So, I just got back from seeing Wish at the time reading this, and I honestly don't get the hate, I really enjoyed this film. It was fun and amazing, and was overall a fun time. Here are my thoughts and feelings for the movie.
Now, before I get on with my review, I just wanna say that if you don't like this movie, that's okay, you're allowed to have that opinion, these are just my thoughts and feelings on the movie, so keep that in mind.
So first off, the villain. I really enjoyed Magnifico as a villain. My favorite types of villains are ones that are entertaining to watch while at the same time feeling like a threat, and Magnifico checks both those boxes, for example, when Magnifico shows up to Asha's house and destroy her grandfather's wish right in front of her and her family did a pretty good job and making him threatening, but I do have my complaints with him. One major thing is that I wish he didn't get hypnotized. It takes some of the responsibility of his actions off of him since he isn't really in full control of his actions while it's some kind of dark magic force twisting his mind, which holds him back from being the completely evil monster that the writers were hyping him up to be. Second of all, the movie wants you to believe that Magnifico is 100 percent in the wrong for not wanting to grant Asha's grandfather's wish. Basically, Magnifico's justification for not granting every wish is that he doesn't want to grant wishes if they are too vague since they could be used to hurt the town or others if granted. Asha's grandfather's wish was to "Inspire people", but the wish was so vague that Magnifico couldn't tell if he just wanted to inspire people in a positive way or in a negative way, and keep in mind Magnifico has never met this person before so he doesn't know what his intentions could be, so he rejects it. The problem with this is that he is completely in the right in this situation, but the movie wants you to believe he's completely selfish and egocentric for this decision. I know most of Asha's conflict with Magnifico is that he won't give the wishes back to the people even though he doesn't plan on granting them, but the movie still wants you to believe that Magnifico is completely evil for not granting Asha's grandfather's wish even though he has a very good reason not to.
Next up, the music. The soundtrack is just good in my opinion. While all the songs are good, most of them are pretty forgetful, but the ones that slap really slap. Songs like "This is the thanks I get", "This Wish", and "Knowing What I know now" are amazing and I'll definitely be blasting those numerous times, however some of the other sings just don't sound very interesting or have already been done before the exact same in other Disney films. For example, the first song of the movie, "Welcome to Rosas" sounds very bland and has already been done in numerous other Disney films. The song is basically just Asha singing about the town's traditions and hyping the place up, which has already been done in other films, like "Encanto" with "The Family Madrigal", now i'm not saying they can't do that same type of song, but they don't do anything unique with the song so it just feels really meh. One big problem I have with the lyrics are some of the lyrics are pretty dumb. For example, in "This is the thanks I get", one of the lines is "I let you live here for free and I don't even charge you rent", which doesn't really make sense when you think about it for more than 5 seconds. He's basically saying "I let you live here for free and I let you live here for free", so the lyrical writing definitely still needs work
Next up, the characters. Apart from Magnifico and Asha, the other characters are just kind of boring. So Asha has a group of friends that help her with taking back all of people's wishes and returning them to their rightful owners so they can go out and achieve their dreams on their own (which i'll get to later), but they all aren't really that interesting. The only ones I really remember is the one that wears glasses and is always angry, and the sleepy guy because he shows the consequences of loosing your wish and because he ends up selling out Asha to King Magnifico, and even then I barely remember their names. The only notable thing I can mention is that they're all based off the seven dwarfs from Snow White, but that's it, it's a neat little reference at that. The main characters also aren't safe from being somewhat boring. So apart from Asha, the other main characters are a goat named Valentino and a star literally called Star. For the most part, Star is okay. He's basically Disney's attempt to sell merch, but he's alright. He's cute and is a key part in the story, but Valentino... not so much. Valentino really doesn't do much notable in the story and he's not that funny either. He's not the worst character put the screen, but he's a pretty weak comic relief character. One thing I want to point out about Asha though is that I don't really like how she becomes a fairy godmother in the end. The whole point of the film is that you don't need wishes to make your dreams a reality and that it's more fulfilling to go out and do it yourself, but nope, they completely fall back on that message by giving Asha the power to grant everyone's wishes whenever she pleases.
Next up, the animation. Now, I normally don't judge Disney films on animation since ya know, it's Disney you should expect good animation, but since this animations goes for something completely different, I thought I'd mention it. So when the animation was first revealed, a lot of people thought it looked cheap and unfinished, but I thought it looked fine. Yes, it doesn't look as good as other Disney movies but still looks great. This film basically does the whole Spider-Verse art style, but in it's own way by combining 3D with 2D. A lot of people wish they just stuck to 2D, but I feel this animation combination works for this movie since it's their 100th anniversary film, so it's like its honoring their 2D and 3D animated projects, which I enjoyed and I would love to see more Disney films in this art style and improve upon it.
In conclusion, Wish is a great movie and has a pretty good villain, a good, yes flawed message about going out and achieving your dream, a great blend of Disney's 2D and 3D animated films, and a couple of powerful songs, but falls in flat in the rest of the soundtrack, goes back on it's message at the very end, and has some pretty bland characters. Overall I'd give it a 7/10, I really enjoyed it and I feel it's a worthy film to wrap up Disney's 100th anniversary. Thanks for reading!
Now, before I get on with my review, I just wanna say that if you don't like this movie, that's okay, you're allowed to have that opinion, these are just my thoughts and feelings on the movie, so keep that in mind.
So first off, the villain. I really enjoyed Magnifico as a villain. My favorite types of villains are ones that are entertaining to watch while at the same time feeling like a threat, and Magnifico checks both those boxes, for example, when Magnifico shows up to Asha's house and destroy her grandfather's wish right in front of her and her family did a pretty good job and making him threatening, but I do have my complaints with him. One major thing is that I wish he didn't get hypnotized. It takes some of the responsibility of his actions off of him since he isn't really in full control of his actions while it's some kind of dark magic force twisting his mind, which holds him back from being the completely evil monster that the writers were hyping him up to be. Second of all, the movie wants you to believe that Magnifico is 100 percent in the wrong for not wanting to grant Asha's grandfather's wish. Basically, Magnifico's justification for not granting every wish is that he doesn't want to grant wishes if they are too vague since they could be used to hurt the town or others if granted. Asha's grandfather's wish was to "Inspire people", but the wish was so vague that Magnifico couldn't tell if he just wanted to inspire people in a positive way or in a negative way, and keep in mind Magnifico has never met this person before so he doesn't know what his intentions could be, so he rejects it. The problem with this is that he is completely in the right in this situation, but the movie wants you to believe he's completely selfish and egocentric for this decision. I know most of Asha's conflict with Magnifico is that he won't give the wishes back to the people even though he doesn't plan on granting them, but the movie still wants you to believe that Magnifico is completely evil for not granting Asha's grandfather's wish even though he has a very good reason not to.
Next up, the music. The soundtrack is just good in my opinion. While all the songs are good, most of them are pretty forgetful, but the ones that slap really slap. Songs like "This is the thanks I get", "This Wish", and "Knowing What I know now" are amazing and I'll definitely be blasting those numerous times, however some of the other sings just don't sound very interesting or have already been done before the exact same in other Disney films. For example, the first song of the movie, "Welcome to Rosas" sounds very bland and has already been done in numerous other Disney films. The song is basically just Asha singing about the town's traditions and hyping the place up, which has already been done in other films, like "Encanto" with "The Family Madrigal", now i'm not saying they can't do that same type of song, but they don't do anything unique with the song so it just feels really meh. One big problem I have with the lyrics are some of the lyrics are pretty dumb. For example, in "This is the thanks I get", one of the lines is "I let you live here for free and I don't even charge you rent", which doesn't really make sense when you think about it for more than 5 seconds. He's basically saying "I let you live here for free and I let you live here for free", so the lyrical writing definitely still needs work
Next up, the characters. Apart from Magnifico and Asha, the other characters are just kind of boring. So Asha has a group of friends that help her with taking back all of people's wishes and returning them to their rightful owners so they can go out and achieve their dreams on their own (which i'll get to later), but they all aren't really that interesting. The only ones I really remember is the one that wears glasses and is always angry, and the sleepy guy because he shows the consequences of loosing your wish and because he ends up selling out Asha to King Magnifico, and even then I barely remember their names. The only notable thing I can mention is that they're all based off the seven dwarfs from Snow White, but that's it, it's a neat little reference at that. The main characters also aren't safe from being somewhat boring. So apart from Asha, the other main characters are a goat named Valentino and a star literally called Star. For the most part, Star is okay. He's basically Disney's attempt to sell merch, but he's alright. He's cute and is a key part in the story, but Valentino... not so much. Valentino really doesn't do much notable in the story and he's not that funny either. He's not the worst character put the screen, but he's a pretty weak comic relief character. One thing I want to point out about Asha though is that I don't really like how she becomes a fairy godmother in the end. The whole point of the film is that you don't need wishes to make your dreams a reality and that it's more fulfilling to go out and do it yourself, but nope, they completely fall back on that message by giving Asha the power to grant everyone's wishes whenever she pleases.
Next up, the animation. Now, I normally don't judge Disney films on animation since ya know, it's Disney you should expect good animation, but since this animations goes for something completely different, I thought I'd mention it. So when the animation was first revealed, a lot of people thought it looked cheap and unfinished, but I thought it looked fine. Yes, it doesn't look as good as other Disney movies but still looks great. This film basically does the whole Spider-Verse art style, but in it's own way by combining 3D with 2D. A lot of people wish they just stuck to 2D, but I feel this animation combination works for this movie since it's their 100th anniversary film, so it's like its honoring their 2D and 3D animated projects, which I enjoyed and I would love to see more Disney films in this art style and improve upon it.
In conclusion, Wish is a great movie and has a pretty good villain, a good, yes flawed message about going out and achieving your dream, a great blend of Disney's 2D and 3D animated films, and a couple of powerful songs, but falls in flat in the rest of the soundtrack, goes back on it's message at the very end, and has some pretty bland characters. Overall I'd give it a 7/10, I really enjoyed it and I feel it's a worthy film to wrap up Disney's 100th anniversary. Thanks for reading!