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3:37 great mention here, im so glad he brought this film up, its a shame its sequal was such a mess, but that cant tarnish the first films quality. anymore than timmy to the resque tarnishes the secret of nhim....
another animated great thats under rated is the adult french sci fi film gandahar, or in its american title, light years, i highly! very highly recomend it for fans of sci fi, animation and stunning alien worlds.
i recomend this movie, its solid it really calls to mind a classic simpler time. and its animation is top quality, the backgrounds are all art gallery worthy.
Fairy tales from the British Isles have a very different vibe from the French and German tales we tend to know better, and this film seems to follow that feel of storytelling as closely as possible. They will sometimes include a sort of chorus that is repeated throughout the story (The Little Goose Girl is my favorite example), so while it doesn't offer the same variety as we're used to from Disney, this device makes sense for a story that's clearly based on Welsh lore. The original book might also lean on this device? It would be neat to see how Disney might adapt this premise, but it would also be a shame to watch the authenticity of the storytelling be stripped away and replaced with a more modern, "relatable" feel.
Alright, I've watched the video now and can chime in with my own comments. You are right that the art style is inconsistent. I'm not entirely sure why (information is hard to come by), but they did have to outsource animation to Japanese studios (who were the cheapest at the time). I will count it as a partly Japanese production too, because of that. Adult critics were harsh on the film, (unfairly IMO) comparing it to Disney's recent titles, so they did an ad marketing campaign for the home media release, asking children to review it. And yeah, kids did review it positively. They also apparently did mall shows with people dressed as Irene, Curdie, and Froglip, but I've never found pictures/video of it. Only a picture of the Froglip mask from the sculptor.
A gorgeous film print of this movie pops up on Ebay from time to time. I've thought about buying it but I have no way of transferring it without breaking the bank. The pictures of the frames are gorgeous though
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A remake of this film would be a great opportunity to revive old animation style, process and techniques. Trying to CGI this would ruin any kind of reiteration or even remaster. I realize it’s more costly, but believe people are hungering for it, I know I am. And some truly magical projects could come of it.
I saw some clips of this a few years ago and felt a bunch of memories flooding back. I scrubbed through it and really didn't remember much - but there are certain scenes and feelings that are so visceral. The pebbles at the beginning. The grandmother's hair. The magic flower petals. The ring and the glimmering thread. The terror of Froglip when she gets back into her room. I must have seen it only in daycare or something because we didn't own it, and I don't have strong memories of the plot or story. But it definitely had some really distinct visuals and evoked some strong feelings for these small things to stay with me in some deep part of my brain.
I had this on a video tape as a child, but I had difficulty remembering the name. I notice multiple comments here mention similar problems, people who watched this as children having difficulty recalling the title. Perhaps if they had marketed this with a catchier name, it would have done better during the video rental era.
There's not even enough covers of Spark Inside us out there. It's a travesty. And the little magic phone card PSA was the icing on the cake at the end.
This movie has more ham and cheese than a deli bakery, _but I love it so_ So many 80's movies were like that, though. The Last Unicorn is another good example, but it kept to a lot of it's solid source material, and that really shines through the hammy bits. With the Princess and the Goblin, I think a lot of what saves it has to be chalked up to Froglip's performance.
When i tell you that i grew up on a farm and had to sometimes go to the end of the driveway in the dark and i legit _sang the song the boy sang_ to feel safer at night up to my mid 20's, you know this movie had an impact on me. It was also the reason i associated spinning wheels with calmness and strength and even got into spinning myself when i was an adult. I rented the movie a number of times from our video store in town before they went out of business and forgot all about the movie as the source of random quotes from like middle school to college when i found it on yt for free. Same with Thief and the Cobbler, which i didn't realize was also very ingrained in my psyche
I can’t be the only one bothered about a princess wearing an apron, right? She’s not a maid, cook, blacksmith, or any kind of worker. Why would someone of royal class or any nobility be wearing a utility garment? I get that this is a lower-budget animated kids film from the 90s (and it shows) but try to be at least a little more authentic when drawing a presumably medieval fantasy. She looks like Alice (Wonderland) donning on a circlet and is pretending to be medieval princess.
It's a pinafore, which higher class Victorian/Edwardian childhood wore to protect their fine clothes while playing (though sometimes said pinafore could also be rather fine). You could make the argument that it's still not a medieval fantasy garment but I always considered it an allusion to the Victorian time that the story was written in.
I have this on VHS, I can actually see it right there, on my VHS bookshelf. Lol right before the vid there was a commercial for a phone card, so that if you got lost you could use it for Payphones and call for help. There was a woman dressed up as Irene's great great grandmother, who was the one talking to the kids and asking them to talk to their parents about calling the number. I got really tempted to see what the number connected to the last time I watched it a few years ago. What I love is that only people outside of the castle knew about the singing, and that it was seen as nonsense to the people safe within the castle, which is probably partially why there was only one song, it was a mining/night traveling song that only the peasants really knew to keep themselves safe... Doesn't really explain how the knights knew the song at the end though XD
This is actually the first time I have ever heard of this movie, and it's in my wheelhouse of interests. I would say it was a marketing issue since I have watched most fantasy as well as Disney and Don Bluth animations, and still have never seen/heard an ad on broadcast. I did want to say this, Don Bluth didn't try to fill in any gaps left over by Disney. Disney screwed Don Bluth over, so he left to fulfill his own visions, which felt like was achieved multiple times
we had this movie on VHS when i was little and I've wanted to watch it for so long cause i remember liking it a lot but i had no idea what it was called in English
Oh lets have some FOOT STOMPING good fun. If you've seen the film, you know. 🎵Now sing out loud and clear, so every note they will hear.🎵 Maybe The more Mature Princess Irene came from her encounter in The woods, where first she was a screaming, Crying, Sheltered Princess, after running into the woods it helped her to Mature as she came to understand her surroundings, and The Artist wanted to convey that. And thus is ends another review of The lost and Forgotten.
Strangely enough, this book still exists on my book shelf. It is old, but not a first edition, most likely. Of course it doesn’t hurt that the princess has the same name I do.
Not going to lie, I thought this was a fever dream! I used to own this film on vhs and it keeps popping into my head every now and then, and could never remember the name of the film!! Thank you for a great video into my childhood!!
You may have just unlocked a memory for me. As I started watching your review, I kept thinking how this movie looked and felt familiar but I am positive I did watch this when I was very young. I remember the ghostly grandmother, the goblin toe beatings and the gold thread from the princesses ring.
My local movie rental store had this on vhs and I ADORED watching it, so much that as a teenager searched and bought the dvd so I could watch it again. I loved how the magical thread glittered
This was one of my favorite cartoon films growing up and is actually a comfort movie for me to this day! I think I was 10 or so when I picked up the VHS on a whim while browsing the movie section at Tower Records with my mom because the cover looked so different from all the Disney movies we had. I watched it almost daily back then and now, 30 years later, I still pop in my DVD copy every once in a while. Such a great, underrated film that did not receive enough attention back in the 90's.
With the exception of The secret of Nimh, I despise every single film. Don bluth put out. Tired rehashing of the same voice actors, leading roles and what are we the land before time 6,392? I'm not a fan of Disney remaking their old animated movies into live action movies or CGI movies but at least they're storytelling is top notch. Don, blue stuff is just tired, tired, tired and this is back when I was in my early teens.
