Using the Disney film to explore interpretations of John
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@jamesmurphy86766 жыл бұрын
One thing is for sure. Prince John is quite the poet! He uses lots of alliteration when addressing Hiss :)
@McSquiddington10 жыл бұрын
Because Prince John was only the incumbent ruler of England. Richard the Lionheart was the actual ruler, but he'd taken off on the Crusades. His brother John ruled in his stead. The thing is, John was actually a great diplomat, but a poor military strategist. As to why his taxes were so damned high - the Crusades wouldn't pay themselves, after all.
@bastianskaye6 жыл бұрын
and let's not forget the lords and the barons causing so much trouble.
@Epsonthegiraffe9 жыл бұрын
I loved him as a kid. I don't know why because I usually love characters with the opposite characterization (the kind and friendly ones). I think his mannerism and way of talking really entertained me.
@NaiTaiDai11 жыл бұрын
He may be a brat, but he can be pretty scary when his temper explodes, can't he?
@spiritgirl411929 жыл бұрын
"I tried to tell you, but no, no, no, you wouldn't listen. Your traps just never work! And now look what you've done to your mother's castle!" "AAAAAAHHHHHH! MOMMY! *begins sucking his thumb but then gets angry* Ohhhhh! *begins trying to hit Sir Hiss with his stick* Hold still!" "Sire, no!" "You cowardly cobra!" "Please, oh no!" "Procrastinating python! Aggravating asp!" "Save me, ooh!" "You eel in snake's clothing!" "Help! He's gone stark raving mad!" XD
@andrewvickers19928 жыл бұрын
My favorite line from Sir Hiss is this one. "What cheek! 'Creepy'? 'Buster'? 'Long one'? Who does that dopey duke think he is?!"
@destinymcintire21886 жыл бұрын
"Rob the poor to feed the rich." Boy ain't that the case nowadays.
@ruteparedes14 жыл бұрын
sir hiss and john are the campiest disney villains ever... they are hilarious
@jillianvincent131111 жыл бұрын
A mere slip of the forked tongue your majesty... Love you, Hiss!
@KrautGoesWild11 жыл бұрын
"Yess, my rreluctant rreptile!!" *LOL* I never knew that Sir Peter Ustinov was a voice actor, too.
@darthstarkiller191211 жыл бұрын
1:08 That would one AWESOME parade for the Disney theme parks, especially since this year's the film's 40th anniversary!
@Nyarlathoteplol10 жыл бұрын
Okay, interpretations. He's immature, narcissistic, and childish. He's lived his entire life with privilege, but he's never had to deal with responsibility, or boundaries. As a child he was constantly in his brother's shadow, and possibly developed a sense of shame or self-loathing watching his brother assume the responsibilities of kingship while he was left in idle, irrelevant luxury. With his brother out of the way, John is on a power trip, pure and simple. His ability to overtax the kingdom is a childish temper tantrum, a way of getting back at his brother by taking all his toys when he isn't looking. Sir Hiss is the one with the cunning to make this plot work, but John also resents him because he hates being reliant on someone else, and he'd rather think the plot was his own idea, which it wasn't. He bullies Hiss because he constantly is trying to prove that he really is the one in charge.
@Howyaduing9 жыл бұрын
Well spoken
@Banff454park9 жыл бұрын
Well spoken!
@pikppa8 жыл бұрын
A perfect analysis
@spikespiegel58786 жыл бұрын
you described prince john down to a t
@abdulazizsalim66076 жыл бұрын
Couldn't have said it better...you sound like a psych
@TheMoni7009 жыл бұрын
Brings back memories
@Charapova10013 жыл бұрын
'now look here, one more hiss out of you..errhheerrre..hiss..' HAHA
@veem80899 жыл бұрын
Sir Hiss is SO done with John.
@NStacey198711 жыл бұрын
"I tried to tell you but no no no you wouldn't listen your traps doesn't ever work, and now look what you've done to your mother's castle. "
@1993joshualiu8 жыл бұрын
7:52 I would pause the tape when he freaks out.
@nicholasblaschke2466 жыл бұрын
"Ahem I've Been Robbed Of Course You've Been Robbed"
@threalMrT7611 жыл бұрын
A Cowardly, Snivelling, Whiny Spoilt brat. SOOOO WELL played by Peter Ustinov. This is in the days that Disney animators really got the characters expressions to match up to their real life counterparts perfectly!
@kryptonianpowers11 жыл бұрын
You forgot to say "and he's a mama's boy."
@snakes342510 жыл бұрын
You know this explains a lot about the real King John namely A. Why he lost his mother's Empire in France. B. Why his mother's crown jewels ended up at the bottom of a river. C. Why his mother's kingdom came close to civil war. and D. Why he lost most of his mother's political power with Magna Carta
@horrorfan9610 жыл бұрын
The part where John was trying to kill Hiss with the 2x4 was freakin hilarious
@TheSlaterReport7 жыл бұрын
Best movie ever...
@TanukiCoast12 жыл бұрын
3:07 muthuh always did like richard best XD
@bluewhiting14 жыл бұрын
That crown scene will always make me laugh.
@ellamariniello94436 жыл бұрын
Idk how Richard lived with a bro like THAT... i didn’t know a brother could be worse than my bro
@sadlobster111 жыл бұрын
How amazed I was, to learn the truth behind John and his brother Richard
@WillScarlet169 жыл бұрын
Somehow I can't imagine anyone calling Eleanor of Aquitaine "Mommy."
@maddiegordon12608 жыл бұрын
+William Craig If you want a great portrayal of Eleanor of Aquitaine watch "The Lion in Winter" with Peter O'Toole as Henry II (Richard and John's father) and Katheryn Hepburn as Eleanor of Aquitaine. Hepburn was definitely born to play this role. Eleanore is a great mix of Hepburn's natural charm, charisma and sass. It is set late in Henry's reign during a Christmas court. Henry's son and heir died and now he has to choose a new one, but he and Eleanor can't decide between Richard (the eldest and Eleanor's favorite) or John ( who Henry prefers). Eleanore and Henry are not in the best point in their marriage since Henry has previously had her locked up for helping their three sons rebel against him, but has now let her out just for Christmas. Basically everyone in that family are plotting against one another in order to come out on top. The script, especially the one liners, are great and all the acting is superb all around. I can't recommend it enough.
@WillScarlet168 жыл бұрын
I think John as a teenager was something like the Disney Prince John.
@maddiegordon12608 жыл бұрын
worst, and he had daddy to back him up!
@WillScarlet168 жыл бұрын
Plus, she really DID like Richard best.
@maddiegordon12608 жыл бұрын
Because it pissed of Henry, who she was pissed at because he had mistresses,one who she probably ordered poisoned though the evidence is circumstantial, and for locking her up! Richard was a horrible king ,but at least he was better than John.
@enharmonics10 жыл бұрын
Oh, so THAT'S why King Richard went on a crusade, is it....
@brandonhawkins76259 жыл бұрын
Probably Lady Twilight and also the fact that Prince John was such a Baby
@MarMar_20026 жыл бұрын
Brandon Hawkins when he sucks his thumb
@mrsnaomiwoods15 жыл бұрын
you have no idea how manyn times i have watched this hahahahaha QUOTE IT ALL THE TIME LOVE YOUR BIGGEST FAN
@Enrico203711 жыл бұрын
Prince John's greed over taxes can be quite a sin.
@Tracker406311 жыл бұрын
This is my History Homework... xD Good old secondary school.
@SaraVaughanfan14 жыл бұрын
@Foxburg In fact, it's the 13th Century (John reigned from 1199 to 1216) ;-)
@sango116113 жыл бұрын
love the Parade part
@millie27976 жыл бұрын
I'm only watching this for my history homework....
@Diaz767312 жыл бұрын
used this for teaching Social Studies about King John and the purpose of the Magna Carta. :]
@stephentreadwell58519 жыл бұрын
A couple of people have left comments asking why Prince John doesn't have a mane. I'd think it was because he's a mountain lion but his brother Richard appears at the end of the movie & he does have one.
@PlanetZoidstar7 жыл бұрын
Stephen Treadwell I think it was to emphasise his immaturity.
@outerfell90636 жыл бұрын
Well, we used this in school today. Next thing I know we'll be watching spongebob for revision.
@meatballg86559 жыл бұрын
David Cameron springs to mind
@lornaroseus1748 жыл бұрын
+Meatballs for life Totally true When Prince John was playing with the tax money stolen from the poor it made me think of viper cameron and his band of poisonous snakes that are more poison then heart I highly doubt they got any fibre of heart or any descent bone in their souls not bloody likely lol.
@aceman52612 жыл бұрын
having to watch this for history...
@jerichohoutrouw108411 жыл бұрын
Prince John owns. he is a beast. no pun intended =)
@Eleglas11 жыл бұрын
God, please don't base your homework on a Disney film. While the general tone of John is quite right, it's not entirely correct about him.
@OuchPictures12 жыл бұрын
I'm not sure I understand the point, but anyway John has the most fabulous laugh
@jgould2711 жыл бұрын
It occurs to me that Prince John and Sir Hiss anticipate Mr Burns and Smithers
@LioGunne14 жыл бұрын
He's nothing but a cowardly, greedy, power-hungry, sinister; not to mention vengeful against Robin.
@deroutlaw38656 жыл бұрын
WOW, his voice sound exactly like the german one :D exactly i say
@Matrixman201511 жыл бұрын
POWAH!!!!! POWAH!!!!!!!!!
@KrautGoesWild11 жыл бұрын
04:02 - Sir Hissssss is pissssssed off xD !
@VixPsykohazard10 жыл бұрын
The crown was too big for his head
@afriendofbean9 жыл бұрын
VixPsykohazard Either that or he just needed to spread out his ears for his ears to hold the crown on.
@lilliangriffin901311 жыл бұрын
Oh look,It's John Boehner!
@PoeDameron1510 жыл бұрын
It's kind of ironic that Prince John is a lion pretending to be king. He reminds of another character in medieval fantasy. A golden head prick who's more Lion than Stag and pretending to be king.
@caim46119 жыл бұрын
You mean jeofrey erik
@caim46117 жыл бұрын
Erik Destler the name is Song of ice and fire
@sladikk13 жыл бұрын
Stop playing with your snake and do something social, John.
@TheCockeyez11 жыл бұрын
2:29 Yeah, I guess George Lucas liked robin hood.
@Iminthecarsi14 жыл бұрын
lol hes obsessed with robin hood
@derBene12 жыл бұрын
3:14 Smothers Brothers moment? :) Hiss and John make me laugh since my childhood.
@tr04986 жыл бұрын
Very interesting
@foxwatkins183811 жыл бұрын
So Freaking true
@kittykatkate00712 жыл бұрын
Prince John reminds me of David Cameron "Rob the poor to feed the rich!"
@mcaddicts11 жыл бұрын
I don't think a disney movie is relevant enough to make a opion on John I, sure he wasn't the greatest king but still. Richard the lionheart did return but at a pretty high cost and died leaving John the crown.
@Fleischberg114 жыл бұрын
power power sir hiss
@SanyaLOLZ12 жыл бұрын
Some people just call him Robin Hood, but then they say that he steals from the workers (Which Robin Hood didn't) and gives it to the immigrants (Which in an ideal world isn't really something that exists since every human is still human, same laws apply) Actually, when it's looked up properly, Obama doesn't either (WHAAT?!) He had tax cuts for low income and no cuts for high incomes. And now he wants to increase it for high income. And that's just part of it. I could write loots more bout it ^^
@byronwarwick96379 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@theParrotForeign10 жыл бұрын
What type of man he is? lol he's a hilarious comic foil without which the film would be boring.
@bastianskaye6 жыл бұрын
that's Disney! when the characters have complicated feelings rather than things that are black/white, they're villains.
@123ocelot12 жыл бұрын
taxes ar har ar har english goverment in a nutshell XD
@SampienRex11 жыл бұрын
7:19 Robin Hood's like wtf XD
@BeistMowde14 жыл бұрын
can anybody tell me the title of the marching tune that is played at 56-1:46 please and thank you love that tune very powerful sounding
@SanyaLOLZ12 жыл бұрын
Yeah, well, in some countries. I've seen the tendency in capitalistic conservative countries. Other coutries has like what some people say "Robin Hood taxes" (with some negative hints to it, for some reason I don't get, specially after watching this...). What I've seen, these are like socialistic countries (No, not communistic, it's not the same...) where you get treated equally at hospitals and schools, whether you or your parents have money or not... :o ISN'T IT JUST CRAZY?! ^^
@1993joshualiu9 жыл бұрын
7:47 Why did he say you wouldn't listen?
@schwarzivan47797 жыл бұрын
Prince John and Sir Hiss dislike this video! Lol!
@jmoomoo1110 жыл бұрын
I have not seen this movie in a long time
@Rkerekes1316 жыл бұрын
RIP Peter Ustinov!
@1993joshualiu11 жыл бұрын
7:35 Why were the 2 call Prince John phony king of England.?.
@Fleischberg114 жыл бұрын
lol sir hiss is cool for 2:31 is power power sir hiss lol
@francissparrowhawk90010 жыл бұрын
silly serpent
@pittypaws66336 жыл бұрын
Is Prince John supposed to be a mountain lion? He has no mane.
@lilyputter13 жыл бұрын
@ADHD555Wolfy2 They say "A pox on the phony King of England! Ooh De Lally!" :)
@clobbybeeb010 жыл бұрын
ok, so we know he is cruel to animals...
@zmcconnel12 жыл бұрын
Obama at 1:30
@petrakap62837 жыл бұрын
The inspirator for Trump.
@francisJ9115 жыл бұрын
POWER xD
@justaquail134810 жыл бұрын
SILLY SERPENT
@kathrynhill579610 жыл бұрын
I didn't like Prince John at all when I was little. Especially, when he whines and cries for his mother and sucks his thumb like a big crybaby. Eeww!!
@StardustLive59 жыл бұрын
well it still funny
@afriendofbean9 жыл бұрын
Kathryn Hill Yes, I guess his thumb sucking is when he's jealous that his mother loved King Richard the most or when he does something bad that his mother doesn't like. I agree when you said "eeww" that it's gross to suck your thumb especially since the second time he sucked his thumb, he made his thumb dirty which was the scene when Robin Hood and Little John disguised as fortune tellers stole his gold.
@oregon_tails11 жыл бұрын
snake dont walk they slither..so there haha
@Wolfman716918 жыл бұрын
Its Donald Trump
@starscream14537 жыл бұрын
Wolfman71691 true
@bluestingerborg6 жыл бұрын
Sound's more like the male version of Hilary Clinton
@thewolfstarr12 жыл бұрын
lol keep pressing 9 "i want!" yay
@chanceie1213 жыл бұрын
Good fucking Quality!!
@RyanRancidStaines11 жыл бұрын
....ive been robbed....
@hjccontest10 жыл бұрын
hahaha
@Cartists10 жыл бұрын
Doesn't that sound like the U.S.A. remember that's why we left England. lol
@ltabarah13 жыл бұрын
AAh ha, AAAH ha.
@happymoose100312 жыл бұрын
3:03 to 3:07
@Stranglehold43213 жыл бұрын
AH HA! AH HA!
@nealculhane15556 жыл бұрын
Rr
@MEHarvey7711 жыл бұрын
Prince John is a Democrat, right? A liberal/progressive. Aha, aha!