Encanto - MOVIE REACTION!!

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[@BlindWave]

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[@giorgiodechambre6798]

Hahaha, I put on a show for my son called Camp Cretaceous Jurassic Park, and he ended up playing with his Ninja Turtles Toys, well I ended up watching all the episodes, lol, turned on way better than I thought!

[@teogaming7515]

wtf is wrong with your community when they requesting movies like this? im done.

[@mysteriousowen5205]

Please react to Wrongfully Accused (1998)

[@Poineapples]

@@teogaming7515 your mom

[@darkrain1612]

@Jennifer Heh what is that even supposed to mean..? "Movies like this," it's...it's a movie bruh

[@tarinblanding1584]

Fun fact: the people who worked on this movie literally fought for Louisa to have muscles and the Louisa dolls are out selling the Isabela dolls. TAKE THAT DISNEY!

[@rockycuro7737]

I imagine they were worried about stupid parents overreacting about it

[@echonvoid]

It definitely didn’t help that the Isabella dolls were all her “perfect” self instead of her real self. No one wants merch of someone who’s so incredibly unhappy

[@possummagic3571]

Cool, but did they sell?

[@skylordjojo8454]

​@@possummagic3571yes they did. They're actually outselling Isabella dolls.

[@zackamig4446]

Take that disney? Aren't they making money off both dolls? Lol

[@batmanator101]

Eric: “Do you ever feel like you don’t have privacy?” Dolores: 👂👁👄👁👂

[@Commander_Shepard.]

My god, She heard the other couples having sex, making babies, and then years later those kids playing with themselves. o.o

[@Napstablooky]

@@Commander_Shepard. and every fart ever made in the bathroom

[@roltongreene168]

@@Commander_Shepard. She can also hear "Hernando" and "Jorge" within the walls and probably thinks Tio Bruno decided to live together with two guys.

[@wierdgamer3067]

@@roltongreene168 nah, she would have heard how many sets of footsteps, so she knew it was still one person

[@Lannisen]

@@Commander_Shepard. saw someone theorise that it was hearing her own parents passion to each other is what made Dolores ask Bruno about her own future lovelife.

[@soundgal_sine_qua_non]

My head cannon is that Augustin met Julieta cuz he was so accident prone he had to repeatedly visit her for remedies, and then he started doing it on purpose just to get to see her. I also love how at the beginning it seems like the husband's sacrifice was what produced the miracle, but when you see the raw version of it, it's Abuela's grief that brings it on. And while her trauma doesn't excuse her actions, understanding it is what helps them move forward. Such a good movie with such a unique view on generational trauma and toxic perfectionism.

[@fightingfaerie]

I think that’s what one of the writers said.

[@primmoore6232]

Some say Agustin & Julieta are a product of Nightingale Syndrome.

[@Hanmacx]

If they would ever made a tv show, i hope to see how they met in a flashback

[@bluecarps]

For me, the candle (the miracle) represents Abuela(a refugee)'s grief, strength to go on and will to survive for the sake of family(her 3 children). If you take the magical aspects (which were analogies) out of the movie, the abuela overcame her grief and worked unbelievably hard to create a safe place for her family (this is represented by Casita and the encanto), working on each of her children to ensure they develop something to protect themselves and help the community (the miracles). And she is so hard on them cause she doesn't want them to go through the same difficulties that she did (its her trauma and fear that is pushing her to be this tough). She just wants them all to be safe and NEVER have to suffer her fate. But in doing so, she forgot to see that the family was safe and that she was causing them pain even before they are endangered. That her misguided attempt to protect them is hurting them more(Represented by the cracks). Abuela had to heal from her trauma to help the family move beyond their traumatic past and not perpetually live in a place of fear and anxiety.

[@Hanmacx]

@@bluecarps abuela created the walls/mountains around her She only could get over them after Mirabel destroyed the walls / the mountains

[@danielsessions7808]

Isabela was voiced by the actress who plays Jane in Doom Patrol. And another interesting fact in regards to Isabela when you see the grandmother younger in the flashback she actually does look a lot like Isabela. Which is why she was holding Isabela to this standard of being perfect so much, and the guy she was trying to get Isabela to marry does also look like her late husband. Just some cool subtle details in the animation

[@celestinenox]

Yeah, the parallels and distinctions between Abuela and Isabela are really interesting. Isabela strongly resembles young Abuela and they're both very hard on Mirabel in different ways. Isabela has absorbed Abuela's attitude about Mirabel because she doesn't have a gift and treats Mirabel accordingly. Abuela at least tries to be as kind as she can about it to a point. Which is why for a long moment in Bruno's vision it's unclear as to who Mirabel needs to embrace--it's *both.* Mirabel's relationship with both is strained at best and it did no good to heal one relationship and not the other. Isabela was just the first step in the process. She's the mirror of Abuela.

[@thespectaculargamernerd8114]

Carmillo is also voiced by the guy who played Alex Wilder in the Runaways.

[@YoureRightIThink]

@@celestinenox why do you say abuela just say grandma lol

[@parisr.2894]

@@YoureRightIThink Abuela means grandma what's your point?

[@YoureRightIThink]

@@parisr.2894 Yeah no shit, I know. That's exactly my point, why use abuela instead of grandma when you're already speaking english the rest of the sentence?

[@matthewmcshane399]

Camilo the shapeshifter's actor is surprisingly good at singing despite no official training before the movie

[@wtimmins]

Seriously?!? Wow. Yeah.

[@thespectaculargamernerd8114]

The guy did a good job.

[@fabulousmyriad267]

Most likely its a case of "hey, I sing for lolz at family gatherings or Karaoke, haha" 😅 good for him though.

[@ichhimaii1956]

i love this line on the we dont talk about bruno " when he calls your name" . gave me chills

[@kittyphom]

@@ichhimaii1956 sameee

[@Bradley_Stein]

Fun Fact: “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” is one of only two Disney songs to hit number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The other one is “A Whole New World”.

[@fabulousmyriad267]

A song about the black sheep of the family vs a love song about escaping your sheltered life. Know what I call that? growth..

[@orientallily4860]

@@fabulousmyriad267 i think both of those songs have a really good meaning

[@biazacha]

@@orientallily4860 and yet people focus on negative sides of Disney movies, particularly the princesses ones, when have some many cool and important messages for the kids.

[@Danishwoman78]

My husband told there has been Four songs on that list: we dont talk about Bruno, Can you feel the love tonight, let it go and colors of the Wind

[@MrLizestelle]

@@Danishwoman78 I thought let it go too?

[@chitoryu12]

My favorite implication of Dolores knowing that Bruno was still in the house is that she was listening to his telenovelas.

[@DiscoTimelordASD]

We need a movie about Bruno and Delores😂

[@ericanight8359]

@@DiscoTimelordASD A tiktoker did a whole series of her sorta acting out Dolores listening in on Bruno's telenovels it's so funny

[@little_kawala_baby5761]

Dolores: i should probably mention hes still here Also Dolores: another cliff hanger maybe next week

[@MetalFeline]

@@ericanight8359 Do you have their name, please ?

[@zemoxian]

@@ericanight8359 I think I saw that on KZbin. We could be thinking of the same person. Can’t remember her name but she did skits about the MCU and other stuff as well.

[@casualpotato44]

13:30 A house divided cannot stand. Holy crap Eric. That's exactly the theme of the movie. You just blew my mind. Lmao.

[@officiallymelvina]

Literally! I thought I was the only one to catch that lol

[@jcompton8507]

Yes! I laughed at how spot on his comment was... A broken family = a broken home

[@tatarussy]

Ikr. That comment was basically Encanto. Genius.

[@IChooseJesus9091]

@@waddellar + So sorry. I pray healing for you 1st. 2nd all of you.

[@laertes8320]

6:05 eric solemnly nodding and saying "deku...." when mirabel said she didn't have a gift made me laugh out loud

[@ot7biasedmashups]

Same😂😂 it's the second of quiet before he says it that broke me

[@onlyacomentarynothingspeci2419]

I still don't buy that Deku is just a quirk less nobody especially because the doctor who did the check up is with all for one

[@laertes8320]

@@onlyacomentarynothingspeci2419 deku and mirabel have the same quirk: the power of empathy 😩

[@dinozero2]

@@onlyacomentarynothingspeci2419 Well good thing is your question will be answer soon in the upcoming new season.

[@autumn.breann]

That made me laugh too😂😂

[@DoremiFasolatido1979]

Casita interacts with and does things for everyone in the family...but there are only two characters in the entire movie that it outright obeys...Abuela, and Mirabel. As soon as they ask it to do something, no matter how vague the request, Casita does it instantly.

[@fejknamn6853]

She's also the only one shown to wave goodbye to it in the beginning, which makes sense: She's spent so much time with it, Casita can't affect the insides of personal rooms, but Mirabel lived in the childrens room, so she's **always** spending time with Casita. That, and kinda headcanon-y, but I saw Mirabel as the next to fill Abuelas role as the candle-bearer, so makes sense for her to be influencing Casita so much.

[@a.g.demada5263]

Yes, Mirabel talks constantly with Casita

[@Pokeminator]

Casita is most probably inhabitated by Pedros ghost. And Abuela and Mirabel are the only family members we see talking to Pedro. (Abuela when she talks to his picture while Mirabel it's listening from the roof and Mirabel at the beginning of the movie when she runs past his picture)

[@CrankyGrandma]

Because mirabel is the heir. No one but casita realized it

[@ericanight8359]

I’m not sure we ever see anyone ask Casita for anything. It can’t obey something they don’t ask it to do. They treat the house as a convenience while Abuela and Mirabel actually treat it as a sentient being. They speak to Casita and carry conversations. Mirabel even apologizes after making Casita visibly upset with her comment about not decorating itself. Abuela and Mirabel just have an overall connection with Casita that no one else in the family seems to have. But Casita does seem to answer to Abuela before Mirabel. Even tho Casita likely knew Mirabel needed to talk to Luisa and breakfast in order to help the family and Casita, it still listened to Abuela and moved Mirabel away from Luisa.

[@mastelsa]

Turns out the real villain was intergenerational trauma all along! There are some really great analyses of this movie done by family therapists breaking down the family dynamics and how unresolved trauma can affect an entire family--even the members who never directly experienced it.

[@shauntempley9757]

It is a parallel to Moana. For the same topics in the background, just told differently.

[@WalkerRileyMC]

I, too, watch Cinema Therapy.

[@BlessMyHart96]

“A house divide cannot stand” Nice foreshadowing

[@Commander_Shepard.]

"A man can't see, he can't fight" - Some guy with a ponytail.

[@BobectorGamesBobector]

"A house divided against itself will not stand" -Abe Lincoln I think

[@jacobhogan380]

@@Commander_Shepard. hey I get that reference 😂

[@j.wesleyprice6620]

Dude, it's a Jesus quote.

[@saidoterodiseno]

@@BobectorGamesBobector It's Jesus. Luke 11:17

[@camilaviana1196]

As a latina person with a widow grandmother and a lot of self pressure, this movie hit waaaaaay to close to home.

[@everleigh5327]

omg your name is also close to camilo LOL! but yeah i can agree this movie is amazing and really captured the colombian culture

[@stephaniex_x7275]

@@everleigh5327 Camila is Camilo feminine name lol

[@everleigh5327]

@@stephaniex_x7275 I know hehe I have a friend named Camila

[@GeeklyGoods]

I'm sure it did... it definitely hit some of my latinx friends that way!

[@michaelweinacht7811]

I've heard some latino people find the movie too unrealistic. Magic powers and living casitas are one thing, but an abuela that actually admits she's wrong and apologizes??

[@kittiesice]

Fun fact: If you pay attention to the family, each branch dresses in a different color scheme. Tia pepe and her family are in orange/yellows. Julietta (Mirabela's mom) and her family where Purples/blues with the exception of Isabela at the beginning, but she starts wearing purple at the end of the movie after her and her sisters get closer. And Lastly Tio Bruno wears green. And bonus fact: The shade of green Bruno wears is the shade that they use in Disney parks to cover the old wooden surfaces aka their 'fix-it' color because it's neutral enough to blend with most of the Disney park colors. This is a cool detail because Bruno was secretly fixing the house from the inside.

[@fightingfaerie]

Julietta’s side is blues. Abuela is purple. Isabella wears purple because she’s following Abuela, is her golden grandchild. But by the end of What Else Can I Do her dress is more blue because of the flower powder dye. Bringing her in theme with the rest of her immediate family because she’s being herself. Another color detail: Julietta’s blue is almost green, showing how she’s always been sympathetic to Bruno, she never had something bad to say about him, just not wanting her daughter to be outcasted like he was.

[@caddyclay]

Another cool detail is that Mirabel’s glasses are green, some people headcanon that she was really close to Bruno when she was a kid and got her glasses green to match him

[@yellohcards]

Mirabel's outfit contains all the colors because she brings the family together

[@andpeggy813]

Pepa* Julieta* Mirabel*

[@marlaneperkins8175]

Also Bruno is associated with the color lime green (it's the color of his visions) which is also the color most associated with Disney villains like Ursula, Scar, Dr Facilier and Maleficent.

[@johnnysanchez7741]

"We don't talk about Bruno!" "......can we sing about him?" ".....fuck ya we're gonna sing about him."

[@theanyktos]

Mirabel is the family therapist. And boy do they need her.

[@wtimmins]

The power of therapy

[@Hanmacx]

Check out Honest Trailer "What my family needs is Therapy"

[@BabyGirlTiny]

Not really? I mean luisa and Isabella was able to say their feelings, but not because mirable didn’t anything.

[@justcallmeeastia7947]

And scapegoat

[@ambriaashley3383]

@@BabyGirlTinyI disagree. Mirabel seemed to be the first person they opened to; before that they were holding it all in. Mirabel actually took the time to ask about them & to care. Luisa admits she carries too much & Isa admitted she didn't want to marry Mariano. Both are huge deals for them to talk about & go against the matriarch, Abuela.

[@melo13melo]

This is one of those movies that are even better on rewatch. You pick up subtle things like the fact that Isabella produces petals when she's nervous so when she's walking with Abuela talking about how perfect Mariano is you realize she's actually stressed out about getting married. Plus, when Dolores sings "I can hear him now" she's referencing the fact that she can hear Bruno in the walls. This movie is just really great.

[@sakbromely]

Abuela is living through Isabella who looks almost exactly like a younger Abuela and Mariano looks like a buffer version of Pedro.

[@JfrogFun]

When you realize isabella’s verse in we don’t talk about bruno is equally negative and complainy as everyone else’s cause the “perfect life” everyone thinks is good is a suffocating existence she hates to the point her verse in the combined part becomes her singing “I’m fine” like a mantra

[@LuminousArc92]

Dolores can also be referring to Mariano since she sings "I can hear him now" after "the man of my dreams will be just out of reach, betrothed to another"

[@carlotta4th]

And Abuela picks out and discards the one white flower, the "imperfect" one. Lots of subtle story telling.

[@Adrianne519]

There are so many subtly things like that in the movie, like when Dolores says Mariano wants 5 babies Isabella gets flowers on her head and Abuela takes out the only white one and fixes her hair, to show how Isabella always needs to be perfect. There's quite a few for Dolores too, in the beginning when the fireworks go off she's covering her ears and I can't remember when but at one point she claps and she only uses her 4 fingers and she knew all along about Bruno, in her verse "We Don't Talk About Bruno" she's trying to tell her he's there without coming right out and saying it.

[@AllieKitaguchi]

Camilo (the shapeshifter) was said to help around the village, by turning into whoever was needed. For example, when they introduce him, he transformed into a mother so he could take care of a baby while the mother rested. When they were hanging banners, he turned into the other man holding the banner so that it would be the same height.

[@cceres]

Mirabel also says he'll do everything he can to make you smile in The Family Madrigal. He's like this town's Pinkie Pie.

[@ericanight8359]

I kinda wonder about the extent of Camilo’s powers. We see him usually turning into exact copies of other people, but at times he also isn’t identical. Before Antonio’s ceremony, he turns into a shorter version of his father, meaning he can alter his look even when modeling after someone else. And when his powers are going off the fritz, he has a large body, baby head and sometimes even a mustache. So i wonder if he doesn’t actually have to shift into someone specific. Can he decide to mix and match with different facial features of those around him?

[@dianafox2175]

​@@ericanight8359I mean, when he was singing his part in the Bruno song, at one point he had his own head and Bruno's lower body so he can definitely choose and mix body parts.

[@MuseHathor]

@@cceresalso perhaps having that power helps deter/trick invaders as well

[@mr.cheese7339]

@@ericanight8359 I think he can just reshape his body however he wants. In Camilo's view, Bruno was 7 foot. We know damn well he ain't 7 foot, but when he shapeshifted into him during "we don't talk about Bruno", he was somehow tall af.

[@otacon6566]

"You're the real gift kid, let us in." Gets me everytime.

[@LukeAImp]

Dude I am so surprised you actually noticed Bruno dancing to his hate song on your first watch

[@vargasletycia7115]

I seen it my first time too! I did a double take and squinting my eyes when I first seen it

[@deboraantunes5612]

it is not bruno, but camilo waiting to sing his part of the song

[@sea-of-skies_]

Hate song is an introducing choice of words

[@DiscoTimelordASD]

Delores kept turning Mirabel away from where she might see Bruno I noticed.

[@selonianth]

@@deboraantunes5612 It is actually confirmed to be Bruno. Also it's not really a hate song, not from Dolores. She doesn't once accuse him of anything except muttering and mumbling... because he is.

[@MizzRache83]

I think one of my favorite things with this movie is Felix’s love for Pepa. for example with their wedding she was singing about this disaster and he’s grinning the whole time! “In doing so he floods my brain 😣” “Abeula get the umbrellas 😁” “married in a hurricane! 😰” “what a joyous day but anyways 🥰” I can imagine this crazy wedding with the out of control weather and Felix is just like nah, I’m marrying my girl today! You better get an umbrella, hold onto something I don’t care but we are getting married ! I just hope that if there’s a short series about this family that they do a little scene of their wedding because I really think it went like that lol

[@narutosraman]

I think the actor for Camilo is the only one who haven’t had vocal lessons in the whole voice cast, but yet his singing was also my favorite.

[@biazacha]

His voice is so amazingly theatrical that I was really surprised he wasn’t casted from Broadway when I learned he’s an amateur.

[@ArkanMatlub03]

I think dolores too

[@cannibalguro]

@@ArkanMatlub03 Dolores' voice actor is an actual singer

[@ArkanMatlub03]

@@cannibalguro my bad

[@blameitondanny]

I freaking love the vocal fry in his part. It was so good 👌🏻

[@samtravers1763]

Bruno's voice actor wasn't just Luigi from the Mario movie. He was everybody's loveable sloth, Sid from Ice Age.

[@Maria-bj1yl]

Fun Fact: In "We Don't Talk About Bruno". When the family starts singing their own different verses at the same time, in music that's called a Madrigal! So nice of Disney to include these little details.

[@sophielanglands6920]

I like the idea that the initial story telling of what happened to her Abuelo was really vague due to the fact that Mirabel was so young and so it was played as that he was “lost” and overall it was a fun story about getting the magic, yet at the end, Mirabel is much older and learns that he was murdered and that it was actually really traumatising for her Abuela. I like the subtleness of her being protected from the truth while she’s still small

[@cceres]

I think we do this for our kids... We tell them a gentler version of the things that have hurt us in the past so that they can keep their innocence a little while longer--giving them "the Disney version," if you will.

[@friendlyneighbourhoodbridg1354]

The only reason why Bruno was vibin to Dolores' verse is because she was the only one who didn't trash him. Headcanon Dolores and Bruno had a special relationship because they understood the emotional and moral burdens of each others' powers. Both are involuntarily cursed with knowledge and frequently face the moral dilemma over whether to share that knowledge

[@SpyrosKoronis]

My favourite headcanon branch of this is that Dolores was hooked on Bruno's rat telenovelas.

[@friendlyneighbourhoodbridg1354]

@@SpyrosKoronis Nique Marina?

[@deboraantunes5612]

it was not bruno dancing, but acctually camilo waiting for his time to sing

[@caetlinbirmingham5077]

No, that was bruno. The creators confirmed it. Plus, there's no way Camilo could have gotten from the 2nd floor to the 1st in time for his verse without being out of breath even with Casita's help. And had helped him it would've been shown as part of his verse.

[@maddoxio]

@@deboraantunes5612 Director confirmed it was Bruno

[@captainsplifford]

Antonio telling the jaguar, "Don't eat those," about the rats is one of my favorite lines (and line deliveries) in the whole movie.

[@jessicaflynn3184]

"Thank goodness Jorge was here." This made me laugh so hard I was almost crying.

[@ItIsOnlyJonathan]

According to Jared Bush (the director of Encanto) gave the names for a reason: Isabela- perfect Luisa- warrior Camilo- chameleon Mirabel- wonderous Bruno- so it rhymes with no no no

[@samanthal7911]

i read somewhere that bruno’s name was actually supposed to be oliver (or oscar idk i kinda forgot) but they changed it for the song

[@ItIsOnlyJonathan]

@@samanthal7911 it was gonna be Oscar

[@NiaNeuman]

36:46 “Judge. I judge. I judge grandma” and then “Bruno’s in the f*cking WALL” 😩😩 Love you, Eric.

[@oranmcclintock302]

"A house divided can not stand" literally the plot of the movie lol

[@reighniz4488]

When Luisa was careying all the donkeys I couldn't help but think, 'Woah, gives a while new meaning to hauling ass.'

[@karenroque3583]

I think it’s important for people to understand that Alma never hated Bruno. No one in the family ever hated Bruno. If Bruno felt hated by his family he would have left them completely instead of hiding in the walls to still be as close to them as possible. The reason Alma was angry with him and said that he didn’t care was because he left with seemingly no explanation. Can you imagine the grief his mother (who already lost her husband) and his sisters felt for the longest time? Alma was already scared after what happened with Mirabel and suddenly her son just up and leaves. She probably thought he abandoned them in a time of great uncertainty. Anyone would be hurt and upset, but of course as soon as she see’s him again the first thing she does is embrace her boy. Pepa repeats “We don’t talk about Bruno” like it’s a house rule rather than a simple personal grudge, because I imagine that it’s a very sore subject and they don’t want to further upset their matriarch. But refusing to talk about interpersonal issues out of fear of “rocking the boat” is exactly why things have gotten so bad. And it’s everyone in the house that has made a conscious choice to not act like everything isn’t alright. Pepa physically cannot do that and yet she still tries to force herself to rein in her emotions for the sake of not inconveniencing others. Mirabel took it upon herself to finally air out her family’s grievances and tell her Abuela what she needed to hear, and it was ultimately the best way for Alma to see the extent of the unhappiness SHE was unintentionally causing her family. Alma shoved down her grief in order to concentrate on rebuilding what was taken from her, but in doing so she never gave herself the chance to process it in a healthy manner. The miracle was what saved her children from sharing the same fate as their father, and if that were in anyway compromised then she would be at risk of losing them too. In her eyes, her husband’s death would have been in vain. And this a problem that a lot of families (and in my experience, especially in Latin American homes) that when there is a problem there is almost a refusal to communicate so as to not upset a matriarch.

[@theunknownmax6571]

Well said👍

[@fejknamn6853]

It also explains a bit more how she treats Mirabel: When her ceremony failed, Bruno made a Prophecy for her, maybe to help Abuela understand if maybe their Miracle was running out or something, but then he ran away without a word. To Abuela, it must have been incredibly painful to lose her son and cemented Mirabel in her mind as the cause for the family's misfortune...

[@Hanmacx]

Interesting point Abuela never could get over her grief alone because of the walls/mountains around encanto Until Mirabel tore them down

[@Error_-ct2vp]

Bruno also never was kicked out. He just felt like he wasn’t helping the family and left on his own to protect his family (Mirabel)

[@justadude2807]

👏 Beautiful explanation, one of the finest Disney works to date in my opinion.

[@antman0719]

Aaron nailed it when he said Abuela cared more for the magic than she did the family. Mirabel cared more for the family than the magic which is how she's able to connect with everyone. I also think the house responds to Mirabel and her emotions. Everytime she was upset, the house would began to crack and crumble~

[@BabyGirlTiny]

Not really. Remember, Mirabel only did what she did for the miracle. She didn’t even go to Luisa or Isabela with the intent to help them, they just randomly vented to her.

[@antman0719]

@@BabyGirlTiny True. I guess another way of looking at it is that after hearing Abuela's prayer, she set out to save it despite not having a gift. Also the way she eased the anxiety of Antonio, especially after helping him walk the pathway to his door, shows the contrast between her and the rest of her families approach to each other~

[@MoonlightJaydeTiger]

What’s so messed up about how everyone treats Bruno too is that we only see him actually having a vision twice, and both times it was because someone asked him about the topic and he had to perform his whole sand ritual to do it. Implying that all those petty things people held against him, they probably asked!! He wasn’t just going around blurting out negativity, they just didn’t like the answers!!

[@alfasvirtuosos1981]

The 3 people: fish lady, gut gut and bald guy, any of this things could EASILY be just an observation or a commentary, not a vision. Bruno says in the last song that his commentary about the wedding's rain was just a joke and not a actual vision, Pepa misunderstood, became worried and start the hurricane. Which means, the only visions(that we know) he says was: Mirabel "destroying" the magic(which just he saw), Isabela perfect life and power growing(which is a good vision) and Dolores man to another person

[@mtnd02.06]

Didn't he clarify that in the final song? Either way it does suck, Bruno was done dirty by his family even if it was unintentional.

[@amiyamarshall7148]

@@alfasvirtuosos1981 also, Dolores can literally hear everything, so he probably didn't tell her, she just overheard.

[@maddwitch]

Plus, his room literally makes it a huge hassle to reach where he does his vision work.

[@Commander_Shepard.]

ALSO, His room is sand! Everyone gets nice flowery rooms and he gets sand! The miracle is an asshole!

[@sakbromely]

I like the theory that Casita can't make rooms for identical powers. Abuela and Mirabel are both caretakers of the magic and thus connecting to Casita (they are the only ones that actually interact with it). When Abuela dies her room will transform into Mirabels and the house was falling apart because it was torn, literally, between its two caretakers. So if another child gets healing powers it won't manifest until after Julietta dies, same with weather control, shape-shifting, etc...

[@michaelklaus]

How about neither of them have magical rooms since neither has a gift? You can see Alma's room in the beginning when she walks out of it. I think it is perfectly encapsulated when we see how the original miracle actually happend and Dos Oruguitas comes to a close. Before that in the first version of the narration, when Mirabel was a child, Pedro simply vanished for unknown reasons and Alma simply resignated before the candle suddenly became magical. In the second version we learn that Pedro was indeed killed and Alma cried out in despair and loss. When the second miracle happens Mirabel is finally in control because she is encouraged and enlarged by her family. This is the "new foundation" their family needed. Alma and Mirabel are the two caterpillars who needed to let go and miraculously transform themselves into the butterflies. They have no gifts because they and not some unseen benevolent power are the actual source of the magic.

[@sakbromely]

@@michaelklaus I understand and agree with everything you have to say, I think that you misunderstood what I meant. Alma has no powers but she does have a door, specifically we see her come out of a magic door. She has a door because she is the keeper of the magic, that is her 'gift'. She and Mirabel are the same except Mirabel does not have a magic door. Having the door gives them nothing, their 'gift' is the acknowledgment as their roles as the caretakers of the magic/Casita (hence why they are the only two shown directly interacting with casita). It is entirely reasonable to assume that because Mirabel does not have a door, despite her, admittedly, assumed role is because the original caretaker was still alive. So it's a fair assumption that Casita may not be able to make doors for similar powers. Also it's just a theory that I enjoyed.

[@Elizabeth-or7gu]

When Isabella and mirabela are on the roof, you can see Isabella look to Mirabela when the flower spit colored powder on Isa. It was almost like Isa was looking to Mirabela for reassurance that it was okay for her to be doing this since Isa is so used to having to be perfect. That is my favorite part of the movie

[@Excanda]

I love at 32:04 *Bruno* You have to hug her. *Mirabel just growls* *Bruno shrugs and tosses the prediction to the side* Every time.

[@Melodymist]

Camillo's gift is to be whoever others need him to be. He molds himself to please others.

[@Commander_Shepard.]

He turned to his cousin's boyfriend and made kissy faces at her....

[@donnafitzgerald1820]

Yes, he turned into a new mom and then the dad of a newborn baby so they could rest.

[@Melodymist]

@@Commander_Shepard. ya, sometimes relatives make mocking kissy faces to tease them ("Isabella, your BOYFRIEND's here!" ). Camillo just shape shifted on top of it to get the point across even more lol.

[@a.g.demada5263]

@@donnafitzgerald1820 I liked when he did that

[@Merilirem]

@@Commander_Shepard. Don't go down that road. It leads to places you may not want to venture.

[@santiagod2443]

I really liked how this movie portrayed the roots of Colombian culture. Being Colombian myself it's great to see this representation of our culture and how my country is much more than drugs or violence.

[@patax144]

And all of the cultural Easter Eggs, from the food, to people playing tejo, to Luisa and Mirabel almost getting crushed by a coffee grinding machine in Surface Pressure, the chispitas mariposa in Waiting for a Miracle, plants in What Else Can I Do.

[@nickmilo932]

But u got some drugs tho?😏

[@koki84ji7]

I rather the music had been made by you know Colombians rather than new York daddy's boy

[@9709Nick]

@@koki84ji7 To be fair we don't have anyone as great to do a complete soundtrack for a moviethis big in such a short amount of time and in so diverse genres. I think Lin Manuel Miranda did a great job on that, Also the name adds a lot so much more people can see it. If they named Juanes or Carlos Vives, they'd probalby don't know them. And being a Musical I think it's really important.

[@Ram875]

@@nickmilo932 Sure! Always, the foundation of Colombian economy is based on that, it brings sadness and death but who cares, right? As long as it brings money, thanks to first world countries for asking for more :D

[@drew.6073]

Julieta, Pepa, and Bruno represents time in itself. Julieta heals past wounds Pepa controls present weather And Bruno sees the future, hence his future vision

[@a.g.demada5263]

Good point 👍

[@moonboy7686]

Every trio of siblings have their own themes. Past, present and future. Beauty, brains and brawn’s. Hear no evil, see no evil and speak no evil. 😊

[@LanaKir3767]

There were gifts to help Abuela heals. But she saw them as her husband and she stagnated in the idea of protecting the village to thank them instead of juste leaving

[@oskrsb]

I don't know if you notice that all of the gifts were to protect the entire town from the outsiders... Pepa could send them away with and hurricane, Bruno could see the future so they can be warned about an invasion, and Julieta could heal the wounded... Also the next generation... Luisa was the strongest to protect everyone, Camilo could transform to a general of the invaders to cancel the attack or spy, Dolores could hear if someone was planning to attack or harm anybody, Isabela could affect the terrain with thorns or poison Ivy... Maybe Antonio could use the animals to protect or also to be warned... And finally Maribel, was the only one (besides abuelita) that casitas listens and follow orders, so she is the next abuelita! If that backstory of the gifts is true (which I don't remember where I read that) it could be awesome

[@excentricbread7777]

Mirabel*

[@fullmetalb5241]

Based on their reaction to the cactus, Isabella didn't know she could make anything other than flowers.....

[@IceMetalPunk]

I mean, *any* superpower could be used to protect a town from outsiders.

[@oskrsb]

@@fullmetalb5241 that's because she was limited all the time by abuela, but it doesn't mean she couldn't do it... Remember she sings "He told me that my power would grow, like the grapes that thrive on the vine"... They still have to discover the entire reach of their power

[@fullmetalb5241]

@@oskrsb that's true. Any theory that acknowledges how awful the abuela is is ok in my book.

[@gamerbear84]

We Don't Talk About Bruno is catchy and all, but Surface Pressure is easily the song of the film for me. Glad you liked checking the film out.

[@laboon344]

Same it's really great !

[@ari-yl2yn]

i thought the opposite

[@javiherbou87]

The real underdog song of the film. Really underappreciated.

[@Arksimon2k]

Agreed.

[@JeM130177]

I agree it's my favourite of the bunch!

[@moonleafteaofthemonth]

We don't talk about Bruno. But we DO sing about him.

[@wtimmins]

There's nothing more relatable than family members going 'we don't talk about soandso BUT...'

[@multiverse_media2023]

@@wtimmins It was my wedding day (It was our wedding day) We were getting ready and there wasn’t a cloud in the sky (No clouds allowed in the sky) Bruno walks in with a mischievous grin (Thunder!)

[@Yeonkimin_]

“HE DIDNT SAY THAT I COULDNT SIIIIIIING”

[@ralphshadow]

@@Yeonkimin_ ok then 🙂

[@Yeonkimin_]

@@ralphshadow it was just a jokey joke what's wrong 😟

[@denden8372]

43:00 Mariano's "I just have so much love inside~" kills me everytime 🤣🤣🤣

[@SuperDora150]

Aarons face during the last song is so sweet ♥️ All of you is my favorite song. And love the story too!

[@gerardotorres8029]

Anything having to do with family always gets Aaron like that and I love how expressive they are in their reactions

[@overland1178]

@@gerardotorres8029 they are each unique it’s pretty refreshing

[@cambion_entertainment]

The head bobbing too

[@javiherbou87]

It's funny and maybe intended that Camilo, the shapeshifter, sounds like "chameleon". Besides, all the dresses and clothes from the characters have symbols related to their powers: Luisa has weighlifts, Isabela has flowers, Dolores has soundwaves... it's the small details that make the charm.

[@GeeklyGoods]

Completely agree on those small details, it makes it all the greater!

[@blameitondanny]

He is indeed a chameleon. He have chameleon pattern on his clothing.

[@UrFavPinkHedgehog]

yeah! and his dolls have a tiny chameleon figure to go with it!

[@donovan802]

Lin Manuel Miranda already proved himself an absolutely phenomenal actor, singer, and song writer, but when I first “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” on the radio of my car, my jaw-dropped. Obviously, every song in this movie is a banger, and it’s impressive they’ve managed to make roughly 10 songs in this movie without a single one failing to deliver an encore, but “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” is gonna age like fine wine.

[@rubenhumbertoroquesalas2273]

Singer? 👀🧐

[@smallhuman2784]

@@rubenhumbertoroquesalas2273 I actually cackled when I saw this comment

[@primmoore6232]

Notice how Casita responded to Abuela's orders? The only other family member the house responded to was Mirabel - to the point it protected her even as it fell apart around her. She was the heir to the power of Casita! The butterfly 🦋 motif is all over the walls AND her clothing! 🐛🐛Abuelo Pedro sang about the Two Caterpillars that had to become butterflies. 🦋Bruno saw the butterfly in his vision. 🦋Then there they were when Abuela Alma & Mirabel reconciled. 🦋

[@JoeThomas-lu6fy]

They were the only two people who talked to Casita. It couldn't respond to anyone else as there was nothing to respond to. Also, Casita protected Camilo and Isabela while it was falling apart, and forced the rest of the family out so they wouldn't be crushed..

[@friendist9323]

@@JoeThomas-lu6fy I think what Moore meant was that even though Casita has a mind of its own, the only people shown in the film to be able to tell Casita what to do are Abuela and Mirabel. Then there's the fact that the only two people to "create/revive" the house were Abuela and Mirabel. That's how interpreted the original comment.

[@JulissaPB]

I also believe Mirabel is the heir, and she will take over Abuela’s place as the foundation or center of the family… but the two orugitas in the song are Abuelo & Abuela… it represents their love story, how they “get lost” and are scared when they are alone, transform (in the metaphor, the transformation is death) and find each other again as butterflies.

[@mlgnerd13]

I can't wait for those "why are they doing Encanto, they're only going to be able to have a 5 minute highlight" people see that this is a 40+ minute reaction. I love how thought out Bruno's power is. He sees the future, which is represented by sand, like an hour glass. Sand also has a shifting nature, so before he looks into the future, it's still filled with possibility. Then he has his vision, and the vision is solidified into glass, just like normal sand can be. At that point, your fate is "sealed" and can no longer be changed. It's just one of the best concepts for a power I've seen.

[@alwaysbam]

They actually kept most of the songs. They did good.

[@TheKrazyguy75]

Also of course sand is in hourglasses, which is the symbol on his door and clothing.

[@justcallmeeastia7947]

Also, i hear that glass is actually made out of molten sand!

[@chaost4544]

This is one of their best edited video's, imo.

[@WalkerRileyMC]

Though, as we saw, it isn't necessarily sealed. My headcanon is the glass plate is what he interprets is going to happen, and because people think there's no other option, it's a self fulfilling prophecy. But with Mirabel he saw two possibilities as he was desperately searching for a different outcome to the breaking, which create the lenticular plate.

[@LODintheshadows]

When everyone is blaming Mirabel for everything, just wish she'd say "do I have a gift? No? Then what could I possibly be doing to destroy a magical house?"

[@justcallmeeastia7947]

Blowing on the candle lmao

[@Merilirem]

@@justcallmeeastia7947 If that was possible the candle would have gone out years ago XD.

[@justcallmeeastia7947]

@@Merilirem good point

[@30251]

coping mechanism

[@cupcakesimulation]

I actually hoped yet questioned if they would ever do this movie. Dreams do come true.

[@marireacts28]

sae

[@maidecaglar4909]

@@jmarais patreon membership.

[@fullmetalb5241]

@@jmarais how does this still confuse people?

[@cupcakesimulation]

@@jmarais Patreon.

[@jmarais]

@@fullmetalb5241 i didn’t know patreon can be linked directly to youtube

[@julesfoster3289]

"A house divided cannot stand" the moral of the story in one quote, well donel

[@Hanmacx]

"Maybe her gift is being in denial" That Kid would be great at Cinema Sins

[@emmaothorell]

I read somewhere that the gifts come from Abuela's trauma and fears, powers that would be useful in case they got attacked again. A storm could blow enemies away, visions of the future could help them be prepared for attacks, healing with food to help the injured, shape shifting to fool enemies, superhearing to hear enemies coming, talking to animals to get their help and protection, superstrength to fight off enemies, and growing plants to feed everyone. Just a theory but I like it.

[@scarlettsugar8159]

Yup! All their powers are uniquely suited to war. They could be a very very powerful enemy to try and go up against.

[@alfasvirtuosos1981]

Again, what I said in another comment, literally any powers could be use in a war or to protect themselves. So I don't think ALL of they're powers was to that reason, only the triplets( Pepa could stop the fire with a rain, Bruno could warning them about the attack and Julieta could heal the injuries, maybe even save Pedro) The grandkids gift I think it was just to help with their isolated community Isabela could grow flowers in the trees(which would eventually became a fruit) and help the vegetation of the place, etc Luisa could help to construct the city and move things Dolores could warning them about some crime or fight Camilo could help entertain the people Antonio could also help with food, and a whole lots of things

[@fabulousmyriad267]

👆🏽makes Abuela's history all the more tragic and relatable. The constant feeling that you"owe" the community something just to keep your place in it. Each child and grandchild's gift was a tool used by Abuela to ensure the Madrigals were useful to the community. Thats why its so heartwarming when the whole village comes to help repair their home. It (hopefully) alleviated Abuela's core fears of abandonment and worthlessness.

[@michaelklaus]

The interesting thing is that this is how Alma interprets the powers but if you note how Mirabel predicted Antonio's gift and later helps her sisters to come to terms with their powers you can see that the gifts actually represent character traits. Pepa's mood changes like the weather, Bruno worries for the future and Julieta likes to take care of and provide for her loved ones. You might think that their characters are shaped by their powers but Antonio's example shows us that it is the other way round. Especially since Alma notes the day after his ceremony that they need to find a use for his power. (Then again he found a use on his own in the end, since the donkeys help Luisa relax instead of giving her trouble).

[@curlyxcoco]

i think it has to do with their personalities. Antonio was an animal guy so he got an animal power

[@RealGreenRanger33]

Fun fact: There is a rumor that Disney thinks of Alan Tudyk as a good luck charm for their animated movies now. Moana, Raya, Zootopia, Big Hero 6, Frozen, and Wreck it Ralph. Plus Encanto of course!

[@seanpatrickcain2]

Strange World is next

[@jadetrolland8095]

Lmao, I love the mental image of Disney approaching him and going "hey, could you squeak a couple times into this mic? Thanks!"

[@StupidWeb]

Only one of those I hate is Raya

[@jdlrposh]

@@StupidWeb whaaaat? why? whats wrong with raya lol

[@geak78]

@@jdlrposh It's not a bad movie but quite slow. Although, I can't think of anything you can cut out...

[@BrandonDuckett]

"A house divided cannot stand." Dude called it.

[@DoremiFasolatido1979]

The thing about gifts fitting personality...is that they get their gifts at such a young age, are they really getting it based on their personality, or are their personalities being shaped by the gift they get? . Antonio was an "animal guy", and got the Dolittle power...but Isabella got her flower-power and became a toxic perfectionist. Clearly she wasn't like that as a child, and just enjoyed pretty things, whether they were conventionally pretty or not. But her power, and Abuela's hovering, turned her into someone who was obsessed with doing what she was supposed to, regardless of anything else.

[@Hanmacx]

Luisa was singing that she is worried that someone might hurt them At the age of 5?

[@Commander_Shepard.]

@@Hanmacx probably listened to stories about how her grandparents flee and grandpa getting murdered.

[@DoremiFasolatido1979]

@@Hanmacx Kind of my point. I think their gifts are very loosely based on who they are at 5...but more on what Abuela think's they need for their family/community. And as they grow up with those powers, they're shaped BY those powers. . Think about it...their ring of defensive mountains would've ruined the local weather patterns, possibly making any sort of agriculture almost impossible. A kid who controls the weather would be...invaluable...and since the redhaired daughter was emotionally volatile (like the weather), she got it. . They had no access to support or any other towns, and probably had no doctor of any kind. Injuries and disease would've been serious issues in such isolation...hence, the gentle and compassionate daughter got the ability to feed and heal everyone. . Finally, Abuela would've been terrified of the uncertain future, given her traumatic past, and she would've worried constantly (as we see her do). So her clever and well-meaning son got the power to see through that chaotic future. . And as time went on, following generations went similar ways, according to whatever Abuela was worried about at the time. Mirabel didn't get a gift because Abuela was worried about who would carry on after she was gone...worried about the magic fading...worried that their Encanto would end. So, Mirabel was selected to be the new miracle, the new source...to take the burden from Abuela.

[@jcompton8507]

Exactly. And one of the most important themes of the movie is that "you're more than just your gift." The pressure to use their gifts to help the family and the community also would have a profound influence on their personalities. IMO, just another way their gifts influence who they are.

[@allenfortenberry9924]

The way that I see Isabella's power going, and this isn't official just how I like to think of it, is she got the power to control all plants from the beginning and as a young girl she was easily able to make flowers because that is just what she wanted to make but at some point Abuela saw her create something different, like a cactus, and told her something like 'oh, this is fine but you should focus on flowers, they are so much prettier' and so to meet those expectations she only created flowers to the point she forgot she could do anything else

[@lightningg252]

I never noticed Bruno dancing in the background while Dolores was singing lol😂

[@VBane]

Not only was Isabella voiced by Crazy Jane, but the dad was voiced by Fez from That 70s Show.

[@rhyanshelby6572]

Aaron: "If these walls could talk..." Dolores: *flash backs to Bruno talking in the walls*

[@justnattnatt]

What we don’t realize is how recent Pedro’s death was and what the Encanto meant for the people, not just service when they need the children’s magic. Anyone Abuela’s age or anyone a few years older than the triplets (meaning they were children or teenagers when it happened) was there when they were running. They equated the Encanto to protection and losing the magic means danger and vulnerability. The family’s image with the magic going strong = everyone in town is secured and protected from invaders.

[@damienjohn]

This is the first Disney musical I've really loved since that golden era they had in the 90's. Amazing songs, brilliant animation and a really heartfelt story.

[@antman0719]

I just recently said the same thing~

[@jamescaballero9727]

I love the "Dos Oruguitas" song, a story of two caterpillars that needs to separate so they can grow. ❤️

[@GeeklyGoods]

It's such a beautifully song, rightfully nominated for Oscars

[@ranga1cat]

I cry every time I hear it 🥲

[@erikawilliams9558]

It should have won the Oscar

[@Drake844221]

My favorite theory is that she's the successor for Abuela. There's a lot to support that theory, including the fact that, after Abuela, she's just about the only member of the family who really directly interacts with the house on an active level, the wellbeing of the house being tied to her own emotional wellbeing, and the fact that when the house is rebuilt, the front door literally becomes her door. I'm pretty confident that Mirabel is the next custodian of the miracle, and I think that she'll be bringing the miracle forward to a place of growth, instead of the place of pain where it originated in. Because, as you see in Dos Orugitas, Abuela's entire approach to the miracle has come from the pain of her loss. As a result, she's put so much burden on the family members to use their gifts to serve the community non-stop, rather than just appreciating the gifts for what they are. You see that when she's saying to Antonio on the morning after he gets his gift that she's sure they'll find "a use" for Antonio's gift, looking very uncomfortable. She doesn't know how to "use" the gift the way she feels that all of the gifts need to be used, which is what makes her uncomfortable. So, she's putting her own shadow over what, for Antonio, is a very happy moment. Also, I'm very much on board with the theory that the reason that Abuela doted on Isabella so much is that she reminds Abuela of herself from when she was young. When you see young Abuela, she looks a lot like Isabella, and on top of that, Antonio looks an awful lot like Abuelo's portrait there. So, the theory runs that Abuela was essentially twisting events to make it so that Isabella would be with Antonio in order to have the life that she always wished that she'd had, herself. Not out of malice, but... simply as part of processing her own grief (which it is clear that she'd never really done until now).

[@123haninhk]

Eric: “I’m already too invested!” Awhh 😊

[@ashleighmodglin]

Also, in the scene where casita is falling apart, you’ll notice that the other kids try to save the candle. But, because they relied on their gift, when they lost them they couldn’t save it. Mirabel never had a magical gift, so she relied on her own strength and smarts to save it. The other kids had based their entire identity on their abilities, so they were lost without them. Also, Pepa (who controls weather) is able to control which weather she wants at the end. She’s dancing and laughing, but it’s hailing. Abuela had pushed her so hard to only ever be happy and make rainbows, that her moods started associating with certain weathers. If she’s scared, it’s cloudy and rainy. If she gets mad she’s thundering. If she’s stressed then she caused tornado like winds. Now that she has the freedom to feel whatever she wants, she can control the weather instead of only being able to do certain weathers when she feels a certain way.

[@FroBoy696]

I swear watching Encanto made me homesick. Haven't been to Colombia since 2017 and the pandemic delayed my trips...hopefully this year I can see my family again.

[@deshaunfortune912]

Most of the thing that Bruno "predicted" were just general observations that people took as visions of the future.

[@darkassassinkantafly]

I don't think that was ever confirmed other than Pepa's Wedding

[@jonasquinn7977]

@Nathan Armitage I think it’s safe to assume that that was the case for the townsfolk’s stories A fish dying, someone gaining weight and a guy going bald are all things that anyone could see coming and why would he waste time making predictions on those random things?

[@darkassassinkantafly]

@@jonasquinn7977 Admittedly compared to the miracle dying they seem quite small, but remember that nothing bad really happened before then so that's all that the visions would really be useful for. Plus the fact the Bruno himself quite heavily implies that the goldfish dying was a vision and that is equally as random as the other 2.

[@laboon344]

@@darkassassinkantafly that*

[@josephdavis9234]

Assuming the fish was actually bwing kept in a tank that small, then yeah, anyone could predict it was about to die.

[@lyatahiri6191]

As a colombian my favorite part about this movie was how they made something that all of us could relate to with a subject as delicate as the displacement and they handlded it with such care that i was uggly sobbing during Dos Oruguitas, but at the same rime it was something non colombians could still understand without the context. The yellow butterflies are a reference to A Hundred Years of Solitude from colombian literature Nobel Gabriel Garcia Marquez, parts of the story are also inspired by his work.

[@a.g.demada5263]

Thanks for the explanation. I felt the same with Ratatouille because I'm french. Do children really drink coffee in Colombia ?

[@lyatahiri6191]

@@a.g.demada5263 yeah, i've been eating my breakfast with coffee since elementary school. i prefer capuccinos but plain black coffee is also common, my grandma is also a big fan of mixing the rice leftover on the pot with plain black coffee lol.

[@a.g.demada5263]

@@lyatahiri6191 it's a funny habits becsuse in France, coffee is for adults (I don't like it personally)

[@21BearPapa]

In MY head cannon, Abuelo didn't really disapper. Abuelo IS casita. And notice that Abuela said that the cracks started when Mirabel didn't get a gift. But she actually did. Her gift was connection with her Family, including casita. Abuela began distancing Mirabel, thus Casita started to crumble. Because the distance of the family and Mirabel. Well thats my headcannon.

[@bejo2551]

When I watched this movie the first time I managed to keep it together through most of it but that scene at the river broke me. Couldn’t stop crying. Wonderful movie and a great reaction too 👍

[@maidecaglar4909]

I was too for the first time watching but the song have that impact. You just cry. 🤷

[@Scaring-Crows]

For me it was them handing her the door handle with an "M" on it. It obviously could stand for Madrigal but everyone had a door handle with their first initial on it except for her, until the end.

[@marahbaker8615]

for me it was Louisa's song. I'm the oldest sister and had so much pressure put on me and the song really broke me

[@jcompton8507]

I started crying at the very beginning, and I'm pretty sure I cried for 70% of the movie! Hahahaha It hit me hard!

[@jcompton8507]

@@marahbaker8615 Now that I'm 40, I've cycled between a few of these characters. I was perfect Isabella until my 20s, when it finally became too much. I've had far too many Louisa moments. And now I'm feeling very Mirabel, led to believe as a child that I was going to grow up to be "special" so now I'm still trying to appreciate the "gifts" I do have and to figure out how to be happy being "me."

[@brianford4914]

I loved this movie so much I rewatched it immedietly after I finished it and I haven't done that for a movie in a while. I think my only critique is that I wish we got more time with the family. But otherwise I pretty much loved everything about this movie. Probably my favorite Disney movie.

[@thijs6439]

my only critique with the movie is i think it would work better if by the end they didnt get back there gifts to really show the message that the gift is you

[@SauceyRedHN]

I wish it was like 30-60 minutes longer, but other than that I absolutely loved it!

[@Merilirem]

@@thijs6439 That doesn't really send the right message though. To lose them would be akin to losing ones natural talents which is what the gifts were representing in the film. The message was that you are more than that, but you were still that too. Stripping the powers away would have actually been a cliche since people think powers are seperate from the person even when they grow up with those abilities. Like when Superman loses his powers he's not just being normal, he's being crippled. His normal isn't powerless. Anyway its about looking past those gifts, not getting rid of them. Getting rid of the gifts would just seem like you had to rip away peoples gifts to see them for who they are.

[@allenfortenberry9924]

In regards to Bruno's whole fortune telling ritual, I'm pretty sure that the creators confirmed that the whole ritual is unnecessary however he developed it to help handle the stress and pressure that came from people constantly coming to him, asking for visions, and then blaming him for what he sees. Same thing with his room, originally it not only wasn't a huge mountain the door was also between his sisters, where Abuela is during the film, but as he emotionally grew distant from the family from all of the negativity the door and room changed and moved to physically reflect that emotional distance

[@Hanmacx]

He plays original DnD and needs spell components xD

[@diss8702]

the silent reaction to Mirabel not having a gift and then just "... Deku" took me out

[@iammemys2213]

Very bad comparison. Deku got a quirk in 2 episodes lol

[@diss8702]

@@iammemys2213 I mean, he still lived his entire life up until then not having a quirk

[@ladydelulu]

I mean its not as if they were going to scream about it. its not that big of a thing since they were just introduced to this world

[@bipolarlive1214]

Knowing that they get their gift at 5 years old makes me wonder how many time did Bruno sleep in his sister's room at night crying cause he hated his gift.

[@30251]

i bet 5 year old bruno thought it was cool at first; being able to tell the future AND also having control over it is remarkably neat compared to a gift like pepa's. he probably only started resenting his gift after seeing how other people responded to it

[@bipolarlive1214]

@@30251 yea but imagine him having his first bad vision, being bullied, just like the worst day ever for a child, then having to go up all those stairs with no one to comfort you. And where's his bed?

[@SuperJackofallspades]

this movie makes me CRY EVERY TIME 😂😂😂

[@arandomnamegoeshere]

I liked how we see this miracle origin story twice... but the perspective has shifted from the start of the flick to the end so in the second telling, a much older and understanding Mirabel witnesses the anguish in that event that she didn't perceive in the first telling.

[@fightingfaerie]

It’s also Abuela sharing the full true story and opening up about her emotions, rather than a glossed over fairy tale to tell about the origin of their powers.

[@30251]

and it sheds better light on abuela's justifications and reasoning behind her actions and behaviour. as a suddenly widowed mother of three children, she suddenly became responsible for the an entire community.

[@GeekandGlory]

I believe it was confirmed by the creators (don't quote me on that) that Maribelle's gift was to be Abuela's replacement as the Keeper of the Gift. That is why she was able to restore the magic by having the whole house as her door. Her power is her connection to the house and the magic.

[@fxbear]

I relate to Bruno the most. Being gay, I was the one my family didn’t talk about and pretended I didn’t exist. I could only watch from afar until two years before my mom died. That’s when the healing began.

[@spootot]

I'm glad you're here man

[@captainchaos3667]

Good to hear there was healing. 👍

[@StupidWeb]

"This fucking movie made me care about a house" Mate, if you ever read or watch one piece, they have an entire sub-plot in an arc where they make you care about a damn boat

[@zveldarkus125]

Oh no... Not Merry again... 😭😭😭

[@suvijii841]

Aaron has the best questions, he really paid attention to the details! For example: the names DO mean something. Isabela can be translated as "God of plenty" or bella=beautiful, Luisa literally means "famous warrior", Camilo is "helper" or "servant" (they literally use him for everything they need at that moment).. Not all of the names have a specific meaning, but I think definitely the names of Julieta and Augustin's children. This film has soooo many layers, I find something new every time I watch it.

[@GayLatinoBear]

Movie during The Family Madrigal: We Don't Talk About Bruno! At least 2 of them: Writes down notes Me: Oh God they don't know what's about to hit them

[@GamerGrovyle]

47:10 Apparently a "Madrigal" is when a group of people sing different sentences in Unison like how they do at the end of "We Don't Talk About Bruno".

[@fullmetalb5241]

If Dolores can't turn her powers on and off it would be a nightmare lol.

[@battousaix4263]

Fr. There would be times that it'll be useful but I think 95 percent of the time you'd want it turned off lol I aint tryna hear the whole town get nasty

[@Commander_Shepard.]

She heard other couples having sex, making babies, and years later those kids playing with themselves. o.o

[@tripleg2513]

"so if this story is about family and we can't kill the parent, who do we kill? GRANDPA!"

[@the_belugaluga5286]

The first time we see the origin of the Encanto, the scene is mostly focused on the magical aspect of it. However, the final flashback is centered more on Abuela’s and Abuelo’s life and the family they made. This kinda reflects how Abuela’s attitude shifts throughout the movie.

[@bioscrappyvideos5369]

I love that Aaron kept laughing at the ‘’Jorge’’ joke 😂 I loved that joke so much the first time I saw it.

[@cookiemilly13]

I liked when the house was falling apart and Bruno was trying to escape, one of them said, "thank God Jorje was here!" 38:08

[@ZelinkSupporter]

The reason Isabella is Abuela's favorite is that Isabella looks *exactly* like Abuela when she was young. Also, the man that Isabella was betrothed to looks a lot like Abuela's late husband. She's literally trying to live her definition of a "perfect life" through Isabella

[@rgractor]

I watched this whole movie and didn’t realize Stephanie Beatriz was Mirabel until the credits. She is incredible.

[@AmberyTear]

I'm not hispanic or anything but where I'm from families often live with several generations under one roof and elders are to be respected no matter how dumb or harmful they are. Based on that experience, I find that the most unrealistic part of this movie is Abuela understanding her fault and apologizing to someone "below her on the ladder of hierarchy". Usually whole family dynamic starts revolving around the most toxic member of the family and the person trying to fix it is made into a scapegoat.

[@ezool18]

bruh im so glad i wasn't the only one that got heartbroken at bruno's fucking PLATE😭😭😭

[@AielHeart]

I started SOBBING at that moment

[@ZekSkywalker]

Can I point out that Bruno is voiced by John Leguizamo who literally voices Sid the Sloth and the fact both of them have problems with their families. Coincidence.... *MAYBE*

[@hiccuphufflepuff176]

Until the third song where the sister started singing, I was waiting for the subversive twist that this movie isn't really a musical and Mirabel's gift was the ability to spontaneously express herself in perfectly rehearsed song and cause freaky, reality-warping incidents that nobody wanted to talk about.

[@SGC51]

We Don't Talk About Bruno is an absolute banger of a song. Love it! And was that Bruno in the background or Camilo as Bruno? I thought of it as Camilo as it transitions to his part of the song next. But it could be Bruno too.

[@kraazexjoker1874]

I think the fact they were skulking around in the shadows, listening to them leads me to think it was Bruno himself.

[@Raysa1208]

I don't think it's Bruno cause I don't think he would just be wondering in the house during the day with everybody there, really risky to blow your solitude. And, as a theater kid, I can really see Camilo going to the best place in the house to have the best lighting and acoustic to his part.

[@27westwest]

@@Raysa1208 It is random transitions but I think its Bruno cause he's just sneaking around has cracks all over that he can peak through to see and we see the person upstairs and then Mirabelle "falls" to the basement/sewers and Camillo is there

[@silverbrumbyfan]

​@@Raysa1208 It is Bruno, Dolores knows that hes there and shes distracting Mirabel so he can sneak back upstairs, if it were Camilo he wouldn't have shapeshifted into Bruno while no one can see him

[@pettrovich]

Actually both appear in that scene, Camilo is the one dancing, but Bruno is also there in the shadows in the first floor.

[@user-pt5cl2ro6f]

"I'm already too invested, I need to get out of here" is SUCH a relatable feeling. I don't like getting hurt too much so can we pls flash forward? 😭

[@rinthewolf]

I love the parallel between the door scene in "All of you" and the gify ceremony. Mirabel got to walk past her whole family, (Escorted by Antonio like she did for him) have a little Peptalk from Abuela, then opened the door. It was like she got a redo on the one that went wrong when she was a child.

[@renji90998]

So these are the official ages for the Encanto cast Alma: 75 Julieta, Pepa, and Bruno(in that order): 50 Isabella and Dolores: 21(Isabella being a few months older) Luisa: 19 Camilo and Mirabel: 15(Camilo being a few months older) Antonio: 5 Félix and Agustín don’t have a number but they say that Félix is a little older than Pepa and Agustín is a bit younger than Julieta. Props to Pepa considering she had a child at 45.

[@Satherian]

I feel sorry for Dolores

[@spootot]

my dumb ass being like "wow what a coincidence Alma's kids are all the same age" 🤡

[@UrFavPinkHedgehog]

i actually found out camilo is nine weeks older than mirabel and isabela is i think 2 months older than dolores