Descendants Movie Reviews 🐉 

Having Descendants being more known and beloved than Ever After High is my villain origin story

Are we just gonna ignore the fact that Mal literally drugged Ben? Ik he was already freed of the spell but it really irks me that no repercussions were made against Mal, like she literally did a crime. I wish Ben had a milligram of backbone in his body and actually felt like, idk, uncomfortable??

My biggest beef with these movies is in the armour dance scene where they sing the line "they got us outnumbered one to fifty!". No. No they do not. There are 15 of them. We can count. They hardly outnumber you one to two.

Will never forgive this franchise for killing Ever After High.

Ever After High ran and dramatically jumped off a cliff so that Descendants can trip and punch itself in the face

If the outfits had like, a better look or just better quality I would wear them, I kinda like them👁👄👁

My issues w/ descendants - constantly villianized uma even though a lot of her points made sense and she actually cared about the isle kids -evie’s entire character arc subverted by “one kiss” where instead of finding value in who she is she is hinging her worth on validation based on a kiss - After Cam’s death, saying they’d honor him while proceeding to *continually* capitalize off of Descendants through the royal wedding shorts and animated shorts :/ if anyone has any more feel free to add

Ever since the first movie came out, I always wondered: So the good guys sent the villains to the Isle of the lost, right? Did they also just decide to send any other human being that isn't royalty as well? Like there are just random innocent people and children stuck on that island- why?

In the second one it feels like they’re wearing sports clothes, for a dystopian future that forces children to fight for the world’s amusement

The real villain of Descendants 3 was Doug's ponytail

My sister mentioned this to me when we talked about the movie "Why wasn't snow white queen she was the first Disney princess"

It literally hurts that something like this helped in the dwindling of Ever After High.

To me it was always Ever After High but worse, but that’s totally because I had a massive crush on Raven Queen in Ever After. Okay, but maybe I still do.

This was based off a book series. A book series. A BOOK SERIES. A book series that is very blatant about "forgive your abusive af parent, they're your biological parent oh and piss on those horrible people who left those parents they're ungrateful princesses who fled their abuse" and it makes me want to die inside. It's written like the most edgy of fanfictions and the movie series is even worse. We did not survive abuse for this schlock to be fed to the next generation. It's beyond trash.

Fun fact: There was this 90s alt rock hit, "Bitch" by Meredith Brooks, and that was written by the same lady who wrote "Rotten To The Core" (among some other songs for people like Brandy and Christina Aguilera).

And are we gonna gloss over the fact that Mal is a Demigod

Out of jokes. It's really sad that Carlos' actor (Cameron Boyce) have died at a young age (20 years old).

Let's be honest, Ume stole the show in Descendant 2. She looks amazing

If only... this franchise was good. Like, a Disney Animated Canon next gen fic? Why not? But then they had to DCOM it and literally none of the decisions they made made sense. Everyone has a child, except for 70% of the Disney Princesses. It's modern day to be more ReLaTaBle to the Disney Channel audience. Cruella de Vil and Doctor Facilier, two characters living in the 1920's, are SOMEHOW in the same timeline as any of the fairy tale characters. Also, I just learned that Mal's last name is "Bertha". At least it's not "Efficient", because the series is already enough of an Ever After High rip-off as it is.

I didn't realize until now that Uma pulled the same crap as Mal did to Ben in Descendants 1...and we're supposed to feel sorry for Mal??? When we weren't supposed too for Audrey? Like Mal really snatched her life plan away and everyone glanced away because she's the main character and "learned her lesson." I'm still mad about the Audrey thing, nevermind them stealing away Ever After High's hype

Just remember Ever After High was canceled for this to exist

I was at a sleep over/birthday party one year and her mom put on some movies for us. The movies were Descendants 2 and the Strawberry Shortcake Movie, on loop. Not many people can say they watched Descendants 2 four times in a row, and I’m glad about that.

Descendants, in my humble opinion was a 'pretty okay' movie, like the 'I'll watch it if I don't have anything better to do' Type of movie. The story telling wasn't that great but the songs were good (some of wich I liked more than the others) but my biggest problem is how they handled the characters themselves and pretty much failed at doing it. Like for example, the auradon kids. You would think, for Disney's most iconic characters (Though most of them weren't original characters per say) woman that were supposed to teach children how to show compassion, hard work and being kind to others, would raise spoiled, egotistical, and kind of the total opposite of their parents? Like Chad charming, the supposed son of cinderella and Prince charming, hard working, kind, and humble. Chad is absolutely nothing like them. Or y'know, like Lonnie, she was fine, but I find it odd that she wanted to be 'cool' like mal and evie when her mother quite literally saved China, and worked her ass of to become a badass warrior woman. Like why would you feel the need to be cool when you have a badass mother and father who were heroes that served for their country? You're already badass dammit. And how they villainised Audrey, like, she was completely in the right to feel upset about mal and ben, while yes, she was spoiled, but atleast y'know she didn't drug Ben. Like **cough** mal **cough** like seriously, I know we're supposed to root for her, but it was so disturbing watching mal drug Ben, Ben being completely okay with it for some reason (wich is absolutely toxic) and for some reason, they still get to together in the end? I know there were moments were Ben looked at mal alot, but it's just... He was already dating Audrey? I mean, I dont need to tell you crushing on another girl while you're dating someone who's you're GIRLFRIEND is wrong. Like everything about their relationship is wrong, and THIS is the couple we're supposed to root for? Evie and Doug would've been better, or like, uma and Harry. And also uma, like, why did they have to do her dirty? I remember the whole point Ben wanted the vk's to come to auradon was because he wanted to give the vk's a chance to have a normal life, and I know the 2nd movie addressed this too, and Ben feel bad, but why hasn't mal? She's been on the Isle, she KNOWS what happens there, there are kids who just want to be able to live a normal life too, like Mr. Smee's kids, or drizella's kid or any other younger kid in the isle and yet she's never bothered to help them until the 3RD MOVIE. And remember that uma was the one who told Ben that there are kids in the Isle that need help too, and she actually CARES. Unlike mal, who I repeat "I haven't given you a thought since I left" has she never thought of the other kids that were suffering? I mean I know she never wanted the royal life but there people who DO. And again, it was never addressed until like, the third movie, were she did that whole ass musical number while her friends were turned to stone, and she had the nerve with calling herself the 'Queen of the Isle' like?? No? You shouldn't be, if anything uma should be the Queen. Like there aren't enough words to explain how problematic this movie was. Thanks for listening to my rant, if you read all of this until the end you get a cookie 🍪 and don't worry, it doesn't have a love potion it in, unlike, y'know.

>Seems really contrived that all the fairytale villains had kids the same age who then hung out together in the same school Then again, -Several of the heads of state of major European powers in WWI (e.g. Germany, UK, Russia) were *cousins* because they were all related through Queen Victoria -Before they rose to power, Hitler, Stalin, Lenin, and Trotsky apparently were all regulars at the same cafe

I remember being OBSESSED with this when I was 7 The memories are flooding back

im really happy to see the comments about ever after high here, I like descendants too but eah has a special place in my heart, also it had a much better plot and amazing character designs I wish mattel would bring back eah like monster high but I know it wont happen

I remember hearing about Mal & Ben getting married & thinking “What the hell, aren’t they kids?!?”

"the real villain is whoever approved Mal's hair" THANK YOUUUUUUUU

anyone else when they saw Audrey's new hair think it looked like a 3 year old drew in her hair? it just really clashes with her outfits and makes her look washed out. Also very disapointed in mal's wedding dress, it looks soooo much like what one would find in a kid's flash game in one of those dress up game sites compared to a wedding gown, or the very least a regular ball gown one would find at a ball.. nothing in her outfit screams wedding except maybe her veil

I don't even like the movies that much, Kristin Chenoweth maleficent, What's My Name, and the way it's impossible to believe that mal and evie are straight are the only reasons I would still watch the movies willingly.

I miss ever after high but literally nothing will ever come close to Chillin' Like a Villain and I stand by this

my cousin forced me to watch the 3rd descsendants movie and i vividly remember wanting to cry at one point, idk why

Please do the Twilight movies!!! I can’t get through even the first one without cackling like a deranged witch

Mal can never live up to anything Raven Queen or Faybel has ever touched also i love how almost every EAH fan has watched descendants

9:12 I 100% agree with this person, the movies may be cringy, but you can tell the actors genuinely had fun with their roles! It’s the same with Jesse, cringy at times but the actors had a genuine bond that they still have today! Rest In Peace Cameron Boyce, you where a huge part of so many of our childhoods, and will always be remembered ❤️❤️❤️

People always be saying that Audrey was the villain when in reality, Mal is the real evil all along. Come *AT* me, Mal stans.

shame that the actor for Carlos died, he will always be missed.

As a Descendants fan , I honestly HATED the "royal wedding" I would have preferred it to be live action , or at least some better animation.

I jus rewatched the mal and evie duet scene because of this and they literally have so much chemistry what

The outfits are all atrocious idfc, Mal needs to learn how to actually style clothes to match that hair instead of just throwing on the closest purple thing she sees. However, Evie’s looks slay EVERY 👏 SINGLE 👏 TIME 👏 I cannot stress this enough, her outfits are all so good

i remember when each movie came out, my grandma and i would sit on the couch and watch them all repeatedly. i remember how she could never remember any of the character's names except for mal. i especially remember when she bought the first movie's soundtrack, and we sang all the songs for hours. she passed away a little over a month ago. it's been really hard, but ive been going back and rewatching everything we used to watch together. i love this franchise to the bottom of my heart. it has its flaws and there are a few things i didn't like abt it (like how mal and evie didn't end up together) but it's still one of my favorite movie franchises. such a wonderful team made such great movies. but what's most important are the memories i got from these movies. i will be forever thankful

I didn't know that I needed this video until I saw it. Aurodon is definitely a fascist society, and the 'good guys' are actually kinda morally and politically the bad guys.

Ever after high was better! Raven has more character development than any Descendants character. Also Apple white was pissed at Raven for not signing that book! Felt implied Apple white becoming a villain! But it was cancelled for descendants sht!

i remember the days when i blasted rotter to the core for a whole week and tried to learn the dances

The outfits in Descendants were so Union χ in their vibe it's the closest we got to Kingdom Hearts media

5:00 Okay, something must be wrong with my sense of humor, because the way TJ said "Octopus" had me cackling for a good three minutes. What the hay is wrong with me?

Young me absolutely adored their outfits, and honestly if they were a little less,, everything, I would still love them

Ben deserved better than Mal

About Uma possesing people: Its actually an ability she has in the original books off of which the movies werw inspired from. There are four of them, and the “short story” is suposed be the extremely cheap and shitty version of an important scene in the third book, the one where Uma is introduced. She uses Dizzy, Harry and Gil’s bodies to lure Mal to the docks. I dont remember if their angry conversarion hapens underwater, but I do know there was no singing. But it actually makes more sense in the book for her to be able to posses people with the neckalce because there’s an entire arc and plotline surrounding Uma trying to use her mother’s necklace and it’s powers through the barrier. In the movie, we barely know anything about the necklace, and it’s not even introduced to us as a plot point of any importance. In the books Uma uses the magic of the necklace through the barrier because she went on a long-ass quest to find a hole in the barrier and a trident or something. Throught most of the book there’s a little bit of magic that seeps under the isle and lets magic be used in small portions. We don’t get any of the cool Isle lore in the movies. Just romance drama and a bunch of useless singing. Also, it wasn’t a dream, that’s just how Mal remembers it, and the other VKs also help out (I’m so tired of The Mal Show). Not saying the books are perfect, but at least we know WHY shit happens sometimes. Thank you for reading my excessively long essay about the descendants franchise, sincerely, an ex-superfan with way too much to say.

You know what doesn’t make sense, Ben fell in love with Mal because she made him cookies. And Audrey turns Mal into an elderly thinking that Ben will never love her again. But you know who makes THE BEST cookies? GRANDMAS!!!

Okay, I agree on the speaking dog. And the hair. And the "not so straight" thing. And the not so rotten thing. But I still love the movies anyway and I also agree that they are at least part of Camerons Legacy, together with all the other stuff he did ♥

i absolutely love the descendance movies because i don’t take them seriously, so what if there’s inconsistencies, the costumes look like someone robbed a spirit halloween and thought “lets make a movie about this”, and the effects weren’t great, it’s an interesting story and i get serotonin from watching them

I treat this movies like the Sharknado franchise: Yes, I know that they are horrible and don't make sense, but they are so bad that they loop back to being good... so I watch them trapped somewhere between loving it and agonizing with the lack of sense of the plot

Seriously, what the hell were those outfits

The fact that like three years ago I would have gotten pressed at these reviews for not giving five stars

So is no one gonna talk about Mal DRUGGING Ben in the first movie??

Carlos will always have a part in all our hearts

I used to love this movies but now beeing 18 i see how questionable they were ... still i'll give them 5 stars cause why not

I’m a 19 year old grown ass woman and I could not figure out how Audrey went from being the villain in the third film to planning the wedding of the two people she tried to screw over big time. Magic of Disney I guess

the thing i hate most is how they forced jane and carlos's relationship. also how disney disregarded how dove, booboo, and sofia all said they didn't want to do any more descendants projects post-cameron's death. they went on and did the royal wedding

the main cast was dressed by people who have never had a genuine interaction with an emo/scene/alternative teen i entirely believe they just googled "edgy teen" and picked the first PG image

3:24 IKR!?!?!?

2:22 but this leaves the question. who diddled dopey?

These movies are one big fever dream and no one can convince me otherwise

ben’s crown from the second movie looks like it came from burger king and it makes me so annoyed 😒

who thought mal hair in the second one was NO it should never exist

My favorite part is the decedents franchise is probably that one 3d animated cartoon they made for no reason.it has surprisingly really good songs

As much as the movies don’t make sense sometimes I honestly love them lol and harry is literally Disney’s version of Killian Jones he must be his son 😫

Oh yeah baby, Leather on zippers on leather on denim on sweaters on zippers on leather on denim on leather on sweaters on denim on zippers on leather on leather

"What's My Name" and "Ways To Be Wicked" and "Queen of Mean" are such bangers

I feel like Jay and Lonnie are the two gay besties that everyone ships even though they have told the general public multiple times they are gay

7:54 NO CUZ I SAY THIS ON A DAILY BASIS EVER SINCE I WATCHED THIS MOVIE💀

Fun fact! One of the many reasons Descendants was made..was because mattel stopped making disney themed princess because what where they focusing on? Ever after high! Disney got upset and basically took Ever after High and turned and twisted it into their own story but with less plot...I mean..Look at the difference of characters personality between the two shows..especially raven and evie,prince charming's sons,and most importantly Sleeping beauty's daughter..the change of personality between these are HUGE! Raven the daughter of the evil queen is the main character while Evie is just a side piece to mal's adventures with a little bit of her own story shown..Prince charming's sons where more likeable in royal high because they where more interesting and had more personality and wasn't an ass towards others..the twins where so nice in royal high and i even had a crush on the twin with the glasses that was friends with Raven! And then we have Sleeping beuaty's character..Audrey is a complete Karen despite the Daughter in Ever after high is all about having fun,partying,being with friends,she literally is friends with raven and has no problem with the rebel kids. Another thing i want to point out..did you guys remeber Zombies? By disney? Notice how that's about Monsters and humans being in a school together..the second movie just came out and features vampires and werewolves..are they now trying to rip off of monster high? I mean Monster high said they would do a reboot last year and with the live action movie out...the second installment of Zombies movie to come out just a bit after the live action even though it was announced after monster high was going to do a live action verison of the well known show and movies..The fact that disney has the balls to use this as a tatic against Mattel..is disturbing..I mean Everafter high and Monster high will forever be titans..and because Disney is using both of these by taking the ideas..and using them for their own gain..like they are controlling mattel into just worrying about barbie and their disney princess dolls line..it's like Disney has started to become shady...

10:06 this is actually referencing a disney game called twisted wonderland!! it was made by the creator of black butler and it's basically hogwarts but the houses are based off of disney villains and the students are pretty anime boys based on said disney villains!! there's also 7 houses and a severe lack of deeply needed therapy :D

Once opon a time, Disney said. *LET'S COPY EVER AFTER HIGH AND MAKE IT LOOK LIKE IT WAS OUR OWN IDEA!*

ALL I HAVE TO MAKE ME GO INSANE IS ROTTEN TO THE CORE

I absolutely despise this movie for taking the cinematic masterpiece that was ever after high away from me. This movie deserves to rot in a pit of despair. 😤

But something that wasn't mentioned was that Mal and Ben were in high school and they got engaged

7:33 dude i thought jarlos was jay and carlos i was literally heartbroken when i found out it was fucking jane

3:59 Who ever wrote the Hook walk so Harry could run is incredibly stupid both actors are literally the same.

Are we gonna ignore the fact that Hades is Mal's father?Meaning greek mythology exists, but nobody dresses that the bigger problem here is that the titans could stomp auradon underfoot? or a big baddie like Gaea could just sink them, and what woulld they use to protect themselves? The power of love? This does not Make sense, and WHY ISNT HADES IN THE UNDERWORLD?? does that mean the other gods exist too? why aren't THEY burning offerings to the gods/ WHERE in the WORLD is persephone. I had much time my hands

9:13 yeah, but also I remember Cameron Boyce as Luke from Jessie lol- idk if thats just me tho

The first wedding was my gay awakening and I will NOT explain nor provide any context as to why because I am still horrified and cringe into my soul whenever I think about it

5:18 Same justification Scarlet Witch gives to Doctor Strange in Multiverse of Madness.

I had genuinely forgotten this forsaken franchise existed until now, and I'm now just remembering that ever single girl in elementary was decked out in customers of mal and occasionally Uma during any kin of dress up day.

I absolutely hate the premise of Descendants or the fact they went with it. You’ll make more Disney villains and princes and princesses, you’ll be making more characters, more decisions in the Disney universe. So in order to have this movie make sense with the timeline you’d have to stop producing Disney in general, and this would be the only films left for the company to produce. Not only that but the Disney company is huge. And they’re only going with “one”(?) universe. But if you know Disney princess law at Disney world/land then you’d know that every dimension is different. Every Disney princess lives in a different world. Pocahontas in a cloned version of our world in 1540, Ariel a world similar to ours with more ocean expansion and proven Greek mythology, etc. But they’re mixing all the royals together which doesn’t make sense and breaks their own rules. Not only that but in Wreck it Ralph you see all of them together because of the Disney app. Here should theoretically have either one Disney universe, or all of them. But it has none. Just “Royal universe”. I hate this.

The thing that bothered me most is the fact that Ben was in a relationship for probably a long time but then some villain girl shows up and DRUGS HIM just to USE HIM yet he still loves her.

3:42 I actually jumped when I read Diamondbolt's name

5:53 I need some context for this please, I watched the movie back when it was released, so I dont remember much. And this line out of context is very funny

Uma, Harry's eyeliner, Hades being a good dad, Jay x Gil, and Cameron Boyce are the only good parts, and the short story and the royal wedding were not needed at all. Change my mind.

This movie was trying to be Ever after High, so badly

uma being the villain feels anti-black, but you didnt hear it from me

the cgi dragon in this movie reminds me a lot of the one from Enchanted, which is pretty old compared to descendants

The thing that sticks out the most to me is how in the first movie when maleficent or whoever stopped time and instead of editing it they just??? Made the actors and actresses stand still???? Like it was so obvious and awkward lol

unrelated, but i think you should know there is a small section of soulmate au fanfiction(just in general, not related to the descneants in any way) in which the soulmates mechanic is "goose of inforcement" its exaclty what you would think.

love that the top comments are about ever after high. keep it up sweeties you're doing great

I will never recover from Descendants taking over my childhood dream of seeing the ‘Monster High’ ‘Ever After High’ crossover

This will premiere in 1am (in the time zone I live in) Guess who's gonna pull another all nighter even tho they have classes tomorrow

Ever After High flew on dragons, so that Descendants could run and trip

Kristen and Idina carry every single production they're apart of.