Honestly, Abuela is probably my favourite character because of just how complex she is. She's such a grey character, though she's leaning more heavily to the good spectrum. She's genuinely a good person, she really does want to help her community and we can tell underneath her surface she cares for her family. But because of her trauma and loss then being given a gift, a second chance, she is so desperate not to lose it again that she ends up hurting her family. In the end, there's no more candle. The candle was born from trauma, Abuela keeping it around just shows that she hasn't completely moved on from that trauma. Then in the end, when their magic returns but there's no more candle, Abuela was finally able to move on. The gift no longer came from a traumatic memory, it now comes from the love of the family. Abuela is so complex, so well written, she ends up being such a fascinating character to analyse. Because of that, she is definitely one of my favourite characters.

@janestarkage1

2 жыл бұрын

Is support this opinion.

@wierdgamer3067

2 жыл бұрын

Also take a look at what she's wearing. Her black cloak hiding the colorful dress she wears. Her fears and worries hiding the potential goodness and beauty she has within her.

@theywalkinguptoyouand4060

2 жыл бұрын

@@wierdgamer3067 and her black shawl is worn during mourning. She started wearing it after Pedro died and she didn't stop wearing it. She had to rebuild after he died. Both not having time to properly grieve and grieving her whole life.

@yumekawaxkashikoma20

2 жыл бұрын

man I need to start paying more attention to things or I am going to fail my English classes

@erikkennedy8725

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, but we don’t talk about Bruno.

The movie kinda speeds past it, but Bruno's actions at the river are really impressive. He openly admits to being scared of seeing his mother again, and yet when he thinks that Mirabel is in trouble? He charges up on a horse, ready to rip into Abuela and take the blame for all that happened. He's a good uncle. I also love that after so many years of "we don't talk about Bruno", everyone's overjoyed to have him home again.

@ErikaAriza13

2 жыл бұрын

I read someone said they didn't think Pepa was really angry about the wedding thing... it was just easier for her to cope by being angry than by being sad...

@DojaDuxkEater

2 жыл бұрын

@@ErikaAriza13 she doesn't sound angry or annoyed at all in the song. I can't tell how she feels. It's just what happened from her perspective.

@ErikaAriza13

2 жыл бұрын

@@DojaDuxkEater she does not, but when you say "we don't talk about Bruno" and then proceed to tell how he kinda ruined the weather on your wedding day (even tho that's not exactly what happened), it gives anger/annoyance vibes

@DojaDuxkEater

2 жыл бұрын

@@ErikaAriza13 Idk i said this in a different vid and stuff but I think they just said bruno as a placeholder. I dont think she blamed bruno, her brother, as a person so much as she blamed Bruno's gift. and it works bc the two are interconnected. by saying bruno you can be talking about him or his gift. and her segment seems more about his gift and the effect it had when compared to camillo- who was deffo talking about bruno as a person

@tiffanydlo.x

2 жыл бұрын

They way he gave up his life for Mirabel too

The grandma isn’t evil. This movie doesn’t have a villain. It’s important to realise that the grandma acted like this because of trauma.

@ReelOzAussieDillon

2 жыл бұрын

I know this.

@PolliitoAle

2 жыл бұрын

Trauma doesn't excuse what she did, but it explains it. It also helps that she however strict and though she was, it's obvious that there was love in there too. It reminds me to my grandma, it was hard for her to express her emotions and many times was overly critical, but she also made evident her love and care for us in other ways (and I also found out she would praise me to my mom). Abuela Alma didn't do what she did in purpose, or out of cruelty and taking her trauma out on them: she thought she was protecting them. She acted out of grief, protectiveness and love for her family. Understanding brings compassion, and compassion can bring forgiveness, specially when Abuela admitted her wrongdoing, apologized and changed. Family is very important in latine culture, and you don't have to forgive them (god know I've alienated a couple of uncles) but honestly? as someone who heavily identifies with Mirabel and had her grandma also change and grow.. of course I understand why they forgave her. I battled with my feelings, but I loved and forgave her, and now I miss her everyday.

@pearluniverse7878

2 жыл бұрын

she's still evil. she caused so much trauma. her past doesn't excuse what she did. the words she said to mirabel were disgusting. she literally blamed her for ALL of their problems. a CHILD.

@friedsyshi

2 жыл бұрын

@@pearluniverse7878 get off of twitter, that shit is making you toxic 😅

@starcaptain9320

2 жыл бұрын

@@pearluniverse7878 she was not evil because she didn't do anything out of malice or hatred, she made mistakes and bad decisions but she is not an irredeemable evil woman. She's a woman who was driven from her home by colonialism and genocide who watched the love of her life get murdered right in front of her. She was left to take care of 3 newborns AND AN ENTIRE TOWNS WORTH OF PEOPLE with no time to process the trauma she went through or grieve the loss of her husband. Her past is not an excuse for her actions, but it is a reason. She was acting and lashing out out of fear, grief, and desperation. In her mind she cannot be vulnerable again, she cannot have her home and life taken again, and she cannot lose what she thinks is protecting her family. She absolutely made mistakes and caused damage to her family, but she is not doing any of it because she wants to harm them. She is a broken person who never had time to heal, and she accidentally bled onto the people around her. But we can't discount the intense trauma she went through so easily, and she is not a character to look at through a black and white lense. Her story is a reflection of thousands of real elders processing generational trauma at the hands of colonialism. The forgiveness might have some too soon but this is a disney movie. And most importantly, Abuela ackowledges what she did wrong in the end; she starts taking steps to correct her behavior, to tell her children that she is sorry, that the Miracle is them and not their powers. It's a start, and would a truly evil person try to start righting the wrongs they had done? No

"whos the villain???" Trauma. The answer is trauma. Specifically generational trauma.

I don't think Abuela was jealous of Mirabel, or the reason she blamed Mirabel for the home breaking. She didn't want to lose her home, the miracle, and during Mirabel's gift ceremony the door disappeared and the candle flickered, a magic candle that never went out as Abuela knew. This scared her that Mirabel could destroy her second chance, the safety of her home and family, after all she went through. She was afraid of it happening again. In her mind Mirabel was a danger to the security she had when she got the miracle.

@ReelOzAussieDillon

2 жыл бұрын

Spot on

@notestasiskis

2 жыл бұрын

That's also why Abuela's so hard on Bruno after he left and they don't talk about him. She turned to him in a time of uncertainty for help and, from the family's perspective, he abandoned them instead. No one knew what the prophecy was or his concerns for how it might be interpreted. He just left them to deal with any potential repercussions. It's similar to how so many people judge Mama Imelda in Coco for not immediately forgiving Hector when she found out he'd been killed. It didn't matter that he wanted to come home, what mattered was that he left in the first place. Bruno had the best of intentions in leaving, but doing so didn't help the family either and only left them with more questions and more burdens to bear.

@Nomadxcvii

2 жыл бұрын

@@notestasiskis I think for the most part the reason why he left them was because he felt that his gift wasn’t really helping his family. They constantly asked that he looked into their futures but most of them didn’t like their outcomes. When Abuela asked him to look into Mirabel’s future, he didn’t want to make an even bigger mess of things and didn’t want Mirabel to go through what he went through or even worse so he tried to fix it himself by making spackle and fixing up the cracks which hardly did much but to him it was better than facing what Was happening to Casita. Because of her trauma, Abuela had expectations from each one of the family members and eventually lost sight of what was most important and pushed the most important people away ie Maribel who’s future was to save the magic of the house and Brunito who was essentially the one to guide her towards her gift. I think with Mama Imelda it’s different to Abuela Alma’s perspective because Bruno was constantly trying to help the family whereas Hector wanted to follow his dreams and he left because he was thinking of himself at that time. Bruno however didn’t wanna leave but the pressure from Abuela and expectations of being in that family and trying to be perfect pushed him away.

@notestasiskis

2 жыл бұрын

@@Nomadxcvii I completely agree that's his reason for leaving. He absolutely had good intentions. I'm talking about the perspective of the rest of the family, the ones left behind. Mirabel says he disappeared one day, Abuela says he left, Julieta says he lost his way. To their knowledge, he saw something terrible and walked away in the middle of the night the day Mirabel didn't get a gift, didn't even say goodbye or tell them what the "terrible vision" was so they might prepare. The audience knows this isn't what happened because we heard Bruno's side, but the family doesn't (except Mirabel, who stands up for him). A lot of people get upset at how the family "talks" about Bruno, but they probably believed that he didn't care or love them because he left. Bringing it back to Coco, they didn't talk about Hector because he left them for selfish reasons. The Madrigals don't talk about Bruno for the same reason, they just don't know he wasn't actually being selfish.

@Nomadxcvii

2 жыл бұрын

@@notestasiskis Sorry I’m a bit slow but from what I remember from the song we don’t talk about Bruno, their understanding of why he left was because everyone griped that he was the one who caused all their misfortunes and they didn’t actually know why he left only that he just disappeared. I don’t remember them saying that he didn’t care for them or didn’t love them. You’re right he should’ve said something about Mirabel’s vision but my question is would they see that as a way to prepare for the crisis or would they have cast away Mirabel like they did Bruno to avoid her future from happening? We’ll never know how they would take it but we know that they all played a part in what happened before and after Bruno left.

My husband is disabled, and watching this he said, "It's like Mirabel is the disabled one in her family". He knows how it feels to be treated differently because of your disability.

The more I watch this movie, I realize Mirabel did receive her “gift” when she was little. Her “door” dissolved into the house. The house was then linked to Mirabel. Noticed whenever Mirabel was sad the house would crack? Or when her grandma was talking poorly about Mirabel the house would crack? It’s bc the house was linked to Mirabel. Mirabel was destined to be the next keeper of the magic. When Mirabel puts her door knob in the new house, the magic within her resorts the house.

@darkmoonthedirewolf9231

2 жыл бұрын

She was literally the next candle and when she put the door knob on she basically lit the candle again but this time it was more permanent.

@MrErik052005

2 жыл бұрын

@@Shaesi. woopies

@ronweber1402

2 жыл бұрын

If you notice Casita only listens to Abuela's and Mirabel's commands.

@_Egon

2 жыл бұрын

@@ronweber1402 There are reasons to think about. We've seen no attempts by others to actively interact with Casita, and there is no logical reason to think that plays favorites if we assume that houses and protects everyone equally. It makes more sense that Mirabel relies on Casita more than the rest because of his lack of gift. This would be a sign of how others are portrayed as self-sufficient while Mirabel has to fend for herself in another ways.

@mvhh20

2 жыл бұрын

@@_Egon the thing is the house can't interect with people in their room except for mirabel cause she doesn't have one, so it would make sense if casita is closer to her

Mirabel and Bruno had to put up with Abuela's rejections, but Isabela, Luisa, and Pepa each represented a different form of personal struggle. Isabela strived to be perfect because that's all the world saw in her, Luisa was always heavily depended on because of her super strength, and Pepa had to constantly supress her emotions to keep the weather in check until it became too much for her to bear. By the time they all get their gifts back, Isabela was finally able to embrace her true nature, Luisa learned that she doesn't have to be tough all the time and can instead kick back, and Pepa can just go with the flow no matter the weather.

@rinthewolf

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, for those 3, the time they spent without their gifts was probably very important to learning to how to deal with them when they came back. Isabella got to learn to be as wild as the plants she learned to garden, rather than perfect like a tended rose. Luisa got to learn how to deal with having a limit to her strength, even if she was still stronger than most due to her muscular build. It taught her to know her limits and relax when she gets close to them. And Pepa got a brief time where she could have any emotion she wanted with nothing happening, so she learned how to just let it out when it came back. I bet there was a few days where every time she got anxious, she looked up and was confused not to see a cloud.

@Hanmacx

2 жыл бұрын

Check out the door at the end Dolores is the only one not smiling? :p

I'd say her gift is like Hestia in Greek mythology, her power is the power of Home. She makes a house a home.

@a.g.demada5263

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, and Hestia's flame has to always lighting

@rinthewolf

2 жыл бұрын

That means you could probably easily turn this into a Greek story. Just have the miracle be a gift from Hestia. It totally fits cuz the whole package was essentially a safe place and powers to upkeep and protect it. All things you would expect from an ancient Greek household. Maybe even have it be given to the family cuz Abuela's husband was the son of Hestia, so she wanted to protect the family he gave his life for.

Mirabel is not Antonio (talks to animals) sister, she is his cousin. Luisa and Isabela are Mirabel’s sisters and rest of the kids are her cousins through Mirabel’s aunt Pepa (weather lady)!

@gormottigrebel9978

2 жыл бұрын

The family is dressed in a way that colour codes them nicely, it’s fairly easy to map out the family tree

@friedsyshi

2 жыл бұрын

@@gormottigrebel9978 kind sir said Pepa’s family has the sun colors and Julieta’s family has moon colors, which i didn’t even notice!! such a cool observation. i’ve seen the movie 4 times, and many more times through reactions and i still didn’t notice this small detail 😂 i did know pepa’s family was all yellow tho, so

@gormottigrebel9978

2 жыл бұрын

hcneypqpi and Bruno has earth colours

@RedK5

2 жыл бұрын

@@gormottigrebel9978 I didn’t notice. I just went by the picture outside

@a.g.demada5263

2 жыл бұрын

But we can say Antonio consider Mirabel like his sister

Coffe is a very strong part of our culture, so kids do drink coffe, but in Brazil we start by mixing with milk so is not that strong, at least that was my experience in my family 😋

@verovega8651

2 жыл бұрын

My family is from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 and I remember being given coffee as a child as well with a lot of milk so it wouldn't be as strong. I still drink coffee as an adult however it's out of habit which means coffee is not something I drink to stay awake. It literally doesn't do anything for me.

@nicollnery9031

2 жыл бұрын

@@verovega8651 😂 I know what you mean 😂

@Maria-bj1yl

2 жыл бұрын

I'm Brazilian and my family used to pour more water in my coffee lmao

@alyshaharper8730

2 жыл бұрын

I'm not hispanic but we've alway given small children coffee milk in my family.

@Sergio-wc1wn

2 жыл бұрын

I’m also Brazilian and I completely relate. I’m not sure if it’s a term in your region of Brazil or just in Ceará but there is a term “café com leite” which is a term usually used by kids when playing with someone younger than them to refer to that younger person, at least that’s how it was used when I was a kid.

Lin Manuel Miranda wrote the music... the same guy who wrote "Hamilton" you saw the previous week... He has also write the music of "In the Heights", "Vivo" and part of the "Moana" score... He also made his directoral debut two months ago with "Tick, tick... boom"... you are gonna love all of them...

Also since you missed it, the dad has no power cuz he’s in the family through marriage. He was swollen cuz he was stung by bees lol

Surface Pressure (Luisa's song) probably Disney's most relatable song in real life for more than half of earth population.

@artsysabs

2 жыл бұрын

I've been listening to it and singing it on repeat the last few days 😂

@beyondviolet

2 жыл бұрын

problem is most reactors talk over the lyrics which is the best part

@BioshockChar

2 жыл бұрын

I mean ... i would say I Wont Say Im in Love is a close second

@YourXavier

2 жыл бұрын

@@beyondviolet It's worth listening to a few times, to get all the nuances. It's really well written.

@a.g.demada5263

2 жыл бұрын

I think it symbolise the fact that the middle child often try to found something where he's good for stand out from his/her siblings

It's funny to me that people like to refer to Dolaras as noisy because of her power, but Antonio got spies and INSTANTLY started using them. He probably sent that Toucan to follow Marebel, and you already know he was listening to Marebel and Bruno talking through the rats cuz he was there too fast!

@thephoenixdevil4817

2 жыл бұрын

Didn’t even think about that o.O

@moramorandobianchi7093

2 жыл бұрын

*Dolores *Mirabel

I have seen this movie so many times, and I still cry at Dos Orugitas/Abuela’s flashback scene every single time. How I first interpreted Mirabel not getting a gift - and I’ve seen others with similar thoughts - is that the gift started with Abuela & her love for her family & Mirabel is the next in line to hold it. When Mirabel seemingly did not get the gift, I believe the magic/Casita was choosing Mira as the next keystone or foundation for the encanto. At the time the encanto was created, the family needed Abuela’s survival approach - but having to protect the family as a whole made her blind to each family member’s individual needs. Abuela did her job, now the family can thrive, and with Mirabel’s generation they can move passed survival & begin to heal from the past trauma. Very familiar themes with a lot of immigrant & first gen families - at least for me as a first gen American. I love this movie so much, and have so many thoughts & feelings about it ❤️

@missdancefan

2 жыл бұрын

It's why some of the first lines of the last song is "We need a new foundation" and ends with Mirabel saying "me". Abuela ways was the old foundation and in some ways will aways be so but change needs to happen to preserve. The Miracle was created with sacrifice and Abuela made scarfice the centerpiece of the family. While as Mirabel makes individuals coming together in love & support the cornerstone of the family. Trauma begets truma until you can let it go. It's also illustrated that Abuela wears her mourning shawl since her husbands death but she is finally not wearing it at the end.

@kaity.did.7286

2 жыл бұрын

I agree that Mirabel becomes the new Matriarch. When Casita first forms, it waves its shutters at Abuela who waves back. When it comes alive again when Mirabel opens the door, it waves again but this time Mirabel waves back.

@rinthewolf

2 жыл бұрын

I love how during Dos Oruguitas we get a retelling of the story from the very start of the movie, with no dialog, but with so much more emotion. It shows the difference between Abuela telling a story to a child and telling the truth to someone older. Even with no dialog at all, you can almost hear that heart-shattering scream she lets out after seeing the love of her life taken from her.

I am Venezuelan, and I didn't drink coffee when I was a child, but that was probably because 1) My mother wasn't that big into coffee, and 2) While I was born in Venezuela, as well as my parents, our family is portuguese, so the culture is a kind of different. My way to see Abuela is that she was well, traumatized. She lost her home, her husband, and was running for her life without a clue if she would ever make it, let alone her new born babies. When she received the miracle, it was a way to signal that "as long as you have this, you will not lose your family away" or at the very least, I think she subconciously thought of the miracle that way. Is not that much about the house, or the magic, is the fact that before that miracle, she lost her husband and there was a very high chance they would be next (the bandits were close, after all); for her losing the miracle meant she may lose her family, her life away. Sure, there wasn't any bandits in her doorstep this time, but the miracle was just a band aid on that trauma, that she never got to fully recuperate from, if at all. Not only she became a single mother, suddenly everyone was looking at her for answers, since the miracle save them all (she got a house, but the mountains made possible for the rest of the people to be safe); so now she is just 25, and needs to be responsible for so much. She never got able to properly grief, to digest the fact that the danger was over; I imagine everytime she had doubts, or fears, she thought "as long as we have the magic, we will be fine". Not sure if I am making any sense (Is late here, and the cold medicine is affecting my brain) but my point is, she just felt if she lost the magic, she would lose her family, and after Pedro, she doesn't feel she can take another hit.

The film has no villain. This is one of many things that make the movie stand out. I know for a lot of people, not just Americans, are so used to a western style way of telling a story. If anything is the villain it’s trauma. I’m glad you loved this movie and saw how relatable the morals & lessons are. The generational trauma & pressure really hits home for Latinos who have parents & grandparents make HUGE sacrifices for a better life. The high expectations, facing the odds, being VERY family oriented. Individuality isn’t as praised so much in Latin America in comparison to say the US.

@ruffboimags

11 ай бұрын

The real villain was the generational trauma we developed along the way....

I relate so much with Mirabel... being brushed aside, called useless because I'm disabled, told I can't do anything, and to stay out of the way...

umm well since the movie is based in COLOMBIA i’m pretty sure you know coffee is a big part of our culture and yeah i remember having “cafe con leche” as a kid which is basically like 75% milk and 25% mild coffee, so yeah drinking coffee when you’re like 7 is pretty common but only as a breakfast (for kids).

@nataliafernandez7795

2 жыл бұрын

I agree. I,m from Colombia too :)

@user-ry1cc1im6f

2 жыл бұрын

Yesss y aguapanela

@Drummer4President

2 жыл бұрын

I think there’s a big difference to knowing that coffee is a big part of Colombian culture, and assuming non-Colombian people would know that it’s a part of the culture for kids to be drinking it lol When I lived in Thailand it was a huge shock to me how young the kids started eating the spicey foods that I, as an adult, still can’t eat 🥵. A lot of Americans I know are amazed at the fact that the legal drinking age here in the UK is 18, and it being even younger in some parts of Europe. I love that Disney films are now shining a proper light of all the different cultures around the world.

@itsokandres

2 жыл бұрын

@@Drummer4President why was that shocking to you?? i don’t know anything about the Thailand culture and this is the first time of me even hearing about that but is not shocking to me that kids would eat spicy food; also i left that comment because prior to this video i saw a couple comments from the family madrigal video saying that putting a kid drinking coffee was so “inappropriate” which can come off as a racist comment.

@Drummer4President

2 жыл бұрын

@@itsokandres it wasn’t that they were eating spicy food. It was just how spicy and how young. 4-5 yr olds being cool eating a papaya salad was just shocking at first lol I’m from England, eating a tikka masala at that age would have made me cry for an hour. It wasn’t a bad shock, it was just a big culture shock. Same as if I went to Colombia, without this new knowledge of coffee drinking children, it would have been a shock to see at first. It wouldn’t be “inappropriate,” just very different from my personal norm, that’s all lol

You 100% missed what happened Abuela didnt want to hide the issue or blame it on mirabel, she wasnt jealous She simply got so focused on preventing the miracle protecting her family being lost that she was so controlling and obsessed on being perfect that it was mentally damaging It wasn’t jealousy it was pure traumatic fear

This is an almost perfect film for me! I mean i’m not really gonna judge the animation and music from Disney because they’re always top notch but the story is just so different than their previous films. There were no villains at all, it was just family problems which of course, many people would relate to. And despite the many characters, all of them really got to shine and have their own story (except Camilo probably aka the shapeshifting kid). The resolution i would say was too quick for something that’s hurt their family for decades but i guess you couldn’t really show the process of healing in an hour 30 minute film, also considering the main target are kids. But over all, this movie is amazing, probably on Disney’s top 5 and my favorite for sure.

@allthingsjustice6465

2 жыл бұрын

I do relate with maribel the most, feeling like your so different from your family to the point of feeling left out. But me and my brother are so different it's easy for us both to feel like that at times and as I've gotten older I understand that sometimes my parents had to focus on the other child

@ssupa.j6031

2 жыл бұрын

I don't exactly think they just went and fix everything if you notice the lyrics in the last song they talk about how they're seeing each other and are helping each other so I appreciate how everything wasn't like all fixed but it still had the classic Disney ending

@emperorbelos6835

2 жыл бұрын

Nah the villain was the mother.

@ssupa.j6031

2 жыл бұрын

@@emperorbelos6835 she wasn't a villain she wanted for them to earn their gift and felt that mirabel was messing it up. After mirabel told her she was breaking the family she realized that she truly was

@bluewolf6323

2 жыл бұрын

@@emperorbelos6835 I think the word you're looking for antagonist...not trying to sound snooty or pompous but that is a better word because villain implies she outright does something evil.

I connect to Mirabel. I'm the oldest but my younger brother's are so talented. I never really found my "niche" growing up and didn't join clubs. Even when I tried things nothing seemed to click. Then my brothers come along, and they're both just so naturally talented. I tried music and while I've become okay at some (with sheet music), my brothers learned piano from a young age and even began composing their own songs, and both joined marching band in high school. The older is a math quiz and is finishing college. Meanwhile I (7 years older) am just starting going back to school and have finally found something I'm interested in. (thanks to disability support and aptitude testing). Like Mirabel seeming talented at sewing/embroidery, accordion, ect, I've picked up a few skills, usually self taught, but I know its never going to be as good as someone actually talented or gifted at those things. Part of it I sorta blame my parents, being the first kid and both having jobs they didn't have a lot of time or know how to push or encourage me. As an adult I was diagnosed with ADHD/Autism, so forgetting and lack of motivation make a lot of sense in hindsight. So when I quit (or forgot to keep going) to a club they didn't keep pushing it very much. The most was when I quit violin, I did try but just wasn't for me, they were a little upset at having bought a violin for me only to give up. First brother (A) they seemed to actually encouraged. From 3 they signed him up for soccer and then baseball, as well as piano lessons. They also signed him up for and took him to different clubs and summer camps, like a robotics summer program. When he got old enough to try and find what he wanted he tried basketball for a semester. Then he joined band and found an interest in playing saxophone. He continued taking piano classes until band took up more of his time. In high school he was in marching band and even got a saxophone solo at one point. He seemed to be good at everything he touched. Even went to college early, and now is graduating with a degree in mathematics, but is still planning to continue his degree to Masters and move onto a bigger university. Second brother (B), similar thing. Soccer, baseball, piano lessons. Clubs and Summer camps. He took tuba in high school and made it onto marching band as well. Also played drums for awhile at home and was pretty good. Ended up dropping most of the stuff, partially because of the pandemic and having to homeschool, but also just losing interest like I did. But it wasn't for lack of my parents pushing and trying to get him to keep it up, or lack of skill. (He did suffer from a bit of envy and discouragement when he was younger from A being so good. We had to keep telling him it was because A was older so had done those things longer and B will catch up and get just as good if he keeps practicing.) Though maybe not as near prodigy as A, B was still very talented when he actually put in effort.

@zitlaxoch8

2 жыл бұрын

Same

@itachiuchiha6604

2 жыл бұрын

Same i got both those too

@mafeweigel

2 жыл бұрын

I connected to Mirabel immediately. I was always the one left out in my dad’s side of the family by my grandmother and she made sure the rest of the family felt the same way. I was born out of wedlock, product of bottles of beer because my parents were too reckless and young and my dad was my grandmother’s favorite and she blamed my mom for it so I definitely wasn’t her favorite person and I was kind of the “black sheep” even when I didn’t do anything remotely bad to be considered one. My grandfather was the only one who was there for me and the only one who nurtured me, defended me and gave me love because that didn’t even happened with my father. In my mom’s side of the family, that wasn’t a problem at all.

@itachiuchiha6604

2 жыл бұрын

@@mafeweigel I had same family dynamic of dad and moms side exact same except my grandma on dads side was also kinda racist too (white European) and im mix and look it too got that much darker tone lead for some good times but my grandpa on that side was as cool af with me and it crushed me when he died

Can we all just take a moment to appreciate the genius that is Lin-Manuel Miranda? Writing all of these beautiful songs INCLUDING ONE IN SPANISH and also writing the entirety of Hamilton... is there literally anything he can't do?

I love how, since Mirabel didn't get a door in the house, they gave her one for the front door that has the letter M, which stands not only for Mirabel, but also Madrigal, so it works for both. Any visitor to the place will probably think it's just the family's initial, but those who are part of it will know the truth.

Responding your question about kids drinking coffee: yes, it is very common here in south america. In Brazil at least, we all drink coffee (except those who don't like it) and kids usually drink it with milk, bread and butter before going to school. Even our word for "breakfast" is called "café da manhã" which means "morning coffee". Brazil and Colombia have very similar cultures, their neighbors after all. In this movie for exemple, when Antonio get's his powers, literally ALL the animals that appear are considered symbols of Brazil: Jaguar, Tapir, Toucan, Capybaras (i love them) and Coati. Before this movie, I never had thought they would be considered symbols of Colombia as well, but i guess it makes sense, since colombia shares a part of the Amazon Forest with Brazil. I'm just saying this as an exemple of how relatable this movie is for us, Brazilians, and i guess to other south american countries as well. Disney did a great job of representation.

i’m not columbian, but me and my parents migrated to the UK from Turkey. all i can say is this disney movie hit really deep. i balled my eyes out the first time i watched it, and every single time i watched a reaction for it too. when you grown up, you stop seeing your parents as grown-ups, but as real human beings with trauma that gets passed down to us, even if it’s unintentional. i wish that in real life, my mother would be able to admit her wrongs like Abuela, and this movie gives me so much hope. thank you for this mature reaction🥺

I love the parents in this and their interactions with their kids, you can easily tell what their relationships are purely by their limited interactions in the movie

I don’t trust anyone that doesn’t cry during Dos Orugitas, so now you’re my favorite reactor.

Well, to answer the coffee question you asked (if kids would drink coffee in South America) I am from Panama and my grandma used to give me sips of hers when I was about 5 - 7. It had a lot of milk though but I remember having coffee when I was a kid (black coffee too but only some sips). I have also read that in Colombia this is more common. And regarding the knowing your future part, I wouldn't. I agree with you that knowing would be depressing but also pressuring because what if what you see doesnt happen as it was supposed to? 😅 I think it would add a lot of anxiousness to one's life.

@a.g.demada5263

2 жыл бұрын

It's funny because in France, coffee is more for adults

It never fails to amaze me how many people the themes of this film manage to touch in some way. Just about every reactor I've watched view this movie (quite a few) has paused it to empathize with something one of the characters was experiencing, sometimes very emotionally sharing their personal story. I think that's an incredible thing everyone who worked on this movie should be so proud of.

Mirabels mothers gift is healing people with Food. Her father had and allergic reaction.

My favorite theory for Mirabel's gift is that she is, herself, the new embodiment of the miracle. After all, Abuela won't live forever (even with Mirabel's mother's amazing, healing cooking), and on top of that, the miracle, for her, came from a place of trauma and pain - not a place of strength and growth. The miracle was... in many ways tainted by the trauma of the experience they went through to get it. With Mirable as the new core of the miracle, it is able to be from a place of growth and healing. But even more than that, there are things to point toward that interpretation, largely having to do with the way Mirabel is the one who communicates most directly with Cassita, with only her grandmother being anywhere near the same level, the fact that the cracks in the house are directly tied to Mirabel's... essentially faith in herself, and that the candle burns brighter as she builds stronger and healthier bonds with the family members. That, along with Bruno's line in the final song "You're the real gift, kid, let us in," and the fact that the new front door to the rebuilt Cassita is Mirabel's door through and through, making the household, and by extension its magic, her gift.

The real villain of the movie is the unspoken weight of unrealistic expectations.

LMM was OUT TO GET ME. "Waiting for a Miracle" already had me in tears.

Accidentally bumped into the channel while looking for reaction vids for Encanto and loved every moment of your commentary and the accent as well as the very sad but insightful personal info you added so I have liked and subscribed and looking forward to watching more videos from you man. Love from Ireland.

I'm Colombian and there's hella coffee since you're little but it's cafe con leche, super milky coffee with the smallest amount of coffee. I don't know any children that would willingly drink Tinto, black coffee.

Really love this movie and what you said😍 especially the character of Isabella. I think they portrayed the conflict between her and Mirabel really realistically. It’s exactly like the conflict my sister and I have. She accuses me of praising myself for being perfect. I am jealous that she can get away with acting out and have no expectations set. So I can really understand Isabella being upset with Mirabel. And Mirabel is also not very nice to her until Isabelle opens up. Fortunately Mirabel realised that she judged her sister wrong. But a lot of my experiences with that was people telling me I am to sensitive, unreasonable. It is frustrating that everyone despises you for being a golden child because they aren’t able to see how stressful it is and how much you give up just to make life easier for others.My experience of trying to be perfect is putting your wishes/opinions after everyone else’s expectations for you and on top of that you get hated for it and you can never be perfect enough for them. Hope some more people can understand that through this movie. Glad you noticed.

Well, Im a "café con leche" kid since I was like 5. Kids here in Colombia have coffee with milk with no tabu about it. Kids also love coffee frappes and coffee milkshakes and stuff like that. They usually donk have black coffe but just because they dont like it, not because not being allow. We also have some nice coffee candies Saludos desde Colombia!

Personally the best animated movie, with a beautiful orientated family history, that resonate with so many families in different regions, cities, countries in general. Every family member has it's own demons to deal with and everybody find it's bearing. Thanks

About the coffee question, in Brazil coffee is natural inside our homes, but it depends on the family to let the kids drink it or not. I grown up listening that it was not good for kids, but sometimes they would allow me to drink it a little bit with a lot of milk. When you’re 16 or 17 is already normal for us to drink coffee. Is good to remember that coffee is culture in Brazil because of our coffee growing history. This culture is so strong that people always finds an excuse to drink coffee. If you don’t like it, they would say “How come you don’t like coffee? I can’t live without it!!” Oh, and Luisa made me feel so represented! Finally someone in an American movie with my name!!

i totally agree with communication within a family is very important and rare but needed. this helps.

I'm Peruvian and I can tell that when I was a child my family tried to introduce me to coffee by giving me a coffee with milk which I do not really like but then I discovered the aroma of freshly brewed coffee and I fell in love with bitter coffee

As about the future... well... yes, that could be depressing, but the opposite situation could happen as well. A good example is given in the Steven Universe show. There was a race of living gems, a type of which was Sapphires, who could see the future. They always saw their life in front of them "like an open book" and accepted it, but it all flew out of the window if something impulsive happened (like in case of the plot-important Sapphire, who saw herself being defeated in the future, but another Gem instantly decided to save her, and as a result she lost her certainty about the future). Guess it works both ways

I'll never not say this: I love how dedicated Bruno was to protecting his family, and how beautiful Luisa and Isabella's voices harmonize together.

@11:40 really needed to hear this. Appreciate the kind words

Coffee answer from a hispanic family here! Every Friday we would go over to my moms friends house and have a loteria night and we each were given a cup of coffee. Mostly milk inside but we felt like such grown ups, all of my hispanic friends were given coffee too as kids. I think that's were my caffeine addiction started too LOL

Im from Argentina and I remember drinking coffee with milk since I was very young, probably like 7 or 8, but black coffee I think maybe since 11 or 12. I dont know now tho, my little cousins dont really drink it. Also I cant really say anything from other countrys but I imagine is something similar. Also I think of Mirabel as the Hestia of the family, the center of the home, shes the next matriarch and the reason they're still a family.

One of my best friends in the world is half black and half latino. He is the most "Pffffffttttt nothing makes me cry" dude man bro man dude type of guys I've ever known and I showed him this and "Soul" and he bawled his eyes out at both. This new wave of animated films from Disney (and a lot of other studios) are KILLING it recently :D Happy new year btw my dude. Hope all is well.

03:30 Brazilian here. Yes, it is. And here we talk about how weird that is that in other countries kids are forbidden of drinking coffee 😆

Abuela is so much more complex than just good or evil. She had her own severe trauma, losing her husband and it caused her to be overly protective and possessive of their miracle, and she acted poorly. It doesn't excuse her behaviour, but like you said in many other points in the movie, everyone has hidden burdens and pain. no one else realized until Mirabel had her conversation with Abuela at the river, not even abuela.

i love this film, love the messages in all of the songs. I would love to know what that bread is that Mirabel eats to heal her hand

So in the Spanish version of the movie the coffee joke is that they don't give that one specific kid any coffee because he gets like that. My country (Chile) isn't a coffee producer but we do get a lot in the market from the nearby neighbours and I grew up with coffee, at first mixed with milk and then just black coffee (when I was about 12-13). Here in Chile though black coffee isn't really a common choice and I always get attention when I decline the sugar/milk they offer me (my dad is a big coffee enjoyer and I got my habits from him and he's not Chilean so that makes sense).

I’m from El Salvador and we drink Cafe con pan (coffe with bread) because no many kids like coffe but we are used to the flavor so it was weird for me to know that here in USA kids didn’t drink coffe as we did. 😅 I guess it’s part of the Latin culture.

I respectfully disagree with the ability to view that seeing the future would suck out the fun of life. Because I believe that the path has many countless paths that change and shift, in that case the future itself is not set in stone. The ability would entail being able to see the most likely future, even if it isn't the one that happens. Like the times we got hit by a car on the street, so it was a bit inconvenient. I feel I would be happier to feel a little bit of power with the ability to properly inform my choices with future advice, such that I don't have to deal with living with regrets. Also so I don't hurt people with my words and actions cause I'm able to properly guide my decisions to find the most suitable future.

As a latin woman from the caribbean, I have been drinking coffee since I was a kid is pretty normal actually 🤣

About the coffee question, im from Brazil and i remember drinking coffee when i was younger but it was just a lil bit, my parents did not let me drink that much of coffee, just a little, but yes

I’m Colombian and yes we drink coffee since we are little. Not to much but our parents try to teach us what good coffee taste like from and early age

putting in so much of waiting on a miracle was a low blown lmao i always tear up when i watch the entire scene but im good during reactions bc they never put too much of this song in the video so this one made me soo :( about the seeing the future thing, i think i wouldn't like to know but not for the same reason. i think id end up living too much in the future if i could know it beforehand, it would cause me way too much anxiety. at the same time, it would be nice to know, since it would lessen the anxiety over specific situations. knowing something will go wrong instead of knowing it COULD go wrong would make the process easier, for example. so it could really go either way. it's a difficult question.

I'm brazilian and here in south america some kids do drink coffee. I used to drink when I was a kid, but I think it depends on the child's parents.

@a.g.demada5263

2 жыл бұрын

Really ? In France, it's more for adults

I loved the time you reflected and analyzed the movie. Very deep. The movie is fantastic also with a message that concerns us all: Our family. You were great!

Your reaction is so heart warming. I luv your analogies between the movie & real life. Regarding the movie, Mirabel's ability to connect & understand people on an intimate level isn't a "gift" that the candle gave to her. It's part of her personality, her character. I think she developed that skill out of necessity while trying to get the approval of her grandmother. The candle never gave her a gift. Also I don't think jealousy ever played a role in the family dynamic. The grandmother's issues seemed to be denial, fear & arrogance. Mirabel's issues seemed to be lack of acceptance & over compensating. I understand why the family followed the grandmother's lead in blaming Mirabel for everything but what I greatly disliked is how they wouldn't come to Mirabel's defense even after they admitted their concerns smh

@vickylikesthis

2 жыл бұрын

her parents did defend her....

Mirabel is the candle. It was the candle that brought magic and miracle to the house the first time with Abuela .. And in absence of the candle, Mirabel, the human candle fixes it.The whole house is her room. And The reason Mirabel didn't get a gift is because she is the gift.

Growing up in Brazil, I drank coffee as a kid. But it was milk and sugar with a few drops of decaf. No caffeine for the kids🤫

Yeahhhh I'm colombian and we do drink a looot of coffee. Most of us are not longer affected by it, it's like a good cup of coffee before going to bed kind of thing

Yes, it is true. I grew up with coffee with milk for breakfast, mate (tea) all day, wine with seltzer water for dinner.

I’ve seen this movie so many times and I still find little things that are added that are just so cute. Also shout out to the dads they are amazing. Felix is raising an amazing son that is caring to his parents and family. They way Felix and Augutin set an amazing example for young kids it’s perfect. I know a lot of people don’t like abuela but she’s said sorry and actually changed. She had the pressure of the community looking to her for help and everything. I love Luisa and Mirabel, I connect with those two the most. The message, visuals, music it’s the best movie they have made in awhile.

The FACT the HOUSE died saving Mirabel will always get me it knew Casita knew it's up to Mirabel to bring it back

Realising that Mirabel is Rosa from Brooklyn 99 blew my mind more than finding out that Kristoff is King George 🤯🙂

OMG- I was JUST thinking how much you'd eat this movie up- and voilà! you uploaded it! 😂 perfection.

Kids in Colombia drink coffee yes, in the morning for breakfast and sometimes around 5pm, before dinner, with a little sweet bread or piece of cake. It's a kind of "fika" (Swedish coffee break) 😊 It is very light tho.. you only make it strong for adults

I feel bad for Bruno, not only did his gift make people not like him, but it is also probably why he is the only one of his siblings who didn't get married. Nobody wants to give the fortune teller a chance in case he sees something they would wanna hide from him. Also, he and his sisters all look really good for being 50 years old, especially Pepa.

So excited that you reacted to this movie!!

The new Disney movies doesn't have an evil person but situations and emotions

@aria8256

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, and instead of having just absolutely good characters, or totally evil characters, most characters are morally grey and more humane. 🙂

Abuela wasn't jealous, she was scared, actually terrified of having to relive her past trauma. Other than that I say you had a lot of good insights to share. I enjoyed my time even though I've seen Encanto dozens of times already. It's probably my favorite movie of all time.

Camilo is probably one of my favourite characters, his voice in the Bruno song is my favourite too. He’s just got such a good power too. And they didn’t show him a lot but I really liked how they played with his character.

So I noticed something that I'm not sure if some may have picked up with Abuela. The symbolism of the candle's flame and it's relation to the home and family. Abuela was scared of losing her home, but in her mind her family was what made her home. The flame has been fading because she's become more distant and the family isn't as close to each other as they used to be. She was so focused on doing what she thought would make the family stronger, but never realized her behavior was what was causing the rift until the house literally fell apart. Especially after seeing her perspective on what happened to her husband, you could really see that she was just putting up a strong front all those years. I feel this so much because my mom is like this but recently has started to come to terms with how much pressure she was putting on herself. It's admirable, but if you focus too much on keeping life on track, then you miss out on actually enjoying those moments because of worrying if it's perfect or not.

Almost every last reaction video to this movie mistook little Antonio for her little brother. But if y'all were really watching the movie closely y'all would remember when she told the little kids at the beginning that her "cousin's ceremony" was happening that day...or picked up on the fact that Antionio is her tia (aunt) Peppa's "baby".

OMG FINALLY! I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOUR REACTION TO THISSS!!!

Dealing with my own family trauma stuff and this movie spoke to me on such a deep level as the one that feels like the black sheep.

5:18 Agustín doesn't have a "gift" since he married into the family, but his gift is his clumsiness (which includes attracting angry bees, as you see).

sobre o café, eu sou brasileira e bebo café desde que era pequena assim como todos meus conhecidos, menos um ou outro que realmente não gostam de café, mas todos que gostam bebem desde criança

Mirabel's gift is that she is the next Keeper of the Candle. When Abuela Alma eventually passes on, her door image will likely be replaced with Mirabel's image, and Mirabel will be her successor. That's why her door disappeared when she was 5 and had her Gift Ceremony. Her door will eventually be Abuela's door, someday. Like Abeula, Mirabel is the anchor and lynchpin that holds everything together.

The amount of eldest children who take the burden of their siblings and parents at the same time… it really is heartbreaking

Fantastic film, great reaction and wonderful honest conclusion ...love it! ❤️👍

Yes you did it too. That's 5 of my favorite reactors who did it. You going to love this.

"I would heal what's broken." The epitomy of "speak it into existence"

I went to Guatemala on a mission trip and everyone drank coffee. When I say everyone I MEAN EVERYONE!! Even the preschool kids at the school we were helping. I asked someone why and at least for the kids, they put tons of sugar and they use it to get kids to drink milk.

Happy New years to Tania, you and the kiddos hope this year is full of good. My daughter is obsessed with this movie lol...n yes us Latinos drank coffee and soda since young (mexico at least)

So spot on, IMO. Fantastic, astute commentary on my new favorite Disney flick EVAR.

I relate a lot to her. Just watched the movie today and it's sooo good

I was waiting for this!! :D

Surface Presaure is the song that I highly teared up because it makes me think of my big brother who is the one handling every problem my parents throw at him.

I'm Costa Rican, born to Colombian parents. Back in my childhood (I'm 36) everyone I knew drank coffee as kids. My brother and I, and most of my classmates as far as I know had café con leche with their breakfast before school. Actually, I remember not just my brother and myself but also all my little cousins as toddlers waddling around with our sippy cups full of café con leche, or our moms dipping cookies in it to give to us to suck on when we were babies.

The beginning with the cat hair made me laugh so hard haha

Here in Colombia everyone drink coffee hahaha. We love coffee. Pdta: Miravel have not a miracle, because she is the miracle.

Great analysis, thanks

My Grandpa (R.I.P.) used to say "it's choice, not chance that determines Destiny". I'm someone who doesn't like surprises, but if given a choice, I would only want to know that my family is happy, healthy, and safe.

she didn’t have a door cause her gift was the whole house 💜 We don’t talk about Bruno passed let it go. I don’t care for frozen and never seen it. My daughter saw Encanto in her school and she loves it, so I just watched it Thursday.

I'm from Brazil, here we usually mix coffee with milk for kids hahaha but we love coffee!!