The Scarecrow (Musical Hell Review
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"But according to the underscore that is a very fuckable broom."
That's uh... that's a new sentence right there.
It is indeed a sentence.
Not that new. Read the REAL story behind witches riding brooms. There's a whole inedible shrooms link that involves mucus membranes...it's just weird
That sure is one of the sentences ever said
*smooch!* Goodnight, Everybody!
@@badboyluvr laat ili
I will say, it's genuinely interesting and a little unusual to see a villain who's driven those below him into poverty...so he can pursue an art form that he genuinely loves. Most villains, especially in stories like this, aren't allowed to have such genuine appreciation for art and beauty. And you can't say the movie is vilifying dancing, because all the good guys dance too.
Like Diva said, this movie could have been so freaking good in the right hands. The whole dance thing alone could have been fascinating as a way of displaying the difference between the selfish hoarding of art and culture by powerful shitheads and the artists who want to share what they create with the world.
See also: the bridge being destroyed just before Polly sees the truth about Feathertop being a symbol of “You can’t go home again. You have to keep moving on and find new things to love and new people to cherish because you can’t live forever in a fantasy of what might have been”.
If only the movie did a better job (or _any_ job) of contrasting his relatively benign motivation with the misery he inflicts on his employees and the inhabitants of his town. A villain with seemingly mild actions and a simple, benevolent motivation, but who still wreaks havoc on the world _and doesn't give a shit..._
@@timothymclean Yeah, the contrast of motives (Dance, woo somebody I'm interested in, maybe also learn magic) vs methods (Severe economic exploitation, leveraging my financial power over the person I'm interested in, theft, police brutality, mind control, murder)
Too bad we couldn't get a real villain, too. This guy is about as threatening as your average theater kid with all the charisma of a spoiled 10 year old.
After Feathertop and Polly were done with the dance competition, I imagine Feathertop said, "I guess you guys aren't ready for that yet, but your great-great-great grandkids are gonna love it."
Captain America: “I understood that reference.”
Nice one!
So the witch gives the "helping others, even sacrificing your own life" speech while running away, because she chose her own self over actually helping anyone else at all. Seems sadly fitting for both a kids movie and reality.
"If Only This Movie had a Brain".
I laughed at that Tagline for 3 minutes.
I think Nathaniel Hawthorne's short stories would work fantastically as animated films if they were given more of an OVER THE GARDEN WALL-style treatment, especially "Feathertop" or "Young Goodman Brown".
Oh my gosh yes, Rapaccini’s Daughter would work so well in that style too... I’m already imagining all the beautiful background paintings for that one, haha. Maybe they could do it like an anthology series, with each episode covering a different short story?
Fun fact: Hawthorne was the one who came up with the version of King Midas where he has a daughter he accidentally turns to gold.
@@morinomajou There was an adaptation of Rapaccini’s Daughter, with Vincent Price.
@@willlyon7129 I’ve seen it, it was a low-budget horror anthology adapting different Nathaniel Hawthorne short stories, all starring Price in principle roles. Wish I could remember the films name.
@@Popcultureguy3000 Twice Told Tales
Fun fact: in Italian, the word to indicate brooms (“scopa”) is also spun into an euphemism verb for having sex (“scopare”).
So… that’s what brooms do.
☹ Goodbye, childhood.
As an Italian myself, I can confirm.
Well, _that_ puts a new meaning to being “Swept off your feet.”
17:21 “I’ve never had a bagel, but I have stared into a really big one as a metaphor for the nihilistic existential depression that comes from rapid technological acceleration and the generational trauma that comes from being a second generation working class Chinese immigrant who’s inherited her mother’s undiagnosed ADHD!”
“I mean, everything was on that bagel. EVERYTHING.”
I never considered what putting Beauty and the Beast, Pinocchio, Anastasia, Wakko’s Wish, Sleepy Hollow, several direct to video Disney sequels & Footloose in a blender would look like, but here we are.
Having the Duke start off as someone who the audience wouldn't take seriously, then slowly become more and more menacing would've probably worked better.
it certainly worked for Gaston
Another thing that Gaston does better than he does, eh?
Also, I’d like to point out that “Aladdin” actually got around the deception issue through the really clever trick of Jasmine just…not ever really falling for Prince Ali and pretty much having it clocked as a prank from Al-Daqiqat al’Uwlaa.
Al-daqiqat al'Uwlaa? Who is that?
@@Sarah12471 Al-Daqiqat=Minute
Al-Uwlaa=The First
@@johnvinals7423 ah thank you
Just to be clear is this from a language where the second part is what comes first?
@@Sarah12471 Yes, Arabicz
@@johnvinals7423 alright thanks, that was a minor point of confusion
That scarecrow might not be intimidating, but if I had never seen it before and I was stealing something and it was looming over me and talking and moving and clearly not a person in a costume, I would actually shit a brick
And the scene could’ve been salvaged if he instead ended with “now do like a crow and SCRAAAAAAM!!!”
With the last word heard in a distant shot with a shacking screen as the guy runs for his life.
@@MrKlausbaudelaire It also might have helped if they had given him a less humanlike face, like maybe a pumpkin or something.
@@cartooncritique6625 or when yelling his mouth fully opens in the sides straining the stitches, but that could be way too creepy xD
Its straight up a scene from that Tales From The Crypt episode, "Four sided triangle" xP
17:00 Not to mention that the floor is so reflective that it should have immediately given away his disguise...
Oh wow, how did I not notice that?
Hell, they DREW his reflection. They knew they had to draw a reflection.
The villain was too goofy, but I do appreciate how the voice actor just went hog wild with it.
Kinda makes this movie worth it. I love the ham.
@@LaineMann I mean, who doesn't love ham? It's why a lot of people love Nick Cage or Tim Curry.
Apparently his VA is Ray Porter. As in, the voice of Darkseid in Justice League. I shit you not
@@pridefulmaster1390 huh.
Fun fact, he's the voice of Darkseid in the Snyder cut
Miss Bee Bee's unnecessary fourth-wall-breaking/exposition just makes me appreciate the Emperor's New Groove (even though it came after this film) a bit more. Kuzco broke the fourth wall by narrating what was happening at certain points and at one point stops the movie to remind the audience "I'm the main character," but there it served a purpose (however small), it highlighted how self-centered he was and the very last time we hear narrator Kuzco, he's interrupted by the Kuzco on screen when he's at his lowest point (where we see Kuzco at the very start of the movie) and starting to realize that he's not as blameless as he thought he was. Miss Bee Bee being able to break the fourth wall doesn't reveal anything about her and neither does the exposition she provides, it's just a dumb gimmick here.
To paraphrase Bobsheaux from his review of Alpha and Omega: Family Vacation, It’s like she’s Deadpool but phenomenally less entertaining.
"that is a very fuckable broom" I didn't see that coming on my Musical Hell bingo card
I absolutely despise the It's just a kid's movie argument. The nerve of these people to think that children don't deserve quality entertainment, and anyone who criticizes it is a meanyhead. Kids entertainment deserves just as, if not more, scrutiny as their more adult counterparts, and the people saying otherwise are cynical A-Holes who don't care about anything that doesn't revolve around them.
Great video, Diva. Can't wait for your next case, that one is a trip!
Exactly! Look at Avatar The Last Airbender. That's a kid show despite having some of the deepest, most emotional, rich and best writing I've ever seen.
And yet, that stupid thing with the CGI baby singing songs incredibly slowly while the words appear on screen is a world wide phenomenon. But this movie seems to be less "kids are stupid" and more "WE can be Disney! We can totally do what they're doing, but cheaper!" to me.
@@mightyfilm Are you talking about CocoMelon?
@@colleen4ever Yeah. That shit. Nothing screams "kids are morons that will watch anything" more than that.
10:32 Max should have said "Stupid is too generous for you!"
I've heard of the Sexy Lamp test, but Sexy Broom is taking it too far
I’m glad this isn’t yet another Oz movie, I think Diva is starting to get PTSD for this universe.
Also Polly is… surprisingly hot for a limited animated character.
I mean...she sorta looks like the love child of Belle from Beauty & the Beast and Anastasia from the Don Bluth movie. So I guess I see it
On a related note, I'm disappointed that next month's review isn't of a music called Tin Man or The Lion or something. I think it would be fun if we had a trio of Surprisingly-Not-Oz films back-to-back.
It’s a sad state of affairs, Return to Oz is a descent semi sequel.
@@willlyon7129 I know right, for all it’s darkness, iffy child acting from the brand new actress Fairaza Balk, and ultimately depressing decision to not ignore how Oz was clearly a dream in the original MGM musical. It has some utterly fantastic set pieces and practical affects! Tik Tok the One Machine Army was quite possibly the best looking steampunk robot I’ve ever seen in a film, and stop-motion animator Phil Tippet was in *top form* with his animation’s the Nome King and all his henchmen Nome’s!
@@Popcultureguy3000 There was an old Disney tv show called Scarecrow that my dad use to watch as a kid. Makes me wish they did a reboot.
Also, Grisham couldn't set the Scarecrow on fire because then the Wicked Witch of the West would fly down and be like "Hey asshole, that's my gig".
At least it’s an explanation, even if it doesn’t make much sense.
My biggest issue with the animation in this movie is the lack of shade, just like in the Trumpet of the Swan and the King and I. Most of the times, there's no lighting on the characters, making the look flat. I know sometimes Disney would do the same thing like with Hercules or Mulan, but at least there animation is still fluid enough to make them look alive.
Is The Trumpet and The Swan going to on the court of Musical Hell?
I wonder if Tim Burton would make a great Feathertop film in stop motion? That would be interesting to see. Great review by the way, Diva.
Seeing this… Wow, is it possible to watch Richard Rich downward spiral after Disney cut him loose post-Black Cauldron. I do have some affection for the first three Swan Princess movies, given they were part of my childhood, but those were also the most Disney-influenced of his works before we get into The King and I and it’s all downhill from there. And a very fast downhill at that.
The Swan Princess and The King and I are kind of Guilty Pleasures for me.
Well Richard Rich is basically a poor man's Don Bluth.
And Swan Princess has lyrics by underappreciated legend, Dave Zipple (Hercules, Mulan, Captain America)
@@thomashuffman3237 although the human designs are very pleasing.
@@robbiewalker2831 indeed. For all the flaws that The Swan Princess and The King and I have, I can’t bring it to myself into hate them. I enjoy them.
20:51 "He's not pining, he's passed on! This scarecrow is no more! He has ceased to be! He's had his climactic sacrifice and gone to meet his maker! Bereft of life, he rests in peace! THIS IS AN EX-SCARECORW!"
Jokes aside, I remember seeing the trailer for this on Cartoon Network and not being impressed by it, even as a kid. I can only be glad that it didn't get a theatrical release like the animated 'The King and I' (which I ironically also remember airing on Cartoon Network around the same time), because it too would easily have been a major financial disaster!
I can't wait to check out the Musical Hell mercy on RedBubble!
Well, better replace it than.
Kinda glad to see I'm not the only one who was aware of this via Cartoon Network. I actually watched the whole thing and retained almost no information about it (outside the "scarecrow comes to life and falls for a human" thing), let alone that it was a musical. 😅
A good Monty Python reference is always a plus.
2:27 I would say that I’m surprised Disney didn’t sue for that, but then I remembered that Ms. Bee Bee’s framing device was used in “The Emperors New Groove” a few months after this film came out. So I guess that was a fair trade to them. Plus, that film wasn’t as annoying when that was used in the movie.
Kuzco: Soooo, who decided to rip off Belle's design again and one of my jokes?
Kronk: Oh, oh, I know. Richard, Richard Rich's stealing them, right?
Kuzco: Very good, Kronk. Here, get the snack!
Kronk: Got it!
Also Ms. Bee Bee’s voicemail joke is like Disney’s “Brave”
The Magic Voyage? Well. There's another film I can add to the "Didn't think it had enough songs to count as a musical" list of stuff covered on this show.
*The Magic Voyage - AniMat’s Classic Reviews predictions*
*Alternate title*
Magic My Ass | The Magic Voyage Review
*Release*
2036
*Description*
When will history ever get it right that Chris Columbus was, in fact, a pillager of villagers?
*Score*
Story: 1/10
Animation: 3/10
Characters: 1/10
*2/10 (the same results as Tentacolino and The Emoji Movie for just being infamous)*
there's also the 1993 tom and Jerry film.
@@kieranstark7213 A Christopher Columbus movie! That's the October connection!! Clever Diva! Clever!
@@kieranstark7213 Yes, yes he was. But we have to remember Columbus Day is not the celebration of HIM, but what he discovered. Oct 12 isn't his birthday or anything, it's the day he landed in the new world and thus influenced Amerigo Vespucci to travel even further and find North and South America.
@@frankieseward8667 I'd really love to see Diva do this. (Especially when you consider HENRY MANCINI lowered himself to write for that dreck.)
In regards to a song that invokes oppression and hopelessness, I think, "Look Down," from Les Misérables is quintessential. I know they can't use that song here during the sweatshop scene, but they could've used a similar tone.
Polly looks so much like Belle that when you cut to Beauty and the Beast clips, I got confused.
Should've tossed in Anastasia and Kayley from "Quest for Camelot" for extra confusion!
This movie is my guilty pleasure!
Whatever its flaws, I've always admired its "Beauty and the Beast" touch
Your mention about how poorly-handled the ending was has inspired me to think up an alternate plot line:
For a bittersweet ending: After Max saves Scarecrow from being burned, the two have a brief debate where Max makes an irrefutable argument that Scarecrow can't hope to grow old with Polly because (A) their marriage would be built on a lie and (B) he's an ageless scarecrow. Scarecrow sadly concedes and arrives at the church at the same time as "Feathertop". As inconvenient as his timing may be, Scarecrow confesses to Polly he's the real Feathertop, while Grisham (disguised as Feathertop) smugly argues he's also the real deal. Although it would be easy to fall on instincts and fear the talking scarecrow, Polly ultimately trusts her heart instead of her eyes (since Grisham's selfish personality is rather transparent), sides with Scarecrow, and rejects the imposter Grisham. While expressing she's disappointed in his lie, Polly also forgives Scarecrow on the principle he told the truth, and is also happy to know the Scarecrow she grieved for is all right now. But Scarecrow's status as a bewitched heap of straw means he's still an outsider to the town, and he and Polly sadly part ways. We pick up with Grisham plotting to kill Polly for rejecting him, eventually coming up with his "destroy the bridge" scheme. Scarecrow intervenes because he recognizes Polly has the right to live her life. Grisham meets his end, Scarecrow saves Polly at the expense of his life and dies. The story ends on the note that Polly and the orphans made the most of their new life of freedom, so Scarecrow's death was not in vain.
For a happy ending: Instead of dying, the magic brings Scarecrow back to life as a human since he gave his life for Polly (per Miss Bee Bee's condition). But he doesn't know that. Once they reunite, Scarecrow selflessly urges Polly and the orphans to move on, but both parties are surprised when they realize he's still human despite missing his "lucky" feather. He is Feathertop forever more.
Overjoyed by the "miracle", Feathertop and Polly decide to marry after all, and build their new life of freedom together with the orphans. Years pass, the town flourishes without its servitude to Grisham, Feathertop has reopened Miss Bee Bee's dance studio as its new teacher, and he and Polly have taken up residence in Miss Bee Bee's homestead (where Polly's wish for a real home has come full circle).
That *is* a better ending! I would love an epilogue after they're married, with Polly proudly telling someone, "You may address me as Mrs. Feathertop!"
OK, I completely lost it at "Very Fuckable Broom."
Blame Matt Berry and John Oliver for that one; I kept hearing the line in their voices when I wrote it.
@@MusicalHell noted
Also I'm legit surprised you haven't judged the 1993 Tom and Jerry movie. Definitely something you should watch in the bear future
@@frankieseward8667 “Welcome to the mindf**k!”
@@MusicalHell the animation is OK not a good as some that I have seen but ,it is passable as for the movie ,I think that it would be cool if the reveal were and it would be great to see her reaction and then when she is kidnapped she comes to realize that he did help her and after he saved her from the villan and she said that she is sorry and she understands what he is and knows what is happening but, she shocked to see that he isn't turning back into a scarecrow and she and he realize that he is human and they are married and cut to credits and cut the wich explained what is going on after we saw what happened. I do like the dance moves and I can draw the moves all day but as a story I think that it needs some good writing in some areas of the movie and like you said in your arms is a good song . For me it was kind of boring in some places and comedy in some places but it is a better idea than a scarecrow being a dead lover. Song and the wich of the west and wich of the north relationships are the only good thing about wicked wich of west on Broadway for me .if you like it then keep it away from me.
The subtext here is disturbing a woman can't make it financially on her own so she needs a man to come and save her and he gets away with lying to her
😵 You...you did it. You reviewed "Feathertop." I've waited *years* for a professional CZcamsr to cover this movie.
Many people here were in the film's target audience when it came out. I was not. My entire 6th grade class--yes, 6th grade--was forced to watch this movie in school. In sixth. Grade. Years later, it was still a favorite inside joke for my friends and I.
I do have my own unprofessional review of the film, but I've also been dying to see you and Phelous cover this incredible turkey.
Now I have to admit, a part of me does want to get roaring drunk this Halloween, and run through the streets singing joyously at the top of my lungs,
🤪 "DIVA DID FEATHERTOP! SHE FINALLY DID FEATHERTOP! THE FEATHER HAS COME AT LAST TO MUSICAL HELL!! BUT I DID FEATHERTOP FIRST! I CLAIM THE RIGHT OF FIRST FEATHERTOP! BUT I HAVE BEEN BESTED BY A BETTER REVIEWER, AND NOW, THE WORLD WILL KNOW *FEATHERTOP* !!!"
The witch lectures him on "giving your life for another" only to dip the second her life is in danger lol
Not only is the song a budget Sing, Sing, Sing, the choreography is lifted directly from two sections of the Sing, Sing, Sing scene in Swing Kids. That was a very bizarre moment of overlap for me there.
6:21 If you're going to have a childish petulant villain who's actually threatening, try Baron Bombhurst from 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.'
And also Skull Kid in The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Lol, this makes me appreciate Young Justice Phantoms even more. 😄
Fun Fact: The actor who plays Count Grisham is Ray Porter. The same actor who portrays Darkseid in Zack Synder's Justice League.
If that's not a stark contrast, I don't know is.
Darkseid is… quite a step up.
The Oz Scarecrow had more brains than Feathertop.
Along with Jack Pumpkinhead from the book sequels
If you want a GOOD VERSION of this story, (sorry if anyone said this prior) check out Scarecrow, starring Gene Wilder as Feathertop (or using the much cooler name he goes by in this filmed play, Lord Ravensbane)
Gene Wilder did an adaptation of this story?
@@MovieFan1912 He did. It's free on this very site or wikipedia. Public domain
God, I remember my mother bought that movie on VHS when I was a kid. And till 23 minutes ago I had been wondering if it was some weirdly specific fever dream I had while ODing on candy
That “REWIND” squawk… Agh. Unpleasant. I never figured that I would feel compelled to bonk a cartoon witch with a cast iron pan.
“Next case: the magic Voya-“
Oh….ooooooh god, this one is gonna get ugly…
You unlock this door with the key of imagination, in it is another dimension. A dimension of bad musical numbers, a dimension of noise, and a dimension of animation best described as “Diet Disney.”
You have just crossed over into “The Magic Voyage.”
(Dundunduuuuun)
(Dudududududun)
I really think that if this movie/story was taken by disney or another company such as LIKA for the more bittersweet darker tone it could have been a really good movie adaptation.
Also the idea of love been explored is a nice concept. When someone Says they love you but don't know you well is that love love or is it an appreciation for nostalgia. I can't help but think that could have been a good theme or message to people especially if the girl has seen the scarecrow for what he really was.
Just my thoughts is all
I think Liaka could do justice to adapting Feathertop.
@@willlyon7129 Agreed they could make it with thay Lika charm and a bit of horror
Ah Richard Rich, who almost single-handedly shut down the Disney animation department. Thank some deity they also had that murine Sherlock project in the works. 15:31 haha and speaking of which, I wonder if it's there because he thought he could do it better
Until you mentioned it, I NEVER knew the title of that jazz swing masterpiece. I had to pause your video and find it. Suddenly my mood is 10x better, and I love you for that.
I get there's some historical context to the dark outfits some of the folks are wearing, but it also looks like the world of Bloodborne is going to butt in at any moment.
I watched this movie as a kid and still love it, despite its flaws. Great video, and I'm so happy you gave "In Your Arms" a saving grace. 😂🥰
Don't know if this is super relevant but I kind of love that Grisham is voiced by the same guy who would go on to play Darkseid in Zack Snyder's Justice League about 20 years after this. We all have to start somewhere, I guess lol.
You’re covering one of my favorite bad movies in time for the holiday that celebrates the “hero” of it next? I’ll get the popcorn!! 🍿😄
Also, when Grisham goes on his rant about how happy the kids will be, I kept thinking “We’re gonna have so much fun, we’ll be whistling Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah out of our assholes!” 😆
Columbus Day doesn;t celebrate HIM as a person,. just the day he landed in the Virgin Islands thus proving there was other lands beyiond the ocean and that the world is round. And remember, if he didn't do that Amerigo Vespucci wouldn't have been influenced to go on HIS own journey and thus find North and South America, and you probably wouldn't be here today.
@@colleen4ever The vikings and natives found the American continent first way before Columbus.
@@colleen4ever Literally everything you just typed is wrong.
@@theangryholmesian4556 NO it's not! I'm Italian I know about Amerigo Vespucci and America was named after him!
And Columbus Day is NOT a celebration of HIM! Just when he landed.
@@colleen4ever Mmm nope. Columbus Day was originally created to celebrate Columbus and placate Italian Americans especially after some brutal murders in New Orleans. Whatever the intent, Columbus was a genocidal slaver and the holiday is a celebration of anti Indigenous racism.
and to think, I remember catching this movie back on either the Disney Channel or Cartoon Network's Cartoon Theatre and hope to revisit this someday!
I mean that “stupid doesn’t have enough L’s!” line would make sense if this movie were made today, since ‘taking L’s’ is slang for ‘taking losses,’ so it could be Max saying Feathertop was a loser…but in 2000, I have no idea.
I thought he said it doesn't have enough vowels. Which makes no sense at all.
@@gageperuti5519 but the word stupid has a u and an I.
A simple "stupid doesn't cover it enough!" would have worked fine.
(Sees next case)
Oooohhhhhh boy! Diva is reviewing the one where Columbus pulls a spyglass out of his nuts!
He pulls a what out of where?!
So, is that a spyglass in your pocket...
@@crowtrobot17 or are you just happy to see me?
@@colleen4ever Oh, yeah. You read that right.
@@MovieFan1912 Woooo boy.
4:19 That's rich coming from a witch with literal magic powers who could intervene and help everybody with said magic powers, but instead decides to book it across the border the moment things get a little hairy. She's worse than the Fairy Godmother! >:(
14:20 I'm glad this song ended up being a "Saving Grace". It's a beautiful number and it's about the only thing I can really remember from this movie. ^^
Oh no wonder the animation looks familiar! I used to watch Trumpet of the Swan, but never got the time, or brain to think of who made it. Think you could check out that movie? It’s really weird, but my childhood.
I literally just discovered this movie last month. I couldn't decide if the premise or the story treatment was more cracked out . Based on what you've shown, I'm going with the treatment! (Also, that line about the f*ckable broom killed me!)
Oh god! The Magic Voyage us up next! I heard about this movie since I started watching Nostalgia Critic back in middle school! Now I can't wait to see how Diva takes care of this fever dream of a movie! It's going to be a wonderful Indigenous Peoples' Day indeed!
(facepalm) Really?
Look, I hate Columbus as much as the rest of you do and I agree he's a jackass, and I'm half-Italian saying this. But Columbus Day is not about HIM as a person, but the day he landed in the Virgin Islands, thus proving the world is round and there was other land beyond the ocean. Also, if he didn't discover these islands Amerigo Vespucci wouldn;t have been influenced to go on his own journey and discover North and South America and the majority of us wouldn;t be alive today!
Can she also Pocahontas 2; Journey to a New World?
@@willlyon7129 Maybe next year. 🤷♀️
2:03: Reminds me more of a joke from Billy and Mandy, except this is not funny when Miss Bee Bee does it: czcams.com/video/Q77Yr_py254/video.html (Can't find the original source, so here's a clip from a YTP that uses the same source/joke)
3:04: At least Mario’s feather is not a placebo.
5:16: Phelous favorite game: Scene Change without the Background Change.
6:59: Ah, so that explains why some of the humor in modern media sucked; because there's no parallel in the anachronisms.
8:55: Oh don't worry, Diva; we all know the minion is more humiliated than Feathertop, here.
10:21: czcams.com/video/S0n5ft-geXc/video.html
10:28: Technically, Max is right; “Idiot” has more vowels than “Stupid”... and more syllables.
21:11: I think it’s more of self-sacrifice and the safety of others before him is what earned his humanity... it was briefly mentioned earlier, back at 4:22.
I hoped you would one day tackle this pile of garbage. Hands-down the worst part for me is the ending. I understand keeping his identity a secret from the villagers since they would crucify him if they knew he used to be a scarecrow, but he couldn't even tell his love interest? He really thought so little of her that he didn't think she'd understand? Say what you will about Avatar's The Great Divide, but at least Aang had a legitimately good reason for lying. This is literally telling kids that lying is good. Now I'm just hoping for Christmas this year, you tackle the animated Babes in Toyland. I still haven't seen anyone go after that disappointment. (Don't get me wrong, I'd like to see her tackle Turtle Christmas and Christmas Story Live, but we've already seen other reviewers tackle those. I think we can wait a little longer for her to get to those, can't we?)
I'm hoping for We Wish You A Turtle Christmas come this December. Given we got the Cowabunga collection this year.
@@GatorRay Oh yes yes yes!! That or the Albert Finney Scrooge, mainly because it looks like Scrooge literally went mad at the end! Or A Christmas Story Live! That is the all time WORST live TV special in the history of live TV specials.
Reminds me of the claymation movie with Jack Frost. I think the same company that did Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer.
Anyway the love interest says that she loves Jack Frost, but she said that in the way implying she loves the fall/winter time. But Jack Frost thinks she was confessing that she loved him.
It is the only movie I can think of that involves Groundhog Day, that isn't a time warp.
23:04 Oh boy, this one’s going to be too much fun! I’ve seen the Nostalgia Critic go crazy before his review even started, so this should be a blast.
I will say "So the Count Can Dance" could work...if it sounded less generically peppy. Maybe like the demo version of Thneedville from the Lorax, but no, this is what we got.
I’m not going to lie, when I saw the title, I thought this movie was about the villain alter ego of Jonathan Crane.
That would have actually made it good!
"...brought to his manor so he can whine at him." LOL.
Yeah, I vaguely remember this one. It aired on Boomerang years back and even as a kid I could tell it was trying too hard to be Disney.
Oh, and I'm looking forward to seeing The Magic Voyage get judgement passed on it.
Diva's metaphors are out for blood today, and I'm loving it!
Alright, let’s see what Diva is reviewing next!
*Sees what the next case shall be*
Uh oh!
Since the next case is going to be "The Magic Voyage", we're just getting closer into Diva reviewing the one and only "Felix the Cat: The Movie".
Unless there's a setback or two.
Despite everything, I genuinely love the scarecrow's design, it's got so many clever details he just looks adorable
Oh lord…the next case is The Magic Voyage….be brave Diva
Oh how I wish this were a horror musical featuring my favorite Batman villain instead of a mediocre children's musical
I mean... He sings for a moment or two in Team Starkid's Holy Musical B@tman
I'd pay to see that. Now to think of a good actor/singer for the role.
Now that would have been interesting!
Yessss 🤘 (Shame I recently updated my icon to my other Blorbo LOL)
OMG this film was my childhood! I adored it back then, but upon watching it again, now that I'm older, I realized just how weirdly the film was put together - especially with the weird anachronistic music and dances. lol But I wholeheartedly agree on the "In Your Arms" song and sequence being this film's saving grace - it was my favorite scene when I was younger, and it still is now.
I actually remember watching this on cartoon network once
Definitely one of those movies you forget until your an adult trying to find the name of the movie 😂
It’s definitely a stupid one, but that dancing “In Your Arms” scene is just so romantic on its own (so happy it’s a saving grace here!!)! I’m such a sucker for these animated musical fairytale movies in general, like Swan Princess & Princess & the Pea 😅✨🎶
This was so worth waiting a long and excrutiating day at work for!
The Magic Voyage? I think I've heard of that. I never knew it was a musical! Oh man is this gonna be good!
Ya done it again, Diva!! Ya done it again!
I have a fondness for this movie. Partly cuz ever since Jonathan Crane I have a thing for scarecrows. But also I have fond memories of watching this with my sister & we both really enjoyed how much of a mess it is. For her, flawed movies are more interesting cuz it's a lot more fun to talk about what does or doesn't work or how it could be improved.
My only major issue is that the dance sequences are obviously rotoscoped & really stiff compared to the likes of CATS DON'T DANCE.
This is one review that I've been waiting for you do for a while! May I also consider for future episodes The Marvelous Land of Oz (1981), The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue (1999), A Christmas Story Live! (2017), and Buster and Chauncey's Silent Night (1998). The last one I have not seen, but I've seen trailers of it when I was a kid.
It's been a while since we've had a Saving Grace
am I alone in thinking Feathertop's scarecrow design was cuter than his human design? When his human form came up I was like actually disappointed.
I don't remember if I already posted this observation (couldn't find my original comment if I did) but I actually think combining Feathertop's true self being revealed in reflections, with a vain antagonist who has a room full of mirrors, was a good idea, and that the concept could work if the theming involved was explored more. Something, something, reflection as both noun and verb, the ability to reflect on who you are and how your actions affect others, something, something, Feathertop's mirror realization that he's living a lie and hurting Polly in the process, something, something, Grisham spends so much time with his reflection but can't reflect on himself, perhaps he's scared of looking inward so he will only look at the surface, something, something hero fears his physical reflection because he doesn't want to be confronted by the truth of who he really is, but learns to overcome it, while villain superficially adores his reflection and uses it to ignore who he really is
In Your Arms sounds a bit like an end credits reprise of itself, though.
Ooh, The Magic Voyage will be a fun one for you...if you take time between scenes to rest your sanity!
Also, ever considering doing Mouse on the Mayflower for Nov and Cricket on the Hearth for Dec? And I'm hoping you do the Dirty Dancing remake and the Princess Diana musical next year! :) Thanks for doing The Morningstar's work, Diva!
The only thing I disapprove of this movie, was when the Scarecrow got away with lying to everyone (including the love of his life) and go through any consequences for it. That matters, because this is one of those animated films that also lectures kids important life lessons, so that know how the world works in a way that actually makes sense to them. “Disney’s Aladdin” and “Illumination’s Sing” are perfect example of films that have situation similar to “The Scarecrow”. And in both those films, both of the leads had to learn the hard way about the consequences of lying.
Great review and can't wait for next month for your review of The Magic Voyage another animated film flop with the voice of Corey Feldman in it. Wow! Two Corey Feldman animated films back to back, this is going to be fun. Also I kind of wanted you to do a review of The Magic Voyage and I guess my wish sort came half true.
Corey Feldman is in that?! Heh...enough said.
Thank you for this latest fascinating case, Diva! I’d never heard of this story at all, let alone the cartoon. I just love the topics you cover here! Thanks again for such a great time watching your latest content. Keep on being amazing! 🖤
God....at least when they remade 'The King and I' they had some decent music to steal....
I vaguely remember this movie...or at least, I thought I did. I remembered it as some kind of Scarecrow/Dorothy from Wizard of Oz fanime
I wouldn't be surprised if someone spliced footage of Polly and Feathertop to audio of Dorothy and the Scarecrow from "Wizard of Oz"
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So The Magic Voyage is next ? Be brave Diva, From what i heard, His mixing make Golden Films 's Noah Ark sound like a Beethoven Symphony compared to it...
Animation is a medium with a lot of potential, it can show things we can't see in live action.
But the dances in this movie are to stiff, it shows that all are rotoscopied. I think if they would have been fully animated, more vivid and lively this would be a better movie, since dancing is so important to the story.
Not sure how I feel about the animation in this movie. There's some moments where it's really fluid and nicely done, like the dance sequences, but everything else is stiff and has missing frames. I can imagine the majority of the animation budget went towards the dance scenes, but it looks unfinished overall.
Well, that's what happens when you have Richard Rich working on a film for the same company that did Quest for Camelot and that's not a good thought.
On the bright side, at least the Iron Giant did Warner's justice despite it's poor box office.
@@tylerfish2701 this was just richard rich not warner animation.
@@noahbossier1131 Oh. Well, this is still a Warner Brothers movie.
The dance scenes are rotoscoped, hence the sudden fluidity and why it seems so jarring next to the other sequences. Rotoscoping can work really well (Don Bluth did it a lot, also for dancing), but it definitely stands out more when the other animation isn't as fluid.
@@AllyGatorAnimator ah yeah, thought that might be the case. Even if they just balanced the frame counts, it would have looked so much better.
I'm excited for The Magic Voyage review!
I heard the Nostalgia Critic went crazy before he even started watching the movie.
@@MovieFan1912 he did
"...like an open call for Jud Fry" -- is the most perfect thing I've heard in a LONG time.
ALSO: 15:14 - where is the FEATHER?
Having just watched The Cinema Snob's review of Mrs. Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter (a 1968 musical starring, and featuring the music of, Herman's Hermits), I'd love to see you cover it.
I'll give the movie this... At least it didn't get any awful CGI sequels!
Also, the fact that Bridgerton has a cover of "Wrecking Ball" makes me depressed, because apparently, society refuses to move on from that awful song...
Take notes, Swan Princess and Alpha and Omega.
I don't get it, it wasn't great to begin with, and even so, it peaked during Anne Hathaway's Lip Sync Battle so everything since has just been pointless.
Now I got the lyrics in my head! "You came in like a wrecking ball...." Thanks a lot.
"...very f×××able broom..."
I was crunching some numbers last year for reasons I will not go into, and you may find these results interesting:
Chances of ever hearing that term in a CZcams video: .0001%
Chances of ever hearing that term in a Musical Hell video: 87%
Numbers don't lie.
This was one of my favorite movies as a kid! I still remember all the songs, and I used to practice sliding dramatically on my knees like Feathertop does during that one musical number ("Come one, come all, come on everybody.....").
Fun fact the director of this also directed The Swan Princess.
There's a germ of an interesting idea in here, it just needed fresh writers, songwriters, and a budget.
OK. I might have to watch this. Ms. Bee Bee popped up on screen and I'm like, a Richard Rich film? And I'm sorry, but I have a small soft spot for Richard Rich films. Swan Princess and the animated Bible series were films I watched over and over. Something about the character designs and, while not always the greatest, the animation I just really liked. And thus is tickling that nostalgia bone even though I've never heard of it before.
I remember watching The Scarecrow movie on Cartoon Network. 😅👌