Absolutely Loved the book of Life, I'd have to say the Scene one that sticks out to me the Most though is the "I'm a Freak" song, I'm not sure why, But that scene has stuck with me for Years, Its one I always remember from this Movie, not to say I forget the other scenes, I can remember it quite well but that Scene is what I think of first when I think of this Movie
Fun Fact: The director explained that he made covers because they were the songs of his childhood as this movie was a creation of love towards his culture
You missed the part where it is revealed the tour guide is actually La Muerte meaning the story really did happen. Also, the final challenge Manolo faced wasn't about defeating the bull, it was about accepting himself for who he is
It feels mean to say but yeah I think he missed out on a lot of the film. Like I stopped watching about halfway when he kept calling Maria 'Marina'. Like it just shows that you don't care about the film as much as you say dude.
@@DayerethSelmar8682Same, I’m 10 minutes in and that’s been bugging me the whole way through. I was so excited to hear his thoughts about this movie but yeah, he doesn’t seem like he did his research and missed a lot.
At least he's with Maria. Joaquin literally has noone since he was a kid except Maria's dad. By the end of the movie, Maria's dad just forgets Joaquin for Manolo. Personally, dont think he romantically loved Maria, but he cared for her. He probably only wants family since he doesn't have any.
@@Urd-Vidannow that u mentioned that, how come there is no appearance of captain Mondragon at all in this movie lol ?? He’s remembered by many, so he’s for sure in the land of the remembered. It would’ve been so cool for Joaquin to see him after the battle of jackal and for him to tell him that he is proud of his son. Missed opportunity 🥲
@@aae_r1n The creator actually has said he's up for making sequels and has two planned just doesn't know when. Each movie is about one of the main characters, this one is Manolo, the second is Joaquin, and the third is Maria. You can find more info on his social media like IG, Twitter, and Tumblr
@@aae_r1napparently the creator has ideas for two sequels. Each movie is about one of the main characters this one is Manolo, the second is Joaquin, and the third is Maria
THE THING ABOUT JOAQUIN is that he's not just the things you described him as, he's not this unlikeable antagonist, he's actually a pretty well-written character. Him, Manolo and Maria had been best friends ever since they were little kids. And while they all had their own struggles and challenges, at least Manolo and Maria had a loving family - more specifically, loving fathers. Yes, fathers who tried to push them in a certain direction, but who ultimately loved them and essentially meant well, even if their actions were often misguided. Well, Joaquin never had that because his father died before he could even remember him. And it made him feel really alone. He had no guidance through life except for this massive expectation of who he should be. He grew up with this enormous shadow hanging over him - his father had been the great hero of the village, a larger-than-life figure that would be pretty impossible to live up to. Everybody worshipped him, but no one as much as Joaquin himself. Of course this lonely kid with no family became hellbent on becoming a great hero himself - it meant people would love and respect him, he would finally be _someone._ That was Joaquin's idea of worth - he had to become this great, amazing hero, live up to his father's legacy, in order to get the things he craved in life, to be respected, wanted, to have a family, to be worth something. So of course once he got the medal and became invulnerable, he became somewhat pompous and arrogant. He had to be the perfect, strongest warrior with no weakness and no flaw, and he was always surrounded by people who did nothing but fawn over him and feed his ego - not because of who he really was, but because they needed his protection. One thing I really disagree with you about, though, is his relationship to Maria. He did truly, genuinly care about her. It's just that his idea of love was a bit warped. He believed that if he got and become all those things, she would love him and he would "earn" her, and it would make them both happy. I mean, all his adult life, Maria's father and all the other villagers kept reinforcing that idea. But he did want to make Maria happy. And as soon as he saw she truly loved Manolo and didn't want to marry him, he hesitated, he seemed ready to say no to their marriage (and I believe he would have; for all his flaws, he was never a bad guy). Most importantly, though, I'm certain that much more about Maria, it was about General Posada. Joaquin cared about Maria a lot, but I don't think that he truly loved her romantically, deep down. More than anything, he wanted a father. And General Posada offered him that. He was desperate to belong in that family and finally have all the things he was missing as a child. WHICH IS WHY it absolutely breaks my heart that at the end, after Joaquin nearly sacrifices himself, Maria's father just turns around, pretty much forgets that Joaquin exists, and calls _Manolo_ "son". When I first saw the movie, my heart actually sank for him in that moment. Like, damn, this guy went from almost marrying his childhood best friend and finally having the family (and fatherly love) he always dreamed of to losing an eye, the girl _and_ the chance of being a part of that family - the latter two to his best friend - in the span of like an hour. And nobody cares...! Poor guy... Joaquin deserved better, man. Sorry for this unhinged rant, but I want Justice for my man Joaquin...!
No, you have several good points. I actually liked Joaquin, because he was a good person, but any true heroism within him was shuttered because of the Medal.
To be fair book of life came out in 2014 and coco in 2017, maybe it was more of a marketing thing or just because people trust that Disney will come out with a good movie. BOL made 100 mil where Coco made 800 mil.
I think it would have been more underrated if Coco didn't came out. Since a lot of people are only finding out about this because of the rip-off accusations.
I always loved that Joaquin wasn’t irredeemable and respected the choice of Maria. He was misguided not evil. Heck even xibalba (probably spelled that wrong) isn’t all out evil he’s just inclined to take the easy way out and his girl sorted him out. I always like when deity characters aren’t fully evil or good just people with flaws who happen to be powerful enough to be selfish whenever they want so it’s pretty easy to be selfish
That's the reason I like pantheons (like greek, roman, nordic, etc gods) over the church and the 1, or 3 in 1, God. Because, the Bible supports many theories, that their believers vehemently despise. Like god and satan being the same entity, on top of the holy trinity. Among others. Or, the fact that different people, follow specific parts, of the same book. The mormons, christians, catholics, jews, evangelists, etc, are ALL followers of the lord of the bible, but, they ALL don't agree on what parts are true, how certain things should be interpreted, etc, etc... A pantheon on gods that argue and disagree and bicker, and fight, makes more sense to me, than a a god, who does nonsensical things, and all that...
One of my favorite details in this movie is that La Muerte as the museum guide tells the story to the kids with wooden figures, and all the characters in the actual story look like they're made of wood. It's such a good detail!
Yeah ikr, I was so sure Pig was setting that up to give the revelation at the end that La Muerte was actually the lady and Xibalba was that one guy and they're teaching the younger generation through that story, making sure it isn't forgotten... But he just completely missed it lmao
I like The Book of Life way better, primarily because of the romance. Coco has like an hour of just the kid exploring the world. I hate when family movies do that. Or those hour long chase scenes. It's what family movies do when there isn't much of a romantic subplot.
I feel like it’s weird comparison as they have completely different tones. Book of life is a lot crazier and coco is more grounded. I like them both for different reasons. I think the emotional core of coco is better though even if the style isn’t as unique or interesting.
I like to think that Coco and Book of Life are about Day of the Dead, the same way how many movies are about Christmas. Pretty glad that Day of the Dead got two wonderful movies to watch with family
He was immature and had a very warped perception when it came love (at least romantically), but he did have good intentions. I like to think that he never really loved Maria romantically, but because of pressure from his friends and the village, he got the idea in his head that the only way hed be able to truly protect and love her was to marry and attatch himself to her. He felt like everything he had was something he earned or something to earn. I saw another commenter mention how he also didn't have a father like Monolo or Maria, and he seemed to enjoy the attention and pride he got from Maria's father. He's such a complex character, and I love it
You're not gonna talk about La Muerte and Zebalba being the Tour Guide and Security Guard at the end? I feel like that's a good twist that should've been mentioned.
In case you don’t know, the creator of this movie, Jorge R Gutierrez also created an animated series in Nickelodeon way back in 2007 called El Tigre The Adventures Of Manny Rivera, which is such an unfairly underrated series. It’s a superhero comedy show who the main character is Manny who becomes his alter ego El Tigre, who comes from a long family line of superheroes AND supervillains. His grandfather is a villain known as Puma Loco, while his dad is a superhero known as White Pantera (also yes, the theme in his family are large cats, which is pretty cool). However, the thing with manny is that he doesn’t know what he wants to be, a hero or a villain, and both his dad and grandfather would often pressure him to good or bad things. Sadly it only got one season and the creator did planned a lot for it that is until freaking Nickelodeon cancelled it. Now! One of the best things about Jorge’s creations is that they exist in the same universe. The book of life took place years before the events of el Tigre, and! Manny and Manolo are actually related!!! Manny’s Great-Grandfather was a hero known as Justice Jaguar and you know who was his sister??… manolo’s mother Carmen!! That makes manny and manolo as cousins! And to make things much more crazy, manny not only is related to manolo, but he is also Manolo’s reincarnation!! The creator confirmed that on his twitter/X
Didn't really know the El Tigre show but that's so cute and cool! You could tell the creator loves his works so much to connect them. It's little things like this that makes the artist feel really relatable to other aspiring artists
Yo! That’s actually cool! I love El Tigre and to know that this underrated gem of a movie is connected to that amazing series makes me love em both even more
I've had a toy from that show that has lived in my head rent free for years (it was lost, but I recently found it) and found it was from that show, which I had never seen before. Looks pretty neat, but as always, anything on nickelodeon that isn't spongebob is forgotten.
I also find it cool how book of life + all the other creators works are in a universe with each other. Maya and the three and El Tigre both connecting to this movie is just straight up cool to me.
A detail I love about the movie is that you can tell who Maria chose early on by how she acts with Manolo and Joaquin. Like when she gets to the bull fight she acts like old friends with Joaquin her little “It’s really good to see you.” Is said how you would talk to a friend but then when Manolo dedicates the bull fight to her she gets disappointed because it’s not a song. Then there’s the song I Love You Too Much where she’s happy she finally got her song. And the biggest evidence is during Joaquin’s proposal where Maria is clearly not happy but then Manolo comes in and she smiles at him. Then when Joaquin asks if Manolo proposed Maria says no before happily asking if Manolo was going too. Like even before Manolo proposes you can tell who Maria chose
I wonder if you’ve seen Monster in Paris? It’s a really good film with great music and it’s criminally underrated. What’s interesting is that It’s barley talked about and yet so many people know this film and I would love to see your opinion on it.
The creator and his wife also made a cartoon called "El Tigre" on Nickelodeon that was really good. It was about a Mexican superhero who had to deal with his dad being a popular hero and his grandpa being a popular villain. They also made a more recent animated show on Netflix called "Maya and the 3" and I'd say it's more aesthetic than both Book of Life and Coco combined. I honestly hope they're doing well and that more people watch their stuff.
I absolutely adore The Book of Life, at the time it was the only movie that accurately and beautifully portrayed my culture in a fun way. My favorite song is the apology song, it just hits so deep and really shows how he's sticking to his nature and who he is, simple but impactful. I love Coco too, it was beautiful and made me cry. But The Book of Life will always have the #1 spot in my heart.
5:00 ya missed the ending part my guy, spoilers: they do actually coincide with the real world, it was revealed that the lady and the janitor were La Catrina and Xibalba at the end of the movie. lol
I was gonna say that! She probably only said it was a story for them so they'll listen to it. Ngl as a kid I got bored with history/fiction stories than non fiction stories
I think your misunderstanding the guy with the guitar (Manolo) at 6:18. I don't think he neccessarily assumed that the girl neccessarily liked more "passion or heartfelt" things, but that he just hoped that the girl and everyone else for that matter liked him for who he was, and it turned out the girl liked him for how genuine he was, while the other guy was forcing the persona that he was raised to fulfill and being fake, playing into the whole "machismo" role (look it up if your curious on the meaning or don't know "What is machismo culture in Mexico?"), which the girl didn't like as she could see through it easily. I haven't watched it in a while, but this is what I remember getting from it. Maybe I'm wrong. I actually like this movie a lot because of how they tackle this in Mexican culture. Not that machismo culture can't be for other cultures beside Mexican, but it's really heavy in Mexican culture and there are a lot of people I know and are family that are exactly like that guy, or even more into machismo culture to the point of pure toxicity, when they would be better off dropping the machismo act all together. This movie is defenitely anti-"machismo". I do agree with the cover songs. They could have use Mexican music and subtitled it and it would have been way better and a lot more genuine.
The thing is, I dont think Maria would've disliked Joaquin's whole macho personality if it was truly genuine. He was constantly seeking validation from others because of the fact that he had no real family and was separated from his friends. Maria could sense this and just wanted Joaquin to be himself, which is why she was genuinely touched when she learned that he kept her bonnet all those years
Back when the movie came out my family watched it and I adored this movie still do! For the longest time I thought creep was written for TBOL 😭!! I RECOMMEND WATCHING MAYA AND THE THREE! It was confirmed that maya and zatz are the past life of Maria and Manolo!!!
Coco is every guitar player’s favorite pixar movie let’s be honest… when i saw Miguel playing actual chords and heard the right notes from what he played my jaw dropped … i was so amazed.. the attention to detail is nuts
@@cherie..cherry isn’t it?? usually when an instrument is animated they just make it look like they’re playing yet the sound doesn’t match what they’re actually playing.. Coco is an exception. beautiful music, beautiful movie, beautiful everything
Book of Life is one of those films that even though I haven’t seen, it will permanently stick in my brain. I remember it coming out when I was a kid, and it will never leave
Saying that Coco is a rip off of the Book of Life would be like saying that every Santa based movie is a rip off the the previous or every Exodus movie is a rip off of the previous exodus movie. Its a movie that revolves around a similar base cultural lore. Coco and the Book of Life revolve around Mexican afterlife lore. Thats its foundation. 2 very different movies that pull on the same lore. There just isn't a lot of mainstream American films that are based around Mexican culture, so these are the only 2 movies a lot of people have in that category, so they get compared. As the old saying goes, "Don't put 2 queens against each other". (but I loved both of them. I remember watching the Book of Life and just LOVING the art. And I saw Coco in theaters with my mom and her friend and they were both just SOBBING. It was such a great moment seeing 2 fully grown women, one your mother and the other who is basically your aunt, just openly weeping and in hysterics about the ending "remember me" song with Miguel and Grandma Coco. My mom's friend is Mexican and very in-touch with her heritage and, at the time, had recently lost HER mother to old age. So it just hit differently for her. And even though I was just a dumb teenager, I knew it was a privilege to witness someone connect with art to profoundly.) What I think would be a super cool movie based on this same Mexican afterlife would be a story about a soul that has been in the afterlife for a while and is waiting for the rest of their family to reach them, but they never arrive even though, with the time that's past, they should've all died. Years would go by and finally that soul decides "Screw it, I miss them. I'll find them myself" and goes on an epic quest to find where their family has gone. I don't know much about Mexican mythology, but I think it would be super cool.
This movie is my FAVORITE movie ever. I can literally watch it for the rest of my life and still cry at that bull apology scene and joaquins sacrifice. The animation is beautiful, it's a wholesome story, and yes it's a jukebox musical but the songs the way they sing them is beautiful. "I love you so much" just pulls at my hopless romantic heart strings. Quite literally the most perfect movie (to me)
there's tons of animated movies focusing on Mexican folklore, these two just happen to be the most popular and therefore have the most discussion around them, they're not rip offs of either of each other.
I do disagree with the "storybook approach lowers the stakes" thing, mainly because we see at the end that Xibalba and La Muerta are real and thus implies that the events DID happen. They're just reading history, not a story that's fictional in-universe. That's just my take, though.
Exactly! It's because if the story isn't told to the next generation, no one will remember it, and if no one remembers it, Manolo, Maria, and Joaquin will be condemned to the land of the forgotten! Telling the story IS the stakes, because if they kids don't take it to heart, there's a chance that everyone *in* that story will be forgotten!
the scene of finishing the souls of the bulls will always make me tear up. it was on par with the scene of Po coming to peace with his past and saving Toothless in HTTYD2. you can truly feel and resonate with how sincere Manolo truly is as a person to the core. i will never forget this movie, and i wish that more people saw it and resonated with it, too.
Is it just me but anytime he said Marina instead of María it bugged me so much. I couldn't with how he tried to speak spanish. It was REALLY FUNNY though!😂
There was actually an insane detail about this movie that I loved. On Netflix, there was a 1-season TV show "Maya and the Three" and it was from the same people that made The Book of Life. BUT THE KICKER IS, in the flashback scene where Lord Mictlan and Lady Micte get married, LADY MUERTE, XIBALBA, AND THE CANDLE MAKER ARE THERE IN THE BACKGROUND. That's insane, as it implies the movie AND the TV show are in the same universe!
9:58 I think the reason the people were mad at Manolo was because he’s supposed to be this grand bullfighter, but he let Maria get “killed” by a small snake.
Book of life I enjoy more as most stories see the end of someone's life as a sad thing we should mourn or get revenge for if they were taken in a bad way. Book of life celebrates the people that lived their life and shows honor to their time. Remember them and know life is worth living. Plus the music is better in book of life.
@@TheRealKiraKiraGacha The really good, expensive kind, the kind you only get as an honor, as a sign of respect from only the grandest of dealers, like from the president of space as a reward for defending the galaxy from demon bugs, and then you wake up in your apartment realizing you've had too much weed
Something I love about this movie about this movie is that the style very much reminds me of Little Big Planet with is just a chefs kiss of game design
Y'all need to stop comparing these two movies just because they're both based in Mexican culture. They tell completely different stories and they both do it extremely well. You can't say one is a "better version" of the other when they're really not that similar.
did you not watch the whole movie? they legit reveal at the end that the tour guide is actually La Muerte, so the story DID happen. havent seen the movie in ages but even I remember that, it surprised TF outta younger me
I haven’t seen The Book of Life yet. My friend kept gushing about the art design being far more beautiful than Coco. It does look gorgeous! I’ll have to watch it one of these days. I still think Coco had a better story (as you said). Also, Coco reminds me of my abuela (grandma) which made me tear up at times in the movie. I don’t know…I’m just a sucker for a good heartfelt story that involves family. I think it was really helpful to see a positive point of view on Mexican culture when it comes to Day of the Dead too, since my dad never talked about it or celebrated it because he perceived it as being evil. 😔 After watching Coco, I learned more about day of the dead and for whatever reason, it made me feel closer to that side of my family. It’s so nice to see representation of Mexican culture. Sorry for the long comment!
This movie is also made by the creator of El Tigre!! Jorge R Gutierrez! You can really tell by the art style. When I first watched the book of life I realized how similar the characters looked. Such a fun movie and so much love was put into it. Wish it got way more recognition.
Talk and comparison between one of my favorite movies of all time (Coco) and a piece of literal art I very much loved (TBOL)? I'm locked in. Thank you for making this video, Pig. Great stuff as always.
Based on your commentary, I definitely feel like you didn’t understand the movie (you even called Maria, ‘Marina’) 1. Joaquin is not just the mean, Chad antagonist to Manolo’s kind, gentle heart 2. He did really care for Maria, it wasn’t all superficial, this si especially shown when he hesitates to marry her or with the bonnet 3. They didn’t think that Manolo killed Maria, they blamed him because they were in grief and she was essentially ‘under his care’ at the time and he should’ve been protecting her 4. You missed the part at the end where it’s revealed la muerte is the tour guide There was probably more but me general point is that you looked at this movie with a really surface level sight, when that’s not what it deserves. I first watched it when I was 8 and I immediately understood, and fell in love with it.
God I love this movie. My little 8 year old heart couldn’t handle I Love You Too Much. Hell my sister and I still get lost in it. This is also my favorite Diego Luna, Zoe Seldana, and Channing Tatum movie
Dropping a second comment because I think you deserve more support. I like these chill, "friend telling you about a movie he saw once" style things. Also interested in merch if you ever start doing that again.
The twist in the middle of the story, had me shocked on the edge of my seat! But the climax? The fight was SO good. Seeing the spirits of the Sanchez family show up to aid the townspeople that remember them, felt like something out of Endgame. Really felt like the “love conquers all” and face your fears/living is hard, messages got across really well with how nice they were executed. So many good lessons and morals to take from this story. And it made me appreciate the culture and stories of our neighbors down south even more.
You should also check out Maya And The Three! It’s also made by Jorge AND it’s set in the same universe as book of life but centuries before tbol took place!❤️
1:16 I wanna correct something here. Yeah I do agree that both movies had the parents being iffy on the fact the protagonists wanted to do something music related (Manolo for Book of Life and Miguel for Coco) but for Coco it was Miguel's grandma that mostly prohibited it not his parents (although his parents case, yeah they were a bit iffy on it as well but how I interpreted it but they were a lot less harsh) however with Book of Life was that it was just the dad and when we met up with Manolo's mom later in the land of the remembered she actually wanted Manolo to follow his heart
REAL REAL REAL. I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR YEARS FOR SOMEONE TO MAKE A BOOK OF LIFE BETTER THAN COCO VIDEO. ITS MY FAVORITE DISNEY MOVIE AND PROBABLY MOVIE IN GENERAL. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!
Coco may be better written in some regards, but I will always love Book of Life More! An instant rewatch for me, mainly because the animation style is far more unique and the character more lively
Im so glad someone is talking about this movie. In my Spanish class we were watching Coco and I mentioned The Book of Life and no one knew what I was talking about, and it felt so terrible since I grew up watching this movie.
Also takes place in the past of the El Tigre series' universe. The two main characters are related to the two main male characters in Book of Life. While Sartana of the Dead is the daughter of the two gods of death here. Confirmed by the creator directly.
Oh man, I really enjoyed this one. I actually liked it a lot more than The Box Trolls, which pains me to say because I LOVE Laika Studios and what they are doing with their films. But seriously...I loved The Book of Life. I will be going again. First, I was actually surprised by the plot. I thought the trailers had basically spoiled all the big plot points, but it really hadn't. Second, this film reminded me of all the fantastic characters in Mexican mythology. This movie honestly left me wanting to see more of the two gods. :) Maybe a backstory of the first wager?! One can only hope. There main love story is fine, but the background love story seems great. I want to see that. And third, omg the animation...Reel FX should be damn proud by what they just produced. I saw it in 3D, which probably helped dim some of the bright colors haha. I know it's not for everyone, and sometimes it did feel overwhelming, but I just couldn't get enough. It felt like eye-candy, and I am sure that is what the desired effect was. I really hope this movie is commercial success, because I want to see more by this studio and the director! I was chucking (if not laughing) throughout.
I do believe Coco is the better written movie (I always choke up at the ending) but, the character designs in the Book of Life are so lively, beautiful, and intricate. The marionette/toy style lends to a lot of interesting textures and shapes.
Book of Life definitely deserves more love than it gets! But I will still say Coco is better storywise, and the animation is still fantastic. But I grew up with Book of Life, and it will always be near and dear to my heart.
Omfg thank you thank you thank you!!!! I absolutely adored this movie when I was a kid and I watched it the day it came out in theaters. I remember tearing up too, and to this day I still find myself watching this movie and being completely enamored with every bit of it. Ever since it came out I feel like NOBODY has talked about it and this movie barely gets a recognition!!
the reasons why I like the Book of Life better than Coco is because well first,, I like the animation like they are puppets which also reminds me of a certain video game called puppeteer with a similar style of animation, it is a characters development and designs for me and I liked their message a little bit better than coco's message, and three let us be real here.. it is underrated as hell despite even though I might have been enjoying their versions of the pop music they use in the movie, I just remembering watching these movies in Spanish class.
I think this is obvious, but Coco is DEFINITELY better story-wise, and culturally. As a Mexican American myself, seeing my family who grew up in Mexico watch that movie and cry from the memories that it brought back was surreal, and I will never forget that as a part of my culture I never grew up with. Coco embodies way more the concept of what el Día de Los Muertos is about. And while Coco is more visually appealing because of the unique style, Coco is still very impressive visually because of the details in the Land of the Dead and the skeleton models. The colors, the lighting, the realism of it is just as spectacular. That being said, I did watch Book of Life and I LOVED IT. It was beautiful and the characters are great, and Joaquin is also underrated and doesn’t really deserve to be seen as the villain, when he isn’t. So, I would still say Coco is better, but the Book of Life is still amazing and still deserves the attention and love that it’s unfairly being deprived of. Also, a detail you missed was that the townsfolk didn’t think Manolo killed Maria, but that they blamed him for her “death” because he failed to protect her. Joaquin literally says “Why didn’t you protect her?” Just wanted to clarify that.
Something that I always hated about Joaquin was that when Maria "died" and everyone was blaming Manolo, not for killing her, but for "letting" her die, and Manolo saying "It should've been me.." and Joaquin having the GALL to say "Yeah, it should've." Yes, Joaquin was in love with Maria. Yes, Manolo was his rival. HOWEVER, these two men have been best friends for YEARS now. Joaquin had no business saying something so horrible to Manolo and validating Manolo's negative thoughts when he was just desperately trying to explain that he was *trying* to protect Maria. And then when Manolo *actually* dies and Maria is *resurrected*, thus Joaquin getting his wish granted, he finally realizes that "Hey, maybe wishing my best friend died *wasn't* exactly what I wanted" like yeah, you sometimes say things you don't mean in an argument, but damn
I never liked The Book of Life but i can definitely see how it's superior to Coco. Its made by mexicans as a genuine show of love and appreciation for their own culture; It's authentic in a way Coco just can't be.
This movie is my childhood. I’ve been watching this thing ever since it came out when I was like four and it holds such a special place in my heart. I freaking love it.
I once hated this movie cuz my little sis played it *24/7 I am serious it was the only movie we watched. The dvd broke and I felt relief. Decided to watch it after years of not seeing it and... Its way better than I remembered. I guess having it play nonstop just made me hate it. But I actually really like it now. Not a fan of the music, but other than that I like it. Its funny and the character design is neat. Also its hilarious *"Ohh you picked a feisty one!"* *Gets punched* Gets me and my siblings rolling every time
Look people will like what they like and to me Coco just tackled Mexican families and the holiday of Dia De Los Muertos better than Book of Life…and I would have liked Book of Life more if the music was ALL ORIGINAL MUSIC!!!! Book of Life would take MUSIC WE HAVE ALL HEARD and made it sound Mexican when it ain’t Mexican like I would have loved for songs like Toro and I love u too much to be original songs that to me was good but when they added like music we’ve all heard from the radio and made it Mexican just wasn’t good to me
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Absolutely Loved the book of Life, I'd have to say the Scene one that sticks out to me the Most though is the "I'm a Freak" song, I'm not sure why, But that scene has stuck with me for Years, Its one I always remember from this Movie, not to say I forget the other scenes, I can remember it quite well but that Scene is what I think of first when I think of this Movie
Of course it's better hahaha
I don't remember, have you checked out the Dantes inferno collaborative animation movie?
Love how it'd literally just called ptsd
nuh uh
Fun Fact: The director explained that he made covers because they were the songs of his childhood as this movie was a creation of love towards his culture
and even then half the songs weren't covers
I love how he made the covers fit into the story better.
that's sweet
Even the Radiohead one? Lol
@@DarkJusn2020 was about to say the same thing
You missed the part where it is revealed the tour guide is actually La Muerte meaning the story really did happen. Also, the final challenge Manolo faced wasn't about defeating the bull, it was about accepting himself for who he is
Yeah this seriously pissed me off that he missed this
Yeah! Glad someone said it lol
It feels mean to say but yeah I think he missed out on a lot of the film. Like I stopped watching about halfway when he kept calling Maria 'Marina'. Like it just shows that you don't care about the film as much as you say dude.
@@DayerethSelmar8682 thank god someone else said this, I thought I was miss hearing him
@@DayerethSelmar8682Same, I’m 10 minutes in and that’s been bugging me the whole way through. I was so excited to hear his thoughts about this movie but yeah, he doesn’t seem like he did his research and missed a lot.
By the end of the movie Manolo's whole family is dead. I keep thinking about it every once in a while.
Ouch
At least he's with Maria. Joaquin literally has noone since he was a kid except Maria's dad. By the end of the movie, Maria's dad just forgets Joaquin for Manolo. Personally, dont think he romantically loved Maria, but he cared for her. He probably only wants family since he doesn't have any.
@@Urd-Vidannow that u mentioned that, how come there is no appearance of captain Mondragon at all in this movie lol ?? He’s remembered by many, so he’s for sure in the land of the remembered. It would’ve been so cool for Joaquin to see him after the battle of jackal and for him to tell him that he is proud of his son. Missed opportunity 🥲
@@aae_r1n The creator actually has said he's up for making sequels and has two planned just doesn't know when. Each movie is about one of the main characters, this one is Manolo, the second is Joaquin, and the third is Maria. You can find more info on his social media like IG, Twitter, and Tumblr
@@aae_r1napparently the creator has ideas for two sequels. Each movie is about one of the main characters this one is Manolo, the second is Joaquin, and the third is Maria
THE THING ABOUT JOAQUIN is that he's not just the things you described him as, he's not this unlikeable antagonist, he's actually a pretty well-written character. Him, Manolo and Maria had been best friends ever since they were little kids. And while they all had their own struggles and challenges, at least Manolo and Maria had a loving family - more specifically, loving fathers. Yes, fathers who tried to push them in a certain direction, but who ultimately loved them and essentially meant well, even if their actions were often misguided. Well, Joaquin never had that because his father died before he could even remember him. And it made him feel really alone. He had no guidance through life except for this massive expectation of who he should be.
He grew up with this enormous shadow hanging over him - his father had been the great hero of the village, a larger-than-life figure that would be pretty impossible to live up to. Everybody worshipped him, but no one as much as Joaquin himself. Of course this lonely kid with no family became hellbent on becoming a great hero himself - it meant people would love and respect him, he would finally be _someone._ That was Joaquin's idea of worth - he had to become this great, amazing hero, live up to his father's legacy, in order to get the things he craved in life, to be respected, wanted, to have a family, to be worth something. So of course once he got the medal and became invulnerable, he became somewhat pompous and arrogant. He had to be the perfect, strongest warrior with no weakness and no flaw, and he was always surrounded by people who did nothing but fawn over him and feed his ego - not because of who he really was, but because they needed his protection.
One thing I really disagree with you about, though, is his relationship to Maria. He did truly, genuinly care about her. It's just that his idea of love was a bit warped. He believed that if he got and become all those things, she would love him and he would "earn" her, and it would make them both happy. I mean, all his adult life, Maria's father and all the other villagers kept reinforcing that idea. But he did want to make Maria happy. And as soon as he saw she truly loved Manolo and didn't want to marry him, he hesitated, he seemed ready to say no to their marriage (and I believe he would have; for all his flaws, he was never a bad guy).
Most importantly, though, I'm certain that much more about Maria, it was about General Posada. Joaquin cared about Maria a lot, but I don't think that he truly loved her romantically, deep down. More than anything, he wanted a father. And General Posada offered him that. He was desperate to belong in that family and finally have all the things he was missing as a child.
WHICH IS WHY it absolutely breaks my heart that at the end, after Joaquin nearly sacrifices himself, Maria's father just turns around, pretty much forgets that Joaquin exists, and calls _Manolo_ "son". When I first saw the movie, my heart actually sank for him in that moment. Like, damn, this guy went from almost marrying his childhood best friend and finally having the family (and fatherly love) he always dreamed of to losing an eye, the girl _and_ the chance of being a part of that family - the latter two to his best friend - in the span of like an hour. And nobody cares...! Poor guy... Joaquin deserved better, man.
Sorry for this unhinged rant, but I want Justice for my man Joaquin...!
This was so well written, thank you for this, I agree! 😄
No, you have several good points. I actually liked Joaquin, because he was a good person, but any true heroism within him was shuttered because of the Medal.
Thank you for the very detailed response👍
Thank you all, I appreciate you
oh my god i didnt expect myself to relate to joaquin wtf lol
This movie is so underrated, it’s a shame it got overshadowed by Coco. I guess it really comes down to name B recognition.
To be fair book of life came out in 2014 and coco in 2017, maybe it was more of a marketing thing or just because people trust that Disney will come out with a good movie. BOL made 100 mil where Coco made 800 mil.
I think it would have been more underrated if Coco didn't came out. Since a lot of people are only finding out about this because of the rip-off accusations.
It wasn’t overshadowed? It came out YEARS before
Ppl are dumb.
Pfp sauce (im normal i swear)
That scene where Manolo sings to the bull spirit still gets me right in the feels every time.
I knooow, right ;-;
Was that song also a cover? I always believed that I Love You Too Much and The Apology Song were originals...
I cry every time and I have that song on my Spotify playlist
@@efoxkitsune9493I don't think it's a cover, I had always watched the movie with spanish dub and the covers weren't translated but that song was
@@khaseulove You're right, I've heard both of those song in English as well as Spanish.
Love them both so much, tbh
🥹 I'm sorry. Toro I am sorry, hear this song and know I sing the truth.
I always loved that Joaquin wasn’t irredeemable and respected the choice of Maria. He was misguided not evil. Heck even xibalba (probably spelled that wrong) isn’t all out evil he’s just inclined to take the easy way out and his girl sorted him out. I always like when deity characters aren’t fully evil or good just people with flaws who happen to be powerful enough to be selfish whenever they want so it’s pretty easy to be selfish
I’m just disappointed that The Book of Life had cancelled sequels. It could’ve been a great next chapter in the story. Like a trilogy.💀😞
That's the reason I like pantheons (like greek, roman, nordic, etc gods) over the church and the 1, or 3 in 1, God.
Because, the Bible supports many theories, that their believers vehemently despise. Like god and satan being the same entity, on top of the holy trinity. Among others.
Or, the fact that different people, follow specific parts, of the same book. The mormons, christians, catholics, jews, evangelists, etc, are ALL followers of the lord of the bible, but, they ALL don't agree on what parts are true, how certain things should be interpreted, etc, etc...
A pantheon on gods that argue and disagree and bicker, and fight, makes more sense to me, than a a god, who does nonsensical things, and all that...
At least Joaquin is way more handsome than Gastón
One of my favorite details in this movie is that La Muerte as the museum guide tells the story to the kids with wooden figures, and all the characters in the actual story look like they're made of wood. It's such a good detail!
5:00 there is a reason to it
Spoiler
La Catrina and Xibalba are telling the kids what they saw years ago. They make the next generation Aware
XD
Yea, he missed that whole part lol
exactly!
was just thinking that
Yeah ikr, I was so sure Pig was setting that up to give the revelation at the end that La Muerte was actually the lady and Xibalba was that one guy and they're teaching the younger generation through that story, making sure it isn't forgotten... But he just completely missed it lmao
I think it was part of/near the end credits so that's probably why he missed it
"I guess he's asking the bull's spirits for forgiveness"
The literal song: "Bull, Can you forgive me?"
I saw the title and came as fast as I could, the book of life is and will always be superior
Facts.
Yes, this.
I like The Book of Life way better, primarily because of the romance. Coco has like an hour of just the kid exploring the world. I hate when family movies do that. Or those hour long chase scenes. It's what family movies do when there isn't much of a romantic subplot.
for REAL bro. i used to rewatch the book of life over and over again i love it sm
I feel like it’s weird comparison as they have completely different tones. Book of life is a lot crazier and coco is more grounded. I like them both for different reasons. I think the emotional core of coco is better though even if the style isn’t as unique or interesting.
I like to think that Coco and Book of Life are about Day of the Dead, the same way how many movies are about Christmas. Pretty glad that Day of the Dead got two wonderful movies to watch with family
Joaquin may have been a little bit shallow, but I do believe he genuinely loves Maria.
He definitely doesn't deserve this slander.
I mean he threatened to leave them all to die if she didn't marry him. Even if it was a bluff that's fucked up
He was immature and had a very warped perception when it came love (at least romantically), but he did have good intentions. I like to think that he never really loved Maria romantically, but because of pressure from his friends and the village, he got the idea in his head that the only way hed be able to truly protect and love her was to marry and attatch himself to her. He felt like everything he had was something he earned or something to earn. I saw another commenter mention how he also didn't have a father like Monolo or Maria, and he seemed to enjoy the attention and pride he got from Maria's father. He's such a complex character, and I love it
@chrisbacon1275 yea he's one of these characters that had a good heart but was just cheated out of a happy life with a family
You're not gonna talk about La Muerte and Zebalba being the Tour Guide and Security Guard at the end? I feel like that's a good twist that should've been mentioned.
It was a good twist cause it shows that it was not only a true story (in film) but La Muerte still loves Xibalba even though he’s a little bastard
This film is criminally underrated and I'm so happy it's getting some love
I have personal issues with it, but the movie is still art and deserves to be recognized as such.
@@plaidhatter1674 interesting! What are your issues with the film? I'd love to know
@@plaidhatter1674yeah same I hated it still cool tho
In case you don’t know, the creator of this movie, Jorge R Gutierrez also created an animated series in Nickelodeon way back in 2007 called El Tigre The Adventures Of Manny Rivera, which is such an unfairly underrated series. It’s a superhero comedy show who the main character is Manny who becomes his alter ego El Tigre, who comes from a long family line of superheroes AND supervillains. His grandfather is a villain known as Puma Loco, while his dad is a superhero known as White Pantera (also yes, the theme in his family are large cats, which is pretty cool).
However, the thing with manny is that he doesn’t know what he wants to be, a hero or a villain, and both his dad and grandfather would often pressure him to good or bad things. Sadly it only got one season and the creator did planned a lot for it that is until freaking Nickelodeon cancelled it.
Now! One of the best things about Jorge’s creations is that they exist in the same universe. The book of life took place years before the events of el Tigre, and! Manny and Manolo are actually related!!! Manny’s Great-Grandfather was a hero known as Justice Jaguar and you know who was his sister??… manolo’s mother Carmen!! That makes manny and manolo as cousins! And to make things much more crazy, manny not only is related to manolo, but he is also Manolo’s reincarnation!! The creator confirmed that on his twitter/X
Yes! When I first saw TBOL, I had noticed how much it had reminded me of El Tigre! Love that they're connected that's so crazy
Didn't really know the El Tigre show but that's so cute and cool! You could tell the creator loves his works so much to connect them. It's little things like this that makes the artist feel really relatable to other aspiring artists
Also Manny's friend frida, her last name is mondragon!🤯 She's Joaquin 's Descent!!
Yo! That’s actually cool! I love El Tigre and to know that this underrated gem of a movie is connected to that amazing series makes me love em both even more
I've had a toy from that show that has lived in my head rent free for years (it was lost, but I recently found it) and found it was from that show, which I had never seen before. Looks pretty neat, but as always, anything on nickelodeon that isn't spongebob is forgotten.
I also find it cool how book of life + all the other creators works are in a universe with each other. Maya and the three and El Tigre both connecting to this movie is just straight up cool to me.
YES MORE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW ABT THIS
I LOVED El Tigre as a kid and had NO clue they were by the same person!! I’m so happy I know this now 😭😭
EL TIGRE MENTIONED RAHHH 🐯🐯🐯🐯🐯🐯
I wondered if it was official or just me, glad to hear its official. 😃
You can actually see Manny & Frida at the start of the movie.
A detail I love about the movie is that you can tell who Maria chose early on by how she acts with Manolo and Joaquin. Like when she gets to the bull fight she acts like old friends with Joaquin her little “It’s really good to see you.” Is said how you would talk to a friend but then when Manolo dedicates the bull fight to her she gets disappointed because it’s not a song. Then there’s the song I Love You Too Much where she’s happy she finally got her song. And the biggest evidence is during Joaquin’s proposal where Maria is clearly not happy but then Manolo comes in and she smiles at him. Then when Joaquin asks if Manolo proposed Maria says no before happily asking if Manolo was going too. Like even before Manolo proposes you can tell who Maria chose
I wonder if you’ve seen Monster in Paris? It’s a really good film with great music and it’s criminally underrated. What’s interesting is that It’s barley talked about and yet so many people know this film and I would love to see your opinion on it.
Bionic Pig better see this comment. That movie is amazing.
Also another movie that is absolutely amazing
Ayoo i remember seeing this movie last year, truly underrated
THISS
It was a good movie! I watched cuz I was bored well babysitting and it was so good.
The creator and his wife also made a cartoon called "El Tigre" on Nickelodeon that was really good. It was about a Mexican superhero who had to deal with his dad being a popular hero and his grandpa being a popular villain.
They also made a more recent animated show on Netflix called "Maya and the 3" and I'd say it's more aesthetic than both Book of Life and Coco combined. I honestly hope they're doing well and that more people watch their stuff.
I havent heard el tigre in so long i loved it as a kid
I absolutely adore The Book of Life, at the time it was the only movie that accurately and beautifully portrayed my culture in a fun way. My favorite song is the apology song, it just hits so deep and really shows how he's sticking to his nature and who he is, simple but impactful. I love Coco too, it was beautiful and made me cry. But The Book of Life will always have the #1 spot in my heart.
This is literally what I've been trying to tell people for so many years, so when I saw the title I finally felt heard 😭
5:00 ya missed the ending part my guy,
spoilers:
they do actually coincide with the real world, it was revealed that the lady and the janitor were La Catrina and Xibalba at the end of the movie. lol
I was gonna say that! She probably only said it was a story for them so they'll listen to it. Ngl as a kid I got bored with history/fiction stories than non fiction stories
@@anizm.lys.9526 uuh did u mean "history/non fiction than fiction" lol
@@anizm.lys.9526I think you got fiction and non fiction mixed up.
fun trivia: hector's va (gael garcia bernal) and manolo's va (diego luna) are best friends, have known each other since they were kids
I think your misunderstanding the guy with the guitar (Manolo) at 6:18. I don't think he neccessarily assumed that the girl neccessarily liked more "passion or heartfelt" things, but that he just hoped that the girl and everyone else for that matter liked him for who he was, and it turned out the girl liked him for how genuine he was, while the other guy was forcing the persona that he was raised to fulfill and being fake, playing into the whole "machismo" role (look it up if your curious on the meaning or don't know "What is machismo culture in Mexico?"), which the girl didn't like as she could see through it easily. I haven't watched it in a while, but this is what I remember getting from it. Maybe I'm wrong. I actually like this movie a lot because of how they tackle this in Mexican culture. Not that machismo culture can't be for other cultures beside Mexican, but it's really heavy in Mexican culture and there are a lot of people I know and are family that are exactly like that guy, or even more into machismo culture to the point of pure toxicity, when they would be better off dropping the machismo act all together. This movie is defenitely anti-"machismo". I do agree with the cover songs. They could have use Mexican music and subtitled it and it would have been way better and a lot more genuine.
The thing is, I dont think Maria would've disliked Joaquin's whole macho personality if it was truly genuine. He was constantly seeking validation from others because of the fact that he had no real family and was separated from his friends. Maria could sense this and just wanted Joaquin to be himself, which is why she was genuinely touched when she learned that he kept her bonnet all those years
5:00 tell me you didn't watch the end credits scene without telling me you didn't watch it.
I LOVE THE BOOK OF LIFEEE THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO😭
I still quote Joaquin’s catchphrase sometimes.
It’s just him shouting “JOAQUIIIIN!” As he flies in from the sky
Back when the movie came out my family watched it and I adored this movie still do! For the longest time I thought creep was written for TBOL 😭!! I RECOMMEND WATCHING MAYA AND THE THREE! It was confirmed that maya and zatz are the past life of Maria and Manolo!!!
WHAT I'VE WATCHED BOTH OF THESE A MILLION TIMES HOW DID I NOT KNOW THIS 😭😭😭😭
OMG REALLY? that's amazing
i love maya and the three tbh, and the book of life is like one of my favourite movies
Coco is every guitar player’s favorite pixar movie let’s be honest… when i saw Miguel playing actual chords and heard the right notes from what he played my jaw dropped … i was so amazed.. the attention to detail is nuts
Oh wow that’s actually amazing. I can’t imagine how hard that was to animate massive massive props to all of them
@@cherie..cherry isn’t it?? usually when an instrument is animated they just make it look like they’re playing yet the sound doesn’t match what they’re actually playing.. Coco is an exception. beautiful music, beautiful movie, beautiful everything
they did animate the C in the attic scene correctly ill give it that
your missing that the one telling the story and the janitor are the two gods
Book of Life is one of those films that even though I haven’t seen, it will permanently stick in my brain. I remember it coming out when I was a kid, and it will never leave
I remember always watching The Book Of Life as a kid, it was one of my favorite movies as a kid, glad people are starting to remember this movie
My sister and I still binge this movie
Saying that Coco is a rip off of the Book of Life would be like saying that every Santa based movie is a rip off the the previous or every Exodus movie is a rip off of the previous exodus movie. Its a movie that revolves around a similar base cultural lore. Coco and the Book of Life revolve around Mexican afterlife lore. Thats its foundation. 2 very different movies that pull on the same lore. There just isn't a lot of mainstream American films that are based around Mexican culture, so these are the only 2 movies a lot of people have in that category, so they get compared. As the old saying goes, "Don't put 2 queens against each other".
(but I loved both of them. I remember watching the Book of Life and just LOVING the art. And I saw Coco in theaters with my mom and her friend and they were both just SOBBING. It was such a great moment seeing 2 fully grown women, one your mother and the other who is basically your aunt, just openly weeping and in hysterics about the ending "remember me" song with Miguel and Grandma Coco. My mom's friend is Mexican and very in-touch with her heritage and, at the time, had recently lost HER mother to old age. So it just hit differently for her. And even though I was just a dumb teenager, I knew it was a privilege to witness someone connect with art to profoundly.)
What I think would be a super cool movie based on this same Mexican afterlife would be a story about a soul that has been in the afterlife for a while and is waiting for the rest of their family to reach them, but they never arrive even though, with the time that's past, they should've all died. Years would go by and finally that soul decides "Screw it, I miss them. I'll find them myself" and goes on an epic quest to find where their family has gone.
I don't know much about Mexican mythology, but I think it would be super cool.
This is the only correct answer. Both are great, and both help us connect to works of art and our heritage.
Not gonna lie the extra context for the pedal given from Coco made the “fight” with the giant bull even better for me.
Pig keeps calling Maria “marina” and it peeves me sm
This movie is my FAVORITE movie ever. I can literally watch it for the rest of my life and still cry at that bull apology scene and joaquins sacrifice. The animation is beautiful, it's a wholesome story, and yes it's a jukebox musical but the songs the way they sing them is beautiful. "I love you so much" just pulls at my hopless romantic heart strings. Quite literally the most perfect movie (to me)
there's tons of animated movies focusing on Mexican folklore, these two just happen to be the most popular and therefore have the most discussion around them, they're not rip offs of either of each other.
I do disagree with the "storybook approach lowers the stakes" thing, mainly because we see at the end that Xibalba and La Muerta are real and thus implies that the events DID happen. They're just reading history, not a story that's fictional in-universe. That's just my take, though.
Exactly! It's because if the story isn't told to the next generation, no one will remember it, and if no one remembers it, Manolo, Maria, and Joaquin will be condemned to the land of the forgotten! Telling the story IS the stakes, because if they kids don't take it to heart, there's a chance that everyone *in* that story will be forgotten!
i didnt realize creep was a radiohead song until 8-10 years later lmfao
The fact that Bionic pig kept calling Maria, "Marina" killed me this entire video lmfao
I remember i watch The Book Of Life in theater before watching Coco in theater
This was one of my favorite movies as a kid. The music, especially The Apology Song, inspired me a lot. It’s all so stylistic and beautiful.
The answer is yes idc what ANYONE says The Book of Life is absolutely a masterpiece!
the scene of finishing the souls of the bulls will always make me tear up. it was on par with the scene of Po coming to peace with his past and saving Toothless in HTTYD2. you can truly feel and resonate with how sincere Manolo truly is as a person to the core. i will never forget this movie, and i wish that more people saw it and resonated with it, too.
4:24 The Princess Bride is an amazing example of doing the storybook style right
Is it just me but anytime he said Marina instead of María it bugged me so much. I couldn't with how he tried to speak spanish. It was REALLY FUNNY though!😂
I actually rewatched this recently and it made me think why no-one ever seemed to talk about it
There was actually an insane detail about this movie that I loved. On Netflix, there was a 1-season TV show "Maya and the Three" and it was from the same people that made The Book of Life. BUT THE KICKER IS, in the flashback scene where Lord Mictlan and Lady Micte get married, LADY MUERTE, XIBALBA, AND THE CANDLE MAKER ARE THERE IN THE BACKGROUND. That's insane, as it implies the movie AND the TV show are in the same universe!
9:58 I think the reason the people were mad at Manolo was because he’s supposed to be this grand bullfighter, but he let Maria get “killed” by a small snake.
Book of life I enjoy more as most stories see the end of someone's life as a sad thing we should mourn or get revenge for if they were taken in a bad way.
Book of life celebrates the people that lived their life and shows honor to their time. Remember them and know life is worth living.
Plus the music is better in book of life.
Just a teacher? You know that teacher is La Muerte right?
The Virgin Coco vs The Chad Book of Life
Real
*The Chad Coco, Vs. The Thad Book of Life
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@@capootiscrepitoos you had too much weed when you wrote that comment
Something I love about this movie about this movie is that the style very much reminds me of Little Big Planet with is just a chefs kiss of game design
5:05 bro really didn’t see the end
Whaaa “I love you too much” is original and I love it 😢
Seeing the release dates of both movies made me feel old
Y'all need to stop comparing these two movies just because they're both based in Mexican culture. They tell completely different stories and they both do it extremely well. You can't say one is a "better version" of the other when they're really not that similar.
Listen I had this movie on repeat every day before my parents purchased cable 😂😂
I also believe the creator of El Tigre worked on this movie.
did you not watch the whole movie? they legit reveal at the end that the tour guide is actually La Muerte, so the story DID happen. havent seen the movie in ages but even I remember that, it surprised TF outta younger me
I haven’t seen The Book of Life yet. My friend kept gushing about the art design being far more beautiful than Coco. It does look gorgeous! I’ll have to watch it one of these days. I still think Coco had a better story (as you said). Also, Coco reminds me of my abuela (grandma) which made me tear up at times in the movie. I don’t know…I’m just a sucker for a good heartfelt story that involves family. I think it was really helpful to see a positive point of view on Mexican culture when it comes to Day of the Dead too, since my dad never talked about it or celebrated it because he perceived it as being evil. 😔 After watching Coco, I learned more about day of the dead and for whatever reason, it made me feel closer to that side of my family. It’s so nice to see representation of Mexican culture. Sorry for the long comment!
Ngl I cry every time Miguel puts the picture together
This movie is also made by the creator of El Tigre!! Jorge R Gutierrez! You can really tell by the art style. When I first watched the book of life I realized how similar the characters looked. Such a fun movie and so much love was put into it. Wish it got way more recognition.
This is one of the few movies that is better in Spanish, I loved the plot and art design especially for la catrina she is literally so pretty. ❤
Talk and comparison between one of my favorite movies of all time (Coco) and a piece of literal art I very much loved (TBOL)? I'm locked in. Thank you for making this video, Pig. Great stuff as always.
Based on your commentary, I definitely feel like you didn’t understand the movie (you even called Maria, ‘Marina’)
1. Joaquin is not just the mean, Chad antagonist to Manolo’s kind, gentle heart
2. He did really care for Maria, it wasn’t all superficial, this si especially shown when he hesitates to marry her or with the bonnet
3. They didn’t think that Manolo killed Maria, they blamed him because they were in grief and she was essentially ‘under his care’ at the time and he should’ve been protecting her
4. You missed the part at the end where it’s revealed la muerte is the tour guide
There was probably more but me general point is that you looked at this movie with a really surface level sight, when that’s not what it deserves. I first watched it when I was 8 and I immediately understood, and fell in love with it.
God I love this movie. My little 8 year old heart couldn’t handle I Love You Too Much. Hell my sister and I still get lost in it. This is also my favorite Diego Luna, Zoe Seldana, and Channing Tatum movie
Dropping a second comment because I think you deserve more support. I like these chill, "friend telling you about a movie he saw once" style things. Also interested in merch if you ever start doing that again.
Dude, I was like 10 when I watched this. It's crazy looking back at childhood movies and shows
GOD finaly someone talks about this movie
book of life is probably the main reason i even watched coco
The twist in the middle of the story, had me shocked on the edge of my seat! But the climax? The fight was SO good. Seeing the spirits of the Sanchez family show up to aid the townspeople that remember them, felt like something out of Endgame. Really felt like the “love conquers all” and face your fears/living is hard, messages got across really well with how nice they were executed. So many good lessons and morals to take from this story. And it made me appreciate the culture and stories of our neighbors down south even more.
You should also check out Maya And The Three! It’s also made by Jorge AND it’s set in the same universe as book of life but centuries before tbol took place!❤️
1:16
I wanna correct something here. Yeah I do agree that both movies had the parents being iffy on the fact the protagonists wanted to do something music related (Manolo for Book of Life and Miguel for Coco) but for Coco it was Miguel's grandma that mostly prohibited it not his parents (although his parents case, yeah they were a bit iffy on it as well but how I interpreted it but they were a lot less harsh) however with Book of Life was that it was just the dad and when we met up with Manolo's mom later in the land of the remembered she actually wanted Manolo to follow his heart
Dude I never knew what this movie was until my art teacher played it in the class room, I thank her for that.
REAL REAL REAL. I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR YEARS FOR SOMEONE TO MAKE A BOOK OF LIFE BETTER THAN COCO VIDEO. ITS MY FAVORITE DISNEY MOVIE AND PROBABLY MOVIE IN GENERAL. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!
Coco may be better written in some regards, but I will always love Book of Life More! An instant rewatch for me, mainly because the animation style is far more unique and the character more lively
Im so glad someone is talking about this movie. In my Spanish class we were watching Coco and I mentioned The Book of Life and no one knew what I was talking about, and it felt so terrible since I grew up watching this movie.
thats a crime!!!
When I first saw the coco trailer, I genuinely thought it was a sequel to book of life
Also takes place in the past of the El Tigre series' universe.
The two main characters are related to the two main male characters in Book of Life.
While Sartana of the Dead is the daughter of the two gods of death here.
Confirmed by the creator directly.
Oh man, I really enjoyed this one. I actually liked it a lot more than The Box Trolls, which pains me to say because I LOVE Laika Studios and what they are doing with their films. But seriously...I loved The Book of Life. I will be going again.
First, I was actually surprised by the plot. I thought the trailers had basically spoiled all the big plot points, but it really hadn't. Second, this film reminded me of all the fantastic characters in Mexican mythology. This movie honestly left me wanting to see more of the two gods. :) Maybe a backstory of the first wager?! One can only hope. There main love story is fine, but the background love story seems great. I want to see that. And third, omg the animation...Reel FX should be damn proud by what they just produced. I saw it in 3D, which probably helped dim some of the bright colors haha. I know it's not for everyone, and sometimes it did feel overwhelming, but I just couldn't get enough. It felt like eye-candy, and I am sure that is what the desired effect was.
I really hope this movie is commercial success, because I want to see more by this studio and the director! I was chucking (if not laughing) throughout.
The book of life was one of my absolute favorite movies as a kid. I would rewatch it over and over. Seeing it on a TH-cam video made my day!
I do believe Coco is the better written movie (I always choke up at the ending) but, the character designs in the Book of Life are so lively, beautiful, and intricate. The marionette/toy style lends to a lot of interesting textures and shapes.
This movie inspired me to make Mexican stop motion animations
Book of Life definitely deserves more love than it gets! But I will still say Coco is better storywise, and the animation is still fantastic. But I grew up with Book of Life, and it will always be near and dear to my heart.
Omfg thank you thank you thank you!!!! I absolutely adored this movie when I was a kid and I watched it the day it came out in theaters. I remember tearing up too, and to this day I still find myself watching this movie and being completely enamored with every bit of it. Ever since it came out I feel like NOBODY has talked about it and this movie barely gets a recognition!!
The animators had lots if fun with animating The Book Of Life
Short answer: Yes
Long answer: Yes but longer.
the reasons why I like the Book of Life better than Coco is because well first,, I like the animation like they are puppets which also reminds me of a certain video game called puppeteer with a similar style of animation, it is a characters development and designs for me and I liked their message a little bit better than coco's message, and three let us be real here.. it is underrated as hell despite even though I might have been enjoying their versions of the pop music they use in the movie, I just remembering watching these movies in Spanish class.
I watched this as a kid and i loved this movie and when i was a kid this had to be one of my top 10 favorite movies.
I think this is obvious, but Coco is DEFINITELY better story-wise, and culturally. As a Mexican American myself, seeing my family who grew up in Mexico watch that movie and cry from the memories that it brought back was surreal, and I will never forget that as a part of my culture I never grew up with. Coco embodies way more the concept of what el Día de Los Muertos is about. And while Coco is more visually appealing because of the unique style, Coco is still very impressive visually because of the details in the Land of the Dead and the skeleton models. The colors, the lighting, the realism of it is just as spectacular. That being said, I did watch Book of Life and I LOVED IT. It was beautiful and the characters are great, and Joaquin is also underrated and doesn’t really deserve to be seen as the villain, when he isn’t. So, I would still say Coco is better, but the Book of Life is still amazing and still deserves the attention and love that it’s unfairly being deprived of.
Also, a detail you missed was that the townsfolk didn’t think Manolo killed Maria, but that they blamed him for her “death” because he failed to protect her. Joaquin literally says “Why didn’t you protect her?” Just wanted to clarify that.
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thank you!!! you’ve just put my thoughts into words, im mexican as well and I’ve always felt more represented with coco than the book of life
Something that I always hated about Joaquin was that when Maria "died" and everyone was blaming Manolo, not for killing her, but for "letting" her die, and Manolo saying "It should've been me.." and Joaquin having the GALL to say "Yeah, it should've." Yes, Joaquin was in love with Maria. Yes, Manolo was his rival. HOWEVER, these two men have been best friends for YEARS now. Joaquin had no business saying something so horrible to Manolo and validating Manolo's negative thoughts when he was just desperately trying to explain that he was *trying* to protect Maria. And then when Manolo *actually* dies and Maria is *resurrected*, thus Joaquin getting his wish granted, he finally realizes that "Hey, maybe wishing my best friend died *wasn't* exactly what I wanted" like yeah, you sometimes say things you don't mean in an argument, but damn
Since we were talking about Dia de los Muertos I kept hearing DEATH instead of Debt 🤣🤣🤣
1:18 you sound way too much like master roshi I love it!
I never liked The Book of Life but i can definitely see how it's superior to Coco. Its made by mexicans as a genuine show of love and appreciation for their own culture; It's authentic in a way Coco just can't be.
This movie is my childhood. I’ve been watching this thing ever since it came out when I was like four and it holds such a special place in my heart. I freaking love it.
In the sponosr segments that was 1minte and 40seconds pig said "debt" 19 times, thats one time every 5.26 seconds. The more you know
Having this getting recognition that it deserves makes me happy
I once hated this movie cuz my little sis played it *24/7
I am serious it was the only movie we watched.
The dvd broke and I felt relief.
Decided to watch it after years of not seeing it and... Its way better than I remembered. I guess having it play nonstop just made me hate it. But I actually really like it now. Not a fan of the music, but other than that I like it. Its funny and the character design is neat.
Also its hilarious
*"Ohh you picked a feisty one!"*
*Gets punched*
Gets me and my siblings rolling every time
The book of life is such a great watch that and over the moon are slept on for great kids films adults will enjoy
Look people will like what they like and to me Coco just tackled Mexican families and the holiday of Dia De Los Muertos better than Book of Life…and I would have liked Book of Life more if the music was ALL ORIGINAL MUSIC!!!! Book of Life would take MUSIC WE HAVE ALL HEARD and made it sound Mexican when it ain’t Mexican like I would have loved for songs like Toro and I love u too much to be original songs that to me was good but when they added like music we’ve all heard from the radio and made it Mexican just wasn’t good to me
It's honestly a very good and very Important message, _"Follow your own path"_ truly Important to be able to follow the path *_YOU_* want to go
I used to be obsessed with this movie. Book of Life clears Coco it's not even a competition.
During “dias de los muertos” my family would actually have the movie playing on a projector in our front lawn because we love it so much.