Talk:Anastasia (1997 film)/Archive 1

Plot
I added a plot summary, which may be too long/detailed; I will shorten it soon if necessary. --SaranethSama 9:56, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Ghost
I changed Ghost to Lich because Rasputin is a corporeal undead sorcerer, and ghosts tend not to be corporeal.--Vercalos 21:09, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

CinemaScope
"The film is officially credited as using CinemaScope per Don Bluth's wishes, but the format is actually a regular anamorphic film and did not use CinemaScope optics, which had been retired for 30 years by the release of Anastasia." Two paragraphs later... "As a musical in the vein of Disney animated features, the film is notable for being one of Bluth's most critically acclaimed works, and for being one of the few animated features produced in the Cinemascope process." Which one is right? Fishyfred 20:55, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

NPOV?
The intro has quite a bit of bias(WP:NPOV), and no citations. Especially,

"The film was one of the most critically acclaimed since Disney's Beauty and the Beast for taking such heavy historical material and yet making it appealing to families all over the world. It became famous for its lush score and breakout sleeper hit songs such as "Journey to the Past" and "Once Upon a December". It remains one of the finest animated works of the 1990's."

This has got to be fixed.

Zidel333 05:03, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

Trivia
The bit of trivia pertaining to "In the Dead of Night" states that is more similar to Be Prepared than Poor Unfortunate Souls. However, many of the reasons can apply to both songs equally well, so I'm confused as to why they are mentioned. All three are sung by the main villain. All 3 feature plans to get rid of the protagonist and take rule over their respective kingdoms, and they all have pretty similar color schemes throughout. If the goal is to make the argument that it's more like Be Prepared, the majority of points probably shouldn't be just as applicable to Poor Unfortunate Souls.

Historical accuracy with maps
To go along with the rest of the historical innaccuracies in this movie, I think the European map displayed twice in the movie (to show the protagonists travelling) was innacurate for the time period. I'm pretty sure it contained Latvia and other Eastern European countries that were under Soviet rule at the time (hence, all part of the USSR). There may have been other innacuracies (Europe's political landscape changed a lot over the 20th Centuary). But I don't have access to a copy of that map so I can't be certain. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 89.234.100.89 (talk) 16:19, 4 January 2007 (UTC).

I think a few people are taking this film just a bit too seriously;)--Dudeman5685 (talk) 02:22, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Beauty and the Beast?
"The film was one of the most critically acclaimed since Disney's Beauty and the Beast for making historical topics appealing to families all over the world." I'm curious how B&TB is seen as in any way historical.--Valin Kenobi 20:37, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Soul-jar
should it be "reliquary" or "phylactery"?
 * I totally remember it being called a "reliquary" in the movie. Can't remember the exact line, but I am absolutely certain that's the term you want. Dracobolt 04:24, 27 June 2007 (UTC)