Wish

[Avaitor]

I'm okay with that, I'm still on Blu-Ray and don't currently plan to upgrade to 4K. If I do, I'll probably stick to recent releases and/or favorites and not double dip on movies I'm less into like this.

[DisneyJedi]

So they don’t feature Once Upon a Studio before Wish in theaters, but it’s going to be a bonus feature on the blu-ray? Are you kidding me?

[carolinakid]

Probably because they need to add all the incentive possible to get people to purchase this turkey

[Farerb]

I'm tempted to get it because I'm interested in the bonus features. I really want to understand what the hell had happened behind the scenes that led to this mess of a movie (like how the Frozen II documentary was more interesting than the movie itself), but I'm not paying $130 for the 4K steelbook. I'll either get it on Blu-ray or on digital. It would be nice to have Once Upon a Studio on disc, but I'd prefer if they released it on another shorts collection.

[DisneyJedi]

$130 for a steel book? I don’t even recall paying that much when I got the 2009 and 2010 diamond editions of Snow White and Beauty and the Beast on Blu-ray with their respective steel books.

[Farerb]

$130 for a steel book? I don’t even recall paying that much when I got the 2009 and 2010 diamond editions of Snow White and Beauty and the Beast on Blu-ray with their respective steel books.

I don't live in the US. That's how much it'll cost to import it since it won't be sold on Amazon.

[blackcauldron85]

‘Wish’ Breaks Even on Reported Production Budget at Worldwide Box Office
https://wdwnt.com/?p=1041840

[DisneyJedi]

‘Wish’ Breaks Even on Reported Production Budget at Worldwide Box Office
https://wdwnt.com/?p=1041840

I mean, making only its budget back, plus $23 million, isn't good in the slightest, but it could have done much, much worse than it did.

[Vlad]

True. I was curious enough to listen to the songs on YouTube a few days ago. None of them was particularly memorable. This Is The Thanks I Get reminds me of You're Welcome from Moana.

[Farerb]

Did Wish made any of you appreciate Disney's not so well received films in the past like Pocahontas, Atlantis and Home on the Range?

[Mooky]

No, because I already enjoy all those movies to varying degrees, regardless of their problems, and none of them have structural, plot-breaking issues like Wish does. Even Chicken Little, a movie I loathe, is structurally solid.

[Farerb]

Deleted scenes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CADSsgPDXg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrAm1qRQbFs

[UmbrellaFish]

So Magnifico originally physically consumed wishes? He ate them? What a wonderful, strange detail. It’s reminiscent of all the fairy tale villains who are cannibals (the evil queen in Snow White, the witch in Hansel and Gretel, the prince’s mother in Sleeping Beauty, etc).

[Patricier21]

True. I was curious enough to listen to the songs on YouTube a few days ago. None of them was particularly memorable. This Is The Thanks I Get reminds me of You're Welcome from Moana.

And that’s bad because……?

[DisneyJedi]

So I still enjoyed the final product, but the original concepts (and animatics based on said concepts) are very intriguing to me.

[The Disneynerd]

So I still enjoyed the final product, but the original concepts (and animatics based on said concepts) are very intriguing to me.

Same. I had the feeling elements in the final movie felt intentional and blended in better in the earlier version, like Valentino being able to talk being a sign of him of being a magical creature (star) along with the other animals helping him out, and also Valentino wearing his sweater knocking out the evil cat (although i think im reaching too far with this point ).

So Magnifico originally physically consumed wishes? He ate them? What a wonderful, strange detail. It’s reminiscent of all the fairy tale villains who are cannibals

yes i also liked that Idea. EATING or consuming the wishes seems more agressive and threatening than just crushing them, but i mean its still fine. And regarding the scene as a whole, It gave me Aladdins climax vibes with Jafar turning into a genie, but still prefered this than the final climax. They reused most concepts of past Disney movies anyways, so why not the most iconic and memorable ones

[Vlad]

True. I was curious enough to listen to the songs on YouTube a few days ago. None of them was particularly memorable. This Is The Thanks I Get reminds me of You're Welcome from Moana.

And that’s bad because……?

It's a villain song, it's not supposed to be cheerful. It should be menacing

[D23ExpoVisitor25]

And that’s bad because……?

It's a villain song, it's not supposed to be cheerful. It should be menacing

Gaston and Mine were cheerful villain songs, though. That is no excuse for why this song shouldn't be.

[Vlad]

To be fair, Gaston was sung more for the character than by the character himself. Mine is the also sung by the hero, so it’s okay for it sound more cheerful. This is the thanks I get doesn’t sound like a villain song, mainly because it’s so cheerful.

[reee9948]

I'm a little late to the discussion, but I remember seeing the teaser for Wish back in July and being excited for the movie. The teaser had this mysterious, fairy tale like vibes which reminded me of the older Disney movie and the fact that it was bringing back villains was what made me interested in the movie. I haven't been into any of the 3d Disney movies and Wish was the only one I was interested in. Then I heard from the animators that this movies was going to be great, Magnfico is going to be the most interesting and complex villain ever and my expectation for this movie was sky high.

Then I watched the movie, and I admit the first half of the movie was really good in my opinion, it really set up for the main conflict of the movie and established the motive of hero and villain, but when the star came, that's when the movie went downhill for me. The pacing of the movie was way too fast, and there was too many under developed character. I was really disappointed on how they handled Simon because beside Magnfico, I was really interested on how the movie would portray him, but he barley got 4 minutes of screen time and maybe one minute as the villain.

Magnfico in the first half of the movie was great in my opinion, but when he embraced the forbidden magic, instead of becoming more threatening, I found him a bit more silly. I feel like the writers were trying too hard to make threatening, an example is in the final battle. On paper, he sounds really scary in the last bit of the movie, but I don't know, I just find him ridiculous and cliche. I don't know how to describe it, but something about him in the last half of the movie was just not it for me.