Fun Fact: Over the Hedge has been referenced in science. An aurora-like natural phenomenon was named STEVE in reference to the scene where the animals discover the hedge. STEVE is an acronym for Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement and radiates a purple and green light. So, without Over the Hedge, we wouldn't have an aurora named Steve. Thanks, Dreamworks!
I can’t express enough how good of a decision it was to have the camera almost always from the animals perspective, always facing up at humans. As a kid and even today it really makes you feel like one of them, experiencing the movie from their perspective
@@georgeolund7572 Over the Hedge was released in 2006, the Futurama episode where Fry drinks a lot of coffee and saves everyone from fire was released in 2003
Big Joel’s analysis of Over the Hedge: “It’s a trash film that’s also a deep, metaphoric film about the division of class and races.” Schaffrillas’s analysis of Over the Hedge: *”Haha, animal exterminator man in children’s movie does the funny.”*
One of the many reasons I liked this as a child was how it portrayed humans. It being filmed from the viewpoint of the animals reminded me how I felt when adults were talking over me. It weirdly made me feel heard by mocking their self-importance. (I know kids were made fun of too, but the villains are adults).
I think the funniest thing for me about the Hammy slowdown scene is that Hammy is shown to be hyperactive through the whole film and in this one instance he just calms down while everything is slown down.
@@transcendentalanarchy their spine is inside the shell (search for turtle anatomy) right under the shell in the middle. Which is why you shouldn't put much weight on the shell. Dogs that ride big turtles/tortoises are careful to not lie down and place their paws as far from each other as possible to not put their weight on the spine..!
i love how consistent this movie is. nearly everything is brought back up later. the geneva convention breaking lawn protection thing, verns tail tingles, the dog who _really_ wants to play with someone, etc. it's a small little touch that i personally really like and wished other movies did that
I'm quite surprised you didn't mention how scary Vincent is. RJ was having post-traumatic nightmares of Vincent hunting him down and the voice actor really helped make him sound quite intimidating. On top of all that, he's a bear and who isn't afraid of bears right?
What I love about Over the Hedge is that the movie setting perfectly depicted the mid 2000s culture. The mania of mcmansion subruba with white collar people buying a bunch of stuff they couldn't afford for it all to come crashing down a few years later in 2008.
*Fun Fact:* If you look closely, the Bear in _Over The Hedge_ is actually the same bear from the court scene from _The Bee Movie._ Is this means that DreamWorks shared the same universe?
You know how little kids pick one movie and rewatch it a million times? This one was mine Also the gross-out humor is done well. Everything exaggerated to insane levels and it's never the focus of the scene if it would otherwise last too long.
I didn't know who she was when I watched the behind the scenes but that wasn't until I saw watchmojo top 10 annoyingly catchy songs or whatever the title was
Production costs are not the only factors; you've also got marketing, paying the various distributors and movie theatres, and earning enough so that the budget for the next movie won't be too low
@@MorganKing95 All of those things (minus the sequel budget) are included with the initial budget. And a movie that made more than FOUR TIMES its budget should have enough for a sequel.
Everyone is forgetting the ORIGINAL quicksilver hammy scene, from Futurama’s episode where Fry drinks hundreds of cups of coffee and ends up moving extremely fast
FINALLY someone talks about the "Liar revealed" troupe, my absolutely most hated conflict trope it's so unrealistically over-dramatic, like, every single one of these blow-outs I've seen in movies throughout my whole life could've been prevented if the offended party demanded their rightfully deserved explanation rather than storm away heck, _I was in this situation in real life_ and it didn't play out like that
Something that helps it is that Verne (the guy who's been most distrustful of RJ) is the one to convince them to trust RJ again. He seems like the kind of character who'd be most against him because he never trusted him, but he recognizes that RJ is trying to save them now. And as he smugly puts at the end of the film, if RJ had just told them he needed to steal a lot of food to stop a bear from eating him, they would've helped him out.
I think the problem with the "liar revealed" trend is purely the fact that it's been done sooooo many times, not just by dreamworks. Over The Hedge does it so right because the stakes are so high for RJ; he needs help to find enough food to feed a bear who literally threatens to KILL this helpless, lonely trash panda, so he lies to his new friends about helping them forage for food for the winter. There aren't many fictional pieces (that i've seen at least, so prove me wrong otherwise) that warrant the overuse of this plot point without the stakes being high enough to do it. Most of the time in modern animated films, it's done just to HAVE a twist with the main characters at all, which just signifies mediocre writing for the film at best. It honestly starts to feel fake, and that's why, no matter if it's good or bad, it's overdone, and overdone = bad apparently. I'm not expressing distaste for the trope, but it's VERY noticeable how many times it's been done and at this point, there are alternatives.
This is a good comment and I agree with what you're saying. Unlike in other movies where the liar revealed trope is used,RJ's actual LIFE is on the line if he doesn't con these animals,which he over time grows to regret doing because he grows to like them. And to add on to the emotional gutpunch,Verne the character who was the most suspicious of RJ at the start,but grew to like him actually turned out to be correct with his first instinct. It also helps that the movie does a decent job of getting you to sympathize with both sides. Verne's groups literally needs enough food to ride out the winter season so they don't starve and RJ needs the food so that the bear who's thumb's he's under doesn't kill him. In most movies with this trope it often does a poor job of this and often i wound up siding with the liar because I felt like the accusers were being unnecessarily harsh with the liar. Here,there are VALID reasons why the accusers are angry at RJ. In all other movies the most the characters lose with the liar revealed trope is their peers respect.Which can work,but not in the way most kid movies do it and the result winds up being what is normally a pointless waste of time.
@@infinitedreamer9359 The ending where Verne points out they would have just given it to him if he had just pointed out the bear problem made things even more poignant, because it reveals how little RJ understood compassion and mutual aid because he never experienced those things. If they could gather enough food in a week or even a day, they obviously had more than enough at that point to pay off his debt, but he thought deception was necessary due to probably his only companion being a mafia boss bear and thus thinking backstabbing was the default. All that justifies the cast easily forgiving him at the end.
@@infinitedreamer9359 I like how much RJ seems to regret lying to them also. Not just after there's actual consequences that affect him personally, like in movies like Shark Tale, but all the way through the story. This helps the audience actually care about him, even more so than the fact that he's doing it for necessity rather than selfishness.
Finally, this movie has deserved attention for the longest time, it's one of Dreamworks movies that just don't have the respect they deserve. Another prime example is El Dorado.
YO I PLAYED THE GAME AND FINISHED IT it was the closest thing I could get to a sequel but man I wish they made more tho because the game was sooooo creative and fun ESPECIALLY THE FUCKING BUMPER GOLF KARTS!
The Over the Hedge game honestly might be one of the top 10 games I've put the most time into just because I would play it over and over again as a kid in the backroom of my parents' restaurant. I don't have it anymore but I wouldn't be surprised if I learned that I played like 100-150 hours of it.
In a small defense of Bug's life: the problem with the bird plan wasn't that it was a "liar's plan", it was that it came out it was Flick's (the main ant) plan. And Flick was considered the mad inventor whose inventions never worked, so everyone assumed that this plan, just like all the ones before it, would fail. You can still claim it's a stupid reason for not using the bird, but it's less stupid than not using it because the guy who came up with it was a liar.
@@NeroCM It is true!!! But everyone was so optimistic that the bird was gonna work that they went as far as building it. Because of that, the fact that it was Flik’s and he lied to them about it shouldn’t have mattered anymore at this point. I love A Bugs Life (it’s actually my second favorite Pixar movie). But that scene in the movie always bothered me
Also, when Flick's lie is revealed, the ants could've assumed that Flick was unaware that the 'warriors' were ex-circus bugs and lied on accident (in context, Flick did find out that they weren't warriors after they tried to back out of protecting the ants, but he decided to keep it a secret in fear of retribution). Flick isn't exactly the sharpest tool in the shed, so it could've been assumed that his lie was yet another slip-up.
@@ryanm.8720 Still. They shouldn’t have abandoned their plan of using the fake bird. It was kinda their only option at that point. Hopper will be arriving at any time now, there’s not enough time to collect more food. So the ants really got nothing left to loose at that point.
@@superjackster0165 I mean it was a wild plan though. Like imagine if someone told you that the only way to defeat some alien invader was to build a giant rocket, and you believe them because hey it sounds plausible and they're backed up by people claiming to be astrophysicists. Then it turns out no they're not, they haven't even been to college, they're just janitors the dude paid to act like scientists. Wouldn't you be mad? Wouldn't you be at least a bit more skeptical of the plan?
@@theofficialliedetector1545 have to agree, I can't see how they can make a sequel, and a good sequel, too, one which can compare and maybe even be better than the original. (Take Shrek 2 and Puss in Boots; The Last Wish for example.)
Fun fact about me: i had an environmental science class in junior year, and we had to watch this film and analyze its themes on sustainability and deforestation. I ended up getting good grade for the project! Thanks over the hedge!
One thing that I think is important about the "Liar revealed" storyline is the reason for the lie. You mentioned the regret aspect but I think the reason is just as important. The racoon here did it out of self preservation. Sure, he started it out of greed but he didnt take any more advantage of the lie than he had to. He could have filled a second cart or something similar but he didn't. He only used them to save himself. Sure, he got himself into this mess because he couldnt hold back his greed at the start, but from the second he told the lie until the stories resolution he didnt take more advantage of the animals than he had to. This makes him sympathetic, maybe not likeable, but at the very least I can understand the why. Compare that to Shark Tale, where Wil Smith only told the lie, because he instantly got greedy. You might argue that he didn't choose the name at the beginning, but he got infatuated with the success so fast that I dont think there was a scene transition. We didnt get a moment where somone told him that they'd kill him, if he didnt take the name and made them rich, there was no self doubt. He could have shut down the entire thing at any time by just telling the truth but he didnt. This is why the trope doesnt work here. Not because the trope itself is bad, but because it made our main character unredeemably evil. In conclusion. In over the hedge the trope works because there was a good reason to tell the lie and to keep it going. In Shark Tale it only existed to make our main character feel good and made him unlikeable.
Another (Dreamworks) movie that does this well is the first How to Train Your Dragon. (I'm not as articulate as Schaffrillas here, so bear with me) Hiccup ends up in a lie when he begins using what he learns about dragons from spending time with Toothless in his dragon training lessons. He can't physically overpower a dragon (as shown in previous scenes), so when he finds ways to get around that (scaring off dragons with eels, mellowing them out with that grass, etc.) he uses those methods, and inadvertently becomes the star pupil. It's kind of a combination of self preservation, living up to the image of a Viking ("I just want to be like you guys"), and just switching over to a more effective way to deal with a large reptile that wants to kill you. And ultimately, the reason Hiccup lies about why he's suddenly so good at handling dragons is to keep Toothless safe, which is a much nobler reason for lying than just, "I'm an awesome s̶h̶a̶r̶k̶ ̶ dragon slayer!"
You're wrong. Will Smith fish only told the lie to intimidate the jellyfish hitmen and avoid getting killed by them, which was the reason he was taken to that wasteland in the first place. He wasn't thinking of becoming rich at that moment. It's not until the jellyfish start to spread the word to the media that Smith has no option than start lying to everyone as well.
The thing about Will Smith fish is that he is a dumbass. The movie makes it clear that he has no idea of what the hell he's doing, just making irrational decisions without thinking of the possible outcomes ( asking for money to a loan shark with mob connections, betting those 5000 on a rigged race despite the chances of getting killed if the horse loses, lying about killing a shark when there is an entire mafia made of sharks living nearby, etc )
you can shine no matter what your made of *says the movie that got mediocre reviews upon release and is so obscure that barely any pirating sites actually have it*
“Get real Kevin, when you feel like a dirt bag it’s because you’re a dirt bag, right? Just own it, Say it out loud, I am a dirt bag.” Ok, I need to rewatch this movie. That was good.
When I saw the titles like “Incredibles 2 is painfully average”, I thought “Oh, this guy is going to be a very cynical guy. I’m going to disagree with a lot of what he says” but NOPE! For the most part, you and me share a lot of the same opinions. “Over the Hedge is good”, “Spider-Man 3” is good, and you make hilarious YTPs. Keep up the good work, man.
My expectations for Incredibles 2 (before it hit theatres (well, with early screenings): It could be epic, if not strong as The Incredibles. How well Incredibles 2 really sways with me: Yeah, this is the quality of Pixar’s late 2010s films like The Good Dinosaur, Incredibles 2 and Toy Story 4. My expectations for Spider-Man 3 before it hit theatres: Raimi is back, baby! How Spider-Man 3 really is: More like its predecessors than people think: campy old-school superhero flicks, but that’s their charm that makes it another one of those Spider-Man films that The Amazing Spider-Man 2 couldn’t beat, not even in its dreams, like the shockingly amazing Into the Spider-verse (it’s a better Sony Animation film than all the ones made in 2017, don’t @ me) and the Spider-Man duology with future milf (XD) Zendaya Coleman as Mary Jane Watson and Tom Holland as Peter Parker!
"Don't go back and watch Bee Movie" Me: *cries in knowing almost the entire script for that movie because I've seen it so many times* Who will I share this knowledge with now?!
Ignore what he says and follow your own bliss. I am willing to stand by Bee movie an unironically being a good surreal movie. And the movie honestly has some great technology for animation, thanks to how hard they had to work with all of the bees.
Fun fact, when this movie came out my mom took me to the theaters to see the original Cars movie. But when I saw the poster for Over the Hedge, I went "Mommy! Mommy! Can we see this movie instead? I want to see this movie instead!" Long story short, six-year-old me had better tastes than my adult mother.
Yeah. You had good taste. Kids eventually grow up from liking cartoon cars, trains, etc. Then they start having more varied iinterests like actual cars, superheroes, etc. In fact, I still think that Cars is a movie for toddlers.
I almost shat myself when you said "the Verminator", and then I thought back and remembered what a great villain he was. He was hilarious and so believable.
He forgot this one good joke: Gladys: "did you install this, this "depelter turbo"? Dwayne: "that's a contra band item mam, and is illegal in every state...*puts hand over heart* except texas."
I think the followup "I would install this even if it violated the Geneva Convention" (or whatever it was phrased in the English dub) makes this even better
Katsy Kat people see the bad and cringeworthy stuff and forget the rest exists So to like 90% of people furries are just people that want to fuck animals Which they aren’t but can’t ever fix that stain on the fandom lol
JoCaleb02 that’s not true. I mean, not too long ago people thought the anime fandom was super weird, but people changed their minds about that, so who’s to say that the same thing couldn’t happen about furries?
I think one of the biggest reason I really enjoyed Over the Hedge is because of the amount of visual comedy, which I will happily take over just boring stale audio jokes with a dead straight camera view of the characters
yo when i say this movie is underrated i mean literally everyone has forgotten this movie and no one has done a video on this movie till this guy top 5 underrated animated movie
Fun story: I was watching Over the Hedge with my sister a few months ago, and during the movie I told her how much I liked the music, so after it was over, she took a picture of the credits. Her mouth dropped open as she turned to me and the picture said Ben Folds. Ben FRICKING Folds! We both love his music and my mom used to play Ben Folds Five in the car (even though we were way too young to listen to it at that age). Still one of the best facts I have discovered to this day.
The best humor is think about it how many actual good jokes. Require No missure there’s a few kinds but not a lot like subverting expectations And actually that’s about all
Yes that is a gross misunderstanding of what humor is. NC says all humour is misery towards others. John Cleese once said that all humor is critical, and while criticism has the potential to cause misery (to the one being criticised); It doesn't have to. It's funny to see Jerry beat up Tom because Tom is much bigger than him, *and trying to eat him.* It's classic David and Goliath. Same deal with Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd, Wile E Coyote and the Road Runner. Daffy plays both hero and villain depending on who he is up against, but the point is that the violence those characters inflict on each other is levying the same criticism; don't beat on those smaller than you. In those cases we only laugh at the misery of others if we feel they deserve it and misery is far from the only thing we laugh at.
@@Fangs1978 And even the idea that all humor is critical is a bit too broad. Monty Python had a lot of clever moments of critique, but there were also a lot of jokes that came from just simple absurdity, exaggeration, and the surprise of seeing something strange happen.
I remember that in the director's commentary they said exactly this. No one would give them a license so they had to get creative with the names. They said it became a fun side project of the film.
@@TheRoonie222I remember I typically have to make my own parodied or original companies in my stories because I do not like product placements. It’s really fun if you are creative, because you can come up with anything stupid and make it into a legit company.
@@TheRoonie222the food being a parody added so much to the movie and just made everything about it so much stronger It would have made its jabs at modern consumerism wouldnt feel right if it was full of product placement
Since it's been a year since you posted this, I just wanna give my early/late/right on time happy birthday to a toddler that is growing up with some good taste.
@@CordeliaWagner says the one wasting their time judging someone while you’re watching a review of a kids movie from 2006. Hope you feel good about yourself
There are so many moments in this movie that just took me out cold when I was a kid - the flying wagon, the car chase, "IT NEVER ENDS THERE TOO", the possum's monologue as he fakes his death on the road... And while there are many movie moments that I found insanely hilarious as a kid that I now look back on with a "yeah that wasn't actually very funny" kind of attitude, looking back on this movie I think it would actually hold up pretty well if I watched it today. Also, as far as I recall, it does manage to be pretty genuinely touching, and it combines genuine emotion with comedy in a great way (the romance between Stella the skunk and the house cat is one of the best I've ever seen and I WILL die on that hill)
Dreamworks *heugh* uses the liar revealed trope too often Disney *heugh* uses the twist villain too often FTFY for real tho, why use the colon? it doesn’t need to be there. “Disney uses the twist villain too often” is a perfectly serviceable, grammatically correct, sentence.
Over the hedge is probably one of my most memerable non-pixar, non-shrek movie from my childhood. Watching this was actually really enjoyable and I found it funny personally. For a dreamworks movie it is one of their better movies by far!
This movie made me a huge Ben Folds fan. The songs in this movie hit me hard as a kid and being an adult discovering Ben Folds for the first time again was like a nostalgic fever dream.
Fun fact: Over the Hedge was originally a comic series in the vein of Peanuts, Foxtrot, or Calvin and Hobbes. There were some great scenes in the comic that I still quote to this day. The characters are kinda different between the comic strips and the movie, but in ways that make sense for a movie and the story being told, though the humor was typically dryer than the movie.
Huh, I didn't know that. I also really freaking loved Peanuts, Foxtrot and especially Calvin & Hobbes when I was a kid, so how couldn't have I heard of this? Weird. I think I'll check that out now.
I'm happy to see that i am not the only one who think that this movie is so cool and enjoyable. Also, the Italian version is even more iconic because the title is literally: "the gang of the forest".
This movie feels like a fever dream, but in a good way. Like, I still can't fully understand that this movie exists. It's amazing on a lot of points. I personally think it's one of Dreamworks's most typical films. It's creative and new, has a weird but believable plot, it's even better when you're older but the balance between kids and adults is really great and the cast, as said, is so amazing. Sometimes you just see stuff like this and you simply wonder "how?" Well I have that here. It isn't Ratatouille indeed but it doesn't try to be. It tries to be over the hedge. Funny, smart, but not extremely emotional story. Just good and watchable
James: Over the Hedge was better than the Oscar nominees that year. Me: Raises Pitchfork James: I haven't seen Monster House in awhile. Me: Lowers pitchfork
I like how this movie handled anticonsumerism elements. They are not pushed down your throat, but used as a joke vehicle. -How many humans fit in there? (in a car) -Usually? One.
I think the last time they did it was 2015 with Woody and Buzz announcing something as well celebrating their 20 years. They are slothful because they don't care
2 Fun Facts - The Spanish title of the movie is called "Invading Neighbors" - The closest thing we got of a sequel should be the PS2/Gamecube game that does a quick refresh of the movie and continues onward with a far new story that gets more interesting as you progress through it.
I can't agree or disagree based on knowledge of its quality but the scary bits traumatized my autistic child brain so I'm not going to watch it anytime soon :/
Agreed, on the basis of novelty as a concept (in the realm of film) and because I actually rather enjoyed the art style of the film. It was realistically gritty, the characters were exaggerated in their features just enough to avoid Uncanny Valley and the horror scenes actually has an atmosphere of threat to them.
I was looking through old elementary school "about me" posters, and I mentioned that Over the Hedge was my favorite movie at the time. Needless to say, you aren't the only one who enjoyed this blessing of a movie
I mean, at least it's something, like why is ADHD reperesentation, especially that goes beyond 'hyperactive all the time' so damn rare. Just make a charater with ADHD go trough things like: having Trouble satisfying yourself or with responsebilety. Just give us something for the love of God.
I think he already watched since he talked about it in his list of Oscars movies (forgot what it's called), but Cosmodore made a pretty good review on it, you should check it out!
My middle school Spanish teacher only had two movies on dvd, Spy kids and Over the hedge, and she would play one of them every Friday during class. She never picked up where we left off, so I have seen the first hour of this movie dozens of times, and still only seen the ending once in theaters
“I am... inevitable”
“Oh really? Do you in fact have an associate’s degree from VermTech?”
Elijah Bolton This comment is the most ambitious crossover event of all time
HA! YOU WERE EXPECTING A NORMAL REPLY, BUT IT WAS I, THE SPANISH INQUISITION!
@@acdsarc11 NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION!
AwesomeCowDoesStuff AndRandomChannel Did you just find out about that sketch? You’re 30+ years late.
@@SmoothTurtle840 I thought combining it with the JoJo Reference was at least passing clever.
Everyone knows that the best thing about this movie is Hammy drinking the Energy drink and going quicksilver mode before quicksilver did it
Nah the best part is the Verminator.
It’s not quicksilver, it’s Dio’s time stop
First came Justin Y.
Then came Christopher Moon
Now it's Healmore's time to Shine
What about when they shove a cork up Stella the skunk's ass?
If there was anyone that I chose to be the next big commenter, I’m glad it was someone that was repping Celeste.
Fun Fact: Over the Hedge has been referenced in science. An aurora-like natural phenomenon was named STEVE in reference to the scene where the animals discover the hedge. STEVE is an acronym for Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement and radiates a purple and green light. So, without Over the Hedge, we wouldn't have an aurora named Steve. Thanks, Dreamworks!
"Let's call it Steve!"
"Steve?"
"It's a pretty name.."
This is my favorite science fact
@@SkeweredGlaive oh great and powerful steve! *WADAYA WANT!!*
S T E V E A T E F E R N.
In the German version they used the name Hugo for this joke
I can’t express enough how good of a decision it was to have the camera almost always from the animals perspective, always facing up at humans. As a kid and even today it really makes you feel like one of them, experiencing the movie from their perspective
Yeah it's similar to Lady and the Tramp and how that film looks at things from the dog's perspective 🤔.
Similar to Antz as well except with Antz the humans seem more alien and mysterious
Yeah same here especially since I'm short lol
It’s nice to see Over the Hedge finally getting the credit it deserves for inventing the quicksilver scene.
Futurama did it first tho
@@ivanagustinortiz5237 wait really? I had no clue.
@@georgeolund7572 Over the Hedge was released in 2006, the Futurama episode where Fry drinks a lot of coffee and saves everyone from fire was released in 2003
I was just wondering about that.
@@ivanagustinortiz5237 i only came to the comment section to make sure someone had pointed this out
I feel like “You maniac!” is slowly becoming the new “That was his mistake!”
That was his mistake!
@@TheMamaluigi300 11:09: WOOMF!
That was his- will you cut that out!?
That was his steak!!
His steak
Hammy: *slows down time*
Quicksilver: Write that down, write that down!
DIO: write that down,write that down!
@@smallbox4591 DIO did it before Hammy, though.
my brain when it's trying to think: Write that down, write that down!
Hammy walked so quicksilver could run
Futurama predated this one though.
It's rather amazing how Over The Hedge uses casual threat of murder as both comedy and actual stake at the current problem.
I'm your 600th liker here & bye.
Wait a minute, I'm pretty sure I've seen this exact comment before today under a different video...
Fun fact: in Italian this film is called “the gang of the forest”
In portuguese it's "the forestless" as if the animals were homeless.
In Spanish it's "wild(like wild animals) neighbors
here in South America was something like "invading/invasive neighbors"
In russian its "Лесная братва" meaning "Forest gang" too. Shark tale was named "Подводная братва" meaning "Sea gang"
yooo italy gangg
Fun Fact: The bear is actually Nick Nolte, they didn't even animate him.
Hmm
777 likes on that comment...... wtf
Vincent’s cave is Nick Nolte’s house
Big Joel’s analysis of Over the Hedge: “It’s a trash film that’s also a deep, metaphoric film about the division of class and races.”
Schaffrillas’s analysis of Over the Hedge: *”Haha, animal exterminator man in children’s movie does the funny.”*
Um... what? I thought it was about family? Where the hell did Big Joel get that from?
McGoldenblade Did you ever watch Big Joel’s video? Did you ever find out?
JOHN JOHN I didn’t. Was wondering if McGoldenblade ever figured it out
I thought this review was more directed at NC.
@Jared Walker Never saw Schafrillas destroy anyone beside WIll Smith in his Shark Tale review.
One of the many reasons I liked this as a child was how it portrayed humans. It being filmed from the viewpoint of the animals reminded me how I felt when adults were talking over me. It weirdly made me feel heard by mocking their self-importance. (I know kids were made fun of too, but the villains are adults).
ehhhhhh that's arguable, the villains were Karen (I forgot the name), Vincent and maybe the verminator.
@@bingus4436all adults
"Imagine thinking over the hedge didn't get a sequel"
This message brought to you by Over The Hedge The Game for ps2
That was legit the only game I owned for PS2 and it was amazing (at least to my 7 year-old eyes, not sure how it holds up tbh).
That game was awesome and had a really good co-op system.
Loved the game
I had the DS one
That was a game?
What he probably said: “A neurotic turtle”
What I heard: “An erotic turtle”
I mean, he DOES get nude later.
Have you seen that sweet booty?
no don’t give the internet any more ideas
Me an intellectual: *Hears Necrotic* I mean I’d still bang.
That makes way more sense
Over the Hedge, like MegaMind, is so criminally underrated.
Megamind has been gettin a lot more love online lately
Pineapples specifically the meme community
@@fortunatecookie Let's hope the same happens for Over the Hedge.
Athestya in case you haven’t noticed you have fallen right into our trap
Commit Die well.....dang it
I think the funniest thing for me about the Hammy slowdown scene is that Hammy is shown to be hyperactive through the whole film and in this one instance he just calms down while everything is slown down.
He’s traveling faster than the speed of light.
Okay but this movie really had me thinkin turtles could remove their shells whenever they pleased... Maybe I shouldn’t admit that.
ME TOO
Brynn McKenna thank goodness 😭😂
I thought that because of Mario ^^;
Wait a minute, THEY CAN'T???!!
@@transcendentalanarchy their spine is inside the shell (search for turtle anatomy) right under the shell in the middle. Which is why you shouldn't put much weight on the shell. Dogs that ride big turtles/tortoises are careful to not lie down and place their paws as far from each other as possible to not put their weight on the spine..!
THE VERMINATOR IS IN THE MOVIE FOR A TOTAL OF 5 MINUTES AND 21 SECONDS
HE NEEDS MORE SCREENTIME
MYSTERIOUS BEAR THING “The Verminator” doof is that you?
More like a spin-off!
yes, I was thinking more like 5 hours & 21 minutes.
@@doggothesavior9107 5 weeks & 21 days
Weird that you'd be that specific after saying "about..." hahaha
The Verminator looks like a 50 year old version of vector from despicable me
the name is actually similar
@@catco123 Its not they both begin with ve not other similarity
@@thatcooldudeisawesome876 They also both end with *tor*
@@adriangutierrez7860 I stand corrected, 2 similarities, maybe this is more than coincidence?
YOU JUST GOT VERMINATOR'D
i love how consistent this movie is. nearly everything is brought back up later. the geneva convention breaking lawn protection thing, verns tail tingles, the dog who _really_ wants to play with someone, etc. it's a small little touch that i personally really like and wished other movies did that
And hammy not being able to drink the energy drink until the end!
@@NormOfTheNorthFan21 yeah, the Caffeine. RJ warned him in the beginning of the movie when they first met about that drink.
Chekhov’s tail tingles
Fun Fact: This review came out almost exactly 14 years after Over the Hedge's theatrical release, only being late by 1 day!
*my life is a lie.*
Schaff: do you have an associate’s degree from YOU-TUBE?
Schaf should pin this
tHAt wAS hIS MISTakE
Did you look that up, or know it offhand?
The verminator is the best thing to happen to film history why aren’t we talking about him as much as we are about Shrek
That sniffing scene is just off this planet. Excellent character
This movie shows Karen as one of the main villain before Karen's were a thing it's officially subversive masterpiece
Exactly
Burina Mat true. I remember getting so pissed at her when I was younger when she kicked the teenage opossum, and I don’t even like them
Karens are ancient.
777th like
That's like megamind and incels
I'm quite surprised you didn't mention how scary Vincent is. RJ was having post-traumatic nightmares of Vincent hunting him down and the voice actor really helped make him sound quite intimidating. On top of all that, he's a bear and who isn't afraid of bears right?
Emmett.
Polar Bears, The White Death, and wolverines.
My name is Vincent 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Honey Badgers probably don't.
It's funny, whenever I watch a movie with Nick Nolte in it, my first reaction is "It's the bear from Over the Hedge!"
What I love about Over the Hedge is that the movie setting perfectly depicted the mid 2000s culture. The mania of mcmansion subruba with white collar people buying a bunch of stuff they couldn't afford for it all to come crashing down a few years later in 2008.
Over The Hedge is known for its biting political commentary
Thanks Obama
It is certainly the best representative of 2000's animation I think. Just absurdly fun and chaotic, with a hints of deep meaning and insight.
Was gonna make this comment, you beat me to it. It just sums up 00s excess so well.
And to top it all off, a SmashMouth-esque soundtrack to really tie it all together.
The Verminator is the greatest anime villain of all time
*Anime
Dubliam nah that’s the week hacker
He’s tied with Rattlesnake Jake
Of all time
He’s the hero because he’s just a man doing his job.
*Fun Fact:* If you look closely, the Bear in _Over The Hedge_ is actually the same bear from the court scene from _The Bee Movie._ Is this means that DreamWorks shared the same universe?
No... They just were too lazy to make another 3d model
I knew I wasn't going dotty when I thought they looked familiar!🐻🐝
About as much as Brave & How to Train your Dragon
*Which would be pretty neat*
*Y A L I K E J A Z Z ?*
Model Reuse Intensifies
You know how little kids pick one movie and rewatch it a million times?
This one was mine
Also the gross-out humor is done well. Everything exaggerated to insane levels and it's never the focus of the scene if it would otherwise last too long.
Same thing for me!
my movie was snow buddies. idk why i liked to rewatch it so many times.
I had a big book of DVD's so I re-watched a ton of movies over and over, this was one of my favorites
Same
Ikr I swear I rewatched this like once every week
"what if we have a potential pandemic on our hands?"
"uh oh"
It didn't aged to well
Ruh roh
10 hours and already 300 likes
Congrats!
😬😬
You quoted the video, Well done
*Schaffrillas:* _"Finally, my work is complete!"_
*Fans:* _"mONsTEr HOuSE wHEn"_
Funny story in school my friend called me "Nebbercracker''.
Ethanotor Oculus me:can you review sausage party please?
Moster house is amazing tho
Robots (2005)
James is lucky to get requests all the time, a lot of good UA-camrs these days are running out of ideas quickly
I just realized that Meet the Robinsons is a move no one cares about? But why? *subtleness being subtle*
Thats so Sad! I love it!
Mario Odyssey
When I think back on the movie, I think the problem is that the sections in the future before the villain’s plan succeeds drags on a bit too much
Pretty decent film and New Believer is a Banger
i ADORE meet the robinsons. it’s one of my favorite animated movies ever :D
The teenage possum is voiced by Avril Lavigne, and it's honestly one of the best voice performances by a pop music celebrity I've ever seen
*rock music celebrity, and I agree, just wanted to point it out myself
I didn't know who she was when I watched the behind the scenes but that wasn't until I saw watchmojo top 10 annoyingly catchy songs or whatever the title was
"Didn't make enough money" -Katzenberg
> *made $340 million vs an $80 million budget*
You know what they say? "Enough just isn't enough!"
Production costs are not the only factors; you've also got marketing, paying the various distributors and movie theatres, and earning enough so that the budget for the next movie won't be too low
@@MorganKing95 All of those things (minus the sequel budget) are included with the initial budget. And a movie that made more than FOUR TIMES its budget should have enough for a sequel.
Katzenberg wanted the movie's money to beat Titanic LOL
Katzenberg doesn't consider anything below 400 million to be a success
Everyone is forgetting the ORIGINAL quicksilver hammy scene, from Futurama’s episode where Fry drinks hundreds of cups of coffee and ends up moving extremely fast
An amazing scene
You’re right. 2003, 2006, over the hedge got that from futurama. The question is if futurama got it from anywhere else.
They had the same in the movie Hoodwinked, which possibly got it from the matrix ?
@@Call-me-Al I believe they all got it from the matrix lol. It would make a lot more sense.
He moved faster than light
“I’m reviewing Ratatouille next, get excited”
Like we’re not always excited when you upload
FINALLY someone talks about the "Liar revealed" troupe, my absolutely most hated conflict trope
it's so unrealistically over-dramatic, like, every single one of these blow-outs I've seen in movies throughout my whole life could've been prevented if the offended party demanded their rightfully deserved explanation rather than storm away
heck, _I was in this situation in real life_ and it didn't play out like that
The liar revealed trope just got VERMINATED
The worst one being in the first kissing booth movie
Something that helps it is that Verne (the guy who's been most distrustful of RJ) is the one to convince them to trust RJ again. He seems like the kind of character who'd be most against him because he never trusted him, but he recognizes that RJ is trying to save them now. And as he smugly puts at the end of the film, if RJ had just told them he needed to steal a lot of food to stop a bear from eating him, they would've helped him out.
it isn't always bad it can be good if it's actually written well and doesn't have the characters abandon any and all logic for being overly emotional
@kadincemoschella6565 it's adapted from a wattpad book, what did you expect?
I think the problem with the "liar revealed" trend is purely the fact that it's been done sooooo many times, not just by dreamworks. Over The Hedge does it so right because the stakes are so high for RJ; he needs help to find enough food to feed a bear who literally threatens to KILL this helpless, lonely trash panda, so he lies to his new friends about helping them forage for food for the winter. There aren't many fictional pieces (that i've seen at least, so prove me wrong otherwise) that warrant the overuse of this plot point without the stakes being high enough to do it. Most of the time in modern animated films, it's done just to HAVE a twist with the main characters at all, which just signifies mediocre writing for the film at best. It honestly starts to feel fake, and that's why, no matter if it's good or bad, it's overdone, and overdone = bad apparently.
I'm not expressing distaste for the trope, but it's VERY noticeable how many times it's been done and at this point, there are alternatives.
This is a good comment and I agree with what you're saying. Unlike in other movies where the liar revealed trope is used,RJ's actual LIFE is on the line if he doesn't con these animals,which he over time grows to regret doing because he grows to like them. And to add on to the emotional gutpunch,Verne the character who was the most suspicious of RJ at the start,but grew to like him actually turned out to be correct with his first instinct. It also helps that the movie does a decent job of getting you to sympathize with both sides.
Verne's groups literally needs enough food to ride out the winter season so they don't starve and RJ needs the food so that the bear who's thumb's he's under doesn't kill him. In most movies with this trope it often does a poor job of this and often i wound up siding with the liar because I felt like the accusers were being unnecessarily harsh with the liar. Here,there are VALID reasons why the accusers are angry at RJ.
In all other movies the most the characters lose with the liar revealed trope is their peers respect.Which can work,but not in the way most kid movies do it and the result winds up being what is normally a pointless waste of time.
@@infinitedreamer9359 The ending where Verne points out they would have just given it to him if he had just pointed out the bear problem made things even more poignant, because it reveals how little RJ understood compassion and mutual aid because he never experienced those things. If they could gather enough food in a week or even a day, they obviously had more than enough at that point to pay off his debt, but he thought deception was necessary due to probably his only companion being a mafia boss bear and thus thinking backstabbing was the default. All that justifies the cast easily forgiving him at the end.
@@infinitedreamer9359 I like how much RJ seems to regret lying to them also. Not just after there's actual consequences that affect him personally, like in movies like Shark Tale, but all the way through the story. This helps the audience actually care about him, even more so than the fact that he's doing it for necessity rather than selfishness.
If you can’t do original, the. Just do standard well, their will be plenty of examples of it being both good and or bad.
Liar revealed movies
A Bug's Life
Over The Hedge
Rango
Madagascar 3
Klaus
Finally, this movie has deserved attention for the longest time, it's one of Dreamworks movies that just don't have the respect they deserve. Another prime example is El Dorado.
Yeah. That's true. My favorite film of all time is actually another underrated DreamWorks film.
Ya curious to know what it is?
@@adelastella.5676 Sure, lay it on me.
@@spartantnt1023 damn it must be big if it's taking this long
@@chrishansen1842 lol
Calling Over The Hedge a not-so-nutritious snack while calling Ratatouille as the main course was so genius I hope you realize how genius it is.
Just like the not-so-nutritious snacks that RJ got the family to steal
@@charmandyorton006 that.... was the joke...
@@theeasternspy266 lmao
This is the most nostalgic animated movie to me. The artsyle, the Ben folds music, the suburbs, the focus on unhealthy snacks, so early 2000s.
Who played the Over the Hedge game back in the day?? I'm really tempted to replay it since I have so many fond memories of it.
That game was my shit!
YO I PLAYED THE GAME AND FINISHED IT it was the closest thing I could get to a sequel but man I wish they made more tho because the game was sooooo creative and fun ESPECIALLY THE FUCKING BUMPER GOLF KARTS!
The Over the Hedge game honestly might be one of the top 10 games I've put the most time into just because I would play it over and over again as a kid in the backroom of my parents' restaurant. I don't have it anymore but I wouldn't be surprised if I learned that I played like 100-150 hours of it.
Me!, remember I couldnt pass the part of the end until hours .Its in my top 10 videogames , what a great time playing it.
@@1234-xyz Same
"I haven't seen Monster House in a while." We know what we want now.
Such a good movie
definitely a favorite
To live in a Monster House that's also my wife.
Same. It's underappreciated, especially Skull
YASSS
*3 seconds on the clock*
In a small defense of Bug's life: the problem with the bird plan wasn't that it was a "liar's plan", it was that it came out it was Flick's (the main ant) plan. And Flick was considered the mad inventor whose inventions never worked, so everyone assumed that this plan, just like all the ones before it, would fail.
You can still claim it's a stupid reason for not using the bird, but it's less stupid than not using it because the guy who came up with it was a liar.
@Gaming_Master - I believe I said that. just, not AS stupid as the "it's a liar's plan" reason given in the video.
@@NeroCM It is true!!! But everyone was so optimistic that the bird was gonna work that they went as far as building it. Because of that, the fact that it was Flik’s and he lied to them about it shouldn’t have mattered anymore at this point. I love A Bugs Life (it’s actually my second favorite Pixar movie). But that scene in the movie always bothered me
Also, when Flick's lie is revealed, the ants could've assumed that Flick was unaware that the 'warriors' were ex-circus bugs and lied on accident (in context, Flick did find out that they weren't warriors after they tried to back out of protecting the ants, but he decided to keep it a secret in fear of retribution). Flick isn't exactly the sharpest tool in the shed, so it could've been assumed that his lie was yet another slip-up.
@@ryanm.8720 Still. They shouldn’t have abandoned their plan of using the fake bird. It was kinda their only option at that point. Hopper will be arriving at any time now, there’s not enough time to collect more food. So the ants really got nothing left to loose at that point.
@@superjackster0165 I mean it was a wild plan though. Like imagine if someone told you that the only way to defeat some alien invader was to build a giant rocket, and you believe them because hey it sounds plausible and they're backed up by people claiming to be astrophysicists. Then it turns out no they're not, they haven't even been to college, they're just janitors the dude paid to act like scientists. Wouldn't you be mad? Wouldn't you be at least a bit more skeptical of the plan?
it’s so sad that this movie is underrated and never got a sequel😭 probably one of my all time favorites
TBH, that's probably for the best
@@theofficialliedetector1545 have to agree, I can't see how they can make a sequel, and a good sequel, too, one which can compare and maybe even be better than the original. (Take Shrek 2 and Puss in Boots; The Last Wish for example.)
@@theofficialliedetector1545I don't want to see this movie getting the "Megamind vs the Doom Syndicate" treatment as well.
@@sunsetlover123-y7c is that sarcasm cause everyone knows those sequels are better then the original lol
No lie, me and my brother quote “I am a dirtbag” to this day
No lie??? Impossible.
@@dumbb6178 You think someone would do that? Go on the internet and just lie like that?? (Arthur meme)
Lol
You are not alone
Me and my brother reference too
Shogus 00 yes 👏
Funner Fact: i had to watch this movie at least once every day while living in an r.v. for a year as my source of entertainment. still good tho
Over the Hedge was a gold nugget in kids entertainment. Something that never got tiresome with repeat viewings.
This movie feels like it should be watched in an rv, or camper of sorts.
No twist villain in these kind of movies.
That was his mistake!
@Huck Wheatley he wasn't A twist villain
@Huck Wheatley We knew he was a villain from the get go.
If only there was someone who loved them
Fun fact about me: i had an environmental science class in junior year, and we had to watch this film and analyze its themes on sustainability and deforestation. I ended up getting good grade for the project! Thanks over the hedge!
One thing that I think is important about the "Liar revealed" storyline is the reason for the lie.
You mentioned the regret aspect but I think the reason is just as important.
The racoon here did it out of self preservation. Sure, he started it out of greed but he didnt take any more advantage of the lie than he had to.
He could have filled a second cart or something similar but he didn't. He only used them to save himself. Sure, he got himself into this mess because he couldnt hold back his greed at the start, but from the second he told the lie until the stories resolution he didnt take more advantage of the animals than he had to.
This makes him sympathetic, maybe not likeable, but at the very least I can understand the why.
Compare that to Shark Tale, where Wil Smith only told the lie, because he instantly got greedy. You might argue that he didn't choose the name at the beginning, but he got infatuated with the success so fast that I dont think there was a scene transition. We didnt get a moment where somone told him that they'd kill him, if he didnt take the name and made them rich, there was no self doubt. He could have shut down the entire thing at any time by just telling the truth but he didnt. This is why the trope doesnt work here. Not because the trope itself is bad, but because it made our main character unredeemably evil.
In conclusion. In over the hedge the trope works because there was a good reason to tell the lie and to keep it going. In Shark Tale it only existed to make our main character feel good and made him unlikeable.
This is very well reasoned and I agree with it, but how did you get that whole thing into a comment without the "Read more" prompt?
Another (Dreamworks) movie that does this well is the first How to Train Your Dragon.
(I'm not as articulate as Schaffrillas here, so bear with me)
Hiccup ends up in a lie when he begins using what he learns about dragons from spending time with Toothless in his dragon training lessons. He can't physically overpower a dragon (as shown in previous scenes), so when he finds ways to get around that (scaring off dragons with eels, mellowing them out with that grass, etc.) he uses those methods, and inadvertently becomes the star pupil. It's kind of a combination of self preservation, living up to the image of a Viking ("I just want to be like you guys"), and just switching over to a more effective way to deal with a large reptile that wants to kill you. And ultimately, the reason Hiccup lies about why he's suddenly so good at handling dragons is to keep Toothless safe, which is a much nobler reason for lying than just, "I'm an awesome s̶h̶a̶r̶k̶ ̶ dragon slayer!"
@@RoughlyArtistic wth you're right, maybe it's magic.
You're wrong. Will Smith fish only told the lie to intimidate the jellyfish hitmen and avoid getting killed by them, which was the reason he was taken to that wasteland in the first place. He wasn't thinking of becoming rich at that moment. It's not until the jellyfish start to spread the word to the media that Smith has no option than start lying to everyone as well.
The thing about Will Smith fish is that he is a dumbass. The movie makes it clear that he has no idea of what the hell he's doing, just making irrational decisions without thinking of the possible outcomes ( asking for money to a loan shark with mob connections, betting those 5000 on a rigged race despite the chances of getting killed if the horse loses, lying about killing a shark when there is an entire mafia made of sharks living nearby, etc )
The squirrel getting high off of doritos dust like someone taking a dose of herroine was the best part of the movie
yea XD
The Chip is a powerful drug
When are we gonno talk about the best and most underrated blue sky film: Robots (2005)?!
you can shine no matter what your made of *says the movie that got mediocre reviews upon release and is so obscure that barely any pirating sites actually have it*
Eh
AHHHH MEMEORIES I STILL HAVE THE DVD OF THE MOVIE
funny fat robo
beegwild
With the recent news of Bruce Willis, and the fact that this movie never got a sequel, makes it an even more treasured childhood memory/film
What happened with Bruce Willis?
@@ohnobro1424 He was diagnosed with dementia and retired from acting.
@@applescruff1969 That's sad
"I'm gonna do Ratatouille next. Get excited."
Me: *OH, I WILL.*
Over the Hedge is better than Ratatouille
thehallowayboys incorrect
@@thehallowayboys Don't get me wrong, Over the Hedge is good. But Ratatouille is a freaking masterpiece
The amount of times I watched and re-watched Ratatouille as a kid before I went to Disneyland in France was insane.😅
Don't regret though!
ratatouille is the best Pixar movie by far imo
“Get real Kevin, when you feel like a dirt bag it’s because you’re a dirt bag, right? Just own it, Say it out loud, I am a dirt bag.”
Ok, I need to rewatch this movie. That was good.
"Dirt bag? I'm not sure that's a real doctor..."
@@rainbowsparkle122 “What do you think there, RJ? RJ?”
When I saw the titles like “Incredibles 2 is painfully average”, I thought “Oh, this guy is going to be a very cynical guy. I’m going to disagree with a lot of what he says” but NOPE! For the most part, you and me share a lot of the same opinions. “Over the Hedge is good”, “Spider-Man 3” is good, and you make hilarious YTPs. Keep up the good work, man.
spot on. megamind is amazing, shrek 2 is the best, spider-man 3 is hilarious, and madagascar 2 is the best one
Totally. Same happened to me.
Finally someone actually appreciates how funny this guy makes his videos 💙
My expectations for Incredibles 2 (before it hit theatres (well, with early screenings): It could be epic, if not strong as The Incredibles.
How well Incredibles 2 really sways with me: Yeah, this is the quality of Pixar’s late 2010s films like The Good Dinosaur, Incredibles 2 and Toy Story 4.
My expectations for Spider-Man 3 before it hit theatres: Raimi is back, baby!
How Spider-Man 3 really is: More like its predecessors than people think: campy old-school superhero flicks, but that’s their charm that makes it another one of those Spider-Man films that The Amazing Spider-Man 2 couldn’t beat, not even in its dreams, like the shockingly amazing Into the Spider-verse (it’s a better Sony Animation film than all the ones made in 2017, don’t @ me) and the Spider-Man duology with future milf (XD) Zendaya Coleman as Mary Jane Watson and Tom Holland as Peter Parker!
I felt the same way initially
I remember seeing somewhere the director said Thomas Hayden Church improvised the line “ do you have an associate degree from Vermtech?”
"Don't go back and watch Bee Movie"
Me: *cries in knowing almost the entire script for that movie because I've seen it so many times* Who will I share this knowledge with now?!
Ignore what he says and follow your own bliss. I am willing to stand by Bee movie an unironically being a good surreal movie. And the movie honestly has some great technology for animation, thanks to how hard they had to work with all of the bees.
years of academy training wasted
@@alwaysshit YES!
I found someone with a similar power!
(unless, you cheated)
Fun fact, when this movie came out my mom took me to the theaters to see the original Cars movie. But when I saw the poster for Over the Hedge, I went "Mommy! Mommy! Can we see this movie instead? I want to see this movie instead!" Long story short, six-year-old me had better tastes than my adult mother.
Yeah. You had good taste. Kids eventually grow up from liking cartoon cars, trains, etc. Then they start having more varied iinterests like actual cars, superheroes, etc.
In fact, I still think that Cars is a movie for toddlers.
*Steel Beam* I really liked it as a kid and I have a lot of nostalgia for cars, so I like it :)
Cars was OK but I have to say that shrek was great, megamind was fab, over the hedge looks good and the bee movie is beautiful in my opinion
The Cars movies are just commercials to sell toys
To be fair, the original Cars movie wasn't bad...it's the sequels that turned it into a fetid, irredeemable turd.
Verminator: “I'm not a bad person, I just have bad luck.”
Vermintide
We always have a choice. You had a choice when you had a choice.
ua-cam.com/video/DfvlXQSKCJU/v-deo.html
I almost shat myself when you said "the Verminator", and then I thought back and remembered what a great villain he was. He was hilarious and so believable.
He forgot this one good joke:
Gladys: "did you install this, this "depelter turbo"?
Dwayne: "that's a contra band item mam, and is illegal in every state...*puts hand over heart* except texas."
That…makes sense
I think the followup "I would install this even if it violated the Geneva Convention" (or whatever it was phrased in the English dub) makes this even better
@@Cp-71 It's "I don't care if it's against the Geneva Convention, I want it!"
@@Cp-71 only a Karen would be crazy enough to commit war crimes against animals simply for taking her food
"the depelter turbo, prepare for lots of stinging"
I personally just need a "Why Spirit the stallion of cimarron is an underrated gem" and I'll be forever happy
I fully support this
That was my favourite movie as a kid. (I LOVED horses.)
F for Fox animation studios.
Yes! Why has this movie been forgotten??
HELL YEAH
There are a lot of animated movies that could be accused of turning people into furries. This is most definitely not one of them.
I dunno that bear is pretty thicc with it
Speak for yourself, that bear is so thicc that my heterosexuality disappeared
But why do most think their such a bad thing? I could say so many things why their great people 👌🐾
Katsy Kat people see the bad and cringeworthy stuff and forget the rest exists
So to like 90% of people furries are just people that want to fuck animals
Which they aren’t but can’t ever fix that stain on the fandom lol
JoCaleb02 that’s not true. I mean, not too long ago people thought the anime fandom was super weird, but people changed their minds about that, so who’s to say that the same thing couldn’t happen about furries?
I think one of the biggest reason I really enjoyed Over the Hedge is because of the amount of visual comedy, which I will happily take over just boring stale audio jokes with a dead straight camera view of the characters
I sense you're trying to point something from something else as being bad.
Not arguing, just wondering what you're hinting at?
yo when i say this movie is underrated i mean literally everyone has forgotten this movie and no one has done a video on this movie till this guy top 5 underrated animated movie
You're wrong. I definitely have not forgotten this movie.
Nah this is my third favorite movie of all time, I have seen this movie at lest 7 times, yet I still love this. There’s no way I’m forgetting it.
Fun story: I was watching Over the Hedge with my sister a few months ago, and during the movie I told her how much I liked the music, so after it was over, she took a picture of the credits. Her mouth dropped open as she turned to me and the picture said Ben Folds. Ben FRICKING Folds! We both love his music and my mom used to play Ben Folds Five in the car (even though we were way too young to listen to it at that age). Still one of the best facts I have discovered to this day.
Ben Folds is fucking great
J U S T W H Y Ben Folds has the most annoying voice in the world
hog doctor I dunno it’s just my taste in music. I grew up with it so that is probably part of it.
@@aloevera1855 I watched over the hedge 10+ times. What exactly is a “Ben folds”
@@WaywardVector the dude that made the music iirc
Schaffrillas: Humour is not based on misery towards others.
Doug Walker: That's not true! That's impossible!
The best humor is think about it how many actual good jokes. Require No missure there’s a few kinds but not a lot like subverting expectations And actually that’s about all
Is this comment based on the controversy in 2018?
Yes that is a gross misunderstanding of what humor is. NC says all humour is misery towards others. John Cleese once said that all humor is critical, and while criticism has the potential to cause misery (to the one being criticised); It doesn't have to.
It's funny to see Jerry beat up Tom because Tom is much bigger than him, *and trying to eat him.* It's classic David and Goliath. Same deal with Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd, Wile E Coyote and the Road Runner. Daffy plays both hero and villain depending on who he is up against, but the point is that the violence those characters inflict on each other is levying the same criticism; don't beat on those smaller than you. In those cases we only laugh at the misery of others if we feel they deserve it and misery is far from the only thing we laugh at.
@@Fangs1978 And even the idea that all humor is critical is a bit too broad. Monty Python had a lot of clever moments of critique, but there were also a lot of jokes that came from just simple absurdity, exaggeration, and the surprise of seeing something strange happen.
Isn't that the Nostalgia Critic?
I think that Over the Hedge had probably a hard time avoiding product placements, also the parodies of the companies are killing me
I remember that in the director's commentary they said exactly this. No one would give them a license so they had to get creative with the names. They said it became a fun side project of the film.
@@TheRoonie222 cool
@@TheRoonie222I remember I typically have to make my own parodied or original companies in my stories because I do not like product placements. It’s really fun if you are creative, because you can come up with anything stupid and make it into a legit company.
@@TheRoonie222the food being a parody added so much to the movie and just made everything about it so much stronger
It would have made its jabs at modern consumerism wouldnt feel right if it was full of product placement
My mom bought me a pirated copy of this movie. The CD also had Kung Fu Panda and Horton hears a Who. I loved those three movies so much as a kid
your mom is amazing
A DVD with this, Shrek 1-2, Ice Age, Finding Nemo, Incredibles, Toy Story, Madagascar and Shark Tale was my childhood, lmao.
I had a pirated copy too and watched in Cantonese as a kid.
OMG ME TOO
Same, dude
"Everytime The Verminator is on screen, he absolutely steals the show."
*Persona 5 music plays*
I get it!
All while Blooming Villain plays in the background
wait persona 5 Royal or Og?
@@skullcandy14785 OG
Illegal in every state exept texas
My two-year-old is OBSESSED with this movie. He loves the songs, and always dances to "Heist". He clearly appreciates good art. 😂
Since it's been a year since you posted this, I just wanna give my early/late/right on time happy birthday to a toddler that is growing up with some good taste.
A two year old shouldn't watch TV.
You don't do your kid a favour letting it watch TV at such a young age. Lazy parenting.
@@CordeliaWagner Ok boomer
@@CordeliaWagner says the one wasting their time judging someone while you’re watching a review of a kids movie from 2006. Hope you feel good about yourself
There are so many moments in this movie that just took me out cold when I was a kid - the flying wagon, the car chase, "IT NEVER ENDS THERE TOO", the possum's monologue as he fakes his death on the road... And while there are many movie moments that I found insanely hilarious as a kid that I now look back on with a "yeah that wasn't actually very funny" kind of attitude, looking back on this movie I think it would actually hold up pretty well if I watched it today. Also, as far as I recall, it does manage to be pretty genuinely touching, and it combines genuine emotion with comedy in a great way (the romance between Stella the skunk and the house cat is one of the best I've ever seen and I WILL die on that hill)
Yeah pretty much
The move in summary: **PRINGLE AD**
Lucky, I keep getting shitty App Store game ads and a battery pack ad
@@Oddie99000 "tHeY jUsT sEnT mE tHiS LIT BATTERY PACK"
“Mamn that item is unavailable because it is illegal in every state... Except Texas”
Such a great line ^^ Love how he puts his hand on his heart when he does it too
Texas, the Florida of America...wait
we import it
"I don't care if this thing's against the Geneva Convention, I WANT IT"
Mamn.
Dreamworks: uses the liar revealed trope too often
Disney: uses the twist villain too often
Dreamworks *heugh* uses the liar revealed trope too often
Disney *heugh* uses the twist villain too often
FTFY
for real tho, why use the colon? it doesn’t need to be there. “Disney uses the twist villain too often” is a perfectly serviceable, grammatically correct, sentence.
@@teipeu9033 ua-cam.com/video/V-G7nAtdxwE/v-deo.html
@@teipeu9033 why are you pointing this out
@@rubub8455 because theyre a gay picrew pfp
Dreamworks: We have
THE VERMINATOR
I wish Over the Hedge would continue as a TV series.
Megamind: don’t. I’m telling you don’t.
Over the hedge is probably one of my most memerable non-pixar, non-shrek movie from my childhood. Watching this was actually really enjoyable and I found it funny personally. For a dreamworks movie it is one of their better movies by far!
I love how I can read this as memorable or meme-rable. For once I can’t correct you because both seem right
I was now years old when I realised that schaff didn’t say “an erotic turtle” at 3:24
Your profile picture is amazing
oh same i didnt realise until later he said neurotic again
Lmao I thought he did too
Anyone else hear that as *"an erotic turtle"*
I mean he is pretty thicc
@@chrishansen1842 Cease and decease.
He did get naked multiple times in the movie
Wait he didn't say that???😂
I mean seriously wtf was he saying then???? 😐
This movie made me a huge Ben Folds fan. The songs in this movie hit me hard as a kid and being an adult discovering Ben Folds for the first time again was like a nostalgic fever dream.
“Can we talk about the fact that over the hedge juggles 3 villains better than spider man 3?” YES
And Thomas Haden Church was in both films
Y e s
Fun fact: Over the Hedge was originally a comic series in the vein of Peanuts, Foxtrot, or Calvin and Hobbes. There were some great scenes in the comic that I still quote to this day. The characters are kinda different between the comic strips and the movie, but in ways that make sense for a movie and the story being told, though the humor was typically dryer than the movie.
So what you're saying is that it was a manga first and then an anime OVA later?
smol brendan
Lmaooo
I remember finding the comic on Poptropica and checking in daily to see if there was a new update
@Ashley Starlight although i might read the comic strips, did the antagonists like the verminator appear in the comics?
Huh, I didn't know that. I also really freaking loved Peanuts, Foxtrot and especially Calvin & Hobbes when I was a kid, so how couldn't have I heard of this?
Weird. I think I'll check that out now.
So if schaef hyped this review up too much can we officially say
That was his mistake?
the steak was HIS
THAT WAS HIS STAKE !
Mis the steak he was
He subverted our E X P E C T A T I O N S
Which makes sense
I'm happy to see that i am not the only one who think that this movie is so cool and enjoyable. Also, the Italian version is even more iconic because the title is literally: "the gang of the forest".
“You’ve just been verminated!”
Me trying to make it a meme in 2007: *Guess you guys aren’t ready for that yet, but your kids are gonna love it*
Lmao
Back to the future???
Verminator Vs Vector
Who would win?
@@Echotistical Vector because of his ultimate move: Direction and Magnitude.
3:24 “a neurotic turtle” ❌
“an erotic turtle” ✅
don't kinkshame
Gyakuten Expand dong
"His erotic tendencies"
i think it was an erotic turtle
Mobile Gamer There’s no such thing as “eurotic” my guy.
10:00
Madagascar: "This is brilliant."
Over the Hedge: "But I *like* this."
"YOU MANIACS!"
Melman: can we go to the fun side now?
@@albedo5455 I Read That As Soon As He Said That
This movie feels like a fever dream, but in a good way. Like, I still can't fully understand that this movie exists. It's amazing on a lot of points. I personally think it's one of Dreamworks's most typical films. It's creative and new, has a weird but believable plot, it's even better when you're older but the balance between kids and adults is really great and the cast, as said, is so amazing. Sometimes you just see stuff like this and you simply wonder "how?"
Well I have that here. It isn't Ratatouille indeed but it doesn't try to be. It tries to be over the hedge. Funny, smart, but not extremely emotional story. Just good and watchable
James: Over the Hedge was better than the Oscar nominees that year.
Me: Raises Pitchfork
James: I haven't seen Monster House in awhile.
Me: Lowers pitchfork
Yeah, I was getting ready to throw my phone at the wall before he acknowledged he hadn't seen Monster House in awhile.
same, i was about to turn off notifs, unsubscribe....
I don't get it, Monster House looked bad and the story was boring, you guys liked that movie?
pmd2 blalalaclvlcla
@@pismodude2 Everyone likes monster house
I like how this movie handled anticonsumerism elements. They are not pushed down your throat, but used as a joke vehicle.
-How many humans fit in there? (in a car)
-Usually? One.
I wish the Oscar's still animated the characters in the audience. That was so fun when they did that :( but I guess budget and stuff.
Probably just lazy
I think the last time they did it was 2015 with Woody and Buzz announcing something as well celebrating their 20 years.
They are slothful because they don't care
Imagine Ricky gervais throwing shade at cartoon characters 😭🤣🤣
marshall crowther he presented the golden globes
Laiser yee
2 Fun Facts
- The Spanish title of the movie is called "Invading Neighbors"
- The closest thing we got of a sequel should be the PS2/Gamecube game that does a quick refresh of the movie and continues onward with a far new story that gets more interesting as you progress through it.
Here's the list of best movies:
3 - Shark Tale: The Snyder CUt
2 - Shrek 2
1 - Over the Hedge
OMG! Over the Hedge Above Shrek 2 😱
Hill I'm dying on: Monster House deserved its nomination
I can't agree or disagree based on knowledge of its quality but the scary bits traumatized my autistic child brain so I'm not going to watch it anytime soon :/
Yeah it’s shit
That movie is glorious, I rewatched it with my family on Haloween 2018, and we had a blast
Yeah. monster house and over the hedge should be the nomination
Agreed, on the basis of novelty as a concept (in the realm of film) and because I actually rather enjoyed the art style of the film. It was realistically gritty, the characters were exaggerated in their features just enough to avoid Uncanny Valley and the horror scenes actually has an atmosphere of threat to them.
And here, kid me thought he was the only one who enjoyed this movie.
you weren’t alone, i liked it too.
@@FiSH-iSH same
Your not the only one who thought that
I was looking through old elementary school "about me" posters, and I mentioned that Over the Hedge was my favorite movie at the time. Needless to say, you aren't the only one who enjoyed this blessing of a movie
Same!
How do people not like this movie this is one of the best dreamworks movie ever
hammy is the adhd representation i so desperately craved as a youngin
I too found solace in him, only later to be diagnosed and realize why I was such a goddamn tweak
Adhd squad represent!
I felt the same way, I didn't realize why at the time of course.
Keep the good vibes rollin' y'all.
Hammy was my favorite Over the Hedge character as a kid
Now I’m diagnosed ADHD XD
I mean, at least it's something, like why is ADHD reperesentation, especially that goes beyond 'hyperactive all the time' so damn rare. Just make a charater with ADHD go trough things like: having Trouble satisfying yourself or with responsebilety. Just give us something for the love of God.
Everytime someone says “I am a dirtbag”, I can’t help but quote this movie 😂
What about The Lorax?
It wasn't until watching this video (a few weeks ago) that I finally realized it was Dr. Phil
@@ImPersonNation oh sh!t really. Thats actually hilarious, lol!
How often do people say that specific line?
When I hear the word dirtbag, I quote this video: ua-cam.com/video/Rziqgflr5a8/v-deo.html
If you want a proper "liar revealed" watch "Rango".
I totally agree and you have an awesome taste in movies
Schafrillas should make a review about this
I think it is underestimated movie too
Rango is legit a masterpiece.
I think he already watched since he talked about it in his list of Oscars movies (forgot what it's called), but Cosmodore made a pretty good review on it, you should check it out!
Movie tropes can be fine if you do it (1) in a good way, and (2) add your own spin in it. Yes, rango is a great example
My middle school Spanish teacher only had two movies on dvd, Spy kids and Over the hedge, and she would play one of them every Friday during class. She never picked up where we left off, so I have seen the first hour of this movie dozens of times, and still only seen the ending once in theaters