I agree so much with u. There was no villain just getting past trauma,toxicity and abuse/pressure/expectations. I do want to say pepa isnt self centered. I heard other people refer to the form of abuse/pressure she went through as-emotional gaslighting. Yes the family does try to avoid her storms or clouds but it's a bit deeper. The abuela has been shown I think twice,mentioning to pepa about her clouds because of Antonio's event and Isabella's proposal during the dinner. Pepa has it in her mind that her clouds =bad/ruin things.So rather than Pepa being allowed to feel strong emotions because of her clouds,abuela scolds her it by simply saying "Pepa,clouds." Pepa would then try to repress her emotions inorder to repress the clouds and this is why we see pepa being a nervous person and trying hard to ignore others because it may provoke her. This is why she is super nervous on her wedding day but she tries to keep the sky clear but bruno noticed her nerves,made a raining joke but pepa being nervous,she processed it wrong. That's why bruno mentions that she should let it go(Frozen pun too) cuz he knows it's not healthy go repress herself like that.Its also why we see Camilo and her husband being gentle with her because they understand her situation. Many tiktoks have said she should have more control over her powers but while she does have control over her abilities,it seems out of whack during her episodes because of her years of focusing on repressing herself rather than controling it like Isabella. Aside from that I agree and I love how u reacted to the characters. Casita was a cute supporting character that deserves more love lol. And oml my heart went to luisa when she looked at Mirabel liked that during her song.
In my opinion Pepa's gift is the WORST! Imagine having it rain on you everytime you feel the last bit sad or angry. At least her husband is perfect for her. He is so supportive and just takes all the bad weather with a smile.
I couldn’t agree more! Pepa is so much more than just being “overly emotional.” She’s my favorite character: one, because she’s actually quite complex, two because I relate to her so much, and three… Well, she’s freaking gorgeous! Look at her freaking hair! Although maybe I’m biased because I’m also a redhead.
@@starneko exactly. while my emotions don't control the weather. i understand too well forcing emotions for the sake of my parents and their unresolved trauma. wouldn't want my emotions to hurt them.
I have anxiety disorder: I've had it most of my life. I feel so hard for Pepa. Other people don't like anxiety people having big emotions. It's always "Calm down!" and never "What's wrong?"
Absolutely nothing wrong with being a masc strong female (I am one myself) but it’s nice to see strong women not being depicted as brutish or purposefully less feminine in an ugly way
9:51, the whole house is basically Mirabel`s pet. Currently Abuela is the head of the HOUSEHOLD, but I'm hearing theories that Mirabel is destined to be the new leader of the house (all clues point out to it: her room being the opposite of Abuela's, her strong connection to the house vs the other family members BESIDES Abuela, etc).
I differ from you. I think Pepa is self center not because people are always pleasing her so she doesn't mess up the weather, but because she is sooo pressured to control her own mood every minute. It is something she can't hide, so every little thing that upsets or worries her can ruin her mood. There is a part of the movie when Abuela goes like "Pepa!" and Pepa screams "What else do you want from me?" like she is way too tired of having that pressured on her, and always trying her best, always trying to make her own brain happy not matter what. Can you imagine? She can't even cry, get furious or anything like that. In the second she feels like she is getting angry or sad she has to make up her emotions. She can't let it go. That's why at the end of the movie Bruno tells her "LET IT GO" like it's okay for you to make a storm once in a while. Like it's okay for her to express her true emotions.
Thanks for the nice reaction. It's very interesting to see various peoples takes on the movie. They did such a good job showing Abuela's being the source of the problem, but then flipping the coin and showing her as a character to sympathize with, not villainize. A story is always better when the so called bad guy is just a human who made certain choices that took them down a dark path. Ultimately, I think the true villain of the show was repressing the negative. We all have positives and negatives, but if we try to hide the negatives, we hide part of ourselves. It's better to just get things out in the open, flaws and all. Just a couple of alternative takes on some of the characters. First Delores had told people about Bruno all along. If you go back to when Mirabel talked to her, she mentioned about the rats talking in the walls about the magic failing. Later though, in We Don't Talk About Bruno, she admitted she heard Bruno muttering. If you imagine a young Delores going around telling that family with the afront to talking about Bruno, about how she heard Bruno in the walls, you could imagine their response. Most likely, they were the ones to tell her that no, she wasn't hearing Bruno, she was just hearing rats. She would know rats couldn't talk, so when she said that in the first case, she probably said rats because she was just too tired to have the Bruno argument anymore. Also, I had a very different take on Pepa. I never viewed her as self centered as much as constantly terrified. Imagine your every emotion being so publicly exposed for everyone to see. Then, imagine everyone berating you every time you had a negative emotion. It would be a nightmare. I remember once when I was younger and I got depressed. My mother was at a bad point in life, so her solution to my depression was to tell me to just act happy, even if I wasn't. I can't explain how difficult and how much energy it took just to put a smile on my face during those times. So, I can relate to Pepa some. Trying to artificially keep yourself happy no matter what would be the most exhausting thing possible. Personally, I'm amazed she could stand to even be near her family ever.
Pepa can't ever think about herself.. because if she gets mad or upset or sad, tornados happen., so she has to always be in balance, and zen like... except when rain is needed for the crops.. then she has to make herself be sad, so that it rains... not the easiest power to live with
This is a really good movie I want my snow and I was screaming at the TV room like saying Mervin was right all the time why I want to Unilever and why did the her Agua not believe her OK
IF or WHEN they MAKE an Encanto 2, I WISH THAT they HAVE A Villain, like... Like a corrupt businessman, or salesperson, who learns about The Madrigal House being Magical, and he WANTS IT, and he approaches The Madrigals about his interest in buying the house, but The Madrigal Family is *NOT* Interested in selling their home, so he instead tries to force them out by hiring Gangs, or political guerrilla groups to terrorize the town and the family, in order to pressure them and force them to give up the house, but instead The Madrigal Family fights BACK, and you have Luisa beating people up, you have Isabela doing some Poison Ivy move WITH Vines and things like that, you have Dolores listening to the plans of the bad guys, you have Camilo shape-shifting into some of the members of the group to infiltrate them and get information, and more. THAT is what I WANT IF and WHEN they MAKE an Encanto 2.
That'd be really cool, but the point of the movie was to show intergenerational trauma. Not all villains are physical, some exist in our minds and our families
Nah. That's a cliche plot. Encanto is highly praised because it has a plot conflict that does not stem from the classic HERO vs VILLAIN or GOOD vs EVIL but instead, it has a plot that revolves around a conflict of principles.
I get your points, but I like Disney Villains, and I like how they are expanding the Villain pool WITH The Introduction to NEW Villains, like Turbo from Wreck It Ralph, to Ernesto De La Cruz from Coco, and so Personally I WOULD HAVE Liked a Villain, or Villains as I have explained in my comment, to be in Encanto, but I do see your guy's points, and yes you guy ARE Right, but still personally I WOULD Like to SEE Villains in the Encanto Movie.
@@buildaggedonarmanaziie4462 Yeah, I respect both your opinion and preference and I stand by mine still. If there had to be a villain or an invasion in the Encanto sequel, I would prefer it to be set in a much farther timeline where Abuela has passed away and Mirabel officially becomes head of the house (since the original film draws a parallel between Mirabel and Abuela that reinforces Mirabel's destiny as the next keeper of the miracle).
finally someone not just paiting Alma as the villain, she's a traumatized woman, she made mistakes, she was not the best, and she couldn't see past her own need to keep everything together and not lose her home a second time, it was all she had left
Fortunately I think by the end of the movie most people understand that, still she’s a hard character to sympathize with especially for people who have family members who treat them like this.
I think it would’ve been better if she gave like a proper apology to both Meribel and Bruno. But I agree she’s not a villain. Tho I believe she could be described as an antagonist.
The real villian is the trauma, we all have scars in our souls, sadly not everyone can handle this weight in an good way. So, we are scare of losing and we can hurt others without noticed it. Alma reminds me to my grandmother.
Dolores is dropping hints about being able to hear Bruno in the house for most of the movie. "The only person worried about the magic is you.... and the rats talking in the walls...." "Grew to live in fear of Bruno stuttering and stumbling, I can always hear him sort of muttering and mumbling. I associate him with the sound of falling sand...ch ch ch..." "Its like I can hear him now....I can hear him NOW!"
I think she misunderstood Pepas character. She isn’t self-centered, she is just not allowed to express herself. Abuela emotionally abuses them all. Pepa is always told to be happy. Through the clouds she expresses her emotions, but it doesn’t fit in Abuelas perfect picture, so the clouds are getting send away. In the song about Bruno she talks a lot about herself, because it was a very personal experience for her. Her powers were totally out of control at her wedding day.
You’re right, I think I misinterpreted her character. I based my opinion on the way she was acting in the song but not the way she was acting throughout the movie.
@@rhyreact3803 the movie doesn't really explicitly show that her power reacts to positive and negative emotions. So Pepa having a hurricane during here wedding was probably a mix of nerves and happiness, but because bruno noticed she was nervous he got blamed for pepa's power coming out. basically abuela just continually telling pepa to control her emotions anytime a cloud pops up regardless of what the emotion is
You're the first reactor I've seen who guessed from the beginning that Mirabel's gift is essentially the same as Abuela's- tied directly to the house and miracle and likely because Mirabel will be the one to take over Abuela's family role once she passes. Abuela is definitely not a villain & I'm glad the movie specifically had Mirabel articulate why. Even something like pushing Isabella into a marriage she doesn't want is pretty clearly because Isabella is so much like Abuela and Mariano is so much like her murdered husband that Abuela probably views it as making sure her granddaughter gets to live the happy life she was robbed of, without it ever occurring to her Isabella might want something different. I also feel like Pepa was a good example of a family member under pressure even if she didn't get a song, because Abuela was constantly telling her not to have clouds over her so she was always trying to suppress her emotions instead of just letting herself feel them, then letting them pass. That's likely why her emotions were so volatile all the time.
I love how you mentioned that no one is a villain in this. Many other reactions have immediately just hated the Abuela. I'm like yes, she is a big part of the problem but the story started out her showing love to Mirabel and with the murder of her husband and being left alone with three babies to raise. Gotta be something more to the story.
that's actually just a coincidence, originally his name was Oscar but Lin-Manuel Miranda changed it so it would go with the line "We don't talk about Bruno no no no" it has nothing to do with Luca XD
I mean Delores did mention something about hearing Bruno mumbling and whispering in the walls during we dont talk about Bruno so maybe she tried telling someone but nnobody believed her
Colombian girl here and Disney definitely outdid themselves with this film. I felt represented with our music, food, but especially with having characters of different skin tones that showcase the people in my country. I also like how they included our violent history without putting us to shame like most popular mainstream movies and tv series tend to do. What I most like is that people all over the world related to this film as it was mostly about generational family pressures and expectations that cause insecurities with our self worth. Thank you for this great reaction❤️
Honestly, I was a bit hesitant to watch Encanto at first since I thought it would just be a basic family love-proving yourself movie, but I heard “waiting on a miracle” and I knew there was more under the happy family surface and omg, so good… surface pressure absolutely broke my heart and it did not get any better, I loved it.
You're the first person I've found who mentions that their powers might be related to their personality! That's something I've wondered about since watching the trailers and clips, but I wasn't sure if I was looking too deep, especially since none of the other reactions I've watched have mentioned anything along those lines! Brief summary of my thoughts on it (based on what info we're given and the way the characters act throughout the movie): -Julietta is a very nurturing/caring person, so her gift is to heal those around her through cooking (which is often considered an act of love/caring in and of itself) -Pepa seems like a somewhat high-strung/anxious individual and her emotions seem to overwhelm her at times, so her gift is to affect the weather in the way her emotions affect her -Bruno seems to be very empathetic and worries about the future, so his gift is to see what could happen to warn the family/community -Isabella is the oldest and feels like she has to be perfect and graceful, and people tend to think of flowers as symbolic of beauty (especially roses), so her gift is to create beauty/flowers -Luisa feels like she has to be as helpful/useful as possible and protect her younger sibling and cousins, so her gift is incredible strength to help her family with everything -Delores is quieter/shy so she was probably more the type to listen than talk, so her gift is super hearing to always know what was going on and if someone needed help -Camillo is one of the youngest and probably wasn't sure how he fit in the family but wanted to be helpful, so his gift is to be able to turn into whatever other person was most helpful -Antonio loves animals, so his gift is being able to talk to them And then there's Mirabel; she doesn't have a conventional gift, but she becomes the glue that really helps ground the family and tie them together - she's the heart of the family/home - which is fitting since it seems likely that she's going to be the next keeper of the candle (the position currently held by Abuela as head of the family and the initial receiver of the candle/miracle). That's why "her" door is the door to the new Casita and why the Casita has always responded to/communicated with her the way it has (nobody else in the movie really interacts with the Casita like Mirabel does, except for her Abuela, who also doesn't have any other apparent magical gift)
The best thing about this reaction is... well the whole reaction because the movie is amazing and you are so honest about your feelings and what you already knew! It's refreshing to see someone who give us an actual reaction with so many others overdoing it or faking it! Thanks, this was beautiful!
It's funny that you say "why can't disney have a normal family?", but the thing is that the Madrigal family is a normal family in Colombia. My grandmother lost her husbad in their 30's, and she had to leave his city to raise 5 children in another city. The relationships in this movie and the personality of "Abuela" reminds me so much my own family and my grandmother, and i'm sure that so many families in Colombia has their own similar story. Great reaction btw :)
I really enjoyed this! Here's some of my thoughts: - WOW, this was a great holiday stand-in for my weekly therapy sessions, holy moley - my favorite and least favorite part (funny how that happens) is "Surface Pressure" - like, Luisa, babe, NEVER have I felt so SEEN, as someone with intense anxiety and depression mixed with generational trauma and being the oldest sibling, too. I can't even hear that song without crying, which sucks because it is a Grade-A bop! - Isabela, doesn't want to marry the village hunk but still goes through with pretending like she does for the family, who is extremely interested in growing plants other than the one kind of flower she'd been told to grow from the moment she got her powers (the inoffensively pretty kind), had my queer subtext-o-meter going nuts. So, I'm manifesting that Isa gets a girlfriend in the very well manifested Disney+ series. We are all hoping, we are wishing, and we are praying that our manifestations become reality, in the queer Encanto fandom! - I love how we're witnessing the maturation and growth of the songwriting power of Lin Manuel Miranda in this decade. Like, you can hear, in all of the songs, bits from "The Family Madrigal" to convey the theme of how everything that's happening is based around the foundation of the family, and that's SO COOL. Miranda used this style of musical motifs as a major method of storytelling in Hamilton (there's a Howard Ho video all about that - I'd definitely recommend it, as it's fascinating), but not as consistently as in Encanto. I love that he's actively experimenting with all of these musical ideas in every project he takes on, and in every new project, I'm always like "Okay, this is his best song yet." First, it was "Yorktown" (yes, I jumped on the LMM fan train with Hamilton), then it was "You Know Who You Are," now it's "Dos Oruguitas" - I only expect it to get better, as he does more! - I've been getting DEEP into the TH-cam reviews of Encanto, and I saw an awesome video about going into a deep dive on Colombian culture (as the setting of Encanto is Colombia) by Jessica Flores - so check that out, as there are some amazing insights from her - and Jessica Darrow, the voice of Luisa, has a TH-cam channel and is a musician (!). She has a jazz cover of "Surface Pressure" that SLAPS with Mike Elizondo on upright bass. Check her out at Jess305. I'd also recommend that Howard Ho video on TH-cam.
Each person's room reflects its resident. For instance, Isabella's room reflects her love of flowers, but also the expectation that everything has to be pretty. Antonio's room reflects his love of animals, but it hasn't yet been influenced by Abuela's expectations. Others have pointed out that Bruno's room was originally like the others, large and spacious yet welcoming, but as he grew more and more distanced from the family, and Abuela in particular, his room began to physically distance him from the other members of the family. Yet Casita, understanding his overall feelings, created space between the walls in which he could live undetected by all but Dolores. On a slightly different note, Casita provides Dolores with the steps she climbs in 'We Don't Talk about Bruno'. Mirabel was five years old at her 'unsuccessful' Gift ceremony, meaning that her sisters and cousins weren't that much older, and Antonio wasn't even born. (Mirabel is now 15.) When Abuela forbade any mention of Bruno, Dolores was about 11, and young children have a tendency to take such things seriously. Therefore, even though she knew Bruno was around, she didn't dare say anything. The best she could do was to drop hints to receptive people like Mirabel, as she does in 'We Don't Talk about Bruno', which is riddled with hints, especially the last 'Do you understand?' Fred and George may not have seen Peter Pettigrew on the Marauder's Map; it would all depend on where Peter was when they were using it. If they had seen an indication on it of someone who was purportedly dead, you can be sure they would have said something, so the inference is that they didn't. Part of Colombian culture is that children *do* drink coffee; it's just heavily diluted with milk. Apparently this kid's parents don't add as much milk as most did. There are a lot of 'mirror images' in this story. Abuela's melody in 'The Family Madrigal' is the same as 'Dos Orugitas', and the opening bars of 'The Family Madrigal' are also used in 'Waiting for a MIracle' and 'All of You'. In addition, Mirabel's guiding of the nervous Antonio at the Gift ceremony is echoed in 'All of You', when Antonio guides Mirabel to the front door of the rebuilt Casita.
I've been watching a LOT of people react to this movie, and there is a DEFINITE split between the people who are rocked to their _core_ by "Surface Pressure", and just break down from the lyrics... and then the people who don't get it, and laugh their way through the song at the donkeys and the visuals. The eldest children who had to be strong for their parents, and the younger kids who don't get it and never had that particular pressure. Also, Disney doesn't make movies with perfectly normal, healthy, happy people in happy, whole families because they need their stories to be _relatable._ And unfortunately, a LOT more people relate to broken family dynamics. And in that same vein, I think it's likely Disney always kills off a parent to start with because the last couple generations in the West have grown up in a pandemic of single parents. I'm gonna get really deep here for a second, so bear with me **pushes glasses up** -- birth control and the "free love" generation came about at about the same time, in the 1960s and 70s, and because of those two things, it suddenly became WAY more common for people to have kids outside of marriage. But since so many more parents weren't tied together by marriage, it was _way easier_ for one to leave if they wanted to (usually the father). But on the other hand, before birth control and "free love" and casual sex became popular, nearly _everyone_ got married quite young, and had lots of kids. That meant that two-parent families were more common, BUT it also meant that since divorce was _much_ more strongly frowned upon, there was a lot more tension in those "normal" families, because everyone brings their own baggage to relationships. So Disney making single parent and unhealthy families relates to WAY more people -- either through the single parent pandemic, or through the tension often inherent in families that fight through the really rough spots to stay together. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk 😅😂
Dolores didn't say anything about Bruno because of Abuela. But if you notice in the song "We don't talk about Bruno" when Dolores sings, she doesn't say anything bad about Bruno. When she says "Hey, grew to live in fear of Bruno" that's how the family make Bruno looks to the kids include Dolores, that's the main reason she didn't say anything. But then she still sings "I can always hear him sort of muttering and mumbling... It's a heavy lift with a gift so humbling, always left Abuela and the family fumbling, grappling with prophecies they couldn't understand" so she knew because she hear him that he was misunderstood.
That river really exists and is called Caño Cristales. The valley also exists and is called the Valle de Cocora. There is also a little town called Salento. Every building, animal, plant, tree, flower, object, color are real. You may also be interested in watching this video about El Encanto Nature Reserve @ The Grandma´s story is the story of 99% of Colombian families. Due to the political violence of the last 100 years, some family member has had to live exactly the same situation. Despite all the difficult situations, Colombians can still say that we are happy and that my house is also your house. Disney thanks for showing us to the world as we are without stereotypes and Thank you for your reaction.
Dolores, who can hear everything, was 11 when Bruno left. She probably did try to tell them, and was punished for lying because Bruno "left". So she stopped telling people.
You know, Delores isn’t really that much of a gossip. Meribel sought her out about the magic and just answered her question. And she kept Bruno a secret. I think she wanted to ruin the proposal. She didn’t want to see the man she pines after proposing to her sister.
Dolores did hear him but didn't realise that he was close or told herself she was imagining it "I can always hear him sort of muttering and mumbling I associate him with the sound of falling sand tss, tss, tss" I don't think Fred and George actually knew who Peter Petttigrew was so they were never suspicious of him if they ever saw the name and didn't think he was worth mentioning, probably just thought he was some first-year
Bruno's room was designed with an abandoned feeling to show he left the family and he was not part of it, like the room got worse with the years he wasn't in it
I agree so much with u. There was no villain just getting past trauma,toxicity and abuse/pressure/expectations.
I do want to say pepa isnt self centered. I heard other people refer to the form of abuse/pressure she went through as-emotional gaslighting. Yes the family does try to avoid her storms or clouds but it's a bit deeper. The abuela has been shown I think twice,mentioning to pepa about her clouds because of Antonio's event and Isabella's proposal during the dinner. Pepa has it in her mind that her clouds =bad/ruin things.So rather than Pepa being allowed to feel strong emotions because of her clouds,abuela scolds her it by simply saying "Pepa,clouds." Pepa would then try to repress her emotions inorder to repress the clouds and this is why we see pepa being a nervous person and trying hard to ignore others because it may provoke her. This is why she is super nervous on her wedding day but she tries to keep the sky clear but bruno noticed her nerves,made a raining joke but pepa being nervous,she processed it wrong. That's why bruno mentions that she should let it go(Frozen pun too) cuz he knows it's not healthy go repress herself like that.Its also why we see Camilo and her husband being gentle with her because they understand her situation. Many tiktoks have said she should have more control over her powers but while she does have control over her abilities,it seems out of whack during her episodes because of her years of focusing on repressing herself rather than controling it like Isabella.
Aside from that I agree and I love how u reacted to the characters. Casita was a cute supporting character that deserves more love lol. And oml my heart went to luisa when she looked at Mirabel liked that during her song.
In my opinion Pepa's gift is the WORST! Imagine having it rain on you everytime you feel the last bit sad or angry. At least her husband is perfect for her. He is so supportive and just takes all the bad weather with a smile.
I couldn’t agree more! Pepa is so much more than just being “overly emotional.” She’s my favorite character: one, because she’s actually quite complex, two because I relate to her so much, and three… Well, she’s freaking gorgeous! Look at her freaking hair! Although maybe I’m biased because I’m also a redhead.
@@starneko exactly. while my emotions don't control the weather. i understand too well forcing emotions for the sake of my parents and their unresolved trauma. wouldn't want my emotions to hurt them.
I have anxiety disorder: I've had it most of my life. I feel so hard for Pepa. Other people don't like anxiety people having big emotions. It's always "Calm down!" and never "What's wrong?"
Exactly! Louisa is so strong but they haven’t made her stompy or brutish. She’s feminine and sweet. It’s a lovely change.
Absolutely nothing wrong with being a masc strong female (I am one myself) but it’s nice to see strong women not being depicted as brutish or purposefully less feminine in an ugly way
Luisa 😝
Sorry. It's just that it's also my name lol 😆
@@luilunera all good, spelling is not my strong suit what so ever 😂😂
@@jen6042 😊😊😊 and I went a little crazy with my name 🤪
Yes, Luisa is gentle and femenine. She has a kind heart and is protective like a mother with Mirabel. Love her.
i CHOKED when you said that Dolores keeping Bruno a secret was the same as Fred and George not saying anything about Peter Pettigrew
9:51, the whole house is basically Mirabel`s pet. Currently Abuela is the head of the HOUSEHOLD, but I'm hearing theories that Mirabel is destined to be the new leader of the house (all clues point out to it: her room being the opposite of Abuela's, her strong connection to the house vs the other family members BESIDES Abuela, etc).
yeah! I thought about how she was so controlling of the house. I ACTUALLY THOUGHT THAT WAS HER GIFT. SO it basically all makes sense.
Mirabel is the first heroine in a Disney film to wear glasses, good catch!
I differ from you. I think Pepa is self center not because people are always pleasing her so she doesn't mess up the weather, but because she is sooo pressured to control her own mood every minute. It is something she can't hide, so every little thing that upsets or worries her can ruin her mood. There is a part of the movie when Abuela goes like "Pepa!" and Pepa screams "What else do you want from me?" like she is way too tired of having that pressured on her, and always trying her best, always trying to make her own brain happy not matter what. Can you imagine? She can't even cry, get furious or anything like that. In the second she feels like she is getting angry or sad she has to make up her emotions. She can't let it go. That's why at the end of the movie Bruno tells her "LET IT GO" like it's okay for you to make a storm once in a while. Like it's okay for her to express her true emotions.
Thanks for the nice reaction. It's very interesting to see various peoples takes on the movie. They did such a good job showing Abuela's being the source of the problem, but then flipping the coin and showing her as a character to sympathize with, not villainize. A story is always better when the so called bad guy is just a human who made certain choices that took them down a dark path. Ultimately, I think the true villain of the show was repressing the negative. We all have positives and negatives, but if we try to hide the negatives, we hide part of ourselves. It's better to just get things out in the open, flaws and all.
Just a couple of alternative takes on some of the characters. First Delores had told people about Bruno all along. If you go back to when Mirabel talked to her, she mentioned about the rats talking in the walls about the magic failing. Later though, in We Don't Talk About Bruno, she admitted she heard Bruno muttering. If you imagine a young Delores going around telling that family with the afront to talking about Bruno, about how she heard Bruno in the walls, you could imagine their response. Most likely, they were the ones to tell her that no, she wasn't hearing Bruno, she was just hearing rats. She would know rats couldn't talk, so when she said that in the first case, she probably said rats because she was just too tired to have the Bruno argument anymore.
Also, I had a very different take on Pepa. I never viewed her as self centered as much as constantly terrified. Imagine your every emotion being so publicly exposed for everyone to see. Then, imagine everyone berating you every time you had a negative emotion. It would be a nightmare. I remember once when I was younger and I got depressed. My mother was at a bad point in life, so her solution to my depression was to tell me to just act happy, even if I wasn't. I can't explain how difficult and how much energy it took just to put a smile on my face during those times. So, I can relate to Pepa some. Trying to artificially keep yourself happy no matter what would be the most exhausting thing possible. Personally, I'm amazed she could stand to even be near her family ever.
Her pet is the whole house hahahah :)
Pepa can't ever think about herself.. because if she gets mad or upset or sad, tornados happen., so she has to always be in balance, and zen like... except when rain is needed for the crops.. then she has to make herself be sad, so that it rains... not the easiest power to live with
I really loved your reaction! It was pretty cool and funny
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Your reaction was so funny. Buen video :)
why did dolores not say anything about Bruno?
she did
This is a really good movie I want my snow and I was screaming at the TV room like saying Mervin was right all the time why I want to Unilever and why did the her Agua not believe her OK
Lin is such an incredible writer.
IF or WHEN they MAKE an Encanto 2, I WISH THAT they HAVE A Villain, like... Like a corrupt businessman, or salesperson, who learns about The Madrigal House being Magical, and he WANTS IT, and he approaches The Madrigals about his interest in buying the house, but The Madrigal Family is *NOT* Interested in selling their home, so he instead tries to force them out by hiring Gangs, or political guerrilla groups to terrorize the town and the family, in order to pressure them and force them to give up the house, but instead The Madrigal Family fights BACK, and you have Luisa beating people up, you have Isabela doing some Poison Ivy move WITH Vines and things like that, you have Dolores listening to the plans of the bad guys, you have Camilo shape-shifting into some of the members of the group to infiltrate them and get information, and more. THAT is what I WANT IF and WHEN they MAKE an Encanto 2.
That'd be really cool, but the point of the movie was to show intergenerational trauma. Not all villains are physical, some exist in our minds and our families
Nah. That's a cliche plot. Encanto is highly praised because it has a plot conflict that does not stem from the classic HERO vs VILLAIN or GOOD vs EVIL but instead, it has a plot that revolves around a conflict of principles.
I get your points, but I like Disney Villains, and I like how they are expanding the Villain pool WITH The Introduction to NEW Villains, like Turbo from Wreck It Ralph, to Ernesto De La Cruz from Coco, and so Personally I WOULD HAVE Liked a Villain, or Villains as I have explained in my comment, to be in Encanto, but I do see your guy's points, and yes you guy ARE Right, but still personally I WOULD Like to SEE Villains in the Encanto Movie.
@@buildaggedonarmanaziie4462 Yeah, I respect both your opinion and preference and I stand by mine still.
If there had to be a villain or an invasion in the Encanto sequel, I would prefer it to be set in a much farther timeline where Abuela has passed away and Mirabel officially becomes head of the house (since the original film draws a parallel between Mirabel and Abuela that reinforces Mirabel's destiny as the next keeper of the miracle).
@@saxonkeel4445 THAT is actually a good idea.
I can already see Casita winning best supporting actor at the Oscar’s. Lmao 🤣
finally someone not just paiting Alma as the villain, she's a traumatized woman, she made mistakes, she was not the best, and she couldn't see past her own need to keep everything together and not lose her home a second time, it was all she had left
Fortunately I think by the end of the movie most people understand that, still she’s a hard character to sympathize with especially for people who have family members who treat them like this.
I think it would’ve been better if she gave like a proper apology to both Meribel and Bruno. But I agree she’s not a villain. Tho I believe she could be described as an antagonist.
The real villian is the trauma, we all have scars in our souls, sadly not everyone can handle this weight in an good way. So, we are scare of losing and we can hurt others without noticed it. Alma reminds me to my grandmother.
The villain was the toxic relationships from unresolved traumas they made along the way...
There's no villain in Encanto.
And the violence that made grandparents to leave their village
Casita and julieta were Mirabels biggest supporters 😂🤣. I love this movie. Disney out here shining a light on generational trauma. Lol. Damn
Also Agustín, Mirabel's father. Don't forget him. He's a good father, he confronts Alma to protect Mirabel.
"Are you telling this story or am I?" "i'm sorry, mi vida, go on" everyone knows a couple that is like this.
Dolores is dropping hints about being able to hear Bruno in the house for most of the movie.
"The only person worried about the magic is you.... and the rats talking in the walls...."
"Grew to live in fear of Bruno stuttering and stumbling, I can always hear him sort of muttering and mumbling. I associate him with the sound of falling sand...ch ch ch..."
"Its like I can hear him now....I can hear him NOW!"
I think she misunderstood Pepas character. She isn’t self-centered, she is just not allowed to express herself. Abuela emotionally abuses them all. Pepa is always told to be happy. Through the clouds she expresses her emotions, but it doesn’t fit in Abuelas perfect picture, so the clouds are getting send away. In the song about Bruno she talks a lot about herself, because it was a very personal experience for her. Her powers were totally out of control at her wedding day.
You’re right, I think I misinterpreted her character. I based my opinion on the way she was acting in the song but not the way she was acting throughout the movie.
@@rhyreact3803 the movie doesn't really explicitly show that her power reacts to positive and negative emotions. So Pepa having a hurricane during here wedding was probably a mix of nerves and happiness, but because bruno noticed she was nervous he got blamed for pepa's power coming out. basically abuela just continually telling pepa to control her emotions anytime a cloud pops up regardless of what the emotion is
You're the first reactor I've seen who guessed from the beginning that Mirabel's gift is essentially the same as Abuela's- tied directly to the house and miracle and likely because Mirabel will be the one to take over Abuela's family role once she passes. Abuela is definitely not a villain & I'm glad the movie specifically had Mirabel articulate why. Even something like pushing Isabella into a marriage she doesn't want is pretty clearly because Isabella is so much like Abuela and Mariano is so much like her murdered husband that Abuela probably views it as making sure her granddaughter gets to live the happy life she was robbed of, without it ever occurring to her Isabella might want something different. I also feel like Pepa was a good example of a family member under pressure even if she didn't get a song, because Abuela was constantly telling her not to have clouds over her so she was always trying to suppress her emotions instead of just letting herself feel them, then letting them pass. That's likely why her emotions were so volatile all the time.
I love how you mentioned that no one is a villain in this. Many other reactions have immediately just hated the Abuela. I'm like yes, she is a big part of the problem but the story started out her showing love to Mirabel and with the murder of her husband and being left alone with three babies to raise. Gotta be something more to the story.
that's actually just a coincidence, originally his name was Oscar but Lin-Manuel Miranda changed it so it would go with the line "We don't talk about Bruno no no no" it has nothing to do with Luca XD
I mean Delores did mention something about hearing Bruno mumbling and whispering in the walls during we dont talk about Bruno so maybe she tried telling someone but nnobody believed her
Loved your reaction!! In Colombia is normal for children to drink coffee, love from Colombia btw!!!
Colombian girl here and Disney definitely outdid themselves with this film. I felt represented with our music, food, but especially with having characters of different skin tones that showcase the people in my country. I also like how they included our violent history without putting us to shame like most popular mainstream movies and tv series tend to do. What I most like is that people all over the world related to this film as it was mostly about generational family pressures and expectations that cause insecurities with our self worth. Thank you for this great reaction❤️
Honestly, I was a bit hesitant to watch Encanto at first since I thought it would just be a basic family love-proving yourself movie, but I heard “waiting on a miracle” and I knew there was more under the happy family surface and omg, so good… surface pressure absolutely broke my heart and it did not get any better, I loved it.
You're the first person I've found who mentions that their powers might be related to their personality! That's something I've wondered about since watching the trailers and clips, but I wasn't sure if I was looking too deep, especially since none of the other reactions I've watched have mentioned anything along those lines!
Brief summary of my thoughts on it (based on what info we're given and the way the characters act throughout the movie):
-Julietta is a very nurturing/caring person, so her gift is to heal those around her through cooking (which is often considered an act of love/caring in and of itself)
-Pepa seems like a somewhat high-strung/anxious individual and her emotions seem to overwhelm her at times, so her gift is to affect the weather in the way her emotions affect her
-Bruno seems to be very empathetic and worries about the future, so his gift is to see what could happen to warn the family/community
-Isabella is the oldest and feels like she has to be perfect and graceful, and people tend to think of flowers as symbolic of beauty (especially roses), so her gift is to create beauty/flowers
-Luisa feels like she has to be as helpful/useful as possible and protect her younger sibling and cousins, so her gift is incredible strength to help her family with everything
-Delores is quieter/shy so she was probably more the type to listen than talk, so her gift is super hearing to always know what was going on and if someone needed help
-Camillo is one of the youngest and probably wasn't sure how he fit in the family but wanted to be helpful, so his gift is to be able to turn into whatever other person was most helpful
-Antonio loves animals, so his gift is being able to talk to them
And then there's Mirabel; she doesn't have a conventional gift, but she becomes the glue that really helps ground the family and tie them together - she's the heart of the family/home - which is fitting since it seems likely that she's going to be the next keeper of the candle (the position currently held by Abuela as head of the family and the initial receiver of the candle/miracle). That's why "her" door is the door to the new Casita and why the Casita has always responded to/communicated with her the way it has (nobody else in the movie really interacts with the Casita like Mirabel does, except for her Abuela, who also doesn't have any other apparent magical gift)
I am convinced that Isabela *IS* The Colombian version Poison Ivy.
*Colombian
The best thing about this reaction is... well the whole reaction because the movie is amazing and you are so honest about your feelings and what you already knew! It's refreshing to see someone who give us an actual reaction with so many others overdoing it or faking it! Thanks, this was beautiful!
The parallel of Mirabel walking Antonio to his door and then Antonio walking Mirabel to her door at the end always makes me sob 😭😭😅
i didn't realize until you said Bruno was saving the rats and i laugh Bruno my favorite
"I need something good in my soul, I need joy" I cackled lool, encanto has sweet moments but it's also sad
It's funny that you say "why can't disney have a normal family?", but the thing is that the Madrigal family is a normal family in Colombia. My grandmother lost her husbad in their 30's, and she had to leave his city to raise 5 children in another city. The relationships in this movie and the personality of "Abuela" reminds me so much my own family and my grandmother, and i'm sure that so many families in Colombia has their own similar story.
Great reaction btw :)
Yeah, John Leguizamo can’t sing for shit, and he says so himself. 😂 That’s why Lin Manuel Miranda wrote him a rap instead.
18:07 Dolores knew but didn't say anything because...well... *We don't talk about Bruno*
maribel's animal is the house lol, but let's be honest the real disney protag. here that has an animal friend is Bruno or Antonio X'D
This princess doesn't have an animal companion: *Casita* is Mirabel's sidekick.
Best line of the video
"Why do you have to be so good though? I was hellbent on disliking youuuuu"
Funny ass reaction lol 😂
Casita Best supporting actor ! 🤣🔥💯♥️
"I just want to be happy so I watch this movie"
Welp, you watch the wrong movie.
Okay, this opening is SO on point! Everyone needs something happy after Arcane...
I'm only three episodes into Arcane, and already I needed to take an emotional breather. They already broke me!
I really enjoyed this!
Here's some of my thoughts:
- WOW, this was a great holiday stand-in for my weekly therapy sessions, holy moley
- my favorite and least favorite part (funny how that happens) is "Surface Pressure" - like, Luisa, babe, NEVER have I felt so SEEN, as someone with intense anxiety and depression mixed with generational trauma and being the oldest sibling, too. I can't even hear that song without crying, which sucks because it is a Grade-A bop!
- Isabela, doesn't want to marry the village hunk but still goes through with pretending like she does for the family, who is extremely interested in growing plants other than the one kind of flower she'd been told to grow from the moment she got her powers (the inoffensively pretty kind), had my queer subtext-o-meter going nuts. So, I'm manifesting that Isa gets a girlfriend in the very well manifested Disney+ series. We are all hoping, we are wishing, and we are praying that our manifestations become reality, in the queer Encanto fandom!
- I love how we're witnessing the maturation and growth of the songwriting power of Lin Manuel Miranda in this decade. Like, you can hear, in all of the songs, bits from "The Family Madrigal" to convey the theme of how everything that's happening is based around the foundation of the family, and that's SO COOL. Miranda used this style of musical motifs as a major method of storytelling in Hamilton (there's a Howard Ho video all about that - I'd definitely recommend it, as it's fascinating), but not as consistently as in Encanto. I love that he's actively experimenting with all of these musical ideas in every project he takes on, and in every new project, I'm always like "Okay, this is his best song yet." First, it was "Yorktown" (yes, I jumped on the LMM fan train with Hamilton), then it was "You Know Who You Are," now it's "Dos Oruguitas" - I only expect it to get better, as he does more!
- I've been getting DEEP into the TH-cam reviews of Encanto, and I saw an awesome video about going into a deep dive on Colombian culture (as the setting of Encanto is Colombia) by Jessica Flores - so check that out, as there are some amazing insights from her - and Jessica Darrow, the voice of Luisa, has a TH-cam channel and is a musician (!). She has a jazz cover of "Surface Pressure" that SLAPS with Mike Elizondo on upright bass. Check her out at Jess305. I'd also recommend that Howard Ho video on TH-cam.
Each person's room reflects its resident. For instance, Isabella's room reflects her love of flowers, but also the expectation that everything has to be pretty. Antonio's room reflects his love of animals, but it hasn't yet been influenced by Abuela's expectations. Others have pointed out that Bruno's room was originally like the others, large and spacious yet welcoming, but as he grew more and more distanced from the family, and Abuela in particular, his room began to physically distance him from the other members of the family. Yet Casita, understanding his overall feelings, created space between the walls in which he could live undetected by all but Dolores. On a slightly different note, Casita provides Dolores with the steps she climbs in 'We Don't Talk about Bruno'.
Mirabel was five years old at her 'unsuccessful' Gift ceremony, meaning that her sisters and cousins weren't that much older, and Antonio wasn't even born. (Mirabel is now 15.) When Abuela forbade any mention of Bruno, Dolores was about 11, and young children have a tendency to take such things seriously. Therefore, even though she knew Bruno was around, she didn't dare say anything. The best she could do was to drop hints to receptive people like Mirabel, as she does in 'We Don't Talk about Bruno', which is riddled with hints, especially the last 'Do you understand?'
Fred and George may not have seen Peter Pettigrew on the Marauder's Map; it would all depend on where Peter was when they were using it. If they had seen an indication on it of someone who was purportedly dead, you can be sure they would have said something, so the inference is that they didn't.
Part of Colombian culture is that children *do* drink coffee; it's just heavily diluted with milk. Apparently this kid's parents don't add as much milk as most did.
There are a lot of 'mirror images' in this story. Abuela's melody in 'The Family Madrigal' is the same as 'Dos Orugitas', and the opening bars of 'The Family Madrigal' are also used in 'Waiting for a MIracle' and 'All of You'. In addition, Mirabel's guiding of the nervous Antonio at the Gift ceremony is echoed in 'All of You', when Antonio guides Mirabel to the front door of the rebuilt Casita.
I've been watching a LOT of people react to this movie, and there is a DEFINITE split between the people who are rocked to their _core_ by "Surface Pressure", and just break down from the lyrics... and then the people who don't get it, and laugh their way through the song at the donkeys and the visuals. The eldest children who had to be strong for their parents, and the younger kids who don't get it and never had that particular pressure.
Also, Disney doesn't make movies with perfectly normal, healthy, happy people in happy, whole families because they need their stories to be _relatable._ And unfortunately, a LOT more people relate to broken family dynamics. And in that same vein, I think it's likely Disney always kills off a parent to start with because the last couple generations in the West have grown up in a pandemic of single parents.
I'm gonna get really deep here for a second, so bear with me **pushes glasses up** -- birth control and the "free love" generation came about at about the same time, in the 1960s and 70s, and because of those two things, it suddenly became WAY more common for people to have kids outside of marriage. But since so many more parents weren't tied together by marriage, it was _way easier_ for one to leave if they wanted to (usually the father).
But on the other hand, before birth control and "free love" and casual sex became popular, nearly _everyone_ got married quite young, and had lots of kids.
That meant that two-parent families were more common, BUT it also meant that since divorce was _much_ more strongly frowned upon, there was a lot more tension in those "normal" families, because everyone brings their own baggage to relationships.
So Disney making single parent and unhealthy families relates to WAY more people -- either through the single parent pandemic, or through the tension often inherent in families that fight through the really rough spots to stay together.
Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk 😅😂
Dolores didn't say anything about Bruno because of Abuela. But if you notice in the song "We don't talk about Bruno" when Dolores sings, she doesn't say anything bad about Bruno. When she says "Hey, grew to live in fear of Bruno" that's how the family make Bruno looks to the kids include Dolores, that's the main reason she didn't say anything. But then she still sings "I can always hear him sort of muttering and mumbling... It's a heavy lift with a gift so humbling, always left Abuela and the family fumbling, grappling with prophecies they couldn't understand" so she knew because she hear him that he was misunderstood.
That river really exists and is called Caño Cristales.
The valley also exists and is called the Valle de Cocora.
There is also a little town called Salento.
Every building, animal, plant, tree, flower, object, color are real.
You may also be interested in watching this video about El Encanto Nature Reserve @
The Grandma´s story is the story of 99% of Colombian families. Due to the political violence of the last 100 years, some family member has had to live exactly the same situation.
Despite all the difficult situations, Colombians can still say that we are happy and that my house is also your house.
Disney thanks for showing us to the world as we are without stereotypes and Thank you for your reaction.
Dolores, who can hear everything, was 11 when Bruno left. She probably did try to tell them, and was punished for lying because Bruno "left". So she stopped telling people.
I cracked up at your "there is something wrong with the Casa Madrigal"! (7:30) That was so funny!
You know, Delores isn’t really that much of a gossip. Meribel sought her out about the magic and just answered her question. And she kept Bruno a secret. I think she wanted to ruin the proposal. She didn’t want to see the man she pines after proposing to her sister.
Love how even right at the beginning you were calling “tear the house down!” and “maybe she’s the next Abuela!”
Dolores did hear him but didn't realise that he was close or told herself she was imagining it "I can always hear him sort of muttering and mumbling I associate him with the sound of falling sand tss, tss, tss"
I don't think Fred and George actually knew who Peter Petttigrew was so they were never suspicious of him if they ever saw the name and didn't think he was worth mentioning, probably just thought he was some first-year
Or she just isnt a snitch.
“Mirabelle’s gift is standing up to her elders. Couldn’t be me” HAHAHAHA
You can actually see Bruno upstairs during the We Don't Talk About Bruno song
It's said that Dolores was helping in keeping Bruno's secret of still being around.
The soundtrack from this movie is fire.
Bruno's room was designed with an abandoned feeling to show he left the family and he was not part of it, like the room got worse with the years he wasn't in it
Are you interested in reacting to Tarzan The Fearless? It can be found on TH-cam
Love this reaction!!
Dolores mentions that she can hear Bruno in her first verse of we don’t talk about Bruno
Don't worry I think encanto exposed everyones family problems 🤣
oh yes, Colombians are almost every race in every single person
Hey! (Great video) you should watch "The Dragon Prince" on Netflix I think you'd like it
Thanks for your suggestion
You are hilarious!! Favorite reaction!
11:42 How did I not notice Bruno there?
I though that encanto was beautful.
Have you seen Coco? Frozen2
How are you doing?
So superb too
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Where did the magic come from? From a tragedy. But you don't have to think a lot about it, that's magical realism, it is like that just because. 🤗
I really enjoyed watching your reaction. This movie is so beautiful
Imaging the candle throwing shade to the madrigal because they treat Mirabel
i saw this last night and loved it so much!!
Ayyy.
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