What the HELL is Strange Magic? (A Box Office DISASTER) 

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I love the concept of the “villian” falling in love with the hero, I wish there were more films with that plot it’s such a cute storyline

As a character designer, I really like the way the fairies' wings are animated, most people just have the wings flap and otherwise stay still, the way they bend and flex in this film looks so natural. Really they shouldn't have gone with such hyper realistic designs, but I really like the visuals besides that.

I personally like strange magic, I still watch it. But there are some parts that are like really cringey but most of the time i loved it. I especially loved the bog kings mother, "I asked for a wedding, I'm now getting a funeral"

I can't help but feel sorry when people spend such a long time making a movie only for it to fail so terribly. I know he's like stupid rich, but still.

I actually liked how they didn’t suddenly make the “ugly” character suddenly attractive towards the end This is one of the movies I actually remember from my childhood :V

"im going to rip your wings off, my pretty little fairy princess." dawn: kinky

I loved Marianne and Bogs chemistry but the constant songs were definitely tiring and the fact that they were covers didn’t help. The only singing scene I didn’t mind was when they sang Strange Magic since I thought it was really cute. I also don’t think Dawn and Sunny should have ended up together but if they had to at least have Sunny apologize for trying to use the potion on her. I wish they focused more on marianne and bogs relationship and how they feel like they can’t be together since they’re from different kingdoms. Overall it’s not the worst movie ever it definitely had good moments and I even laughed at some parts but the tropes and covers made me like it less

This movie seemed to have _so_ much potential. The characters, the plot, the world itself. I would love for this film to have an opportunity to be remastered. And the Bog King could get it, ngl

It shocks me that this movie was rated lower than the musical *Cats*

"Bog here isn't that bad of a guy." I mean he imprisoned the maker and distributor of date rape drugs so...

Tbh, I was obsessed with this movie, and I still love it to this day 😌

I loved Strange Magic it was my childhood movie. The plot was a little “Strange” but the the enemy’s to lovers concept was what made me love it so much

What pisses me off about this movie is that the world building and premise have potential. Not only that, Marianne and Bog’s chemistry is absolutely brilliant. It absolutely feels 100% earned when they end up together in the end. The story should have been about them not everything else. George has good ideas but can never execute them well on his own.

"Star Wars for Girls" has the same energy as "Doritos for women" or that Japanese laptop (with like no features) marketed as "just for women."

From 17:26 to 17:42, you mentioned that Roland’s design look like Prince Charming and sounds like Gaston. I’m glad you mentioned both Prince Charming and Gaston. Because there’s fun fact about the two of them(Gaston and Prince Charming), the thing is, Rupert Everett(the voice actor for Charming) auditioned for role of Gaston, but the directors said he didn’t sound arrogant enough. He remembered this when he was voicing Charming in Shrek 2. I should also mentioned the inspiration of Roland comes from Prince Hans of the Southern Isles(another Disney villain), he’s the guy who apparently love Anna but left her to freeze to death. Anyways, I feel like Roland reminds me of Prince Charming from Shrek 2 than Gaston and Hans altogether. In contrast, they’re both narcissistic, conceited, selfish, and think they can get what they wanted. Roland wanted to get marry with Marianne so he can have his free armies while Charming wanted to get marry with Fiona so he can become king. They both have sinister motives. The only differences is that Prince Charming is “mommy’s boy” while Roland is not. However, they’re still similar. Speaking of which, I see Marianne reminds of me of Princess Fiona from Shrek because they’re both strong, tough, and know how to put up a fight. Meanwhile, I see the Bog King as Shrek a little. They’re both single at the beginning and are grumpy at first sight. However, the differences the Bog King have servants and a mother who cares about the Bog King while Shrek doesn’t have anybody in the beginning. Sorry, Shrek. Actually, I feel Strange Magic reminds me of Shrek franchise characters. They both have similar message too which is loving someone on the inside and don’t judge their appearance that much. Edit: Even though this is already edited, I should also mention that the Bog King’s mother is kind of like Donkey from Shrek. They’re both annoying but still give pretty good advice about love. Another fun fact: the Bog King’s mother is voiced by Maya Rudolph. She also happens to voice Rapunzel in Shrek The Third.

I actually liked this movie a lot. Even my father who always prefer action themes laughed in some scenes. If this was released on Netflix someday, I'm sure it would be trending. Strange Magic and also Epic were great!

Tinker Bell + Epic + Frozen + Shrek + Rise of The Guardians + James Cameron's Avatar + Beauty & The Beast + Pop songs + Uncanney valley = This

the blonde fairy looks like logan paul or something

When I watched this the first time the movie buffered right as roland yelled go with the zoom in on his face. It stayed frozen that way for like 10 minutes it was so damn hilarious I still love that scene, thanks for making it a meme for me to laugh my ass off.

I may be a minority on this. I love this movie a lot! I thoureghly enjoy this interesting romantic movie so much!☺️💖 I think it is super interesting and a nice fresh breath of air from those becoming stale beauty and the beasts type of movies. I think one big reason I liked the movie was how they handled making King Bog and Marianne's blooming relationship feel so real, at least to me. They felt like real characters, with real legitimate issues that they both faced. They felt, to me at least, very relatable. Bog King felt that because of the way he looked to others that he could never be loved, he had crippling low self esteem. He so desperately wanted love from anyone that he made the horribly selfish decision to force a person to love him. Marianne thought the man she had been with for who knows how long truly loved her, she was blinded by rose tinted glasses only to be heavily let down by someone she truly loved. Which not only left her with trust issues, but also wounded her self esteem a bit as well. As goofy as this movie can be at times, Marianne and Bogs relationship feels really real. To me at least. I enjoyed it a lot.☺️💖

George Lucas: Let's make a movie for girls. *makes a horror movie*

This sounds like a passion project for george lucas rather than being a money-making movie

Oh my, this movie was quite popular in public TV in Poland. I remember watching it as a child and loving it. I got a weird nostalgia for this one. I loved cranky designs and their outfits. I’m surprised that it flopped so badly…

My roommates and I have seen this movie at *least* 20 times. I can quote the lines word-for-word, pitch and all, just from the silent clips you put up. I love this movie the way one loves an f'd-up plushie that somehow made it to store shelves. Assessment: accurate. (Also I can say first hand that there is TONS of AO3 content for this movie, mostly about Bog and Marianne.) Edit: Roland's "GO!!" face is an established meme in our house and was briefly the image for our roomie discord server

"Star wars was made for 12 year old boys" My 41 year old dad: 👁👄👁

Strange Magic : aka George Lucas's Star Wars "For Girls"

Strange magic was about as inspired by A Midsummer's Night Dream as West Side Story was inspired by Romeo and Juliet. In Sunny's defense he got tricked by Roland . Roland needed the love potion more than Sunny did.. The issue with the imp is that in the play he was a main character, Puck and an important part of the story plus my favorite character. He caused chaos with the love potion and he never really lost the potion like the imp did in the movie. I think it was never really consider that when you change the humans in the play into fairies and bog creatures you had to change Puck who was a fairy in the play into something else or he need to be an outsider to either kingdom. So when they made Puck an imp who only chittered and made others more responsible for the love potion. They took a bit of the reasoning behind the chaos of the love potion away and you miss Puck laughing at making people fall in love with those they dislike or making the "Roland" character falling in love with a donkey .

I loved this movie :[ personally, I think the designs, the art, the animation, the decisions for music and voices, ALL OF THIS. I loved it all......

The fact that the physically unattractive character was nice on the inside, got a physically attractive romantic partner & a happy ending is exceptionally rare. I really liked this film & although there were a lot of tropes overall it felt pretty fresh & unique.

THIS MOVIE HAS BEEN STUCK IN MY HEAD FOR MONTHS BECAUSE I SAW IT ONCE AS A KID AND COULDNT REMEMBER ALMOST ANYTHING ABOUT IT EXCEPT THE “WHAT DOESNT KILL YOU MAKES YOU STRONGER” BIT HOLY JESUS IVE FOUND IT

strange magic will ALWAYS be apart of my childhood, I remember constantly watching it as a kid

Dude, this movie was my CHILDHOOD! I watched the hell out of this! Sure, it may not hold up well at all, but the nostalgia is still there!

Was anyone else obsessed with this movie for 1 or 2 months or was I just that weird.

When I heard “made for 12 year old boys” my mind went to the scene of Leia kissing Luke and the romance in Star Wars in general...O.o

i think Strange Magic is absolutely worth watching. It has some weird and experimental animation sequences in it that are interesting to watch, no matter if they turned out 'bad' or good. It's unique. And the blonde sister falling in love with the Bog King was such an unexpected twist that led to really weird and funny interactions. Also, the Bog King was SO fun to watch and see him fly and move and fight, ugh. His design is REALLY COOL to me, and he reminds me a bit of Cell from DragonBallZ with his human-insect body. I definitely recommend seeing the movie, for what it tried to do and for what it succeeded in. The movie does get kinda horny at the end though, which was awkward to watch with friends lmao.

George really seems to have a fascination with weird, uncanny valley mouths. The shot with the fairy princess's uvula being completely visible while she was singing instantly reminded me of the musical bug guy from the Jabba's Palace scene in the Star Wars Ep 6 special edition

I feel kinda bad for the people working on this, its so unique...yet so generic? Reminds me of Blue Sky Studio's "Epic" movie.

Honestly, the premise doesnt sound all too bad. It just needs some polishing.

I actually loved this movie as a kid and only found it again a few years ago and I still love it even if there’s a lot that could be improved or fully changed I believe it was this movie that started my love for musicals aswell as seeing performances with my family in theatres

I was put on anesthetics once while I was 12, as I was having dental surgery done. I remember going in and out of consciousness and there was a tv screen overhead that had this movie playing, and all I could remember thinking was "damn, these character designs feel pretty Eurocentric", I think the movie was just unaware of it's expiration date

"He said Star Wars was made for 12 year old boys..." George Lucas says a lot of things. Many of them are incorrect.

"George is a weird guy" Pretty much.

I think I saw a trailer for this a while ago and then a month later, in a Walmart, saw the DVD box. I vividly remember it having three shots from the movie one on top of the other with the middle having either a tagline or a good review and the bottom having the title.

One of my most vivid memories is watching this movie at my aunts house on a rainy day while we were celebrating either new year or some relatives birthday and having to sit on my creepy uncles lap. I at the time, and still now enjoy the romance between the main 2 characters it felt refreshing for my 9 year old mind

STAR WARS: "For 12 year old boys." Also STAR WARS: *Has a scene where you can hear Han's tortured screaming*

“He’s like one of the biggest simps I’ve ever seen” •Mordecai has joined the battle•

I loved this movie we had a goth fairy that realized that she was worth more than staying with some a*shat that cheated on her and swore to never love again. And she devoted her life to making sure her family was safe, and then she slowly falls in love with THE VILLAIN! who really wasn't a bad guy at all

Mr Enter reviewed this movie recently and he said sword fighting + fairies was a match made in heaven (agree as this is a concept with a lot of potential) Honestly, there are many ways the movie could have worked such as: reducing the pop songs to a decent quantity, do medieval-Celtic music covers of said songs to fit the fairy kingdom theme, have Marianne be a sword fighter who is unsure about love and not loving Roland since the start, change the dark forest to something less “blatantly evil” such as night forest, rework the characters to make them more likable, reduce the uncanny valley in the animation and have Marianne and the Bog King know each other at the start and then develop feelings for each other. See? This movie could’ve been better but it turned out to be a fever dream mess.

"It was horrible. It sounded like someone was trying to make an impression of Nicolas Cage and Elvis at the same time." Are you crazy that sounds amazing sign me the fuk in.

I'll be honest, I got a personal soft spot for this movie. I enjoyed and loved all the songs. It could've been better but I've seen so much worse

I honestly really like this movie, tbf I think the songs were a bit too much but the love story is adorable and the character as well as background designs are all incredible

Ugh this movie was so damn good to me I was beyond pleasantly surprised. I think I watched out of pure curiosity and absolutely fell in love with the way it went.

Personally I’d fix this movie’s weird handle of romance. Instead of Sunny being a simp and drugging Dawn to love him, Sunny and Dawn are in a sweet, cute relationship with one another. But because Dawn is a princess and Sunny is a lowly elf, they cannot go public with their affections. Instead of Roland giving Sunny the idea of the love potion, Roland uses Sunny and Dawn’s relationship as leverage to blackmail him into getting the love potion to use on whatever the main character’s name is. And another reviewer came up with this rewrite, but instead of Bog hating love because his love potion didn’t work, he hates it because he was potioned into a relationship he did not consent to. And therefore keeps the sugar plum fairy hostage as to not allow anyone else to suffer the same way.

It’s hard to include love potions in a story without it being rapey.

I've never seen this one. I'm really impressed by the setting and monster designs. Reminds me of Dark Crystal somewhat.

Haven’t seen it yet but watching the song clips make me really intrigued, will update once watched.

Honestly the idea of this movie isn’t even that bad it’s just executed so very very poorly

I remember watching this in my 3rd grade class because the teacher couldn’t get access to a Rio dvd and thought “Hey! This movie has nature in it and it’s for kids! Just like Rio!” After that, all of the kids in my class felt so awkward after the movie and didn’t really speak for the rest of the day.

God, I LOVE this movie in a so-bad-it's-good way!!! I saw it when it came out in 2015 and it made a huge impression on me. There'd been promos pretty often on Disney channel for a while and it really piqued my interest - I was a 12 year old girl, obsessed with Beauty and the Beast, super interested in creepy fairy tales and fantasy, etc. So it seemed like it was made for me! That winter we went on a Disney cruise and they had an all-costs-included movie theater on-board, so my little brother and I were able to go by ourselves unsupervised without paying for tickets. But we were getting more and more confused by it as it went on, we didn't really get the concept of a jukebox musical, and hated the songs. The bog king kaleidoscope kiss is when we finally walked out. It is the first and only movie that we have ever done so. My #1 reason for thinking it was so bad as a kid was the Bog King / Marianne plotline - She looked young and he looked like a grown-up to me, and the weirdly heavy sexual tension between them creeped me the hell out as a child. I /think/ the fact that the fairy's the character girls watching the film are intended to project on/relate to might've been why I was so unsettled when the romance plotline with Adult Bugman Alan Cumming came up? My brother also thought he was just as creepy. I don't know - In my opinion the tension and the weird incel roofie gnome are just kinda... weird things to put in an animated movie for the preteen girl demographic anyway. I do think the /concept/ for the movie is good - On paper it sounds like something I would absolutely love, (minus the jukebox music,) and the teasers got me to the theater. But it's probably the worst execution I have ever seen. It should never have been a jukebox musical. And beyond that, they should never have let *George Lucas* pick songs for a 2015 fantasy musical with a demographic of tween girls. I love the idea of Beauty and the Beast but the Beast doesn't change, but Bog King is uncanny to me not because he's a monster, but because he kinda just looks like an uncanny valley middle aged crusty bug-man. Despite finding it weirdly unsettling and painful to watch I really do love Strange Magic for being a great bonding experience with my little brother. We talk about and reference this movie pretty often, and we rewatched it again this year! Also, your video has added "George Lucas Star Wars for Girls" to the list of running jokes too, so thanks for that. :)

I actually loved this movie! The animation was so good and the story was quite great in my opinion! It was one of my favorite movies. 😃😃😃😃

Ouch. Imagine having a movie idea for 15 years and then when it finally becomes a movie it fails and earns the worst title ever.

George makes a movie for boys: make sure you don't lose your temper George makes a movie for girls: watch out for roofies

This film is criminally underrated

Omg, I never knew you did a video about Strange Magic, honestly loved that movie as a kid, and I still do, for the nostalgia, and the concept,

“Dialogue is awkward and wonky.” I mean, that’s pretty much George Lucas dialogue.

Honestly with a few fixes to the uncanny designs, removal of the generic pop songs and maybe a bit more polish to the story this could have been a decent film

I remember watching this as a kid and I loved it ! It really surprised me to learn how much people hate it

I gotta admit, I like that the Bog King and Marianne get together. It looks rather sweet. The rest, could be tossed. And while a lot of the world is beautiful...the fairies have such weird faces. xD

When I was a little girl I tried to watch Star Wars, and I fell to the ground, foaming at the mouth. When my 50 yr old dad tried, he was blinded and has never recovered. We should have known better.

I just want to mention that the fairies/elves kingdom had something i had never seen before. female fairies with butterfly, shimmery gossamer, wings. While the males had moth wings, while still beautiful, they were dusty, fluffy and more dull in comparison. Also, I hate Roland, but everything to do with his character felt perfect for the person he was meant to be. I was very happy that he wasn't a villian with just another redemption arc, glad he sucked from start to finish.

I watched it recently because of this video, and this movie had the potential to be amazing but they really hammered several nails in it’s coffin. I know it’s a complete pipe dream but i wish that they’d remake it and fix everything they did wrong one day. Especially the cgi, Griselda and sunny will haunt my nightmares. The bog creatures dont have to be inherently beautiful but i would have liked to see more unique and intricate designs like the bog king’s.

It was so detailed and so bright that it’s such a shame that the storyline fell through. If it had more original songs and a better plot line I’m sure this movie would’ve been the best.

The fairies have mouths that you'd see in, like, vore art or something.

Me at the start: * notices teen titans go movie reference * ah shit, here we go again

I wish theres more scene of bogking and the creatures. They do have the best design. Its creative. And Bogking is a likable character.

i think the problem with George is that he has very interesting concepts that subvert tropes, that are executed really poorly, take Anakin for example, he's the subversion of the whole "Chosen one" trope, but the execution wasn't the best (until the clone wars saved it's ass) Strange Magic has a great idea of the Hero and Vilian falling in love and growing together, and not to mention the Vilian doesn't change his appearance! that is pretty neat (i might even add that the butterfly wings is also amazing, dunno if it was george who suggested it or the animation director but none the less still deserves to be mentioned) but the whole movie overshadows their relationship. Also George is more of a world building guy as much as people love to shit on prequels the worldbuilding really expanded the lore and makes all the planets and galaxies look interesting and richer, same with strange magic it has really solid lore, its just he isn't the best when it comes to writing he either needs to hire better writers or just accept the fact that he has very strong ideas that he cannot flesh execute by himself

This movie is Beauty and the beast in the world of Epic

Me: Mom, can we have Prince Charming? Mom: No, we have Prince Charming at home. Prince Charming at home: 5:46

I just watched this movie yesterday, so I'm late to the party, but whatever. Thing is, that I actually liked the movie, but I have to agree, that the music is all over the place and I really had moments where I screamed when I had to hear another song. For the story, tho, I really enjoyed it. The chemistry between the bog king and Marianne was so cute. I really liked these characters and their story. I wasn't really a fan of the rest, the mother of the king was nice I guess, but the rest, except for also Dawn I found either boring or just disgusting (prince charming with the boat lips), hated the father of Marianne and Dawn, cause he actually tried to have his daughter back together with a cheater. The design was fine, the butterfly wings were better than the typical fairy wings and yeah, like someone mentioned already, the way they kept the bog king the way he is nice, usually cause the ugly character turns pretty for some reason, falsifying the moral of the story

"Strange Magic" was the first English movie I ever watched, and it sparked my love for animation. It's a unique and weird movie with clever puns and cringe-worthy scenes that, as a ten-year-old, I found incredibly funny. The music in the movie was also quite fitting for the animation, and I loved how roughly it all looked. I know that it's not a fan favorite, but I still go back to this movie as it gives me the same nostalgic feeling as "The Last Unicorn" and "Labyrinth"

Not only is Strange Magic a jukebox musical but it has *13 SONG!* The average Disney movie has 6 songs!

Here's the thing about 'Strange Magic', it is solidly in the 'Cult Classic' category. It's not good enough to have done well with a mainstream audience, but it is good enough to have 'AN' audience. I know people who LOVE this movie, but it's not for everyone. It's definitely one of those where you have to watch it yourself and make your own judgement on it.

My 6 year old cousins made me watch this and it made me cry Holy shit

This was one of those random movies you would watch as a kid and just vividly remember for the rest of your life-

bog king: im going to rip your wings off me: *tHATS SOMEONES FETISH*

I've only seen the Imp character for like two minutes, and now I'm so mad that they wasted such a fun and cute character design on one-note gags and crappy jokes

The only time I watched this movie was when I was really young and my cousin passed away and I wasn't allowed to go to the funeral same with my siblings so we pretty much had a babysitter and we went to a different house for the day and I distinctly remember watching this movie and really enjoy it when I was younger it helped to keep my mind off of what happened that day so seeing this video lifted my spirits today thank you

I keep mixing the words “Strange Magic” with the song “True Colors” from Trolls. I keep replacing the words“true colors” with “strange magic”

The Imp's design and animation are honestly fantastic. I'd watch a movie solely about that thing.

Imagine if the Imp was Aphrodite in disguise. She was the OG shipper.

I remember watching this as a kid and for the life of me I couldn’t remember what it was called so thank you! (Great analysis and vid btw

The beginning made me laughing so hard I had to replay it again!

My guy, did you just cite “Grandma Got Ran Over by a Reindeer” as an example of a jukebox musical that _works!?_

Star Wars "For Girls" WHAT THE FRICK GEORGE?!

I actually liked this movie as a kid, though I was also terrified of it because this one time I had a high fever and the fever dream I had was vaguely about this movie. It was like peering into Cthulhu's kind. In case you're wondering, I never recovered from that

Oh my god! U just unlocked a memory! As a kid is watched this movie like 20 times and could speek each word from memory

Are we not going to talk about how Marianne's dad kept trying to get her back with Roland, knowing that he cheated on her?

Remember kids, drugging somebody against their will in order to get them obsessed with you is a-okay, just as long as you're truly "in love" with them! 🤔 Edit:) I haven't seen much of this movie, and it seems that I didn't pay much attention to the message the plot could have been trying to send. I apologize for that. Also, thanks for all of the likes and replies! 😁

Umm ngl. This whole Love Potion thing is kinda effed up. It really feels like a "forced consent" story. *"If you don't like me I'll basically force you to"* Maybe that's just me.