The shaman said in an earlier scene that they don't have to sing the chant and that the grandma is just old fashioned lol

Lol Priya is Indian, Abby is Korean and MeiLin is Chinese so there’s 3 Asian characters as the mains 😭

29:44 The shaman said that doesn't matter what song you sing, it's imporatnt that it comes from the heart. In fact Robaire (the leader of the 4 town) was shedding a tear while singing, for the passion he was putting into it

the "let's go lesbians let's go" edit was perfect lmaoo

As an Asian, watching this film. i can't tell you how much i relate to this.

The shamen didn’t specify that it had to just be the chant. What he DOES say is that whatever is spoken or sung NEEDS to be from the heart, and looking at 4Town, that was clearly from the heart

Priya is also Asian! I understand it might’ve been overlooked but it’s unfortunate when South Asians/Indians are excluded

4:49 She saying "hip hoppers" is the most "mom" thing she could say.

I feel awful that poor Pixar is making movies meant for the big screen (literally in the credits for red it says optimized for imax) and Disney is giving them the short end by last minute dumping them on Disney+. They’ve been doing this anytime it’s an original movie and not a sequel for a few years now.

I really enjoyed it. My favorite part is how her mother acknowledged the damage that she had done. No one needed to tell her. She came to that realization on her own, and I adored that.

How could people hate on this movie it's so fun and wholesome oml

18:41 and then you realize in hindsight she was just looking for any excuse to not be there when the rest of the family showed up.

I don’t trust a person who can draw a perfect circle with CHALK ON A BRICK FLOOR!!!! That shaman is a serial killer or something. Trust.😂😂😂

Fun fact -- the SkyDome is 282 ft. tall. Just so you know how big Ming became.

idk if you noticed, but she called the panda statues outside Bart and Lisa, after the Simpsons.

I love how every girl can relate to this.

As a third generation Asian American it wasn't until I was older that I was sad I don't speak Japanese. My Mom doesn't either and my grandmother who did passed years ago. I tried learning a few years ago and didn't put in much effort as I should have. I really need to though. Language is important. Anyways I really loved this movie. It was a great way to show puberty, the perils of growing up and away from your parents and discovering who you are.

Yes, there were lots of giveaways that it's Toronto. She says 'Manitoba, Alberta, and Saskatchewan' in class (naming the 3 Canadian prairie provinces), the iconic CN Tower (world's tallest structure 1975-2007) is featured prominently in the skyline, Toronto's red street cars (trams), she got 100% on her French language test (all Canadian kids have to take French in school), and the maple leaf top you mentioned, etc. Btw, Toronto has a massive 'Asian' population (more than London and New York) and multiple China Towns.

27:22 WAIT I REALISED WHAT THIS REMINDED ME OF- The end of the school performance (aka Stand Out) in A Goofy Movie when Max and Roxanne were supposed to touch hands before Max flew out. But instead of the person flying on the top, it's the person on the ground who's getting caught.

i love this movie and the message- i wasn’t expecting to get as emotional as i did but we all know pixar always gets us in the end! i especially liked that this movie was aiming for an older audience by having teenagers rather than younger kids so that pixar could show off its range, not to mention the representation in the movie AND it was the first ever pixar movie to be solo-directed by a woman! a movie recommendation if you haven’t seen it already is West Side Story- not sure if you’re super into traditional musicals but i know you love disney and i thought that the music and cinematography was absolutely stunning.

Mei is the first Disney character to have canonically drawn smut

And come on! The kitten box test is outright CHEATING. Nobody could resist it! Kittens don't play by the rules!

The resson why at least for me Robaire was crying its because shaman said you have to sing from the heart.

Such an underrated movie it deserves more love like Encanto. I don't care what anybody thinks!

The shaman says it can be any music (he prefers Tony Bennett, lol), but the gran is a traditionalist.

Very pleasant suprise - every pixar movie is unique in some way (more or less), even the not so popular ones and this one has added few more layers. Love it!

Loved you vibing to the concert! We want a full 4 Town album now!!

Btw, yes it actually is in part about getting her period. The jokes weren't coincidental.. Gross red monster. The way she's walking stiffly when she's in her bedroom? I can confirm that's how we walk when we're trying not to move too much to prevent...an "accident". "Prevent any accidents." Curling up in the fetal position because it hurts. You can even make a case for the extreme emotions thing, cause a lot of us can attest that extreme emotions tend to make it...worse, let's say. And the friends neutralizing the panda? A way to show that having friends around to help you through it when you have an "accident" can make it less embarrassing.

NOT THE CHA CHA SLIDE IT'S TO POWERFUL

"oh no 75% (asian child trauma)" as an asian kid im even scared to get 80% on tests I also relate to the fact that im not fluent in my own language (Filipino)

A very good film, the characters are also very cute and the voices of the characters are very good. Your hair is also very pretty match the "turning red 🦊"

Let’s all admit something *Panda Mei Is FREAKING ADORABLE!*

I love how this shows that you can have a very loving and supportive family but still have a toxic family environment

You're reaction to her punishing/shaming herself for being a normal teenager makes me sad not because of you but because I remember doing that to myself growing up. I put soooooo much pressure on myself and had the same kind of inner monologue whenever I would do something embarrassing. It makes me sad for myself that that was my experience and now learning from the movie that it is other girls' experiences, too. I will say I am happy for you that that idea seems so foreign!!

I love how they just immediately let Tyler into the friend group AND in the ending, you can see him with a friendship bracelet like everyone else- and we love Tyler for not being the toxic boy who thinks boy bands are too girls or whatever-

I'm obsessed with this movie

24:11 To be fair, I as a HongKonger born and raised in HongKong, really had a hard time understanding the song grandma and anties sang. I mean I can guess what's the word but not very certain. Cause those are not phrases you use in daily life. I would say they are more of Classical Chinese used in the old days. And let's not forget that similar to Mandarin, Cantonese is also a tonal language. Tones are the key to understand a word, which makes it really difficult to be sure of words in lyrics. Cause if you sing it, it's definitely gonna be different from its original tone.

This movie was so good and this reaction was fun to watch!

Nice reaction! Loved the film, very different than other Pixar films

This is an amazing reaction and I also love your hair it’s very lovely 😊

Lol so yes Meilin (or Mei) is Chinese Canadian that lives in Chinatown based in 2002 (it’s hinted the entire time from the monologue to money - the major clue is when she answers questions on Canada in the introduction video and learning of the 4*Town tour at dinner - of course the Canadian shirt too…🥴). Her friends Miriam is White (Jewish maybe?), Priya is Indian, and Abby is Korean (she speaks Korean a lot in the film when she has a lot of energy - similar to Mei when she turns into the Panda)! The diversity is huge!!!

27:18 - I've seen this clip a bunch now, but I JUST noticed that 4*TOWN is making the number "4" with their legs when they rise in the air 😄 That's some AMAZING attention to detail!!

I don't blame you for missing the Canada hints, because you are clearly caught up in the delight of the story. Anyone who enjoys something that much is allowed to miss a few details!

Turning Red and Encanto are probably my favorite new animated movies.

Any other song can be used in the ritual just make sure it came from the heart.

I never watched this movie for a couple of months. I thought by the thumbnail that it would be a movie for little girls and that I would hate it. Something about the premise of this movie kept drawing me to it though and I finally gave it a chance. I wasn't expecting the clever, nuanced and subversive piece of work that it was. I was blown away. It's excellent throughout, but it kicks up a couple of gears after Mei betrays her friends. That scene in the car with no dialogue as her Mom drives her home and her Mom puts her hand on her....oh wow - just awesome. The Dad's speech to her, the whole red moon ritual scene which was pure genius and will go down as a classic piece of animation. Probably my most favourite scene is when she explodes into the air, we get a slow motion smile as it dawns on her just how much power she has within her, then proceeds to bound and leap over the rooftops to the SkyDome. Have you heard the score that accompanies that scene? It is absolutely fantastic. The bit where she falls into the SkyDome makes me tear up every time....just awesome. The resolution in the bamboo forest where she meets her mother as a little girl, recounting the night she attacked Mei's Grandma is absolutely beautiful. Absolute genius. Clever subversive script, endlessly quotable lines, laugh out loud funny and utterly heartbreaking. Just so ridiculously good, it's untrue. A massively under appreciated gem. I love it!

Incredible reaction ❤️ I just subscribed. What I love is that this movie so clearly shows that there was no one right way to be and no one choice that was empowering for everyone. The best choice for Mei to be true to herself was to keep the panda, but the best choice for Ming to be true to herself was to transform it, because they were both very different people with very different pandas. For Mei, her panda was a source of happiness and expression and fun and authenticity, but for Ming, her panda was a source of trauma and pain and made her LESS authentically herself and who she wanted to be. And I'm so glad the moral of the story wasn't that "they all just needed to learn to love and accept their pandas and let them out." Because while that was demonstrably the right choice for Mei, it was demonstrably the wrong choice for Ming. Even Sun Yee presented all of them with the choice, and behaved lovingly towards all of them, whatever they chose, without judgement or disappointment - she held the portal letting them transform their pandas if they wanted to, and flew with Mei when Mei chose to keep hers - she helped ALL of them in their choices. And what I love is that Ming DID learn to love her panda, when she was able to take the choice to transform her panda into something that couldn't hurt or traumatize her anymore, so she got to be herself and love on her panda in the tamogotchi. It doesn't make Ming fake or wrong or "not accepting/loving herself" or not being authentic, and I'm so happy that both choices were presented as equally valid and empowering when they truly were made as each individual's CHOICE, and not forced or expected. It's so important to me that this movie shows that making the empowering choices that are true to yourself and allow you to be your true self may be opposite choices to the people around you, including the people you love. By the very end, both Mei and Ming respect each other's choices, are not judgemental or disappointed, and recognize that their way wasn't the only right one. The right choice for one person may be completely opposite from LITERALLY EVERYONE ELSE and that is okay, and making the "expected" or "societally approved" choice doesn't mean you are any less authentically yourself than the person who is breaking the mold, if that choice is truly authentic to you.

13:19 *So fLuFfY Im GoNnA DIe*

As a fellow south-east asian (more specifically Filipino like you

I see many others have pointed out that the shaman says you only have to sing from the heart. But he added," Me, I like Tony Bennett. But your grandmother is more traditional." (Personally, I think Robaire is crying because he doesn't want to be eaten by a panda. 😄) In Brave, Merida yells,"I'd rather die than be like you" at her mother, just as Mei here yells,"And I'll never be like you!" just before knocking her unconscious.

Спасибо за видео, не знаю, как относишься к русским, но из-за плохих событий у людей отобрали все развлечения, хоть с тобой смог посмотреть долгожданный фильм "я краснею", спасибо)

7:59 I LOVE to see the mixed cultures going on here! The TimBits, classic Canadian sweets, at the breakfast table right next to Mei's bowl of rice porridge called conjee (it's really tasty, I've made it before.) I'd also like to think this is Pixar's reference to Mulan since Mushu gave her a smiley-face bowl of conjee on her first day of training. "Here's your breakfast, and it's HAPPY to see you!"

this movie made my 12 -14 yr old self feel seen in a way no other movie has. The feverishly drawing romance scenes on lined school paper while hiding was so real.

AHHH YESSS!!! I just watched this movie like two days ago and I enjoyed it so much 😩❤️ AMAZING VIDEO !! As always.. ☺️

Glad to see you reacting to this fantastic movie so soon (and the return of the red wig) ! Also, whew you eventually realized they in Canada. Toronto is massive.

I loveee how you hair is red like Mei!

Accidentally hit 👎🏽 but corrected it quickly ♥️ love this!

Enjoyed this reaction :D Teared up during the sad moments along with you xD

Haha the Shaman mentioned he often did it to Tony Bennett :).

I love this movie it's just I wish there was a bit more of the dad he's my favorite character

No one’s talking about how funny it is when Meimei’s mom screams at her that she forgot her pads 😂 I **diiied** when I first saw that scene, felt all the emotions 😂 gold

Mei has so many cute squishmellows that I rlly need -

You are such a joyous soul!! I love it!!

10:18 My parents reacted the exact same way the first time they saw this movie

Ngl, 4-Town is kinda fire

OMGG!!! i watched this yesterday and it was so gud the boy band is so hot no jokee!

Finally an Asian reaction 😍 Alot of reactions tend to not relate cuz they're not ASIANS.

yay i have been waiting for this!

I watched this movie on the day it came out and we really enjoyed it! Glad you also enjoyed it like a lot of other people

yes i know it already that you're in the Philippines because of the magandang umaga and maganda gabi👀 sana tama grammar emz HAHAHAHAHAH

I WAS HOPING FOR THIS VIDEO TO COME

Got this video recommended because I watched Turning Red and I loved your reaction!

I don’t know if you noticed, but Younger Mom was like “I’m never gonna be good enough for her!!” But in encanto, Mirabel is like “I will never be good enough for you.” Also the boy Mei had a crush on (the boy the same age with the long black hair) did a slowmo hair flip just like when Isabela did in encanto 💕🌸

2:25 There's a deleted scene explaining how this photo was taken; you can watch the scene on KZfaq. In it, around the holidays/Christmastime, Ming and Mei go take a holiday picture, but instead of using Western decorations and props, Ming had brought all the props and decorations you see in this picture herself. The only difference was that Jin, Mei's dad, wasn't there. Ming asks Mei how she looks, and she adorably says "You look SO beautiful mommy! How do I look?" and instead of saying "Beautiful/pretty," she says "Perfect." Ming's standards have affected Mei since the beginning, even when she meant well.

I love it when I saw the trailer because it look so cute and when the day it released I went to Disney and started watching it

YESSS THANK YOU SM FOR THIS I WAS HOPING YOU WOULD REACT TO!!

so excited po!

i'm just watching that Abby got a piggyback ride from Tae Young. Look at her! She's so happy! and OMG! The dad is a 4townie!! YAAAAAS!

im a southeast asian, and i can see my family in Mei's family. i relate to this movie so much

Omg love her hair 🥰

I love your hair!!

i have just discovered you and the aura you keep with you is lovely/peaceful

Hi Monica, kababayan here! For future reference for your kids, have them watch Pinoy TV shows. Luckily some of them are complete and legally on KZfaq, like GMA's fantasy series Encantadia :)

3:49 Mei calls one of the statues Bart and the other one Lisa, after the Simpsons siblings! You can't see it from this angle, but Lisa (the one with the closed mouth) has a little red panda cub with her, while Bart has nothing. That's an homage to traditional guardian lion statues in Chinese temples. The male one will have a ball under his paw (Bart doesn't tho), while the female will have a cub under her paw (which Lisa does).

The song that would be the definition of this movie is "just live your life ahhhh!"

Won't be able to see the movie so I loved watching this to get an idea of what it's about. Also Monica always puts a smile on my face

I have to admit that I really enjoyed the movie. It was weird and really out there, and that's what I liked about it. I really enjoy when animated projects that don't shy away from family problems, teenage drama or social issues. The characters, animation and voice acting were all done very well. They did a good job of showing how scary changing and growing up can be, but it happens for a reason. But like any other Disney movie, the problem is mostly resolved to quickly. Forgiving and moving on is important, but its not easy (like they make it seem in their movies). Ming did the exact same thing to Mei that her mother did to her - and she didn't see that? If nothing is ever going to be good enough, you shouldn't push a child to be perfect. Healing can happen...but it takes time. (Ming shouldn't need to apologize. She may have given her mother that scar, but it was Wu's controlling and overbearing nature that caused such an act.) People may call the portrayal of Chinese culture in this movie racist or stereotypical; but it isn't if its all fact. Most families of Asian cultures are very controlling and pass that toxic quirk to their children. Parents shouldn't push their desires onto their children, because than the children never get to live their own lives. If your kids rebel, its most likely because you're refusing to listen to them. If there's a sequel, I seriously hope that Disney doesn't tone down the problems and issues of growing up.

UR SI PRETTY AND I LOVE THE WAY U ACT!! ITS SO EXICTING TO SEE A YT SO ENERGETIC! AND UR SINGING IS BEATIFUL

This movie had so much relatable thing to my life I love it and how they sang so much songs that if how I feel about kpop 😆

I just watched that!! Its so good

She said "Toronto China? Got it. 💅"

Nailed It! Red hair looks good on you.

*10:42** Mei: AWOOGA!* *Me: LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO🤣*

Your really good at making channels they’re really good

I love your hair yass girl

Mei's fight with her mother had huge stakes. It was the same kind of unthinking rage that ruined the relationship between Ming and Grandmother Wu. That would have be the ultimate tragedy of the movie, except that Mei had so many people willing to help them.

Mei was screaming and Ming was holding her pads in public😂😂

I found your channel yesterday and I must say,i love your videos they honestly make by day also I must say you look really pretty and I love your hair hope you reply 😊

I appreciate your this movie because I’m going through that in my life And I really appreciate The message And family is important

When she was so shocked at the first free but I was laughing😂