Encanto was one of the films that took Disney fans by surprise within the last few years with both it's songs and characters charming both audiences and die hard Disney fans alike. Well it seems someone one at Disney took notice and so then we got something that has quite literally never happened with any other Disney animated musical film before now and so then join me as I review the film that is something quite ne for the house of mouse with the film in question being called simply just "Encanto At The Hollywood Bowl" enjoy.
This film is quite literally a recorded version of a show that I think has now finished production featuring the original cast. I really do like the idea behind this show since it really does bring the songs and the music of Encanto to live in a way that we haven't seen before now and the fact that the got the original cast back for these shows only goes to help to make this film feel alot more special that what it already is in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
As I just mentioned the original cast from the film are all back for this live performance which means that get to see Stephanie Beatriz , Adassa , Carolina Gaitán , Jessica Darrow , Diane Guerrero , Mauro Castillo , Angie Cepada , Olga Merediz. Sadly tho there are some missing cast members like for example we don't get Wilmer Valderrama nor do we get John Leguizamo back either while I can fully understand why Wilmer Valderrama since his character doesn't sing in the film it's odd that John Leguizamo doesn't come back since his character does have a singing part at the end or near the end of the movie.
What I really did like about this film is the fact that all of the people who are starring in this film and are reprising their roles from the original film just so easily slip back into their roles. Yes I know that there now technically reprising their roles but since they are singing the parts that there characters sing in the original film they are technically reprising their roles and they do it so effortlessly with all of the actors just simply becoming their characters it's almost as if they finished playing their characters just yesterday and then they went to do this concert because that's effortlessly they all just slip back into playing their respective characters.
The set for this concert is the Madrigal family home which is bought to life wonderfully via LED screens. I really did like the set used for this show however at the same time I would have liked it if they didn't use LED screens since it makes the set seem across as being rather flat and uninteresting which is a shame because having the main house serve as the set for this show does make alot of sense to me.
What was rather interesting is that actress Stephanie Beatriz was actually ill while recording this concert. Which doesn't really show through in alot of the songs but it does show itself during the ending of the "The Family Madrigal" song which just goes to prove that that song is cursed because when she was first recording the song she was pregnant and while she still does perform the song really well it's still a shame that she can't hit the same notes just due to her voice just simply not being up to the task at the time.
For some reason the films songwriter Lin-Manuel Miranda opens this show and he really doesn't need to be there at all since apart from appearing in a video package midway through the actual show itself he does quite literally nothing during the entire show. Heck he doesn't even appear in the background during any of the songs he was purely there just so that Disney could put his name on the concerts poster and that's really it which is shame because they could have had introduce each song and give us a detailed look at how each song was created but they don't do that at all.
What I wasn't expecting for this show to involve the audience in one of the songs which was something that I really did like. As it was something that was rather creative and it's something that I wished had happened more in this show since alot of this shows songs could have used from involving the audience section of the The Hollywood Bowl which would have made alot of the songs more duller performances suddenly come alive and feel alot more magical which for an Encanto product is a very important thing indeed.
Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly forty five minuets an thirty eight seconds. Which does make this show feel alot more on the shorter but given that this show is just the actors performing the songs from the film it's kind of understandable and I would have liked it if the show was a bit longer even if it was just the cast performing the demo versions of the songs or performed songs from other Disney films just something would have been better to get this show to get to feature length and make this show feel all the more special and rather unique.
So now then since this is a concert that means that I have to talk about the actual songs that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual songs that are actually featured / presented to us in this very film where really good. With all of the films songs being performed really well with my person favorite being "The Family Madrigal" since it's a fun way to reintroduce the cast of the film an the fact that they reprise the song at the end of the film was really fun as well and yes all of the cast sing all of the sing really well as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Overall this was a rather fun film or special that did something unexpected and that's remind as to why the film itself was so good and I hope that Disney does more concert films like this in the future since this one was so good in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very film in this very review and as such that means that this very film erns itself a grand old score of exactly a 7.5 out of 10 from me.
Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Disney fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get the images that I personally used in this very post being the wonderful the official Disney fandom wiki page since all of the images that are currently up and and featured / presented to us on the official Disney fandom wiki page are all fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly freaking high in definition.