What the HELL is Strange Magic? (A Box Office DISASTER)
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- Опубліковано 16 лип 2020
- I've never been so conflicted about a movie before
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Remember folks, Star Wars was made for 12 year old boys. George Lucas said so. Also follow me on Twitter so I can show off my awful shitposts
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Saberspark HI
As a 12 year old girl, I denounce this movie.
Can you talk about doogle?
kool
"im going to rip your wings off, my pretty little fairy princess."
dawn: kinky
All i hear when I read this is Angel Dust saying "Kinky"
@@holygrailforedgykidz4511 her name is Dawn she has a name
@@thisgurllol7330 they were referring to a character from another show. It doesn't have anything to do with Dawn lmao
@@thisgurllol7330 lol they meant Angel Dust from Hazbin Hotel, although I can see why you'd mistake it for a disparaging nickname for Dawn 🧚🏼♀️
Stardust: kinky
As a character designer, I really like the way the fairies' wings are animated, most people just have the wings flap and otherwise stay still, the way they bend and flex in this film looks so natural. Really they shouldn't have gone with such hyper realistic designs, but I really like the visuals besides that.
The wings are cool enough that I honestly want to cosplay marie-ann (even though its a legitimately poor film overall)
It was watchable... but oh did some scenes make you whole body cringe - some of the songs rang like a budget pantomime with their introduction into the story
Honestly, the only reason I watched that movie was because I saw two girls cosplay Marianne and Dawn, and both their character designs and wings looked so good. I still don't know whether I like or hate that movie, but the wings animation +insect creatures were great
@@moodycowcrafts4862 Yeah, I'm a hobbyist character designer and artist, a lot of traits of even badly animated characters appeal to me which I can then use to create more appealing characters. I haven't actually seen the film though, only reviews.
@@Ellisepha Yeah, I'm a hobbyist character designer and artist, a lot of traits of even badly animated characters appeal to me which I can then use to create more appealing characters.
On my gosh, yes! Absolutely!
I personally like strange magic, I still watch it. But there are some parts that are like really cringey but most of the time i loved it. I especially loved the bog kings mother, "I asked for a wedding, I'm now getting a funeral"
Yes me too
I loved it🧚🏼🧚🏻♀️👩🏻🎤🗡💔⚡️🙎🏼⚡️❤️🔥😡🌸🌸🧖♀️👩🏻🎤⚔️👽💙🖤
She’s so obnoxious she’s funny 😆
I love when she gets tired of her son procrastinating telling Marianne and yells “NOOOOOW” lol
Yeah!
I felt that way when I watched it a lot as a kid haha, I still think it’s okay. I think he ragged on the animation a little too hard, though I do agree with his points about the fairies’ faces (animation and looks).
I think the wing animations look really cool though, very flappy
Also, jukebox musicals are stinky, I agree with Saber on that too
I can't help but feel sorry when people spend such a long time making a movie only for it to fail so terribly. I know he's like stupid rich, but still.
I think your feelings are on the right spot, and there's still the persons working on smaller posts inside production that are more affected than the higher ups, so you good
usually i’d only care if it was an indie company or some company that is struggling but really tried and just needs a bigger budget or better marketing team.. but i still feel a little bad for this one too. just because he spent 15 years creating this movie, it wasn’t just for a cash grab, but genuine interest.
I love the concept of the “villian” falling in love with the hero, I wish there were more films with that plot it’s such a cute storyline
Akame ga kill, it's a pretty bomb anime.
@@limink7558 is it free?
Pride and Prejudice
Ikr? I love that trope
Lion King 2 maybe? Batman Returns or almost every batman movie with Catwoman in it? The last crusade?
I actually liked how they didn’t suddenly make the “ugly” character suddenly attractive towards the end
This is one of the movies I actually remember from my childhood :V
That right there has always been my favorite thing about this film. It's probably the first time I've seen an opposites attract story in a family film where neither love interest had to change his/her species to justify it.
Me too!!!!!!!
I still have the DVD
@@slashermaster28 I especially love when the dad sees his daughter with the big king and is like... Oh... Okay, and then he sees his younger daughter with the sprite and he just kinda gives up on controlling his children
This was my favourite movie of all time. Still is.
I loved Marianne and Bogs chemistry but the constant songs were definitely tiring and the fact that they were covers didn’t help. The only singing scene I didn’t mind was when they sang Strange Magic since I thought it was really cute. I also don’t think Dawn and Sunny should have ended up together but if they had to at least have Sunny apologize for trying to use the potion on her. I wish they focused more on marianne and bogs relationship and how they feel like they can’t be together since they’re from different kingdoms. Overall it’s not the worst movie ever it definitely had good moments and I even laughed at some parts but the tropes and covers made me like it less
Yeah I agree with this, I feel like Dawn and Sunny relationship wasn't built on enough respect to be a romantic relationship. But the build up of Bog and Marianne would be cool to see
This movie seemed to have _so_ much potential. The characters, the plot, the world itself. I would love for this film to have an opportunity to be remastered. And the Bog King could get it, ngl
"Bog here isn't that bad of a guy."
I mean he imprisoned the maker and distributor of date rape drugs so...
He imprisons druglords and restricts the availability of the materials used to make those drugs, AND is swift to respond to external threats against his kingdom. Dude is arguably a better leader than the fairy king.
#BogDidNothingWrong
@@herpderp3916 facts
Bog is a chad and we know it😌
Then again he partook in the usage of the drug and only locked away said drug dealer when it didn't work for him soo.......😬
@@miizmi3660 One could argue that part of his locking away said drug dealer was due to his realization of how awful said drug was.
Tinker Bell + Epic + Frozen + Shrek + Rise of The Guardians + James Cameron's Avatar + Beauty & The Beast + Pop songs + Uncanney valley = This
and Trolls
Yes
And now let's take a loo- oh God
@@slytherinmember1009 Trolls came out a year and half later.
@@mintstar3703 Yes, I know that but Both Movies are so similar.
Tbh, I was obsessed with this movie, and I still love it to this day 😌
Yasss me too 💖
Love it🧚🏻♀️⚡️🙎🏼⚡️💔❤️🔥😡🌸🌸🌸🌸👩🏻🎤⚔️👽💙🖤🌌🧖♀️
I respect your opinion on this movie, it's actually better than some other garbage movies out there
Same ^^
I remember watching it a long while ago and really liking it lol so i have fond memories of it
I actually liked this movie a lot. Even my father who always prefer action themes laughed in some scenes. If this was released on Netflix someday, I'm sure it would be trending. Strange Magic and also Epic were great!
Omg 🧚🏻♀️🧚🏼💔⚡️🙎🏼⚡️❤️🔥😡🌸🌸🌸👩🏻🎤⚔️👽🐜🪳🐾🦗🦟
Yeah. I actually like the Epic movie, especially how hilarious the slow-motion scene.
_"I BROKE MY ELBOW!"_
George Lucas: Let's make a movie for girls.
*makes a horror movie*
Right?
With a r@pe drug as a macguffin of all things...
I dunno guys, have you seen how many young women watch murder documentaries & such?
I'll report this as snuff film to the FBI
ikr, wow that is sad to know that "star wars" was for 12 year old boys, yeah thanks mate...seriously star wars can be loved by anyone not matter sex or age
What pisses me off about this movie is that the world building and premise have potential. Not only that, Marianne and Bog’s chemistry is absolutely brilliant. It absolutely feels 100% earned when they end up together in the end. The story should have been about them not everything else. George has good ideas but can never execute them well on his own.
Ain't that the truth.
He was trying to make Star Wars for girls. My question is why did he think this was the natural conclusion to that end.
@@Normaschthewanderer Also it's like why are you saying it's Star Wars for girls? Are your movies not for girls too? But on top of that, having one of your main characters use a date rape drug on one of your female protagonists in a movie aimed toward girls and having her end up with him anyway is just also incredibly fucked up.
@@sophieamandaleitontoomey9343 agreed on all fronts. I think his efforts in this production were very misguided.
yea
From 17:26 to 17:42, you mentioned that Roland’s design look like Prince Charming and sounds like Gaston. I’m glad you mentioned both Prince Charming and Gaston. Because there’s fun fact about the two of them(Gaston and Prince Charming), the thing is, Rupert Everett(the voice actor for Charming) auditioned for role of Gaston, but the directors said he didn’t sound arrogant enough. He remembered this when he was voicing Charming in Shrek 2. I should also mentioned the inspiration of Roland comes from Prince Hans of the Southern Isles(another Disney villain), he’s the guy who apparently love Anna but left her to freeze to death. Anyways, I feel like Roland reminds me of Prince Charming from Shrek 2 than Gaston and Hans altogether. In contrast, they’re both narcissistic, conceited, selfish, and think they can get what they wanted. Roland wanted to get marry with Marianne so he can have his free armies while Charming wanted to get marry with Fiona so he can become king. They both have sinister motives. The only differences is that Prince Charming is “mommy’s boy” while Roland is not. However, they’re still similar. Speaking of which, I see Marianne reminds of me of Princess Fiona from Shrek because they’re both strong, tough, and know how to put up a fight. Meanwhile, I see the Bog King as Shrek a little. They’re both single at the beginning and are grumpy at first sight. However, the differences the Bog King have servants and a mother who cares about the Bog King while Shrek doesn’t have anybody in the beginning. Sorry, Shrek. Actually, I feel Strange Magic reminds me of Shrek franchise characters. They both have similar message too which is loving someone on the inside and don’t judge their appearance that much.
Edit: Even though this is already edited, I should also mention that the Bog King’s mother is kind of like Donkey from Shrek. They’re both annoying but still give pretty good advice about love. Another fun fact: the Bog King’s mother is voiced by Maya Rudolph. She also happens to voice Rapunzel in Shrek The Third.
I loved Strange Magic it was my childhood movie. The plot was a little “Strange” but the the enemy’s to lovers concept was what made me love it so much
STAR WARS: "For 12 year old boys."
Also STAR WARS: *Has a scene where you can hear Han's tortured screaming*
@@imsorryrumham7686 well boys would not object to that content (｡•̀ᴗ-)
Has a scene where the clones betray the people that trusted them and proceed to go on a Jedi genocide as Yoda clutches his chest in agony, sensing the pain and horror of his friends being killed by the ones that were fighting with them, not against them.
@@cintronproductions9430 You know, for kids.
Has Jar Jar existing
@★Zoechu★ those are my faouvorite scenes
Strange Magic : aka George Lucas's Star Wars "For Girls"
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The very fact that that's what this was marketed as is just... wow.
Awful lol
As if girls can’t enjoy Star Wars 🙄
yeah.
I may be a minority on this. I love this movie a lot! I thoureghly enjoy this interesting romantic movie so much!☺️💖 I think it is super interesting and a nice fresh breath of air from those becoming stale beauty and the beasts type of movies. I think one big reason I liked the movie was how they handled making King Bog and Marianne's blooming relationship feel so real, at least to me. They felt like real characters, with real legitimate issues that they both faced. They felt, to me at least, very relatable. Bog King felt that because of the way he looked to others that he could never be loved, he had crippling low self esteem. He so desperately wanted love from anyone that he made the horribly selfish decision to force a person to love him. Marianne thought the man she had been with for who knows how long truly loved her, she was blinded by rose tinted glasses only to be heavily let down by someone she truly loved. Which not only left her with trust issues, but also wounded her self esteem a bit as well. As goofy as this movie can be at times, Marianne and Bogs relationship feels really real. To me at least. I enjoyed it a lot.☺️💖
I also really enjoyed the heck out of War on Terra, Delgo, and the underrated movie Epic.
🦢
When I watched this the first time the movie buffered right as roland yelled go with the zoom in on his face. It stayed frozen that way for like 10 minutes it was so damn hilarious I still love that scene, thanks for making it a meme for me to laugh my ass off.
“He’s like one of the biggest simps I’ve ever seen”
•Mordecai has joined the battle•
Upper Class Twit of the Year: Fantasy Edition
A new challenger appears: Finn the Human
*Brock enters the chat*
Ash Ketchum has entered.
I enter the chat
"Star wars was made for 12 year old boys"
My 41 year old dad: 👁👄👁
Lucky
All my dad likes is fixing cars and his job is making sinks. He also occasionally attempts to sing mexican songs out loud like a mariachi and his voice echos throughout the house.
@@lezandstuff
Lucky
Everytime my family has dinner my mom plays her *chillaxe play list* and you hear screaming heavy metal in your ear.
My 63 year old dad:
My thirteen year old self:
Same I learned Star Wars from my 40 year old dad when I was 4 and I’m a girl
My roommates and I have seen this movie at *least* 20 times. I can quote the lines word-for-word, pitch and all, just from the silent clips you put up. I love this movie the way one loves an f'd-up plushie that somehow made it to store shelves. Assessment: accurate. (Also I can say first hand that there is TONS of AO3 content for this movie, mostly about Bog and Marianne.)
Edit: Roland's "GO!!" face is an established meme in our house and was briefly the image for our roomie discord server
I loved this movie :[
personally, I think the designs, the art, the animation, the decisions for music and voices, ALL OF THIS. I loved it all......
The fact that the physically unattractive character was nice on the inside, got a physically attractive romantic partner & a happy ending is exceptionally rare.
I really liked this film & although there were a lot of tropes overall it felt pretty fresh & unique.
SHREK
CartoonishIdealism EXACTLY AND MEGAMIND
shrek and megamind both have that „good“ or „likable“ character look but bug king looks straight up like a monster with the most typical villain design, so yeah it was very surprising he ended up being the love interest
@@fairoadiary Megamind was unattractive????
@@ameliacrowe4492 I genuinely thought he was more attractive than Metro Man. 😩😂 I expressed this to my cousin & she agreed. 😆
"It was horrible. It sounded like someone was trying to make an impression of Nicolas Cage and Elvis at the same time."
Are you crazy that sounds amazing sign me the fuk in.
Same
Yeah i actually I really like that, it made that asshome even more obnoxious
I actually with Saber for that guy. I know you shouldn't judge by appearnaces... but I could not see that character with that voice... it looked so........ off.
I didn't know I wanted a movie of Nicholas Cage playing Elvis, but holy cow do I want it now
I agree, Strange Magic was a great but unpopular film. I rented the film and my sister and I loved it. Saber should be kinder to it.
Strange magic was about as inspired by A Midsummer's Night Dream as West Side Story was inspired by Romeo and Juliet. In Sunny's defense he got tricked by Roland . Roland needed the love potion more than Sunny did.. The issue with the imp is that in the play he was a main character, Puck and an important part of the story plus my favorite character. He caused chaos with the love potion and he never really lost the potion like the imp did in the movie. I think it was never really consider that when you change the humans in the play into fairies and bog creatures you had to change Puck who was a fairy in the play into something else or he need to be an outsider to either kingdom. So when they made Puck an imp who only chittered and made others more responsible for the love potion. They took a bit of the reasoning behind the chaos of the love potion away and you miss Puck laughing at making people fall in love with those they dislike or making the "Roland" character falling in love with a donkey .
Ugh this movie was so damn good to me I was beyond pleasantly surprised. I think I watched out of pure curiosity and absolutely fell in love with the way it went.
the blonde fairy looks like logan paul or something
How appropriate
He be looking like prince charming from Shrek
And the fact that he's also disgusting is sending me😂🙈
Or TRUMP
Im so fucking stupid i thought you meant the sister LMAP
It shocks me that this movie was rated lower than the musical *Cats*
Oh it is? What the actual hell is wrong with people...? ('-'*ゞ
The musical is amaizing but the movie is just the complete opposite
Cats is a nightmare it disgusting I rather watch a movie with blank screen
Heyy, i like cats :c
Y e a h also nice pfp and username
I actually loved this movie as a kid and only found it again a few years ago and I still love it even if there’s a lot that could be improved or fully changed
I believe it was this movie that started my love for musicals aswell as seeing performances with my family in theatres
Oh my, this movie was quite popular in public TV in Poland. I remember watching it as a child and loving it. I got a weird nostalgia for this one. I loved cranky designs and their outfits. I’m surprised that it flopped so badly…
Personally I’d fix this movie’s weird handle of romance. Instead of Sunny being a simp and drugging Dawn to love him, Sunny and Dawn are in a sweet, cute relationship with one another. But because Dawn is a princess and Sunny is a lowly elf, they cannot go public with their affections. Instead of Roland giving Sunny the idea of the love potion, Roland uses Sunny and Dawn’s relationship as leverage to blackmail him into getting the love potion to use on whatever the main character’s name is.
And another reviewer came up with this rewrite, but instead of Bog hating love because his love potion didn’t work, he hates it because he was potioned into a relationship he did not consent to. And therefore keeps the sugar plum fairy hostage as to not allow anyone else to suffer the same way.
That would’ve been a more interesting plot actually
I was only lowkey agreeing with you until the last part. THAT SHIT'S *GOOD.*
Ugh I wish they had done that instead.
This is genius
That last bit made bog's setting change...
Nice
This sounds like a passion project for george lucas rather than being a money-making movie
George loves those actually. Even the Crystal Scull wasn't money-making project. It was saying goodbye to aging character leaving space for new generation.
True
I enjoyed it really, and you can totally tell that this just screams PASSION PROJECT, I mean 15 years before production? Dam
That's because it is a passion project
That's one thing I will always give Lucas credit for; he doesn't do cash grabs. The original Star Wars films gave him enough "fuck you" money to do whatever he wanted, and you can tell everything he has done since were projects he was genuinely interested in making. They're not always *good,* but at least George has some integrity.
Dude, this movie was my CHILDHOOD! I watched the hell out of this! Sure, it may not hold up well at all, but the nostalgia is still there!
strange magic will ALWAYS be apart of my childhood, I remember constantly watching it as a kid
It’s hard to include love potions in a story without it being rapey.
**politely inserts every shrek movie**
Well. That could be a theme for a movie or a novel.
😂 wtf, Shrek 2 didn't get rapey
Sunny is the most annoying character ever. He actually reminds me of Hal from Megamind. AND HE'S THE VILLAIN
@@anneliesew4853 Hal: I think a bee flew up my nose
"He said Star Wars was made for 12 year old boys..."
George Lucas says a lot of things. Many of them are incorrect.
And many people think having a youtube account means their opinion is fact. Perhaps this could help:
"The Force Awakens vs. The Prequels, or: So this is how
personal expression dies, to thunderous applause" by Rick Worley (free Internet Essay)
Paul F. McDonald: The Star Wars Heresies: Interpreting the Themes, Symbols and Philosophies of Episodes I, II and III. (book)
@@samlerf What about the time George essentially cancelled a Star Wars videogame because he didn't know the universe he created. Fact fiend goes over this in this video. ua-cam.com/video/OyMc_0ugW0Y/v-deo.html They also go over other instances of this in other videos.
Some people say animations are for kids.
*Thinks about all the adults sitting in the cinema watching Spongebob and Simpsons and Attack on Titan and... well without their children*
Me: *Watching only cartoons because f these people.*
Hes kinda right. Not saying that if you arent 12 you arent allowed to enjoy it, i think what he meant when he said that was that they are the target audience
@@schokofussel7472 You are on Cocoa Puffs if you think Attack On Titan is for children.
i think Strange Magic is absolutely worth watching. It has some weird and experimental animation sequences in it that are interesting to watch, no matter if they turned out 'bad' or good. It's unique. And the blonde sister falling in love with the Bog King was such an unexpected twist that led to really weird and funny interactions. Also, the Bog King was SO fun to watch and see him fly and move and fight, ugh. His design is REALLY COOL to me, and he reminds me a bit of Cell from DragonBallZ with his human-insect body. I definitely recommend seeing the movie, for what it tried to do and for what it succeeded in.
The movie does get kinda horny at the end though, which was awkward to watch with friends lmao.
I honestly really like this movie, tbf I think the songs were a bit too much but the love story is adorable and the character as well as background designs are all incredible
"George is a weird guy"
Pretty much.
Its like poetry, it rhymes
Saberspark,
Talk about the movie Henchmen.
It made about a few thousand dollars with millions at budget.
Honestly, that’s what makes him cool.
When I heard “made for 12 year old boys” my mind went to the scene of Leia kissing Luke and the romance in Star Wars in general...O.o
Maybe I'm weird but I liked romance in my stories even younger than that. Tommy and Kimberly in Power Rangers was my OTP during season 2, when I was 8.
Why?
why?
That’s not something I would put in a movie for 12 year old boys. I always thought it was meant for an adult audience. Young adult at minimum.
@@Iridys kids learn about love VERY early.
I think I saw a trailer for this a while ago and then a month later, in a Walmart, saw the DVD box. I vividly remember it having three shots from the movie one on top of the other with the middle having either a tagline or a good review and the bottom having the title.
Omg, I never knew you did a video about Strange Magic, honestly loved that movie as a kid, and I still do, for the nostalgia, and the concept,
I feel kinda bad for the people working on this, its so unique...yet so generic? Reminds me of Blue Sky Studio's "Epic" movie.
Yeah I always confused it with Epic.
Epic is my guilty pleasure. I just love it so much
I just died inside, for I DID NOT, need to remember that film. I do not like it.
Ok
Omg, YES-
I'll be honest, I got a personal soft spot for this movie. I enjoyed and loved all the songs. It could've been better but I've seen so much worse
Yeah. I'm going to have to say this but many movies today like UDM and Addams Family have great design but horrible storylines. Just my opinion though.
Sameee
Same.
I disagree with the music part. It would have been muuuch more enjoyable if the songs were original, instead of just picking popular songs. That made sense in the movie SING, but not in this one.
Honestly same, I enjoyed the music aswell as the characters
I loved this movie we had a goth fairy that realized that she was worth more than staying with some a*shat that cheated on her and swore to never love again. And she devoted her life to making sure her family was safe, and then she slowly falls in love with THE VILLAIN! who really wasn't a bad guy at all
Haven’t seen it yet but watching the song clips make me really intrigued, will update once watched.
"Star Wars for Girls" has the same energy as "Doritos for women" or that Japanese laptop (with like no features) marketed as "just for women."
"Water, but, like, for the ones that have boobs"
@★Zoechu★ do they taste good doe
@★Zoechu★ I can't find anything about monster energy drinks for girls. Just their little hype squad of girls.
@Stewart Moran 8 year old me, their target audience, didnt get the need for Lego Friends. 8 year old me just thought they were Legos but ugly and lame.
Monopoly for Women sure wasn't a terrible idea that just proved that the people complaining about sexism were just misandrists.
When I was a little girl I tried to watch Star Wars, and I fell to the ground, foaming at the mouth.
When my 50 yr old dad tried, he was blinded and has never recovered.
We should have known better.
Legend has it that you need a balanced diet of kool-aid, pb and j sandwiches (no crust) and pizza bagels to endure the experience that is Star Wars
I loved star wars as young girl and I still love it to this day and I enjoyed. But I don't really those movies pretty often.
Foaming on the mouth? Did you have a seizure or something while watching that movie.
Amber Alvia She was joking. It was a joke.
Amber Alvia The video mentions how George Lucas described Star Wars being for twelve year old boys while Strange Magic would be for girls. I was making a joke about how ridiculous that is
I actually loved this movie! The animation was so good and the story was quite great in my opinion! It was one of my favorite movies. 😃😃😃😃
I remember watching this as a kid and for the life of me I couldn’t remember what it was called so thank you! (Great analysis and vid btw
Honestly, the premise doesnt sound all too bad. It just needs some polishing.
Yeah, a story about two people from rivaling kingdoms, who swore off love forever, falling in love? I'm not much of a romance fan, but that doesn't sound like a bad plot to me
"The premise doesn't sound all too bad, it just needs some polishing" describes pretty much everything George Lucas has done without adult supervision.
That's what I was thinking
@@stormisuedonym4599 let the man worldbuild, let his men write. That's how Star Wars grew. The prequel trilogy gave it new life in the lore, and with Lucas' ideas the clone wars blossomed. But it needed Filoni.
@@parjai97 We had the Clone Wars before Filoni though. And it was really good Clone Wars.
I just want to mention that the fairies/elves kingdom had something i had never seen before. female fairies with butterfly, shimmery gossamer, wings. While the males had moth wings, while still beautiful, they were dusty, fluffy and more dull in comparison.
Also, I hate Roland, but everything to do with his character felt perfect for the person he was meant to be. I was very happy that he wasn't a villian with just another redemption arc, glad he sucked from start to finish.
He is someone you can hate and not feel bad about it.
Jackalope I agree! I also loved the designs of the characters as well! (Aside from Roland and some others)
Don’t fairies usually have shimmery butterfly/moth wings anyway? I guess its less common
Yes, I love a good, cliched, cartoony even antagonist from time to time that is irredeemable.
@@Freezient I think they were pointing out the difference between male and female wings, that the difference was neat.
I've never seen this one. I'm really impressed by the setting and monster designs. Reminds me of Dark Crystal somewhat.
George really seems to have a fascination with weird, uncanny valley mouths. The shot with the fairy princess's uvula being completely visible while she was singing instantly reminded me of the musical bug guy from the Jabba's Palace scene in the Star Wars Ep 6 special edition
I remember watching this in my 3rd grade class because the teacher couldn’t get access to a Rio dvd and thought “Hey! This movie has nature in it and it’s for kids! Just like Rio!”
After that, all of the kids in my class felt so awkward after the movie and didn’t really speak for the rest of the day.
LOL
Damn I feel bad for you.
It's better for watching at home really. It's also better for slightly older kids. Made 12-13 year olds. I'm 15 and still like it though so I dunno
...
I feel old... In 3rd grade I watched FernGully in class lol 😅 And it was a VHS... I'm 24... Didn't think I'd feel so old at my age lol 😂
Not only is Strange Magic a jukebox musical but it has *13 SONG!* The average Disney movie has 6 songs!
And theyre all absolute dogshit cover versions ! The only one I appreciated I dont think is even on the soundtrack; when the fairy army is marching they're chanting the beginning of "bad romance". Fitting, funny, and a unique use for a well known song. Not just disrupting the movie to become a music video for several minutes.
@@Musicanimedork01 13 isn't that weird. Normal musicals can have more than 20
@@12345678abracadabra valid. Though I feel like for a jukebox musical that's rather... overwhelming? This movie felt like rather than the songs being intertwined with the plot the story just grinds to a halt to play a song kids probably haven't heard. (I for one had never heard the titular song before this)
cellspex?
Did you get that from Cellspex?
Mr Enter reviewed this movie recently and he said sword fighting + fairies was a match made in heaven (agree as this is a concept with a lot of potential)
Honestly, there are many ways the movie could have worked such as: reducing the pop songs to a decent quantity, do medieval-Celtic music covers of said songs to fit the fairy kingdom theme, have Marianne be a sword fighter who is unsure about love and not loving Roland since the start, change the dark forest to something less “blatantly evil” such as night forest, rework the characters to make them more likable, reduce the uncanny valley in the animation and have Marianne and the Bog King know each other at the start and then develop feelings for each other.
See? This movie could’ve been better but it turned out to be a fever dream mess.
One of my most vivid memories is watching this movie at my aunts house on a rainy day while we were celebrating either new year or some relatives birthday and having to sit on my creepy uncles lap. I at the time, and still now enjoy the romance between the main 2 characters it felt refreshing for my 9 year old mind
The fairies have mouths that you'd see in, like, vore art or something.
Lmao yeah they're plenty of those on deviant art
STOP YOU'RE GIVING THE RULE 34 ARTISTS MORE IDEAS
we didn't need that visual
Please don’t remind me
I’m already ashamed enough of the communities I’m part of
Fairy mawshot
bruh
Honestly the idea of this movie isn’t even that bad it’s just executed so very very poorly
I'm sorry but nah the story sux regardless imo
Lmao yeah, I like the concept of the Love potion thing but some of the characters just seem a little too stereotypical or exaggerated, like Marianne is now edgy and bad-girl who wouldn't fall in love but ends up falling in love for the antagonist. That idea isn't really bad, but how they portrayed it felt pretty weird and uncomfortable tbh
They need to scrap the whole love potion thing because it’s very problematic and makes a lot of people uncomfortable
The only time I watched this movie was when I was really young and my cousin passed away and I wasn't allowed to go to the funeral same with my siblings so we pretty much had a babysitter and we went to a different house for the day and I distinctly remember watching this movie and really enjoy it when I was younger it helped to keep my mind off of what happened that day so seeing this video lifted my spirits today thank you
God, I LOVE this movie in a so-bad-it's-good way!!! I saw it when it came out in 2015 and it made a huge impression on me.
There'd been promos pretty often on Disney channel for a while and it really piqued my interest - I was a 12 year old girl, obsessed with Beauty and the Beast, super interested in creepy fairy tales and fantasy, etc. So it seemed like it was made for me!
That winter we went on a Disney cruise and they had an all-costs-included movie theater on-board, so my little brother and I were able to go by ourselves unsupervised without paying for tickets. But we were getting more and more confused by it as it went on, we didn't really get the concept of a jukebox musical, and hated the songs. The bog king kaleidoscope kiss is when we finally walked out. It is the first and only movie that we have ever done so.
My #1 reason for thinking it was so bad as a kid was the Bog King / Marianne plotline - She looked young and he looked like a grown-up to me, and the weirdly heavy sexual tension between them creeped me the hell out as a child. I /think/ the fact that the fairy's the character girls watching the film are intended to project on/relate to might've been why I was so unsettled when the romance plotline with Adult Bugman Alan Cumming came up? My brother also thought he was just as creepy. I don't know - In my opinion the tension and the weird incel roofie gnome are just kinda... weird things to put in an animated movie for the preteen girl demographic anyway.
I do think the /concept/ for the movie is good - On paper it sounds like something I would absolutely love, (minus the jukebox music,) and the teasers got me to the theater. But it's probably the worst execution I have ever seen. It should never have been a jukebox musical. And beyond that, they should never have let *George Lucas* pick songs for a 2015 fantasy musical with a demographic of tween girls. I love the idea of Beauty and the Beast but the Beast doesn't change, but Bog King is uncanny to me not because he's a monster, but because he kinda just looks like an uncanny valley middle aged crusty bug-man.
Despite finding it weirdly unsettling and painful to watch I really do love Strange Magic for being a great bonding experience with my little brother. We talk about and reference this movie pretty often, and we rewatched it again this year! Also, your video has added "George Lucas Star Wars for Girls" to the list of running jokes too, so thanks for that. :)
“Dialogue is awkward and wonky.”
I mean, that’s pretty much George Lucas dialogue.
*Sand flashbacks*
I WISH I COULD JUST WISH MY FEELINGS AWAY
@@notoriousblt1038 NO, NO ITS BECAUSE IM SO IN LOVE WITH YOU!!!!!!!
FROM MY POINT OF VIEW THE JEDI ARE EVIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's coarse, and rough, and irritating, and it gets everywhere?
Me at the start: * notices teen titans go movie reference * ah shit, here we go again
I was thinking “wtf did I just hear lol” and saw it was TTG
i cant escape it
*picture my booty up in 3D*
I believe this actually came out prior to Teen Titans's Movie, but I see your point!
It's a good movie. It's also aimed at kids funnily enough. But you obese neckbeard virgins always seem to forget that just because you're salty.
I love the wing designs, they are so pretty!
Heya!
Great review - as always, hehe - but I must admit.. your confession to being divided on the animation and the way you've been talking about the story and especially the Bog King made me SO curious...! I just had to watch it. Maybe I'm too much of a 12 year old boy, but.. I don't regret it. The uncanny valley parts I could just blend out (it was hard, yeah.. gotta admit it... the criiiiiinge) but it was worth it. I feel like I've missed out on a lot of unique movies watching your reviews.
Thanks for all the hard work. Watching you really keeps my depression at bay (mostly). You and your "poor unfortunate souls" that get through some of the horrors of the so called "movies" you tend to review - so we don't have to - have such wonderful dynamics.. especially you and Rishi. I love when you two team up. Animal farm and Watership Down were really impactful.
A lot of Thanksies! :3
This movie is Beauty and the beast in the world of Epic
Epic was a fever dream
Epic is so goooood omggg
Jesus I forgot Epic existed-
Kinda wanna watch it now actually-
Epic ... How many ages passed since the last time i watched It ...
Yo, I was just about to comment how this movie was 'Epic' gone romantic and into a musical
Honestly with a few fixes to the uncanny designs, removal of the generic pop songs and maybe a bit more polish to the story this could have been a decent film
Yeah wheres the death metal
don't remove the polish or else the world will get angry at you like they did at germany in 1939
@@theperson_12 That's a terrible joke, have a thumbs up.
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I know! I keep imagining how a remake of this could be if it had some better character designs and shit... like love potions are super fucked up, and the fact that Sonny was gonna use one on his crush and then he ends up getting with her and receives no repercussions for that? Kinda icky man. I'd love to see original songs for this made
I remember watching this as a kid and I loved it ! It really surprised me to learn how much people hate it
I remember watching this movie with my dad, and we both really enjoyed it. Sure, I had some of the same complaints you did (and I do remember hating Sunny or whatever his name was), but the stuff you pointed out that you liked was enough to overshadow it for me (at the time; I'm a bit more critical as a viewer now, though I still think I'd like it far more than the average person seemed to). And Marianne and the Bog King's dynamic was delightful. Honestly, even though I'm well aware of its flaws, I'm kinda tempted to go get my dad and rewatch it again.
Sonny: Tries to use potion to force a girl to love him
Film: Good guy!
Roland: Tries to use potion to force girls to love him
Film: Bad guy!
(like seriously they're literally the same XD)
With the only minor difference is that Sonny actually loves the girl while Film just wants the girl so he could take over the kingdom.
@Savannah Jordan I thought of him like a neckbeard,, like a Reddit neckbeard
George makes a movie for boys: make sure you don't lose your temper
George makes a movie for girls: watch out for roofies
... It's scary how accurate both of those themes are.
Wow...
I mean, they're kinda good messages. It's very sad that we need to tell girls that we have to watch out for roofies in the first place, but living in the world we are It's actually a good message.
@@MyBubbleInSpace I mean I don't think we need to tell 12 year olds that.
Teaching the real important lessons
I was put on anesthetics once while I was 12, as I was having dental surgery done. I remember going in and out of consciousness and there was a tv screen overhead that had this movie playing, and all I could remember thinking was "damn, these character designs feel pretty Eurocentric", I think the movie was just unaware of it's expiration date
Oh my god! U just unlocked a memory! As a kid is watched this movie like 20 times and could speek each word from memory
God, this movie is such a guilty pleasure for me-I love the animation on the wings and the style of the characters is so interesting to me because unlike most fairy movies, they don’t just look like humans with wings.
Marianne and Bog King’s relationship is also pretty good, I like the villain falling in love trope and I love the fact that both of them look weird to each other, (as opposed to those movies where even though the main characters are different species, they both have the same standards of beauty and thus one feels like they’re hideous.) Sunny and Dawn though...definitely made me a little uncomfortable and made Sunny hard to sympathize with-which made him ending up with Dawn feel really really undeserving.
Same! This movie is one of my favorite guilty pleasures.
Such a guilty pleasure of mine too! It’s so bad but I still kinda love it!
Yes! This movie isn't a masterpiece but I enjoy it.
I'm glad this movie didn't end with the "ugly = evil" trope. It started that way, but subverted it later, and I appreciate that.
Glad to know I'm not the only one who liked the movie. You know, I never thought about Sunny like that. I suppose you're right, it does seem undeserving.
THIS MOVIE HAS BEEN STUCK IN MY HEAD FOR MONTHS BECAUSE I SAW IT ONCE AS A KID AND COULDNT REMEMBER ALMOST ANYTHING ABOUT IT EXCEPT THE “WHAT DOESNT KILL YOU MAKES YOU STRONGER” BIT HOLY JESUS IVE FOUND IT
SAME
HAHA I ONLY REMEMBERED THE KISSING SCENE WHERE THEY WERE SPINNING IN THE AIR AND I WAS JUST LIKE “what the hell is that even a movie?”
SAME
Love when that happens, but I had the same thing with that song, I could also remember the sister falling in love with the bog king
FUCKING SAMEEE
I watched it recently because of this video, and this movie had the potential to be amazing but they really hammered several nails in it’s coffin. I know it’s a complete pipe dream but i wish that they’d remake it and fix everything they did wrong one day. Especially the cgi, Griselda and sunny will haunt my nightmares. The bog creatures dont have to be inherently beautiful but i would have liked to see more unique and intricate designs like the bog king’s.
I remember watching this on multiple occasions and I never found the name until now! Thanks!
Ouch. Imagine having a movie idea for 15 years and then when it finally becomes a movie it fails and earns the worst title ever.
Ow...my pride
@TheOtherAlien X same i also liked this movie
well when you make the most popular movie in all of movie history its hard to create anything that can compare. . look at james cameron he gave us the terminator and the best alien film along with tons of ground breaking movies and even has the top 2 highest grossing films of all time with titanic and avatar. but because he made titanic which is next to perfect for what it is. avatar got shit on by fans and everything hes worked on since then gets looked at like its not as good as titanic ........everyone compares all his work to the bar he set 20 years ago and thats the same with lucas
me worried about publishing my book that I started making 9-10 years ago
@@TYcarterTracks Yeah, but it's like he didn't really try for this one. Maybe at most, kids would think it's okay, but to think that they would be obsessed with it and create a whole huge fandom around it is kind of insulting
Was anyone else obsessed with this movie for 1 or 2 months or was I just that weird.
I’m in that faze right now😭😭
I was when we first got the dvd. At least I'm not alone!
YES WHEN I WAS LIKE 6 ME AND MY FRIEND WOULD WATCH IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN-
I was like that and tbh i still enjoy the movie
Yeah the movie's storyline is actually great. People only didn't like it because of their first impression with the design. Sad
I love this movie. It was part of my childhood and I LOVE IT. The story is amazing, the characters don’t feel dull or empty, and the songs are bangers. This movie is one of my favourites.
The beginning made me laughing so hard I had to replay it again!
Star Wars "For Girls"
WHAT THE FRICK GEORGE?!
Mudkip is that you?!
Yeah, I think that was what really hurt "Strange Magic" from a marketing perspective.
What's wrong with marketing the movie towards girls? What's with everyone in the comments section?!
As a girl I can confirm,I prefer Star Wars.
@@ScripulousFingore6133 Marketing towards girls is fine. Calling something "Star Wars FOR GIRLS" is the problem.
bog king: im going to rip your wings off
me: *tHATS SOMEONES FETISH*
thats why she called it flirting
*I’ve seen enough hentai to know where this is going.*
*thinks of Seven Deadly Sins anime storyline, of fairies, gulps and is a bit shocked and perplexed*
@@q.mercury.q8659 maybe it's cause he called her a "pretty little princess fairy"
I watched this on repeat everyday as a kid, I watch is sometimes for nostalgia. I feel like some parts or cringy but I gotta give it to em the storyline and relationship development is pretty dang good
I gotta admit, I like that the Bog King and Marianne get together. It looks rather sweet. The rest, could be tossed. And while a lot of the world is beautiful...the fairies have such weird faces. xD
Here's the thing about 'Strange Magic', it is solidly in the 'Cult Classic' category. It's not good enough to have done well with a mainstream audience, but it is good enough to have 'AN' audience. I know people who LOVE this movie, but it's not for everyone. It's definitely one of those where you have to watch it yourself and make your own judgement on it.
Well said! My friends are meh about this movie, but as someone who loves both fairy tales and upbeat musicals, Strange Magic is exactly what I want in an animated film. It feels like something was finally made especially for me, rather than to chase some popular but fleeting trend.
@@anonview Exactly! So many comments saying the music was a detriment, I actually really enjoyed that aspect as well?
Yes I absolutely love this movie it’s sad to see people hate on it so much…
I liked it as a kid and now it is a utter piece of garbage that is objectively worse than Attack of thr Clones
I feel like that's definitely true, personally I LOVe it, I've watched it about 15 times now, but I can totally see why some people think it's a bad movie lol
Me: Mom, can we have Prince Charming?
Mom: No, we have Prince Charming at home.
Prince Charming at home: 5:46
Shrek?
He looks like a knockoff of one of the leaf men from Epic.
@@hraftonuser Wait, which movie came first? Epic or This?
@@EloHell1129 "Epic" came in 2013, "Strange Magic" came in 2015
Gastón + Prince Charming (from Shrek 2) + Hans = Ronald
i think the problem with George is that he has very interesting concepts that subvert tropes, that are executed really poorly,
take Anakin for example, he's the subversion of the whole "Chosen one" trope, but the execution wasn't the best (until the clone wars saved it's ass)
Strange Magic has a great idea of the Hero and Vilian falling in love and growing together, and not to mention the Vilian doesn't change his appearance! that is pretty neat (i might even add that the butterfly wings is also amazing, dunno if it was george who suggested it or the animation director but none the less still deserves to be mentioned) but the whole movie overshadows their relationship.
Also George is more of a world building guy as much as people love to shit on prequels the worldbuilding really expanded the lore and makes all the planets and galaxies look interesting and richer, same with strange magic it has really solid lore, its just he isn't the best when it comes to writing he either needs to hire better writers or just accept the fact that he has very strong ideas that he cannot flesh execute by himself
I think another big problem was George didn't know how to handle Disney or negotiate a good deal. Strange Magic bombed because Disney released it in January as a tax write-off as part of the deal to acquire Star Wars. If George was better prepared to stand his ground during the sale, he could have saved part of this film.
This is the 2nd movie I found from SaberSpark that are both underrated, misunderstood, and have themes about appearances and love. And features pop songs in a way. The other movie is Red Shoes.
I unironically love both of them.
My guy, did you just cite “Grandma Got Ran Over by a Reindeer” as an example of a jukebox musical that _works!?_
Works as a jukebox musical
Fails as a movie in general lol
Magicstorm101 Yeah because the segue into that stupid fruitcake song flowed seamlessly 👌 😂
And we begged her not to go
"Don't go, we're begging you!"
Magicstorm101
Wait what? No it doesn’t lol it’s a classic
THANK YOU! Im not alone.
“Star Wars is for 12 year old boys.”
Star Wars: Literally shows the genocide of the Jedi
Hunchback of Norte Dame also had genocide and was rated G
But with pg violence and no blood, also Jar jar binks entire existance proves george's point
Don't forget the slaughter of a room full of innocent children!
Kids will enjoy anything. Fnaf is all about how children get murdered and stuffed into suits and I see kids talk about it
If you watched the Clone Wars TV show you know how serious Star Wars can get, especially the later seasons.
It was so detailed and so bright that it’s such a shame that the storyline fell through. If it had more original songs and a better plot line I’m sure this movie would’ve been the best.
This was one of those random movies you would watch as a kid and just vividly remember for the rest of your life-
Everyone else: "Ohmygod this movie is so bad!", Me and my family: *laughing our asses off and jamming with the characters* I gotta be honest, I actually liked this one. I mean sure predictable as hell, music was basic too, but guess I'm a sucker for movies like this one?
I loved it visually. The story was very predictable and made me roll my eyes and cringe a bit. But character design? Gimme more lol
I enjoyed it as well that I bought the DVD. I loved the song when the Bog King interrupted the Fairy's festival to give the news that he was humiliated.
Same here. This movie's a big guilty pleasure for me. It's not good. It has many great ideas and basically wastes all of them with a clumsy script, but it is at least entertaining. The musical numbers are creative and energized and the humor gets a good laugh out of me.
Me too
Exactly me
Bog Creatures: Destroy the plants needed for love potions and capture the fairy that makes them.
Me: And this make them the bad guys???
Taking in count how outright EVIL is a love potion, it makes too much sense
yeah they destroy the rape potion plants, but theyre evil cause theyre ugly i guess lmao
@@codysimpson1525
The story needed a lot of legwork to.....work, but there is a ton of potential for a really great, simple, but morally grey story here. A shame George sucks at actually going from idea to story.
honestly i think this makes them the good guys like love potions are so fucked up when you think about it
Umm ngl. This whole Love Potion thing is kinda effed up. It really feels like a "forced consent" story. *"If you don't like me I'll basically force you to"*
Maybe that's just me.