#i probably missed some/ could've justified using other songs too

[izloveshorses]

BELLARKE + Official Soundtrack (template)

[askauradonprep]

Rise of Red Liveblog Part 3

Oh, the Tremaines place does not look good. I wonder if they'll be around?

And yes they are and they are the worst.

I like that Red and Chloe connect over their moms sucking. Chloe is TRYING XD

Good question about rewards and being a good person but it depends a lot on how's, why's and contexts. I feel like a parent should be rewarding and encouraging that.

I like talking about how hard it is to be kind to people who are awful, but I'd also point out that that can easily go too far and lead to being a doormat.

I do like how Red sees how villains think.

Well, Chloe tried. You probably could've offered to pay for a new one.

Just putting out there - I'm like 99% sure Lady Tremaine stole Ella's inheritance too.

"VKs" existing before the Isle is so stupid.

I see having an awesome song is in Uma's family! <3

Yeah, Revenge is a bop.

I don't totally get why Ulyana isn't just Ursula but I like her so far.

Ahhh, bonding over saving each other. Works every time, just like true love's kiss.

Wow, Chloe just is coming for Red's whole life and innermost desires.

And yeah, okay, apparently it is a boarding school for some.

I love Bridget making her cards into a fan

Awwww, Bridget is so cute with Red here. But jeez, girl, LOOK IN THE GLASS.

Daaaaamn, Charming hurt my heart there.

"No troublemaker can get their hands on each other" - CHALLENGE ACCEPTED

I love how much Chloe loves her mom

And Red, hon, can I just point out you're the one who said what happened (granted, under duress).

I appreciate Ella's advice here. Although I'd point out selling dangerous potions to provide for your kids may be grey but it's a pretty damn dark grey. And I'm not a fan of 'bad people don't think they're bad' type rhetoric. Caring about being bad or good isn't always enough. You need to put thought and consideration for others into what you do and say. Sometimes we use thinking we're bad as an excuse to keep doing hurtful things. I know it's for kids and so it's a simplified lesson but shhhh, I'm having fun adding nuance to the nuance.

I have to admit, I don't really think this particular lesson is one Auradon needs to learn. Like ...Cinderella really hasn't had this talk with her before about Robin Hood or Aladdin or Eugene? Or even Queen Mal? I think this is a type of nuance that Auradon and Chloe should already be very familiar with.

See, Cinderella, it's well and good to talk about doing anything to save someone you love and in this case it's fitting, but....you can't ACTUALLY do 'anything' for someone you love and be justified. You can do a lot more harm to other people that way. We literally have a Star Wars trilogy about this where someone can't accept they might have to let go of something and it starts a totalitarian mess!

LMAO I love Red and Chloe.

DAMN now we know why people don't steal from Merlin's office.

XD I love the trap for Uly and her friends.

Heeeeelp Chloe and Red are so CUTE!

Pffft, oh Morgie!

I'm really not sure how this'll wrap up in only a few minutes.

....Huh. Well, that was abrupt. I don't know how I feel about it. It felt like something was missing between them leaving and going back. I'd have liked to see what happened with Bridget.

AH! Okay, I see. This is a set up for more and there is another shoe that will drop. I thought that was a little too neat of a way to end things. Okay, fair play pocket watch.

So! Overall, I liked it. It felt a little simplistic compared to the rest of the movies though and it definitely felt more....childish? Like, this definitely FELT more like a little kids movie than the others. I think the ending was rushed and that the songs, while I really like the music style, were more used to push along the narrative than to explore where the characters are at than the other movies. Red and Chloe are great and I love the Queen of Hearts, but I wish we'd gotten more of her. What can I say? Evil mom extraordinaire.

This is definitely a new writer and I'll be honest, I don't think this movie could have inspired Ask Auradon Prep the way the first and second one did. BUT I don't regret watching it and my curiosity is piqued enough that I am eager for a sequel!

That all being said - yeah. No. Unless they sort out this timeline really well, this is DEFINITELY an alternate timeline of the first three movies. As far as I'm concerned, the merge happened about 30 years ago, the Queen of Hearts and Red lived on the Isle until Red was 13 and there is no Merlin's Academy. These will be referred to as the Original Verse and the Merlin Verse. I will not be taking alternatives at this time.

[puto-el-que-lo--lea]

Stuff I didn't like about Encanto (spoilers obviously):

-The first song being a very unnecessary exposition song explaining to us the roles of everyone in the family when it was something that we could already see with them interacting with each other.

-I watched it yesterday and I already forgot about the rest of the songs except for We don't talk about Bruno and Familia Madrigal. While visually stunning I felt like most of them were shoved into the movie just to justify it being a musical. LMM did a way better job with the songs in Vivo (please watch that movie it's amazing.)

-There was a lack of tension in the conflict due to the worst thing that could've happen was that they would lose their magic powers which in my opinion would've been completely fine. The town didn't depend on their magic, and I thought the lesson was gonna be that they would all lose their magic but just like Maribel, learn that there's more to them than that. They can fix their family issues without the need of magic but they seemed to miss the point?

-There were some parts of the movie that they clearly bullshited through. For one, Dolores is very nosy and couldn't keep Maribel's secret, but she could keep the secret that Bruno was still inside the walls?

The house building montage was also ??? They built it in very little time (since they never changed clothes and weren't many day and night cycles in the background iirc) and also where did they live in the meantime? That scene left me puzzled.

-The family excluded, ignored and made fun of Bruno and Maribel for at least a decade, even when they were trying to just help the family, and they were forgiven way too quickly over just a chat and a family meeting. Her abuela recognized that Maribel was right about the magic losing power and still scolded her in front of the whole town just to save face. She did not deserve to be forgiven just because she spilled the backstory and said she tried to protect the family. To me it seemed like she cared more about the magic and honor of the family (forcing Isabella to marry someone) than the members.

I felt more for Bruno having to live between the walls of the house pretending he was still a part of the family despite how much rejection he received (even a whole a** diss song about him which he probably heard) than in the supposed emotionally charged moment where Maribel and Abuela talk it out. When the house literally fell on her trying to save the candle only her mom went to check if she was fine 😐 and she didn't even benefit from the magic herself!

For latino culture family is really important, but unlike Coco I didn't feel like the message in this was quite right. I believe Pixar would've done this movie better justice even without the musical numbers with their more realistic, nuanced approach.

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