...are you serious? You honestly think that just because it's NOT animated, I wouldn't even touch it...ever? Just recently, I went to see Gravity and really enjoyed it! Who's the ignorant one here again?
I’m actually surprised about who the animators are. It’s Rankin Bass at their best with the animation, but not their best with the musical “Killing off Maleficent dragon by singing Hi Ho” That was hilarious!
Even more suprising is that it was done as a joint effort with the company that eventually formed Studio Ghibli and the studio that made Neon Genesis Evangelion. So without Rankin Bass, animation as a whole would not be where it is today.
Rankin/Bass didn’t actually animate it in house, they outsourced it like they did with their other productions. The main studio responsible for the animation here was Rich Animation Studios, founded by Richard Rich, the director of this film as well as The Fox And The Hound and The Swan Princess (another Rich Animation Studios production). Some portions of this film were outsourced to a few smaller studios though.
Let's kill Maleficent, Ursula, Jafar and Scar with these songs: -Hakuna Matata -The bare necessities -Barney' theme song -The Care Bears song -Any disco song from the 70s
I don't know... I think the whole Disney adaptions thing is a bit different than this. Though I am not familiar with the source material of Disney movies like The Little Mermaid but am familiar with the source material for The King and I, I believe that Disney is trying to change the story enough to where its kind of its own story while still being recognizable as an animated movie adaption of its source material. With The Kind and I, its still essentially the same story. It just has several details changed for the purpose of (I believe) 'protecting the innocence of children' and 'not conveying values that our society doesn't follow' (referring to the major character deaths, as well as the idea of the king's multiple wives and Tuptim being given to the king as a wife or concubine from the original, respectively), since this movie was trying to market itself to children. Also, there were some details, like the Kralahome, that were changed just make it more fantastical for children as well, and a bit more Disney-like, but they just weren't executed very well at all.
1:26, not the Prince of Egypt (phenomenal movie) 2:08, actually a lot of people complained about that. But some forgive it because Rasputin (the actual person) was actually a very dark and foreboding person who helped bring about the downfall of the Romanov family
turkishvan2 Eh, it's not meant to be a historic depiction. Plus, it's based off of a stage play, and the 1956 movie which turned out to be an Anna Andersen movie.
Lada Zhdanova Thats different. Its actually understandable why Rasputin is used as a villain in the Anastasia cartoon film. The real life Rasputin ruined the lives of the royal Russian family. Its understandable of why people would think Rasputin is evil. While the crappy king and I cartoon film turned a kralaholm a real innocent decent human person with no evil backstory into a bad guy! Which is really offensive and stupid
No kidding. I think he’s an awesome villain, I admit I don’t know anything about the real guy but I always compared him to Baba Yaga, a male counterpart so to say
Not just a book. Isn't that an autobiography? Actually, I think the subplot about the prince and the servant girl was more interesting than the main plot. False, Kralahome isn't trying to be a rip-off of Scar. He's more like an East Asian version of Jafar. Interestingly enough, Master Little was actually based off of a jester who was known for his great teeth. Aw come on, that panther is awesome. To be fair, Kralahome's dragon was some kind of illusory magic. Honestly, I think The King and I would have been better as an animated adaptation of the real-life events. Considering what animation can do, that would have made for an awesome clash of cultures.
And I don’t know about Tuptim’s story other than her descendants being alive and criticizing Anna for her demise in the book. Not sure her name being Burmese (possible anglicizing a siamized name, or one of ethnic groups in Myanmar), but she is stated to be one as diplomatic gift from Burma/Myanmar.
7:10 Don't you mean an obvious rip off of Jafar from Aladdin? No seriously, the comparisons are simply unavoidable. Both are villains, dabble in the dark arts, and both have completely annoying sidekicks. The difference was that Iago at least had some good moments in the movie. P.S. Aladdin is one of my personal favorite Disney movies.
@@zackrules4797 Not only that but they have incompetent henchmen who are unashamed by their greed, prefer that the former is defeated, & anger their henchmen in the end which turns them against them and then get attacked as their defeat.
The King And I animated film is undoubtedly one my most memorized childhood programs. I used to watch it all the time when I was a kid. It may not be one of the best non-Disney animated films I've ever seen like with The Prince of Egypt or The Road to El Dorado, but it does still have a place in my heart when it comes to nostalgic entertainment.
Here's my problem with your defense: it's ALREADY a musical! The script is already laid out and is lauded as a classic, even though it's adapted from a deeply racist blatant character assassination from a woman who just wanted to cash in on her fame. So at best, it's equivalent to gluing glitter onto a Monet. At worst it's glorifying the works of a bigot.
donado xie it was a joke, obviously, but you got to admit it, it was actually ridiculously correct what mat mentioned about the way they defeated the beast xp
Or you can kill Frollo with the Genie's song from Aladdin "You Ain't Never Had a Friend Like Me". Frollo: And he shall smite the wicked and plunge them into the fiery pit!! *falls and clings on the gargoyle* Gargoyle: YOU AIN'T NEVER HAD A FRIEND LIKE ME!! Frollo: AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!! Gargoyle: Wah-ah-ah, mo-my! Wah-ah-ah, no-no! Wah-ah-ah, my my my!
Seriously, a King and I film starting off with a dragon, creatures that can be stopped by a roar, changing the ending, what is right with this film at all?!
One thing that I can give this thing credit for, is that it introduced me to the brilliance that is the King and I. I love the fifty' version as the stage show. But this is still a guilty pleasure of mine.
I do like this film in my childhood however I do strongly agree with you is that this could be a great animated musical film and would've been one of the best non-Disney animated musicals like The Prince of Egypt and Anastasia. How could the filmmakers screw up such an interesting concept and it's source material?! I wish Disney or different animation studio could make another great animated musical adaptation of the King and I.
alexis martinez they can't. After this movie failed, the estate of Rogers and Hammerstein put a ban on any future animated adaptations of their musicals.
It' kind of funny. I tend to like the movies that most critics don't. I tend to judge a movie on how it makes me feel. If I laugh at the funny parts, cry at the sad parts and I feel anxious/scared at the drama and scary parts then I know that I like it.
For me, the stupidest thing about this movie is the Kralahome's comeuppance. I mean, seriously? Tuptim was to almost flogged to death for being in love with the prince (which, in my book is a lesser offense), but, Kralahome is sentenced to spend the remainder of his days cleaning up elephant shit as his punishment for high treason and attempted regicide!?
Full Voice Actor List Miranda Richardson: Anna Leonowens - Martin Vidnovic: The King of Siam - Allen D Hong: Prince Chululongkorn - Armi Arabe: Tuptim the Servant Girl - Ian Richardson: Kralahome - Adam Wylie: Louis Leonowens - Dee Brad Baker: The Cute Baby Elephant - Frank Welker: The Rest of the Animals - Darrel Hammond: Master Little - Alexandra Lai: Princess Ying - Katherine Lai: Princess Naomi - JA Fuji: The First Wife - Tony Pope: The Burmese Emmisary - Sean Smith: Sir Edward Ramsey - Ed Trotta: The Ship's Captain - Mark Hunt: The Steward - Brian Tochi: A Soldier - Kevin Michael Richardson: Multiple Males - Janice Kawaye: Multiple Females
I don't know if you'd be up for this, but maybe Thomas and the Magic Railroad as a possibility. It's actually my #5 all-time favorite movie and, even though people don't see it as a good movie because it was too Americanized, I personally think it's a really good crossover film and I still hold the film close to my heart.
Hey, you aren't the only one who saw this animation before the original story. No shame in it. It's similar to people who grew up and saw Disney's Pocahontas before we got the true story behind her.
Considering he said it's gonna be a documentary, I'm pretty sure it's gonna be Waltz with Bashir. (He did make a recent vlog review of Persistence of Vision, but that's not counted as one of his classic reviews)
Matt, do you do the Disney sequels by chance? Because I have one I would like you to review. (Also the romance between The prince and Tuptim (the servant girl) was in the musical as well, but Tuptim was with a scholar named Lua Tha. Just to let you know.)
When I first saw this movie in preschool, my favorite part of the movie was the fat bumbling minion guy. Oh, and before you say I was too young to watch a Rated G movie, I was born in September, so I had to be held back a year before I started Kindergarten.
Polarized ignorance of cinema? So, because one is a critic of animated films, he automatically only watches animated films? If you look on his channel, he did a review of "The Muppets," which was, indeed, live action.
Actually there was a romance in the orignal film. They just flipped the romance around. In the original film it was a princess and some kind of drifter or merchant Im not 100% sure since Ive never seen the movie. Some one will correct me.
Like AniMat I have not seen or read any other version to the KIng and I - But I loved this movie growing up. I think that the animation and songs in themselves were a big part of why I loved it but to my opinion this is not a bad movie.
I think I get the Disney influences I just found out that The guy who made this worked on The Black Culdren and The fox and the Hound so the director is familiar with Disney
I looked it up on IMDB and Richard Rich is the director of this. Explains everything why this version is mediocre. For context he’s the guy who’s been cranking out all those Swan Princess films.
Having a show about animated movies doesn't mean he hasn't watched any non-animated movies. For example, in one of his most recent videos (Cloudy 2) he mentions some non-animated movies that he saw (Pacific Rim, Rush, Don Jon and Gravity).
Believe it or not, I actually like the comedy and romance better than the actual story. I was actually more interested in seeing Louis being charming and seeing the elephant being cute than in seeing Anna try to persuade the King in what is right. First of all, not only was Louis only interested in pleasing Anna and doing what is right, but the elephant was so adorable, being a young child and coming out of such an unfair zoo. Secondly, because of how ruthless the king was, especially forbidding his son to marry the servant girl Tuptim, all I wanted was to scream for him to shut up. I know a lot of people will disagree with me, but I actually prefer the comedy and romance over the actual story. However, I do agree with Animat about the animation being beautiful and how the songs should not have gotten the visuals they had. I'm convinced that the songs are what really get all the hatred in this movie.
I find it idiotic that Diva's Musical Hell can't show her rant about The King and I (1999) and yet you can? Why is Morgan Creek frontman James G. Robinson involved with this? And how dare there be a Rankin/Bass Production WITHOUT Jules Bass?! Unacceptable! And don't gimme the lie that this is all about copyright issues. This movie was done in by its depiction of ethnic stereotypes. The critics noticed; and even the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization noticed. And that's why they told Arthur Rankin, Jr.: "We can't let you make our musicals into animated cartoons."
I think that this film should've gone directly to video instead of being released to theaters because due to extremely harsh reviews & having the misfortune of being released only a week before Doug's First Movie which is not only based on the popular TV show, but received much better reviews (even it still got (albeit only mostly) cool reviews), the movie unfortunately bombed at the box office.
Yeah, the live-action version and the Broadway musical are a billion times better than this piece-of-shit movie. By the way, am I the only one who things that this movie is what inspired Michael Bay to direct the live-action Transformers movies by focusing on the pointless subplots and not on the main plot?
I'm not going to lie, I loved this movie as a child. As with some of the other animated movies on this channel, this too is one of my childhood films. It may not be perfect in every facet, but I'd be lying if I said I wouldn't watch it if it was on TV.
I haven't read or seen the books and the 1956 version nether. But I've heard they were 10 times better then this, and speaking of better, Family Guy did a whole episode on The King and I and it's also better then this.
Will you consider doing all 3 of the Brave Little Toaster movies and try to emphasize the dark and creepy moments in the first one and also you might want to do a little bit of research on science of bubbles its for the third one don't worry I'll make sense when you watch them
About making this appropriate for theaters, the point of adding darker elements is to attract older audiences which they should've done instead of just pandering to kids. This is why the ratings, PG, PG-13, R, & NC-17 were invented to begin w/. I know it wasn't usual for animated films during the time it was released to be rated PG but they could've been creative.
Hey animat ... i love most of the vids you put up but when i saw the vid of cloudy with a chance of meatballs 2 i felt a little sad inside because you did something that i never thought you do something like that like how you showed if it was bad or not in the begining. :(
Speaking of Don Bluth : Fox sugest an animated adaptation of The King And i before he decited to make Anastasia but he was not intrested in it. I still think either he or the Disney Animated Company would make a waaaaay better version.
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...are you serious? You honestly think that just because it's NOT animated, I wouldn't even touch it...ever? Just recently, I went to see Gravity and really enjoyed it! Who's the ignorant one here again?
What are you talking about
Amm... what?!
Huh?????????????????? Who are you commenting to??????????
I’m actually surprised about who the animators are. It’s Rankin Bass at their best with the animation, but not their best with the musical
“Killing off Maleficent dragon by singing Hi Ho” That was hilarious!
Even more suprising is that it was done as a joint effort with the company that eventually formed Studio Ghibli and the studio that made Neon Genesis Evangelion. So without Rankin Bass, animation as a whole would not be where it is today.
Or you can kill Ursula the Sea Witch with "Follow the Leader" from Peter Pan.
Joseph Rowe or, halt the wildebeest stampede by singing "Hakuna Matata"!
Or Why Should I Worry in a Car Chase!
Rankin/Bass didn’t actually animate it in house, they outsourced it like they did with their other productions. The main studio responsible for the animation here was Rich Animation Studios, founded by Richard Rich, the director of this film as well as The Fox And The Hound and The Swan Princess (another Rich Animation Studios production). Some portions of this film were outsourced to a few smaller studios though.
"Exactly, he's basically in love with a rug"
That made me chuckle
Genie Dangerfield: I can't believe it. He's in love with a rug.
Let's kill Maleficent, Ursula, Jafar and Scar with these songs:
-Hakuna Matata
-The bare necessities
-Barney' theme song
-The Care Bears song
-Any disco song from the 70s
I don't know... I think the whole Disney adaptions thing is a bit different than this. Though I am not familiar with the source material of Disney movies like The Little Mermaid but am familiar with the source material for The King and I, I believe that Disney is trying to change the story enough to where its kind of its own story while still being recognizable as an animated movie adaption of its source material. With The Kind and I, its still essentially the same story. It just has several details changed for the purpose of (I believe) 'protecting the innocence of children' and 'not conveying values that our society doesn't follow' (referring to the major character deaths, as well as the idea of the king's multiple wives and Tuptim being given to the king as a wife or concubine from the original, respectively), since this movie was trying to market itself to children. Also, there were some details, like the Kralahome, that were changed just make it more fantastical for children as well, and a bit more Disney-like, but they just weren't executed very well at all.
[Laughing] I'm sorry! It's just the joke of killing the Maleficent Dragon by singing Heigh Ho is so Funny!
Conrad Thauberger obviously, it is indeed a ridiculous detail that he has got a point
4:31 Is Anna just having a mental breakdown here?
1:26, not the Prince of Egypt (phenomenal movie)
2:08, actually a lot of people complained about that. But some forgive it because Rasputin (the actual person) was actually a very dark and foreboding person who helped bring about the downfall of the Romanov family
+Ballistic Warlord He unintentionally brought the downfall by placing incompetent men in power. Those guys couldn't read or write.
+jacoblgames The Romanov's didn't help by being bad rulers. Rasputin is more of a scapegoat.
turkishvan2 They both had their parts.
jacoblgames
Yeah. Too bad Anastasia dumbed it down so much
turkishvan2 Eh, it's not meant to be a historic depiction. Plus, it's based off of a stage play, and the 1956 movie which turned out to be an Anna Andersen movie.
Killing the Maleficent dragon with Heigh Ho is like having Frollo die by playing The Genie's song "You've Never Had a Friend Like Me".
Everyone complained about Rasputin in Anastasia
EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO EVER REVIEWED IT
Lada Zhdanova Thats different. Its actually understandable why Rasputin is used as a villain in the Anastasia cartoon film. The real life Rasputin ruined the lives of the royal Russian family.
Its understandable of why people would think Rasputin is evil. While the crappy king and I cartoon film turned a kralaholm a real innocent decent human person with no evil backstory into a bad guy! Which is really offensive and stupid
AT Productions Also Rasputin ruined the lives of the royal Russian family.
No kidding. I think he’s an awesome villain, I admit I don’t know anything about the real guy but I always compared him to Baba Yaga, a male counterpart so to say
@@TheAngelmisa I haven’t looked into Russian history, how did he actually ruin their lives in real life?
I like how you review older movies and not just the new stuff alone.
Keep up the good work.
Not just a book. Isn't that an autobiography? Actually, I think the subplot about the prince and the servant girl was more interesting than the main plot. False, Kralahome isn't trying to be a rip-off of Scar. He's more like an East Asian version of Jafar. Interestingly enough, Master Little was actually based off of a jester who was known for his great teeth. Aw come on, that panther is awesome. To be fair, Kralahome's dragon was some kind of illusory magic.
Honestly, I think The King and I would have been better as an animated adaptation of the real-life events. Considering what animation can do, that would have made for an awesome clash of cultures.
The prince and Tuptim actually did get married in real life.
And I don’t know about Tuptim’s story other than her descendants being alive and criticizing Anna for her demise in the book.
Not sure her name being Burmese (possible anglicizing a siamized name, or one of ethnic groups in Myanmar), but she is stated to be one as diplomatic gift from Burma/Myanmar.
7:10 Don't you mean an obvious rip off of Jafar from Aladdin? No seriously, the comparisons are simply unavoidable. Both are villains, dabble in the dark arts, and both have completely annoying sidekicks. The difference was that Iago at least had some good moments in the movie.
P.S. Aladdin is one of my personal favorite Disney movies.
Kralahome’s Henchman makes patrick star look like a saint in comparison
Well, he is also a Scar rip-off too, because both of them wanted to kill the King and become rule of the kingdown.
@@zackrules4797 Not only that but they have incompetent henchmen who are unashamed by their greed, prefer that the former is defeated, & anger their henchmen in the end which turns them against them and then get attacked as their defeat.
Just because he doesn't review live action films doesn't mean he doesn't watch them.
"That's like killing off the Maleficent dragon by singing 'Heigh Ho'"! LOL
The King And I animated film is undoubtedly one my most memorized childhood programs. I used to watch it all the time when I was a kid. It may not be one of the best non-Disney animated films I've ever seen like with The Prince of Egypt or The Road to El Dorado, but it does still have a place in my heart when it comes to nostalgic entertainment.
Here's my problem with your defense: it's ALREADY a musical! The script is already laid out and is lauded as a classic, even though it's adapted from a deeply racist blatant character assassination from a woman who just wanted to cash in on her fame. So at best, it's equivalent to gluing glitter onto a Monet. At worst it's glorifying the works of a bigot.
Try killing the Maleficent Dragon by playing a Justin Bieber song XD
+msmissjordan1 bieber wasn´t around in the 16th century.
donado xie it was a joke, obviously, but you got to admit it, it was actually ridiculously correct what mat mentioned about the way they defeated the beast xp
Or you can kill Frollo with the Genie's song from Aladdin "You Ain't Never Had a Friend Like Me".
Frollo: And he shall smite the wicked and plunge them into the fiery pit!! *falls and clings on the gargoyle*
Gargoyle: YOU AIN'T NEVER HAD A FRIEND LIKE ME!!
Frollo: AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!
Gargoyle: Wah-ah-ah, mo-my! Wah-ah-ah, no-no! Wah-ah-ah, my my my!
LMAO 😂
Seriously, a King and I film starting off with a dragon, creatures that can be stopped by a roar, changing the ending, what is right with this film at all?!
You did a good job
reviewing this film,
Animat! You've just earned yourself a subscriber!
Wow Mat, you're actually smart. This conclusion about the story is pretty good. I love you man.
One thing that I can give this thing credit for, is that it introduced me to the brilliance that is the King and I. I love the fifty' version as the stage show. But this is still a guilty pleasure of mine.
I do like this film in my childhood however I do strongly agree with you is that this could be a great animated musical film and would've been one of the best non-Disney animated musicals like The Prince of Egypt and Anastasia. How could the filmmakers screw up such an interesting concept and it's source material?! I wish Disney or different animation studio could make another great animated musical adaptation of the King and I.
alexis martinez they can't. After this movie failed, the estate of Rogers and Hammerstein put a ban on any future animated adaptations of their musicals.
It' kind of funny. I tend to like the movies that most critics don't. I tend to judge a movie on how it makes me feel. If I laugh at the funny parts, cry at the sad parts and I feel anxious/scared at the drama and scary parts then I know that I like it.
For me, the stupidest thing about this movie is the Kralahome's comeuppance. I mean, seriously? Tuptim was to almost flogged to death for being in love with the prince (which, in my book is a lesser offense), but, Kralahome is sentenced to spend the remainder of his days cleaning up elephant shit as his punishment for high treason and attempted regicide!?
to be fair, there were quite a lot of hints in real life that suggested Rasputin was a wizard
Full Voice Actor List
Miranda Richardson: Anna Leonowens - Martin Vidnovic: The King of Siam - Allen D Hong: Prince Chululongkorn - Armi Arabe: Tuptim the Servant Girl - Ian Richardson: Kralahome - Adam Wylie: Louis Leonowens - Dee Brad Baker: The Cute Baby Elephant - Frank Welker: The Rest of the Animals - Darrel Hammond: Master Little - Alexandra Lai: Princess Ying - Katherine Lai: Princess Naomi - JA Fuji: The First Wife - Tony Pope: The Burmese Emmisary - Sean Smith: Sir Edward Ramsey - Ed Trotta: The Ship's Captain - Mark Hunt: The Steward - Brian Tochi: A Soldier - Kevin Michael Richardson: Multiple Males - Janice Kawaye: Multiple Females
Fun fact: Miranda Richardson also played Rita Skeeter in the "Harry Potter" movies and Annette Claus in "Fred Claus".
May I request that you review say Anastasia and Quest For Camelot? That would be great. Thanks!
Anastasia was great! Quest for Camelot....not so much.
Matthew Cline Good news for you, Mat is about to review Quest for Camelot soon. Or are you even active?
Musical animation does not always a great film. Looks at the secret of kells, this movie is awesome without music.
I don't know if you'd be up for this, but maybe Thomas and the Magic Railroad as a possibility. It's actually my #5 all-time favorite movie and, even though people don't see it as a good movie because it was too Americanized, I personally think it's a really good crossover film and I still hold the film close to my heart.
In the 50's movie, that they have lovers.
Could you put South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut in the hat, I think it would be interesting to see you review adult animation.
He already reviewed in 2014
he has, he even showed us that Doug Walker said that he's heard of Animation Lookback at the end of an update vlog
It's no wonder why the Rodger and Hammersteins' estate doesn't allow animation adaptions of their musicals ever since they came out
Hey, you aren't the only one who saw this animation before the original story. No shame in it. It's similar to people who grew up and saw Disney's Pocahontas before we got the true story behind her.
There's a difference between a romance between a prince and a servant than a romance between a servant and a servant like the original musical.
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Considering he said it's gonna be a documentary, I'm pretty sure it's gonna be Waltz with Bashir. (He did make a recent vlog review of Persistence of Vision, but that's not counted as one of his classic reviews)
I have never heard of King and I before this.
I wonder if Deborah Kerr ever saw this.
next one.. is it watership down? If not in hat, please put it in!
Matt, do you do the Disney sequels by chance? Because I have one I would like you to review. (Also the romance between The prince and Tuptim (the servant girl) was in the musical as well, but Tuptim was with a scholar named Lua Tha. Just to let you know.)
When I first saw this movie in preschool, my favorite part of the movie was the fat bumbling minion guy. Oh, and before you say I was too young to watch a Rated G movie, I was born in September, so I had to be held back a year before I started Kindergarten.
You should do a top 10 worst villians in an animated film
I agreed and Sarousch from The Hunchback of Notre Dame 2 should be in number 1#.
When your review of The King and I boils down to "Just pretend it's not The King and I," it pretty much highlights the problem with this film.
It's weird to say that I remember watching this movie in theaters but I don't remember a single thing about it. XD!
Ha! One of those I can’t believe my parents took me to see this type of movie to you.
I love this movie though
Polarized ignorance of cinema? So, because one is a critic of animated films, he automatically only watches animated films? If you look on his channel, he did a review of "The Muppets," which was, indeed, live action.
I attended a reserved sensory-friendly performance of the Broadway revival!
Actually there was a romance in the orignal film. They just flipped the romance around. In the original film it was a princess and some kind of drifter or merchant Im not 100% sure since Ive never seen the movie. Some one will correct me.
Nope, I think he's going for Grave of the Fireflies. I suggested Animusic for a classic review. Hope Mat picks it.
"Nobody complained about Rasputin"
scuse u i complained a lot
It seems that we were all correct about this prediction: finally the King and I.
I saw this as a kid my mom hated it so much she chose to ban this version. (I saw the live action version as well)
Just like how the estate of Rogers and Hammerstein's banned any future animated adaptations of any of their musicals after this movie failed.
Like AniMat I have not seen or read any other version to the KIng and I - But I loved this movie growing up. I think that the animation and songs in themselves were a big part of why I loved it but to my opinion this is not a bad movie.
Heigh ho as Maleficent's weakness. Lol.
I think I get the Disney influences I just found out that The guy who made this worked on The Black Culdren and The fox and the Hound so the director is familiar with Disney
Anyone have any idea of what will he review next?
I looked it up on IMDB and Richard Rich is the director of this. Explains everything why this version is mediocre. For context he’s the guy who’s been cranking out all those Swan Princess films.
Please do some of the Dreamworks films! :)
Having a show about animated movies doesn't mean he hasn't watched any non-animated movies. For example, in one of his most recent videos (Cloudy 2) he mentions some non-animated movies that he saw (Pacific Rim, Rush, Don Jon and Gravity).
The prince and the servant girl was in the other movie too, Animat.
Believe it or not, I actually like the comedy and romance better than the actual story. I was actually more interested in seeing Louis being charming and seeing the elephant being cute than in seeing Anna try to persuade the King in what is right. First of all, not only was Louis only interested in pleasing Anna and doing what is right, but the elephant was so adorable, being a young child and coming out of such an unfair zoo. Secondly, because of how ruthless the king was, especially forbidding his son to marry the servant girl Tuptim, all I wanted was to scream for him to shut up. I know a lot of people will disagree with me, but I actually prefer the comedy and romance over the actual story. However, I do agree with Animat about the animation being beautiful and how the songs should not have gotten the visuals they had. I'm convinced that the songs are what really get all the hatred in this movie.
is the next Review red tails ???
Can you do The Brave Little Toaster and the sequels
I find it idiotic that Diva's Musical Hell can't show her rant about The King and I (1999) and yet you can? Why is Morgan Creek frontman James G. Robinson involved with this? And how dare there be a Rankin/Bass Production WITHOUT Jules Bass?! Unacceptable! And don't gimme the lie that this is all about copyright issues. This movie was done in by its depiction of ethnic stereotypes. The critics noticed; and even the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization noticed. And that's why they told Arthur Rankin, Jr.: "We can't let you make our musicals into animated cartoons."
Richard Washington Wait why can't Musical Hell not show her review of this film?
According to Diva, a song in the movie violated RUclips's copyright rules.
i rememeber watching this when i was little, i really love the movie and as a person who loves musicals im going to watch it again ^-^
I think that this film should've gone directly to video instead of being released to theaters because due to extremely harsh reviews & having the misfortune of being released only a week before Doug's First Movie which is not only based on the popular TV show, but received much better reviews (even it still got (albeit only mostly) cool reviews), the movie unfortunately bombed at the box office.
I loved this movie as a kid too. Nowadays i don´t sadly.
this movie is just a cheap animated flick made for the kiddies
Yeah, the live-action version and the Broadway musical are a billion times better than this piece-of-shit movie.
By the way, am I the only one who things that this movie is what inspired Michael Bay to direct the live-action Transformers movies by focusing on the pointless subplots and not on the main plot?
Good thing I saw the 60s live action version before this one!
poor malificent. Such a badass villianess, but to go down in a less unfortunate way. I like how you made that unfitting song at 9:35. that was funny.
Oooooooo the next review is gonna be good!!!
Ya'know i grew up with this version too. So i'm with you on this.
The first time I heard of this was on sesame street with grover dancing with a literal I.
could you review Batman Mask of the Phantasm, as well as other batman animations. you won't be disapointed
I'm not going to lie, I loved this movie as a child. As with some of the other animated movies on this channel, this too is one of my childhood films. It may not be perfect in every facet, but I'd be lying if I said I wouldn't watch it if it was on TV.
It airs on TV?
I haven't read or seen the books and the 1956 version nether. But I've heard they were 10 times better then this, and speaking of better, Family Guy did a whole episode on The King and I and it's also better then this.
could you review the theif and the cobbler
unfortunately this is the only version of king and i i know too
Animation and character design looks nice here. I may watch the film, maybe it wont be too bad. Even though I'm not into these The King And I things.
Will you consider doing all 3 of the Brave Little Toaster movies and try to emphasize the dark and creepy moments in the first one and also you might want to do a little bit of research on science of bubbles its for the third one don't worry I'll make sense when you watch them
wait, which movie is next?
Fyi, the movie of king and i is extremely controversial in Thailand. (I dont know whether the animated one was banned or not).
Wonder What AniMat's Next Review Is. I'm at a loss. Does anyone know what it could be?
About making this appropriate for theaters, the point of adding darker elements is to attract older audiences which they should've done instead of just pandering to kids. This is why the ratings, PG, PG-13, R, & NC-17 were invented to begin w/. I know it wasn't usual for animated films during the time it was released to be rated PG but they could've been creative.
I'm getting the feeling that the next movie is going to be the south park movie.
I am like you and saw this movie first before the actual play or the other movie made in the 50s. I watched this as a child.
watership down?
It's probably going to be grave of the fireflies Since he mentioned war and "not for kids".
I love animated musicals, but I don't ever want to touch this piece of crap!
I wouldn’t want to touch you piece of crap.
Is the next review going to be the "Graveyard of the firelies" ?
Great vid
That is way worse than I remember it being as a kid.
Hey animat ... i love most of the vids you put up but when i saw the vid of cloudy with a chance of meatballs 2 i felt a little sad inside because you did something that i never thought you do something like that like how you showed if it was bad or not in the begining. :(
Speaking of Don Bluth : Fox sugest an animated adaptation of The King And i before he decited to make Anastasia but he was not intrested in it.
I still think either he or the Disney Animated Company would make a waaaaay better version.
Hey Matt, what's up, James A. Miles AKA Jamie Whales here.
Wondering if you watched my "Twice Upon A Time Review.
I'm not. I know you watch live-action too. :)
I knew he would do this after I looked up bad animated broadway musicals
I hated this movie when I was little.
And for some reason all I remember about this movie was that guy who's teeth were always falling out. o_O
Thumbs up if you want AniMat to review "Sea Prince and the Fire Child" (1981) next :) !