‘Wish: the power of wishes’

Directors: Chris Buck, Fawn Veerasunthorn

Animation

Premiere: November 24, 2023

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The Disney studios celebrate their centenary with a film in which one of their characters, the grandfather of the young protagonist, is exactly 100 years old. But it is not the only self-reference, since both in some characters and in various strokes and animation styles, The film pays tribute to itself by paying homage to the aesthetics that have worked so well for the production company created by Walt Disney specifically on October 16, 1923. For the rest, ‘Wish: the power of desires’ is, from its very title, an allegory to the power of dreams that has fueled the Disney imagination. since the times of Mickey Mouse. The action takes place on a Mediterranean island whose center is the city of Roses, although it has nothing to do with the Roses del Empordà, since the aesthetics of its buildings refer to the Alhambra in Granada and the Real Alcázar in Seville.

The antagonist is called Magnificent and looks like a 1950s adventure movie villain, although he is a megalomaniac magician who becomes a dictator. A very naive star or ball of energy, with a simple and effective aesthetic, lights the path of the revolt led by the teenager Asha, a classic female character according to the model. disney. No surprises, with many sung numbers and some beautiful visual ideas such as the bubbles in which the wishes of all the inhabitants are enclosed that will never be granted.