literally no one remembers Spiderwick Chronicles

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  • @QuestionTheMark
    @QuestionTheMark Місяць тому +5175

    this is the kind of movie you accidentally watched as a kid, forgot about, and thought was a fever dream until you re-discover it again 20 years later

  • @sofiawhyte2730
    @sofiawhyte2730 Місяць тому +3957

    This was my favourite as a child but it still feels like a fever dream

    • @Alex-ug9wx
      @Alex-ug9wx Місяць тому +31

      Such a good way to put it.

    • @p-__
      @p-__ Місяць тому +7

      My farts are better than Alex's farts.

    • @user-kp8tf3pm1q
      @user-kp8tf3pm1q Місяць тому

      ​@@p-__Wtf

    • @lnc0rrekt_pastw0rd61
      @lnc0rrekt_pastw0rd61 Місяць тому +18

      Same, it was one of my most watched movie as a kid lol

    • @katarina6652
      @katarina6652 Місяць тому +8

      REAL BRO! I remember watching it but it feels like centuries ago, like you said, a fever dream

  • @SlayerOfTears
    @SlayerOfTears Місяць тому +1301

    "Simon, don't you want to know where this goes?"
    "Not really."
    Kid is a whole mood, lol.

    • @rebbekahcannons9805
      @rebbekahcannons9805 Місяць тому +77

      He'd be excellent in a horror movie, only survivor.
      "want to go in the basement?"
      "nah i'm good"
      "want to read this magic book?"
      "nah i'm good"

    • @natl5692
      @natl5692 Місяць тому +38

      "i don't do conflits". He's the best of us

    • @TMDTheMaskDirector-ye5oe
      @TMDTheMaskDirector-ye5oe 29 днів тому +9

      Simon tried to steal a book… A BOOK! I mean, I know his life was on the line and he was scared, confused and doesn’t understand anything that is happening right now but… yeah I got nothing.

  • @ashsuna7774
    @ashsuna7774 29 днів тому +190

    Personally I love the fact that they knew the dad wouldn't say he loved him there. It's my favorite thing in these types of stories where it's not "the magic fairies fixed our broken family" but "the magic fairies helped us process the problems in our family so we can accept it as it is"
    They didn't get their dad back, but the kids did end up with a different dynamic that no longer required the dad to come back and "save" his son

  • @resir9807
    @resir9807 Місяць тому +2004

    Did nobody read the books!? They were AMAZING. Not just well written but also beautifully styled with pencil drawn artworks that immersed you so deeply

    • @lynn___.9_9
      @lynn___.9_9 Місяць тому +45

      omg! As a kid I would love to have this

    • @avengefullgirl95
      @avengefullgirl95 Місяць тому +83

      I read them, which is why i never saw the movie 😂

    • @darkartexorcist
      @darkartexorcist Місяць тому +122

      the art was so pretty, have you seen the drawings in arthurs field guide? the art is even prettier in colour. I think most people that liked the movie didn't actually read the books.

    • @Nightbat1321
      @Nightbat1321 Місяць тому +49

      They were awesome along with the lemony snicket series

    • @ainsleyferger6447
      @ainsleyferger6447 Місяць тому +1

      @@avengefullgirl95same here

  • @mariotheraviolieater4718
    @mariotheraviolieater4718 Місяць тому +997

    The concept of stepping away from a line and the monsters will get you was so terrifying to me as a kid

    • @mm123gchannel9
      @mm123gchannel9 Місяць тому +51

      Especially if the monsters are invincible, which makes it hard to figure out when is it safe to walk out and how to fight them.😬

    • @Amira_Phoenix
      @Amira_Phoenix Місяць тому +4

      And my only hope...

    • @ryancasey919
      @ryancasey919 Місяць тому +29

      To me it was Arthur realizing 80 years had gone by and he thought it had just been a day or two. Horrific.

    • @stevendalloesingh
      @stevendalloesingh Місяць тому +4

      That line was the edge of my bed at night! Every night!😂

    • @tameriz1280
      @tameriz1280 Місяць тому +6

      True, but still that scene with Thimbletack going into murderous rage was still somehow the scariest part of the movie for me, lmao, I had NIGHTMARES because of this little dude😂😭

  • @thedevilsrockstxr2309
    @thedevilsrockstxr2309 Місяць тому +171

    The disrespect to Bates Motel is insaneee....called him the Surgeon guy 😂

  • @SJ2001-1
    @SJ2001-1 Місяць тому +119

    I was obsessed with Spidwewick as a child. I watched the movie, read all the books, had the feild guide and talked about it pretty much non-stop. 😂

    • @AverySadBear
      @AverySadBear 28 днів тому +8

      Oh god. The field guide! The nostalgia.

    • @yummyliciosable
      @yummyliciosable 27 днів тому +5

      same, i still have the field guide on my bookshelf right now. good times.

    • @maerr
      @maerr 11 днів тому

      omg I was obsessed as a child and carried that field guide with me everywhere thinking I was gonna catch some mythical creatures lmao

  • @jorgia2889
    @jorgia2889 Місяць тому +858

    This movie SHAPED MY CHILDHOOD HOW DARE YOU YOU SAY IT’S FORGETTABLE

    • @leahhamer3708
      @leahhamer3708 Місяць тому +29

      Yeah to say “no one” is such a bold statement 😭😂💕

    • @mersadyhill3012
      @mersadyhill3012 Місяць тому +5

      Never heard of this movie until now and I'm 30 🤣

    • @zyneilamahomed7405
      @zyneilamahomed7405 Місяць тому +10

      Yeah, I used to love it. Even had the Playstation game for it.

    • @lunestrex
      @lunestrex Місяць тому +5

      EXACTLY, THE AUDACITY???

    • @530born3
      @530born3 Місяць тому +7

      thank u it hurts seeing people say that spiderwick dont go hard asf

  • @DukeSkylocker
    @DukeSkylocker Місяць тому +2118

    Out of all the fantasy films that came in the wake of Rings/Potter, Spiderwick Chronicles is the one I feel is the most underrated. Whereas so many other were bogged down with too much setup for sequels that never happened, Spiderwick was like "yeah, we're going to explain the world, tell a complete story, have an emotional heartbeat and be a thrill-a-minute all in less than two hours." And boy, did they pull it off.

    • @TwiggyHetfield27
      @TwiggyHetfield27 Місяць тому +139

      I think what's great is that you didn't necessarily need to read the books for the movie to make sense. They basically took all 5 books & were able to make a cohesive movie.

    • @kahtyman7293
      @kahtyman7293 Місяць тому +60

      @@TwiggyHetfield27 yeah, but i wouldn't complain if they made complete redo of series, with each book having it's own movie, i also would like a new movie series of Eragon
      edit: i wrote this commend just after getting in video, so like 0:02 :P

    • @helixsol7171
      @helixsol7171 Місяць тому +9

      ​@@kahtyman7293
      I'd love a better adaptation of the Inheritance Cycle

    • @richardgroenendijk1378
      @richardgroenendijk1378 Місяць тому +2

      @@helixsol7171 The result of my most recent visit to the toilet was a better adaptation of the inheritance cycle so I don't think that will be particularly difficult

    • @marymay131
      @marymay131 Місяць тому +6

      Actually the Film was supposed to be based on book one and two only but then they figured they should round up the end (or maybe thought they would not get the money for following films) and then they just left out book three and four. So the end is sort of like in book five, but with more changes, to complete the film.

  • @aliceinwonderland8314
    @aliceinwonderland8314 Місяць тому +123

    I watched this movie, The Golden Compass, and The Water Horse on repeat as a kid. So many times. Any time my parents let me chose the movie it would be one of those 3.

    • @rileyries3530
      @rileyries3530 Місяць тому +6

      I could have sworn the golden compass was a weird dream i had

    • @AncientWonder54
      @AncientWonder54 Місяць тому +9

      Oh man, the Water Horse, it’s been so long since I’ve seen that.

    • @teejaykaye4357
      @teejaykaye4357 29 днів тому +7

      OH MY GOD the Water Horse I remember that movie ! Good times

    • @tableryu7557
      @tableryu7557 27 днів тому +4

      Holyshit, I've completely forgotten about The Water Horse until now. I didn't even know that was the title lmao

    • @TheOReport1994
      @TheOReport1994 22 дні тому +2

      And the original Series of Unfortunate Events!

  • @strelitziamystery21
    @strelitziamystery21 Місяць тому +22

    Hey I remember watching this as a kid! I loved it when I was little. My mind was blown away that Jared and Simon were played by the same kid. I didn’t even know it was possible!
    ...I miss having that childhood wonder.

  • @alleykitten214
    @alleykitten214 Місяць тому +1480

    I don’t remember jared having a twin in this movie. Completely 100% forgot that.

  • @itsmee_meg1962
    @itsmee_meg1962 Місяць тому +385

    The way I made my parents stockpile tomato sauce just incase goblins attacked my house was crazy

    • @gabehart7898
      @gabehart7898 27 днів тому +15

      The way I started getting really into the real life lore about all the supernatural topics in this film and learned why they used salt to line the entry ways to their homes and the circles and started using actual witchy warding to protect our house from demons

    • @carter_lovejoy
      @carter_lovejoy 15 днів тому +3

      When I was a kid and obsessed with this movie, my mom and I actually made a bucket of the tomato bombs that they made in the movie for the big fight against the Goblins. I didn’t use them, obviously because it would’ve made a big mess around the house and even in the backyard, so they eventually went bad and got mold on them after a few days and we threw them out.

    • @urmomcantcook
      @urmomcantcook 13 днів тому

      I remember I used to go to our local library just to read all the books about the creatures, because I thought they were actually real and was so deeply interested, but also slightly scared, I absolutely loved these stories they were so whimsical to me as a kid

    • @ngin98
      @ngin98 7 днів тому +2

      me salt in the windows then claiming I didn’t know who put them there 😂

  • @SeanA099
    @SeanA099 Місяць тому +25

    They absolutely wanted to get Dylan and Cole Sprouse, but Nick couldn’t get them because they belonged to Disney

  • @EliasMcCleary
    @EliasMcCleary Місяць тому +2

    Bro I love The Spiderwick Chronicles! I read the books in elementary school and the first Mulgarath scene in the movie terrified me back then. It makes me so sad every time I try to talk about it with friends because no one knows what I’m talking about!

  • @geardog24
    @geardog24 Місяць тому +783

    “I just wanted to tell you I love you.”
    “Wrong answer!” 🔪
    Pretty badass for a kid’s movie.

    • @cartooncritique6625
      @cartooncritique6625 Місяць тому +37

      I'll bet the reboot won't have nearly as much edge.

    • @drtaverner
      @drtaverner Місяць тому +20

      ​@@cartooncritique6625Edge. I see what you did there! 😂

    • @jacforswear18
      @jacforswear18 27 днів тому +18

      There is something kind of cathartic watching a kid get to shank a facsimile of their crappy father. I’m sure a lot of children of divorce healed watching that movie.

    • @PuffyOne1898
      @PuffyOne1898 25 днів тому +6

      It’s you who’s out, Gobby. Out of your mind!
      WRONG ANSWER!

  • @eli4s740
    @eli4s740 Місяць тому +683

    I'm surprised you didn't mention the scene where Mallory's hair got tied to the bed. That scene terrified me as a kid and It's still the first thing I think about whenever I remember the film.
    Also people referring to the actor as the "good doctor" dude and not Charlie from Charlie and the chocolate factory hurts my soul.

    • @ameliaduncan3236
      @ameliaduncan3236 Місяць тому +24

      @@chr1s415 I was forced to watch August Rush every time there was a substitute in band class.

    • @Sabrina-sc1db
      @Sabrina-sc1db Місяць тому +55

      I feel bad for him, he has an extremely intensely acting career but has been pretty much put in a box bc of that character
      I feel less bad remembering what he feels an autistic person is tho. Plus he supports autism speaks

    • @pinkpixie8686
      @pinkpixie8686 Місяць тому +22

      hes in so much stuff, a lot of movies from that time seemed to either have him or that guy from enders game in it.

    • @MrAdomus
      @MrAdomus Місяць тому +18

      Wasn't he also in Finding Neverland with Johnny Depp?

    • @mallorycarpinski1160
      @mallorycarpinski1160 Місяць тому +12

      Yea, I remember him having his "greatest thing since sliced bread" moment as a young actor.

  • @DovDovDov
    @DovDovDov 29 днів тому +9

    I watched this when I was like 5 with my brother and it traumatized and intrigued me and now here I am interested in cryptids and folklore

  • @8anime8
    @8anime8 29 днів тому +7

    For so long, I thought this movie was a nightmare when I was a kid. Until I walked in on my sibling watching it one day, I was so confused that day

  • @moviewolverine89
    @moviewolverine89 Місяць тому +176

    Besides being kinda violent for a kids' movie, it also had the balls to address divorce in a mature way and realistically depicted the hurt that the father caused his children by essentially abandoning them. Lots of other movies at the time were fine with divorce being depicted as something the kids just needed to suck up and get over for the plot to happen. Here the son lets out all his anger and confusion by literally stabbing his good for nothing "father". Kinda heavy stuff.

    • @tameriz1280
      @tameriz1280 Місяць тому +10

      Yeah, and it also didn't force parents back together. Most movies with divorcees would either go "suck it up" route or "aww, so they do love each other" route, which is really not ideal for kids actually living in such situations

  • @jariussmith6688
    @jariussmith6688 Місяць тому +252

    This and Lemony Snicket were surprisingly very good at cramming several books into one movie without making it feel too rushed or have underdeveloped characters

    • @TrashPanda90914
      @TrashPanda90914 Місяць тому +1

      They are pretty short books iirc

    • @RobertoWCruz
      @RobertoWCruz 12 днів тому +1

      @@TrashPanda90914they are. Sadly they had to cut the entirety of the 4th book, which deviates heavily from the main plot. It’s a shame because it’s my favourite of the series and goes into the world of terrestrial gnomes.

  • @sierrajohnson717
    @sierrajohnson717 Місяць тому +10

    I remembered the books bc the paper of the pages were wildly different sizes on purpose, and the paper was thick, to mimic the journal: but it was functionally papercut-bait. I would focus to not cut myself, so now they’re seared in my memory

  • @user-lm4ly2tq4h
    @user-lm4ly2tq4h Місяць тому +9

    OMFG I LITERALLY WAS THINKING OF THIS YESTERDAY LIKE “Hmm what the hell was that film called..?” AND THIS POPPED UP AND OMG IM SO HAPPY

  • @HobbCap
    @HobbCap Місяць тому +650

    "Ah back when time's made sense"

  • @AsheAbhorrent
    @AsheAbhorrent Місяць тому +182

    Real talk: How many of us would definitely think "Nope, a mystical shapechanging creature" if our dads said they loved us. 😂😂

    • @pinkpixie8686
      @pinkpixie8686 Місяць тому +21

      considering i dont have a dad it would be highly suspicious. 🤔

    • @boginoid
      @boginoid Місяць тому +16

      I mean I'd probably think someone needs a kidney or something.

    • @absolutelyliberated1357
      @absolutelyliberated1357 Місяць тому +9

      It makes a lot of sense if you have the context of this movie

    • @adamvancleave9200
      @adamvancleave9200 Місяць тому +3

      If it was spoken with absolute clarity I would.

    • @cartooncritique6625
      @cartooncritique6625 Місяць тому +1

      Me. 🖐

  • @naomitrujillop.9893
    @naomitrujillop.9893 Місяць тому +8

    I read the books that came in the Cheerios boxes. Read all the books, loved the pencil sketches in each little book. When the movie premiered, I made my family go and watch it with me. I was the happiest in the movie theater, till the END. I cried my eyes out and still cry with sucha perfect ending. Great video❤ thank you for the memories❤

  • @Chofer944
    @Chofer944 25 днів тому +2

    I actually watched this with my dad while I was in college. I was living in Oakland and my dad was commuting to San Francisco for a work project. We were hanging out one weekend in the city and he said “let’s catch a movie.” I said sure, you’re paying, waddaya wanna watch? Yep, we ended up watching this, in iMax lol. One of my best memories of spending quality time with him, just the two of us. RIP, dad. Thanks for everything.

  • @anacarla6888
    @anacarla6888 Місяць тому +194

    I actually really liked this movie when I was a kid. It was a fun, whimsy adventure, a shame that it never got the recognition it deserved

  • @yamatonoryuujin4871
    @yamatonoryuujin4871 Місяць тому +159

    This was basically Gravity Falls before Gravity falls was a thing at least for me cause this movie basically ignited my passion for a good documentary mystical story or whatever genre GF was. It also spiraled me into reading the books and also thanks to Snicket's story I was roped into the mystery of the overall story.

    • @jmr.gif-YT
      @jmr.gif-YT Місяць тому +23

      Mysterious author of a journal with information of the supernatural, fantasy creatures and monsters, protagonist is a young boy who discovers the journal, family dynamics, villain that's after the journal, magic, a huge house in the middle of the woods. It's all there! I love the Spiderwick Chronicles and Gravity Falls, they were my childhood.

    • @speedy01247
      @speedy01247 Місяць тому +3

      @@jmr.gif-YT dude not being dead but lost.

  • @chickenmaster8007
    @chickenmaster8007 Місяць тому +10

    you speak for yourself Mr. Meyers, this has always been a crown gem in my heart

  • @NeuroSurge
    @NeuroSurge 8 днів тому +1

    This movie legitimately traumatized me as a kid. I remember being terrified that there was something in my walls. The goblins didn't scare me it was just the fact something could be in my walls.

  • @TwitchesMcGee
    @TwitchesMcGee Місяць тому +117

    I once met Holly Black, the author of the Spiderwick Chronicles. I actually met her not long after the movie came out. She's a super sweet person. When I met her, she looked exactly like you would imagine the author of the Spiderwick Chronicles would look like, but her personality was very bright and cheery. She has a very intense love for unicorns and Martha Stewart, which explains the presence for some of the cuter fairies in the book.
    Anyway, she was incredibly happy with this movie. I think she was more flattered than anything that her series received such a level of fame that a movie was made out of it. It was interesting watching her eyes sparkle when I asked her about her thoughts on the film. I, myself, was not a fan of this movie. It tried really hard to condense a full series into a single film and it reduced a lot of the plot, locations, and characters as a result. Still, Holly Black loved this film and she deserves nothing but the best in this world for the pure sunshine that she is. I hope she's happy with this remake.

    • @ameliaduncan3236
      @ameliaduncan3236 Місяць тому +13

      I loved her "Folk of the Air" series.

    • @marythewinter
      @marythewinter Місяць тому +10

      I never knew that this was from a series by Holly Black😮

    • @TwitchesMcGee
      @TwitchesMcGee Місяць тому +1

      @@marythewinter I heavily recommend it.

    • @amazinglaughs
      @amazinglaughs Місяць тому +5

      Holly Black made this series!?!? I’ve come full circle. Read the whole series as a kid (I needed the reading points) and then read the cursed Prince series as an adult 🤣 This woman knows what’s up with fantasy books! 🤌🏼

  • @asherstevens4271
    @asherstevens4271 Місяць тому +403

    I could only remember a small part of this movie and no one would believe me that it was real

    • @p-__
      @p-__ Місяць тому

      My farts are better than Alex's farts.

    • @Shiner-1234
      @Shiner-1234 Місяць тому +9

      THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO ME I WAS ASKING MY FAM ABT WHAT MOVIE THE SCENE I RMENWBRWS FROM ANS THEY WERE ALL LIKE ????

    • @emmi2059
      @emmi2059 Місяць тому +8

      OMG SAMMEEEE for a long time this movie was just a blurry memory and I wasn’t sure if it was even real 😂

    • @TheXfams
      @TheXfams Місяць тому +3

      Same with Batteries Not Included.

  • @GrimmBones
    @GrimmBones 22 дні тому +2

    Whenever anyone asked me what my favorite movies are, I always tell them:
    -Spiderwick Chronicles;
    -Chronicle (2012);
    -Bridge to Terabithia;

  • @eibhlinnlawlor136
    @eibhlinnlawlor136 12 днів тому +2

    The amount of nostalgia I’m getting from watching this is crazy. I used to love this movie but that being said, it scared the absolute shit out of me. And it was on my mind ALL the time

  • @DukeSkylocker
    @DukeSkylocker Місяць тому +361

    Man, Mark Waters was on fire in the 2000s. Freaky Friday, Mean Girls, Spiderwick Chronicles, that's basically my childhood right there.

    • @carter_lovejoy
      @carter_lovejoy Місяць тому +4

      Quite the jump to go from Freaky Friday and Mean Girls to this.

  • @lilithhyde1592
    @lilithhyde1592 Місяць тому +554

    Spiderwick Chronicles!?!?!?! I love that movie!!!

    • @carter_lovejoy
      @carter_lovejoy Місяць тому +14

      I saw it in theaters opening weekend! Good times.

    • @Onion_man1
      @Onion_man1 Місяць тому +11

      That movie was awsome

    • @p-__
      @p-__ Місяць тому

      My farts are better than Alex's farts.

    • @Gerald22222
      @Gerald22222 Місяць тому +4

      @@p-__stop saying that.

    • @nickynicks_
      @nickynicks_ Місяць тому +6

      Same! Also anyone else remember Arthur And The Invisibles? It’s another one of those fantasy movies for kids that I feel like nobody I know remembers 😅

  • @teejaykaye4357
    @teejaykaye4357 29 днів тому +3

    This movie and Wrinkle In Time both feel like complete fever dreams to me. Like they just don’t seem like they exist in reality

  • @brianmoyachiuz905
    @brianmoyachiuz905 Місяць тому +3

    This movie was kinda awesome, a good introduction to fantasy like a kids version on LOTR
    2:48 And I see you're a man of culture as well 😏

  • @DoctorBright
    @DoctorBright Місяць тому +152

    It is insane how much and how little I remember from this movie. I remember the mushroom circle, the sister getting attacked and the scene with the dad. Those bits have lived in my mind for the past 15 years, other than that, nothing. Not the name of the movie, not the main cast, nor the overall plot.

    • @eibhlinnlawlor136
      @eibhlinnlawlor136 12 днів тому +1

      ME TOO I barely remember anything but the sister getting attacked, the mushroom circle, and some vague scene of a kid in a cage and one of the trolls eating a leg or something? Have all stuck with me somehow. Idk why that movie had an effect on me but it did lol I’m glad to see someone with the same relationship with it, I still think of it when I see a few mushrooms in a row 😭😭

  • @umohaniedimonday2952
    @umohaniedimonday2952 Місяць тому +78

    I can never forget spiderwick chronicles. It’s a childhood favorite.

  • @tiredteen8906
    @tiredteen8906 Місяць тому +1

    For years I searched for the title of that movie! I jusst thought it was so terrefying back when I watched it...glad Alex covered it!

  • @OnizukaAllMighty
    @OnizukaAllMighty Місяць тому +1

    I remember this movie
    It's still one of my favorites, great fantasy, impressive CGI
    Very emotional ending 👌

  • @Alex-ug9wx
    @Alex-ug9wx Місяць тому +206

    One of the pillars of my childhood. This, robots, bridge to terrebithia, cat woman, astroboy, and a few others are _so_ nostalgic for me.
    Edit: And the character Mallory is played by an actress who was in an equally ‘fever dreamy’ series called Once Upon A Time. Nostalgia really is cyclical 😆

    • @p-__
      @p-__ Місяць тому

      My farts are better than Alex's farts.

    • @J21SamuraiGoku
      @J21SamuraiGoku Місяць тому +1

      Wrd to my mother. I have the same movies on my list

    • @noobmasterruben5167
      @noobmasterruben5167 Місяць тому +3

      Pillars of my childhood were Over the hedge, this movie, Spiderman trilogy and I robot

    • @nickynicks_
      @nickynicks_ Місяць тому +3

      Arthur and the Invisibles is another one I feel like no one remembers😅. It’s the same lead actor actually, and even though it’s kinda cringy for me now I still quite like it!

    • @NoahGooder
      @NoahGooder Місяць тому +1

      holy heck once upon a time is the jam

  • @radioheadluke
    @radioheadluke Місяць тому +47

    my sister forced me to watch this film as a kid and i was TRAUMATISED.
    i couldn't sleep for a week and whenever she would put the film on, i would run out of the room crying because i was so scared 😭

  • @montanajackson3713
    @montanajackson3713 25 днів тому

    This movie randomly popped into my head and I’m glad you brought it up. I also remember reading the first book and an interview with the cast from an issue of nick magazine.

  • @lunestrex
    @lunestrex Місяць тому +1

    I sure remember it, loved that movie as a kid, I watched it RELIGIOUSLY, it's just so good omg

  • @vdubdesigns6530
    @vdubdesigns6530 Місяць тому +95

    I still occasionally qoute 'Book, book, book BOOK BOOK BOOK!' It's just such a fun line lmao

    • @aceofheartzxaver1366
      @aceofheartzxaver1366 Місяць тому +7

      I sometimes chant mulgarath over and over for literally no reason other than the impact this movie had on my childhood

    • @vivacristorey4363
      @vivacristorey4363 Місяць тому +2

      Give me...the book!

  • @maknchill7980
    @maknchill7980 Місяць тому +268

    I recommend the fairyopolis books to anyone who has ever dreamed of owning the book in the movie. Its basically a journal about fairies with interactable bits like envelopes/ letters. As a kid who loved the magical creatures and aspects of this movie, i always had the second fairyopolis book checked out. I believe the author has other books about different subjects like dragons and i think there's one about pirates.

    • @InvaderZinga
      @InvaderZinga Місяць тому +34

      They made the field guide a real book called The Sipderwick Chronicles: The Field Guide. Its like $20 on Amazon.

    • @wiktoriatluvi
      @wiktoriatluvi Місяць тому +18

      There is actually also one from this universe called "Field Guide" and it’s fully beautifully illustrated by the co-author of the original books :) it’s kinda like a bestiary, full of faerie creatures

    • @ECKohns
      @ECKohns Місяць тому +5

      They made an actual Spiderwick Field-guide. And the illustrations in it are beautiful.

    • @gbamuchukwu6775
      @gbamuchukwu6775 Місяць тому +7

      that sounds like journal 3 from gravity falls

    • @wiktoriatluvi
      @wiktoriatluvi Місяць тому +6

      Yeah, it’s kinda similar! Though the illustrations lean more to something like fine art with additional sketches and the whole thing is beautiful and has this amazing forgotten fantasy vibe ❤ (illustrations are by Tony DiTerlizzi)

  • @thatsannoying
    @thatsannoying 29 днів тому

    The book series though 😩👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽 the artwork and frayed edges were everything!!!

  • @mulungidestiny7457
    @mulungidestiny7457 Місяць тому

    I loved this movie sooo muchhh🤣😭 glad you've covered it🥹

  • @mergummibear
    @mergummibear Місяць тому +42

    I was a very nerdy child. The Spiderwick books and extended universe were my absolute jam! After this movie came out, I got the Spiderwick Chronicles video game for my Nindendo DS for Christmas (that I still have in a drawer lol). I remember being so sad that they only made one movie for this series, A Series of Unfortunate Events, and for The Golden Compass! Nerdy childhood nostalgia peak content right here lol! (And yes, I'm still a nerdy bookworm adult, it didn't go away after childhood!) 😂

    • @Ilostmycat
      @Ilostmycat Місяць тому

      I think a series of unfortunate events has a TV series as well, right?

    • @AverySadBear
      @AverySadBear 28 днів тому

      ​@@Ilostmycatand the golden compass show is pretty good too. The new percy jackson show isnt terrible. We eatin good.

  • @anticlaws4105
    @anticlaws4105 Місяць тому +37

    This film feels like a game you wouldn’t play with your friends when you were 9. Like if you pass this line in the garden the invisible goblins will attack you oh no. And I love that.

  • @janiep.6557
    @janiep.6557 27 днів тому +3

    “ he loves trains and legos and hates social interaction. What could that possibly mean? It’s 2008, no body cares. “ that killed me.

  • @trotters2247
    @trotters2247 24 дні тому

    I just watched your holes video and now this. I’m happy that I’ve actually found a UA-camr who makes me physically laugh out loud! Subbed ❤

  • @pogpogpog7507
    @pogpogpog7507 Місяць тому +111

    as a fencer, it always makes me laugh whenever they use fencing swords in movies. girly's sabre is blunt and the tip is folded over. they're designed that way so that they're safe. there is no way known she'd be able to stab shit. the best she could do would be to smack the goblins in the head or maybe poke out an eye or two. it's like walking around with a flicky metal stick - it could do some damage but really it's not sharp at all. (also the way she's swinging it around is killing me but hey. hollywood)

    • @AdamAlvarez-hc6kf
      @AdamAlvarez-hc6kf 28 днів тому +1

      Legit question. Isn't the reason nazis in movies and stuff always have face scars because the real ones got them from fencing duels?

    • @gokbay3057
      @gokbay3057 28 днів тому +6

      @@AdamAlvarez-hc6kf Yeah but they got theirs via German Academic Fencing aka Mensur which unlike modern olympic sport fencing uses sharp swords. Modern sports fencing swords are not sharp. As op said without protection poking someones eye out is possible but you are not going to actual cut or stab into flesh.

    • @AdamAlvarez-hc6kf
      @AdamAlvarez-hc6kf 28 днів тому

      @@gokbay3057 I was just thinking someone that into fencing may have like collectables or something ya know

    • @gokbay3057
      @gokbay3057 28 днів тому +6

      @@AdamAlvarez-hc6kf Actually sharp swords is a hobbyist thing but like not fencing. Fencing is a sport, doing it doesn't necessarily make you also into swords in general. Now a modern fencer could obviously be into historical swords and own actual sharp weapons as well. But nothing makes them more likely than anyone else I don't think.
      People who do HEMA (Historical European Martial Arts) might be the best bet for that.

    • @AdamAlvarez-hc6kf
      @AdamAlvarez-hc6kf 28 днів тому

      @@gokbay3057 do you know anywhere where I could find info or videos of historical European martial arts. I didn't even know they had any but I dig martial arts

  • @gracieuniverse
    @gracieuniverse Місяць тому +58

    This is where I realise that the brothers were twins played by the same actor. I never noticed after watching it all the time as a kid

  • @nessag.2233
    @nessag.2233 Місяць тому

    Rereading this series now and im loving it 🙌🏽⭐️🧚🏽

  • @kmcbean4198
    @kmcbean4198 Місяць тому

    I first got hooked when I stumbled upon the holes video, now seeing you made a video about this movie.. a core memory of my childhood? You have a new subscriber😩✅

  • @Mike_Waterbottle
    @Mike_Waterbottle Місяць тому +84

    "Who knows? It's 2008, no one cares!" hits me right in the feels :(

  • @Nasalpipe
    @Nasalpipe Місяць тому +98

    This movie is so easy to remeber and forget all at the same time

  • @ruthwale1177
    @ruthwale1177 Місяць тому +1

    My siblings and I quoted "we means you" anytime we had to cleanup anything at all. We still do to this day

  • @maxwellminard5991
    @maxwellminard5991 Місяць тому +1

    loved this as a kid so much, bought a hoodie like Jared’s 😭

  • @JSPokemonYT
    @JSPokemonYT Місяць тому +26

    Freddie Highmore was also Norman Bates in Bates Motel.

  • @theaestheticplace2410
    @theaestheticplace2410 Місяць тому +59

    omg this movie is like a fever dream from my childhood I remember having the DVD to this and it genuinely scared me, I miss when movies like this were made

  • @yureigray5561
    @yureigray5561 24 дні тому

    Some of the ideas from this movie made their way deep into my memorie and I even ended up using them in my D&D campaigns. But I couldn't remember what movie I took them from. And now it's all come together - and I have such a warm feeling in my heart, which... I can't really describe. But it's really warm.
    I need to rewatch the movie.)

  • @bettyquinn9375
    @bettyquinn9375 Місяць тому +1

    I remember this one. I just love the setting/location so much. It’s so spooky and pretty

  • @alannapenner37
    @alannapenner37 Місяць тому +27

    But for real, the fantasy setting with established magical creatures and one character going "bUt tHoSE DoN'T ExiSt" when another magical creature is mentioned is my FAVOURITE trope 🤣 The Witcher books have this too, I never get tired of it

    • @ReginaMacKenzie1994
      @ReginaMacKenzie1994 Місяць тому +1

      People doubt a mythical creature in the Witcher? A world absolutely full of them?

  • @Mossymoss69
    @Mossymoss69 Місяць тому +84

    I never got to watch this movie, but I saw the trailer on my DVD of the act of terrorism that was Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked

    • @SkyWolfPirate
      @SkyWolfPirate Місяць тому +2

      Oh no never watched that one

    • @Shiner-1234
      @Shiner-1234 Місяць тому +2

      Same!

    • @gracekim25
      @gracekim25 Місяць тому +3

      To be fair I ONLY enjoyed that movie because of Ian 😂

    • @Bloomkyaaa
      @Bloomkyaaa Місяць тому +1

      2D!

  • @thegoldenframe
    @thegoldenframe Місяць тому +1

    This film had such a special vibe man. Loved it as a kid.

  • @saku577
    @saku577 Місяць тому +3

    Amazing how well you can imitate my mum without ever having met her

  • @itsanoformedawg
    @itsanoformedawg Місяць тому +45

    I hate you for making me watch through that entire "i am a surgeon" scene omfg

    • @YourFriendlyNeighborhoodHuman
      @YourFriendlyNeighborhoodHuman Місяць тому +2

      Omg same. I almost cried the first time I watched it on the show, and I almost cried this time too

    • @LowResCatExplosion
      @LowResCatExplosion Місяць тому

      What is that show even about? Every clip I've seen is just some hospital employees kicking the metaphorical shit out of their autistic coworker

    • @itsanoformedawg
      @itsanoformedawg Місяць тому

      @LowResCatExplosion he's a doctor, but he's a savant type character. Super smart, but terrible social skills and he can't interact with patients or fellow colleagues well. He has a tragic backstory involving a dead brother and an abusive father, he became a surgeon but he's constantly getting into issues due his social limitations, and they are VERY limited. Like this dude would not at all be a surgeon, doctor or anyone who interacted with patients first hand. He could be a consultant, but his social hangup causes issues constantly throughout the entire show. He's incredibly logical with the way he sees things and quite child like? It may just be the actor but yeah. I say all of this but I don't know the context behind the actual scene, maybe they were going to fire him or something, he was getting stressed out but couldn't actively show his emotions so he just started screaming and saying he's a surgeon as thats all he knows is true or something, idfk.

    • @itsanoformedawg
      @itsanoformedawg Місяць тому

      @LowResCatExplosion I've only seen bits and pieces, and only the full first few episodes, and they are rude to him right from the get go. Everyone is just really mean to him becuase that's just thw hospital cut throat world, he isn't adapting to that because he's autistic, and people continue to constantly be snippy with him for no reason or, several reasons lol. But from the beginning, they treated him like crap. Like he came in late to work becuase the bus was late and the person walking with him said that wasn't her problem and he needed to be on time, and he's tism so 'routine routine routine' they just grabbed the most popular traits from autism and blotches it all together. There was even an episode where he kept misgendering a patient cuz she was trans and had a wiener. Like bro, you went through medical school. You learned about transgender and intersex people. *what the actual fuck* I'm sure at the end of the day no matter what he does is hand waved cuz tism...cuz that's what all of the other shows do too. It's also very odd from what I've seen how often people don't realize he's autistic. Like, trying to hold full conversations with him when it's clear he had no interest in what theyre talking about or get mad at his responses to certain things but irl, there was actually a study done that showed that neurotypicals treat nuerodivergent people differently even when they don't know they're autistic. They automactally sense something different and engage with them less. (Which as someone who is constantly wondering if theyre autistic, damn) So the fact that all of these people are holding one sided condos with this is so dumb.

    • @Ash-nc9bb
      @Ash-nc9bb 26 днів тому +1

      ⁠@@itsanoformedawg (admittedly I watched the episode ages ago) but I’m pretty sure it was said by one of the characters that they didn’t teach about trans people at medical school and complaining about the fact/ignorance (which was either made up because medical show inaccuracy or they just didn’t in the early 2010’s if you didn’t do a relevant speciality)
      Tbh the main reason I remember it is because I kept thinking why tf was no one telling him to leave and having a word about it in the hallway

  • @nobodysdawn493
    @nobodysdawn493 Місяць тому +98

    To be fair, rebooting this one is more understandable than some of the other reboots since this movie was an adaptation of a five book series and from what I remember, only the first half-ish of the movie followed the books and then just started ignoring them and doing its own thing. There was a t least one book from which not a single plot thread made it into the movie. While I do really like this movie as its own thing, it would be nice to get a more faithful adaptation of the whole series (which I do believe is doable even at the eight episode count as they are very short books) although I’ll be honest, I don’t have much hole for it after seeing it’s a Roku original which I didn’t even know was a thing

    • @JeskidoYT
      @JeskidoYT Місяць тому

      The weird Al movie is also a Roku original

    • @Blu._.99
      @Blu._.99 Місяць тому +4

      It was actually all made by Disney but because of the strike last year they gave up the project and said they wouldn’t release it ever. Like it was just waiting to be released when the strike happened or in post production. I’m not sure how it became a Roku original but they probably just bought it off Disney.

    • @tylerk7234
      @tylerk7234 Місяць тому +2

      ​It was going to be a Disney+ show but when Bob Iger returned to Disney he cleaned house. He wanted Disney owned IP only (Percy Jackson is published by Hyperion which is owned by Disney). Paramount holds the rights to Spiderwick and shopped it around after Disney dropped it and it landed at Roku.

  • @queenturk3y642
    @queenturk3y642 Місяць тому

    I was such a huge fan of this series when I was a kid!! I had no idea they were rebooting it! I was thrown on a nostalgia trip when I saw a kid checking out the first three books at the library the other day. The original movie didn't do it justice, but it was always exciting to see the characters come alive.

  • @mateovolonte4375
    @mateovolonte4375 22 дні тому

    Love the fact that you use shining force II ost on the background

  • @trevorfultz6160
    @trevorfultz6160 Місяць тому +17

    This movie is the pure essence of nostalgia for me

  • @CircusJeanie2399
    @CircusJeanie2399 Місяць тому +19

    I remember the Spiderwick Chronicles very vividly as it was the first and only movie that's given me nightmares.

    • @Tua_B
      @Tua_B Місяць тому +1

      Mine was the wizard of Oz

  • @austinnighteyes1900
    @austinnighteyes1900 29 днів тому

    So many movies and games based on the movies we watched and played that we forgot, and it’s always so nice to rediscover it, and instantly get that wave of remembering and nostalgia ❤

  • @candicephillips7933
    @candicephillips7933 Місяць тому

    Just watched this a few weeks ago and rewatch it maybe once a year. Love love love this movie

  • @SaddestSocks
    @SaddestSocks Місяць тому +22

    Alex’s videos are always somehow the place where i find out that there’s a new reboot coming soon

  • @vertigognome6617
    @vertigognome6617 Місяць тому +10

    I’ve still got it on dvd from back in the day. It holds a close place in my heart. The books were great. The movie was fun. I can never hate on it

  • @danivanrooij4582
    @danivanrooij4582 Місяць тому +2

    Guardians of gahool about the owles also a forgotten movie gem

  • @AskReddit584
    @AskReddit584 Місяць тому

    This movie is my all time favorite, watched it as a kid all the time, and since then been rewatching it every year. Excited to see what they come up with for the reboot!

  • @Danversdiary
    @Danversdiary Місяць тому +11

    NO WHY ARE THEY REBOOTING MY CHILDHOOD UGH

  • @Ana-zb8mq
    @Ana-zb8mq Місяць тому +11

    Oh. My. God. This was literally one of those things I kept thinking of in the back of my head but didn't know the name or if it was a hallucination.
    Bless your heart Alex, now I can sleep in peace 😂❤

  • @denizium.
    @denizium. 24 дні тому

    i do. i remember it vividly (it gave me nightmares for a week.) thanks for bringing back the memories ... 😔

  • @Carmela-bixoxo
    @Carmela-bixoxo Місяць тому +69

    You should definitely do a video on The Good Doctor

    • @MegaKhelditia
      @MegaKhelditia Місяць тому

      Are you going to make this his "Fifty Shades" to fame that Dominic Noble has had?
      😂😅😢😅

    • @YourFriendlyNeighborhoodHuman
      @YourFriendlyNeighborhoodHuman Місяць тому

      I was going to say the same thing!!!

  • @jeniferclemente1252
    @jeniferclemente1252 Місяць тому +27

    The books are awesome and the film still seems closer to the books than the upcoming tv series.
    I still love the film too though 😆
    “Doing her very important job of locating random keys on the keyboard” is just great 😆

  • @itz_james_tbh6248
    @itz_james_tbh6248 21 день тому +1

    It's still one of my top 5 ever I love it

  • @georgecooper9766
    @georgecooper9766 9 днів тому +1

    Yeah we had this movie on DVD when I was a kid and it kinda existed in this limbo where it scared me but also really had that something something of the childhood dream of running off into the woods and having adventures. Had such a love hate relationship with this movie. Kinda like bridge to teribethia but was scary rather than sad.

  • @HobbCap
    @HobbCap Місяць тому +29

    6:59 "I'm gonna go play with my calculator"🤓

  • @WolfmanArt
    @WolfmanArt Місяць тому +17

    I remember when flying to Europe, the plane had this film playing on loop; for 13+ hours... Along with Mulan

  • @blueflamedabi2403
    @blueflamedabi2403 Місяць тому

    i loved this movie as a kid, i referenced it so much growing up and yeah i saw that a new show was being released so when i make it through my watch list im watching the movie over and over until the show starts

  • @kornndogg9745
    @kornndogg9745 29 днів тому

    Omg this was one of my moms favorite movies when I was a kid and I loved it too! We even played the game a whole bunch, I was obsessed with it and was sad when hardly anyone around me knew what it was.

  • @unityedits3722
    @unityedits3722 Місяць тому +6

    NEVER seen the Good Doctor outside of Facebook clips, and you really helped clear up where I saw his face 😂
    Edit: also the "Fake Dad" reveal walked so Azazel playing John Winchester, but being "too nice" could run

  • @Xblackjckqueen
    @Xblackjckqueen Місяць тому +14

    absolutely adored this film growing up and i used to ‘play’ spiderwick with my friends 😅😅 honestly it still holds up for me !!!!! literally haven’t even heard of this reboot, says a lot i think……….

  • @mglouise97
    @mglouise97 20 днів тому +1

    The video game was INCREDIBLE. My whole childhood

  • @Jurt619
    @Jurt619 6 днів тому +1

    Ngl I LOVED this movie when I was little. One of my favorites.

  • @chloerules07
    @chloerules07 Місяць тому +32

    Bro I remember watching this when I was little 😭