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I teach you how to create multi-dimensional characters, write compelling stories and analyze great cinematic movies as well as bad examples, because there's something to learn from everything.
Why Maleficent WORKED Where Snow-white will FAIL
Disney’s upcoming live-action adaptation of Snow White has sparked major backlash-and it’s not just because of Rachel Zegler’s controversial comments. In this video, I dive deep into why this remake is causing such an uproar, especially when other reimagined classics like Maleficent were widely accepted despite significant changes.
We'll explore Disney’s long history of storytelling, from the original Snow White to the Renaissance era, and how the company’s recent focus on ideology over narrative has left fans disappointed. I also compare the new Snow White to other adaptations like Mirror Mirror and Once Upon a Time, which managed to put a fresh spin on the classic tale while staying true to its essence.
Join me as I break down what Disney got right in past live-actions and why this latest remake is missing the mark. If you’re passionate about storytelling, classic tales, or just want to understand the controversy surrounding Disney’s latest choices, this video is for you.
#SnowWhite
#disneyliveaction #RachelZegler
#OnceUponATime
#MirrorMirror
We'll explore Disney’s long history of storytelling, from the original Snow White to the Renaissance era, and how the company’s recent focus on ideology over narrative has left fans disappointed. I also compare the new Snow White to other adaptations like Mirror Mirror and Once Upon a Time, which managed to put a fresh spin on the classic tale while staying true to its essence.
Join me as I break down what Disney got right in past live-actions and why this latest remake is missing the mark. If you’re passionate about storytelling, classic tales, or just want to understand the controversy surrounding Disney’s latest choices, this video is for you.
#SnowWhite
#disneyliveaction #RachelZegler
#OnceUponATime
#MirrorMirror
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omg the lightning has problems i swear it looks too dark and the forest looks way too stuffed the environment is all wrong
I don't like maleficent😅
I don't know. Did Disney tell Rachel Zegler to say the prince of the original film was a "stalker"? Or that new film not being about love is "wonderful?
while at it maybe they should've made a 7 snowwhites & 1 dwarf movie , the snowwhites being all the 7 colours and the dwarf ... somebody huge
snow white taking micromanager to the next level🫢
gahd I'm so smart. I should trademark that.. 😆
Snow Brown
If they want to keep Snow White true to the themes of the original, but still make her a PoC, do you have any idea how interesting a story of Chinese princess with skin as white as jade and lips as red as peonies or peach blossoms could be? There would even be similar cultural overlap and impact as to the themes of humility and nobility towards those with physical disabilities or outcasts in society.
Maleficent narrated thr story as a women's motherly heart thus it was actually liked by audience but snow white is going to woke path.
I was already angry with Maleficent because they remade the three fairies we loved in the original into three hideous idiots. You don't do that to characters we love
if they cared about diversity so much they could’ve opted for casting an East Asian actress that would fit the descriptions of Snow White??
Angelina Jolie. Duh?
Elle Faning is Beautiful, Rachelle is Exotic..
Political messaging and Wokeness aside, "Maleficent" completely butchered Disney's arguably greatest villain until she was no longer recognizable, turning into a misunderstood tragic hero. I'd hardly call say that "worked".
1:22 i'm sorry but i know some women that still likes those old values and doesn't feel bothered by the original snow white or any of the classics, not everyone changed their values with time, most probably did but not everyone, some people still like the classics and their values of love, nurture, purity, elegance and care... it still align with MY values and even the values of my husband
I did not say at any point that these values are outdated, nor do I believe that I just said the majority felt like that with the rise of feminism at that time And if anything, people are coming back to these values because being nice, kind and loving is always respectable
@@scenesandstructures thanks for clarifying! that wasn't an attack against you
Let’s be honest here…. Thousands of little girls are going to want to watch this movie and parents will take them. Because little kids don’t often care about politics. Yes we all find her very ungrateful and annoying but I don’t see it taking a hit.
You have way too much Sympathy for the Devil you keep forgiving this Brash rude horrible horrible horrible weird weird weird weird person. Obviously you're scared of backlash from her she hasn't caught in the crossfire she is the reason this is going to tank you see people watch these movies for the princess and even with all the other nonsense if she had kept her mouth shut and actually fit the role and been sweet people would still show up to see the princess even with the other nonsense but nobody wants to see this little toad be an a******
Why Snow White will fail: •Awful CGI •Entitled actress •They didn't hire real dwarves •Changed the story •Disrespected the original story •Snow White isn't white •The costume and wig looks cheap •It's Disney 😂
i really liked meleficent WHY beacuse it changed the story from a evil witch cursing a child to a evil witch cursing a child but then becoming the closest thing the child had to a mother and her regreting putting a curse on her THIS WAS GOOD WRITING u dont want women to be seen as bad make them do something messed up but then regret it and try to fix it beacuse the villains arent just evi lthey are human THIS IS GOOD FEMINIST WRITING a writing that shows the good side of women even if th women is evil BUT SNOW WHITE IT HAS A HOE ORDERING PEOPLE ARROUND WHILE SHE DOES NOTHING AND JUST IS AN ANNOYENCE
I love how adults complain to a movie for kids.
5:28 MULAN MENTIONED !! 🙏🙏🙏
Snow white and the 700000 dislikes
Lily collins is and forever will be the perfect snow white.
I have literally cleaned up my friends' places to show contribution and gratitude for things. So if you're trying to earn your keep to stay in some random people's houses the spite of your lineage your status in society, I don't see how that's bad.also it's still possible to gave a latina snow white with white skin and dark hair. I'm Mexican, and have sisters that are paler than most white people I know. So it is possible. They just picked the wrong actress.
this movie should be a parody live action. like spider-man have superhero as parody.
RZ will end up as a case study on how Studios can crumble based on not knowing their audience. RZ will be black listed if not already. Great cautionary tale for other actors. 😂😂
Disney movies are a mix-bag to say it mildly, some of them are the classics with good lessons you can take away with, some aren't great in the execution but still contains some good lessons, and there are those which just wanted to take a quick cash-in like the Live Action Mulan (in which you can take away nothing in the end of the movie, as the movie basically altered everything from the animated movie & the poem it was inspired by) It's a roulette every time Disney (or Pixar and Marvel) release a new show or movie, it's either a great product, or a terrible one... Tho tbh, movies were the cherry on top of everything they own as they primary cash in with the IPs they had, that's why some of the movies they just don't really care about the perceptions unless MAJOR MASSIVE backlash happens
One easy answer before ibwatch the video Cast I am woth no means racist If they wantet to be inclusive cast a pLe skined asian actress with a japanese korean or chinease backround Why? Well the whole fIr taile builds on an old beutystandard popularized by aristocrats im northern europe and the region of china korea and japan in old ages if u had tan u where a por farmer if u had pale skin you had the looks of someone rich who doesnt has to work so if you dont cast someone european looking couse u want more representstion an north east asian woman would have done just fine Also more people with "dwarfisim" for the drafs i mean there was literially protests about it from the comunity couse obly the same short actors get the roles They where not fathfull to the sorce and thsts why it floped Snowwhite is written like the girls back then had to be shy and wuiet and even though ibthink this needs modernssation maybe a sub plot of finding ur true self and standing up for your self i think a latina who are known for their taned skin tone and their temprament is definetly the wrong cast option😅 My whole suggestion would have been a storry about a girl that fulfills a beuty standard she doesnt agree on and jet has to fear for her life becouse someone else is so jealous especialy since she doesnt even try and its just genetics maybe make the mirror the true enemy and as an end let the evil queen either overcome her jealosy and insecuritys or make her being so desperat to kill this girl she makes her self more and more "ugly" in the process of trying first she gets anger wrinkles then she get scars from thorn bushes mYbe gets burned facial features in the end give the storry an interesting twist like this maybe do both amd anowwhite exepts her in the end and calls her beutifull anyway and they destroy the nirror or something Be be faithfull but give it a modern message
Because classic stories are stories everyone knows and doing it the "woke" way won't gather any new followers just cos you can do it! It could be a hit if they just call it "wokewhite or snowwoke" 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Snow “White”: “I don’t need a man!” The Prince: “That’s fine. I’m here for your stepmom.”
Wokeisme at it's peak
I started hated this remake because the Snow white isn't more beautiful than the stepmother. But now with all these i will bycott it.
In this adaptation of Snow White. Snow White meets a different race of people and treats them like slaves. How....progressive.
I heard Disney just fired Woke team
What I like about maleficent is that when aurora was cursed maleficent is the one who kissed her and broke her curse not some prince charming who just came out of nowhere and is forced to become the love interest of the heroin, no it doesn't work like that as What Elsa from frozen is trying to point out. The curse broke because maleficent grew attachment and love to aurora that's what freed her from the curse, you don't need a prince charming guy's kiss and call it true love.
In this movie, snow white will save the prince and kiss the witch.
There are no more great writers especially for WaltDisney
Because it's Angelina jolie and Elle fanning. Two of the most down to earth and beautiful celebrities in Hollywood. Meanwhile this snow white actress is insufferable and average looking in Taco Bell.
MALELIFENT - there is some changes & additional parts in order to make the storyline become more interesting & becoming something different (in a positive way) SNOW WHITE - straight up re-write everything from top to bottom so it is going to be 'something new' or 'something different' just for the sake of 'things has change'
What I would be so happy to see is Princess Elena portrayed in a movie format, like Zeglar would be great as Elena in a live action film and Elena deserves a feature film she’s a great character and is Latina Disney ZEGLAR AS ELENA NOT AS SNOW WHITE!!!!!!
woke liberals dictionary = "weird"
Probably because the Fanning never went out of her way to anger the potential audience.
I watched maleficent
Rachel zeglers face makes me angry
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Disney has a diversity problem now it did not back in the 30s 40s and 50s
If they just changed the story of snow white do it something like, a modern day girl who loves to read fairy tale and one day got hit by a truck and reincarnated in the world of the one she loves the most to read(snow white) but as the queen herself. the story is she will try to change the fate of the evil queen and Love snow white like her own child. The main antagonist is the other kingdom and the Prince.
I always forget that maleficent is a remake of sleeping beauty. The movie just stands well on its own two feet.
She is annoying af
Just wondering, who would have been a better choice as Snow White? Any ideas from movie fans?