I didn’t care for this one. It was the rare Disney movie miss for me in terms of story and songs, but I did appreciate seeing the diversity within the family. DD loved the movie however so I can’t complain.

Anonymous wrote:I loved Encanto too! I just watched it with my daughters a few days ago and we all loved it. However, my girls did say, "This movie would have been so much better if Mirabel got a gift at the end!" I was like....what the heck girls? You missed the point of the entire movie! Haha, oh well, they did enjoy it though.

The songs get better and better with every listen. Surface Pressure and We Don't Talk about Bruno are phenomenal songs. My girls and I have been singing together constantly since seeing the movie.

Dos Oruguitas is heartbreaking. So beautiful.

+1 to the bolded.

Anonymous wrote:It has beautiful animation. I loved the diversity within the family. The songs weren’t memorable and the story didn’t have a very compelling plot. Generation trauma as a villain didn’t really work.

I agree. My kids who are going insightful 7 amd 9 year olds couldn’t really follow the plot and I’m not sure I did either.

I loved Encanto too! I just watched it with my daughters a few days ago and we all loved it. However, my girls did say, "This movie would have been so much better if Mirabel got a gift at the end!" I was like....what the heck girls? You missed the point of the entire movie! Haha, oh well, they did enjoy it though.

The songs get better and better with every listen. Surface Pressure and We Don't Talk about Bruno are phenomenal songs. My girls and I have been singing together constantly since seeing the movie.

Dos Oruguitas is heartbreaking. So beautiful.

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Anonymous wrote:I love the music, the visuals, the intraracial diversity, and I would watch it again for those reasons. I thought the storyline was pretty lame. Not enough of a plot.

I felt similarly - sort of opposite to many of the other PPs.

I thought the music and visuals were very strong. Also liked the diversity and body type acceptance.

But the plot was basically... non-existent. More of a self-help book than a story. It was like the opposite of the "show not tell" that good moviemaking (and all fiction, particularly kid's fiction) should espouse. Instead, we get a lot of talk about conforming to expectations and one symbol of what trauma does to a family's "foundation." I liked it, but I'm a middle-aged Mom that likes Brene Brown. My kids "got it" they just thought it was boring. (Only I will likely rewatch!)

Of course, this might actually be the target audience...

I am a pp who LOVED encanto and thought it was a beautiful and nuanced look at family trauma and dynamics and I absolutely LOATHE all those self help middle aged white woman influencing self help gurus.

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Anonymous wrote:I love the music, the visuals, the intraracial diversity, and I would watch it again for those reasons. I thought the storyline was pretty lame. Not enough of a plot.

I felt similarly - sort of opposite to many of the other PPs.

I thought the music and visuals were very strong. Also liked the diversity and body type acceptance.

But the plot was basically... non-existent. More of a self-help book than a story. It was like the opposite of the "show not tell" that good moviemaking (and all fiction, particularly kid's fiction) should espouse. Instead, we get a lot of talk about conforming to expectations and one symbol of what trauma does to a family's "foundation." I liked it, but I'm a middle-aged Mom that likes Brene Brown. My kids "got it" they just thought it was boring. (Only I will likely rewatch!)

Of course, this might actually be the target audience...

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Anonymous wrote:Are all of you people who literally bawled...okay? That's not a normal reaction to an animated film. There was no scene that was *that* tragic.

I take it someone has never seen the Lion King…

Or the first fifteen minutes of Up?

I watched it the other night with my son. I liked it, and I especially liked the music outside of the cast songs...Carlos Vives! I thought the visuals were excellent.

The first 15 minutes of Up :sob: cry just thinking about it

I guess I’m the only who is not a fan. It was just okay for me. The plot was weak. For some reason, I find Mirabeau a tad irritating.

Anonymous wrote:I love the music, the visuals, the intraracial diversity, and I would watch it again for those reasons. I thought the storyline was pretty lame. Not enough of a plot.

I felt similarly - sort of opposite to many of the other PPs.

I thought the music and visuals were very strong. Also liked the diversity and body type acceptance.

But the plot was basically... non-existent. More of a self-help book than a story. It was like the opposite of the "show not tell" that good moviemaking (and all fiction, particularly kid's fiction) should espouse. Instead, we get a lot of talk about conforming to expectations and one symbol of what trauma does to a family's "foundation." I liked it, but I'm a middle-aged Mom that likes Brene Brown. My kids "got it" they just thought it was boring. (Only I will likely rewatch!)

My only complaint was that a couple of the songs were the explanation to the story and they were so fast.

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Anonymous wrote:Are all of you people who literally bawled...okay? That's not a normal reaction to an animated film. There was no scene that was *that* tragic.

I take it someone has never seen the Lion King…

Or the first fifteen minutes of Up?

I watched it the other night with my son. I liked it, and I especially liked the music outside of the cast songs...Carlos Vives! I thought the visuals were excellent.

Anonymous wrote:Are all of you people who literally bawled...okay? That's not a normal reaction to an animated film. There was no scene that was *that* tragic.

I take it someone has never seen the Lion King…

Anonymous wrote:I also love love loved Encanto. I feel like it is up there with Moana in quality. And really surprised to hear people say the songs were bad, I actually love all of them and we've had the sountrack on repeat. Family Madrigal, We Don't Talk about Bruno, Surface Pressure and What Else Can I Do I thought were all so great.

I thought the plot was definitely different for Disney, but very moving. I cried quite a bit. It is a more difficult movie to categorize for sure.

I agree, but it was sneaky. After it was over I thought "that was a good movie, but there were no stand-out songs."

Then i found myself humming "Family Madrigal". Then it was "We Don't Talk About Bruno". Now I've got the soundtrack on repeat and it's getting better and better with relistening. It doesn't have a flashy standout, but the quality is deep.

Also can we talk about the end of "We Don't Talk About Bruno" when they're all singing together? Fabulous. My 12 year old likened it to Hamilton's Non-Stop. Just a thick and perfect wall of sound.

I also love love loved Encanto. I feel like it is up there with Moana in quality. And really surprised to hear people say the songs were bad, I actually love all of them and we've had the sountrack on repeat. Family Madrigal, We Don't Talk about Bruno, Surface Pressure and What Else Can I Do I thought were all so great.

I thought the plot was definitely different for Disney, but very moving. I cried quite a bit. It is a more difficult movie to categorize for sure.

Anonymous wrote:We really liked it. We also just saw Sing 2, our first such forays back to the theaters since Covid started. I don't know if our bars have dropped after not seeing movies in the theater for so long or what but we loved them both.

I will admit, I cried at Sing 2. The ending really got me and the last song (without giving any of it away).