A little explanation on why they didnt go back for Anastasia as a kid. They were actually running away from an anti-monarchy revolution (That is based in the real history, without the magic part obviously) So, the grandma, as queen (not exactly the title but kinda) is being force to stay safe at the train, even when she tries to jump down for anastasia (If you rewatch it, you can see it). This is part of a protocol used to save important people in this kind of situations (it works like that with presidents, royalty etc) and its based on saving the head of the institution so it can be preserved. In this cases, the institution its seen as more important than the individuals. The kid, falling and hitting the ground with all people running in terror, is supposedly dead and they wont risk the queen just to try save her. They then take the queen to paris as an exiled and from there she keeps putting money in people to find anastasia for 10 years. People suspect she is dead but the grandma has hope and keep trying. Now, in real life the story wasnt so happy. The real Romanov family was murder but Anastasia and his little brother's bodies were missing for a while, so people didnt know if they escaped and they were actually alive. That myth of them being alive after the revolution was the inspiration for this movie. It was a well known urban leyend. Actually at that time there were actual people pretending to be Anastasia for the money. Unfortunatelly the bodies were found years later and it was confirmed that they died as their family, at the revolution.
I would argue that the Dowager (Grandma) is not part of the institution as she maried into the family, so she is not a Romanov by blood: hence why she is not concerned by the Romanov curse from Rasputin and has no pretention to the Russian Throne. However I do agree that fervant monarchists would do anything to protect her out of respect for her nobility and her status as mother of the Tsar, even if she is not head of state :)
Also you forgot that after the Romanovs got killed,in Russia the communism regiment got put in place and that meant that at that time the population wasn't allowed to leave the country with only a few exceptions by having a specific permeant,like showed in the movie,not everyone could just come and go from Russia at that time
This made me sad. 😢 cuz my teacher thought since her sisters were older they were probably R*PED or beat like their parent's bodies appeared to be. Anastasia and her brother were separated because they were still children
Miss Rebecca, are you telling me that during your entire time on the internet, you've managed to evade the "Ra-Ra-Rasputin, Russia's favourite love machine" song?
It still catches me off-guard when I'm reminded that this isn't an official Disney movie. I grew up thinking Anastasia was a Disney princess, wondering where THE FUCK her merch was because I wanted some. Only to find out in my mid-twenties that Anastasia is a Fox princess. All furry royalty aside though, I do love this movie. And all of the music is just...so damn good!
@@arianetomate8218 Idk I very much enjoyed a bunch of Disney movies of this time period. The Little Mermaid, Mulan, and Hercules are some of my favorite Disney films of all-time
For what it's worth Don Bluth did work for Disney (worked on Fox and the Hound, Rescuers, Pete's Dragon, ect). Also, Disney owns this movie now with the acquisition of 20th Century Fox.
@@arianetomate8218 your right, it would be better. Disney movies like Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Little Mermaid are infinitely better than this shitty movie.
Dimitri was my first crush ever, he's Leonardo Dicaprio in Titanic hair was everything to me. Years have gone by and since then I dicided that if I have a baby boy one day his name will be Dimitri. Oddly enough I married a men that on our 3th date confess to me that he always wanted to name his child Dimitri, before he knew my story. Needless to say I knew right there we wore suppost to be ♥
To be fair to the grandmother, she was already "up there" in age, and you can see everybody on the train holding her back when she was trying to get back to Anastasia. She tried, but the family was the enemy of the entire country because of the Russian Revolution. Anastasia was the youngest of the children and was 8 when that happened, so the grandmother was probably already in her 60s. What could she have done? I don't blame her for saying she won't see anymore girls claiming to be Anastasia, either, at that point. That's ten years of trying with repeatedly getting her hopes up just to have her heart broken again after losing her son, her daughter-in-law, AND the rest of her grandchildren? She's not superhuman. Edited to add please remember this takes place in 1926 and even with money she was still a woman.
I clicked SO QUICK!! this is my top three favorite childhood movies. I always go back to and will forever get chill during that dance scene. I consider Anastasia a Disney princess since they bought the rights to this movie a long time ago. I forgot the term but they had the actors do these scenes and they turned it into animation.
"Whatever you choose, we will always have each other" means the opposite of what you thought. She's literally saying whether you choose to be with him or not, I'll still be here for you either way. You're so unfair to her, goodness. lol
Anastasia is my comfort movie 100%. Also I’ve had a crush on Dimitri ever since I first saw this movie and tbh no one will ever compare to them. They’re both just icons and thank you for noticing the real mvp of the movie, Vlad. The man, the myth, the legend himself 😌
I adore you but the grandma slander is killing me LOL It's safe to assume that the grandmama COULD have used her resources to find Anastasia but from what I remember from the movie, the reason they had to flee was because Russia was essentially in chaos from Rasputin's curse and was revolting against the royal family. That's why they stormed their castle. It was hinted that their people also could have turned on them so that might explain her distrust with Dimitri (especially if she's been conned multiple times before). ALSO her being heartbroken at being conned multiples times is enough proof that she's been looking for Anastasia all that time! ANYWAY LOL love your reactions 🤣 The soundtrack as a whole is a one big bop and At The Beginning is a staple wedding song 😂😂
There weren't really resources to use in Russia, all the friends of the royal family had been killed, or had fled, so there wasn't really anyone left who could do anything. And the borders were very closed off, so getting anyone in or out was a big issue. Someone looking for the princess would be super suspect, and wouldn't get very far.
Sorry but you don't get the Empress at all and that was the most annoying part for me. And she DID look for Anastasia after she fled Russia, but as you can see many did and never found her. She didn't have magical powers, especially not after basically being exiled by her own country. And would you remember every kitchen boy in your son's palace or even knew how many there were there or even recognize them after 10 years? I think not.
FYI if you really want those songs in your playlist, there is a stage musical version of this movie that has most of these songs, just sung by different people, and it’s on Spotify.
I love this movie. And the people that were in that dream scene I’m pretty sure that was her little brother & sisters & dad. But when I found out that it’s based off the real story I was like “that’s so sad but the movie is really really good. Just wish that the real life story didn’t have a sad ending but wish it ended with a happy one. Also just realized as I was watching this vid that the dog represents or symbolizes (or whatever the word I’m looking for is) is the dog that used to be her sister Maria’s dog but during their quarantine/lockdown the pup became more of Anastasia pup. If I remember correctly I read that in one of the books about their family and what actually happened. Also the live action is also really really good. Definitely recommend the live action Anastasia:once upon time. Love your videos!
They probably thought she was dead She hit her head so she lost her memory The grandmother didn't want to deal with getting her hopes up just to be let down again And the little boy in her dream was her little brother, Alexi, and the older man was supposed to be her father and the girls were sisters, Olga, Tatiana and Maria
GIRLIE. Dmitri in the Muscial of Anastasia will literally be the death of you. He is simp-worthy beyond everything. his voice in the song "In a Crowd of Thousands" OOF. I CANNOT.
This movie has one of my favorite soundtrack of all time. The movie is loosely based on the rumor that the grand duchess (Russian title for princess) Anastasia was alive after first Russian revolution. So the Romanov family was the ruler family of Russian since the 1600’s. The last tsar (king) of Russia was Anastasia father Nicholas II. Nicholas and his wife Alexandria (granddaughter of Queen Victoria of England) were second cousin and both these factors contributed to their 5th child (and only boy) Alexei to be a hemophiliac (blood clotting disorder). Rasputin comes in, as he was in the confidence of Alexandra because he seemed to be able to heal Alexei and bring him comfort when his hemophilia acted up. Some people think he was able to help Alexis because standard care of the time would be bleeding and hemophiliac is a disease where the blood cannot clot and this would only worsen Alexis‘s condition not help.Rasputin was a religious man with a strange background and even crazier death. Anyways people thought that Rasputin had to much power and influence over the royal family and eventually was killed (after like 5 attempts). Political issues after the First World War lead to a revolution lead by the bolsheviks and they captured the royal family and imprisoned them. One thing lead to another and the whole family was secretly executed. Anyways for what I’ve learned is that the assumption was the the tsar and Czarina and the heir would/were killed because the power they held as political symbols but many people weren’t aware what happen to the duchesses and the political power in Russian were actively hiding the fate of the Romanov’s. Anastasia would have been around 16 when she died and since information about their deaths were shaky some people thought she was alive. Nicholas mother was able to get out of Russia and was in Europe. This lead to people trying to claim to be the missing members of the Romanov family. In the 1991 the bodies of the tsar and czarina and 3 of their daughter were found. The bodies had been shot and stabbed and there were evidence of many failed attempts to destroy the bodies. They were dna tested and proven to be the Romanov. Anyways since the body of one of the Daughters and the son was missing it sparked again the rumor of the surviving duchesses and tsarevich. But the bodies were found in 2007. Sorry for the long post but that’s just a little history of the family.
Small correction: bloodletting was already on its way out in the late 1800s, and completely discredited by the 1900s. So Alexei would never get treated with bloodletting in the 1910s. Speculation is that Rasputin made him stop taking aspirin, which is basically a blood thinner. Not because he knew aspirin would do that, no one knew that at that point. They didn't even know what hemophelia was at the time.
Anastasia's singer is Liz Calloway!!!!!! She's absolutely amazing (and SUPER nice)!!!! She's also the singing voice for Kiara in The Lion King 2, Jasmine in The King of Thieves and Return of Jafar, and Odette in The Swan Princess!
11:23 - I don't think Dimitri was being entirely serious. I _hope_ not, anyway. But at least, he changes his mind by the end. 16:44 - I... _think_ he means something along the lines of, Love can lead to rough times, emotional turbulence, often to heartbreak. Vlad's worried what the kiddos may be in for. 20:18 - Did you not see him putting it together when she mentioned the boy from the palace? As you said: that boy was him; so, he himself, the Empress, and the real Anastasia are the only three people in the world who would actually know how the escape was managed. -- As for not being a fan of the Empress; well, everyone certainly has a right to their own opinion. However, I think you may be underestimating how hard she DID try to find Anastasia, the level of difficulty involved- yes, even as wealthy as she is- and the emotional toll that repeated disappointments were taking on her.
I think I have to answer some of the things she said and asked in this. 1, the Grand Duchess, aka Grandma, didn't live in the palace so the people didn't work for her and it is understandable she doesn't know them 2, grandma couldn't return for Anastasia because she couldn't stop the train and her life would be in danger until she escapes Russia. This was the Russian Revolution. The aristocracy and nobility were captured and killed on sight. 3, The Grand Duchess couldn't send anyone back because it was a time of great peril for those who are on the side of the aristocracy. 4, She might have sent people anyway but where would they look? Finding a random child in the middle of political and social turmoil would be near impossible. 5, Drawing attention to a young princess who the revolutionaries wanted dead? A death sentence
You have the titles mixed. It's a year out, but seeing your comment I have to amend one thing: Anastasia is the Grand Duchess while the grandmother is Dowager Empress Marie Feodorovna.
Just starting the reaction so maybe youll come to it by the end and if so I'll delete the comment but since you asked. Russia is a huge place and they were fleeing for their lives. Im sure they did send word and people to try finding her but looking for a child in an whole other huge country would be next to impossible even if the child didnt smack her head and get traumatized to forget her old life. Edit: Since I have it up I'll just respond to more questions cause why not. I 1000% hear Corpse Bride and Nightmare Before Christmas in her song I think its the chilling atmosphere. And I cant be certain its been awhile since Ive seen full length but I think she didnt know/recognize Dimitri as staff was she hadnt been living there at the palace for a long time she lived in Paris hence the necklace she gave her about being together in Paris.
Loved your reaction! And about the whole “not coming back for her” thing, the movie makes it seem that grandma and Anya fled because of a curse, but they say that the curse actually just provoked the Russian revolution, which got all the romanovs killed and Russia became a communist country. So they weren’t fleeting a curse, but the rebels that took the whole royal family. And after the revolution it was basically impossible to get in or out of the country (that’s why they had false documents in the train), so the grandma couldn’t just send for her. This movie is beautiful and so much fun, even though it’s a very American way of seeing the Russian revolution lol (Stalin wasn’t good to Russia, but the romanovs were also pretty bad, so it’s justified that the people revolted). Even with its problematics it’s still a gem and I will always have a special place in my heart for it
Idk how you expected to the grandma to go back IN A RUSHING TRAIN. Dunno, were she supposed to jump off of it and possibly kill herself in the process, or if not, hurt herself very badly? That would definitely not help the situation, because then they'd have the entire royal family dead, one missing, and the most important person still out there that's capable of ruling, being in a very bad state. Not to mention, it was the time, they were being pursued. Going to paris and getting back, Idk how you'd imagine that to work, because chances are it would take at least few hours, in that time, the girl either will be taken to hospital by passer-by's, wake up on her own and walk away or freeze to death. If there was a price for finding her, meaning, they probably have searched for her.
my favourite thing about this film is that anastasias hair length changes so many times 😭😭😭 like that boat scene her hair was way too long… also glad and sophie and vlads relationship are so cutttteeeeee
Omg I never noticed that! Lol. Maybe it's supposed to represent time passing... but even if it's took months to get to Paris, I don't think it'd grow that fast xD
Ohhh I Googled it and found this: Anastasia hair is layered and she used her own hair to tie up the longest part. The proof: When Anastasia removes her hat we can see a high ponytail; completely plausible for someone with short hair. But look at what's keeping Anastasia's hair in it's place; it's her own hair, twisted tightly in a loop.
Anastasia got separated, lost her memory and ended up in the orphanage not put there. And Anastasia is a common name just because a girl has the same name doesn't mean people should just believe it's her.
i feel like you skipped over the fact ghe entire imperial family (except for Anastasia) was murdered lol i was traumatised when i first watched this as a kid
Love this movie! It was one of my favorites as a child, but it actually isn’t a Disney movie. It was produced by Fox, and Disney ended up acquiring the rights years later bc they bought the production company. Even though Disney has the rights, I never liked calling it a Disney movie. Also, Anastasia was actually a princess of Russia in the early 1900’s, and her whole family was overthrown and killed in like 1917/1918. However, there were false rumors that she survived, which led to this movie.
For all the Spotify songs.... You have the incredible bway Anastasia musical soundtrack! It is incredible! It has all of the OG songs as well as new songs. I really recommend listening to it (and watching the show if you can)
My favorite movie of all time, it came out when I was 2 so I have seen it all my life, at least once a year. I'm so glad you watched it. It was released my 20th Century Fox, but with the recent bought of some of Fox by Disney, it became theirs. "Once upon a December" is the best song ever, I am playing Anastasia on a school Disney Musical.
The real Rasputin was a horrid, filthy person. The real Anastasia died with her family as a person had come forward and confirmed he witnessed her death. The movie is based on the rumor she lived.
i love this movie and i love you but hear me out.... the grandma did not know if anya was alive or dead and maybe she did send out people to look for her but russia is damn huuuuge like she spent over ten years looking!! and as well anya did not know cos she lost her memory and even so she has a right to be mad at dimitri in the end cos princess or nah he lied to con an old woman...anyway. had to get that out love the video...please don't take offense i mean all the respect
Ugh I love this movie so much. The music, the way certain scenes are shot, the age appropriate romance lol. I’m really upset the music isn’t more accessible.
Honestly sad that she's not a well-known princess character like those of Disney's. Well, she's adopted. This film has one of the most amazing Soundtracks... The best for me actually...
Dmitri was one of my first childhood animated crushes. Also Prince Cornelius from Thumbelina. The both had the hair that was like daaang 👀 If you haven't seen it a reaction on Thumbelina would def make you understand. Also that movie was a little bit bonkers so I recommend 🙏
From what I understand the creator, Don Bluth, quit/was fired from Disney for creative differences. He founded his own company that ended up working for Fox. He really wanted to flex the animation's quality and adult themes/storyline to show Disney what they had missed on by losing him! AND. IT. PAYS. OFF 👏👏👏
Hiii I love for this movie I will be singing along I will be saying the script so thank u for this it’s really making my day better this movie is my childhood
This is one of my 90's childhood favorites. Ya know you been overthinking ever detail of this movie and it really wasn't too difficult to figure them out.
What’s funny is that the guy who made Anastasia worked at Disney but was fired so he made his own animation studio to create what he wanted. Now that Disney bought the rights people think Disney created it when technically they fired the guy who did
I’ve only just started watching this video but I completely agree with the title!! Love this film so so much and dimitri was definitely one of my first crushes, though I probably didn’t acknowledge it at the time 😂😅
I love this movie. Yes it is A little Dated with Anastasia being Alive, but keep in mind This was made in 1997. But this is one of my favorite non Disney movies, Next to Iron Giant, Prince of Egypt, and The HTTYD movies. 0:33 RIP ANGELA!💔🤧 3:00 This is one of those situations where the child is supposed to get on first. 6:38 What like in real life? Rasputin, The Romanov family, Vlad, And The Grand duchess Marie. Bartok is an albino bat. 13:27 Big Brain, BIG Brain. 18:12 That’s Not just any “Little child” That’s Alexei, Anastasia’s Younger brother, 18:28 Those 3 people in the water are Anastasia’s Three Sisters, Olga, Tatianna, And Marie. And Her father Nicolaus II. 29:08 True.
For quite awhile there was a rumour that Anastasia survived cause when they found the grave that had 5 skeletons in it but 2 were missing: the boy and one of the sisters. in 2007, they found another grave that had the 2 missing skeletons in it. So she didn’t survive 😢
One of my fave movies as a kid. Everyone calls it a Disney movie cause everyone thought it was one lol Also movie is based on the real Romanov family tragedy. So it’s the reason they never returned or went back. But the real family actually lived in isolation in hiding until they were found and murdered.
2:10 yes, it took some real back breaking labor to effectively just say "Yo, Satan. Give me a small army of evil minons to do literally everything I tell them to". XD
Technically Anastasia is a Disney Princess now since Disney bought Fox. It’s kinda sad since the animation team behind Anastasia originally worked for Disney but left because Disney wasn’t treating them right, only for Disney to end up buying their studio
The biggest difference I know of is that Anastasia was not alive the whole time. She died along with her family. But for the longest time people didn't know this, and tried to dress up women to look like her for money, like they're shown doing in here. The main reason they believed she was alive was that when they looked over the bodies, they didn't initially find her. But they have since found her in the grave, thus exposing the scammers for what they were.
The Grand Duchess after a while refused to see any more women that were pretenders. There was a con artist named Anya that did fool a lot of people (which is probably what inspired the character's nickname), but Anastasia's grandmother was too smart to be fooled. Decades later DNA was done on "Anya" and proved that the Grand Duchess was correct and she wasn't related to the Romanovs.
subscribed after seeing this title ❤️ i love finding these lil communities where we all love the same kinds of content even though they all differ from one another. SIDE NOTE: this movie truly changed me lmao my brother and i somewhat frequently quote it that little bat lmao
A movie that you should really watch is Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. It's a great balance of comedy, drama, and some dark edge to it. It takes itself seriously, but not too seriously. It seems like a movie that is right up your alley and you would most likely love it. It is an absolute classic and the villain........🤭🤭🤭(he's got great hair btw; Sooooo Good 🤗🤗🤗)
My sister got a rescue puppy who looks just like Pooka, but she named him Pukka. Then she got pregnant in her early 30's even though she was told at 17 (with her now husband) that she could never have kids. They both desperately wanted kids but would rather stay together than split up. Same year I got sober, she got Pukka, AND SHE GOT PREGNANT!!!! Healthy gorgeous lil boy. My grandmother keeps saying I'm going to steal him 😂 It's tempting! Pukka is such an annoying ankle biter, but he I'd sooooooo careful near the baby. He's smaller than Leo(baby) now, but it was adorable ti see him being calm and gentle with Leo
You should definitely react to ‘The summer I turned pretty’ I think you’ll really like it! It’s a series with only 7 episodes. Love your reactions btw!🤍
I love you but im not going to allow this grandma slander. 1 how she gonna stop the damn train to get her granddaughter 2 Russia was in chaos and ruin they probably didn't have time to look for her as things were crazy 3 she was a young girl unconscious on the ground someone must have picked her up asked who she was etc but she didn't know 4 technology didn't exist how was she to find her in big ass Russia 5 she clearly has been looking for her granddaughter all these years but with the downfall of her only child and grandchildren + grief and she old she can really do much on her own 6 she couldn't believe that the boys who saved their lives and this con man hoping to capitalize on an old grieving woman was the same person till he showed her the box 7she couldn't predict how Ana would look like as an young adult 8 she's a old rich woman rich ppl can't do shit on their own they dont know how 9 anyone could have taken Ana and gone anywhere There's more but I m done Im not hating it do love your reaction but no hate on grandma i refuse
10: It would have been too dangerous for the Dowager Empress to return to Russia after the Bolshevik Revoluton. They were killing and had killed the aristocracy. So Maria (the grandma) would have suffered the same fate as her son and grandchildren if she tried to go back and see if her granddaughter was alive.
A little explanation on why they didnt go back for Anastasia as a kid.
They were actually running away from an anti-monarchy revolution (That is based in the real history, without the magic part obviously)
So, the grandma, as queen (not exactly the title but kinda) is being force to stay safe at the train, even when she tries to jump down for anastasia (If you rewatch it, you can see it).
This is part of a protocol used to save important people in this kind of situations (it works like that with presidents, royalty etc) and its based on saving the head of the institution so it can be preserved. In this cases, the institution its seen as more important than the individuals.
The kid, falling and hitting the ground with all people running in terror, is supposedly dead and they wont risk the queen just to try save her.
They then take the queen to paris as an exiled and from there she keeps putting money in people to find anastasia for 10 years. People suspect she is dead but the grandma has hope and keep trying.
Now, in real life the story wasnt so happy. The real Romanov family was murder but Anastasia and his little brother's bodies were missing for a while, so people didnt know if they escaped and they were actually alive. That myth of them being alive after the revolution was the inspiration for this movie. It was a well known urban leyend. Actually at that time there were actual people pretending to be Anastasia for the money.
Unfortunatelly the bodies were found years later and it was confirmed that they died as their family, at the revolution.
Came here to defend grandmama. Thanks for your summary.
I would argue that the Dowager (Grandma) is not part of the institution as she maried into the family, so she is not a Romanov by blood: hence why she is not concerned by the Romanov curse from Rasputin and has no pretention to the Russian Throne. However I do agree that fervant monarchists would do anything to protect her out of respect for her nobility and her status as mother of the Tsar, even if she is not head of state :)
THANK YOU SO MUCH for explanation to people who somehow didn’t understand this simple things about royal family and revolution… 🙏🏻
Also you forgot that after the Romanovs got killed,in Russia the communism regiment got put in place and that meant that at that time the population wasn't allowed to leave the country with only a few exceptions by having a specific permeant,like showed in the movie,not everyone could just come and go from Russia at that time
This made me sad. 😢 cuz my teacher thought since her sisters were older they were probably R*PED or beat like their parent's bodies appeared to be. Anastasia and her brother were separated because they were still children
Miss Rebecca, are you telling me that during your entire time on the internet, you've managed to evade the "Ra-Ra-Rasputin, Russia's favourite love machine" song?
Right, like how is that even possible 😂
I WAS JUST ABOUT TO COMMENT THAT LIKE GIRL WHAT
She Needs to listen to the Boney M Song Rasputin Now ✨🪩✨🕺
I absolutely love this movie. Dimitri was my first ever 'celebrity' crush.
Don’t blame you
It still catches me off-guard when I'm reminded that this isn't an official Disney movie. I grew up thinking Anastasia was a Disney princess, wondering where THE FUCK her merch was because I wanted some. Only to find out in my mid-twenties that Anastasia is a Fox princess. All furry royalty aside though, I do love this movie. And all of the music is just...so damn good!
If it was disney officially,it wouldn't be this good.
@@arianetomate8218 Idk I very much enjoyed a bunch of Disney movies of this time period. The Little Mermaid, Mulan, and Hercules are some of my favorite Disney films of all-time
@@LoungingPotato everyone has a taste.
For what it's worth Don Bluth did work for Disney (worked on Fox and the Hound, Rescuers, Pete's Dragon, ect). Also, Disney owns this movie now with the acquisition of 20th Century Fox.
@@arianetomate8218 your right, it would be better. Disney movies like Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Little Mermaid are infinitely better than this shitty movie.
Dimitri was my first crush ever, he's Leonardo Dicaprio in Titanic hair was everything to me. Years have gone by and since then I dicided that if I have a baby boy one day his name will be Dimitri. Oddly enough I married a men that on our 3th date confess to me that he always wanted to name his child Dimitri, before he knew my story. Needless to say I knew right there we wore suppost to be ♥
To be fair to the grandmother, she was already "up there" in age, and you can see everybody on the train holding her back when she was trying to get back to Anastasia. She tried, but the family was the enemy of the entire country because of the Russian Revolution. Anastasia was the youngest of the children and was 8 when that happened, so the grandmother was probably already in her 60s. What could she have done?
I don't blame her for saying she won't see anymore girls claiming to be Anastasia, either, at that point. That's ten years of trying with repeatedly getting her hopes up just to have her heart broken again after losing her son, her daughter-in-law, AND the rest of her grandchildren? She's not superhuman.
Edited to add please remember this takes place in 1926 and even with money she was still a woman.
Wasn't Anastasia the second youngest, with Alexei being the youngest ? I am sure Anastasia was the youngest of the daughters though
@@najwaadams-ebel2188 you’re absolutely right
I clicked SO QUICK!! this is my top three favorite childhood movies. I always go back to and will forever get chill during that dance scene. I consider Anastasia a Disney princess since they bought the rights to this movie a long time ago. I forgot the term but they had the actors do these scenes and they turned it into animation.
Same I’m obsessed with the real life story too
@@kayless9728 yes when I found out about that I was taken back, very sad.
Rotoscoping is the term you were searching for.
@@LordVolkov yes thank you
Disney bought 20th Century Fox only like two years ago. lol
"Whatever you choose, we will always have each other" means the opposite of what you thought. She's literally saying whether you choose to be with him or not, I'll still be here for you either way. You're so unfair to her, goodness. lol
Anastasia is my comfort movie 100%. Also I’ve had a crush on Dimitri ever since I first saw this movie and tbh no one will ever compare to them. They’re both just icons and thank you for noticing the real mvp of the movie, Vlad. The man, the myth, the legend himself 😌
I adore you but the grandma slander is killing me LOL
It's safe to assume that the grandmama COULD have used her resources to find Anastasia but from what I remember from the movie, the reason they had to flee was because Russia was essentially in chaos from Rasputin's curse and was revolting against the royal family. That's why they stormed their castle. It was hinted that their people also could have turned on them so that might explain her distrust with Dimitri (especially if she's been conned multiple times before). ALSO her being heartbroken at being conned multiples times is enough proof that she's been looking for Anastasia all that time!
ANYWAY LOL love your reactions 🤣
The soundtrack as a whole is a one big bop and At The Beginning is a staple wedding song 😂😂
There weren't really resources to use in Russia, all the friends of the royal family had been killed, or had fled, so there wasn't really anyone left who could do anything. And the borders were very closed off, so getting anyone in or out was a big issue. Someone looking for the princess would be super suspect, and wouldn't get very far.
The movie is more or less based on real people and event. The movie simply makes up its own story of what became of the lost Anastasia.
Sorry but you don't get the Empress at all and that was the most annoying part for me. And she DID look for Anastasia after she fled Russia, but as you can see many did and never found her. She didn't have magical powers, especially not after basically being exiled by her own country. And would you remember every kitchen boy in your son's palace or even knew how many there were there or even recognize them after 10 years? I think not.
FYI if you really want those songs in your playlist, there is a stage musical version of this movie that has most of these songs, just sung by different people, and it’s on Spotify.
you can also download them from youtube using an mp3 converter. they get added to "local files" and you can add them to any playlist!
I don’t think it’s available in the UK sadly :((
I’m old so I bought the soundtrack on iTunes a hundred years ago, lol. Maybe Apple Music has it? Or as suggested already, youtube using an converter?
@@rxbeccarose you could definitely find a "slime tutorial" of the anastasia musical on youtube
I love this movie. And the people that were in that dream scene I’m pretty sure that was her little brother & sisters & dad. But when I found out that it’s based off the real story I was like “that’s so sad but the movie is really really good. Just wish that the real life story didn’t have a sad ending but wish it ended with a happy one. Also just realized as I was watching this vid that the dog represents or symbolizes (or whatever the word I’m looking for is) is the dog that used to be her sister Maria’s dog but during their quarantine/lockdown the pup became more of Anastasia pup. If I remember correctly I read that in one of the books about their family and what actually happened. Also the live action is also really really good. Definitely recommend the live action Anastasia:once upon time. Love your videos!
They probably thought she was dead
She hit her head so she lost her memory
The grandmother didn't want to deal with getting her hopes up just to be let down again
And the little boy in her dream was her little brother, Alexi, and the older man was supposed to be her father and the girls were sisters, Olga, Tatiana and Maria
GIRLIE. Dmitri in the Muscial of Anastasia will literally be the death of you. He is simp-worthy beyond everything. his voice in the song "In a Crowd of Thousands" OOF. I CANNOT.
REAL
I fell in love
I didn’t know people didn’t know about the Romanovs and Anastasia’s story hahaha. At least she’s trying
Bartok always gets overlooked, yet he is one of my favorites.
“Oh, sure, blame the bat, after all we’re easy targets”
....”and I’d kick her, sir”
😁😁😁
He even got his own spin off movie!
This movie has one of my favorite soundtrack of all time. The movie is loosely based on the rumor that the grand duchess (Russian title for princess) Anastasia was alive after first Russian revolution. So the Romanov family was the ruler family of Russian since the 1600’s. The last tsar (king) of Russia was Anastasia father Nicholas II. Nicholas and his wife Alexandria (granddaughter of Queen Victoria of England) were second cousin and both these factors contributed to their 5th child (and only boy) Alexei to be a hemophiliac (blood clotting disorder).
Rasputin comes in, as he was in the confidence of Alexandra because he seemed to be able to heal Alexei and bring him comfort when his hemophilia acted up. Some people think he was able to help Alexis because standard care of the time would be bleeding and hemophiliac is a disease where the blood cannot clot and this would only worsen Alexis‘s condition not help.Rasputin was a religious man with a strange background and even crazier death. Anyways people thought that Rasputin had to much power and influence over the royal family and eventually was killed (after like 5 attempts).
Political issues after the First World War lead to a revolution lead by the bolsheviks and they captured the royal family and imprisoned them. One thing lead to another and the whole family was secretly executed. Anyways for what I’ve learned is that the assumption was the the tsar and Czarina and the heir would/were killed because the power they held as political symbols but many people weren’t aware what happen to the duchesses and the political power in Russian were actively hiding the fate of the Romanov’s.
Anastasia would have been around 16 when she died and since information about their deaths were shaky some people thought she was alive. Nicholas mother was able to get out of Russia and was in Europe. This lead to people trying to claim to be the missing members of the Romanov family.
In the 1991 the bodies of the tsar and czarina and 3 of their daughter were found. The bodies had been shot and stabbed and there were evidence of many failed attempts to destroy the bodies. They were dna tested and proven to be the Romanov. Anyways since the body of one of the Daughters and the son was missing it sparked again the rumor of the surviving duchesses and tsarevich. But the bodies were found in 2007.
Sorry for the long post but that’s just a little history of the family.
Small correction: bloodletting was already on its way out in the late 1800s, and completely discredited by the 1900s. So Alexei would never get treated with bloodletting in the 1910s. Speculation is that Rasputin made him stop taking aspirin, which is basically a blood thinner. Not because he knew aspirin would do that, no one knew that at that point. They didn't even know what hemophelia was at the time.
It was es Revolution in Russia and they were the most wanted to be killed and had to flee, how should they have gone back to search for her ?
Rasputin: **literally kills the Romanov family**
Rebecca: “Slay zaddy”
I love Bartok. "I'll give her a ha! And a hi-yah! And a woo-ah! And I'll kick her sir." Hank Azaria is too funny as the littlest henchbat.
Anastasia's singer is Liz Calloway!!!!!! She's absolutely amazing (and SUPER nice)!!!! She's also the singing voice for Kiara in The Lion King 2, Jasmine in The King of Thieves and Return of Jafar, and Odette in The Swan Princess!
The Swan Princess is so underrated. Great film.
11:23 - I don't think Dimitri was being entirely serious. I _hope_ not, anyway. But at least, he changes his mind by the end.
16:44 - I... _think_ he means something along the lines of, Love can lead to rough times, emotional turbulence, often to heartbreak. Vlad's worried what the kiddos may be in for.
20:18 - Did you not see him putting it together when she mentioned the boy from the palace? As you said: that boy was him; so, he himself, the Empress, and the real Anastasia are the only three people in the world who would actually know how the escape was managed.
-- As for not being a fan of the Empress; well, everyone certainly has a right to their own opinion. However, I think you may be underestimating how hard she DID try to find Anastasia, the level of difficulty involved- yes, even as wealthy as she is- and the emotional toll that repeated disappointments were taking on her.
"??? WhY dIdN't ThEy CoMe BaCk FoR hEr ???"
- Civil war casually going on in the background
I think I have to answer some of the things she said and asked in this.
1, the Grand Duchess, aka Grandma, didn't live in the palace so the people didn't work for her and it is understandable she doesn't know them
2, grandma couldn't return for Anastasia because she couldn't stop the train and her life would be in danger until she escapes Russia. This was the Russian Revolution. The aristocracy and nobility were captured and killed on sight.
3, The Grand Duchess couldn't send anyone back because it was a time of great peril for those who are on the side of the aristocracy.
4, She might have sent people anyway but where would they look? Finding a random child in the middle of political and social turmoil would be near impossible.
5, Drawing attention to a young princess who the revolutionaries wanted dead? A death sentence
You have the titles mixed. It's a year out, but seeing your comment I have to amend one thing: Anastasia is the Grand Duchess while the grandmother is Dowager Empress Marie Feodorovna.
Just starting the reaction so maybe youll come to it by the end and if so I'll delete the comment but since you asked. Russia is a huge place and they were fleeing for their lives. Im sure they did send word and people to try finding her but looking for a child in an whole other huge country would be next to impossible even if the child didnt smack her head and get traumatized to forget her old life. Edit: Since I have it up I'll just respond to more questions cause why not. I 1000% hear Corpse Bride and Nightmare Before Christmas in her song I think its the chilling atmosphere. And I cant be certain its been awhile since Ive seen full length but I think she didnt know/recognize Dimitri as staff was she hadnt been living there at the palace for a long time she lived in Paris hence the necklace she gave her about being together in Paris.
Loved your reaction! And about the whole “not coming back for her” thing, the movie makes it seem that grandma and Anya fled because of a curse, but they say that the curse actually just provoked the Russian revolution, which got all the romanovs killed and Russia became a communist country. So they weren’t fleeting a curse, but the rebels that took the whole royal family. And after the revolution it was basically impossible to get in or out of the country (that’s why they had false documents in the train), so the grandma couldn’t just send for her.
This movie is beautiful and so much fun, even though it’s a very American way of seeing the Russian revolution lol (Stalin wasn’t good to Russia, but the romanovs were also pretty bad, so it’s justified that the people revolted). Even with its problematics it’s still a gem and I will always have a special place in my heart for it
fun fact, the guy voicing Rasputin also voiced Winnie the Pooh :)
Only his singing voice is Jim Cummings (Winnie-the-Pooh & many other characters). Christopher Lloyd is his speaking voice. Love them both!
He's in back to the future as doc
Idk how you expected to the grandma to go back IN A RUSHING TRAIN. Dunno, were she supposed to jump off of it and possibly kill herself in the process, or if not, hurt herself very badly? That would definitely not help the situation, because then they'd have the entire royal family dead, one missing, and the most important person still out there that's capable of ruling, being in a very bad state. Not to mention, it was the time, they were being pursued. Going to paris and getting back, Idk how you'd imagine that to work, because chances are it would take at least few hours, in that time, the girl either will be taken to hospital by passer-by's, wake up on her own and walk away or freeze to death.
If there was a price for finding her, meaning, they probably have searched for her.
YES!!! one of my all time favourite movies. I watch this so many times a year, it's just so comforting
my favourite thing about this film is that anastasias hair length changes so many times 😭😭😭 like that boat scene her hair was way too long… also glad and sophie and vlads relationship are so cutttteeeeee
Omg I never noticed that! Lol. Maybe it's supposed to represent time passing... but even if it's took months to get to Paris, I don't think it'd grow that fast xD
Ohhh I Googled it and found this:
Anastasia hair is layered and she used her own hair to tie up the longest part. The proof: When Anastasia removes her hat we can see a high ponytail; completely plausible for someone with short hair. But look at what's keeping Anastasia's hair in it's place; it's her own hair, twisted tightly in a loop.
What is with all the grandma attacks? Also, do you remember anything about the Russian revolution?
Anastasia got separated, lost her memory and ended up in the orphanage not put there. And Anastasia is a common name just because a girl has the same name doesn't mean people should just believe it's her.
Aaaaaaah I came in so QUICK! I LOVE THIS MOVIE! I have it in vhs both in English and Spanish! I adore this movie so much man!! Also good afternoon ^*^
i feel like you skipped over the fact ghe entire imperial family (except for Anastasia) was murdered lol i was traumatised when i first watched this as a kid
Love this movie! It was one of my favorites as a child, but it actually isn’t a Disney movie. It was produced by Fox, and Disney ended up acquiring the rights years later bc they bought the production company. Even though Disney has the rights, I never liked calling it a Disney movie. Also, Anastasia was actually a princess of Russia in the early 1900’s, and her whole family was overthrown and killed in like 1917/1918. However, there were false rumors that she survived, which led to this movie.
For all the Spotify songs.... You have the incredible bway Anastasia musical soundtrack! It is incredible! It has all of the OG songs as well as new songs. I really recommend listening to it (and watching the show if you can)
My favorite movie of all time, it came out when I was 2 so I have seen it all my life, at least once a year. I'm so glad you watched it. It was released my 20th Century Fox, but with the recent bought of some of Fox by Disney, it became theirs. "Once upon a December" is the best song ever, I am playing Anastasia on a school Disney Musical.
aurrrr yes omfg one of my favourite movies EVER am obsessed w this and the musical as well like 🥺
SUCH a good movie!!!! i love it so much
absolutely adore every single thing about this movie
The real Rasputin was a horrid, filthy person.
The real Anastasia died with her family as a person had come forward and confirmed he witnessed her death.
The movie is based on the rumor she lived.
Rebecca Rose is a low key villain. A cute villain for sure.
i love this movie and i love you but hear me out....
the grandma did not know if anya was alive or dead and maybe she did send out people to look for her but russia is damn huuuuge like she spent over ten years looking!! and as well anya did not know cos she lost her memory and even so she has a right to be mad at dimitri in the end cos princess or nah he lied to con an old woman...anyway. had to get that out love the video...please don't take offense i mean all the respect
Ugh I love this movie so much. The music, the way certain scenes are shot, the age appropriate romance lol. I’m really upset the music isn’t more accessible.
Wait what do you mean age appropriate?
Grew up with this film. This is a film that is commonly mistaken as a Disney film, especially now that Disney bought FOX.
Honestly sad that she's not a well-known princess character like those of Disney's. Well, she's adopted. This film has one of the most amazing Soundtracks... The best for me actually...
Dmitri was one of my first childhood animated crushes. Also Prince Cornelius from Thumbelina. The both had the hair that was like daaang 👀 If you haven't seen it a reaction on Thumbelina would def make you understand. Also that movie was a little bit bonkers so I recommend 🙏
From what I understand the creator, Don Bluth, quit/was fired from Disney for creative differences. He founded his own company that ended up working for Fox. He really wanted to flex the animation's quality and adult themes/storyline to show Disney what they had missed on by losing him! AND. IT. PAYS. OFF 👏👏👏
Dimitri is the same design as the main character in Titan A.E.
My favorite childhood movie ever
Hiii
I love for this movie I will be singing along I will be saying the script so thank u for this it’s really making my day better this movie is my childhood
This is one of my 90's childhood favorites. Ya know you been overthinking ever detail of this movie and it really wasn't too difficult to figure them out.
9:36 You love the green light during the villain songs.
That means you love Be Prepared from the Lion King. It has lost of green coloring in it
Who DOESN’T like “Be Prepared”!?
What’s funny is that the guy who made Anastasia worked at Disney but was fired so he made his own animation studio to create what he wanted. Now that Disney bought the rights people think Disney created it when technically they fired the guy who did
"Polański - villian guy at the beginning" 😆😆😆 IM DEAD
I’ve only just started watching this video but I completely agree with the title!! Love this film so so much and dimitri was definitely one of my first crushes, though I probably didn’t acknowledge it at the time 😂😅
Confusing Rasputin with Roman Polanski had me DYING 😆
agh this video made me think “i should text her” cuz this was my middle school bestie’s fave princess movie and we haven’t really spoken in 10 years
lmao finally, TY REBECCA! 😅
There is a movie about that white bat, called "bartok the magnificent", you should watch it, if you can find it
"I mean... *hustler* " IM OUT I CANT 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I love this movie. Yes it is A little Dated with Anastasia being Alive, but keep in mind This was made in 1997. But this is one of my favorite non Disney movies, Next to Iron Giant, Prince of Egypt, and The HTTYD movies. 0:33 RIP ANGELA!💔🤧 3:00 This is one of those situations where the child is supposed to get on first. 6:38 What like in real life? Rasputin, The Romanov family, Vlad, And The Grand duchess Marie. Bartok is an albino bat. 13:27 Big Brain, BIG Brain. 18:12 That’s Not just any “Little child” That’s Alexei, Anastasia’s Younger brother, 18:28 Those 3 people in the water are Anastasia’s Three Sisters, Olga, Tatianna, And Marie. And Her father Nicolaus II. 29:08 True.
the little bat lmao i always ALWAYS think of “and then i kick her sir” “anastasia’s alive???”
For quite awhile there was a rumour that Anastasia survived cause when they found the grave that had 5 skeletons in it but 2 were missing: the boy and one of the sisters. in 2007, they found another grave that had the 2 missing skeletons in it. So she didn’t survive 😢
1. Didnt we all have a crush on Dimitri at some point? I sure did and still have.
One of my fave movies as a kid. Everyone calls it a Disney movie cause everyone thought it was one lol
Also movie is based on the real Romanov family tragedy. So it’s the reason they never returned or went back. But the real family actually lived in isolation in hiding until they were found and murdered.
2:10 yes, it took some real back breaking labor to effectively just say "Yo, Satan. Give me a small army of evil minons to do literally everything I tell them to". XD
Technically Anastasia is a Disney Princess now since Disney bought Fox. It’s kinda sad since the animation team behind Anastasia originally worked for Disney but left because Disney wasn’t treating them right, only for Disney to end up buying their studio
Rebecca confusing Rasputin with Roman Polanski is the best thing ever.
You ought to check out The Secret of NIMH (1982). It was done by the same creative team as Anastasia.
The biggest difference I know of is that Anastasia was not alive the whole time. She died along with her family. But for the longest time people didn't know this, and tried to dress up women to look like her for money, like they're shown doing in here.
The main reason they believed she was alive was that when they looked over the bodies, they didn't initially find her. But they have since found her in the grave, thus exposing the scammers for what they were.
The Grand Duchess after a while refused to see any more women that were pretenders. There was a con artist named Anya that did fool a lot of people (which is probably what inspired the character's nickname), but Anastasia's grandmother was too smart to be fooled. Decades later DNA was done on "Anya" and proved that the Grand Duchess was correct and she wasn't related to the Romanovs.
subscribed after seeing this title ❤️ i love finding these lil communities where we all love the same kinds of content even though they all differ from one another. SIDE NOTE: this movie truly changed me lmao my brother and i somewhat frequently quote it that little bat lmao
Demetri is so fine that is all proceed
A movie that you should really watch is Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. It's a great balance of comedy, drama, and some dark edge to it. It takes itself seriously, but not too seriously. It seems like a movie that is right up your alley and you would most likely love it. It is an absolute classic and the villain........🤭🤭🤭(he's got great hair btw; Sooooo Good 🤗🤗🤗)
This is the movie that started my obsession with enemies to lovers 😍😍😍
Wish the soundtrack was on Spotify
Clicked immediately 💅
Same
Take a look on the cartoon « Bartok the magnificent ». It’s telling us more about Bartok, this bat to us
I love anastasia thanks for reacting!
Yeah my older sister and I had bunkbeds growing up and I'd always push my feet between the beams to annoy her mattress 😂
Disney built 20th Century Fox, so it's now the Disney movie.
Bartok is a long-eared bat
Bartok is a albino bat and Rasputin’s side kick.
It’s Disney owned now so Anastacia is a Disney princess
11:12
ANASTASIA: Stop bossing me around
This movie is CLASSIC!!!!!! Give it all the sauce!!!!!!!!
IVE NEVER CLICKED SO FASTTTTTTTT im so excited
I literally cried only because of pooka’s howl in 29:02
My sister got a rescue puppy who looks just like Pooka, but she named him Pukka. Then she got pregnant in her early 30's even though she was told at 17 (with her now husband) that she could never have kids. They both desperately wanted kids but would rather stay together than split up. Same year I got sober, she got Pukka, AND SHE GOT PREGNANT!!!! Healthy gorgeous lil boy. My grandmother keeps saying I'm going to steal him 😂 It's tempting!
Pukka is such an annoying ankle biter, but he I'd sooooooo careful near the baby. He's smaller than Leo(baby) now, but it was adorable ti see him being calm and gentle with Leo
When Disney acquired Fox, then Anastasia became a "Disney Princess".
This is my absolute favourite movie since i was a child! 🥺
I love this movie when I was a kid i named my dog pooka after this
You should definitely react to ‘The summer I turned pretty’ I think you’ll really like it! It’s a series with only 7 episodes. Love your reactions btw!🤍
Not a lot of people know Anastasia but everyone that does, loves it
I love you but im not going to allow this grandma slander.
1 how she gonna stop the damn train to get her granddaughter
2 Russia was in chaos and ruin they probably didn't have time to look for her as things were crazy
3 she was a young girl unconscious on the ground someone must have picked her up asked who she was etc but she didn't know
4 technology didn't exist how was she to find her in big ass Russia
5 she clearly has been looking for her granddaughter all these years but with the downfall of her only child and grandchildren + grief and she old she can really do much on her own
6 she couldn't believe that the boys who saved their lives and this con man hoping to capitalize on an old grieving woman was the same person till he showed her the box
7she couldn't predict how Ana would look like as an young adult
8 she's a old rich woman rich ppl can't do shit on their own they dont know how
9 anyone could have taken Ana and gone anywhere
There's more but I m done Im not hating it do love your reaction but no hate on grandma i refuse
10: It would have been too dangerous for the Dowager Empress to return to Russia after the Bolshevik Revoluton. They were killing and had killed the aristocracy. So Maria (the grandma) would have suffered the same fate as her son and grandchildren if she tried to go back and see if her granddaughter was alive.
@mish375 yes exactly thank you
This is one of my favourite films I love it so much
The slight shade for cat people was- well- it didn’t make me feel too too good
Remember, this is NOT a Disney movie. This is a Fox movie, 22 years before Disney's shortsighted acquisition.