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 Is this the thanks we get from Disney for their 100th anniversary?
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Wish is a 2023 animated film produced by Disney Animation Studios and released in cinemas on November 22, 2023. It was released during the company's 100th anniversary, supposed to broadcast the essence of Disney's style, which brought memories of our childhood. It's written by Jennifer Lee and Allison Moore and directed by Chris Buck and Fawn Veerasunthorn.
Plot
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the most magical film company ever imagined, Disney will lead you to the magic Kingdom of Rosas, in the Mediterranean Sea, where its King Magnifico (Chris Pine) can bring everyone's dream true!
It's a great day for Asha (Ariana DeBose), as she's chosen to be the King's assistant, however she has a great wish to propound: allowing her 100 years-old grandpa Sabino (Victor Garber) to have his dream fulfilled. Sadly, after a disappointing confession from Magnifico, Asha runs away with Valentino the goat (Alan Tudyk), only to make a wish and summoning after a sentient star, named Star.
Unwished Qualities
- Maybe the biggest problem within this movie is, despite being supposed to celebrate the 100th birthday of Disney (the company) since its debut in 1923, it does not feel like a big love letter to the studio, mostly if compared to other their masterpieces like Fantasia or Fantasia 2000, which did a really good job fitting in the Disney's essence. The problem with Wish is it feels so generic for being a real 100th celebration movie, even if you count none of the most famous characters (including Mickey Mouse himself, aside from the "Hidden Mickeys") appear physically in the movie.
- Asha is a generic dorky princess we've seen with other Disney princesses like Ariel, Mulan, Rapunzel, Anna, Moana, and Mirabel. Her motive is your generic "I want something more" cliche. In fact, during production, Asha was imagined to be more in line with Belle from Beauty and the Beast; quieter, and more introverted than the final product.
- King Magnifico, the main antagonist, isn't much of an antagonist, as despite tampering with dark magic, he willingly grants wishes to the kingdom of Rosas as much as 14 times per year, and was a good ruler until he decides to tamper with dark magic. This leads many audiences to paint Magnifico as an innocent possessed by dark magic, despite him still being the antagonist and willingly using dark magic for his gain.
- There isn't much motivation that causes Amaya to help the protagonists aside from her husband using dark magic.
- Asha's friends, which are meant to be based on the seven dwarves from Snow White, are not interesting and have very little character development besides Dahlia and Simon.
- Asha's grandfather, who was the whole reason why the movie's plot is kickstarted to begin with, is pushed aside about halfway through.
- To be honest, there's already a better celebration animation made by Disney itself: "Once Upon a Studio", which is far better than this movie.
- The film lacks any charm that previous movies had, which were mature yet tried to respect the children's intelligence, while this movie, though not being a full sugarcoated adventure, is not so deep and sometimes can be too wacky.
- Terrible pacing that will most likely make this movie feel like it'll last 30 minutes rather than its standard 92-minute runtime. Some occurring events end up way too early.
- Executive meddling: According to The Art of Wish book, the movie was originally going to have King Magnifico, and his wife Queen Amayla were originally going to be a villain couple (which would have marked the first villain couple in Disney history) and a cat (sound familiar) and Asha would have Star Boy. However, according to Disney, they got rid of Star because they didn't want him to be too similar to Peter Pan.
- Weak songs, as they sound too poppy to fit the narrative and contain bland lyrics, such as "I'm a star". The worst offender of this is the so-called "villain" song of this movie, "This Is The Thanks I Get!?" by Chris Pine, despite being catchy. The most infamous line, "I let you live here for free and I don't even charge you rent", became a meme for its repetitiveness.
- The animation is a noticeable downgrade compared to prior Disney movies released in the past.
Wished Qualities
- The concept is fascinating, especially by Disney's standards, despite being averagely executed. This is also amazing to see a film that is not a live-action remake, which is fantastic.
- The promotion for this movie is great and a massive improvement over past Disney films. It is also an improvement of how Disney promoted Strange World.
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Trivia
- Star resembles a Luma from the Mario franchise. Coincidentally, The Super Mario Bros. Movie came out seven months prior to Wish on April 5, 2023, which features a Lumalee who is morbid and suicidal, and is voiced by Juilet Jelenic.
- Even the childish and playful behavior is very similar to Lumas from the Super Mario Galaxy franchise.
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