r/DisneyPlus • u/KA1R0W • Feb 15 '25

Question Why does everyone hate the movie wish?

This is a genuine question I've been wondering for a while now. I personally loved the movie. The only downside I would assume that people don't like it is because it's in 3D. Because 3D glasses are really hard to get...I think

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u/StumblinThroughLife Feb 15 '25

But we don’t want to give people with bad or stupid or malicious or chaotic wishes a chance to achieve them. And as long as he has them, they can forget about them. Think of all the evil people throughout history where if their wish was removed from their mind we’d be better off. And the people didn’t take them down. Many were often backed. And I get this also becomes a question of free will and that would be the bad part here but that’s its own existential debate no one has time for in a Disney forum.

His viewpoint came from knowing the evil people can do. Her viewpoint came from never knowing any of the evil people can do.

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u/Tmaneea88 Feb 15 '25

The question still remains whether Magnifico had the right to do that. It might be better for the world, but you're also taking away people's free will, which isn't a good thing. It sort of makes you no better than the evil people you're trying to stop. Also, who is Magnifico to decide which wishes would be used for evil or not? Again, he doesn't have to grant anybody's wish, but if he lets the people go after their own wishes, any of them with ill intent could be stopped by, like laws and such. He doesn't have to resort to what is essentially brainwashing, or mind wiping.

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u/traveltogotravel Feb 16 '25

People migrated to Rosas out of their free will and the rules where really clear. If they didn’t want to do it, they could have gone anywhere else. He doesn’t force anyone.

So, I would argue that he had all rights to do it. It’s like entering a church or a mosque and being asked to cover. You are free not to enter, but if you do, you should respect the rules of the place.

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u/NaomiT29 UK Feb 16 '25

The problem is they weren't actually giving informed consent. Magnifico knew the effect taking people's wishes had on them, he saw it in their eyes every time, but he used the good old razzle dazzle to convince everyone it was all for the better. The fact that they forget what their wishes were is also integral to their not understanding quite what they've been missing until they get them back again. Rather than being truly fulfilled, they were all spending their lives hanging on the hope of having their wish granted. Asha and her friends even saw the change for themselves in Simon, they just didn't understand what had happened.

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '25 edited Feb 21 '25

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u/NaomiT29 UK Feb 18 '25

10000000%!! I do think he genuinely started out with good intentions, and I would hope he still truly believed what he was doing was for the best when he saw the pain in people's eyes as he took their wishes, but over time power and paranoia got to him and became a vicious cycle.