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After watching it last night I did enjoy it, however, I hate the majority of the songs. Hubby and I fast-forwarded through all of them but Evil Like Me. The prequel of the book was so much better than the movie and I am glad they are writing a series. There were gut-wrenching parts of the book with the villains and their children. However, in the movie the villains were more comedic instead of evil.
I mean Cruella forces Carlos to sleep in a corner on the floor of her fur closet.
Or the reason why Jafar is a thief now. It goes back to a quote from Aladdin, “The Golden Rule: Whoever Has the Gold Makes the Rules.” So on the Isle of Lost they steal everything to try to have the gold.
Hubby did wonder why they didn’t do this movie justice. He brought up a solid point that the concept was there to make a blockbuster film if they had taken the time and money to see it through. I have to agree with this point. I will be reading more of the series and of course watching it. They portrayed them correctly, except for Ben whom is shy like his mother. Didn’t get that from the movie.
[adrotate group="5"]I read the first chapter of Isle Of The Lost last night. It was sweet. I also loved that they explain that some of the villains were BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE just to have them imprisoned on the island. That is just evil lol.
And also are they really making a series? My sister was rambling on and on about a cartoon Descendants but I assumed she was talking about a game or some online thing or something. If they are that might be exciting.
And thanks for the explanation about Jafar. It makes more sense and I feel they should have mentioned it in the movie.
ALSO KEEGAN AS MALEFICENT!!!!! OMG!!!! I WOULD HAVE DIED!!!!!!! IMAGINE HER SINGING EVIL LIKE ME! IMAGINE HER IN HORNS!!! OH MY GOODNESS! What could have been :/ oh well. We will get our dark fairy one day."I could have the giant duck as my steed!" --Daniel Radcliffe
Keeper Of Tamara's Taser , Jafar's Staff, Kitsis’s Glasses , Ariel’s Tail, Dopey's Hat , Peter Pan’s Shadow, Outfit, & Pied Cloak,Red Queen's Castle, White Rabbit's Power To World Hop, Zelena's BroomStick, & ALL MAGICAnd also are they really making a series? My sister was rambling on and on about a cartoon Descendants but I assumed she was talking about a game or some online thing or something. If they are that might be exciting.
And thanks for the explanation about Jafar. It makes more sense and I feel they should have mentioned it in the movie.
ALSO KEEGAN AS MALEFICENT!!!!! OMG!!!! I WOULD HAVE DIED!!!!!!! IMAGINE HER SINGING EVIL LIKE ME! IMAGINE HER IN HORNS!!! OH MY GOODNESS! What could have been :/ oh well. We will get our dark fairy one day.Sorta. They’re giving it a series of shorts, but nothing about a full blown TV series:
Okay, I was at a family wedding when this aired live so I just now got to watch it (and provided snark as I did so some place else)
First off, I want these two hours of my life back. I mean, I’m going to demand recompense for those two hours of my life.
Wow. That was terrible. Terrible in a way that I was laughing half the time because it was just that bad. So totally cliche and common–of course the children of the villains are actually good and of course the children of the heroes are shallow, vain, mean spirited spoiled little brats. Audrey (Sleeping Beauty’s child) needed to be hit by a bus.
The entire movie was shallow–Jane thought she was ugly and therefore had no friends (wow, first off that girl was not ugly and way to make girls who suffer from low self esteem hate themselves even more) but then she got a new hair do and suddenly–friends galore!! Eek.
And then there’s Ben who was drugged by Mal and ended up falling in love with her anyway, even though he knew about–what amounts to–a date rape drug (dude, you went on ONE DATE and you tell Mal you love her and want to give her a ring?? Clingy much?)
Evie realized that you don’t have to be a prince with a big castle to be important and have her give you the time of day! Thanks for not being self centered and gold digging until the end, Evie!
Why are they crowning a 16 yr old boy king of an entire country when his father is clearly still very much alive?
“She shrunk to the size of the love in her heart.” HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. omg. How long until OUAT picks THAT up for a story?!
None of the villains even felt like their animated selves except in the most shallow way possible. The evil queen wanted to be pretty? Jafar wanted…well, I have no idea because I think he said a grand total of 5 words. Cruella was a very bad caricature. Maleficent was fine, though I hope Kristen Chenowith took home a huge paycheck for her time.
Baaaaaad CGI. Like OUAT level bad.
Even worse than that was the lip synching. Whoa. Like. Whoa. Also, I need to block “Be Our Guest” rap style from my mind forever. That didn’t happen. It was a thing that just did not happen.
If there’s a sequel I’m obviously going to watch because this is the the kind of TV that needs–nay, deserves–my snark.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Baaaaaad CGI. Like OUAT level bad.
I checked the credits, and the same company (Zoic Studios) did the visual effects. Their Maleficent Dragon even looked similar, likely as a result of using the same company.
Baaaaaad CGI. Like OUAT level bad.
I checked the credits, and the same company (Zoic Studios) did the visual effects. Their Maleficent Dragon even looked similar, likely as a result of using the same company.
Yeah I saw you say that a page or so back. There was less CGI in this movie than in OUAT and the dragon did look quite similar. I guess it wasn’t horrific (not like EF village/town horrific) but still not exactly good either.
Also here is one of my big sticking points: so did none of the villains love their children? Like, not even one of them was capable of loving their child? (also, who…was the other parent in these situations? Who is Jafar’s wife/girlfriend/concubine? Who was Cruella sperm donor? Same with Mal and Evil Queen? Also, why does the Evil Queen not have a name.) If the main theme of the movie was that we can chose to be good or evil, it would have been much stronger if one of the villains (any of them) chose to love their good child instead of forcing them into a life of evil.
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Another thing I found odd about this movie. They don’t give Snow White and her prince any visible offspring in the movie, but we get Dopey’s son Doug instead. Almost as if they intentionally avoided it because of Once Upon a Time’s Emma Swan. And speaking of Snow White…they make her a TV news reporter of all things?
Another thing I found odd about this movie. They don’t give Snow White and her prince any visible offspring in the movie, but we get Dopey’s son Doug instead. Almost as if they intentionally avoided it because of Once Upon a Time’s Emma Swan. And speaking of Snow White…they make her a TV news reporter of all things?
LOL yes. When I saw that she was the new reporter I thought, “well, that’s random and not in keeping with anything Snow White-ish.” I could say it was because they had the Evil Queen and wanted to get her heroes into the story somehow, but the clearly left out any children by Aladdin/Jasmine and Roger/Anita. I actually thought that at some point we’d met Aladdin and Jasmine’s daughter (who would fall for Jay, clearly) and Roger and Anita’s daughter (who would fall for Carlos, obviously.)
"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"Rg, oh how I wish we had watched it together. I kept saying through the whole thing, “Why are they crowning a 16 year old king?” Teenage boys have no reason to have any type of power. They’re barely legal enough to drive. Their brains have only a few things in there and rational thought needed to be a good ruler isn’t one if them
And are teenage girls so superficial that having short hair means you’re ugly with no friends. I was in high school in the 90s when the fashion was plaid flannel, jeans, and Doc Martins. Have times changed that much?
I will add that throughout the movie it was pointed out repeatedly that I wasn’t in the target demographic.
I think it would have been more palatable as an animated movie than what it turned into. I agree with KP that they could have gone up in production value. The concept could have been like Enchanted but in reality came across as a sophomoric attempt.
Keeper of Rumplestiltskin's and Neal's spears and war paint and crystal ball.
LOL yes. When I saw that she was the new reporter I thought, “well, that’s random and not in keeping with anything Snow White-ish.” I could say it was because they had the Evil Queen and wanted to get her heroes into the story somehow, but the clearly left out any children by Aladdin/Jasmine and Roger/Anita. I actually thought that at some point we’d met Aladdin and Jasmine’s daughter (who would fall for Jay, clearly) and Roger and Anita’s daughter (who would fall for Carlos, obviously.)
It is odd that they chose to show the children of the Fairy Godmother, Dopey and Mulan, but not Aladdin and Jasmine’s. Mulan’s child was clearly just there cause diversity. I guess they are saving some of the other descendants for an inevitable sequel. The ending hinted at the possibility, and most importantly, the movie did well in the ratings: http://variety.com/2015/tv/ratings/descendants-ratings-disney-channel-1201554266/.
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