First time watching ANASTASIA* & obsessing over Dimitri (Movie Commentary & Reaction)

Today we are watching Anastasia for the first time and I would just like to say... DIMITRI is that prince period
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[@LakiaJaiTV]

I don’t know... Dimitri might be my favorite Disney prince since this movie is under Disney now. Thanks for watching😊

[@Yasmine-ib1je]

How was this a day ago?

[@LakiaJaiTV]

Lol I had the video unlisted and posted a comment to see if my comments were off or not.

[@Yasmine-ib1je]

@@LakiaJaiTV Ah, okay.

[@z_exelle]

This is the most UNDERRATED movie ever okay? Dimitri is fine asf for no reason 😩❤️

[@robiking011]

This movie was based on a legend. You see in the early 1900s Russia was ruled by this king named Nicholas II. He had a wife and 4 daughters and a son. However in 1917 the people of Russia got tired of Nicholas II and his family and so they arrested them and executed them. But the body of the youngest daughter, Anastasia in that time was never found. Then a few years later a woman named Anna Anderson came forward and said that she was Anastasia. Some relatives of Nicholas II believed her, others didn't. She spend her whole claiming that she was Anastasia. She died in 1984 but years later they did a DNA test on her and determined that she was not related to Nicholas II and therefore she was not Anastasia. Then in 2007 Anastasia's skeleton was found and it confirmed that she died in 1917 with the rest of her family, and all those legends that she survived were just legends. So yeah. This movie has sure aged and now feels kind of bad taste.

[@zackxeno1019]

Nobody ever talks about how sassy Anastasia is in this movie, only rivaled by the even sassier Dimitri, and that makes their chemistry even more better

[@Angelicwings1]

90’s lol

[@osmanyousif7849]

LOL.... You know, just watching these two makes me believe that Meg Ryan and John Cusack didn't get enough love for their performances. Compare to the rest of the 1997 animated films, in today's culture, they stand out the most.

[@dre_ocean]

I mean it basically 90s romcom! XD

[@emmad.176]

@@osmanyousif7849 too right! I love animation but the chemistry and writing between the two in this film is something else!

[@vetarlittorf1807]

Which is funny because the real life Anastasia was very sassy and sarcastic.

[@arachnaesweb]

I’m obsessed with the fact that she has no idea Anastasia and Rasputin were real historical figures 😂 “where do they come up with these names”

[@FreyaEinde]

The fact they made this movie into a musical is wild to me, like you have to explain that by so many degrees. That this is a movie based on the movie about the fraud who claimed to be Anastasia but with magic and talking animals and was in development around the time they finally found the bodies of the remaining Romanovs...it's wild.

[@livingdeadgirl5691]

@@FreyaEinde not to mention real Anastasia and her family were really dead, murderd by Lenins orders, and not to mention the whole thing when Rasputin was alleged to sexualy abused the Romanov sisters...

[@Mercy.Beloved]

Literally same

[@FreyaEinde]

@@livingdeadgirl5691 Omg like there's so many eras of myth lore for this murdered royal family and for Rasputin too. Like I highly recommend the wiki page on Romanov imposters it's a ride.

[@officialflikz]

Well if we go historical, Rasputin was long dead before the cold war

[@colleenmccollum4361]

The little boy was walking like that because that is Alexei Romanov, the youngest child, and brother of Olga, Tatiana, Maria, and Anastasia, and he had hemophilia disease.

[@wandanemer2630]

It's a great detail!

[@farah-1199]

That's an amazing detail I never noticed before!!

[@phousefilms]

Truth. My memory of history isn't what it used to be, but I believe Rasputin joined the court acting as a healer for Alexei.

[@livingdeadgirl5691]

True, he spent his last day unable to walk actually, his sister Maria was carrying him to the room they were shot.

[@12Carrie90]

@@phousefilms And the even crazier part is that Rasputin did actually "put a curse" on the Romanov's. He declared that if he were killed by any member of the royal family, then the royal family would die within a year. He was murdered by the Czar's cousin(I think if I remember correctly?). Rasputin was poisoned, shot, and eventually drowned when the other means were not killing him. And sadly the Romanov's were killed, just like Rasputin "predicted".

[@icomeandgobybubble87]

Fact: the real Anastasia was said to be very sassy, a prankster in the family, and did "terrorise the cook." She played pranks on everyone. She was said to be very funny.

[@JenniferBrigitteOpticalVortex]

Poor girl. She could have lived to be a good person.

[@dbseamz]

Her bothering the cook I can imagine, but an eight year old girl being able to throw a grown man? Push him in the brook maybe, but they said "throw".

[@tabithadickson36]

She was also described to be quotely an evil child and was very unlikeable who wouldn't do anything but corse trouble with maria i think her sister was called

[@jennykhenven3058]

@@tabithadickson36 no one ever told she was unlikable, she was a naughty child, that’s it

[@joumanaelnahal4290]

Yeah and it was said that she was the tomboy of her sisters

[@reinagarcia9693]

No literally their chemistry is obsession worthy. When they’re singing the song in Paris and he’s sad about losing her I’m just like AHHHH

[@LakiaJaiTV]

Also when he blew the kiss from outside the window... 🥺I could literally die

[@iniuram8231]

Anastasia wouldn't let it happen. She would stay with Dmitri. He may know that but he thinks not having a relationship with her is the right thing because she is a princess.

[@kateiannacone2698]

"Is the grandmother not a Romanoff?" No, not by blood. She was a princess from Denmark who married into the Romanov family.

[@sarasamaletdin4574]

Which is why this movie should take place on Copenhagen. Why is she in Paris? It’s funny however that she suggested the grandmother should just have gone back to Russia at one point. Does she not know about the Russian Revolution?

[@phousefilms]

@@sarasamaletdin4574 Paris is more shiny.

[@rovhalt6650]

@@sarasamaletdin4574 Paris was the place to be at that time. Anybody who was someone was there.

[@VidiaReePhoenix]

@@sarasamaletdin4574 From my understanding, the real grandmother moved to Paris after the Russian Revolution and spent out her final years there.

[@jaguar4u2012]

Maria Fedorovna of Denmark (Anstasia's Grandma) was not an heir to the Russian Throne in anyway Anastasia (Allegedly) was the soul last living heir to the Throne but no one will ever know for sure... if she actually survived the massacare or was executed

[@aniagonzalez1455]

Fun fact about the the movie whenever anastasia is singing Once Upon A December and they put a necklace on her it is based on the true story apparently Nicholas would give his daughters a pearl each year for their birthday so when they would turn 18 they were able to make a necklace from the pearls, thats why the two girls who are anastasia’s sisters put a necklace on her

[@wandanemer2630]

Oh wow!

[@RedRoseSeptember22]

That's so cute ♥

[@phousefilms]

Ow, thats sad, given how she died.

[@nicoledenel]

That's so sweet 😢

[@Hobiiwankinobii]

That’s such an amazing detail, it’s tragic Anastasia never made it to 18

[@bunnieslyrics]

the fact that the real anastasia didn’t have a happy ending makes the “once upon a december” scene even sadder :((

[@sophia_idk1509]

What happened in the real Anastasia?

[@alexl.7668]

@@sophia_idk1509 She was murdered along with her entire family.

[@sophia_idk1509]

@@alexl.7668 Wow, I did not expect that, that’s actually really sad. Thanks for telling me though

[@sonadowfangirl30869]

@@sophia_idk1509 Yeah, people held out hope for a very long time and someone even claimed to be her for years, but in the end her remains (I think along with her youngest brother's?) were found in some woods.

[@alexl.7668]

@@sophia_idk1509 you’re welcome. The story of the Romanovs is really complicated and dark.

[@toastysock]

The scene with her dancing with all the ghosts of her past is always really sad for me, since everyone there is literally ghosts, they were all murdered. Also the scenes with her father and sisters and brother. Ugh my heart.

[@ijornhribrudkrvir]

For real, seeing her dead family calling her to jump to her death is just- SO DARK like holy shit

[@bifa5414]

They actually appeared a few times during this movie. First we see Nicholas II at the beginning of the movie arguing with Rasputin. Later whole family on painting. During "Once Upon a December" whole family came out of it, later we see all her siblings walking during dancing people with limping brother and at the end of the song she dances with her father. During dream sequence we see her whole family, except of the mother. I think that that's all, I don't know if I missed something else.

[@lalalalalalwlla]

Fun fact: Real empress Marie never met any of the people that claimed to be grand duchess Anastasia or any other member of the family. She also refused to believe her son and his family were murdered but that they were instead sent somewhere to live anonymously. Her daughter said that deep down she knew the truth but it was too painful for her to admit it.

[@peterelidyrx]

That’s so sad

[@JenniferBrigitteOpticalVortex]

@@peterelidyrx Damn. That's heartbreaking.

[@godschildjcreigns2976]

🥺

[@timn11.04]

This movie is criminally underrated

[@LakiaJaiTV]

Agreed

[@Catty_Wampus4610]

Ikr, It deserves a sequel! With the same animation quality as this one, Not some crappy done disaster like that one awful Aladdin sequel where he finds his father? With the 40 thieves? Yk? Lol if you know you KNOW😂😂

[@Catty_Wampus4610]

@Silicon Nomad Lol no! Something like Her being a royal now and Dimitri being her boyfriend/Fiance living life and then Idk maybe Rasputin has some descendant somewhere that wants to kill her? There are alot of possiblities

[@Pollicina_db]

@@Catty_Wampus4610 No sequel. This right here is the problem with todays animation. Everyone just wants endless sequels and live action adaptations, but nothing new

[@Alina.0612]

I think it’s cause it’s not originally Disney, it was just sold to disney so they didn’t wanna advertise it much

[@Annonere]

Fun fact about music and memory: music is stored in a completely different part of the brain than where it stores most memories. I work in a memory care unit at an assisted living facility, and our patients with dementia almost always remember the lyrics to their favorite songs, even if they've forgotten most other things. We have used music to help pull some residents out of panic moments when they can't remember anything else, and it helps to ground them. We also use music to help them remember things about their daily routines. Music is very powerful when it comes to memory! I love how they actually incorporated this when it comes to Anastasia's memory. She remembers her grandmother's song, she remembers the smells, and THEN she remembers everything she's forgotten. Very powerful!

[@dbseamz]

I did a paper recently on the lady who voiced Disney's Cinderella, and in some of my research it said during her final days in assisted living, she really liked listening to "A Dream is a Wish your Heart Makes" even though she couldn't remember having sung it.

[@bgrace2242]

Fun fact: Lacey Chabert (Gretchen in mean girls) is young Anastasia’s singing voice

[@LakiaJaiTV]

Wow I didn’t even know she could sing.

[@phousefilms]

Also the early Meg, before she was replaced by Mila Kunis.

[@KaiInMotion]

The gags in family guy making fun of her are hilarious and she came back for some of them. She's a good sport lol. She's in the episode where new Meg (Kunis) joins the Olympics.

[@Epic_Halfblood]

I can’t unhear it now

[@TJ2T-MAL]

The grandma is safe cause she cant have more kids to continue the line like Anastasia can

[@LakiaJaiTV]

Oh ok

[@gamechangersink449]

Grandma was probably married in, and so wouldn't have a bloodline tie either, was my guessing when I was thinking over why she was skipped over.

[@NikolaTheodore]

the grandma was married into the romanov family - she was a danish princess. so she is not a romanov by blood.

[@lalalalalalwlla]

In reality she escaped to Livadia and was arrested there along with couple other members of the family. She was also supposed to be killed, but king George sent the ship before revolutionaries managed to kill her. Bolshevics didn't care about the age of the members of the family, if you are Romanov, you die.

[@LordVolkov]

The animation style looks older because Don Bluth was the lead animator. He is also responsible for All Dogs Go To Heaven, the American Tail and Land Before Time movies. Usually his movies had darker tones than Disney, dealing with heavier topics like death and poverty.

[@thisuserisfoxxy]

Not sure if someone answered this but you asked why the little boy was walking weirdly. This movie is based on the real Anastasia who had a young brother by the name of Alexei who was a hemophiliac and got sick very very easily so I’m guessing that’s why. You should check out the real story of the Romanovs even though the real ending was pretty tragic :/

[@LakiaJaiTV]

Yea I had no idea this was based off of real events

[@caoimhepower395]

@@LakiaJaiTV it's very loosely based. The Romanoffs were pretty unpopular (Nikolas wasn't a great Tzar, and in the eyes of the impoverished people the royal family needed to be gotten rid of.) Rasputin was actually a close friend of the family (he was a pretty corrupt holy man, with way too much political influence, but he was good at helping Alexei (who was pretty sickly at times), so the family trusted him. He was one of the many reasons they were unpopular). Anyway, in 1917, the communist revolution happened. The family were overthrown and imprisoned- they basically lived under house arrest for about 2 years, before being executed. For decades, there was a rumour that Anastasia escaped; sadly, her remains were later found, buried in a separate pit.

[@caoimhepower395]

@@LakiaJaiTV Also fun fact! The song, "Ra ra Rasputin" is based off the real Rasputin.

[@sarasamaletdin4574]

@ Caoimhe Power It is but it’s also not accurate, Rasputin wasn’t lover of the Russian Queen (or Emperess) lol. They were close because she believed he could heal her son however.

[@bifa5414]

@@sarasamaletdin4574 Yeah, the Bolsheviks started those rumors to discredit the Romanovs even more.

[@rchow8051]

Naveen, Flynn, and Dimitri are the Holy Trinity of Disney princes

[@michelle9182]

Anastasia’s sass is everything and the little bickering between her and Dimitri. *chefs kiss 😘*

[@hannahhester8376]

You know, peppermint, especially peppermint oil like the one her grandmother used on her hands, helps with memory! I'd always wondered how Anastasia was finally able to remember everything, that would have something to do with it. Sights, sounds, smells even, can help with memory.

[@chibigirl8545]

Smells in general are good at bringing memories up.

[@hannahhester8376]

@@chibigirl8545 True.

[@coralinedicaprio241]

the animations during this time were THE BEST OMG

[@nicoledenel]

Agree! I love 2D animated movies the most. There is something so beautiful about hand drawn films

[@scoutart1508]

Modern hand drawn animation ahead of their time am I right?

[@mkyx6441]

animation really peaked in late 90s when they start incorporating 3d elements but still keep it 2d most of time, giving the movies such a grand and massive feel

[@emilylewis5373]

The saddest thing is that the family were not really awful rulers (besides the dealings with Rasputin). The queen and several of her daughters served as nurses during the war. However the political environment changed. The family in fact lived for several years under house arrest while they tried to figure out what to do with them. The fact that they ended up carrying out the murder in the night and tried so hard to cover it up means that they did know what they were doing wasn't right.

[@brandonlyon730]

I mean Tsar Nicholas II was a pretty incompetent ruler and did terrible things to the Finnish and Jewish peoples. But yeah his family did not deserve it, they suffered from the sins of there father/husband.

[@theofficalsilentraven]

Oh geez...

[@stuffwithsoph8264]

Uh no. They were not black hearted villains but Tsar Nicholas II was incompetent and VERY anti semetic releasing propaganda about Jewish people saying they wanted to take over the banks and government, and they still were very very rich people watching those who lived hundreds of years under serfdom, starve and doing nothing about it. Also this movie is a very inaccurate telling of history, the Russian revolution was actually very peaceful and the Romanov's were first kept in a home left to luxury, the Tsar only had to abdicate the throne and be a rich dude, but unfortunately the guards got drunk and executed them without orders (it is unclear if Lenin ordered them to be executed or not). I'm not defending the murder of the kids cause they had no power but lmao the Tsar and his wife were not innocent just because they were not movie villains, they were very very bad.

[@Martin-ki8jv]

@@stuffwithsoph8264 You do realize almost the entire bolshevik leadership who overthrew him and executed his family were jewish right? lol. You can call him anti-semetic but his prediction was literally correct. Also lol at "peacefull revolution" and "drunk guards executing them". This is your brain on modern academia.

[@stuffwithsoph8264]

@@Martin-ki8jv That's the dumbest argument I've ever heard, you know Hitler was Jewish, right? Being apart of a group that's oppressed doesn't give you a pass when you oppress people. As for what I said at the end, unless you have sources contradicting me, you can roll back the attitude.

[@genevieveowusu885]

I love all of her dresses! The Broadway outfits are even better!

[@multiplefandomlover7179]

This movie makes me cry even though I've only watched it twice now. It's so sad and heartfelt, and I LOVE Dimitri and Anastasia's chemistry so much

[@c.v.3025]

The title: “obsessed with Dimitri” Me: MISS ARE WE NOT ALL OBSESSED WITH THIS MAN???!?!?

[@coralinedicaprio241]

ALSO DID you know this was based on a true story, Anatasia was never found everyone thought she escaped but the late 70s they found her (skeleton) body. :(

[@donanderson1020]

Yeah, she was shot like the rest of her family :( Not that Nicholas made a very great leader, or that Russia's dynastic history was any better, but everything that came after hasn't been very good for Russian citizens either Those poor folks have been in hell with the government for their entire history

[@lindseysquire8417]

@@donanderson1020 Yeah. Nicholas wasn't a good leader, but his children didn't deserve to have anything happen to them. They were innocent.

[@kemipue]

I watched a lot of documentaries when I was younger about this, and I’m sure I remember that they weren’t sure if it was Anastasia or actually Maria that went missing and was found skeleton-wise.

[@airicastarwall1349]

@@kemipue i think now they've managed to do dna, won't swear to that, but yeah-heard the same

[@kemipue]

@@airicastarwall1349 remember them doing something with dna and trying to find descendants of Maria. Wasn't sure if they would have enough info from back then to differentiate between Anastadia and Maria- should be able to tell if the body is a Romanov from some sort of family link I guess, but dunno. Might need to rewatch stuff again!

[@chevelle921]

fun fact: aaliyah's version of journey to the past (which is played during the end credits) was nominated for an oscar.

[@Sam-0827]

Aaliyah 😭♥️🥺

[@officialflikz]

5:27 they couldn't renovate it, Russia was under a communist regimen at the time, and royalty was forbidden, the palace was considered a restricted area under penalty of death That's why Anya couldn't get out without a visa and nobody wanted to tell her how to get there (even the old lady was like you didn't hear it from me)

[@bifa5414]

At the painting you can see their whole family. Also people who came out of painting and at 6:04 are her 3 older sisters (Olga, Tatiana and Maria), her younger brother (Alexei) and her parents Nicholas II and Alexandra. The boy who walks in weird way is her brother Alexei who had the hemophilia disease. She also dances with her father at the end of the song. Man at the beginning of the movie who argued with Rasputin is Nicholas II, her father. And even during her dream those are her siblings (3 sisters and 1 brother).

[@isbammoi3358]

"Did he just pat 'me' on 'my' hand?" When you're so into Dimitri you become Anastasia lol. If I ain't been there. And if you think dogs are bad about feet, you haven't had a cat xD

[@LakiaJaiTV]

Lol

[@bapsbaby6441]

I was waiting for you to do this bc Once Upon A December was such a good song!

[@LakiaJaiTV]

It really is... I knew the song before even watching this movie.

[@AO-qm1of]

Aaliyah was associated with the movie she sang her own version of the journey to the past song in the soundtrack 🥰

[@Megara1989]

The actual story tho is so brutal

[@KaiInMotion]

I'm so jealous of people who get to enjoy the song Journey to The Past for the first time. I watched this masterpiece again and again as a child. Also as a kid I loved that Anastasia got to defeat the villain and have the huge hero moment and Dimitri was the damsel. Just a nice touch.

[@oo8962]

I think none of them are damsel. They both fight and help each other. It's just dimitri is fighting that horse statue which is impossible to hurt by a mere human

[@dre_ocean]

And they eloped together instead of receiving the title Prince and Princess

[@honeydew75]

I'm Russian and I was so obsessed with this movie growing up, the way I had a crush on both Anastasia and Dimitri 😭 seeing the palace irl made me emotional and all the cartoon men gave me unrealistic expectations haha Rasputin and all his stuff scared me. although it kinda confused me since as a kid I knew Romanovs existed irl but I didn't know the full story until I enrolled in school and it gave me hope there was such a princess with her grandma :( it also made me love the name Anastasia, it's a really common name here in Russia(think like Ashley in the US) and it's usually shorted to a nickname Nastya by friends and such so you don't get to hear the full really pretty version of the name most of the time. One of the reasons I love English is because you get to see the full versions of Russian names being used a lot more often and because it's English it makes them sound fancy and extra pretty

[@NileyLove23]

Lol when she mentions “they got good names on this movie” the majority of the names are....real people 😂 in history

[@LakiaJaiTV]

Lol I legit had no idea they were real people... still good names though

[@SebastianForal]

​​@@LakiaJaiTV the real story is tragic and brutal. There is a major inaccuracy though, rasputin was loved by the royal family because he allegedly saved alexei with some sort of magic (unlikely)

[@reigningastrid339]

my favorite fun fact about this movie is that when liz calloway (singing voice of anastasia) met meg ryan (voice of anastasia), liz calloway said, “hi! i did your singing voice in the movie” and meg ryan said, “really? i told everyone i did the singing”. and then meg ryan walked away.

[@mutantx2372]

A childhood classic . I love pop version of " Journey to the past " by Aaliyah .

[@fataleflare]

For context Anastasia’s little brother Alexi had Hemophilia in real life and the real Rasputan was hired to heal him. So that could explain why he’s walking like that.

[@quadtiggersson1222]

Fun fact: Christopher Lloyd AKA Doc from Back to the future, actually talk-sing the first part of the villain song, but the rest is song by Jim cummings who is the voice of Winnie the pooh and Tigger, cause Lloyd could not sing the high-notes as Cummings could :)

[@brandonlyon730]

He also song the rest of the song “Be prepared” from the Lion King as Scar after Jeremy Irons threw off his voice after the, “You won’t get a sniff without me” part.

[@quadtiggersson1222]

@@brandonlyon730 Yep i knew that too 😊

[@pamayapaya]

Omg i totally get the Dmitri hype, I was so in love with this white boy when I was like 7 😂✋🏾

[@milkman8467]

the ENTIRE train scene is just *chefs kiss*

[@bandotaku]

Dimitri was my everything when I was a child! .....As was nearly every animated main man I saw, but he was part of it!

[@galacticcbitxh3641]

"The little bunny-rat looking thing" What a perfect way to describe a bat lol

[@alinaschwieder526]

Honestly any animated guy from any Don Bluth move is just ✨wow✨

[@agenttheater5]

12:37 First sign that that was a dream - Alexei would never have been allowed to do that. Don't know if it's a case of Anastasia not having her full memories back or the writers not doing their research but Alexei was born with haemophilia, he could never do something like jump from a great high or run where he'd risk bleeding on the outside or the inside. There was no cure or treatment for it then and likely not now. He bleeds excessively when he cuts himself, his blood won't clot, but the most dangerous thing is when he bleeds inside, he'd never be allowed to do anything like what he was doing in this dream. THat's why they kept Rasputin at court for so long, he seemed to be able to cure it or at least stop it from becoming too serious. They remembered it in the stage musical adaption, he fell at the ball scene and everyone went quiet.

[@FortheLoveofMonsters]

So this is LOOSELY based on the real myth that Anastasia survived the assassination of her family and actually lived. There was a woman who claimed to be Anastasia in the early 20th century and convinced a lot of people. The whole story is very sad, this movie is very romantic. But I would still look up the real story behind this.

[@taylorelissaa]

this movie is based off real people but it’s still my favorite movie.

[@angelinasophiakamaratou1205]

2:02 " he just now sold it? It looked like he was already dead to me" Lmaooo👏

[@gabrielleduplessis7388]

I love everything about this film. It was one of my childhood favorites to this day. I love the animation, characters, songs, storyline, etc. Of course like most people, i developed a huge crush on Dimitri. I feel your obsession.

[@irain4927]

"What's the point of killing her,but not the grandma?" She can keep the family bloodline going,Grandma can't,and he wants the line to end.

[@OwsiSan]

Plus Grandma wasn't a blood related Romanov. She was married into the family, but Anastasia is Romanov by blood

[@hannahiozzia6022]

7:40 “ohhh little Bunny rAT looking thing.” Haha also known at a BAT 😂😂😉😘

[@Longshanks1690]

The Historian in me is consistently furious at the depiction of Nicholas, Rasputin, the Revolution and honestly the premise in general. The animation nerd in me loves how beautiful some of these shots and landscapes are. The song enthusiast in me has a love-hate relationship with the songs in this movie. And the bisexual in me is deeply conflicted over whether Dimitri or Anastasia is the hotter one. To summarise, this movie makes me feel things and I think that’s good but I’m not sure. 😂

[@ajmalaika1287]

The stage musical is much more accurate I think, I'd love to hear your opinion of it. Instead of Rasputin, it's the son of one of the revolutionists that killed the family and he feels it's his duty to finish his father's job.

[@Nympthethereal]

I take it Rasputin wasn’t the villain? Or at least not as demon-like 😂

[@СветланаГладышева-ж2е]

@@Nympthethereal Of course, he was not a DEMONIC villain, but in the eyes of the people around the royal family, he was quite dangerous. He had a great influence on the royal family, due to the fact that he was practically the only one who could help Alexei in his illness. Plus, in Russia they have always treated God's people well (and sometimes with reverence). But he did not live at all righteously, he loved to go to prostitutes and generally behaved quite cheekily, denigrating the Orthodox faith with his behavior.

[@Nympthethereal]

@@СветланаГладышева-ж2е why did he do what he did to the royal family?

[@СветланаГладышева-ж2е]

@@Nympthethereal What he did? Killed them? Well THIS you ask the scriptwriters of this cartoon. In reality, Grigory Rasputin was killed by conspirators in 1916 and he naturally has nothing to do with the murder of the royal family. However, Anastasia, in reality, was killed along with the entire royal family, and did not remain alive and with loss of memory.

[@mepi31]

I really liked this movie when i was a child. Anastasia as a character reminded me my mother, brave kind and beautiful. Also my father's name is Dimitri too.

[@inayahcee3131]

"Look at the acrylics" Your commentary kills me

[@iwd8921]

If you were wondering why the Prince was walking so funny during the song sequence, it was probably an animation error. But it could also be a shout out to history, Alexei Romanov, the prince from her memories was a hemophiliac and a year before the Royal family was wiped out he had some kind of bleeding into his stomach that left him maimed. The real Anastasia Romanov was genuinely believed missing for something like ninety years and people always wanted to believe she survived. Turns out she was killed with the rest of her family but her body was dumped in a different location. Lenin had them all annihilated to avoid anyone using them as a rallying cry to around which people could build a rebellion against him. He was the real villain not some crazy mountain shaman.

[@edithmargaretjones585]

The movie is actually based on the real story of the Romanovs. Anastasia's story line is based on how many people believe Alexi(her brother) escaped but they made it Anastasia so they could have a romance. Rasputin was a mystic and they originally were friends with Rasputin cuz he helped Alexi during his bleeding spells, but then he got into some bad things so they banished him - hence why he was mad.

[@nancyediagbonya6222]

I love how you share a scripture in every video! Great video as always!! ♥️

[@LakiaJaiTV]

Thank you 😊

[@nathaliegai2933]

Lakia:wait is he alive 🤨 eyeball falls Lakia:Nah he's dead😅 Me:😭😭😂😂

[@michellemccloy823]

Not to mentioned the They were on a BOAT... that is another Titanic thing.. they slept in the lower level too...where Jack's commoner people were.

[@HappyKittyShop]

I LOVE this movie so much growing up and still is my top favorite Princess movie! After a REAL princess! It's truly a tragedy what happened to the royal family. Sadly none of them survived. The songs will forever be in my memory.

[@OpticalSorcerer]

The music, the animation, the story...it's phenomenal. I can understand if Russia didn't care for it, but this is an iconic film to me. I do wish the musical had stayed more true to this version.

[@lilenwasnothere6867]

the musical was more possible, in terms of what actually happened. if she had lived, i believed something like that could have happened.

[@OpticalSorcerer]

@@lilenwasnothere6867 Oh, definitely. But I pick fantasy over realism anyday, lol.

[@jaydas8976]

This movie is so underrated and deserves more credit

[@nohtrhrbrurenjwwieudjd]

this movie was my childhood and it's still one of my favourites of all time im so happy to see more people enjoy it :,)

[@alyssasopinion7617]

Anyone else happy this is on disney plus and that Anastasia is finally a Disney princess

[@Flufferz626]

That means that the Xenomorph Queen from Alien is also one, since they own that franchise now. Kinda weird since the Disney princesses weren't real life people that lived in the 20th century.

[@charliegripton2656]

the albino bat Bartock has their own movie called Bartoc the Magnificent

[@lilachodan4941]

The fun fact: The imperior of Russia was actually cruel he put repression on people from Poland because they land was taken by Russia. He let them die on Siberia. The fact that his family was being murdered is terrible but he was cruel he wasn't good and most people don't know that

[@qudeeratilghman9883]

I'm extremely happy I saw you in my recommendations you're a queen who have the content I really enjoy so I will definitely binge watch your videos 😊

[@LakiaJaiTV]

Thank you 😊

[@oliviaamerica7779]

If you ever go down the Romanov rabbit hole - oh my you’ll be addicted - so many interesting details. Also, there’s a book “Anastasia the Last Grand Duchess” it’s her diary and she details everything from when she got to when they had to hide up until the night she and her family were murdered. There is pictures in there if the places and a picture of her wearing that gold dress with sash that she was wearing when she came back to grandma. Such a beautiful book.

[@AndreNitroX]

The romance in this movie in some of the best I’ve seen in an animated movie

[@bbygal4315]

Anastasia could’ve told her grandma in person that she was leaving, like girl what?

[@TheGhostWriterGirl]

12:37 Fun fact: Anastasia's only brother, the young Prince Alexei, had hemophilia, a death-sentence at the time, as any bump or scratch could lead to days and days of unstoppable bleeding, even death. The family were terrified that the public would discover the only heir to the throne could die without a moment's notice, so things like sports, swimming, anything that could result in a bruise, were forbidden. That's the first sign that something is "off" in the dream, that it's not just a pleasant memory but a fake one planted by Rasputin - Anya's family never would have let Alexei swim. Rasputin first got in with the royal family when he managed to (or most likely, appeared to) stop Alexei's bleeding fits on several occasions. Growing increasingly alienated from the interests of their subjects, the Romanovs (Czarina Alexandra, Anastasia's mother, in particular) followed Rasputin's dogma alone, and the friends of the family were so horrified by what this could mean for the family (and all of Russia) that they personally murdered Rasputin. It is said it took several bullets and a drowning in a frozen lake to finally kill him. This explains all the opening scenes in this movie: Rasputin's evil is magic-ified and this dark time in Russia's history is made somewhat kid friendly by changing the murder to an accident on the ice, and never showing what happened to the rest of her family (in reality, they were shot, stabbed, stripped naked, possibly violated, and dumped in a mass grave by Stalin's supporters).

[@dbseamz]

I don't know of any family who would let a boy that young jump from that high into water that shallow, tbh. Especially without a life jacket.

[@sian1000]

Journey to the Past is one of the best animated movie soundtrack songs ever

[@ewilliams4410]

Okay I know Raspy's a hit-or-miss villain but "In the Dark of The Night" is a bop. Top tier villain song.

[@janeeroberts8292]

Aayliah sang Once Upon a December too!

[@terrylewis_]

This was one of my favorites growing up. :)

[@athenajaxon2397]

I had such a crush on him when I was a kid 😭

[@hotdogwater9060]

I JUST REALISED WHY I HAD SUCH A HUGE CRUSH ON DIMITRI!!! He looks and sounds *exactly* like chris pine in the princess diaries 2!! i realised it the moment he turns to see ana in the blue gown!

[@linann96]

Last night, I put my phone screen up to my Betta 🐠 fish’s tank and played “Once Upon a December” so she could watch the scene with me. Her name is Princess Oceanna and I like to show her Disney song clips and stuff (it’s how we bond 🤣). And yes, she stared at my phone 📱 while it was playing, lol. Love this movie & your channel! 💕

[@timothymonroe4773]

LAKIA J: LOOK AT THE ACRYLICS! LOOK AT THE NAILS!!!! ME: 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@milkshakescos1980]

omg you need to react to thumbelina its by the people who made anastasia trust me you'd love it

[@melody4444441]

Oh I think she'll love thumbelina if she decides to watch it! It's on youtube fully for free, too!

[@sarahcloud444]

PLEASE that movie was my whole life as a tot I think it is so underrated 😭

[@milkshakescos1980]

@@sarahcloud444 ikrrrrrrr 😭😭😭

[@sarahcloud444]

@@milkshakescos1980 yesss! I was actually surprised when I asked my friends about it and they never heard of it. Same thing I’ve never heard of thumbelina merch or anything. That movie deserves more 😭

[@aquariussolaris2492]

@@sarahcloud444 it does not. I say this as someone who watched it many times, owned it for a good part of my life, but its not that good and did not age well.

[@matty-ww]

NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD SEE AN ANASTASIA REACTION!!! this is legit my favorite movie i'm so glad you reacted to this 😭😭

[@benv7933]

This movie is criminally underrated! LOVE your reaction and thank you so much for putting a scripture in your video.

[@fairlyflyyyi.6415]

"the grand - whoever she is ..." loved your commentary

[@elishabragg2479]

Your intro is✨ different✨ which makes it everything omg❤️

[@anyadumas9036]

Them saying Anya gives me whiplash no matter how many times I see this movie

[@blossom._.chan_0690]

6:05 - the reason the little boy walked like that because he was the youngest son of the royal family , Alexei Romanov, who had a blood disease. He was probably bandaged all over his body under that clothes because even a little injury could be fatal for a person with hemophilia

[@bitchmaffia9956]

“I like him, i like Dimitri” girl get in line

[@mariahmccuen2121]

I will never rest right after hearing the phrase "natural born foot fetish" 😂

[@LiaaaaaaaaAAAAAHH]

Lmao i love that half of the “plot holes” she points out are just answered by history 😅

[@alexandrapedersen829]

The way noble houses work is that you inherit it from your father and you remain part of it for life. A daughter thus retains her father's house regardless of which family she marries into. Anastasia's paternal grandmother was Maria Feodorovna, a Danish princess and therefore a member of the House of Glücksburg not the house of Romanov (although both are branches of the house of Oldenburg).

[@SmallFryAmI92]

You are all of us when it comes to Dimitri 😌

[@BabeDollB]

I was born in 1992, I remember my dad bringing this home for me on VHS and surprising me with it. It was one of my favourite movies as a 5 year old. I also got the barbie doll version of her that came with her necklace that you could wear. The music from this movie is some of the best nostalgia, I always sing along 💖

[@alliesteele5576]

They made a spin off movie for Bartok called 'Bartok The Magnificent'. It is the cutest thing!

[@JenniferT-rw8tc]

I had the biggest crush on Dimitri when I first saw this movie. I saw it twice in theaters

[@NileyLove23]

Did she say she had the DVD growing up??? Holy fuck I’m old...I had the VHS 😂

[@WangxianFF7]

So did I! Though I'm not really what you'd consider old lmao

[@matchaqueen6541]

The windows error sound at 1:37 got me lmao

[@readingisair]

Okay, so upon finding your channel there’s a lot of things I love. I love the parts that jump out to you, and your reactions a lot, but the editing was what really blew me away and I thought, “Does she edit her own videos or does she have an editor?” I check the credits and apparently you edit your own videos, and I gotta say you are TALENTED. I don’t know how much time you spend doing it but your editing is so impressive and has so much character and I love it! Hope you keep making great videos like the ones I’ve seen so far!

[@izzysatypicalshow4229]

Funny enough the singing voice of rasputin was Jim Cummings, who also did the singing for Scar in the lion king

[@catenez1523]

I just discovered this channel a few days ago and I’m obsessed. You never fail to make me laugh and cringe at the same time. Love it 😍