I really liked Encanto. The music was very different from what I’m familiar with from Lin-Manuel Miranda (which is mostly conversational rap) and I really liked the overall design and aesthetic of the town. Personally, my favorite songs are “Surface Pressure” & “What Else Can I Do?” I liked how they displayed the insecurities & downsides that having superpowers had for Luisa & Isabella. Even though Pepa, Dolores & Camilo don’t get their own songs but their insecurities stemming from their gifts is on display nonetheless. Just goes to show there’s downsides no matter what and Encanto did a great job of showing that. I also loved the analogy of the broken home and can’t believe I didn’t think of that
I am Colombian and I have been following your channel for a long time, it makes me happy to see your point of view and how this film is seen from outside my country. excellent video Parcero
As a Colombian, I did feel well represented and I quite enjoyed the movie, I cried with some of the cultural references, I was moved at seeing some things represented in a Disney movie that I never thought I would see, or simple nostalgia for things represented that have been part of my life and my childhood.
I’m not gonna lie- I’m absolutely besotted with Encanto! I love Latin American culture, I love the music, I love Disney and I love everything about this movie. Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote the music, and I adored In The Heights and Hamilton. The man can write music. I love the animation and the color palette- it’s gorgeous and aesthetically pleasing. Mirabel is an incredibly relatable character for me and reminds me a lot of me because I always felt like an outsider and I always felt insecure and thought people were secretly judging me. The movie really sheds light on family dysfunction and mental health which is what makes it so great.
Personally I really liked the lack of a villain and the fact mirabel actually didn’t have any power at all when almost every other movie would throw a character out a window and oh look said character can fly now.
My Wife & I *love* your PR stuff, but your personal insight into other media is also so refreshing for us- you give us other topics to discuss & muse over~ Ty so much~~
Great music, unmatched visuals. Story was a bit unfocused but the message was there qnd effective. These movies ALWAYS make me tear up at the end because of how human the characters and their experiences feel by the end of the film.
@@BGRecon this movie didn't hook me in.... Very lack luster in writing and the characters weren't worth emotionally investing..... The music wasn't great for me.... It was very catchy, like commercial loke, so I guess people are a sucker for a good hook. It was well animated though
I am a history teacher in Colombia, I love Disney and I love your videos, if at any time someone wants to chat, debate or learn a little more about Colombia and the references in Encanto , write to me and I will be very willing to help. Excellent video
Historian by hobby, and Colombia and Latin American history is not my specialty by any means... this movie made me late to new years and I wasn't even mad, it was that good. but I would like to use your expertise if you do not mind. may I ask you a few questions?
Hello, of course! I would love to help you, by the way, remember that it is called Colombia, it is a very common mistake with that you can make one or another Colombian angry hahahaha 😅
thanks for keeping your cool about that... auto correct works till it doesn't. 😅 anyway Disney opted to use a scene that based on my layman's knowledge is no stranger to any conflict stricken part of that region as part of Abuela's motives It was the death scene of her husband, due to what I know by region I originally suspected the location of the movie to be Mexico cira 1800-1915 a.d. because of the architecture, the layout resembling a suburban town I once saw in a travel brochure, and that one scene. since it was indeed Colombia instead, can you provide historic context? what war or massacre could have been going on?
@@theStoryteller402 That is an excellent question, it is normal that you confuse the location with Mexico due to the architect, Colombia, has similarities to Mexico due to the Spanish influence, until today, Colombia has places where there are buildings from 1500, cities like Cartagena, Tunja, Bogotá and Villa de Leyva have historic centers that have constructions from the colonial era, from the Republican era and in some cases with North American and French influence, as in Mexico. Now , answering your question, as The Disney Brain shows in its video, since the independence the country was divided into 2 factions, one that has a type of federalist government like the United States and another a type of centralized government like the French, this It triggered different conflicts throughout the 19th century, in which up to 9 civil wars were fought. It is assumed that the conflict that is talked about in the film is the war of a thousand days which began in 1899 and ended in 1902 (curious fact, my great-grandfather fought in that war) that war was between the 2 political parties of the moment ( liberals and conservatives). At that time, Colombia was a mainly rural country and it was in those sectors where this conflict was most felt. For the simple fact of being a supporter of a political party, the members of the other murdered entire families, there was a lot of displacement to the big cities and the children were recruited from the age of 13. my mother tells me that my great-grandfather had to walk with his wife and his children for 2 hours to take his family to his mother-in-law's house and then return to his farm to protect his house from members of the other political. At the end of the war, the conservatives were the winners and this unleashed an economic crisis that resulted in the loss of Panama at the hands of the United States, the time of *La violencia*, the conservative hegemony and more than 39,000 deaths. I hope I have answered your questions, anything else you need let me know.
Dude, when are you gonna make a video on the Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers? The shortest & most underrated season of the entire series, in my opinion. One this show is part of the Zordon era, two it's the first team to have a male yellow ranger regardless that he's not human, three they had the first female leader/white ranger (same principals as yellow ranger), & finally even David Yost was in the season, the one OG ranger who stuck around the longest since MMPR!
Hey man I really enjoyed your review. Any chance you can review Coco. Feel like I missed the chat about that movie and would like to see a review of it and hear your thought.
I'm happy for you you see so much in this movie and really seem to like it. I was honestly pretty disappointed, and it's hard for me to even express why. Somehow, it felt to me as if every time the writers seemed to know where they wanted to take the story, they wuickly endes up in a dead end and overplayed it with a comic relief moment. I was waiting the entire movie for the story to unfold - and then it was over. From all of the plenty songs, only "Surface Pressure" impressed me, and I'm wondering if they should have made Luisa the center of the story instead of Mirabel. I don't know, I'm usually super sentimental when it comes to Disney movies, but Encanto actually was the first movie where I didn't shed a single tear and only laughed once during the entire movie. "Moana" and "Raya and the Last Dragon" (which might have been the first Disney movie without a single song!) were the last two Disney movies I really loved. Oh, and "Coco", of course. But anyway, glad you liked it. :) Judith
Moana and Raya are great, great films! The biggest aspects that differ between those two movies and this one might actually be the traveling aspect, exploring a certain world compared to just the house and a very small part of the town we see. It also might just be for any other reason, who knows
I haven't watch this movie, and I understand objectively the animation is pretty good. But I really don't like the animation for this movie, like there is literally no reason why this isn't live action, despite the fact Disney knows animated movies like this sell more. Alot of their movies have looked the same for so long now, and its just removed any sense of enjoyment I could have from these movies.
Didn't like Encanto. The story is really shallow (even by Disney standards) and the music is peak Lin-Manual Miranda to the point that it all sounds the same to me. My personal interpretation of the ending; the house was Alma's gift, and the building falling apart is indicative that she isn't long for the world. Mirabel didn't get a power because she was always most in-tune with the house in ways that the other family members took for granted, and therefore her "gift" and private space was the whole building. She just couldn't claim it (or realize it) while the current "host," Alma, was still present. Hence why the door to the new house has Mirabel at the center; she's the new matriarch, the new host for the encanto, the owner of the house, and one day she'll also need to be replaced.
Also without a world ruling plot and arguably harmless intentions DESPITE being the matriarch of a superpowered family and of course her backstory, Id argue Alma is the most realistic yet threatening and relatable Disney Villains...ever.
It’s story of generational trauma and the struggle that younger generations have to heal those wounds is amazing.
I really liked Encanto. The music was very different from what I’m familiar with from Lin-Manuel Miranda (which is mostly conversational rap) and I really liked the overall design and aesthetic of the town. Personally, my favorite songs are “Surface Pressure” & “What Else Can I Do?” I liked how they displayed the insecurities & downsides that having superpowers had for Luisa & Isabella. Even though Pepa, Dolores & Camilo don’t get their own songs but their insecurities stemming from their gifts is on display nonetheless. Just goes to show there’s downsides no matter what and Encanto did a great job of showing that. I also loved the analogy of the broken home and can’t believe I didn’t think of that
I really love Encanto. I hope that maybe itll get a series on Disney+ just give all the characters more time to shine.
I am Colombian and I have been following your channel for a long time, it makes me happy to see your point of view and how this film is seen from outside my country. excellent video Parcero
As a Colombian, I did feel well represented and I quite enjoyed the movie, I cried with some of the cultural references, I was moved at seeing some things represented in a Disney movie that I never thought I would see, or simple nostalgia for things represented that have been part of my life and my childhood.
I’m not gonna lie- I’m absolutely besotted with Encanto! I love Latin American culture, I love the music, I love Disney and I love everything about this movie. Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote the music, and I adored In The Heights and Hamilton. The man can write music. I love the animation and the color palette- it’s gorgeous and aesthetically pleasing. Mirabel is an incredibly relatable character for me and reminds me a lot of me because I always felt like an outsider and I always felt insecure and thought people were secretly judging me. The movie really sheds light on family dysfunction and mental health which is what makes it so great.
Personally I really liked the lack of a villain and the fact mirabel actually didn’t have any power at all when almost every other movie would throw a character out a window and oh look said character can fly now.
Thank you very much for the video!!! Encanto to me is one of the better moves to come out last year, period. I'm really happy to hear your view of it.
My Wife & I *love* your PR stuff, but your personal insight into other media is also so refreshing for us- you give us other topics to discuss & muse over~ Ty so much~~
Encanto is such a wonderful movie with such a powerful message about family and learning to accept one's self.
Woah non-power rangers content? Love it. I love the power rangers stuff but I'd also like more content here. Great review Hermano!
Great music, unmatched visuals. Story was a bit unfocused but the message was there qnd effective. These movies ALWAYS make me tear up at the end because of how human the characters and their experiences feel by the end of the film.
Yeah I think the music carried it as the story wasn't the greatest for me but I am not the target audience.
@@BGRecon this movie didn't hook me in.... Very lack luster in writing and the characters weren't worth emotionally investing..... The music wasn't great for me.... It was very catchy, like commercial loke, so I guess people are a sucker for a good hook. It was well animated though
I am a history teacher in Colombia, I love Disney and I love your videos, if at any time someone wants to chat, debate or learn a little more about Colombia and the references in Encanto , write to me and I will be very willing to help. Excellent video
Historian by hobby, and Colombia and Latin American history is not my specialty by any means... this movie made me late to new years and I wasn't even mad, it was that good. but I would like to use your expertise if you do not mind. may I ask you a few questions?
Hello, of course! I would love to help you, by the way, remember that it is called Colombia, it is a very common mistake with that you can make one or another Colombian angry hahahaha 😅
thanks for keeping your cool about that... auto correct works till it doesn't. 😅
anyway Disney opted to use a scene that based on my layman's knowledge is no stranger to any conflict stricken part of that region as part of Abuela's motives
It was the death scene of her husband, due to what I know by region I originally suspected the location of the movie to be Mexico cira 1800-1915 a.d. because of the architecture, the layout resembling a suburban town I once saw in a travel brochure, and that one scene. since it was indeed Colombia instead, can you provide historic context? what war or massacre could have been going on?
@@theStoryteller402 That is an excellent question, it is normal that you confuse the location with Mexico due to the architect, Colombia, has similarities to Mexico due to the Spanish influence, until today, Colombia has places where there are buildings from 1500, cities like Cartagena, Tunja, Bogotá and Villa de Leyva have historic centers that have constructions from the colonial era, from the Republican era and in some cases with North American and French influence, as in Mexico.
Now , answering your question, as The Disney Brain shows in its video, since the independence the country was divided into 2 factions, one that has a type of federalist government like the United States and another a type of centralized government like the French, this It triggered different conflicts throughout the 19th century, in which up to 9 civil wars were fought. It is assumed that the conflict that is talked about in the film is the war of a thousand days which began in 1899 and ended in 1902 (curious fact, my great-grandfather fought in that war) that war was between the 2 political parties of the moment ( liberals and conservatives). At that time, Colombia was a mainly rural country and it was in those sectors where this conflict was most felt. For the simple fact of being a supporter of a political party, the members of the other murdered entire families, there was a lot of displacement to the big cities and the children were recruited from the age of 13. my mother tells me that my great-grandfather had to walk with his wife and his children for 2 hours to take his family to his mother-in-law's house and then return to his farm to protect his house from members of the other political. At the end of the war, the conservatives were the winners and this unleashed an economic crisis that resulted in the loss of Panama at the hands of the United States, the time of *La violencia*, the conservative hegemony and more than 39,000 deaths. I hope I have answered your questions, anything else you need let me know.
I’m so glad you did a video on this!!!
Dude, when are you gonna make a video on the Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers? The shortest & most underrated season of the entire series, in my opinion. One this show is part of the Zordon era, two it's the first team to have a male yellow ranger regardless that he's not human, three they had the first female leader/white ranger (same principals as yellow ranger), & finally even David Yost was in the season, the one OG ranger who stuck around the longest since MMPR!
Hey man I really enjoyed your review. Any chance you can review Coco. Feel like I missed the chat about that movie and would like to see a review of it and hear your thought.
I love encanto so much.
Banger video
well done, as usual. I especially liked the inclusion of the Columbian history.
I'm happy for you you see so much in this movie and really seem to like it.
I was honestly pretty disappointed, and it's hard for me to even express why. Somehow, it felt to me as if every time the writers seemed to know where they wanted to take the story, they wuickly endes up in a dead end and overplayed it with a comic relief moment. I was waiting the entire movie for the story to unfold - and then it was over.
From all of the plenty songs, only "Surface Pressure" impressed me, and I'm wondering if they should have made Luisa the center of the story instead of Mirabel.
I don't know, I'm usually super sentimental when it comes to Disney movies, but Encanto actually was the first movie where I didn't shed a single tear and only laughed once during the entire movie.
"Moana" and "Raya and the Last Dragon" (which might have been the first Disney movie without a single song!) were the last two Disney movies I really loved. Oh, and "Coco", of course.
But anyway, glad you liked it. :)
Judith
Moana and Raya are great, great films! The biggest aspects that differ between those two movies and this one might actually be the traveling aspect, exploring a certain world compared to just the house and a very small part of the town we see.
It also might just be for any other reason, who knows
@@DigiBrad Good point though. Maybe the journey made it more if a quest for me, and I might have been missing the quest aspect in Encanto.
The Family should've lost their Powers, FOREVER!!!!!
Have you ever thought of reviewing Smart House
How do you feel about Disney and Pixar moving away from having villains in every movie
My major major major major complaint with this movie is that none of the characters sound Latin American.
plss talk abt frozen 2 I need the tea lol
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TALK ABOUT FROZEN 2
I haven't watch this movie, and I understand objectively the animation is pretty good. But I really don't like the animation for this movie, like there is literally no reason why this isn't live action, despite the fact Disney knows animated movies like this sell more. Alot of their movies have looked the same for so long now, and its just removed any sense of enjoyment I could have from these movies.
Pop off 4 frozen 2
Didn't like Encanto. The story is really shallow (even by Disney standards) and the music is peak Lin-Manual Miranda to the point that it all sounds the same to me.
My personal interpretation of the ending; the house was Alma's gift, and the building falling apart is indicative that she isn't long for the world. Mirabel didn't get a power because she was always most in-tune with the house in ways that the other family members took for granted, and therefore her "gift" and private space was the whole building. She just couldn't claim it (or realize it) while the current "host," Alma, was still present. Hence why the door to the new house has Mirabel at the center; she's the new matriarch, the new host for the encanto, the owner of the house, and one day she'll also need to be replaced.
Also without a world ruling plot and arguably harmless intentions DESPITE being the matriarch of a superpowered family and of course her backstory, Id argue Alma is the most realistic yet threatening and relatable Disney Villains...ever.