Anonymous
Post 01/09/2022 12:18     Subject: Is there no Encanto thread?!
Is it worth watching? Preview looks not great
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2022 22:31     Subject: Re:Is there no Encanto thread?!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I agree with those who didn't find the songs that "sticky" initially, but really loved them after a few listens. Just listened to Dos Oruguitas in Spanish and English, and read the lyrics. Such a beautiful song and such a powerful scene in the movie.


Dos Orguitas is a beautiful song.


Surface pressure. Super earworm. I especially loved the line about Hercules.

Don’t take about Bruno

Dos Orguitas.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2022 22:30     Subject: Re:Is there no Encanto thread?!
Anonymous wrote:
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.


Yes, it was fairly subtle, and actually the Surface Pressure song I think explains a lot but it just shoots by (…useless…) Great song though.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2022 22:30     Subject: Re:Is there no Encanto thread?!
Anonymous wrote:I agree with those who didn't find the songs that "sticky" initially, but really loved them after a few listens. Just listened to Dos Oruguitas in Spanish and English, and read the lyrics. Such a beautiful song and such a powerful scene in the movie.


Dos Orguitas is a beautiful song.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2022 22:29     Subject: Is there no Encanto thread?!
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.


Well I hope she at least got her own room outside the freaking nursery!
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2022 22:28     Subject: Is there no Encanto thread?!
It made me want Mirabel’s skirt—it looks so fun to swoosh swoosh dance with!

The movie was meh, though. I felt like there were way too many characters to keep track of who added nothing to the story line. Shape shifter sibling? Little animal speaker? It just made it feel cluttered and hard to follow.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2022 22:05     Subject: Is there no Encanto thread?!
It is an annoying movie and I’m Latina. Awful.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2022 19:59     Subject: Re:Is there no Encanto thread?!
I agree with those who didn't find the songs that "sticky" initially, but really loved them after a few listens. Just listened to Dos Oruguitas in Spanish and English, and read the lyrics. Such a beautiful song and such a powerful scene in the movie.
Anonymous
Post 01/06/2022 15:40     Subject: Is there no Encanto thread?!
we've probably watched it 15 times. it's a great movie and amazing soundtrack.
Anonymous
Post 01/06/2022 15:37     Subject: Is there no Encanto thread?!
Anonymous wrote:
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 Bambi!
Anonymous
Post 01/06/2022 15:36     Subject: Is there no Encanto thread?!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I don't think I found the cultural aspects of the family charming. The control freak grandmother was an undermining a-hole. I guess lots of people can relate to a matriarch like that but she annoyed the hell out of my family when we watched.


I think you missed the whole point of the movie…


As usual, someone has to do the hard work of raising the family, keeping the family house and land, being the glue for all teachings and traditions, and not letting wild animal behavior take over… and it’s the woman. The neglected, unappreciated, ridiculed woman.
Anonymous
Post 01/06/2022 15:35     Subject: Is there no Encanto thread?!
Meh I thought it was alright.

No where near Moana quality IMO.

My kid loved it.
Anonymous
Post 01/06/2022 15:33     Subject: Re:Is there no Encanto thread?!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We are a half Hispanic family and watching my kid watch it really shows how much representation matters


I’m white and it matters for my DD to see this representation as well. I’m happy that she is seeing movies with people who look like her friends and that she enjoyed it. It’s her favorite movie. What a boring and bland world for those who fail to embrace the richness and beauty of cultures outside their own.


Yeah, the colorful animation was very prevalent. My kids love Totoro too.
Anonymous
Post 01/06/2022 15:30     Subject: Is there no Encanto thread?!
Anonymous wrote:Saw it for the second time today and loved it even more. The music, animation, and story are all fantastic. Loved all the positive messages, like we shouldn't have to be strong or perfect all the time.

***Spoiler alert***

But omg, the scene where it shows Abuela & her husband fleeing with their babies, and then when he sacrificed himself to save his family....I was ugly crying so hard. Like, loud, audible sobs. Almost as bad with the raccoon short before the movie, that had tears streaming down my face. Disney's hitting hard with the emotion.


It was mediocre. Most of the reviews agree too.

Some reviews are just supporting Colombia so the bland “plot” and rehashed music could do not wrong and it’s superlative city.

Definitely NOT frozen, Moana or coco caliber.
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2022 18:10     Subject: Is there no Encanto thread?!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
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.

Or the end of Coco. Good grief, the ridiculous rules some of you have about appropriate places to express emotions.