Animated Atrocities 177 || Strange Magic (2015 film)

[@Malbutorius]

Tinker Bell's direct to video characterization is so wildly different you can't even say they're the same character.

[@vernyulkisasszony4708]

I just treat it as an alternative universe

[@HydraSpectre1138]

If people liked actually liked Tinker Bell being an asshole, they would dismiss the direct-to-video movies as character derailment and saying that Disney loves destroying their characters and point to her in the same league as TLJ!Luke Skywalker and Fat Thor.

[@inky5574]

And she's also voiced by Katara from Avatar

[@medusasea791]

Agreed. She does have quite the temper in the direct to video movies, similarly to the Peter Pan one, but it's no nearly as bad and she has a very kind heart.

[@JustaGuy_Gaming]

@@HydraSpectre1138 Thing is she got derailed pretty fast. In the original movie, and some the general Disney cartoons she was a one dimensional character. The literal explanation was due to her size she could only hold onto one emotion at a time. But then she became the mascot, used in a few Disney promo's and shorts, eventually given her own movie series. By that time the only thing the same was the general appearance and even then she had her sexuality toned down with a longer dress and what not. It was an odd change and due to having a sister I saw more than a few of those movies... and they basically went like the Barbie movies. She had very little personality of her own, most of it custom built to fit the plot of the current situation. Oh and a friend for every situation as well to cover more negative traits they don't want to give her like greed, jealousy etc.

[@frankielovejoy9928]

At least Buck Cluck had the guts to apologize to his kid and went out of his way to help during the film's climax. The king just sounds like an unbelievable prick.

[@kieranstark7213]

Not to mention that what Musical Hell (aka Diva) pointed out around the beginning of 2017 was that in the climax of this overpraised animated atrocity, it was underwhelming because the father of Marianne and Dawn/possible future maternal grandfather of the Bog Prince (had the movie not epically bombed at the box office for being this annoying/sexist and it’s time to say the main reason why) the Fairy King thinks only men can fight.

[@King_Nex]

The line "The king is the worst character in the movie" legit confused me until I realized he wasn't talking about the Bog King.

[@DangerDan64]

@@King_Nex Yeah, the Bog king is more likable than the king we as the audience are supposed to like.

[@ladypool1404]

And at least, Triton make music return in his Kingdom after Ariel found the music box he gave to Athena in the third movie. The old man was a jerk by putting anyone who whistle or who's having fun in PRISON and by removing the ONLY THING his wife loved. That was not very respectful and a bit stupid X) He saw his mistake and fixed her at the end! Triton is a better father than the fairy King!

[@kieranstark7213]

@@ladypool1404 While The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning is my least favourite instalment because of how grouchy he was throughout the majority of the movie making the movie miss the point of the franchise by making it anything but fun-filled although that was not at the beginning or the end (say what you want about The Little Mermaid 2, but at least it felt more like it could fit into the series that is Disney’s The Little Mermaid), you have a very good point of how he luckily reformed at the end (seriously, it was worth the wait!!) while the Fairy King, on the other hand, is so mean-spirited (he’s one of the most underhated Disney parents) that he’s one of the main reasons why ElectricDragon505 had every right to give Strange Magic his Seal of Garbage to the point of even going as far as to consider it to be George Lucas’s worst works since The Star Wars Holiday Special and up to the ranks of Star Wars: The Clone Wars (neither version of the TV series since they are both epic, just the movie) by only giving them 7/27 points (10/30 if AniMat gave 0/10 ratings).

[@justinnzamora5366]

20:46 "Buck Cluck is no longer the worst father in a Disney film." Wow, that bad huh?

[@rossjohnstone4689]

When in the hall of mountain king starts playing, you know some shits bout to go down.

[@CJCroen1393]

I _liked_ this movie and _I_ hated the king too. Fuck the king. He's a terrible dad.

[@halfdemonprince]

At least Buck didn’t tell Chicken Little to ask Foxy out on a date because he liked how good she was at baseball.

[@kieranstark7213]

Not to mention he even looks like (an unappealing version of) Kurt Russell in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2... Makes sense, because he has an ego so big he thinks he’s a living planet!!!!! XD

[@abiodunsulaiman2297]

OH MY GOD

[@SomeGuy-tr2hi]

“And Whimsicott, this stupid ball of cauliflower, is my favorite Pokémon of all time.” That made me genuinely smile

[@Emily12471]

Who doesn't like stupid balls of cauliflower?

[@jackpijjin4088]

Ironically enough, the only time I've come across a 'love potion plot' where it's both done well and the character using it is likeable is in a song called "Love Potion Number 9". I think the idea is that the subject uses a love potion on *himself* so he acts as a brash extrovert and it still bites him in the end when he kisses everything on impulse and eventually kisses a cop.

[@lelduck6388]

I also like the idea of some loser using a love potion on himself in order to have more confidence.

[@JustaGuy_Gaming]

There was a movie for that but for the life of me I really can't remember it being any good. Not sure how well it stuck to the song either.

[@jackpijjin4088]

@@JustaGuy_Gaming Honestly, probably poorly.

[@Lyth13]

Similarly would be the Jimmy Neutron episode with the same title. Jimmy made a love potion specifically to study how to negate love but accidentally gets it on himself and Carl and Sheen.

[@spydersoup8447]

I always prefer using the 'love potion' plot for either a villain who wants to use it on a person who is clearly not interested in them, but the villain refuses to take no for an answer and will do anything to get the person or perhaps a parent character who wants their kid to go out with a person they want them to marry against their kid's own will, consent and desires (Which Shrek 2 has done this pretty well), or someone who tries it on anyone they might have a shot at, but they learn it's a bad idea (Which one episode of MLP G4, as well as Rick and Morty actually does this well), mainly the former because it makes much more sense.

[@strange_0ne535]

As a kid I got teased a lot for liking fairies even though I was a boy. Perhaps that's because I grew up with Wizards and Brian Froud's Fairy book which portrayed fairies as things you don't fuck with

[@icarue993]

Yeah, the fae was not something to fuck with. In mother russia, faries fuck with you!

[@TheSpawnfan]

Yeah, why do you think The Sleeping Beauty got cursed, the fairy her parents didn't invite to the party was evil, and she was pissed as a result, the only reason the princess survived is that another fairy altered the curse, heck DULAHANS are fairies, you don't mess with them.

[@borby4584]

Ahh, yeah, I get it. They mocked you because they thought you meant Tinkerbell, rather than The Fair Folk, who were basically demons who would curse you if you didn’t call them Fair Folk

[@TheSpawnfan]

@@borby4584 and if you come at them with their weakness, cold iron, say your prayers

[@NebLleb]

Wizards... Isn't that that ill-conceived attempt by Ralph Bakshi to make a family film, but he ended up missing the mark by featuring content like blood, sexual content, drugs, mild swearing, and a flawed protagonist who kills his enemy with the element of surprise (whilst dropping the line "I'm glad you changed your last name, ya sonuvabitch" and adding to the mild swearing)? If it is, then DAMN. You must have a hardcore childhood.

[@HydraSpectre1138]

The direct-to-video Tinker Bell movies are actually really good. They are really comfy movies and they heavily improved Tinker Bell’s character. Disney overhauled her character.

[@GodOfOrphans]

Seconded, I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the first one anyway, not really my thing but decided to give it a shot and don't regret it.

[@hastiborhani3492]

Yeah i really loved those movies

[@Shadamyfan-rs8xc]

Makes you wonder why she became a bitch by the time the first Peter Pan movie rolled around

[@New3DSLuigi364]

@@Shadamyfan-rs8xc Because she became a Yandere; Honestly; Fairies are NOT the Nice Creatures they're Depicted as in media; Quite the opposite actually!

[@harmonetheanimationaddict4419]

Plus, the songs really slap.

[@IcyDiamond]

I will always be reminded of Cellspex when I think of this movie

[@alannahfisherman1321]

The greatest sock puppet show

[@jesusrox4u]

Her review of the film is one of my favorite videos from her.

[@DangerDan64]

Makes sense since she was the of the few people who talked about in great detail on how much it failed on what it tried to do.

[@ForrestFox626]

"Movie title drop!"

[@pinacoladaofficial]

I adored her review on it ughhh

[@palaceknight8644]

Never knew I wanted Mr. Enter to talk about Whimsicott, yet here I am.

[@zzz43344]

Same here

[@JesusMartinez-rr2ry]

There are 2 things that I never expected: 1. Mr. Enter favorite Pokémon being Whimscott 2. Buck Cluck being dethroned (no clever wordplay intended) as the worst animated father.

[@nateds7326]

"there's only room for one singing goblin in my life, and this guy is not David Bowie" Dude if this movie had David Bowie as one of the voices it would have been better automatically.

[@KeybladeMasterAndy]

But alas, we'll have to settle for him in "Arthur and the Invisibles".

[@andrijatomorad9885]

Not automatically, considering Atlantis Squarepantis...

[@nateds7326]

@@andrijatomorad9885 well they didn't let him sing there

[@HydraSpectre1138]

Midge Ure of Ultravox could be a good David Bowie substitute. In fact, his cover of The Man Who Sold the World (used in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain) sounds more David Bowie than David Bowie's own version.

[@pixi7633]

David Bowie automatically made anything better

[@yetravellingsonc8372]

I find it amusing that Fairies as a concept can be taken SO MANY ways, and yet most media tends to make it into "oftentimes snobby girl with wings who is also the size of a pencil" and if it's anything else they give it another mantle entirely. Give me a Goddamn Fairy King with dragon wings who shoots lightning instead of spunky child with wings and a dress, goddamnit!

[@jessetorres8738]

Are fairies actually furries since they're humanoids with animal wings and sometimes they take insect qualities like in Pan's Labyrinth?

[@SSBBPOKEFAN]

Or at least, use different insect wings for your generic fairy base. I mean, this is just me imagining, but dragonfly wings would look pretty sick.

[@barrybend7189]

In most stories Faeries are either mischievous or Assholes. Labrynth actually uses the more celtic myth accurate version of fey creatures.

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

@@SSBBPOKEFAN i would love to see the equivalent of a chinese dragon with dragonfly wings.

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

@@barrybend7189 what is the celtic version of fairies?

[@LauraBow]

WHAT you have a musical where a character cheats on their wedding day and you don't use "I write sins not tragedies"???

[@davidanthonymercado7064]

George Lucas wanted this to be “Star Wars for Girls” I have no words.😑

[@Nameless82284]

This is why writers should stick doing what they want and not what others want

[@Bopperann]

"Representation" is the death of creative freedom as it DEMANDS the artist change their vision to appease a minority of extreme narcissists. In addition, it's NEVER enough. Even in a book crowded with cardboard tokens, someone is left out.

[@DangerDan64]

Well probably the Theory of George Lucas got a lobotomy when he was abducted by real Aliens since they fear his potential knowledge of what other story telling he can make so they did that change and it can be presumed it happened in 1999.

[@burntcinnamon1735]

@@Bopperann it says he "wanted" to make star wars for girls not that he was "forced" to make star wars for girls.

[@Bopperann]

@@burntcinnamon1735 You sure he didn't have a Disney gun to his head? Look what "representation" did to Marvel Comics. Power Fantasy "Heroes" and dull strawmen villains. It's done nothing but harm the very "representation" it claims to promote.

[@UnorthodoxIndividual]

Weirdly enough, Gravity Falls of all shows did the whole Love Potion thing, and while they showcased how it's bad throughout the episode, they also kind of just ran with it? Like they didn't reverse it at all it always seemed hella weird, like yeah they're happier now but their autonomy was just discarded? Another in the long line of morally questionable things Mabel has done lol

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

I would love for a reconstructed version of the love potion trope. as in "it is kinda like an aphrodisiac" between people who already love each other. between people who only one loves each other , if the affected one dislikes the person they are seeing by effect of love potion, at worst they would genuinely "review the target" and then tell the target why they dislike them in a civil way. if neutral, islike "the potion just made the affected one consider the idea of 1 date. anything else, the one who drank the potion is in their free will to reject the other". if they affected already liked the one they see already, well classical lvoe potion effect. and by the way, they are 100 percent aware of who casted the love potion it would be way more interesting to reconstruct old tropes

[@undeadblizzard]

It is a lot Xanax you feel shitty without it and less shitty on it.

[@thelastprotectorofoverain1035]

Yea, Mabel is my least favorite charecter. But her worst appearance is in sock opera

[@undeadblizzard]

@@thelastprotectorofoverain1035 I like Mabel she … is a kid so it makes sense that her actions can be bad.

[@thelastprotectorofoverain1035]

@@undeadblizzard Uea but not caring about your twin brother who is stuck in a sock puppet while his body is being controlled by a Demon is a bit much

[@red-man7017]

On your topic about tinker bell Lets not forget the fact she willingly betrayed peter pan later in the movie... How is she not a twist villain again?

[@Reapermaskhybrid]

Because Disney wasn't at that point where they wanted to knock you on the head with twist villains yet after Pixar did it.

[@TheAlps36]

Did she? She betrayed Wendy and told Captain Hook not to harm Peter (though honestly trusting Pan's literal nemesis was a surprisingly stupid move for her)

[@thelastprotectorofoverain1035]

@@TheAlps36 Yea but she did not careing for the effects on Peter.

[@kieranstark7213]

I highly doubt that I am the only one who actually wants Mr. Enter to soon make *Animated Atrocities | Peter Pan* (because while Tinker Bell was so much more likeable later in the Disney Fairies hexalogy and Return to Never Land, she is far from the only thing wrong with this so-called “classic” by Walt Disney Animation Studios since there was demonizing Indigenous Americans by giving them redface, which is a lot like old-fashioned white Americans and even colonial Englishmen putting on blackface).

[@King_Nex]

@@RoninCatholic The film kind of flip flops on how we're supposed to feel about the Indians. They're often portrayed positively (with John being shocked they get along with the lost boys) yet later in the film, when the kids start emulating the Indians, it's written like it's a bad thing (showing how distant the boys are becoming from their roots) and Wendy even admonishes the boys as "acting like savages".

[@DariusKetchum2010]

21:01 The thing is, I don't think Marianne told anyone about Douchey cheating on her. She simply called off the wedding. So the king thinking he is still a good match for her makes sense. Doesn't make him a good father though, seeing as he should have seen that she was upset about something.

[@TheMstrydude]

Well, it sucks but I did laugh at how confused Bog King was when Dawn was infatuated with him.

[@kieranstark7213]

It’s like that moment when The Bog King was a hater favourite (meaning least hated) because he had the most potential to be a full-on redeeming quality of the movie.

[@horakhtythecreator6911]

Bog was the most entertaining part of the movie for me, tbh. I got actual laughs out of him. The goblins where also genuinely funny in that scene where Dawn sang, treating her singing like it was the worst torture imaginable. There was potential here. Squandered, squandered potential.

[@kieranstark7213]

@@horakhtythecreator6911 Not to mention their cartoony voices/designs/personalities (well, as far as SM standards go) are adorably hilarious and the only redeeming quality of the movie.

[@ArchaicScorpio]

Honestly, when Enter got to the part where he said we'd all need to work together to destroy this film, I was expecting him to just yeet the camera at the film box and break it in half and then pick up the camera and be all "Yeah! We did it!"

[@maxmeidl4909]

When mr. enter does an animated atrocity of “ice age 4: continental drift” and/or “ice age 5: collision course”, it’s going to be an apocalypse! Seriously, he needs to tear those movies apart

[@jackpearce367]

I also want to see that

[@Bopperann]

Dat dino squirrel better make a parody appearance.

[@kieranstark7213]

Am I the only one who thinks *both* Manny and Julian from Ice Age 5 were the most clingy, annoying and douchebagged characters (even by 2010s Ice Age standards) that treated Peaches like shit because she was female?! Well, according to George Lucas, “Everyone deserves to be loved” (yeah, except for unlikeable kiddie/bastard characters like everyone from Ice Age 5)!

[@Dingobabee]

There's a 5th one? Either this is a joke or something that doesn't surprise me but it's weird I haven't heard of it

[@maxmeidl4909]

@@kieranstark7213 ironically, peaches is the one character who is arguably the most tolerable, and it’s keke palmer.

[@shadowleon659]

George Lucas wasn't always the best director or screenwriter. But he didn't deserve all the backlash from pretty much everyone.

[@colingznetworkplus4618]

This movie looks uncanny, stuck in a place between cartoon and scarily realistic

[@GameBreaker1055]

I actually love that style, but it certainly does not fit the script

[@amandamimic2725]

I don't see it myself. maybe it's in a spot where it hits some people's uncanny valley but not others. Based on clips shown, anyways. I think it looks nice.

[@GameBreaker1055]

@@amandamimic2725 It really feels like that whenever Enter wants to rant about a movie, he feels like he is running out of material by just ranting about the bad things and then just complaints about a movie not being in 2D.

[@amandamimic2725]

@@GameBreaker1055 Complaining sells. He has to make a living. I just disagree about the art.

[@Faux_Sunlight]

I only like motion capture animation if it’s used in a film with a creepy/ominous atmosphere, like Polar Express. This would’ve been better with a cartoon style.

[@stxnflwr]

"I'd rather watch Norm of The North" Jeez Enter

[@justinnzamora5366]

I'll never forget when Enter said that he'd rather adopt D.W. from Arthur than listen to Gus from Robotboy start talking.

[@Bopperann]

Silly Mr Enter, the grass is always greener on the other side. But I will give him that the more recent the product, the less excuses it has to be poor quality.

[@halfdemonprince]

Norm of North has the privilege of having straight to DVD sequels that was 10x worse that itself.

[@KeybladeMasterAndy]

He went a little too far with that one. Not only did he actually WATCH Norm of the North at some point in time, but Strange Magic actually seems like the better movie of the two.

[@DoctorTheo]

At least Norm of the North can be entertainingly bad, this is just boring.

[@SSBBPOKEFAN]

Call me screwed in the head, but I kinda like some of these designs. Gives me that "early to mid-2000s video game FMV" vibe that I just can't hate.

[@graphitetailgrace3870]

Between Strange Magic and Xanadu, Electric Light Orchestra deserves such better filmography. It's one of my top favorite bands and it really sucks to see it continuously getting the short end of the stick.

[@graphitetailgrace3870]

@@Angel_Investor_Music Seems like the only ELO song with a decent movie attached to it is Mr. Blue Sky, which is sad bc they have lots of underrated songs. Jungle, From Out Of Nowhere, Turn To Stone, Evil Woman...

[@loganlabach4227]

@@graphitetailgrace3870 as an elo fan I want a jukebox musical with elo songs that would be awesome you should check out Daicon 4 it’s anime but it uses elo fantastically! My favorite songs are send it, Jungle, and calling America.

[@HydraSpectre1138]

@@Angel_Investor_Music Also, the opening of Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2. The "Mr. Blue Sky" opening scene was a blast, especially with the fun atmosphere and the larger IMAX format for the scene.

[@shady9044]

@@graphitetailgrace3870 Guardians of the Galaxy 2 would like to speak with you…

[@snsnshhhs663]

Funny you should say that. Ur probably not even gonna answer since this is a 2 year old comment but in the beginning of ELO’s discography (around 1971) a guy by the name of Peter Webb wanted to film a movie starring the members of ELO at the time, but it was so bad and so poorly done that it was never released. It was kind of like a sci-fi esque film. It was gonna be called “Freedom City”. It was most likely gonna be released sometime in 1972.

[@JamieIsJammed]

Liking Fairy types is an incredibly based thing, saying they're your favourite is King status.

[@JamieIsJammed]

Hearing you talk about comp Pokemon strats as well is incredibly starching, I never expected something like that to come out of your mouth what the hell

[@jessetorres8738]

Are fairies actually furries since they're humanoids with animal wings and sometimes they take insect qualities like in Pan's Labyrinth?

[@JamieIsJammed]

@@jessetorres8738 I'm going to stop you right there.

[@ForrestFox626]

What?

[@ArendAlphaEagle]

@@jessetorres8738 No, Fairies are Furries because LS Mark pronounces it like that.

[@UnorthodoxIndividual]

As someone who analyzes and loves a lot of popular music, films like this that use terrible covers or just attempts at creating something that sounds like popular music makes me irrationally angry

[@kieranstark7213]

Strange Magic LITERALLY was all like “Classic rock is overrated, let’s make actually awesome versions of these songs by so-called ‘talented musicians’ by turning them into non-whiny, underrated, modernized versions with more soul!!!!” when it was made in the very middle of the last decade.

[@kittykittybangbang9367]

Imo if you are going to use license music then you should choose music that fits the scenes perfect (whether that be a cover or not), maybe use a lesser-known artists or song for the music, or if you're going to do a cover then you should try your best to make it different or stand out from the original.

[@JacobHillSBD]

Ah yes, Strange Magic, the film that Disney was required to release in order to buy Star Wars. $4 Billion? Not enough says George, put out my weird Jukebox Musical Fairytale! Then you may have my precious Star Wars!

[@boulinhadegorfe3008]

I really wish a Animated Atrocity of Doogal

[@EssexAggiegrad2011]

It should be the American version because the British version is okay

[@Treeeee2008]

He probably thinks the US dub is bad, I mean most people do, but to be fair the original UK version was passable enough and the original magic roundabout film called dougal and the blue cat was really good in my opinion.

[@michaelboydston313]

*wienstien joke*

[@halfdemonprince]

I mean, there’s not much to say about the movie other than the constant annoying pop culture references in the Americanized version. The original version is just a standard kid’s movie based on an old stop-motion cartoon.

[@loganlabach4227]

How do you top Rebeltaxi?

[@aralesystem6344]

Major World of this Movie: *G E N E R I C*

[@owenkeys3937]

Annoying is another word for it

[@dylansmith5206]

Major Word for it- Worse Than The Entire Star Wars Prequel Trilogy

[@km5405]

thats the key word with a red circle around it and arrows on the whiteboard during their brainstorming session.

[@HugoSoup57]

@@dylansmith5206 The prequels are all masterpieces compared to this POS

[@WhoElseButZane]

Hearing you talk about pokemon at top nerd level was epic

[@bluecoin3771]

The problem is that they’re using Midsummer Night’s Dream as their template and scoring it with pop music. That’s the equivalent of making a platformer with 80 costumes and only 1 button for doing stuff.

[@HydraSpectre1138]

Nice burn at Balan Wonderworld there. It is to platformers as to what John Romero's Daikatana was to first-person shooters, especially since they're both Square Enix games.

[@ddjsoyenby]

so balan wonderworld.

[@ProfessionalNamielleLewder69]

12:20 - "No copyright law in the universe is going to stop me." (literally 1 second later) "... Shit."

[@togwam]

Giligan’s cut

[@Yakita60]

“Bartok reject”.... Sir, if I wasn’t already subscribed, I’d subscribe again after hearing that.

[@King_Nex]

When I heard Bartok Reject, I thought of Batty from Ferngully

[@Yakita60]

@@King_Nex the logic is ERRATIC!

[@achair650]

Ooh boy, it's Mr enter versus my Freddie Mercury belting sleep paralysis demon. It's the fight I've been waiting for my whole life.

[@zacharylandrum4789]

To quote CellSpex: "George Lucas tried to pass this off as a girl version of Star Wars because he's a (censored) idiot!" Also, I love Mr. Enter's competitive strategy for Whimsicott. It's such an a-hole strategy and I love it! Glad to see him give some love for the Fairy type Pokémon.

[@SSBBPOKEFAN]

Well, is there any other way TO use Whimsicott? I mean, it has Prankster for a reason.

[@mariofan1ish]

Isn't that like the only thing Whimsicott is good for? I mean the rest of its stats, save speed, really aren't all that great. Anything it does aside from Sub-Seed shenanigans I'm sure you can get better elsewhere.

[@dylansmith5206]

So even if Lucas did make Episode 7, 8, and 9. It would have been just as bad if not worse.

[@King_Nex]

Whimsicott (leftovers) - Substitute - Leech Seed - Toxic - Protect

[@Black_Revue]

What happens when your opponent just Throws a Poison Move...or Taunt?

[@seanobrien3301]

It’s not like you need KZbin creators like Mr. Enter to tell you what makes a piece of media bad. But watching videos of him bashing them is pretty entertaining if not insightful. Even if he sometimes gets things wrong.

[@erikdaniels0n]

This is the hardest I’ve laughed at one of your reviews in ages, Enter. Like your commentary is genuinely hysterical

[@halfdemonprince]

To be fair, the Bog King was supposed to be ugly. Everything else about this movie was just wrong. The only fairy tale movie with modern pop songs that worked was Shrek. The reason is because Shrek was a parody of fairy tale movies, specifically the ones made by Disney. Also, can we talk about the reason why George Lucas made this movie? George considered Star Wars an adventure movie for boys, so he wanted to make an adventure story for girls. A movie with the worst written male characters, the most clinched female characters, and sends the message that love is the most important thing in a woman’s life is what George considered more fitting for girls than Star Wars.

[@ddjsoyenby]

this film is a guilty pleasure for me tbh.

[@HydraSpectre1138]

Ironically, Star Wars does have a lot of things stereotypically appealing to girls. Romance (Padmé/Anakin, Han/Leia, Rey/Ben), cool female characters, and cute critters like Ewoks, Jawas and Porgs. Star Wars has a universal appeal.

[@ConnorTheUndying]

You know? That Whimsicott strategy weirdly fits you. I don't know why, it just makes sense.

[@King_Nex]

I could explain it, but it doesn't paint him in a flattering light.

[@nekonomicon2983]

@@King_Nex go ahead

[@King_Nex]

@@nekonomicon2983 Well, Mr. Enter is a man who likes, almost demands, life be on his terms. He will clearly complain about and attack anything he doesn't like, but has never been seen debating anyone and doesn't seem to like direct confrontation, preferring to sling stones from the comfort of his own videos. For example, he doesn't take requests because if it isn't his idea or his choice, he can't motivate himself to do anything. Now here's his whimsicott, which puts up all these barriers and defenses so you can't fight back while it slings status effects from a safe distance, never bothering with a direct fight. It's how Mr. Enter handles all of his problems from what I've seen.

[@n-riv8101]

Y'know your explanations of Fairies actually make the use of the term in the Artemis Fowl book series make more sense. As there Fairies are the term used to describe any magical creature

[@erickamakeeaina1649]

I was thinking of that when he said it

[@dracomurdock6349]

I don't think Trolls were fae.

[@Maretoast]

Even Epic has better representation of fairy- even is called leafman

[@DangerDan64]

9:11 I think Enter found Moxy's long lost cousin. (Get it, because he was confused for a possum in the 3rd episode)

[@reptile1677]

Ohh 😆

[@SuperGoker64]

Drinky!Moxxie: *does the Flop* "A human called me a possum. I am _not_ a possum!"

[@zzz43344]

Lmao

[@Chris-jx4ij]

This isn't the only piece of media with a positive opinion of love potions from a good aligned character. I still remember in Harry Potter when Molly Weasley said that she got together with he husband through the use of a love potion. Edit: I was told to edit my correction up here since people only read header comments, so here: "Ok I found it, and it was a bit different than I remembered. Apparently in Prisoner of Azkaban she was telling Ginny and Hermione about how she brewed a love potion as a girl and they all giggled about it. There wasn't actually any mentioned who she used it on or even if she did use it on someone. I apologize for being misleading, due to misremembering."

[@thelastprotectorofoverain1035]

But also in the half blood prince, Ron gets a love potion that was ment for Harry and it was not taken as a good thing

[@persey7241]

What? When did Molly say that?

[@tanimation7289]

But can it work?

[@KeybladeMasterAndy]

I totally forgot. Where was that line again?

[@King_Nex]

Harry Potter has an interesting take on love potions, considering it's what made Voldemort evil.

[@juniorsofjumping]

I'm just glad that the magic didn't take control of Squidwards house and destroying bikini bottom and making him do community service for the damage the house caused...

[@comicconman8826]

You should read the berserk lost children arc, it really puts a inresting spin on farries and falls into your description of warrior barbarian farries.

[@King_Nex]

Or read about the Sprites in D&D

[@ddjsoyenby]

berserk is amazing.

[@kawaiiemolga]

I love Whismcott too! The fairy type was a great addition to the pokémon franchise

[@jakedebruin2246]

Surprised Mr enter didn’t bring up fairly odd parents when talking about fairy representations in media.

[@ty-seansenior6660]

Considering Butch Hartman, maybe it’s a good thing.

[@Shades14]

Or Winx Club. But he probably didn't watch it like I did.

[@stetsonherrick8090]

@@Shades14 Maybe because Winx Club managed to actually have (from my eyepoint) *shorter* skirts than Sailor Moon?

[@aeyenthelobster4858]

8:21 "the film calls him an elf but he looks more like a garden gnome that had his beard stolen." I chuckled

[@vernyulkisasszony4708]

"You shouldn't judge a book by its cover or DVD..." Well one of the covers they gave a genuinely good movie (Help, I am a Fish! / Fishtale) looks absuletely horrendeus with its uncanny CGI-models, and the movie is actually not even in CGI. It's in 2D, with a few CGI-things, but they are not even noticeable, they are fit in the film, which looks really nice, so I agree.

[@cheezemonkeyeater]

"(Tinkerbelle) is jealous, sadistic, and just never a pleasant stage presence." You know, much like real fairies were. Seriously. Tinkerbelle in the movie is more accurate to actual folkloric pixies than she is in any of the spinoffs. You don't fuck with pixies, they're nasty little shits. My attitude towards them is the same as Hoggle's: get out the bug-spray.

[@davidanthonymercado7064]

Remember the ones in SVTFOE? Those were freaking psychopaths!

[@Soufriere84]

TRUTH. The original interpretation of faeries (different spelling intentional) also appeared in the Doctor Who reboot where they're awful terrifying pricks …and also aliens but whatever. PS: Upvoted for Labyrinth reference.

[@TheBatIsHungry6435]

Aren’t fairies and pixies diffrent

[@cheezemonkeyeater]

@@TheBatIsHungry6435 Fairy is properly a catch-all term for supernatural entities of a certain nature. Pixies are a type of fairy. In fact, one possible etymology of their name is Sweedish an literally just means "small fairy" (this etymology is disputed). Tinkerbelle is explicitly called a pixie in both the novel and the Disney movie, so that's what she is.

[@TheBatIsHungry6435]

@@cheezemonkeyeater ok cause I heard that Specifically fairies are good and usually nice while pixies are meaner and nasty

[@CantusTropus]

In fairness John, older works may not focus on the fact that the subject's autonomy is being infringed upon, but that's because they didn't live in an era that put individual liberty and autonomy as its top goal. They didn't necessarily deny that, but they weren't looking at it from that perspective.

[@UnorthodoxIndividual]

Damn I almost forgot this existed. Didn't need the reminder tbh

[@dinodare1605]

That introduction went on for so long that I forgot what movie you're about to review, but I actually enjoyed the entire tangent, so it wasn't a problem in the slightest! Good job!

[@patworx1]

That’s usually my reaction to Mr Enter. He goes on a tangent, but it’s an enjoyable tangent.

[@munromister777]

Juke Box Musicals aren't always bad. Sometimes they pick out their songs perfectly to fit the mood of the movie. Book of Life is a perfect example. The music is picked really well in it. It mostly uses snippets rather than the full song, but they fit right where they need to, like Manolo singing Creep by Radiohead to accentuate how out of place he feels, or the goofy love songs his friends sing because they're not good at helping him with romance. On top of that, two original songs that are gorgeous.

[@LGDaDon]

My condolences goes out to those who haven’t discovered this channel yet🙏

[@King_Nex]

I mean yes, but I think Mr. Enter is winding down.

[@phlpcockrell]

Dang. We really can forget the rise of the tmnt re-review now that we've actually gotten an animated atrocity.

[@DarciousMaluki]

to be fair, the bog king was supposed to be ugly. i found it kind of intriguing to look at him and thought he was well designed. but his mom on the other hand...and sunny...and the teeth on the fairies. yuck. BUT! to be fair. if i was a little kid, i'd be scared of him

[@Nunshle_Uvmee]

I'll be honest, I actually really dig this movie's art style and aesthetics. It has the strangeness, whimsy, and uncanny nature that I love in fantasy. Too bad this movie didn't execute well in everything else.

[@KyogresHideout_Vegito2121]

I thought this came out sometime in the late 2000's. It really does not feel nearly as recent as just 6 years ago. That was only 2 years after I finished high school.

[@TheBatIsHungry6435]

Mrenter:I’ve never seen a story where a love potion is portrayed as a good idea Gravity falls: …….

[@GamingG4276]

I liked hearing Enter talking about Pokemon. That makes me curious on more of his opinions on Pokemon. Like which movies he considers good and bad.

[@CJODell12]

Strange Magic was released just two weeks before Sponge Out Of Water, which shows how little faith Disney had in the film.

[@jooree7696]

Now i know that me and George Lucas have one thing in common We both like ELO

[@gerardogarcia8132]

I'm so glad that Enter referenced Arrietty, one of my favorite movies, thanks for the shout-out John

[@MisterMokuroh]

Your love of Whimsicott has drastically increased my respect for you.

[@weareallbronies9031]

I knew you'd get to this one eventually

[@MultiAnimationdude]

"So, because Sunny can't manage to actually say that he likes Marianne's boy-obsessed sister Dawn..........." HOW THE HELL WERE THEY NOT SUED OVER THIS?!!

[@LaineMann]

I just got that. How the HELL did I miss that!?

[@MultiAnimationdude]

Better question is, how did George Lucas miss it, especially since the series was still running in 2000 (it ended in November of that year).

[@bigbearkat2010]

Please don't think less of me when I ask what show you're talking about

[@KeybladeMasterAndy]

Which series?

[@King_Nex]

I don't get it

[@toganium4175]

George Lucas really is the king of stilted dialogue that no one would really say, huh?

[@mariofan1ish]

"I hate sand. It's course, it's rough, and it gets everywhere."

[@GodOfOrphans]

yep, the Star Wars OT was saved by constructive feedback from the actors, but by the sequels Lucas and everyone around him bought into his hype and that's how we get pearls like the sand speech.

[@OsirisLord]

Harrison Ford: George you can write this but you can't make people say it.

[@steamboatwill3.367]

3 other people wrote the screenplay, so why are you only blaming George?

[@TommyPezMaster]

The day Enter finally does atrocity videos on Igor and Free Birds, the day Justice is restored.

[@thelastprotectorofoverain1035]

What's wrong with Free Birds?

[@davidanthonymercado7064]

@@thelastprotectorofoverain1035 Lackluster animation and a sorta clunky and too much off the wall premise. Despite some funny moments and likable characters.

[@davidanthonymercado7064]

Honestly, Igor is a guilty pleasure for me.

[@NitroIndigo]

The only example of fairies wielding weapons bigger than themselves I can think of is Ciela using the hammer in The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass.

[@kabob0077]

Sylveon is the BEST Fairy Type by virtue of the fact that it's both an Eeveelution and super adorable.

[@Vigriff]

*Listens to intro music* I never knew you were a Spyro the Dragon fan, Mr. Enter.

[@graphitetailgrace3870]

He's shown clips of himself playing the Reignited trilogy, he's quite the Spyro fan.

[@thelastprotectorofoverain1035]

Yea, it was also brought up in The lion king review, and was given to him as a present

[@martinkreps9946]

@Vigriff: Well, of course he is. I mean, who wouldn't be a fan of Spyro? I am too!

[@medusasea791]

Give the "Alvin and the Chipmunks" films credit. The setting takes place in modern times and the characters are teenagers in a pop band, so of course pop songs should be added, even if the music isn't original. Also, because the characters are in a band, pretty much every pop song fits during a concert, rehearsal or audition scene.

[@ThanksHermione]

The faerie king isn't bright either. He says his daughter must marry so there will be a king. He'd know that can't legally happen. When a woman is the heir to the thrown, she becomes queen, but her husband stays a prince. This is because a king is a higher authority than a queen. He doesn't have the authority to make political decisions. He can order around the palace staff, run a charity, and try to persuade his wife to make decisions he likes. In the end, it's the queen's call though. His job is to be her husband, father to their children, and accompany her to public appearances. An example of this is Queen Elizabeth II and her recently deceased husband Prince Philip.

[@genemelendez8157]

I like to imagine that the sword fighting fairy trope was one of the inspirations for Zacian. A sword wielding fairy dog that can take down Godzilla sized monsters, sounds badass and OP to me

[@icarue993]

pretty sure it's just Sif from Dark Souls

[@genemelendez8157]

@@icarue993 Sif definitely inspired the design, but the swordfighting fairy idea is likely what inspired its type

[@icarue993]

@@genemelendez8157 Maybe. Fae are all over England, and as Enter said in teh begining, fairries was a very broad spectrum. So maybe not so much "Fighting Fairy" as much as "Fighting Fae". Also, about the other doggo, Fae were allergic to metal, funily enough.

[@yamforayam4709]

KZbin was being a butthole and didn't give me the notif but lemme tell you when I saw it in my recommend my face lit up like it never has before!!!!

[@pokemonmanic3595]

Yessss this was my request :D

[@nekonomicon2983]

Hey I recognize you!!!! Didn't you write some pokemon story over on DA? It was about a Cubone!

[@ethanmacdonald8568]

Hold up, mid-summer night's dream...... Instantly remembers my grade 6 requirement to watch "she's the man" aka live action Shakespeare

[@thelastprotectorofoverain1035]

Yea, I watched that in 7th. It was ehhh, but better than this

[@Soufriere84]

"She's The Man"? Sorry. Much as I liked Amanda Bynes back in the day -- she's close to my age & I remember when she first joined All That's cast -- that's just no. My class got to watch Branaugh's Hamlet and the 1997 version of Romeo & Juliet. THOSE movies followed the original text nearly word-for-word.

[@thelastprotectorofoverain1035]

@@Soufriere84 Uhhh, Which Romeo and Juliet, the gangster one or the classic one? Gangster came out in 97

[@1fishmob]

Honestly, the Bog King is probably the best designed character in the film as he is intentionally designed to be creepy.

[@New3DSLuigi364]

IKR?

[@MalechiShelton]

I stop everything I'm doing when this dude uploads

[@purplehaze2358]

The facial animations are, frankly, the stuff of nightmares. They’re so unbelievably uncanny.

[@King_Nex]

He says he hasn't seen a jukebox musical? Aren't the Shrek movies jukebox musicals?

[@Bopperann]

Thank you for posting on this weekday. Always a pleasure when you upload ❤️

[@mightymcloven3321]

When he started talking about pokemon, I was like "are you speaking English?" I grew up on Yu-Gi-Oh and watched a little bit of the original pokemon. I got so lost.

[@King_Nex]

Mystic Mine for the win!

[@HenshinHeroesMedia]

Bad or not, their version of strange magic is enjoyable. Also, could have worked in a better movie if characterization wasn't too cliched. Ex: bog king should've been a dude who was more into war and didn't care or understand love (beside caring for his mom). Then, the female lead meets him and they gradually fall in love or they both learn the real meaning of true love

[@cavejohnson8153]

Enter, you genius, thank you for using the music from The Hobbit video game that plays in The Shire, at the end. Love that underrated game and its soundtrack! It's so rare that people acknowledge it.

[@numnuts241]

I'm surprised that you didn't talk about Fairly OddParents in your fairy talk at the start.

[@cyberdance4578]

Sunny must be a character inspired off Cosby, give him like 30 years before he’s arrested

[@GPischke]

I'll take my fairies with floaty crowny things, thank you very much.

[@witcherstudios9351]

Also, Airy, Anne, Adelle and Edna from the “Bravely Default” games are pretty cool fairies in gaming!

[@SuperSwordman1]

No matter who says what, I can't bring myself to hate it. I actually kinda like it.

[@Vampiyaa]

I literally watched this one because Mr. Enter reviewed it, and I loved it?

[@HugoSoup57]

It's genuinely one of the worst animated films I've ever seen. And I seen a lot of horrible animated movies. This movie is rightfully maligned.

[@kadoharp]

I had no idea you were so into Pokemon... I am unbelievably happy

[@Enter_the_Toshiverse_1996]

I loved the Sonic Colors reference about the copyright thing, especially when Koda edited it to make it sound like Sonic said "sh*t!", that was freaking hilarious 😂😂😂 Edit: Also, you like Fairy types, Enter? That's cool, I'm a toss up between Psychic types and Dragon types myself 🙂

[@HydraSpectre1138]

Even better now that Sonic Colors Ultimate is confirmed.

[@Enter_the_Toshiverse_1996]

@@HydraSpectre1138 I'm gonna get that game for Christmas this year! And then I'm gonna get that new game they announced for 2022 on my birthday!

[@DShy96]

I've been waiting for a video from you. This should be fun considering the title

[@117MasterSonic]

Oh boy, new Mr Enter! Love your content man.

[@Surkk2960]

If I remember right, Disney currently changed Tinkerbell from a selfish jerk to a fairy with a high curiosity of machinery... thus Tinkerbell... Very ironic if you think about fairy lore...

[@zombies4evadude24]

Mysterious Mr Enter, are you planning on making a rant about Party Pooper Pants from Spongebob or the Land Before Time sequels?

[@ExtremeWreck]

The latter one will likely never happen considering that's the job of Alex Pop from LBT Squad... though he did actually like a couple of them still.

[@Shadamyfan-rs8xc]

3:41 Whimsicott is one of my faves too. ☺

[@XavierZara]

I always thought it looked like a cotton ball

[@LaineMann]

I have never heard of Whimsicott. I now want a Whimsicott. I want ALL the Whimsicott.

[@Emilyrox]

Cauliflower is best vegetable

[@Shadamyfan-rs8xc]

@@Emilyrox whimsicott isn't cauliflower, it's a cotton sheep

[@JohnDoe-uf3lj]

There was also that Blue Skies movie called “Epic” I think? That movie was about fairies and sucked, so that’s another you could look at if you’re interested.

[@King_Nex]

But wasn't it more "boring" bad as opposed to "awful" bad?

[@47ratsinahoodie]

@@King_Nex I recall liking it a bit but I don't remember much of it so yeah, probably boring bad

[@Shades14]

Awwww! If you had a daughter you'd name her Summer?