The Reel Rejects - ANASTASIA (1997) MOVIE REVIEW!! FIRST TIME WATCHING!!

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Starting point is 00:01:51 Let's watch Anastasia. Okay. Damn, okay. Okay, give them your thoughts. Okay. I'm so interested to hear your thoughts because I know it's kind of like up and down for you. And we were talking about how we felt it was a lot of like Disney juice in there. So what are you thinking?

Starting point is 00:02:20 Okay. So I haven't watched it. I have like very, very, very vague remnants of like. scattered memories from like VHS childhood so I'm like did I watch this little little kid because like I didn't know any of the songs but like the the main theme yeah activated like some part in my brain like from when I was like fucking four or something yeah sorry for the language um but after having watched it uh I thought it was fun I thought it was fun yeah but definitely had a lot of influences from other Disney movies and animated movies that have come out

Starting point is 00:02:58 in the 90s and those were definitely prevalent during our watch but so the movie didn't feel wholly original i think the premise of it being in russia was in an animated musical was original but outside of that i was like okay this is all things we've seen before and the villain felt kind of tacked on like he was the the inciting thing for why she lost her memory but outside of that i don't think they found like a clever way to weave him into the plot and it felt like even though the journey itself was enjoyable and I enjoy the character's chemistry and like some of the comedy was cool the dog was really cute the the bat was funny and tiny stuff little bar talk little bar talk yeah yeah um puka I don't know I just felt that some of it was yeah like familiar and and I felt some of like the studio being like okay we got to like have these checklists because this is what makes it successful Disney movie. This was going to make a popular kids movie. Yeah. And it's weird because I felt like it was checking those boxes. And though it didn't,

Starting point is 00:04:05 the movie didn't feel soulless, I definitely couldn't remove my brain from the other influences that I know. And it made me question why this movie isn't as popular as other Disney movies. Is it because did, I'm very, I'm very curious to know what people thought of the movie during the time it came out in the 90s. Because I'd have to imagine just, if you haven't seen, any of the movies that we've listed over the course of this reaction. Right. I'd have to think that this would be one of those movies like

Starting point is 00:04:34 that gives people like all their member berries are like oh this is like that movie on a stage it was like, we gave him my sexual awakening, you know? Yeah. But I don't hear anybody ever talk about it that like grew up in the 90s so I wonder why that is. Because the grandma didn't die.

Starting point is 00:04:51 You know Disney movies they. You gotta start with the family dying and we didn't get that. We just, she lost and then they found again. That probably, that wouldn't have changed the entire plot, but like that is what they did. They played that a little cooler because in Disney, they're always, you got to die at the top

Starting point is 00:05:09 and make us really feel it throughout. And I agree with you. It felt, it did feel like the villain was sort of just always on the outskirts. Absolutely. I like that he was, he was there in the beginning, but we didn't get to. much of a foundation as to why, like, imagine this.

Starting point is 00:05:30 If they had built up the foundation, we realized why Rasputin actually hated the family. Right. Because in the beginning, they said he's a holy man, but we were, he's not. He was like, we realized he's the devil. And we're like, okay, got it. But why did he hate the Tsar and the family so much?

Starting point is 00:05:50 And then that maybe would have pulled us together a little bit more. Because I feel like with Ursula, right, she wasn't pretty and couldn't sing and like her struggle was real. So she wanted to take away the pretty things from Ariel to have it for her and see if Ariel could fall in love without it. And she did. She succeeded. And I'm like, where did? And of course, there's many other examples from Disney movies. But where did Anastasia specifically succeed in getting rid of, right?

Starting point is 00:06:23 Rasputin, that villain, to stand up for her name. And she did. I liked how she was like, this is for me and my family and this one's for you and like crushed him. I like that. But I wonder if we really would have been like, yes, if we had seen how mean he was to them in the beginning. Yeah.

Starting point is 00:06:43 Like why did he hate him so much? What happened? Did he like kill her dad or like, you know what I mean? Yeah. And I don't know if he had a stronger motivation. Yes. A stronger motivation. for that I think really would have given us that like yes we're getting our our vengeance our

Starting point is 00:06:59 payback um in the midst of it I did I the songs aren't as catch there the one song that Phil is catchy there is there's like one or two in there that I'm like are catchy which ones do you think the one that Anastasia sang where it was like where I said the big crescendo was in there it was kind of at the top I really liked that song um and what? the ones they kept bringing back the one like the motif right yeah the December away or whatever they said yeah well that's the thing like the fact that we we know like the general sound of it but we can't remember any like the lyrics I thought maybe that's in a testament to agree the fact that it's not super memorable which is probably why I wasn't super successful I agree because when you come out

Starting point is 00:07:45 of like the little mermaid you're like und da see but um but um or like even beauty in the beast it's What is her one, like, I mean, all of it, even Lion King, where it's like, you know, you remember, yes, like all of those, um, are very, very catchy. And although I like this music, it was more musical, a little more like that one song did, did feel like lay miss, but still wasn't, yes, as catchy. Yeah. Right. That you would. It didn't capture your attention to like, oh, I got to keep singing. This is going to stick with me for like a week or like, I got to, I hope they.

Starting point is 00:08:21 release the soundtrack so I can just run this back over and over again. Yeah, I didn't feel that way like at all. What did you think about like the music itself? Like did you enjoy it in the moment or did you feel like it was kind of forgettable? I enjoyed it. I think in the moment but I wasn't and I love musicals. You guys know I'm a theater kid. I went to school for musical freaking theater. I don't do it anymore. I'm just actor and

Starting point is 00:08:47 other things. But this one felt a little more old school musical where the songs they just weren't as they were pretty but not as like catchy they didn't really grab my attention or give me like goosebumps like when even like the little mermaid where she's like um uh uh whatever that song is when she loses her voice even that little blurb right there is always in my head and when she's like part of uh part of your world that song is like ingrained in my brain. And I love it. It's like basically what we just said.

Starting point is 00:09:28 I can't remember a lyric for many of these songs, which is I guess why it just wasn't talked about. Yeah. And you can feel the influences in these other songs, like how like they may is. And then even the main one, it's like da da da da da da da da da da da da. I feel like I've heard that before.

Starting point is 00:09:47 I don't know specifically from this one. But I feel like I've heard that. tune in other things before but yeah it's interesting because like I didn't have a bad time watching it like I thought it was no it just didn't like connect it yeah it didn't hit yeah and like even though we still got that emotional connection with her and him at the end knowing that like she probably doesn't want that life you should choose like she's choosing love we still didn't get that like yes where you really feel emotionally connected to the whole story. And I think it's because maybe we just didn't get that full foundation at the beginning.

Starting point is 00:10:29 I wonder how much of that is our own experiences having seen these other Disney movies that we know their inspiration for and how much of it is the fault of the movie of itself. Because I'm like, I have to imagine, like, if someone who's never seen those Disney movies watches this, and that's their exposure to like this type of storytelling, would they like really connect with it? Would they fall in love with it? Or is it just, okay, it's like, we have enough to have a story, but maybe we don't have enough to, like, really endure ourselves to the characters? Like, what do we really know about Anastasia, aside from the fact that she lost her memories?

Starting point is 00:11:01 Exactly. I feel like it's tied directly to the movie itself, that we're struggling with that, that there's some, a little bit of plot holes of why we don't, like, feel it. Like, there was never a moment where I really, really felt it. And even if I had not seen all the very good Pixar and Disney movies, I still would go, I don't know why it didn't really, where I really, really felt it. I did like when the guy says, I forget his name, they're on the boat and he says, I never shoulda let them dance.

Starting point is 00:11:35 That was a good line. That was such a good line, such a good little song for him. He sees them falling in love. He knows that it probably won't work out. I forgot about the romance. really like that plot of that whole thing and I wish that pull and that like lyric and that like emotional depth was sprinkled a little more throughout not just specifically from him from but from all of the characters um but I did still have fun I was never like bored um it it wasn't that at all

Starting point is 00:12:07 it still was like oh wow I'm it's insane that I haven't seen this and it's Meg Ryan and John Cusack Fun movie, but yeah, there's just some parts of it that is like, yeah, I wish I could, I really got excited about a song or that I got goosebumps because I would, but I didn't, I didn't in this one. Also, the best part for me is the fact that Meg Ryan and John Kusack had a great chemistry. Yes. Just with their vocal performances. Absolutely. I wonder, let's look up some trivia. Let's see if we can find, let's see, Anna.

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Starting point is 00:14:51 Give them a shot. Thank you. I am DB. Let's do this. Okay. I'll just read this one. There's not a lot of trivia in here, you guys. Okay.

Starting point is 00:15:04 In real, oh my goodness. What just happened? Okay. In real life, Olga really did say that Anastasia's drawing. looked like a pig riding a donkey. This was stated by Anastasia in a letter to her father and the image used in the movie is a reproduction of the original picture.

Starting point is 00:15:24 That's wild. Wait, I think this is an actual story because this is not the one we just watched. No, so this is, okay. It's like a Russian tale that was adapted for a movie? It must be. Let's see. The music box in this movie

Starting point is 00:15:42 existed. It was given to Anastasia by Marie. Oh, she's a real person. Ferro Dernova. Yes, for her 13th birthday, but was silver with a ballerina on top. This is interesting. So she is real. Let's go to some spoiler

Starting point is 00:15:58 reviews. Now we are here. We did not know that. Okay. So when Don Booth and Gary Goldman began researching the actual events, they discovered the history of Anastasia and the Romanoff dynasty. It was too dark

Starting point is 00:16:14 for their movie. So they decided to use basic facts of the Romanoff's demise and the Russian Revolution as a starting point. What if this girl escaped and what would have happened to her? Opting to tell a myth or a fairy tale. Okay. That's why it

Starting point is 00:16:30 was very Disney. They wanted to like bring it down to a PG level and the only thing at the time was other Disney movies. Yes. And like he, it said like in addition Bluth created the idea for Bar-Tock the albino bat, a sidekick for Rasputin. And in quotes, it said, I just thought the villain had to have a comic sidekick.

Starting point is 00:16:49 Just let everyone know that it was all right to laugh. In every Disney movie, the villain has comedic sidekicks. He gets a spinoff movie. Bartok gets a spinoff movie. That's insane. I love that. And let's see if I can find one more that's maybe like spoilers or something. Give me a moment.

Starting point is 00:17:09 Um, let's see. Bid, Bidip, Bidip, Bidip, Bidip. Bip Badoop. Um, okay. Uh, Bidip Bidip Bidip, nope. Oh, Martin Short was considered to play Bartok, and Martin Short was in, uh, wasn't he in Aladdin in something? Martin Short?

Starting point is 00:17:35 I don't know. He's done some stuff. Yeah. I don't know. It's going to kill me. Yeah, I don't know. But this is the first animated movie that Meg Ryan and John Cusack did. The trivia is not totally great in this, but that's all right.

Starting point is 00:17:51 There's some trivia for you. There is still a lot more here. But that is all she wrote for now. I did enjoy this movie. I wanted to like really feel something, feel a lot more for it. It's not something that I'm going to run and be like, you guys have to watch Anastasia. That's not how I feel about it, but I did still feel like it was enjoyable to watch.

Starting point is 00:18:15 And I love Meg Ryan and John Cusack. I really do. In their chemistry, bingo baby. Like, yes, loved it. So, yeah, that's kind of all she wrote. You have any last thoughts? Yeah. I mean, like I said, I liked it.

Starting point is 00:18:30 I see the other influences of Disney movies into this one. Like, I probably wouldn't go out and like, you got to go watch Anastasia. But, like, you know, I would. wouldn't mind like playing it in the background or like if I'm having like a 90s marathon like sure yeah we'll put this one in there yeah I think that's kind of where I'm at right now I think it's like a like a like a seven like a little seven out of ten for kids movie yeah I would I would go around that like maybe six and a half or something around there because it wasn't we're not saying it was bad it just I don't know we just didn't feel as strong of a connection I guess for us so yeah

Starting point is 00:19:05 you guys tell us what you think in the comments we would love to hear your thoughts like this comment obviously share it if you have friends who are big anastasia fans they might not necessarily be totally on board with us but we would love to hear your thoughts of why you loved it or didn't like it you know we we read those comments because we love you and we love the supportive community that you guys are never forget spread hugs love and laughter we love you guys and we will see you on the next one bye Michael Lyndon. When I think about you, you know what?

Starting point is 00:19:45 I don't know what you... Do you know what he does for a living? I actually don't know what he does for a living. All right, let's guess. Let's see how close we get. From his profile, I would guess principal. Oh, that's a good one. He looks like a school principal.

Starting point is 00:20:02 Okay. Or a superintendent. He's coming around making sure the principal's doing their job. You look like someone who is in some level of approachability, however disciplinary as well. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I get the vibe that, oh, you seem so nice, but the day I rub your bald head, you're like, that's not cool. And you yell at me and throw my desk out the classroom door. But you still remain friends with Vanessa after all these years since fifth grade.

Starting point is 00:20:35 Yeah. Okay. It's weird, man. You don't remind me of anyone, personally, specifically at all. And when you lived next door to my ex-girlfriend, yeah. Yeah, so just like, don't, I, it's, it's, you do not remind, your physical appearance has not remind us of anyone specifically at all. It's in particular from our shared past, no, I can't think of anybody.

Starting point is 00:20:55 I see you and I think, failed musician. Oh, no. That's not you. That couldn't be you. We're not, we're not imagining someone else who was a pain in our ass. Not a chance. hands kind of a borderline asshole who look like Anthony Edwards without the good looks you know because you wear glass you wear glasses so I just you know but you don't remind me of this person at all teacher whose name will not be you don't remind me you you don't remind me of the the one person I heard used the word pie hole more than anybody else in this world yeah yeah yeah you like if I called you If I called someone else four eyes.

Starting point is 00:21:38 Oh, no. You wouldn't take that personally because you were glasses and then punish me severely at a very young age as if I said the most egregious insult a child could say. That was a stuttering Stanley moment. Because there's no projection coming out of you. Yeah, you're not going to fight a child. Because that's not you, Mikhail.

Starting point is 00:21:57 Yeah. That's not you. So you don't remind me. You don't physically look like this individual at all. No. You keep your hair just ever so. slightly longer yeah so yeah you're a good guy and I don't get any uh you know subconscious bad vibes from you that I have to work past whenever I see your photo

Starting point is 00:22:15 no of course not no no I have to like acknowledge attention at my shoulders not going back to elementary school like this guy now all I see is the superintendent come to discipline that guy and to make him treat the kids it's better off of very mild generic insults that have lasted for decades yes the go-to corner cornerstone of the 50s. Yes. It's little rascals days. The invention of spectacles.

Starting point is 00:22:41 Yes. No, you keep things in line, all right. You bring comfort when you come into the school. Hopefully, at least, you know, for the kids. You're good with kids. Very good. You seem like you're really good with kids. Yeah.

Starting point is 00:22:54 You seem like this. Son of a bitch. He ain't no son of a bee. No, there's not even a bee in your name to be found. That's how little of a son of a bee you are. zero percent they're from sweden or switzerland and you're a much nicer guy switzerland much nicer guy switzerland so keep up looking after those children yes and uh go with god i hope that you know you're not stuck spending your sundays in a band in a band that no one cares about yes

Starting point is 00:23:27 except the lord so good luck good luck mcale look Thank you.

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The Reel Rejects - ANASTASIA (1997) MOVIE REVIEW!! FIRST TIME WATCHING!!

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