The epic musical is designed to pay tribute to Disney's storied history and look ahead to the century ahead. Ads for "Wish" note the picture was "a hundred years in the making" and it stars Oscar winner Ariana DeBose and Chris Pine.
Therefore, Disney chose the theme of wishes for “Wish”– a film commemorating the 100th anniversary of the film studio. “Wish” takes place in the kingdom of Rosas, an island in the Mediterranean ruled by King Magnifico – a sorcerer with the ability to control magic.
Why does the Wish trailer say a century in the making?
Wish is the studio's 62nd feature, and is arriving exactly one century after Walt Disney and his brother, Roy, launched the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, the small animation house that grew to become The Walt Disney Company as we know it today.
The 62nd film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, “Wish,” concerns a young girl named Asha (Ariana DeBose) who discovers a sinister secret at the heart of her seemingly idyllic Mediterranean kingdom.
The main issue with Wish is how bland the movie is, with many finding the movie to be a menial version of older, better movies. Nothing stood out in a way that felt fresh or creative. Conversely, the callbacks to Disney's history were mostly halfhearted, and this was reflected in the marketing.
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Why don't people like Wish?
People can tell “Wish” feels corporate and lifeless in comparison to the more vibrant, engaging stories of the '90s and beyond. It isn't the songs and villain alone that feel bland. The protagonist princess Asha is being disparaged for having the same cute, quirky personality as Rapunzel, Anna and Mirabel before her.
Before its release, there were a few controversies and criticisms surrounding this new movie, with Disney fans claiming it was “rushed”, “a fraud”, and “lacking magic”, according to posts on social media.
In fairness, the character is unambiguously said to be a “boy” in press materials. We also learn there that he's voiced by the queer-identifying actor Harvey Guillen. And Gabo does talk about the importance of not being fooled by a “pretty face,” referencing King Magnifico's handsome visage.
He told the outlet that Asha has "Southern European and North African heritage," with the character's interwoven braids and bronzed skin coming from her mother: "Asha has Southern European and North African heritage from her mother's side. And we learned that maybe her mother was the one doing the braids for her."
Asha is the past Fairy Godmother and Cinderelaa takes place a few years later. The other one. Don't forget that the Wand has the power to manipulate time.
As of the recent year, however, Disney is regarded to have entered a slump, between its much reviled live-action remakes and its controversial “Elemental.” When Disney announced its 100th anniversary film, “Wish,” a tribute to a century of memories and a harkening back to its classic “Disney princess” movies.
One, the use of cell-shaded animated characters on a water-colored background; and two, the strange way the hybrid animation makes the characters move. Although it's easy to consider this a stylistic choice made by Disney animation, some aficionados are calling this out to be a sign of an unfinished movie.
In France in November 2021, the Wish e-commerce system, including the website and smartphone applications, were delisted from Google's search results and from Google's French app store, after French authorities claimed that many items sold on the platform do not comply with European regulations.
The film follows 17-year-old Asha, voiced by West Side Story Oscar winner Ariana DeBose, and centers on the legend of the wishing star. In the story, Asha makes an impassioned plea to the sky, which is answered by a ball of boundless energy called Star. Together, Asha and Star work to save her community.
The epic musical is designed to pay tribute to Disney's storied history and look ahead to the century ahead. Ads for "Wish" note the picture was "a hundred years in the making" and it stars Oscar winner Ariana DeBose and Chris Pine.
Rather than wishing for someone who is living, it is possible that Sakina made a wish for Asha's father, who is revealed to have passed away prior to the events of Wish.
Most of the criticism stems from Disney going too far to make viewers feel nostalgic for its past. Having a film pay tribute to its history is a wonderful idea, but Wish gets so carried away with trying to reference the past that it's barely a movie on its own.
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The dialogue is pretty clunky, the direction was boring, and the singing or musical moments, despite one or two songs being not too bad, the singing and song-writing wasn't good as some of the sound felt like it was written from AI. Like some of the voice and singing sound effects were pretty off.
This was in no small part due to the movie's short runtime. Wish also suffers from the modern Hollywood problem of decompression and pacing, with the film's events weirdly feeling as though they might as well have taken place in real time. By the end, Asha is no more humble or wise than at the beginning.
Disney's Wish earned nearly $255 million at the global box office, a figure that would make many animation producers envious. But for Disney, the film is considered a money-losing flop.
