Fowler imo is also a great example of how soldiers are treated by societies after a war. He served, he learnt skills, then he was put in the same oppressive situation as everyone else, where everything he's become alienates him. His veteran status means nothing in the face of the system.
I think your reading of Fowler, that his inherent revolutionary spirit is misdirected by his patriotism, is spot on. Also, thank you for an excellent reading on one of my favorite childhood movies
Great video, have loved this radical little film since I was a kid, It’s basically a mash up of The Great Escape and Orwell’s Animal Farm. Think there’s lots of ways to read Fowler, I find it interesting that he is the only character to not trust rocky when he shows up, he seems to read him accurately but then not have anything specific to point too to justify it so he defaults to his ingrained bigotry and just keeps calling him a yank, which leads to Ginger and the chickens not taking his skepticism seriously. But by the end even he, the seemingly most unlikely character to be willing to change, has apologised for his biases to rocky and joined the collective movement, which is a nice message I think.
Chicken run was so formative in my childhood though I think its hard to absorb revolutionary messages at that age unfortunately like (bugs life). This video was incredible deep dive and I am now going to have to hook up my VHS to watch chicken run again. Thank you for the reminder and the hopeful message it brings.
Chicken Run is on one of my favorite Wikipedia lists, "Films that Depict Class Struggle," but I hadn't seen the movie since I was in like 8th grade so I had no idea why lol thank you for the explanation!
One thing that I think is sweet is the fact that Rocky never really mentions where from the US he's from. I know it's a small detail, but I like it. I love that little bit for the audience to interpret. Makes him more personal.
Something I havent seen brought up in this video is that compared to real farms these chickens actually receive 'better care' than a typical battery hen.
Watched chicken run countless times, it was my family's favorite movie; I didn't have the context and knowledge to really understand the morals of the story back then, so thanks for putting this together :)
Mr. Tweedy absolutely pushed the door onto her. After the door falls he doesn't scramble to lift the door, he just slowly walks away. I hope he realizes how cruel she was both to the chickens and himself and left her to make apple pies.
I, admittedly, have not seen Chicken Run since its original theatrical run in *checks Google* ...oh, I really am old...but I loved this video! It makes me want to go back and re-watch it now, because I definitely didn't remember it having such revolutionary themes. Great job!
It's genuinely such a great film! I forgot until I revisited it how genuinely poignant and funny it is at points, I hope you like it if you do decide to watch it again! Thanks :)
I think I'm in the same boat... even seeing a lot of these shots, I was thinking, "wait, I did actually see this film, right?!??" ... :-o ... I'll have to find it again! And don't worry... I remember seeing Creature Comforts in an animation festival... you're young yet. ;)
I feel Rocky is a similar case Fowler as it's made clear that he want's exactly what ginger and the flock want but he's held back by fear and self preservation
This was a childhood film of mine. What a great deep dive and examination of Chicken Run. I especially love the section about The Power of Community where you cover the roles of the individuals in the community and how they manage to come together/work to escape. Awesome stuff!
I was surprised to see I hadn't yet been exposed to such an amazing and big channel, until I noticed it hadn't 813k subscribed. I imagine how much time it took you to create one of the best analyses I've ever watched and how sad it is that the channel unfortunately stopped before getting the recognition it deserved. Anyways, I just wanted to show my appreciation. Thanks for the great work!
Thank you so much! I'm sorry to hear you might be going through a hard time, i hope this video brought you a little bit of joy. Take care and thanks for taking the time to watch :)
First of all, your voice is very soothing to listen to, haha. Chicken Run has been my favourite movie for years and I watch it /at least/ each year ;__;. It's a masterpiece and I think you explained very well. Thank you for this video!
This is such an awesome video, now I'm going to have to go and rewatch Chicken Run lol. I am so impressed by how good your video quality is even though you just started. I was super awkward and my videos were so bad quality for my first 6 months or so. I'm sure your channel will grow super quickly!
Thank you so much! This is so kind for you to say, I get super anxious about the editing and any comedy not landing and feeling forced and awkward so this is such great feedback to get, I really appreciate it! (sidenote, I always think you appear really natural in front of the camera and would never have noticed if you felt otherwise!) X
This was my favorite movie as a kid, and it probably still is. When we used to watch it at home we did it with the Spanish dub, so i think a lot of the jokes were translated to fit with a spanish audience. But anyways i love how this movie is son blatant about it's very mature and relevant messages but can still be enjoyed by kids who just watch it for the cheer beauty and humor of it
This movie has and will always shape my political and social conscience. And honestly, I'm going to say this. But I think the chicken's way of life on the island should be what humans should be striving for in the future.
this video essay is just. so. good. i started a bit disappointed when you said only three things you were going to talk about but then you kinda dissected the whole (or at least most) of the movie anyways? with an amazing focus on character, class and gender??? and with excellent editing and hilarious jokes???? i subbed so quick i swear to god im really fascinated by this movie, its really one of the few childrens movie (besides Robots of course) that actually depicts organizing as a force for good instead of having a sole hero singlehandedly defeat an evil system by themselves (along with The Love Interest and The Comic Relief). how all the chickens work together to their freedom, how ginger manages to be a great leader while also being so selfless, and the impeccable metaphor for everything from forced labor to the prison system to gender exploitation, its all so, so good... also 16:00 That Scene. as a film student that is just one of the Best Movie Scenes of All Time. the music, the camera movement, the lighting, the expressions on those clay chickens faces, the perfectly timed cuts, the Weight of it.... god its all so good!!!!! and that last chicken picking flowers... im so glad you talked about her, thats the sort of little details that absolutely make an ending shine 💞 my biggest fear for the sequel is that the ending of this movie is so utopic and beautiful, i dont want to lose that image of all those happy chickens with their chicks working together, having fun and living peacefully. (i agree wholeheartedly, babs and bunty are a couple and theres nothing the movie can say to change my mind. its impossible there werent any lesbian/bi chickens there at all) im really looking forward to your next video. this was a great 29 minutes 41 seconds, and im really hungry for more. (also did you know theres a small movie-related book about the diaries of several of the characters??? with an introduction by Che Guevara talking about the great Comrade Ginger??????? where in one of the chapters Ginger finally grieves over Edwinas death and is visited by her ghost??????????)
Thank you so much for this comment, it's so sweet and thoughtful! I'm so glad you liked it (and also that you got the humor because I worry about that all the time!) I had no idea about the book, I'll look out for it, that's really interesting! Aardman did such a great job with these characters and concept that it makes sense for them to want to revisit them again, as you've said it's just hoping they hold on to the more revolutionary themes, especially right now!
IM BACK I THINK I FIGURED OUT WHY MRS TWEEDY MARRIED MR TWEEDY simply put perhaps tweedys farm had a good amount of wealth on its hands before the stock market crashed. Mrs tweedy got engaged to Mr tweedy before is crashed and mrs tweedy couldn’t back out of the wedding when it did. And now she’s unhappy
Quick fact: mrs tweedy doesn’t die! In “cutting loose: behind the fences of tweedy farm” it is found out that she and mr tweedy moves to Scotland to work in seaweed. And I think from what happened from what she words stuff in the book her and mr tweedy might be on HOPEFULLY better terms. I would love to hear a deep dive about the books and how it expands the universe from you. I really enjoyed listening to this while funny enough drawing chicken run OCs (yes it’s a thing and it’s a cool pocket of the fandom)
Nice review. Thank you, comrade! One small thing: it looks like you're linking to the folks listed at 9:09 in the description (thank you!), however it's a bit confusing because you don't preface the links, and thus at first glance it kinda looks like you're linking to a 4-part series from Kathrin. If there's space, could you maybe add names to each link? Thanks! P.S. Beau's tweet got me here. :) twitter.com/BeauTFC/status/1292923161042915328
Watched the later video about Chicken Run being about Communism, and now I find another leftist take that's thirty minutes! Thank you very much, I really love this movie
Oh that's good, a feminist reading of chicken run in which Mrs Tweedy is the victim, I'm filing this under reasons why people point and laugh at modern gender politics! I think the best conclusion to draw from all this even if you take it seriously is: it's not the fifties anymore. It's a great fun film and I love it to bits, but I think you might be reading a bit deeper into it than the filmmakers really intended...
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Fowler imo is also a great example of how soldiers are treated by societies after a war. He served, he learnt skills, then he was put in the same oppressive situation as everyone else, where everything he's become alienates him. His veteran status means nothing in the face of the system.
I think your reading of Fowler, that his inherent revolutionary spirit is misdirected by his patriotism, is spot on.
Also, thank you for an excellent reading on one of my favorite childhood movies
Thanks for responding, glad you agree!
Lmao, that name
Great video, have loved this radical little film since I was a kid, It’s basically a mash up of The Great Escape and Orwell’s Animal Farm. Think there’s lots of ways to read Fowler, I find it interesting that he is the only character to not trust rocky when he shows up, he seems to read him accurately but then not have anything specific to point too to justify it so he defaults to his ingrained bigotry and just keeps calling him a yank, which leads to Ginger and the chickens not taking his skepticism seriously. But by the end even he, the seemingly most unlikely character to be willing to change, has apologised for his biases to rocky and joined the collective movement, which is a nice message I think.
If you don't have a Ginger, be the Ginger.
Chicken run was so formative in my childhood though I think its hard to absorb revolutionary messages at that age unfortunately like (bugs life). This video was incredible deep dive and I am now going to have to hook up my VHS to watch chicken run again. Thank you for the reminder and the hopeful message it brings.
Chicken Run is on one of my favorite Wikipedia lists, "Films that Depict Class Struggle," but I hadn't seen the movie since I was in like 8th grade so I had no idea why lol thank you for the explanation!
lol didn't know that list existed. Now I will have to see each one of them I guess
One thing that I think is sweet is the fact that Rocky never really mentions where from the US he's from. I know it's a small detail, but I like it. I love that little bit for the audience to interpret. Makes him more personal.
Something I havent seen brought up in this video is that compared to real farms these chickens actually receive 'better care' than a typical battery hen.
Watched chicken run countless times, it was my family's favorite movie; I didn't have the context and knowledge to really understand the morals of the story back then, so thanks for putting this together :)
Mr. Tweedy absolutely pushed the door onto her. After the door falls he doesn't scramble to lift the door, he just slowly walks away. I hope he realizes how cruel she was both to the chickens and himself and left her to make apple pies.
I, admittedly, have not seen Chicken Run since its original theatrical run in *checks Google* ...oh, I really am old...but I loved this video! It makes me want to go back and re-watch it now, because I definitely didn't remember it having such revolutionary themes. Great job!
It's genuinely such a great film! I forgot until I revisited it how genuinely poignant and funny it is at points, I hope you like it if you do decide to watch it again! Thanks :)
I think I'm in the same boat... even seeing a lot of these shots, I was thinking, "wait, I did actually see this film, right?!??" ... :-o ... I'll have to find it again!
And don't worry... I remember seeing Creature Comforts in an animation festival... you're young yet. ;)
I didn't expect to cry about the power of the human spirit as shown in chicken run today
Is it twisted to say thank you and I really love this comment? Oh well, it's out there now, thank you!
I feel Rocky is a similar case Fowler as it's made clear that he want's exactly what ginger and the flock want but he's held back by fear and self preservation
This was a childhood film of mine. What a great deep dive and examination of Chicken Run. I especially love the section about The Power of Community where you cover the roles of the individuals in the community and how they manage to come together/work to escape. Awesome stuff!
Thanks, appreciate it!
Loved the editing and how in depth you are with the ideas this movie brings up.
I was surprised to see I hadn't yet been exposed to such an amazing and big channel, until I noticed it hadn't 813k subscribed. I imagine how much time it took you to create one of the best analyses I've ever watched and how sad it is that the channel unfortunately stopped before getting the recognition it deserved.
Anyways, I just wanted to show my appreciation. Thanks for the great work!
Brilliant essay video, maybe i'm going through a hard time but it made me tear up lmao. Thanks!
Thank you so much! I'm sorry to hear you might be going through a hard time, i hope this video brought you a little bit of joy. Take care and thanks for taking the time to watch :)
Hey this was fantastic! You definitely should have way more views and subscribers!
The Poultry King Himself
I am so happy that I was recommended this video
Glad you liked it!
First of all, your voice is very soothing to listen to, haha. Chicken Run has been my favourite movie for years and I watch it /at least/ each year ;__;. It's a masterpiece and I think you explained very well. Thank you for this video!
haha thank you so much! I get anxious about my voice so i really appreciate it- and it is such a great film! :)
This is such an awesome video, now I'm going to have to go and rewatch Chicken Run lol. I am so impressed by how good your video quality is even though you just started. I was super awkward and my videos were so bad quality for my first 6 months or so. I'm sure your channel will grow super quickly!
Thank you so much! This is so kind for you to say, I get super anxious about the editing and any comedy not landing and feeling forced and awkward so this is such great feedback to get, I really appreciate it! (sidenote, I always think you appear really natural in front of the camera and would never have noticed if you felt otherwise!) X
Elle Summers I’m glad I’m not the only one 😅 and thank you, I’m glad I seem somewhat natural 😊
This was my favorite movie as a kid, and it probably still is. When we used to watch it at home we did it with the Spanish dub, so i think a lot of the jokes were translated to fit with a spanish audience. But anyways i love how this movie is son blatant about it's very mature and relevant messages but can still be enjoyed by kids who just watch it for the cheer beauty and humor of it
Wow, very deep and insightful analysis, you deserve way wore views.
Subscribed and eagerly awaiting new content!
what a wonderful video, i never watch long videos bc no attention span but this was great. loved the focus on collectivism vs individualism
This movie has and will always shape my political and social conscience. And honestly, I'm going to say this. But I think the chicken's way of life on the island should be what humans should be striving for in the future.
Fantastic video, I would be interested to hear your take on Mary & Max
glad i stumbled upon this video in the chicken run fb group! after watching it i love the movie even more! thanks for putting all the effort in!
This is really good stuff:3 love me some 30-minute long political takes on movies. Subscribed!
Thank you!
23 years later and I'm only now realising:
_How does Fetcher know what a fish is?_
this video essay is just. so. good. i started a bit disappointed when you said only three things you were going to talk about but then you kinda dissected the whole (or at least most) of the movie anyways? with an amazing focus on character, class and gender??? and with excellent editing and hilarious jokes???? i subbed so quick i swear to god
im really fascinated by this movie, its really one of the few childrens movie (besides Robots of course) that actually depicts organizing as a force for good instead of having a sole hero singlehandedly defeat an evil system by themselves (along with The Love Interest and The Comic Relief). how all the chickens work together to their freedom, how ginger manages to be a great leader while also being so selfless, and the impeccable metaphor for everything from forced labor to the prison system to gender exploitation, its all so, so good... also 16:00 That Scene. as a film student that is just one of the Best Movie Scenes of All Time. the music, the camera movement, the lighting, the expressions on those clay chickens faces, the perfectly timed cuts, the Weight of it.... god its all so good!!!!!
and that last chicken picking flowers... im so glad you talked about her, thats the sort of little details that absolutely make an ending shine 💞 my biggest fear for the sequel is that the ending of this movie is so utopic and beautiful, i dont want to lose that image of all those happy chickens with their chicks working together, having fun and living peacefully.
(i agree wholeheartedly, babs and bunty are a couple and theres nothing the movie can say to change my mind. its impossible there werent any lesbian/bi chickens there at all)
im really looking forward to your next video. this was a great 29 minutes 41 seconds, and im really hungry for more.
(also did you know theres a small movie-related book about the diaries of several of the characters??? with an introduction by Che Guevara talking about the great Comrade Ginger??????? where in one of the chapters Ginger finally grieves over Edwinas death and is visited by her ghost??????????)
Thank you so much for this comment, it's so sweet and thoughtful! I'm so glad you liked it (and also that you got the humor because I worry about that all the time!) I had no idea about the book, I'll look out for it, that's really interesting! Aardman did such a great job with these characters and concept that it makes sense for them to want to revisit them again, as you've said it's just hoping they hold on to the more revolutionary themes, especially right now!
IM BACK I THINK I FIGURED OUT WHY MRS TWEEDY MARRIED MR TWEEDY
simply put perhaps tweedys farm had a good amount of wealth on its hands before the stock market crashed. Mrs tweedy got engaged to Mr tweedy before is crashed and mrs tweedy couldn’t back out of the wedding when it did. And now she’s unhappy
I'm always here for more chicken run discourse
I just realized the connection between Edwina's death and Anne Boleyn's fate...both offed because of their failure to produce. 😢
Mrs Tweedy wore even more eye makeup in the sequal.
This film hits different as an adult.
As someone who adores this film and it heads my favourite films as #1, I 100% agree and this was an AMAZING analysis video!!
I never thought as Babs as being neurodivergent, but it makes sense.
Chick Run 2: Free Range
Quick fact: mrs tweedy doesn’t die! In “cutting loose: behind the fences of tweedy farm” it is found out that she and mr tweedy moves to Scotland to work in seaweed. And I think from what happened from what she words stuff in the book her and mr tweedy might be on HOPEFULLY better terms. I would love to hear a deep dive about the books and how it expands the universe from you. I really enjoyed listening to this while funny enough drawing chicken run OCs (yes it’s a thing and it’s a cool pocket of the fandom)
22:52 That just hammer's in the fact her Idea of freedom is self destructive
Great video! Gonna go watch Chicken Run again. Thanks.
she's not dead she's in the sequel.
I would love to collaborate with you sometime
Thanks! Let me know any projects you're thinking of and dm me on Twitter if there's anything you have in mind!
19:40 did you really have to put that in there I know you just makeing an example but did we have to see but the single blemish on a outstanding video
Beau sent me, and I'm glad he did ☺️
It was so cool of someone with a bigger platform to share this video unprompted, I'm glad you came across it and enjoyed!
Beautiful Analysis 👍🐔🐓🐣❤
Kind of ironic Chicken Run seems like a concentration camp analogy and one of the main characters is voiced by an anti-Semite.
So how chicken can produce kids without mal 😅 this movie has a big problem.
awesome
Nice review. Thank you, comrade!
One small thing: it looks like you're linking to the folks listed at 9:09 in the description (thank you!), however it's a bit confusing because you don't preface the links, and thus at first glance it kinda looks like you're linking to a 4-part series from Kathrin. If there's space, could you maybe add names to each link? Thanks!
P.S. Beau's tweet got me here. :) twitter.com/BeauTFC/status/1292923161042915328
wyas sheers
This is great, I think I've found a new favorite UA-cam channel
Watched the later video about Chicken Run being about Communism, and now I find another leftist take that's thirty minutes! Thank you very much, I really love this movie
based therefore subbed
Thank you for showing the proletariat as more important to the world as the f*ing billionaires! Create some more content!
Oh that's good, a feminist reading of chicken run in which Mrs Tweedy is the victim, I'm filing this under reasons why people point and laugh at modern gender politics! I think the best conclusion to draw from all this even if you take it seriously is: it's not the fifties anymore. It's a great fun film and I love it to bits, but I think you might be reading a bit deeper into it than the filmmakers really intended...
that wasn't the point of this video at all, did you even watch it