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Catching up with a couple of friends recently, it came up that our daughters, all of similar ages, are crazy about watching Encanto and even more keen on the so
by rm445 5y ago
Catching up with a couple of friends recently, it came up that our daughters, all of similar ages, are crazy about watching Encanto and even more keen on the songs. It's perfectly reasonable to have normal movie-criticism opinions about the film, but for the target audience, it's a smash. Another 'Frozen'.
- samwillis 5y agoExactly, the songs are an absolute hit with my daughter and her friends. Just take a look at the UK top 10, three Encanto songs with "We don't talk about Bruno" at number one for last three weeks: https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/uk-top-40-singles-chart/ https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/uk-top-40-singles-char... Literal definition of a hit. Somewhere I read that Disney had to make submissions to the Academy Awards before finishing screenings of Encanto and weren't sure which song to submit (if they submit multiple songs it risks splitting the vote), so they submitted "Dos Oruguitas" and haven't had it nominated. Clearly picked the wrong song, should have gone with "We don't talk about Bruno", would have had a very good chance of getting an Oscar.
- gabythenerd 5y agoPart of the problem might have been that "Dos Oruguitas" is a smash in Spanish but doesn't as have much emotional impact if you don't understand the lyrics. I saw the movie in a local theater in Latin America and several people cried with that scene. As a fun fact, every single voice actor is famous in Colombia because of their singing, for example Maribel is the leader of a popular girl band. The Spanish dub is incredible, one of the few movies I would recommend seeing in Spanish instead of English if you are bilingual.
- evan_ 5y agoDos Orugutos was nominated for best song: https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/2022-oscar-nominations-music-categories-1235028166/ https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/2022-oscar-nomination...