Film Review of Descendants and Descendants 2
(Warning this is incredibly lame and I can't believe I am actually writing this)
Wow, so I said I would most likely not be doing film reviews, but look where we are.
Today I watched Descendants and Descendants 2 with my sister, after my SAT prep class. I don't really know why I clicked on the first movie originally, I guess I was always just curious. My Aunt Kenna always raved about the series to me, starting in 2015 when the first movie came out. Unfortunately at that time I wasn't able to watch it. I mean, I probably could, but I didn't want to pay money and I was too lazy to look up when it would be on Disney Channel. So, today was the day.
I thought it would be childish and weird for me to watch, and I'll admit during the first one I did feel a bit off watching it. I was like, "Julia, you're sixteen, this is meant for nine year olds what are you doing?" But I was eventually just completely captivated by the story line. Fairy tale villains, banished away onto an island far away from everyone else. The most powerful villain, Maleficent, played by the uber talented Kristen Chenoweth slayed the big screen and her daughter, Mal (Dove Cameron), did no less. Prince Ben (Mitchell Hope), the son of Beauty and the Beast, was quite cute and if this wasn't a Disney production, would have so much more character depth to express in this franchise. Everyone in the cast of the first movie really worked hard to produce a fairly decent movie. It did receive a 69% on Rotten Tomatoes, I'd probably have given it a 75% at least.
My thoughts on Descendants 2 vary quite drastically. The sequel completely blew me away. It was more in depth, discussing the problems of the island of villains and the relationships between the four core protagonists (Mal, Evie {Evil Queen's daughter}, Jay {Jafar's son} and Carlos {Cruella De Vil's son}) and now King Ben, as well as the other descendants of villains left behind on the island. The score was 10 times better, having such great bops as the opening number "Ways to be Wicked" and Uma (China Anne Mclain), Ursula's daughter's pop ballad "What's My Name?" The relationship between King Ben and Mal deepened and became more interesting to the villain and the final twenty minutes were so intense I can't even tell you. Rotten Tomatoes gave this movie a 74% and honestly I'm appalled at that. I think it should be up between 85-90%.
So, overall I was quite impressed with Disney's display here. This franchise is the High School Musical of the upcoming generation and I am completely fine with that, they are great movies. The ending of the sequel has me amped for number three to complete the trilogy. I can't wait to see what's next for these characters.
Wow, so I said I would most likely not be doing film reviews, but look where we are.
Today I watched Descendants and Descendants 2 with my sister, after my SAT prep class. I don't really know why I clicked on the first movie originally, I guess I was always just curious. My Aunt Kenna always raved about the series to me, starting in 2015 when the first movie came out. Unfortunately at that time I wasn't able to watch it. I mean, I probably could, but I didn't want to pay money and I was too lazy to look up when it would be on Disney Channel. So, today was the day.
I thought it would be childish and weird for me to watch, and I'll admit during the first one I did feel a bit off watching it. I was like, "Julia, you're sixteen, this is meant for nine year olds what are you doing?" But I was eventually just completely captivated by the story line. Fairy tale villains, banished away onto an island far away from everyone else. The most powerful villain, Maleficent, played by the uber talented Kristen Chenoweth slayed the big screen and her daughter, Mal (Dove Cameron), did no less. Prince Ben (Mitchell Hope), the son of Beauty and the Beast, was quite cute and if this wasn't a Disney production, would have so much more character depth to express in this franchise. Everyone in the cast of the first movie really worked hard to produce a fairly decent movie. It did receive a 69% on Rotten Tomatoes, I'd probably have given it a 75% at least.
My thoughts on Descendants 2 vary quite drastically. The sequel completely blew me away. It was more in depth, discussing the problems of the island of villains and the relationships between the four core protagonists (Mal, Evie {Evil Queen's daughter}, Jay {Jafar's son} and Carlos {Cruella De Vil's son}) and now King Ben, as well as the other descendants of villains left behind on the island. The score was 10 times better, having such great bops as the opening number "Ways to be Wicked" and Uma (China Anne Mclain), Ursula's daughter's pop ballad "What's My Name?" The relationship between King Ben and Mal deepened and became more interesting to the villain and the final twenty minutes were so intense I can't even tell you. Rotten Tomatoes gave this movie a 74% and honestly I'm appalled at that. I think it should be up between 85-90%.
So, overall I was quite impressed with Disney's display here. This franchise is the High School Musical of the upcoming generation and I am completely fine with that, they are great movies. The ending of the sequel has me amped for number three to complete the trilogy. I can't wait to see what's next for these characters.
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