Animation Disney's Encanto

[psylockolussus]

Make it happen Disney! The title sells itself lol

Oddly, the character was heavily featured in ABC's Once Upon a Time, yet no animated adaptation from Disney.

There are also a lot of fairy tales out there that they could adapt, if they want to add another one to the roster of Disney Princess.

Another fairy tales I could think of are Goldilocks and a Little Match Girl.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

I really liked Encanto. I don't think it got better in then the first song in terms of music, but I adored Mirabel and the family as a whole.

 

[Drizzle]

I watched Encanto this afternoon. The music and art direction were good, and the Madrigals were fun to watch. The songs were well done but none of them held a candle to anything from Moana. I like that Disney has been branching out and telling different types of stories but I'd be lying if I said I don't miss the old school fairy-tale style stories with scene-stealing sidekicks and memorable villains, which they seem to be reserving for the live action remakes now.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

I wasn't tracking this one but at Christmas time one of my child relatives was obsessing over this movie.

Best overall Disney animated soundtrack in a very long time.

Memorable characters and character relationships. There's a lot of (familial) characters but a handful of key ones including Mirabel, with interesting backstories and character motivations that tie into her character.

A good and atypical and original plot for a movie. Adventure elements integrated in a unique way.

So much color and detail packed into every animated frame that you must watch it multiple times to pick up on most of it and you'll still miss things. A lot of humor in the movie is in the form of visual sight gags!

Brisk run time that leaves you wanting to see more but doesn't give it to you (this is a good thing to feel on a shorter film.)

It's also a breath of fresh air to see a movie featuring magic and superpowers that move beyond the typical formulaic superhero shlock that almost always ends in a physical fight.

Tops my 2021 list so far.

 

[Evil Twin]

I enjoyed Encanto, but this is a film that feels like it's completely lacking in stakes. Oh no, how will this family get by if they lose their magical abilities?

I suppose there's a looming threat from like 50 years ago out there, but it's pretty underplayed and not established in the present day events of the film.

But, the animation, design, characters, and songs were all good. It's not a new classic, but it was fun.

 

[Punisher_MAX]

Encanto was ok, connected WAY more with Coco.

 

[ComicChick]

i watched this this morning and enjoyed it. Surface Pressure hit hard about generational and familial burdens a little too close to home ha and we don't talk about bruno, especially Dolores' part, is especially catchy.

of the powers they have, dolores probably relates to him the most because she can't turn hers off. she hears everything, whether she wants to or not. like in her part in We Don't Talk About Bruno, she speaks about hearing him in the present tense. she's known the whole time, which is probably why she can't keep Mirabel's secret. also Isabela singing "I'm fine" over and over at the end, then switching to "ill be fine" is a great touch. it sounds like she's just going to accept the prophecy even though she doesn't want to, and she'd been holding out hope all this time.

and maybe i'm wrong, but

Spoiler

i don't think bruno's vision was of Mirabel and Isabela hugging. i think it was mirabel hugging a younger version of abuela, helping to heal her hurt"

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Entertainment Weekly - 'Encanto' ['We Don't Talk About Bruno'] song tops 'Let It Go' as biggest Disney animation hit since 1995
Lin-Manuel Miranda's soundtrack tune has become the biggest musical hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart from a Disney animation movie since 1995.

They've also changed the way they calculate hit songs since 1995. Which could help or hurt I suppose in theory.

The soundtrack in general has more A-tier quality songs in my opinion than any animated Disney movie in ages... even more A-tiers than Moana's tunes overall.

'Dune' and 'Encanto' Lead Visual Effects Society Awards Nominations - Variety

Encanto and Dune are both VFX heavy (one uses a lot of color and the other the opposite), but beyond that they don't have a lot in common at all. They are like polar opposite types of movies. To borrow someone else's analogy, Dune is a mannequin wearing a fancy tuxedo. Encanto is full of life and emotion and colorful exuberance. While Dune puts character last, Encanto puts it first in priority over plot and worldbuilding.

Associated Press - Miranda talks about Bruno, and the 'Encanto' phenomenon

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

'Encanto's' 'Bruno' Is the First Disney Song to Go No. 1 in 29 Years - Variety
The 'Encanto' soundtrack, meanwhile, is spending a third non-successive week at No. 1 on the album chart. Youngboy Never Broke Again and Walker Hayes debut in the top 10.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

The soundtrack for this, like Frozen 2's, has really grown on me.

 

[CaptainWagner]

'Encanto's' 'Bruno' Is the First Disney Song to Go No. 1 in 29 Years - Variety
The 'Encanto' soundtrack, meanwhile, is spending a third non-successive week at No. 1 on the album chart. Youngboy Never Broke Again and Walker Hayes debut in the top 10.

Wild how big this song has gotten. Crazy annoying how our contemporary radio stations still won't play these songs no matter how high they hit the charts. Gotta play the same 5 generic pop songs over again.

 

[Drizzle]

I liked the songs in this but I still can't wrap my head around how popular "We Don't Talk About Bruno" has gotten. Yeah it's good (IMO I thought "Surface Pressure" was the best song in it) but the first Disney song to top the charts in 30 years good? Bigger than "Can You Feel The Love Tonight" and "Let it Go"? I can only attribute that to Encanto dropping on Disney+ at Christmas and families watching it ad nauseam since then as a result, with "Bruno"'s catchiness boosting its popularity. It felt like no one was talking about it in the month between Encanto hitting theaters and its D+ release and then all of a sudden...BOOM!

 

[DarkKnight88]

Yeah I don’t know how they chart these things but I don’t think it’s permeated the way those two had.

 

[CaptainWagner]

Yeah I don’t know how they chart these things but I don’t think it’s permeated the way those two had.

I work as a substitute teacher, and my middle-schoolers and elementary schoolers are singing it non-stop. I wasn't around when Lion King hit, but it's definitely at the same level Frozen was, so not hard to believe, IMO.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Radio stations alone are a boomer metric so they take into account social media plays as well nowadays. Also having the songs available in multiple languages helps.

 

[DarkKnight88]

I work as a substitute teacher, and my middle-schoolers and elementary schoolers are singing it non-stop. I wasn't around when Lion King hit, but it's definitely at the same level Frozen was, so not hard to believe, IMO.

I guess it’s too early to tell, but I’d be curious if they’ll still be singing it a year or two from now like those ones. They also transcended to adults knowing them as well, which I’m not sure his has. At least not yet.

 

[Drizzle]

I guess what's so curious about it is that while it's catchy, it's not the standard showstopper breakout hit that we're accustomed to with Disney movies. "Let it Go" and "How Far I'll Go" were pretty much tailor-made to be nominated for the Best Original Song Oscar and I didn't get that same vibe from "We Don't Talk About Bruno". Apparently Disney didn't either because that wasn't the song from Encanto that they chose to submit for Oscar contention.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Business Insider - 'Encanto' became a word-of-mouth hit on Disney+ after playing in theaters, and it shows animated movies are essential to the company's streaming goals

 

[CaptainWagner]

I guess what's so curious about it is that while it's catchy, it's not the standard showstopper breakout hit that we're accustomed to with Disney movies. "Let it Go" and "How Far I'll Go" were pretty much tailor-made to be nominated for the Best Original Song Oscar and I didn't get that same vibe from "We Don't Talk About Bruno". Apparently Disney didn't either because that wasn't the song from Encanto that they chose to submit for Oscar contention.

This is true, and it's so fascinating to me that this is the song that was the biggest hit. As you see with 'Let It Go,' 'How Far I'll Go,' 'Can You Feel The Love Tonight' or 'This Is Me' and 'A Million Dreams' from Greatest Showman, it's usually the songs that most feel like "normal" pop hits that take off. 'We Don't Talk About Bruno' is one of the most show-tuny songs on the soundtrack. Really a credit to LMM's writing that it outpaced the more accessible tunes like 'Surface Pressure.'

 

[TheVileOne]

I liked the songs in this but I still can't wrap my head around how popular "We Don't Talk About Bruno" has gotten. Yeah it's good (IMO I thought "Surface Pressure" was the best song in it) but the first Disney song to top the charts in 30 years good? Bigger than "Can You Feel The Love Tonight" and "Let it Go"? I can only attribute that to Encanto dropping on Disney+ at Christmas and families watching it ad nauseam since then as a result, with "Bruno"'s catchiness boosting its popularity. It felt like no one was talking about it in the month between Encanto hitting theaters and its D+ release and then all of a sudden...BOOM!

Lost in the Woods was a much better song. But whatever.

Encanto IMHO was an average movie, and the songs are pretty average.

This is true, and it's so fascinating to me that this is the song that was the biggest hit. As you see with 'Let It Go,' 'How Far I'll Go,' 'Can You Feel The Love Tonight' or 'This Is Me' and 'A Million Dreams' from Greatest Showman, it's usually the songs that most feel like "normal" pop hits that take off. 'We Don't Talk About Bruno' is one of the most show-tuny songs on the soundtrack. Really a credit to LMM's writing that it outpaced the more accessible tunes like 'Surface Pressure.'

I generally didn't find any of the other songs in the film memorable at all. They just weren't catchy. "We don't talk about Bruno" is at least kind of catchy and fun.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

'Cobra Kai' leads again in third-biggest streaming week ever (NASDAQ:NFLX) | Seeking Alpha

The sea of Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) original content kept the company in prime position to capture streaming eyeballs as post-holiday U.S. viewership remained high overall.

The leader's Cobra Kai was once again the most-streamed program in Nielsen's latest streaming ratings (for the week of Jan. 3-Jan.9), with 2.153 billion minutes streamed, holding off a wildly successful movie from Disney+ (NYSE:DIS).

That would be new film Encanto, which streamed a high-for-films 1.482 billion minutes. The Karate Kid spinoff and the Disney musical movie were also Nos. 1 and 2 last week, when each of them streamed more than 2 billion minutes.

‘Encanto’ Soundtrack No. 1 for Fourth Week on Billboard 200 Chart – Billboard

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

NY Times - Lin-Manuel Miranda on Writing Lyrics in Spanish and the Heartbreak of ‘Dos Oruguitas’

Digital Spy - Encanto director clears up 'plot hole' over Mirabel's glasses
"She wouldn't want to change it."

The Wrap - 'Encanto' Touted as a Disney Franchise as CEO Credits Streaming for Its Wider Success
”Disney+ was the catalyst,“ Bob Chapek says

 

[moviedoors]

I have yet to actually actively watch it, but my little girl has watched this one repeatedly and I've been inundated with its music.

"Surface Pressure" is a ****in' banger.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

I have yet to actually actively watch it, but my little girl has watched this one repeatedly and I've been inundated with its music.

"Surface Pressure" is a ****in' banger.

I am watching this again, and each time a new song becomes my favorite. The music truly is infectious.

Mirabel's plight hits me right in the chest. Damn Disney and their sad children! It's torture porn!

 

[#root]

After becoming obsessed with We Don’t Talk About Bruno, I finally watched this last night and it was a blast. I don’t know why but I was expecting this to be more on the mediocre side but it was actually really good. I liked all of the songs too. I’ve got the whole album now and it’s pretty catchy lol. I do wish some of the characters had gotten more to do. But despite having a large cast, this was ultimately Mirabel’s movie so I liked how they did things.

Also watching Stephanie Beatriz in B99, I never would have expected her to be how she is in real life, but it has been absolutely delightful to watch her in these completely diametrical roles in this and In The Heights.