I am going to try and go through all the nonsense of this film, and show why the King is a Tragic Hero, Asha a mere *fool,* and the queen a monstrous hypocrite. I. In the opening sequence, when Asha tells the story of the Kingdom (which will prove that she already knows that not all wishes are granted *before* her interview with the King), she says: '[The King] studied the magic of the world tirelessly and became a mighty sorcerer able to protect from harm or ill will, any wish given to him. And for the good and the worthy, even grant that wish.' The latter sentence implies that even though he accepts any one to live in his orderly Kingdom, he is the one who decides who is good and worthy. The former sentence proves that the only thing he promises to his people is to keep their wishes safe. II. Asha is the immature and impulsive protagonist of the story. She wants to become King Magnifico's apprentice ONLY to ask him to grant her grandfather's wish. Before her interview with Magnifico, Gabo implies that she only wants to be the King's apprentice because apprentices and their families more often than not have their wishes granted sooner than other people; Asha does not rebuke him (cheers to our dishonest 'heroine'!). The stupid thing is, it is later stated that only the King is allowed to use magic in his Kingdom; for what does he need an apprentice, then? ('How do you enjoy your script, sir?' 'Half-baked, please.') III. When she is cringely shocked by the King because he does not grant all wishes (which she already knew), she stupidly says, in order to move the plot forward even though it should have been expanded upon, that the people of Rosas are good, as if the audience should accept that unconvincing statement without proof from a dishonest and hypocritical seventeen year-old girl, who is going to also become a thief later on haha The people gave their wishes to the King willingly Asha, taking them away from him without his consent *is* stealing! My apologies, I digress, I know, it is not her fault if she is a plot device personified: it is that of the incompetent screenwriters. IV. The King is more heroic than Asha and he has such an unfair fate in the end. He starts using 'forbidden magic' (what an inspired plot device!) in order to protect his Kingdom and he cannot be saved from this dark magic because... the 'evil' book says so! Lazy writing! The worst part is, when he ends up being trapped in the mirror, he seems to be his normal self again, and the queen (his wife!) does not care at all! Let us punish the man who wants to protect the Kingdom he worked hard to build because he *wished* to keep people safe! They introduce us to the idea that all living things are connected to one another, and they do not redeem the King? It was the perfect opportunity, Disney! V. The queen is the real villain of the story, she switches sides instead of trying to save her husband and feels no compassion towards him. She clearly knew how her husband ran his Kingdom and did not mind one bit until Asha started being a threat to Magnifico. She is nothing but a hypocritical opportunist. She turned on him the second he made a bad choice. She is the most pathetic character ever written in a Disney film. VI. The people of Magnifico are so 'empty' without their wishes that they live happily without them--except for Simon who is sooo tired because he gave it away. If they can live happily without their desires, it is all that matters. From the King's perspective (and I mostly agree with him) wishes are burdens. When they give their wish *willingly* to Magnifico, they feel exhausted at first because of the burden that has been lifted off their shoulders, but once they get used to being free of it, they can be truly happy, whether the King grants them their heart's desire or not. He gives them the ability to let go, which most people are not willing to do, as if true happiness could exist while holding on to things like an old miser hoards his money because he unknowingly lives in fear of poverty and cannot/will not loosen his grip on that fear, and therefore contributes to his own unhappiness. Magnifico gives his people true freedom *for free* and they still find cause to complain? VII. When the star-full but heartless people of Rosas sing together, it unites their souls together, and allows them to defeat Magnifico. But most of them have given their wish to him, have they not? What do I mean by that? If wishes were that important, the persons who had given them away would never have been powerful enough to defeat the King. Which means that they already have all they need inside of them: wishes are a plus, not a necessity to happiness or strength. VIII. In the end, Star who does not grant wishes, but can only make non-human living things talk (silly plot device again, I have lost count), gives Asha a wand, to use magic, which unlike the King, is given to her, whereas Magnifico worked hard to achieve that in order to protect people. But now, the simple-minded girl with no heart and not wits, who ruined the life of a *good* man and kept prattling on about the fact that people had to make their dreams come true by themselves, will become a fairy godmother who grants wishes! May the gods help whoever crosses her path. The last thing I would like to point out is that people's wishes change over the course of their lives, this is why a wish or a desire cannot define some one, because if it it did and was truly a part of one's soul, it would be immutable. Wishes are a plus, not who a person truly is. To conclude, the story has not been thought through, Disney has no respect for their audience. The dialogues are plot-driven, almost none of them allows the characters to be developed in a satisfying manner. But of one thing, I am sure: The queen is an awful character; she deserves the same sympathy she showed the King when he most needed her. The King is not a villain, Asha is not a hero. Magnifico is a Tragic Hero, Asha is nothing but ashen stardust.
Ok this is cool but…how about you make a RUclips video? Hahahaha jk I read the whole thing! It was beautifully constructed! This is exactly the reason why the comment section exists imo! Deserves to be pinned to the top! 🫶
@@tornapart Thank you so much for pinning my comment to the top and for your kind words 🤍 I did not expect that and I truly feel honoured! I must also tell you that I agree with everything you say in this video. I love the fact that to you the most important thing in a film is the screenplay; nothing could be more true. Your insights were absolutely brilliant and I could not be happier to have found such a talented reviewer.
Wish never considered the implications of everyone getting their wishes granted, a concept so simple that any child who's ever seen even a single episode of "The Fairly Odd Parents" can comprehend.
Like....that's half the point of the show.....so even the argument "well kids can't comprehend that people might wish for bad stuff" goes RIIIIIIGHT out the window.
THAT is why Puss in Boots: The Last Wish worked way better, in the wish department -because in the end you did NOT need to do a wish...unless you were a villain. Everyone got their wishes because all they needed was to live their life and appreciate the small, simple things, instead of being greedy!
The king was going to teach her MAGIC. The king and queen also don't seem to have children, so there is a high chance Asha might have even been intended to be the future queen. And she had the GALL to ask for a personal favor on her first day and then gets pissy when he says no? I would have said no to her too. He was offering her years of wisdom and magical powers. Did she even care? It seemed like she only wanted the job to get something herself, not out of passion for magic or the kingdom. Who wouldn't be pissed about that? The king was well within his right to fire her on the spot, he was nicer to her than most people would be in his position.
Now that you make me think about it I almost feel like Asha is an excellent example of Millennial / Gen Z entitlement. And i m saying this as a millennial myself. She literally asks for a favour without having built rapport with her new boss or even having proved that she s an asset to him xDDD the perfect example of how a lot people of my gen behave as they enter the work life.
@@tornapart That's actually pretty funny considering I remember hearing about this one woman that got hired at (iirc) Disney and ranted about how she'd walk up to people while they're in mid-convo to talk to one of them and got upset when they didn't halt their conversation just for her. And how she wanted to launch a show right after being hired, but got mad when she was shot down and seen that someone that's been there longer than her got their show made. Funnily enough she said she was going to start her own indie studio, but obviously that never happened since all she's been doing is the run of the mill motivational/advice videos, moving videos, renovation videos, and now how much she hates being 30 (which it looks like no one cares about any of her videos despite her still riding the coattails of being an ex Disney employee).
The phrase “be careful what you wish for” is literally in the cover of the movie and is never explored, like, almost all movies about wishes ALWAYS touch the “wish gone wrong” subject, because of course humans are stupid and don’t think things though most of the time, so when they have their wish they either realize it wasn’t as fulfilling as they expected or it backfired in some way, but wish never does that, they treat wishes as if it was literally the only sound source of happiness in the world
They should of never scrapped the evil couple idea, because the queen not knowing what’s happening to her husband is BULL. It’s like Disney is too chicken shit to actually have villains again that are evil because they want to be.
The part about how wishes don't always come true in real life reminded me of Up... The protagonist's wife never fulfilled her big dream (or only post mortem) but still had a wonderful, happy life. I guess Asha's grandpa's life must have been truly terrible for Asha being so adamant about his wish being granted...
Ironically enough, the grandfather inspired Asha to get the position and WHAT DO YOU KNOW? IT CAUSED AN REVOLT. Something that.. KING MAGNIFICO HAD SAID WHEN HE WAS EXAMINING HIS WISH.
Why not have Asha and Magnifico be co-protagonists? Both were half-right, half-wrong. What if there was no villain and they ended up teaming up as mentor and pupil?
And finally finding out Magnifico's dreadful secret: While trying to protect his family and his people, he accidentally killed them all! Snd he never recovered from his guilt...
I haven't seen the movie, but if he's only granting one wish a year, then it stands to reason that not everyone would get their wish granted if it's an entire city of people. Even if it's several wishes, then it'd still be the same deal. If it was only a small town of ten thousand people, that's a lot of wishes, no matter if they're good or bad. Some people aren't ever going to get them. The thing that frustrates me is how easy it would be to make a wish taker/giver evil. Just two ideas of the top of my head: If the main character had discovered that he wasn't just taking wishes, but stealing their creativity as well so they are more docile and compliant, that would be a good hook. If he was taking the wishes and using them to power an army to take over more countries, like using the flying wish to give a unit of specialist killers that power, then that would also be understandable. It isn't the first time a story has started with the main character living in a utopia and then discovering the monkey paw truth of that utopia for the outside world. Even if it was just him having a break down because he can't save everyone, no matter how he tries, that would be better than "whoops evil now because he opened a book." This film really just feels like another cash grab, Disney hasn't been all that creative for years now.
I think even if they explored the political aspect of having a powerful magician at the helm of a country it would have been so interesting. Because think about it…diseases don t exist, people get hurt and he can heal them, there is never a lack of resources…there are so many things to be explored. And the idea that they rely on him for all of that as well. Without him the country is just dead filled with people who wished they could fly or know how to play the guitar hahahah it’s insane.
@@tornapart And there's people born there that have never known any different. How would they survive in the outside world without those resources? Just so much potential wasted.
It’s very funny how Disney makes villains that are completely mismatched. Like this movies villain should’ve been someone who could be redeemed. He has all the qualities to do wrong, but also turn good at the end. While other villains in the Disney catalog, they were usually twist villains are made a good, should’ve just been evil for the sake of being evil. It’s very funny that Disney just can never get it right.
The thing about ''not all wishes are good'' is those are wishing from teenagers ! Do we know how many seventeen years old could do anything to gat x ray vision or dangerous superpowers ? Just watch Megamind and the character of Tighten to understand that may be the worse idea ..
It's been said: but Disney forgot how to write stories. They're arguably still good at making "pretty movies" (i.e. cools special effects, decent animation, etc.), but they can't outwrite 3rd graders anymore. These guys fumbled Marvel, Lucasfilm, Pixar, and their own legacy with utterly trash story lines. This level of mismanagement is either outright sabotage, or a new kind of incompetence that needs to be studied.
18:43 I’ve always been of the opinion that you should create the character first with their personality background flaws etc and after you have a well rounded and engaging character then you can decide what they look like and the other more superficial things
Btw she needed to have 7 friend's, cause they are nod to 7 dwarves. And everyone of her friends has a character of one of the dwarves, they kinda colorisicly look like them.
Yeah I noticed that when one of her friends kept sneezing thorough out the entire movie. But I think that it’s even worse…you don’t add characters in a script around the main character just for an easter egg. You write characters in a script because they are necessary to the plot. I don’t even think they were necessary as emotional support for Asha because literally everyone in this movie is on her side. Even the queen…
@tornapart I like to think they created the friends to check how people will react to seven magical creatures from Snow White live action remake. But I hate it when characters are created that way. When I write my scripts i put the most work in creating characters. They all need their own voice and soul even different catchphrases
From the early scripts I heard about it was planned as a 2D movie where the villans tricked the people of their wishes and feed on them for power, and yes in the early scripts both the king and queen where evil and worked together but that did not get past the modern sensibility test I guess 😜
The shame part is this was an interesting concept but was bond to fail because of those running the show didn’t have the execution in mind but were focused on sending the message. The message got lost because apparently the animation team didn’t have the time flesh out the characters to have a better since of direction for the story and the activists have driven out the animators that had the creative ideals to help prioritize storytelling.
I'd say an activist involved failed heavily as this is some shit representation. A better story would have done Asha justice. Just looking at the concept art shows how much heart was tossed away in the process.
Yeah that’s exactly what Bob Iger said in his latest interview! They used to focus on telling good stories and lately they’ve focused more on messages and representation. The intention is money based of course but I’m glad they are sort of figuring out the problems! Alsoooo the production budgets are INSANE! Way too high. It’s becoming just harder for their movies to make a profit. Every single movie CANNOT be a super important life changing canon event! I don’t know if they are laundering money or whatever but if The Creator was made with a somewhat small budget, they should start looking at their balance sheets!
“This is the thanks I get” deserves to have the same recognition as We don t Talk About Bruno! Hahaha if you ve worked in the service industry EVEN MORE! When literally doing your max becomes the standard and people keep asking for more! 🥲
Which is really weird considering that Disney did experiments with non realistic styles of animation for a long time. Paperman and Feast for example. From what I know, they tried doing this with Tangled. It was supposed to look like watercolor but it just prove expensive. Pixar has also done experiments like with Sanjay's Super Team and Day And Night. Even their recent films have some hints of this like the Terry's and Jerry's in Soul and some anime style (like the eyes and effects) in Turning Red. Even long before 3D was the thing, Disney have incorporated some 3D for their works like the Deep Canvass for Tarzan (which was amazing) or Magic Carpet (which is a 3D character) in Aladdin and even the ballroom scene in Beauty and the Beast. Which gives them some experience combining 2D with 3D. Essentially, they only have to look to their past for inspirations. Knowing what I know, the animation in Wish can only look lazy to me. The style looks like an animation style for a children show (like Sofia the First). Sure, it is more polished with a more detailed textures and models but still not so compared to their other features. Physics is also really stiff here. The movements of clothes and hair especially. Despite all the movements and dancing, they don't move much. Just compare Wish to Encanto, the skirts in Encanto for example just sway, twirls and flow so smoothly. Wish is like everything is dampened, which is probably what actually happened. Such flowing motions are very difficult and often causes problems to the animators.
@@rosverlegaspo6752 I just heard that a lot of the people Disney hires now don't actually have any expertise in animation - they hire activists, not artists. Disney has to outsource a lot of scenes now because sometimes these animators refuse to work on projects that don't match their political beliefs, but that can get expensive. The experienced animators have all left Disney. I haven't seen Wish, but apparently there is a scene where Magnifico is riding a horse and they only show his upper body because the animators didn't know how to handle animating horses' legs when they walk or run.
@@snakehands it think it's less about "woke policies" and more the fact that Disney gutted their 2D animation department in favor of 3D animation in 2013. So it's true they don't have the 2D animation talent to successfully combine 3D and 2D but this mess just seems rushed more than anything.
@@gio-ve7vn Ya, I heard a lot of animation studios (including Disney) did that with the invention of CGI. They can't go back to 2D like it used to be, it's not just that they don't have the expertise, it's also that they no longer have the equipment.
The thumbnail is absolutely correct. What if someone wished the city would get demolished or someone died? I mean, if the individual who wished that doesn't remember it now, there would be no harm, as they are not aware. But if it was given back to them, then they would try to do it themselves, and that's bad.
I didn't watch the movie but just from seeing the image at 16:56, it's so easy to pick this out: Bazeema - Bashful Hal - Happy Dahlia - Doc Dario - Dopey Gabo - Grumpy Simon - Sleepy Safi - Sneezy
This movie is probably an experimental AI written movie. Disney wants to use this tech cause it is the shortest way to pander to everyone. Script is useless, characters lack character, there is little to no story. Villan is genuinely a good guy trying his best, but he must be a Villan. Creators of this movie vilified a perfect woketopia, which is hilarious. Another problem is a that songs are completely not matching the script. They say things contradictory to story and characters actions. This is truly a screenwriter nightmare. As a fellow screenwriter i approve of this video. Best greetings from Poland my man , hope your channels grows 👍
For sure, it used to be songs in these movies served the story and characters but after a certain point the songs in these movies are designed to be hit singles like “let it go”. It’s like movies/tv shows aren’t about making a coherent narrative but just setting up other business ventures
Ah thanks for the comment man! I completely agree with everything you said! And I appreciate it even more since I’m half Polish haha! My mom s family is from Opoczno!
@Other_Robots it's not like they can't do songs cause Encanto songs were great, and they deepened characters and story. We don't talk about Bruno is such an amazing exposition
The problem with the style is that they were too lazy to actually try committing to a stylistic movie and instead just decided to skip one of the rendering processes
Are you familiar with starkid? They do musicals dnd upload them on youtube. Their Twisted musical is about Jafar, how he was a good guy, but his story was told from Aladdin, that's why he 's made to look like the villain. I wanna see something similar about Magnifico
I'm sure you've never heard of Star Darlings in your entire life, but I think it handles the concept of Good Widhes and Bad Wishes better (if at all for that matter) than Wish actually does. Bad Wishes are dangerous and must ne er be granted, but in the Wish movie, they make it subtle enough for anyone gullible enough to not notice it at first by implying that all wishes are inherently good wishes, despite the fact of the contrary existing in other animated shows and movies that tackle the concept of wish-granting. In fact, Star Darlings makes it abundantly clear that Bad Wishes are extremely dangerous. Shouldn't there be the same concept in that movie too? I man, both are owned by Disney, for crying out loud!
Here’s another plot hole. If Magnífico is an omnipotent sorcerer, one would think he’d have a spell to make Asha forget about the conversation they had about the wishes in the first place, therefore avoiding the entire conflict
This movie has a total chokehold on me even though it came out MONTHS ago because you can clearly tell it had so much potential. Like 1. I personally like a lot of the instrumentals of the songs but the lyrics are either vague, out of character, or just plain terrible, 2. Some of the visuals are incredible (that burst of light/pink butterflies etc behind Asha, the broken mirror at the end of the worst villain song ever, the magical books infinity sign of green magic etc), but so much of the movie looks cheap and rushed, 3. ARIANA DEBOSE, 4. The early scripts with star boy, a shyer Asha, a villain COUPLE 5. Some moments where magnifico is actually menacing or even subtly manipulative (I loved the moment he was trying to manipulate Asha into wishing to be the best apprentice. It’s giving just a little mother gothel vibe and I love that), 6. just so many other things… if it was just a mediocre movie that would be one thing, but it could have been amazing and they totally screwed it up
Siamo d'accordo con te al 100% e fino ad ora non avevamo ancora visto un'analisi così lucida delle pecche di questo film, soprattutto per quanto riguarda la scrittura. Magnifico poteva essere un personaggio incredibilmente interessante, se non fosse stato relegato al ruolo di villain stereotipico... senza senso alcuno, visto che non fa per nulla le cose di un villain tradizionale. Ci è dispiaciuto che alla fine sia stato intrappolato senza alcuna possibilità di redenzione... boh...Wish è stato incredibilmente vuoto, una cosa abbastanza triste, perché aspettavamo con un bel po' di interesse questo film del centenario Disney.
I LOVE the Movie Wish. Love it, love it, LOVE IT! Everything about it is so amazing, so beautiful, so breathtaking, and so phenomenal. The ending made me cry tears of joy. The entire movie made me laugh, smile, gave me goosebumps, and amazed me. Wow, wow, WOW! Bravo, Disney. Bravo! I love you, Disney, to death. Never stop making amazing animated movies and never stop making Live action remakes. EVER! Thank you. I don’t know if anyone from Disney will ever see this comment. It doesn’t matter, though. I made my opinion and I’m sticking to it which makes me very happy.
Hope you enjoyed the video! Do I have any corrections for this week? Mmh let me think…I actually don’t think so? I haven’t heard any other hot takes on the movie and honestly I haven’t met a single person in real life who has enjoyed this movie! But feel free to surprise me down in the comments! Take care x
Magnifico backstory idea: his father was the leader of a country / village but got corrupted by the evil book (or he created it). He wished for power. Country destroyed, Magnifico sad, he escapes and keeps the evil book out of the wrong hands. Makes his own great kingdom, but knows wishes can be dangerous, so carefully controls whose get granted. Some dumb teenager who doesn't understand how dangerous wishes can be gets under his skin--he's been a people-pleaser and is fed up--and he gets tempted to use the magic book. There: he has a motive and a backstory, book origin explained. Doesn't fix Asha, but it's something
Honestly it depends of when they held test screenings for the movie. Let’s say that animation requires at least 6 months to be polished if you want to make some drastic changes to some scenes…then if they held their test screenings in may it s a 100% possible that they couldn t write anything new to solve those issues! To be honest I m not that knowledgeable concerning the animation industry behind the scenes, this is a wild guess! The harsh truth of Hollywood movies in the last few years though is that most movies seem to be rushed with half finished scripts. Reshoots are an industry standard now. But how do those work in animation form? How much can you actually change the closer you get to release? It s hard to tell!
Perhaps the most disturbing thing about Wish is how they depict wishes as such integral parts of you that you can literally be depressed without them. If that's true, you're addicted. If people put SO much emphasis on their wishes that they feel empty without them, then the WISHES control people, NOT Magnifico. It's slavery to your wants. It's exactly like how many people feel "lost" without their phones - if they don't have them, they don't know what to do with themselves. Imagine if you replaced every instance of the word "wish" with "phone" and "grant" with "return:" "People give their phones to me, willingly, and I make it so they forget their worries." "You make it so they forget the most beautiful part of themselves!" "And when you give your phone to the king, you don't want to end up like Simon here." "Huh? What's wrong with Simon here?" "I dunno, you're kinda boring now. No offense." "Am I boring now? Do you all think that?" "No, not boring. Just...calmer." "Oh Simon, don't worry. You're still you. And I'll bet you get your phone back really soon." "Did I mention, when you turn 18, you can give up your phone in a ceremony" "Does it hurt? Do you cry?" "Oh no, you won't even miss it when you say goodbye" "And he keeps them safe, every phone he acquires. And then once a month he returns someone's greatest desire." "I don't think your phone will ever be returned. He said it's too dangerous." "My phone is dangerous?" "No, that's the thing. I don't think it is at all." "You saw it?" "I did. And it's so, so beautiful." "Well clearly Magnifico feels otherwise." "If you had seen them, if you had felt them, like I did, you would understand! It's not just yours! There are so many wondrous, powerful phones that will never be returned just floating there helpless!" "Sit down! Calm down!" "I can't just sit here knowing about your incredible phone and not tell you!" "Then don't. Why would you want me to know about a phone that can never be? Are you trying to break my heart?" "It's my Saba Sabino's phone. Would you maybe consider returning it at the ceremony tonight?" "Unfortunately, it's too dangerous. Your grandfather longs to create something that will inspire the next generation. Great idea, but too vague. Create what? A rebellious mob, perhaps? Inspire them to do what? To destroy Rosas, maybe?" [Social media really can do this, just like how musicians were politically influential & shaped public opinion in the Middle Ages. It's literally just a modern updating of the same idea.] "No one should ever have to see their phones destroyed before their eyes." "No one should have to live their life knowing the pain of that loss every day!" "The phones of Rosas!" "Whoa! They are everything!" "People think phones are just things. But no, they are a part of your heart. The very best part." "Once upon a time there was a young man who believed there was nothing more important than a phone. Not just any phone, of course. The one that drives your heart, that makes you who you are. But he also knew how easily phones could be destroyed. And so, he set out to do something about it. He studied tirelessly the magic of the world and became a mighty sorcerer, able to protect from harm any phone given to him, and for the good and the worthy, even return that phone." "My phone! Oh, it's beautiful!" "This feeling!" "Come home!" "There you are! Oh, my beautiful phone!" "Mama! You got your phone back!" "What would you do if you found out the phones of those you love with all your heart will never be returned?" "I mean it when I say it is my pleasure to return your heart's desire." "My phone has come back!" "We have two new citizens ready to give their phones" (Couple gives up their phones) "It's a real weight off, isn't it" "All this time I've protected the phones, not knowing the power they yield! I feel as if I can do anything!" "How do we know our phones are safe? We never see them!" "Why can't we see them? Why is that a rule?" "Why can't we remember them?" "What if we want to change our phone?" "You know what would comfort us? Another phone ceremony." "It would make us all feel so much better." "Return ALL the phones!" "Please, please, please! "SILENCE! Is that all you can think of? Another phone ceremony?" "Mm-hm!" "Hope unchanging, with our phone held high, the way you've always taught us to" (it sounds like they're taking a selfie lol) "You were never going to return my saba's phone, and he deserves to have it back! They all deserve to!" "We all know what happens to phones out here in this real world. They get crushed!" (Drops it and breaks the screen) "(Gasp!) What sadness!" It's literally the modern world
It'd have been more interesting if this took a 2 view approach to the idea of progress even without a problem. Contrast 'embrace progress' with 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it' with both here having real arguments but not wanting to budge, and end with the idea to tread carefully, but still forward, and also make sure your way of thought/source of advice is a vast to make sure you don't get caught in an echo chamber. Magnifico's way clearly works for the kingdom but could be improved for many if more wishes were granted. He is 1 man doing this whole thing and given the amount of people, having 1 wish a month wasn't gonna be enough anyway once there was a permanent population. Either way the community would survive without going cruel dictator. Asha suggests that better can still be had, he's paranoid to change more than he has to, spent all his will to change things on the first attempt to rebuild. Minor external conflict helps prove point that you need at least a little change, but not faster than you can think it through.
I haven't seen the movie: Is it one wish granted per year or per month? It's not enough to change anything, but I've heard both and just want clarification. XD
The problem with the style is that they were too lazy to actually try committing to a stylistic movie and instead just decided to skip one of the rendering processes
I am going to try and go through all the nonsense of this film, and show why the King is a Tragic Hero, Asha a mere *fool,* and the queen a monstrous hypocrite.
I. In the opening sequence, when Asha tells the story of the Kingdom (which will prove that she already knows that not all wishes are granted *before* her interview with the King), she says: '[The King] studied the magic of the world tirelessly and became a mighty sorcerer able to protect from harm or ill will, any wish given to him. And for the good and the worthy, even grant that wish.' The latter sentence implies that even though he accepts any one to live in his orderly Kingdom, he is the one who decides who is good and worthy. The former sentence proves that the only thing he promises to his people is to keep their wishes safe.
II. Asha is the immature and impulsive protagonist of the story. She wants to become King Magnifico's apprentice ONLY to ask him to grant her grandfather's wish. Before her interview with Magnifico, Gabo implies that she only wants to be the King's apprentice because apprentices and their families more often than not have their wishes granted sooner than other people; Asha does not rebuke him (cheers to our dishonest 'heroine'!). The stupid thing is, it is later stated that only the King is allowed to use magic in his Kingdom; for what does he need an apprentice, then? ('How do you enjoy your script, sir?' 'Half-baked, please.')
III. When she is cringely shocked by the King because he does not grant all wishes (which she already knew), she stupidly says, in order to move the plot forward even though it should have been expanded upon, that the people of Rosas are good, as if the audience should accept that unconvincing statement without proof from a dishonest and hypocritical seventeen year-old girl, who is going to also become a thief later on haha The people gave their wishes to the King willingly Asha, taking them away from him without his consent *is* stealing! My apologies, I digress, I know, it is not her fault if she is a plot device personified: it is that of the incompetent screenwriters.
IV. The King is more heroic than Asha and he has such an unfair fate in the end. He starts using 'forbidden magic' (what an inspired plot device!) in order to protect his Kingdom and he cannot be saved from this dark magic because... the 'evil' book says so! Lazy writing! The worst part is, when he ends up being trapped in the mirror, he seems to be his normal self again, and the queen (his wife!) does not care at all! Let us punish the man who wants to protect the Kingdom he worked hard to build because he *wished* to keep people safe! They introduce us to the idea that all living things are connected to one another, and they do not redeem the King? It was the perfect opportunity, Disney!
V. The queen is the real villain of the story, she switches sides instead of trying to save her husband and feels no compassion towards him. She clearly knew how her husband ran his Kingdom and did not mind one bit until Asha started being a threat to Magnifico. She is nothing but a hypocritical opportunist. She turned on him the second he made a bad choice. She is the most pathetic character ever written in a Disney film.
VI. The people of Magnifico are so 'empty' without their wishes that they live happily without them--except for Simon who is sooo tired because he gave it away. If they can live happily without their desires, it is all that matters. From the King's perspective (and I mostly agree with him) wishes are burdens. When they give their wish *willingly* to Magnifico, they feel exhausted at first because of the burden that has been lifted off their shoulders, but once they get used to being free of it, they can be truly happy, whether the King grants them their heart's desire or not. He gives them the ability to let go, which most people are not willing to do, as if true happiness could exist while holding on to things like an old miser hoards his money because he unknowingly lives in fear of poverty and cannot/will not loosen his grip on that fear, and therefore contributes to his own unhappiness. Magnifico gives his people true freedom *for free* and they still find cause to complain?
VII. When the star-full but heartless people of Rosas sing together, it unites their souls together, and allows them to defeat Magnifico. But most of them have given their wish to him, have they not? What do I mean by that? If wishes were that important, the persons who had given them away would never have been powerful enough to defeat the King. Which means that they already have all they need inside of them: wishes are a plus, not a necessity to happiness or strength.
VIII. In the end, Star who does not grant wishes, but can only make non-human living things talk (silly plot device again, I have lost count), gives Asha a wand, to use magic, which unlike the King, is given to her, whereas Magnifico worked hard to achieve that in order to protect people. But now, the simple-minded girl with no heart and not wits, who ruined the life of a *good* man and kept prattling on about the fact that people had to make their dreams come true by themselves, will become a fairy godmother who grants wishes! May the gods help whoever crosses her path.
The last thing I would like to point out is that people's wishes change over the course of their lives, this is why a wish or a desire cannot define some one, because if it it did and was truly a part of one's soul, it would be immutable. Wishes are a plus, not who a person truly is.
To conclude, the story has not been thought through, Disney has no respect for their audience. The dialogues are plot-driven, almost none of them allows the characters to be developed in a satisfying manner. But of one thing, I am sure: The queen is an awful character; she deserves the same sympathy she showed the King when he most needed her. The King is not a villain, Asha is not a hero. Magnifico is a Tragic Hero, Asha is nothing but ashen stardust.
Ok this is cool but…how about you make a RUclips video? Hahahaha jk I read the whole thing! It was beautifully constructed! This is exactly the reason why the comment section exists imo! Deserves to be pinned to the top! 🫶
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@@tornapart Thank you so much for pinning my comment to the top and for your kind words 🤍 I did not expect that and I truly feel honoured! I must also tell you that I agree with everything you say in this video. I love the fact that to you the most important thing in a film is the screenplay; nothing could be more true. Your insights were absolutely brilliant and I could not be happier to have found such a talented reviewer.
@@omenaccipioThank you!
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Wish never considered the implications of everyone getting their wishes granted, a concept so simple that any child who's ever seen even a single episode of "The Fairly Odd Parents" can comprehend.
That’s SUCH a good point! I grew up with that cartoon as well! 🙊🙊
Like....that's half the point of the show.....so even the argument "well kids can't comprehend that people might wish for bad stuff" goes RIIIIIIGHT out the window.
Right? Like are they aware of how many people have wishes that... Shouldn't be granted?
Bruce Almighty showed that if everyone got their wish things would go to hell. That was in 2003. 20 years ago.
@@OneClassicalLass "Can you believe none of those guys in white, pointy hoods are having their wishes granted? Not a single one"! 🤣
THAT is why Puss in Boots: The Last Wish worked way better, in the wish department -because in the end you did NOT need to do a wish...unless you were a villain. Everyone got their wishes because all they needed was to live their life and appreciate the small, simple things, instead of being greedy!
The king was going to teach her MAGIC. The king and queen also don't seem to have children, so there is a high chance Asha might have even been intended to be the future queen. And she had the GALL to ask for a personal favor on her first day and then gets pissy when he says no? I would have said no to her too. He was offering her years of wisdom and magical powers. Did she even care? It seemed like she only wanted the job to get something herself, not out of passion for magic or the kingdom. Who wouldn't be pissed about that? The king was well within his right to fire her on the spot, he was nicer to her than most people would be in his position.
Now that you make me think about it I almost feel like Asha is an excellent example of Millennial / Gen Z entitlement. And i m saying this as a millennial myself. She literally asks for a favour without having built rapport with her new boss or even having proved that she s an asset to him xDDD the perfect example of how a lot people of my gen behave as they enter the work life.
@@tornapart That's actually pretty funny considering I remember hearing about this one woman that got hired at (iirc) Disney and ranted about how she'd walk up to people while they're in mid-convo to talk to one of them and got upset when they didn't halt their conversation just for her. And how she wanted to launch a show right after being hired, but got mad when she was shot down and seen that someone that's been there longer than her got their show made.
Funnily enough she said she was going to start her own indie studio, but obviously that never happened since all she's been doing is the run of the mill motivational/advice videos, moving videos, renovation videos, and now how much she hates being 30 (which it looks like no one cares about any of her videos despite her still riding the coattails of being an ex Disney employee).
Exactly!!! 😂 She probably only wanted this job JUST to get a favor, if I was the king, I would've said no too!
The phrase “be careful what you wish for” is literally in the cover of the movie and is never explored, like, almost all movies about wishes ALWAYS touch the “wish gone wrong” subject, because of course humans are stupid and don’t think things though most of the time, so when they have their wish they either realize it wasn’t as fulfilling as they expected or it backfired in some way, but wish never does that, they treat wishes as if it was literally the only sound source of happiness in the world
They should of never scrapped the evil couple idea, because the queen not knowing what’s happening to her husband is BULL. It’s like Disney is too chicken shit to actually have villains again that are evil because they want to be.
The part about how wishes don't always come true in real life reminded me of Up... The protagonist's wife never fulfilled her big dream (or only post mortem) but still had a wonderful, happy life.
I guess Asha's grandpa's life must have been truly terrible for Asha being so adamant about his wish being granted...
Ironically enough, the grandfather inspired Asha to get the position and WHAT DO YOU KNOW? IT CAUSED AN REVOLT. Something that.. KING MAGNIFICO HAD SAID WHEN HE WAS EXAMINING HIS WISH.
@@a.bit.chaotic haha ! That's true ! XD he was right to be worried!
@@agnesleuenberger3713ikr?? It just tells us that Asha is just wrong while Magnifico is right 😭
A movie from the perspective of Magnifico would have been a lot more interesting indeed
Why not have Asha and Magnifico be co-protagonists? Both were half-right, half-wrong. What if there was no villain and they ended up teaming up as mentor and pupil?
And finally finding out Magnifico's dreadful secret: While trying to protect his family and his people, he accidentally killed them all! Snd he never recovered from his guilt...
I haven't seen the movie, but if he's only granting one wish a year, then it stands to reason that not everyone would get their wish granted if it's an entire city of people. Even if it's several wishes, then it'd still be the same deal. If it was only a small town of ten thousand people, that's a lot of wishes, no matter if they're good or bad. Some people aren't ever going to get them.
The thing that frustrates me is how easy it would be to make a wish taker/giver evil.
Just two ideas of the top of my head:
If the main character had discovered that he wasn't just taking wishes, but stealing their creativity as well so they are more docile and compliant, that would be a good hook.
If he was taking the wishes and using them to power an army to take over more countries, like using the flying wish to give a unit of specialist killers that power, then that would also be understandable.
It isn't the first time a story has started with the main character living in a utopia and then discovering the monkey paw truth of that utopia for the outside world. Even if it was just him having a break down because he can't save everyone, no matter how he tries, that would be better than "whoops evil now because he opened a book."
This film really just feels like another cash grab, Disney hasn't been all that creative for years now.
I think even if they explored the political aspect of having a powerful magician at the helm of a country it would have been so interesting. Because think about it…diseases don t exist, people get hurt and he can heal them, there is never a lack of resources…there are so many things to be explored. And the idea that they rely on him for all of that as well. Without him the country is just dead filled with people who wished they could fly or know how to play the guitar hahahah it’s insane.
Not that it really matters to the plot, but it is actually once a month.
@@tornapart And there's people born there that have never known any different. How would they survive in the outside world without those resources?
Just so much potential wasted.
It’s very funny how Disney makes villains that are completely mismatched. Like this movies villain should’ve been someone who could be redeemed. He has all the qualities to do wrong, but also turn good at the end. While other villains in the Disney catalog, they were usually twist villains are made a good, should’ve just been evil for the sake of being evil. It’s very funny that Disney just can never get it right.
When the villain makes more sense than the protagonist you know it's a bad movie
The thing about ''not all wishes are good'' is those are wishing from teenagers !
Do we know how many seventeen years old could do anything to gat x ray vision or dangerous superpowers ?
Just watch Megamind and the character of Tighten to understand that may be the worse idea ..
It's been said: but Disney forgot how to write stories. They're arguably still good at making "pretty movies" (i.e. cools special effects, decent animation, etc.), but they can't outwrite 3rd graders anymore. These guys fumbled Marvel, Lucasfilm, Pixar, and their own legacy with utterly trash story lines. This level of mismanagement is either outright sabotage, or a new kind of incompetence that needs to be studied.
18:43 I’ve always been of the opinion that you should create the character first with their personality background flaws etc and after you have a well rounded and engaging character then you can decide what they look like and the other more superficial things
Btw she needed to have 7 friend's, cause they are nod to 7 dwarves. And everyone of her friends has a character of one of the dwarves, they kinda colorisicly look like them.
Yeah I noticed that when one of her friends kept sneezing thorough out the entire movie. But I think that it’s even worse…you don’t add characters in a script around the main character just for an easter egg. You write characters in a script because they are necessary to the plot. I don’t even think they were necessary as emotional support for Asha because literally everyone in this movie is on her side. Even the queen…
@tornapart I like to think they created the friends to check how people will react to seven magical creatures from Snow White live action remake. But I hate it when characters are created that way. When I write my scripts i put the most work in creating characters. They all need their own voice and soul even different catchphrases
From the early scripts I heard about it was planned as a 2D movie where the villans tricked the people of their wishes and feed on them for power, and yes in the early scripts both the king and queen where evil and worked together but that did not get past the modern sensibility test I guess 😜
I’m pretty sure Asha is the villain of the movie
They made Asha the villain, Magnifico had to be cartoonishly evil in order to make him look bad...it's like a strawman argument the character.
The shame part is this was an interesting concept but was bond to fail because of those running the show didn’t have the execution in mind but were focused on sending the message. The message got lost because apparently the animation team didn’t have the time flesh out the characters to have a better since of direction for the story and the activists have driven out the animators that had the creative ideals to help prioritize storytelling.
I'd say an activist involved failed heavily as this is some shit representation. A better story would have done Asha justice. Just looking at the concept art shows how much heart was tossed away in the process.
Yeah that’s exactly what Bob Iger said in his latest interview! They used to focus on telling good stories and lately they’ve focused more on messages and representation. The intention is money based of course but I’m glad they are sort of figuring out the problems! Alsoooo the production budgets are INSANE! Way too high. It’s becoming just harder for their movies to make a profit. Every single movie CANNOT be a super important life changing canon event! I don’t know if they are laundering money or whatever but if The Creator was made with a somewhat small budget, they should start looking at their balance sheets!
When you talked about people pleaser part of Magnifico, that's so correct xD
“This is the thanks I get” deserves to have the same recognition as We don t Talk About Bruno! Hahaha if you ve worked in the service industry EVEN MORE! When literally doing your max becomes the standard and people keep asking for more! 🥲
The animation style didn’t look experimental to me - it looked like a video game.
Which is really weird considering that Disney did experiments with non realistic styles of animation for a long time. Paperman and Feast for example. From what I know, they tried doing this with Tangled. It was supposed to look like watercolor but it just prove expensive.
Pixar has also done experiments like with Sanjay's Super Team and Day And Night. Even their recent films have some hints of this like the Terry's and Jerry's in Soul and some anime style (like the eyes and effects) in Turning Red.
Even long before 3D was the thing, Disney have incorporated some 3D for their works like the Deep Canvass for Tarzan (which was amazing) or Magic Carpet (which is a 3D character) in Aladdin and even the ballroom scene in Beauty and the Beast. Which gives them some experience combining 2D with 3D.
Essentially, they only have to look to their past for inspirations.
Knowing what I know, the animation in Wish can only look lazy to me. The style looks like an animation style for a children show (like Sofia the First). Sure, it is more polished with a more detailed textures and models but still not so compared to their other features.
Physics is also really stiff here. The movements of clothes and hair especially. Despite all the movements and dancing, they don't move much. Just compare Wish to Encanto, the skirts in Encanto for example just sway, twirls and flow so smoothly. Wish is like everything is dampened, which is probably what actually happened. Such flowing motions are very difficult and often causes problems to the animators.
@@rosverlegaspo6752 I just heard that a lot of the people Disney hires now don't actually have any expertise in animation - they hire activists, not artists. Disney has to outsource a lot of scenes now because sometimes these animators refuse to work on projects that don't match their political beliefs, but that can get expensive. The experienced animators have all left Disney. I haven't seen Wish, but apparently there is a scene where Magnifico is riding a horse and they only show his upper body because the animators didn't know how to handle animating horses' legs when they walk or run.
@@snakehands it think it's less about "woke policies" and more the fact that Disney gutted their 2D animation department in favor of 3D animation in 2013. So it's true they don't have the 2D animation talent to successfully combine 3D and 2D but this mess just seems rushed more than anything.
@@gio-ve7vn Ya, I heard a lot of animation studios (including Disney) did that with the invention of CGI. They can't go back to 2D like it used to be, it's not just that they don't have the expertise, it's also that they no longer have the equipment.
The thumbnail is absolutely correct. What if someone wished the city would get demolished or someone died? I mean, if the individual who wished that doesn't remember it now, there would be no harm, as they are not aware. But if it was given back to them, then they would try to do it themselves, and that's bad.
I didn't watch the movie but just from seeing the image at 16:56, it's so easy to pick this out:
Bazeema - Bashful
Hal - Happy
Dahlia - Doc
Dario - Dopey
Gabo - Grumpy
Simon - Sleepy
Safi - Sneezy
This movie is probably an experimental AI written movie. Disney wants to use this tech cause it is the shortest way to pander to everyone. Script is useless, characters lack character, there is little to no story. Villan is genuinely a good guy trying his best, but he must be a Villan. Creators of this movie vilified a perfect woketopia, which is hilarious. Another problem is a that songs are completely not matching the script. They say things contradictory to story and characters actions. This is truly a screenwriter nightmare. As a fellow screenwriter i approve of this video. Best greetings from Poland my man , hope your channels grows 👍
For sure, it used to be songs in these movies served the story and characters but after a certain point the songs in these movies are designed to be hit singles like “let it go”. It’s like movies/tv shows aren’t about making a coherent narrative but just setting up other business ventures
Ah thanks for the comment man! I completely agree with everything you said! And I appreciate it even more since I’m half Polish haha! My mom s family is from Opoczno!
@tornapart opoczno is like 4h ride from me. I live near Tatry mountains, about 100 km from Krakow
@Other_Robots it's not like they can't do songs cause Encanto songs were great, and they deepened characters and story. We don't talk about Bruno is such an amazing exposition
8:16 That's a good point, actually! Disney wants diversity but villainises the character responsible for the diversity. 😂
The problem with the style is that they were too lazy to actually try committing to a stylistic movie and instead just decided to skip one of the rendering processes
This is a great vid and I loved your proposed ending / message for the movie - I wish they'd gone that route, it could have been really good!
Are you familiar with starkid? They do musicals dnd upload them on youtube. Their Twisted musical is about Jafar, how he was a good guy, but his story was told from Aladdin, that's why he 's made to look like the villain. I wanna see something similar about Magnifico
No I don’t know it! But I’ll definitely check it out! :) sounds really cool tbh!
When I was 18 I would have wished to be a dragon. Not all wishes made by 18 year olds should be kept or granted
You know the music is bad when FNAF fan songs are better.
I'm sure you've never heard of Star Darlings in your entire life, but I think it handles the concept of Good Widhes and Bad Wishes better (if at all for that matter) than Wish actually does. Bad Wishes are dangerous and must ne er be granted, but in the Wish movie, they make it subtle enough for anyone gullible enough to not notice it at first by implying that all wishes are inherently good wishes, despite the fact of the contrary existing in other animated shows and movies that tackle the concept of wish-granting. In fact, Star Darlings makes it abundantly clear that Bad Wishes are extremely dangerous. Shouldn't there be the same concept in that movie too? I man, both are owned by Disney, for crying out loud!
Never heard of that but it sounds quite intriguing indeed!
I've seen a video about Star Darlings. It sounded like kind of a mess, but still better than this movie.
Here’s another plot hole. If Magnífico is an omnipotent sorcerer, one would think he’d have a spell to make Asha forget about the conversation they had about the wishes in the first place, therefore avoiding the entire conflict
if we can't remember the main character's names, your movie didn't work.
This movie has a total chokehold on me even though it came out MONTHS ago because you can clearly tell it had so much potential. Like 1. I personally like a lot of the instrumentals of the songs but the lyrics are either vague, out of character, or just plain terrible, 2. Some of the visuals are incredible (that burst of light/pink butterflies etc behind Asha, the broken mirror at the end of the worst villain song ever, the magical books infinity sign of green magic etc), but so much of the movie looks cheap and rushed, 3. ARIANA DEBOSE, 4. The early scripts with star boy, a shyer Asha, a villain COUPLE 5. Some moments where magnifico is actually menacing or even subtly manipulative (I loved the moment he was trying to manipulate Asha into wishing to be the best apprentice. It’s giving just a little mother gothel vibe and I love that), 6. just so many other things… if it was just a mediocre movie that would be one thing, but it could have been amazing and they totally screwed it up
Siamo d'accordo con te al 100% e fino ad ora non avevamo ancora visto un'analisi così lucida delle pecche di questo film, soprattutto per quanto riguarda la scrittura. Magnifico poteva essere un personaggio incredibilmente interessante, se non fosse stato relegato al ruolo di villain stereotipico... senza senso alcuno, visto che non fa per nulla le cose di un villain tradizionale. Ci è dispiaciuto che alla fine sia stato intrappolato senza alcuna possibilità di redenzione... boh...Wish è stato incredibilmente vuoto, una cosa abbastanza triste, perché aspettavamo con un bel po' di interesse questo film del centenario Disney.
Ah grazie per il commento mi fa molto piacere! Hai riassunto tutto perfettamente!
I LOVE the Movie Wish. Love it, love it, LOVE IT! Everything about it is so amazing, so beautiful, so breathtaking, and so phenomenal. The ending made me cry tears of joy. The entire movie made me laugh, smile, gave me goosebumps, and amazed me. Wow, wow, WOW! Bravo, Disney. Bravo! I love you, Disney, to death. Never stop making amazing animated movies and never stop making Live action remakes. EVER! Thank you. I don’t know if anyone from Disney will ever see this comment. It doesn’t matter, though. I made my opinion and I’m sticking to it which makes me very happy.
I read this with a hint of sarcasm! But if it genuinely worked for you I’m happy it did! Haha
Hope you enjoyed the video! Do I have any corrections for this week? Mmh let me think…I actually don’t think so? I haven’t heard any other hot takes on the movie and honestly I haven’t met a single person in real life who has enjoyed this movie! But feel free to surprise me down in the comments! Take care x
Magnifico backstory idea: his father was the leader of a country / village but got corrupted by the evil book (or he created it). He wished for power. Country destroyed, Magnifico sad, he escapes and keeps the evil book out of the wrong hands. Makes his own great kingdom, but knows wishes can be dangerous, so carefully controls whose get granted. Some dumb teenager who doesn't understand how dangerous wishes can be gets under his skin--he's been a people-pleaser and is fed up--and he gets tempted to use the magic book. There: he has a motive and a backstory, book origin explained. Doesn't fix Asha, but it's something
Love it call Hollywood! Haha
Yesss I want magnifico to have some _trauma_ . Honestly he should’ve been the protagonist.
How much did the writer’s strike affect this movie?
Honestly it depends of when they held test screenings for the movie. Let’s say that animation requires at least 6 months to be polished if you want to make some drastic changes to some scenes…then if they held their test screenings in may it s a 100% possible that they couldn t write anything new to solve those issues! To be honest I m not that knowledgeable concerning the animation industry behind the scenes, this is a wild guess! The harsh truth of Hollywood movies in the last few years though is that most movies seem to be rushed with half finished scripts. Reshoots are an industry standard now. But how do those work in animation form? How much can you actually change the closer you get to release? It s hard to tell!
Perhaps the most disturbing thing about Wish is how they depict wishes as such integral parts of you that you can literally be depressed without them. If that's true, you're addicted. If people put SO much emphasis on their wishes that they feel empty without them, then the WISHES control people, NOT Magnifico. It's slavery to your wants. It's exactly like how many people feel "lost" without their phones - if they don't have them, they don't know what to do with themselves.
Imagine if you replaced every instance of the word "wish" with "phone" and "grant" with "return:"
"People give their phones to me, willingly, and I make it so they forget their worries."
"You make it so they forget the most beautiful part of themselves!"
"And when you give your phone to the king, you don't want to end up like Simon here."
"Huh? What's wrong with Simon here?"
"I dunno, you're kinda boring now. No offense."
"Am I boring now? Do you all think that?"
"No, not boring. Just...calmer."
"Oh Simon, don't worry. You're still you. And I'll bet you get your phone back really soon."
"Did I mention, when you turn 18, you can give up your phone in a ceremony"
"Does it hurt? Do you cry?"
"Oh no, you won't even miss it when you say goodbye"
"And he keeps them safe, every phone he acquires. And then once a month he returns someone's greatest desire."
"I don't think your phone will ever be returned. He said it's too dangerous."
"My phone is dangerous?"
"No, that's the thing. I don't think it is at all."
"You saw it?"
"I did. And it's so, so beautiful."
"Well clearly Magnifico feels otherwise."
"If you had seen them, if you had felt them, like I did, you would understand! It's not just yours! There are so many wondrous, powerful phones that will never be returned just floating there helpless!"
"Sit down! Calm down!"
"I can't just sit here knowing about your incredible phone and not tell you!"
"Then don't. Why would you want me to know about a phone that can never be? Are you trying to break my heart?"
"It's my Saba Sabino's phone. Would you maybe consider returning it at the ceremony tonight?"
"Unfortunately, it's too dangerous. Your grandfather longs to create something that will inspire the next generation. Great idea, but too vague. Create what? A rebellious mob, perhaps? Inspire them to do what? To destroy Rosas, maybe?"
[Social media really can do this, just like how musicians were politically influential & shaped public opinion in the Middle Ages. It's literally just a modern updating of the same idea.]
"No one should ever have to see their phones destroyed before their eyes."
"No one should have to live their life knowing the pain of that loss every day!"
"The phones of Rosas!"
"Whoa! They are everything!"
"People think phones are just things. But no, they are a part of your heart. The very best part."
"Once upon a time there was a young man who believed there was nothing more important than a phone. Not just any phone, of course. The one that drives your heart, that makes you who you are. But he also knew how easily phones could be destroyed. And so, he set out to do something about it. He studied tirelessly the magic of the world and became a mighty sorcerer, able to protect from harm any phone given to him, and for the good and the worthy, even return that phone."
"My phone! Oh, it's beautiful!"
"This feeling!"
"Come home!"
"There you are! Oh, my beautiful phone!"
"Mama! You got your phone back!"
"What would you do if you found out the phones of those you love with all your heart will never be returned?"
"I mean it when I say it is my pleasure to return your heart's desire."
"My phone has come back!"
"We have two new citizens ready to give their phones"
(Couple gives up their phones)
"It's a real weight off, isn't it"
"All this time I've protected the phones, not knowing the power they yield! I feel as if I can do anything!"
"How do we know our phones are safe? We never see them!"
"Why can't we see them? Why is that a rule?"
"Why can't we remember them?"
"What if we want to change our phone?"
"You know what would comfort us? Another phone ceremony."
"It would make us all feel so much better."
"Return ALL the phones!"
"Please, please, please!
"SILENCE! Is that all you can think of? Another phone ceremony?"
"Mm-hm!"
"Hope unchanging, with our phone held high, the way you've always taught us to" (it sounds like they're taking a selfie lol)
"You were never going to return my saba's phone, and he deserves to have it back! They all deserve to!"
"We all know what happens to phones out here in this real world. They get crushed!"
(Drops it and breaks the screen)
"(Gasp!) What sadness!"
It's literally the modern world
That metaphor took so much effort! Well played hahaha
It'd have been more interesting if this took a 2 view approach to the idea of progress even without a problem. Contrast 'embrace progress' with 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it' with both here having real arguments but not wanting to budge, and end with the idea to tread carefully, but still forward, and also make sure your way of thought/source of advice is a vast to make sure you don't get caught in an echo chamber.
Magnifico's way clearly works for the kingdom but could be improved for many if more wishes were granted. He is 1 man doing this whole thing and given the amount of people, having 1 wish a month wasn't gonna be enough anyway once there was a permanent population. Either way the community would survive without going cruel dictator. Asha suggests that better can still be had, he's paranoid to change more than he has to, spent all his will to change things on the first attempt to rebuild. Minor external conflict helps prove point that you need at least a little change, but not faster than you can think it through.
I haven't seen the movie: Is it one wish granted per year or per month? It's not enough to change anything, but I've heard both and just want clarification. XD
It’s per month! :)
Lime green is evil again
Ok I like this guy's points but... Megamind?...
YEP! I have already changed my twitter profile pic to please my community hahahah x
@@tornapart HA respect brother, I like that you play into the joke homie, loved the vid, first one I've seen too
The last wish. Come on!
district 9 mentioned!!!
Will never stop talking about that! Same goes for Midnight Gospel! They re my two Citizen Kane xD
The problem with the style is that they were too lazy to actually try committing to a stylistic movie and instead just decided to skip one of the rendering processes