I Highly Recommend Watching - Sleeping Beauty

[@MarvinEscobar-hd3es]

"It looks awful!" "That's because it's on you, dear." *SHADE*

[@kustardtartkds8227]

Best insult ever.

[@jccw227]

Actually, Mary Costa, the voice of Aurora, is still alive at the age of 93. She may be the sole surviving cast member.

[@mikechicago6200]

Wow also Mary Kay Beaumont who played Alice is alive

[@aleaanderson6600]

@@mikechicago6200 Her name's Kathryn Beaumont. She also voiced Wendy in Peter Pan.

[@yehudarothstein7040]

she also redid both role kh-1 n kairi grandmother kh-bbs

[@DanGamingFan2406]

Maleficent absolutely steals the show. She's just so deliciously Malicious and absolutely one of the best animated villains ever. The fight between her and Prince Philip is one of the most iconic scenes in Disney history.

[@fireeaglefitnessmartialart935]

One of my favorites.

[@BeanSparrow]

true but i like the animated version of her better then the angelina jolie version , they kinda ruined her in that one she is suposed be pure evil not how they did in that movie

[@fireeaglefitnessmartialart935]

@@BeanSparrow yeah, I kinda felt the same. But on its own, it's still a good movie.

[@princesserika9899]

She truly frightens me as a child during the scene where Aurora follows her light in the castle, her presence in the fireplace SCARED me. But now, it's my favorite scenes

[@HuntingViolets]

@@BeanSparrow I haven't seen it yet, but every villain doesn't need a tragic backstory.

[@nickthedreamer4434]

For the record, even if you take out the fantasy elements, a royal not being invited to the birth of a royal child was considered as bad as a declaration of war in medieval times. So of course Maleficent was going to take action after finding out she wasn't invited/wanted (she also just happens to be the best kind of petty about it). Also, I love how the main characters in this film aren't actually the prince or princess: it's the Three Good Fairies AKA the trio that are usually the sidekicks in any other Disney film.

[@fireeaglefitnessmartialart935]

Yeah, they get overshadowed by maleficent and aurora. No one even talks about philip.

[@mevb]

Well, they didn't invite Maleficent as she is obviously a real rotten person and very dangerous. While we don't know what she had done apart using her magic to freeze Flora's beautiful flowers, we can speculate that being an evil sorceress she is, she must have done a lot of terrible things to the kingdom and its citizens, not to mention to King Stefan and his wife.

[@jamesa.romano8500]

Mary Costa was a Tennessee native with a thick Southern accent when she auditioned for Princess Aurora and was surprised to learn she had been chosen by Disney. Walt reportedly said: 'If Vivien Leigh a beautiful English lady could play a southern girl in Gone With the Wind, then surely a southern girl can play an English princess.'

[@DelGuy03]

Yes, and Mary Costa learned very well how to do a neutral "mid-Atlantic" stage accent for the movie. (I can hear a slight hint of Southern on one or two words, but only because I'm listening for it and have seen the movie so many times.) She had a substantial operatic career after this movie, appearing at many front-rank opera houses including the Met. I saw her onstage once, in Leonard Bernstein's operetta Candide.

[@finland4ever55]

Despite being set in france....

[@jamesa.romano8500]

I've heard Germany (or what would have been the Holy Roman Empire at the time), possibly Russia (given this is Tchaikovsky after all), and of course England. Before I heard the quote from Mary Costa, I assumed that the arranged marriage was some kind of politicking related to the German-French border, in which case Hubert and Phillip could have been French and Stefan and Aurora could have been German - although their being English and it being England-France diplomacy could work just as well...

[@matthewhedrichjr.5445]

⁠@@jamesa.romano8500I say Aurora and her family are from France-Germany (kingdom is set in France but the forest is in the German border in France) and both Phillip and Hubert hail from England.

[@SpacialRend7]

I really admire Sleeping Beauty as it is one of the most visually appealing animated films I’ve seen. Seeing how the art style is basically an animated tapestry makes the imagery look very cool imo.

[@abrahamaytemo]

Fun Fact: Aurora and Maleficent share the same animator - Marc Davis - who would go on to do Cruella De Vil two years later. THAT'S versatility

[@ZukoHalliwell]

So the 2 best Disney villains (in my opinion) were both designed by Marc Davis.

[@lorettabes4553]

And the villian in Little Rescuers

[@darreylhenderson702]

​​​​@@lorettabes4553 Madame Medusa was animated by Milt Kahl, not Marc Davis, who animated Cruella and maleficent. What's interesting is originally cruella was intended to be the villain in ' The rescuers', This was then changed. Milt , when animating Madame Medusa, Said that he wanted to top what Marc had done in terms of animation, And wanted to achieve the same success with the character. Lol. Both of the characters are very similar to each other.

[@PuccaLover15]

The fact Merryweather was the one who knew what a tsp meant might mean she did the cooking throughout the 16 years.

[@mondenkindqueen]

Pretty much. “I’ve never baked a ‘fancy’ cake before.”

[@Jordashian93]

Mary Costa's rich and expressive voice for the title character gives substance and strength to it.

[@MoonlitShoreWalk]

I believe this film is based on the original fairytale, of course, but also the ballet composed by Tchaikovsky. Lyrics were written for the main melody of the waltz, and it became the song, "Once Upon a Dream". So you're absolutely correct, the music for this film is indeed a masterpiece! Great reaction! This was my favorite movie as a child. It probably fostered my life-long love for fantasy. It feels like the stakes are high and the danger is real, plus the action is great! Glad you enjoyed it 😄👍🏻

[@DelGuy03]

The background music all comes from various parts of the Sleeping Beauty ballet as well. Only the song "Skumps" is not Tchaikovsky.

[@jennifergrove2368]

I love how focused your daughter was on the movie! That was adorable!

[@JVsGalacticAdventures]

😊 thank you

[@agenttheater5]

5:37 I love that bit with the queen. She is clearly scared but is trying to hide it. Plus, she knows who she's dealing with, so she's trying to be as respectful and polite as she can to avoid offending her.

[@henninggirl261]

It’s one of my favorite Disney movies, but as an adult, it occurs to me that the faeries never tell Aurora any pertinent information. Poor girl is clueless and a sitting duck! She has no idea she’s in real danger and is in too much shock from learning that nothing in her life is true, to think to ask why. Just, “you’re not a free peasant girl, you’re a princess and you have to go back to the parents you don’t know. Cool?” 😵‍💫

[@j.w.sraptorsquad982]

very true, personally, I'm more befuddled by the fact she actually survived those 16 years in good health, what with those fairies not seeming to know the first thing about cooking/baking or making clothes (at least the Maleficent movie helped solve that mystery)

[@haleyschreiter9746]

The animators wanted this movie to feel like an old Medieval tapestry - and my goodness, they nailed it! The most beautiful Disney classic 😍

[@MegaWicked89]

The amazing thing about this is the voice talent in this film! Once Walt liked a voice actor, he would tend use them again and again. Verna Felton (Flora) started at Disney as one of the UNPLEASANT elephants in "Dumbo", and went on to voice the Fairy Godmother in "Cinderella", The Queen of Hearts in "Alice in Wonderland", and Aunt Sarah in "Lady and the Tramp". Her final role was the voice of Winnifred the Elephant in "The Jungle Book". Coincidentally she died the same day that Walt Disney himself died.

[@fireeaglefitnessmartialart935]

I didn't know it was the same actress for those roles. Never looked, but now when I think about it, I hear it.

[@BeanSparrow]

i love these kinda facts did not know any of it thanx for sharing

[@thesilversage1]

The voice of Merryweather is Lady from Lady and the Tramp.

[@MegaWicked89]

@@thesilversage1 and Kanga in "The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh".

[@matthewhedrichjr.5445]

Even cooler. While Bill Thompson did get the job of voicing King Hubert, Hans Conried (who not only modeled the character) was going to voice King Stefan but for the Final Cut, it was Taylor Holmes that got the job instead, which is a shame because if he turned down the role, then it would have allow Conried to reunite with Thompson.

[@theatergeek82]

I liked it how you called her goons idiots before Maleficent did.

[@leadertaeyeon301]

This is my favorite disney movie and princess along with Cinderella! A fun fact about this is when Maleficent appears to make Aurora prick her finger, you can hear the melody say 'Aurora' like a chanting that is calling to her! Also, don't ever apologize for being in a 'father mode'! it made this reaction so much better even if it was suuuper enjoyable!! It's just being human! Hope you enjoyed the movie 🥺

[@tempusspiritus]

It actually grossed 5.3 million at the box office and the budget was 6 million as you said so the movie was considered a box office bomb. It’s crazy as this along with Alice in Wonderland(1951) are some of my favorite animated Disney movies with both being failures when they came out. The reason they hid Aurora away as a baby is because the curse says it will happen before the sun sets on her 16th birthday but doesn’t specify when so it could happen anytime before then. I always assumed the cooking & dress making fiasco to be because the fairies had predefined roles/jobs they decided to switch for whatever reason. If you listen carefully Merryweather specifically says _Fauna_ has never cooked before which may be true as either her or Flora may have been the usual cook. The moving brooms are from the Sorcerer’s Apprentice scene in Fantasia. Very iconic. No spoilers but they changed up *a lot* of the story for Maleficent. It’s not a bad movie yet it’s so different you might as well think of it as a completely different thing. It does give more motivation, but to me that is sort of unnecessary as well as sometimes detrimental to the awhile concept of a villain. They don’t always need a potentially sympathy inducing backstory as it can take away from them being seen as true villains.

[@emikusz]

I'm glad you enjoyed it, it was my favorite as a child - and oh well, still is. The animation, the music, the characters! I just love it. Also loved how you daughter (or I assume she is) was like "Pss, I'm watching it, can't answer your questions!"

[@lilyth682]

The scene where Maleficent calls an hypnotized Aurora is terrifying. Amazing but terrifying

[@SpacialRend7]

Sleeping Beauty is one of the animated films that I like the villain most of all. I mean, the Good Fairies have their moments and (imo) the two kings, but Maleficent is the most engaging character in the film. Eleanor Audley did an amazing job voicing her character, she also voiced Lady Tremaine, the wicked Stepmother in Cinderella. I admire the animation of Maleficent that was produced by Marc Davis, one of the Nine Old Men that worked for Disney. So basically, Maleficent is my favorite character in the film and one of my top favorite villains from Disney.

[@matthewhedrichjr.5445]

Stefan was a hypocrite, so I prefer Phillip better than Aurora’s hypocritical father. He would have been interesting and more consistent if Hans Conried were to be casted in the vocal part as Stefan. I have to agree with u on the fairy characters including Maleficent.

[@ninikoko96]

20:13 The scene you’re thinking of is from the movie “Fantasia”! The part with the walking mops and Mickey Mouse is called “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice”

[@AngelusBrady]

The fairies being without magic for 16 years but managed to do well for themselves can be explained by what they've said. It's implied that Fauna and Flora likely switched their roles on their last day. Merryweather, despite being most against living like a mortal, seemed to have learned how to do both cooking and sewing. She was the one who wanted to make the dress and knew what "tsp" stood for. And for Merryweather being able to turn Diablo the raven into stone, Fauna's exact words about how their magic works is that it can only do good to bring joy and happiness. Stopping Diablo would be considered good, and Merryweather would be all too happy to shut the raven up. So Merryweather basically found a loophole to their magic.

[@TheRealDeal92]

I love that your adorable little one joined in to watch the end half of the movie! I love your channel! Keep it going! Thanks for uploading. 🧡🧡

[@agenttheater5]

Prince Phillip was always my favourite - he has a good singing voice and a sense of humour.

[@Mr17051963]

Masterpiece!!!! All the soundtrack comes straigh from the Tchaikovsky Ballet with the same name. The most beautiful Disney Princess movie ever! Interesting that besides the name of the movie, the Sleeping Beauty herself only appears for 18 minutes in the entire picture.

[@MsLilly200]

The curse wasn't that she'd prick her finger on her 16th birthday, it was "BEFORE the sun sets on her 16th birthday", so basically any time in those 16 years it could have happened. Maleficent took matters into her own hands at the very last second, as the sun was setting, but before it was fully set.

[@kgunitkeese17]

27:38 I remember having nightmares after seeing those eyes in that fireplace. Even as an adult it is still terrifying.

[@agenttheater5]

12:21 I think Merryweather's been the one doing all the cooking. She said "But I've never made a fancy cake before...."

[@nancyomalley6286]

And the sewing

[@destinymcintire2188]

Fun fact about this movie the same voice actress who played Lady Tremaine (AKA Cinderellas evil step-mother) played Maleficent as well! And I say she passed both roles with flying colors! :D

[@DelGuy03]

She (Eleanor Audley) also had a recurring role on The Dick Van Dyke Show as the local snob in New Rochelle. ("I'm afraid I don't own a television machine...")

[@LocalMaple]

Maleficent’s curse: In the original story, the king was one gold tableware set short. So he set one mismatched platter for a guest. At the bad hospitality, the Fey that was slighted placed the curse. (In old stories, fairies care more about being good hosts and guests than anything else; even the slightest insult causes a huge retribution). In this one, there was a schism between the fairies. A christening isn’t meant to be a political event, and all are invited. But by not inviting Maleficent the formerly neutral kingdom joined her enemies and insulted her. If the king had invited both, the curse wouldn’t happen. In fact, Maleficent would take the opportunity to passively fight the Three Good Fairies by giving the superior gift.

[@ShadowyFox_86]

No fae would want to be upstaged so the gifts just would keep getting better if all had gone well.

[@MsLilly200]

Not to mention they pretty much outright said they didn't invite her cause she was unwanted. She gave them an out to begin with, they could have said the invitation must have gotten lost, but then Merryweather cut in with "You weren't wanted." And instead of denying that, the queen agreed with an "You're not offended?" (about them not wanting her there), and that's when she finally cast the curse.

[@megrutkowski6282]

I love this movie. It's so incredible how every single thing is hand drawn. Plus Maleficent makes the movie. If you haven't checked out work by Eleanor Audley, Maleficent's voice actor and animation model, please do. She was extremely talented. Andreas Deja, the animator of Scar and Jafar, met her when he was starting out in the 80s and told a story on his blog about going to a Thanksgiving dinner where Ms. Audley was also a guest. He wrote that at one point during dinner, she asked him to pass the gravy, and all he heard was Cinderella's stepmother. He immediately passed the gravy.

[@Amused_Comfort_Inc]

Between the soundtrack, the voices of the fairies, Briar rose(auroras) singing voice, the prince, Maleficent, it's so perfect. Walt Disney tried so hard on this movie and it shows

[@AutumnPheonix]

The voice actress of Maleficient is played by the same woman who voiced the evil stepmother in the original Disney Cinderella. This was also the very first Disney movie to use obscenity as well. There is a reason that this movie is a classic and timeless.... and the reason it inspired so many movies many decades later. Thanks for sharing and I hope you introduce this movie to your little princess too. ~be well~

[@philiphamel8504]

The behind the scenes on this film are wild. The backgrounds were meticulously painted by hand starting from an entirely black canvas. It was also recorded in a wider aspect ratio. I always liked this one.

[@elizabethhurlbut1475]

If/When you watch Maleficent just take it as a different story, not a retelling. I love the 1959 Sleeping Beauty, the visuals, the music, and the fairy-tale story (hey in the 1950s having a Prince go against his father's orders was pretty radical). The makers of the 2014 Maleficent didn't seem to share this love of the 1959 film as it tells an entirely different version, which is interesting and creative but drastically changes all the characters within it (some for the good while others for the worst). It feels more like a version of "Wicked" than Sleeping Beauty. It should be interesting to hear your take on it.

[@felicity1877]

actually, the difference is that Wicked is not as dark as Maleficent. It gives some depth and adds more background. If it would be only Maleficent in an Elphaba style, it would have been perfect. But the way the fairies were turned in ridiculous pixies with even different names and Aurora wouldn't be reunited with her parents - (who are dead then in the ending)...it's not even possible to reunite it with the canon, whereas Wicked can work with the basic canon, but just adds a "secret background"....

[@agenttheater5]

I see it that way as well.

[@Angelicwings1]

Don’t watch that trash. It’s an awful movie

[@throughthelookingglass5973]

Oh my gosh! I was just researching to see how many cast members are still alive and found out that Taylor Holmes, who played King Stefan, was in his eighties when he played the role and died 8 months after Sleeping Beauty premiered! Crazy! And sadly yes, most of the cast members are gone except for Mary Costa who played Aurora.

[@matthewhedrichjr.5445]

True Taylor Holmes did voice Stefan in the Final Cut, but did you know Hans Conried was supposed to voice King Stefan, even if he did model the character. I was wondering if Holmes turned down the role for his age and failing health and allow Conried to voice Stefan. (To me, Holmes kinda ruined the movie as he made Stefan sound too much like a hypocrite, up to the point where his personality is inconsistent and is more like King Hubert’s. The casting of Holmes does not help either.) I wonder if this would allow the Skumps scene to be set in the beginning in order for Aurora to become more interesting like Cinderella is.

[@throughthelookingglass5973]

@@matthewhedrichjr.5445No, I didn't know. That's interesting. I love Hans Conried's voice, but I keep thinking about his angry portrayal of Captain Hook and Mr. Darling. I guess I won't ever hear what his portrayal of King Stefan would've been. Personally, I loved Taylor Holmes' warm, fatherly portrayal of King Stefan. But to each our own opinion. Thanks for sharing this fact!😉

[@matthewhedrichjr.5445]

⁠@@throughthelookingglass5973as I tolerate your opinion, to me, he made Stefan sound too old and a hypocrite like Thomas Jefferson was and it felt Holmes was uninterested in the role, which goes to show I have very mixed feelings about his performance as Stefan. As I said in my posts, Hans Conried would have been a lot more better as King Stefan because he would have basically gave Stefan a lot more specific personality and a much Frenchier accented voice to the character to compliment the French setting of the film, if Holmes just turned down the role to just do the singing role and just do Lady and the Tramp. That way we can figure out that it really took place in France. Or if they just agreed shared the role like Martha Wentworth and Barbara Jo Allen did as the Maid in The Sword in the Stone (Conried for the Skumps scene and Holmes for the remaining scene. Better yet Conried for the speaking role (as he had done as a fatherly voice for Horton in Horton Hears a Who) and Holmes for the speaking role as I said in my posts). That would be if the Skumps scene was to take place in the beginning (like the cut song, It Happens I Have a Picture) before the curse scene at the party, which could have at least given both Aurora and Queen Leah more screen time and proactive roles as characters. That way I think this film would have been much better off if it weren’t for Walt’s recklessness. Holmes being casted as Stefan for the Final Cut is the reason why I view Aurora as a bland character with no specific personality or any heroic role, same goes for Leah. Don’t get me wrong, Holmes was actually more tolerable and better as the singing role and the only few times where his voice performance sounded good was when he ordered his guards to arrest Maleficent and when reuniting with Aurora. Well, thanks for NOTHING, Taylor Holmes! Opinion tolerated still.

[@throughthelookingglass5973]

@@matthewhedrichjr.5445I respect your opinion. But what I find a bit unfair is judging Aurora's character based on who played her father. I fail to see how that is relevant when Aurora had only one scene with her parents outside from when she was an infant. And all she did was hug her parents. In my humble opinion, Aurora's blandness came from her lack of screen time and interest in fleshing out her character. On the other hand, we see Aurora's sassiness with the three fairies. So she showed some character. I think Walt Disney followed his old formula of rooting for the helpless, beautiful princess, which worked for many years in his career until the late 1950s when the mass public desired more contemporary stories.

[@matthewhedrichjr.5445]

@@throughthelookingglass5973first of all, Cinderella is pretty strong and smart heroine for starters. Anyways, the reason why Aurora is a large step back and bland is because she didn’t have screen time than the rest of the princess before and after her, mostly due to the king scene being used as a filler in which that didn’t lead to anywhere and with Holmes giving an incredibly bland performance as Stefan. Also, if the Skumps scene was to be set in the beginning and have Conried do the role, this would have made Aurora interesting as Cinderella is (despite being viewed as weak by the brain dead media). Did u know that the kings sequence was supposed to take place in the beginning?

[@mevb]

Most of the music (if not all) was from Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty, arranged by Disney Composer George Bruns (who also did the music for 101 Dalmatians, The Sword in the Stonr, The Jungle Book, The Aristocats and Robin Hood.).

[@DougRayPhillips]

I remember the advance ads in the theater when I was a kid. "Coming in 1959. Six years and six million dollars in the making."

[@julielyles7055]

The animation of this film is the most beautiful I have ever seen.

[@agenttheater5]

11:10 Perraults French version of the fairytale was 'Sleeping Beauty' and her name was Aurora. The Grimm's brothers German version of the Fairytale was 'Briar Rose' and that was her name. So they've made a reference to both versions.

[@vapors4villains]

My favorite Disney cartoon classic! Glad you’re getting to this! :)

[@Battle5star]

I simply adore Sleeping Beauty. I love the rich medieval tapestry and that Prince Philip carries a sword and actually does something useful unlike the other Disney Princes.

[@matthewhedrichjr.5445]

I’m proud he played a proactive role in freeing everyone in the kingdom from their eternal slumber, including Aurora and their family.

[@KrystalAnn0688]

You’re daughter is adorable! 💕 Great reaction as always

[@Sovreign071]

Prince Phillip's escape and actions were actually taken from the original concept for Snow White's climax. Evil Queen Grimhilde was originalky going to imprison the prince to prevent him feom waking Snow White. The concept ended up getting scrapped due to budget and time, but it's noce they got to use it here!

[@Mikezilla103]

One of my Favorite Disney Movies Growing up. Maleficent really steals the show, especially when she turns into the Dragon at the end. one of my Favorite Dragons ever (I Love Dragons) Great Reaction ^^ the film was a Disney Classic Masterpiece.

[@agenttheater5]

13:10 For those of us watching this growing up - that was our first roast. "It looks awful." "That's because it's on you dear."

[@WindierIndoors]

I'll tell you what, there are so many reaction channels out there doing the whole 'disney classics' dive thing, but yours is the only channel where I ever see a kiddo wander in and it's such a delight. I love how you incorporate it into your reactions.

[@kustardtartkds8227]

The music sequences matching up with the animation is no accident. Disney classics usually use this technique. It is actually called Mickey Mouse-ing. Many other movies adopt this in order to put emphasis on certain actions and emotions in a scene. It can help create tension, fear, and comedy to a sequence. One movie that does it well (which I didn't actually notice until someone told me) is The Shining.

[@MorganCross-u4w]

The part where Maleficent is putting a spell on Aurora to follow to touch spindle the music is saying Aurora’s name I thought that was really cool when I watched behind the scenes it’s really interesting

[@flumpking]

Ot only is the art style and music amazing but the 3 good fairies, I always loved. It was nice to see 3 older characters having so much personality and effectively being the main heroes and saving the day! My 3rd fav disney. So glad you enjoyed x

[@steinaf]

I agree with the title, and I know a lot of people find Princess Aurora boring because this movie focuses more on the fairies. I still adore this movie; it holds up well. I love the impressionistic background, animation, Princess Aurora's enchanting voice, Maleficent, and Once Upon a Dream

[@mion2986]

Sleeping Beauty is my favorite disney princess

[@mevb]

The last shot when Aurora and Phillip is dancing among the clouds, that was meant to be first happen in Snow White when she sings Someday My Prince Will Come but Disney wanted to focus on the dwarfs reactions. Then it was meant to be used in Cinderella when she and Prince Charming was dancing in the garden, while the song Dancing on A Cloud was playing, but the idea was scrapped and the song changed to So THis Is Love. Now finally Disney got to recycle the idea again and it stayed in the movie.

[@fireeaglefitnessmartialart935]

This movie is pretty good, especially for its time. Maleficent is one of my favorite villains. And you can feel the desperation in the final escape and battle. Sure maleficalent maybe died a little fast, but you can feel how strong she really was. having the fairies to help was a good touch. Theu can't do everything for him, but they can aid his endeavor.

[@seanwilliams7716]

Maleficent's pet name is Diablo ❤❤❤❤

[@HavenKnight93]

The Dragon Fight was 1 of the most incredible climaxes in Disney history. Maleficent was named the greatest villain of all time.

[@cerisejaxel9636]

I remember thinking that Aurora had a voice actor for speaking and a separate one for singing since Disney did that a few times, but nope! It was all Mary Costa. Aww Cheyenne is growing up so fast!

[@redviper6805]

My brother and I frequently watched and quoted that movie! And Maleficent scared the living daylights out of us with that fireplace scene!

[@johnmckeon4498]

The color changes was based on a real argument the animators had. They couldn't decide on the color for Aurora's dress. So they made it a gag in the movie.

[@agenttheater5]

I think fauna is the natural world - plants mostly as opposed to just flowers like Flora.

[@nancyomalley6286]

Fauna is associated with animals

[@MsLilly200]

No fauna is animals, and flora is plants in general, not just flowers.

[@agenttheater5]

my mistake@@MsLilly200

[@zacharyjoy8724]

You’re very right to recommend this movie. It’s one of the quintessential Disney movies of all time: a lovely princess, a take-action prince, a signature song you’re guaranteed to smile at, three plucky protagonists, and one of the most deliciously evil villains ever. And to think, nine years earlier, she was the voice of Lady Tremaine, Cinderella’s absolutely monstrous stepmother.

[@stevenklein3195]

My favorite Disney film! The best Villain of any Disney film. So deliciously evil. The best soundtrack using the magnificent music from Swan Lake one of the most famous of all ballets.

[@Sarahonwheels]

It doesn’t use the music for Swan Lake, it uses the music from the Tchaikovsky ‘s Sleeping Beauty ballet. Once upon a dream is based on the ballet Sleeping Beauty waltz by Tchaikovsky. Swan Lake is another ballet entirely

[@lozlullaby7947]

The mickey mouse short with the broom is the sorcerers apprentice from fantasia! :)

[@melissaisloud7404]

Trivia : Briar Rose is the name of Hayden Christensen’s (Anakin Skywalker/ Darth Vader) daughter with Rachel Bilson (The OC).

[@agenttheater5]

26:12 Something about the way Philip grabbed his father's crown or coronet or whatever that was and talked to him gave me the feeling he's used to these temper outbursts, probably been dealing with them his whole life. If this were in modern settings I could easily see Philip saying to him "Dad, remember what your doctor said about your blood pressure...." and for Hubert to respond "Oh to hell with my blood pressure! Doctors, what do they know anyhow?"

[@KilldeerCheer]

I absolutely adore this movie!! This has to be my favorite reaction video from you, honestly! 🥰 If you're curious, the walking brooms you're remembering come from the sequence "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" from the 1940 Disney film Fantasia.

[@SplitUpLook4Clues]

I like villains that are without a backstory, it gives them that much more appeal.

[@Dej24601]

The broom & Mickey Mouse story you mentioned that you remembered is “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” segment from Disney’s 1940 masterpiece “Fantasia.” Check it out!!

[@AndrastesGrace_]

The moving broom you mentioned seeing before in a mickey mouse film, was the movie "Fantasia", one of the skits in that movie depicts Mickey Mouse as a young apprentice to a sorcerer, and Mickey steals his masters wizard hat and starts playing around with magic and thats when chaos ensues lol.

[@princesserika9899]

27:38 I heard from a comment that in this scene, you can hear "Aurora" harmonizing eerily in the background. Now that is scary

[@MajoDaArtist]

1959???? Dang when I was little I used to watch this on repeat didn't realize it was so old

[@mevb]

In the swedish dub, carrots were replaced with apples as the word matches better with the lip sync (carrots are called mortötter in swedish so it's three sylable word compared to äpplen, apples in swedish).

[@suzanne6005]

The story of the movie adaptation comes from "The Sleeping Beauty in the Woods." published by Charles Perrault in 1697.

[@agenttheater5]

27:21 The way she was sitting in that scene and the way she was walking down from the cottage when she was first sent out to get berries.....either she's naturally graceful and elegant, or the fairies managed to train her on court customs including poise and posture, how to sit right and how to walk right.

[@mevb]

Malificent's horns and winged cape was designed to resemble her dragon form.

[@ThePsychoguy]

I don’t know about the Maleficent movies but if you know about traditional fairy mythology then there’s not much explanation needed. Basically fairies are mostly malevolent towards humans (Maleficent is actually closer to most traditional depictions than the three good fairies), but will mostly leave humans alone provided they’re given proper respect - respect is HUGE in traditional fairy “culture” if you want to call it that. Notice the queen refers to Maleficent as “your excellency” out of respect, hoping to stay on her good side. But, she felt slighted anyway, so curses the baby (yes, fairies were often that petty in the traditional folklore). Even the good fairies (both here and in the lore) often don’t understand or care for human moral norms. Notice the good fairies’ plans ALWAYS include what could be considered a real violation of others. Their first thought to protect Aurora was to basically just take her from her parents (in lore fairies often kidnapped babies, by the way). Their answer to dealing with the consequences of their own mess up (when they let Aurora prick her finger) was to put the entire kingdom to sleep, to cover it up. If you understand old school faerie lore, you’ll notice this movie is actually really faithful - even friendly, well-intentioned fairies often have zero regard for human morals, norms, or rights. Anyway that’s my answer to anyone who says there needs to be more explanation for certain aspects on Maleficent or the three good fairies - their motivations or characters. Go learn some fae (fairy) folklore.

[@ДжесикаИванова-б8ф]

Malificent wasn't going to do anything if she was invited ,this story seems very much like the wedding of goddess Thetis and the mortal Peleus ,where everyone is invited to the party but the goddess of discord . Because of that goddess Eris got mad and made the golden apple of discord which triggered the trojan war . Maybe if they invited them nothing would have happened ,but prejudace is a thing for some reason.

[@miguelcarrasco6511]

i just realized the parallels between the ancient myth of PANDORA and baby Aurora obtaining her gifts.

[@emmakerns7840]

Mary Costa, the voice of Aurora is still alive today!

[@historyfreak6591]

Ok. Your daughter is just about the cutest little girl I've ever seen! I also appreciate that you were able to comment on the movie without bringing up the fact that the movie is old and "archaic" and has "bad messaging for kids". You are just focused on the story and the action and the art of the movie.

[@mezkennedy4106]

The fairies were the real heroes 🧚‍♀️

[@BeboRulz]

Sleeping Beauty was my favorite Disney movie growing up. Loved the music & the fairies 😊 Your reaction was so much fun! Can I get some armor? No, ok. 😂 Definitely check out Maleficent. Good movie & gives you the backstory. Cheyenne is SO big now!!! Adorable little cootiebug 🐛 🐛🐛

[@mjpilot4439]

the fairies can cook basic foods, just not something fancy like a cake; since they're not that easy

[@mevb]

Malificent's bird Diablo is not a crow but a RAVEN. Crows are black with a grey back and wings. Ravens are completely black.

[@Kfantasy_98]

Loved it. Especially when your little girl came in ❤ she's so cute!

[@laurenherda2415]

This, Sword and the Stone and Robin Hood are my favorite Disney films

[@cruzuvalle9845]

Make it blue! Make it pink! Make it blue! Make it pink! 💙💖💙💖💙💖💙💖💙💖

[@nathrach6093]

I have a movie suggestion for you. It's called "Mavka: The Forest Song". I really loved it. Make sure to find the English version. Also, take note that there's a mid-credit scene worth watching, but no post-credit scene.

[@TomatoeDude]

38:57 is this the first time this child hears the word HELL?

[@ivanelugo]

They were searching the Princess Aurora Borealis located specifically on Skinner's kitchen but he didn't let them see her

[@KB-tg7pf]

I wonder if the pink and blue battle has to do with the way blue used to be considered a more appropriate color for girls, and pink was considered too bold, but in the 40s people started to have more pink for girls? It was a bit controversial over whether girls should wear pink or blue.

[@HavenKnight93]

You definitely should watch The Wizard of Oz. That movie is an absolute classic. That movie is going to be 85 years old next year.

[@agenttheater5]

9:30 Maleficent didn't say it would happen on her 16th Birthday. She said she would prick her finger and die BEFORE the sun sets on her sixteenth birthday. She cursed Aurora to potentially prick her finger and die every day of her life until the night of her 16th birthday.

[@ktmac176]

Maleficent is the most popular Disney Villain next to Churnabog according to Ridley Pearson (Author of Disney Book Series: Kingdom Keepers).

[@richardzinns5676]

So you've finally seen what has to be Disney's greatest animated masterpiece! The animation style was designed by Eyvind Earle, a painter whose work Disney admired. The very stylized trees that you see in some parts of this movie, with their completely rectangular foliage, are a mild echo of the similarly styled trees in some of Earle's paintings, with their unique and fascinating vision. I read somewhere that the sound department used a flamethrower for the sound of the dragon breathing fire. By the way, is that not the greatest cartoon dragon in the history of animation?

[@KB-tg7pf]

The birthday party went so wrong because they all wanted to swap jobs. They had learned their jobs, but on the last day they wanted to try something different.

[@Michelle_Kemp]

The live action Cinderella is actually pretty good

[@sylvanaire]

It’s a long time ago now, but it seems to me that when I was little, the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale was told to me as the curse was for her to sleep 100 years. I can’t remember the details of how the prince found her in order to give her her first true loves kiss, but the 100 years sticks in my memory somehow. In this movie, it looks like it only lasts one night. 🤷‍♀️😄

[@kennedyhass]

Fun fact : when I went to middle school there was some woods behind the school apparently that's were the wizard of Oz was made