**The next generation!**

This is a great concept, I don't know why Disney did not turn it into a theatrical film. As per the television standards, this film succeeds from all the aspects. The casting was good, but the focus was not distributed equally. May be they kept it for the sequels, in each to tell everyone's tale as the centre. So this is about the descendants of the greatest villains of Disney's fairy tales. They all got admitted to the Auradon Prep located near to their banished land. A chance to follow their own path, particularly to cut off bad influences of their parents. But would they accept the offer and make it work or there any agenda to avenge for the past are the remaining parts.

It's a musical like any fairytale. But average tracks. The performances were good, even the graphics are very acceptable. So colourful and visually appealing. I think this kind of trend began with the recent success of 'Maleficent'. So you must not expect the moral values, particularly I'm saying it for the parents. Because, this is about the villains and their children, so the majority of the film leans on the negative factors. But as usual, all ends well, if you consider that a message or learning point for your children.

Directed by 'Hocus Pocus' filmmaker. I was looking forward to watch it since it came out. Finally, I saw it and enjoyed it, but not the great film. The children's would love it, especially those who are familiar with the characters and its origin. Surely lot to expect, but I advise to keep your expectation low to benefit maximum. I have heard, they are already making the second film, which is due later this year. So I hope this time I watch it on the time.

_6/10_

Not nearly as good as the next two movies but still quite enjoyable tbh. I didn't like it that much at first (it was ok but not really good) and thought I wouldn't rewatch it but it turns out that it was actually worth a rewatch :)

I think the main issues with this movie are that the songs are not really good and the story can be quite silly/embarrassing at times. I e.g. didn't like any of the parents/villains at the island. Maleficent's character is one of the worst but maybe just because she has the most screen time and is responsible for the worst song ("Evil like me"). Maybe that's also the reason why I didn't really want to watch the movie "Maleficent" at first. Don't make that mistake, it's actually a really good movie.

Regarding the songs: My favorite ones are (in that order): "If only", the song at the end, and "Rotten to the core" (especially the very brief instrumental intro).

My favorite characters (roughly in that order): Mal, Evie, Dough, Ben, Carlos, and Jay.
Mal has the best outfit, that very cool green eye thingy with her mother, and cool magic!


There where also some nice character developments like Jay learning about teamwork, Carlos liking the dog, Mal falling in love, and Evie learning to use her skills.

"Let's grab that wand and blow this popsicle stand."

"The strength of evil is good as none, when stands before four hearts as one!"

PS: When I was watching this for the first time I wasn't able to find any Blu-Ray so I had to but it on DVD. I learned that the quality of a DVD is much worse than I remembered, especially if there is much movement. This time I was able to watch it in FullHD on Disney Plus (thanks Disney!) which was quite nice (there where still some minor artifacts in scenes with much movement and I wonder if they had to enhance the quality but it was much better than watching it on DVD).