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LET'S WATCH: Anastasia (1997)

okieeee ladies and gentlepatrons! Sorry for the delay on this one, but Angie and I finally got to sit down and watch her favorite animated movie, Anastasia! And if there's one thing I love doing, it's making my wife happy, so this movie was a no-brainer to hit for Patreon. So please comment below any facts or tidbits you know about Anastasia and Angie and I would love to read them together. Also, let me know if there are any other really great older Disney adjacent movies like this you'd want us to watch. Hope you enjoy! Cya in the next one!

LET'S WATCH: Anastasia (1997)

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anastasia is def better then lion king. anastasia is a childhood favourite for me and i always do a yearly rewatch

rhi

Do the Hunchback of Notre Dame next!

Shani

yes!!!!!! best disney soundtrack in my opinion. also, how can i get an invite to his discord server? do you know?

Shani

somehow, bartok actually has his own movie (i don't remember it being good lol) but i would to see the thief and the cobbler on this channel! i also think troy would like it based on his comments on the camera work in this video - that movie has some sick backgrounds and wacky camera work.

Hannah Rillie

Hunchback of Notre Dame next!! 🙏🏼

Yasmin

Never forget the man in the play was named Gleb! My husband and I joke about good ol Gleb all the time!

Snowfallspink

You're absolutely right! There was a slightly menacing man named Gleb in the Broadway version. It's the only Disney-esque Broadway show that I've been disappointed with. My favorites have been Lion King and Beauty and the Beast!

Snowfallspink

Mulan is one of the few movies that I know every word to. I remember seeing it in theaters, and I was only a few years old.

Snowfallspink

I almost named my new puppy Pooka after this movie! Then her personality came forth and we decided she absolutely Louise from Bob's Burgers! So she's our sweet Louise!

Snowfallspink

Oooo I’d love to see Troy’s reaction to Hell Fire!

GEMsMama

Prince of Egypt please

Jasmine Keating

Two types of guys—Dmitri and Vlad :)

Hilary Commer

Can you please watch and review the Lorax movie!!! It has soooo many catchy songs!

Megan Turner

I agree with Angela lol Anastasia is my pick over lion king! But also Hercules and Mulan are unmatched for story and songs

Morgan Johnson

SWAN PRINCESS !!

Erin Knickle

Great Disney adjacent one is Dreamwork’s Spirit (best damn movie and Bryan Adams AND Han Zimmerman?!) - Another hit in my household was Swan Princess. Still love the songs from that movie

Erin Knickle

Rasputin wasn't even in the Broadway show if I remember correctly! They completely rewrote the villian I guess because you can't really do these effects, but it really watered things down for me honestly. I don't remember much from the Broadway show at all but I'm a huge die hard fan of this movie. Dimitri was like my first childhood crush!

Rachel Lobo

Fun fact: both crowns from the finale are based off real Romanov jewels that where acquired by the British Royal family and Queen Elizabeth II wore many times; Alexandra’s Kokoshnik (Anastasia’s) and the Vladimir Tiara (Dowager).

Candace Denczi

You guys should toootally watch The Hunchback of Notre Dame if you haven't seen it yet!!

Strawbeary Milk

omg wait yall HAVE to watch the addams family movies PLSSSSSS

zeno

you and angela when u kissed her hand is giving gomez and morticia addams

zeno

I’m 1000% with Angela Anastasia all the way

Eva

hercules for sure!

frankie

YEEESSSSS

Frostwolf242

Hercules! Mulan! Lion King!

Lee

BROTHER BEARRRRR

Diana

Voice actress is the queen Meg Ryan

marzee

ANGELAAAAAA!!!!!

marzee

hercules !!

Maddie Cast

Hello from windy Saint Petersburg, you guys!

Анна

Loved Anastasia, so nostalgic from childhood!! An absolute must watch is Tarzen, pleeassseee!! Troy would froth the Phil Collins genius!

Philippa

YES!!!!

CJJACKETS

A little random, but y’all should watch Moulin Rouge for the Patreon! 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Carley

Anastasia over Lion King every time. I'm with you, Angela.

Emily Duncan

Can you guys please watch 1977 version of Pete’s Dragon? It’s honestly so good 😭😭

Alexia 🫶🏻

watch hercules!!!

nina

i love Angela so much and respect to the animation of Anastasia but the Lion King is SUPERIOR in story and score/songs imo. you cannot top Can You Feel the Love Tonight!

Ghee

Masters degree in history checking in here. Non-serious first, you should check out Boney M song Rasputin if you haven't heard it Troy. A certified banger and how my Russian Revolution module started at uni ha! As for real life Rasputin, he was an absolute creep who had an inappropriate relationship, to say the least, with the young princesses. Prince Alexei had haemophilia and was a very sickly child, Rasputin was brought in as a religious man and medical worker. And he used the royal family's fear over Alexei to gain power and status. His death is the stuff of legends... he did die in the river. But before that he was poisoned by members of the aristocracy, unhappy with his place in court (and supposedly in the Tsarina's bed). Rasputin, however, had been microdosing himself with poison frequently to build up his tolerance, fearing he'd be murdered. So they then shot him multiple times and THEN threw him in the river. Sorry, essay over. But this period has always been an interest of mine 🤣

Alice Longhorn

3 stars is WILD!?!?! 4.5 is the lowest it should be out of 5

Lily

ideally, both!! and Tarzan!!!!

Carmen

Why does Rasputin give me nosferatu vibes especially the long fingernails

Michaela B

Hank Azaria (Bartok) played Moe in The Simpsons, was also in the 2nd Night At The Museum and a bunch of other movies/tv shows

Heather Oatman

i don't think the grandma counted because she wasn't actually of the Romanov bloodline (as far as i know) I think she just married into the family to produce an heir for the prior czar, giving birth to Anastasia's father. 🤷‍♀️

Loren Anne

“How are you doing today sweetheart?” OMGGGGG YA’LL ARE TOOOO CUTEEEE

Isabella Leal

I'm with Angie on anastasia being a better movie! it's my favorite movie- but movies should definitely bring back the r&b versions!!

Kelly Kuritar

Also I didn't realize this till now but Rasputin says he's in limbo because Anastasia is actually alive, but what about the Grandma? Was she not part of the curse that was supposedly on the whole family? Like she wasn't the reason he was in limbo...? And he wasn't concerned with killing her as well? And for a movie that has a bunch of songs in the beginning, the whole last 45 minutes or so has zero music!

martie stothoff

Ahh thank you guys this stream was amazing!! As a kid, my fave movies were Ferngully, Anastasia, the Swan Princess, Hercules, and The Jungle Book but partly because I had a bootleg VHS tape of it and it didn't include the ending so I never knew he left to go live with humans until I was in my twenties lol. But you guys should DEF watch the other movies!!

martie stothoff

OMG I forgot about Ferngully!!! I was obsessed with that movie! I don't think it's been suggested yet on the discord!

martie stothoff

wait the musical gets rid of In the Dark of the Night?! That's like one of the best songs!!

martie stothoff

this was my favorite “princess” movie as a kid!!! disney didnt really have princesses who held their own until mulan which came out a year after this so definitely a first of its kind… don bluth anim. def had huge competition during the disney renaissance

Sabrina

You should definitely watch Prince of Egypt or Hercules

Eloise

Anytime I wear tights and boots I feel like Anastasia

Knor The Dinosaur

I was so obsessed with this movie growing up--I have a battery-operated Pooka toy who's ears would flap like wings like s/he does in the movie! I think it also barked, but I can't remember. The ears were the stars of the show

flowerchilde851

As much as I love Anastasia, it was pretty astonishing to me rewatching as an adult how much blatant anti communist propaganda-y it is hahaha

Mara Stoll

They turned the animated movie into a broadway musical, but for some reason changed the Big Bad from dark magical Rasputin and the Romanov curse to the USSR government? still a great musical though and some of the added songs do slap (rip to In the Dark of the Night)

Kathryn

Bring back R&B versions frfr!!!

Kidderkat

Such a top tier movie. 😍

Alayna Welker

In the beginning, rasputin said his curse is what sowed discontent in the masses and led to the revolt that killed the Romanovs. So it actually is kinda crazy that the empress doesn't have any security guards, bc it's still implied her whole family was assassinated

Bethany Sahagun

Definitely watch Prince of Egypt!!

Katydidnothing

I like Anastasia more bc it captured my attention way more as a kid, I’m also a feminine cis-gender female so idk if that plays into it

Mireille

Fyi, in the sleepwalking scene, that’s not humanified Pooka, that’s Alexei Romanov, Anastasia’s little (and only) brother, he also appears in Once Upon a December

Fabi

angela is so real for loving the sound of music and anastasia

Laura

Fellow lover of Anastasia like Angie I also took my husband to see the play! To answer her question no they didn’t have Rasputin in the play, they leaned very much more into the real life version. They had a man who was looking for her in the play who’s in charge of the army in Russia. Also R&B version is by Aaliyah which is why it’s so freaking good!

Nicole Cochran

I’ve never seen this before so it was fun to watch it with y’all! Lion King is definitely better. The animation is really good, but Dimitri is lowkey ugly asf 😂🤣

theebangtanbaddie

Anastasia is better than the lion king and you can’t change my mind 😌

Danie ✨

I’m surprised neither of them reacted to young Anastasia’s voice being Gretchen Wieners 😂

Jessa Fallon

cool little animation detail in the "once upon a december" number in the beginning is that anastasia/anya was the only one with a reflection on the floor of the palace, all the other ghosts had no reflection

nasim

Best movie- created my life long ambition to be a fairy

Laura Alice

YASSSS!!

Laura Alice

Love this movie! Every comment Angie was making I was like SAME GIRL- I wanted the dress tooo!!! Singing along and laughing at Bartok! Rasputin is also one of the best animated villains… You should do The Prince of Egypt next- music is amazing!!! Hans Zimmer man!!

Laura Alice

Rasputin’s villain song and Hexus’s villain song from Ferngully go SO hard

Kathryn Mosser

^^^this!!!!!! when my history teacher told us this in high school, I was locked in and then my History of Russia professor in college went more into it and it is on my mind at least once a day

Brianna Kurtenbach

Hey I just listened to the new album Love Balloon from the small band Ocean Alley (the same that made the viral Confidence song) and it’s AMAZING! Please please listen to it at least on patreon!!!!

Julia

I’m soooo glad you loved this! One of my favorite movies ever. You should watch Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas next, it’s Dreamworks 2D animated

Madalyn Condie

I feel like you'd love Atlantis or Treasure Planet! Iconic disney animation projects

Rebecca Tan

The drawing she shows her grandmother at the end where she commented she looked like a pig is a real drawing by the real Anastasia that was recovered or known arts. I think it was redrawn or stylized for the movie but it's based off a real thing

Julia

Sorry I’m with Angie, Anastasia CLEARS The Lion King idgaf

lauren

During the “Paris Holds the Key (To Your Heart)” scene, there are several “cameos” of real-life famous artists/entertainers/historical figures from that era. These were folks who shaped the reputation of Paris as a place of cultural significance: Maurice Chevalier, Sigmund Freud, Charles A. Lindbergh, Josephine Baker (if you don’t know her, look her up!), Isadora Duncan, Auguste Rodin, and Gertrude Stein.

Rachael Amaro

If you want a fever dream of an animated movie? Ferngully. I swear to god, everytime I bring this movie up nobody knows what im talking about

Damodachi

I second these so hard!

Damodachi

Omg I loved hearing Angie talking about the real Anastasia because two things about me: 1) This is one of my favorite animated films of all time and 2) I happen to be a huge NERD when it comes to European monarchies/royalty. Specifically Mary Queen of Scots (who is related to the Tudor’s through her grandmother) because a vast majority of European royals and nobility are descendants of hers including the real Anastasia herself. And it was honestly this movie that kicked off my obsession with learning about European monarchies/royalty and I do have some fun facts that yall may or may not know: - Anastasia (and her siblings) were actually double related to Queen Elizabeth II through both her parents. Through Anastasia’s paternal side, the Dowager Grand Duchess (grandmama) and Queen E2’s great grandmother Queen Alexandra of The UK were sisters. And through Anastasia’s maternal side, her mother (Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna) was the daughter of King Edward VII’s (Queen E2’s great grandfather) sister Princess Alice of The UK. - Anastasia is also closely related to Prince Philip (Queen E2’s husband) through their mothers. Philip’s mother (Princess Alice of Battenberg/Greece and Denmark, named after her grandmother) is Anastasia’s first cousin due to their mothers being sisters as well. - Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna (Anastasia’s mother) was said to be the favorite grandchild of THE Queen Victoria (Edward VII and Princess Alice of The UK’s mother) and at one point Queen Victoria really wanted her to marry King George V (her literal first cousin/Queen E2’s grandfather) so that she would be Queen of The UK one day but she ended up falling in love with Tsar Nicholas II. - Through her ancestor Mary Queen of Scots, Anastasia is also related to BOTH Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette who sadly were seen as a horrible rulers but just like with the Romanov family, they were just very ignorant to what life was like outside of the palace walls thanks to those around them. - Anastasia’s father Tsar Nicholas II and King George V of The UK (Queen E2’s grandfather) could actually pass as twins thanks to their mothers being sisters lol I know it sounds a little confusing, especially with all that incest lmao but you know what they say about royals back then.. the only way to keep the royal blood royal is to keep it in the family.

Ha'ane Rose 🦋

You should watch Spirit next! It has one of my favorite soundtracks!

Ariana Bidon

Have you done prince of Egypt? You need to if you haven’t yet

Greta Schultz

Fun fact!! The singing voice of Rasputin in the song “Dark of the Night” Jim Cummings is also the voice of Winnie the Pooh and Tigger!! Once you know you can’t unhear it!

Kelce Sigsworth

First time I’ve ever watched Anastasia and was not disappointed. 👸👑

Sydney

ANASTASIA YESSS MY FAV

Alexx🖤

I laughed so hard while watching this for the millionth time with you guys and just realised the hair part. I have never realized that her hair looks short, but then grows on the boat, but I looked it up, and it said she uses her hair to tie the rest of her hair into a ponytail.

Alaina Speckmeyer

The can-can portion of Paris Holds the Key to your Heart made me NEED you all to watch Moulin Rouge!

Natalie Cushman

I’m with the comments suggesting The Prince of Egypt and Oliver & Company! Two of my favorite animated movies. I also recommend watching the movie musical Moulin Rouge if you haven’t seen it! They show the real place in Anastasia- you see the exterior and inside is where they can-can dance. The movie & broadway musical are my favorites

Lauren

I really believe the Prince of Egypt and Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron would be perfect next watches!

Sarah D8lr

Liz Callaway has such a beautiful singing voice. You might recognize it if you’ve watched The Swan Princess. And the R&B version of Journey to the Past is being sung by Aaliyah, RIP. And the boy who gets Anya to leave her room on the boat was actually her little brother. And it was her dad and sisters that she saw in the water.

Jessi

Prince of Egypt is absolutely beautiful and the soundtrack is just so amazing imo, it has my whole heart

Hannah Green

Team angie about Oda drawing different versions of Nami! A few women characters are different but the majority rly are all Nami in diff outfits lol

Katia ayala

Okay stayed to the end, I absolutely vibe with Angela about Anastasia vs Lion King. It’s the romantic in me and Dimitri was a childhood crush!

Nicole

I also love that Bernadette Peters (Sophie in the movie) voices the feather duster in beauty and the beast!

Nicole

This was so sweet to watch with y’all 💕

Jujubeans

I need you to watch Prince of Egypt!!!! INCREDIBLE animated non-Disney movie, stacked cast, phenomenal music.

BlueHour0414

If yall like Bartok he has his own movie “Barktok the Magnificent”! Songs are hella catchy and fun 😊

Ellie Mariko

Wowwwww! That realization is so heartbreaking 😖

hammy

That’s incredible!!!

hammy

This is fascinating, please elaborate on Rasputin being queer coded - I’m taking notes 📝

hammy

Oh holy shit

hammy

amazing movie! Troy if you havent seen “Luca” yet I think you’d love it. silly and suprisingly emotional. very good new gen disney

Rhea

Whoaaa!! That’s so insightful and smart. I wonder if this is the first ever rotoscoping?

hammy

Angie and I sharing a fav animated movie 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

lauren

You both said the faces were super expressive and that’s because they drew over the actual actors for those sequences that needed better performance it’s called rotoscoping. My coworker worked on this film as one of the animators tasked with some rotoscoping shots.

Madeline

The lion king has always been my favorite animated movie of all time so I fo have to go with that but I also love Anastasia!

Bella

This is my favorite movie from my childhood!!

Tara

Another favorite animated Disney musical from this era is Oliver & Company, y’all should check it out!

Erin

Don't know if you guys picked up on it, but in Once Upon A December I'm pretty sure it's her whole family that comes down the stairs. Her parents, her three older sisters Olga, Tatiana and Maria and her younger brother Alexei. Her sisters are also the three girls who come down and dance with her

Sophie Goldsmith

You need to watch The Swan Princess!!

Rose Ellen

another interesting/sad fact: Tzar Nicholas II and King George V were related (also related to Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany so WWI was cousins fighting each other) and Britain/George actually offered safety to them at first but then rescinded it in fear that the British monarchy would look bad which made the Romanovs stay in Russia leading to their fate (if you're really interested look up pictures of them, they look like they could be twins)

Brianna Kurtenbach

We need more Disney Coms I love your reactions to the song.

AE

I think when Dimitri realizes Anya is really Anastasia it’s like his hope is revived. He helped save her and to see that she actually survived and has become someone he comes to love awakes him from the dreary routine of being an emotionally closed off con man. Also, fun fact the drawing the Grand Dowager shows Anastasia was a real drawing made by the real Anastasia.

Emily Contreras

as an anastasia myself i’ve always loved this movie since i was little!! So glad y’all did this oneeee 💗

anastasia

Yes! I second this. I love the swan princess!!

Rebecca Dicks

I am soooooooooo excited for this one!!! Anastasia is one of my all time favourite movies and made me obsessed with the Romanovs 🥰

Sophie Goldsmith

Kids movies from the 20th century STAYED queer coding their villians omg

Jujubeans

omg i had no idea

Moni

Love Angie's shirt!!!!!😍😍

Rebecca Roecker

i hope you get better quickly!<33

Moni

recommend it in the discord!<33

Moni

The cast of this movie is insane!

Chloe McCluskey

i am loving this series, especially with angie!!!

diana carite

Oh shit.. thanks for letting me know. In that moment I was more trying to refer to the job she was doing of selling items and such, totally didn’t know it was a slur. Sorry and thanks again 🙂‍↕️

hammy

Watched that one as an adult for the first time recently, it held up! Def recommend

Jujubeans

hey troy!! just wanted to give you a heads up because i figured you didn't know, but the g-word you used at the 11:42 mark is a slur towards romani people. i know you're very conscious of that kind of thing so i thought you might want to know <3

Catherine Mackay

Definitely The Lion King, but this and The Prince of Egypt are my favorite non Disney animated movies!

Cassandra Northcott

Anastasia is better than The Lion King!!!!

CherryAnimates

I used to watch the extras on the DVD on my computer when I was really little and one them was singing Once Upon a December in different languages and I got so good at it that I could sing it in Dutch :) this is also one of my favorite animated movies ever

Hannah Green

Growing up that was one of my absolute FAVORITE movies!

Sarah Meadows

LETS GOOOOO

Momo

Kirstin Dunst as young Anastasia and Angela Lansbury as the grandma 💙 beautiful combo!

Nicole

Bartok has his own movie if you want to watch that! I love Anastasia but was introduced to Bartok first 😊

Katrina Hagedorn

I caught freshers flu off of my housemate and this is just what I needed it's one of my favourite Disney movies 💚

Alex Gibb

My favourite non-Disney movie as a kid was the Swan Princess!!!

Bess06

You need to watch The Prince of Egypt!!!

Cithali Barrena

FernGully: The Last Rainforest is definitely a great Disney adjacent one to watch!

Jo

this movie started me on my journey to be a history teacher at like 6...and would be devastated later to learn that this is not true at all and they all died, the romanov family is one of my roman empires (i have many - the windsor family is another)

Brianna Kurtenbach

I just broke a sound barrier!!!! YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

Melody Johnson

i am but a simple woman. i see angie, i watch.

Laura Walter

If you want underrated Disney, you have to watch Treasure Planet!! ❤️

Alix

If you’ve never seen Prince of Egypt I can’t recommend enough

Liv Heskett

i fuckin love this movie

destiny

I need y'all to watch "Meet The Robinsons"

Aleisha B.

The sheer adoration between yall makes my soul warm 🥲❤️

Stevie M

can’t wait to watch this!❤️ great favorite animated movie angela!!

Maria

As a Palestinian, Angie's tee already made my week. Appreciate you both <3

Layluh

I second that!!

Bella

OMG! I’ve never been so happy to pay a subscription You’re really in my essential expenses Troy

chiarabridges

Literally my fave movie and I’m so psyched to see this!!

M.K Namikaze

Oh my god finally!! I’m so ready for this 🔥🔥🔥

Sabrina

Hercules!!!!!!

Abigail Rivera

OMG MY FAVESSSS

Jordan Murphy


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