Wish is an INSULT to the Disney formula
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Published 2024-03-29
Wish tells the story of Asha, a failed sorcerer's apprentice who makes a wish powerful enough to summon a cosmic being from the skies named Star. Together, the two join forces to save the kingdom of Rosas and stop the evil sorcerer king Magnifico before he takes everyone's wishes for himself.
Celebrating 100 years of magic, Wish is Disney Animation Studio's big return to the fairytale musical. But does the animation powerhouse come through? Find out today as we dive into Wish ✌️
0:00 I believe I've just been threatened
4:00 Oops! All Exposition
10:58 "At All Costs"
15:44 Uh oh, the king bad :(
21:05 Twinkle, twinkle, little star(boy)
26:23 The GOAT of all time
31:45 S(he) Be(lie)ve(d)
36:46 Late Intermission
43:15 All Star
50:11 Some final thoughts
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The Art of Wish
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All Comments (21)
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Sometimes you watch deleted scenes and think "aw man, that wouldve been cool to add, oh that makes sense!" Rarely do you see a bunch of deleted scenes and think "oh so theres the movie"
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"Star was too close to the Genie so we changed him, also have 200+ Disney easter eggs from other movies" 😒
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They could have had their cake and ate it too with Starboy. Make him have his human form at night when he shines brightest or whatever, and then have the chibi marketable plushie version during the day when he is conserving power. Then you could keep a lot of the chemistry and humor with their interactions and have the design that kids will love and buy merch of.
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It's such a shame they didn’t go with the scrapped plot twist that Magnifico is a fallen star himself. That would've been awesome
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I want Starboy too.
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Tbh i think they should've made ashas arc like a reversal of tianas, where tiana had to learn that she could rely on other people, asha has to learn to rely on herself. Instead of relying on magnifico to make her and her loved ones' wishes come true, she learns that she can strive to make them come true on her own
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My question is. Why couldn't Starboy been a human, shapeshifter, AND mute. Humans don't have to talk. It would've separated him from genie, if that's what they were worried about. It could even be a callback to the little mermaid, SINCE THEY LOVE THEIR CALLBACKS, THEY COULD'VE LEANED INTO THAT. Imagine the potential of a mute magical character speaking through so many magical means. A call back to kiss the girl, maybe??? (like Asha falls first and wants to express it to him but can't for whatever reason, and he wants to tell her he likes her too but doesn't really know what to do about love because he's not use to being a human, etc etc) What if Magnifico captured Starboy and locked him down?? what if they inverted the damsel in distress trope with that?? The lack of human Star, as well as "this song can be applied to any situation so it can be played on the radio" songs, shows that the "heart" of this movie is just a money bag.
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“D-Disney, don’t turn me into a marketable plushie—“ “DISNEY”
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You know you f*ucked up when you could’ve had a love interest AND a marketable plushie, they’re not mutually exclusive all Disney renaissance movies have both- but instead we got a corporate mute sidekick and an annoying useless sidekick 💀, With them being non-human and her friends and family being as shallow as a puddle it seems Asha has no relationships going on WHATSOEVER 😂
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Magnifico is not even a villain in the final product. He's just A GUY trying to protect his system. He's the KING after all.
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Plus, ASHA WAS NEVER TOLD NO. She wasn't- like it happened once and she's acting like it's been her whole life. THIS is why changing her backstory to not being the Kings daughter makes everything really bad. Like, it's like if you took a bunch of pages of a book and remixed them.
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We could have 100% had mute Starboy. Asha wishes to the stars in her I want song, and in a nod to Princess and the Frog, Starboy falls from the sky and hits a tree or something. Since he's mute and a little out of this world, he can be uniquely expressive. He magically connects to Asha and they still have the mental connection.
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If only they kept star's ability to shape shift, they could have squeezed in so much more easter eggs from previous disney films like animal characters, etc.
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Asha and Starboy’s romance could have been a PERFECT callback to Disney’s classic true love’s kiss trope. But no we had have a plushie with Mickey’s face…
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Disney has developed an allergy to romance. They haven't made a proper love story since Tangled 14 years ago. Not every movie needs a romance, but goddamn, i am starving for a warm fuzzy Disney love story.
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"What can we ever do to repay you, Star?" (Star turns directly to the camera and speaks for the first time in the movie) "Purchase Disney products!" (everyone cheers and claps)
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At all cost could’ve been Asha parents singing to her if they didn’t want romance.
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So you’re telling me that this movie has 7 shoehorned-in best friends to directly reference the 7 dwarves and countless other deliberate references to established Disney characters, and Starboy being too much like Genie was just unacceptable for some reason?
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concept art is good bcs you see the actual creativity from the artists without yet getting strangled by corporates and ceos
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"He's too close to looking like a genie." Literally makes Asha's friend similar to the seven dwarves.
