They do address those issues

Yeah what if someone's wish is that everyone was turning into Blueberries hmm ?

They'll everyday use magic to help you make your wish come true... Maybe in an alternate universe where everyone wants to become a smoothie. Lol.

No they don't really address the wishes much at all, they're part of someone's "soul" which is a nice touch, but they don't really go into specifics of the wishes. Although the old man gets his wish back (i.e. part of his soul) and does end up doing what the wish was.

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The first one they did this was over a decade ago on The Emperor's New Groove. You bet Disney would empty a village for less or more shade for a resort. They sort of did this to build California Adventure and its parking lot.

Disney is the only company that does their animation in the US (Pixar and WDAS), all the other animation studios do it abroad for cheap labor and generous tax credits...... Investors are pressuring Disney to follow suit, what do you think they should do? I say follow suit...people won't appreciate it, so why go out of your way to give these jobs to Americans.

@@aishaalamoudi599 So follow suit instead of changing their cultural Marxist type agenda that's saturated in identity politics whereby it has now destroyed two franchises from before that were beloved without that nonsense interjected into their business model?

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I agree, especially since in the movie they don’t actually fight the evil king. He’s actively beating the hell out of them but they can only resist by “wishing” him to stop

Maybe it will make a good nap time movie on a Disney+

Mabey Disney+ is becoming a dumping ground for all Bob Iger's financial failures @@Alachia. The last Film from the animation studio that I watched that had respect for both adults and children's intelligence by telling a strong story that integrated a good message with well realized characters was Encanto, and that was almost two years ago. I feel like starting around mid 2022, Walt Disney Animation's output has been lacking in telling compelling stories because a lot of the studio's output has begun feeling more cynical, synthetic, and disingenuous because I got the sense that they began being more interested in pushing underbaked social messaging instead of simply telling compelling narratives with characters you can related to in some way. Pushing for social reform can work in children's media such as a Disney film, but it has to be done so in an organic way that is integrated into the story so well that you don't even realize it until the ride back home. The problem is because these messages are being represented in such a blatantly obvious matter that it leaves zero room for self-interpretation and nuance, it feels like the filmmakers are talking at their audience instead of with their audience and hoping they won't notice. it is insulting to the audience's intelligent

Whereas in the past Manifest Destiny, Slavery, Eugenics, and genocide were much worse than today. Things have improved, despite what the alarmists say. Conservative Hollywood tried to rewrte the truth of that history (with John Wayne as its spearhead). The Nixon administration literally sterilized Black women against their will. And do not bring up sex-changes. It is not remotely comparable.

So what are they engineering?

this is NOT social engineering this is unsocial propaganda. undoing of social order if you want to call it that and replace it with nonsensical disorder were man can be women because they wish ("identify") it so. there are a lot of actually certified insane people locked up with many wishes thankfully do not come true.

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@@greenvelvet woke crap like forced diversity that no one cares about (that's why 90% of their new movies are flopping one after another), raceswapping classic beloved characters, adding gayness to their kids movies, etc no wonder disney is bleeding money right now

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We were all with him till the ‘rabbit with a hat and a bat’ 😅

@@oh77 Still don't know what that is supposed to mean

@@thecunninlynguist Hello?

Well the King made it seem so alluring because he does have the actual power to grant wishes.. so they give it to him rather than chance the fact that it may never come true . For example, "I wish I could fly"

I grew up with Looney Tunes and Micky Mouse and company, and watched a Hong Kong series about Cixi Dowager who went from a regular girl to become a ruthless ruler of China. I mean kids don't really need made-up stories about how females could overcome men and become rulers in such unbelievable settings like in Wish. Also, didn't kings and emperors of the past have absolute power? Anyone against them they could just order the person to be executed. The plot of Wish just doesn't make sense to me.

@@AlachiaAre people wishing for fantastical things, like the ability to fly or see the future, or are they wishing for things they could probably accomplish with hard work? It doesn’t make sense to me to give away a wish that you could just accomplish on your own. Actually, the premise of the movie sounds convoluted and non-sensical to me. Is it believable in the context of the story?

@@Dark_Kommissar Some of the wishes are the kind of stuff that can only be granted through magic, though a few of these could be granted with modern day technology. There was a woman who wished she could fly and in the end she is encouraged to work on a flying machine. Not exactly if this is what she had in mind but it is a way to approach it. There might have been wishes that can be accomplished with hard work but even that is a bit uncertain. One woman wished she could make the best dresses in the land. What qualifies as "best" and how would she know if she is better than all the other dress-makers? Someone else appears to have wanted to be the strongest man in the land; how can that be measured and how can it be achieved realistically? You can try exercising and training but does this always work? The heroine's grandfather wanted inspiration to write a song that will inspire others. This is the kind of thing that is not only the product of hard work; people may be working hard but having an idea depends on many factors which is why people sometimes wish/pray for inspiration. Some seemed to be wishing for true love or having a happy, healthy family or having children, which are not always things that one can control or achieve because of numerous real life complications and it is not always a matter of effort or hard work. Wishes in fiction often tend to be for practically impossible things such as bringing wooden puppets to life. In Puss in Boots 2 the Last Wish, two of the wishes were completely impossible to achieve without supernatural means and the two other wishes, though not completely impossible, could really use some magical help. Magnifico also states more or less that wishes in real life can be crushed because of factors that one cannot prevent, no matter what. And sometimes, people just don't have the right support or connections or opportunities to achieve their goals and ambitions even if they work hard and sometimes they just don't have the necessary innate talent or genetic/physical/mental ability. So yes, it is believable in the context of the story but it depends on your epistemological viewpoint really. Not everyone will agree.

O m g. I just looked it up, you're right. How in the hell did this movie cost $200 million. That is so insane.

@@Alachia And an upcoming Japanese Godzilla movie called Minus One cost 15 million, but looks far more expensive.

damn? 200$ millions??? I checked Hunchback of Notre Dame had a budget of 70$ Millions and its animation design was breathtaking!

@@cozyalan Hollywood in general, and Disney especially, clearly need to reign back and budget their films better.

me too.

Yeah, fascism is very much post-Nationalism, but there is a lot of overlap in respect of the problems both fascism and monarchy present at the core of it, so an easy one to misunderstand if you aren't into politics.

I support this 100% 🎉

But none of the wishes were like that. They were all very basic and harmless, such as flying or being more talented in something. The kind of stuff a child would wish for, really. Citizens were overall very innocent-minded. The King was only filtering out more ambitious wishes that he thought would cause social unrest and could jeopardise his reign. Such as an artist potentially inciting violence because of a new song. In which case, great films such as Joker would not be made because of the mere possibility that they might cause social unrest, which is nonsense of course.

The left controls Hollywood and the film industry, not the right. Those on the right complain online because it’s the only thing they can do.

Well every movie has some deeper political narritive if you look hard enough.

The problem being that the “narrative” has become as subtle and effective as using a jackhammer to open a can of tuna. @@justsomegirlwithoutamustache

@@justsomegirlwithoutamustache Not back when I was a kid/teenager/young adult just enjoying entertainment, that's why many millennials claim to miss the 90's, we feel those times were great because we were young then, mostly everything is good when you're young. As an older adult, I now stay away from political content because it made me see everything through a political lens. I went into every movie looking for things to hate. now I just go in looking to have a good time, if it's something that doesn't interest me, I just skip it, simple. Movies like Wish are probably more enjoyable for people with kids. My mom hated stuff from my generation also, our music, movies, how we dressed, how we talked, etc. The millennials are becoming their parents lol

Its difficult not to not think about politics, when they ram this in our throats in our content and entertainment... i wish they just focused on entertainment, but they seem to try to push ideological agenda at every turn

You guys are cowards. I've grown up on kid movies made in the eastern block what had way heavier teams. Get over it.

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no it's not.

The king is an authoritarian, a dictator, not a fascist. Fascism has an objective, identifiable, coherent value system, whereas a dictator is simply 'do as I say.'

I got that this was pagan influenced film. I think the King represents ( god in the Christian sense) and the book is the Bible). There are moments where they emphasize how he expects respect and appreciation for holding on to their wishes and granting them. Much like having hope and prayers granted. The pro pagan theme here argues, that hopes and wishes shouldn’t be given to one all powerful source and is and remains in all people and that the spiritualism he exhibits is something all people and animals have , individually and together independent of some greater being ( king/god) . There’s a lot of stars through the film of course, there’s the red pagan star created by the star in yarn. The queen is left to take over to show how this feminine based spirituality is much more giving than the male king who over scrutinizes people wishes and doesn’t grant them since he’s the ultimate judge on the matter on whether the wishes good for their kingdom overall.

@@sunlight5051 that's a big reach

The famous philosopher John McLane. Also "Yippie Kai Yay, mother f**er" another golden philosophy nugget.

I don't think they can make movies that fast

@@TuesdaysArt What if it's secretly the first AI-generated movie? :O

​@@casbynessAt this point, it's common knowledge.

​@@casbynessFrankly, the lyrics for the songs were so bad I'm kind of convinced they did try get away with using it on the sly.

It was a damn good year for video games, wasn't it? 🎉

@@AzyxA indeed, i bought 4 releases this year, all anticipated games, First was Resident Evil 4, im a mega fan of that franchise eve tho it has its ups and downs... Then the long awaited Tear of the Kingdom, that game is completely impossible, yet it somehow exists... Then finally bit the bullet and got BG3 in its early access when i saw they planned to release it this year... It started great, but the game remains unfinished sadly, and will remain unfinished still for over a year... And Finally Mario Wonder... which was straight up fantastic... And there's been so many other great games this year... My GOTY goes for TotK, i feels its even misunderstoof with the BG3 hype, but BG3 will be a phenomenal game too once it's done... That being said, nothing will stop BG3's momentum, so finished or not, it will win GOTY. Which ones have you liked the most?

@@dickydoodles2423 BG3 was the pinnacle for sure. And they have patched it a ton so not sure if you have looked recently but it's in a much better state. Others I have enjoyed are Octopath Traveler 2, Sea of Stars, Final Fantasy Theaterythm, Hunt the Night, FF Pixel Remaster, Live A Live remake, Cassette Beasts, & Moonstone Island. Those are the ones I can recall anyways.

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Why don't you watch the movie for yourself and make up your own mind?

@@Mike__B I didn't say I was not gonna watch it. I will. It's just that I thought this movie will be good to atleast some people but I don't think anything 😭. I'll have to reserve judgement till I watch it

⁠​⁠i saw it tonight and I’m honestly quite glad that I waited till AFTER watching the movie to watch the reviews because I’m shocked by how much everyone is hating it.

​@@andrenax im seeing it in 19 days

Yeah but this movie is not for adults at all. It has zero humor that adults could appreciate, the songs are basic, and the character interactions are Peppa pig level.

G: appropriate for all ages

​@@Alachia- I'm over 60. So yes. I know the rating system on films.

​@@Alachia- At 12:28 of your video you acknowledge who this film is for. And what message corporations like Disney is programming into young minds aka brainwashing?? You need to give up everything to King aka Dictator (Government). Mega corporations like Disney programmed the millennials through college. They have Gen Zer's with the woke bullcrap. They going after Gen Alpha since they will be the first generation that will have the internet from birth. Why do you think they want to censorship the internet?? The movie Wish is not for adults. It's not for children. Then who's left?? Disney's not good at propaganda. The propaganda they need to get people in those seats.

​@kevinthetruckdriver353 You said, "Why so adult? Or, as you said, Hard G?" implying that you saw the word "hard" and correlated it with someone adult, although Alachia used the term in the context of saying "extremely mild or childish."

Completely different story. Not sure how you don’t realize that as you type that, if you in fact listened to her review.

@@mightytaiger3000 so the villian wasn’t the keeper of wishes?

Still no response. 😂 Cause the wish keeper villian is a spinoff Bruce almighty. Yet the Disney writers did a “what if” this child was smarter than a god. Typically “the message” that gets shoved into every Disney film. That dates their entertainment product with expiration date. At least the Giver, that story the child was inspired by his Sensei to learn more about color and bring back to their colorless world.

Happy Monday!

Apparently the rumor is now they're making The Silver Surfer a woman. I really hope this is true as I want to see them continue to fail and fail until Kathleen Kennedy and Bob Iger are gone for good. They've destroyed the Disney brand and lost billions that in any sane world, would have gotten them fired a long time ago. They also cut the part out in this current The Marvels movie where they were supposed to have made Captain Marvel and Valkyrie, "lame and gay" as South Park perfectly puts it lol. South Park is probably the reason why they removed that line.

Not a bad idea

Milei aka Pochita just won the elections yesterday

She should let her husband destroy her soul?

​@@skaetur1it's the subtext that counts and it went over your head😂

Still mad after seeing the art book and realising we got denied an evil power couple. I wanted my villainous Gomez and Morticia dammit.

what is interesting younger generations are not getting married anyway

​@@Canadishyeah or a king and queen like James and Jessie

What worldview are they pushing?

@@nubby2790 In The Walt Disney Company’s Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the company outlines a number of risk factors it is facing….The Walt Disney Company Admits That Consumers’ Positions On Disney’s Environmental And Social Goals “Often Differ Widely And Present Risks To Our Reputation And Brands”

After having watched, pretty sure they very much intended the first thing you said as well.

​@@AzyxAThat would be ironic considering Disney's position in the entertainment industry.

I think it was more like.. don't rely too heavily on established order no matter what they are promising you.

@@Alachia that's quite the positive anti-establishment message. And IMHO they control the establishment at the moment. So it's as I think you said in the video: that interpretation did not occur to them. They probably intended it as an anti-Patriarchy message.

I think the movie got messy pretty early on given what they have said in the promo materials. The movie was at inception, the origin of Wish Upon a Star. That's it. Simple, sweet idea. We know from the artbook that Asha's conception was "normal girl who becomes an activist", that was the brief given to the artists who designed her. So they clearly had a message in mind, but as noted it was probably intended to be vague enough to transplant whatever you wanted onto it, perhaps slightly suggesting whiteness/patriarchy given the characteristics of the villian and hero. But yeah, that all got kind of muddled between all the other conflicting interests I think, the project just lacked strong leadership to keen everything on focus. Wish upon a star got mixed in with some anti-patriarchy messaging, which got watered down with references, which got watered down again with a focus on kiddies over everything. I don't think anyone at the top had the finished product in their head to help guide people to what they wanted, which I feel ultimately falls on the Director. I appreciate wrangling executives and getting them to NOT ruin a movie is hard, and not explicit on the job description, but that IS part of the job.

So? That toy isn't going to convince any kid who isn't already interested in some way. Gen Z will increasingly break down the gender binary and identify as gender diverse. Us old fucks will try to break them down to fit them into our molds...as always.

What's wrong with crossdressing?

what was the plushie called

@@nyui_arantesoh sorry, I forgot to explain to people who may not understand what that is. It’s a practice within liberal society where men dress up as women due to leftist ideology that gender is non-binary. Scientifically speaking, chromosomes determine one’s gender, so this leftist ideology is teaching a new generation an unscientific concept and pressuring young children to embrace it. Luckily, many men and women are taking notice of this and are defending young children from being forced into embracing it.

@@cymbeline9933I think it was called “Squish-mellow” or something like that. It was a boy deer that had a tag which described adult themes and leftist ideology. It was far-left propaganda being casually planted on a little kids toy. For me, I’m not political, our family is from china and we have traditional family values. But it surprises me how many Americans don’t see leftist ideology as leftist-they think it’s “the way things should be for everyone”. But encouraging young children to crossdress is far-left. If you don’t see that, you’re already far-left 😅

No, she went far off. Kina like when you're told what the Illuminatti symbol looks like and then you are told they put it everywhere...you start seeing it everywhere. Most of the points she mentioned with her tin foil on apply to most animated films.

Disney is possessed.