Man, it stuns me over how many people don't realize Rasputin was a real person, and while not seen as a villain by most accounts, was absolutely seen as supernatural over the sheer amount of abuse that was needed in order to kill him. How are people still not aware of this guy?
He did play a part in starting the revolution, all be it indirecty by giving the wrong advice to Nicolai. Also casing a lot of drama and intrigue. He must have been a real smooth talker to manage all the things he did, especially with the ladies. Considering that the real Rasputin looked pretty much like the animated one.
@@SailorYuki He was creepy, yet women seemed to love him anyway. He had some sort of power alright. If I saw a man like him in real life, I would've been terrified!
Anastasia may be on Disney+ but this film was originally distributed as a Fox film first. If I had a quarter for every time I heard people mistakenly say that Anastasia is a Disney film, well…I’d be rolling in it.
The biggest difference I can see 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. There's even a famous picture of several girls posed together that look exactly the same, claiming to be her. 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.
I know there is a famous family portrait. She is pcitured with her parents, brother (Alexai) and 3 sisters (Olga, Tatiana and Maria). I wasnt aware of another famous photo connected with her.
I think the initial reason they went for a more fantasy angle on this is because it was less likely to seem like they were actually saying that the original Anastasia was still alive. Now that the conspiracy that Anastasia survived is done away with they’ve been able to adapt the stage show with a more reality driven plot and villain
Rasputin was a real "mystic healer" who worked for the romanov family for prince alexei who was suffering from a genetic condition that made him very sick and likely would have left him paralyzed or killed him before he became tsar. there were rumours Tsarina Alexandra was cheating with Rasputin because he became a close confident. The people thought he was meddling in political affairs. Rasputin has so many attempted murders. he survived being poisoned and shot but actually died by drowning just like in the movie.
One of my favourite things about the Broadway version is how they took Rasputin's song, slowed it down, and created the heart-wrenching "Still, I Pray You." It's insanely gorgeous, and manages to pay a small homage to the movie.
This movie is inspired by the rumor which started after the Russian Revolution in 1917. The Czars of Russia, The Romanov family were massacred (in Yekaterinburg) after the Czar abdicated that year and rumors started to spread of Anastasia and her younger brother Alexei about they scaping and being alive (which later bringed a lot of girls to say they were Anastasia) then in the 90s when the bodys of the Russian family were found they discovered that it was not Anastasia but her sister Maria and Alexei's bodies that were separated from the others but everyone died in 1917 that night. It was a tragedy. (The movie is inspired by those girls who tried to make the Empress (the Czars Mother who was still alive) believe Anastasia was alive and it was them.
@@NoThankUBeQuiet indeed, at the end Anastasia has been found originally along her family and the sister who was found with her brother some miles away was another one of her sisters 🥺
Don Bluth is a genius! His animation, his story. Anastasia and Dimitri's bickering! Rasputin's awesomeness as a villain! The music! The animation! I wish we could've seen more! Who cares if it's not historically accurate at all? It's no documentary! Just pure entertainment.
The musical is sooooo good and so underrated. I got to see it on Broadway two weeks before it closed and met Christy Altomare at the stage door and she’s exactly as sweet as you imagine she would be. This movie is awesome but I almost love the musical more just because I love the depth Gleb brings to the storyline as the villain. Also all the extra songs they added for the musical are just gorgeous, I’m obsessed with the soundtrack.
Fun fact… with Rasputin… they were not that far off. He claimed to have mystical powers and was the one who actually helped heal Anastasia’s little brother, Alexi, from a serious blood disease. And he did weasel his way it into family because the of that power and actually became more of a reason to destroy to Romanov family. He also was poisoned and shot three times and only died by drowning. So the legend pretty close to real…. MINUS the rapist and drunk he was in real life. Also I will say as an adult, the musical villains was better but having a guy simply come after her to preserve a pretty terrible way of living is honestly not the best way to introduce kids to Anastasia… but for a kids movie it was a good idea to use Rasputin to be the villain cause he was AND used “mystic powers” so he really does fit in with myth and “legend” around him.
The lady with the cheetah is based off Josephine Baker. She was an American dancer who found success in France. She was known for her act in a banana skirt
I was OBSESSED with this movie when I was a kid. I had it on VCR and it was my favourite animated movie. Her blue sparkly dress at the end?? literally effected my whole life - my fave colour scheme is deep blue with silver, fave aesthetic is night sky, fave gemstone is lapis lazuli... I saw the broadway show with the original cast and it was amazing! And I agree, the story they do for the broadway version is VERY good, probably better than the movie. And the songs are amazing!
I haven’t seen the stage version, but I believe they chose to use Rasputin as a joke to play on to the fake he managed to survive a lot of fatal situations. There’s a great song about him I learned about in school called Ra Ra Rasputin-it’s a good listen!
It's funny that you made the comparison between Rasputin and Jafar, cause here in Brazil, both of them are dubbed by the same actor (also Scar, from The Lion King and Lord Rothbart from The Swan Princess). He was an incredible actor and one of the legends in brazilian dub.
It's so interesting to see your perspective coming from the Broadway show! I absolutely loved both, Christy Altomare and Derek Klena did an amazing job as Anya and Dimitri and they will always be them for me, so it was super fun to see you hype as soon as you recognized some of the songs! I think they did a great job adapting it for stage 💛
One insteresting little detail of Rasputing's song: In the dark of the night, if you hear closely on the parts where he sings about Anatasia getting away and crawling into place, you can hear gunshots. This is believed to be about the theory that the real Anastasia did not die on the first volley and was shot after with Alexi when both were crawling away from the soviet soldiers.
I can’t not sing along to the whole soundtrack! The music is just 👌🏼 I do agree the Gleb is a more grounded and believable villain but Rasputin is entertaining in his own way. Watching this does just make me want to go to the musical soundtrack though.
Rasputin was a real person, mystical advisor to Anastasia’s mom. Everyone else thought he was creepy and a heretic, possibly a traitor. Also voiced by Christopher Lloyd aka Doc Brown from Back to the Future
Starring Meg Ryan as the title role as Anastasia with John Cusack and Kelsey Grammar and Rasputin voiced by Christopher Lloyd and Barton voiced by Hank Azalea and Angela Lansbury as the Grandmother of Anastasia
@@alexl.7668 eyyyyyy someone with a shared opinion! I wasn’t too crazy about the movie but I absolutely adored the musical. Might also be since my family is Russian and having a movie about the myth that Anastasia survived the revolution is one thing but the whole Rasputin selling his soul and gaining supernatural powers was a bit much lol
@@emki721 Yeah, what they did to Rasputin always rubbed me the wrong way. He was a supposed mystic healer, but we don’t really know. The creators turned a real person into a zombie-demon thing.
I've never seen the stage version, but I know this movie by heart!! One of my absolute favorites! I remember seeing it in theaters when the movie first came out and I have always loved the story of the real Anastasia.
One of my favorite movies from my childhood. Once I found out there was going to be a Broadway show I made sure to go see it. Christy Altomare did an amazing job.
Rasputin funny enough is grounded in reality in the sense he called himself a holy man as a russian mystic that got power through the russian royalty. they ended up assassinating him because they thought he had to much political control.....so while i never saw the stage i feel that villian was probably based on rasputin on the nonmagical front
This movie was one of my absolute favorites growing up! I always loved the dynamic between dimitri and anya even as a little kid. I always had a weird theory that her younger brother was in pookas body to guide her- not only because he conveniently showed up right when she was asking for a sign, but he also lowkey has the same look as her brothers hair.
@Movies in Depth I always like to rewatch this movie!❤️ and I had a chance to go see anastasia live for the Broadway musical awhile ago, but I didn't go cause I didn't have anyone to go with me😭 I heard it was really good though
This was actually my favorite movie as a kid and I still have the VHS. If I remember timing, they hadn't actually identified Anastasia's remains by DNA yet so this was a possible conspiracy theory. Except the demon ghouls maybe.
fun fact about the yellow dress Anya wears in the end: it's strikingly similar to the one Ingrid Bergman wore in the live action Anastasia film from 1956, which was Bergman's Hollywood comeback veichle after spending about a decade abroad because of controversies. it's nowhere near as good as this film, but the buzz around Bergman's return was so big that the movie became a hit and she won an Oscar for it. I think it's a really nice Easter egg that ties the two films together, and I missed it in the stage show
Rasputin is actually a far more politically correct villain than the one in the stage show. He was ultimately responsible for the demise of the Romanov family and his fantastical elements ring true to history. He said to have great mystical powers and escaped death multiple times.
I love this movie, I even have a tattoo from it. The musical managed to make it more realistic while maintaining the magic from the animation. The villain from the musical was better but Raputin's song is a bop, I missed it in the musical
She's one of my favorite princess of all time! This year I went to the ballet for the first time actually dressed as Anastasia in her beautiful sapphire blue number. Great fun!
To be fair... what actually happened to the Romanovs would not make a good kids movie. I do like the subtle details of reality they include though, like the drawing. That's a picture the real Anastasia drew, and her sister Olga really did say it looked like a pig riding a donkey.
I have always loved this movie for so many reasons. The story obviously but the visuals and the absolutely gorgeous music and lyrics just...send it for me. I will still sing these songs in the shower lol
one of my favorite childhood movies i remember i had a stuffed version of pooka and carried him everywhere!!! the music is so beautiful too especially "once upon a December" and also i loved your bartok impersonation!!
This is my favorite non Disney, Disney movie. Basically, the movie was created and released by a different production company, but Disney bought the production studio years later, so it’s owned by Disney now. This is my favorite princess movie when I was a kid.
This movie when I first watched it I didn’t know it was based of a real life story about the Romanovs until I looked it up after I asked my mum and she didn’t know. And the story is so sad😞.The 2020 live action movie Anastasia: Once upon a time is also really good.I’m actually reading a book that was made about the story about the Romanovs and what actually happened and all.
In case you didn't realize it, this was a Don Bluth movie. Sadly during the 90s people thought he was 'copycating' Disney since this movie came out during the Renaissance. For me personally this is my fav Don Bluth movie. I was a teen when this movie came out. The movie had some great VAs too- Angela Lansbury (Grandmother) who also did Mrs. Potts in Beauty and the Beast, Meg Ryan as adult Anastasia (not her singing voice though), Kristin Dunst as young Anastasia, John Cusack as Dimitri, Kelsey Grammer as Vlad (he did the singing too for he's been on Broadway too), Christopher Lloyd as Rasputin (Jim Cummings did his singing voice), Hank Azaria as Bartok, and Bernadette Peters as Sophie. I will admit, I wished you listened to the credits song for it's actually my favorite on the soundtrack- At The Beginning sung by two artists popular at the time Richard Marx and Donna Lewis. Of course Once Upon a December will always have a special place in my heart.
Anastasia is my favorite princess movie and musical and I literally cannot control my emotions while watching this. Even when a scene played only for 0.8 seconds before interrupted by commentary, I manage to get fully into the moment only to be brutally ripped away and bursting out loud with laughter. 😭😭😭
Hey love you and your videos. This movie is so good when I first watched it isn't an ordinary princess movie my mom got the cd for us to watch cause we watched all our princess movies so many times so it was a gift I was questioning it but I ended up loving it.
This is my favourite animated film ever made, the story is great and the music is unbelievable! It's not a Disney film BTW, it was made by Fox in 1997 and will always be their masterpiece
BEST MOMENT: Dimitri: Look, Anya, I'm just trying to help, alright? (Vlad rolls his eyes) Anya: Dimitri, do you really think I'm royalty? Dimitri: You know I do. Anya: Then stop BOSSING me around! (Dimitri groans) Vlad: She certainly has a mind of her own. Dimitri: Yeah, I hate that in a woman. (Anya sticks her tongue out at Dimitri) Also, I love Vlad when he tally-scores them both....
I love this movie and the stage version even more (it's probably one of my favourite musicals ever) 😍 would have loved to see Rasputin put his head into his body on stage tho 😂 I love the changes they made to the stage version, even though I was very sceptical at first. I think they mostly just added songs to the original soundtrack and changed the order around a bit, and I could write a whole novel about how amazing each new song is.. also every song sung by Ramin Karimloo on the soundtrack gives me chills, I love that they added Gleb instead of Rasputin 😇🙈
This will forever be my favorite movie AND real life Princess. There's a book of her actual diary entries and it goes all the way until when they officially had to be massacred. It even has photos & that gold dress she is wearing at the end that is a real dress she wore. ugh you made me so happy reacting to this. Also - little 'fun fact' Vlad in real life actually had some part in the family being massacred if you research it.
Gleb is definitely the more realistic and grounded of the two villains. Plus he was played by the incredible Ramin Karimloo. You can’t top that voice singing The Neva Flows & Still.
I agree, Rasputin wasn't a great villain in this movie. I remember watching this as a kid and being legitimately creeped out whenever he removed his body parts
Random but Ramin Karimloo is AMAZING in the stage musical as Gleb!! I’ve been a HUGE fan of his for a really long time and I get excited when anything he’s in is brought up😅
This movie use to scare the heck out of me as a little girl! A man selling his soul and being a living skeleton for a minute, body parts popping off, demon looking creatures trying to kill her, and the way Rasputin died in the end! That was super scary for me! I remember my kindergarten class went to another classroom once (I don't remember why) but they were playing this movie. I told the teacher I didn't want to watch it, so she sent me to the little classroom library to read a book instead. I couldn't read, but I'd rather look at the pretty pictures and make up what was happening than have the pants scared off me! I didn't actually watch this movie until maybe 5 or so years ago in college. It was on tv, so I decided to give it a try. I'm grown up now, I'm sure I can handle watching it. I now love it! The ballroom scene has me crying every time and I even wrote a fanfic told from Anastasia's/Anya's POV.
My favorite scene is the ballroom. One of my top animation films. I wonder if they will ever make a live action film bc the ballroom scene would be awesome.
This is a Don Bluth film, his movies have some of the most beautiful animation. He used to be a Disney animator, so a lot of him movies have Disney (especially older Disney) elements to them. I'm genuinely surprised Rasputin wasn't in the musical, he is Scar levels of villain. Absolutely fantastic (and one of the best villain songs)
The musical is more grounded in historical reality, with Gleb and the Soviets. The movie is more fantastical with Rasputin, though a real person, being a vengeful sorcerer against the royals. Both have their strengths.
This was my absolute favorite movie growing up and I love all the songs but Once Upon a December holds a special place in my heart because hearing it as a kid made so happy because i was born in December so it made me feel like it was a song just for me
The isolated track for In the Dark of the Night highlights how brilliant it is. It's the best thing coming from this movie by far. It's beyond me why they axed it for the stage. I'm sure the villain is better, but at what cost?
I had a phase two years ago where I knew every single THING about the royal family of Russia. I would correct my global studies teacher and I’m like 94.8% hated me :)
If you haven't seen The Secret of NIMH, you should definitely check it out. It's one of my all-time favorite animated films and it was directed/produced by the same team (Don Bluth, Gary Goldman) who did Anastasia.
The reason the vilain in this movie is Rasputin and not in the musical (first out of the fact that the musical is not presented on screen) is simply because the movie came out in 1997, the Cold War was barely just ending, the USSR was breaking and Russia was still getting over the revolution. The whole context was just way too sensitive and producers said they wanted to make a fairy tale they did not want to have history really involved. :)
The musical is actually based on this film. So all the music originated from here. Though they did alter the story a bit, such as completely removing the villain. So this was the OG Anastasia musical.
Man, it stuns me over how many people don't realize Rasputin was a real person, and while not seen as a villain by most accounts, was absolutely seen as supernatural over the sheer amount of abuse that was needed in order to kill him. How are people still not aware of this guy?
Aaaannnnddd roll the meme song
"Ra-Ra Rasputin ..." you know the rest
I read and saw documentaries about him. He was insanely hard to kill... sort of like in the movie.
He did play a part in starting the revolution, all be it indirecty by giving the wrong advice to Nicolai. Also casing a lot of drama and intrigue. He must have been a real smooth talker to manage all the things he did, especially with the ladies. Considering that the real Rasputin looked pretty much like the animated one.
@@SailorYuki He was creepy, yet women seemed to love him anyway. He had some sort of power alright. If I saw a man like him in real life, I would've been terrified!
RIGHT?!
Ballroom scene with the paintings is still one of the best scenes in animation, hands down!
Yes, totally agree!!
Facts. And I absolutely *adore* the outfits in the scene as well 😭 I've always loved Anastasia's dress especially
Makes me cry every time
Anastasia may be on Disney+ but this film was originally distributed as a Fox film first. If I had a quarter for every time I heard people mistakenly say that Anastasia is a Disney film, well…I’d be rolling in it.
Oh yeah, it’s only gotten worse since Disney bought fox.
Yes, I remember always saying its not a Disney film but now that Disney has it, its hard to tell people its not Disney but Fox.
@@janeandle I can't correct people about Disney princesses anymore lol
@@labelle4497 I Know what you mean. Lol
@@labelle4497 yes you can! Anastasia was not made by disney, thus she cannot be a disney princess.
The biggest difference I can see 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. There's even a famous picture of several girls posed together that look exactly the same, claiming to be her.
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.
I've never seen that famous picture before? Do you mind telling where I can look?
@@fairsuns time magazine top 10 famous disappearances. Anastasia Romanov.
@@fairsuns actually now that I've tracked it down, I could be very wrong, and the picture I'm referring to could just be a family photo.
I know there is a famous family portrait. She is pcitured with her parents, brother (Alexai) and 3 sisters (Olga, Tatiana and Maria). I wasnt aware of another famous photo connected with her.
exactly sadly they found her body shortly after this movie in the woods.
I think the initial reason they went for a more fantasy angle on this is because it was less likely to seem like they were actually saying that the original Anastasia was still alive. Now that the conspiracy that Anastasia survived is done away with they’ve been able to adapt the stage show with a more reality driven plot and villain
That, and maybe to distract from the gruesome reality of the Romanov's demise.
@@bennyboiart7781 EXACTLY. My grandfather had the original book from Robert Massie and man the details on that book ... gets me every time.
That drawing that Grandmama shows her was a real drawing the Grand Duchess Anastasia drew.
That’s amazing
Rasputin was a real "mystic healer" who worked for the romanov family for prince alexei who was suffering from a genetic condition that made him very sick and likely would have left him paralyzed or killed him before he became tsar. there were rumours Tsarina Alexandra was cheating with Rasputin because he became a close confident. The people thought he was meddling in political affairs. Rasputin has so many attempted murders. he survived being poisoned and shot but actually died by drowning just like in the movie.
right I was like well he is a political player but no kid wants to hear about that element so they just made him a creepy guy who hated the family
@@NoThankUBeQuiet yeah pretty much. I didn't know the real story until I was older. I became obsessed with the romanovs after this movie.
One of my favourite things about the Broadway version is how they took Rasputin's song, slowed it down, and created the heart-wrenching "Still, I Pray You." It's insanely gorgeous, and manages to pay a small homage to the movie.
"In A Crowd of Thousands" is the best creation to come out of the broadway musical.
If you keep doing these animated movies you NEED to watch The swan princess and Thumbelina, the music is amazing and the animation is great! :D
Yassss on the thumbelina
THE SWAN PRINCESSSSS
Oh I love the swan princess!! And Quest for Camelot!!
And Balto!
I LOVE THUMBELINA
This movie is inspired by the rumor which started after the Russian Revolution in 1917.
The Czars of Russia, The Romanov family were massacred (in Yekaterinburg) after the Czar abdicated that year and rumors started to spread of Anastasia and her younger brother Alexei about they scaping and being alive (which later bringed a lot of girls to say they were Anastasia) then in the 90s when the bodys of the Russian family were found they discovered that it was not Anastasia but her sister Maria and Alexei's bodies that were separated from the others but everyone died in 1917 that night. It was a tragedy. (The movie is inspired by those girls who tried to make the Empress (the Czars Mother who was still alive) believe Anastasia was alive and it was them.
I believe they have since found her right?
@@NoThankUBeQuiet Yes, all members of the family are found.
@@NoThankUBeQuiet indeed, at the end Anastasia has been found originally along her family and the sister who was found with her brother some miles away was another one of her sisters 🥺
Don Bluth is a genius! His animation, his story. Anastasia and Dimitri's bickering! Rasputin's awesomeness as a villain! The music! The animation! I wish we could've seen more! Who cares if it's not historically accurate at all? It's no documentary! Just pure entertainment.
The musical is sooooo good and so underrated. I got to see it on Broadway two weeks before it closed and met Christy Altomare at the stage door and she’s exactly as sweet as you imagine she would be. This movie is awesome but I almost love the musical more just because I love the depth Gleb brings to the storyline as the villain. Also all the extra songs they added for the musical are just gorgeous, I’m obsessed with the soundtrack.
My thoughts exactly
Fun fact… with Rasputin… they were not that far off. He claimed to have mystical powers and was the one who actually helped heal Anastasia’s little brother, Alexi, from a serious blood disease. And he did weasel his way it into family because the of that power and actually became more of a reason to destroy to Romanov family. He also was poisoned and shot three times and only died by drowning. So the legend pretty close to real…. MINUS the rapist and drunk he was in real life.
Also I will say as an adult, the musical villains was better but having a guy simply come after her to preserve a pretty terrible way of living is honestly not the best way to introduce kids to Anastasia… but for a kids movie it was a good idea to use Rasputin to be the villain cause he was AND used “mystic powers” so he really does fit in with myth and “legend” around him.
The lady with the cheetah is based off Josephine Baker. She was an American dancer who found success in France. She was known for her act in a banana skirt
I was OBSESSED with this movie when I was a kid. I had it on VCR and it was my favourite animated movie. Her blue sparkly dress at the end?? literally effected my whole life - my fave colour scheme is deep blue with silver, fave aesthetic is night sky, fave gemstone is lapis lazuli...
I saw the broadway show with the original cast and it was amazing! And I agree, the story they do for the broadway version is VERY good, probably better than the movie. And the songs are amazing!
I haven’t seen the stage version, but I believe they chose to use Rasputin as a joke to play on to the fake he managed to survive a lot of fatal situations. There’s a great song about him I learned about in school called Ra Ra Rasputin-it’s a good listen!
It's a song by Boney M. One of my favourites!
It's funny that you made the comparison between Rasputin and Jafar, cause here in Brazil, both of them are dubbed by the same actor (also Scar, from The Lion King and Lord Rothbart from The Swan Princess).
He was an incredible actor and one of the legends in brazilian dub.
That’s more perfect than I could have ever made it lol
It's so interesting to see your perspective coming from the Broadway show! I absolutely loved both, Christy Altomare and Derek Klena did an amazing job as Anya and Dimitri and they will always be them for me, so it was super fun to see you hype as soon as you recognized some of the songs! I think they did a great job adapting it for stage 💛
Agreed
One insteresting little detail of Rasputing's song: In the dark of the night, if you hear closely on the parts where he sings about Anatasia getting away and crawling into place, you can hear gunshots. This is believed to be about the theory that the real Anastasia did not die on the first volley and was shot after with Alexi when both were crawling away from the soviet soldiers.
I can’t not sing along to the whole soundtrack! The music is just 👌🏼 I do agree the Gleb is a more grounded and believable villain but Rasputin is entertaining in his own way. Watching this does just make me want to go to the musical soundtrack though.
Rasputin was a real person, mystical advisor to Anastasia’s mom. Everyone else thought he was creepy and a heretic, possibly a traitor. Also voiced by Christopher Lloyd aka Doc Brown from Back to the Future
Starring Meg Ryan as the title role as Anastasia with John Cusack and Kelsey Grammar and Rasputin voiced by Christopher Lloyd and Barton voiced by Hank Azalea and Angela Lansbury as the Grandmother of Anastasia
Yes shes kind of a side character but don't forget who voiced Sophie, Bernadette Peters
Don’t forget Kirsten Dunst as young Anastasia!!!
@@allisonreilly1952 oh yeah. I forgot about her
@@spiderfingers86 that movie is a powerhouse of talent!!
The Broadway version really is incredible. I actually performed in a version of it and it’s still one of my favorite musical soundtracks.
I love the Anastasia Broadway musical. An unpopular opinion, I prefer the musical over the animated film. Even though the animated movie is good.
Question: did you ever work with Ramin Karimloo??
@@alexl.7668 eyyyyyy someone with a shared opinion! I wasn’t too crazy about the movie but I absolutely adored the musical. Might also be since my family is Russian and having a movie about the myth that Anastasia survived the revolution is one thing but the whole Rasputin selling his soul and gaining supernatural powers was a bit much lol
@@emki721 lol
I agree
@@emki721 Yeah, what they did to Rasputin always rubbed me the wrong way. He was a supposed mystic healer, but we don’t really know. The creators turned a real person into a zombie-demon thing.
I've never seen the stage version, but I know this movie by heart!! One of my absolute favorites! I remember seeing it in theaters when the movie first came out and I have always loved the story of the real Anastasia.
Once Upon A December is easily one of the best songs ever created for animation
One of my favorite movies from my childhood. Once I found out there was going to be a Broadway show I made sure to go see it. Christy Altomare did an amazing job.
“You’re still alive?” Yes MID. He sold his soul remember? Therefore he can’t die
This was my CHILDHOOD!!! Me and my grandma are super close, so this movie has always had a very special place in my heart.
Do you know how LONG I’ve waited for ANYBODY… literally any of my favorite movie reviewers to watch this??? 💜💜
Rasputin funny enough is grounded in reality in the sense he called himself a holy man as a russian mystic that got power through the russian royalty. they ended up assassinating him because they thought he had to much political control.....so while i never saw the stage i feel that villian was probably based on rasputin on the nonmagical front
No one ever talks about Bartok. He’s such a funny little bat and a cute side character.🦇
Love him
Let's be real: we all had a crush on Dimitri growing up
and i am still not ashamed of it xD
This movie was one of my absolute favorites growing up! I always loved the dynamic between dimitri and anya even as a little kid. I always had a weird theory that her younger brother was in pookas body to guide her- not only because he conveniently showed up right when she was asking for a sign, but he also lowkey has the same look as her brothers hair.
I love that theory
@Movies in Depth I always like to rewatch this movie!❤️ and I had a chance to go see anastasia live for the Broadway musical awhile ago, but I didn't go cause I didn't have anyone to go with me😭 I heard it was really good though
Once upon a December my all time favourite song from this movie
The way this tragic story about this family always gives me goosebumps and makes me emotional…
Me
This was actually my favorite movie as a kid and I still have the VHS. If I remember timing, they hadn't actually identified Anastasia's remains by DNA yet so this was a possible conspiracy theory. Except the demon ghouls maybe.
fun fact about the yellow dress Anya wears in the end: it's strikingly similar to the one Ingrid Bergman wore in the live action Anastasia film from 1956, which was Bergman's Hollywood comeback veichle after spending about a decade abroad because of controversies. it's nowhere near as good as this film, but the buzz around Bergman's return was so big that the movie became a hit and she won an Oscar for it. I think it's a really nice Easter egg that ties the two films together, and I missed it in the stage show
The bat has his own spin off movie
Rasputin is actually a far more politically correct villain than the one in the stage show. He was ultimately responsible for the demise of the Romanov family and his fantastical elements ring true to history. He said to have great mystical powers and escaped death multiple times.
I love this movie, I even have a tattoo from it. The musical managed to make it more realistic while maintaining the magic from the animation. The villain from the musical was better but Raputin's song is a bop, I missed it in the musical
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She's one of my favorite princess of all time! This year I went to the ballet for the first time actually dressed as Anastasia in her beautiful sapphire blue number. Great fun!
Love this
There’s a big discrepancy between this and what actually happened to the Romanov children. 😬
and it happened in a place bolsheviks called the "house of special purpose". just makes your skin crawl.
and yet somehow this movie is still more historically accurate than Anna Anderson.
To be fair... what actually happened to the Romanovs would not make a good kids movie.
I do like the subtle details of reality they include though, like the drawing. That's a picture the real Anastasia drew, and her sister Olga really did say it looked like a pig riding a donkey.
Anastasia is so nostalgic to me🥰
Fun fact the whole drowning in ice was how the real Rasputin died and was apparently the only way they could kill him
I have always loved this movie for so many reasons. The story obviously but the visuals and the absolutely gorgeous music and lyrics just...send it for me. I will still sing these songs in the shower lol
ooo im so excited for this. anastasia is my absolute favorite movie!!! i will never not get excited watching this 😩💗
one of my favorite childhood movies i remember i had a stuffed version of pooka and carried him everywhere!!! the music is so beautiful too especially "once upon a December" and also i loved your bartok impersonation!!
This is my favorite non Disney, Disney movie. Basically, the movie was created and released by a different production company, but Disney bought the production studio years later, so it’s owned by Disney now. This is my favorite princess movie when I was a kid.
Fox, 20th century Fox was the company. I personally still don't count her as a Disney princess.
I highly recommend you watch The Swan Princess (1994) ! It's criminally underrated!
This movie when I first watched it I didn’t know it was based of a real life story about the Romanovs until I looked it up after I asked my mum and she didn’t know. And the story is so sad😞.The 2020 live action movie Anastasia: Once upon a time is also really good.I’m actually reading a book that was made about the story about the Romanovs and what actually happened and all.
In case you didn't realize it, this was a Don Bluth movie. Sadly during the 90s people thought he was 'copycating' Disney since this movie came out during the Renaissance. For me personally this is my fav Don Bluth movie. I was a teen when this movie came out.
The movie had some great VAs too- Angela Lansbury (Grandmother) who also did Mrs. Potts in Beauty and the Beast, Meg Ryan as adult Anastasia (not her singing voice though), Kristin Dunst as young Anastasia, John Cusack as Dimitri, Kelsey Grammer as Vlad (he did the singing too for he's been on Broadway too), Christopher Lloyd as Rasputin (Jim Cummings did his singing voice), Hank Azaria as Bartok, and Bernadette Peters as Sophie.
I will admit, I wished you listened to the credits song for it's actually my favorite on the soundtrack- At The Beginning sung by two artists popular at the time Richard Marx and Donna Lewis. Of course Once Upon a December will always have a special place in my heart.
Anastasia is my favorite princess movie and musical and I literally cannot control my emotions while watching this. Even when a scene played only for 0.8 seconds before interrupted by commentary, I manage to get fully into the moment only to be brutally ripped away and bursting out loud with laughter. 😭😭😭
1:17 "At least they have the same theme from the musical" - the musical uses the theme from the movie :P
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This movie is so good when I first watched it isn't an ordinary princess movie my mom got the cd for us to watch cause we watched all our princess movies so many times so it was a gift
I was questioning it but I ended up loving it.
This is my favourite animated film ever made, the story is great and the music is unbelievable! It's not a Disney film BTW, it was made by Fox in 1997 and will always be their masterpiece
This was one of my favorites growing up. I'm so glad you enjoyed it.
BEST MOMENT:
Dimitri: Look, Anya, I'm just trying to help, alright?
(Vlad rolls his eyes)
Anya: Dimitri, do you really think I'm royalty?
Dimitri: You know I do.
Anya: Then stop BOSSING me around!
(Dimitri groans)
Vlad: She certainly has a mind of her own.
Dimitri: Yeah, I hate that in a woman. (Anya sticks her tongue out at Dimitri)
Also, I love Vlad when he tally-scores them both....
I love this movie and the stage version even more (it's probably one of my favourite musicals ever) 😍 would have loved to see Rasputin put his head into his body on stage tho 😂
I love the changes they made to the stage version, even though I was very sceptical at first. I think they mostly just added songs to the original soundtrack and changed the order around a bit, and I could write a whole novel about how amazing each new song is.. also every song sung by Ramin Karimloo on the soundtrack gives me chills, I love that they added Gleb instead of Rasputin 😇🙈
This will forever be my favorite movie AND real life Princess. There's a book of her actual diary entries and it goes all the way until when they officially had to be massacred. It even has photos & that gold dress she is wearing at the end that is a real dress she wore. ugh you made me so happy reacting to this. Also - little 'fun fact' Vlad in real life actually had some part in the family being massacred if you research it.
Once upon a December is one of my all time favorite songs and I still remember it from when I were a kid watching this for the first time.
16:00 umm sir ... that was uncalled for. EMOTIONAL DAMAGE
I COULDNT HELP IT
Anastasia was the first show I saw on Broadway ❤️
Yesss
Gleb is definitely the more realistic and grounded of the two villains. Plus he was played by the incredible Ramin Karimloo. You can’t top that voice singing The Neva Flows & Still.
FACTS
I agree, Rasputin wasn't a great villain in this movie. I remember watching this as a kid and being legitimately creeped out whenever he removed his body parts
Once upon a December will always be my favorite song. Everytime I watched this movie. I always danced my stuff pooka dog when that song came on ❤️
This is my favorite princess movie since I was a girl. Thank you for your reaction. You made my day 🙌🏼😊
Random but Ramin Karimloo is AMAZING in the stage musical as Gleb!! I’ve been a HUGE fan of his for a really long time and I get excited when anything he’s in is brought up😅
This movie use to scare the heck out of me as a little girl! A man selling his soul and being a living skeleton for a minute, body parts popping off, demon looking creatures trying to kill her, and the way Rasputin died in the end! That was super scary for me! I remember my kindergarten class went to another classroom once (I don't remember why) but they were playing this movie. I told the teacher I didn't want to watch it, so she sent me to the little classroom library to read a book instead. I couldn't read, but I'd rather look at the pretty pictures and make up what was happening than have the pants scared off me!
I didn't actually watch this movie until maybe 5 or so years ago in college. It was on tv, so I decided to give it a try. I'm grown up now, I'm sure I can handle watching it. I now love it! The ballroom scene has me crying every time and I even wrote a fanfic told from Anastasia's/Anya's POV.
Aah it’s one of my favorite movies!
5:08 hahaha I always love your commentary and reaction
My favorite scene is the ballroom. One of my top animation films. I wonder if they will ever make a live action film bc the ballroom scene would be awesome.
When he said “you didnt wait to get her?!” Got me so much😂😂💀💀
once upon a december will forever & always be a bop💃🏾
This is a Don Bluth film, his movies have some of the most beautiful animation. He used to be a Disney animator, so a lot of him movies have Disney (especially older Disney) elements to them.
I'm genuinely surprised Rasputin wasn't in the musical, he is Scar levels of villain. Absolutely fantastic (and one of the best villain songs)
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Your Bartok impression is spot on! 😂 😂
The musical is more grounded in historical reality, with Gleb and the Soviets. The movie is more fantastical with Rasputin, though a real person, being a vengeful sorcerer against the royals. Both have their strengths.
I grew up watching this movie with my mom fro as long as I can remember! I love every single song in this movie!
This is a movie that I forgot I watched when I was younger. I think I remember watching it a couple of times too. Crazy.
This was my absolute favorite movie growing up and I love all the songs but Once Upon a December holds a special place in my heart because hearing it as a kid made so happy because i was born in December so it made me feel like it was a song just for me
this movie had me in a chokehold when i was young. loved your reaction
The isolated track for In the Dark of the Night highlights how brilliant it is. It's the best thing coming from this movie by far. It's beyond me why they axed it for the stage. I'm sure the villain is better, but at what cost?
Yes, IT IS AMAZING
"Doesn't this album make you wanna like... walzing? Is it just me?"
The people in the paintigs starting to walz out the frame: "It isn't"
I think its hilarious from your perspective because I grew up watching this and the broadway show is still so new to me
Also: In the Hartford run for the Broadway show the blue dress for the ballet was pink but the backlash for the blue dresss was so big they changed it
I love this movie. Meg Ryan and John Cusack are so great. I have the soundtrack on my phone and actually listen to it every day.
this was the first film i watched at the cinema and it was my dad who took me. this movie is so precious.
"I kinda like the realism they had for the villain in the stage version" - please go read about Rasputin
I had a phase two years ago where I knew every single THING about the royal family of Russia. I would correct my global studies teacher and I’m like 94.8% hated me :)
this was my favorite growing up love the music so much.
If you haven't seen The Secret of NIMH, you should definitely check it out. It's one of my all-time favorite animated films and it was directed/produced by the same team (Don Bluth, Gary Goldman) who did Anastasia.
3:42 this lady's character just instantly reminded me of Madam Mim from The Sword in the Stone lol
Once Upon a December, Journey to the Past, and At the Beginning are my top three favorite songs but I do love In the Dark of the Night as well
This is my childhood movie! I love the movie and the songs! It makes me so happy that you did a commentary for it!!
The reason the vilain in this movie is Rasputin and not in the musical (first out of the fact that the musical is not presented on screen) is simply because the movie came out in 1997, the Cold War was barely just ending, the USSR was breaking and Russia was still getting over the revolution. The whole context was just way too sensitive and producers said they wanted to make a fairy tale they did not want to have history really involved. :)
You have to look up the real life story of Rasputin!
Not me stopping this at the 5 minute mark to listen to all the songs again
The musical is actually based on this film. So all the music originated from here. Though they did alter the story a bit, such as completely removing the villain. So this was the OG Anastasia musical.