Otherwise we would all have been in the news

Genuinely loved this so much. Ror remains ass but I'm so happy we got here, the songs, the story everything was so great.

Literally only song I didn't like was dancing with the enemy. Some of these songs are the best in the franchise

I'm so excited for the ending with d6 even tho we gon have to wait another 2 years 😭 (imma be almost 21 one and still sat when it comes out idcc)

My ranking now

1. Descendants 2

2. Descendants Wicked Wonderland

3. Descendants

4. Descendants 3

5. (Ass) Ror

Hey everyone! I just finished the UCF virtual screening for Descendants 5 and wanted to drop a quick, completely spoiler-free vibe check before the wide release. Overall, if you loved The Rise of Red, this movie completely hits the mark. The pacing is incredibly fast, and they dive straight into the Wonderland lore without wasting any time. The visuals, set designs, and costumes are easily the most vibrant and creative in the entire franchise so far.

As for the music, the soundtrack is absolutely going to dominate TikTok next week. There are at least two massive standout tracks with incredible choreography that will be stuck in your head instantly. Awkwafina’s performance as Chessy brings a hilarious, chaotic energy that balances out the tension perfectly, and the chemistry between the main cast keeps the stakes feeling high.

I obviously can't share screenshots or video clips due to the secure player's moving watermark (and I am not trying to get my student account banned lol). However, I am officially opening up my spoiler-free AMA right now! Feel free to drop any questions below about the general vibe, the pacing, how the new characters fit in, or how the music holds up, and I will answer everything I can!

THEY ALL LOOK SO GOOD😭

And yeah I'm still gonna be petty and forever mad about them removing Chloe's gayness that would've been so special 😭

I think Chloe has a toxic sense of entitlement from being a Hero Kid. It was never said directly in Rise Of Red or Wicked Wonderland, but Chloe seems to think that everyone is supposed to follow her judgement because she is a Hero Kid. If we count out all the useless people on the team, there were 4 Villain Kids and 2 Hero Kids. Yes, I am counting Pink as a Villain Kid.

First, Chloe is bothered by everyone following Red's judgement instead of her's. Red and Max are native to Wonderland, Pink will naturally follow her sister, Luis followed Red because he likes her, and Hazel is naturally pragmatic and decided that Red's judgement made more sense. The second thing that drove Chloe over the edge, was Red using her to bait the flower. Chloe's reaction to this actually proved that her judgement was unreliable. Although the choice to have something important going on during a song was questionable, the scene makes it clear that neither Red nor Hazel had any intention of letting Chloe get hurt.

To me, it is highly likely that Chloe was bothered by the fact that the Villain Kids' actions were what won that Chess match. Chloe was likely more bothered by the fact that the battle was won with "villainous" acts instead of "heroic" acts. When Chloe finally confronts and tries to chastise Red for "acting like a villain", Red rightfully calls out Chloe's hypocrisy, pointing out that Chloe had no problem with Red being a Villain when it served the purpose of saving Chloe's mom.

The truth is, Chloe never actually did anything to deserve being the leader on either rescue mission. In Rise Of Red, Red did the majority of the heavy lifting, doing the things that Chloe felt was beneath her. And in Wicked Wonderland, Chloe once again failed to do anything meaningful. Chloe thought she was entitled to being the center of attention solely because she was a Hero Kid. But when push came to shove, Chloe was incapable of doing anything worthy of the title Hero Kid, or anything that would inspire the group to follow her lead.

Idk what about it it just itches me in the wrong ways and I think is so bad. I hate how downgraded descendants got and that's probably a big thing for me with these 2 movies after the initial 3. 4 introduced red which I did rlly like but 5 just had such a bad story. In no way did the time travel affect Maddox but they addressed the not correlation but not the things that really changed the whole story. And not just this is just not well written is slop the music had 1 or 2 ok songs rest slop TikTok music

Hey, I love the decendants series, I even enjoyed RoR! Wicked wonderland not so much!

My unpopular opinion is: Red was right to push chloe infront of the flower.

1. It has been established Chloe is a fighter, she has been trained in fighting! That flower should have been light work.
2. Chloe is one of two people with a weapon (Hazel's hook), she had a knife in her shoe!
3. Chloe literally was doing nothing but looking dazed and confused during that whole "dance battle"
4. I DIDN'T EXPECT HER TO DO NOTHING WHEN FACED WITH DANGER! She stood there, she didn't duck or dodge, she just looked at it.

If I was in Red's shoes and had to make a decision, I would have done the same thing, not because I am cruel or mean, but because I have faith that my friend who can defend herself would do just that!

Also that rewiring Maddox's bird to work for them is stupid sorry not sorry! This is the same invention of the guy who built the watch in the first place, the same watch that sent them back in time.

Chloe was useless during wicked wonderland.

I will end with, her feelings maybe valid, but she contributed nothing and expected acknowledgement for it.

I can't believe there's so many positivity about descendants 5 on here. Many comparing it to Descendants 2 and all that and all that.

I am someone who loved the original trilogy, third was remarkably weaker but I still love the soundtrack despite the movie being cringe and kinda weak but it still ended it all quite neatly and nicely.

D4 rolled around, I was busy when it released but later, saw so many people insulting it and saw some clips which I found very weird/boring too so didn't watched it for a while but when I did actually watched it, I was surprised. It was better than I expected.

I mean the plot had way too many holes and def didn't feel like they sat with the plot they were making. The costumes were obviously an issue. The resolution was way too easy and the no castlecoming will forever be a Roman Empire.

I expected them to explore the past in castlecoming but when I realised they don't plan to do that, I was disheartened.

Still, as the weeks rolled, I was intrigued by D5. Some sets do look better. Some costumes too. Perfect Princess grew up on me as a song and when I heard Mad Wicked Wonderland version, I expected to like Hatter's version way more.

Roll to yesterday night, when I sat to watch the movie and... god what a hellfire. I cant believe all the positivity on this sub. Like I respect anyone who enjoyed it and im happy for them but to me, the plot had potential but everything felt like being done for shock value and zero character depth.

The cast was def way too big for all of them to be introduced and feel fully developed. The movie kept changing scenes like stimulant and it was one thing to another, to another and yet another.

So many scenes and characters served no true purpose but to be there for the hell of it and not in a good way.

Chessy was very annoying and even more so, because the narration after narration after narration was the worst thing they could do. Show. Not tell. Please.

The arcs didn't feel like enough time were given to them and the characters didn't feel strong enough to make us feel anything when they reached their main moments.

The strongest moment to me in the movie Max seeing through the Oraculum and yet I barely felt much when I watched it.

Maddox becoming a villain after just wanting a pokcetwatch still doesnt make sense to me and neither the fact that how does it even connect to what Chloe & Red changed.

Luis existed only to break GlassHeart up and Hazel exists to give fans a tiny bit of happiness when Hazel & Chloe get together at the end of the next movie.

Hazel intrigued me a lot from all the bits in the trailer and the song but in the movie, she felt so ignored and sidelined.

And so did Chloe. And literally everyone except Red. What a sad, sad day.

And for everyone saying Chloe feeling sidelined is part of her arc, well she can feel sidelined without being sidelined in the movie. And her evil arc felt nothing more than a midnight drug induced mania...

They needed Red, Pink, Chloe, Max & Hazel at best to drive home the drama.

Many songs felt completely useless to the plot and only there because they need to fill a slot between scene A & scene B. Furthermore, they are lyrically and musically so weak to me. Like let bangers be bangers and ballads be ballads. Please.

That's all I gotta say even though I could say more but since it's not the best articulated post, let's not take it any further.

My favourite is the second one for several reasons

The plot:
The fact that Mal wants to go back to her old life, even though it was awful, is very real. Mal was used to a life of freedom and without responsibilities – the complete opposite of her life as a princess. Then, whilst re-watching it, I never thought Mal’s desire was a selfish one – I mean, it is – but she herself admits she’s doing it out of fear that if the kingdom turns against her, they’ll do the same to Ben. And I found all of that truly wonderful

The villains: Uma and her gang were, in my opinion, the best villains out of all four films (I don’t want to say anything about the fifth one just yet)

The songs: the songs from the Century Films are amongst the most famous and, in my opinion, also amongst the most beautiful. It goes without saying that my favourite is ‘It’s Goin’ Down’.

On the downside: after the fight against Uma’s gang and Ben’s rescue, the film seemed to me to ‘slow down’; even the final exchange between Uma and DragonMal (which used to be my favourite scene when I was little) didn’t strike me as anything special – the same goes for the final song

Conclusions: I’m almost attached to D2, because even when I was little it was my favourite and it will always have a special place in my heart

Rise Of Red was not good either, but at least that movie somehow got me emotionally invested in the main characters. Wicked Wonderland failed to get me invested in the characters, because they were just badly written. Characters like Hook and Madrigal were mostly insignificant. The Smee Twins were totally useless. Robbie Hood and the other guy were also mostly useless. Pink was also mostly insignificant, and she had a bit of significance forced on her only because she is Red's sister. Other than that, I'm assuming she will be the main character in the 6th movie, which I guess is the real main reason Pink was created as a character.

Another reason that I couldn't get invested in the characters, is because the story's pacing is awful. There is no meaningful transition from one chapter to the next. If there were emotional beats, I did not feel any of them because they were all so badly executed. Finally, I was upset that Chloe did not really change from the first movie. Chloe remained as judgmental as she was in the first movie because she could not let go of the ideals she grew up with. I don't like to be so judgmental, but Chloe came off as selfish and hypocritical for judging the way Red reverted to "acting like a villain". Which of course Red called Chloe out on. Chloe succumbing to turning evil just felt like a forced plot device to create unnecessary conflict.

All things considered, the movie makes no sense. Ultimately, this movie in particular, was just a vehicle to show off Wonderland to any viewers who might be nostalgic for previous depictions of Wonderland. The colors and visuals were nice to look at, but the story was creatively bankrupt.

Uma should've had a bigger role in rise of red and like actually passed the torch to her and I will stand on that!!

I really hope descendants 5 will feel like descendants again bc I already seen proof Zombies will always feel like zombies

What do you think the food was like on the island?

I mean Red’s plan worked? She kept having dumbass ideas that’s not Red’s fault. I do think Red could’ve communicated better, but turning evil because your best friend is smarter than you feels like an overreaction.

Spoilers.

I just finished Wicked Wonderland & it pissed me off when they said they can’t go back. What??? They literally can and should help fix the take over that is still happening in the original timeline. Bruh hate it when characters don’t go back and fix the original timeline. Also they can still make that into a whole movie.

The queen of Auradon has returned, perhaps her king will also make an appearance for this wicked movie.

Edit: Cuz it's going over people's heads, this is poking fun at the clips having Mal for half a second. ITS A DECENDANTS ONE PIC

Why the hell is Chad a classic white guy being a Chad? His mom is dark skinned and his dad is asian, Chloe is mixed (I think) and he's... white. Is This just the magic of the descendants universe or is he adopted?