Cannon Movie Tales: Sleeping Beauty (Musical Hell Review #70)
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If a Sleeping Beauty story wanted to show the consequences of destroying all the spinning wheels in the kingdom, it would have been a lot more interesting to have the kingdom fall in financial ruin because their livelihood came from textiles and actually creating spinning wheels. They could even have the someone in the kingdom create the spinning wheel that puts the princess to sleep as revenge against the monarchs who put them in financial ruin while the royal family still lives a life of wealth and luxury thus it becomes a self fulfilling prophecy because their fear of it happening to their daughter made it happen. But instead of something interesting like that, this movie has the people whine about not having any new outfits for the last sixteen years.
That actually sounds awesome
becauseiambored Toni thank you very much.
Id read this fanfiction
Now this is a great idea
You can have my spinning wheel from my cold dead hands!
In the Disney version, the curse was a time period instead of a specific day, so the burning of the spinning wheels and the immediate hiding of the princess made perfect sense. Here everyone wasted their time. They could have shown the princess what a spinning wheel and she wouldn't be impressed with one by the time of the curse.
Forbidden fruit and all that.
Spindle’s End is a retelling of Sleeping Beauty that has the princess spirited away and the populous create caps for the spindles.
I haven't watched it in a while, but I thought that also was a specific day?
The time limit is before the sunset of her 16th birthday
Say what you want about aurora at least she was fun to watch and had a beautiful voice, rosebud is so dull and has an earpearsing voice it's a blessing when she goes to sleep.
Aurora was a better Sleeping Beauty because we got to see her personality in about five minutes during her walk in the woods. She’s so kind to the animals that they want to play with her and enjoy her company, she expresses how she wants a bit more than her life in the woods, and she at least has the sense to have running away if she doesn’t know someone and is weary of them (Prince Phillip). Aurora wasn’t stupid. Rosebud seems like she would be impressed by the quarter behind the ear trick and ask to see it again. Even dangling keys in front her probably would entertain her.
@kenthuang436 so true
And Aurora is only in about 10 minutes of the film.
....seriously. the guy didn't even do anything heroic. Disney still has the best version with the animated one. At least that one had a great villian and an awesome final battle with a flipping DRAGON!
not to mention the only character to actually swear in a disney movie. correct me if i'm wrong but i dont think another disney character has broken out the not safe for tv words.
While I would disagree with your opinions, I have found some foreign fairy tales movies that do some justice to the source materials.
+whitemoonwolf13 'Like fire, Hellfire...'
@@TheProfessor529 it doesnt carry the same weight in a song as the actual villain telling you to face all the powers of hell. it's just a bit scarier
The original tale of Sleeping Beauty is very dark.
I know in the Disney version at least the writers claimed the final Christening gift would have been the gift of happiness
Aurora: My name is Aurora and I have a happiness!
@Katie Lewis
Every other Disney Princess: SHUT UP AURORA!!!!!!!
@@KaminoKatie that's true since in the ballet version of sleeping beauty, the princess's name is aurora and disney stole the name from the sleeping beauty ballet.
Part of me wishes the final gift would’ve been a Keyblade. >.>
I think my favorite retelling of the Sleeping Beauty story is Gail Carson Levine's "Princess Sonora and the Long Sleep". The fairies' gifts are a bit more practical (sure, there's "beauty" and "gracefulness", but there's also a loving heart, good health, and TWO gifts of supreme intelligence due to one of the fairies running out of ideas), the ways of dealing with spindles are less extreme (no spindles in the castle, and I think at some point they had spindle heads blunted), the princess is way more proactive (she hides a pointy spindle in her closet so that she can prick herself at an opportune moment; it gets ruined when her mother finds it and pricks her accidentally, but it was interesting), and the reason for the prince and princess to like each other instantly is much better (Sonora's uber-intellect makes her an insufferable know-it-all in the eyes of most people, but Prince Christopher is so insatiably curious that he'll never tire of having her answer his endless questions; in fact, he sought out the castle because her know-it-all-ness had spawned a saying and he immediately wanted to meet her upon finding out she was a real person).
I really like that! Is that a book?
@@beautifulblackqueen8808 It is, one I read when I was a kid and really liked!
OMG I loved that book in elementary! This one and the one about the girls who spit diamonds and toads were so interesting to me!
My personal favorite is Robin McKinley's "Spindle's End."
Okay but why is this really cute ship dynamic, not ever used in fanfic
Disney’s version had it so Maleficent wasn’t invited because she “wasn’t wanted,” but you get the feeling it was because she was always evil and the royal family was afraid she’d find an excuse to curse their child regardless of what happened.
Just because she’s evil for the sake of it.
David Spring she probably would’ve
only for it to be retconned in the maleficent movie by making the king the real villain
@@pokekitty1 I never saw the movie, "Maleficent", since I do not agree on these makeovers, either. In real life people ARE sometimes born evil such as sociopaths and psychopaths. That, and in general, the movies made today are in bad need of original and refreshing ideas.
Maleficent, like the three other fairies, is a member of the Fair Folk: they don't have morals the way mortals do. As far as Maleficent is concerned, the king and the queen commited an unforgivible crime by not inviting her. The funny thing is, if they DID invite her, there wouldn't be a problem. She'd either not show for to the royal baby shower, or she'd give Aurora a gift of her own. Sure, it would be something insane like spitting fire or being able to turn into a spider but there would be no curse.
Also, now I kinda wanna see a version one of the other three wasn't invinted. They probably wouldn't curse a freaking infant -probably - but hey, it's the Fair Folk.
To be SOMEWHAT fair to the prince, I THINK what they were going for was a "humility is the true mark of purity" thing. Like...all the princes died because they saw the castle and thought "I'll succeed where everyone else failed because I KNOW I'm worthy!" whereas the one who succeeded said "I don't believe I'm worthy, I'll let whoever is take the glory."
I like that there are consequences for burning the spinning wheels. It's a nice touch... for a throwaway gag, not as a plot point. Well, maybe it could be a plot point in a better thought out movie, which this isn't.
I agree, but I mostly find the ripping bits confusing- they destroyed the spinning wheels, not the sewing needles. YOU DON'T SPIN RIPPED CLOTHES TOGETHER, YOU SEW, IDIOTS
God, I remember this version and the Snow White one. Disney Channel - ironically - played these movies all the time on the weekends. Nostalgia.
It's not an 80s fantasy film without cheesy synths.
"DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS?"
"No."
That could have been funny with better timing and if they didn't drag it out too much.
Also, of all the fairies they decide not to invite, why decide not to invite the evil one? You know, the one most likely to spitefully crash the party and ruin your life?
Or invite all of them, but make sure the fairy who gets the non-golden plate is the one that would be most understanding and unlikely to hold it against you
Yes, it means I’m free
"You're one of the fairy folk, not a f***ing Scooby Doo villain"😂
What did you expect a smoke bomb to revel her true form? Also what happened to the Red Fairy?
The real question is what the person DID with the stolen fairy costumes.
They weren't super amazing as is, so why take them?
Was some random fairy fetisher on set that day?
Kinda reminds me of how a bunch of footage from Foodfight got stolen. Maybe they wanted to get the production shut down.
Maybe someone on set was just going "This film is AWFUL," and decided to wreck production?
I don't see anything wrong with the fairies costumes. They look pretty elaborate and artfully done to me, especially considering what a limited budget the movie had.
They're just a little too similar to each other, but they do look alright enough.
Who stole them, and why, is still a good question. What would you do with them? Make your own movie using them?
80's movies conspiracies?
In Disney's Sleeping Beauty the fairies' outfits look similar to each other, too. It makes sense since they're all fairies. That's just the way these things go.
I would also like to know who stole the costumes, if they were in fact stolen. This lady never gives any sources to back up what she's saying so it's hard to be sure she's giving us accurate info.
Disney's Sleeping Beauty was one of my favorite movies as a child. My younger siblings and I watched it over and over again, and let me tell you, the Three Good Fairies were our favorite characters. My brother especially loved Merriweather.
I loved that version growing up too. Those fairies are my favorite Disney characters period.
I watched it a lot too. I wanted to be Maleficent when I grew up-the turning into a dragon part, not the evil part.
8:11 - 8:32: Sleeping Beauty has been associated with Tchaikovsky's score for a long time, so I don't see how it would be misused or whatever; unlike Swan Princess which didn't take advantage of the music, or Golden Films that used the music for the wrong story.
Why are you guys cheering? You won't have new clothes and fabrics for sixteen years!
EDIT: I didn't think that the movie would actually address this. Why not just ship clothes from other towns. Is this really the biggest problem you guys are having? What about the plague?
I had a similar reaction xD
*sees people cheering to the pile of burning wheels*
"yay, our textile industry is ruined and dozens will lose their job!"
*movie shows their clothing suffering for it*
"ok, thats kind of hilarious."
Just like the American public voting against their best interests.
My question is, why didn't they wait until the princess was older before burning all the spindles in the kingdom. It's an easy process and if done well enough in advance, they'd be able to comb the kingdom more thoroughly for them.
And for that matter, why didn't the king and queen inform their daughter about the curse well before it was supposed to happen? Sure, she'd grows up cautious if not frightened around spindles, but she'd have the full knowledge of her curse and would be better prepared to combat it when the day arrives, assuming that simply avoiding the spindle is an option to negate the curse entirely.
heck, they didn't even have to burn the spindles, just, as you said, tell her about the curse, make sure she is reminded of it her whole life, and between her 17th and 18th birthday, put her under constant guard and escorts until she is 19, the curse would be dodged.
Grace Kelley because they are idiots
In the original fairy tale, there's no evil fairy/witch. There are thirteen fairies in the kingdom but there are only twelve golden plates. The king's solution is to just not invite one of the fairies. This is considered as great disrespect and as punishment, the not-invited fairy curses the princess and the whole kingdom.
(There's a former East Germany film adaptation from the 60s or 70s in which each fairy stands for one virtue, and the king decides to not invite the fairy of diligence because he thinks a princess doesn't need diligence anyway. So, in that adaption, the fairy isn't evil at all, just rightfully angry because she as a person and the virtue she represents are considered useless and inferior to the others, like beauty and generosity. I really love that addition, if only the movie wasn't a bit awkward and boring in general.)
Yeah. That’s how I saw it too. The uninvited fairy wasn’t exactly evil but rather upset that literally everyone in the Kingdom but her got invited to a grand party. I’d be pretty angry too. The way I saw it, the fairy only cursed the princess to teach the king and queen that they should make sure everyone is included in a celebration if everyone else got an invite. It’s just good etiquette. And in Disney’s version, Maleficent didn’t even seem like she was going to hurt Aurora let alone curse her and was pretty calm and willing to listen to King Stefan as to why she wasn’t invited when Merryweather just had to say that she wasn’t wanted which clearly offended Maleficent and the exact moment she became angry and spiteful. Up until then, Maleficent seemed like she was willing to be reasoned with. So technically it’s Merryweather’s fault Aurora got cursed.
Am I the only one who was expecting her to make an "Oh my God, they killed Kenny" joke any minute?
WOW! So this is basically the live action equivalent of stuff like Goodtime Entertainment's animated/collectable Classics series of mockbusters? Also HOO BOY another direct to video sequel is next on the chopping block.
tim5fl Pretty much, man.
Okay.
tim5fl Imitation might be the sincerest form of flattery, but so much can go wrong if you go that route.
+Reapermaskhybrid Also to quote MrEnter "Flat out ripping off is the sincerest form of INSULT!"
tim5fl Yep.
Rosebud has to be the worst name to give a princess...or any human being for that matter. Sounds more like the name you'd give a dog...or a sled. ^^
Because the names Briar Rose and Aurora have been taken.
@@willlyon7129 they could've went with Rosemary
@@allisonelizabeth6596 Why did it even have to be Rose? Miriam would have been better.
Idk, I kinda like it. Sure it’s really cheesy, but it sort of has that simple fairytale charm to it, like Snow White and Cinderella.
I remember a live action Shelly Duvall Sleeping Beauty where the queen had to actually have "the talk" given to her by a fairy
Much better than this version.
Say what? 😐
Was that part of the Faerie Tale Theatre series?
The Secret of Nimh 2?????
May the opposition have mercy on your nonexistent soul.
Michael Fox Key "word" here is *2*
No one gives a real damn about that one, so other than an endurance test to get trough it... It shouldn't be so bad uwu
It shouldn't be so bad?! You've obviously never seen it!! It's too cruel!! It's too inhuman! Even for her!!
Pal, I've seen from Dingo to Good times, from several exploitation genres to flipping Asylum and those movies that have seemingly been created on a 500 bucks budget, the Italian "trilogy" of titanic animated movies and more... A bunch of mouses shitting on the legacy of its predecessors is quite soft...
Is Bartock the Magnificent on the hit list
Also-can I just say that Diva looks adorable on the title card?
TheHeroOfTomorrow
(Ezekiel) Zeke Hamish Beckley: Yeah she looks kind of cute for a demon judge duty who is dressed in PJs and looks so frickin sweet.
"Happily Ever After: A Tale For Every Child" did a better job with this story. It focused more on the King and Queen, had everyone thinking the evil fairy was dead before it was too late, had the said fairy appear with a spinning wheel with her, and the whole episode didn't drag on so darn much. Oddly enough, they also had the characters' clothes getting worn out thanks to the 16 year ban on the spinning wheels.
Meanwhile, GOOD LUCK with the "Secret of Nimh 2".
I kinda of adore the diversity and multiculturalism of folk tales in different settings and time periods than wester European well known fairy tales. Which I think parents should read tell kids instead of mainstream ones.
Will Lyon Most definitely :) .
Jennea Coleman-Cubero
(Ezekiel) Zeke Hamish Beckley: Heh I loved that awesome episode especially the Mexican Spanish theme they added to it. And also the ranting the Evil Fairy did before she raged herself/went all to pieces to death crumbling and falling apart the whole frickin tower down that she was in.
"I'm getting a strong Humperdinck vibe from this guy." Oh, thank gods! I thought it was just me. Though, to be fair, the prince here *does* look like the poor man's Chris Sarandon.
Very cool that you released this on Tchaikovsky's birthday today!
Ya know, I have a thing for cheap keyboard sounds. They're just so nostalgic for me. Don't burn me for saying that, Diva, please!
Like Diva said, it isn't strictly bad. Just here
I like them to...
They can and have worked, this film just isn't one of those instances.
Pretty please do Cannon Movie Tales: Beauty and the Beast! I saw and really enjoyed it as a child, and in many respects I still do because some of its music is actually quite catchy, though of course it doesn't hold a candle to the Disney spectacle. Still I'd love if you watched because several points of it stay true to the original French novel (like the Prince Beauty sees and interacts with in her dreams at night) while also adding its own random...randomness. I think you'd have fun with it and making all sorts of "Disney did it better" jokes!
Also, fun fact: The movie is 90 minutes long and Beauty doesn't meet the Beast until 40 minutes in.
I liked what you did with the “a candle” and “The Disney one” :). On a more serious note, I agree I’d like a review of that please.
Oh, yes, yes, YES! Cannon Movie Tales are ASTONISHING in their wretchedness, and yet somehow kinda wonderful! So happy you're finally riffing on 'em (I love "Snow White" and "Beauty and the Beast", and "Puss in Boots" and "Red Riding Hood" have to be seen to be believed).
1. 5:58: Did Kenny just goose the king?! Ewwww.
2. I admire your restraint at not making a "Citizen Kane" joke at Rosebud's name. I wouldn't have been able to help myself.
3. To be fair, the golden plates dilemma IS in some versions of the fairy tale. It's stupid there, too, so naturally the screenwriters that instead of a better one! Sheesh. Anyway, which illustrated version of "Sleeping Beauty" is the image at 7:42 from? It's gorgeous!
4. Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers did an exquisite slow-motion dance number in the film "Carefree" that highlights their immense dancing gifts and the magical choreography. The slow-mo of the fairies here just highlights how little the choreographer and dancers gave a crap.
5. The song "Life Looks Rosier Today"? Tahnee Welch's voice was dubbed. No, seriously, THAT was the best singer they could get.
6. Hey, townspeople singing the clothing song? Quit dancing around, you idiots, you're only making the clothes rip more!
7. 15:27-15:37: Terry Gilliam called, he wants his half-finished "Monty Python" animated sequence back!
The illustration from 7:42 is by Christian Birmingham from his version of Sleeping Beauty. Check it out
Thank you! I believe I shall. :)
You're welcome!
Yeah, I remember reading a version of Sleeping Beauty which had the gold plates thing. It's stupid, but present in the source material.
#7 totally accurate, only missing the giant foot coming down to squash him, lol
1:51 Dang, with that kind of backstory, then it's a surprise those movies didn't went into development hell or scrapped entirely.
We have been...blessed? Cursed? Im not sure what to use demons dont bless but the video isn't a curse. Whatever a new video WHOOO!
Gifted, possibly? And I share your sentiment :D
Rewarded?
blursed
R.I.P. Kenny Baker. You deserved better.
May the Force be with him, always.
It’s nice to see someone finally come for the Cannon Movie Tales. I think those castle sets turned up in most of them. I am genuinely fond of their “Snow White”, which does have some filler but not nearly so much as this film does. It helps that being more faithful to Grimm than most versions means more plot to work through, and Diana Rigg makes a great villainess. On the other side of the coin their “Beauty and the Beast” has exactly the problem that vexed Disney for a while - Act Two IS just a couple meeting for dinner each night. Anyway, would like to see more of these less-covered films rather than the well-worn direct to video animations.
Europeans do a lot faithful adaptions of fairy tale movies than Americanized Disney versions.
OMFG I REMEMBER WATCHING THIS ON DEMAND ONCE. I was bored and couldn't find anything else and then I just watched this like the trainwreck that it is. I couldn't look away.
Rathdrgnknight Considering your avatar pic is from Princess Tutu, I can see why you're interested in fairy tales.
2:29 that reminds me the Dark Crystal is a really good looking and well shot movie.
I have an incomplete understanding of how cloth and clothes used to be made but even without being able to spin new yarn and cloth would sewing not be a thing?
Well, eventually there wouldn't be any thread to sew clothing with.
the last gift at least in the Disney version was going to be eternal happiness
Aurora: My name is Aurora and I have a happiness
9:40 - In Gail Carson Levine's version, the last fairy mentions she was going to make the princess artistic.
Diva in the title-card is adorable :3
So you should do a Know the Score video about Rogers and Hammerstein's Cinderella. There have been three movie adaptations all with a difference in tone and humor. 1957 with Julie Andrews, 1965 with Leslie Ann Warren and 1997 with Brandy. Fun fact about the first one, the Prince (Jon Cyper) was told this was a serious drama and so played his role straight while the King (Howerd Lindsey) was told it was a comedy and so played it for laughs.
I'd like to see the Yuri on Ice soundtrack profiled on Know the Score.
And the 2013 Broadway version
I much prefer The Slipper and the Rose. It focuses more on the Price and better songs. Also I think you can do a series of videos of musical stand off on The Slipper and The Rose vs Rogers and Hammerstein's Cinderella?
7:50 Actually in the original Grimm Tale, it was totally about plates. The King literally could not be bothered to get a new plate, and dropped his least favorite fairy.
I also find myself singing songs from the BETTER movie over the bad ones as a coping mechanism.
Not that we can blame you.
Don't forget The Asylum, they have joined the ranks of Bert I. Gordon and Roger Corman in the annels of monetizing not giving a shit!
The thing that annoys me about the White Fairy's song is that her actress, Jane Wielding of new wave band The Go-Go's, absolutely can sing. But her voice is very much suited more to upbeat 80s new wave than it is to discount musical theatre. idk, listen to songs like ''We got the beat", "Our lips our sealed", or even that "Cool Places" song she did with Sparks for a good showcase of her vocal abilities.
The White Fairy is Jane Wiedlin from the Go-Go's. Always liked her voice, but this is clearly not her best work. Wow.
Yeesh, agreed. Wiedlin is cute and talented and a heckuva guitarist but... well, there's a reason Belinda Carlisle was the lead singer of the Go-Go's, not Wiedlin.
Aw seriously? Did she really need a paycheck that badly?
Her song Rush Hour & her guest appearance with Sparks for their song, Cool Places are really great! It's sad seeing her talent getting underutilized and badly executed.
In all the versions of Sleeping Beauty I heard and read as a child, the king and queen didn't invite the evil fairy because they didn't have enough golden plates
The fact remains that, in preplanning, the king could have easily rush commissioned a goldsmith.
The one version I read as a kid was that king didn’t have enough chairs.
I do admit I loved the Snow White and Hansel and Gretal from this series growing up!
Yeah, their Snow White, Hansel and Gretel & Red Riding Hood adaptations were probably the best ones of their collection.
4:20 - 4:52: And say what you will about Disney's Maleficent, but when they made the title character relatable, especially when in the original story said Aurora was cursed by a fairy (case and point: 7:42 - 7:56), it makes you wanna root for her, even when the fairy folklore helped out on the presentation.
"...which at the time was primarily the domain of Disney and the Faerie Tale Theater series."
Not to mention all the imported animation from other countries that was released on VHS and toy-based cartoons that managed to get a feature length release, among others.
Oh man. The Cannon Movie Tales was my JAM when I was a little child at Blockbuster. Yet this was the one of the movies that I watched once and had no desire to see again. I re-rented the crap out of Snow White however and recently bought it on DVD for nostalgia purposes.
It's a little known fact that, had they not been interrupted, the last fairy's blessing on sleeping beauty would be +10 resistance to fire damage.
Actually, one fairy gives Rosebud wit, and the White Fairy was the fairy of Wisdom, so she was probably gonna give Rosebud wisdom. I'm guessing the Red Fairy was not the fairy of Intelligence, so maybe Rosebud got intelligence by some other fairy before Fairy Red came in? And Rosebud did propose going to another kingdom to get cloth!
I’m excited for The Secret of NIMH 2 review!
The name of that kingdom should have been called "Too Dumb To Live". Also, why didn't Kenny ask the White Fairy to wake up Sleeping Beauty instead of put everyone else to sleep? Makes no sense.
Um, literally the whole reason he went to the White Fairy in the first place was to see if she could wake Sleeping Beauty up. The White Fairy then explained that she couldn't wake the princess because it was her fate and that she had already done all she could at the christening by changing the Red Fairy's curse of death to a century-long slumber instead.
Literally just got through rewatching a bunch of your reviews, Diva. Boy, you're good.
Dude...I remember this...Is this the same series that gave us Christopher Walken as Puss in Boots?
Travelbound Indeed!
One of the best ones of the bunch.
wait what?
how have I not heard about this?
“AW NO!! Cannon Movie Tales has been crushed!” 😋 (that joke makes sense if you've watched The Nostalgia Critic's review of _The Country Bears)_
You only play this for your kids if:
1. You need to keep them busy by any means possible.
2. You actively hate them
Diva will you do other Cannon musical movies?
Please!
I second this! Hansel and Gretel in particular. The opera cum children's musical is hilarious. The David Warner "Oh what a day!" song kills me everytime!
You don't need spinning wheels to make clothes...people were wearing clothes for thousands of years before those were invented. They _did_, like most manufacturing machines, make the industry more labor-efficient so there are fewer people needed to make a given outfit and they can put their efforts elsewhere. 16 years with no spinning wheels doesn't mean nobody gets new clothes in that time, it means all other industries suffer because more work has to go into keeping clothes made and repaired to keep up with the population.
Same reason supers/kaiju smashing buildings don't stimulate the construction economy, they just divert efforts that would otherwise go to other projects into repairs/construction.
Who names their kid Rosebud?
Ghostwriter Because Aurora and Briar Rose were already taken.
Will Lyon but Brier Rose is her name in the fairy tale
@@thegayghost872 I known.
Fans of Citizen Kane?
Citizen Kane!
You know, there are a lot of ways you can add conflict and interesting...ness to the Sleeping Beauty story. I would have expected a low-budget film like this to rip off some of those from previous adaptations, but they instead made something entirely new!
I mean, a subplot about everyone's clothes falling apart is kinda _stupid,_ but it's _original._
Yeah, for once, a sleeping beauty adaptation does address the problem of destroying your textile industry.
Geez, the instrumental music sounds like something from a bad Classic Doctor Who story.
If you think THIS is bad, check out their take on Beauty and the Beast. It's really something. It'll make you appreciate The Enchanted Christmas in comparison.
But their beauty and the beast is GOOD! It sticks to the fairytale... And the dresses are pretty!
16:44
“They grow much faster than bamboo; Take care, or they’ll come after you.”
This is one of those movies from my childhood that I thought I had dreamed up because no one else remembered it but here it is! I know that it was a shoddy movie but when I was three I loved that the princess had a pink dress, brown hair and had something to do with roses. What can I say? Three year old me had low standards for princesses...
So was the evil fairy just dropped from the story after putting Sleeping Beauty to sleep?
I saw this film first on the Disney Channel back when it was still a pay channel, early 90s, I should think. It was awful then, but as the Disney animation wasn't available on video at the time, this is what we had. It was very hit-or-miss, I recall. Mostly miss. The Fairy of Red's entrance and monologue, tho, are fab. And the weird jumping with moon boots.
Oh, and her song when she gets insomnia is great. Totally 80s
They really showed it there?
Maybe that's how they got the idea to do their own remakes in live action?
Sleeping Beauty? This movie should be retitled 'Sleeping Audience'! Awesome review.
4:27 No pun intended. Also, who else wonders what Sleeping Beauty dreamed about while under that spell?
Oh, pun was 100% intended.
The movie has a certain grade-school-musical charm to it, especially the stupid clothing song. Maybe it could be adapted to stage and performed at schools? They might even be able to provide better production values!
I only know about these films because of the channel Mighty Mayhem. If the rest of the series is like this and "The Frog Prince" I might watch them out of perverse curiosity!
Some of them are worse, some coast by on pure cheese factor. The Rumpelstiltskin one is awful, but amusing in a late 80's kind of way.
I’m so excited you started doing the Cannon Fairy tale films. I have a soft spot for the Rebecca De Mornay Beauty and the Beast... so naturally now I need you to excoriate it.
um, i DO remember the whole "not enough golden plates" from the original tale.
Kenny is killing this role! Every motion, every inflection he is putting everything into. RIP
All I can think of is, "Has anybody in these stories ever heard of bloody DROP SPINDLES?! Does the same thing as a spinning wheel, and is not sharp!"
Maybe they weren;t invented yet.
Just researched it; drop spindles could have been used for over 9000 years before the spinning wheel was used in India during the late Middle Ages (476 AD - 1492). The earliest known version of the Sleeping Beauty tale is from between 1330 and 1344.
Couldn't the good fairy just say "Nothing will happen on that birthday," and save everyone from this whole ordeal?
Dear Jesus, this film looks so stupid. On the other hand, I have go check out Matthew Bourne's version because it looks pretty cool.
Ariella Kahan-Harth Good, someone has taste. Something that's rare in CZcams comments.
It's wonderfully bizarre, what with the baby Aurora puppet and the "prince" (a groundskeeper in this version) getting turned into a vampire so he can be around when his beloved wakes up in a century and the evil fairy just kind of dying offstage and being replaced with her vengeful son (played by the same actor) who really plays up the dark and broody and just shit-tons of AESTHETIC all over the place.
It's absolutely gorgeous! Unfortunately, it was free on PBS until just last month. :(
It's from Golan and Globus. What did you expect? That's like watching a Quentin Tarantino film and being surprised that it's violent.
I’m only 3 minutes in and I’m already dying laughing from that fanfare. No way those horns made that sound
Why couldn't they just wait until the days leading up to the day of the curse to destroy all the spinning wheels?
Because it’s hard to think of something like that when you live in a kingdom where literally everyone only has two functioning brain cells.
Dearest Diva, Have you reviewed "The Slipper And The Rose" yet? It's like this but much better.
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So THIS is that version! Ugh it's been driving me crazy. All I could remember was a bit from the song "All to Sleep" and that crappy vine effect.
Man, all those fairies of different colours...
It must really suck to be the official BROWN fairy
Holy crap... I completely forgot about these movies. You've just awoken locked away childhood memories. I used to love these cheesy movies. I remember this one the most... I think. I'll have to see the rest to see how well I remember them.
Why did they make the clothing song sound like the opening lines of “Springtime for Hitler”? Now I can take it even less seriously.
nightingale897 I snorted, then thought of a title for a blend of the two songs: "A Stitch in Time Saves Nein." XD
Never fight Fae curses. You won't win. We will always get you in the end.
At the 0.52 mark, Is that Blinky the clown? I KNOW I saw that clown on TV when I was little but I can't recall his name for the life of me!Back on topic. great Video Diva, always a treat to see your work! Give the Secret of NIMH 2 what it's got coming!
It is indeed. A nod to my Denver upbringing.
I personally like a few of the Cannon Movie Tales films, including this one, over the Faerie Tale Theatre schlock as well as Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal, though I agree some of the actors in the various films, some of the songs, and some of the singing are not very good. I don’t care if people judge me for it, either.
Ok not gonna lie that whisper scene, while dragged out, does show some interesting court politics.
You know drop spindles existed before spinning wheels. They do the spinning just fine, and yOU CAN'T PRICK YOUR FINGER ON THEM. Also, they're travel-sized. Soo, the ripped clothes part isn't something that would have happened. The fairy-tale land they're in is therefore super dense. (they wouldn't have the hooks on them tho, in case you're finding pictures.)
The Cannon Movie Tales version of Sleeping Beauty is my favorite adaptation. Tahnee Welch is so beautiful as Princess Rosebud and she’s my favorite character in the film and my favorite Sleeping Beauty. My favorite song is “Dare Me” it’s so beautifully and mysteriously haunting and it draws you in
I've always thought what the last gift would be myself.
My favourite iteration of 'Sleeping Beauty" would have to be Linda Medley's version in 'Castle Waiting'.
In her version while the other witches (in her version they're witches and not fairies) were giving her superfluous gifts like charm and avoiding chores, the head witch's gift was supposed to be wisdom before Dame Mald (the 'evil fairy' of this story) gave her the curse.
The story would later show us the consequences of this change.
in some versions the slighted fairy is the one in charge of destiny and she wasn't invited because her invitation got lost
Ahh! I was wondering if anyone would talk about these movies! I knew they were low budget but man, sharing that money for 16 proposed movies?! I still love rewatching this one and Beauty & the Beast.
When the title said Cannon, I thought it was made by the Canon camera company.
The king was a cheap bastard he could have had a gold plate made, invited the red fairy, she would have blessed the child and avoided sixteen years of hell.
Marrying into fabric? Isn't that what happened in Our Flag Means Death?
Cannon made a living off cheaper versions of whichever genre movies were popular at the time--and jumping on crazes like breakdancing, disco, ninjas, Vietnam fantasies. Those dollar figures are really modest relative to now, but I'd be somewhat surprised if they actually spent all 50 million on those 6 movies. I'd say it's a given that they reused costumes, sets, and shooting locarions.
I swear, the part where the evil fairy unmasks herself always sends me howling with laughter! Maybe it's cheesy synth music, or her gloriously cheesy cackling, or the way the rips off the mask in the most over-dramatic way possible, or maybe it's a combination of all of them, but it gets me every time
Could do more on the Cannon tales series such as Beauty and the Beast and The Frog Prince. And maybe the musical episode of Once Upon a Time?