This Movie Blew Me Away!! | Encanto Reaction | You Are The Gift Mirabel!
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Hey everyone! Join me as I watch Encanto today for the first time! This Movie was amazing and makes you feel every emotion possible!
The Madrigals are an extraordinary family who live hidden in the mountains of Colombia in a charmed place called the Encanto. The magic of the Encanto has blessed every child in the family with a unique gift -- every child except Mirabel. However, she soon may be the Madrigals last hope when she discovers that the magic surrounding the Encanto is now in danger.
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I love how this movie talks about intergenerational trauma and how someone can become toxic. I also loved how Mirabels parents were the few actually looking out for her
Exactly! I also love how it shows that in families everyone tends to develop a certain place or niche that comes with a lot of assumptions and expectations, and the problems that can create.
@@Me-wk3ix probably one of the more complicated emotional family movies they've made
You also see it in Luisa and Julieta who DO believe Mirabel about the cracks, but Luisa is clearly scared about losing her place in the family, and Julieta knows how toxic being obsessed with the Candle and the family can be as she saw what happened to Bruno. Plus, she's just more concerned for her daughter who she knows feels so worthless and like an outsider in her own family. It's more out of fear of being scorned and abandoned than out of not being supportive of her.
I loved how you said "can BECOME toxic" not like how other people have been continually implying that Abuela's just inherently toxic and "abusive" when she's not and the movie clearly establishes these facets of her character.
@jf k I think the best moment came from when Antonio Wouldn't walk down to his door unless Mirabel was with him
Bruno's vision was not wrong
Mirabel had to hug Isabella to understand her, thus arguing with the grandma that she was the one who was damaging the family, the house breaks down and the outcome comes in the river with the butterfly ... so the vision was not wrong of who she should hug, the vision was just backwards
And shows that prophecies, omens, and visions can get misinterpreted. Which Bruno realized and couldn’t show his last vision to his family.
I didn’t say the vision was wrong lol
I think we can all agree that being a Soothsayer is terrible
If you listen during Mirabel and Bruno's vision sequence, Bruno actually dose say the vision is out of order
Oh dang!
I love how this movie has no villain just a family with real family drama and trauma. The culture representation amazing, the music amazing, this movie is just a masterpiece
technically it was abuela, but she just didn't know
@@okokoklalala844 Abuela is an antagonist not villain.
@@okokoklalala844 Villain is a character archetype for antagonists like how "old mentor" is to deuteragonists. Antagonist is someone who just creates the conflict. They're not synonymous.
@@okokoklalala844 abuela is a temporary antagonsit. not a villian
@@musikyleproductions2488 ngl i didn’t know there was a difference.. thanks for the new knowledge!
Things that got me:
1. Even as the house is falling apart, you can see it helping each member. As it basically DIES it shields Mirabelle
2. Bruno said the vision was out of order... and piece by piece we get each part of it. It just didn't look how they interpreted it.
I love how when Isabella and Camilo lose their gifts the house makes sure they're alright
The house is one of my favorite characters. It reminds me of the ocean from Moana
Did you notice Mirabel is the one who talk the most with Casita like it was a real person
@@a.g.demada5263 I think mirabel has a gift, just that she doesn’t knows, maybe she Can talk With casita, líke giving it powers
@@Iviyorke9 or maybe Casita didn't giver her a gift because she felt Mirabel has something strong inside her
Mirabel hugging Isabela wasn't going to fix the problem, what it was going to do was be the catalyst for Mirabel to understand what the REAL issue was in the family.
If I had a nickel for every time An animated musical about a family in Latin America published by Disney made me bawl at it's resolution I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice.
I think it's because these stories revolve around different generation inside a same family, which of course connects with most people immediately and opens old scars and memories.
This is me. You are me, we're the same
If I had a nickel for everythime a animated film said something bad about Bruno I'd have 2 nickels, which isn't a lot but its weird that it happened twice.
I think this was a lot better than Coco I liked Coco but the issue was there was only the main 4 members of the family in the story were memorable and the rest were just there. This movie made the entire family memorable even the ones who were more minor characters
I like this movie for its simplicity although I have to be honest and say that I had higher expectations on the plot of the story and assumptions over what it would entail- I guess I was hoping for more action and a brighter highlight on like holidays or customs of Colombia- kind of like what Coco did with making it surround Day of the Dead and involving a whole story based around the culture and traditions and values- I guess I was expecting the same thing but in a unique Colombian version. Yes, there were bits and pieces that beautified this movie with its Colombian references and the small details- and I think the fact that it was just centered around Family makes it a nice comfort movie after a rewatch.
Mirabel _holding the family together_ actually makes sense. You can't just magically bond a broken family, you'd need understanding, and having no room would mean she can be there for everyone else. It's quite sad and challenging but I think it's for the best.
There's only one other character I know of that has a similar position in HIS family, Lincoln Loud.
Just like Mirabel, Lincoln also comes from a big family; each one having a unique skill of their own...and he often felt overshadowed/worthless by comparison
It also gives her a sense that she literally has “no place” in the family, and in many ways this is confirmed when she isn’t included in the photograph. But sometimes you have to be on the outside looking in to have genuine insight in the first place. To see the bigger picture, you have to be outside of it, in this case literally as well as figuratively.
@sadlobster1 i feel like the movie showed that best With loud house. It also felt like a better version of the terrible ep making the case
Regarding Pedro's death, I figured he was stabbed. After seeing Alma's reaction though, I had a more disturbing thought: What if he was... beheaded? I mean, seeing someone be stabbed to death would be terrible, but given the amount of anguish and horror on her face, followed by her collapsing, maybe that fate is more likely 😫😭
Oh damn 😳
I thought he was enslaved. 😬
Death by machete is worse than being stabbed. This death is definitely one of the cruelest and most gruesome in a Disney movie. Abuelo Pedro is definitely based on the character Mauricio Babilonia from One Hundred Years of Solitude. He is always followed by a cloud of yellow butterflies, and also has a violent death while leaving a pregnant woman.
Oh yeah. Machetes don't really stab. You use them to chop
I mean... machetes chops so.... my great uncle fougth in the last of the revolution here in mexico and he sais that a sword or a gun were les dangerus than a machete.
A dead by macjete was someting terrible
I think what's different about this Disney movie is that it starts out where most Disney movies END. In the past, the whole _point_ of the Disney movie would BE Mirabel "discovering" that she doesn't need a gift to be special. But in this movie, she starts out already knowing that. So, what could be wrong?
Well, it turns out the _positivity_ is wrong. Everything is cracking, and because everyone in the family knows they have to be positive, helpful, serving, and... _perfect,_ no one addresses the generational trauma. That's _SO much deeper_ than most of the messages of Disney's recent movies. They've all been obvious from the first ten minutes.
Not this one.
My family is healthy now, thank God, but for most of my childhood and teens, we were very much a "perfect on the outside" family, and we all felt the pressure of maintaining that image.
My older sister couldn't handle it, so she rebelled and left, and when that was swept under the rug, *_*I*_* was swept into the position of the oldest sister. "Surface Pressure" and the plight of the two oldest daughters are so relatable to me: feeling like I had to hold everyone together by being the perfect and good and strong and Right daughter my parents needed.
MAN, this movie got me.
AND DISNEY GOT THEIR MAGIC BACK. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
I have a similar family, only worse, and not only that but matters haven’t healed, but in the past few years have completely broken. I am in the Mirabel position in every way, and I have always felt at some level that I had to expose the underlying poison that was killing the family, although in the past they seemed content to allow me to to stay the principal victim. Yet even before this film I could see that they were every bit as much the victims as myself, I just am not certain that even this movie can help them see, as they are still too invested in the belief in their superiority. I simply had the misfortune of being bitten by a disease-ridden tick as a child that deprived me of the option of being accomplished and perfect by becoming severely ill, but even so, I never stopped loving them, even though they didn’t seem to feel the same. You see my toxic father convinced them that I was lazy and pretending to be sick to get attention, and they never completely gave up that idea, despite diagnosis 27 years later with over 7 different diseases. Worse yet, I don’t think all of them came through the tick bite, but were passed down through my father to them as well, and during the past decade I have watched them slowly getting sick themselves with similar symptoms. And once my mother started showing signs of dementia that I know were caused by the same disease (now confirmed as antibiotics she was put on prior to tooth extraction have begun to alleviate the symptoms) they forced us to move out of our house and into assisted living, and barely have visited since (when our mother “was” unconditionally loving, which was the most heartbreaking, plus most of our belongings disappeared without our consent). I only pray that I can (and possibly this movie) can somehow bring light to our circumstances. That would *truly* be a miracle.
She had a power and you missed it.
@@nisarojas2869 I don't believe I did. I understand that her "power" was supposed to be her ability to hold the family together and keep their home healthy. And that's beautiful! But when I say "gift" or "power", I'm referring to the supernatural ones everyone else has. That IS different. :)
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!
I figured! I got to the same conclusion since Abuela didn't have power originally
Then Mirabel is gonna be the one to replace Alma as the next leader of the family
Yes, this is why her door disappeared. Because her domain was the whole house, not just one room, and her gift was to hold the family together, not to focus on her own magical power.
If you listen closely to the Bruno song you will realize he was never truly a problem for the family. It was just people couldn't handle the truth of their fortunes. He can't control the future, just see it. But people always need someone to blame so they associated their misfortune with him. If he had a bad vision, they would automatically blame him which is unfair. It's basically shooting the messenger. He was never a villain they made him out to be.
It reminds me how people treat servers. A server simply puts your order in, they have no control how fast it will come out. But that doesn't stop people from yelling or not tipping the server if their food doesn't come out fast enough or to their satisfactory. People always need someone to blame.
You can tell Bruno isn't the bad guy because he's dancing around in the background during the 'We don't talk about Bruno' song.
Ikr... I mean when isabela describes him in the 'we don't talk about bruno' part it already give me a hint that he's not a bad guy
This is technically my third time watching Encanto and I can now say for certain Disney has a private army of professional onion cutting ninjas
From now on I’m gonna use that excuse whenever I’m crying
lmfao I love this
I literally cry just watching the music videos
Same
One of the things that was great about this movie is that there's no villain which was probably a new touch for Disney
I feel like that frees up room to have a more creative story. Pixar's Inside Out is another great example of this.
Everyone seems to forget about Brother Bear, another great Disney movie with no villain and focused on family (more specifically brotherhood and nature)
That’s already on my channel
@@ItsTotallyCody ...What is?
Brother bear
This movie is beautiful in every way. The only thing I wished was getting a song for Camilo (the shape-shifter) the same way both of the sisters got a solo song about their struggles.
I think a song based around the issues Camilo could have as a shape shifter with his personal identity and being expected to be constantly flexible and able to adapt regardless of what he wants would be a cool addition to the movie and the message for it imo
that could probably be part of a potential broadway production of this film. the first thing that hit me out of the gate is how perfect this story is for the stage, especially that first number. sure, showing off the different family members' powers would be a challenge, but not impossible. in a broadway production, Camilo might get a song or be part of a mash-up where we see the rest of the family's issues regarding their powers (pepa's is obvious, Julieta could feel similarly to Luisa in that she has to carry the emotional weight of the family, and Dolores would have to deal with hearing things that can potentially be troubling as well as just generally overwhelming), and the conversation between abuela and mirabel at the end would 100% be an emotional one. I could see her parents having a song about their love for their daughters and their frustrations about Maribel not valuing herself enough
@@clarasundqvist6013 I think Dolores already kinda did say that "it's a heavy lift with a lift so humbling"
@@MinnieRightHere she probably did, I've only seen the movie once and in reactions and some of the songs are so fast paced that I couldn't catch everything they were trying to convey
@@clarasundqvist6013 It's in We Don't Talk About Bruno, when she says that she can hear Bruno somewhere in the walls and how it's overwhelming for her
@@MinnieRightHere she was talking about Bruno's gift not her own
Growing up as the oldest sister with eight younger siblings in a abusive house hold under the surface hits me deep since I always had to be the strong one to protect everyone
I hope you fell better now being vulnerable. It's healthy.
I hope you moved out of that house to escape and start fresh. Abusive families are way too common and nobody deserves to go through that.
I'm not from an abusive family, but hearing stories like that makes me (and everyone else) angry.
I hope you're now living a good life
@@laurynhoy I am I and the other two oldest saved up got a rental and took all of them and left if you want another that hit me in the feels there’s a new anime movie coming out in English soon called BELLE the beast in the movie and me have a very similar background
@@laurynhoy it also has some damn good music
I saw someone say that the most unrealistic thing about this movie is that "it has a Latina grandma admitting that she was wrong" and that is so accurate
I feel like the whole family expects isabela to always be perfect, especially abuela. Notice how her bedroom is only made up of flowers, because usually followers are seen as perfec. She never knew she can grow other plants like trees and exotic plants
she just finds herself with mirabels help.
You can also see the expectation when they're having breakfast outside and when Isabela gets shocked growing flowers in her hair there's one white flower among the pink. Abuela picks the white flower out and helps her sit up straight.
I read on Internet, Isabela is the eldest daughter and parents had often big hopes of the elder without thinking of the child really wants. She's also the older grandchild of Abuela.
Someone pointed out that it's illegal to keep jaguars as pets since it might involve illegal trading of the animals but I don't see it as a pet I see Antonio's room as a sanctuary for all animals from jaguars to bird to capybara's.
and in actuality antonio has no pets. all the animals asked permission to be in his room :)
Right now I'm guessing that because she had three children to raise on her own and she never went back to the river either because she never felt ready to do so or because she didn't have time to do so she wasn't able to properly mourn Pedro. And maybe she even started focusing on the family being 'perfect' and focused on the miracle that took place afterwards so that she wouldn't have time to focus on his actually being killed or on the fact that she still misses him and would've wanted to live a regular life with him and their children even with no gifts, no miracles and no magic. And because she hasn't been able to face that memory properly and hasn't been able to mourn him properly she hasn't been able to move on with the next stage of her life properly.
also the river was literally inaccessible due to the mountains. she really could not go back there until the mountain cracked :)
As someone who is Colombian it is so cool that I finally have a movie I can somewhat relate too. The soundtrack is so accurate to the culture that it feels nostalgic and the diversity is spot on. Amazing movie overall and I’m happy that you decided to watch it!
Antonio has to be the cutest Disney child I’ve ever seen in my life😭it makes me so happy he’s the same shade as me
Yes, he's cute and I love his relationship with Mirabel
Easily one of the best written child characters in any show or movie.
@@isaacstevenson2960 yes, it's true. I saw an article about a little boy who was very happy because Antonio looks like him
This movie was phenomenal, though I think it could've thrived as a tv show; Luisa, Dolores, and Isabela's confessions didn't shock me because we didn't get to know more about them much before (I would've loved to have seen Luisa acting strong and tough and Isabela being graceful and perfect for a longer period before breaking down. It felt like this added to their personalities rather than changed the perspective. Plus Antonio and Camilo were underrated). Having an "Encanto" show would've helped to give the ensemble members more screentime.
I believe they may be trying to get Encanto it's own show that starts where the movie ends off! I hope it happens, it would be great to see more of the family :)
I like how they break in the movie cuz think of it in this way. They get their gifts at age 5. They been that way since 5 years old. I think they are in their 20s now. That a long time to shoulder their burden
I really hope this movie does get a series.
This movie would be a great Disney+ series if they wanted to continue it!
"I love how the donkeys are so prominent in this video."
The symbolism makes sense. Donkeys are meant to be beasts of burden themselves, and Luisa is carrying 4 of them on her shoulders.
I cried towards the end. Also, it’s not like Coco, it’s completely different. Thankfully, I watched it and love it.
I mean both are musicals centered around Latin American families with overbearing matriarchs
With Coco, the cousins were more harsh than in this movie
I like that as a last effort, Casita saved Mirabel from dying and with its last strenght said goodbye to her by "waving" the cabinet door.
Mirabel is the one who talks the most with Casita
29:39 No, because the doorknob got me, too- It was so much more than just a doorknob. It was acknowledgement and acceptance. An apology and a declaration of love. Mirabelle has been treated like an outcast because she never got a door/gift and this was the family saying "You're deserving, we're grateful for you, we're sorry and we love you," all at once.
The parallel of Mirabel walking Antonio to his door and then Antonio walking Mirabel to her door at the end always makes me sob 😭😭😅
Fun fact: the Toucan is Alan Tudyk AKA Hei Hei in Moana AKA King Candy in Wreck-It Ralph AKA the Duke of Wesselton in Frozen AKA Duke Weaselton in Zootopia AKA...a lot of other Disney characters (Tudyk's become Disney's good-luck charm with the newer movies since Wreck-It Ralph).
Like the guy who was in almost every Pixar movie I don’t remember his name but he was Mark the car and the yeti from monsters Inc
Honestly, Isabella is my favorite character for a couple reasons. My best reason is she shows that not only does the oldest feel like expectations weigh down, but so can the other siblings. Honestly the expectation of her always being perfect made me dislike her at first. However when she said that she didn’t want to be perfect or anything like that, it made me realize I’m kinda like that. This movie made me come out of my shell to everyone around and start being me instead of everyone’s expectations of me.
Personally I really relate to Luisa the constant need to be strong and not crack is definitely a thing I struggle with I do relate to Isabella to an extent though although she seems more like my sister Mia to me. How Isabelle is near perfect but she really does struggle I can tell but she won't admit it. Sorry to bore you with some of my backstory.
@@TiredHumanBeing it’s fine, it’s interesting to hear who others relate to and why
@@cecilia.tarango9001 I agree, but I'm not sure many share the same sentiments.
She’s my favorite too. Not only because I have a soft spot for asshole-y chatacters that turn out to redeem themselves or have more complexity than meets the eye, but also because she reminded me of my sister when she was younger.
Always pressured by her peers and trying to get the perfect grades and fitting in with others so much so she became bitter towards my mum and I and we used to be absolute best friends before this happened. Then she realized who she wanted to be and became a better person again, becoming my best friend once more. “What else can I do?” Embodied to me how my sister is so free now and she can do so much! That’s why Isabella and her song make me so happy.
I'm so happy that Disney have made a movie of another latin country. I'm peruvian and I loved how they made a good tribute to all colombian traditions and put the yellow butterfly making refrence to the great colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez. I also, identify a lot with the theme of the movie, and that's what happens, because even though we are different countries and have our own traditions, as latinos we also have so many things in common. That's why I was so proud of Encanto, as I was with Coco.
Best movie to end 2021, hands down in my opinion - I love the message it's trying to convey, the character developments, and the music hits me every single time. 1000/100, will watch repeatedly and never get bored
18:00 I just realized that that isn't Bruno...
That's Hernando, he is scared of nothing
LOL! that;s so true! he had his hood up all that time running between the walls! then he was Bruno when Mirabel needed saving.
i dunno if it was Jorge or Bruno that broke the wall to escape Casita though. :)
Your reaction was so wonderful! I enjoyed it so much, and I love this movie. What a beautiful story of intergenerational trauma, especially of immigrants and refugees. What you said about the front door being Mirabel's door was absolutely correct, and the animation backs it up -- if you look closely, Mirabel is in the foreground of the door, just like each other family member's individual doors. Every bedroom door has that character etched in more vibrant brights and darks, with the depiction of their power in lighter etching around them. For the front door, Mirabel is etched in the vibrant brights and darks, with her family as the lighter etching around her. So what you were saying for the whole movie was completely true -- Mirabel's Gift this whole time was being the heart of the family, her first door ceremony didn't work because it was the wrong door; her door was the front door and her room is the whole house, and she is the new candle. I theorize that she's meant to be the new head of the family and community after Abuela.
Very much agree to all this
One popular theory, which makes a lot of sense to me, is that Mirabel is meant to be Abuela's successor. I mean, think about it: she doesn't have a gift either, her gift is the candle. So, once Abuela passes on, someone else will need to tend to the candle. It only makes sense Mirabel would be the one to do so, and this was her trial to prove herself.
Encanto has quickly become one of my favorite movies.
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Some theories are that the reason she didn't get a gift is that she is the one that will take over the role her grandmother has. Being the head of the family that holds it together and she will not get the gift (the candle and her room) until her grandmother passes and she will take up that role. I like that theory. It fitts her character very well and someone has to take up that mantle when her grandmother passes. X)
Yup, my theory as well. Because Abuela will die sooner. Someone has to take her place and that must be Mirabel.
Encanto sequel maybe
That makes so much sense.
What Else Can I Do is not just about Mirabel and Isa getting along together, it's about how for the first time in her life, Isa made something imperfect (implying cactus in the beginning) and not just a flower. She let her emotions decide, not her "perfectness" and it resulted to something much bigger, her realization. Her gift is not just flowers, it's plants.
When you said at the start of the movie that Mirabel's gift was holding the family together, you hit the nail right on the head.
love how he just predicted exactly what Mirabel's power is in the first couple of minutes
Bruno move over there's a new prophet in town
I really like this movie. My favorite songs are Waiting on a miracle and Surface pressure. And the beautiful animation
i love that cody, timothee, and Nick aren't afraid to show their emotions, and show that they're crying. I always find it so precious whenever it comes, i just love it
I don't know about anyone else, but that moment during Antonio's gift cermony?
When he told Mirabel that he needed her?
You would need a heart of _bedrock_ to be able to deny him after that.
Well...even bedrock breaks.
And boy it did!
"The miracle was for Mirabel."
No- not exactly. When Abuela says she forgot who the miracle was for she meant that the miracle was meant protect the family- not just Mirabel.
I feel like Abuela was scared to lose the magic because then she would lose the last thing she had of Pedro, her husband. Which is why she is always seen talking to the candle. That would explain why she was so strict and harsh since she has known for a very long time that something was "wrong" and had no one to tell it to which made her become like Master shifu- from Kung Fu Panda. Abuela was lost in her grief- and wanted to keep the "furious four" together but "Panda" appeared and turned out to be the very solution she needed since Mirabel will be the next candle bearer; just like her. Which means that Abuela will be dying soon... just a thought, don't mind me... (Abuela will be finding her "inner peace" 👀)
And the whole point of the movie: you don't need special powers to fix things or be a hero. Which is nice
Just wanted to clarify.
EDIT: IS ABUELA'S DIED HUSBAND THE HOUSE. The thought just came to me, it would make sense since the candle appeared after Pedro died.
"Abuelo is that you" 😭
Yooo i luv the spice u added with kung fu panda there. I had so much laugh bc of that 🤣
After seeing the house fix, I actually was thinking that maybe the house is actually Pedro. Kind of like Monster House. He was the candle, and now he controls the house.
That would explain the gift of the three babies. Someone said:
Bruno: If only they knew they were gonna attack, none of the tragic things would've happened. Because Bruno's gift is to see the future/vision.
The weather Aunt: If only there were rain, the fire would've been put out earlier. Because she has the gift of the weather.
The mom: If only they could help the people who were hurt. Because her gift is healing people.
If the house and the candle/miracle was Pedro, he must've based off his kids gift by the tragic incident.
@@snickbiordking5748 I like the comparison with monster house, in both movies there's a death that also involves a house, just that one is good "helper" version and the other is the haunted house version
I have come across a theory that suits more to what has been expressed in the movie itself. It is said that casita may be Pedro, but the butterfly that sits on the plant, as envisioned by Bruno, is Pedro, after the casita broke down.
This works because that would explain the casita breaking infront of Mirabel, then fixing itself, since it is very capable of doing so, and this allows a secret conversation with Mirabel, revealing only to her of the fault in the family. And thats why he also signalled Mirabel as the butterfly to reconcile.
Not to mention, the song played at that reconciliation, "Dos Oruguitas" also refers to caterpillars and butterflies, and Abuelo and Abuela were clearly the once being symbolized as caterpillars.
Been watching this back to back for a week. Different reactors get different opinions as mine develops but.... it seems maribel and grandma are 2 halfs to one coin. Neither had a gift. Both act as glue for the household. Both want their familia more than anything. When THEIR heart breaks, that is when the house crumbles. Before it was one at a time. So abuela knew they were weak, Maribel SAW the cracks. But as they fought they broke.
And yes at this point the house is the abuelo. His light was extinguished for his family. His wife forgot who HE married. A caring loving woman. The miracle is their love for the family. This i believe.
Especially coming from a family where this has been a problem, I think that the movie is a meditation on just how damaging conditional love is. A common phenomena in toxic families are the roles of “The Golden Child“, “The Invisible Child” and “The Scapegoat”; the first upholds the “conditions” of the conditional love the best, the latter the worst and the children in the middle feel like they disappeared. But the problem is that only one figure-in this case, the Abuela-decides what makes them “worthy” of love, and human beings can get this very wrong, and as a result multiple children are left feeling bad, “not enough”, defective, or worse yet, completely unloved. However, the ones who are praised have the terrible fate of becoming imprisoned by their role, because they know that if for just one second were they to stray from what is considered “acceptable” by the family, they would immediately suffer the fate of the scapegoat, or worse, as very often it is the Golden Child who is made to feel that the fate of the family hangs upon their success, and everything would fall to ruin if they were to fail. Perhaps what the movie is wisely and gently pointing out is that the fate of the family truly rests on the scapegoat instead, as only by embracing them as equally as the others by seeing each member as valuable purely because they are human, and therefore allowing every member to be truly themselves while being loved unconditionally, would the family find the wholeness, health and love that is the truest miracle that a family and home could ever provide.
The mistake that the Abuela made from the beginning was to believe that she had to make herself-and her family-“worthy” of the blessings from the Miracle, that she had to become someone other than herself-to do more, be more-to justify it, and make her family do the same. It never occurred to her that maybe the candle and casita-although even more probably Abuelo-just wanted her and her family to be happy and spread their abundant happiness to the village in a natural, unforced manner. It never occurred to her that she and her family needn’t do anything more to justify the gift than be themselves. They would still be able to provide more to the village by virtue of their gifts, without ever sacrificing their freedom to be fully themselves in every way. Worse yet, the pretense of forcing herself to become more worthy also supported a delusion of her and her family being superior to the villagers as a result, even though the villagers showed their own genuine goodness at the end by helping to rebuild the casita. In order to restore balance to the family they had to have a child that represented what they “were not”; in this case, a child that did not have the defining “Gift”, who could help them see that they were never lacking anything at all, sadly only after she had endured great suffering and self-doubt as a result.
However, in most families the acceptance of any child who does not fit in with the definition of what’s acceptable or lovable never actually receives the wholehearted embrace they truly deserve, in the way Mirabel receives at the end of the film.
That ending song got me and it was so beautiful
I absolutely love how much they explored the effects of generational trauma and the different roles that people fall into within a dysfunctional family. Abuela pushed down her trauma to protect her descendants but ended up hurting them in different ways as a result, Luisa and Isabella became the caretakers upholding the strength and image of the family while struggling under the surface, Bruno was the scapegoat and Mirabel was the forgotten child and also becomes a scapegoat. It also really beautifully depicted how it takes one person to set the ball rolling to break the cycle of trauma, but to heal the family you need every generation to work together to fix what is broken. 10/10 amazing movie.
The detail with those grain of sand on her skin is just ✨
...when you look closely on Isabella's face you'll see how she have a tiny grimace each time Abuela's speak of what her future will be and her expectations of Isabela being prim and proper everytime.
* and I just realized Bruno knocking on things means 'knock on wood' 😂
I love that house is her husband’s spirit theory
you are legitimately the first reactor ive seen to get her gift almost right on the nose! bravo!
i have to say that the support between creators within the reactor community is such a nice thing to see! like the first thing nickflix said was to check out other reactors for this film, and now you did as well. I love that you openly support each other, I truly makes it feel like a community!
also side note, I love how you guessed Maribel's role in the family right away. she's abuela's successor, they're the ones most invested in keeping the family safe and they're the only family members without powers. Isaac Carlson did a pretty good breakdown of it on his channel
I find it both on the nose and very clever at the same time that the house falls apart as the family does. A very physical representation of cracks in the family. This is my favorite Disney movie of all time and definitely a serious contender for favorite movie ever.
The thing I love about this movie the most is how complex every character is. We are presented with common archetypes family members can fall into and it completely twists them to reveal the dark underbelly. Luisa is strong because she feels like she has to hold the family together, Isabela seems perfect because she has been held to a standard by the family and now feels stuck in a certain path (which would explain that "the life of my dreams" line that Bruno promised would be distressing, because living the life of her dreams would require her being imperfect) and Abuela Alma is stoic and harsh because she is dealing with the effects of surviving civil war and she's holding hard onto the one thing that went RIGHT in her life. It also reveals the light in the darkness, Bruno being cast out lead to him being incredibly empathetic to every struggle that the family goes through because he was right there on the side ready to take them in if needed.
"Her gift is holding the family together."
I'm getting really tired of people saying this as if that's actually comparable to what her family can do. It *is* an important thing to do, and it is admirable, but it's not something that should ever be considered a gift. It's not magic, it's something that anyone can do. Holding the family together is not a gift, it's just being a decent human being, and calling it a gift is like saying no one is capable of holding their family together without it being magic of some kind; as if there aren't hundreds upon thousands of people around the world holding their families together like Mirabel does for hers. Can just anyone shapeshift, or change the weather with their mood, or make plants grow, or move entire buildings, or heal in an instant injuries that would otherwise take months to recover, or speak to animals, or see the future? No. Those things are all gifts; they could never be accomplished without the miracle. Can just anyone hold a family together? If they're willing to put in the work, yes. You don't need a miracle to hold a family together.
Fun fact! The voice of Mirabel recorded the song “Waiting on a Miracle” while in labor with her firstborn child.
I love Encanto it's so beautiful and the message about family was amazing! Also, Bruno is the best, he’s so sweet, funny and misunderstood! He's by far my favorite character!
21:25 I love your reaction to this scene where Bruno entered through the painting. It was gold. XD
Was anyone else sobbing waterfalls when Mirabel’s family sang at the end they saw how bright she burned and how brave she’d been?
I've seen so many older sisters relating to Luisa these days (my mom is one of them) and that's truly beautiful and so important.
Mom never cries watching movies, but she bawled her eyes out at this one.
Now this is a Christmas present. Thanks Cody. Merry Christmas.
I love how this movie didn't have a true villain like some people where rude and mean but nun of them where a true villain and I like how it had basically the whole family with is nice because in most movies basically the whole family is dead or like the mum and dad like in Cinderella and they have like no siblings I just loved this movie so much
This was a really good movie, loved the songs and characters. I hope in the future we get a sequel of some sort to further explore the characters more
I’m not really sure Disney sequels are always hit or miss somebody really well and some don’t
"Why are you telling the whole family?!"
Gossip is the foundation of a latino family, specially to talk shit about a cousin or a tia
I never understood why Dolores didn't hesitate to talk about Mirabel who discovered Bruno's vision but didn't talk about the fact she knew Bruno was here all this time
@@a.g.demada5263 I blame Pepa. She probably told Dolores that she was imagining things, and she probably thought she was... I mean, Bruno was mumbling and talking to rats
@@a.g.demada5263 She said she heard things (like rats talking and something mumbling) in the walls more than once. She just wasn't sure it was Bruno and nobody understood her.
I appreciate this film for the soundtrack, animation, and Stephanie Beatriz’s voice performance that carried the entire film for me ❤. Stephanie as Mirabel is one of the best Disney voices in my opinion and allows me to relate her as I feel so bad for Mirabel throughout the film.
23:40
She said
" The Miracle is dying because of you "
That one scene with Abuela Alma’s memory and the song is a million times stronger when you understand the words. Look up the translation. I broke so hard!
You literally hit the nail on the head about Mirabel, I mean dang. XD She is legitimately keeping the household together!
I just want Lin-Manuel Miranda to write the soundtrack for our lives. His songs are just so beautiful. “Dos Oruguitas” has made the Oscar shortlist and deservedly so.
I think you’re right about the spirit of the house being the Grandfather as when Abuela and Mirabel hug at the river, Abuela says “He sent me you” which would explain why the house/grandfather didn’t give Mirabel a gift, because she is the gift.
I'm so glad you saw the same thing I did- that the dad's "spirit" (or at least his love for his family) _was_ the house because of his sacrifice, which created the magic. (And the magic then gave them the house and gifts, with the house itself being the father/Abuelo Pedro so he could still be with his family as they grew up.) Even in comments I haven't seen this mentioned but it makes me so happy! It's not outright confirmed in the movie, but everything that I've seen points that way, down to how much the house is shown to love them and protect them. I guess it could simply be that the house is just "alive", but that's not nearly as interesting or meaningful to me. Especially because then the father is also in the end of movie family picture, bringing them all closer together.☺
the donkeys in Luisa's song signify her feeling like a tool for carrying what others put on her
Loved the Movie, I know really want Disney to do one where the Family is the villian and the protagonist leaving is the right thing to do. Because sometimes you cant fix whats broken.
Seriously. I had to leave my family, they're abusive and don't want to change. I tried to support and heal my family, but it was like we were all drowning in trauma and toxicity. I could only save myself and get out.
I still tried to keep contact with my family, but little by little, I had to limit that contact more and more, because it hurt me so much to interact with them. They only saw the me that was happy, strong, kind, and selfless for them, but they would take all and leave me with nothing except trauma, depression, anxiety, and sometimes even suicidal thoughts. None of them are willing to see or hear or accept me as I am.
I had to cut my family out of my life completely, and this is the most peaceful holiday season I've had in years. It's like a weight has been lifted from my shoulders, and I have a freedom in my voice when I sing that I haven't had in years.
Thank you for mentioning this. It's so true, and kids also need to hear the concept of "chosen family." After all, "the blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb."
@@sassylittleprophet Its been 2 years since I had to cut contact, and since then been remembering how much of a villain they all are, glad you got away.
@@bookgirl0869 I'm glad you got away too. You deserve better/so much more.
a family-freindly studio making a whole family the villain? no.
@@lorenzotabin1141 can only hope
I loved this reaction. How honest it is 🤗 I wish all families could heal, I wish ny country ( Colombia ) could heal too ❤🇨🇴 thank you for this.
This movie is perfect❤️ Love yours reactions, Happy Holidays!
I think we all need to talk to ourselves the way Cody talks to Mirabel
I love that this movie and Frozen have the same message and lesson even though they tell it in much different ways: your foundation can't be fear, it has to be something strong like love and acceptance. And the foundation for that magic is the non-magic person who provides that model of love, acceptance, and stability
I love how you are SO into this movie. You called every shot!
I love the little things you don't notice the first time around. Like the little plushie was something she made for Antonio. If you look in Mirabel's room at the beginning you see a sewing machine, If you look at her clothes as well you can see a lot of colorful embellishments that look like they'd been added on later. She doesn't have magic but being able to sew like that with an old machine like that takes a lot of skill. If nothing else she can become an amazing seamstress. lol
MIRABEL is the next generation leader of the MADRIGAL FAMILY to protect the encanto power just like her GRAMMA POWER. 💗🥰
Minute 11:03, I like to think that Mirabel, while she was getting dressed again, thought something similar to Ralph's dream in Wreck it Ralph, when he got the medal of the heroes, only in Mirabel's case it would be something like this: She saving the magic of the candle, all her family cheering and congratulating her, Antonio, her favorite cousin, hugging her legs, her mother giving her several kisses on the face, Isabela giving her a simple handshake, Luisa giving her a big hug that breaks one or two of her cartilage, and Abuela Alma giving her a warn embrace telling her how proud she is of her and realizing her true value.
This movie immediately went into my top ten (probably around 6/7 and this is coming from a 90s kid who remembers seeing The Lion King in the movie theater) I really love this movie. To me it feels like a cross between Coco and Frozen but both of those were about family primarily so maybe it's just the theme. I was also so happy that Mariano was just a good character because if he had somehow been part of those with anti-miracles it would have stopped this movie being as good. Anyway I am now subscribed to your channel so looking forward to what you bring next
I love how you guessed mirabels true gift literally 7 minutes into the video lmao
YES Mirabel is the heart of the house that's why her door couldn't be the normal one it had to be the front door
If you know Spanish the ending song hits super hard. It's about 2 butterflies and the sadness of their separation
I, honestly think Mirabel always had a gift all along. It looked like she never had one. However, it's likely it remained dormant since she was five years old. It didn't show until she was fifteen AND when the Casita magically rebuilt itself. Thus why when she first opened the entrance doors, that IS her gift and why that eternal candle is no longer there.
And since the setting of this film is in Colombia and Peru is right next door, that makes the Madrigals next door neighbors to...
Emperor Kuzco!
Im glad you actually got that she was the heart of the family! Most didn't get it at all
My theory is that the miracle isn't actually from Abuelo Pedro - it was born out of the strength of Abuela's grief and trauma and love. But grief and trauma are not a good foundation for a family or a home or a life, it could only sustain them for so long. And then Mirabel came along, full of light and empathy and compassion, and she wasn't given a gift because the miracle needed to be reborn *through* her, through her love for her family, and her bringing her family together.
This movie shows that family is everything. Even if it feels like the world is falling apart, know that you have someone to rely on
I think I know why the house was cracking the moment Mirabel started doubting herself...the magic runs on harmony.
If one member or more feels emotionally unbalanced in any way, it throws things out of wack and Alma forcing everyone to keep up their "perfect family" image only made things worse
I commented this on another reaction but I think it'll apply here too
1) With Isabella, as I completed the film and watched many reactions I realised just HOW tough she had it. She was the first grandchild. The only one at the time that the grandmother had to shape and form to perfection after her kids grew up. The obsession with perfection and the expectation from the town was not spread out amongst the family members that we know now. It was all concentrated into her, her parents and the aunt and uncle. Her annoyance with Mirabel is basically that every moment she is supposed to be perfect (24/7 basically), Mirabel makes a mistake or is being clumsy which kind of ruins the expectations she has been conditioned to think is normal. Isabela basically has to even practice posing to satisfy her grandmother which is something that a lot of people could relate to. Like not being able to fully be yourself to make sure that your family loves who they created you to be. It's way too much on one person. You even notice that in her room, that was the first time she really let out her frustrations because she can't even show emotions that aren't "pretty" publicly.
2) The gifts didn't seem like things that would be practical or beneficial to the individual. They seemed like things that could be used to maintain the village and benefit the people. So even though Isabela's power didn't seem so special, it is beneficial for people once she actually figure out that it isn't just flowers but what she allows herself to create outside of what is perfect. Even Bruno power which in my opinion was the worst to get because of how people are, it helped the town and family in the end to maintain what they've built for themselves. Or Antonio's powere could help a lot with caring for the animals who ended up inside the barrier and maintaining the peace between people and animals in that space.
3) Out of all the siblings I felt the most sorry for Louisa honestly because even though it was funny that her background dancers were donkeys, it just shows that she's the mule of the family and town. Because of her physical strength, more is expected of her physically for literally EVERYTHING in town. The people got so spoiled by the Madrigal's powers that even the simplest things they should be able to do (catching their own donkeys for example), they put that on her. They don't even bother to practice certain skills as long as the Madrigals can handle it. She walks through town and all she gets are demands. Like the rest of the family, her gift is a never ending job but I feel as though her own is the worst (besides Bruno of course).
4) Even though I really disliked how the grandmother was treating Mirabel and basically everyone else with all of her expectations, her story is really just so depressing. Like on the day she gave birth to triplets (most likely a natural birth at home), she had to go on the run with her newborn babies and husband because of terrorism, then her husband dies to save the people. All in one day. That's way too much for anyone to handle in one year, far less a day. Then she has to basically be the leader of an entire community because the responsibility of that miracle was placed on her back. She never got to grieve properly or just be human. That's why I think she never saw any issue with how intense she was. To her she went through the worst so she's just giving her family what she lost. Not realising that they're individuals with their own needs and lives to live so they won't have the same obsession she has to maintain the community she lost. She doesn't see that she's harming the ones she love.
She's a traumatised refugee that is too scared to mess up or else she'd go back to the worst moments of her life (losing everything). They handled generational trauma really well for a children's film.
Also, the miracle was made from the grandmother's grief and pain. You see the difference in the storytelling from what she was telling Mirabel in the beginning of the movie compared to the end. She believed that the grandfather's sacrifice created the miracle because she didn't see what happened while she was crying. But you see the candle turn into a magical one when she screams out in pain. It was made from her but she never knew this. She didn't realize the magic was basically in her this entire time and it is also affected by her (and eventually Maribel as she is the next matriarch in line).
5) Whenever you have a few minutes to yourself you should really check out "Steph Anya, LMFT" on TH-cam. As a family therapist she did an amazing breakdown of the members in the Madrigal family and it was really interesting seeing how she explained their lives in relation to clients and families she has come across. It's a great watch if you're interested in that.
I LOVE Isabela's dress and her room is STUNNING!
I FINALLY saw the movie just the other day, which means I can finally watch all my favorite reactors watching this movie! And I started with you Cody!! But I agree this movie is just amazing and so cool. It had those good emotions that were very relatable to a lot of us and also yeah those songs were so catch. Great reaction as always just doing what you do enjoying new films!
Loved this movie, though I wonder why Abuela was so hard on Mirabel even though she doesn't have powers either. The songs were great, and I loved the message of how people can hurt their loved ones even though their intentions were good. Thanks for the reaction!
Explain in the movie, the point was not someone didn't haven't a power, Abuela was worry this being a signal that the miracle was ending
@@alfasvirtuosos1981 Ohhh, that makes sense. Thanks!
Ugh,I'm so happy u reacted to this movie,it's one of my all time favourite Disney movie,merry Christmas
idk HOW I HAVENT watched ur vids before, the edits of the film are cut great, your commentary is great, not too much talking but just the right amount. defff subscribing and binge watching ur channel rnn. great job man!
Thank you so much!
Minute 25:24 25:27, What a coincidence, that's what I said when I saw that Alma went to look for her, since I still don't believe that Alma has deigned to look for her granddaughter, especially one that she has denigrated and made her feel less for not having a gift, and that she even took her for a liar when she told her about the cracks in the house, and it wouldn't do for me if Alma said as an excuse: "She's my granddaughter, despite everything I love her." Because, when Julieta told her that she has always been too harsh with Mirabel, we can deduce that when she didn't get a gift, she stopped loving her and didn't give her a hug.
That's why Dolores's hair is so big,
It's full of secrets...
There are always things abt a movie that I would critique but I think this one has the best ending. She doesn’t get a gift but she doesn’t need one, the magic comes back bc of her, and bc of their kindness the whole town pitches in to build them a new house. It’s a perfect ending.