I watched Encanto and it was pretty good! I don’t like how there’s pop hooks in the songs but the characters were pretty charming and I loved Mirabel as a main character. I like that it wasn’t about finding a bf/prince but instead about finding one’s place in the world and I wish that there could have been at least a little explanation about her role as caretaker to Casita. Either way, I was pretty satisfied with it when I went in with low expectations.
Oh, you mean like every other Disney movie as of late? This is what really weirds me out about
Encanto - never have I seen a modern Disney movie get such polarizing reception here on the Farms. Some people thought it was good, some people think it's the same old reheated modern shit Disney's been putting out for a while now, just Hispanic (you can put me in the latter camp). For those who thought it was good, answer me this: what does
Encanto do different that no other Disney film has done before, but better?
"THE MaiN FoCus Is on FAMILy!"
^Did it already, and better.
"iT tEAches YOu ABout FInDinG youR pLaCE IN tHE worlD!"
^Did it already, and better.
"hISPANIc DiVeRsitY!"
This movie was literally created as a gesture of goodwill towards South America.
One more note just to show you how modern Disney actually hates creativity:
^This is the main character of
Encanto, Mirabel, as shown through concept art. Look at the expressiveness on her face. Look at how she looks authentically Hispanic, but also cartoony. Wouldn't you rather watch a movie that looked like this? What did the creatively bankrupt Rat give us instead?
Elsa/Anna Face, but Hispanic. This is the unabashed
laziness of a studio that gained enough market control to make money without even trying, and therefore immediately stopped trying. In other words, "We're not going to try anything different, because FUCK YOU, you'll pay to see it anyways."
