Okay guys this is going to be a crap review because Blogger told me they saved it, and I clicked publish like three times, but the dumb site didn't save my first review so now I have this short one! YAY. (No, not yay, I literally just finished muffling my screams of anger.)
So, as much as it pains me to admit it, I am now Descendants trash. I would like to clarify that when I first heard of the movie I thought it was going to be like a terrible fanfiction. Now that I've seen the movie, it's like the really cliché AU that you read, but happens to be amazing.
NON SPOILERS
It's a modern Disney prep school AU, in which all of the villains have been banished out of the kingdom and onto a island called the Isle of the Lost. Prince Ben, son of Beauty and the Beast is about to be crowned king, and as his first proclamation he decides to give the children of said villains a chance to live among the heroes at Auradon Prep. He chooses the children of Maleficent, Cruella de Vil, Jafar, and the Evil Queen to test run the proclamation. Once the villains get wind of this, they create a plan to use the situation to free themselves. It's all up to Mal, Carlos, Jay, and Evie to "save the free world", but do they really want to be evil?
Descendants is a heartwarming tale about choosing your own path and finding worth in who you really are. It's filled with friendship, catchy songs, and the cutest Disney ship so far.
Objective rating: 7/10
Biased rating: 8.5/10
Pros:
1. Life lessons like learning to stand up for yourself, not judging others by their background, teamwork, love and friendship, and choosing your own destiny.
2. Ben and Mal are the cutest thing on earth.
3. The songs are awesome and the dancing is super cool.
4. Cool clothes.
5. The villain kids are super awesome and really good characters. Their friendship is amazing, and their individual arcs are so great.
6. JUST THE EMOTIONAL PLOT IS A+ OKAY?!
7. Super magical Disney feel.
8. Prince Ben's character is A+
9. Positive messages for young girls include: being smart is awesome, you are beautiful inside and out, a boy should not force you to change yourself but instead make you want to be a better version of yourself- not someone you aren't, he doesn't have to be prince charming, and you can be strong and feminine.
10. Shows that even the "good guys" can be mean.
Cons:
1. Villains are super cheesy. They don't feel threatening at all.
2. The CGI is terrible, but I mean, it's a TV movie so it's not like that's in the budget.
3. The setting timeline wise is confusing since the fairy tales literally take place hundreds of years apart in Disney canon, but somehow everyone is alive in the modern 21st century.
4. Cliché
So yeah! There you go. You can watch Descendants at watchdisney.go.com. Sorry the review wasn't that long, but I am seeing Paper Towns today and will do a long review of that.
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-Lizzie
P.S. Since I'm a bit late, the August TBR is up on Tumblr
P.P.S. I have a new sideblog for Disney things: i-think-i-want-to-be-good.tumblr.com
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