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I wasn't really interested in Encanto and watched it just to know what film won the Golden Globe and almost for sure will win the Oscar. And what can I say? I'm slightly disappointed. There is one fundamental reason for that, at it lies in its plot. Almost every Disney/Pixar movie tells us about how it's important to love your family. Some do it just for the fact, and the others do it masterfully and touchingly as Coco, for example. And what's most important, both of these two categories have an interesting plot so even without this moralizing they're enjoyable to watch (if they're enjoyable at all, of course). But in Encanto we have nothing but the story of the family. I'm tired of this family cliché in every animated film, and Encanto has nothing except it. Literally no plot except for family disputes. And if the other animations have something else to offer, this one doesn't. It's visuals and songs are average for a Disney movie too. Among 2021 animated films I prefer Raya and the Last Dragon to Encanto. Raya wasn't a genius revelation and it had this family keynote as well, but it had way more inventive graphics, world, characters and story. Thus, choosing between these two, I'd give an award to Raya. But it's almost for certain that Encanto will win, so I'll be very disappointed. I don't recommend this movie, since you won't see anything new. It's okay for a 5-year-old to watch, but if you're an adult or you've seen many animated films, you'd better skip it. You can watch it only if you don't ger disturbed by repetitive cliches or you want to see what will probably get an Oscar, but in other cases don't do it.

A Room with a View comprises many of the cliches of the romantic novels written between the beginning of the XIX century and 1920's. Their foundations are mostly impossibility of love, and, in case when both main characters are rich, unbearable lightness of their being. This is my main reproach for this film. This picture's characters are typical types of that time, when people couldn't behave like a real human beings. They couldn't say they love someone; they couldn't admit it to the others, they just behaved like adult children. I didn't like it in Wuthering Heights and didn't like in this film either, though in this case characters behave way more human and mature and don't die from their stupidity. And I don't like this "great suffering" of rich people who just don't know what to do since they don't work and don't have real problems, so they just fool around. But I guess these XIX century romances are just not my type of a story. If you're fond of these unreasonable suffering, it won't be a problem for you.

Still, this film is brilliant in all the respects which don't concern the story basis. It has more or less good script (for this type of story), great directing, beautiful land- and cityscapes, glorious setting and costumes and remarkable cinematography. It is visually brilliant. Advantages concern cast's performances as well. Maggie Smith, Denholm Elliott and Daniel Day-Lewis did a great job. Others are not that great, but good enough as well. And of course, Helena Bonham Carter in first role looks great for a beginner. Thus, you may also watch A Room with a View if you're not this genre's fan, since it's mostly great, but be aware of the genre's specifics.