I'm late to this party, but this one is truely one of my favorites, especially because of the visuals and the music. I even love the "flatness" (is that even a word) of the animation, I feel like it's intentional and what makes the style of this movie so unique. It kinda reminds me of medieval paintings I saw in art class :)
My favorite part is the use of Tchaikovsky’s music. I think this one stood out to me when I was young because it does focus so much on characters other than Aurora. It is more about her impact as an individual on others.
Yeah, the whole “Skumps” scene with the drunk servant stayed with me and my sister over the years! For context, I got to get a Nintendo game (Mario Bros) and my younger sister a video (Sleeping Beauty), but we were both glued to it. Years later I became a film buff and ended up picking it up again on Bluray. Nice full circle. Great review BTW.
I like how you're still rocking the old VHS tape! I still have some of my old VHS tapes from when I was a kid lying around in a box somewhere. I remember a few years ago when I tried to pop in my Aladdin tape just to see if it still worked only to discover that the audio track had died (possibly from having played it so many times). It was funny seeing a teaser for The Lion King at the beginning of the tape though. I agree that Maleficent is easily one of the best Disney villains of all time. In my opinion I think she might be the best part of the movie and I'm guessing someone at Disney agrees with me since they centered that live action movie around her a few years back. When it comes to classic era Disney animated films I always preferred Alice in Wonderland though. Fun fact: Alice's voice actress, Kathryn Beaumont, is still alive and even reprized the role of Alice for the Kingdom Hearts game back in 2002.
Chunky clamshell case and all! :) Oof, Aladdin without the audio isn't nearly as much fun. Alice in Wonderland is great. Such a weird, wonderfully quotable movie. :D
_"You should have seen my face when I found out the guy who sings 'Once Upon a Dream' is the same guy who sings on the street where you live. What a treat."_ *picturing Jerome walking home and dropping a dollar in the tip bucket to some local street balladeer, as she exits the sidewalk to the front door of her house*
What a super review. It is a timely reminder of how good Disney was at it's best. This is a timeless classic and so good natured, and gorgeous to look at. Like many classic Disney's this has real heart. I would like to see you review Lilo and Stitch, and also Tarzan from 1999. These were the last of the classics in the style of old Disney before everything went CGI, which has it's place but IMHO just doesn't have that magical quality that made old Disney's so good. Thanks Jerome :)
"Wee thing" hahahaha, cute. I disagree! "Gift of song," is nice. I think my all-time favorite Disney film is probably Beauty and the Beast, but Robin Hood as a fox is pretty up there for me heh. Great review, J. Live action would be Mary Poppins original
I always fast forwarded the VHS of Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory, when Charlie Bucket's mother sings Cheer Up Charlie. I found it to be too syrupy and sickly sweet to listen too. As an adult, i can listen to it because of the message it has. That Charlie should be thankful for what he has and that things will change for him soon. I haven't see SB for ages. I'll have to watch it again one day
Thank you, I enjoyed what you shared. This is a favorite movie of mine ❤. For Snow White and Cinderella, when you watch documentaries were Disney talks about his dreams for his movies, he wanted to give the Prince's bigger parts. It seems it had been pointed out that you don't really know the Prince in the stories. And that falling in love should take more time. As the artists got better the movie have given us more time to get to know both the Princess and the Prince better and to be able to watch their relationship grow. Perhaps we know Prince Philip better than Sleeping Beauty in the 1959 movie. But really I feel I know them both enough to believe in their relationship and that they will be happy together ❤. I love the Muppet song Rainbow Connection,and I guess that explains why I love Sleeping Beauty, it feels right to me. Sure I can't think of any place on earth right now were it could happen - but it can happen in my dreams. There are so many jenuenly very nice people who know, love and respect each other - trust each other - work out their differences with each other - wonderful things can happen in a place like that. I love Disney's Sleeping Beauty. I keep coming back to it since 1959 when I was 14 yrs old to today. I feel the honesty in it - it's magic. Thank you again. I own it now and that's something that wasn't possible in 1959. 😊🌼🎉
which makes me make this face lol you're adorable! my father took me to this in a cnnecticut theatre circa 87 i was five and liked the fire scene. going to disney land at 29 was odd.. as always, love what u do here and thanks for letting me take an enjoyable break from english101 summer session... keep it up buttercup!
The fast-forwarding to the good parts is a reflex of the young. I used to spend good money renting VHS tapes as a teenager, only to bring them home and literally fast-forward through most of the films to get to the "good stuff" (which, hey, as I was a teenage boy, you can guess which stuff constituted as "good" to me correctly every single time). Nothing was more boring than people just talking in a movie. *L* (Ohhh, to be a kid again!) There was also that moment where, as a kid, you just became obsessed with a tv show or movie and had to have it playing ALL the time, over and over and over again, to the point of quietly distressing your parents. *L* See: *Frozen* (2013). (My niece did, so many times, to the point where she knew all the dialogue.)
I remember back when I watched Frozen with my niece and nephew, they fast forwarded to all the "good parts" and recited all their favorite lines. I'm not sure I can even say that I've seen the movie, it was such a hodge-podge.
OK, JW, you've done it again. Now I'm motivated to re-watch "Sleeping Beauty," based on your review. Thanks. I'll be thinking of the points you highlighted when I do. As you might imagine, JW, I've been binging on your channel videos, especially the movie reviews. Do you put out a video every week? Best... 👋Bye! (high-pitched)
Great! I hope you'll get some fresh enjoyment out of it. Yes, I put out a new video every Saturday; it used to be every Friday, except I consistently missed my deadline for so many weeks/years that I eventually had to accept that Saturday's the day (and on rare frustrating occasions I end up posting on Sunday instead). I do also sometimes release a video in the middle of the week, but that's not a regular thing.
My favorite Disney animated movie is Robin Hood. Lots of folksy music; and comedy relief for a six-year-old me was always a good thing. Prince Jon as the cowardly lion is o hoot. My all-time favorite - Disney animated movie antagonist - will always be the evil queen in snow white. Although Melisefacent isn't far behind.
I love the old classic Disney animated films. There is a certain artistry and uniqueness to them, especially the ones that were made when Walt Disney was alive.... I think that the modern remakes are soulless. Well, I pretty much think that of modern Disney in general.
I finally watched this movie for the first time a few years ago in my 40's. I never watched any of the classic Disney animated films (30's-50's) when a child so I gave them a view. I liked them all but my favs were Alice in Wonderland and Pinocchio. Great review again!
Thanks for the review! A classic animation that I haven't often watched. I am decades (I'm sure) younger than you, so The Wonderful World of Disney was my entre into Disney movies, not VCR tapes. My favorite childhood Disney movie was The Aristocats. Some wonderful songs, fun characters, and cats! 💗 Beauty and the Beast was a favorite movie from adulthood. Never a fan of The Lion King, too dark for my tastes, and ultimately overhyped; now a live-action version, why? Oh yeah, $$$$. Keep up the great work!
I know I'm weird, but when I first saw the movie as a kid, I instantly fell in love with... _Maleficent!_ Every other kid on the face of the earth was scared of her, but not me; to me, she was the epitome of cool! 😋
I love Sleeping Beauty too! You know? There's a short where Aurora takes charge of the kingdom for two days, and she shows good organization, she does not sign documents without reading first, and she learns about perseverance. There are also printed stories. One about Aurora and Philip's wedding, one about Aurora's 17th birthday, even one where Maleficent returns!
I thini the animation looks really nice, even by todays standards, all the movements are really fluid and have the appropiate weight, and the art style is supposed to have that flattend look to it, like its emulating an artpiece of the medieval ages with squared trees and blocky castles, just like Mulan looks like chinese drawing or Hercules looks like the greek vases and sculptures
My fifth favorite Disney movie. And, while I´m glad that the movie is praised for the design, the music and most of the characters...I´m beyond tired of people trashing Aurora. Princess Aurora is the first Princess to start displaying signs of a personality. Also, it was pointed to me, that while her heart is broken because she´s already promised she accepts that is her fate/duty and goes along with the fairies. She´s the most beautiful of all the Disney Princesses. She´s the only one to have two names. Her peasant dress is beautiful. She was the first Disney Princess to have so many options for dresses: peasant, pink, blue, "the mixed one" and one could argue the combination of both colors would make a type of purple. PS I find that the two movies from the Walt Disney Era that feel particularly dated are Snow White and Lady and the Tramp. However, even though I hated Snow White so much...with multiple viewings I learned to appreciate it and enjoy it. Lady and the Tramp I do find boring.
Ahh, another Jerome. (I might have responded quicker but a four-hour rainstorm killed my ancient modem and I only just now got a newer one.) I'm not sure if I'll ever sit down to Sleeping Beauty, but I'm struck by its similarity to Beauty and the Beast (Have you ever seen the live action Cocteau version? My mother swears by it.) with its whole "love vs. curse" theme. Do you think that works for you in general, the idea of Fate cruelly saying "No luck!" but Love always getting to say "There is a way"? I've enjoyed that idea played out by the demigodlike "Therns" in the John Carter movie, or all those men in hats racing through New York City space warps in The Adjustment Bureau. It's a theme with all kinds of treatments, and I'll be interested if you ever take those on some day. Carry on! (And my own thumbs up to Tchaikovsky.)
Great review! Have you ever seen the movie Southern Comfort? If you haven’t you should watch it. If you have would you review it? I’m a fan. Not many of my favorite cinema-files review older horror classics. AVGN does. Also the Disney Guy is great to watch on RU-vid. He goes into great detail on Disney movies.
My second favourite after Lady and the Tramp. Loved Maleficent and have no time for this revisionist nonsense although my favourite character is still Merryweather. I had the board game, the souvenir programme, the 45 record with Once Upon a Dream as the A side and Scrumps as the backup which I'm afraid I all too frequently sang along to attempting to take both parts, a jigsaw and an almost infinite propensity to play at being Philip in our back garden. So an excellent choice. PS It's supposed to be flat after the manner of Medieval art - there is literally no room for perspective. But let's face it the si year old me didn't get that. I just thought it was pretty and unusual. Which come to think of it isn't that far removed from the level of my artistic sensibilities after several Art History modules.
How do u view other tortured Russian composers like Rachmaninoff & Shostakovich? I'll guess that u think that Sleeping Beauty is Tchaikovsky's greatest ballet. What do you think of his not so well know pieces as Hamlet Overture, Manfred, Piano Concerto #2, Piano Trio, Orch. Suite #4 Mozartiana, Voyevoda (orchestral music only), Queen of Spades, Eugene Onegin, Litergy of St. John Chrysostom.... What you think of offbeat Russian composers as Obukhov and Scriabin (Rach.'s cousin), who were troubled in different ways I cannot guess. Among the old full-length Disney animated films, the ones made & Walt had a hand in them, I rate Pinocchio, Fantasia, Bambi, & Alice highly. Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, 101 Dalmatians, Jungle Book & a few others I'll give a B+. The Disney renaissance didn't last.
I believe you can't go wrong with Sleeping Beauty, I've always liked it, possibly because it had a Prince fighting a Dragon, something I may have fast-forwarded to once and a while growing up, Maleficent is a great villain and apart from this animated version she has not been served very well on film, agree with young Prince Philips facial expression lol, hearing Maleficent was to appear in the show "Once Upon a Time" convinced me to try it. oddly Tchaikovsky was the first composer I became interested in, Swan Lake playing during the opening of Universals Dracula was my introduction, I had seen Sleeping Beauty first but it was only after seeing Dracula and learning more about him that I connected the two, I've enjoyed Sleeping Beauty much more because of it, on the other hand instead of serene imagery of Ballet and Swans I can't help but picture Bela Lugosi as Dracula staring at me from some shadowy corner whenever I hear Swan Lake. \|uuuu|/ lol ~ thank you Ms Weiselberry ~
And yet most people who hear Swan Lake at the beginning of Dracula think it's a terrible fit! I guess it depends on whether you associated it with anything else before you saw the movie. Interesting comments as always! :)
Jerome Weiselberry Most people are probably right, lol I was maybe eleven or twelve the first time I saw Dracula, a channel here aired a weeklong marathon of the Universal Monster films so I begged my Mum to allow me to stay up late and see them, she hesitantly agreed, next thing Swan Lake opens it, a false sense of security and relaxation sets in before a creepy horse drawn carriage pulls up and a man with terrifying piercing eyes is talking about Children of the Night and the music they make while standing on a web covered staircase, Swan Lake has meant doom ever since lol, Dracula is my first thought when hearing it, but I do see and hear the Beauty in it and the Ballet :) thank you again Ms Weiselberry, can't think of anyone better at this.
Maybe a video dedicated to our learning more about you would be good. (With what ur willing to share). This video whets the appetite. Like, how do u pronounce ur name (if it IS ur name). I’m pronouncing it JER- oh- May. Lol
Prince Philip's character must have been contributed to Saint George. I think Legend of Zelda Ocrina of Time was slightly influenced and/or based off this movie slighty.
Since you love Sleeping Beauty, have you ever seen Disney's Descendants movies? They are kind of based around Mal the daugher of Maleficent and and a few other offsprings of Disney villians. The movies are based off of a book series by Melissa de la Cruz. I have never read the books, but I saw the first two movies and the third one is set to come out next month. It will probably be a bittersweet occasion since one of the main actors died last weekend. You may have already heard about these movies, but if you haven't I would highly recommend you check them out.
The first movie was so popular that there was an animated mini- series made of little five minute episodes, but the movies are live action. The movies aren't for everyone as we all have our own tastes. I probably wouldn't have gotten into them if I didn't have a little sister.
Soooo, here I am, back to EARTH VS THE SPIDER. Why? Well, because there is an interesting link between it and this film, SLEEPING BEAUTY. But, what is it? That's the quiz for the day. ;-7
Hmm... I can't imagine! The only thing I can think of is that the main girl in The Spider looks a little like she could have been a model for Aurora, but she's not the one I've seen credited for that. What is it??
@@JeromeWeiselberry Well, you're close as to the idea of what the "cross-over" is: Our science teacher friend in E.V. THE SPIDER, non-other than former space patrol commander actor Ed Kemmer, was used as a guide for the artists for performing the action of the Prince: They filmed Kemmer pantomiming much of the part, and the animators rotoscoped (traced, frame-by-frame) his movements and turned them into animation cels. There's a picture in one of the old Disney books of Kemmer with sword and costume going thru some of the action. (I also wonder if he may've been used for posing for the sketching of the storyboards.) You get an A for effort, at very least! (I think I"m out of spider-movie trivia. AT least on THAT one!)
Wow, I was close! Interesting--so they used Kemmer for the body/the action and Bill Shirley for the voice. It was a winning combination as far as I'm concerned. I looked it up and found a whole series of photographs. Neat! Thanks for sharing that tidbit with me. And thanks for the A for effort. :D
@@JeromeWeiselberry Glad to fill in this sort of thing. SLEEPING BEAUTY is such a wonderful work from the Disney studios. Eyvind Earle, who set the mid-century-modern style for the backgrounds was such an evocative artist. I've been going thru this huge book of his art that Dorothy had gifted my brother decades ago. Awe-inspiring. (Ha, ironic: That song is a song I once serenaded my girlfriend with on a lark--it got a lot of play way back when! )
@@JeromeWeiselberry A lot of people wondered what happened to Kemmer. He seemed destined for bigger things, but, I guess, was just too closely associated with Space Patrol, and never shook that off. But he certainly was a hero to us!
@@JeromeWeiselberry way better than Snow White! Better story, better animation, and better characters! Sleeping Beauty for the win! I recently got this movie on Blu-ray. I still have a 1997 VHS copy of this movie.
MALEFICENT STARTED THE CURSE WITH THE WORDS *BEFORE THE SUN SETS* AND NOT *ON HER 16TH BIRTHDAY* . You got her curse completely wrong. Twitching the two halves of that line makes it completely different.
It's the voice--if you listen to clips of Brett singing, his voice is deeper. Nothing wrong with it, but I guess they wanted a more youthful-sounding tenor.
