Cruella ISN'T Trash? | Explained

[@FawnieFox]

Me watching Cruella, applying eyeliner: "Yes, I too, want to make art and trouble..."

[@trinaq]

Talk about a total mood! 🖤🤍

[@FawnieFox]

@@trinaq Total mood indeed. This shall be my new life motto!

[@DogMechanic]

As long as you're not making art and trouble with a pallet from the local ASPCA, power to ya.

[@micaeladomeg7828]

Words to live by

[@MK_ULTRA420]

Doggos deserved it anyways.

[@MadAliceInWonderland]

Cruella: "You killed my mother!" Baroness: "No. I *am* your mother." Sorry not sorry, it fit too well xD

[@somerandolad]

"That's not true. That's impossible!"

[@dedalionarts6077]

@Cynthia Garcia puello Join me, together we can rule the fashion word, as mother, and daughter.

[@Nevae_696]

( x_x ) noooooo!

[@SaRENRampaiger]

How did I miss that when she said in the plot twist?? Damn!!

[@gracious_kookie5159]

She had the high ground in the end.

[@vastava]

I completely lost it when all of that trash was revealed to be her dress's train. What an icon.

[@reverland735]

Same I was shook with that scene it was perfection

[@MicukoFelton]

It was the best.

[@himanshisobti6937]

That scene with the song in the background was so great

[@theonlyonewithgum1452]

This scene had me gagged on the floor with a ransom sent out for more money than I'm worth.

[@ollieno971]

RIGHTTT

[@princesschikita6833]

she gaslighted, gatekeep and girlboss her way into my heart

[@moonshonemeadow]

The Baroness' character broken down to her bare essentials.

[@eshitasahu]

I love this phrase…I’m using it from now on 😂

[@sonorasgirl]

I cracked up in my car alone waiting for my partner when I read this - I’m sure I looked nuts

[@mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072]

Wait what? Gatekeep? Gaslit?

[@princesschikita6833]

@@mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072 english ain't my first language srry

[@elenas3571]

“Dalmatians killed my mom” has the same energy as “My first girlfriend turned into the moon”

[@csophus20]

wow this really gave me the tone & everything 😩😩😩 i love sokka

[@privatehere3324]

Thats rough buddy

[@rachelleredd8803]

@@privatehere3324 beat me to it

[@pineconequeen6691]

Cactus juice! It’s the quenchiest!

[@alyssameeks8250]

It strongly reminds me of "Music killed my grandma."

[@Allonsy305]

The dark humor in it was surprisingly funny and not cringy, come to find out Tony McNamara (the favourite) co wrote it.

[@trinaq]

I agree, it makes sense that Cruella and The Favourite share one of the stars and writers!

[@DianaAmericaRivero]

I liked that film and I really enjoyed The Great on Hulu (which is in the same production universe as The Favourite).

[@aybikegizemkayacan8068]

Okay, that makes sense, I love that movie and The Great.

[@No-Kung-Fu]

Funny, I didn't laugh ONCE during Cruella and thought the humor was cringey and for kids. On the other hand I thought 'The Favourite' was genius.

[@amber6329]

Oh, daaaaamn

[@Primordial_Soup]

"I only wished to have a coat made out of puppies!" "You're not helping, disregard that."

[@MissCaraMint]

Ah yes. Starkid had a point.

[@Thedegu]

a bUFFALO MONSTER

[@ladyoftheunderworld6775]

@@Thedegu IN A CAPE!!!!!!

[@SonikkuXenoHearts3587]

@@ladyoftheunderworld6775 NO CAPES

[@SophieGDough]

Yes! Thank you for that Twisted reference!

[@ambarrios5575]

Wink the dog, BEST UNDERRATED STAR of this movie, he looked so cute with his patch and all his thievery

[@diode_wow]

Wink was literally the mvp

[@rachelleredd8803]

I had a hard time liking him because of HOW MUCH THE PLOT RELIED ON HIM, but if I let go of that then yes, i agree

[@kareneastman9695]

I love Wink,Patches and all the dogs in Cruella,too.Totally.

[@starryxxxsrdxxx]

He was my boyfriend’s favorite character 😂

[@joycelemvillafuerte4544]

The rat scenes hahaha

[@creativedesignation7880]

For me the most unbelievable part is her managing to dye her white and black hair into the exact same shade of red.

[@samjones2132]

Same

[@crimsvn3253]

She used a red wig (the Baroness found it just before they tied Cruella up) I thought she had dyed it too until I saw that

[@megang302]

I was thinking she died her hair when she was younger until she found wigs (because she wears a couple of them during the thieving montage) then just let her natural hair grow out 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@kiraleigh18]

Lol same! I even said to my boyfriend as we watched the beginning, "there's no way in hell that would work."

[@naomileggoneverland6267]

She used wigs😀

[@Laurakate64]

I think my problem is I want a villain that’s truly a villain through and through. With Cruella I wanted to see a girl grow up so consumed with her genius and talent and thriving in it, that she looses herself in the art and goes mad like a slave to the work and loses connections with emotions and others permanently.

[@daianasolpegoraro1809]

THAT would have being awesome... but it wouldn't be Disney

[@emmadow4880]

Yeah don’t watch any Disney movie expecting that outcome. I loved the film!

[@liva9994]

I agree, I was looking forward to something like that as well. To be fair Cruella didn't seem mean towards Anita, like Anita was clearly a beautiful girl that Cruella knew well, I felt like they were dear friends when they talked, and I could understand why she was against Roger, because I felt that she saw the potential Anita had, and wanted her to live out her dream, and not be tied down by marriage. And tied down by marriage is what Anita is, she doesn't seem to have a job, and more towards being a house-wife, where it is Roger that plays music and persues what he wants to do. Not saying there is anything wrong in that, just that I could see where Cruella comes from, like a well-meaning friend who wanted the best for Anita. But also very uncareing for animal lives, which a lot of people are. The only thing Cruella did in the film that made her "cruel" was arrange a kidnapping, aka theft. Not murder of dogs. Which like the fashion industry, or real life market, happen on a wider scale as well. Would've liked a film to depict the morality in an interesting way, instead of just red-conning the "killing dogs" or using "animals" for clothing. I mean having it be more 3-dimensional, than just a "She was never actually evil, she never once did an 'evil' thing, so we're all good." I felt like the topic could've been explored, what entails a "bad person" how come some become "bad" or don't care about animal life. I mean everyone who eats meat also eat animals that were killed for that purpose, but I wouldn't consider them to be "evil", and is it only for food that it is morally acceptable to kill animals. Like it's a topic that sparks great debate, and felt it could've been explored interestingly. Not to offend anyone of course, this is purely my opinion.

[@brittanycatherine4947]

Sooooo, the Baroness?

[@chxrbb_dxllhouse5403]

i feel like this is someone's passion project that wouldn't have been able to create it without it being a remake or revamp of one their established properties

[@dilayyilmaz92]

Honestly if they made this movie but made it about an original character instead of Cruella it would have been received way better. I mean it’s literally an original story but I think at this point disney doesn’t believe that they’ll make money without an already recognizable main character

[@palomarodrigues2483]

I agree!

[@thechristinaccruz]

hell yes, I've been saying this the movie ended. Would been better as an original thing

[@serperiorandtheanimator9216]

Yeah honestly that’s what I was thinking! Like this is a terrible story for cruella as a character, but for someone else I think It would be just fine!

[@Tyler_W]

I probably wouldn't have seen it anyway because it just doesn't seem like my sort of thing anyway, but while watching this video, I couldn't help thinking that I would find this way more interesting if they just had the guts to make this an original film that wasn't about Cruella Devil.

[@toxicsugarart2103]

That’s how I felt about the Joker movie as well tbh. (Though I’m not really a Batman person anyway so take that with a grain of salt lol)

[@AmandaTheJedi]

Imagine this like fanfiction where she doesn't want to skin dogs The reason they didn't make this just any other random person if they wanted to swap the original story around is - money - but all sorts of media constantly reworks its characters to try new stories and delivery. You don't have to like it obviously.

[@Jaque1872]

Amanda I think there's a ton.

[@vishthefish2078]

Maybe cats

[@Aware_Bear]

But it's not fanfiction. It's an official Disney release written by Disney paid writers. It's more like Dragon Ball GT.

[@trinaq]

Precisely, even though absolutely NO ONE was wondering what made Cruella evil, you can deny that Emma was having an absolute blast with this role!

[@clairechambers7490]

But why not create a movie about an amazing antihero designer without the Cruella "fanfiction" involved? It kinda distracted me because I kept remembering the cruelty of her future self towards dogs and animals in general

[@trinaq]

"Dalmatians killed my Mom" is the new "Singing killed my grandmother!

[@maineman5757]

Either way Disney definitely has something against moms.

[@DJtheBlack-RibbonedRose]

"They slaughtered her like animals!"

[@Aware_Bear]

@@maineman5757 it's a well documented fact that Disney hate parents.

[@TehMomo_]

@@Aware_Bear of course...this goes back to the original Grimm retellings of these fairy tales.

[@rilcyi6872]

She never said Dalmatians killed my mom

[@Thorheholdsme]

"And there was no dog murder!" depends on your definition; murdered dogs or dog murderers.

[@audreynothepburn7663]

There are dog murderers but no murdered dogs

[@Surreality22992]

Disney should abandon all remake plans and go all-in going down the "reimagining" route for their live-action output.

[@lucentsstars]

seriously

[@L16htW4rr10r]

I approve!

[@kamel3131]

omg yesss

[@debishvebishwish4839]

Seeing how good their "What If" series is, yeah they should do that

[@ayannabranchcomb7535]

I agree, Cruella and Maleficent were excellent movies

[@Anynom]

I will give credit for this moment: "You killed my mother." ...."You have to be more specific." Cruella's face "Wait...WHAT?!"

[@ayannalowry266]

Lol

[@AppleeSauceAlex313]

Insinuating that the baroness has killed multiple people who she felt would be a threat to her success.

[@LeoDBW]

Same vibes as "Who. Are you?! -you killed my father... -Do you have the slightest idea how little that narrows it down ?"

[@songbird6414]

@@LeoDBW literally the exact thing I thought of😂

[@ela8613]

Can't stop thinking about that tweet that said, "We are the granddaughters of the women the dalmations couldn't kill."

[@blitva1]

Context, pls??

[@ali8800]

@@blitva1 "We are the granddaughters of the witches you could not burn."

[@horseisblind]

So you’re telling me Pongo and Perdita are siblings? That’s scarier than the dog murder…

[@whatthehellisthis]

sweet home alabam- i mean london

[@cameronclophus7998]

Should've had 4 Dalmatians

[@kaitokisser_]

Not surprising. Incest is common in dog breeding. Inbreeding allows breeders to wipe out variation and make a pure bred dog. It's why purebred dogs have so many health problems.

[@misterminutes4504]

@@kaitokisser_ So Royal Family stuff huh?

[@jesusbrito5165]

THE INCEST TABOO ITS A HUMAN THING. DOGS NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH THAT. ITS NORMAL.

[@lucasgray1492]

I was legit shocked that I enjoyed the movie. When all the trailers were coming out I thought that when I watched it I was just gonna laugh and make fun of it. I was wrong. I really liked it. Emma Thompson and Emma Stone were both great.

[@ajpat9620]

And so does Joel Fry and Paul Walter Hauser.

[@kimchiandfries4830]

Same I thought it was super fun and expected to hate it

[@Tarikkb]

The fact that the costume designer said she didn’t had much time to work on this movie and still did THAT , amazing

[@vileavens5023]

"Cruella" makes me believe that I need a whole wardrobe filing with punk rock clothes.... I really do need that, I love this aesthetic so fucking much

[@corncrackerkid5092]

Same

[@curiouscreature3305]

@China Life it’s 1970s London of course there’s punk rock it’s pretty obvious in the movie

[@sunsetskye483]

Right? Its such a cool aesthetic

[@curiouscreature3305]

@China Life cool but I never said anything about new bands I just said that cruella takes place in the 1970 so of course there gonna be some punk rock

[@danjo2080]

Search for punk on bandcamp and you won't be disappointed. There are tons of great local acts, you just gotta do the leg work to find them.

[@CrestofPotential]

Can we talk about how good Horace looked in that dress though? He pulled it off wonderfully

[@tiffanypersaud3518]

HE WAS BEST DRESSED! Winged eyeliner for days!!

[@ashleylane1xo]

My friend and I busted up laughing at that reveal scene. I loved Horace. 😂

[@Prizzlesticks]

I don't mind a remake like this because it's obviously not a retelling or reimagining of the original's story. It's clearly its own little universe. Mulan failed for a lot of reasons, but one of them is it tried to tell a new story while refusing to cut loose from the original movie, and it was just an all around mess. This looks like... well, honestly, it looks like good AU fanfiction, where you use the same characters and keep most of their core traits, but completely reinvent the world they inhabit and let them react to it. You can see the obvious origins of the story, but it's not the same Cruella or the same universe, and so I don't have to think of how 'the original was better'. It's not the original 2.0, it's a whole new thing. Anyway. I'm pretty excited to see this one. Somehow, the villain live action remakes tend to be pretty good. Maybe Disney should just focus on those. oooooh, damn, a Doctor Facilier movie would be DOPE AS FUCK.

[@ThePhantomSafetyPin]

... I really need a Doctor Facilier movie now. If this sort of trend of reworking original Disney films and making them... different byt familiar, reimagined, continues with this level of quality, Disney could enter a new renaissance. I for one would love to see more films by Disney with the same ethos as Cruella - different, reimagined, revamped, and yet also evolving.

[@Prizzlesticks]

@@ThePhantomSafetyPin Right? Now that the idea is in my head, I can't stop thinking about how damn cool a Facilier movie would be. Which other villains would make for a great villain reinvention...? Ursula? Gaston? (Maybe they were onto something by giving him PTSD, that could be interesting.) Jafar? (What if he too was a child of the slums at some point?) Scar? (His parents named him Scar ffs, tell me there's not neglect in that past.) OH! HADES!! AND GIVE IT MORE ACTUAL GREEK MYTHOLOGY!! MAKE A HADES MOVIE BASED ON THE SUPERGIANT GAME. Whoops, got sidetracked there....

[@L16htW4rr10r]

I am loving these ideas! I hope DIsney will continue on this path!

[@novaangle2183]

@@L16htW4rr10r Love them using old characters and completely making them be new people and unlike their old selves! Totally not lazy and a cashgrab while destroying any semblance of the original character. Disney is good at one thing anymore and that's taking old stuff and remaking it to death without the need to make new stuff. It's easy to see why with audience like these.

[@dio6586]

@@Prizzlesticks the real hades in Greek mythology deserved so much better and I demand a movie about how he's viewed as the villainous evil death god but we find out he's not actually that bad of a person through the perspective of another person (Persephone maybe?).

[@h06anbjo]

If I'm remembering correctly, Cruella only started fancying having a dalmatian coat after seeing Anita's sketch in 101 dalmatians.. So this is an entirely different universe!!

[@AmandaTheJedi]

It is! And I'm super down for that

[@Charolette21]

Hold on, that's Anita's last name? I always thought it was more "Anita, Darling!"

[@Surreality22992]

It took me a while to register that Roger and Anita were THE Roger and Anita

[@ezekielsmith8603]

She's descended from the Darling family from Peter pan

[@audreynothepburn7663]

@@Surreality22992 it took me till the MID- CREDIT scene to realize that too

[@doom_delrey9736]

I think there's a bit more going on with Cruella and the Baroness than you can see at first. When the Baroness gives her the advice that everyone else is either a tool or an obstacle, we see how Cruella internalizes that, treating her friends in the exact way that the Baroness treats her and all the other workers at the fashion studio. Yet as you said, Cruella never really takes the plunge and commits either of the "point of no return" acts she could have--killing the Dalmatians to make a coat or killing the Baroness with the hair pin or by just throwing her over the cliff. I see this, especially with how Cruella reacts to the news that the Baroness is her mother, as Cruella wrestling with who she wants to be, whether she wants to mimic the Baroness, whom she despises but still sees as powerful, or something else... another kind of cruel, so to speak. Ultimately, she chooses the latter because she doesn't want to become what she despises. She hesitates to commit either of the actions that would place her on an even level with the Baroness, who was willing to kill her own child without a thought and repeatedly abuses her staff. So basically, I see the interplay between Cruella and the Baroness feeding into Cruella's overall character arc, which is made manifest when the Baroness tries to kill Cruella with the Dalmatians (in the exact way that she killed Cruella's mother) but the dogs refuse to attack her because she treated them with kindness, something the Baroness would never do.

[@Yuunarichu]

:00 I like your analysis :0

[@sunsetskye483]

Agreed, well put

[@sakulaeyr9819]

Its like Luke, being offered the dark side and taking it instead of rejecting it. Cruella is Luke, the Baroness is Darth Vader.

[@doom_delrey9736]

@Elizabeth Impey how so?

[@sunsetskye483]

@Elizabeth Impey why?

[@sinuedavidsilvaescutia4817]

Maybe I was watching another version from another planet, 'cause to me, it feels like Harley Quinn with Sia's hair meets the 101 dalmatians on a beauty pageant.

[@DJtheBlack-RibbonedRose]

Oh thank goodness I'm not the only one seeing the Sia cosplay, especially on the child actress. 😆👍

[@AmandaTheJedi]

oh I definitely see that too aha

[@moiralyn23]

@@DJtheBlack-RibbonedRose but is it Sia cosplay when Cruella came first? 🤔

[@elizabethashley42]

Absolutely OBSESSED with this comment

[@DJtheBlack-RibbonedRose]

@@moiralyn23 Ha ha good point, though in the cartoon it's much less blatant, more blended, whereas in the live-action the split hair color is much more noticeable, as is Sia's. 🤭🖤

[@zesk77]

Okay but "So now she's ready to add a sixth stage to grief - revenge" should be turned into a gif and used as a reaction meme for way too many works of fiction

[@audreynothepburn7663]

Especially YA adaptions

[@nicholasandrade363]

Funny things is, I can still see Emma Stone's Cruella becoming the Cruella we all come to know. Sure she made choices to be good by the end of this film, but she might just snap - or Cruella might just become an even bigger presence that every nice part of Estella truly and completely vanishes. People change, and not always for the better. Maybe she even comes to the idea of the coat again later on, when she learns of Roger and Anita getting together by her help (the dogs are the reason they meet, after all). So, they owe her, right? She deserves those damn puppies - and unfortunately, against her initial will, she becomes the very woman that her mother had been.

[@lucentsstars]

THIS !!! is such an interesting concept id love to see in a potential sequel

[@imogenenyx3690]

I was precisely thinking about this by the end of the film. Especially considering that in the animation, Cruella just rushes to the newly wed's house and searches for puppies shouting "where are they where are they?!" She'll just think she's in the right XD

[@ashleylane1xo]

I could see that but idk how Disney would do that. I think the scene at the fountain after she found out about the Baroness being her birth mother was a big key in the character.

[@infjelphabasupporter8416]

No. Think of it this way, do you see Jasper going so far for her? Definitely not. Even if they did mess up the second movie (like they did with Maleficient 2), Cruella went from repressed to wild to balanced. That's her character arc, she learnt from her mistakes, if they suddenly make her evil it'll feel like a Daenerys twist and there's no way I'm accepting that bullshit as cannon. Besides come on she loves dogs.

[@0bookhoarder096]

Loving the idea and all butttt isnt it kinda implied by the fact they got a puppy from her at the same time that the puppies are from the same litter and therefore would be siblings so can't fall in love like in 101 dalmations??

[@thenaughtygemini]

"she's ready to add a sixth stage to grief: revenge" amanda you're a goddess and i love u

[@thehungriestcannibal]

i loved when cruella said that line in the movie

[@jellomiki]

Cruella : "I fixed it" What a queen

[@Jocrazyface]

This movie had no business being as good as it was. My expectations were so low after Mulan, but I loved every minute of this, especially the fashion montages.

[@wehaveadarkside]

this movie is like devil wears prada meets oceans eight meets mean girls and i love it

[@woobiefuntime]

It was like leverage the TV series

[@misterminutes4504]

Finally someone who has the same thought as me. It is Devil Wears Prada meets Ocean's Eight!

[@ajpat9620]

Cruella movie is a mix of Joker, The Devil Wears Prada, The Favourite, Death Becomes Her, and Ocean's 8.

[@supposedlymel]

YES I thought the same thing with oceans 8!!

[@imraanakollo-arenz1449]

And if it took place in the late 2000s- early 2010s we could have had The Devil Wears Prada as a soundtrack

[@reader2012]

I actually really loved Cruella. It was totally a dark, gritty, edgy, cut throat version of The Devil Wears Prada. It was everything I wanted out of it, and I had a lot of fun. My only two issues were that the soundtrack was great, but they didn’t quite end naturally with the montages so it made both song and montage very abrupt. Also, Emma’s accent got a little forced occasionally. But I still really enjoyed it

[@ComradeFer]

I wasn’t expecting to enjoy the movie as much as I did, it really was a fun fashion movie nobody saw coming, those costume designers really understood the assignment

[@crissyjayfae]

I wasn’t really happy when I heard about this live action film thinking “how are they going to redeem Cruella or even make her a sympathetic villain?” And I watched it cause I love Emma Stone and was very curious and I actually looooved what they did with this origin reimagining.

[@shanedaley6236]

Reimagining works to a point then it just becomes deconstruction of a character which I think Disney is starting to borderline with that here where in maleficent she was still evil but she still had a bright spot in her heart but that gets old fast that's a problem with Disney with their live action movies a few work and are fun but others don't need to happen

[@en-vo6ry]

SAME I was sure I would hate this movie but the acting of the 2 emmas was so good on the trailers I couldn't resist.

[@darianstarfrog]

It really was GLORRRIOUS!

[@nodesire9291]

I *might* venture out to the theater to see this. it sounds absolutely WILD and I'd rather have disney do more like Cruella than Lion King. don't be afraid to do something *different* it's what the people want

[@silver9wolf6]

I agree! I saw it in theatres and it was worth the watch :) Hopefully, if it can have good box office success maaaybe we'll get some better Disney movies soon!

[@alexroy5854]

I second Yani, I saw in theaters sill my GF and it was a great time! I had a big smile throughout, (not 'just' because a punk-villian Emma Stone is amazing!), and I would highly recommend it! :)

[@rachelleredd8803]

It's really good, I wasn't expecting to like it as much as I did. I have my nitpicks, but the vibe of the whole thing really makes up for it

[@stanleypressley2197]

I read the plot on Wikipedia then saw this so I feel like I've seen it already, much like seeing all the ig posts about wandavision

[@FiveFoxesInATrenchcoat]

Exactly. Cruella while not true to the character was so fun to watch. Same thing with Maleficent, which is very similar to Cruella in that sense.The Lion King 2019 was boring as fuck and I couldn’t sit through 30 minutes of it.

[@amandarose4469]

I quite like this film, my friend loved it, I enjoyed it a lot. I really don’t care how it connects with previous films, just so fun.

[@trinaq]

I agree, I really enjoyed it, and you could tell that Emma Stone had a blast the entire time! 🖤🤍

[@enzojose4001]

I think the besy way to enjoy this movie is pretending it's an original movie and ignore everything you know about Cruella in the original animation.

[@notaccessible3741]

Sometimes you just want to watch the Emma’s throw down in a seventies-high-fashion world to the tune of punk. It has major boss energy and I’m looking forward to sassy vibes. Update! - I watched it and I loved it

[@marcusjoe3618]

This movie was an absolute blast! I've got no problem with Disney retconning a character from a movie that really hasn't aged particularly well nor does it need to ever be re-told.

[@Nerdorkgeek]

After reading about the “Dalmatians killed my mom” thing online, I was gonna give up on watching the movie even tho the trailer actually looked pretty good, but if Amanda likes it then I’ll probably go check it out!

[@j-1698]

It was good, for what I can say most people who hate it haven't whatched it

[@AsteroSloth]

It’s genuinely good. I was honestly more worried about the politics behind it. I would’ve hated it if it was all feminist pandering. AND THEN THE POSTER had the mfkn “A” of Anarchy. I went to see it ironically even, and absolutely fell in love. Great movie man. Haven’t felt this thrilled just watching a movie for like.... a good couple weeks tbh.... doesn’t sounds like a lot, but it sure feels like it

[@kaizerkeller]

Just go into it with the thought that this is a completely new thing from the "main" universe of 101 Dalmatians where Cruella wants to kill puppies (because it technically is), makes the "Dalmatians killed my mother!" thing a lot easier to get by.

[@crazykillerchimera]

Where is this Dalmations killed her mom coming from? she literally never blames them

[@allorz3399]

@@crazykillerchimera people who most likely didn't see the movie saw the spoiler about her mom being pushed off the cliff by the dogs and then just went with it

[@theylorlr6677]

I love how everyone is saying 'Ohmygawd 'Dalmatians killed my mother' is such a stupid reason for revenge! When that wasn't the reason for revenge at all?

[@myownbravado]

From what I’m seeing, most people think that it’s stupid in general and impossible to take seriously. But personally I’m glad that it’s not the actual reason for revenge or I would have to second guess all the people saying this movie is pretty good lmao

[@miguelcruz2941]

I thinks its because most people memeing that, only parrot other people on Twitter who only have read summaries and seen that one video of that one scene, without seeing the rest of the movie tho.

[@theylorlr6677]

@@myownbravado yeah that reason is stupid, but they're acting like that is the reason in this movie when it isn't.

[@serperiorandtheanimator9216]

She didn’t even want revenge in the first place- she just was an entitled brat who thought she deserved everything she wanted, and she “lived for furs”- She legit did not hate Dalmatians- she just loved their coats

[@theylorlr6677]

@@serperiorandtheanimator9216 I don't think you know what you're talking about

[@ThePonderer]

I actually really really enjoyed this movie. It felt like a filmmaker had an idea for a movie/WANTED to make something, and the Disney IP element was just incidental. It was just a kooky, well made caper movie. Easily easily easily the best of these modern Live Action Disney takes.

[@ajpat9620]

Granted, The Jungle Book still remains as one of the best and there's also good and decent live-action adaptations within Disney like Cinderella, Pete's Dragon, Beauty and the Beast, and Christopher Robin.

[@BrunaNeptune]

Artie was probably my most favorite character next to Cruella!

[@infjelphabasupporter8416]

I ship her with Jasper XD. So did Emma Stone so-

[@infjelphabasupporter8416]

Great to see a youtuber finally gets it! *This Cruella is far from twisted enough to skin puppies. The movie isn't a prequel, it's a tribute to the cartoon.* And a great one at that. Outstanding storyline. My favorite Disney live-action up till now.

[@emeraldtree13]

I think this film was an interesting take on the character. Assuming that we’re getting a 101 Dalmations adaptation (and based on the mid-credits scene, we probably are), Cruella’s actions in that film won’t be motivated by a petty dislike of dogs or dalmations, but rather her ambition and her commitment to achieve her artistic vision at all costs, even if it means killing innocent creatures. And I think that’s pretty intriguing, especially since they also set up a friendship between Cruella and Anita that may carry over into the next movie.

[@chelscara]

Oh fuck me sideways they’re gonna make 101 cgi puppies attempt to be good?

[@BabyGirlTiny]

To bad this movie doesn't set that up

[@doctordeathdefying132]

Watched the movie with two psychologists. They said that for the next move to properly be set up, she would have to kill the three dogs that’re in the house. One said that the trigger is the barking as she keeps remembering the fact that *technically* she killed her mom. The entire reason her life was garbage was because of these dogs. Her Angel of an adopted mom got murdered by the dogs and she eventually snaps and kills them. Then, Roger and Anita’s dogs meet and make a ton of them. The problem Cruella has is the barking, which is the trigger that makes her go insane

[@moonshonemeadow]

I hope they don't make another movie. Don't really see that going down without a jarring shift in tone between the two. This one movie is brilliant on its own.

[@lucentsstars]

@@moonshonemeadow very much agreed

[@katherineg7971]

Cruella is my absolute favorite villain and I absolutely loved it. I liked how they gave us an actual original story, the costumes were phenomenal, I adored both Emmas and Emma Stone’s Cruella laugh gave me life. I’m glad they went this route, I know Disney “ purists” are dogging on it (pun intended) but I hope others can know it was an enjoyable Disney adaptation.

[@alexlazzerly3677]

Personally I think they should have actually had Cruella make her outfit out of the Baroness’ dogs. It would have been really dark, but fitting for her character. The movie should have been about her transformation into the Cruella Devill from the original, and that would have been a really powerful moment.

[@misterminutes4504]

So then this would be a movie about a puppy killer which is everyone's main issue about this movie

[@alexlazzerly3677]

@@misterminutes4504 I don’t understand that criticism at all. Some of the greatest movies of all time have very bad people as the main characters. In my opinion, the audience shouldn’t be rooting for Cruella by the end. But they went in the opposite direction.

[@naomisathyendra6973]

@@misterminutes4504 I feel like dark humour could work. Make her seem less badass and more scary. Plenty of great movies have horrific leads.

[@ninarances9074]

@@naomisathyendra6973 You know, that's not a bad idea. And maybe her being scary and intimidating might scare the audience themselves too.

[@corncrackerkid5092]

I KNOW!! I was so annoyed when they showed the dogs were alright, you make a movie about a puppy coat maker? You gotta go all the way

[@katiesnudden829]

I think this is a really amazing movie. It really reminds me of the actual Dr Jekyl and Mr Hyde book because I wouldn't really call them two separate people. In the J/H book, Jekyll and Hyde aren't two separate people or a split personality, they are in fact the same person it's just Jekyll is the "socially acceptable" part of him while Hyde is everything else but they are still the same person. Same goes for cruella and estella. Also I like the idea that this movie is a totally separate time line

[@chestersnap]

I believe her backstory. Dalmatians are pretty aggressive towards strangers

[@alexreith4877]

Sure, though the cgi Dalmatians look huge, more like spotted Great Danes....

[@annelooney1090]

they're very nasty dogs, tbh

[@rhodopisdenile8977]

SadButTrue but like... in this movie universe she doesn’t even kill the dogs, she says she’s okay with that rumor being spread after she wore a Dalmatian pattern dress to fuck with the baroness. She even keeps the dogs at the end of the movie, also why do you have to bring politics into this?

[@hailey-rosevintora6211]

@@MechaSegaNite Shut Up. What Does Politics Have To Do With This?

[@montiellopezbeatriz4796]

@@alexreith4877 my nwighbor has a dalmatian and is huge , like the ones in the movie

[@darlacooper7930]

This movie was so fun, I was not bored for a single second.

[@Anvynn]

I can't believe they went 'Singing killed my grandma' route from Trolls for this origin story.

[@ladypool1404]

At least, Branch didn't want to kill the Burgens cause they eat his grandma. Also, his backstory may be weird but still sad plus i CARE about this character unlike fake Cruella.

[@islasullivan3463]

@@ladypool1404 But Cruella like Branch (at first) blames herself for her mothers death and later the Baroness, not even once does she blame the dogs. If she had wanted to hurt them she would have done so when they kidnapped them.

[@noneyabusiness6504]

"Music killed my wife" Little mermaid III vibe.

[@ollieno971]

@@ladypool1404 but she DOESNT want to kill the dog.

[@ollieno971]

@@ladypool1404 why do people comment stupid shit like this when they haven’t even seen the movie lmao

[@RobertMischief]

I walked into the theater announcing to my friend “this movie is going to be a miserable waste of time. I hate it” ... best movie experience of the year. Highly recommend

[@CrySomeMorePlease]

By friend you mean boy friend

[@RobertMischief]

@@CrySomeMorePlease Not sure how you got there, but no

[@CrySomeMorePlease]

@@RobertMischief the way we all got there lol It’s called the closet for you I think.

[@hailey-rosevintora6211]

@@CrySomeMorePlease Coming From Someone Who's Gay, Maybe Don't Try Be Make Robert, Who's Most Likely Straight Sound Like He's Closeted

[@CrySomeMorePlease]

@@hailey-rosevintora6211 he’s gay to, calm down

[@shakyahevangeline4485]

villains having a tragic upbringing isn’t supposed to excuse them. i think this movie was so poorly received because that’s what people expect. most real life “villains” have a tragic upbringing, and learning about Cruellas was fascinating because, in my opinion, she is one of the most wicked disney villains.

[@Xehanort10]

When good writers do tragic villains they have the backstory explain them but not justify their actions. Bad writers like the ones at modern Disney however say the villain's past made them do it and justifies them doing it.

[@infjelphabasupporter8416]

They're not trying to justify her actions in 101 dalmatians, cause they'll never happen. It's an alternative reality. A different Cruella.

[@shakyahevangeline4485]

@@infjelphabasupporter8416 i agree that they aren’t trying to justify her actions. however, saying this is a different cruella is a speculation. but in either event i do not believe that they are attempting to excuse skinning dogs

[@ashleylane1xo]

I think anyone with her history in this movie would be traumatized. In the end it all made sense.

[@infjelphabasupporter8416]

@@shakyahevangeline4485 Think of it this way, do you see Jasper going so far for her? Definitely not. Even if they did mess up the second movie (like they did with Maleficient 2), Cruella went from repressed to wild to balanced. That's her character arc, she learnt from her mistakes, if they suddenly make her evil it'll feel like a Daenerys twist and there's no way I'm accepting that bullsh*t as cannon. Besides come on she loves dogs.

[@Zapporah85]

I'm so glad that we sat down and watched the first two minutes of your review, because we immediately pause the video and went to go watch the movie. And it was so much fun! I was laughing so hard throughout the whole thing! Loved it. I enjoy the reimaginings, they have way more creativity than just recreating the same thing.

[@Clothmother]

Cruella would’ve been such a great movie if it *hadn’t* been cruella. Unlike maleficent, the events of the original storyline don’t take place in the movie at all. They don’t even have to change anything, simply not try to make it a cruella story and it would’ve been a great standalone story with good characters

[@MaxAndCheese0917]

I personally thought this was waaay better than maleficent

[@DJtheBlack-RibbonedRose]

That's about the same thing Jeremy Jahns said funny enough and I totally agree. It would've much been easier to enjoy without the Cruella name attached.

[@Clothmother]

I think Disney is just terrified of making too many new things so they‘ve relied excessively on the momentum of already successful franchises as a safety net, and while it has always been a little tacky, I think for the first time that has been to the actual detriment of the movie. People who haven’t even watched that movie are making fun of it because OG cruella is the least sympathetic Disney villain when it’s just an actually okay movie about the 1960s punk/fashion scene

[@DJtheBlack-RibbonedRose]

@@Clothmother Yeah I gotta give credit to the costume designers in this movie their work ethnic was insane, I hope the movie gets nominated for that at least. 👌✨

[@47ratsinahoodie]

@@Clothmother I think you're 100% correct about the previous franchises' momentum thing. And I'm definitely one of those people holding off on the movie cause of the name. I love dogs and I loved that Cruella was a villain just for the sake of being a villain. A story that's meant to make me like her because she's good feels weird. It's a bias I don't think I'll get over any time soon.

[@abbeyBominable123]

The costume designs and production designs in these live-action Disney movies are so underrated. They're always so detailed and elaborate. It's obvious to see how much hard work the artists put into them and they NEED more appreciation even if you don't like the movies themselves.

[@kmxe3888]

I agree

[@not_them]

Except maybe Belle's yellow dress, I'm holding this grudge

[@abbeyBominable123]

@@not_them lmao. Yes. But that is mostly Emma Watson's failt.

[@Yuunarichu]

Cinderella and Maleficent was 😗👌🏻💗

[@mojavefry2617]

Um, sure? I mean, if you like it that’s fine. But these remakes have the same issue that a lot of video games 2010-2018 had, in that everything is so damn murky and grey/brown. I don’t really like that look, to me it’s incredibly unappealing, but whatev.

[@transrightsdinosaur]

Not to be Non-binary on Main™ but I need your shirt yesterday, it's so cool

[@tixxoncraft]

Maleficent wasnt a origin story,it was a retelling with a completely new story

[@ashleylane1xo]

Exactly

[@infjelphabasupporter8416]

Yes, just like Cruella.

[@filmfury743]

I was totally shocked at how much I loved Cruella. I feel like this movie is going to become a cult favorite between gay men, and women who love fashion. Such a good movie

[@magicmarvel]

We’re already stealing ideas for Halloween.

[@ashleylane1xo]

Or just love the villains. Cruella is one of the most iconic villains in Disney.

[@kimchiandfries4830]

Yesss

[@LennyCartwright]

THE FINAL SCENE BEING ALL CGI THOUGH! I understand it was Covid and all but COME ON, both Emmas were CLEARLY not filmed together and it showed so much it really took me out of what was supposed to be a very tense scene.

[@jonasquinn7977]

The Disney villains I actually want movies about are Scar, Ursula and Jafar

[@jinxingxuelang]

Yes, and Shan Yu

[@artemismoore4176]

But not like what they did to Jafar in the remake, that shit was embarrassing

[@frodoob]

There's a play from Jafar's perspective you might enjoy!

[@evilyogurt2469]

yessss i would love some exploration of their backstory and motivations

[@jonasquinn7977]

@Frodon't I was actually thinking of Twisted when I said it!

[@femcritrhya]

I'll say here what I said before. The overally campy vibe to this and the melodrama is 100% Drag inspired to me. Like it feels like a drag performance of what Cruella would be and I goddamn loved it for taking that risk.

[@operacz_9327]

this is not even that campy

[@chelsea8736]

I love that we all had the same thought about the Devil Wears Prada meets Harley Quinn vibes. I highly appreciate the punk rock vibes here 😤 The CGI doggos make me feel weird, but we stan Wink

[@Q_Tura]

I was truly fearing a Maleficient thing and making her secretly the good guy, but I truly enjoyed with a grin on my face as I watched this PG Disney Joker

[@infjelphabasupporter8416]

... By the end she was good again you do realize that? She learns to control her impulses for her friends, so in a sense it was the opposite of Joker. It was like Maleficient only better.

[@ricioly]

I really loved this movie. It’s the mix between The Devil Wears Prada and Oceans we didn’t know we needed.

[@audiem.7353]

I loved the movie. It really was a reimagining or an alternate universe with the same characters. I haven't seen the animated movie or the Glenn Close movie since the mid 90s so my memory is bad about them, but I think the most important events happening in those movies were covered in this version : the dalmatians kidnapping by Cruella's henchmen and the "dalmatian" coat. I really don't think it is a prequel to those previous movies.

[@Guille-rz5bk]

I was so happy about Cruella's change in animal abuse, knowing the original Cruella it kept on the edge of my seat, but I ended up loving it!

[@riotbreaker3506]

It was kind of a relief that the three Dalmations were okay, but at the same time, it would have been chillingly villanous

[@susanalima1676]

finally someone

[@monicaoliveira7145]

I loved it! Emma Stone is always great and the did it again. The British accent, the driving and the laugh, all hallmarks greatly accomplished. And then the movie itself, with all the connections done with the original story, the humor, the costumes, the imagery... just great. I honestly didn't expect to like it this much.

[@kurei5349]

i feel like this coulda been a movie about characters that didn't already exist just fine... just make a fun original movie instead ya know?

[@ambriaashley3383]

Yeah. The trend of Disney villian origin stories is becoming as unoriginal as live action remakes are...

[@pigpig5600]

@@ambriaashley3383 ther were only two of them (if we count Maleficent)

[@hailey-rosevintora6211]

But Then People Would Complain It's So Similar To Cruella

[@novaangle2183]

@@hailey-rosevintora6211 No... If it's a prequal there's no way it could be alike unless they literally made her do everything the same.

[@enzojose4001]

Cruella is a good movie that happens to have the same name as a disney villain, but has nothing to do with her.

[@SoWhosGae]

Then why call it Cruella?

[@47ratsinahoodie]

@@SoWhosGae Exactly

[@47ratsinahoodie]

Yeah, except, you know, the fashion, the half black, half white motifs, the Dalamatians, the name Cruella DeVil, the henchmen, the fact that she's into fashion, Anita and Roger existing and eventually getting Dalmatians named Perdita and Pongo. Aside from those teensy, tiny, infinitesimal things, this movie has absolutely nothing to do with previous iterations of Cruella DeVil and 101 Dalamtians.

[@akirasaito1551]

@@47ratsinahoodie Cruella DeVil's defining characteristic is wanting to skin dalmatian puppies for a new coat. At least Maleficent actually cursed Aurora and wanted to hurt her at first. Cruella doesn't even care about the dogs in this one

[@47ratsinahoodie]

@@akirasaito1551 As EP said, then why call it Cruella?

[@bioshock8695]

I saw this pop up just as the Cruella commercial came on and I genuinely didn't realize this was a real video for a second

[@cloudythursday9937]

Wait did Disney imply that Pongo and Perdi are... siblings?

[@chelscara]

Well... with purebreds and the 60s... is it that surprising?

[@sharonfrancis7663]

most peaple do that in real life

[@Keznen]

@Sharon Francis No they do not. Only backyard breeders do such horrible things.

[@pancakesandhalibutart]

I really enjoyed it tbh. Especially the costumes. Noticed that a lot of people criticizing it haven’t even watched it...

[@Lennykins3120]

My husband and I really liked it, and your review was spot (hahaha) on with our thoughts. I'm glad that they kept her just as she describes herself. "Brilliant, bad, and a little bit mad." Cruella has always been a nutcase, and they kept that in a way that made you sympathize, but also see that she's a bit off her rocker. She's also incredibly fabulous, and the artistic way they filmed the movie is a direct mirror to her fashion sense. Loved it.

[@jonathonshirley4169]

I actually thought it was a good movie, most of them have been aggressively awful, but this one was good

[@ajpat9620]

Granted, The Jungle Book still remains as one of the best and there's also good and decent live-action adaptations within Disney like Cinderella, Pete's Dragon, Beauty and the Beast, and Christopher Robin.

[@ajpat9620]

Tough, still figuring out of where Cruella stacks within the best ones, as the story on Cruella is somehow questionable and offers more confusing questions than answers.

[@superfanmusicmaker]

I was legitimately surprised by how much I really liked this movie, but I think the mother's death definitely could have been done a lot better. Having her be killed by Dalmatians could have been a really funny reveal for Cruella's backstory (it's been joked about before the movie itself was even announced) and a perfect fit for the twisted, darkly humorous tone the rest of the film goes for. But in execution, they try to play this scene (and the later flashback) completely straight, so a serious tone for such a ridiculous moment ends up making it feel kind of like the Martha scene from Batman V Superman. I think they either should have really played up the black comedy for this death (e.g. don't show it onscreen, but have the dogs actually ripping her to shreds while Cruella watches in horror - which could also desensitise her to violence as an adult) or kill the mother a different way so the later reveal feels more legitimately serious.

[@bessieburnet9816]

Difference is that the Martha scene actually had meaning behind it beyond the same mother name that people are either refusing to see or are just burying it by memes.

[@trashbasket11]

@@bessieburnet9816 it was also really cringey

[@reshirman]

@@bessieburnet9816 don't defend the Martha scene because we all know it was cringy, lazy and bad

[@sharonfrancis7663]

@@bessieburnet9816 it was not like do you call your mom by her first name

[@crazysmith5408]

I kinda have issues with the concept of the movie. I think that if it had been a new character then it would have been fine. The problem is that Cruella de Vil is a name already associated with puppy murder that it is hard to disassociate from that. And it kinda feels weird that Disney looked at a person murdered puppies and went, "Yeah, we can make her sympathetic." At least with Maleficent, her original motive in Sleeping Beauty was that she wasn't invited to a party, which makes her come off petty and malicious. But Maleficent didn't do anything too terrible for it to be unreasonable to make her a sympathetic. I kinda wish people didn't try to make every villain sympathetic somehow. Sometimes, people don't have a reason to be cruel, they just are. Plus, I think characters who become evil are much more interesting. If this movie was more "Fuck it, lets make Cruella the evilest bitch ever" I think that would have been a more fun movie concept. And it could have actually been in line with the original character, both from the animated movie and the book. EDIT: Ok, so a lot of people have been pointing this out to me, so I need to clarify. Maleficent's motivations and actions are too cartoonish to have an emotional reaction about. Do I think it's ok that Maleficent tried to curse a baby to death, no I don't. However, you can't curse a baby to death in real life, so it's much harder to get emotional attached. it's like Wild E. Coyote running off a cliff, he stays in the air for a little bit then falls, the action is too cartoonish that you don't feel bad for him. If Maleficent had taken a knife and tried to stab the baby, then this would be completely different. The angry people have for Cruella is because it is a real thing that happens. Animal abuse and the skinning for fur coats horrible, but it happens in real life. You attach and resonate with things that emotional move you. And often times, what emotional moves you are the things that can occur in real life. Plus, the only reason that I brought up Maleficent was because that is the only other movie Disney has made where they tried to make a villain sympathetic.

[@alexiamattei3781]

Same! I liked the movie as its own thing, but as a Cruella origin story, it doesn't make any sense. The whole reason she's a villain is that she skins puppies. They missed the whole point of the original. She's not even a villain anymore, just a punk rock rebel with mommy issues. lol

[@dangalvan2484]

Maleficent didn't do anything too terrible? She sentenced a baby to die because of their parents sins. The only reason she didn't die and went to sleep in the original movie is because of the other fairies.

[@kristyw89]

I agree, I hate the original Cruella character SO MUCH from the bottom of my tender, puppy loving 8 year old heart (when I first saw the movie).... I can't disconnect that name from literal puppy snatching murderer for nothing other than she thinks the spots are pretty. Idk how good this movie is I can't watch it

[@kristyw89]

@@dangalvan2484 yea, and unfortunately that baby's father hurt her so very very deeply. It's shit that she wanted to take it out on the baby instead of the man, but the dogs literally do nothing at all, whatsoever, in any way, to be killed and turned into clothing.

[@dangalvan2484]

@@kristyw89 you either compare animated movies or live action movies. In the animated movie, malificent wasn't hurt by the father, they just didn't invite her and she decided to murder a child for it. Sentenced it to death on her baptism. And cruella wanted to kill puppies to make a fur coat. In the live action, the king mutilated and betrayed maleficent and she decided to hurt him by taking away from him the thing he loved the most but ended up loving aurora like a daughter. In the live action of cruella, cruella never murdered the puppies and those Dalmatians where the murder weapon to her mother's death, and even then, she took in the dogs and never made a dalmatian fur coat by killing puppies.

[@westmezzanine4321]

Saw this movie today, and I don’t care if I’m a guy, I was vibing with the girl boss energy totally radiating from Emma Stone lol. Was a fantastic movie all around

[@BlazingKhioneus]

I saw Cruella and, to put it succinctly, it was amazing at subverting my expectations. I thought it was going to be less retcon-y than Maleficient, but that was because I saw none of the trailers and didn’t remember anything about 101 Dalmations apart from Cruella being batshit and kidnapping puppies, so I thought it was gonna be possible to have a sympathetic approach to the original Cruella(thankfully I was wrong). It also got me with every fakeout in the narrative. It had me cackling in that evil way that makes your hairs stand up every time a plan unfolded in it. I was able to catch a couple of the easter eggs thanks to my mom pointing them out. My final thoughts are I loved. I was a thrill the whole time. Though, the Devil part was dangerously close to coming off like the “what are we? Some kind of Fantastic Four?” but managed to be just shy of cringe on that line.

[@shinkaiatsuya950]

Imo the whole point of Cruella is the puppy killer part, if you can't imagine that then well fails being a villain story. Not all villains need redemption arcs. With the Joker movie you got the vibe that all though he could be the joker. That's like making a Scar movie where Scar doesn't envy his brother and was misunderstood by the pride.

[@bessieburnet9816]

It wasn't a redemption arc or a sympathy backstory though. It was a completely new story starring Cruella in an alternate universe. Besides, is it really no different than any fairy tale retelling writers like to do these days?

[@Mal-go5dl]

@@bessieburnet9816 yeah this cruella was definitely different from the animated version. Or at the very least it's left ambiguous as to whether she'll grow to be more like her original counterpart

[@squidthing]

I originally watched this film to see the cliff scene that everyone is laughing about but accidently....loved it? Its not a perfect film but it had a kind of campy/dark tone that reminded me of 80s Tim Burton (please keep the modern day Burton away from Disney reboots plz, he has CGI'd enough!)

[@ThePhantomSafetyPin]

That's exactly what I thought. It was like if Tim Burton were held back a bit and told to chill the fuck out, but still take a dark look into Disney.

[@iamthatis396]

I became obsessed with the movie, and I think that it’s a reimagined version of the original character

[@aidalf1912]

The dialogues in the movie though. They were so extra. I loved it. Specially the "I was born brilliant, bad and a little mad" line.

[@SharpestLiVES13]

Actually felt bad for Jasper here when Cruella was taking center stage. He truly cared about Estella and got hurt by how she changed. Just glad she (as Cruella) at least had the heart to apologize and recognize him and Horace as family.

[@mikikaoru7111]

Mulan was a bad movie because they turned a story about how any girl could be a hero into a story where you can be a hero if you were born with powers. It took the entire heart out of the story and stomped on it.

[@MrMusicKid87]

That was Amanda’s criticism of it, too. I can’t bring myself to watch it!

[@ajpat9620]

And the action sequences on Mulan was utterly generic bad, as other better action sequences from other martial arts films were done better like Hero, Shadow, House of Flying Dagger, and most notably; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

[@pasticheit9677]

Surprisingly the aesthetic is nice, well- coming from the same director as “I, Tonya.” Coolio huh!

[@GT_Mr.C]

emmas fake accent was lowkey annoying but she did an amazing job

[@trinaq]

I concur, but I sort of got used to the British accent after a while, similar to "The Favourite!"

[@derekg5674]

If you’re British then I can understand, but as an American that couldn’t really tell the difference, it never got bad for me.

[@NeonNecropolis92]

@UCiKXbyxmi9dc310EGrIS-VQ I'm American and it sounded like a Prince Charles impression

[@DJtheBlack-RibbonedRose]

Tbh I actually thought it was pretty decent. I mean yeah, if you know Emma Stone then you know it's fake and that could make it distracting but believe me, there's been *much* worse.

[@Sun.Shine-]

Emma's accent was self aware in cruella, but in favourite, everbody's accent were self aware cz of the time period(she blended right in) ✌️

[@mistyduke880]

I enjoyed this movie. I had fun with some of the little nods to the original animated movie, 101 Dalmatians. When Horace and Jasper commented on how dogs look like their owners. And the scene when Cruella was driving the car crazy after the Black and White Ball. I also love the soundtrack! Great music in this movie.

[@angelk5743]

I thought it would be awful and my boyfriend dragged me to go see it, so I was very surprised how much fun the movie was.

[@twentywordsorlessYT]

'Villagin' sounds more like the process of changing one's aesthetic into that of, well, a village than a portmanteau of 'villain' and 'origin'.

[@organicstorm]

"Villain" comes from villa/farm worker bound to the villa type estate anyway, "village" is derived from the same concept of villa, so I guess that's that for full circle etymology.

[@foxxjeh]

So we are going to gloss over the fact that Pongo and Perdita are related, as in heavily implied they are siblings?

[@organicstorm]

How do you think dog breeds are bred and kept "pure bred"? .. probably not from full sibling parents, okay, but they're ALL inbred.

[@rsfilmdiscussionchannel4168]

A) Implied, so there’s enough wiggle room for that to not be the case. B) We don’t know if the original events of 101 Dalmations happen to any affect in this world. So for all we know those two dogs never meet.

[@rsfilmdiscussionchannel4168]

Were there any actual hints that they were related?

[@foxxjeh]

@@rsfilmdiscussionchannel4168 in the video, at about 16:50 one of Cruella's dogs is pregnant, and then puppies Pongo and Perdita are sent to Roger and Anita respectively from Cruella. And as for B) well yeah, most likely a whole new story could come of this. 101 didn't follow the novel too back in the day.

[@UchihaKat]

I mean, they could easily pull a Lion King 2 "He's not even Scar's son!" if they actually do do another movie. I don't think they will tho. I think this is just a teaser for the movie fans, you know?

[@SheOwensItAll]

I really liked the movie!! Her fountain monologue took my breath away.

[@QbaLibre1]

Just watched Cruela. It was REALLY GOOD. No joke.. with the writing to the different concept. Both EMMAS were at their peaks. You can tell they had fun playing the characters. Its so fashion forward. Amazing wardrobe

[@Sigurjon543]

First film I've seen in a cinema since lockdown! My fiance and I went and it was ~$30 USD for the two of us. So worth it, we enjoyed it immensely and want to see it again. It's also a little special for us because I think we'll always remember it as the first film we saw after the 2020+ Covid pandemic restrictions were lifted.

[@ashleylane1xo]

Same here. Lol

[@scofah]

I love love love how your videos *don't* have background music. I'm so over the youtubers with all the background racket. THANK YOU.

[@mhawang8204]

The Oscar-worthy costume design, punk rock, heist, the two Emmas...It's annoying that the film is limited by pre-established 101 Dalmatians lore that they HAD TO tie in the same characters and dogs (which resulted in the rightfully mocked "dogs pushed her mom off a cliff so she hates them" plot), but it also had all the elements for a fun time. I know it's a low bar, but I appreciate this movie for not being another carbon copy Disney live-action adaptation.

[@DrGregoryHouseIT]

They took the 'someone used dogs to kill my mother' from Once Upon A Time's Cruella backstory, in which she was pure evil and the actual one who killed her mother.

[@Xehanort10]

So even Once Upon A Time with its annoying habit of redeeming irredeemable villains knew better than this film.

[@DrGregoryHouseIT]

@@Xehanort10 Yep.

[@damnea]

I was definitely not planning on watching this... you made me change my mind. Thanks for your entertaining reviews !

[@apollolancer78]

My favorite review so far. Amanda took the words out of my mouth of every thoughts and feelings i have towards this film. Nuff said. 😜