What do you expect out of a concept about granting wishes? Now, I will say that when watching the film, I noticed that there is something there with the villain and his need for controlling who gets to have a wish and who can't. But even that was barely done with. The resolution to this sucked. Seriously, a crowd singing a random song was all you can come up with?
The characters are all pretty flat. Asha is your typical bubbly, goofy Disney heroine and her try-hard quirks felt more cringy than endearing. The seven friends are one-note and clearly a rip off of the seven dwarfs. And... all the other characters were just forgettable. I would say Luma, Goat, and Magnifico were okay. Luma and the goat had some funny lines, Luma especially itself had a fun and cute personality, Magnifico has a decent song and the over-the-top characteristic we come to expect from Disney films, but even I felt like they could've done more to develop his character. He doesn't come off as sympathetic or three-dimensional in any way, just your average Disney villain who wants power kind of guy. And... this is nitpicky, but I also wish he sang his song at the end of the film. It was uttered, so why not just sing it as a last hurrah?
None of the songs were memorable in any way. I would say the main Wish song and This is the Thanks I Get? (which also had one of the few entertaining scenes as we see Asha, Luma, and Goat sneaking around in the background while Luma is trying to cause trouble) are the only decent songs in the film, but even they aren't the best that Disney has done and aren't particularly catchy.
Most of the humor was cringy. I don't remember hardly any of it. One was even a gross out joke. There were several times I remember chuckling, but tthen again, I don't remember most of them. I would say the one butt joke they had was actually funny, and that's something I rarely say, just because it didn't feel out of left field.
And oh my god, don't get me started on the references. If you thought the Mario movie was nostalgia baiting, at least give that one credit because the references made sense. Here, the references and easter eggs come out of nowhere.
I don't even think kids would even care much for this unless they're into classic fairy-tale Disney films. I certainly wasn't as a kid and none of the kids in my theater seemed like they were laughing or enjoying themselves either. And I definitely wouldn't recommend this to those over the preteen age, where they're starting to grow out of "baby" films.
The only real highlight I can give this film is the animation, which has a refreshing style compared to other Disney films, yet still feels like a classic fairy tale Disney film. I do think they could've done a better job with the 2D-3D blend though, there were some times, like the tears that felt off for me for some reason.
They didn't even play a short before this film, at least my theater didn't. I was thinking they were going to play Once Upon a Studio, but they didn't. Just why?
Wish gets 5.4 bells out of 10.
The characters are all pretty flat. Asha is your typical bubbly, goofy Disney heroine and her try-hard quirks felt more cringy than endearing. The seven friends are one-note and clearly a rip off of the seven dwarfs. And... all the other characters were just forgettable. I would say Luma, Goat, and Magnifico were okay. Luma and the goat had some funny lines, Luma especially itself had a fun and cute personality, Magnifico has a decent song and the over-the-top characteristic we come to expect from Disney films, but even I felt like they could've done more to develop his character. He doesn't come off as sympathetic or three-dimensional in any way, just your average Disney villain who wants power kind of guy. And... this is nitpicky, but I also wish he sang his song at the end of the film. It was uttered, so why not just sing it as a last hurrah?
None of the songs were memorable in any way. I would say the main Wish song and This is the Thanks I Get? (which also had one of the few entertaining scenes as we see Asha, Luma, and Goat sneaking around in the background while Luma is trying to cause trouble) are the only decent songs in the film, but even they aren't the best that Disney has done and aren't particularly catchy.
Most of the humor was cringy. I don't remember hardly any of it. One was even a gross out joke. There were several times I remember chuckling, but tthen again, I don't remember most of them. I would say the one butt joke they had was actually funny, and that's something I rarely say, just because it didn't feel out of left field.
And oh my god, don't get me started on the references. If you thought the Mario movie was nostalgia baiting, at least give that one credit because the references made sense. Here, the references and easter eggs come out of nowhere.
I don't even think kids would even care much for this unless they're into classic fairy-tale Disney films. I certainly wasn't as a kid and none of the kids in my theater seemed like they were laughing or enjoying themselves either. And I definitely wouldn't recommend this to those over the preteen age, where they're starting to grow out of "baby" films.
The only real highlight I can give this film is the animation, which has a refreshing style compared to other Disney films, yet still feels like a classic fairy tale Disney film. I do think they could've done a better job with the 2D-3D blend though, there were some times, like the tears that felt off for me for some reason.
They didn't even play a short before this film, at least my theater didn't. I was thinking they were going to play Once Upon a Studio, but they didn't. Just why?
Wish gets 5.4 bells out of 10.