**DESCENDANTS: THE RISE OF RED** Is Actually Pretty Good? (reaction/commentary) 

They told us what the prank was in the song whenever they were in their hideout it was to get the cookbook and give her a cupcake that turns her into a beast

Putting Brandy and Paolo in the movie was one of the best decisions Disney ever made

It was just revealed that Descendants: The Rise of Red broke the audience record on Disney+, so it more than confirmed that we will have a trilogy of this new franchise 🥳🥳🥳🥳

"Jaladdin? I'm not calling you that. That's a crime." Thank you! I was like "WTF?" when I saw them and heard that.

Nah, the ship should totally sail. Chloe and Red would be iconic.

Oh I know Chad tormented Chloe growing up she's so goody goody

Yes, Rebecca! Brandy, the woman who plays Cinderella in this movie, also played Cinderella in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella (1997). It’s my personal favorite Cinderella movie.

girl, they literally said they were gonna turn bridget into a monster and before traveling back in time she said they turned her into a monster, that's the prank

Are we not gonna talk about how Bridget accent just completely changed? Evil made her British?

Evie and Mal had a great friendship as leads. Chloe and Red should definitely be girlfriends in the next one

I think a lot of people don’t realize the plot twist. In BOTH timelines, Merlin’s ALWAYS had his spell book safeguarded, so Uliana and her friends will have always been made frozen, which stopped them from doing the prank. But because Chloe and Red were there to kind of take possession of the book, and it causing the future to be changed, we can infer that they UNKNOWINGLY stopped this mysterious person from taking the book in the short time between the future villains being frozen and Merlin arriving. We also learned that only someone “good” could actually open the book. We will probably find out who actually pranked Bridget in part 2.

The prank the turned her into a literal green monster but I thought the monster was like they made cupcakes and make it seem that Bridget made poisonous cupcakes which would make the whole school hate her which is everything she didn’t want, hence why she was a monster. Also people have been theorizing that it was actually Ella that pranked or help prank Bridget I would like them to go back in time and see what happens with that book

Yes Rebecca, it's already being rumored that this movie was only part 1 of the pocketwatch saga and it's definitely true that the real pranker was not Uliana otherwise it was a plot hole but the writers know what they're doing so it's trustful...we're gonna see more of that on Descendants 5 including the castlecoming and the prank that's what I'm hoping for ever since we was being informed today that this movie broke records of viewers, we are just waiting for the green light to go forward...as Uma said in the end, they messed with the fabric of time and the infamous: "You didn't think this was the end of the story, did you?" moment...Kylie already confirmed it in an interview along with the actresses who played Ella confirmed on a live

"I'm concerned they're going to bleed this series dry." As much fun as I have with Descendants, I've always assumed they're gonna milk this cash cow until it's dead.

29:50 descendants was designed from day 1 to be a cinematic universe and there’s like 50 kingdoms we haven’t explored yet I wanna explore them all damnit

The girl who plays Red’s name is Kylie Cantrall and she also was in high school musical the musical the series, she played the girlfriend of the tv star guy in season 4

Strap in. We're going of the "they made ripples in space time by changing the past" thing right? Uliana and them would have probably figured out they cant open the book and need someone good to do it, and so they bully Ella into opening the book, they make the monster cake and so Ella sticks to Bridget at the dance but then she sees charming right? And bridget's like "go!" and while Ella is off with Charming, Bridget gets humiliated and then Ella arrives after the fact and Uliana reveals they could never have done it without her, and yeah thats just off the top of my head so not so much "Ella did it" but more so of she had a part in this very cruel prank on a very nice sweet girl who wasnt socialized until very recently, and she, even as a grown woman, is quick to say "oh it was just a prank" "let the past be", cause there's literally no other way that bridget would become what she did unless that happened. Like your only friend in high school after you've been homeschooled your whole life turn out to be the one directly responsible for the most humiliating moment of your life? But EVERYTHING Red did had ripples, so instead of Uliana (who we can assume is well versed in magic) figuring out about the spellbook's freezing hex, she just had to gloat over her victory (as villians do) which led to her downfall, and the current timeline.

I dont understand why everyone is saying mal would not exist becuase Hades and Malificent are frozen. Merlin found them so he would unfreeze them, all they had was detention.

i did not know Joshua Colley was in this movie 😭😭 i only recognized him from Dead Boy Detectives

What bugs me about the movie is it never revealed what happened between Bridget and Ella… And wow Rebecca was so right about the cookbook plothole. How would’ve the VKs been able to use the book for their prank if the book automatically detects ‘bad people’ thus making them freeze🤔 IM SO ON BOARD WITH A QUEER STORYLINE FOR RED AND CHLOE😍

Yes Brandy played Cinderella in 1997

I’m so glad you see the potential in Chloe and Red being a thing❤💙

The prank was shown in Revenge Party when the cauldron was lit by Hades, but I think the next movie will involve the real prankster and the effects of time travel.

I was enjoying myself for like 2/3rds of the movie. When the plot started plotting towards the end i knew it wasn't going to end good. Ppl shouldn't defend the rushed ending/plot holes in the fact that a second part is coming, movies should be able to be stand-alones even if they are part of a series. Like literally the previous descendants movies didnt feel this forced for a sequel😒 Ps. I thought it would have ended with them going back and seeing nothing changed so then they will need to head back which will be a good ending for a sequel but, i guess they wanted a happy ending although that kind of ruins the story here if the same story is going to be developed in the second part😅we'll see i guess

Yeah the ending wss rushed and bad but apparently it's meant to be a 2 parter so 5 is gonna come

I had the exact same thought when I first watched this movie that Red and Chloe should totally become a couple! I was even getting the vibe that it could happen and that it would make sense, but knowing disney it's not gonna happen and that makes me sad :(

"I'm sure I'm fine" famous last words

Rebecca having her dumb pooter moment with not realising the prank

How did Uliana pull the prank in the original timeline if it was enchanted so that evil intention couldn’t read the book? Chloe and Red could have done nothing and it would have ended the same.

they did show you the prank its explaned in the song ulyianna sings its about the cupcake thing

10:42 she dosent say “woah” she actually says “war” i heard that to!

I couldnt believe this movie was real 😂

With an added 30 mins of dialogue, this could’ve easily became my favorite Descendants movie (the originals will always have a special place in my heart though). The 30 mins would give us time to actually see the ball, and everything play out. They probably don’t think it was needed. They never showed why Bridget thought Cinderella was fake. Did she not help her after being turn into a monster? Did she just say get over it? The ending just like it was rushed.

Apparently, this is the first of a two-part movie. I was also puzzled why they built up this big prank that literally changed the Queen of Hearts entire personality and made this sugar-coated bubble of effervescent cotton candy into this angry and vengeful Queen. Apparently, when the girls played with the fabric of time, they made some rather unexpected changes and there will be consequences to that. I don't think her Mom is truly all good now. Her dress was only partially white and her hair was still red, when it was cotton candy pink in the past, before the prank. Maybe they will show us the prank in the second part of the movie and we can see what all the fuss is about.

they weren't trying to bring Thomas back necessarily, Joshua who plays hook has stated in previous interviews that he did take inspiration from Thomas but he was also still trying to make it his own because, this is captain hook as a teen, not harry, its his father.

They said “you turned me into a monster” then showed the spell during perfect revenge turning someone into an ogre (monster). But I think they messed up charming and Cinderella meeting.. remember they said “we met at the dance”

Couldn’t have clicked this faster😂

6:15 Yes, that's Brandy, who played Cinderella in the Rodger's and Hammerstein's Cinderella from 1997, and that is also the actor who played the prince in the same movie.

No, that room where the dance fight with the armors happens is a hallway room, this room is the office at the beginning, where the Fairy Godmother and Uma were

When I watched this, I totally expected that Cinderella was the one who did the prank against the queen of hearts. The tension between them. Cinderella’s constant justification of “it was just a stupid prank” and the line of the queen of hearts that they are all back stabbers. So I honestly was shocked when it wasn’t Cinderella. Also, I predict that in the next movie it will be revealed that Cinderella and Prince Charming aren’t married or they don’t love each other. It’s because Red and Chloe got Ella grounded in the past which in turn would cause her to miss the dance. The dance where Prince Charming and Cinderella first danced and fell in love. Idk. Would be interesting.

A song about the nuances of morality is quite unique

yes the girl that plays Cinderella in descendants the rise of red is in one of the original Cinderella movie

It said it about 3 times, at the dance she was turned into a green monster

The songs here are awesome. Uma's sister song and when Red and her mother are singing in the car!!! This song is slaying.

Fun Fact: The person who played Chloe acually did her own stunts!

"Perfect Revenge" is my favorite song in the movie.

14:20 Sooo many people actually ship them, INCLUDING the actresses (and me)

I agree with the LGBTQ+ take. I need these two to be a couple and I shipped them so hard in the movie, I was hoping for Red to find love through Chloe (especially after her song about wanting love)

28:22 we did see the prank, well what they planned as the pranks, in the villain song while they were singing and giving suggestions on how revenge. And they decided to get the book, make her a cupcake- and basically turn her into a green “monster” or something

China wasn’t acting during the tribute of Carlos, that was genuine emotion

I'ma be honest, I really hope the actor for Chad comes back in the next movie because I wanna see some funny interactions with his baby sister.

Yesssss 🤩 I just watched this movie with my brother as soon as it released on streaming and now I’m back in my descendants phase

I believe this movie was intended to not rewrite, but re-imagine a franchise for a newer audience. I mean I’m 23 year olds now and the first movies came out when I was in middle school. So there’s a brand new generation who would probably like descendants so it’s cool that they will have their own well also having the OG to look back on.

I think the whole reason there were plot holes and the ending felt rushed is because they are setting it up for a sequel so I think they did it on purpose to make us get curious and excited for the next movie

They explains the whole prank in the villain song. Also the whole point of the movie was to stop the prank from happening all together so of course we don’t get to see the prank.

In my head Hook and Morgie are 🌈🏳️‍🌈

Girl-you’re upsetting me greatly. 😂😂 You’ve NEVER watched Whitney Houston’s Cinderella? You on Disney+ girl! 😂😂 They are the most iconic Cinderella couple they have an absolutely banger movie. They were culturally diverse before Hollywood even knew what that word meant. They made that popular and NO ONE will ever do what they did successfully. Like Amazon Cinderella is literally a Whitney Houston Cinderella knockoff.

Yes, Brandy was in the Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella (1997)

OMG HEARTLESS MENTIONED! same bestie, i consider it canon and idk if im overhyping but it's my favorite book ever like ever

They showed what the prank would be in perfect revenge

i think the guy who was playing hook was supposed to harry’s dad, not harry himself. and that’s why he’s acting like him. harry gets his flair from his dad

If you paid attention the prank was an evil cupcake that was made that they gave Bridget which turned her into a monster. That is why Uliana wanted the cookbook.

Awesome reaction of my favorite Descendants movie!!!!!!!😊😊😊😊😊😊

Also Disney did have a gay couple in a tv show in Andi Mack

I NEVER until this day knew that “ain’t” was associated with British vocabulary because I’ve only ever heard the word come out of an American’s mouth😭😭 Would not have expected British people to use the word tbh

the prank as turning her into a monster with a cupcake and ella wasn't there to help her because ella was dancing with charming and she snap like its

They did show how they Pranked her in the song with the villains it showed the book and the prank they’re gonna turn her how the queen of Snow White when she was a witch like how they did in the last movie

I feel like Ella was being suspicious and I thought she was going to end up being to one who pranked Bridget, which makes sense with the spell on the book and the fact that Bridget in the future is mad at the good guys not at the villains who bullied her anyway. Like the way Cinderella says "it was just a prank" feels like she's defending herself. The movie wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, but it didn't hit as hard as the first 3

they turned bridget into a monster on her first dance

first time watching the movie and cried the whole movie from the honor to cameron 😭

19:05 I think we can all agree - whether or not we like the movies or shows Thomas Doherty has been in, there's no doubt that he himself delivers. Whatever the problems with the final result might be it's not for lack of dedication on his part.

If I had to guess, something's gonna go wrong in the aftermath, and we'll figure out what Ella had to do with the prank. If I had to guess, she was forced into being part of it.

The scene in knight falls looked lore like a hallway

YEah!!! Brandy was THE THIG back in that day and did not do it alone, she played Cinderella with Whitney houston as the fairy and woppie goldbert as the mom of the prince!!!! it is still my favorite Cinderella! loved it and Whitney Houston... no works!!

17:27 WHY DO ALL THE COMMENTERS KEEP SKIPPING PRINCE CHARMINGS’ PART IN THE SONG!??????? It was literally the best part of the whole movie!😫😩😭

19:17 I guess pond water doesn't feel so nice to sea witches - different kind of water entirely.

9:42-9:50 omg i love her music and sounds amazing all the time

13:59 I agree, when the queen of hearts said “love ain’t it”, I kinda assumed red would have a love interest in this movie but she didn’t

I'm soo happy Disney had bring back Brady for Cinderella since she is an original Cinderella too. It's one of my favorite versions of Cinderella. And so many other people love Brandy's version of Cinderella. I've also seen other youtuber's reactions to d4 like billy binges and he loves the fact they bring back Brady.

I really think this is going to be a new trilogy of descendants and different from the other films that had different stories. This story will be divided into three films. And I think the prank that what they did with Bridget will be shown and I also think that Ella was involved in it. Kisses from Brazil ❤🇧🇷

there’s so many little cuts and references to jasmine and aladdin i highly believe that their child will be a main character next movie

This one kinda seems less cheesy and I’m here for it. honestly so happy to see more of the other characters finally getting the spotlight. It’s called Descendants for a reason. It’s showing you different characters and I’m so glad for it. Hope to see Alice in the next one maybe.

The fact as well the scene w/ UMA at the start you could just tell those were China’s real tears😭😭😭 Also YES Brandy played Cinderella back in 1997 and the actor playing Charming also played him in that same movie!! Also also i’ll stand by that Rita Ora DEVOURED

I watched this the night it came out. And yes the actress and actor who play Cinderella and king charming are who played Cinderella and Prince Charming from the Rodgers & Hammerstein Cinderella! It’s a good movie but nothing will beat the first descendants movie. I do love the time travel aspect of the movie! With the way they ended it with zooming in on uma I’m hoping that they don’t make her evil again bc we’ve been there been that already. That’s if they even make another one to begin with. My favorite character from this is the pink happy kind Bridget from the past when she was a teen.

THEY SAID THE PRANK! THEY TURNED HER INTO A MONSTER!

Gurl the time travel machine only bring you to a place that will give you what your heart desire the most 😂 It's not something they can use 728288 times in a row to fix small events

13:59-14:07 same! they really missed out on gay relationships with Jay and Gil, Harry and Ben. even Mal and Evie had a lot of chemistry

6:13-6:20 yea, she did back in 97’. i can’t remember much from it tho

Brandy played in the Roger’s and Hammerstein version of Cinderella years ago with Whitney Houston. So she’s one of the original cinderellas. It may have been the first live action

The prank was that Uliana was gonna turn her in to a green goblin monster in front of the whole school at the dance and so if you heard younger Cinderella she said “Bridget is strong she so nice to everybody even when people aren’t nice to her and that’s very strong” so if you put that together Briget got on her last straw with the prank and yeah she turned in to the queen of hearts.

27:05 they did twice u just didn’t pay attention also it’s a two parter

They showed us and mentioned the prank several times..someone gave her a cupcake that turned her into a monster. The problem was that uliana couldn't have done since they couldn't use the book

I’m the song “Sweet Revenge” it shows that the prank was gonna be turning Bridgette into a monster using a cupcake

How did uliana use the book in the original timeline? Maby someone else pranked like her like Ella

Yes… Brandi was the black Cinderella princess in 1997.

I love how they brought back cinderella and charming from the 1997 Cinderella

"It's not mot hitting the same..." Gurl it's better than all the other ones. 😂

You need to watch the whole movie but the prank is that they got into the cookbook and turn her into a monster I think

2:45 they didn’t learn nothing they see queen or hearts as a different situation Also there’s still growing pains these things take time they’re still adjusting

18:50-18:58 u got it right, that’s his name