**THE BOOK OF LIFE** Is BETTER Than COCO? (first time watching reaction)
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I love how everyone is starting to react to this movie, it's so good and underrated
Can we acknowledge that Maria & Manolo got married on the day of the dead? That’s pretty iconic.
Rebecca, girl, I am SOOOO HAPPY you finally watched this movie. I honestly did not believe that you haven't watched it yet. GLAD TO BE HERE FOR THIS.
PS. THIS GAVE ME A FEW SAPHICC AWAKENINGS.
I’m so happy I watched it too!!
the way rebecca was predicting everything already 😭😭😭
I’m smart what can I say
I adored this movie when it came out, and I put off watching Coco for a while because of the similar vibes I was getting, and...yeah, they're WEIRDLY similar movies. Like, if it's straight up plagiarism it's weird because Disney is usually more careful about that. No one I talk to has a good answer about it. Most people say "oh, it's just because they're both about Día de los Muertos" but no! Both movies have:
-a guy who wants to be a musician, but his family holds him back by wanting him to be a part of the family business, which he rejects
-said guy winds up in the Land of the Dead, where his face becomes a sugar skull skeleton and he meets a bunch of his dead relatives
-climax of the movie (or part of it anyway) involves the protagonist performing a song which heals the hurt and trauma in his family.
Meeting his dead family is pretty generic, but coupled with the rest of it? It's way too similar.
I also always thought it was strange how much they have in common!! I can understand most of the commonalities, but the one thing I never understood was why both villains end up being crushed by a giant bell?? it’s so random😂
Yeah the only differences is Book of Life is a love story and has a more interesting design and story. Coco is a generic story that is more about family and not enough lore. Also it has straight up murder in it.
I'M SO HAPPY RN GLAD YOU FINALLY WATCHED THIS MOVIE!!
Manolo is one of the many reasons why my standards for men are too high
Nah fr
I've been saying this since it came out, Coco's good but the amount of praise it got is insane compared to how much that story resembles the massively underrated Book of Life, this is way better than Coco
I’ve been trying to comments on reactors to do this movie because IT IS BETTER THAN COCO, but it’s so underrated no one would watch it, SO THANK YOU❤❤❤
Love this film
20:23 HE’S ALIVE!! 🥰🥰🥰
i love this movie, but i definitely prefer coco because i have a hard time enjoying movies (especially fantasy/“kids” movies) that have mostly/all cover songs 😆 the songs picked are almost always awkward fits (for example the weird camila cinderella movie)
but i definitely agree with other comments saying you can’t even compare them because the only similarity is it includes the same holiday and culture??
I remember watching the Book of Life at home, probably on a vcr machine and later watching Coco years later in theaters. The Book of Life came first.
I LOVE THIS MOVIE❤❤
YES YES i love this movieeeee😭😭😭😭
Hi legend!
This is pretty unrelated to this video, but have you seen the movie "status update" and if you don't know what it is, it's basically about a guy named Kyle who has a magical app that makes his wishes come true and it's like highschool musical but with rizz and Ross Lynch plays the main character 🤭
Of course I’ve seen it 😭😭 it’s got ROSS LYNCH. I am thinking about doing a commentary on it though
@@rxbeccarose omg I'll be looking forward to that 😍
The way that when Coco was being promoted everyone was saying it’s a copy of The Book of Life, making it sound like there shouldn’t be more than one movie for a holiday (in this case on Día de Los Muertos) when there’s a plethora of Christmas movies 😭
Exactly!
I think the musician shunned by his family ending up in the Land of the Dead meeting his ancestors had a little something to do with it too.
It's like Ferngully and Epic.
The Pebble and the Penguin and Happy Feet.
Same concept, different characters.
This part yes thank you! I was about to comment the same!
@@DisneyFanatic2364 and nearly every Christmas movie has a character who needs to be reminded of "the true meaning of Christmas" because when a theme works for a holiday (i.e. meeting your ancestors) it WORKS for a holiday
The sad fact is there are only two mainstream movies about Dia de Los Muertos that really touches on the afterlife, and instead of saying "wow, this is such an amazing holiday, there should be more movies like this!" Non-mexican people uphold Book of Life like it's THEE original. Dia de Los Muertos is a beautiful tradition, and so long as people treat "meeting your ancestors in the afterlife" as a story created by either Book of Life OR Coco, we'll never see it again. Disney was unable to trademark the holiday for a *reason*
Yeah! Like, the only similarities are Día de Los Muertos and music (and I could be wrong-I am a very, very white Canadian after all-but I'm pretty sure I heard that music is a big part of Mexican culture so like, ofc there's gonna be music?? same w/ family). If we can have a million and one Hallmark christmas movies with basically the same premise then, I think the world can survive two musically themed Day of the Dead movies?????
Rebecca Not Simping For a Character Two Seconds Into the Movie
Difficulty: Impossible
Look…. 😭
Yess! I prefer the Book of Life personally - I like Coco, but this one has more memorable characters (to me), a more interesting style, the music is such a neat concept, and it is more emotionally light-hearted. Coco hits on different themes that aren't as re-watchable for me personally.
Glad you enjoyed it, I agree it isn't talked about enough! I definitely don't think it's as comparable to Coco as some people say, but the reason I am okay with people giving Disney a little sh** over it is their whole "we are going to trademark Day of the Dead" fiasco. Don't sit here and pretend like you were the first!!! XD
Same~ I prefer this movie better than Coco, Especially the songs in this movie. It's just too beautiful.
Wey it's not that "Disney wasn't the first" it's that you can't trademark our culture. Period.
@@resortinrocha3387 yep! hence the "I am okay with people giving Disney a little sh** over it". The whole thing was nonsense
This is SUCH a good film and I love that you guessed it was the tour guide straight from the beginning 😂
Like I was just joking and then it turned out to be true 😭😭
Love your reaction! Jorge Gutierrez said that María and Manolo are reincarnations of the protagonists of Maya and the three, a series that I recommend 100%
Loved thissss! Def reccomend you watch Maya and the Three, which is considered a prequel to this movie in the community. It takes place hundreds of years before, and actually is connected to BoL! Maria and Manolo are actually the reincarnations of the main couple.
weren't they reincarnated into the sun and moon
@@skyrixx887 Kind of. They were turned into the sun and moon, but the creator confirmed Maria and Manolo were then their reincarnations. I guess they’d done heir jobs long enough to be granted happiness
They are very different movies. It's tough to pick between Ron Perlman as Xibalba in The Book of Life and that last rendition of "Remember Me" in Coco. Honestly, if you want a love story, go for The Book of Life. If you want a story about how precious memories are, go for Coco. It honestly feels unfair to say one is better than the other.
THANK YOU, the Book of Life has the added element that it’s a love story - a story of a young man in love trying to return to the love of his life, while Coco is a story of family acceptance/growth.
I hate when people say they’re the same movie just because they’re both set around Día de Los Muertos, the main character wants to be a musician and they both end up in the land of the dead and are trying to return to the land of the living. Yes they’re similar in these aspects, but they’re fundamentally different movies
@@grumpy_bear It's like saying Star Wars and Harry Potter are basically the same. A young boy is left to live with his aunt and uncle as a baby, the uncle doesn't like this magical nonsense so he tries to keep him away from it, but then the boy meets the man who brought him here in the first place and learns his true place in the world. Is Harry Potter the better Star Wars, or vice versa? No! It's apples and oranges. Yes they're both fruit, but it's an unfair comparison.
@@epicureanbardI have never seen anyone compare Harry Potter and Star Wars. Ever. No one but you compares them. I have seen people compare Star Wars and Star Trek. I have seen Harry Potter compared with other fantasy books such as The Lord of the Rings trilogy and even Kiki’s Delivery Service of all things. Never seen what you have compared. That said you did point out some similarities that most people might have missed since they are different genres.
I prefer this movie over Coco just cuz this one has more action and overall is a lot more fun
They did have 2 original songs, the song Manolo sings to Maria and the one he sings to the bull. Both of them are great in English and Spanish
Although Coco is very emotional, I rewatched the book of life a LOT. And I almost always cry when Manolo sings to the bull 😁 so I definitely prefer this one 😊
Duuuuuudeeeeee, The Book of Life will always have a special place in my heart, especially because Manolo basically set my expectations for my dream man lmfao Dude literally died for the woman he loves, then crossed two realms as well as faced his biggest fear to get back to her the second he found out she was alive. That man is a treasure and should be the standard!
I can’t ok, every time I watch this I just fall in love with it all over again that scene with Mano lol singing the apology song to the Giant bull is forever in my heart, idk what it is but when I listen to it it’s like I’m mesmerized and just it’s calms me ❤😊
I'm SO GLAD someone really understands how much Joaquin pissed me off. He was incredibly vain and sexist, not to mention, careless. The fact that he would've left the town initially if she didn't marry him really speaks volumes about him.
Meanwhile, Manolo stood up for what he believed in, stood up to ALL his ancestors, DIED for Maria, and as soon as he learned that she was still alive, he did everything in his power to get back to the woman he loved. He went through the most dangerous part of the afterlife, treaded through the Land of the Forgotten, looked Xibalba straight in the eye and confronted his biggest fear, all while keeping Maria in his heart, keeping that old guitar with him, always 'playing from the heart' no matter what he faced. Nothing ever shook his love for Maria, or his care for Joaquin as his best friend.
One of the main reasons I really don't like Joaquin is because he acts like he has no consequences. Whether with his actions OR his words.
Do you know what he said to Manolo when Maria 'died'? Manolo said that it should've been him, and Joaquin said "Yeah, it should've". Ten minutes later, he gets his wish. Manolo is dead and Maria is alive. You'd think he'd be happier. He isn't? He should've thought about those words a little harder. Imagine being best friends with someone almost your whole life, even if you're both pining after the same girl. You'd think you wouldn't wish death upon your best friend. You'd think you wouldn't just choose a woman over your BEST FRIEND. But Joaquin made his choice.
Joaquin didn't go after Maria for love. Joaquin went after her to have a shiny little gem by his side. A pretty lady on his arm.
Manolo DID go after love. He DID go for her heart. He would cross any river, mountain, canyon, any REALM to be with Maria. Because he loves her. With all. Of. His. Heart.
In conclusion, Manolo is obviously the best choice, I dunno how it took Maria so long to realize that, and Joaquin, I'd say, was just barely redeemed.
Man the education system sure is different. Detention is usually sitting in a quiet room for two hours doing nothing. Not spending school money on the bus and tickets to the museum where a kid can easily just escape.
Fun fact there was a very popular (personal favorite) Nickelodeon cartoon called “El Tigré” that was made by the same creator as this movie! And this movie is actually in the same universe as the show! Same art style!
I personally love this one a lot cause it was a movie that I have a lot of good memories on and I still like Coco but I personally Love The book Of life a lot more. And I am So HAPPY you watched it .
TWINSIES
I love coco and the book of life. I’m not saying Disney copied it but the similarities are CRAZY.
Set in Mexico.
The day of the dead theme.
Manolo and Miguel wanting to be musicians but can’t because of their family.
Being remembered and being forgotten.
Found family in the land of the remembered.
Their journey to return to the land of the living.
The antagonist’s death by a BELL (so specific)
And there’s probably more that I missed.
However, they are still different in many ways and I love them both!
There’s so much of these similarities because Disney was inspired by the book of life
no its not theyre just the same event but not the same stories
I know Coco is a wonderful film, BEAUTIFULLY animated, and the story is really well written. but Book of Life has a special Place in my heart that Coco just doesn't fit.
It's annoying to have non-latines compare Book of Life and Coco like there aren't a billion Christmas movies - they're both great movies about Dia de Muertos with drastically different tones and plot points and they don't need to be pitted against each other.
Most people flag the fact that they are 2 musicians that are "disappointments to the family", where they then have to go to the Land of the Dead and a song is what heals all the family pain. People also complain about Christmas movies too, so that comparison just goes counter to your point. lmao
I think where this movie failed is that it used covered songs rather than original songs, nothing memorable like Coco
You should really watch maya and the three, it was made by the same person who made this
I feel like it was messed up to leave the town if Maria didn't marry Joaquin because he wasn't thinking about her happiness or safety at all. If he really cared, he would have stayed either way, whether he got her or not.
I saw this after it came to dvd and then coco came out and from what I saw it was a rip off. Then disney bought fox and has the right to both movies. And fun fact after coco Disney literally tried to trademark "dia de los Muertos" day of the dead. They tried to trademark a freaking holiday. Obviously they didn't succeed but that's one greedy company I tell you what.
Fr Walt Disney is scum
The creator of coco admitted to using the book of life as inspiration!!
Well thats not surprising 😭😹
The book of life is most definitely better than coco in my opinion😌 I love this movie so much, it’s honestly perfection😮💨
Maya and the three is a show made by the same creator and they’re reincarnations of the characters from the book of life. A must watch!
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Agreed so underrated
I love this movie a lot and true it's similar to coco and I saw this before coco so yes true
I think this movies portray Día de los Muertos in very different ways. As a Mexican, i definitely prefer Coco bc i think it's a lot more rooted in our real traditions, the food and habits and places literally look like my hometown, the music sounds like our music (they covered a few very famous Mexican songs) and overall they did a beautiful job. One of the things that irks me about TBL is the weird cover choices?? Like, a movie based on a Mexican holiday has a cover of Elvis and Radiohead in it?? It would make more sense to have originals OR COVER MEXICAN MUSIC, also bullfighting isn't Mexican either, sure it is -a very stupid- thing done here but it's not our tradition at all, bullfighting comes from Spain.
So anyway, i think this is a lovely movie that does a good job of portraying how us Mexicans view death and how much we value family and love in general, but I still prefer Coco even if there's really no way of comparing them
Spain had brought bull fighting to Mexico around 400-500 years ago. It’s just that it didn’t originate in Mexico and I think it was banned almost a century ago. This movie takes place years in the past before bull fighting was outlawed. I’m surprised with you being Mexican you didn’t know that the Spanish brought it to Mexico in the past. Need to learn more history.
@@princesspikachu3915 I'm pretty sure there's not one single Mexican that doesn't know about the Spanish colonization lmao it's all around us all the time, I know; what I mean is that I think have bullfighting as the centre of the conflict was an odd choice bc it's not necessarily a very prominent, followed "sport" over here as, idk, maybe fútbol or boxing. This last one actually would have the same impact on the point the movie was trying to make.
I love to see my country and culture being represented in media, so I think having a "sport" brought by the people that killed thousands of natives, took away our mother tongue, robbed our land and erased our traditions was a weird choice 🤷🏻♀️
REBECCAAAAAAAAAA!! MOTHERRRRR, YOU FINNALY WATCHED ITTTTT!!!
I love this movie
YESSSS I DIIDDDDD
This is such an underrated movie 🥹❤️
a couple things
-i dont think this is much like coco at all except that it's the same holiday and someone goes to the spirit world.... which is a big part of the holiday, so it makes sense to - like idk the north pole in christmas movies with santa... i mean i guess there's also one of the characters wanting to play music and family not letting them, but that's also not very rare... "no dad, this is your dream" kind of thing
-i WISH they did original music, it would've been so good
They only had 2 original songs, the song where Manolo sings to Maria on the balcony and the apology song in the underworld
@@linseyem92 yeah, i just wish all of it was
it really pulled me out of the story
i think they did the covers well, but it just isnt the same :(
I won't lie I don't hate the reaction but the constant of how Joaquin is a narcissist when the fame got to his head he's not a bad friend due to the fame it made him not think straight making him into the character we see now
I'm sorry I sound like a jerk but I wanted to say this cause most of the comments made just felt unnecessary
Bro this whole reaction is just her saying on repeat women ca do more than just cooking like bro we know
Better than coco? So we have beef now….😂
It’s based on the same holiday/ afterlife of course there’s got to be similarities.
Completely agree with you love. Same holiday, different movie, story and even heartstring.
Best wishes and love to you from Puebla México.
“He’s all grown up… he grew 😏” DEAD
11:30-11:33 CAN I HAVE MANNY FOR MYSELF 🥹🥹🥹
Ok TO BE FAIR, Joaquin would've beat this man's a** if he didn't realize the medal was gone by then. Bro was weaving ALL his hits and countering back each time, then as soon as he realized the medal was gone, he sold.
11:39-11:41 OMG THIS SONG!! ARE U KIDDING ME!! 😭😭😭
I honestly love Book of Life, super underrated but it is amazing. Also, there is a similar movie about the same theme, called Salma's Big Wish, which is also very interesting and aboard the topic differently.
7:43-7:57 tell him Maria 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
One of my all time favorite movies
Fun Fact: Guillermo Del Toro produced this film: The Book of Life
Ive recenently wached book of life and when manolo said killing the bull is wrong i burst into tears and said now that's my boy cries*** and screaming now that's a true Sanchez proves ya wrong mr papą Sanchez
I fine with bull fighting.
20:54 it's crazy how they got an underworld pagan god to marry those two in a Christian town in the 1920s. The priest and those nuns must be so confused
Well actually
Fun Fact Coco was heavily inspired by The Book Of Life, tis why it seems so similar
Especially with the whole music and you can't play thing
I prefer book of life personally. I think it has more character and charisma. Both are good but this is just slightly better in my opinion.
9:02-9:08 OMG WTH IS HE DOING!? GET OFF UR KNEES RN JOAQUIN!! 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨✋🏾✋🏾✋🏾✋🏾✋🏾✋🏾✋🏾🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️
This movie is okay. The modern songs are kid of annoying and the singing isn’t great. The story could have been done better as well. Coco was miles better imo.
The animation and art style of The Book of Life is gorgeous, but I found the covers annoying, personally. I thought it was a missed opportunity to have some original songs pulling from the various different Mexican styles of music, something that Coco actually did.
But I don't like to compare the two, personally. They're both wonderful films. I do give Coco more points though, because I never felt compelled to skip a musical number.
I love this movie so much
I love and hate this movie at the same time!! it caused me to develop sweet tooth for romance when in reality, it is so difficult to find love like this 😭
You’ll find it one day :))
THE ONLY MEMORY I HAVE OF THIS MOVIE WAS WE WATCHED IT IN CLASS FOR CINCO DE MAYO AND MY MEXICAN FRIEND HAD IS FEET ON THE DESK, LIVING THE DREAM LIFE-
Tarantino?
I LOVE THIS MOVIE!!!
new favorite thing is listening to British people use Spanish curse words it just sounds so off and funny
The Book Of Life is way better in my opinion
Both BOL and Coco are love based, but differ one is romance love and another is family love. I do prefer the Book of Life over Coco, its primarily do to not understanding that deep family connection as my family isn’t like Coco’s. Also I love the cast choices for this one.
As much as I like Coco I’ve always preferred Book of Life
This is literally my favorite movie
8:52 they’re so cute!! I love them 🥹🥹
I still think Coco is far better than The Book of Life because they gave much more development to those ideas
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20:03-20:14 NOOOO!? AGAIN!? CAN I JUST HAVE A HAPPY ENDING PLZ!? I CAN’T!! 😡😡😡😡😡
Love Diego luna
I don’t intend to actually watch this video I just came here to say that no it’s not
But doc is a copy of this movie , beacuse this movie came 4 years before coco
There's El Tigre and Frida cameos in that movie.
¡Viva México y su cultura milenaria!
This is one of my favorites Rebecca and I say this is better than Coco!
Chopping up the Creep cover was criminal
no don't start again like disney bad company
have you ever watch epic
the book of life is SUPERIOR to coco
this is my favorite movie. The best movie!!!
can you do the fredinand movie reaction
Maria is a great character love her so much
18:47-18:53 YAY 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
María for president!!!😝
8:23 bro this song is so good
10:10 what's the songg
Love this moviee
This is one of my personal favourites
I LOVE THIS MOVIUE SM
Hey legend! ❤