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You know, a historically inaccurate movie used to make PT Barnum look good and trick people into spending money is exactly the the kind of thing Barnum would do. So, in a way, this movie really does capture his spirit.
in a way, you've got a point
If he was alive, he'd be singing its praises and make money off the success. Love this movie
Sounds like justification of being fooled. Well, that robber captured the spirit of taking all my things.
I mean, he was massively antislavery, so that's a point in his favour.
@@lukasnel4828 Yet he bought a slave and then sold tickets to her autopsy. Guess you missed that part.
Why does everyone keep overlooking the fact that the "opera" singer does NOT sing opera?
She sounds more like Florence + the Machine. I think this is a Moulin Rouge thing where they were going for an updated version of the emotional impact the song would have had to a person from that time.
Thank you!!!
Miriam Cuquerella Because it’s a musical! What we hear her sing in the movie is What she feels, not What she really sings
Literally all the things he pointed out in the video was what I was thinking during the movie. Including your comment. Was I the only one who didn’t like this movie? Plot was too fast and not enough character development. Didn’t even bother learning half the characters names. I only kept watching for the songs
That bothered me SO MUCH! Her awful pop singing totally took me out of the movie!
"Instead of selling kids candy, he's selling kids tickets to laugh at the oompa loompas" omfg😂😂
Road to 666
Had me rolling on the floor 🤣😂
Especially because the Oompa Loompas were originally black skinned.
And still kills fewer kids than Wonka
"The these two people didn't even exist song", Hahahahaha!
Well actually Zac Efron's character might be partly based on a real businness partner Barnum had at some point, correct me if I'm wrong...
@@ELisa-qf2mw He was actually kind of a mix of a bunch of people, mainly Bailey and with a bit of General Tom Thumb (from a Documentary I saw, apparently Tom was an actual friend to Barnum, he made him America's first celebrity and after they went their separate ways he continued to tour America and helped Barnum when his Museum Burned, like Efron does in the last bit of the movie). Now that I think about it, They probably could have been more historically acurate and still kept Barnum sympathetic had they focused on his relationship with Tom Thumb but I guess there ain't a lot of little people who can sing like Zac Efron.
@Lego Universe that's why it's called a Barnum and Bailey circus
It was a waist of zendaya
I'm your 1.7K likes lol
The greatest showman was just about wolvierine getting the first band of mutants together
callum McDonald the greatest mutans
Lol
callum McDonald *shook*
Oh my god...😱😱😱
callum McDonald trueeee
From a boy who wants a top hat, to a man who owns all the top hats. YESSSSSS LOL
*M'Logan*
I laughed at "noted tophat enthusiast"
Stonks
That is what I aspire to one day. Owning all the top hats. All of them.
"Noted top hat enthusiast" Don't call me out like this man 😳
*_"Old school musical"_* I can't 😂😂
First comment
@@niajones4453 second
🤣🤣🤣
It's so true though! LOL!!!
"Laugh while you can Barnum, an elephant never forgets" _music intensifies_
I still dont quite get why they decided to portray P.T. Barnum as mister nice guy instead of just....making up a fictional character and focusing the story around that if they neglected historical accuracy anyway
Because big budget movies only green light stuff that's an adaptation or based on a true stories these days. Original screenplays are often seen as too big of a risk because there isn't a built in fanbase to guarantee ticket sales.
Nathan's Art Project I doubt PT Barnum had a fan base, or at least one big enough to guarantee good ticket sales...
Jacky J Because it's an adaptation of Broadway musical.
Christian Changer Nope
Agreed, but it's still based on something that people have heard of, making it more familiar, which means they don't have to try as hard to sell it. It's the difference between people being like "Oh it's a musical about PT Barnum" and "Circus movie musical." The first generates more recognition in the audience. Not saying it always makes sense, I agree this should've been a completely original story, I'm just saying that's how studio execs think.
Fun fact: In Barnum’s original “murder” museum. He had a sign that said “This way to the Griffith.” However once you went through that door you were outside the building, and the only way back in was buying another ticket. Basically the first example of clickbait.😂😂😂😂
The sign said "this way to the egress", essentially meaning the exit, which most people didn't know, they thought it was a sign pointing to another exhibit. The reason for this was he noticed people were lingering in the museum for too long, which was diminishing returns due to the fact more people could not fit in... definitely a problem if they're spending the entire day in the museum. That isn't to say it was a nice thing to do, but it technically wasn't false advertising. It was indeed the exit.
Jenna Portenlanger Ah yes I knew it wasn’t the Griffith but it was just my best guess cause I didn’t remember the actual creature.
The first example of clickbait was greenland
Sneaky Ben this way to the egress is what the term above the door was
"There's a sucker born every minute" PT Barnum. PS: yes I know there's no record to support that quote.
"Catchy hits just begging for an overly sincere KZhead cover video!" *Screams of hell*
AHHH
"Catchy hits" They all sounded the same to me.
Rewrite the Stars: 👌 “So all of your cash would be ours...”
Historically True: Hell No Enjoyable to Watch: Hell Yeah
I went in expecting Les Miserables. I was extremely disappointed.
@@aloevera3317 you should watch Les Miserables if you want Les Miserables
I knew too much about PT prior to the movie to ever watch. I can’t separate the human from the character. It just made me think of all the animals and people who never recovered from his cruelty.
I fell asleep halfway through but you’re right, SO entertaining
Just like, Braveheart, 300, Gladiator, Anastasia, and Pocahontas.
Zac Efron as "Old School Musical", I'm sold XD
GDI I JUST GOT THE JOKE. I thought it was a reference to Singing in the Rain. OR ITS BOTH. Jokeception.
Wait what time 😂😂. Oh I no now
Can she swing from a thread? take a look over head! 😂😂
SAME XD
🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
I just come here waiting for a High School Musical joke
He did not disppoint. ^_^
"Old School Musical"
Bet on it.
It did not disappoint.
The new songs were hilarious!! Just one detail though, Zendaya DID do her own stunts
actually if you google it, it says that the directors wanted her to do AS MANY STUNTS AS POSSIBLE, meaning she did not do all of her own stunts.
i believe she did them all except the spinny one from the ceiling
Lol, ppl just wants to believe desperately.
@@amberm6991 exactly
I’ve watched several interviews and she says they’re her. 🤷♀️ Idk I’d we’ll ever really know for sure.
Those parody songs made me laugh so hard! How do you get a sound so similar to the original?
I also wonder
Yep lol
Was also hoping for full versions of the parody
Money
can we get full versions of the parody versions of those songs? They were awesome
"cause Zac is a hunk, and we're both super fine" HAHAHAHAHA
Jono Khuu he has a point about Zac Efron 😍😍😍😍😍
Same 😂
The only I wanted to see this movie was because of them! 😂😂😂
All I kept thinking was "Damn High School Musical, you are so hot!"
Straight facts! 😂
“Hairy Elsa” that’s so terrible but I can’t stop laughing 😂😂😂
I wish in the end, PT winked at the audience and said: "That's how it really went." ;)
"Meet Willy Wonka, except he doesn't sell kids candy, he sells tickets for kids to laugh at the oompa loompas" NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO IM GOIMG TO HELL FOR LAUGHING AT THAT
what if he doesn't sell kids candy he sells kids/
Supergirly Sofia see ya there
I want to like your comment but it's at 666 and I don't want to ruin it.
Supergirly Sofia Good thing hell doesn't exist.
Supergirly Sofia We’re all going to hell anyway so laugh the hell out of it
I think most of us already knew this film is not historical accurate
Lavenia Hewes that’s sad...but it’s funny too lol
I thought it wasn’t very historically accurate because I don’t think people just broke into song in the late 1800s
There are some people that get quite iffy when films don't accurately represent historical events they are based on (Pocahontas is a good example)
rewer True!!
Dan Johnson if you watch The New World it’s almost accurate
"Cause Zack is a hunk and we're both super fine"😂
First of all this is absolutely the best honest trailer I've seen in years. Second, I loved this movie and I think the choice of musical is a dead giveaway they didn't aim for accuracy, as is the fact they didn't go with "based on true story" or any other claim it was based on real persons. Most people will probably watch it totally unaware that it is based on the life of a real man.
One year late but THANK YOU this movie wasn't meant to be accurate so why complain that it's not?
@@BlueStar4040 Because why do they use real people if they don't want it to be accurate?
I think most people go into it knowing who P.T Barnum is
@@mr.generic5100 No they don't. Maybe about 60% of the English-speaking audience, but the world's a big place you know?
Im one of the "most people" I was horrified by this honest trailer 😂😂😂💔
Hugh Jackman is such a great actor. From Logan to The Greatest Showman and he can pull it off! Mad respect for that man!
Nelson Hobbs he was a singer before acting tho
Kekoa US yeah! I’m just talking about the acting roles because they’re both so different, I just think it’s super impressive that he can pull them both off 😁
My Dad knew him in high school, they were both in debating
Nelson Hobbs ii
Kekoa US He was a PE teacher before that, relevant for Wolverine
How you guys changed the songs was hilarious! The lyrics were on point. Great Honest Trailer!
I thought it was too much
Simon James look this is incredible kzhead.info/sun/pdaCpbKxhoqwlYE/bejne.html
They weren’t on point, they were Family Guy- style mean-spirited slander for a man that, as far as I can tell when I looked him up, was more good than bad.
Thread Bomb Nope, he later became a politician and argued in congress against slavery of black people, saying that people of all colors, shapes, and varieties are created in the image of God and died for by Christ. You can look this up. Like every human he had his negative traits too, but I think the “Barnum was evil because he exploited people for gain” is an unrealistically 21st century perspective.
Great Trailer, isnt it?
Is anyone gonna acknowledge the amazing singing voice of the woman who sang "Never in Love"? No? Okay.
I JUST left a comment about that haha! I know, right?! I just kept going back to that part because damg, you could actually feel that voice doing things with your emotions it was amazing. I agree with you, Saarika. 100% agree.
The actress is not actually singing, that amazing voice is actually from Lauren Allred.
Aww...i thought the title is "Xmen : Singing Wolverine"
That is terrible.
Lol
@@CamJames xmen: days of PT past is better
@@hectorcott3204PT:the extra industrial is better too
To be honest, I saw this movie through the eyes of Hugh Jackman and not the real P.T. To me Hugh was the greatest showman, not P.T.
Pradeep Gurung I agree! The film’s director never claims to be historically accurate so critics don’t have a leg to stand on.
kevin willems The same could be said about Pocahontas, A Beautiful Mind, The Patriot, Gladiator, Shakespeare in Love, 300, etc. etc. etc. They took inspiration from real life and made fun entertainment out of it. Nothing wrong with that.
So with the Amadeus example, you agree that a movie can be historically inaccurate for entertainment and writing purposes.
kevin willems they couldn’t ... selling wise
Lindsey Michelle Not very surprising. Movies always lie by calling it artistic licence.
I don't think a single person over the age of 8 thought this movie was intended to be historically accurate.
You give to much credit to p[eople over the age of 8
Spring tiiiiiime with Hitleeeer in Germannnnnny
Andrew Wood Comparing Barnum to Hitler is kind of silly. Even some of the things in this video are twisted to make him look worse. For instance, when he got into politics, he was actually very outspoken and active against slavery. I'm not saying he was perfect, and I'm not even saying he was good. Neither of us probably know the answer to that question, at least not based on a musical and a comedy KZhead video.
Brittany Duffy for hitler*
There are a lot of idiots in the world
Don’t want to be that guy but Zenedaya actually did most of her stunts😊
Good point. Always like to slag off things that are true about movies, not made up rubbish or false information.
Say what you will, you can't argue with this soundtrack
Great soundtrack, average movie but great soundtrack still
You really can't
@@marielgracerussaneeclavea2865 almost same can be said for the hobbit trilogy. actually i would say in that case the hobbit trilogy itself is below average but the soundtrack for all 3 films were on point.
I can. Generic copy-paste pop music that doesn't move the plot forward, doesn't utilize in world characters singing abilities or any creative inspiration of the time period its "representing". It is soulless cash grab songs. Only one, maybe, two songs are directly connected lyrically. They are placed in awkward spots of the story sometimes. This is Me, should have been a big climactic song towards the end, when they finally stand up for themselves. But literally, the next scene, Barnum is ignoring her. Honestly, this was a cheap cash grab the real P.T. Barnum would've been proud of. And that isn't necessarily a good thing.
I knew this film wasn't historically accurate going into it, but I still loved it. Zac Efron's character is actually partially based on James Bailey, the "Bailey" in Barnum & Bailey Circus. Zendaya's character is totally fictional though.
So when did Bailey really make an appearance in his circus? (not in the movie)
Bailey actually came into the circus alot after Philip (zac) I mean he was based of Bailey but their not the same character
This was an alternate reality where Wolverine tried to unite his own version of X-Men.
Nameless This took place in late 1800s, early 1900s
You are acting like they haven't stupidly time traveled before
This is the take I’m here for.
A lot of these comments seem to forget the central conceit of Honest Trailers: Its all about being nitpicky and overly-critical for the sake of comedy. That's the point. If you are taking it seriously, you are missing the point. Although this particular one is closer to a real critique than most.
THANK YOU
For the most part though, they are rather accurate
"Writers just maaaaaaddde up our partsss" 😂
This whole movie is BS. That's why it's genius! It's not a movie about the real P.T. Barnum. It's the movie Barnum would have made about himself
Actually if you see the movie that way it is better.
Holy Crap I never thought of it that way
....kinda makes me wanna see a Mein Kopf musical version now
Mein Kampf...?
Alejandro Frangini I dreamed a dream of Reichs gone by.....
"...just begging for an overly sincere KZhead cover video." *demonic noises*
C0D3M0NK3Y :31
honestly, this was one of the best Honest Trailers I've ever watched...the historical facts over the actual music just brings it home.
“Old school musical” Clap clap clap
I personally loved the visuals, appreciated the music, did my research into the characters, and decided to just enjoy the movie for pure entertainment, because even though it is not historical in any way, I still found a fair bit of entertainment value in it.
same
A Murry all that does is gaslight people to romanticize horrible people for profit and suckers like you people fall for it each and every time.
They never said it was going to be historically accurate. They just wanted to make a fun musical about a circus. And since P.T Barnum was the first person to make the circus they used his name. Wouldn't it be weird if they made this movie but gave Hugh Jackman a random name?
Exactly, this was not advertised as a "historical film" is was entertainment that was loosly based on something that really happend. It's a musical for God's sake...
A Murry I hope you don't mean the visual effects, they were shockingly bad on some points, but who cares, that is not what the movie is about. The cinematography though was nice enough.
Zendaya does her own stunts in this movie
most, definitely not all
I was looking for someone to say something like that! And yeah, she might not do all of them, but think of how many she does! It’s more than I can do!
Grace Przywara That is the only thing good from the movie
thank you VEERRRYYYY MUCH
No she doesn't. Actors can't do their own stunts for insurance purposes. Only cruise does his owns stunts
I had no idea it was based on a real person lol
Try the internet. It’s full of information.
Only in the vaguest of ways. Kind of like how Lion King was based on a real lion because there are lions.
It's not. They are using his name, but the real PT Barnum was HORRIBLE. I wish they would have just claimed that they invented a character.
@@jsworpin not everyone is American, Barnum isn't well known AT ALL in a lot of countries
@@user-es7ui5mc1m I’m not American but have heard of PT Barnum, he is very famous. Regardless my suggestion was to use the internet to look him up, lots of information available even to those of us outside of America.
1:01 "M'logan" I choked on my Harvest Snaps green pea chips. Lightly salted and found in your local cosco or target or something.
Comment of the year 👏👏👏
Damn, this one seemed a little personal haha
felt it too!
Because the whole movie was about romanticising this terrible person’s life to make him not a douche
Well P.T. Barnum was kind of a monster and he was glorified in this movie as a good guy.
Manuel Granados Vargas He was, but this vid could've still applied some chill; lol.
Movie Critic i dont know, I think their best trailers are always the very personal ones
I actually never heard of P.T. Barnum until this movie, I thought everything in this movie was fictional!
It pretty much is. This trailer was much more accurate than the actual movie. P.T. Barnum was a terrible man. He had a partner Bailey, also a man, that they completely cut from storyline because he was worse than Barnum. Bailey tortured and dehumanizing the "freaks" so much that they couldn't make him appear like a decent character.
it is fictional, almost none of this movie it true and you can almost feel it go out of its way to paint him in a good light. P.T Barnum was not a good dude. That being said I did really enjoy the movie and watched it several times
I thought the same. Then I googled his name on the way home from the cinema.
James Lawner lol same
James Lawner same
I really wish you guys had full versions of these parody songs. They're amazing
A+ on the lyrics and singing honest trailers.
say , "I'm tired of people asking me to say something in my awesome voice."
Those last songs just cracked me up! 😆😂🤣
Never in a million year I thought that they would pull this off......
I wish they were in the actual movie...
"Cause Zac is a hunk and we are both super fine" xDD
Is it just me that would watch a historical accurate P. T movie
screen junkies should have called it "PT:the extra industrial"
"Zac Efron is rich and white but Zendaya is poor and usually a body double." I can't stop crying from laughter over that one, especially the body double part.
Will C pretty sure its actually her, said it in an interview.
Zendaya actually did all her own trapeze stunts
Will C usually a body double slayed me
I nearly choked on my dinner at that one, roflmao XD
Then she's full of shit because the movie credits two body doubles.
This might be one of the best Honest Trailers ever. Well done SJ!
Thank you!
Maybe they just are on a roll lately
Yes it is.
Not even the best one in the past month tho, the Wes Anderson one was amazing
For me their best work is always directly proportional to the egregiousness of the subject matter. So the 'Fifty Shades' and 'Twilight' franchises inspired my favorite Honest Trailers.
The parody songs had me dying. My favourite honest trailer so far 😂
I was like 5 seconds into the first song of the trailer until I realised that they were parodies
I noticed a lot of people complaining that the story shouldn’t be criticized for not being historically accurate, but imo I think it should be criticized for this because if they’re going to use real life people to tell a story it should at least be accurate , and if it wanted to tell it’s own story fine, just name the characters something that isn’t tied to real life people
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Ever hear of historical.fiction
It doesn't have to be spot on accurate (although I find dedication to those details much more admirable) but it also shouldn't be grossly misrepresenting the truth either.
Lol that movie is a great example of a stupid ass idea being ridiculously well executed.
But Abraham Lincoln hunting vampires is a masterpiece, and totally accurate for sure!
Oh my gosh, I stinking died at the new song lyrics LOL! So true!
Luke Pearson Google it, that’s all true
^Joe/Spencer riffed that when recording the singing!
Luke Pearson hil
I knew it was true. That is why it is pure gold!
I never understood why everybody liked this movie so much. Catchy songs, sure, but even with them included it was meh at best
It's the songs and the cast, at least for me. Mostly Hugh, Zac, Zendaya, and *especially* Keala. Also, I learned more about the *good* side of the historical Barnum after doing research following a viewing of this film. Still not a saint, and the movie glosses over a lot, but he wasn't *absolute* slime.
@@ingonyama70 after just what i heard from this video, I would consider him an absolute slime. No good that he has ever done could ever make up for all the horrendous things he is guilty of.
story was fairly good, not the best but enjoyable. Great messages and amazing songs
This is the funniest Honest Trailer I’ve ever seen!
Loved it!! “Old School Musical” 😂👏🏼 (but 1:58 Zendaya actually did her own trapeze stunts!)
Joshua Simpson she did all of them but the star one where she was falling into zac
She didn’t. Check the Graham Norton interview. She didn’t dare touch the ring, but I don’t blame her tho. That’s what stunt doubles are for. They know how to that
I watched an interview where she said they used the stunt double as little as possible and she had to learn a lot of trapeze-ing.
If you watch the behind the scenes feature and her on jimmy fallon almost all of rewrite the stars etc is all them no doubles
She didn’t do all the stunts lol
As historically inaccurate as this movie is, I still love the soundtrack
The Soundtrack is complete garbage if you compare it to iconic musicals like Chicago, Funny Girl, Jesus Christ Superstar, Les Miserables, etc.
Who cares if it is accurate. It’s a musical not a history special.
Hidden Figures was just as inaccurate, as are most "based on a true story" films, when will people realize this? I thought it was a great film on its own. Yes, the soundtrack was generic pop nonsense but as a whole the movie was far more enjoyable to watch than La La Land.
As boring and soulless as the story is, I still love (most of) the soundtrack too. Not enough to save the movie itself though. Thankfully I don't need to watch it to listen to the songs.
Sir Johnny imagine if any of the songs in this movie were remotely similar to chicago! Half of Barnum’s songs would sound like Razzle Dazzle and not Oscar bait lol
Thank you for spreading the actual message of this disgusting character. Luckily your video is getting the attention it deserves and informing people.
I honestly had no idea this movie was going to be a musical, so after the first 15 minutes my friend (who disdains musicals) angrily looked over at me and whispered “you suck.” Every time a new song came on I couldn’t help but laugh.
Now I want an elephant revenge action film....
On 'Our lady of the Circus', David Toscana mentions one kind of revenge story for the elephant. But in the end, Barnum throws the elephant out of a boat into the ocean
MackerelSkyLtd Instead of Jurassic Park it would be Elephant Park...
Wasn’t there an episode of Bobs Burgers about this
Just watch or read "Water for Elephants"...Robert Pattinson and Reese Witherspoon are lovers (lol) and there's a lot more elephant coolness
Someone in my screenwriting class adapted that book for her project--I read it, but can't remember much about elephants. At any rate, not the sort of John Wick/Taken, but with Elephants that I now desire! John Tusk? Trunken? Jumbo Unchained?
I absolutely love this movie! however I do agree that it'd have been simpler to give the characters different names and have it be merely "inspired" by P.T.Barnum instead of claiming it was somewhat of a biography.
It actually does say inspired in the trailers
Eli N.S. and Snowwulf78, I kinda get what you mean, but the main character is still named P. T. Barnam in the movie, so it's going to be viewed as biographical. What Benzaiten was getting at is that if they had just renamed Hugh Jackman's character, people wouldn't be giving the movie so much flack for romanticizing the real life P. T. Barnam, who by all accounts was a sucktastic excuse for a human being.
Honest Trailer musical numbers are simply the best. Outstanding vocal talent, lyrical genius, plot relevance, catchy humour. And let's not forget the Epic Voice Guy.
I was holding out for a “The Greatest Logan” joke, but this was good too 😂👍🏻
Zendaya actually did most of her stunts herself, so she wasn't "mostly a body double".....
Faith//Florid Sword So did Keanu Reeves in John Wick, only difference being that John Wick is a good movie.
Ppl who go In expecting historical accuracy in a musical con themselves.
Efosa Igbinovia I mean Hamilton, Les Mis, and Barnum did it well enough
"I mean Hamilton and Barnum did it well enough" fixed it for you
thompse412 thank you! I don't know what happened there 😂 I'm currently studying Hamlet in school so thats probably where my head is at
And as a 12 as well...
Except Hamilton. Hamilton is mostly accurate as far as I know
What makes a character interesting is when they have nuance to them, when they are both good and bad the way humans actually are in real life. Also, the best part about this movie is showing how you can take a trait that has caused you misery and turn it into something you profit from by working hard yourself, accepting that the world is the way it is and carving a place for yourself none the less. It is a perfect message to be sent out in an age where people are coddled into emotional fragility and outrage runs amok.
The ‘never in love’ part had me 😂😂😂
Who else has been waiting for this since it came out
* raises hand *
Yes!!!
Yup. Saw it on Christmas Day and while the musical numbers were great, I couldn't stop squirming at the inaccuracies. This movie was basically a high-class fanfic about P.T. Barnum.
sibsing me
Certainly!
_Jerk du Soleil?_ Why not _Moulin Scrooge?_
Benjamin Abramowitz YES 👏🏽👏🏽💯💯
Oooh, that's good!
was he really a 'scrooge' though? Perhaps Moulin Douche?
Because it's about a circus haha
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! This made my night after watching the film. That is so good, lolololololololol!!!
This has to be the best god damn Honest Trailer ever! Nice job!
This is my favorite HT review. Well done and thank you HT, was apprehensive because it was a great movie but you knocked it out of the park!
I didn't even know P.T Barnum really existed I thought everything was fictional tbh
Vivre Sehun same, man. And okay let's say he's indeed real and had done horrible things in his life, but this is a movie. It's a historical fiction. Not a documentary of his life. Why not critic on the movie itself instead of the person it's loosely based on? I just don't get these people.
Just curious, would you say the same if there was a historical fiction movie depicting Hitler as a war hero? If it's not true and just for entertainment does that always make it okay?
Whofan06 But who would make a movie about Hitler? There was little to no known facts of the good things that he did. Unlike P.T Barnum, who despite his horrible ways, was also known to correct those said ways and changed it, later in his life. But then again, you do have a point. They could've just invented a fictional name that's slightly based on P.T Barnum than using the name itself. This movie and especially it's soundtracks are freaking beautiful, and people shitting on it just because of this one real life person really sucks to see.
I figured he must be because I had heard of his show. I personally viewed it as fiction but thought they must have been inspired by the circus of the same name.
While I'm not denying barnum was a bad person in real life it isn't really the same thing as making a musical about the one of most objectively evil men in history and potraying him as a war hero. They did address that he had personality deficits although not as much as they really existed. plus like said above hitler didn't appear to have any postive qualities you could focus on.
Still waiting for The Incredibles
WeNeedLives Productions before the sequel coming out in June, they will.
WeNeedLives Productions It will probably come out when incredibles 2 is in cinemas (So just hold on for 2 months :D)
I wonder if they'll touch on the creepy Objectivist undertones.
Seriously, how the heck to you get those songs to accutually sound like the right person is singing ?!?!😂😂
This has to be one of my favorite honest trailers ever.
"Used deformities for financial gain" BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
chadiwack "A-A-hole"😂😂😂😂😂
Misha 4:09
Who wants ScreenJunkies to release full versions of their parody songs?
YES YES YES
Yesss
That was pretty sic
better late than never
TorizUkuleleGurl you called? 😅
This was amazing and summed up many of my thoughts about the representation of Barnum and the background filler characters who were real people with far more fascinating lives.
I LOVE those songs you guys made, wish you'd do that for more honest trailers. That was really funny.
I was waiting for someone to finally say what an awful person P.T Barnum was
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Actually not so awful.
I think if you watch the movie fully not expecting a true to life depiction of PT Barnum, it's an enjoyable movie (imo). They coulda changed the mc's name entirely and just had an original movie without changing much
Frankly, I didn't even know PT Barnum actually exists. It sounded familiar, but I never actually knew about him.... So for me, movie was amazing. It was thanks to Honest Trailers that I learned this was "supposed" to be historically accurate xD
i don't know nothing about this piece of american history, im from South America, so i went expecting a good musical experience and not an accurate one, and i didnt have that, it was like moulin rouge (2018) with the most generic songs.
Mauricio Plaza Well... each to its own, I guess? :) I am not a musical fan, I generally avoid them, cause I can't see them through the end (except Travolta ones lol), and I enjoyed this one a lot. So... yeah. May you enjoy many of your future movie watches then! :))
An elephant never forgets Hmm...Jungle Book?
This...screen junkies is the greatest of your videos I've seen! I love the song changes...soo creative! More!!!
Songs = good, film = bad. The marketing department for TGS deserve all the awards - I swear it was on every social media channel everywhere I looked in the month or two running up to its release. Anyway, thanks for making this Honest Trailer properly honest and informative! PT was not a nice guy.
I saw it because I loved La La Land, but it didn't sit well with me, and I'm bored stiff of Marvel now. I was bored quite a few years ago and I still don't quite understand why people still flock to them. I like sci fi and action, but Marvel films are for the most part bland and forgettable (though exceptions exist). I'll fully concede that TGS was a refreshing change.
Semantic Samuel, it's called differing tastes. Some people, including me, actually enjoy the Marvel movies. Every movie ever made no matter how "bland and forgettable" will have people who enjoy them, people who hate them and people who are somewhere in between. Why can't we just let people enjoy what they like. PS, I fucking hate musicals.
Semantic Samuel yeah I was the same, I absolutely loved La La Land so I was hyped for this and it just didn't quite live up, I think in comparison it'd just not as cleverly written, it doesn't have the same complexity to it as la la land and the story line is all very cheesy and predictable. Saying all that, surprisingly perhaps I did like TGS a lot, but I'd comfortably choose la la land any day of the week
I would never have seen La La Land if it wasn't for my sister. I was back at my parents' house over the weekend and my sister was desperate to see it, so I went with her. Not the sort of film I'd ever have picked out to go and see myself, but I'm glad I did! I'd be lying if I said I didn't enjoy TGS in terms of a cinematic experience - it's a brilliantly made film. I just found the treatment of Barnum a bit unsavoury.
Nope. That's not accurate. It did well on WOM not marketing.
Zendaya is usually a stunt double? please. she worked so hard to learn trapeze and rarely was allowed to use a stunt double. That's irrelevant to the video anyways.
True. i watched many BTS of this movie and Zendaya definitely did most of the stunts coz the director said he didn't want to use her double as much as possible.
She did use a stunt double for a few scenes, but the majority was her, i think it was really unfair how they phrased zendaya in this, because she worked extremely hard and even the director said that he wanted to use the double as little as possible
It's very common for actors to learn the talents of characters they will portray, however, they do this *own their own.* When it is time to film the scenes for the movie, assuming the Insurance Lawyers will even allow the actor to attempt it in the first place, there is often very little chance the Director will prefer the actor's _briefly practiced_ performance over the stunt-double who _does it for a living._ So while there may be "Behind the Scenes" footage of her (or any other actor in any other movie) doing stunts, that is not confirmation that the person in the finished scene will be her. And sometimes they have the actors perform "fake stunts," for the purpose of recording their face so that it can be digitally painted over the face of the stunt double.
Ojisan Kukki all im saying is Zendaya did put in work. whether or not the majority of the trapeze scenes were her, her performance in this movie was incredible and to be summarized by a sentence like "most of the stunts weren't her" bothered me. all im saying
Isnt that that guy from overwatch
"Oh dear god what is next" Quality
'A series of show-stopping musical numbers' I see what u did there, professor hidgens
Everybody that worked for Barnum became filthy stinking rich. Including the blind old woman who he "owned." She lived longer, wealthier, and consequently probably healthier than she ever would have without Barnum. The "World's Smallest Man!"? Retired the equivalent of a multi-millionaire on amicable terms with Barnum after being in his show for many years, and even meeting his wife there. His show *was* exploitative, but no one came into it not knowing what they were signing up for, and the vast majority of them made a hundred times more money than they every possibly could have without Barnum. And if you think people with disabilities and deformities could have gotten satisfying, respectful work that made even a fraction of that kind of money... than you have a very rosy and incomplete view of this country at that time.
Here, here.
"No one came into it not knowing what they were signing up for" sums up this movie in a peanut shell.
@Al Clayton he did many shitty things but it is historically true that freak shows changed in better the life of many. If you do a quick search on the internet you will find out that some of those people become so rich they could retire but they didn't because they enjoy the fame, and the comrade within the circus. They'd be invited to nobles parties as VIP and some even got married with high located people thanks to this connections. When cinema became a thing they would make great actors (you can still find "Freaks" somewhere) in a way not different from Andre The Giant or the guy from Game of Thrones
@Al Clayton for many of them rhis was better than being hidden and neglected by the sociaty. But back at the time life was a misery for all the poors (expecially the women) that's most of the people
@@loiracitrest example is what happened to those who worked in the freak shows after they became unpopular in the end of the 19th century. Struggle as they couldn't find gainful employment with their deformities and without the opportunities of the freak shows.
I love how this whole thing was just dedicated to just ripping into Barnum 😂
I love this movie. I waited 8 years (when it was first announced; Hugh and all) for a chance to see Hugh Jackman (I love that man) in a real musical (Les Mis is good in theory but the way they did it ruined it.)Hugh and the music did not disappoint. Also, I love his HT name (Hugh Jazzhands).
When you realize that P.T. Barnum isn't really who the movie portrays.. THIS IS THE GREATEST S̶̶H̶̶O̶̶W̶ NOPE
"M'Logan."
M'lord (mylord) because he owns all the top hats + Logan, as in the X-Men movies = M'Logan. A great pun, pretty stealthy.
“No! He was an average Joe!” 😂😂
"The Rampant Cruelty Song"!!! 😂🤣
Ok wow those Honest Trailers singers are AMAZING!!! 😍😍😍 (Oh...and the trailer is also spot on! 😉)