Cruella: Character Execution or Expansion?

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[@CellSpex]

Luca will get here eventually

[@disneyvillainsfan1666]

I can't wait to hear your thoughts on that movie.

[@harrychristiansen82]

YES! I am excited for that review

[@AveryRios_4]

i know she loved the movie

[@ShadowMewto]

The Anita/Jim’s last name being darling was intended in the original movie.

[@Sarah-zp2gf]

Thanks a lot! This movie seems to be divisive,so I can't wait to know your opinion

[@tricksterhuaun]

People keep saying "Female Joker" when in fact it's "Disney's Devil Wears Prada".

[@snbsixteen6stars201]

That's amazingly on point

[@Mirrorcomics24]

It looked out like a joker rip off but it turned out good Edit:this does NOT mean that I hate joker, it’s one of my favourite films that deserves love

[@thegodofimagination]

It what happens when the Devil Wears Prada and Joker have a baby and Curella the movie is there baby lol

[@Maura555-f9f]

IKR

[@thegayghost872]

The Joker Wears Prada

[@luizguilhermelunardi8270]

One thing I found pretty cute is that in the movie credits, they actually credit the dalmatians that starred in it. Idk if it’s common practice to do that, but I thought it was adorable that they did it.

[@milenartmeire2588]

I believe it's common practice if the movie is relied a lot on the dog actors

[@LucyLioness100]

They do the same with any prominent animal acting. Given how difficult it can be and the amount of animals to do different tricks, they deserve points

[@TheReZisTLust]

In the original 100 dalms there was literally 100 puppies on screen at end of the movie and I'm disappointed they weren't named

[@Usagi393]

I’m sorry. I still can’t get over “Dalmatians killed my mother.” It’s right up there with “Singing killed my grandma”

[@mizukiakiyama6861]

"...its because... DALMATIANS KILLED MY GRANDMA, OKAY?!" 😣😣😣💔💔💔

[@izzyc347]

@@mizukiakiyama6861 mY uNcLe bRoKe hIs nEck tAp dAnCiNg oNcE

[@idioticdemon2619]

BAHAHAHAGAHAHAHAHAGAHADHFHOHOTHULTVULT

[@tigerkat4419]

@@mizukiakiyama6861 my uncle broke his neck dog walking once

[@ECL28E]

My family died because of dancing

[@rubyj3287]

That recapping Once Upon a Time with animated characters does sound like a lot of fun.

[@rachelhenri341]

Yes please

[@beckysabo9651]

yes please, that would be awesome!

[@erainmartinez8175]

this a copy of the Joker movie kind of

[@zenmaster8]

Please I need it in my life

[@erainmartinez8175]

@@zenmaster8 how true also have ever watched the jungle book animated movie & the live-action reboot of 2016 1?

[@musicallydisneyamvs6731]

I see Cruella’s rewrite story creates a sort of urban legend. She doesn’t care how she’s seen, so she wouldn’t say anything and let the ball roll with questions about her Dalmatian dress, accompanied with Rodger’s song. It still kinda works.

[@gothmomcosplays]

Holy crap you're right.

[@Rosa-he6xb]

Honestly you’re right, I mean maybe if it gets a sequel she could eventually actually become the myth or more of try to become a puppy killer, but fails once the Dalmatians trumpet over her, but still it seems Cruella just doesn’t care whatever the public thinks about her, just those who are close to her(Horace and Jesper, oh and probably that dress shop keeper too since she needed his help for later in the film). I kinda had a theory that the reason she didn’t kill her mother’s Dalmatians was because of two reasons 1.She didn’t want Horace and Jesper to leave her side because they’re both dog lovers and even Horace gotten close to the Dalmatians. Or 2. She decided it wasn’t the Dalmatians fault her adoptive mother died because it was her real mother that cause them to rush over to attack her.

[@musicallydisneyamvs6731]

@@Rosa-he6xb Also she never actually stated or indicated the dogs were at fault. First she blamed herself & than later the baroness. Disliked them sure. Eventually I guess she just moved on, given they’re just animals who were fallowing their master’s orders.

[@Rosa-he6xb]

@@musicallydisneyamvs6731 Shoot you’re right, my bad I forgot that detail that she fully blame herself and never said that “Oh the Dalmatians are actually the ones at fault”.

[@imveritasproductions]

Eh for me it doesn't. She was a monster in 101 dalamations. Its lame to me that shes not like that by the end of the movie

[@littlemisstfc]

If you see Cruella as its own thing, it’s actually a fun movie.

[@genevieveowusu885]

I agree.

[@buzzytrombone4353]

Christopher Robin is basically the same as well.

[@littlemisstfc]

@@buzzytrombone4353 Christopher Robin is just so wholesome! 😭

[@AscendantStoic]

Which is more of a reason they didn't have to name it Cruella or forcibly make it into a prequel to 101 Dalmatians, it should have been it's own thing, but Disney never wastes a chance to milk a property it has.

[@UchihaKat]

To be fair, that's what the production staff say it is. An 'alternate take' on the character, not a prequel.

[@carolinemckee7009]

Cruella: a movie about a designer seeking revenge on a money grubbing billionaire who screwed them over for their own profit Disney: a money grubbing billionaire corporation who screwed over the film's designer for their own profit Everyone: waiting for that self fulfilling karma to unfold

[@emblemblade9245]

……………huh.

[@izzyc347]

why would they do that... BECAUSE THEY WANT MONEY! THAT’S ALL THEY WANT! THEY DON’T CARE ABOUT THE STORY, THEY JUST WANT A NEW LAMBORGHINI

[@izzyc347]

also i didn’t see cruella yet, what i just said pretty much is what i think about raya and the last dragon in a nutshell

[@revaslatts8011]

@@izzyc347 you have serious issues

[@izzyc347]

@@revaslatts8011 ?

[@justsomeguywholovesberserk6375]

Cruella is a decent movie if you think of this as an Alternative universe, Because this Cruella is completely different from the original

[@UchihaKat]

To be fair, that's what the production staff say it is. An 'alternate take' on the character, not a prequel.

[@elenanojkovic2554]

Like reading a decently written AU/cannon divergence fanfic (if fanfic writer had the entire fil crew and millions of dollars). Not something you could ever see happening in existing cannon, despite some weird tie-ins, but enjoyable non the less. Am I impiying Disney is writing fanfics of their own works? Yes, yes I am!

[@justsomeguywholovesberserk6375]

@@UchihaKat Well if that’s the case then Good, because it wouldn’t make sense otherwise

[@UchihaKat]

@@justsomeguywholovesberserk6375 Honestly, there's so much that contradicts the canon of the originals that it doesn't even make sense as a canon prequel (not the least that this is set 30 years after the animated movie was). If they try to get into canon 101 dalmations in the sequel I will throw hands.

[@ryanred1525]

Yes

[@drewbear1969]

Fun fact: in the original book, Cruella had a cat, and instead of having the cat spayed, she'd just drown the litters of kittens. 8:46 Cruella and Anita had known each other since they were kids, and sometimes Cruella would turn up and act all spoiled and derisive, especially towards Anita's lowly musician husband Roger. He was simply exaggerating to make fun of how obnoxious she could be, and because he's a song writer: "in song form!" It's an old dynamic that we've seen a million times.

[@cintronproductions9430]

Jeez, why didn't she just give away the kittens if she didn't want them?

[@dragongirl89115]

@@cintronproductions9430 because she's cruel. It's in the name. She's the devil woman. She wants to make puppies into fur coats, why would she care about the lives of kittens?

[@memescoffee3173]

@@dragongirl89115 exactly Cruella isnt ment to be some baddie girl shes supposed a sicko a monster the og live action 101 dalmations actually got this concept right

[@revaslatts8011]

@@dragongirl89115 Actually, I had a talk with my mom about this, and I don't think she actually wanted to turn them into coats. Notice how she gave the job over to Jasper and Horace. Both of them wanted to get the job over with and looked like they absolutely didn't want to kill them. If Cruella was as big of a monster as you think she is, she would have killed the puppies herself. That's what my mother believes, and I could agree with her when looking back on this movie. Don't think I'm excusing her actions because I'm not. Inciting someone else to do murder is still a degree of murder. I'm just saying this film might've gotten something well-made.

[@CreepECrawlyMan]

Eh, not really? I believe Christoper Robin is actually the best Disney Live-Action Reboot-Quel in that it actually builds on the franchise’s core themes, stays true to the characters and the tone and otherwise creates a new story that has never been tackled before in previous movies. Cruella looks nice and the music is neat but it has no honest business being called Cruella which is a problem.

[@doodars9357]

Honestly I completely forgot that movie existed lol

[@icicle_ai]

didn't they portray the male main character (from 101 Dalmatians) as weak in this, while in 101 Dalmatians he actually stood up to cruella?

[@bleh329]

Forgot that existed.

[@MattEldritchHorror]

@Erwin Lii Yeah. The movie wanted to make him a neglectful workaholic but the dude seems to have PTSD from WW2, stop lecturing him and help him, movie.

[@themoviecritic1092]

@@Sim_Alley Nah, Hook is way better

[@jesterfairy3845]

The answer is yes. Literally I would make a list of people who would want to see a Cellspex-sock-puppet-style recap of Once Upon a Time with 1939's Wicked Witch saying: "wicked always wins".

[@disneyvillainsfan1666]

At least Cruella doesn't redeem herself in this movie like what happened in Maleficent.

[@jonathanredacted3245]

:L

[@nutsandbolts1264]

But for God's sake the start is something out of a revenge fanfic, the typical "I'm a good person and gets treated badly, and I at some point break and get back at the people" And all for the sake of her coat, in which she had an obsession with stealing and skinning animals for her coats in 2 live action* movies

[@cintronproductions9430]

Yeah, why does Disney keep making live action movies where they try to make psychotic villains more sympathetic? Imagine if they do this with Frollo of all people.

[@danielverhagen8865]

But they do try to make her sympathetic, which to me is just as bad. I mean, an egocentric sociopat who wants to kill puppy's for a nice piece of clothing is not really the person I'd care to see a sad backstory for. And if at all, definitely not this "Dalmatians killed her mother"-nonsense

[@lolbitandftfoxysayhello6262]

@@cintronproductions9430 Disney will probably do something like frollos parents were murder by a jipsey(i think thats how you say it)

[@occultnightingale1106]

"...and NOT plagued by a bunch of obvious, eye-sore CGI..." did you not see...every single animal in the movie?

[@TheDanishGuyReviews]

Christopher Robin was the first good Disney Re-Whatevers, and l definitely think it's the best of them still. That and Jungle Book were the only ones l heard enough good about to watch them, too, which tells me everything l need to know about them.

[@TheDanishGuyReviews]

@Elalae La Granted, I have also seen that. But seeing as it completely slipped my mind, I'm declaring it one of the worse ones.

[@reasyrandom]

@@TheDanishGuyReviews It gets points for doing something creative at least. It was more of a sequel to the books than a straight-up remake of the movie.

[@TheDanishGuyReviews]

@@reasyrandom l guess in my mind it's not a Re-Whatever, since it is a sequel. Maybe that's why l forgot it in the first place.

[@chloe.cheese3001]

This is probably one of the only live action Disney films that I've actually somewhat liked. The others were kinda boring but this one had at least a little more effort put into it. It makes me think of an AU or fanfiction, which isn't bad since I've been looking for more story points to make something out of. So yeah. Props to this movie for at least being a little better.

[@Classical_Leyton]

I guessed that revenge part right before it happened and all my family looked at me

[@celebisonm4271]

15:00 cruella’s cameo in Twisted is amazing as well (spoilers below) So halfway through the back half of the play, they have a musical number about how almost *every* disney villain is sympathetic (Ursula was usurped by the mysoginistic triton, Gaston legitimately thought Belle had Stockholm syndrome, etc)… except cruella, who proudly shouts “I just wanted a coat made of puppies!” And gets booed offstage by the other characters

[@Zither_Bard]

"made by creative people, not accountants" Me, an accountant: :'(

[@supersketchy3824]

My biggest problem with the remakes is that they aren’t there own movies, to quote cinema sins it’s just Disney saying “hey guys look we got better at drawing!” Or “hey wanna see this movie in 3D?” That’s why I really liked cruella

[@theodorwilliam6943]

“In what other film does a Disney character go on a drunken bender” Dumbo?

[@reasyrandom]

She actually showed a picture of Dumbo on-screen.

[@NobodyC13]

That Minstrel from Sleeping Beauty that REEEAAALLLY liked King Stephen and Hubert's vintage champagne/wine.

[@EvieRawlings]

I definitely have some problems with Cruella but like you I was SHOCKED how much I enjoyed this.

[@Naharu.]

Not gonna lie, this movie felt more like someone's revisionist fanfic than anything else to me. Ok at best

[@mushroom_gal490]

It kinda is, I believe the production crew was intending to make an "alternate take" rather than a prequel

[@totallyradproductions]

I thoroughly enjoyed it and to me it’s the best movie of the year so far.

[@sozzy886]

That's what I was thinking when I was watching 😂

[@Cosmiichu]

"ok at best?" they put so much work into everything if you knew even a slight bit about movies you'd realize how much effort they put into making the movie.

[@thereseemstobeenanerror1219]

@@Cosmiichu That means nothing to the reviewer.

[@multiplemysteries5242]

I'd love to see a recap of Once Upon a Time with the animated characters, that sounds like it'd be a fun watch.

[@Anonymous-Shade]

Cruella isn't a remake in my opinion. It's a standalone story. A prequel to the original 101 Dalmations, if you will. I believe Disney Live-Action stories that don't copy an original story are good movies. I know this is rather unpopular, but I actually enjoy the first Alice in Wonderland Live Action movie. It's not about Alice as a child, but rather as an adult revisiting the world (unsure about the second, as I haven't seen it). Cruella is it's own standalone story and I honestly love it.

[@ChiliFrog]

Yeah, the movie is not really remaking anything, it's an origin story set in a reimagined version of 101 Dalmatians

[@GodOfOrphans]

Prequels are not standalone by definition. They are meant to lead into the originals. If you had said reimagining/standalone and stuck with it maybe you'd have a point but you contradict yourself literally in the next sentence. Your Alice in Wonderland example further contradicts your thesis because it's a sequel not a standalone.

[@Anonymous-Shade]

@@GodOfOrphans Alice in Wonderland is a sequel, yes, but what matters is it's not a carbon copy of the original. It's trying to be it's own story.

[@KnightsaysNi]

"Dalmatians killed my mom" just reminds me of Trolls' "singing killed my grandma" and I try not to remember that movie exists, so...thanks for that.

[@technobladeneverdies8570]

Me seeing Emma stone: Isnt that the women that voiced eep in the croods 1 and 2?😁😄

[@grovestephens9360]

Me seeing: Hey its the girl who died from spider-man!

[@SylentVoidkeeper]

I think the issue that Cruela suffers with most is that it’s ideas feel like a contradiction of themselves. It wants to be its own thing and be separate from the original continuity, yet it constantly parades references and symbols of the original Dalmatians movie over and over again, and the ending would imply that it’s still part of the same type of universe as 101 Dalmatians, so which is it? It does seem like someone who started this did actually want to try, but the studio wanted all of these ties back to the original to nostalgia-bait the audience.

[@devzy793]

I just wish a company would make a prequel story about a villain that actually shows how they become what they are

[@reasyrandom]

I know I'm going to get flak for this, but... Revenge of the Sith.

[@GodOfOrphans]

Reasy is right Revenge of the Sith, and I'd add Joker, both films do that. To an extent Frankenstein, (the book) also does this.

[@nicolersands]

GodOfOrphans The joker does that as much as Maleficent does that. The joker in that film doesn’t act or have the same motives as any actual full villain jokers (like can you see that guy becoming a super confident mass murderer who kills and tortures INDISCRIMINATELY and also is an extremely controlling and abusive boyfriend to Harley? Can you see him torturing/murdering a child and still coming off as charming?

[@thegreatfusili4673]

The part where they try to murder Cruella and suddenly every news outlet is completely sure of her death (despite the fact that no body was found and they'd have no logical way of knowing where she lived or anything else about her life) is when I just stopped being able to turn off my brain and enjoy the movie.

[@fourcatsandagarden]

More so than making her a dog lover instead of a dog hater, I got the feeling that OG Cruella just...didn't care. animals were just things, she didn't love them or hate them, she just saw them as things. Which is kind of more villainous, at least compared to this movie, because the movie went out of its way to give her a dalmation related backstory. Before, she just didn't care about animals at all. I'm glad this movie was fun, because at least it sidesteps the crimes of a lot of the other live-action-re-somethings-of-OG-animated-movies in being fun, and making her the heartless monster she was originally probably wouldn't have been very fun, but them going out of their way to make her entire life revolve around dalmations was a bit too much, imo.

[@nicolersands]

Exactly!! Like, she’s crazy rich and she literally SAYS her passion in life is furs. She comes in wearing a huge fur coat! She was only buying the puppies from Anita because they knew each other from school so she knew they’d be purebred with no major defects and she could buy them at a super low price, and then got really pissed off when they said no. She doesn’t...hate dogs. Just like that rich asshole dentist who shot a lion and posted it on Facebook didn’t have a personal vendetta against lions.

[@xxpersonxx]

Celly, thank you for providing such a fair review of this film. So many reviews focus only on the negative aspects, but you aren’t afraid to share the parts you enjoyed as well. It’s sad how refreshing I find positivity these days.

[@Rikrobat]

Just like Maleficent, I think I’d appreciate this movie more if these were original characters, not rewrites of characters I really enjoyed as a kid and still as an adult. I just get such blah “fan fiction” vibes from these remakes.

[@dylanaguilar6099]

I wouldve wanted a guy go manic and become the worst of what theyve despised

[@starmic1852]

Kind of like that Heather's Reboot in 2019. I thought it was funny and an interesting take on "Heathers" but it would have been better received if it was an original story.

[@questworldiangreenknight7455]

You do have a good point

[@WillieManga]

Me too. Not because they gave her a backstory, but because the backstort seemed too rushed. Like, her mom being knocked off a cliff by dalmations? That was the prologue, and all it did was make me wonder "why the hell didn't she run away?" I appreciate them having her embrqce her inner evil unlike they did with Maleficent, but even that comes with some problems. And the main problem I have is that... Estella is way too awesome to be the same Cruella from the animated movie or even the live action one. Cruella was either a graceless monster who got her car wrecked, or whom barn animals got the better of before driving her insane. Estella got the better of an aristocrat with her fashion and theatrics. I will not deny that the presentation is amazing in this movie, and it really comes back to the potential this movie would have as a standalone film without the convoluted twists dragging it down to Hell like... a DeVil, as it were.

[@Amy_jo_]

Seeing Maleifcent as a child, I liked it for not being a really old Disney movie (I had something against the audio, don't ask). I thought it amazing, and a perfect Sleeping Beauty movie. And for a however year old kid, that was fine. I think it's an ok movie now, but I don't praise it as highly. Seeing Cruella as a teenager, I agree with the original character idea. I actually liked the less action and more dialog in this movie, and it was pretty refreshing to not have loud music and fight scenes every half hour. As a 101 Dalmatians prequel, it's just alright. As a movie on it's own, I think it's pretty great.

[@erichfiedler1481]

So a fun movie, though we can all agree that their best live-action remake is the 98 version of 101 Dalmatians, primarily by updating some details about Roger and Anita's jobs, and casting Glenn Close as Cruella herself

[@yeethittter1285]

I think the one part that especially ground my gears (and this goes for most other live action backstory type movies) is the fact that Cruella couldn't just make any of her defining features in her own brain tomb, they had to be literally presented in front of her so she could go "I like that 😈" and start copying it

[@sketchnotes2246]

I work at a Joann fabric and I noticed that around the time this movie came out, we started getting a lot of Cruella related sewing patterns and even fabric. I guess that makes sense, this movie is all about fashion after all. But there was also a big increase in fabric featuring classic Cruella from the animated film. Interesting how that works out, huh?

[@SeasonEvergreen]

I have not seen the movie personally yet, but from the previews I've seen, I can tell that the costumes department had an absolute blast working on this.

[@MelonTartVA]

I saw this on release night and loved it. Especially since 101 Dalmatians was the first animated Disney film I saw as a child. I'd say the point of the film is an argument for Nature vs Nurture.

[@ackee39]

Its the only Disney live-action remake that actually feels like its adding something decent to the original story, which elevates it above all the other remakes. Still though, saying that this movie is better than the other live action remakes is like saying that an oven is cooler than an inferno.

[@landlighterfirestar5550]

This movie just feels like mindless alternate universe fan fiction, And I do mean that in the nicest way possible

[@AltoBurrito9506]

I’m just waiting for more South Park at this point

[@leventemucsi9547]

I'm living for the idea of you talking about OUAT I love the show, but oh god was it a dumpster fire at times

[@Com-rat]

In the post-credits scene, Cruella gives Pongo and Perdita to their respective owners, meaning that the puppies are the result of a brother and sister mating. This move would be even better if it wasn’t involved with 101 Dalmatians and was a standalone film based off an older character.

[@skelebonez1349]

Imagine if later on she became WAY more like her mother

[@pineappleunicorn7729]

Isn’t that the whole point of the film?

[@skelebonez1349]

@@pineappleunicorn7729 I mean- I guess so yes Like we do see cruelly have a hint of how bad her mother is and will probably cause cruel things later on

[@goldenhand9107]

this biggest mishap for me was turning Cruella into this plotting, clever, understated genius type. like. she was outsmarted by PUPPIES in the og movie.

[@trix9025]

"Being the best Disney remake is like being the tallest dwarf." 👀👀👀

[@sillygoosetaur]

veronica veronica veronica-

[@lonewolf9578]

I don’t see why people are saying that this is the “female joker” in the comments

[@emblemblade9245]

Both are card carrying villains, who got movies focusing on them detailing an alternative interpretation that gave them a “start of darkness” backstory, where the movie title is the character itself. Whatever the finer details of each movie, on the surface these comparisons exist and are easy for a lot of people to make assumptions by

[@slytherinmember1009]

@@emblemblade9245 Cruella wasn't a Card Carrier.

[@spooderman6312]

I am probably the only one who is glad that the main villain isnt "a guy because he hates women ". That stereotype is so overdone and im gld we finally get a break from it.

[@harmonetheanimationaddict4419]

If it wasn’t for Roger and Anita’s looks, I probably would’ve at least considered it canon to the live action 2000’s films.

[@EduardoMartinez-rs3bu]

Hadn't even realized how early I arrived

[@patrickperring4203]

Recapping Once Upon a Time sounds like a video I'd share with friends. So.... please do it.

[@tatanooki]

I dont think starkids Twisted is supposed to make us focus too much on character and stuff though. I mean its a starkid musical so I went into it focusing and enjoying their crazy ass comedy more. (Aladdin's double personality "twist" and the prince's tiger fucker bit is ICONIC). All the "character depth" stuff are just little extras i think. Cause it really is just "Jafar good aladdin/sultan/genie bad" and the bad guys were so out of this world its hillarious.

[@reasyrandom]

I'd argue that, out of the straight-forward remakes, Jungle Book and Pete's Dragon could be considered on-par if not better than the original. The only times where "fixing" the story is actually necessary, and not just lipservice for people who take CinemaSins too seriously.

[@williamswonderland3636]

my head cannon is that she becam a puppy killer do to a combation of being sniel,ptsd,and something i kinda forgot

[@williamswonderland3636]

oh and did you notices how spotsa are used as a singht of opretions?

[@jacobcox4565]

I liked the Jungle Book remake better, they made Sher Khan more of a threat with him actually killing the wolf pack alpha and hunting Mowgli down. Instead of remaking the movie beat by beat with insignificant changes, they altered the movie to reflect the live action grit. The cgi blew me away when I first saw it, the actors and actresses did an amazing job, I liked it. One thing that could've made it better is if there were more themes of being human and how they are the most dangerous of Earth's creature. It would've been thematically and emotionally satisfying if Mowgli's arc of self-acceptance ended with him going to the village like in the original.

[@ryanpatr3735]

i literally said OUT LOUD “huh? love, victor is literally a hulu show” during the ad lmfao

[@Vio818]

The history of Punk and high fashion is actually a really REALLY interesting history in the UK. I literally cannot explain it but there were many fashion icons who started in Punk and blasted it into the fashion world in the UK. But highly recommend looking into that weird history of drugs, punk and fashion. It was a wild time.

[@julias.6658]

I would whole-heartedly support that Once Upon A Time vid

[@elirchi9214]

I wish the new Cruella was just as downright evil like the original one. MAKE HER LOVE COATS MADE OUT OF PUPPIES AS THE ORIGINAL DID!!!!! She's iconic that way!!!

[@bbvaldez3086]

If you cover ouat in ANY context I would absolutley love it

[@edizgunes]

There is no "Best" remake just "The most tolerable" one

[@theimperviousfirecracker7934]

I feel like the one moment, the ONE moment that would have done Cruella herself, as a character some major justice. So she had those dogs in her apartment, and she had to get a necklace out of one of them. But she doesn't know which one. And then later in the film, we see her wearing a coat with a very... peculiar pattern on it. And just as we start to believe she's a dog murderer, we find out 'aw shoot, they faked us out and the dogs are still alive'. Personally, I think she should have for real murdered the Duchess' dogs. I think that alone could have nailed home the idea of 'this is Cruella De'Vill.' oh and also if she smoked.

[@starsantheoriginal]

What was the point in changing literally everything about Anita? Doesn't seem like it helped the story at all

[@reasyrandom]

This is how I found out that Kirby Howell-Baptiste is a screen actress.

[@fermintenava5911]

I'm afraid I'm one of "those" people who hates the movie on a conceptual level. Turning an intimate love letter to dogs into a commercially driven fashion show is already kinda cynical. Bringing dogs in as even something related to murder (even if it isn't what motivates Cruella in the end) feels tasteless on a nearly existential level.

[@frozenweevil4022]

Uhhh… you’re looking into it too much

[@fionastirling986]

Hell yes recap all of once upon a time with the animated characters! Love to see it

[@disneyvillainsfan1666]

Let's just hope that they don't make an Ursula movie and take away her Tentacles.

[@DarkLordGanondorf190]

When I first heard that her mother was killed by dalmatians I thought it was a joke 😂

[@hypotheticaltapeworm]

There is something I never understood about people complaining about the Disney remakes. If they're so similar to the originals, what makes them bad? If nothing is changed why is the older one good but not not the new one? Doesn't thay sort of betray the idea that these things were never good to begin with? Was it purely the animation where the older movies get their merit? Because the plots and scripts are basically copied and pasted from the originals, yet these are the biggest complaints people have. It makes no sense. Maybe Disney movies don't belong in the pop culture, because their merit exists only because of nostalgia, because all of their work is actually vapid and poor.

[@unicornbunny5439]

How are all of Disney’s works vapid and poor?

[@hypotheticaltapeworm]

@@unicornbunny5439 I was more or less suggesting that this is the logical progression from the general opinion on the remakes. People say the remakes are vapid and poor, so I'm saying why aren't the originals also considered to be so since they are so similar?

[@unicornbunny5439]

@@hypotheticaltapeworm Ah, okay. I thought you were suggesting that all the Disney animated canon movies were valid and poor. My mistake.

[@safirasart]

YES PLEASE TO THE RETELLING OF ONCE UPON A TIME WITH THE ANIMATED VERSIONS

[@onematty01]

Oh please recap Once Upon a Time. I fucking love that shoe. It is every fanfiction trope shoved into a show and I love every minute of it.

[@AndaraBledin]

Pop consensus is that if they'd not tied it to the anchor of the 101 Dalmatians canon backstory, it would have been so much stronger.

[@elenanojkovic2554]

Yes, yes on the OUAT recap!

[@Classical_Leyton]

I’ve waiting so long for a new vid and my eyes lit of when I saw the notification

[@jacknapier8181]

Please, do the recap with the animated characters! That's an unbelievably awesome idea!!

[@chipsare-yummy8188]

is someone...did you just.... *disrespect the "LIVE ACTION" Jungle Book?*

[@cassiel.6918]

I think in the original story, Cruella is actually Cruella's mother impersonating her daughter to try and ruin her reputation.

[@carl.from.accounting]

i just remember cracking up at the weird choices for songs to cover.

[@wolveraspeaks]

Can't wait for the Gaston movie where he was forced by Belle to live in a tower with a Beast but then she gets turned into silverware and the Beast and Gaston get married.. Actually...I think I DO want to see that..

[@miquelescribanoivars5049]

But muh Chinese market.

[@sophiaisstillagoodunit6626]

I rather have have hot bara furry action than another souless musical

[@AscendantStoic]

Actually this might have been a good movie if they didn't forcibly attach it to Cruella and 101 Dalmatians to milk whatever nostalgic value they have.

[@Goldenevil91]

My biggest issue with this movie is....Solo effect they give Cruella. If it was just one thing, I could stand it. But it seems like she took every aspect of her character from somebody else or had no choice over. Her hair? She didn't choose it as part of her image/fashion sense - she was born with it. Her evil laugh? She saw it on TV. Fish net she had for her outfits in '90 version? Why, it's because she had a similar thing end up on her head when she was throwing away trash. Rich girl boss attitude? Why, she has it from Baroness...alto is it Cruella copying her or it being...another thing she has after Baroness because it was passed via DNA is anybody's guess... just nothing of her character came from Cruella herself...

[@astralprophecy2419]

The Once Upon a Time animated recap sounds badass, ngl

[@Shibaa..]

Twisted was a take where Ja'far was the good guy and Aladdin 'twisted' the story to make him (Ja'far) the antagonist

[@Fun2BeRandom]

Yes please please please, I would watch THE HECK out of a retelling of Once Upon a Time with the animated icons

[@darkhelmet87]

Dr Doofenshmirtz: perry the platypus, you may be aware that the Disney company has been going through a trend of live action remakes of their animated classics. Particularly sympathetic takes on iconic villains such as maleficent and cruella DeVille. That inspired my latest scheme, I have enough tragic backstories for an entire cinematic universe! My life is a series of unfortunate events! (Winky winky) I already got the first movie started- the title was going to be "Heinz" but I was informed that is a brand of ketchup. So now we've got "the Doofenshmirtz Chronicles: I was a pre-teen lawn gnome". I got Sacha Baron Cohen playing me, and for my younger selves I got a couple of those Disney sitcom kids, you know the ones they grow in the test tubes? These films will make me so famous and beloved, I will rule the tri state area!! All that's left is to activate the live-action-reboot-inator! Hahahahaha!! Oh, wow....sorry perry, you don't look so great in cgi 8(

[@Sunmoontiger2]

Your Once Upon a Time recap sounds great

[@BrandonJames2016]

101 Dalmatians with Glenn Close is one of the best Disney remakes

[@thepixelman4776]

How did I never get “Cruel Devil”?!

[@Fleshi_Guy615]

"Let me know if you want me to recap once apon a time with the animated characters" Me: In the words of Darth Sideous: "Do it."

[@savannahatkins1488]

Yes, PLEASE do a once upon a time recap! Your recaps are absolutely hilarious

[@Anemone_Productions]

Oh I would LOVE a Once Upon a Time series on the characters. That show is a rollercoaster that defies the laws of physics

[@MakiPcr]

I'm totally on board with you recaping OUAT with their animated versions

[@embez002]

I’d love to see a breakdown of Once Upon a Time from you!!! All the seasons, or just specific characters, I think it would be a great analysis of writing, character development, and plot/character contrivances (here’s looking at Rumple’s yoyoing character arcs cause someone needed to kick off the plot of each season).

[@amcalycat93]

Yes please talk more about Once Upon a Time! I'd love to see more about that, the good and the bad! Loved this video too, thanks for making it!

[@patriciomejia1114]

Yes, I want you to recap Once Upon a Time with the animated characters.

[@renaed8922]

2:32 as Soon as u saw him with the guitar I immediately thought, " he is the Onceler"

[@mydisneyfamilyvlogs5070]

Recapping Once Upon a time sounds like a good idea

[@GranbyDistanceProject]

Recap all of once upon a time but with animated characters? Yes please!

[@happychaosofthenorth]

I would love to see you recap OUAT with the animated characters! That would be awesome!

[@pieguyandfries5401]

Does the movie need to exist? No Is it far better in quality than it should have been? Yes Great video! Also yes yes! I’m please do a Once upon a Time recap with animated characters lol

[@Rosa-he6xb]

Yeah, this along with Christopher Robin and Mary Poppin’s 2 are the only Disney live actions I actually kinda like. Now I know the other two are technically sequels and Cruella is a origin story to its own version of Cruella, but that doesn’t matter because from what I like from each of these movies were the setting, the music, and some moments in the movies whether it was emotional or funny.