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Ty Watches "Encanto"

Hello again everybody. I took the past two days off to spend the holiday, safely, with my family. But I'm back. I have watched a good amount of content, listened to some different stuff and got some cool shit I want to talk about on my blog. Today I will start with the movie "Encanto".

We watched this movie last night. We got back home from our trip and my wife, my kids and I have been waiting to watch this movie. We are still a bit hesitant to go to the theaters, so we waited for it to be on Disney+, and with it not premiering until Xmas eve, we waited until the day after Xmas to watch.

Right off the bat, this movie was great. I loved every second of it. Watching movies at home, if I need to do something around the house, I usually get up and ask my family to tell me what I missed. I did not do that with "Encanto". I did not want to miss a thing. This movie reminded me a lot of "Coco" and "Wall-E", my two favorite Pixar movies. The comparison to "Wall-E" was how beautiful everything looked, but also the cracking world around them. As far as "Coco", I know it may sound cliche to compare a Spanish movie to a Colombian movie, but it was also the colors and the voice actors and the music. While "Encanto" did not have as good music as "Coco", no movie does for that matter, it was still very festive and fun and well written and beautifully performed. I loved the music in fact. I am not the biggest Lin Manuel Miranda fan, but when he just writes the music, like he did for "Moana", I find myself bopping my head and tapping my feet. That happened with "Encanto". The music was very good, very well done, very cool and just flat out fun. As for the colors in this movie, my goodness was it vibrant. I found myself blown away by how beautiful the movie looked. There were so many bright pops of blue and yellow and orange and red and green, it was amazing. I was mesmerized. I also loved the way the clothes looked, how the characters looked and moved and how neat and old school the house in the movie was drawn. The voice acting was impeccable as well. Stephanie Beatriz was made to voice a character like this. She added so much and embodied Maribel. I was fully on her side the whole movie. Beatriz also has a very good singing voice too. I knew she could sing, but given this role, she took on a ton and totally nailed it. John Leguizamo was excellent. So was Wilmer Valderama. And the rest of the family, from Maria Cecilia Botero as Abulea, to Adassa as Dolores, and everyone in between, they were all amazing. But make no mistake, Beatriz is the main star of the movie, and she more than handles it. I really enjoyed the story of the movie as well. I am very close to my family, and to see a family like this portrayed in a movie, I was bound to enjoy the movie. They did a great job talking about all things involved with being a family, they just added super powers to the people in the cartoon. But my main takeaway was family. You should love your family, even if you have disagreements, or some other things get in the way. I loved that message in the movie. I also really like, minor spoiler alert, that they never gave Maribel a "power". She was just a regular person in an irregular, superhero style world.

I cannot recommend this movie enough. It is so good to watch with your partner, but even more so with your family, if you have kids. Both my kids, my 9 year old son and 6 year old daughter, absolutely loved it. They have been talking about it all day today. Check out "Encanto". It rules.

Ty

Ty is the Pop Culture editor for SeedSing and the other host of the X Millennial Man Podcast.

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