I'm a big fan of Descendants, I loved the first one, thought the second one was fine but was really disappointed with the third one. I don't like most of the song, there are way to many of them as well, and there are just so many weird or illogical things.
When they are at the island of the lost, every kid that is not chosen is still very happy for the other kids and wave and cheer. This is not normal villain kid behavior, when Mal, Evie, Jay and Carlos got out they didn't behave like this at all, but suddenly all the kids are just happy and nice, how can that be? I also think they look very healthy and colorful, making me think that life on the island isn't that bad anymore.
Audrey's grandmother says she is disappointed in Audrey because she should have been the one marrying Ben, making Audrey even more annoyed and causing her says something mean to Mal. Probably meant to show her more 'evil side', except for the fact Audrey has made mean remarks to Mal a thousand times and it has never really meant anything before.
Hades tries to escape and the boys try to stop him by simply running to him(they have no powers) and when they get knocked down Mal changes into a dragon to confront Hades. But instead of letting out some flames or something immediately, Mal waits till she gets attacked by Hades, who tries to drain her powers, and only when her friends ask her to fight back does she let out some hot air, which is strong enough to push Hades back to the other side of the border.
We then go to Audrey who is crying in her room, sad because she wanted to be a queen. The sadness quickly changes to anger and suddenly she is breaking into the museum, stealing not only the crown meant for Auradon's new queen, but also Maleficent's scepter. With like no problem, isn't there even an alarm at the museum? Also, she went from sad to fully evil in like about 10 minutes. This feels extremely forced. I also don't really mind the song but don't like that she is constantly looking at the camera. They never really did that in the other movies and I don't like it here.
Everyone at Auradon is freaking out because Hades was somewhat, not really, almost able to escape. But instead of thinking about bringing guards next time so the opening of the barrier isn't nearly as risky, or trying to make it so that the barrier closes quicker or like anything else, Mal just immediately decides no one is allowed in or out again, ever. Something I don't find fitting with Mal's character.
We then learn, to my opinion quite late, that it's Jane's birthday and Carlos made a cake for her but finds out a piece of it is missing, because two of the new kids ate it. Mal who already has her gift and walks out of the house to go to the party, gets surprised by Audrey. Instead of even trying to use her own powers(she is half fairy and even a demigoddess we learn later), she just stands there while Audray tells her she will make Auradon pay for betraying her. Aurday turns Mal into an 'old hag' which really reminds me of the evil witch from Snow white. Apparently Mal can't reverse the spell because ''only Hades's ember is powerful enough to undo the scepter's magic'', but what about the wand that was so very powerful before?
They decide to go to the Isle to get Hades's ember and Evie helps Mal, who has great trouble walking in her old body, but who has no trouble using it to ride her moterbike later on.
At the Isle of the Lost, Mal is back to her normal self after she crosses the barrier and Celia reminds her that evil magic gets cancelled by the barrier. But if the barrier can cancel out the scepter's magic and the barrier is made with the Fairy godmothers wand, I would think the wand is stronger than the scepter. So they could just use the wand, with is a lot more accessible then Hades' ember.
When Mal and Celia go to Hades' lair they use a weird bicycle powered cart which is just useless, they could have simply walked, and it adds nothing to the story. Mal lets us know that Hades is her father, kinda neutering what happened at the barrier a few days ago, and they talk about they fact that he left her, though Hades says he only left Maleficent. (Where is she by the way? She turned into a purple lizard in the first movie, turned into a green lizard in the second and now we never see her again). They sing a song about it which feels very much like a conversation being sung instead of an actual song, something I didn't like. It also doesn't feel like I'm watching a daughter arguing with her father, I feel no emotion in it, almost only jokes and funny meant remarks.
When exiting the barrier Mal gets a unnecessary custom chance and one again the barrier doesn't close quick enough and every one has their backs turns so they can't stop Harry and Gil from escaping, how do they make that mistake twice? Because Uma get the ember in her hands, she tells Mal that she will help her and give back the ember if Mal allows every kid of the Isle to go to Auradon if they want. But there are probably like a fifty or maybe more children on the island, they don't have so many rooms available at Auradon so soon. And these are still villain kids, how do you keep control of fifty young kids that still have to learn no to steal. But Mal agrees and we get Evie who tries to 'diffuse the tension' but sharing her gum. It is a funny moment that is just forced and out of place.
When they arrive at Auradon, we see Gil is amazed by things like flowers and fruit, and Uma reminds Jay that there is no fruit on the island. But why is there no fruit? Does nothing grow on the Isle of the Lost? So does that means there are no crops what so ever? Do they only eat the meat of seagulls they catch or something? What do they eat?
They go to the Beast Castle to look for Ben and get attacked by armor suits enchanted by Audrey. And Uma and Mal agree to work together for now. And then they defeat the suits.......by making them dance....why? Why can't if be an epic fight? Maybe make us feel like there is actually something at stake, instead of making everything a big joke.
Mal and Uma almost high five, showing they are at least a bit closer, but Evie has to go and wreck it by forcing them to become friends right there. I mean everyone is in danger, and Evie is busy making friends.
The boys find Ben, who has been turned into a beast, and just simply help him get a splinter out of his paw. Jane comes out of nowhere with magic water from the lake that partially changes Ben back and they go back to Evie's house. Like there was no danger, they didn't get attacked by him in beast form even when he was in pain after they pulled the splinter out. What was the use of him being transformed into a beast? There was no tension or drama, everything was fine, the dramatic 'sleeping is too good for you' just meant he had to run around like a beast for a couple of hours.
The girls on the other hand are just busy with Evie who is wondering if she should kiss Doug, and weirdly dances with him while he sleeps and she sings a song. Doug wakes up and everybody is enjoying the birthday cake. WHY IS NO ONE AFRAID? OR EVEN A LITTLE TENSE?
Audrey uses a spell to cover the house its windows and doors with boards but Mal and Uma just easily remove them with another spell. So it is pretty much a useless part in the story.
After everyone gets mad at Mal because she wanted to close the barrier they are suddenly turned to stone. Audrey is apparently just able to do that from far away. WHY DIDN'T SHE DO THAT AT THE BEGINNING? AND WHY DOESN'T SHE TURN MAL TO STONE RIGHT NOW? Mal sings a song that I also find very out of place. She is so calm, just singing about what happened and how she feels. Aurdey just turned your friends into stone! She can very easily do the same to you! Why are you not worried or anything!
Uma doesn't want to help Mal, except after she gets hit one time then she forgives her instantly. They defeat Audrey almost kill her.
Now they bring in Hades because Audrey almost killed everybody but they still want to save her and the only way to do that is with Hades' help.
Hades is confused by why they about Audrey, a "villain", and says that what Audrey has done is considered an error in judgement", while people like him are locked way forever for attempting to do the same thing. Which is not really true. The Isle of the Lost is pretty much a big jail. It is just a jail where the inmates get get kids. Every adult on the Isle was seen as a normal person till they did something wrong. Which is true is the fact that they forgive Audrey way to easily, and that suddenly Audrey is feeling really bad about doing it. She didn't do it while being under a spell, she was aware of every choice she made. The same as the other villains on the Isle. So yeah, she should have gone to jail, even if she felt bad about it.
Then when they celebrate the engagement, Mal tells them that everyone has the capacity for both good and evil, and Hades and the pirates helped save them so the barrier must come down. And everybody is just okay with it and they celebrate as the bridge is restored and all the villains kids come to Auradon. But this is horrible. It is true that everyone has the capacity for both good and evil, but the adult that have been sent to the Isle of the Lost have already shown they are evil. The isle is a prison, don't let everyone evil out just because a couple people helped. It's true they shouldn't have deemed the children as evil as their parents, but that's why in the real world, kids get taken away from their parents in jail when their old enough. Because if they grown up in a prison, they will think this is how life is. And think of all the kids that know go to Auradon that have only learned to be bad from their parents. To steal and deceive. I think its going to be a dark time for Auradon till the kids have learned to behave themselves.
When they are at the island of the lost, every kid that is not chosen is still very happy for the other kids and wave and cheer. This is not normal villain kid behavior, when Mal, Evie, Jay and Carlos got out they didn't behave like this at all, but suddenly all the kids are just happy and nice, how can that be? I also think they look very healthy and colorful, making me think that life on the island isn't that bad anymore.
Audrey's grandmother says she is disappointed in Audrey because she should have been the one marrying Ben, making Audrey even more annoyed and causing her says something mean to Mal. Probably meant to show her more 'evil side', except for the fact Audrey has made mean remarks to Mal a thousand times and it has never really meant anything before.
Hades tries to escape and the boys try to stop him by simply running to him(they have no powers) and when they get knocked down Mal changes into a dragon to confront Hades. But instead of letting out some flames or something immediately, Mal waits till she gets attacked by Hades, who tries to drain her powers, and only when her friends ask her to fight back does she let out some hot air, which is strong enough to push Hades back to the other side of the border.
We then go to Audrey who is crying in her room, sad because she wanted to be a queen. The sadness quickly changes to anger and suddenly she is breaking into the museum, stealing not only the crown meant for Auradon's new queen, but also Maleficent's scepter. With like no problem, isn't there even an alarm at the museum? Also, she went from sad to fully evil in like about 10 minutes. This feels extremely forced. I also don't really mind the song but don't like that she is constantly looking at the camera. They never really did that in the other movies and I don't like it here.
Everyone at Auradon is freaking out because Hades was somewhat, not really, almost able to escape. But instead of thinking about bringing guards next time so the opening of the barrier isn't nearly as risky, or trying to make it so that the barrier closes quicker or like anything else, Mal just immediately decides no one is allowed in or out again, ever. Something I don't find fitting with Mal's character.
We then learn, to my opinion quite late, that it's Jane's birthday and Carlos made a cake for her but finds out a piece of it is missing, because two of the new kids ate it. Mal who already has her gift and walks out of the house to go to the party, gets surprised by Audrey. Instead of even trying to use her own powers(she is half fairy and even a demigoddess we learn later), she just stands there while Audray tells her she will make Auradon pay for betraying her. Aurday turns Mal into an 'old hag' which really reminds me of the evil witch from Snow white. Apparently Mal can't reverse the spell because ''only Hades's ember is powerful enough to undo the scepter's magic'', but what about the wand that was so very powerful before?
They decide to go to the Isle to get Hades's ember and Evie helps Mal, who has great trouble walking in her old body, but who has no trouble using it to ride her moterbike later on.
At the Isle of the Lost, Mal is back to her normal self after she crosses the barrier and Celia reminds her that evil magic gets cancelled by the barrier. But if the barrier can cancel out the scepter's magic and the barrier is made with the Fairy godmothers wand, I would think the wand is stronger than the scepter. So they could just use the wand, with is a lot more accessible then Hades' ember.
When Mal and Celia go to Hades' lair they use a weird bicycle powered cart which is just useless, they could have simply walked, and it adds nothing to the story. Mal lets us know that Hades is her father, kinda neutering what happened at the barrier a few days ago, and they talk about they fact that he left her, though Hades says he only left Maleficent. (Where is she by the way? She turned into a purple lizard in the first movie, turned into a green lizard in the second and now we never see her again). They sing a song about it which feels very much like a conversation being sung instead of an actual song, something I didn't like. It also doesn't feel like I'm watching a daughter arguing with her father, I feel no emotion in it, almost only jokes and funny meant remarks.
When exiting the barrier Mal gets a unnecessary custom chance and one again the barrier doesn't close quick enough and every one has their backs turns so they can't stop Harry and Gil from escaping, how do they make that mistake twice? Because Uma get the ember in her hands, she tells Mal that she will help her and give back the ember if Mal allows every kid of the Isle to go to Auradon if they want. But there are probably like a fifty or maybe more children on the island, they don't have so many rooms available at Auradon so soon. And these are still villain kids, how do you keep control of fifty young kids that still have to learn no to steal. But Mal agrees and we get Evie who tries to 'diffuse the tension' but sharing her gum. It is a funny moment that is just forced and out of place.
When they arrive at Auradon, we see Gil is amazed by things like flowers and fruit, and Uma reminds Jay that there is no fruit on the island. But why is there no fruit? Does nothing grow on the Isle of the Lost? So does that means there are no crops what so ever? Do they only eat the meat of seagulls they catch or something? What do they eat?
They go to the Beast Castle to look for Ben and get attacked by armor suits enchanted by Audrey. And Uma and Mal agree to work together for now. And then they defeat the suits.......by making them dance....why? Why can't if be an epic fight? Maybe make us feel like there is actually something at stake, instead of making everything a big joke.
Mal and Uma almost high five, showing they are at least a bit closer, but Evie has to go and wreck it by forcing them to become friends right there. I mean everyone is in danger, and Evie is busy making friends.
The boys find Ben, who has been turned into a beast, and just simply help him get a splinter out of his paw. Jane comes out of nowhere with magic water from the lake that partially changes Ben back and they go back to Evie's house. Like there was no danger, they didn't get attacked by him in beast form even when he was in pain after they pulled the splinter out. What was the use of him being transformed into a beast? There was no tension or drama, everything was fine, the dramatic 'sleeping is too good for you' just meant he had to run around like a beast for a couple of hours.
The girls on the other hand are just busy with Evie who is wondering if she should kiss Doug, and weirdly dances with him while he sleeps and she sings a song. Doug wakes up and everybody is enjoying the birthday cake. WHY IS NO ONE AFRAID? OR EVEN A LITTLE TENSE?
Audrey uses a spell to cover the house its windows and doors with boards but Mal and Uma just easily remove them with another spell. So it is pretty much a useless part in the story.
After everyone gets mad at Mal because she wanted to close the barrier they are suddenly turned to stone. Audrey is apparently just able to do that from far away. WHY DIDN'T SHE DO THAT AT THE BEGINNING? AND WHY DOESN'T SHE TURN MAL TO STONE RIGHT NOW? Mal sings a song that I also find very out of place. She is so calm, just singing about what happened and how she feels. Aurdey just turned your friends into stone! She can very easily do the same to you! Why are you not worried or anything!
Uma doesn't want to help Mal, except after she gets hit one time then she forgives her instantly. They defeat Audrey almost kill her.
Now they bring in Hades because Audrey almost killed everybody but they still want to save her and the only way to do that is with Hades' help.
Hades is confused by why they about Audrey, a "villain", and says that what Audrey has done is considered an error in judgement", while people like him are locked way forever for attempting to do the same thing. Which is not really true. The Isle of the Lost is pretty much a big jail. It is just a jail where the inmates get get kids. Every adult on the Isle was seen as a normal person till they did something wrong. Which is true is the fact that they forgive Audrey way to easily, and that suddenly Audrey is feeling really bad about doing it. She didn't do it while being under a spell, she was aware of every choice she made. The same as the other villains on the Isle. So yeah, she should have gone to jail, even if she felt bad about it.
Then when they celebrate the engagement, Mal tells them that everyone has the capacity for both good and evil, and Hades and the pirates helped save them so the barrier must come down. And everybody is just okay with it and they celebrate as the bridge is restored and all the villains kids come to Auradon. But this is horrible. It is true that everyone has the capacity for both good and evil, but the adult that have been sent to the Isle of the Lost have already shown they are evil. The isle is a prison, don't let everyone evil out just because a couple people helped. It's true they shouldn't have deemed the children as evil as their parents, but that's why in the real world, kids get taken away from their parents in jail when their old enough. Because if they grown up in a prison, they will think this is how life is. And think of all the kids that know go to Auradon that have only learned to be bad from their parents. To steal and deceive. I think its going to be a dark time for Auradon till the kids have learned to behave themselves.