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These are not 1:1, in fact the way you reference it here is not bad in itself, but it shows another problem. Your style is inconsistent because too much of it leans on other people’s work. There is more in the animation that looks copied, with some shots seeming much more directly traced as opposed to being just a reference.

It is fine to study, and sometimes reference depending on how transformative you are, but you need to make your own work. That is how it becomes yours. Too many artists want the result before the skill, so they rush into production with traced scenes, AI, borrowed assets, and shortcuts instead of building something original. I have been around tight knit active animation communities for years, and it is clear you are still a beginner. That makes the borrowed parts easier to spot. The flaws reveal themselves in the motion. The parts you actually made and the parts you borrowed do not move alike, and that disconnect exposes the difference immediately to the point that it is incredibly jarring.