Disney is releasing a movie next month called Wish. The animated film is about a woman who desperately wants her wish to be granted by the king of the nation in which she lives. This king has the power to grant the wishes of the people but he doesn’t grant all the wishes, only the ones that are good for the people, as a whole, and the country. He’s portrayed as the villain in the trailer, take a look…
Just from the trailer, it appears as though King Magnifico is using wisdom to rule the country. How dare he! If he were benevolent, he’d grant everyone’s wishes and life would be a fairytale. Only, that’s not really how it works. If everyone got everything they asked for, society would be chaos. Remember the movie Bruce Almighty? Bruce (played by Jim Carrey) is given God’s responsibilities and he’s immediately overwhelmed by the number of prayers coming in every minute. Eventually he caves and just starts saying “yes” to every prayer request. This leads to global disorder and everything spirals out of control.
Is this what the protagonist of Wish wants? It’s more likely that the writers of the movie, who suffer from being part of an entitled culture, think everyone deserves everything they have ever wanted. Cool, let’s see how that goes.
So nice they did it twice? Disney’s made another decision I don’t like in this movie. A cute and cuddly goat with an irritating voice. The goat gets a wish granted, giving him a deep, masculine, adult male voice. It no longer feels right to call him adorable, so it’s such an annoying conflict. Disney did the same thing with Disenchanted. The perfect sidekick squirrel in Enchanted turned into a cat with an edgy New York accent. What the heck was that all about? Cute turned into annoying in one sequel.
But what does that even mean? Part of the song lyrics in the trailer go like this, “I throw caution to every warning sign.” I’m a little confused… are they using caution because of the warning signs, or disregarding the warning signs completely (like the phrase goes throwing caution to the wind)? How these lyrics got approved is beyond me.
This will be a great movie unless it’s anything like the trailer.
-Out of the Wilderness
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