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No Comments? (Spoilers)

posted 5 years ago by Tinkse7en (64)
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Well, the premiere has come & gone (unless you count VK Day all week on Disney Channel). I found it the weakest of the trilogy, both plot-wise & musical number-wise, but it wrapped everything up nicely in a glittery purple bow. There was a not-so-subtle timely message about bringing down "the barrier" (nuff said).
The 4 young ladies (Mal, Evie, Uma, & Audrey) sang gorgeously on all their offerings, even though their songs were not quite as catchy as in 1 & 2, but the dance numbers were beyond superb. They must have rehearsed the hades out of them: flawless in synchronization (for instance, you could draw a line under any given leap & all 20+ dancers would be at the exact same height. That's incredible, generally only see that in touring dance troupes), & I thought the choregraphy was innovative, energetic, & just plain fun to watch!
On a somber note, the tribute to Cameron Boyce was understated & beautifully done.

[–] MAGolding (1096) 5 years ago

Well, lets see.

One) Why is Audrey so happy at the end that the barrier is coming down?

Of all the natives of Auradon, Audrey should be the happiest. She was a very dangerous villain for about a day or so, and where did Auradonian villains get sent to? The island. So she should be happy that the Island is no longer a prison for villains.

Two) Why did Audrey's grandmother say that Ben proposing to Mal instead of Audrey was the end of their family's status? As far as I know Audrey is a child of Sleeping Beauty and Prince Philip from Sleeping Beauty (1959), who were the heirs to the crowns of their fathers. So Audrey or a hypothetical sibling should rule two kingdoms. Audrey & her grandmother's family's status shouldn't depend much on whether Audrey marries the King of Auradon.

2a) So maybe the Nazis conquered Stefan and Hubert's kingdoms.

2b) Or maybe Genghis Khan and the Mongol hordes came and massacred everyone in those kingdoms and Audrey and her grandmother were the only ones who escaped.

2c) Or maybe those two kingdoms were overthrown in a revolution and the royal family was massacred except for Audrey and her grandmother, who perhaps escaped with the aide of the Princess Protection Program (2009).

2d) Or maybe Audrey's brother or older sister now rules those two kingdoms and can't stand Audrey and her grandmother and so exiled them.

2e) Or maybe one of the villains, or a league of villains, conquered and/or destroyed those two kingdoms and others and attacked Auradon, and Beast, the former King of Auradon, defeated that villain or villains and exiled them to the Island of the Lost, and the survivors (if any) of the kingdoms of Stefan and Hubert abandoned their former royal family and became subjects of the Kingdom of Auradon.

Those are all the reasons I can think of why Audrey might not be a member of a reigning royal family or even already a queen regnant, and they all seem rather dark for Disney.

But having such a tragic backstory could explain why everyone in Auradon is so quick to forgive Audrey for being a little mean and then turning into a villain who almost kills everybody.