Days after Beauty and the Beast is released, Freddie Mercury passed away from AIDS. Shocking how great talents like Mercury and Ashman would succumb to the deadly disease.
It's a shame they thought Beauty and the Beast would only get nominated "because it wasn't a good year for movies." There have been plenty of animated films that deserved to be nominated (some should have even won) even in great movie years. If only the Academy didn't have a blatant prejudice against animation.
. . . we were so darned poor in 1991 that we couldn't take our kids out to the movies to see Beauty and the Beast. STILL a classic, still remembered as the beginning of the "Disney Renaissance!!"
I do too, it's a masterpiece of animation. One of my favorite animated movies (or at least animated Disney movies, it's up there with The Lion King and Bambi). It holds up to repeated viewing, I know because I would play the same VHS like 2 or 3 times a day when I was a kid. And it so desperately deserved to be the first animated movie in history to be nominated for the best picture oscar. (Although, I still think that The Silence of the Lambs deserved the win.)
Kids nowadays always say how nice BatB is and that it’s a classic - but they will never understand HOW mesmerized we were back then when we saw it in the theatre. The animation may look dated by now, but it was so new back then and as a movie as a whole it’s just a perfect one. A one for the ages
No. It’s very well done. But compared to Hercules or Lion King the animation was slower and the outlines were thicker and not as sharp. It’s still perfect, but Disney topped itself later in the decade :-) (not movie- or storywise)
@@lars7282 Hercules is one of history's biggest examples of how useless animation quality is when the rest of your movie is a thunderous pile of crap. A lesson as should be even more well heeded today
“My Girl”, is actually the second film, in which Macaulay Culkin and Anna Chlumsky starred in the same movie, together. First time they did this, was in “Uncle Buck”, where Culkin played Miles Russell, and Chlumsky was one of Maisy Russell’s (Gaby Hoffman) classmates, during the “Blasphemer!” scene. Even I was surprised to know that, since I used to thing “My Girl” was the first, but it’s not.
03:53 With animated movies nowadays only being ironic and haha funny and being forgotten pretty fast with leaving zero impact on the movie history, I don’t think anyone nowadays can imagine HOW special and big Beauty and the Beast was back then. EVERYONE loved it. Even my dad, who had zero business with animation. Everyone was haunted by the movie, the Beast character and the song.
It helps there was no internet to make us all cynical back then. Frozen was also a movie everyone loved and made an impact, but of course, in this internet age, people turned against it once it became "too popular." Can't have something bringing lots of people together through joy. It's sad.
@@douglascarter2078He might be stupid, but he knows how to ward off burglars from entering his house, every Christmas, as well as become acquainted with a girl on his block, in the summer of ‘71 or ‘72.
Beauty and the Beast did not reach my country until mid 1992. Critics praised the movie and said that adults could go and see it and they did not have to bring their kids along with them to enjoy it.
My reviews Beauty and the Beast (two thumbs up; way up, one of the best movies that year) My Girl (two thumbs up; way up, one of the best movies that year) Black Robe (two thumbs up) Meeting Venus (two thumbs down)
Boy, I bet were Siskel and Ebert surprised that Beauty and the Beast made that flawless transition from film to stage when the musical came about on Broadway.
To clarify: BatB was the only animated film to be nominated for best picture. The category "best animated feature" was not introduced until 2002 (for 2001 films).
I have the theory that, when Beauty and the Beast was first created in a book back in the XVIII century, the author had many myths and legends in mind. Especially Hades and Persephone. Persephone was said to be the most beautiful daughter of Zeus. Belle is the most beautiful lady in the village. Hades took the duty, practically the curse, to rule the underwold. Beast... well, got cursed. Charon and the Judges are the servants o Hades. Beast has his servants. Belle takes her father's place in a kidnapping, Persephone was abducted (according to other versions, she was sick of Demeter's overprotection, like Belle was sick of her village). Hades had quite a beast, Cerberus. Pirithous (Thesseus' bro) wanted to marry Persephone just because of her beauty. He ends up brutally punished by Hades. Hades had the underworld, Beast the enchanted castle. Demeter finally sees her daughter and the winter is over. The spell over Beast is broken. The old lady and the enchantress comes from the old duty of hospitality, many gods disgised themselves as old ragged people. Especially Demeter. The pomegranate that solves it all. The rose that caused it all. Hades was brooding, brutal but fair. Beast had rage issues but in the inside, deep inside, was good. He regrets his own mistakes.
4:58 "The energy level that's possible in animation is so much higher than you possibly can get human actors to move around, that it almost makes animation seem like the ideal medium for the film musical." Probably not.
The '90s was just like playing a slot machine with actors' faces to see what group it would land on. They'd take a spin, and then make a movie with those people.
I wonder if Ebert knew something beforehand about the casting of Timothy Dalton as Rhett. That was too much of a coincidence to be a lucky guess. And really? They really saw Demi Moore or Meryl Streep as Scarlett? 🤣 🤣 🤣
Back when such a thing would be considered for a TV for speculation. Pretty sure Joanne Whalley would never have crossed their minds. They've done all right for themselves, Dalton and Whalley, since Scarlett.
Call me crazy but I skip most of the reviews when both Siskel and Ebert gush and salivate over particular movies. It's like "ok, got it, you liked it".
Cool how Siskel totally called Beauty and the beast getting nominated for best picture!
Menken and Ashman were so brilliant together. Howard Ashman was a magnificent creative personality.
My favorite direction he gave was, "Streisand," for Belle's lyric *a bit alarming*
May Howard Ashman rest in Peace, a real pioneer in classic Disney songs along with Alan Menken.
Little Shop of Horrors is a classic, no matter which ending you take.
Days after Beauty and the Beast is released, Freddie Mercury passed away from AIDS. Shocking how great talents like Mercury and Ashman would succumb to the deadly disease.
Tim Richmond also in 1989
Happy Gene (his review of Beauty and the Beast) is good for the soul.
It's a shame they thought Beauty and the Beast would only get nominated "because it wasn't a good year for movies." There have been plenty of animated films that deserved to be nominated (some should have even won) even in great movie years. If only the Academy didn't have a blatant prejudice against animation.
RIP Angela Lansbury
4:58 advice that Disney clearly did not listen to
. . . we were so darned poor in 1991 that we couldn't take our kids out to the movies to see Beauty and the Beast. STILL a classic, still remembered as the beginning of the "Disney Renaissance!!"
Both my favorite Disney Princess film and Disney love song, bar none. Absolutely adore Beauty and the Beast.
I do too, it's a masterpiece of animation. One of my favorite animated movies (or at least animated Disney movies, it's up there with The Lion King and Bambi). It holds up to repeated viewing, I know because I would play the same VHS like 2 or 3 times a day when I was a kid. And it so desperately deserved to be the first animated movie in history to be nominated for the best picture oscar. (Although, I still think that The Silence of the Lambs deserved the win.)
Beauty and the beast and my girl 2 of my favourite classic movies of the early 90s
i wish siskel and ebert were around today to see what they would say about all the dam remakes and reboots lol
Probably the same thing they said about all the terrible direct to video sequels from the 90s
It would be a case-by-case basis. Ebert loved Batman Begins but hated Superman Returns. He liked the Total Recall remake but disliked the Fame remake.
Kids nowadays always say how nice BatB is and that it’s a classic - but they will never understand HOW mesmerized we were back then when we saw it in the theatre. The animation may look dated by now, but it was so new back then and as a movie as a whole it’s just a perfect one. A one for the ages
There's a reason it was the FIRST animated feature to receive an Oscar nod for Best Picture...it's THAT good
Completely agree, we watched it back in ‘91 in the UK and then ad infinitum on repeat on VHS and we were simply blown away by every frame of it
"Dated?" I hope you are only referring to the ropey computer backgrounds
No. It’s very well done. But compared to Hercules or Lion King the animation was slower and the outlines were thicker and not as sharp. It’s still perfect, but Disney topped itself later in the decade :-) (not movie- or storywise)
@@lars7282 Hercules is one of history's biggest examples of how useless animation quality is when the rest of your movie is a thunderous pile of crap. A lesson as should be even more well heeded today
“My Girl”, is actually the second film, in which Macaulay Culkin and Anna Chlumsky starred in the same movie, together.
First time they did this, was in “Uncle Buck”, where Culkin played Miles Russell, and Chlumsky was one of Maisy Russell’s (Gaby Hoffman) classmates, during the “Blasphemer!” scene.
Even I was surprised to know that, since I used to thing “My Girl” was the first, but it’s not.
03:53 With animated movies nowadays only being ironic and haha funny and being forgotten pretty fast with leaving zero impact on the movie history, I don’t think anyone nowadays can imagine HOW special and big Beauty and the Beast was back then. EVERYONE loved it. Even my dad, who had zero business with animation. Everyone was haunted by the movie, the Beast character and the song.
It helps there was no internet to make us all cynical back then. Frozen was also a movie everyone loved and made an impact, but of course, in this internet age, people turned against it once it became "too popular." Can't have something bringing lots of people together through joy. It's sad.
@@scottmccurdy6493 Frozen II made even more money, so I don't think many people "turned against it."
I cheer for the bees every time in "My Girl." Get him!!!
I once urinated in friends sisters in and out milkshake because their families toilet was broken, i cried when she drank it
Is your name Harry or Marv by any chance? Lol.
My Girl, the first time I’d ever cried in a theater
Pu$$y 😂
It was at the very least a tear jersey. If that's a pu$$you, I'd take that as a compliment
It's really sad to think all those poor bees died after stinging that stupid little kid.
@@douglascarter2078He might be stupid, but he knows how to ward off burglars from entering his house, every Christmas, as well as become acquainted with a girl on his block, in the summer of ‘71 or ‘72.
Beauty and the Beast did not reach my country until mid 1992. Critics praised the movie and said that adults could go and see it and they did not have to bring their kids along with them to enjoy it.
My reviews
Beauty and the Beast (two thumbs up; way up, one of the best movies that year)
My Girl (two thumbs up; way up, one of the best movies that year)
Black Robe (two thumbs up)
Meeting Venus (two thumbs down)
🤷♂️
Boy, I bet were Siskel and Ebert surprised that Beauty and the Beast made that flawless transition from film to stage when the musical came about on Broadway.
Ebert got it right with Timothy Dalton as Rhett Butler
Yes! Joanne Whalley-Kilmer played Scarlett.
Gene in top form here
I think back in those days my Beloved Harrison Ford could have been a great Rhett Butler & of course Meryl Streep can do ANYTHING!!
The only thing I could never get about My Girl, is how a girl as precocious as she was didn't even know where babies came from
Right? You would think she would be cognizant of the stork and all that
The first and probably only animated film nominated for best picture...bc animated films have their own category
Pixar's Up was also nominated for best picture.
Nope: nominated for best animated film; Beauty & the Beast only animated movie nominated for best picture (not in the animation category)
@@oobrocks Toy Story 2 was nominated if I'm not mistaken
Sorry
To clarify: BatB was the only animated film to be nominated for best picture. The category "best animated feature" was not introduced until 2002 (for 2001 films).
1991 was a great year for movies!
I have the theory that, when Beauty and the Beast was first created in a book back in the XVIII century, the author had many myths and legends in mind.
Especially Hades and Persephone.
Persephone was said to be the most beautiful daughter of Zeus. Belle is the most beautiful lady in the village.
Hades took the duty, practically the curse, to rule the underwold. Beast... well, got cursed.
Charon and the Judges are the servants o Hades. Beast has his servants.
Belle takes her father's place in a kidnapping, Persephone was abducted (according to other versions, she was sick of Demeter's overprotection, like Belle was sick of her village).
Hades had quite a beast, Cerberus.
Pirithous (Thesseus' bro) wanted to marry Persephone just because of her beauty. He ends up brutally punished by Hades.
Hades had the underworld, Beast the enchanted castle.
Demeter finally sees her daughter and the winter is over. The spell over Beast is broken.
The old lady and the enchantress comes from the old duty of hospitality, many gods disgised themselves as old ragged people. Especially Demeter.
The pomegranate that solves it all. The rose that caused it all.
Hades was brooding, brutal but fair. Beast had rage issues but in the inside, deep inside, was good. He regrets his own mistakes.
Gene:”…songs worthy of a Broadway musical…”
Beauty & The Beast 👍🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
My Girl 👍🌟🌟🌟
Black Robe 👎🌟🌟
Meeting Venus 👍🌟🌟🌟
Angela Lansbury did make that song her own
Does anyone think if These guys would've given the 2017 Beauty and the Beast a two thumbs up?
4:58 "The energy level that's possible in animation is so much higher than you possibly can get human actors to move around, that it almost makes animation seem like the ideal medium for the film musical." Probably not.
Absolutely not
Yes. Ebert would've questioned why the movie was necessary, but still would've said it's entertaining to watch.
Moore and Baldwin would make The Juror
The '90s was just like playing a slot machine with actors' faces to see what group it would land on. They'd take a spin, and then make a movie with those people.
I wanna here more about Bob.
WHY IS HE HOLDING THAT MOOSE
I wonder if Ebert knew something beforehand about the casting of Timothy Dalton as Rhett. That was too much of a coincidence to be a lucky guess.
And really?
They really saw Demi Moore or Meryl Streep as Scarlett? 🤣 🤣 🤣
Back when such a thing would be considered for a TV for speculation. Pretty sure Joanne Whalley would never have crossed their minds.
They've done all right for themselves, Dalton and Whalley, since Scarlett.
Its funny Gene paired Moore and Baldwin and they did wnd up starring together in The Juror which Gene hàted
Could someone help me find their review on Single White Female!
If you look it up on here I'm sure you can find it
Hi, I’m Bob -
HIAMBOB
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What About Bob?
GWTW .... Jane Seymour
HEY IM BOB
The live action remake was way better, just joking.
Hi I’m Bob Bygirl.
Blk Robe 5:35
HI I'M BOB my girl...
Tom Selleck & Rosie O´donnell would have been perfect.
Hi I’m bob 😂
Call me crazy but I skip most of the reviews when both Siskel and Ebert gush and salivate over particular movies. It's like "ok, got it, you liked it".
OK, you're crazy.