{"id":599,"date":"2015-07-30T01:54:48","date_gmt":"2015-07-30T08:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/2015\/07\/21\/descendants\/"},"modified":"2015-07-30T11:43:59","modified_gmt":"2015-07-30T18:43:59","slug":"descendants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/2015\/descendants\/","title":{"rendered":"Descendants &#8211; A Musical Fantasy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onfocus=\"this.blur()\" onclick=\"ps_imagemanager_popup(this.href,'descendants.jpg','214','328');return false\" href=\"\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/descendants.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"130\" vspace=\"5\" hspace=\"5\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\" title=\"descendants.jpg\" alt=\"descendants.jpg\" src=\"\/kidsfirstnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/thumbs\/th-descendants.jpg\" \/><\/a><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>  <w:WordDocument>   <w:View>Normal<\/w:View>   <w:Zoom>0<\/w:Zoom>   <w:PunctuationKerning\/>   <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas\/>   <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false<\/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>   <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false<\/w:IgnoreMixedContent>   <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false<\/w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>   <w:Compatibility>    <w:BreakWrappedTables\/>    <w:SnapToGridInCell\/>    <w:WrapTextWithPunct\/>    <w:UseAsianBreakRules\/>    <w:DontGrowAutofit\/>   <\/w:Compatibility>   <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4<\/w:BrowserLevel>  <\/w:WordDocument> <\/xml><![endif]--><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 3px; line-height: 18.2px; padding: 0px\" class=\"plotSummary\">In present-day Auradon, Ben, the teenaged son of King &#8220;Beast&#8221; and Queen Belle, is poised to take the throne. He offers a chance for redemption to the trouble-making teenaged descendants of defeated villains exiled to the remote Isle of the Lost. The villains&#8217; descendants have been granted permission to attend prep school in the kingdom with the Disney heroes&#8217; kids.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-type: none; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px\" class=\"zebraList\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; border: 1px solid #ffffff; line-height: 18.2px; padding: 8px 12px; background-color: #fbfbfb\" class=\"even\"><em>Descendants<\/em><br \/>\nBy Brooke S., KIDS FIRST! Film Critic, Age 9<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><em>Descendant<\/em>s is a Disney Film, directed Kenny Ortega. It is a musical film about four descendants of Disney\u2019s most infamous villains: Mal (Dove Cameron), the daughter of Maleficent (Kristin Chenoweth), Carlos (Cameron Boyce), son of Cruella De Vil (Wendy Raquel Robinson),<a name=\"_GoBack\"><\/a> Evie (Sophia Carson), daughter of Evil Queen (Kathy Najimy) and Jay (Booboo Stewart), son of Jafar (Maz Jobrani). Ben (Mitchell Hope), the son of Belle (Keegan Connor Tracy) and Beast (Dan Payne), wants to give the children of the villains an opportunity to live a different life than their parents.\u00a0 He wants them to work at being good versus evil.\u00a0 However, Ben\u2019s parents do not feel the same way.\u00a0 They do not think it is possible for the kids to change, since they were raised by evil parents.\u00a0 Maleficent appears to be the leader of the villains and she sees this as an opportunity for their kids to go to the Kingdom to steal something that will give them more power.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The film takes place at the Kingdom where the good Disney heroes live and the Isle of the Lost where the villains live.\u00a0 The kids of the Kingdom attend a prep school.\u00a0 This is where the descendants will stay while working on their character flaws.\u00a0 Once the kids are at the Kingdom, they find it difficult to fit in.\u00a0 Mal, is not too happy there. She wants to make her mom proud and will do anything to do so.\u00a0 The longer the Descendants stay, the more they change.\u00a0 In the end, you will see if they change for better or worse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Descendants is an incredible film.\u00a0 It is filled with action, comedy, drama, music and dancing.\u00a0 I laughed at some parts and even cried at others.\u00a0 The singing is outstanding! I love every song and will purchase the soundtrack. The choreography is filled with tons of energy.\u00a0 The cinematography is excellent as well.\u00a0 The film is bright, fun and very colorful.\u00a0 Mr. Kenny Ortega directs the film and also choreographs the dances.\u00a0 He is one of the most talented people in the world.\u00a0 Mr. Ortega does an amazing job making sure the actors stayed true to their characters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">I do not have a favorite part of the film.\u00a0 The entire film is spectacular! My favorite character is Mal.\u00a0 I like her because she is not afraid to express herself and she doesn\u2019t care what other people think of her.\u00a0 She is fearless, strong and beautiful.\u00a0 Dove Cameron is superb in the film.\u00a0 She makes her character seem so real and relatable.\u00a0 I think the entire cast did an awesome job in their roles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The message in the film is: Do what your heart says and not what others say.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">I recommend this movie for ages 6 \u2013 18 and also adults.\u00a0 I rate the movie 5 out of 5 sparkling gold stars! 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