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Lol glad we got you to react to this movie. Now you will have at minimum one of these songs stuck in your head like the rest of us. The story, in my opinion, is eh granted I don’t come from a close knit family so that may be why, but the music makes up for the story. My favorite to is the Bruno song and Surface Pressure.
Another fun fact: the first photo the family took in Antonio's room was the grandmother's perfect version of the family, without Mirabel. You can see the grandma's face was strained. The photo at the end was imperfect, but had everyone in the family and they were all happier.
That wasnt her perfect family. It was a reflection of what Mirabel felt. Abuela doesn’t hate Mirabel and thats why the context of the family and the damage her relationship was doing was important because Abuela isn’t a villain, bur she is antagonistic.
Is it actual fact or is that something you critically thought of? Cause I got that mirabel just felt left out when she seen that her family took a pic with out her and she also seen them display powers that she didn’t have.. I agree that the grandmother was the antagonist but not the villain
I was looking to see if anyone else commented about Lin Manuel Miranda writing Hamilton & the music for Encanto. While we’re at it LMM also wrote In the Heights, and music for Moana, and Vivo (currently streaming on Netflix). Musical genius.
One thing I like about this movie is that they let the alto singers take the lead for once. It always used to seem like all female singers had to be soprano, and altos were relegated to backup harmony.
Personally I theorize that the miracle actually was born out of Abuela's grief. In the flashback it doesn't appear until she falls to the ground sobbing, and then it flings the guerillas back. But being born out of grief and trauma it wasn't sustainable, which is why the miracle had to basically be reborn through Mirabel's love for her family and ability to bring them all together.
Hmmmmmmmm this is a good point!!! And with Isabella getting engaged abeula AND Antonio getting a power had something else to focus besides her grief and fear😳 I like this idea
Oh and that because Isabella looks like a younger Alma and That Mariano looks like a younger Version of her husband, Alma may have wanted the marriage because she thought it would give them the happy future she would have had
The fact that Pedro( the grandfather) and Mariano( Isabella’s “fiancé”) and abuela and Isabella look identical when they were younger. The grandma is projecting what she wanted for her life onto isabella
And poor Isabela just going with it to please her and the family, because she is the "golden child" and has to be perfect all the time and can't show her real personality or say no ;__; (Okay can you tell I related to that :'D)
Interesting. My stance was that (I believe) Isabela is the oldest grandchild and Abuela was very happy to have a grandchild and doted on her, and then Isabela’s gift was growing plants and considering she was five it likely shown itself in flowers, a pretty thing a young girl would enjoy, and she got locked into this and didn’t explore what else she was capable of. So she became the beautiful beloved eldest grand daughter with big expectations on her shoulders. Abuela didn’t realize what a burden she put on her family
when dolores tells about how he wants five kids to Isabella, she actually pops flowers into her head out of surprise not pleasantry. Then abuela picks out a "imperfect" flower off her head.
The fact that “We don’t talk about Bruno” has the feel of a Disney Villain song and is also the song that most clearly reveals the true villain of the piece is the pressure to appear perfect and the strain that puts on everyone in the family just hits like a ton of bricks.
I think Casita is “haunted” by Pedro. I imagine as he’s walking toward the militia, the only thing giving him courage is picturing the town and house his family would grow up in and be safe in. And when he performed his act of true love by sacrificing himself, his soul got tied to the candle and house. So he got to help raise his kids and grandkids and be with his wife. So like, I totally agree that it was Pedro’s sacrifice that made the magic.
I think the miracle is a combination of many factors: the love energy originated from Abuelo's sacrifice, the grief from Abuela's tears spilled on the ground, Abuelo's spirit trying to save his family by becoming one with the candle, and also some divine intervention/justice (since God/saints/angels intervening when good virtuous people suffer some kind of injustice are common occurences/stories in Latino American culture and popular Catholicism. The town in wich Encanto is located on is also clearly and heavily influenced by Catholicism, as we can see with the priest and the local church)
30:40 I love the detail that Mirabel was the only one able to reach the candle bcos Isabella and Camillo relied on their gifts 30:27, but Mirabel asked Casita for help 30:25 since she built up a relationship w/ the house over the years w/out a gift of her own. It was also cool to see how Casita protected them all as she was falling apart 30:2830:56
Its actually very subtle: her gift is the same as Abuela Alma's. She's connected to the house itself. That's why she can communicate with it, and why the house doesn't come back alive until SHE puts the doorknob in. Or, in other words, her door was the house's FRONT door!
Yes!! Thus is exactly what I thought. Abuela does not have her own power, but she is the caretaker of the Casita. I think Mirabel is supposed to be the next caretaker.
Can we talking about Bruno being a homie? Bruno resembles his father. He's selfless, loves his family enough to separate himself from them and 'sacrifice' himself if that means that his family would be happy. Just like his father did. He was described as Seven foot frame by Camilio (shape-shifting boy) probably because he was a kid and Bruno just seemed tall to him. Plus after years of hearing bad stories about it, it probably elevated that image to about seven foot, towering, creepy man.
I love that Bruno took pride in his love of acting... and then his nephew got a gift to perfectly change his appearance and voice however he desires. Poor guy just can't get a break.
Iirc, the director said Camilo has no memory of Bruno at all actually and was just trying to freak her out, but I honestly like the headcanon that he was just terrified of bruno better
@@gordonramsayslambsauce interesting, we see at least one mural of the family in town with Bruno in it, so things like that must be why Camilo has a general idea of what he looks like.
To answer some questions: 1. It sounds like Hamilton because Lin Manuel Miranda wrote both. 2. Her mother healed her with an arepa con queso. It’s made with corn flour and filled with cheese, they’re really good and there’s recipes online but Colombian ones are different from arepas in other countries. 3. Her name is Mirabel. Her sisters are Isabela and Luisa and her parents are: Julieta who heals with food and her father who married into the family. 4. The other two adults are her aunt and uncle, and the rest of the kids are her cousins. 5. The instrument you were referring to is the accordion. It’s very popular in Colombian music, particularly the genre Vallenato. 6. Abuela or abuelita work. Abuelita is just in the diminutive, which sounds sweeter. Here’s some fun facts: 1. The guy Isabela was supposed to marry is voiced by a very famous Colombian singer named Maluma. 2. The second song played in the movie and the last is sung by another very famous Colombian singer named Carlos Vives. 3. Colombian families definitely center a lot around the grandmother, at least in my own experience since I was born there and lived there for most of my life. 4. In Luisa’s song, when the donkey’s are dancing, they’re on top of a very particular hat which is very common in Colombia. 5. The song played during the grandmother’s flashback near the end of the movie is called Dos Oruguitas, meaning two little caterpillars. It’s sung by a Colombian singer named Sebastian Yatra and the song is actually very very beautiful. There’s the version is English, and while it isn’t perfect, it’ll give you the gist of what the song means. 6. The violence the grandmother was escaping from is caused by a number of things, often terrorism in the country. It refers to forced displacement which many Colombians know too well, unfortunately. That detail is very personal so it added a lot to the movie, I think. 7. The majority of the food in the movie is definitely Colombian. The food the mom is feeding the people in line is called buñuelos. They’re really good. There’s the arepas. At the breakfast they’re eating huevos pericos, which are scrambled eggs with onion and tomato. There’s also arepuelas. At the dinner they’re eating a soup called ajiaco, one of my personal favorite foods. 8. When Mirabel gives the little kid, her cousin Antonio, the stuffed toy at the start, she gestures to the box with her mouth. That’s a little habit many Colombians have too. 9. When Dolores overhears Mirabel and her father talking about Bruno’s vision and Mirabel’s father says miercoles, it’s a tamer way of cursing. It literally translates to Wednesday, but when said in that context he’s cursing just not fully. 10. All the animals and plants can be found in Colombia, which is the second most biodiverse country in the world. Okay, I’m done. I wanted to clarify some cultural things here and there and answer some questions you had.
I had never heard of buñuelos, I had no idea what they are, but boy do they sound and look delicious. Thank you for all your personal insight. This was a wonderful read. Greetings from Puerto Rico.
The song Waiting on a Miracle was really good. It's even crazier when you find out the Stephanie (the VA) was in ACTIVE LABOR while recording it. Women are incredible.
I’ve seen a lot people say that the reason Mirabel doesn’t get a gift is because she’ll be the keeper of the miracle after her grandmother passes and that she’ll be the new person in charge. The miracle/candle needs someone to keep the magic alive and that job will pass on to Mirabel :)
That and also, I believe the house the candle and house are the abuelos spirit. He saw how Abuela was losing her way, how she was effecting her family. -Luisa thought she was nothing without her gift -Isabella thought she MUST be perfect for Abuela and the family -Pepa always had a cloud over her head and Abuela always tried repressing her emotions. "Pepa you have a CLOUD!!" ETC... So Abuelo chose not to give Maribel a gift as a reminder that its the PEOPLE that matter, not the powers. and also because she is the next keeper, so it's 2-fold.
@@shineinouzen7412 another good theory I’ve heard is that the magic was leaving because it was tearing the family apart. It originally came about to protect Alma and her babies. But when the magic became an obsession to Alma, who was scared that her family wouldn’t be strong or perfect enough to combat threats to their home, it started to leave because it was contributing to the opposite effect. Another good one is that since Mirabel and Alma have the same gift, the contrasting grapple for control of the house which grew with both of them not being on the same page for what the family needs ended up destroying the house.
Also, she never got a door or a room, because her door was the main door and her room was the whole house. Casita also only listens to Mirabel and Abuela's commands, which is foreshadowing that she will be the next matriarch.
Fun Fact: 1. The animators had to fight for Louisa to be buff. 2. For “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” the animators had it choreographed and dancers performed it. The animators then used the filmed dancing as references when animating the scene.
I'm glad they kept Luisa. She's also a good representation of Colombia. Colombia's first ever gold medalist was Maria Urrutia, a female weightlifter, who not only won medals throughout her career, she also became a member of Colombia's House of Representatives. She really wanted to help her people. She was someone who put a lot of pressure on her shoulders to help those in need, just like Luisa did in the film.
1. What Julieta was making is an "arepa con queso" and is soooo yummy. 2. If you want to hear the song that Agustín was playing the intro in the piano look for "En Barranquilla me quedo" 3. I also love the songs... been singing it over and over XD 4. Antonio is her youngest cousin. He is the brother of Dolores (Hearing power) and Camilo (shapeshifting one). 5. Lin Manuel Miranda wrote the lyrics, same who did Hamilton and also work in Moana.
@@alyshaharper8730 the arepa itself is kind like a biscuit as far as I know is made with cornmeal and is filled in with shredded cheese (queso) but arepa can have other fillings as well. Now this is what I've seen as an arepa but someone can have another recipe or description
bro I KNEW id heard that song before but i couldn't for the life of me remember the name of it. like those 3 seconds straight up gut-punched me back to when i was a kid at any family gathering LMAO
A little detail. In the table when Dolores said "He wants five babies" and flowers came out of Isabela's hair, Abuela took out the only white flower because "it wasn't perfect"
Encanto is absolutely one of my all time favorite Disney movies. And yes, the guy who wrote the songs for Encanto did indeed also write the songs for Hamilton - Lin Manuel Miranda has a distinct style and it's pretty much always a bop
The plot of this movie is SO simple...the main character doesn't go anywhere other than her own house, no grand adventure, no villain to overcome or defeat...it's so simple....and yet it's so, so good. the emotional depth of it, and the relatableness of dealing with interfamily conflict and pressure...genuinely I'm impressed. you don't need a complicated plot or a standard 'hero's journey' if you land the emotional beats.
Honestly, it’s the fact that this movie’s plot is so simple that I actually didn’t like it nearly as much as I thought I would the first time. The trailers I saw pictured this epic fantasy adventure, with monsters and floods and lots and lots of stairs. The family’s gifts are going out of control, so Mirabel has to go on a journey to restore the miracle as the only one unaffected with the help of cute comic sidekick Antonio and goofy estranged Uncle Bruno. I expected an epic fantasy. I was disappointed for like half the runtime because we never left the house and every character had their one plot beat onscreen before leaving, but then I started focusing on the actual story, thought back on the movie and got hooked on the soundtrack. And I realized that instead, for maybe the first time ever, we got a movie that was solely about raw, surprisingly realistic family drama for a story about a magical family. And I love it. This movie is so fantastic and again, it’s REALISTIC. Like every single character feels like a CHARACTER. Not a plot device or padding or comic relief. Just about everyone in this family is flawed in some way, and the way it was portrayed is beautiful.
Not to mention the incredible soundtrack! I’ve been listening to it on loop after watching the first two times (in the same week). Lin-Manuel Miranda has officially outdone himself
@@caralenalindberg6098 The trailers really did the movie a disservice, definitely. Notice how most of the clips are from Luisa's Surface Pressure song, where we see all sorts of fantastical locations and action scenarios...
@@ShoulderMonster YES RIGHT?? Like when that song was playing I was just staring at the screen going Wait this isn’t the climax? The actual climax was beautiful but man I was so surprised that all that happened in a dream sequence 30 minutes in
The part that hits me the most is the community singing back to them to lay down their load, we have no gifts but we are many. The fact that the community they had helped for 50 years came to help them at their most vulnerable time... It makes me bawl every time I watch it.
I know that this is possible in all of humanity, but I almost cried at that because in Latin America, community and family are the most important things after God. You take care of your neighbors and they take care of you. It made me so happy to see it so well reflected in this film and my people have some positive representation. FINALLY!
“Mirabel is a beautiful name” I agree and here is something I noticed right away in the theater it’s long but I promise I find it fascinating… first time watching this I immediately noticed this movies emphasis on sight, but the motif shows up exclusively within abuela and Mirabels dynamic. Their motif shows up in their lines when they’re talking to each other “until I lost sight of who our miracle was for…” “I can finally see” even abuelas opening line is ‘open your eyes’. As I kept thinking about it it finally hit me; sight is associated with truth and being the windows to the soul. This movie is centered around Mirabel trying to find the truth and abuela accepting things that she mistook for a miracle, becoming unclouded. It’s literally their journey into understanding each other and finding the truth and seeing each other for all that they are I.e ‘what do you see. ‘Me,all of me’. I also find it as a cool detail that abuelas name is Alma, which means soul, and if you shorten mirabels name to ‘mira’ it means ‘look’.
6:11 Abuella’s tough on Mirabel because of generational trauma. Immigrant elders or elders who are obsessed with making sure their family will never suffer through similar hardships can be perfectionists, almost bordering on the extreme. They want their children and their children’s children to make “perfect choices” to avoid the trauma/hardships they went through, so they put a lot of pressure. Unfortunately generational trauma has a habit of continuing the cycle. I’m really glad this movie portrayed this type of common family dynamic very well and addressed what many families of this dynamic often fail at: healing.
@@brookebrown7064 Yes, because she was terrified that Mirabel not getting powers meant they were going to lose their miracle, the only thing that kept them safe. That in no way excuses her attitude towards Mirabel, but it is a bit more complicated than just ‘mad because she didn’t get a power’
Beautifully said. My grandma is EXACTLY like Alma. We've recently had to remove ourselves from her and her toxicity because she wont acknowledge that the problem is her. So I'm honestly bitter about Almas redemption arc.
*Dolores:* quietly whispering her part cause she knew Bruno was in the walls of the house and is actually pretty sympathetic towards her uncle stating that they couldn't understand his prophecies so what happened wasn't his fault. *Camilo:* sEvEN FOOT FRAME-
I don't think she was whispering because of Bruno, I think her own voice is just too loud for her. You can also see her in Antonio's gift ceremony clapping with just two fingers and covering her ears when the fireworks go off
Last one. For a woman who does not have a magical gift, she has many gifts. Compassion, resilience, her optimism. Her ability to see the good in anyone Her ability to tell a story. Her bravery and strength. I know a lot of these are personality traits, but they still are gifts many wish they can have. The fact that the house, even at its weakest managed to get Maribel up to the roof while the family struggled and failed to climb up it.
I think you guys are kinda saying the message of the film being that a person doesn’t have to have a “gift” to be special because the miracle is all of you.
Billy I think this is my favorite reaction! The way you enjoy the music is literally how everyone felt when they first see the movie. Lin Manuel is truly amazing. But I think my favorite part of the reaction is towards the end when Mirabel and Abuela are hugging. You are totally in a happy trance and then BAM BUTTERFLY!! Lol
How billy says all the characters name: Mirabel: Esmerelda Abuela: Abuelita Luisa: Lisa/ muscle sister (thanks Incognito crush) Pedro: Petrol Bruno: Bruno Pepa: Girl Dolores: the sister who can hear/ pin drop girl Antonio: little boy Isabela: Mariah Carey Camilo: My guy Mariano: Dude Julieta: Jesus (thanks holly)
To be fair she just witnessed her daughter crying out desperately for her granddaughter, mimicking Abuela crying out for her husband, and had to face the harsh fact that not one but three of her grandchildren risked their lives to save a stupid candle. For a few moments it appeared as if one of them had died in the attempt. Abuela had two choices here- accept that she has instilled in her family that only the magic matters which has destroyed her family or continue on in denial and anger. We see plenty of times that despite her faults Abuela genuinely loves her family. She was always going to chose them over everything else, even the magic.
If you notice in surface pressure when Luisa is struggling under the weight of all those doors that are lined up like dominos, the only one that she is actually supporting the weight of is her door. I just love the small detail that shows how getting her power really affected her, and to see her struggling under the weight of just one door when she is supposed to be the ‘strong one’.
Luisa is my absolute favorite! I love that she's not a super masculine women like a lot of tv shows and movies do with their buff females. She still wears dresses and does her hair and likes unicorns and she cries and i love her
@@unaquepasabaporaqui8384 But Ms trunchbull was portrayed as cold and mean, not very feminine like Luisa. I love that Disney made Luisa strong yet feminine
This movie probably hit hard for a lot of people with a lot of dysfunction in their families. It certainly did for me. Often times our elders in an attempt to make sure we have better lives than them get to focused on their own idea of "better life" and end up pushing their families to the brink like this because they are so unwilling to see past their own experiences or In some cases its active narcissism and wanting to be in control of everyone and everything so that they can take the credit for the "perfection" they've made. Its likely why some people have a hard time stomaching the quick forgiveness towards the end because in reality that type of hurt doesn't just go away.
I agree. I mean I loved the movie and it made me cry but I really thought when Mirabel went gone after the house collapsed I thought she gonna be missing for a little bit and later on Bruno will found her and he gonna convince her that it's not her fault thus saying to her "prove yourself, to Abuela, to our family, that you ARE the miracle."
@@guilty_as_sin I feel like this wouldn't work as well as Abuela admitting she was wrong and doing better. Part of the point of Abuela's character arc is to stop defining her family by their magical abilities and start valuing them for who they are. Having Bruno tell her to prove to Abuela that she's worthy feels like more of the same. Vs Abuela coming to Mirabel and saying "I was wrong, I was acting the way I did because of trauma and that was wrong and I'm sorry" and then actively trying to be nicer. The point of the movie is that unhealthy family dynamics can be at play under the surface and drive everyone insane, and the magic came back when they started working together as a family. Having to prove to Abuela that she is worthy of magic would be flying in the face of the moral of Encanto, which is that bad family dynamics can be helped with some understanding of each other.
my grandmother is definitely in the "active narcissist" category. she's super controlling and wants everything to be perfect for the sake of image. I'm the only one in our family that actively says no to her shit bc I'm so done with people trying to control me all the time.
@@roryhillsbury100 I get that and I also come from a pretty narcissistic household, but I have a much easier time forgiving the ones who have actively taken accountability and made steps toward self-improvement. (Which means they probably aren't entirely narcissistic and any behaviors like it are likely due to being twisted by the narcissists around them) Abuela is largely portrayed as well-meaning but her trauma causes her to fear losing everything, which is why she keeps such a controlled grip on everything. Once she realizes she's driving her family insane and the community gives back by rebuilding the house, she relaxes and starts to move past her trauma (finally). I didn't take the last scene as "they forgave Abuela instantly," I kinda didn't expect Disney to go into the healing process. It mostly showed that their home is now built on a more solid foundation than magic and Abuela has finally learned to relax (she even takes off the mourning shawl, a clear symbol of her finally moving past the trauma). Abuela apologizing and actually showing that she changed probably would do a lot to help people forgiving her. Then again, Abuela is portrayed as being strict but generally well-intentioned (but ruled by her fear). I'm not sure your grandmother has such noble intentions as wanting to keep the family safe and secure. I know as a kid from a dysfunctional household, Mirabel calling her out, and then Abuela doing what a lot of abusers won't, felt REALLY gratifying though it did bring up trauma and sad feelings that some of the worst in my family would never do that.
As a latina, Billy butchering all the Spanish words is the funniest thing ever. It's 1am and I'm trying not to laugh, but he really changed the lastname "Madrigal" to "Magic grill" and somehow turned "arepa con queso" into "banana coconquesco". I CAN'T. Also, it reminded you of "Hamilton" cause Lin Manuel Miranda wrote the songsssss. Musical genius.
banana coconquesco 😂 this is the first time Ive seen this guys video, he's the cutest thing ever oml- I couldn't stop laughing there as a Hispanic lol!
I love that Camilo remembers Bruno as having a 7' frame. Camilo is just barely older than Mirabel, and Bruno left shortly after Mirabel's door ceremony when Mirabel and Camilo were both 5 years old. Adults seem like giants when you're 5. Also, the detail of Abuela literally holding onto the candle so tightly on her door, in flashback, and in the photos on the wall when she's clinging onto the idea of miracle itself transitioning to holding onto family members instead at the end is just beautiful.
I found it interesting that he mentioned rats along his back. Unless, Bruno always hung out with rats, how would Camilo know that unless he knew something? (unless ofc he was just trying to be scary and coincidently happen to be right on point).
@@Miyanoai14 My guess is the rats were always around Bruno, climbing all over him. That, paired with the insinuation that most adults were cautious around him, would make him a bit of a boogie man to the 5-year-old Camilo.
At this point the prevailing theory is that Mirabelle is the next Candleholder. Her Abuela did not have a gift, her role is to keep the Family together. But either because she is nearing the end of her life or because she lost her way, Mirabelle was called as the next in line to lead and keep the family safe and happy. The fact that the house gets newly build in her image and with her love and caring as "foundation" emphasizes that.
Hi! I just wanted to say it’s Mirabel, I could see how you add the extra “le” at the end since a name like Annabelle has it (I hope I’m not being rude or anything it’s just something very minor) I really like your theory though I never thought about it like that
I just wish she’d been given her own room. Her grandmother got one, so she should have too. Movie wouldn’t have the same impact if she did though, I get that,
antonio is hands down one of the best characters. that "i need you" scene folds me like a greeting card. i'm so glad you watched this billy, i loved your reaction!!
Dude, I can't stop watching your reaction to this movie, because YOU ARE HILARIOUS! This reaction was SO ENJOYABLE, Thanks for the laughs and the truly amazing take on everything. I REALLY enjoyed this! Thank you! X3
I'm Colombian, and this movie felt like a beautiful representation of the diversity or my country. Abuela's story was so touching to me because it's based on real violence a lot of families have experienced here.
in spanish "abuela" means grandmother and when you add "ita" or "ito" to a word, it either means "small" or is meant as a term of endearment. so in effect, abuela and abuelita are both correct 😊
@@Zarab923 well translated literally, yes, but in context it's meant as a term of endearment because in spanish little things are thought to be cute and endearing. for example, if someone's name is Carlos, they might be called Carlito as a term of endearment which literally translates to "little Carlos"; but they are actually being called Carlito as a way of showing affection, not because they are little. I hope that makes sense.
The thing I love about movies like this is that either people from the same culture can relate to it because of their shared background, or the rest of us can relate to it because of the shared family dynamics and situations. I am totally just like Luisa, her song resonated with me to the core! I am the eldest daughter in a large family, and I was always the one holding everyone else up. I now have suffered serious health problems (recent kidney transplant) and have felt lost not being the one to carry everyone else. This was one of the best Disney movies in years, in my opinion!
I adore "Waiting on a Miracle" because she says all the things she'd do if she could, and then through the movie she helps cause all those changes: moves mountains, makes new flowers grow, and heals what's broken. Also, most (all?) The dancing in "We Don't Talk About Bruno" is a cha-cha
I also think that this movie was a good representation of intergenerational trauma with her Abuela experiencing trauma from losing her husband and how she was trying so hard to keep the miracle. She was trying so hard to keep everything perfect that she became difficult to her children (especially on bruno) and her grandchildren
Yeah, like she herself said, so scared of losing the kids and grandkids, like she lost Pedro, that she held on too tight and was accidentally suffocating the others :(
@@shroomie4949 that would have been nice, but we know it was several weeks in the time the house was rebuilt and that gave the family a lot of off-screen time to have a heart to heart
Mirabel's gift is empathy! That wouldn't give her a door because it's not a physical gift. But throughout the entire movie she comforts the family and helps them open up about feelings they kept locked away. First Antonio, then Luisa, then Bruno, then Isabela and lastly Abuela Madrigal. Without her they would have constantly kept their feelings to themselves and broken the family apart (even if we don't look at the miracle). The reason why I think she got is because on the night where she got the gift there was a "M" on the doorknob. Everyone gets their own letter so why would the door do that and then not give her a gift? In the end her gift was being there for the family. That's why she could restore the miracle, it's because she fixed the family.
I like your reasoning. Mirabel became the new foundation after the old one cracked as the family was breaking apart because of pressure/stress, expectations, and not accepting everyone for who they are.
She is also the replacement for Abuela. That is the other person who doesn't have a gift, and she didn't get powers because she, just like abuela, are the pulse and the heartbeat of the house. Peep how the house obeys both Abuela and Mirabel ONLY!
I like to think her gift is being the next head of the house. She will probably take abuela's place/room for the following generations since both of them have no powers yet abuela has a room.
People never realize how heart breaking it is to give everything to someone that means the world to you just to realize that all you sacrificed will never be enough for them. After all you’ve sacrificed, you realized they’ll never appreciate all that you’ve been through just for them to keep demanding more not even acknowledging what you’ve been through just to try to have them just acknowledge it. Mirabel is so strong.
Fun fact: In “We Dont Talk About Bruno”, the part where Dolores is singing, you can spot what looks like Bruno sneaking around in the background. And then he is seen as Jorge bopping his head.
So my boyfriend and i watched the movie And he actually told me about a theory about the family's gifts being something they loved doing in childhood. Before Antonio got his gift, Mirabel mentioned that he loved animals and when he got his gift, it was connected with animals. So we started to think of what the other members of the family did- Julieta: she most likely loved cooking with her mom as a little girl, her motto was probably "good food is medicine for the soul" or something along those lines. so when she came of age, her gift was healing people with food Pepa: she probably loved going outside to play when she was younger, no matter the weather. whenever she has a negative emotion, it could be because her mother always pulled her inside and yelled at her for playing outside in certain weather conditions (rain, snow, etc.), so she connected those with negative emotions. Bruno: He most likely made so many cootie catchers/paper fortune tellers and had a box just overflowing with them. When people asked what he was doing he would always say "i’m telling the future!" Dolores: she probably eavesdropped a lot when she was little, she always wanted to know what the adults were talking about because she wanted to seem like a young lady Camilo: he most likely played pretend a lot or like to mimic people since he thought it was funny Isabela: we both agreed that she would go outside and pick flowers to make into flower crowns or to give to her mom Luisa: we both thought it was so funny to think that she would try to pick up things that were much too heavy for her to help out or just throw rocks at people-
honestly with surface pressure I wouldn't be surprised if Luisa was one of those emotionally astute kids who knew she could help her community with physical/emotional strength & that played a part in it as well. Tho I love the idea of her just chucking rocks at ppl lol
Another fun fact, Mirabel, her parents, Luisa and Isabella are dressed in cool colors. While Pepa, Felix, Dolores, Camilo and Antonio are dressed in warm colors. Allowing the viewers to easily tell whose side of the family who is on.
@@RR-dg1rj Bruno's side was green. He has no kids so it's just him in green. Abuela is pinks and purples. Julieta's is cool colors like blue and pink, and Pepa's is warm colors, the orange and yellows, while Bruno, the odd one out is in green
Though the warm colors make sense for Pepas family because her mood controls the weather and the warm colors could be an attempt to have her be happy when she's not feeling it.
I think the house starts to break and the candle goes out because they represent the family relationships. When Maribel mended her relationship with her sister the candle burned brighter. Then her relationship with her grandmother broke and the house broke again. The grandmother values their gifts rather than the aspect of having a family and puts too much pressure on them.
Isabela’s storyline hit the hardest for me and i honestly wish they would’ve delved into it more! she’s the eldest daughter & grandchild and she clearly looks the most like abuela so her entire life abuela has been trying to live vicariously through her wanting isa to have the ~perfect~ life abuela wasn’t able to! even down to the detail of mariano looking similar to abuelo pedro and abuela being so eager for the marriage proposal and what it will do for the family when isa clearly doesn’t want it
@@pottop880 Yeah I think the sister order from oldest to youngest is Isabela, Luisa, Mirabel :D (But I don't think the two eldest have much of an age gap, max year or two?)
Billy's initial approach and reaction to the movie was exactly how my experience with it went (although he brilliantly picked up on a lot of the plot points much faster than I did). Fantastic review and commentary!
One thing that I haven’t read about and what I like about Mirabel‘s parents is that they tell the abuela her wrongs. When they stood up for Mirabel and told the grandma that she has always been too strict with Mirabel, that really hit home. In our culture people don’t really dare telling elders when they are wrong, so I really appreciated that in the movie.
I'm not gonna lie the best thing about this video to me as a spanish speaker was him trying to say all the spanish words like that to me was just way too funny especially at the end where he says "papi chulo" like that was the funniest thing I've heard all week haha!
Luisa's song and the door at the end make me BAWL. That generational trauma and weight just hurt but started conversations in sooooo many families. This is such a good movie
One theory: mirabel aka esmerelda does not have a gift ,this is because she can control the casita like abuela can and if y’all look closely no one else can control casita with their emotions except for abuela and mirabel .and mirabel’s room is directly across abuela’s room (which means mirabel kinda reflects abuela) therefore making mirabel the next head of the familia madrigal
I wouldn't say she controls Casita, necessarily, but she is better connected with it. She talks to Casita more than everyone else. I believe that Mirabel is intended to be the next caretaker of the Miracle, and the caretakers don't have gifts. I will say though, everyone has their theories, and this doesn't strike me as a movie to get a sequel.
This was, by far, the most entertaining reaction vid I've seen. Thank you for bringing your personality to this. You made me smile and giggle 😂 You're also very perceptive.
This movie is so good and relatable on so many levels and hits home for me. You have the *golden child* and the pedestal they are always on when they don't want to be. The *strong one* that everyone relies on and the pressure they feel and their fear of messing up. The *forgotten one* always living in the shadows and dying to gain approval from people they care about. The parent or grandparent misplacing their love or holding too tight to something that they don't see how it's effecting others. The way they made it to see different perspectives was so beautiful and well thought out. Love your reaction Billy! Luisa's song is my favorite!!
favorite encanto theory: The grandfather sacrificed himself for his family and Mirabel WAS given a gift. Notice how the cracks start appearing when she feels disheartened from her role, or lack of, in the family. Casita crumbled when she confronted her grandmother and her hopes of being accepted as a member of the family were crushed. when she loses faith in her family the house suffers. The miracle is family and family is Mirabel. Mirabel's gift IS the miracle
The Casita only interacts with 2 people, Abuela and Mirabelle. As either of their emotions get intensified, the Casita changes. At the end the Casita comes back to life because of Mirabelle. I think the gift of Mirabelle is to continue the magic after her grandmother. They will need someone to continue the family legacy, thats Mirabelles true gift.
@@butterflygirl141 Abuela's gift was her family's survival through the candle, flame, valley, and their magic sparked by Pedro's sacrifice which helped keep them all safe. But she wouldn't live forever and for the magic and family to continue they needed a new family heart, a new flame. Mirabel's gift didn't activate on her 5th birthday because she wasn't old enough to take her place at the heart and head of the family, yet. So long as the candle still burned Mirabel couldn't ascend to her own power. At 15 you see signs that it's about to activate as Casita obeys her above all others, even disobeying the other family members and pushing them out of the house but obeying Mirabel's command to get her to the candle, which only goes out when she's touching it. The house started breaking apart because the family was no longer united behind one heart, as well, between Abuela's unreasonable expectations and Mirabel's more empathetic approach. She even gifted Antonio a representation of what his powers would be and touched him before he touched the candle. The movie constantly compared the magic, family, and Mirabel to a butterfly. Abuela's gift and leadership was them as a caterpillar, getting established and growing. Mirabel and her more healthy leadership is the butterfly. Like a caterpillar, they had to go through a metamorphosis and the original form had to be destroyed for it to reach it's full potential. New family members will get their gift from Mirabel's touch, now, and eventually one of her grandchildren will have the door disappear the same way hers did, signifying the heir has been chosen, though they may need to wait for Mirabel's death to get their magic since the family no longer needs a traumatic transformation to be healthy and stable.
If I'm being honest, I think Bruno's exclusion is worse than Mirabel's exclusion. Mirabel is looked down on because she didn't have a talent at all. She wasn't the best. Bruno was looked down on because he had a talent that was unacceptable. His best *_wasn't enough._*
I can agree since her family while stressed still loved her and she was relatively close to them to an extent she was just the oddball for 10 years since they get their gifts at 5 whereas Bruno by the end of the movie would be in his 50’s meaning since the age of 5 he was the town villain his mother probably being worse back then pushing him to exile himself and spent 10 years living in the walls where he was completely alone no friends, a family that other than Delores didn’t like him and could most likely hear them slander him. Mirabel was just looked at as being in the way and trying too hard.
Can we not trivialize Mirabel's trauma and neglect to hype up another character? Y'all doing the exact thing her own family did with the comparisons. The irony is chilling. Y'all fell for it. Bruno and Mirabel suffered heavily, and they found solace in their bond. Can we leave it at that
Agreed, blew my mind! When I first watched this movie, I was feeling just like Mirabel when Isabela first appeared like "Here comes the princess/Miss Perfect" and it made me sad how I was totally blind to the fact Isabela had her own problems. Lol, I pretty much grew up an only child, I would've sucked with siblings like for real.
@@royaletulips7931 Of course she was...because she was jealous of Mirabel since Mirabel actually had the luxury of being an imperfect person. Mirabel just never recognized that because she'd only ever considered her own perspective. Which is unfortunately something that WE ALL tend to do. It's hard enough for us to come to terms with OUR OWN perspectives...so too often we completely overlook the need to consider the perspectives of others as well.
I feel like it would be so much sadder if Abuela died when the house fell because Mirabelle would blame it on herself. And instead of hugging Abuela, the whole family hugs and it shows isabella and Mirabel in the center, indicating that they didn't see Bruno's whole vision but only part of it
Another detail I really enjoy that they added was how superstitious Bruno is now because they made him so paranoid about his own gift. Disney did soooo good with this.
i'm so happy that someone finally appreciated Camilo, i mean he's just such a sweet,funny and chill character with an AMAZING voice he and Dolores deserved more screen time.
wdym?? i swear every review or tiktok i've seen is people saying how much they love Camilo haha! He's a great character tbh he deserves the appreciation! I wish too though that we got to see more of everyone, would've been so cool to see everyone's rooms!
@@kydiszellinger2909 i maybe once actually seen a review where he was appreciated (maybe it's just my luck), but you're right tiktok is crazy abt him (which he totally deserves) and i also wish we could seen everyone's room, i'm the most courios abt Dolores and Camilo's rooms but also the rest' ofc.
This reaction part was skipped over but I love that Mirabel's dad said "miércoles" which is kinda like saying "fudge" instead of "fck" since "mierda" is sht in Spanish and "miércoles" is Wed in Spanish.
I noticed that! I know a few words but I'm not a Spanish speaker so I didn't know it was like that, I was just like 'why did he just say Wednesday?' lol
Fun Fact: "Miércoles" is also used in another language called "filipino" with the same meaning but instead the spelling is "miyerkules" the fact that filipinos use some spanish language for the filipino language is that because when the time spanish took over the Philippines
I love Felix and Pepa side of the family. It's so cool to see an Afro-Latin family on the big screen. My children are going to be able to grow up with a family that looks like theirs on the big screen.
@@matheuslanerre2895 That might be true, but more to my point is that it's cool to see a light skin latin person be with a dark skin black person and see them have kids and for the movie to portray them in a positive light, because they look like my family.
@@masontalarico7090 Yeah, i undertand your point, totally. But Abuela and Abuelo are both brown skin and had babies with different skin tones cause of their mixed background.
"If I was you, I'd be really sad." "Maybe your gift is being in denial." Damn fluffy boi was right kids are like little alcoholics-so honest it hurts lol
The voice of Mirabel is Stephanie Beatriz, mostly known as Rosa Diza from Brooklyn 99. If you listen close enough it's quite distinct and recognisable.
shout out to Disney for more Latino and afro Latino representation!!!!! I love that when they do these movies they actually go to the country they're going to have their film set in, so they keep it as authentic as possible ughhh so good
The reconciliation scene made me cry. It's great to see someone who is old, proud and made sacrifices own up to their mistakes to someone they're supposed to be respected by, to someone who they had previously blamed for the things that went wrong. I don't see older people take responsibility often, especially in family.
I actually found the Spanish names pretty easy to remember even though Spanish is something I have NEVER been able to learn no matter how hard I tried. Mirabel sounds like "miracle" (which is perfect for her) and Madrigal sounds like "magical" (again, very appropriate).
Ngl with everyone having an existential crisis scene they coulda given Camilo a scene about how his shapeshifting gives him an identity crisis cuz everyone needs him to be someone else.
The reason it sounds like Hamilton is because they were both written by Lin-Manuel Miranda. Same with Moana :). I saw a video showing how when he made the demos for Encanto he would disappear for a few weeks and come back with a new song singing all of the parts. It was really cool 😎
I think this may be the best Disney soundtrack ever overall. Definately because the guy who did Hamilton was involved. That's what stood out to me the most. The animation was also fantastic. The story is really good with interesting characters too.
Wow didn't know Lin Manuel Miranda was apart of this. While I was watching I kept saying that felt his presence or the way he does his music on it. Honestly he never misses
Well that and they actually whent to Columbia and got people known for their cultural strength in their music instead of trying to imitate the music of columbia they put actual soul into it.... Encanto is a movie from the heart and soul, it's literally a love letter to Columbia.
Does anyone else wonder of the reason Bruno worked to patch up the house after he "left" was to try and keep it together so the family wouldn't blame Mirabel like in his vision or is that just me?
5:35 Wow he can see the future...Also I like watching reaction videos about this because it's the *ONLY* movie that I can't stop watching again and again. I hope more movies like this come soon.
- Plain and simple: Mirabel’s gift is to hold the family and Casita together. Just look at her relationships with every single relationship with her family. And look at how Casita protected her when it was crumbing. - “Who did this?” Sir, Lin-Manuel Miranda! The same dude that did Moana’s music, MADE HAMILTON, and directed Tick-Tick Boom! - The REAL VILLAINS of this movie are perception, generational trauma, and unrealistic expectations.
Heavy on the generational trauma! I hate when people hate on Abuelita and not knowing their reason for it, they just dislike that she’s rude to mirabel.
Im pretty sure that it was isabella but bruno said that the vision was all out of order which is why the butterfly was shown first and then her hugging isabella was last
Makes me cry everytime I watch the scene of Antonio getting his gift. He reaches out for Mirabel because he knows that she will love him unconditionally, gift or no gift. Throughout the movie until the end abuelas love feels conditional. She only loves you if you have a useful gift. She redeems herself at the end though.
That scene of Alma and Pedro meeting and falling in love with Dos Oruguitas playing makes me cry *every time*. Her absolute heartbreak is just (〒﹏〒)
Also few things to clarify Antonio is Mirabel's cousin and he's actually 5 years old Dolores is her eldest cousin not her sister The family is colour coded! Pepa and Felix' kids dress in warm colours and Julietta and Augustine's kids are dressed in cool colours [blues and purples]!
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What's your top 2 songs from this movie? #bingers
we don’t talk about bruno and surface pressure
Lol glad we got you to react to this movie. Now you will have at minimum one of these songs stuck in your head like the rest of us. The story, in my opinion, is eh granted I don’t come from a close knit family so that may be why, but the music makes up for the story. My favorite to is the Bruno song and Surface Pressure.
All the songs from encanto are bangers honestly, but we don't talk about Bruno and waiting on a miracle hit hardddd
Waiting on a miracle an we don't talk ab Bruno 😎
#1 Surface Pressure
#2 We dont talk about Bruno
Another fun fact: the first photo the family took in Antonio's room was the grandmother's perfect version of the family, without Mirabel. You can see the grandma's face was strained. The photo at the end was imperfect, but had everyone in the family and they were all happier.
OMG NO STOP YOU'RE RIGHT
That wasnt her perfect family. It was a reflection of what Mirabel felt. Abuela doesn’t hate Mirabel and thats why the context of the family and the damage her relationship was doing was important because Abuela isn’t a villain, bur she is antagonistic.
@@Blaqueword wow that is amazing
Mirabel looks like Moana
Is it actual fact or is that something you critically thought of? Cause I got that mirabel just felt left out when she seen that her family took a pic with out her and she also seen them display powers that she didn’t have.. I agree that the grandmother was the antagonist but not the villain
Billy: "These songs remind me of Hamilton!"
Encanto: Is literally written by the guy that wrote Hamilton
YEAH EXACTLY LMAO
I was looking to see if anyone else commented about Lin Manuel Miranda writing Hamilton & the music for Encanto.
While we’re at it LMM also wrote In the Heights, and music for Moana, and Vivo (currently streaming on Netflix). Musical genius.
Lin really is a master
I WAS ABT TO COMMENT ITS BC LIN WROTE HAMILTON AND THE MUSIC FOR ENCANTO
I was about to comment that too and also he wrote the music for Moana
One thing I like about this movie is that they let the alto singers take the lead for once. It always used to seem like all female singers had to be soprano, and altos were relegated to backup harmony.
@@BoydSmurf Now why are you putting words in her mouth like that🤨/lh
@@unclewiley1986 i really misread lol i read "one thing" as "ONLY thing" lol
@@BoydSmurf I figured haha. I do the same all the time. I was just making jokes
Me being dumb thought you said "tall" in Spanish
Yessss as an alto I am thrivingggg singing along to Mirabel’s parts lol
Personally I theorize that the miracle actually was born out of Abuela's grief. In the flashback it doesn't appear until she falls to the ground sobbing, and then it flings the guerillas back. But being born out of grief and trauma it wasn't sustainable, which is why the miracle had to basically be reborn through Mirabel's love for her family and ability to bring them all together.
Hmmmmmmmm this is a good point!!! And with Isabella getting engaged abeula AND Antonio getting a power had something else to focus besides her grief and fear😳 I like this idea
ooooo i love this theory!!
Oh and that because Isabella looks like a younger Alma and That Mariano looks like a younger Version of her husband, Alma may have wanted the marriage because she thought it would give them the happy future she would have had
The fact that Pedro( the grandfather) and Mariano( Isabella’s “fiancé”) and abuela and Isabella look identical when they were younger. The grandma is projecting what she wanted for her life onto isabella
And poor Isabela just going with it to please her and the family, because she is the "golden child" and has to be perfect all the time and can't show her real personality or say no ;__; (Okay can you tell I related to that :'D)
YES
So true.
Interesting. My stance was that (I believe) Isabela is the oldest grandchild and Abuela was very happy to have a grandchild and doted on her, and then Isabela’s gift was growing plants and considering she was five it likely shown itself in flowers, a pretty thing a young girl would enjoy, and she got locked into this and didn’t explore what else she was capable of. So she became the beautiful beloved eldest grand daughter with big expectations on her shoulders. Abuela didn’t realize what a burden she put on her family
when dolores tells about how he wants five kids to Isabella, she actually pops flowers into her head out of surprise not pleasantry. Then abuela picks out a "imperfect" flower off her head.
The fact that “We don’t talk about Bruno” has the feel of a Disney Villain song and is also the song that most clearly reveals the true villain of the piece is the pressure to appear perfect and the strain that puts on everyone in the family just hits like a ton of bricks.
I think Casita is “haunted” by Pedro. I imagine as he’s walking toward the militia, the only thing giving him courage is picturing the town and house his family would grow up in and be safe in. And when he performed his act of true love by sacrificing himself, his soul got tied to the candle and house. So he got to help raise his kids and grandkids and be with his wife. So like, I totally agree that it was Pedro’s sacrifice that made the magic.
I think the miracle is a combination of many factors: the love energy originated from Abuelo's sacrifice, the grief from Abuela's tears spilled on the ground, Abuelo's spirit trying to save his family by becoming one with the candle, and also some divine intervention/justice (since God/saints/angels intervening when good virtuous people suffer some kind of injustice are common occurences/stories in Latino American culture and popular Catholicism. The town in wich Encanto is located on is also clearly and heavily influenced by Catholicism, as we can see with the priest and the local church)
@@eduardon9299 it could just be a second chance
Me too I thought that Pedro's soul was in the candle to protect his family
you mean like monster house ?
@@vannyafton I mean … ur not wrong. 😂 Casita definitely give off Monster House vibes
30:40 I love the detail that Mirabel was the only one able to reach the candle bcos Isabella and Camillo relied on their gifts 30:27, but Mirabel asked Casita for help 30:25 since she built up a relationship w/ the house over the years w/out a gift of her own.
It was also cool to see how Casita protected them all as she was falling apart 30:28 30:56
Its actually very subtle: her gift is the same as Abuela Alma's. She's connected to the house itself. That's why she can communicate with it, and why the house doesn't come back alive until SHE puts the doorknob in.
Or, in other words, her door was the house's FRONT door!
Oh ok I'm dumb
WOW. I never even thought of that! This movie has a ton of layers from this one house alone
I think that is the correct answer
So Casita just took her door like “ that’s a surprise tool that will help us later”
Yes!! Thus is exactly what I thought. Abuela does not have her own power, but she is the caretaker of the Casita. I think Mirabel is supposed to be the next caretaker.
Can we talking about Bruno being a homie? Bruno resembles his father. He's selfless, loves his family enough to separate himself from them and 'sacrifice' himself if that means that his family would be happy. Just like his father did.
He was described as Seven foot frame by Camilio (shape-shifting boy) probably because he was a kid and Bruno just seemed tall to him. Plus after years of hearing bad stories about it, it probably elevated that image to about seven foot, towering, creepy man.
did u leave this same comment on Laikas channel lol
I love that Bruno took pride in his love of acting... and then his nephew got a gift to perfectly change his appearance and voice however he desires. Poor guy just can't get a break.
Iirc, the director said Camilo has no memory of Bruno at all actually and was just trying to freak her out, but I honestly like the headcanon that he was just terrified of bruno better
@@gordonramsayslambsauce interesting, we see at least one mural of the family in town with Bruno in it, so things like that must be why Camilo has a general idea of what he looks like.
We don’t talk about Bruno no no noo
To answer some questions:
1. It sounds like Hamilton because Lin Manuel Miranda wrote both.
2. Her mother healed her with an arepa con queso. It’s made with corn flour and filled with cheese, they’re really good and there’s recipes online but Colombian ones are different from arepas in other countries.
3. Her name is Mirabel. Her sisters are Isabela and Luisa and her parents are: Julieta who heals with food and her father who married into the family.
4. The other two adults are her aunt and uncle, and the rest of the kids are her cousins.
5. The instrument you were referring to is the accordion. It’s very popular in Colombian music, particularly the genre Vallenato.
6. Abuela or abuelita work. Abuelita is just in the diminutive, which sounds sweeter.
Here’s some fun facts:
1. The guy Isabela was supposed to marry is voiced by a very famous Colombian singer named Maluma.
2. The second song played in the movie and the last is sung by another very famous Colombian singer named Carlos Vives.
3. Colombian families definitely center a lot around the grandmother, at least in my own experience since I was born there and lived there for most of my life.
4. In Luisa’s song, when the donkey’s are dancing, they’re on top of a very particular hat which is very common in Colombia.
5. The song played during the grandmother’s flashback near the end of the movie is called Dos Oruguitas, meaning two little caterpillars. It’s sung by a Colombian singer named Sebastian Yatra and the song is actually very very beautiful. There’s the version is English, and while it isn’t perfect, it’ll give you the gist of what the song means.
6. The violence the grandmother was escaping from is caused by a number of things, often terrorism in the country. It refers to forced displacement which many Colombians know too well, unfortunately. That detail is very personal so it added a lot to the movie, I think.
7. The majority of the food in the movie is definitely Colombian. The food the mom is feeding the people in line is called buñuelos. They’re really good. There’s the arepas. At the breakfast they’re eating huevos pericos, which are scrambled eggs with onion and tomato. There’s also arepuelas. At the dinner they’re eating a soup called ajiaco, one of my personal favorite foods.
8. When Mirabel gives the little kid, her cousin Antonio, the stuffed toy at the start, she gestures to the box with her mouth. That’s a little habit many Colombians have too.
9. When Dolores overhears Mirabel and her father talking about Bruno’s vision and Mirabel’s father says miercoles, it’s a tamer way of cursing. It literally translates to Wednesday, but when said in that context he’s cursing just not fully.
10. All the animals and plants can be found in Colombia, which is the second most biodiverse country in the world.
Okay, I’m done. I wanted to clarify some cultural things here and there and answer some questions you had.
Thank you for saying the names of the food! I kept wondering what they were eating! 😋
This is was awesome to read, thank you for taking the time🙏
I had never heard of buñuelos, I had no idea what they are, but boy do they sound and look delicious. Thank you for all your personal insight. This was a wonderful read. Greetings from Puerto Rico.
Thanks for all the cool info!
Omygosh. That actually makes the part where Marianos was gonna sing (but didn't get the chance to) p funny.
The song Waiting on a Miracle was really good. It's even crazier when you find out the Stephanie (the VA) was in ACTIVE LABOR while recording it. Women are incredible.
The songs hit so hard that "We don't talk about Bruno" is #1 trending for music, that's how good it is.
Still???? It was number one when I looked at it last week! It's well deserved
@Alex Grosser I'm pretty sure "Family Madrigal" was also on the trending list before.
Funny thing is I think it’s one of the weaker songs in the movie. There really are no duds.
Yup. Was trying to mind my business in class when the chorus rang in my mind.
I was listening to the top 40 show in the UK and 3 of the songs from this film are on it. I never see Disney songs get up there
I’ve seen a lot people say that the reason Mirabel doesn’t get a gift is because she’ll be the keeper of the miracle after her grandmother passes and that she’ll be the new person in charge. The miracle/candle needs someone to keep the magic alive and that job will pass on to Mirabel :)
This theory makes the most sense.
That and also, I believe the house the candle and house are the abuelos spirit. He saw how Abuela was losing her way, how she was effecting her family.
-Luisa thought she was nothing without her gift
-Isabella thought she MUST be perfect for Abuela and the family
-Pepa always had a cloud over her head and Abuela always tried repressing her emotions. "Pepa you have a CLOUD!!"
ETC...
So Abuelo chose not to give Maribel a gift as a reminder that its the PEOPLE that matter, not the powers.
and also because she is the next keeper, so it's 2-fold.
Her gift is the house and candle, and her door is the door to the house
@@shineinouzen7412 another good theory I’ve heard is that the magic was leaving because it was tearing the family apart. It originally came about to protect Alma and her babies. But when the magic became an obsession to Alma, who was scared that her family wouldn’t be strong or perfect enough to combat threats to their home, it started to leave because it was contributing to the opposite effect.
Another good one is that since Mirabel and Alma have the same gift, the contrasting grapple for control of the house which grew with both of them not being on the same page for what the family needs ended up destroying the house.
Also, she never got a door or a room, because her door was the main door and her room was the whole house. Casita also only listens to Mirabel and Abuela's commands, which is foreshadowing that she will be the next matriarch.
Fun Fact:
1. The animators had to fight for Louisa to be buff.
2. For “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” the animators had it choreographed and dancers performed it. The animators then used the filmed dancing as references when animating the scene.
I wonder if they had dancers choreographed for "Surface Pressure." Those dancing donkeys killed me 😂
Jessica Hernandez they probably did. It was funny!
I’m glad they fought for it. She’s a badass!
Elaborate on number 1? Disney hire ups probs didn't want that.
I'm glad they kept Luisa. She's also a good representation of Colombia. Colombia's first ever gold medalist was Maria Urrutia, a female weightlifter, who not only won medals throughout her career, she also became a member of Colombia's House of Representatives. She really wanted to help her people. She was someone who put a lot of pressure on her shoulders to help those in need, just like Luisa did in the film.
"Argh, this man's got Ratatouille's cousin playing with his toothbrush!" ahaha this was so fun to watch! Love Encanto!
1. What Julieta was making is an "arepa con queso" and is soooo yummy.
2. If you want to hear the song that Agustín was playing the intro in the piano look for "En Barranquilla me quedo"
3. I also love the songs... been singing it over and over XD
4. Antonio is her youngest cousin. He is the brother of Dolores (Hearing power) and Camilo (shapeshifting one).
5. Lin Manuel Miranda wrote the lyrics, same who did Hamilton and also work in Moana.
Lin wrote the music and lyrics for the songs.
Exactly what is an arepa con qeuso? I believe queso is a kind of cheese, right? And that looked like a biscuit are they cheese biscuits?
@@alyshaharper8730 the arepa itself is kind like a biscuit as far as I know is made with cornmeal and is filled in with shredded cheese (queso) but arepa can have other fillings as well. Now this is what I've seen as an arepa but someone can have another recipe or description
bro I KNEW id heard that song before but i couldn't for the life of me remember the name of it. like those 3 seconds straight up gut-punched me back to when i was a kid at any family gathering LMAO
@@SadicDarkAngel So like a gordita but smaller and thicker? Sounds yummy
Just looked it up. They're smaller, thicker, and fuller than a gordita. Nice.
A little detail. In the table when Dolores said "He wants five babies" and flowers came out of Isabela's hair, Abuela took out the only white flower because "it wasn't perfect"
*Oh*
holy... I didn't notice that!
@@acecat5575 I did
*oof*
How do you know that?
Luisa: *singing about an unhealthy amount of pressure for a 19 year old*
Billy: 💃🏻🕺🏻💃🏻🕺🏻💃🏻🕺🏻
But did you hear the beat? It was out of my control my hips don’t lie 😔
@@BillyBinges dw, it’s my favorite too 😭
😂😂
I cried when I heard her singing it was so sad
😂😂
Encanto is absolutely one of my all time favorite Disney movies. And yes, the guy who wrote the songs for Encanto did indeed also write the songs for Hamilton - Lin Manuel Miranda has a distinct style and it's pretty much always a bop
The plot of this movie is SO simple...the main character doesn't go anywhere other than her own house, no grand adventure, no villain to overcome or defeat...it's so simple....and yet it's so, so good. the emotional depth of it, and the relatableness of dealing with interfamily conflict and pressure...genuinely I'm impressed. you don't need a complicated plot or a standard 'hero's journey' if you land the emotional beats.
Honestly, it’s the fact that this movie’s plot is so simple that I actually didn’t like it nearly as much as I thought I would the first time. The trailers I saw pictured this epic fantasy adventure, with monsters and floods and lots and lots of stairs. The family’s gifts are going out of control, so Mirabel has to go on a journey to restore the miracle as the only one unaffected with the help of cute comic sidekick Antonio and goofy estranged Uncle Bruno.
I expected an epic fantasy. I was disappointed for like half the runtime because we never left the house and every character had their one plot beat onscreen before leaving, but then I started focusing on the actual story, thought back on the movie and got hooked on the soundtrack. And I realized that instead, for maybe the first time ever, we got a movie that was solely about raw, surprisingly realistic family drama for a story about a magical family. And I love it. This movie is so fantastic and again, it’s REALISTIC. Like every single character feels like a CHARACTER. Not a plot device or padding or comic relief. Just about everyone in this family is flawed in some way, and the way it was portrayed is beautiful.
Not to mention the incredible soundtrack! I’ve been listening to it on loop after watching the first two times (in the same week). Lin-Manuel Miranda has officially outdone himself
@@caralenalindberg6098 The trailers really did the movie a disservice, definitely. Notice how most of the clips are from Luisa's Surface Pressure song, where we see all sorts of fantastical locations and action scenarios...
@@ShoulderMonster YES RIGHT?? Like when that song was playing I was just staring at the screen going Wait this isn’t the climax? The actual climax was beautiful but man I was so surprised that all that happened in a dream sequence 30 minutes in
It would make a good stage play. The enclosed setting and character drama is perfect for it
Antonio's little "I need you." gets me every freaking time. Every time.
HES SO CUTE I CANT EVEN and the “we made this one for you” I was liek AAAAH
Every time.
I cried
Yes! I cry EVERY TIME! and that fact that at the end, hes the one who walks her to the door is amazing
FOR REAL!!!!! He’s so cute when he said that, especially when he was hugging up on maribel walking up the stairs 😭
The part that hits me the most is the community singing back to them to lay down their load, we have no gifts but we are many. The fact that the community they had helped for 50 years came to help them at their most vulnerable time... It makes me bawl every time I watch it.
"We have no gifts, but we are many" is one of my favorite parts of the movie.
Me too! Especially that specific line ;__; But I love it so much!
I know that this is possible in all of humanity, but I almost cried at that because in Latin America, community and family are the most important things after God. You take care of your neighbors and they take care of you. It made me so happy to see it so well reflected in this film and my people have some positive representation. FINALLY!
“Mirabel is a beautiful name” I agree and here is something I noticed right away in the theater it’s long but I promise I find it fascinating… first time watching this I immediately noticed this movies emphasis on sight, but the motif shows up exclusively within abuela and Mirabels dynamic. Their motif shows up in their lines when they’re talking to each other “until I lost sight of who our miracle was for…” “I can finally see” even abuelas opening line is ‘open your eyes’. As I kept thinking about it it finally hit me; sight is associated with truth and being the windows to the soul. This movie is centered around Mirabel trying to find the truth and abuela accepting things that she mistook for a miracle, becoming unclouded. It’s literally their journey into understanding each other and finding the truth and seeing each other for all that they are I.e ‘what do you see. ‘Me,all of me’. I also find it as a cool detail that abuelas name is Alma, which means soul, and if you shorten mirabels name to ‘mira’ it means ‘look’.
Yes!!!!!!!!!!! 🙌🙌🙌💯💯💯
This is such a beautiful comment ❤
6:11 Abuella’s tough on Mirabel because of generational trauma. Immigrant elders or elders who are obsessed with making sure their family will never suffer through similar hardships can be perfectionists, almost bordering on the extreme. They want their children and their children’s children to make “perfect choices” to avoid the trauma/hardships they went through, so they put a lot of pressure. Unfortunately generational trauma has a habit of continuing the cycle. I’m really glad this movie portrayed this type of common family dynamic very well and addressed what many families of this dynamic often fail at: healing.
Abuela*
Abuellas is tough on mirabel because she did not have powers that’s why
Hahahaha
@@brookebrown7064 Yes, because she was terrified that Mirabel not getting powers meant they were going to lose their miracle, the only thing that kept them safe. That in no way excuses her attitude towards Mirabel, but it is a bit more complicated than just ‘mad because she didn’t get a power’
Beautifully said. My grandma is EXACTLY like Alma. We've recently had to remove ourselves from her and her toxicity because she wont acknowledge that the problem is her. So I'm honestly bitter about Almas redemption arc.
*Dolores:* quietly whispering her part cause she knew Bruno was in the walls of the house and is actually pretty sympathetic towards her uncle stating that they couldn't understand his prophecies so what happened wasn't his fault.
*Camilo:* sEvEN FOOT FRAME-
Dolores: quietly whispering her part because her gift is enhanced hearing and her natural speaking voice would probably hurt her ears
You can see Bruno in the background vibing to the song in Dolores’s part though 😂
@@kassandragoldstein4661 I loved that. Vibing to his own diss track
I don't think she was whispering because of Bruno, I think her own voice is just too loud for her. You can also see her in Antonio's gift ceremony clapping with just two fingers and covering her ears when the fireworks go off
🤣
Last one. For a woman who does not have a magical gift, she has many gifts.
Compassion, resilience, her optimism. Her ability to see the good in anyone
Her ability to tell a story.
Her bravery and strength.
I know a lot of these are personality traits, but they still are gifts many wish they can have.
The fact that the house, even at its weakest managed to get Maribel up to the roof while the family struggled and failed to climb up it.
Along with the fact that she can do bunch of different things, like sewing, embroidering, and playing the accordion.
I think you guys are kinda saying the message of the film being that a person doesn’t have to have a “gift” to be special because the miracle is all of you.
@@heyyo966 yeah. In a way.
They struggled because they all relied on their gifts while Mirabel used her intelligence and the house for assistance
Don’t forget her courage! Breaking into Bruno’s tower must have taken some serious guts.
Billy I think this is my favorite reaction! The way you enjoy the music is literally how everyone felt when they first see the movie. Lin Manuel is truly amazing. But I think my favorite part of the reaction is towards the end when Mirabel and Abuela are hugging. You are totally in a happy trance and then BAM BUTTERFLY!! Lol
How billy says all the characters name:
Mirabel: Esmerelda
Abuela: Abuelita
Luisa: Lisa/ muscle sister (thanks Incognito crush)
Pedro: Petrol
Bruno: Bruno
Pepa: Girl
Dolores: the sister who can hear/ pin drop girl
Antonio: little boy
Isabela: Mariah Carey
Camilo: My guy
Mariano: Dude
Julieta: Jesus (thanks holly)
nah he says Abuela as ABBY LEETA 🤣🤣
@@richarocks12 LMAO
*Hotel: Trivago*
He called her Mirabella a few times lol
Mariano was 99cent store Jesus or sm 😭
As a Latina I can say the most unbelievable part of this whole movie wasn't the magic. It was la Abela admitting she was wrong.
Amen! 🤣 also, Abuela didn’t smack mirabelle after saying, “the miracle is dying because of you”
Lmao I know that’s right! 😂
To be fair she just witnessed her daughter crying out desperately for her granddaughter, mimicking Abuela crying out for her husband, and had to face the harsh fact that not one but three of her grandchildren risked their lives to save a stupid candle. For a few moments it appeared as if one of them had died in the attempt.
Abuela had two choices here- accept that she has instilled in her family that only the magic matters which has destroyed her family or continue on in denial and anger. We see plenty of times that despite her faults Abuela genuinely loves her family. She was always going to chose them over everything else, even the magic.
It was the real miracle.
Facts 😂
It’s HILARIOUS how he didn’t know/remembered Mirabel’s name when the kids kept chanting it during the opening lol
tbh the opening song was a bit difficult to understand... too loud and the singing was too fast that it - imo - made the whole thing sound jumbled up
mans was vibing too hard
Even I’m not that bad at names
Hi
What about Mirabel?
Want another miracle!
Look into the mirror, Belle.
Don't be merely a shell.
If you notice in surface pressure when Luisa is struggling under the weight of all those doors that are lined up like dominos, the only one that she is actually supporting the weight of is her door. I just love the small detail that shows how getting her power really affected her, and to see her struggling under the weight of just one door when she is supposed to be the ‘strong one’.
Luisa is my absolute favorite! I love that she's not a super masculine women like a lot of tv shows and movies do with their buff females. She still wears dresses and does her hair and likes unicorns and she cries and i love her
As a tall, broad shouldered woman- letting Luisa be feminine and strong made me connect with her more than most Disney characters. I LOVE Luisa!
Also she's a sick dancer! That hip sway can't lie, my gurl loves dancing bachata and vallenatos 💃
Can you name one of those super masculine strong women on tv? I can only think of the principal on Mathilda, and she still wore a skirt.
@@unaquepasabaporaqui8384 But Ms trunchbull was portrayed as cold and mean, not very feminine like Luisa. I love that Disney made Luisa strong yet feminine
Luisa is the best 🥺💜
This movie probably hit hard for a lot of people with a lot of dysfunction in their families. It certainly did for me. Often times our elders in an attempt to make sure we have better lives than them get to focused on their own idea of "better life" and end up pushing their families to the brink like this because they are so unwilling to see past their own experiences or In some cases its active narcissism and wanting to be in control of everyone and everything so that they can take the credit for the "perfection" they've made. Its likely why some people have a hard time stomaching the quick forgiveness towards the end because in reality that type of hurt doesn't just go away.
I agree. I mean I loved the movie and it made me cry but I really thought when Mirabel went gone after the house collapsed I thought she gonna be missing for a little bit and later on Bruno will found her and he gonna convince her that it's not her fault thus saying to her "prove yourself, to Abuela, to our family, that you ARE the miracle."
THIS
@@guilty_as_sin I feel like this wouldn't work as well as Abuela admitting she was wrong and doing better. Part of the point of Abuela's character arc is to stop defining her family by their magical abilities and start valuing them for who they are. Having Bruno tell her to prove to Abuela that she's worthy feels like more of the same. Vs Abuela coming to Mirabel and saying "I was wrong, I was acting the way I did because of trauma and that was wrong and I'm sorry" and then actively trying to be nicer. The point of the movie is that unhealthy family dynamics can be at play under the surface and drive everyone insane, and the magic came back when they started working together as a family. Having to prove to Abuela that she is worthy of magic would be flying in the face of the moral of Encanto, which is that bad family dynamics can be helped with some understanding of each other.
my grandmother is definitely in the "active narcissist" category. she's super controlling and wants everything to be perfect for the sake of image. I'm the only one in our family that actively says no to her shit bc I'm so done with people trying to control me all the time.
@@roryhillsbury100 I get that and I also come from a pretty narcissistic household, but I have a much easier time forgiving the ones who have actively taken accountability and made steps toward self-improvement. (Which means they probably aren't entirely narcissistic and any behaviors like it are likely due to being twisted by the narcissists around them) Abuela is largely portrayed as well-meaning but her trauma causes her to fear losing everything, which is why she keeps such a controlled grip on everything. Once she realizes she's driving her family insane and the community gives back by rebuilding the house, she relaxes and starts to move past her trauma (finally). I didn't take the last scene as "they forgave Abuela instantly," I kinda didn't expect Disney to go into the healing process. It mostly showed that their home is now built on a more solid foundation than magic and Abuela has finally learned to relax (she even takes off the mourning shawl, a clear symbol of her finally moving past the trauma). Abuela apologizing and actually showing that she changed probably would do a lot to help people forgiving her. Then again, Abuela is portrayed as being strict but generally well-intentioned (but ruled by her fear). I'm not sure your grandmother has such noble intentions as wanting to keep the family safe and secure. I know as a kid from a dysfunctional household, Mirabel calling her out, and then Abuela doing what a lot of abusers won't, felt REALLY gratifying though it did bring up trauma and sad feelings that some of the worst in my family would never do that.
As a latina, Billy butchering all the Spanish words is the funniest thing ever. It's 1am and I'm trying not to laugh, but he really changed the lastname "Madrigal" to "Magic grill" and somehow turned "arepa con queso" into "banana coconquesco". I CAN'T. Also, it reminded you of "Hamilton" cause Lin Manuel Miranda wrote the songsssss. Musical genius.
banana coconquesco 😂 this is the first time Ive seen this guys video, he's the cutest thing ever oml- I couldn't stop laughing there as a Hispanic lol!
I completely lost it with "banana coconquesco", I couldn't stop laughing, I'm Colombian so that was funny as hell
LOLLL
And the way he called Mirabel “Esmerelda” HAHA
Not to mention “magicarp”
23:04 to answer the question of what: That's Jorge. He makes the Spackle.
I love that Camilo remembers Bruno as having a 7' frame. Camilo is just barely older than Mirabel, and Bruno left shortly after Mirabel's door ceremony when Mirabel and Camilo were both 5 years old. Adults seem like giants when you're 5. Also, the detail of Abuela literally holding onto the candle so tightly on her door, in flashback, and in the photos on the wall when she's clinging onto the idea of miracle itself transitioning to holding onto family members instead at the end is just beautiful.
I found it interesting that he mentioned rats along his back. Unless, Bruno always hung out with rats, how would Camilo know that unless he knew something? (unless ofc he was just trying to be scary and coincidently happen to be right on point).
@@Miyanoai14 My guess is the rats were always around Bruno, climbing all over him. That, paired with the insinuation that most adults were cautious around him, would make him a bit of a boogie man to the 5-year-old Camilo.
At this point the prevailing theory is that Mirabelle is the next Candleholder. Her Abuela did not have a gift, her role is to keep the Family together. But either because she is nearing the end of her life or because she lost her way, Mirabelle was called as the next in line to lead and keep the family safe and happy. The fact that the house gets newly build in her image and with her love and caring as "foundation" emphasizes that.
Oh wow that actually makes perfect sense
Ooooooo. This makes a lot of sense.
Hi! I just wanted to say it’s Mirabel, I could see how you add the extra “le” at the end since a name like Annabelle has it (I hope I’m not being rude or anything it’s just something very minor) I really like your theory though I never thought about it like that
@@user-md3ji5pw9z No hard feelings, I remeber while writing it thinking "This _is_ the right way to spell it... right?"
I just wish she’d been given her own room. Her grandmother got one, so she should have too. Movie wouldn’t have the same impact if she did though, I get that,
antonio is hands down one of the best characters. that "i need you" scene folds me like a greeting card. i'm so glad you watched this billy, i loved your reaction!!
He is unbelievably cute 🥰
Dude, I can't stop watching your reaction to this movie, because YOU ARE HILARIOUS! This reaction was SO ENJOYABLE, Thanks for the laughs and the truly amazing take on everything. I REALLY enjoyed this! Thank you! X3
Omg! Tell me about I've watched this so many times.. Billy is brilliant.. perfect reaction... x
@@carajay1851 I know right?! He's hilarious and awesome! X3
I have watched this reaction video sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo many times🤣🤣💕
The shot of Bruno's 'plate' always just wrenches my heart.
I full on start sobbing anytime that scene comes on
He participates with the family, even when don’t know he’s there. 🥲
Nah stop I cant do this again she said bruno didn’t care abt the family 🥺😭like he wasn’t there everyday
I'm Colombian, and this movie felt like a beautiful representation of the diversity or my country. Abuela's story was so touching to me because it's based on real violence a lot of families have experienced here.
in spanish "abuela" means grandmother and when you add "ita" or "ito" to a word, it either means "small" or is meant as a term of endearment. so in effect, abuela and abuelita are both correct 😊
I think abuelita means little grandma ha
@@Zarab923 well translated literally, yes, but in context it's meant as a term of endearment because in spanish little things are thought to be cute and endearing. for example, if someone's name is Carlos, they might be called Carlito as a term of endearment which literally translates to "little Carlos"; but they are actually being called Carlito as a way of showing affection, not because they are little. I hope that makes sense.
The thing I love about movies like this is that either people from the same culture can relate to it because of their shared background, or the rest of us can relate to it because of the shared family dynamics and situations. I am totally just like Luisa, her song resonated with me to the core! I am the eldest daughter in a large family, and I was always the one holding everyone else up. I now have suffered serious health problems (recent kidney transplant) and have felt lost not being the one to carry everyone else. This was one of the best Disney movies in years, in my opinion!
I adore "Waiting on a Miracle" because she says all the things she'd do if she could, and then through the movie she helps cause all those changes: moves mountains, makes new flowers grow, and heals what's broken.
Also, most (all?) The dancing in "We Don't Talk About Bruno" is a cha-cha
I also think that this movie was a good representation of intergenerational trauma with her Abuela experiencing trauma from losing her husband and how she was trying so hard to keep the miracle. She was trying so hard to keep everything perfect that she became difficult to her children (especially on bruno) and her grandchildren
Yeah, like she herself said, so scared of losing the kids and grandkids, like she lost Pedro, that she held on too tight and was accidentally suffocating the others :(
@@shroomie4949 that would have been nice, but we know it was several weeks in the time the house was rebuilt and that gave the family a lot of off-screen time to have a heart to heart
Mirabel's gift is empathy! That wouldn't give her a door because it's not a physical gift. But throughout the entire movie she comforts the family and helps them open up about feelings they kept locked away. First Antonio, then Luisa, then Bruno, then Isabela and lastly Abuela Madrigal. Without her they would have constantly kept their feelings to themselves and broken the family apart (even if we don't look at the miracle).
The reason why I think she got is because on the night where she got the gift there was a "M" on the doorknob. Everyone gets their own letter so why would the door do that and then not give her a gift? In the end her gift was being there for the family. That's why she could restore the miracle, it's because she fixed the family.
don't forget she knew about Dolores' crush on Mariano and brought her to him as soon as she sensed a good timing
I like your reasoning. Mirabel became the new foundation after the old one cracked as the family was breaking apart because of pressure/stress, expectations, and not accepting everyone for who they are.
me an empath sensing that Mirabel is also a fellow empath
She is also the replacement for Abuela. That is the other person who doesn't have a gift, and she didn't get powers because she, just like abuela, are the pulse and the heartbeat of the house. Peep how the house obeys both Abuela and Mirabel ONLY!
I like to think her gift is being the next head of the house. She will probably take abuela's place/room for the following generations since both of them have no powers yet abuela has a room.
People never realize how heart breaking it is to give everything to someone that means the world to you just to realize that all you sacrificed will never be enough for them. After all you’ve sacrificed, you realized they’ll never appreciate all that you’ve been through just for them to keep demanding more not even acknowledging what you’ve been through just to try to have them just acknowledge it. Mirabel is so strong.
Fun fact: In “We Dont Talk About Bruno”, the part where Dolores is singing, you can spot what looks like Bruno sneaking around in the background. And then he is seen as Jorge bopping his head.
True! I saw that when I was watching it
He is Hernando.
Thing is Bruno's eyes are only green when giving profacy. This would have to be Camilo.
He's hernando not bruno
He does the spackle
So my boyfriend and i watched the movie
And he actually told me about a theory about the family's gifts being something they loved doing in childhood. Before Antonio got his gift, Mirabel mentioned that he loved animals and when he got his gift, it was connected with animals.
So we started to think of what the other members of the family did-
Julieta: she most likely loved cooking with her mom as a little girl, her motto was probably "good food is medicine for the soul" or something along those lines. so when she came of age, her gift was healing people with food
Pepa: she probably loved going outside to play when she was younger, no matter the weather. whenever she has a negative emotion, it could be because her mother always pulled her inside and yelled at her for playing outside in certain weather conditions (rain, snow, etc.), so she connected those with negative emotions.
Bruno: He most likely made so many cootie catchers/paper fortune tellers and had a box just overflowing with them. When people asked what he was doing he would always say "i’m telling the future!"
Dolores: she probably eavesdropped a lot when she was little, she always wanted to know what the adults were talking about because she wanted to seem like a young lady
Camilo: he most likely played pretend a lot or like to mimic people since he thought it was funny
Isabela: we both agreed that she would go outside and pick flowers to make into flower crowns or to give to her mom
Luisa: we both thought it was so funny to think that she would try to pick up things that were much too heavy for her to help out or just throw rocks at people-
I love every word.
This is such a good theory for everyone wtf
This theory is not getting enough credit
honestly with surface pressure I wouldn't be surprised if Luisa was one of those emotionally astute kids who knew she could help her community with physical/emotional strength & that played a part in it as well. Tho I love the idea of her just chucking rocks at ppl lol
I SAID THE SAME THING TO MY FAMILY 😂😂
Another fun fact, Mirabel, her parents, Luisa and Isabella are dressed in cool colors. While Pepa, Felix, Dolores, Camilo and Antonio are dressed in warm colors. Allowing the viewers to easily tell whose side of the family who is on.
Can you tell me who was on her and Bruno's side
@@RR-dg1rj Bruno's side was green. He has no kids so it's just him in green. Abuela is pinks and purples. Julieta's is cool colors like blue and pink, and Pepa's is warm colors, the orange and yellows, while Bruno, the odd one out is in green
y el detalle de que Isabela al comienzo tiene colores directamente relacionados a la Abuela, para luego empezar a tener mucho más azul en su ropa
Ah, could have sworn she was an only child.
Though the warm colors make sense for Pepas family because her mood controls the weather and the warm colors could be an attempt to have her be happy when she's not feeling it.
I think the house starts to break and the candle goes out because they represent the family relationships. When Maribel mended her relationship with her sister the candle burned brighter. Then her relationship with her grandmother broke and the house broke again. The grandmother values their gifts rather than the aspect of having a family and puts too much pressure on them.
Fun Fact: Lin Manuel Miranda wrote the songs in this movie, in Moana, and wrote Hamilton!! So Billy got a good ear
i was just going to say that! I was like "yes because the songs were written by Lin Manuel Miranda!"
Hah, yes exactly, when he said he was reminded of Hamilton I was like yeahhh there might be a reason for that xD
And he wrote In the Heights and the music for Vivo.
He honestly needs to see Hamilton!
Fun fact: The guy who voices Bruno (John Leguizamo) is also in Ice Age he voices Sid
I KNEW IT!!!!! I knew I recognized his voice from somewhere but no one else was talking about it and I thought I was just going crazy
What!!! This makes it a thousand times better!!!
Damn I must be getting old when people refer to John Leguizamo as "the voice of Sid from Ice Age"
Isabela’s storyline hit the hardest for me and i honestly wish they would’ve delved into it more! she’s the eldest daughter & grandchild and she clearly looks the most like abuela so her entire life abuela has been trying to live vicariously through her wanting isa to have the ~perfect~ life abuela wasn’t able to! even down to the detail of mariano looking similar to abuelo pedro and abuela being so eager for the marriage proposal and what it will do for the family when isa clearly doesn’t want it
It turns out Luisa is just Mirabel's older sister, but not Isabela's? Ooh I thought Luisa is the oldest because of her song.
@@pottop880 Yeah I think the sister order from oldest to youngest is Isabela, Luisa, Mirabel :D (But I don't think the two eldest have much of an age gap, max year or two?)
She looks so much like her grandmother that I'm not sure it was her in Bruno's vision, it could have been grandma
@@elieli2893 Isabella is 22, Luisa 19 and Mirabel 15 y.o. (:
@@pottop880what I thought 😢😮Luisa was the oldest sister of all of them 🤯
Billy's initial approach and reaction to the movie was exactly how my experience with it went (although he brilliantly picked up on a lot of the plot points much faster than I did). Fantastic review and commentary!
The soundtrack for this film is incredible and there’s not one bad song. Lin-Manuel Miranda really outdid himself.
He really did. Wouldn’t be surprised if the film wins multiple awards. I will be full on upset if Lin-Manuel doesn’t get one.
he never misses ✨✨
put his whole linussy into the soundtrack
@@baboo3507 ...😨
@@baboo3507 screaming lmao what
Mirabel being pushed aside and ignored by her family just for you to forget her name for the first half of the movie is peak comedy 😂
I seen what you've done there! lol
Ngl about 30 mins into the movie I was what was her name again? I mean in my defense I still hadn’t caught most of the family either
To be fair, he’s gotten characters’ names wrong before.
Like him calling Katniss as “Catalina” and Peeta as “David” 👀😑
And then his pronunciation of her name getting gradually worse as time went on once he remember it.
One thing that I haven’t read about and what I like about Mirabel‘s parents is that they tell the abuela her wrongs. When they stood up for Mirabel and told the grandma that she has always been too strict with Mirabel, that really hit home. In our culture people don’t really dare telling elders when they are wrong, so I really appreciated that in the movie.
I noticed that too and was glad they stood up for their daughter.
Yes! And it was huge for Mirabel to stand up to her too. It’s usually just not done.
I'm not gonna lie the best thing about this video to me as a spanish speaker was him trying to say all the spanish words like that to me was just way too funny especially at the end where he says "papi chulo" like that was the funniest thing I've heard all week haha!
Luisa's song and the door at the end make me BAWL. That generational trauma and weight just hurt but started conversations in sooooo many families. This is such a good movie
"Shout-out to whoever's singing!"
Mirabel is voiced by Stephanie Beatriz, same actress as Rosa Diaz from Brooklyn 99.
Wait whaaaat rosaaaa??? Omg yessss
One theory: mirabel aka esmerelda does not have a gift ,this is because she can control the casita like abuela can and if y’all look closely no one else can control casita with their emotions except for abuela and mirabel .and mirabel’s room is directly across abuela’s room (which means mirabel kinda reflects abuela) therefore making mirabel the next head of the familia madrigal
Love how you wrote esmerelda 😆
@@nurafahz8096 lol same
YESSS THE “Aka Esmeralda”1😂😂😂
I wouldn't say she controls Casita, necessarily, but she is better connected with it. She talks to Casita more than everyone else. I believe that Mirabel is intended to be the next caretaker of the Miracle, and the caretakers don't have gifts.
I will say though, everyone has their theories, and this doesn't strike me as a movie to get a sequel.
This was, by far, the most entertaining reaction vid I've seen. Thank you for bringing your personality to this. You made me smile and giggle 😂 You're also very perceptive.
This movie is so good and relatable on so many levels and hits home for me.
You have the *golden child* and the pedestal they are always on when they don't want to be.
The *strong one* that everyone relies on and the pressure they feel and their fear of messing up.
The *forgotten one* always living in the shadows and dying to gain approval from people they care about.
The parent or grandparent misplacing their love or holding too tight to something that they don't see how it's effecting others.
The way they made it to see different perspectives was so beautiful and well thought out. Love your reaction Billy!
Luisa's song is my favorite!!
*laughs in only child*
@@kemma_ 🤣🤣
favorite encanto theory: The grandfather sacrificed himself for his family and Mirabel WAS given a gift. Notice how the cracks start appearing when she feels disheartened from her role, or lack of, in the family. Casita crumbled when she confronted her grandmother and her hopes of being accepted as a member of the family were crushed. when she loses faith in her family the house suffers. The miracle is family and family is Mirabel. Mirabel's gift IS the miracle
The house cracks when the family breaks apart
The Casita only interacts with 2 people, Abuela and Mirabelle. As either of their emotions get intensified, the Casita changes. At the end the Casita comes back to life because of Mirabelle. I think the gift of Mirabelle is to continue the magic after her grandmother. They will need someone to continue the family legacy, thats Mirabelles true gift.
The grandmother doesn’t have an individual gift, so I wondered if mirabel was meant to carry a similar role in another generation.
@@mswitch936 I think it's more that they're really the only ones who talk to the casita
@@butterflygirl141 Abuela's gift was her family's survival through the candle, flame, valley, and their magic sparked by Pedro's sacrifice which helped keep them all safe. But she wouldn't live forever and for the magic and family to continue they needed a new family heart, a new flame. Mirabel's gift didn't activate on her 5th birthday because she wasn't old enough to take her place at the heart and head of the family, yet. So long as the candle still burned Mirabel couldn't ascend to her own power. At 15 you see signs that it's about to activate as Casita obeys her above all others, even disobeying the other family members and pushing them out of the house but obeying Mirabel's command to get her to the candle, which only goes out when she's touching it. The house started breaking apart because the family was no longer united behind one heart, as well, between Abuela's unreasonable expectations and Mirabel's more empathetic approach. She even gifted Antonio a representation of what his powers would be and touched him before he touched the candle.
The movie constantly compared the magic, family, and Mirabel to a butterfly. Abuela's gift and leadership was them as a caterpillar, getting established and growing. Mirabel and her more healthy leadership is the butterfly. Like a caterpillar, they had to go through a metamorphosis and the original form had to be destroyed for it to reach it's full potential. New family members will get their gift from Mirabel's touch, now, and eventually one of her grandchildren will have the door disappear the same way hers did, signifying the heir has been chosen, though they may need to wait for Mirabel's death to get their magic since the family no longer needs a traumatic transformation to be healthy and stable.
If I'm being honest, I think Bruno's exclusion is worse than Mirabel's exclusion.
Mirabel is looked down on because she didn't have a talent at all.
She wasn't the best.
Bruno was looked down on because he had a talent that was unacceptable.
His best *_wasn't enough._*
my heart hurts
Neither Bruno's or Mirabel's best was enough
I can agree since her family while stressed still loved her and she was relatively close to them to an extent she was just the oddball for 10 years since they get their gifts at 5 whereas Bruno by the end of the movie would be in his 50’s meaning since the age of 5 he was the town villain his mother probably being worse back then pushing him to exile himself and spent 10 years living in the walls where he was completely alone no friends, a family that other than Delores didn’t like him and could most likely hear them slander him. Mirabel was just looked at as being in the way and trying too hard.
Can we not trivialize Mirabel's trauma and neglect to hype up another character? Y'all doing the exact thing her own family did with the comparisons. The irony is chilling. Y'all fell for it. Bruno and Mirabel suffered heavily, and they found solace in their bond. Can we leave it at that
My heart is crying
33:23 I was the exact same way😂. Don’t you say it Abuela!!! 🥹😭
You're THE ONLY person I've seen react to this movie who recognized how Isabela was actually feeling BEFORE her song!!!
I know! I feel like everyone missed it but if you actually look at her in the dinner scene you can tell
Agreed, blew my mind! When I first watched this movie, I was feeling just like Mirabel when Isabela first appeared like "Here comes the princess/Miss Perfect" and it made me sad how I was totally blind to the fact Isabela had her own problems. Lol, I pretty much grew up an only child, I would've sucked with siblings like for real.
I knew how she felt but she was a brat to mirabel
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Of course she was...because she was jealous of Mirabel since Mirabel actually had the luxury of being an imperfect person.
Mirabel just never recognized that because she'd only ever considered her own perspective.
Which is unfortunately something that WE ALL tend to do. It's hard enough for us to come to terms with OUR OWN perspectives...so too often we completely overlook the need to consider the perspectives of others as well.
“Ya boy can speak Spanish”
Doesn’t realize they are all calling her grandma in Spanish and that abuela is not her name🤣😭😭
12:11 😭😭🤣🤣
@@itisindeedaverysavvystudio 😭😭
Dude I freaking passed away when he said that 🤣🤣 I was already laughing from the abuela thing and " Esmeralda " 😭😭🤣🤣
Billy: "They're really trying to get me."
Me, by that point in the movie: *full on sobbing for the past 5 minutes.*
so was I
I feel like it would be so much sadder if Abuela died when the house fell because Mirabelle would blame it on herself. And instead of hugging Abuela, the whole family hugs and it shows isabella and Mirabel in the center, indicating that they didn't see Bruno's whole vision but only part of it
@@JP-yd7wr i wouldve cheered but mirabel would be really sad
You made it that far? Waiting on a Miracle took me out.
Me too I was bawling and laughing at Billy’s reaction 😂
Btw the person who voiced Mirabel is Rosa Diaz from Brooklyn 99. Its hard to imagine, I know. Knowing her character XD
I nearly bawled when I saw Bruno had drawn his own little plate 🥺
Dude I almost cryed💙💚
oh i totally cried each time i cry
same i cried so much
Another detail I really enjoy that they added was how superstitious Bruno is now because they made him so paranoid about his own gift. Disney did soooo good with this.
RIIIGGGHHTTT!!!!
i'm so happy that someone finally appreciated Camilo, i mean he's just such a sweet,funny and chill character with an AMAZING voice he and Dolores deserved more screen time.
wdym?? i swear every review or tiktok i've seen is people saying how much they love Camilo haha! He's a great character tbh he deserves the appreciation! I wish too though that we got to see more of everyone, would've been so cool to see everyone's rooms!
@@kydiszellinger2909 i maybe once actually seen a review where he was appreciated (maybe it's just my luck), but you're right tiktok is crazy abt him (which he totally deserves) and i also wish we could seen everyone's room, i'm the most courios abt Dolores and Camilo's rooms but also the rest' ofc.
My girl Louisa's song "Surface Pressure" lives on my workout playlist.
This reaction part was skipped over but I love that Mirabel's dad said "miércoles" which is kinda like saying "fudge" instead of "fck" since "mierda" is sht in Spanish and "miércoles" is Wed in Spanish.
If I new that I woulda def put it in there 😂 I’m not a Spanish speaker unfortunately so I had no clue 🤦🏾♂️
I noticed that! I know a few words but I'm not a Spanish speaker so I didn't know it was like that, I was just like 'why did he just say Wednesday?' lol
@@OpposingPony I THOUGHT HE SAID "WEDNESDAY" TOO!!! 🤣🤣
Spanish speaker here, latin myself, and when he said Miercoles I cracked up.
Fun Fact: "Miércoles" is also used in another language called "filipino" with the same meaning but instead the spelling is "miyerkules" the fact that filipinos use some spanish language for the filipino language is that because when the time spanish took over the Philippines
I love Felix and Pepa side of the family. It's so cool to see an Afro-Latin family on the big screen. My children are going to be able to grow up with a family that looks like theirs on the big screen.
I totally agree! It looks like my family too! There really isn’t much Afro-Latin representation in media so I really appreciate this
And it’s awesome that Isabela is the darkest complexioned sister but this doesn’t mean she can’t be the angel-child of the family.
But they're all mixed...
@@matheuslanerre2895 That might be true, but more to my point is that it's cool to see a light skin latin person be with a dark skin black person and see them have kids and for the movie to portray them in a positive light, because they look like my family.
@@masontalarico7090 Yeah, i undertand your point, totally. But Abuela and Abuelo are both brown skin and had babies with different skin tones cause of their mixed background.
"If I was you, I'd be really sad."
"Maybe your gift is being in denial."
Damn fluffy boi was right kids are like little alcoholics-so honest it hurts lol
Funny part is...Abuela was in denial about her impact on the family and the cracks that were beginning to show.
Ok your reaction to this is stunning 4:39 - 5:13😂
"Hes dIsReSpEcTfUl"
The fact that Mirabel tried to save the candle when she didn't have a gift just shows the volumes of what she'd do for her family and that miracle.
The voice of Mirabel is Stephanie Beatriz, mostly known as Rosa Diza from Brooklyn 99. If you listen close enough it's quite distinct and recognisable.
And John Leguziamo voiced Bruno. He also voiced Sid the Sloth in the Ice Age movies.
i honestly had no idea that she could sing this well
You can also hear her in In the Heights, as one of the salon ladies
shout out to Disney for more Latino and afro Latino representation!!!!! I love that when they do these movies they actually go to the country they're going to have their film set in, so they keep it as authentic as possible ughhh so good
“Every single song so far has been a bop”
I mean there’s only been two, but you’re not wrong, the whole soundtrack is amazing
The reconciliation scene made me cry. It's great to see someone who is old, proud and made sacrifices own up to their mistakes to someone they're supposed to be respected by, to someone who they had previously blamed for the things that went wrong. I don't see older people take responsibility often, especially in family.
Dang, Billy! We harassed you last night about this movie and you pop out with it the next day?? My most FAVORITE commentator! Thanks! :D
Y’all really did 😂 I was going to take this Monday off. But it’s ok. This movie was well worth it!
@@BillyBinges good to know our efforts werent in vain ;)
@@BillyBinges The Gentlemen (2019) Directed By Guy Ritchie
Don’t Look Into Spoilers, Just Watch And You’ll Love It #Bingers
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I actually found the Spanish names pretty easy to remember even though Spanish is something I have NEVER been able to learn no matter how hard I tried. Mirabel sounds like "miracle" (which is perfect for her) and Madrigal sounds like "magical" (again, very appropriate).
Love that way to remember. Please tell us about how you remember the rest of the families names.
Ngl with everyone having an existential crisis scene they coulda given Camilo a scene about how his shapeshifting gives him an identity crisis cuz everyone needs him to be someone else.
The reason it sounds like Hamilton is because they were both written by Lin-Manuel Miranda. Same with Moana :). I saw a video showing how when he made the demos for Encanto he would disappear for a few weeks and come back with a new song singing all of the parts. It was really cool 😎
I think this may be the best Disney soundtrack ever overall. Definately because the guy who did Hamilton was involved. That's what stood out to me the most. The animation was also fantastic. The story is really good with interesting characters too.
Wait really?? :000 so that's why the soundtrack is so dope!
Wow didn't know Lin Manuel Miranda was apart of this. While I was watching I kept saying that felt his presence or the way he does his music on it. Honestly he never misses
Well that and they actually whent to Columbia and got people known for their cultural strength in their music instead of trying to imitate the music of columbia they put actual soul into it.... Encanto is a movie from the heart and soul, it's literally a love letter to Columbia.
He also did the soundtrack for moana!
@@nzuzi99 he co wrote the movie and wrote the entire soundtrack
Does anyone else wonder of the reason Bruno worked to patch up the house after he "left" was to try and keep it together so the family wouldn't blame Mirabel like in his vision or is that just me?
5:35 Wow he can see the future...Also I like watching reaction videos about this because it's the *ONLY* movie that I can't stop watching again and again. I hope more movies like this come soon.
"We don't talk about Billy, no, no, no!"
- Plain and simple: Mirabel’s gift is to hold the family and Casita together. Just look at her relationships with every single relationship with her family. And look at how Casita protected her when it was crumbing.
- “Who did this?” Sir, Lin-Manuel Miranda! The same dude that did Moana’s music, MADE HAMILTON, and directed Tick-Tick Boom!
- The REAL VILLAINS of this movie are perception, generational trauma, and unrealistic expectations.
Heavy on the generational trauma! I hate when people hate on Abuelita and not knowing their reason for it, they just dislike that she’s rude to mirabel.
fun fact: Bruno's Vision about Mirabel hugging her sister, it was not actually her sister.. its her younger grandma.. 31:49 33:33
that's what I was thinking, but I think the hug with isabela was what lead to abuela and mirabel reconciling and that's why she was in the vision
Im pretty sure that it was isabella but bruno said that the vision was all out of order which is why the butterfly was shown first and then her hugging isabella was last
Makes me cry everytime I watch the scene of Antonio getting his gift. He reaches out for Mirabel because he knows that she will love him unconditionally, gift or no gift. Throughout the movie until the end abuelas love feels conditional. She only loves you if you have a useful gift. She redeems herself at the end though.
That scene of Alma and Pedro meeting and falling in love with Dos Oruguitas playing makes me cry *every time*. Her absolute heartbreak is just (〒﹏〒)
"They didn't miss with this soundtrack" and that ladies and gentlemen is what we call the lin-manuel miranda effect
It makes me laugh when he says the songs remind him of Hamilton. I thought "man, that's normal".
Also few things to clarify
Antonio is Mirabel's cousin and he's actually 5 years old
Dolores is her eldest cousin not her sister
The family is colour coded! Pepa and Felix' kids dress in warm colours and Julietta and Augustine's kids are dressed in cool colours [blues and purples]!
*Dolores
@@fiorellajuliojulio2670 Whoops! Thank you! :3
@@8twigs Ye ye, I knew that, that's why I said Eldest *Cousin* specifically, which she is! But I was aware Isabela is the eldest grandchild :3
Oooh I never noticed the color coding actually
PURPLE PURPLE PURPLE PURPLE purple purple purple purple
"THIS SONG IS A BOP! WHO DID THIS?!"
The guy that wrote Hamilton did it. It shows, the songs are amazing