Alright... I know it's an elephant seal. You can stop commenting about how it's an elephant seal. I'm sorry I'm not an expert at marine life, but thanks to the many... MANY comments left on this vid, I now know it's an elephant seal. You don't need to keep telling me it's an elephant seal!
In the original play, it was the prince of Italy, the country the play took place at, so those seals had a good reason to listen to him, assuming he's prince of the beach.
They do sort of get some facts right. Romeo and Juliet shared very little dialogue with one another. They just danced together and made some small talk when they decided it was true love. Romeo asked her that night to marry him.
I mean one of the points I think most adaptations miss about the OG play is that Romeo and Juliet's 'love' is portrayed as very silly and shallow, albeit still sincere, even by Elizabethan standards, as opposed to sweeping and profound. The true tragedy is that if the Montagues and Capulets' feud didn't turn this shit into a big, grand, forbidden thing, they'd have likely had a teenage fling, realise they weren't right for each other, and moved on. But instead, because of the feud, they end up fucking dying for the crime of... doing what teenagers do.
I am extremely uncomfortable with the apparent age difference between Juliet and the prince Elephant seal that's hitting on her. I mean, he even talks to her like a child, just LISTEN to the way he says "I'm gonna ask your Daddy something very important" and tell me you’re not getting some creepy pedophile vibes!
Lily Stephans I read the transcript of the original play, I'm pretty sure in the original play Romeo was 16 and Juliet was 13. Still weird, but it WAS set in the late Middle Ages.
You know what I think is weird? Here, Mercutio is a Montague, but in the original story by Shakespeare, he was just a friend of Romeo and wasn't a Montague.
(Belated reply but still) The prince has two relatives in the story, and each one is connected to one of the houses in some way. Mercutio is Romeo's best friend, and Paris is Juliet's fiancé. Both meet a rather grizzly end as a result of the feud and Romeo and Juliet's relationship. Tybalt kills Mercutio and Romeo kills Paris when he's mourning Juliet (Paris thinks Romeo has come to vandalize the tomb and attacks him, Romeo wasn't just murdering a grieving man to be a dick).
Okay, so they turned the Prince into an antagonist for Romeo? Why? In the play, he was just a third party trying to keep the peace in Verona. He was the thing that kept the feud between the Montagues and Capulets from erupting into violence most of the time. In the play, it was Tybalt (a Capulet) who was involved in the big fight scene. By turning the Prince into one of the "villains" of the piece, they undercut the feud between the families. This is why trying to adapt Romeo and Juliet to a standard kids' animated movie format doesn't work. Because these movies always demand a clear "villain" to root against.
No kidding! If I was writing this, I would have made Tybalt have the hots for Juliet, finds out Romeo marries her, tries to kill Romeo, Mercurtio intervenes. Tybalt throws him off the cliff into the water, Romeo attacks and they both fall off yet Romeo is the only one to survive. The Prince banishes Romeo to Shark Island. It's not a hard thing to fix.
Tybalt was the closest thing to a villain Romeo and Juliet had. To an exent, you could also say Mercutio fits the bill since his constant recklessness kept escalating the conflict between the families.
I would of liked to see Paris and The Prince not the same character. You're right, the prince was the balance in the play. The peacekeeper, and the giver of some well needed explanation to the seriousness of the feud. Now it's just you stole my girl prepare to not die or be banished till the plot requires it. WTF MOVIE!
I feel kinda sorry for Phil Nibbelink. It is evident that he put his heart and soul into this project and squeezed every ounce of skill and talent that he had to make what hoped to be he magnum opus. Unfortunately his resources were too limited to bring his grand vision to life and as a result, it suffered the came fate as Rock-a-Doodle and The Cobbler and the Thief.
One thing I suddenly realised about the Titanic scene: the wreck of the Titanic is 4000 meters under the ocean. I'm pretty sure seals can't handle the pressure at such a great depth, much less be able to hold their breath long enough to be able to swim all the way down there.
"It's another animated Titanic movie!" Kind of appropriate you bring that up because James Cameron's pitch for Titanic was that; "Romeo and Juliet on the Titanic." Not kidding.
No, they're both pinnipeds, but Sea Lions are not a type of seal, they have significant differences, mainly Sea Lions live in warmer climates than seals, and sea lions have visible ear flaps
Professor Multipurpose Actually, they are. They're a type of seal called the eared seal (the same group fur seals fall into), thus the ear flaps. They also have the ability to prop themselves up on their front flippers and turn the back ones forward to walk.
Gnomeo and Juliet did this "no one dies" better than this animated atrocity! You want to know what this film is? It's the Shakespeare equivalent to 8 Crazy Nights, given how they both ruin emotional moments. Let that sink in.
Notice at the very end, the cat looks up at him just as he's swigging out of the bottle... He's concerned that his owner may have a drinking problem thanks to these reviews XD
Romeo was sixteen and Juliet was thirteen in the original play. That in no way explains why they look five in this film, but I thought you'd be interested.
@@hrudhanaukudkar5752 Lol no, everyone just pretends it's love. I had to read the play in 8th grade and let me tell you never in my life have I been so passionate about burning a piece of writing
What's kind of funny is that in Romeo and Juliet, the Prince wasn't even the villain; he just pops in the beginning, gives exposition about the story, ends the first fight in the story, and disappears until the end, when he laments not stepping in before so many people were murdered because of the feud. I guess since it's a poorly made kid's movie, there has to be some sort of "villain", but taking a valuable character and making him the villain for no reason other than your story needing a villain is just poor writing.
The fact they look young is probably the only thing good about this production. They're supposed to be young and stupid. Pretty much everything else was beyond awful.
TCgamerboy2002 technically Eating other seals isn't cannibalism as long as they're different species, that's like saying a Cougar eating a Bobcat is cannibalism because they are both Cats
in the original play murcutio,romeo, and benvolio went to the party for soul purpose of crashing it it was never about getting women he just wanted to piss off the capulets then romeo meets juliet
+Brony Time Also, when we're introduced to Romeo, he's being mopey because a girl named Rosalind turned down his affections. Mercutio suggests crashing the party as a way to get his mind off of it. It works in more ways than intended.
1: The prince didn't want to marry Juliet, that was Paris. 2: It wasn't the prince who found out about Romeo crashing the party, it was TYBALT! and even then, lord capulet didn't have an immensely negative reaction since he'd heard good things about Romeo's reputation. 3: The prince didn't really do anything in the story. He showed up for only 3 acts. Why is he suddenly an antagonist when in the original story, he was a neutral party. In fact, Mercutio was a relative of his! Why would he support the Capulets? Look, I know he was more neutral in the story due to having a relative in the Montagues, and a relative looking to marry Juliet, but here, there's no Paris! I know this is nitpicking, but....I can't get over this! 4: I thought Friar Lawrence in this film looked more like an Ottsel from Jak and Daxter, but oh well. 5: The disturbing make out was part of the original story. 6: In the original story, Tybalt slew Mercutio, followed by Romeo killing Tybalt. I guess they couldn't have taht in there, so they made it so Romeo can't do anything. Romeo killing Tybalt out of anger over Mercutio's death was an important plot point. By leaving Tybalt out, you need to make up a new bullshit excuse for why Romeo gets banished. 7: I need to address this: Who the HELL is this fish? Is she supposed to be the nurse? Because she ISN'T. 8: Oh, so now several roles were written out, as well as several scenes. Romeo wasn't banished. Important plot point ruined. 9: Romeo never did that. He drank grade-A poison, which he got from an apothecary in Mantua. And since we wrote the apothecary out, welcome to another plot hole. 10: I WILL question it: Why the HELL is Mercutio still alive?! PLOT POINT ERADICATED! 11: Look, I know Gnomeo and Juliet did the same damn "They didn't die" thing to make it kid friendly, but they handled it with a bit more dignity. 12: Fuck the prince. Trying to mix two other characters into him doesn't work here. 13: I pointed out several things wrong with this, and I only read it LAST YEAR, so my memory isn't fresh. BUT DAMN! TWELVE THINGS!
1. You should do a cinema sins 2. I agree with everything but it would be semi-cool to see if they could make a movie that was original to the plot WHILE ending in the two lovers being alive. I know that’s not Shakespeare but animated Kids movies and Tragic endings I don’t think work well (mostly for the intended child audience)
Romeo and Juliet with BABY seals?!?!?!?! Good gravy Marie, that is so wrong on SO many levels! If they were the equivalent of teenagers, then it wouldn't be as creepy, but these are just BABIES for crying out loud! On the up side, I get to see your pretty kitty again! I like looking for Fifa in the background of your videos. I'm a crazy cat lady (I'm sorry you lost her, though).
I actually really enjoy this movie, but I can definitely see its flaws. I fast forward through pretty much every song because they are pretty bad. However, I admire that this guy fully animated the film on his own. Good or bad, the guy put A LOT of effort into this. Well, the animation part, anyway. As for the story, I can see it's flawed, but I still enjoy it. It's a harmless film, really. It's not perfect, but it's not hurting anyone.
I just watched this movie. To be fair, I can tell ALOT of love went into this project. That said, it had problems. I went in with low hopes and came out a tad surprised. It isn't god-awful, it's just meh, and at times very, very strange.
Agreed. I put it on early in the morning while waiting for the time to go to school and it was a... bizarre experience. It left me cringing a good portion of the time I was able to watch it. I put it on to continue watching, but only as background noise, during the weekend. My mom came in the room and looked at the tv in shock. I started cracking up almost immediately. It's much more fun to watch with others than alone. Alone, I had nothing to bounce off some of the more awkward and strange moments. With someone else, enjoyment cane easier when commenting on the strange directions the movie took.
Bobsheaux x Well yeah but I wasn't referring to the animation but instead everything else. The poor guy who made this movie must have been through some pain that one could only imagine. I wouldn't be surprised if he's still sad from it to this day
Sniper Melon To be fair, there have been some other independent movie projects with small crews since. The Blender Open Movies are a good example, and there's the Morevna Project coming up, too. Double Rainboom, maybe, too. All of those, and this movie, have the same strength: the artistic vision of the person in charge is preserved. There is zero compromise for marketability, no executive meddling, all exactly how the artist intended it. And that strength is their weakness, too, in a way. No outside feedback, no (need for) consideration of how audiences might react or how it can be milked for cash. The Blender Open Movies are awesome to see, but they're usually weird or downright depressing... occasionally both. Even Big Buck Bunny is kind of questionable in places. So... Phil Nibelinck was a trailblazer in that regard. That kind of feat has become more common in the digital age, and I'm sure anyone trying it can learn from how this movie turned out. It helped set the bar, and that's not something you can say for a lot of movies, good or bad. Also, have you seen some of the stuff BobSheaux reviews? As bad as this gets, it's cringeworthy at worst. It's not consistently god-awful or annoying all the time. Sparkplug Entertainment and Video Brinquedo wish they could be at this level.
Wow, female elephant seals don't have those trunk the males have and they are lot smaller, so the elephant seal ended up together with a cross dresser seal. :3
She was not originally in the play or in the film’s original script. Apparently, Phil Nibbelink’s daughter add libbed everything and Phil liked it so much he added it into the movie as the comic relief alongside Mercutio.
*SPOILER WARNING* Why did they decide to combine the characters of the Prince and Tybalt for this movie? And why make that character Juliet's unwanted suitor? Paris served that role in the play, so why not just make the elephant seal Count Paris and separate the Prince and Tybalt in to two other characters? In the play, Tybalt was Juliet's cousin, and the Prince had almost nothing to do with her, only appearing three times in the whole play. And why have Mercutio survive? That was the whole reason Romeo killed Tybalt in the first place!
I actually found the goldfish kinda goofy. I will admit, I did giggle at her lines. Mercutio on the other hand, once my favorite Romeo and Juliet character...yeah, now I'm debating that. Amazing animation, though. The last time I saw a movie where there was only one animator, it didn't end so well.
this is... slightly sad and beautiful... i mean one dude did all that?!?! more artists should know about this... as kinda an inspiration like "u can do all the things... jist look at what this guy did!!"
who else is with me when I say that the prince should have been a more feared animal like a shark or hell a killer whale because im not sure about you lot but I'd rather hide behind a couch then piss myself laughing at the Elephant seal
+GrInSaNiTy In us If the prince was a shark, it would probably be a rapping shark, or something along those lines. HOLY COW IT WOULD BE TENTACOLINO ALL OVER AGAIN! (P.S. Am I the only one who is really disturbed by the goldfish?)
I went about redesigning the characters to make them look more mature and the Prince more regal. So far Juliet has an eye scar from running into some sea trash. She has a sister that I still haven't named. The kissing fish is now a crab called Shelly. Mercutio has a lip scar and is in ghost form- could possibly explain why he is in the film after he died. The Prince is now a leopard seal. I added Tybalt. Oh and all the characters have some type of Jewellery to differentiate them from the other seals. But this is just a weird interpretation of the film that I made
In the play Romeo had a crush on this Rosaline check she rejected him and he was at the party just check her out but when he saw Juliet she was old news that's why they went to the party.
This movie was my childhood, and Mercutio is my personality. No, literally. To this day I’ve still internalized all of his behaviors. Randomly quoting Shakespeare, making annoying jokes at inappropriate times and then laughing at my own jokes, having ungodly eyebrows, and breaking the fourth wall. I’m sad now that I’ve realized that
For me this is the most classic Bobsheaux review, even more than the "Tentacolino" one. The "Tentacolino" review is more of an act of courage and strength, but this review is the most memorable video to me. I dunno why, it's just a sensation, but I'll certainly never stop to re-watch it once a month.
At the risk of sounding like I've got my head up my own ass, this is a special video to me too. After this review, I learned that I'm not just making fun of bad movies and comics here, I'm actually reaching out to other people to inspire them to become better artists. www.deviantart.com/art/A-Thought-on-Passion-Projects-367915625 Thank you, audience. To know that I'm having that kind of an impact on you guys makes it all worth while. /:)
The Prince is actually an Elephant Seal, though I'm not sure what species the other seals are. It's weird that the animator chose a species that fight for the right to mate. The most dominant have a harem unless the less dominant males sneak in. And a lot of the time the females are raped. This movie is amazing considering it was animated, written and produced by the same guy. I think a worse retelling of this was Gnomio and Juliet. At least there are interesting elements in the seal movie XD
TheNightshade43 And sea lions don’t really have a typical harem system. Fur seals and most earless seals do, but not these sea lions. They do however, mate with multiple females, but they don’t jealously guard them like some other pinniped species.
With all your questions about the marriage, you never even asked the most obvious question: who or what is playing the church organ? Why is there a church organ at the North Pole?
That goldfish is so annoying she really didn't need to be in the movie. Other than her the movie isn't god awful (I watched it out of boredom the other day) it's silly and the bad prince was a stupid villian and Romeo and Juliet look like babies (which is another thing I didn't like about this) but it doesn't look bad animation wise for a movie animated by one person.
I was the target audience for this movie when it came out (8 years old) and I recall absolutely loving it and rewatching it countless times until I could recount all the scenes from memory. I never thought about it until now and it's a bit of a whiplash to view it as an adult and be thoroughly disturbed by what I had once found so delightful. Goodbye childhood.
My friend and I died at the "Case Closed" part. I wish that the credits just rolled after that, would've salvaged this thing from the depths of absurdity. The points you made were quiet similar to my own impressions after watching it. For a one-man job, the fact that the movie isn't a complete flop is impressive. On the other hand, the animation is clunky at times (that fight at the beginning had me clutching my temples). Some of the interactions are a bit awkward, the pacing suffers at points; there's one point where the plot just pauses for two minutes of Mercutio joking for no other discernible reason than comedy relief (no plot progression, no character development, no setting development, which begged the question, "Why is this here at all?!"). All in all, I believe it deserves its two star rating on Netflix, case closed.
To be fair elephant seals are known for hording females and having one the worst breath in the animal kingdom. If I may let myself be smart a monument, If I guess where this talking place I would have guess on the galápagos island seeing that is as: galápagos sea lion, fur seals, galápagos sharks and sea otters. The only one being out of place is Prince whose closest range would be in California but with mentality It wouldn't surprise me that he got lost.
I almost killed meself when they cut to the wreck of the Titanic. The fuck. Titanic is split in half, all rusted and covered with sea weed, all 4 funnels and the masts are broken too.
...Ya know... naiive children immediately jumping into an ill-conceived marriage with total strangers and the whole thing ending tragically... is kinda the point of The Tragicall Hiftorie of Romeus and Julliet. It's a story about young love gone stupid in the worst possible way. That they didn't die is probably the most offensive thing about this abomination.
Well, you have an Idea how the story works, but there are some major elements of the story to consider. The fact that they married at a young age wasn't the issue, Juliet's conflicts actually involves expecting to marry a man she doesn't love, but how abrupt and sudden it was. As well in the story it wasn't just their "young love" alone that drove the incidents, but the prejudice between the two families which drove events like the prince declaring the death of the families' patriarchs if they quarreled again, Mercutio death from Romeo interrupting a fight between him and Tybalt (Juliet's violent cousin who was in the quarrel in the opening scene), which leads to Romeo avenging him by fighting and killing Tybalt that causes him to be banished and killed if he was ever scene in Verona again. All of which that leads to the infamous "poison" ploy constructed between Juliet and Friar Lawrence (the priest who joins the two in matrimony believing that it could end the feud). So it simply wasn't "young stupid love" but showing how hatred can cause a tragic end to something as innocent as a first two sided love between to youths (I was specific on what kind of love because Romeo was introduced moping after being rejected by a girl before the opening, so Juliet wasn't his first "love" in that perspective and you could also argue, seeing how short they knew each other, that their chemistry may have not lasted as a "perfect match", though being aware on what kiNd of society they lived in that would be IRRELEVANT for marriage XD).
It's a deconstruction of the story a lot of people think it is - it's about a whirlwind romance that ends in tragedy, between two naiive children who are both extremely immature and in way over their heads. Yes there are other characters, yes there are other themes, but that is what's at the heart of the story. That's why it's called "The Tragic Story of Romeo and Juliet": the tragedy of their failed relationship is the centerpiece of the narrative.
notoriouswhitemoth I want to make it clear that I'm not trying to start a flame war, and I actually really appreciate having this conversation, spring break has been boring for me (plus you are the very first person to reply to a comment I posted). True, I'll admit that the story is pretty dependent on their young emotions that led to the important events (their marriage and their ploy) that resulted to their deaths, but I just wanted to point out that the families' feud was just as important a theme too. Think about it, lets say that there was no feud and the families were fine with their love, they would've been married and likely produce a family. Something to take in consideration is that back then marriage and relationships had different standards than today. They COULD mutually love each other, but that wasn't necessary as long as the family was financially sufficient, equal class or higher, or weren't enemies. My point is that it didn't matter if their relationship was just "puppy love" as you would say or "true" love, chances are, seeing how the Capulets and the Montagues were among the wealthiest families in Verona, they would've been married and lived in comfort. However, Juliet and Romeo didn't have that privilege due to the Feud and their young love caused them to do various stunts. Like their love, it was a constant that's been in most if not all adaptations, even in this horrible one. I even read an ancient Greek poem that is very similar to this story that involves two enemies families with children who loved each other but resulted in each other suicide because of the misconception of one of the lovers being killed by a lion (very likely the inspiration for Romeo and Juliet).
The feud is context - it's a framing device. Again, it's important to the story, and the overall narrative wouldn't really work without it because they'd have no reason to rush into marriage, meaning Juliet would have no reason to fake her death, meaning Romeo would have no reason to kill himself, meaning Juliet would have no reason to kill herself. The feud is an important plot device, but it isn't the focus of the story - the focus is on the two naiive, lovesick children whose recklessness and romanticism get them killed because they rush into a commitment they're too immature to handle. The feud between their families is justification for why it goes as horribly wrong as it does.
I have an interpretation on the art style. The reason Romeo and Juliet are drawn to look so young is to emphasize the stupidity and recklessness of youth, they should have been drawn like teens but Mercutio and Benvolio are less idiotic. The original story is about how prejudice killed children, but it's also about these reckless teenagers killing themselves over people they are not in love with rather they are infatuated with (infatuation in this case being a hollow attraction). Romeo tried finding someone before Juliet and only likes Juliet because of sadness, lust and the taboo. Romeo only finds Juliet attractive because of her beauty and possibly the taboo, and Juliet wants her own free will so she goes with the one person that would piss off her dad the most. Teenagers tend to be lustful, stupid, reckless, they don't think ahead, and think they're smarter than they are. That was my shit interpretation.
The creepily young designs of the seals definitely ruin the tone, but let's just be thankful the animator didn't make their designs accurate to their ages in the play. Romeo is an 18 year old man (supposedly, nobody really knows, it's just widely accepted that he's around 18) who falls in love with, marries, bangs and dies over the span of 3 days; all for a girl...who is 13. Romeo and Juliet: A beautifully written play that's actually pretty creepy in a modern context.
Oh yeah obviously, baby-eyed seals talking about marriage and looking aroused is another level of hell. I'm kind of surprised he didn't just use Mercutio's design and the female seal he starts hitting on at the party, that would have been fine. :)
I know this comment is kind of old, but that's actually true to an extent. Apparently, Phil's daughter would make little ad-libs (like the line about stinky babies), and the one's he found funny would end up in the movie.
+trollskullkid69 He should be hiring THEM! He deserves more subs than the Hunt for Red October! Granted, the book had around five subs, and the movie had three... He deserves more than 3-5 subs! Yeah! (seriously though, Bob is one of my favorite reviewers)
+trollskullkid69 One blogger who was disgruntled by my not being picked up by Channel Awesome commented his opinion that they were afraid I might outshine Doug. I'll never know if that's the case, but I'll take that compliment regardless! ^_^ lol
On a plus note Bob, I haven't been able to find any other animated movies that prominently feature the Titanic, I was hoping to suggest it and have you tortured by it but no such luck. Why? How else am I going to spend my lunchtime, eating or something?
The reason for Romeo being at a Capulet ball is because Romeo's former crush, Rosaline, is a niece of Capulet, who he hopes to see there. Yes, he is basically exchanging one Capulet girl for another; he is that shallow, and yes, that's the point.
I did NOT see the Titanic scene coming. Just because it has NOTHING to do with the story of Romeo and Juliet. It has even LESS sense, logic and common sense than all three animated Titanic movies, or at least it is close enough to them. Maaaan, I don't know how or WHY ANYONE would make FOUR animated Titanic movies, which were ALL a huge spit in the face to all the people who lost their lives in that terrible tragedy. This is just plain insulting, creepy, awful and lame.
wait one minute...if romeo spent any amount of time in the princes mouth, and seals are warm blooded, how the hell did the snow not melt off of Romeo then?! He came out of his mouth still covered in snow! Explain movie! EXPLAIN!
Alright... I know it's an elephant seal. You can stop commenting about how it's an elephant seal. I'm sorry I'm not an expert at marine life, but thanks to the many... MANY comments left on this vid, I now know it's an elephant seal. You don't need to keep telling me it's an elephant seal!
Oh shit. I’m first reply lol. Prince is not royalty in any way. He’s basically a judge that keeps the peace within both the Montagues and Capulets.
Also, it’s Paris who is going to marry Juliet, not Prince. This movie is retarded.
I’m sorry. That joke did make the video funnier.
In the original play, it was the prince of Italy, the country the play took place at, so those seals had a good reason to listen to him, assuming he's prince of the beach.
Bobsheaux I love your videos:-)
"Sealed with a kiss"
That pun is so bad that it actually hurts
It would make Sans cringe
nah
***** *NNEEEVVEERRR* o k ;-;
ITS NO PROBLEM JALAPEÑO
help
+Nettleleap Productions sans is the cringe itself
The animation is pretty impressive for being animated by ONE person O.o
although the creator created much more movies like the fox and the hound much more better. I have to agree with guy but the voice acting is terrible.
@@marielcordial5421 but I feel kinda bad that it turned out that way since the VAs are mostly nobodies consisting of Phil's friends and family
It could be worse. U mean its better than Dusk's Dawn came out.
@Queenofawesome25 The Thief and the Cobbler had more than one animator, though.
True true
Phil's daughter is probably a teenager now, and I bet she's pretty embarrassed looking back on the dialogue her dad recorded for that fish.
Clare Gundersen Well it could be worse? She could be the kid who played Anakin in the Phantom Menace.
@@BigK13372 At least as far as we know, she doesn’t have a criminal record. Unlike Mr. Lloyd.
@@BigK13372 lol 🤣🤣🤣
@@BigK13372 I’m annoyed people attacked the poor kid
They do sort of get some facts right.
Romeo and Juliet shared very little dialogue with one another. They just danced together and made some small talk when they decided it was true love. Romeo asked her that night to marry him.
except he more or less asked her servant to tell her to marry him
yeah romeo was like im a pilgrim kiss me bby ;;;;) and juliet was SWOONING
Well thats exactly what happens in the play by Shakespeare.
I mean one of the points I think most adaptations miss about the OG play is that Romeo and Juliet's 'love' is portrayed as very silly and shallow, albeit still sincere, even by Elizabethan standards, as opposed to sweeping and profound. The true tragedy is that if the Montagues and Capulets' feud didn't turn this shit into a big, grand, forbidden thing, they'd have likely had a teenage fling, realise they weren't right for each other, and moved on. But instead, because of the feud, they end up fucking dying for the crime of... doing what teenagers do.
Titanic and Romeo and Juliet rolled into one? Are we sure Leonardo DiCaprio wasn't involved in this project?
Right?
Calm down mate, Leo can only die so many times
13 Times
It was probably an inside reference.
Otaking Mikohani hahahaha
I am extremely uncomfortable with the apparent age difference between Juliet and the prince Elephant seal that's hitting on her. I mean, he even talks to her like a child, just LISTEN to the way he says "I'm gonna ask your Daddy something very important" and tell me you’re not getting some creepy pedophile vibes!
Now that I think about it... Ew! Just, just eww!
I mean... In the original play Romeo was like 18 and I think Juliet was 13 or something... so...
Lily Stephans I read the transcript of the original play, I'm pretty sure in the original play Romeo was 16 and Juliet was 13. Still weird, but it WAS set in the late Middle Ages.
*Chris Hansen walks in* “Take a seat, right over there sir.”
I mean i guess he want take the story and make so young audiences can understand by yaaaa um (get 911 ready)
You know what I think is weird? Here, Mercutio is a Montague, but in the original story by Shakespeare, he was just a friend of Romeo and wasn't a Montague.
(Belated reply but still)
The prince has two relatives in the story, and each one is connected to one of the houses in some way. Mercutio is Romeo's best friend, and Paris is Juliet's fiancé. Both meet a rather grizzly end as a result of the feud and Romeo and Juliet's relationship. Tybalt kills Mercutio and Romeo kills Paris when he's mourning Juliet (Paris thinks Romeo has come to vandalize the tomb and attacks him, Romeo wasn't just murdering a grieving man to be a dick).
Even the 2013 adaptation did the exact same thing years later.
wasnt he the princes cousin?
Okay, so they turned the Prince into an antagonist for Romeo? Why? In the play, he was just a third party trying to keep the peace in Verona. He was the thing that kept the feud between the Montagues and Capulets from erupting into violence most of the time. In the play, it was Tybalt (a Capulet) who was involved in the big fight scene. By turning the Prince into one of the "villains" of the piece, they undercut the feud between the families.
This is why trying to adapt Romeo and Juliet to a standard kids' animated movie format doesn't work. Because these movies always demand a clear "villain" to root against.
Adam Hoffman Yep, and apparently the fact that Mercurtio got stabbed wasn't enough for them!
No kidding! If I was writing this, I would have made Tybalt have the hots for Juliet, finds out Romeo marries her, tries to kill Romeo, Mercurtio intervenes. Tybalt throws him off the cliff into the water, Romeo attacks and they both fall off yet Romeo is the only one to survive. The Prince banishes Romeo to Shark Island. It's not a hard thing to fix.
Adam Hoffman
Tybalt was the closest thing to a villain Romeo and Juliet had. To an exent, you could also say Mercutio fits the bill since his constant recklessness kept escalating the conflict between the families.
I would of liked to see Paris and The Prince not the same character. You're right, the prince was the balance in the play. The peacekeeper, and the giver of some well needed explanation to the seriousness of the feud. Now it's just you stole my girl prepare to not die or be banished till the plot requires it. WTF MOVIE!
I feel kinda sorry for Phil Nibbelink. It is evident that he put his heart and soul into this project and squeezed every ounce of skill and talent that he had to make what hoped to be he magnum opus. Unfortunately his resources were too limited to bring his grand vision to life and as a result, it suffered the came fate as Rock-a-Doodle and The Cobbler and the Thief.
Algahiem no offense the creator needed help for this project but he refused that guy is the opposite of Richard rich and don't bluth!
@@TheAngelmisa Don’t Bluth? Is that some sort of anti-Don Bluth from a parallel universe?
@@MovieFan1912 either that or the auto correction's trolling
@@andreasnickmann370 Okay, I’ll admit, the whole alternate universe Don Bluth thing was silly.
@@MovieFan1912 I think it's an actually pretty interesting thesis. Mine (on the other hand) is quite boring.
They look young because in the real play Romeo is like...16. And Juliet is 13...
But I get where you're coming from...its creepy....
One thing I suddenly realised about the Titanic scene: the wreck of the Titanic is 4000 meters under the ocean. I'm pretty sure seals can't handle the pressure at such a great depth, much less be able to hold their breath long enough to be able to swim all the way down there.
To quote Bobsheaux in his Emoji Movie review: "Disbelief, no longer Suspended."
600 feet is how far seel can go so ya that make no sense
Guess they really wanted to hide away from everybody 😂
"It's another animated Titanic movie!" Kind of appropriate you bring that up because James Cameron's pitch for Titanic was that; "Romeo and Juliet on the Titanic." Not kidding.
"Sealed with a kiss."
...but they're sea lions!
Exactly!
Sea lions ARE a kind of seal.
SEAL(ion)-ed with a kiss, I get it
No, they're both pinnipeds, but Sea Lions are not a type of seal, they have significant differences, mainly Sea Lions live in warmer climates than seals, and sea lions have visible ear flaps
Professor Multipurpose Actually, they are. They're a type of seal called the eared seal (the same group fur seals fall into), thus the ear flaps. They also have the ability to prop themselves up on their front flippers and turn the back ones forward to walk.
For one guy animating all of this, the animation is actually pretty good. Otherwise, the rest of the movie sucks.
Roses Are Red
Violets are red
Tulips are red
My gardens on fire.
Is that a copypasta? Or a original work cause it's butifule
+PRGME7
Original :3 It is catchy tho
Too funny!
Ginger Snap More like catching fire (NOT THE HUNGER GAMES)
This movie is making me see red.
only found one problem with the channel.......... it deserves more subs
+ray lamoure Share my videos with everyone you know and tell them to do the same, and I just might get some more! ;)
Wow I never thought you would reply on my comment
Your channel does just enough editing so that it will be funny unlike some channels that do to much editing and ruin the video
+ray lamoure I like keeping in contact with my audience. :) lol Thank you for enjoying my work.
one question what do you use to edit your videos
So like the animated titanic movie NO ONE DIES!!
Insult to Shakespeare's play.
+Hikari Minoru Shakesphere (in his grave): I feel disgraced somehow.
There probably has been worse insults to Shakespeare.
+Hikari Minoru many made by himself.
Caitlynn Hatch INDEED!
Gnomeo and Juliet did this "no one dies" better than this animated atrocity! You want to know what this film is? It's the Shakespeare equivalent to 8 Crazy Nights, given how they both ruin emotional moments. Let that sink in.
Hey guys! Wanna hit up The Titanic, we can dance among all the bones of the deceased! It'll be tonnes of fun!
*watches the "stinky baby" scene*
...
Somebody? Please...KILL ME.
Dagger be my be my comfort
Or however that line goes.
Your reaction to the Prince's first appearance was hilarious.
the kissing fish is the creepest thing in the movie.
i watched this movie since i was in diapers and to this day i still have a burning hate for that damn fish
@@cowgremlin11 I am so sorry.
I have never seen this movie before but damn I want to slice that fish myself
When she asked Romeo and Juliet if they are having kids, I just did that Yakko Warner line and said GOODNIGHT EVERYBODY!!
I think that fish is the best thing about the movie lol
0:31 I spy a cat with my little eye!
Isn't that cat adorable?
OMG YOUR HERE YOURE MY FAV UA-camR I LOVE YOU I CANT BELIVE YOURE HERE :D I'm sorry I will calm down
Notice at the very end, the cat looks up at him just as he's swigging out of the bottle... He's concerned that his owner may have a drinking problem thanks to these reviews XD
I had the same reaction! Sooo cute
Me too
To be fair, Juliet was creepily young in the actually Shakespeare story too.
I laughed so much at the "why didn't you warn us" part
Michael Nally Me too! This sort of thing is why I subscribed to his channel!
Romeo was sixteen and Juliet was thirteen in the original play. That in no way explains why they look five in this film, but I thought you'd be interested.
They found true love at 13? I'm still trying to find someone who likes me lol
@@hrudhanaukudkar5752 Lol no, everyone just pretends it's love. I had to read the play in 8th grade and let me tell you never in my life have I been so passionate about burning a piece of writing
@@hrudhanaukudkar5752 in that time you died at thirty year or less
I wouldn’t call it true love, but more like misguided attraction that, mixed with the idiot feud between their parents, that inevitable ends in tears.
Though I think that is what William Shakespeare intended. A story about the danger of stupidity and naive love.
What's kind of funny is that in Romeo and Juliet, the Prince wasn't even the villain; he just pops in the beginning, gives exposition about the story, ends the first fight in the story, and disappears until the end, when he laments not stepping in before so many people were murdered because of the feud.
I guess since it's a poorly made kid's movie, there has to be some sort of "villain", but taking a valuable character and making him the villain for no reason other than your story needing a villain is just poor writing.
The fact they look young is probably the only thing good about this production. They're supposed to be young and stupid. Pretty much everything else was beyond awful.
Admit it, this is a better love story than Twilight.
It’s Romeo and Juliet. Always a better love story than Twilight
It's true.
Not this version of Romeo and Juliet. This one’s just incredibly painful
@@joyunicycle The third act of New Moon rips off Romeo and Juliet, and they even acknowledge it.
You know... the animation is really impressive for someone that animated it all by himself, too bad everything else sucks...
The worst part was the Goldfish. (shivers)
+Armin Arlert the Assassin (Swaggy Donut Aɾмιи Aɾℓєɾт) All of it was animated in Flash, to boot.
At 11:33 Juliet had an orgasm... Yuck XD
Something to take note is that elephant seals DON'T eat other seals. Yes, they are carnivorous, but not cannibalistic.
TCgamerboy2002 technically Eating other seals isn't cannibalism as long as they're different species, that's like saying a Cougar eating a Bobcat is cannibalism because they are both Cats
in the original play murcutio,romeo, and benvolio went to the party for soul purpose of crashing it it was never about getting women he just wanted to piss off the capulets then romeo meets juliet
+Brony Time Also, when we're introduced to Romeo, he's being mopey because a girl named Rosalind turned down his affections. Mercutio suggests crashing the party as a way to get his mind off of it. It works in more ways than intended.
@@RealParadoxBlues are u sure about that cause i always thought it was so he could hookup with her
Tiffany Stewart I mean there's plenty of websites on the internet explaining this
@@lotsofuwuenergy3983 can u give me links
1: The prince didn't want to marry Juliet, that was Paris.
2: It wasn't the prince who found out about Romeo crashing the party, it was TYBALT! and even then, lord capulet didn't have an immensely negative reaction since he'd heard good things about Romeo's reputation.
3: The prince didn't really do anything in the story. He showed up for only 3 acts. Why is he suddenly an antagonist when in the original story, he was a neutral party. In fact, Mercutio was a relative of his! Why would he support the Capulets? Look, I know he was more neutral in the story due to having a relative in the Montagues, and a relative looking to marry Juliet, but here, there's no Paris! I know this is nitpicking, but....I can't get over this!
4: I thought Friar Lawrence in this film looked more like an Ottsel from Jak and Daxter, but oh well.
5: The disturbing make out was part of the original story.
6: In the original story, Tybalt slew Mercutio, followed by Romeo killing Tybalt. I guess they couldn't have taht in there, so they made it so Romeo can't do anything. Romeo killing Tybalt out of anger over Mercutio's death was an important plot point. By leaving Tybalt out, you need to make up a new bullshit excuse for why Romeo gets banished.
7: I need to address this: Who the HELL is this fish? Is she supposed to be the nurse? Because she ISN'T.
8: Oh, so now several roles were written out, as well as several scenes. Romeo wasn't banished. Important plot point ruined.
9: Romeo never did that. He drank grade-A poison, which he got from an apothecary in Mantua. And since we wrote the apothecary out, welcome to another plot hole.
10: I WILL question it: Why the HELL is Mercutio still alive?! PLOT POINT ERADICATED!
11: Look, I know Gnomeo and Juliet did the same damn "They didn't die" thing to make it kid friendly, but they handled it with a bit more dignity.
12: Fuck the prince. Trying to mix two other characters into him doesn't work here.
13: I pointed out several things wrong with this, and I only read it LAST YEAR, so my memory isn't fresh. BUT DAMN! TWELVE THINGS!
1. You should do a cinema sins
2. I agree with everything but it would be semi-cool to see if they could make a movie that was original to the plot WHILE ending in the two lovers being alive. I know that’s not Shakespeare but animated Kids movies and Tragic endings I don’t think work well (mostly for the intended child audience)
Romeo and Juliet with BABY seals?!?!?!?! Good gravy Marie, that is so wrong on SO many levels! If they were the equivalent of teenagers, then it wouldn't be as creepy, but these are just BABIES for crying out loud!
On the up side, I get to see your pretty kitty again! I like looking for Fifa in the background of your videos. I'm a crazy cat lady (I'm sorry you lost her, though).
DreamDancer82
They do sound like teens, but they could look like teen.
Romeo: HI
Bobsheaux: NYUGH!
I died
Cute fluffy kitty in the background, locked in the room, listening to its owner losing his shit. XD
Eh. She got used to it rather quickly. lol
I actually really enjoy this movie, but I can definitely see its flaws. I fast forward through pretty much every song because they are pretty bad. However, I admire that this guy fully animated the film on his own. Good or bad, the guy put A LOT of effort into this. Well, the animation part, anyway. As for the story, I can see it's flawed, but I still enjoy it. It's a harmless film, really. It's not perfect, but it's not hurting anyone.
I just watched this movie. To be fair, I can tell ALOT of love went into this project. That said, it had problems. I went in with low hopes and came out a tad surprised. It isn't god-awful, it's just meh, and at times very, very strange.
Agreed. I put it on early in the morning while waiting for the time to go to school and it was a... bizarre experience. It left me cringing a good portion of the time I was able to watch it.
I put it on to continue watching, but only as background noise, during the weekend. My mom came in the room and looked at the tv in shock. I started cracking up almost immediately. It's much more fun to watch with others than alone.
Alone, I had nothing to bounce off some of the more awkward and strange moments. With someone else, enjoyment cane easier when commenting on the strange directions the movie took.
I watched it on Netflix and I also was ted surprised. And scared.
Four years for THIS??
Sniper Melon Four years for having only ONE PERSON animating it? That's pretty impressive! lol
Bobsheaux x
Well yeah but I wasn't referring to the animation but instead everything else. The poor guy who made this movie must have been through some pain that one could only imagine. I wouldn't be surprised if he's still sad from it to this day
Sniper Melon To be fair, there have been some other independent movie projects with small crews since. The Blender Open Movies are a good example, and there's the Morevna Project coming up, too. Double Rainboom, maybe, too.
All of those, and this movie, have the same strength: the artistic vision of the person in charge is preserved. There is zero compromise for marketability, no executive meddling, all exactly how the artist intended it.
And that strength is their weakness, too, in a way. No outside feedback, no (need for) consideration of how audiences might react or how it can be milked for cash. The Blender Open Movies are awesome to see, but they're usually weird or downright depressing... occasionally both. Even Big Buck Bunny is kind of questionable in places.
So... Phil Nibelinck was a trailblazer in that regard. That kind of feat has become more common in the digital age, and I'm sure anyone trying it can learn from how this movie turned out. It helped set the bar, and that's not something you can say for a lot of movies, good or bad.
Also, have you seen some of the stuff BobSheaux reviews? As bad as this gets, it's cringeworthy at worst. It's not consistently god-awful or annoying all the time. Sparkplug Entertainment and Video Brinquedo wish they could be at this level.
RaichuWizDom Most of the YTPs out there are one-man/woman projects.
Not as well-versed in those, but yeah, you can add that to the list, too.
The Star Wars part made me cry laughing. You sir are funny!
Hello, and welcome to the Bobsheaux channel.
+GrimmNemesis Yup, Bobsheaux, the best UA-camr I know
+WERTHE META (WERTHEMETA) Oh stop... ^_^ *blushes*
Bobsheaux Well It IS true dude! :D
The Titanic?!?!?!?!? OH GOD PLEASE NNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
Same reactions how ever you may be
NOT ANOTHER TITANIC ANIMATED MOVIE!!!!! AND PLEASE DON'T LET THE NOSTALGIA CRITIC REVIEW IT!!!
I would love for the Nostalgia Critic to review this. It would be glorious!!!
Wow, female elephant seals don't have those trunk the males have and they are lot smaller, so the elephant seal ended up together with a cross dresser seal. :3
Thats frightening😕
MsDjessa He's gay!
The best gay romance in film
Never heard 'Chrenkle Chrenkle Reddle Star'
That fish gets me everything I watch this video...literally, she's such a weird character. Why was she needed?
Garret Pixaraddict She reminds me of Dory from Finding Nemo or Finding Dory,I dont know why...
She was not originally in the play or in the film’s original script. Apparently, Phil Nibbelink’s daughter add libbed everything and Phil liked it so much he added it into the movie as the comic relief alongside Mercutio.
Romeo and Juliet look like they're related to the Octopus from the animated Titanic moviesXD
...Oh my god, he DOES! O_O
@@Bobsheaux You just can't catch a break, can you?
@@Bobsheaux
Nonsensical!
*SPOILER WARNING* Why did they decide to combine the characters of the Prince and Tybalt for this movie? And why make that character Juliet's unwanted suitor? Paris served that role in the play, so why not just make the elephant seal Count Paris and separate the Prince and Tybalt in to two other characters? In the play, Tybalt was Juliet's cousin, and the Prince had almost nothing to do with her, only appearing three times in the whole play. And why have Mercutio survive? That was the whole reason Romeo killed Tybalt in the first place!
I actually found the goldfish kinda goofy. I will admit, I did giggle at her lines. Mercutio on the other hand, once my favorite Romeo and Juliet character...yeah, now I'm debating that. Amazing animation, though. The last time I saw a movie where there was only one animator, it didn't end so well.
this is... slightly sad and beautiful... i mean one dude did all that?!?! more artists should know about this... as kinda an inspiration like "u can do all the things... jist look at what this guy did!!"
+Clip+Cucumber Definitely a cautionary tale, to be sure.
If I was animated all episodes all myself, I would burn my hands off
who else is with me when I say that the prince should have been a more feared animal like a shark or hell a killer whale because im not sure about you lot but I'd rather hide behind a couch then piss myself laughing at the Elephant seal
+GrInSaNiTy In us I think a walrus would do it. lol
ill agree to that
+GrInSaNiTy In us
If the prince was a shark, it would probably be a rapping shark, or something along those lines.
HOLY COW IT WOULD BE TENTACOLINO ALL OVER AGAIN!
(P.S. Am I the only one who is really disturbed by the goldfish?)
+Sketch Productions Never mind on that last part...hehe
Maybe like a leopard seal, those big things attack other seals I think.
This could be easily one of your funniest reviews, the rapping dog imitation made me rolf.
15:23
NO! NO! NO!
A THOUSAND TIMES NO!
[Leaves planet]
Carmen Austins Are you having any... BABIES!?
ARE YOO... HAVING... ANEE... BABEES!?
Nacho Flash Well she's a LITTLE older, she's surely grown out of it by now.
+Nacho Flash
Probably the most disturbing part of the movie. If not, it's up there.
Carmen Austins thank you for giving me ideas to say if someone asked me if I love them xD
Hard to believe that this review is now 11 years old.
I went about redesigning the characters to make them look more mature and the Prince more regal.
So far Juliet has an eye scar from running into some sea trash.
She has a sister that I still haven't named.
The kissing fish is now a crab called Shelly.
Mercutio has a lip scar and is in ghost form- could possibly explain why he is in the film after he died.
The Prince is now a leopard seal.
I added Tybalt.
Oh and all the characters have some type of Jewellery to differentiate them from the other seals.
But this is just a weird interpretation of the film that I made
And i added the capulet nurse as Juliet's friend.
In the play Romeo had a crush on this Rosaline check she rejected him and he was at the party just check her out but when he saw Juliet she was old news that's why they went to the party.
I don't eat fish, but I say we start a fish fry
I'll bring the tartar sauce.
Trey Pehl I'll bring the fry!
This movie was my childhood, and Mercutio is my personality. No, literally. To this day I’ve still internalized all of his behaviors. Randomly quoting Shakespeare, making annoying jokes at inappropriate times and then laughing at my own jokes, having ungodly eyebrows, and breaking the fourth wall. I’m sad now that I’ve realized that
For me this is the most classic Bobsheaux review, even more than the "Tentacolino" one. The "Tentacolino" review is more of an act of courage and strength, but this review is the most memorable video to me. I dunno why, it's just a sensation, but I'll certainly never stop to re-watch it once a month.
At the risk of sounding like I've got my head up my own ass, this is a special video to me too. After this review, I learned that I'm not just making fun of bad movies and comics here, I'm actually reaching out to other people to inspire them to become better artists.
www.deviantart.com/art/A-Thought-on-Passion-Projects-367915625
Thank you, audience. To know that I'm having that kind of an impact on you guys makes it all worth while. /:)
14:15 when will you learn
when will you learn
thAT YOUR ACTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES.
XD nice reference.
pinschar STOP HATING ON SOOONNNIIIIIICCCC
The Prince is actually an Elephant Seal, though I'm not sure what species the other seals are.
It's weird that the animator chose a species that fight for the right to mate. The most dominant have a harem unless the less dominant males sneak in. And a lot of the time the females are raped.
This movie is amazing considering it was animated, written and produced by the same guy.
I think a worse retelling of this was Gnomio and Juliet. At least there are interesting elements in the seal movie XD
TheNightshade43 The two other seals are sea lions actually. The Capulets and Montagues are Steller and California sea lions respectively.
TheNightshade43 And sea lions don’t really have a typical harem system. Fur seals and most earless seals do, but not these sea lions. They do however, mate with multiple females, but they don’t jealously guard them like some other pinniped species.
Flagged for sexual content due to that Seal Prince. GG, you scared me for life.
(The 5 year-old looking love interests doesn't help the case either.)
The Prince with William Shatner's cover of "Rocket Man" had me in tears, it was too perfect. XD
anyone else distracted by the kitty cat?
me ;-:
Me! So cute!
All the time.
With all your questions about the marriage, you never even asked the most obvious question: who or what is playing the church organ? Why is there a church organ at the North Pole?
When I first heard Juliet sing, I just spat my coke all over my laptop.
Great "early Bobsheaux!" I like the thing with the remote. Why did you stop doing that?
Underage seal sex? MUST BE A BOBSHEAUX!! LMAO
Must be a Bobsheaux, yes.... -_- lmao
Why did I stop doing that? No particular reason. Who knows? Maybe it'll happen again in the future. ;)
this was the first Bobsheaux review that i saw, and it's still making me laugh all these long years later!
That goldfish is so annoying she really didn't need to be in the movie. Other than her the movie isn't god awful (I watched it out of boredom the other day) it's silly and the bad prince was a stupid villian and Romeo and Juliet look like babies (which is another thing I didn't like about this) but it doesn't look bad animation wise for a movie animated by one person.
The animation was probably the only good part of this movie at least to me.
I was the target audience for this movie when it came out (8 years old) and I recall absolutely loving it and rewatching it countless times until I could recount all the scenes from memory. I never thought about it until now and it's a bit of a whiplash to view it as an adult and be thoroughly disturbed by what I had once found so delightful. Goodbye childhood.
when the nostalgia critic says he's going to review tentacolino and you go back to this
Better love story than Twilight
Albedo Tennyson not even close
My friend and I died at the "Case Closed" part. I wish that the credits just rolled after that, would've salvaged this thing from the depths of absurdity.
The points you made were quiet similar to my own impressions after watching it. For a one-man job, the fact that the movie isn't a complete flop is impressive. On the other hand, the animation is clunky at times (that fight at the beginning had me clutching my temples). Some of the interactions are a bit awkward, the pacing suffers at points; there's one point where the plot just pauses for two minutes of Mercutio joking for no other discernible reason than comedy relief (no plot progression, no character development, no setting development, which begged the question, "Why is this here at all?!"). All in all, I believe it deserves its two star rating on Netflix, case closed.
To be fair elephant seals are known for hording females and having one the worst breath in the animal kingdom.
If I may let myself be smart a monument, If I guess where this talking place I would have guess on the galápagos island seeing that is as: galápagos sea lion, fur seals, galápagos sharks and sea otters. The only one being out of place is Prince whose closest range would be in California but with mentality It wouldn't surprise me that he got lost.
*"Add a bit of this."*
*"And a lot of bit of that!"*
*"Spice it up- YES! with an old dead bat!"*
That song did not age well.
It's still a better love story than twilight
Jay Corbett twilight and Romeo and Juliet sealed with a kiss are both awful terrible love stories.
15:15 If me and my talking animal girlfriend had something small and edible interrupt our kiss like that, she'd eat it.
Nathan Is a Mouse same
I almost killed meself when they cut to the wreck of the Titanic. The fuck. Titanic is split in half, all rusted and covered with sea weed, all 4 funnels and the masts are broken too.
...Ya know... naiive children immediately jumping into an ill-conceived marriage with total strangers and the whole thing ending tragically... is kinda the point of The Tragicall Hiftorie of Romeus and Julliet. It's a story about young love gone stupid in the worst possible way. That they didn't die is probably the most offensive thing about this abomination.
Nope!! Happy ending!! XD
Well, you have an Idea how the story works, but there are some major elements of the story to consider. The fact that they married at a young age wasn't the issue, Juliet's conflicts actually involves expecting to marry a man she doesn't love, but how abrupt and sudden it was. As well in the story it wasn't just their "young love" alone that drove the incidents, but the prejudice between the two families which drove events like the prince declaring the death of the families' patriarchs if they quarreled again, Mercutio death from Romeo interrupting a fight between him and Tybalt (Juliet's violent cousin who was in the quarrel in the opening scene), which leads to Romeo avenging him by fighting and killing Tybalt that causes him to be banished and killed if he was ever scene in Verona again. All of which that leads to the infamous "poison" ploy constructed between Juliet and Friar Lawrence (the priest who joins the two in matrimony believing that it could end the feud). So it simply wasn't "young stupid love" but showing how hatred can cause a tragic end to something as innocent as a first two sided love between to youths (I was specific on what kind of love because Romeo was introduced moping after being rejected by a girl before the opening, so Juliet wasn't his first "love" in that perspective and you could also argue, seeing how short they knew each other, that their chemistry may have not lasted as a "perfect match", though being aware on what kiNd of society they lived in that would be IRRELEVANT for marriage XD).
It's a deconstruction of the story a lot of people think it is - it's about a whirlwind romance that ends in tragedy, between two naiive children who are both extremely immature and in way over their heads. Yes there are other characters, yes there are other themes, but that is what's at the heart of the story. That's why it's called "The Tragic Story of Romeo and Juliet": the tragedy of their failed relationship is the centerpiece of the narrative.
notoriouswhitemoth I want to make it clear that I'm not trying to start a flame war, and I actually really appreciate having this conversation, spring break has been boring for me (plus you are the very first person to reply to a comment I posted).
True, I'll admit that the story is pretty dependent on their young emotions that led to the important events (their marriage and their ploy) that resulted to their deaths, but I just wanted to point out that the families' feud was just as important a theme too. Think about it, lets say that there was no feud and the families were fine with their love, they would've been married and likely produce a family. Something to take in consideration is that back then marriage and relationships had different standards than today. They COULD mutually love each other, but that wasn't necessary as long as the family was financially sufficient, equal class or higher, or weren't enemies. My point is that it didn't matter if their relationship was just "puppy love" as you would say or "true" love, chances are, seeing how the Capulets and the Montagues were among the wealthiest families in Verona, they would've been married and lived in comfort. However, Juliet and Romeo didn't have that privilege due to the Feud and their young love caused them to do various stunts. Like their love, it was a constant that's been in most if not all adaptations, even in this horrible one. I even read an ancient Greek poem that is very similar to this story that involves two enemies families with children who loved each other but resulted in each other suicide because of the misconception of one of the lovers being killed by a lion (very likely the inspiration for Romeo and Juliet).
The feud is context - it's a framing device. Again, it's important to the story, and the overall narrative wouldn't really work without it because they'd have no reason to rush into marriage, meaning Juliet would have no reason to fake her death, meaning Romeo would have no reason to kill himself, meaning Juliet would have no reason to kill herself. The feud is an important plot device, but it isn't the focus of the story - the focus is on the two naiive, lovesick children whose recklessness and romanticism get them killed because they rush into a commitment they're too immature to handle. The feud between their families is justification for why it goes as horribly wrong as it does.
I have an interpretation on the art style. The reason Romeo and Juliet are drawn to look so young is to emphasize the stupidity and recklessness of youth, they should have been drawn like teens but Mercutio and Benvolio are less idiotic. The original story is about how prejudice killed children, but it's also about these reckless teenagers killing themselves over people they are not in love with rather they are infatuated with (infatuation in this case being a hollow attraction). Romeo tried finding someone before Juliet and only likes Juliet because of sadness, lust and the taboo. Romeo only finds Juliet attractive because of her beauty and possibly the taboo, and Juliet wants her own free will so she goes with the one person that would piss off her dad the most. Teenagers tend to be lustful, stupid, reckless, they don't think ahead, and think they're smarter than they are. That was my shit interpretation.
No, that is exactly how I interpret it.
This...is one of the most awkward movies I've ever watched...and I loved every minute of it lol
The creepily young designs of the seals definitely ruin the tone, but let's just be thankful the animator didn't make their designs accurate to their ages in the play. Romeo is an 18 year old man (supposedly, nobody really knows, it's just widely accepted that he's around 18) who falls in love with, marries, bangs and dies over the span of 3 days; all for a girl...who is 13.
Romeo and Juliet: A beautifully written play that's actually pretty creepy in a modern context.
He could've met them halfway and make BOTH of them look legal! ;P lol
www.deviantart.com/art/Sealed-With-A-Kiss-623508367
Oh yeah obviously, baby-eyed seals talking about marriage and looking aroused is another level of hell. I'm kind of surprised he didn't just use Mercutio's design and the female seal he starts hitting on at the party, that would have been fine. :)
I wonder if Phil allowed his daughter to write the crappy dialogue for the annoying goldfish? It would explain a lot.
CAN I BEE YER BAYBEE!!!!!!????
Creepy as heck Pervy goldfish... New 52 Starfire AAAAAHHHHHHH!!!
I know this comment is kind of old, but that's actually true to an extent. Apparently, Phil's daughter would make little ad-libs (like the line about stinky babies), and the one's he found funny would end up in the movie.
Or he was trying to have her try way too hard to top Catbug by looking into the future.
+Nacho Flash criiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnggggggggggggggggeeeeeeeeee.
I lost it with the animated titanic reference 😂 he’s spitting facts
Are you fucking *serious*?! The goddamn *TITANIC*?!!
And what the heck was up with that goldfish?!
How come Channel Awesome hasn't hired you yet?! Your reviews are awesome!!
+trollskullkid69 He should be hiring THEM! He deserves more subs than the Hunt for Red October!
Granted, the book had around five subs, and the movie had three...
He deserves more than 3-5 subs! Yeah!
(seriously though, Bob is one of my favorite reviewers)
+trollskullkid69 One blogger who was disgruntled by my not being picked up by Channel Awesome commented his opinion that they were afraid I might outshine Doug. I'll never know if that's the case, but I'll take that compliment regardless! ^_^ lol
+Bobsheaux Lol, I can see an awesome crossover with you and Doug
Considering what happened to CA, bullet dodged!
The animation was pretty crazy. If only the fish was removed and the prince was less of a derp and it might be presentable.
I toatally agree they look too young, it's weird
I'd expect something like this frm an anime not a cartoon movie
24:42 Look at Fifa's face. It's as if she's thinking, "...... He'd *better* share that.."
Awww, she was such a little lush... ^_^
On a plus note Bob, I haven't been able to find any other animated movies that prominently feature the Titanic, I was hoping to suggest it and have you tortured by it but no such luck. Why? How else am I going to spend my lunchtime, eating or something?
+ademetal SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! If you say it out loud another WILL appear!
+Mardigrasqueen13 NOW I'M GOING TO MAKE IT HAHAHAHAHA
Cellisperfect That's diabolical! I like it!
That is an adorable cat in your background, Bob Thomas.
I remember loving this movie when I was a child. It's still one of my guilty pleasures.
"Merlin, I mean, Merlin, I mean, Merlin, I mean, Friar Lawrence"
accurate
DID ANYONE ELSE SEE A CAT WALK PAST AT THE START AJDJDK
I had a phase when I was like 10 where this movie was my entire personality, and looking back at how chaotic it was...this explains a lot. 😂
The reason for Romeo being at a Capulet ball is because Romeo's former crush, Rosaline, is a niece of Capulet, who he hopes to see there. Yes, he is basically exchanging one Capulet girl for another; he is that shallow, and yes, that's the point.
the real star of this video is the cat
I did NOT see the Titanic scene coming. Just because it has NOTHING to do with the story of Romeo and Juliet. It has even LESS sense, logic and common sense than all three animated Titanic movies, or at least it is close enough to them.
Maaaan, I don't know how or WHY ANYONE would make FOUR animated Titanic movies, which were ALL a huge spit in the face to all the people who lost their lives in that terrible tragedy. This is just plain insulting, creepy, awful and lame.
zjovanovic10 It's the Neptune.
I Feel Dirty for Watching this Movie...
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Oh man...Thank you, Bob, for NOT doing the Charlie Brown Adult Voice there. It's been a minor pet peeve of mine when internet reviewers do that.
wait one minute...if romeo spent any amount of time in the princes mouth, and seals are warm blooded, how the hell did the snow not melt off of Romeo then?! He came out of his mouth still covered in snow! Explain movie! EXPLAIN!
The Nostalgia Critic is strong with this one.
That is how I felt when I saw the titanic too