ENCANTO (2021) was EVERYTHING!! | *First Time Watching* | MOVIE REACTION

[@niallnochill]

Mirabel is THAT girl!! She deserves EVERYTHING!!! 😭🩷 her family not taking her seriously during the WHOLE FILM was so ANNOYING!!😡😂 Catch the full reaction here: www.patreon.com/niallnochill

[@amaiahnix4348]

Pleasee react to turning red

[@darksakura4040]

In case you may not have known, the voice actress for Mirabel went on to also do Vaggie in Hazbin Hotel. I had to maintain my calm when you said you didn't like Vaggies VA at first.

[@kpednault]

She didn't even have her own room!

[@GlowwingHeart]

Fr!!!

[@GlowwingHeart]

Frr!!

[@Spooniesys]

By the way, it’s been confirmed by the creators that Bruno’s room didn’t always have that many stairs! More appeared as he grew more distant from his family

[@fightingfaerie]

Oh. That’s sad…

[@BigSkinty91]

😭😭😭😭

[@rilldineth]

Now that's sad af, before this though I was also thinking it was a way to deter anyone to inquire about the future and making him use his gift, you have to be very stubbornb to get a read if you go all of those stairs, considering how that turned out to him...and that being his family (aka Alma) just hits you, because she will be stubborn enough to seek him out.

[@leedslovely]

Man every time I see this movie there's more hidden details I've missed. Incredible

[@gloopermooper]

i always assumed his room changed when he left, cool to get some confirmation

[@xxprettylittlethings]

now we just need turning red and the "millennial generational trauma apology" film series will be complete xD

[@niallnochill]

omg... Turning Red is on the watch list 👀

[@xxprettylittlethings]

@@niallnochill if I've learned anything from watching your reactions you're going to LOVE Turning Red.

[@Hello_Kitty-4life]

​@Nicole-kt5qf it's good for teenage girls going through changing with their bodies ❤

[@Tustin2121]

@Nicole-kt5qf- lies

[@avej99]

@user-os2gm6hv9lfinally someone acknowledges how terrible the parents in frozen were like why teach her to be afraid of her powers after literally being told fear will just make things worse

[@daniperotti1856]

Fun fact: before we officially meet Bruno, you can actually see him lurk in the background at different points in the movie. - He hides behind a plant pot during the breakfast outside - During Dolores’ verse in We don’t talk about Bruno, you can see Bruno sneakily walking on the upper floor in the background - You can see his eyes through the peephole during the engagement dinner - probably a few more moments haha

[@niallnochill]

I MUST GO BACK AND WATCH IT NOW!!!

[@maewanplay]

I'm sorry WHAT?! I knew about the part in "We don't talk about Bruno" But the others? O.O

[@ES-gz5lo]

I don’t think it is him though, is it actually confirmed? His eyes are glowing, which only seems to happen when he’s using his gift. Personally I think it’s just that cousin, messing around - because his depiction of Bruno has the glowing eyes by default!

[@StoryMing]

I only knew about ‘We don’t talk about Bruno’…!

[@joana8615]

​@@ES-gz5lo not when his eyes glow, that's camilo. But during dolores' verse, you can see him sneaking around on the top balcony

[@samuelvincent557]

You notice that Abuela is wearing that black shawl for the entire movie until her and Mirabel reconcile at the end. Then she take it off when they go back to the family. It shows that she was still in mourning for her whole life. She was still ruled by her grief and fear and couldn't let it go. Also, Mirabel's line's in the last song, "Look at this family, a glowing constellation, So full of stars and everybody wants to shine. But the stars don’t shine, they burn." When you shine, you are reflecting someone or something else's light. It isn't your own. But she is saying they are stars in a constellation. Each is their own light. They are not a reflection of Abuela, or the Madrigal name. But together they create the constellation that is their family.

[@ericjette2435]

Mirabel's line "...stars don't shine they burn..." caught my attention, so I looked it up. At the risk of being pedantic, I found out that the word "shine" usually refers to reflected light. But stars don't reflect light, they burn to create light. Having said that, I'll admit that I didn't pick up on the part about everyone in the family wanting to shine (i.e., reflect Abuela) when really they each burn with their own light, so thanks for opening my eyes to that,

[@boingyboop4960]

That’s beautiful

[@smartangel10]

My favorite theory is that Casita is sentient because it has Mirabel's grandfather's soul. Like, when he died, his soul stuck around to protect his family.

[@smartangel10]

Also I rewatched this film, like 3 times within a month after my first watch and it still makes me cry every time.

[@cesarv7685]

I like that theory, but I've seen some questions about it. The big one being if he came back after la Casita was rebuilt.

[@AuthorZaraHoffman]

I love this theory. The SuperCarlinBrothers did a video about it, which was very nice.

[@littleekellyy]

omg why have i never heard about this before. i'm crying even more now 😭

[@Oliver42.7]

Someone get them therapy, all of them need therapy, every single one of them 😭

[@niallnochill]

YOU'RE SO RIGHT!!!!

[@lilac3266]

@@lilunette9319mirabel is 15 she is not anybody’s therapist😭

[@Tustin2121]

@@lilac3266- Not to mention the conflict of interest, lol

[@lilac3266]

@@lilunette9319 so?? I still think it’s weird to imply the child has to fix everyone’s problems. Mirabel is empathetic yes but all she did was listen and support them. She didn’t fix their issues she just was there for them when needed. Mirabel herself needs therapy. Acts of love from your family ≠ therapy. Mirabel didn’t solve any of their trauma she saw the problem and helped bring light to it but it’s the whole family’s responsibility to heal not hers

[@lilac3266]

@@lilunette9319 you made that up😭 they’re telling her she’s what the family needs she just has to see it. As in see her own worth. They didn’t say we needed you so you could be everyone’s therapists💀 they’re talking about mirabels own self esteem issues that are prevalent throughout the movie

[@GenXDaddyO]

I love that you noticed the darker, more violent tone to Abuelo’s demise at the end. When Abuela tells the story to little Mirabel she glosses over all of that, as she should with a child, but it’s so realistic in terms of how trauma can be downplayed over time and generations. Abuelo wasn’t just “lost” he was brutally murdered right before her eyes. You can see the look of shock and realization on Mirabel’s face in that scene when she fully grasps the horrors and pain that Abuela endured, and the strength she had to muster to move forward. It’s incredibly beautiful, nuanced storytelling about generational trauma and family dynamics.

[@DomoFreakster]

I haven't finished the video so idk if niall says it, but the reason Mirabele doesn't have a gift is obvious. Abuela's gonna die someday. Someone has to bear the candle. Mirabele has the greatest gift because she is one with the magic itself.

[@mollyiscool5008]

Thissss!!

[@niallnochill]

the way my mind has just blown and my heart has slightly shattered at this information... how dare Disney!!!

[@ronweber1402]

@@niallnochill If you notice throughout the whole movie casita only responds directly to Abuela Alma and Mirabel.

[@DomoFreakster]

@@niallnochill Casita decided she was right for the job when the gift ceremony went “sour”, and her taking Abuela’s hand, bridging those gaps in understanding, and bringing the entire family back together as a team was her PROVING that she was the one for the job!

[@ElisaH_DarklyiShine]

Hearing u talk about powers and flyers suddenly made me wonder how u would react to "sky high"

[@tvclips1562]

Fun fact for you all. The part where they're all singing together in We Don't Talk About Bruno is actually called a madrigal :) "A madrigal is a secular vocal genre of music that originated in 16th-century Italy. Madrigals are usually unaccompanied and feature two to eight voices, with three to six being the most common. "

[@zetzle]

i always liked the theory the encanto was created no just from an act of true love, but one of true sacrifice. it's not just pedro who gives up his life that day at the river when he goes back to hold off the men. it isn't just that alma's children lose their father and she loses her husband- alma loses her life. the life she was going to have with pedro. an act of true sacrifice and the universe responds in kind by giving her the power to protect her family for generations to come. but at the price of a life- of Their Life Together

[@DarkDreamsAndMoonlitNights]

And no life is harder when you’re a widow/widower trying to go on for your children after you lost the love of your life…your soulmate.

[@Crushergirl3122]

I had never really thought of this, and it brought tears to my eyes.

[@Pokenerd4604]

Niall: “Oh he’s hot!” Me ( staring at Niall’s handsome face): “I was thinking the same thing”

[@niallnochill]

hahahahahaha you're too kind🥹

[@pacio49]

Back of the line, fren. 😁😁😘😘

[@amiebabineau1418]

The thing that gets me with What Else Can I Do is that Isabela is obviously knowledgeable and passionate about plants. She names several species, and knows that sundew is carnivorous. I always imagine that the canopy that her bed descends from is lined with shelves of botany books, and finding out that she can actually make all of the things she’s read about would absolutely generate the kind of excitement she shows. In the end, she does get the life of her dreams that Bruno promised, growing things and having a stronger bond with her sisters.

[@d4red3v1l8]

Abuela and her husband ran away from home because they were being attacked, her husband decided to sacrifice himself which broke Abuela. Abuela sees herself in isabella and if you look at her and compare her to Abuela’s younger self you’ll see how similar they look. Because she looks like her, Abuela wants Isabella to have the perfect life, she’s basically reflecting herself off of Isabella which is why Isabella’s used to be boyfriend looks similar to Abuela’s husband. Bruno can see into the future, he doesn’t choose if it’s good or bad he can just see it. Because of his power everyone made him look like the bad guy, because if you listened to the song “we don’t talk about Bruno” again, you can see Camilo shapeshift into Bruno and making him look like the bad guy. Dolores can hear anything anywhere, so she was able to hear Bruno in the walls. She knew he never left but just didn’t tell anyone. Mirabel never gets a gift because she’s supposed to be the next protector of the family. So when Abuela passes away, Mirabel takes the candle.

[@LuminousArc92]

my headcanon about Dolores is that either Bruno talked to her asking her not to say anything or she heard him and went to see him where he asked her to not say where he was

[@valhunter97]

You could say that keeping family together IS in fact Mirabelle's gift. And as for why she got no door? Because house is already her perfect environment, considering her personality and gift

[@d4red3v1l8]

@@valhunter97 She doesn’t have a gift (or power whatever you like to call it). It’s obvious that she’s supposed to be the next candle holder because Abuela & Mirabel are the only ones interacting with Casita.

[@area52ron]

@@LuminousArc92or she did try to tell and either got shut down or ignored

[@raseon97]

Fun facts • Lin-Manuel Miranda did the music for this film • He wrote Surface Pressure inspired by his sister • Mirabel is voiced by Stephanie Beatriz who played Rosa in Brooklyn Nine-Nine • Stephanie Beatriz was in labor when she recorded "Waiting on a Miracle" (thanks katherynhoward3840 for this one!) • Juan Castano, who played Miguel Ramos in “Red, White & Royal Blue”, voiced Osvaldo (the “not special, special” guy from the beginning of the film. He’s also the one who grew a gut in “We Don’t Talk About Bruno”)

[@missjackson8634]

Stephanie Beatriz is also Vaggie in Hazbin Hotel

[@cutecorgiis5230]

@@missjackson8634 not veggie💀

[@katherynhoward3840]

Stephanie Beatriz was in labor while singing Waiting on a Miracle

[@killity]

I really like the smaller details in this movie, like in the We Don't Talk about Bruno they say "no clouds allowed in the sky", showing that Abuela had put pressure on Pepa to control her emotions. She was not ALLOWED to express her emotions properly, always having to keep them inside. And just how beautiful it is to see her express herself freely by the end of the movie.

[@ericjette2435]

The characters make a big deal about members of the Madrigal family getting gifts, but sometimes their gifts aren't really very useful and seem like more of a burden. Pepa's ability to control of the weather could sometimes be useful, but it's no fun if she's constantly followed by rainclouds and trying to fight them off. The world needs rain. The family and the villagers didn't seem to appreciate Bruno's ability to see the future. Dolores's super-sensitive hearing seems like a burden for her (and everyone else). Isabella's flowers (and "perfection"), Camilo's shapeshifting and Antonio's ability to talk to animals are fun, but I'm not sure how useful they really are to the family or the community. Julieta's healing abilities are admittedly useful, but also a burden, and poor Luisa is stuck with doing most of the work.

[@HexanTronic]

@@ericjette2435 - Interestingly, I don't think the Gifts are MEANT to be practical for every day use. They CAN be used that way, as we've seen. But I think one of their true uses is for defense, should the Encanto be invaded, like Abuela already experience before they got there. The first three are the most impactful in this sense. Weather Control: Could be used to make thunder storms or hail to ward off invaders. Future Sight: Would likely be used to foretell the invader's movements ahead of time. Healing: The obvious in this case. Then we get the next generation's powers. Super Strength: Makes it easy to defend if your unmatched in strength. Flora Control: The Encanto is surrounded by plantlife. Invaders would be dealt with swiftly by Isabella. Super Hearing: Combined with Bruno's Future Sight, they could paint an accurate picture of the invader's plans. Shapeshifting: This could let Camilo sneak into the invader's ranks and both find out plans, and sow discord in their army. And final Animal Speak: The Encanto has a variety of animals, likely both inside and out. And Antonio would be able to make use of all of them in defense of his family. All their powers, while not all the powers are practical in day to day, should the Encanto be invaded? They will be hard pressed to lose against anyone from their time period.

[@SirCharlesDickens]

Fun fact, Stephanie Beatriz was literally in labour while recording Waiting on a miracle, and she still sounds THAT GOOD Quick edit: by in labour unless my sources are wrong, she only actually gave birth two days after the final recording of the song :]

[@MiArcangel]

That's not fun

[@felixhenson9926]

oh holy shit, really?!

[@GlowwingHeart]

omg! Wow!! She's incredible! Geeze!

[@h.p.chicken]

Wow, talk about channelling your pain to create art 😢

[@gloopermooper]

wait.. in labour or just pregnant?? i always thought she sounded a tiny bit strained in that song but no wonder 😮

[@whickwhacksmacker]

Fun fact: Louisa wasn’t going to be made buff, but the design team pushed for them to allow them to give her actual muscles

[@srahhh]

Something I don't see people talk about a lot. Leading up to Antonio's gift ceremony, basically everyone was quietly asking the question "was it a full issue with the magic, or was it just Mirabel?" Best case scenario for everyone, obviously, is "it was just Mirabel." But I'm sure that very deep down (even though she's very kind so would not have entertained the thought at all, for Antonio's sake alone) Mirabel had a spark of hope that it wasn't just her. So at the gift ceremony, everyone is kind of waiting to see the results of the experiment. Antonio is the only one who doesn't realize, when he asks Mirabel to come out with him, he's tainting the results. If he doesn't get a door, now they can say it's because Mirabel was there. There goes her only hope for absolution. Or more likely, she's worried she's just straight up cursed and would ruin things that way for him. But of course she chose him over any such concerns because she loved him and wanted to give him comfort. I just thought that her mental situation right there in that moment was really complex and interesting.

[@theheartofthestone]

There's a theory that pepa had Antonio specifically in response to mirabel not getting a gift

[@Jasmine-b9u4z]

It was more than the family feeling both a little nervous and curious, that moment to Antonio was similar to when someone's suddenly shy on a stage, Maribel's company encouraged Antonio. Antonio and Maribel had some compassion of each other's feelings that's clear in the bedroom scene.

[@srahhh]

@@Jasmine-b9u4z Good call, he had "stage fright"

[@ElisaH_DarklyiShine]

Did I watch the full length? Yes. Am I going to watch this as well? Yes . Will I spend the rest of the day listening to the soundtrack? Also yes.

[@niallnochill]

and am i sorry for this? not one bit!!!

[@chrissie627]

Whoever designed the donkeys in "under pressure" needs a raise and so many accolades and awards it's such an iconic idea

[@ohsukah]

Honestly, this soundtrack is full of bops! We Don’t Talk About Bruno is so good!

[@niallnochill]

Honestly so true king !!! 🤩

[@ThatDudeOnline_335]

A bit of a fun fact about the woman who voiced Mirabel, who was pregnant at the time of the song and voice line recordings of the movie, apparently went into labor while singing the song waiting on a miracle, the song before the house cracked, she kept singing despite this and didn’t tell anyone til she was done.

[@bloodybee3553]

I think a lot of people tend to see Luisa as a whole adult because she's huge, and has the closest thing to an actual job out of everyone in the family, but I would like to remind y'all that she's canonically 19. She's a literal teenager

[@cambenji]

the thing about dolores is everyone said that she lied for bruno but not mirabel. that’s a lie she very much told them bruno was in that house… but no one listened. she kept saying “i can hear him now” and everyone just said yeah sure okay 🤷

[@thefancybirdkeeper]

*Antonio just dancing* Niall: FUCK IT UP ANTONIO

[@aliyahpulido953]

16:01 Bruno's room reflects his emotional state. So right now, it's a really tall impassable, deserted tower because he feels very distanced from his family and he feels isolated, sad, and alone from keeping all those secrets. The creators said it looks different when he's emotionally healthy/balanced.

[@nightlight903]

During abuelita's backstory, the song that was playing is called "Dos oruguitas" (Two caterpillars). It's about growing up from careless "caterpillars" to "butterflies" and finding a home in this world, leaving our childhood and building our own future. As I speak Portuguese, I understood the lyrics very well and it touched me so hard I cried. It's a beautiful, tragic and emotional scene.

[@The1nvisibleJeevas]

Augustine, Mirabell's father, is my favorite character not related to Abuela. He tries so hard and legit seems to have Mirabell's back more than anyone else before Bruno is introduced.

[@lizzie_b]

I think Mirabel is the next MATRIARCH, that's why she didn't get a gift, Abuela also doesn't have one...My guess is the candle needs someone neutral to handle the house, the family and guide the way..., and the best one for that is her; she cares about everyone, always helps and wants the best for the family and casita, that's why she gets the handle of the door at the end. 💛💖💛💖

[@marcusfridh8489]

Mirabel didnt get a gift, becourse she is the gift herself. The steady foundation in a house of chaos. The rock. The heir of the candle, the Guardian of the miracle powers

[@rfresa]

And that's why the house cracked apart, because it couldn't please both of its mistresses. It worked while Mirabel was young and still hoping she would get a gift someday, but she grew up, lost that hope, felt unappreciated, and had a different vision for what the family needed than her grandmother.

[@mariezambeno6142]

Yes, this! The Super Carlin Brothers did a great video on this. Mirabel was tapped to succeed Abuela as 'Keeper of the Magic'

[@pinguufuuuu]

oh wow ur so right i think! i didn't think of this!!

[@a.g.demada5263]

Oh, and if you didn't know it, " We don't talk about Bruno " beated the record of vues detained by " Let it go " from " Frozen "

[@AKid4U..]

TikTok went WILD BRUH

[@IllumInator-sv3tl]

Fun fact the animators had to fight tooth and nail to put muscle on Luisa. Additionally they mass produced the “perfect” versions of Isabella and were surprised that Luisa was the one selling most and the messier style Isabella was had after realizing she’s allowed to be imperfect was selling better than her “perfect” look. Like I’m 90% Luisa is most kids favorite character from the movie.

[@LowbrowDeluxe]

Dolores always gossips if people know she knows something, and never does if they don't (other than if Abeula or Mirabel the future matriarch asks). I think it's a defense mechanism, since she saw what happened to Bruno. hiding in plain sight. They "don't talk about Bruno" because it broke Abeula's heart when he left and bringing it up was a sore subject. Head canon: The "It's BIGGER ON THE INSIDE" girl is destined to pair up with Antonio so the quiet little man always has someone to tell the waiter he ordered mashed potatoes and didn't receive them.

[@StoryMing]

I like that headcanon ship!

[@childe164]

As a Colombian I'm so happy you reacted to this movie, and about min 13:33 Luisa actually represents a Santandereana woman, who is famous in colombia for being strong and powerful

[@childe164]

btw, I'm sorry if my english is kinda bad, I'm still learning.

[@CoolScratcher]

​@@childe164 I'm a native English speaker and it seems like you're more than fluent lol Don't worry, your English was pretty much perfect.

[@bobbicaruthers3269]

Abuela never took her mourning shall off, there's faint outlines of butterflies on it. 😭😭

[@lilweedsea]

Btw the butterfly is Abuelo, Abuela’s deceased husband. Also butterflies are commonly associated with souls of the dead and guides to the afterlife.

[@CelticWarriorWoman]

"Pressure" is the anthem for every first born daughter. Its taken me a few years to be able to listen to it without crying. The songs are just AMAZING in this

[@neonclawsavie]

If you asked me I would have said this came out in 2023, I am shocked how long it’s been since it was in cienmas

[@vibewithprince2467]

when I tell you I was SHOCKED to see the 2021 in the title, I refuse to believe it

[@kayleighearl9408]

I love that you said that Abuela’s pain is the candle. You’re the first (that I’ve seen) that gets that ABUELA’S TRAUMA is what made the community the way it was. Her husband’s death forced her to go through pain and pressure that she never wanted. And that pain shaped her family in both good and bad ways.

[@michaeladundon]

For me the saddest part is when you realise that when Abuela is telling Mirabel the story of the candle at the beginning, you see her cry a little when her husband dies but when she opens up properly about it at the end you see the pure agony she was in during that moment. It's like she focused so hard on the magic that she repressed just how broken she was in that moment 😢

[@ravenm6443]

I literally cried when I saw Bruno’s table. Trying to feel included in the family he loves so much while keeping a distance and living invisibly in silence.

[@srahhh]

ALSO... (third comment I'm so sorry lmfao), I love the way at the beginning you see the like, child's imagining of the story of the candle & the miracle, and it's almost like a storybook, really sanitized and tidy. And then at the end when Abuela tells the story herself, or Mirabel is finally able to see through her eyes, we're hit with what she actually went through, and how it was actually a confusing, traumatic moment, and the miracle was born from an act of brutal violence and deep pain and grief. And how vulnerable she was in that moment.

[@pacio49]

So, notes from someone who's seen this movie far too often but keeps coming back. Let's go. (Why yes, I was a Spanish Literature major in college, how could you tell?) Mirabel means literally "wondrous beauty" or "wonderful". Behold (mira) bel (beauty). She is the only family member who sees clearly thanks to an adjusted perspective on life (she alone wears glasses, drawing emphasis to her eyes). The glasses are rimmed in green, which is the color of seeing the future (Bruno is the other character associated with green, and his eyes glow green when he uses his gift). The rest of the family is divided between Yellow and Blue. Only Bruno and Mirabel cross the divide and unite the family. Bruno with fear, Mirabel with wonder. Bruno sees the future. Mirabel sees the present, clearly thanks to her glasses and can therefore change the future. Bruno's power works through sand as separate grains, Mirabel's vision works through glass, which is sand united so that it becomes clear. Dolores (whisper rap) means "Pain-filled" or "painful one". Her gift, to be able to hear everything down to the twitch of an eye, overloads her senses and fills her with pain. This is why she can't keep a secret later in life, because she MUST keep everyone's secret. If she can hear an eye twitch, imagine the sound of... bumping beds? Anyway. Her gift is almost cruel. When Dolores is rapping to Mirabel in "We Don't Talk About Bruno", Bruno comes out of hiding and is dancing on the balcony above, which can be seen as the figure in the green hood with the glowing green eyes. Watch the scene again, he's literally right between them in center frame, but out of focus in the background. Later in the same song, when all of the family is setting the table for dinner, Dolores gives a frightened look and sneakily knocks on the family tree painting. She is his lifelong accomplice and the one who alerts him to mealtimes and sees that he's taken care of in the walls. She truly did know he was there all the time, and because she understands how painful an un-appreciated gift can be, she keeps his secret from the whole family all her life. While Casita will interact with anyone, there are only two members of the family who speak to Casita, and Casita speaks back. Abuela, and Mirabel. This is crucial. The others live there. But Abuela and Mirabel are the two who have the power of the Matriarch to command the Household. In the flashback to Mirabel's Door, Mirabel holds Abuela's candle for a moment, but then she wipes her hands on her dress before reaching for the door. Symbolically, she has taken the power of the Encanto's miracle into herself. Her door disappears because Mirabel is a future Matriarch, and has the power of shepherding and guiding the whole family moving forward. We know that time passes and the magic does not make the Madrigales immortal. They age, and they will presumably die of old age. Abuela has been Matriarch for 50 years by the time that the movie plays. Her triplets are 50 years old. Mirabel was born in the proper time frame to be groomed to replace Abuela when Abuela dies, because her true gift is her love for her family despite how crappy she has it. She can see the present, and guide them into the future. Mirabel's door was the last time that Abuela's candle gave any family member a gift. Mirabel took the power of the Miracle into herself, and the candle had no more to give. Antonio does not receive his gift in the ceremony from Abuela and the Candle. He receives his powerful gift under the bed of the nursery from Mirabel, made from her own hands and gifted by her hands. The hands full of the power of the candle which was not selfishly taken, but is held for the future family generations. Once Abuela's Casita grants Antonio the room that accompanies Mirabel's gift, the cracks begin to appear and Mirabel is shown that there cannot be two Matriarchs of the same Casita. She is at odds with Abuela, so the cracks begin to come more and more as the miracle is being torn in two directions. Abuela's preoccupation with the magic, and as you said, Mirabel's focus on the family. It is only a matter of time before the Old Way has to die and the New Matriarch comes into her own. This is Life, and the Encanto only protects from Violence, not Death. When Casita is dying because Abuela and Mirabel are openly fighting, the Casita un-ceremoniously kicks Abuela out. It doesn't protect her. Of all of the children, only Mirabel can even attempt to save the Candle, because only Mirabel has learned to rely on her own abilities, not the magic. Robbed of the magic, all of the other children fail. Yet with no magic of her own, Casita's dying act is to save the next Matriarch of the family, after spitting out the old one on the lawn. And Mirabel risks everything to rescue the last shred of magic that can be saved, even though it displaces the whole family model and leads to catastrophe. The butterfly is the symbol on the Candle. Only two characters in the film wear butterfly symbols. Abuela, and Maribel. Abuela wears her butterflies in the ombre of her skirts, and they are fading into darkness in her widow's mites. They are also marking through the whole movie where the water of the river reached during the town's exodus. She is always stuck back at that river where her husband sacrificed himself so the town could get away. Mirabel wears butterflies all over her torso and in her purse. They are all her embroidery, because she represents the power of sewing the family together, not some stain of ancient pain. They are bright and colorful, and one of them is done intentionally in the colors of the Bisexual Pride Flag, which is a subtle nod to the fact that Mirabel's love is Universal. It is only after the villa is remade and the family is reunited with Bruno and the takers of the town come to give back as a community to their local heroes that Casita can come back, and the power that Mirabel has stored within herself is released back into the community as a whole. Because without community it's just a village, and without a family, a house cannot be a home. The isolation of the Encanto is ended forever, though, because the high mountain splits to the ground, allowing insiders out, and outsiders in. We can infer that Mirabel will inherit Abuela's room once Abuela rejoins her Pedro in heaven. And regardless of who Mirabel falls in love with, the Casita is now hers completely, and her family has learned the lesson that as special as we might be as individuals, it is the members of your family, birth or chosen, who are your real Gifts in life.

[@fightingfaerie]

Yes… and no. Starting with the “taking the power into herself”. The creators have clarified that her wiping her hands on her dress means nothing. Other than she has sweaty hands, which is mentioned later with Bruno. I agree that Mirabel is the next Matriarch, that she subconsciously “gave” Antonio his gift by giving him the jaguar plush. But it isn’t that she holds the actual candle magic and put it in the toy. Just that, before every gift was something that could be “useful” to the family. Because that’s what Abuela felt they needed. But Antonio’s is a “fun” ability that fits his personality. You can see Abuela, while relieved he got a gift, is concerned and doesn’t know how to “put it to good use” as she says at breakfast the next morning. When she fully lost sight of “who the miracle was for” that was when Mirabel wasn’t given her gift. Whether it was because she lost sight or because the Miracle had other plans for Mirabel, we don’t know. But the result is the same, and the family needed to have this breakthrough, even if it meant loosing everything, to be able to move forward. Some other things, having “two Matriarchs” isn’t what was causing conflict or the magic to fade. It was the conflict in the family, the stress building until everything literally cracked. The Casita “throwing Abuela out the door” wasn’t because it was picking Mirabel or something. It was throwing everyone out to protect them. When Isabela and Camellio failed to save the candle, Casita caught them and ushered them out as well. It let Mirabel try because she isn’t dependent on a gift that was now disappearing, she told it to get her up there and Mirabel is the only other person it takes direct commands from, and it trusts her to try. It didn’t know how to “save the Miracle” so it makes sense it doesn’t know everything about how the candle works. The Candle is the source for the Casita’s sentience as well as the gifts. It holds the magic of the Miracle. (If Mirabel did take it into herself then why would it still seem to be tied to the Candle?) Casita maybe thought or hoped that if Mirabel could reach it she could stop it fading. Unfortunately that’s not how it worked though, and all magic from the Miracle flickered out when the Candle did.

[@fightingfaerie]

I will say I never noticed Dolores knocking on the painting. I always thought she tried to say she heard him but everyone ignored her so she gave up. But it does make more sense that she knew and kept it secret, or at least vague enough no one knew she was actually talking about Bruno. (she doesn’t seem to be the best secret keeper). And she was still looking out for him. Her verse is the only sympathetic one in We Don’t Talk About Bruno.

[@pacio49]

@@fightingfaerie The true test of any literary analysis is that there will be different theories. And also, authorial intent is irrevelant to actual analysis. What the creators meant or not is irrelevant. Symbolism can speak through their subconscious choices. I accept both interpretations and find that variety enhances the enjoyment because it's possible to 'take' a work in multiple ways at multiple times. I, personally, prefer fatalism. (See above, lol). But I can appreciate the author notes too. Just doesn't change my personal take. LOL. Thanks for highlighting your preferred interpretation. Some interesting things for me to consider the next time a reaction video is posted and I watch again!

[@Tustin2121]

You didn’t mention also that Mirabel and Abuela are the only ones who sleep in rooms in the Casita proper. Everyone else has a magical “bigger on the inside” pocket-dimension room that the film goes out of its way to point out that Casita has no power to interact with.

[@Tadpoli]

The colors of the Bi flag on Mirabel's dress are also a nod to her voice actress, Stephanie Beatriz, who is actually Bi!

[@samuelvincent557]

I think Bruno's gift is more interesting and subtle than it first appears. I think one of the reasons he avoids looking into the future, as much as he can is because when he looks, what he sees becomes locked into being. The line in the Bruno song say, "Your fate is sealed when your prophecy is read". Also, if you look at his motif, an hourglass, and his room is filled with sand. When he reads a prophesy, the sand changes into glass. It goes from shifting and mutable to being locked into one image. Literally written into stone (Yes I know glass isn't technically stone). Also, one of the facets of quantum mechanics is the idea that observing something changes it. This may be why people blame him. They ask him to look, then when he sees something bad they are now locked in on it.

[@marcusfridh8489]

Actually glass is made from sodium and sand, wich is minerals that were rocks from the beginning.

[@samuelvincent557]

@@marcusfridh8489 True, but rock or stone are, usually, amalgamated of different minerals. While glass is, nearly, pure silica.

[@tamarlindsay8382]

But his visions are ambiguous and sometimes incomplete - they are always read as bad, which he even says in so many words.

[@doodleplayer4014]

Mirabel struggling to traverse Bruno's room shows us that Casita has no control in there. So I like to think that Mirabel is more in tune with Casita because she spent her whole life in the nursery instead of a custom room.

[@felixelcat2007]

My favorite part of the 'We Don't Talk About Bruno' song is that Augustine wasnt in the song. Everyone was dancing/vibing and hes just like, "Cool. I'm in!"

[@srahhh]

And yesss you are totally right, the miracle was that Abuela was able to escape and start a family, but she's stuck seeing the family as secondary to the "Miracle".

[@amethystgacha4697]

Ahh im so happy you're watching this!! Also, if you didn't know, Mirabel's voice actor is Stephanie Beatriz, who also was the voice actor of Vaggie in Hazbin Hotel

[@xxprettylittlethings]

Scotland does have rainforests fyi... just... temperate rainforests vs tropical ones. They're actually pretty magical looking ngl.

[@makaylahaverluk667]

Something that kinda hints at the ending is throughout the whole movie, the only two people that interact and talk with Casita are Abuela and Mirabel. Hence why when Mirabel uses the doorknob at the end, the door glows like when everyone gets their gift and Casita comes back to life.

[@area52ron]

At first the round of gifts were to help the family grieve when that didn’t work they gave gifts that could help the townspeople Fun fact: Loisa didn’t have a personality and didn’t have Surface Pressure song but the song writer was reminded of his older sister and what she went through so created the song and the rest of the things were changed to match it. The song was sorta an apology to his sister for not noticing what she was going through during their childhood

[@vanilla6326]

To tie the visual motifs together I’ll just bring this up: people in the comments have mentioned that mirabel is basically the next matriarch since abuela will die some day but the butterfly motif is a bit deeper than most realize. If you look at mirabel, she is covered in butterflies. Her top, her skirt, her own embroidery. She is the family’s butterfly. The song that plays during the flashback is the story of two caterpillars being separated by becoming chrysalises before reuniting as butterflies, it covers both how abuelo and abuela will eventually be reunited after being separated but also how the magic will be reunited with the family. Mirabel protected the magic when it initially dispersed and she returned it to the family once the family became stable enough to contain the magic. The family was broken so mirabel could only return the magic once the family had evolved to their new circumstances and built themselves back up again.

[@kpednault]

Lin Manuel is a GENIUS, he also did the music for "Moana", "In The Heights", and "Hamilton" (and played Hamilton himself)

[@RubyMadigan]

The problem between Isa and Mirabel was as simple as jealousy. Mirabel is jealous of Isa because she's the golden child and can seemingly do no wrong and everyone loves her. Isa is jealous of Mirabel because she has no pressure on her. Mirabel doesn't have any expectations so can do and be whatever she wants. You notice it's only when Mirabel calls her selfish that Isa blows up. She's had to give up her own individual identity and her own desires in her role. Mirabel is set up to be the new matriach following on from Abuela. Abuela doesn't have powers either but the house listens to her like it does Mirabel. The family needs someone without magic to help maintain them all and create balance Also maybe Matilda the Musical next? (Based on the super successful stage show not the 90s movie, just the same source material)

[@Angelderbat]

I love that Mirabel gets to do everything that she said she would do in Waiting on a Miracle. “I would move the mountains” - Makes the mountains around the Encanto crack open, leaving them a path back to the river. “Make new trees and flowers grow” - Helps Isabella learn how to grow new things with her powers. “I would heal what’s broken, show this family something new” - Heals the generational trauma, brings the family back together, and shows them all that they are more than their gifts.

[@DarkDreamsAndMoonlitNights]

I watched this before my fiancé and I SOBBED when we see Abuela’s reaction to Pedro’s murder. The sheer brutality of knowing as he kisses each of the triplets and his bride that this is it. I cried the exact same way when my fiancé and I watched it. He sobbed too. But I strangely feel how Mirabel feels during Waiting For A Miracle. I think a lot of people can relate to being the black sheep.

[@Kiku91]

Not sure if it was mentioned yet, but the reason there are butterflies, is because they symbolize metamorphosis or change. There needed to be a change in the family dynamic to continue on, and heal from the generational trauma. The song that shows Abeula and Abeulo’s past is called “los orugitas” or “caterpillars”. When Mirabel and Abeula reconcile, the reprise changes the lyrics to “los Mariposas” or “butterflies”.

[@user-qx6ri2bf4o]

Colombian here, this movie is really important for us and our culture, thanks for reacting!!

[@Me-wk3ix]

It's such a beautiful movie, one of my favorites!

[@MissInterpret4]

the creators of this movie had to fight Disney executives to make Luisa as buff as she was, they were worried about here not appealing to girls. But it turns out the Luisa merch ran out first.

[@aliyahpulido953]

10:23 This knowledge has probably been passed around a lot now, but Stephanie Beatriz was 9 months pregnant during this song. In fact, the morning she was called into the studio to record it, she had just gone into her first contractions and didn't tell anyone because she didn't want them to freak out. She recorded the whole song in labor, went home, and less than 48 hours later she gave birth to her baby girl. I guess she was "keep[ing] down the unspoken, invisible pain, Waiting for a miracle" since no one knew she was in labor waiting for her baby to be born.

[@TheGrossDemon]

It always breaks my heart that the house protects Mirabel with it's last breath. She's one of the only 2 people who the house truly moves for. We see a bunch of the kids try to save the candle, but they all use their own powers, when Antonio is about to be crushed by rubble its his dad that saves him, but Casita is the one moving with Mirabel. The first time I watched this movie I cried during the first scene, I realized it was a passing of the family torch story and got so excited to see this journey. It's a little wild to me that no one in the family noticed how close Mirabel was with Casita. Sure it moved for everyone, but for her and Abula it truly came alive, but even then, it doesn't move for Abula the way it does Mirabel. For Mirabel it acts like an extension of her, maybe that's because Abula is older and more focused on the family, maybe its because Mirabel is young and playful and kinda lonely making Casita the one she can feel closest to, but the signs that she was the next leader of the family were there. I just love how this movie ends. The only thing that could possibly make it better is us seeing Mirabel get her own freaking bedroom lmao. Tho I can't lie, it makes sense to me that she would stay with the youngest kids till they are of age to help guide them the way she did Antonio. He definitely got to approach life differently than the older kids thanks to her being really close to guide and support him.

[@CoRLex-jh5vx]

Some extra details/symbolism: All the gifts represent various family dynamics/stereotypes. Cousin who hears all the gossip, aunt who has fluctuating moods/mental health issues, older sibling who bears the family burdens so the younger ones don't have to, uncle who had some drama go on and so no one speaks about him, etc. Abuela pushes for Isabela to marry Mariano because Isabela, of all the grandkids, looks the most like her, and Mariano looks like Abuelo/Pedro. Isa not wanting the engagement is hinted at by her powers lashing out at him, when none of the other 'power malfunctions' actively harm others. Abuela's favouritism is also shown in the fact that while they're all talking about working to give back to the community, Isa is the only one not shown doing that, even though aiding with harvests seems like its something she'd be fully capable of. Her outfit being the least practical also shows this In the first family photo, the family all seem to have poses they default to, which largely show off their powers (Dolores holding a hand to her ear, Luisa lifting a rock), and is overall very rehearsed and 'perfect'. The photo at the end though, they're just 'regular people', having learned to value themselves and each other more deeply. Abuela and Mirabel are the only ones seen directly interacting with Casita, signifying their importance in the family and status/future status as matriarch. Mirabel's parents likely met because Agustin was so accident prone and constantly needed Julieta's healing powers Camilo describes Bruno as 'seven foot frame' because he was five when Bruno disappeared and thought he looked taller, when he's actually the shortest of his siblings (he's also the youngest!) Bruno's eyes change colour because of his powers, not just when he uses his powers but permanently. They're brown when he's a baby, then a more natural (i.e. not radioactive looking) green as an adult, though they are less green before he has the 'hugging or fighting' vision. He's the only one who's appearance is literally altered as a result of his gift, symbolising the heavier toll it takes on him The family all have details on their clothing to represent their powers. Julieta has hearts and herbs, Pepa has sun rays, Dolores has sound waves, Camilo has a chameleon, Antonio has capybaras and leopards, etc. Mirabel has small details representing each of them, but most prominently her (and Abuela) have butterflies, again symbolising their connection to the candle and their roles in the family

[@aliyahpulido953]

9:07 Dolores is covering her ears because the fireworks were too loud for her super-hearing. And when she claps, it's just with her index fingertips. "Dolores" means "pains/aches" since her power causes her physical pain from the noise level, and emotional pain because she can't avoid knowing EVERYTHING about EVERYONE whether she wants to or not. Except in her room because it's soundproof so she can sleep. (She said she heard Luisa's eye twitching "all night" not while they were sleeping, but during the party. Notice how Luisa was wincing when holding the piano for her dad. She had just had a bout of weakness and realized Mirabel must be right when she said something was wrong with the candle.)

[@KarenHayoun]

Her power is the house, she is her grandmother's heir which is why her door was the door to the entire house - she holds the family together and communicates with the house and miracle better than anyone

[@Wizardjudd]

Fun fact disney almost had the animators change luisa to be more conventionally attractive

[@fightingfaerie]

Also they made loads of Isabela merch, and literally none of Louisa, because they assumed little girls would like the “princess” character more. (Completely missing the characters arc of course) Movie comes out, and the kids all wanted dolls of Louisa lol. They had Isabela sitting in overstock while they had to start churning out Louisa merch to catch up. Now most merch I see actually has all three sisters.

[@ericjette2435]

That's funny because I've watched a lot of reactions to this movie and a lot of (straight-identified) guys seem to find Luisa very attractive, much more so than the more conventionally attractive Isabella. (I'm not dissing Isa, just stating the facts as I've observed them.)

[@clzs325]

Fun fact: the part in We Don't Talk About Bruno where everyone is singing over each other? That's a technique in music called a madrigal :) The reason Mirabel didn't get a room during her candle ceremony is because she already had one- it's just that abuela is using it right now. That's why every time abuela and Mirabel fight or something gets between them, the cracks appear - the house and the magic itself is literally being pulled in 2 directions. Mirabel is the next candle holder. Abuela's gift was creating a family and a safe home when all else was lost. Mirabel's gift is bringing people together which is best highlighted when things are at their darkest- Antonio being guided to his power when he was scared, the magic returning to the house after it was destroyed, Louisa healing and learning to pace herself when she was feeling the pressure, Isabela growing into a new era of her ability and feeling safe to reinvent herself.

[@aliyahpulido953]

18:51 Dolores' lines go "I *can* always hear him sort of muttering and mumbling, I associate him with the sound of falling sand;" and "It's like I hear him *now*- I can hear him now, *I can hear him now!*" This combined with the fact that she later sings "Yo, I knew he never left, I heard him every day!" means she KNEW Bruno was there all that time. The "falling sand" was probably the salt he kept throwing over his shoulder to ward off bad luck. She probably kept that secret to herself for those 10 years he was in the walls (he disappeared when Mirabel was 5 on her Gift Ceremony night, and she's now 15) because Dolores never got to keep anything to herself; Abuela always made her/expected her to tell her everything she heard. And also because Dolores could respect Bruno's wish to protect Mirabel from Abuela.

[@brunnochagas]

I love how this movie talks about generational trauma and cycles that keep getting repeated and passed on from one person another. After Abuelo Pedro's sacrifice, Abuela Alma understood that the only way to keep the family safe was through sacrifice, so the culture of the family Madrigal was primarily based on the idea that everyone in the family had to sacrifice their wants, needs and overall happiness to honor the great sacrifice that was made for them. Like, to cope with the trauma of the sacrifice, they kept demanding and repeating the sacrifice in their own lives and in the lives of their loved ones, which is ironic, but it's what frequently happens in real life: some of our traumas have so much influence in our decisions and behavior, that we end up repeating and reliving them. It's not until we resignify the trauma that we can break the cycles and stop their repetition. In the end, while Mirabel looks at the rubble of their house, she starts the song All Of Me by saying, "Look at this home, we need a new foundation" 'cause she understood that the old foundation, the old idea which was the base of the family's culture, was what broke their home in the first place. They couldn't just build it again without first changing its foundation, so that's what they literally do: they rebuild their encanto, basing it on ideas like community, solidarity, their own effort and also their own wellbeing.

[@a.g.demada5263]

You know, as an autistic woman, I recognized myself in Mirabel but also in Isabela because I'm the eldest and people expect tue eldest child to be an example for the siblings. Did you notice than after flowers grew into Isabela's hair, Abuela removed the only one who's white ? About Dolores who knew Bruno was still here but didn't say anything, I think that's because people don't want to speak about him so she decided to keep the secret because noboudy would listen.

[@Icyyddoll]

This is such a comfort film😭. Sometimes I cry with it other times I cry less🤧. Like just a tear or two💀. I’m glad you enjoyed it. And we don’t talk about Bruno is catchy as hell.

[@aliyahpulido953]

20:06 A madrigal in musical context is "a part-song for several voices, especially one of the Renaissance period, typically arranged in elaborate counterpoint and without instrumental accompaniment." And "most madrigals are through-composed, featuring different music for each stanza of lyrics, whereby the composer expresses the emotions contained in each line and in single words of the poem being sung." The family is singing in madrigal format with all their vocal parts overlapping and complementing each other while reverberating off each other. They have very different verses in the song, but they all come together as more than the sum of their parts in the finale of the song. That's where the creators got the surname from.

[@BlueSodaPop_]

This movie hits so close to home, I literally sobbed through 2/3rds of it the first time i watched it. Plus it's so gorgeous and the music is amazing, honestly just such an amazing movie, so glad you watched it! Cant wait for the next reaction!

[@MiciousDawn]

As a straight woman I can confirm that I would melt like butter in Luisa’s arms. I can also confirm she’s making us all confused 😂 my goodness 🫠

[@ionelalexandra]

I was the same as you years ago and now I'm bi lmao

[@M_JackOfAllTrades]

I'm asexual so I don't understand you guys at all, ngl😂 It's kind of fascinating how people can see these characters (and other people for that matter) in such a different way.

[@ionelalexandra]

@@M_JackOfAllTrades Yeah, idk why but I find buff characters hot, no matter the gender lmao

[@M_JackOfAllTrades]

@@ionelalexandra That's fair and valid. I relate to the "no matter the gender", just in the opposite direction lol

[@meekillustrations7109]

She actually makes me weak at the knees fr!!!!

[@kpednault]

I interpreted the ending as Mirabel's gift being "Family", based on the image on the door. Also, who else think it sucks that she never got her own room JUST because she didn't get a gift? I mean the NURSERY? She's a teen, not a child

[@marcusfridh8489]

Mirabel didnt get a gift, becourse she is the gift to the next whole family. She is the heir of the candle, the Guardian of the miracles.

[@_mermaidguts]

Idk how you're not sobbing because I certainly was. It had been so long since I genuinely liked a Disney movie (not since Tangled/Princess and the Frog), so Encanto was a breath of fresh air.

[@cinnifrog]

i am LOVING this animated era of ur channel rn

[@niallnochill]

you know what? ME TOO!!!🥰

[@odetoclear]

yess i'm so glad you're reacting to encanto!! i only discovered your channel a few days ago but you're already my favorite reaction channel :)

[@niallnochill]

Thank you so much!! I hope you enjoy the video

[@spitegames]

when theyre singing we dont talk about bruno, delores knocks on the wall to let him know theyre setting up

[@blvemaze]

OMG how to train your dragon next?? YOU’RE IN FOR A RIDE!!!!!!!☝️☝️☝️😭

[@sweet.carolien]

Abuela can honestly catch these hands

[@niallnochill]

Not you fighting Abuela 😭

[@Tadpoli]

Literally 3 minutes into the video and I'm already adding this to my comfort playlist. Naill, you absolutely never disappoint in creating the most comforting, interesting, hilarious, and just awesome reaction and commentary videos. Thank you so much for sharing them with us. You have created such a safe space for a lot of people. I hope you know that, and I hope you're proud of yourself for it!!

[@jfk-t9o]

The whole family still cared about Mirabel. They were just wrapped up in their own problems or situations that didn't involved her and she in returns put too much pressure on herself due to not understanding that everyone had their own struggles besides her. The same with the family with Bruno. Bruno is socially awkward and people don't always like their fates so he assumes that he is hated. In reality he's that one family member who says the wrong thing and frustrates the family but they do cares about him deep down and were secretly upset that he seemingly left. Even the townspeople in the end show that they didn't hates Bruno as a person. Loves the moment where we see Alma having a moment to herself after everything that just happened. We sees a mixture of emotions. Shock, heart-broken, confused, worried and dead. You can just tell that she wishes that she had been taken as well. However, once she looks at her newborn babies we see determined and hardness in her. She got to lives to care for her children or otherwise her husband's sacrifice would be out of nothing. This is the moment where we see her goes from a free-spirit and hopeful young girl to the stubborn and tough as nails matriarch of the family. What should been a happy day for her and Pedro became a day of nightmare and tragic. Even worse is that Alma's own children probably knew a little about dad's death but not the full details meaning that they may had not understood their own mother's pain all of their lives. Especially the fact that they never even knew dad so they wouldn't even imagines the level of the pain mom was feeling. They can feel empathy and wishes that they knew him but they can't imagines what it was like for mom to lose dad in such a horrible situation. She really was alone in dealing the situation all by herself all of these years.

[@_nariix]

Great reaction!! 🤍 Couple fun facts!: 1) Mirabel is actually rumored to be bisexual! If you look closely you can see a rainbow with the bi colors embroidered on her dress! (I think Bruno is also rumored to be gay or queer, maybe even aroace as well which I think is really cool!) EDIT: I also forgot to mention that Stephanie Beatriz (the voice actress for Mirabel) is bisexual as well! 2) The writers originally didn't want Luisa to be all big and buff because they didn't think it would be appealing to the audience, but some of the other writers/producers (not exactly sure who) had to fight to make her more muscly.

[@aliyahpulido953]

6:57 Gotta love the very Colombian gesture/mannerism of Mirabel to "point" at Antonio's present with her lips. My family is Mexican and we do it too.

[@cerka27]

19:02 you can see Bruno on the second floor dancing with the song when she says “do you understand”

[@Liketaknoww]

"are we all a bit attracted to Luisa" girl I have never been MORE attracted to an animated character

[@jfk-t9o]

Julieta = Past Pepa = Present Bruno = Future

[@princembat]

im sooo glad you reacted to this movie lol its literally my favorite ever, when i first saw it in early 2022 i was literally OBSESSED with it for MONTHS lol, like so obsessed that i wrote over 80k words of fanfic about it ^^;;; literally such a beautiful perfect movie frrr. i still wish theyd make a show of it like they did for tangled

[@aliyahpulido953]

20:52 Agustin, Mirabel's dad, says "Miercoles," which means "Wednesday" in Spanish... However, it's a euphemism for saying "m!erd@," which means "$h!t" lol. It's like saying "fudge" in English instead of "f^ck." Or better yet, "Sugar Honey Iced Tea!" (look at only the first letter of each word. I learned that from the first Madagascar movie lol)

[@DarkDreamsAndMoonlitNights]

Don’t also forget that the first family picture was perfect but was missing Mirabel and Bruno but the second one was imperfect but had Bruno and Mirabel, sending us off with a giant bow.

[@enigmadrath1780]

I always assumed Dolores DID know Bruno was in the walls. She says she could hear the rats talking ..... but her gift is NOT the ability to understand animals, so she had to have known she was hearing a human voice in the walls, and I can't imagine she'd be so chill about a stranger living in her family home, so she must have known it was Bruno but chose not to tell anyone.

[@alfredonavarro9526]

The way I have come to understand the film is that Mirabel inherited the role of the Matriarch. The reason Mirabel didn't get a door is because the Matriarch's room already exist and she would likely inherit it after Abuela's passing. This then presents two problems that need to be faced. The first one is of Mirabel coming to understand her role within the family and accepting that she is not special in the same way that the rest of them are. She says she supports and loves her family, which is true, but she is also jealous and insecure of her place within a machine that operates to ensure the well-being of their village. The second problem is Abuela coming to terms with her inevitable passing and being able to pass the reign on to Mirabel. As you interpreted, Abuela has a warped sense of view of what it means to have the Miracle due to the circumstances under which she obtained the Miracle. This same warped sense of "family" is what allows Abuela to power the miracle. Mirabel was missing her sense of family and thus, there were two options for the future, one where she fails to find the meaning of family and loses the miracle and one where she inherits her role as matriarch. As for the butterfly; in many cultures butterflies are symbols of the spirits of loved ones. We could interpret the butterfly to be Abuelo guiding his family and hoping to lead them down a path of cohesion.

[@lauraruffeil177]

One of the best points/facts about this film for me is that the creators thought about EVERYTHING that they could about it. For example, the rooms are changeable according to the owner, as well as by choice, by their personality and their emotions. That explains why Bruno's room is the way it is. It WASN'T like that. As Bruno was excluded from the family, from the village, and sank into his depression, his room became what it is now, a dark cave, clautrophobic, and extremely difficult to reach, mainly representing Bruno's emotional state. Seriously, I don't think there's anything about this movie that I dislike. 😄

[@Juanes-ik4wp]

As a Colombian, I cannot stretch how much I absolutely adored this film. Especially because of how trauma from my parents and ancestors in general was displayed, but also the beauty and the amazing nature of this country. Food, clothing, people, even racial diversity was spot on. I really love that you saw the film! Thank you for liking part of what makes this beautiful country so special. 🇨🇴♥️

[@whatgsaid]

She does have the best and biggest power: personal connection to the house, thus matriarch when Abuela dies! I really loved that touch in this movie!

[@20000dino]

19:38 "Is she in love with Isabella?" Nial, they are COUSINS 😭😭

[@ionelalexandra]

I was confused who was family and who wasn't in this movie, so I don't blame him lmao 💀😭

[@baykkus]

Colombia is one of the countries with the most displaced people in the world due to internal conflicts that go all the way to its foundation. While what Abuela experienced is likely an event of a 1899 war called the 100 days war due to the timing of the film (set in the 1950's), her story is resemblant of many modern older and even younger people living in the hot zones of the conflict. The team that made this film actually traveled to Colombia and I appreciate that it seems they listened to the stories of everyday people.

[@stephaniefrost4910]

32:19 When I tell you I was SOBBING in the theater at this part, my best friend had to console me so I could actually enjoy the ending of the movie lol

[@TangentialTif]

I can’t even hear All of You without crying, the part where the village joins them to rebuild casita. 😭😭😭

[@lexyp.4611]

The Rise of the Guardians is also a great animated movie worth checking out. the va are so good

[@halog3nven]

I love the little detail in the background when antonio got his gift, the fireworks went off and dolores covered her ears cause she's sensitive to sound. Absolutely love your reactions btw! I can't wait for you to react train your dragon !