Why The Internet Loves To Hate Wish 

I interpret the reaction of the internet to wish as "This corporation is devoid of passion for the art that made them big, so if they don't make good stories I'll be the one to put that goddam passion up there where it deserves to be" and I love it so much

As someone who’s progressively grown more and more resentful of disney since 2013 I take some enjoyment in seeing them continue to fail more and more often than not

Can't wait for the next Wish song criticism.

22:45 this just reminds me that art is becoming more and more monopolised and unless you’re Mr Eiger’s daughter, you’re not going to make it

I think "let people enjoy things" works best as a response to moral outrage, if that makes sense. In the online realm of criticism nowadays you see a lot of "X character did Y bad thing and the story didn't punish them for it, so the story condones doing Y." In cases where someone is using their analysis as a weapon to attack the artist or claim a lack of morality from the viewers, sometimes all you can say is to chill and let it be. I think a lot of people misconstrue legitimate criticism with reactionary or simplistic interpretations, and start to act like any criticism is some kind of personal claim. After all, if everyone you interact with does mean that criticism as a personal slight, you're going to take it as such. People just need to relearn how to separate criticism from morality imo

21:56 JENNY NICHOLSON MENTION, LETS GOOO

Seeing Asha so Happy amd confident on a thumbnail saying The power of being a hater" is... I think Asha is also disappointed and angry at her own movie. She deserved better. She deserves better writers!

I saw the title of this video went, “Finally, you are speaking my language!”

I think many people had a lot of fun coming up with ideas to try to improve the idea of Wish. Many people like watching bad movies to see how they can try to improve a story.

Hi big fan❤ can you analyze a song from the tangled tv show i think that would be pretty cool🥰

I don't know, critiqing is like the wild west these days. Back then, everyone knew which was good or bad. But now, because of the blasted culture, the war is still going on it's hard to know who to trust. Anyone of your favorite youtubers could sell out for the war while staying evasive of what of their true beliefs.

Disney animated movies are supposed to be for Families. That does NOT mean made for 'kids'. It means something that can be enjoyed by children AND their parents. If the adults can't enjoy the movie it's no longer for 'families'. I Hate the rhetoric 'it's made for kids' or 'it's not that deep' cause I feel that only works for stuff Actually made for toddlers or super young children. Even then you need to be aware of what lessons your telling to children. If its for children it should have More thought put into it.

I love that the enrirety of the Wish fandom's sole existence is dedicated to fixing the film Kinda gives off a sense of unity and teamwork in a way, yk? Having us all come toguether to have a better glimpse at what could have been great I myself hope to rewrite the movie someday, I even redid two songs already, so yeah

So many of the old Disney movies were so good because they had all those different subtextual meanings that people could debate about like "does this intentionally have queer subtext or is it just a fun coincidence?" or such, meanwhile with wish you have to read into it too deep like that just to even find a meaning in the first place.

I think the best thing that came out of wish was the inspiration it gave to the fans to make their own content

"Let people enjoy things" is what I call "positive contrarianism." It's just as annoying as people who hate everything popular.

The way I see criticism of my favorite stuff is like watching people talk about what's good or bad about a recipe before trying it. Like for example, a repeated criticism in your Hazbin videos seems to be that some of the lyrics were over cooked, but I like crispier cookies, so I can admit that like "yeah, that part did try a bit too hard to be clever." but still think it's good.

I hope you don't mind me doing a mini-rant myself about "Wish": (Before I start, I question why they didn't finish "Gigantic," a fairy tale musical set in Spain, or at least use the same team for "Wish" once it was cancelled.) 1. Asha is a disappointment in almost every way. She doesn't learn or grow her perspective like Judy Hopps, Anna, Pocahontas, Raya, etc. She's just always right, and she's "quirky" in such a cringey way. The hybrid art doesn't make her dress look as good if it was 100% 2D or 3D, and I wish they kept the orange color instead of purple like Rapunzel and Isabela Madrigal. Plus the braids seemed very modern and Sub-Saharan African to me (not an expert, but that's just my vibe)--plus look up "Aida" from the Disney Broadway play. They also have her with braids and a purple outfit in one of her performances. Not to mention her family is poorly fleshed out, from her mom's mystery wish to her dad influencing her despite not having a significant presence in the film, to her grandfather whose life before Rosas is never explained. My ideal version of Asha would've perhaps paid more homage to her Amazigh heritage--or make her Romani, since Spain has the highest Romani population in Europe and it'd be a good Esmeralda callback--an orange dress (or a red one; see complaint #6), as well as making her a little bit older and mature, maybe even shy--or a pessimistic person who sees the fairy tale life as a front and unattainable. Nevermind the story gives her better writing than having plot armor to defeat the king who can shapeshift, alter/erase memories, and has a magic mirror. 2. Magnifico and Amaya are poor imitations of what they could've been. Magnifico was originally a good guy while Amaya was a villain (as confirmed by Amaya's VA), followed by a villain couple, followed by a bland good guy Amaya and a lackluster villain Magnifico. A lot of people want a classic villain, but I want a new Disney antagonist, one who isn't a villain per se, but whose perspective is at odds with the protagonist so they can both grow. Just like Gaston paralleled the Beast and Lady Tremaine paralleled Cinderella (at least in the 2015 remake), allow Magnifico and/or Amaya to represent a broken hero, someone who lost their way but still learned a lesson that they took to extremes. 3. The Teens, while a good reference to the 7 dwarves, are WAY too many characters for one film to characterize properly. Conflate Hal with Dahlia, Dario with Safi, and Gabo with Simon, or something like that; just give us a smaller friend group to flesh out and explain their own motivations and wishes. 4. Star not being here feels like Disney continuing the backlash they used to get for their female lead always having romance. Asha and Star could've been a couple--heck, I LOVE the idea of Star being Magnifico and Amaya's son (think Hercules, Elsa, and Rapunzel vibes) and thus being the bridge between the protagonists and antagonists. 5. GIVE US COLOR! Everything was so pale, despite "Sleeping Beauty" (who's opening number shows an array of bright colors) being an inspiration. If everyone is pale after giving up their wishes, that works, but restore it when they get their wishes back/granted, explaining Asha's vibrant color palette. 6. The story is boring. Take inspiration from "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" for Asha training under Magnifico, learning magic and understanding his worldview while she teaches him her own (and give them the Mickey/Yen Sid color palettes). Perhaps include "The Pink" and "The Fisherman and His Wife"--you know, fairy tales about wishing? Maybe even rip off "Shrek 2" by making Magnifico a fairy godfather with Asha as his apprentice, which helps the ending make more sense. Let Asha grant a wish against Magnifico's advice and race to fix it before potentially destroying the kingdom. Mix elements of "Kingdom Hearts" and "Enchanted" for good measure, perhaps with some good sassy jokes like "The Emperor's New Groove." 7. The music needs a retool. Based on what Jennifer Lee and Julia Michaels have said, Disney did her a disservice. While I'd have enjoyed Lin-Manuel Miranda or the Anderson-Lopez team to do the music (I love them for "Frozen," but Disney should give them other musicals, too), Julia being a pop/radio writer doesn't automatically disqualify her from writing music for a Disney film. Just let her and Benjamin Rice have more time to write the songs during production and come up with unique sounds and lyrics (Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, and Billie Eillish feel like good inspirations for a mainstream sound, personally).

I was always rooting for the movie & didn't hate it because I was so excited as it was the first classic Disney movie set in my country Spain. I been wanting a Spanish princess since forever. I loved they set it in Al-Andalus time which is a big period of the history of our country which is never represented in Hollywood. I loved the fact they decided to do Asha Afro Iberian. I didn't like how generic they made some stuff in the movie like I wish (pun intended) they would have given her a romantic partner it could have been so great if the King & Queen had a Prince who Asha ends up with. Also I would have loved a more authentic & Ethnic soundtrack inspired by Flamenco music & the cast should have been Iberian people they didn't care about us when literally there are names like Rosalia, Penelope Cruz, Javier Bardem & Antonio Banderas who could have & should have voiced the characters. I feel it was such a loss opportunity & the main reason why the movie tanked so bad in my country especially.

I have a feeling people on social media have regressed to this mindset of "Criticizing something such as a movie makes us a hater just to be a hater", as if we don't have legit opinions.

I loved Wish actually but I agree they should’ve stuck with the original concept AND they could’ve done Star as well as Starboy in one move. Make Starboy transform into Star when they’re traveling so he gets to the destination faster. We get a cute boy and the kids get the star plush. Although I loved Star as well cause of how cute he was anyway but I would’ve loved to buy some Starboy merch as well like it’s not that difficult

my autistic hyperfixation for seeing people fix this movie has a death grip on me LOL I'm utterly enthralled by peoples passion on making their own ideas for this film. because of all the POTENTIAL, it's story/setting had! it's not a bad thing to channel that "hate" into something productive! we lost something that could've been AMAZING! so now we're all like "let's make our OWN wish come true!" it's not necessary "hate" for this movie. It's more like "disappointment coupled with a ton of creative inspiration" like how we have fanfics, fanarts, and other kinds of AUs in other media! Thanks for coming to my (jumbled and unorganized) Ted Talk! xD

It's a bummer that Wish wasn't good because I remember watching the trailer a lot and thinking wow this looks great Disney might actually be back and nah the opposite happened, maybe I'll watch Wish eventually but I'm not rushing to check it out

"Just let people enjoy things." I don't remember forbidding them to.

I also hate the sort of spinoff of "let people enjoy things" after a critical video blows up: "a youtuber gave you that opinion." It always causes the biggest eyeroll from me. Genuinely, I think this problem would be a lot less prevalent if people could accept that there's a difference between "I liked this" and "this was good."

My favorite part of wish was when i misheard magnifico saying “how cute” to star, I thought he said “f*ck you” 😂 That’s the only way I can hear it now Also you always have the best outfits 👌✨

This mindset is so important to me. I will rail endlessly on works I actually love deeply but have major flaws, because I care so much about the finished product. The stuff I actually hate? I tend to just ignore since it's not even fun for me to analyze the failure of something that I don't want to engage with.

I like your point about consuming mindlessly. Not only does it allow big companies to continuously serve us slop, it also discourages aspiring artists and writers from trying because nothing they ever make will be appreciated by people who genuinely care. Mindless media consumption is also dangerous. Just Imagine how many problematic messages, propaganda, etc. can be spoon-fed to us if we viewed everything with neutrality and took everything at face value instead of trying to dig a little deeper. Personally, the feeling I get from people hating Wish isn't angry hate, it's disappointment hate. A lot of us artists, animators, writers, were inspired by Disney's older stuff, and to see their fall from grace is saddening. We WANT to like things, but it's really hard to do so when you care enough to realize how soulless their recent projects have become.

It's the principal of it. It wouldn't be the same if Wish was a regular Disney movie. We would have deemed it meh and moved on. But it's specifically because of the type of movie Wish is and what it represents that makes it so disappointing and fun to clown on. It is literally Disney's 100th anniversary celebration movie. Something we've been waiting all our lives for. Disney was king. It was a paragon of amazing stories, songs and animation. Quality in almost everything it did. And you would think, for it's 100th anniversary, Disney would put some actual effort into it's celebration movie. But they didn't. It's honestly a betrayal of the fanbase and themselves, and everything Disney built and stood for.

the irony is not lost on me that the villain (disney) says that he cannot grant the wish of inspiring people (won't create new fairy tales/stories to inspire future generations) while continuously granting the wishes of the people to ensure that they stay happy and placated (instead creating content that only exists for consumption and to keep the corporation running), only to then be overthrown by an underdog group that inspired themselves to ask for more than this (the fandom and internet collectively creating their own stories, art, songs, characters and more, while disney loses millions at the box office). (long ramble incoming, apologies) as someone who has genuinely not stopped thinking about this movie and its concepts since it came out, I absolutely love this video and the analysis you put behind it. I never put two and two together that fairy tales really have been told for centuries and are, at their core, from the people, but it makes so much sense. that's why disney's stories stick in the public conscious because they not only reflected the time period, culture, and thinking of the era, showing us that, at the end of the day, the interpretations may change, but the message and humanity still speak and ring true. these stories were created by the people and for the people. they still stay with us despite the years and now century that have past because of the humanity and love poured into them. something disney now clearly does not understand is that you will always haters. you cannot appeal to everyone - attempting that is only going to end up in pleasing no one. art will always comment on/challenge/criticize something because it was created by a human with experiences and influences based on the time of its creation. like you talked about with beauty and the beast, even if the movie wasn't ABOUT the aids crisis, you can absolutely still interpret it through that lens because of the creators behind it and the story they tell. and from the few interviews and videos we do have of the wish creators, as well as the art book and its concepts, they clearly did have an idea and passion for it that just got whittled down by corporate interference and capitalism. (I truly cannot wait for those NDAs to expire because I need to hear about the production issues that went on behind the scenes for this one - I need an HBO documentary, a dozen RU-vid analyses, and all of the Twitter threads.) it also absolutely delights me that in all of the disney mediocrity of the last few years, new creators, artists, writers, and fandoms have emerged and found success. after the train wreck of Mulan 2020, I found an entire community of AAPI creators who I've been following since and introduced me to so many stories I wouldn't have known about otherwise. and now, with Wish 2023, I've found some incredibly talented creators and awesome channels (such as yours) that have introduced me to music composition, fairy tale history, story creation, character creation, and more. it's so cool to see how this disappointing movie has inspired so many people and launched amazing works. anyway, fantastic video as always, calxyin! I'm so glad you cared so much about wish that you created your channel because your videos have been wonderful! I'm so proud to be apart of this little fandom and I cannot wait to see it continue to grow! (also, I know this is just words from a stranger on the internet, but I'm so sorry about your grandpa. thank you for sharing photos of him with us; I lost my own and know that saying I'm sorry can only do so much. I know it must not have been easy to keep putting out videos with everything going on, but I hope the good vibes and thoughts I'm sending your way help in some way!)

"let people enjoy things" is a valid sentiment, but i think we should also "let people criticize things" because it gets so tiring to go into comment sections from videos reviewing animation and see a bunch of people going "why do you care" and "it's for children". Animation studios did not become multibillion dollar corporations by making mediocrity and we have the right to point it out when they do

I feel like you would enjoy reading the paper I wrote for my animation history class. It is about why animation and fairy tales work so well together and create these "definitive" versions. Edit: also as a follow up, I think it is very important to emphasize that not only were these stories written by peasants originally, but mainly PEASANT WOMEN. They have such happy endings and love as such a theme because of that. For most women, especially peasants, this was their way to envision a better life for themselves and their daughters. These stories were frequently told while doing chores. So while you wove, your older women told these oral stories to pass the time and make it more fun. Stories of "wouldn't it be nice to be richer? Would it be nice to have a lover who truly cared for you?" To hate on these stories for these qualities shows a classist undercurrent because it fails to understand the privilege we have now of not having to worry about an arranged marriage or being forced to stay in a loveless marriage. We can marry whomever we wish and (for now), leave if that marriage is not what we wanted. Those women couldn't so their dreams reflect that. You can change that if you wish, but do not mock these women of days past for only having that idea of "wouldn't it be nice if my husband truly loved me." That was their escapist fantasy. You have enough that you can dream bigger. Be glad for that.

I wish they kept Starboy, the shapeshifter, why not have a doll of him as a human fashion doll but also keep his star form cute for other merchandise

I just watched the video. Normally I don't comment on videos like this but I want to say that this was a well-constructed video. It's very symbolic how people today are reinventing an original story by Disney, who are known for reinventing/retelling/adapting stories that have been told by the people... I guess you can say we're taking the power back? Haha! P.S. My condolences to you and your family, and may your grandfather rest in peace.

I actually didn't hate wish BUT it didn't wow me either. I thought it was just ok. I am sad they dropped the possible Starboy/Asha romance though. It could've been cute. It is what it is though, and for now tangled remains my favorite Disney movie(and series) ever with frozen right behind it. Also I heard that kh music in the background, good choice.

Every bag disney fumbles gives me more motivation to improve my own writing

My honest opinion is that Wish isn’t necessarily a bad movie, it’s just a _lazy_ movie. ESPECIALLY as Disney’s 100th anniversary film. Had they released it any other year, I feel like people wouldn’t have cared as much and wouldn’t have hated on it as much. Disney literally built up everyone’s expectations so high for a movie that was just so, _so_ lacklustre. It almost feels like someone went into a drawer of scrapped movie scripts, blindly picked one, sprinkled in some Disney Easter eggs and just said, “that’ll do”.

Pretty ironic that Wish has succeeded in its goal of inspiring people to hope and dream and create, just not in the way it was expecting to XD Also if the "let people enjoy things" sayers were actually true to their beliefs, they should have absolutely no problem with letting someone enjoy critiquing a piece of work they found lacking, methinks. There can be a lot of catharsis found in ripping something you dislike apart and figuring out why it's not working for you, as I'm sure we're all a testament to by now. The Internet really looked at Wish, put their foot down and went "no, we have higher standards, and you're going to need to try harder than that" and I could not be prouder of us for it

I feel about Wish the same way I did about Cats 2019. I hated it so much that i became fixated by it and felt a need to analyze every detail to figure out the how and why it was put together (i think part of it is trying to figure out how someone could willing make something like that, feel its appropriate for release, and then expect the world to not criticize something). I love the fact that I hate Wish because it means something in there connected with me and i want figure out what it was and how I would do it.

R.I.P. Calxiyn's grandpa. 😭😭

Honestly it gives me no pleasure to hate this movie. I wanted this movie to be good. I wanted it to be what it was supposed to be: a celebration of 100 years of a company that made my childhood years very happy. But unfortunately, all it turned out to be was a bland and mediocre mess with every problem Disney is suffering from right now. And what pisses me off more in regard to it is that it didn’t need to be this way. From the concept art and original ideas we’ve heard was the original plan, this movie could have been something very special. But unfortunately it again is a movie that symbolizes everything wrong with Disney nowadays and their never ending stubbornness to fix its problems.

This is the first disney movie openly based on the mediterranean and it doesn't even look mediterranean at all. As a Spaniard that's what bothers me. Recently they've been putting in more effort with this stuff, but in here they just thought slapping him horseshoe arches here and there and some little references was good enough. This is an island in the mediterranean, but it looks atlantic. The climate, the fauna, the flora, the stone of the buildings or even most of the structures don't look "medieval mediterranean island" at all. That is a mountain everything, but it's somehow directly touching the sea. It makes sense because in the original concept those were forests meant for the mountain. But it was a disappointing misrepresentation. Even raya did it better and the put all those cultures in a slushie of whatever looks more asian. This doesn't even look mediterranean. You can like it, doesn't mean it's not disappointing and lacking in all the ways the recent movies that were already lacking aren't. And as a mediterranean it's especially disappointing. That's why old disney movies used very vague europeanish settings instead of compromising and then coming short. I didn't care about this movie, but from the trailer it looked aesthetically bland in a way I knew it shouldn't be, so I really don't care that it's terrible in terms of plot or whatever else. But the mediterranean setting was part of the marketing and premise and the only things that looks and feels particularly mediterranean and not generic or confused are magnifico and amaya and those random horseshoe arches.

I think bad stories inspire us more than good stories (I know it’s true for me) because with good stories there’s nothing we want to change but with bad stories we can choose what we like and rewrite the story off of a prewritten base to create something new. Wish has inspired many people to create their own stories and I love the creativity of the Wish fandom.

Also where are the bad wishes. Like what if Asha sees a wish for something terrible to happen and is like “OHHHH!!!! The king has a valid reason not to grant some wishes!”

I rlly want a remake of Wish not live action but 2d animated with all the original concept arts like starboy and the villain couple hell if that were to happen we would be so happy but they most likely will leave this movie to gather dust while we the audience dream that this movie could've been better.

GIRL YOU POPPED OFF SO HARD WITH THIS ONE!!

I'm not mad, I'm just so disappointed. This movie could be good. I loved Encanto and Luca, I liked Elemental and I also really liked Strange World or Onward. But Wish was so flat and loveless :( Asha deserved better

Unrelated but omg I ADORE your outfit! 😍😍😍

0:28 my favorite rewrite of "this is the thanksi get" is infact from Jonah's. What's your favorite rewrite of "this is the thanks i get"?

It could have been better. For some reason the only songs I remember are the demo version for At All Costs, the villain song version of This Wish from Lydia the bard and the fan song for if both Amaya and Magnifico were the villain power couple by MilkyMelodies with Caleb Holes singing Magnificos part

I think the worst thing about projects like these that have potentnial but end up a fail is imagining what it would be like to be one of the creatives. It's not the artists fault that Wish is like this so picture having to just work on this movie knowing what was scraped, knowing what it could have been and letting it fall through your fingers because it's ultimately up to the higher ups.

As for 'was the company telling them what to do': Recently watched a vid about apparently just that happening over at Pixar. That the execs said to NOT tell personal stories anymore, but stick to 'biggest possible mass appeal'

There’s way more to talk about what WASN’T in the movie than what WAS

The fact that small channels like us also made more money off of wish than Disney did is endlessly hilarious to me aha

Disney's animated movies have always been such a huge part of my life, and really helped shape me as a writer and casual artist. I was rooting for Wish to be a worthy celebration of their centennial, and then really upset when it turned out to be such hot garbage. But I've since come to think that my wish (heh) was granted, after seeing all the amazing creators online giving us their own versions of the story.

commenting because your videos are so good, trying to boost it in the algorithm, more people need to see this

I didn’t think that today I would realize we are in our peasant era but I’m all for it

It really does come down to how badly Disney fumbled what could have been great in a hundred different ways. They could have embraced their history and made something along the lines of a full-length Sorcerer's Apprentice movie starring Mickey himself or some original character to take the role. They could have done what they claimed to want and honestly have an origin story for their wishing star instead of just having it show up as a barely-relevant marketable plushie. They could have done one of the several variations of this movie's script that had a coherent narrative. Instead, for their 100th Anniversary movie, Disney decided to make the most bland, executive mandated, chopped salad of a movie. Something that has no passion, not thought, and no care involved in its creation beyond getting g something out that is completely devoid of substance. Instead of celebrating the best of the company's long history, Wish represents a compilation of Disney's current flaws.

Thank you for making this video! I have been feeling the same about Wish and I finnaly understand how i feel about Miraculous ladybug. (Hear me out-) While Mlb right now is at a stand still with production. This and Wish are kinda in the opposide sides of the scale. Everybody loves wish and wantwd more..sp they made it!Its honestly so refreshing to see a actual starboy. Disney has been declining and now theres a actual spark,I couldent be happier. Miraculous on the other hand is similar..we make fix its and animatics all the time. But they got tired of waiting. Its washy and though we love creating because of thier flaws. There is a bitterness to it. Thankfully the paris special came out to give us faith.

This us an excellent point! I watched the movie, I had no idea why I hated it. My a$$ had yo get educated to properly point out what I didn't like.

I don't hate that movie

Easiest question to answer: because it was for the 100th anniversary. They shoved in so much nostalgia bait. And won’t even dare to do daring things with their media because “money money money! must be funny! in a rich man’s world!” But Wish proved that it was so not worth it. I would rather have Encanto be the 100th year celebration film. I’d rather watch winx club season 7 than WISH. I WlSH this movie were in 2D at the ever fudging *_least!_* I wish the impossible. That they hired small indie creators to make a traditional tale into a Disney masterpiece. Hand drawn even. Yesh. Delusions. But *_come on!_* 100 years?! 1 Century? HeII yeah we should go all the way

I saw Wish and I was like, "Ehhh, ok," and I hate to say it, it was very underwhelming and it doesn't have that wow factor that most of the classic Disney movies have and I feel like the ideas fell flat. I hate when great ideas aren't actually executed properly and that's what makes it disappointing. BTW, I've lost my 2 grandpas, and my grandma and seeing someone or even hearing them mention how they lost a relative, just hits me in the feels that can't be articulated. Side note, hearing the Wii music in the background made me snicker 😂😂😂, and one huge moment in my life is getting fired from my job that I won't get into much detail about, but I know for a fact that your videos cheer me up in no time, and I'll stand by you 💎💎💎

I’ve seen so many retellings of wish, and every time I think “man, I wish this could be the real thing” but I never stopped to think that those retellings ARE real, they are living breathing stories that people are sharing in the same way our ancestors did with oral storytelling. What a beautiful and mind blowing observation

i was gonna say i’m not mad, just disappointed. but no wish makes me mad and disappointed. i am truly in shock of how much disney completely fumbled what could’ve been a fantastic film. the only good thing about it is how much it’s sparked my creativity. also because the film is so disliked it gives me basically free range to claim asha as my own cause she’s such a cutie pie

I thought the trailer looked really good, and then I watched it...

It's a movie like this that makes you appreciate things that may have actually done things right. Many Disney adults that hate LMM have been mighty quiet since this disasterpeace dropped

because if my religion prevents me from hating people, I'm gonna at least hate media. that is permissable by the lord, other than that I try to remain positive and respect my fellow man✝❤

I didn't hate it. Just didnt think it was that good. Its one of 100 movies I will see this year. Some are worth rewatching most aren't

this movie hurt me because the king was made a hero and they banished him forever..

I have a video suggestion, though im not sure how viable itd be- would it be possible to review some rewritten covers or versions of songs? Like some of Lydia the Bards covers, for example- and compare their remade lyrics to the original song, seeing whats improved and how well they held or shifted the tone. I think itd be interesting to compare fanwork to original. not sure if you could do this one, since youd probably have to get permission from the creators, but I wanted to suggest it!

We hate Wish because we love the Disney legacy. All of wanted to celebrate the centennial with something special, magical, amazing. We had high hopes, but we were disappointed. I personally would have loved a sort of Fantasia 2023 where all the characters come together in a full length movie, with Mickey leading them to a special place where they could meet Disney himself. All the villains could attempt to stop them or smth. There could have been experimental animation, bringing back 2D animators to give interviews. A combination of 2D, 3D, live action, That would have been so cool! Disney did this in a short, but heck! It was too short. 100 years deserved a 100 minute movie about it. Wish was too bland for all our expectations. It simply didn't come out in the right year. Had it come out in 2024, we wouldn't be so upset maybe, but it definitely shouldn't have been marketed as THE movie to mark the 100th anniversary. It was like a bland tasteless cake at a very fancy wedding. Wish

Is it bad that Wish is actually my favorite Disney movie?

I wouldn’t say that or call it that 21:19 21:26 sure Jan

Honestly though, “Poppin’ this one!” was the one part that actually made me laugh. I thought that was pretty good. (But what terrible parent wished for that?! You have 1 chance nd that’s what you ask for??)

Wish was my least favorite movie of last year (my favorite being TMNT mutant mayhem) This year my least favorite movie is kung fu panda 4 (and my favorite being monkey man!) I swear the only thing I remember about wish was like one good song and an Amazon prime commercial with homelander killing a crowd of people in a bloody mess! King fu panda 4 I like the end credits song and the animation is really good!

Wish could've been so much better with the original concept, 2d animation and brodway musical style. Why disney scrapped those good ideas😭💀? King magfinico is one of the most dissapointing and worst disney villain that I've ever seen for a disney 🤣💀movie. He's worse than hans from frozen💀(Hans and the treason). This the thanks I get is one of the worst and most disappointing disney villain song ever. It's worse than the world's greatest criminal mind(from the great mouse detective), be prepare , hell fire etc...

8:29 i did not pay and i hated it

Well I mindlessly consume wish criticism cause potential was thrown out the window right into a warning sign bc they played it safe and didn’t give us what worked better and deserved to shine!

At this point, it will be a matter of time before someone actually makes a new Wish movie by piecing together everything the fans recreated. Even if it's just a animated story board. I would still watch it. I miss the times when stories were created to be fun and different and make you feel things, now, it's just a bunch of people doing check boxes and quotas. Stories were to transport you to a different world to experience a different life. We need to bring that back.

This makes a lot of sense! when the film came out I was so sad after seeing the concept art, because I was in looove with the film's potential and enchanted by all the possibilities of an incredible magical film (which unfortunately doesn't exist) which inspired me to start drawing again after MONTHS, I even rewrote the characters' stories along with my friends who were also REVOLTED with the final result of the film, we were talking for almost a full week about a new story, how we would like the film to be (based on the original ideas, taking things from the final result and adding our ideas) , I just need to put everything together, that would result in a new script HAHAHAHA

Personally, I didn't hate Wish. When I went to see it I actually liked it. I didn't think it was perfect and my main complaint with it is that it got a bit too bathos-y at times, but I liked it. But if someone else didn't like it, that's fine.

Disney could REALLY benefit from a movie that is purely art without worrying if the characters can be turned into cheap merchandise. Asha being black could've been deeper than just representation. She's was SUPPOSED to symbolize the comeback of 2D animation, and the last 2D animated movie by Disney was The Princess & The Frog which also had a black female lead. This should've been the moment to finally depict a black woman in fiction in a fantastical manner besides turning her into a FROG.

This is such a great video. It's very uplifting and empowering. :)

20:11 I truly believe that music is one of the most if not THE most important parts of a Disney movie and it is so mind-boggling to me that Alan Menken was not hired to be part of this film (RIP Howard Ashman). If not Menken, then why not Lin-Manuel Miranda? Or the Lopez’s? Or maybe even Pasek and Paul? I feel like they could do a great Disney musical. I have absolutely no clue wtf they chose Julia Michaels of all people….

Finally, someone else who had also came to the conclusion that Wish technically succeeded as an original fairytale that will be adapted in various ways.

I haven't finished the video yet or seen Wish, but this really put how I felt about Inside Out 2.

i guess theres smth to be said about how Asha was dissapointed in the "evil" king and took things into her own hands, just like how people on yt are doing with this movie

What failed American dream? 17:12

I'm just in awe that the writers accidentally made Asha the villain of the story

Wait a minute people are really spending that much on theater tickets??? Goodness me am I grateful for my 5-bucks-a-pop tiny local theater x_x

After MONTHS of me talking high praise about this channel to my twin, THIS was the video that made her watch you. BECAUSE SOMEONE FINALLY SAID SOMETHING ABOUT THE FOLKTALES

Wish was one hundred percent mediocre. It was the first movie ive watched that i left having absolutely no feelings about.

Most these negative "feedback" are nothing new. It's the same thing of "this or that is shit, trash, garbage" with many people agreeing, each and everyday. Plus, people don't talk about improving, but rather destructive feedback and rather want said company(Disney) to die in acid. The commentary speaks for themselves. Btw cute Draculaura and Cruella DeVille hairstyle

Legitimately got to 5 minutes in and then paused to talk about MORE cool ideas my hubby and I had for this movie… for 40 miles on our road trip. Anyway, we’re back to keep going!

I saw it in theaters and my 6 year old liked it. I liked...parts of it.

8:08 - THIS IS THE GREATEST PIECE OF RU-vid RANT I HAVE EVER WITNESSED. I love your type of humour.

What frustrates me is that "let people enjoy things" is perfectly fine to say when someone is attacking people directly for enjoying a work that is harmless (not counting works that regurgitate harmful rhetoric) but if a person is just talking to the aether and saying they didn't enjoy something, you coming and trying to put them down for their opinion makes you the bad person here!

My problem with criticism is that people often criticize a piece of art for it not being exactly what they wanted. Like there's a difference between a story having narrative flaws and the story not following the narrative someone created in their head. I once saw someone critizing a movie because it was a comedy and he wanted it to be a serious drama. Creators can't read your head and their view of the art they make might different from yours, so I don't think it's fair to hold them to a standard you created in your own head. I think an important part of criticism is being able to meet a piece of art on their own terms. You shouldn't criticize a movie for not living up to your personal standards, you should critize it for not living up to the standards it set for itself.

Kinda off topic but I love how you reply to all of these comments bc it feels like an actual discussion about these topics. There’s just no one who I know IRL that cares enough about this stuff to talk about it with me