[Harry Lime]

I watched Encanto with a friend that is really into Disney type movies, and I really like animation in general, but we were both underwhelmed by Encanto. It was fine. Just fine. Animation borrowed a lot from the rythyms of anime, the story was cookiecutter, the messaging a little inconsistent (honestly there were some bad messages in there), but the songs were decent with one standout. It's the only song that I can even hum the chorus to and remember, though. Pretty meh.

I find that for the Oscars, popularity means more than content when it comes to animation. Which is weird, because for live action they go out of their way to avoid popluarism.