Spoiler: Disney's wish is a flop and it's not difficult to see why. Leaving aside the animation, the movie itself feels disjointed, which is a real shame, since it could have been a lot better had they readjusted some things. The easter eggs didn't do much to add to the movie and took away precious time that could have been used for other things. I have to admit I'm not a hardcore Disney fan; I've watched most movies but that's about it. You can laugh at me but the two most important easter eggs; that Magnifico was the mirror in Snow White and that Asha was the grandmother fulfilling wishes in Cinderella didn't register. That's basically the most important part of the movie! Getting the backstory of two characters we never thought we would learn more about was a great idea! But it fails. Asha doesn't look or act like the character in Cinderella, so that connection feels completely forced. It's not like it's impossible either. Asha promised to protect the wishes of people. Now that the citizens have finally decided to step up, maybe Asha decides to "secretly" help people out who can't fulfill them on their own at the end of the movie and takes on the form of her grandmother whenever she helps out? In order to introduce the grandmother as a character, the wish of her grandfather could have had something to do with his late wife. Asha's personality would have to be different though. The character in Cinderella is very obviously from a different generation not like Asha who is based on a modern teenager. If that idea feels stupid, that's fine too, I'm not a writer paid by Disney, coming up with an idea to better tie these two things together would have been their job. Magnifico is another mess altogether. They, quite frankly, didn't empathize enough how evil he was. Since he was supposed to be evil and was never going to get redeemed either way, they should have built on this whole "taking their wishes takes away a part of the people and makes them sad/unhappy/listless/miserable" and gone for a more Ursula kind of character. The star is boring. The goat, too. Asha has too many friends. Yes, they're an easter egg. So? None of them got developed very well, so they're a waste of space. Movies don't thrive on easter eggs but on plot. Funnily enough they're also very bad friends? At least if you go by Disney standards. Usually friends in Disney would go to hell and back in order to help you so them being so suspicious of Asha's words left a bad feeling in my mouth. That's not the kind of relationship I expect from Disney.
I've been reading some weird posts about how Wish ruins this whole "wishing on a star thing" and I have to disagree here. Characters in Disney have always worked hard to fulfill their dreams and the star only ever helped them out a bit. Which is exactly what happened in Wish. Asha gets the help she needs in order to help herself and then gets a wand from the star; not in order to fulfill every wish but in order to protect the wishes of those people who can't protect them themselves.
