100x better with a few changes that make Asha out as the villain properly. Maybe she's the one to use the tome of dark magic or something, and in the end it's Magnifico who has to stop her insane rampage and show her the error of her ways.
Ah it's truly the internet when you see these baffling hot takes.
A villain makes one good point and you suddenly think that's enough ground to defend his actions.
No it was a convenient truth that not every wish should be granted.
Convenient for him.
He can go 100% that the Grandpa wants to inspire people for the good and he still wouldn't granted because all inspiration go to bed would inspire people to not give the wishes to him.
Is backstory is so transparent that his
Family will clearly tyrants.
They were the greedy and power-hungry ones.
And he learned nothing from me and decided to double down with what the family did.
Made 10 times worse when he pretends to be kind.
His songs prove how dangerously deranged he was to actually sink with the things he was saying that in any form of way that they did not show respect to ever show him gratitude.
@@SeeMyEvil no one is defending Magnifico’s actions, they’re saying that the movie didn’t present anywhere near enough motivation for Magnifico to commit those actions in the first place
The movie *presents* Magnifico as a reasonable guy at first (and does a really good job at it too) only to have him turn evil so abruptly and for no reason that he doesn’t even feel like the same character
You can literally tell he is only evil because the movie needs him to be, he doesn’t act like a real person at all
You got smart kids. This was a great lesson on critical thinking
Video should have been “this movie exists” and then 1000 sins added
Uhhhhhj.., what?
Exactly what I was thinking
@@SawdustMusic-rd8mj It's because the movie SUCKED and was probably written by ChatGPT
Encanto
@@d1nodrayoh look, an anti-AI boomer. Welcome to the future, deal with it.
King Magnifico: *refuses to grant wishes that could have consequences and had to be careful with them*
Asha: "And I took that personally."
I *really* wish the movie embraced that angle rather than needing the antagonist to also be evil.
Funny how THIS actually is the whole plot of Wish
King Magnifico: *refuses to grant wishes for actually reasonable reasons*
The script writers: "And I took that personally."
Asha acted like a spoiled brat who was being told "no" for the first time in her life.
@@HimekoIzayoi caiou
I like how they show other disney characters in the credits like "dont you wish you'd watched these movies instead?"
To quote MST3K, “Never show a good movie in the middle of your crappy movie”.
I have to say that as a biracial person, I was so excited when I saw the trailer. When I was little, I desperately wanted a Disney Princess that looked like me, so when I saw the trailer and realized she was biracial, I was nearly in tears. I finally had my biracial “Disney Princess.” But then I saw the movie, and I cannot express how much my heart broke. I finally got that representation my child self dreamed of, but it was delivered to me in a broken package. Seeing the concept art felt like a slap in the face for good measure. It could’ve been so good.
It's quite hilarious that Disney cancelled Nimona, a 20th Century/Blue Sky movie during production, got picked by Netflix with Disney now releasing Wish as their 100th anniversary event and ended up being Nimona recieving way more acclaim including an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature than Wish 😂
It is funny but wish At least didnt annoy me as much as Nimona as a character lmao
This is my first exposure to wish, but my 10yr old child is why I know nimona by heart
we all know the reason they dropped nimona
This would've been an amazing wake up call for Disney if Elemental didn't get an Oscar nomination as well.
IKR
Not only does Asha ask for her grandfather’s wish to be granted BEFORE she even gets the job, but would she have even cared if she hadn’t found his wish? Would any of this have happened if she saw some random person’s wish? Nepotism.
She was against the king keeping any of the wishes with out granting them.her grand dads was just what.lead her to learning this
@@ajmcomixonline8824 but would she have pushed so hard, or dug as deep if it wasn’t her grandfather’s wish?
@@ajmcomixonline8824the king knows how dangerous a wish can be
@@ajmcomixonline8824 she literally mentions in the beginning how 'nobody misses their wishes' and then discovers her grandfathers wish, and is like, 'hey, king, i know i just met you and this is an interview, but its my grandfathers 100th birthday, and me being the spoiled brat that i am, think that you should grant my grandpas wish because its his birthday.' then gets all hurt when the king says no because he has a logical and reasonable reason for not wanting to grant it, and like the childish 17 year old she is, goes off and throws a tantrum and throws the entire kingdom off balance because she felt entitled... im sorry, where exactly does that make her the hero of the story? if anything, ashas the villain....
@@slinger0083 ya probably she didn't like that any of the wishes were kept without being granted her family may have been the driving force but her belief that people should at least know what they wished for is caused her to go back and fight after her and her family got away, asha still had her wish, her grandfather got his back and it was to late for her Moms she only went back to save all the others her song that summons the star has her saying she wants something better for the kingdom
3:47 Bro I agree. When Belle got her library from the beast at least you got a sweeping shot at how BIG it was and knowing how much Belle loved reading it had a personal connection to it.
4:03 wow as an artist that's insulting
I agree on both
7:00 when y’all dropping a parody album because you just rocked that 🎉
17:14 Are they trying to imply that he was sucked into the staff and now exists as the mirror from Snow White? Pause it and advance one frame at a time.
Well yes. Asha is hinted or directly told to become the fairy godmother from Cinderella later on.
Mirrors do love him, after all...
@@KatTishigiriFGM isn't Black lmao
@@aalzien722 ...Does that matter
@amalgamoon It's hard to believe they are one in the same when their skin tone and body shapes are completely different.
10:20, actually, it’s established that he normally grants one wish a month so it would actually would be higher than normal
The real problem with this movie: someone should’ve told Disney “There’s celebrating your centennial and there’s advertising your worst movies.” They did the latter
Oh for the love of
False advertising: the star was practically Kirby stuck in Star. Wish upon that and go from dystopian Rosas to fictitious dreamland.
I believe Starkid said it best in their brilliant piece Twisted: "If you're good and you're attractive, no need to be proactive! Good things will just happen to you!"
The fact that the deleted scenes included Magnifico and Queen Amaya being a villain couple is just ONE OF THE MANY MISSED OPPORTUNITIES
Behold. The ONLY CinemaSins Video that everyone will agree with. Mostly because Disney literally wrote themselves into a corner with this one.
16:02 [missed audio outtake]:
"It doesn't matter. You're too late..."
"A wizard is never late ... nor is he early..."
I'm not gonna laugh for putting shame on this centennial animated movie but COME ON!
We all knew The Lord of the Rings trilogy and Ian McKellen's character in Middle-Earth.
...He arrives precisely when he means to.
I feel like we need an extended edition to properly sin this movie 😂 What about the fact they sing a full-blown romantic love song to the wishes? The bunny says the answers to Asha’s questions are simple - and then they sing a whole song that doesn’t answer anything. Actually all the songs need more sins. And we need a bonus round for every time they say “wish.” XD
I think At All Costs is the only song where the word "wish" isn't used.
At All Costs is the only good song though
Encanto
The songs were fine and ya they said wish slot its a movie called wish about a wish r star freeing stolen wishes from an evil wish hoarding king. That ends with the mane character becoming a fairy godmother who helps with peoples wish the word wish will come up slot like the word dog in hotel for dogs
@@CapedCrusader77 I think you’re right, I was joking about having a bonus round for every time “wish” was said in the whole movie XD
Also,5:45 This is exactly why I thought Asha's plan wouldn't work: plenty of people would be upset that their wish wouldn't be granted and that resentment would build after seeing certain wishes be granted instead of theirs. Therefore a rebellion would happen, possibly destroying Rosas
Ya can dislike or disagree with King Magnifico all you want,but his methods have worked for years,if not decades.
Also: Everybody knows that they forget the wish they give to the king, and they also know that exactly 1 wish is granted per month, so if more than 1 kid is born per month, they must all *know* that not all wishes are granted.
Logically speaking, knowing these rules, you would either wish for something you can’t achieve through hard work anyway (eg because it violates the laws of physics) or some dark, twisted, evil desire you want to rid yourself of, because you correctly assume it will never be granted.
Reading through that wish collection probably requires some psychological counselling afterwards.
nahhh it's clear as day he's the hero
@@Alex-mh5mu I know. It's just the Disney shills and Karen's who think he is a villain
Asha herself resented that the tailor lady got her wish rather than her grandpa and made such a fuss about it at his birthday.
Even her mom and grandpa did not seem happy at this account,
though understandable in their case but the point stands.
Everyone who can think is on magnifico side
Notice how everything that happens is slapped on the screen, dead-center? It looks like a cooking show.
6:42 THIS WAS LITERALLY BETTER THAN THE ACTUAL SONG, BEAUTIFUL JOB MAN CAN U POST ON SPOTIFY PLS
13:21 Considering he’s studied magic for so long, it would make sense for him to have read about a magical island full of fairies and hand craving crocodiles
the Once Upon A Studio short did a way better job of commemorating 100 years of Disney than this
It's really the fact that Trolls Band Together is more well recieved than Disney's Wish (a movie that was supposed to be celebrating Disney's 100th year anniversary that's failed miserably) and the songs in Trolls Band Together are way better than Wish despite the fact that most of it were cover songs is hilarious to me 😂😂
Trolls band together was a good movie and the songs even when they where covers
Trolls 3 is a masterpiece Wish sucks hell 😂😂
Trolls Band Together may be a cashgrab sequel no one asked for that reeks with corporatism but at least it gave us the absolute legends known as Velvet and Veneer, those two CARRIED the movie.
I agree. Trolls Band Together?! A thousand chef kisses!😘😘😘😘
That’s why DreamWorks is better nowadays
Fans: There's no way Disney can get worse than it has in the last decade.
Disney: Hold my beer. Watch this!
1:18
Yeah, yeah movie. His LOYAL wife...you know? the one who turns on him in an INSTANT.
Also ironically, the tagline on the poster for this movie was "Be careful what you wish for" LMAO
What I find hilarious is that Asha, we can assume was BORN in this kingdom and had absolutely no issue with how things were done until it indirectly effected her personal life.
Disney made a movie about a protester and anarchist.
"My Saba is good" girl the king barely knows you or your grandpa! You barely finished the interview and already asked him to change the fabric of reality because the earth spun around the sun one more time since your saba was born.
I tough the same thing when I saw it.
This movie smells like a sloppy rewrite. It sure seems like they intended to make Magnifico a sympathetic villain by giving him more backstory and motivation. But that probably tested poorly. It sure seems like they were hinting his village was destroyed by magic related to wishes. Like you could split the interview scene into two parts. End after Magnifico's good guy song about protecting wishes and end wish him giving Asha the apprenticeship. Skip forward time to Asha asking about her grandfather's wish, Magnifico not freaking out, but instead expositioning how a greedy wish destroyed his village. Have her disillusioned without going super villain, have her sing her song. Have the star come down, and have Magnifico freak out and start his decent to evil from there. And yes, "you can't really take away someone's wish" makes a lot more sense of a theme than "we're all made of stars"
In other words the king ain't a villain he wants to prevent the consequences he experienced in the past from repeated meanwhile so called hero asha cluelessly wants repeat the consequences the king is trying to prevent from happening again
“We’re made of star stuff”
Plus the people come to his kingdom exactly knowing they had to pay this if they want to live there. Literally the only contribution they had to do. It's equivalent exchange with full consent of both party. And asha is saying they shouldn't pay at all? It's like saying a guy comes to your house, wants to live there, then you lay down the house rules that they need to pay rent. That's it. They agreed for some while but then they feel entitled that the house is now theirs bcs they live there, and paying rent means oppression. So they boot you out and bash you for making them pay rent. She's awfully selfish and doesn't listen to anyone ever. Really shown by how asha tried touch the very thing magnifico warned her to not touch in the beginning of the movie
If Asha says that all wishes must be granted, then I wish Disney be back to the way it used to be before in the past.
"Put a chick in it and make her gay!"
I'm wishing right there beside you.
this is too vague and can lead to smth smth consequences
Yeah, like before when they made "Song of the South" or before when they apologized for making it?
That's redundant.
The singing at 6:45 was breathtaking, Jeremy. I almost shed a tear 😿
Why was Simon the only one who got depressed after giving up his wish? Everyone else seamed fine
Because the writers wrote this film with this ass on their keyboards
Because he also got a soul from one of the 7 dwarfes (or has the soul that later becomes a dwarf. not sure here)
C'mon, nobody just wakes up and decides to be evil.
Magnifico: "Hold my cookie..."
Hold my wish* 😅
My wife and kids dragged me to this movie. As soon as she learned the truth that many wishes would NEVER be granted, including her grandpa's, I immediately turned to my wife and said that if this wasn't a Disney movie, the right decision would be for the King to end her right there and make up some excuse about her "accidental" death before she becomes a problem. But no! He just let's her walk free with dangerous insider knowledge.
that's because he's not evil 😂
True. I mean, the king was a sorcerer, and it's already been established that he can manipulate people's memories. Why didn't he just do that with Asha after seeing her reaction? Or you know, not show your Day 1 intern the big secret?
You know, both Magnifico and Amaya were meant to be an evil power couple? If Disney had gone through with this idea than this probably would have been a better movie! Seriously, imagine how great of a twist would have it been if Amaya was the true villain! I think it would have been cool to reveal that she was the great evil that destroyed Magnifico's home and slowly manipulated him to open up the book to become corrupted cause maybe for some reason she lost the ability to open the book and that's why she needs Magnifico to open it instead. I mean through out the whole movie her personality felt too nice and boring to me so I was expecting her to be the twist villain. Many plot holes could have been fixed with her as the villain like the roof having an opening. She could have installed that herself as part of the spell she needed Magnifico to use the wishes on. If this movie was supposed to be dedicated to the 100 years of Disney than Amaya would have been the perfect villain to honor that cause she would honor the modern twist villains but also honor the truly evil ones cause she would had never loved her husband! She would have just wanted power! The fact that I can rewrite just ONE character and have that fix so much of this movies problems, just shows how lazy the writing really was!
I don’t think it was lazy, my guess is after a series of failures, Disney executives made everyone return to the basic, which was ironically another failure
@@jeffmccullough7341 uhm no. It's lazy
If many people can make their own rewrites in the comments and just shown how better it is, that's poor excuse of saying "they failed" and have to go back to basics
No you can not use that excuse when they came out with Puss in boots 2 the last wish.
Shrek tearing out the page in the book: like thats ever gonna happen
This comment is underrated. Take my like
5:57 What's worse in this case is that Asha says "People of Rosas are good" but girl, have you forgotten that not all the people are from Rosas or were born in Rosas? most of them are immigrants from far away lands who might not always have good intentions or wishes
I BEEN SAYING THIS THE ENTIRE TIME IVE BEEN TELLING OTHER DUMB IDIOTS THAT BEEN DEFENDING THE MOVIE THANK YOU FOR SAYING THIS 😂😂😂😂
You forgot to mention that in the credits they didn’t even put ALL WDAS properties in it as Rescuers, Black Cauldron & Meet The Robinsons weren’t included in the credits
The Black Cauldron is a crap movie anyway. It focuses on Welsh folklore and yet, they pronounce every WELSH NAME so incorrectly is physically pains me. Plus, they basically changed the original origin of the 'Black Cauldron' from the Welsh fantasy story (honestly, the original folktale is so much better), so I could care less that they didn't include it in the credits of they're terrible 100th anniversary movie
Meet The Robinsons was a threat to their anniversary marketing by being a better tribute to Walt Disney. Keep moving forward.
DnD reference was top tier
that was awesome 😂😂
Encanto
Made me legit smile
Gets sneezed on. Wipes hand on clothes, both spreading germs and covering hands in dust/fuzz. Then uses same hand to eat another cookie.
1:19 SIN! His Wife was everything but loyal😂
6:38 10/10 would recommend
8:19 Thank you for pointing this out. My older sister is convinced Magnifico is still evil. When I pointed out the fact that Asha was Breaking and Entering/Stealing she said that they didn't belong to him. She ignored me when I said if there gifted they legally belong to him :/
What happened next?
@@brendanstephens2575 she still didn't believe me, she refuses to listen to anything I say.
@@RaidFiftyOne Wow. How rude of her.
Imagine the average person. Now realise half of humanity IS MORE STUPID THAN THAT.
Nowadays everyone is worried about AI ruining art. This movie is what you get when a focus group writes a script. That's what people should be worried about. No passion, no vision, nothing offensive.
It would bankrupt the industry
@@frankieseward8667the industry is already bankrupt
Fair. It’s been said before but I’ll keep it said: They should have gone back to 2d animation/cel shading for this movie. That would have been a true 100 year anniversary tribute.
Encanto had soul
Give the writers a brake they.had.to make a movie that highlighted 100 years of storytelling into like 90 minutes its a simple story and thats fine the original Disney movies were all pretty simple so a movie trying to honor that fact would it's self be simple
Me and my sister could NOT WAIT for this episode, so we did it at home! We got 185
That's awesome!
You were really close
NIce! Did you actually write the sins or just count them?
@@CinemaSinsuhhhh the “i” in nice is either capital or an “L”
@@MrOreo390CommentSins strikes again… one point on the sin counter…
“This reads like a recipe book for the foul and the savage.” Handbook for Disney execs makes it into the script (Sin!)
I'm surprised it didn't get a sin for the "I let you live here for free//and I don't even charge you rent" lines
7:07 bootiful singing :D
I find it funny that Asha’s whole plan to steal the wishes was to lure Magnifico far enough away so that he couldn’t get back in time to stop them. But, after it is revealed that Magnifico didn’t fall for her trick Asha steals his horse and makes it back to the kingdom in time to try and stop Magnifico.
So, In this way, Asha proves that her own plan wouldn’t have worked even if Magnifico had in fact taken the bait. Because if Asha can get back to the kingdom that fast on Magnifico’s horse, than as an all powerful sorcerer Magnifico would have had no trouble getting back to the kingdom quickly.
I’ll say that again. This actually happens in the movie. She proves that her own plan wouldn’t have worked!
Well, she was also very long running away from a horse with her feet. So, travellings time isn't a concept there, I guess 😂
“Throw Caution to every warning sign”
The phrase is “throw caution to the wind” throwing caution to a warning sign implies that you’re being cautious when you see the warning sign. The exact opposite of the original phrase
- Schafrillas
Don’t quote the communist crab
@@SawdustMusic-rd8mj communist?
Lmao what@@SawdustMusic-rd8mj
@@RustyRaccoon808have you even SEEN a Shaff video? He once claimed that Disney is homophobic despite being one of the most gay friendly companies in the world.
@@m3tamorphosissystem250 I have and they were, but have You seen alex hirch's response to one of disney's pride month tweets? And him having to wait until the end of gravity falls to reveal that the two cop guys were gay
1:03 LOL! As a DnD fanatic myself, this very thing irked me and I was like, "Wouldn't it be nice if CS mentioned this in their video?"
Thankyou for granting my Wish!!! (Pun very much intended)
*rolls nat 20s each time*
The movie could have been so much better if Asha became the apprentice of Macnifico and disagreed with his view on wishes like in the movie.
Then someone becomes disgruntled because his wish wasn't fulfilled for him and so aims to gain Magnificos power. Asha, in her goodwilled naivety, helps that person to steal Magnificos' power. Then all the wishes cause a lot of chaos and destruction and Asha is forced to realise how right Magnifico had been about the dangers of wishes. Then, while Magnifico is busy containing the chaos, Asha goes on her adventure to reclaim the stolen power. She has to overcome people who got their wishes granted to them and who cause some kind of suffering to others and/or themselves, emphasising the dangers of unchecked wishes. Then she reclaims the power, prevents the great disaster and returns the power to king Magnifico, humbled and wiser. He then takes the power back and fixes (almost) everything and takes her in as his apprentice again, certain she has learned her lesson.
But what do i know? I am not a screenwriter. They certainly had spent more time brainstorming than the 5 minutes i wasted on that idea.
i thought this too lol
Am i tripping or is 6:51 just a sing frim tangled reskinned (i know disney does this to skip corners but god damn cant help but feel angry)
Yeah it doss look like the scene from Tangled, it may have been another "Easter Egg" ? Or they did just cut corners
@chillpolarbear i think it's just cutting corners cause they did the same stunt with the jungle book and another movie i can't name
8:31, exactly. If it were otherwise then they should have at least given some indication that Magnifico specifically required them to give up their wishes instead of seemingly giving them up out of their own volition
Encanto
@@DORAisD34D I’m not sure I understand your point
The problem was he acted like he was willing to grant any and every wish the people had no idea that most of them would never be if the knew how poor the odds were the probably would have kept them but the the king would probably found away to pressure them into giving up there wish
@@ajmcomixonline8824 the people of Rosas must be incredibly stupid. Their PR song at the beginning specifically says one wish a month. Sometimes he grants more. But those are just extra. Nowhere does it say that *everyone's* wishes gets granted. All it says is 12 guaranteed wishes a year.
@@CrimsonMey true but again he never out right said some wishes were basically illegal or whatever his bull crap was, so while they were dumb to give up there wishes it's more like playing the lottery from there point of view they didn't know it was rigged
6:44
This song is probably better than any song in this dumpster of an anniversary movie. Let just point out that this is what we get for Disney's 100th anniversary movie...
Surprised this video didn't go on forever.
"mother knows best" was a better gaslighting song than "this is the thanks I get" because Magnifico is just straight up guilt tripping the people who aren't even there to hear his song. He's just ranting all by himself lol. Atleast Frollo does it with grace
It's a nice tribute towards Disney's history but definitely needed more
8:46 THANK YOU! that is the best line!
We couldn't have love story with a star boy😭😭WE WERE ROBBED😭😭
And the first villainous couple!!! We were so robbed!!!!
How come no one really talks about them?! There should be thousands of movie rewrites of what we got!
Did a line reference😂😂😂😂
At All Costs is the only good song but it could have been 10x better if it were Asha and Starboy singing it together
TBH, I would just want Star to actually be a character at least. Even if they didn’t get a love story, they could also show that friendship is an important thing.
Why could I not stop thinking about Wonder Woman 1984 and the patent stupidity of granting all wishes. Just show her one vile, selfish, greedy, hurtful, foolish wish ... then reveal that most of the wishes he's got caged up in the musty old wish attic look like a 15 year old's browser history. Walk her down to the basement full of the skulls and broken toys of villainous wishers that almost got what they wanted. Show her that deciding this sort of thing is a burden. Hell, he could reveal that he actually has granted all of the good, loving and selfless wishes and only captured and held the wicked ones.
And he keeps this a secret. If he were to reveal that then civil war.
Yeah bt if they did this the Disney Princess wouldn't have a reason to do anything in the movie
@@SleepySTEIN-103
Then they should have writen a better setting. Plus she is supposed to be an activist... What did you expect?
Giving the wishes back is also horrible.
Imagine someones wish was to be the best thief in the world.
Guy or girl forgot his wish and build a nice life in Rosas.
Has a family with children and does good work in his life.
Memories come back and he or she suddenly decides to leave everything behind and pursue that wish.
And lets not forget those whose wishes were stuff like beeing obsessivly in love with someone who does not love them back or following some kind of murderous revenge.
The moral of the story is "watch more Disney movies please for the love of god watch more Disney movies even if they're horrible please just watch them!!!"
There is a good reason why granting all wishes without knowing the consequences they would result is a terrible idea.
Remember Wishmaster films?
I love Wishmaster
Encanto
Wasn’t the genie just a dick in that franchise though? Interpreting wishes in the worst way possible because it was funny to him? Its less about the consequences of the wish then someone just intentionally cosmicly screwing you over.
Oh definitely a good example
@@brandonlyon730that is the best part. I love seeing the wishes sucking out
I will ALWAYS be frustrated with the potential of this movie. You can see the ghost of what this movie tried and failed to be.
Julia Michaels talked about the direction she was given for the songs in this movie during her songwriters round table; and it was SO VAGUE. She wrote pretty good songs, but she literally didn't know what the plot of the movie was. And obviously the writers didn't know either.
from the art book we know they had a functioning plot at one point, but it didn't impress the bosses enough to get past the fear of anything with a personality to it i guess
Which is why the middle-aged married king and the teenage girl end up singing a love song together.
100 sins for when that deer says “Watch out world, here I are!” in the “I’m a Star” song.
Take a music class, people twist words to rhyme all the time. Or at least listen to Break Free by Ariana grande, which has a nearly identical lyric.
Yeah, pop songs twist words a lot. Disney songs are theatrical and grand and fit the mood of a scene or character, similar to classic theater and stage musicals. Classic theater and modern pop are NOT the same thing.
@@erickthebat4805 the songs in Wish were written by Julia Michaels, aka the Issues girl. They’re supposed to sound like pop songs.
@@SawdustMusic-rd8mj Ok look. Let’s just agree to disagree. I don’t want to argue. It’s just that I’m a HUGE Disney fan and I’ve listened to songs from Alan Menken and Lin-Manuel Miranda who have made many catchy songs for Disney in the past. These songs in Wish just aren’t really for me.
Ugh!!! 🤮
3:16 There is also a continuity error shortly after that scene. Dario eats the sneezed-on cookie, to then have a cookie appear in the same position on the tray right after.
When I saw the title all I thought of was one word EVERYTHING
17:09 so no one's going to notice Disney buried the Sorcerer inside the staff with the not-so-subliminal image of the face from the Magic Mirror in Snow White? So the Queen is really the Evil Queen of the same movie?! I have so many more questions. Damn you CinemaSins!!
I’m saying the queen in this movie is a cousin of the evil queen
18:25 This whole recap was better than the entire movie.
8:38 - Just keep threatening him until he turns blue and dies.
Whenever I dont want to watch a movie, I just watch the CinemaSins and its basically the same thing
To be fair, Magnifico was actually kind of a good character. It doesn't show it in this movie, but he knows Asha's father BY NAME, and even his profession. He also sings about how much he cares about the wishes. Also, the entire time he's possessed, he actively fights hurting anyone. He throws Asha away instead of immediately killing her. Also, also, he has a great philosophy on the validity of the wishes. Some shouldn't be granted.