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Took my 9 year old to see this and she instantly saw through it. She says: "but the people of the kingdom were using him and only cared about wishes." Proud moment

I kinda wish magnifico was a twist hero, he seems bad initially, but it turns out his methods are to protect people from their wishes being granted all at once causing chaos, giving a theme of "you don't always get what you wish for". Asha could combat this and bring about chaos that she and magnifico have to begrudgingly work together to solve, and view each other as father and daughter by the end when Asha has no dad, and adding that magnifico lost his child because of his own wish. He could have a song where he talks about the bad wishes, how he struggles with the weight of his kingship, and maybe how he's preparing Asha to one day take his place

"I do all this work and live with so much stress while everyone else benefits. I just want some respect, and maybe occasionally a reward, for all I do."
If you boil it down, the "villain" in this movie has the same motivation as Cinderella. We really have come full circle.

Plot twist, the star is the real villain, grants peoples wishes just to see them all burn and destroy themselves with their self indulgence. After the work is done it travels away and tries to do the same thing in the Dreamworks universe and is eventually thwarted by the Puss in Boots gang

I sided more with The Villian because a vast majority of residents have unrealistic wishes that puts the kingdom at risk, plus the main character only sees the best of her people rather than looking at the consequential outcomes that'll affect them later in the future.

It's so ironic that this movie was meant to be a celebration of Disney's 100th Anniversary, but rather than honor the studio's legacy, it practically sums up everything wrong about modern Disney. Becoming another nail in the coffin for modern entertainment.

You know what's ironic? That the movie poster says "be careful what you wish for"

The villain song is the average family breadwinner experience: giving so much to provide for other people, but minimal respect or gratitude is shown. And Disney wants to vilify them? What a great way to destroy families.

"You could buy me the car I want mom, but you are just like the villain from wish, holding me back from my dreams"

The villain isn’t a villain, he’s having a midlife crisis.

The terrible irony is that out of all the Disney remakes where they rewrite the villain to be sympathetic, this is the only film where it’s actually warranted lmao.

It would be more interesting if the movie put the protagonist as the villain by accident, ruining everything because of the wishes of the people and the one who seemed like a villain at first, the king, ends up being the hero and has to clean up her mess, but instead the poor guy ends up trapped in a mirror.
It still a bit cliché, but at least the story's moral is more clear.

5:31 To clarify, people don't HAVE to give him one of their wishes. You can CHOOSE if you want to give it. Also, he makes it very clear that you will forget your wish once you've given it, so there's no deceit involved.

"Be careful what you wish for" is also complemented by "just because you can doesn't mean you should" and the king knows this. He could grand any wish, but knows he should not do that.

The "villain song" lyrics sounds like a parent fed up with an ungrateful teenager.

The 1992 Aladdin writers wisely placed limitations on wishes... To prevent misuse of such power. Magnifico also imposed same limitations.
 The movie got unlimited wishes and Disney is in a sorry mess.

Asha is so incredibly selfish. She didn’t give a f about anyone else’s wishes until magnifico decided to not grant her grandfather’s wish. All of a sudden, he’s a bad guy. Just because he didn’t do what she said. She’s a spoiled brat.

In the movie Asha gets mad that her friends wish comes true. She literally got mad that he did whatever he could to make his wish come true. She was doing the same thing 😂

Just realized this movie also feeds into people's sense of entitlement. He doesn't have to grant ANY wishes at all. That fact that some wishes are getting granted or even have a chance at getting granted should be enough.

Asha at the start of the movie:  "It's wrong for one person to decide whose wishes get granted."

Asha at the end of the movie: "But it's okay when I do it."