*ENCANTO* is SO RELATABLE!! | First Time Watching | (reaction/commentary/review)

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Every song in this film slaps!! I couldn't help but feel like this is the best Disney animated film in recent years due to the incredible story, the catchy songs, the unique characters and the deep themes at the core of this story. Enjoy :)
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ENCANTO is SO REAL!! | First Time Watching | (reaction/commentary/review)
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[@kiankhorashadi8397]

“We don’t talk about Bruno” is the best Disney song to come in a while.

[@vultar9999]

One thing that's easy to miss with Isabella is that she looks almost exactly like her grandma and her boyfriend looks like her grandpa. Grandma's trying to relive her life through Isabella.

[@maddwitch]

I don’t know if you noticed, but when the grandfather died, and the candle made a safe place for them, everyone turned to the grandmother. So not only did she just lose her husband, leaving her a grieving single mother with three babies, but everyone was looking to her as their savior. I can’t imagine being so afraid, so alone, and having the responsibility of all those lives on your shoulders. Feeling like you have to live up to, and be worthy of, your husband’s sacrifice.

[@ace_of_cakes]

How cruel Isabella's prophecy must have seemed. Imagine always having to be perfect, hide what you want, and who you really are. Being told that you'd live the life of your dreams and then living miserably as the person everyone else wants you to be, trying to convince yourself this is what you want.

[@michaeladundon]

You know Louisa has been taught to minimise her problems when she sings "a light wind blows" when an actual tornado is coming their way. Little touches like that are so clever in this film!

[@xshadowcubex]

one of the theories about why Mirabel has no gift is that she is meant to become the next Abuela. Abuela doesn't have any powers and the house responds to her, but not to most of the other characters. Mirabel however is the same, she doesn't have a gift and the house responds to her as well.

[@bret_hikes7397]

I think Dolores is really good at keeping secrets I think she was just trying to ruin the proposal

[@ChimeratAlpha]

For Encanto, I'm always struck with the "story told vs reality lived" part of it. The tale that starts the movie vs the one told by the river. The stoic woman she wants the world to see her as vs the utter wreck she actually was in the moment.

[@joolzian2510]

The part of We Don’t Talk About Bruno where all of the singers are woven together is actually called a madrigal. Just like the song, the family itself works at its best when they all work together

[@fizzysod8a]

if you watch close you can see how Isabella grows one white flower when she's startled about the five babies revelation, and Abuela plucks it out. And then in What Else Can I Do, when she first gets color on her dress, she looks to Mirabel for approval/reassurance and Mirabel instantly supports her, so then Isabella leans into it and gets color everywhere. And the only times Abuela talks to Luisa or Dolores when it's time for them to use their power. This movie is amazing and I cry every time.

[@gerstelb]

15:26

[@rebeccahanson6941]

Lin Manuel Miranda wrote most of the music for encanto. You know the guy who wrote Hamilton. It’s an incredible soundtrack.

[@darkwolf4448]

As someone that grew up in a very traditional Hispanic family, 98% of the level of toxicity you see is accurate...

[@lornepribbeno3760]

Personally, I wondered why they never pointed out that Abuela didn't have a power either. I always saw this as to why Mirabel didn't have one. The house was appointing her the new matriarch.

[@brunnochagas]

First it was the movie Luca with the "silenzio Bruno!" stuff. Now there's a whole song dissing Bruno.

[@MuricaTurkey]

This movie is, frankly, a masterpiece. It's an example of how to tell a thoughtful story, with good values, addressing very real world problems WITHOUT sugar-coating them, BUT while also making it totally all-ages appropriate, and genuinely staying optimistic.

[@brunnochagas]

I love how this movie talks about generational trauma and cycles that keep getting repeated and passed on from one person another.

[@mentallyunw3ll]

There has yet to be a time when I watch this movie and I don’t cry 🙃 this movie is one of my favorites they’ve ever done. I think it’s one of the more HELPFUL ones they’ve done, especially from someone with a broken family. This movie is the warm hug I needed

[@hellogoodbyeandallinbetween]

Surface pressure is truly an iconic song. I love how protective of Mirabel Luisa is.

[@NDH0612]

"They combined all their verses". That, my friend, is called a "madrigal".