I watched every ILLUMINATION movie (and what I learned)
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what’s your favorite illumination movie ? :)
Hi Karsten. In order to have a favorite, id have to like at least one. I guess if I was being tortured to death and my kidnappers let me pick one illumination film to make me watch id 100% pick despicable me
I watched the first Despicable Me with my family when I was fairly young, so it has a certain touch of nostalgia to me.
None of them are very good.
The grinch
Only gru memes
"But it's for kids!"
Kids are not stupid. They don't have a critical eye yet, but they're not stupid. They deserve movies that they can look back on time and time again and come back with a positive lesson, not shallow cash grabs.
Agreed, while parenting is definitely tough for adults, taking them to a movie is only temporary. Take them to a movie they’ll WANT to see, not a cheap cash-grab you read on the grossing kids movie list. If you ever need some time away from the kids, hire a babysitter. At least the kids will remember a (usually kind) babysitter instead of a cringy movie their mom said “will you stop crying if I show you this shitty movie?”
Emerald Miner 299 “they’ll WANT to see”
kids want to watch those movies as well, they are not all forced to do it. My sister keeps watching minions, emoji movie and boss baby over and over again because she likes them and not because there isn’t anything else to watch
Igor well either way, I feel like Illumination should try doing something new instead of milking off franchises
Ratatouille and Avatar: Last Airbender were "for kids" look how well they turned out
Thank you. Thank you for excepting me into your culture adult person.
Sidenote: as a kid, I recognize two categories of us. The neutral and the dumb. The smart tend to reason, and don't talk much, while the dumb don't care for much, unless if it's also dumb, while fighting over pea sized conflicts. Help us.
I like how he skipped over the fact of illumination had 1 moment of clarity in the minions movie that they had to strand them in the artic during the 30s and 40s bc if they didn't the minions would 100%work for hitler
LOL
@@mikubrot who hurt you
That would’ve been epic, but not in a bad way.
based
@@mikubrot so they assisted in the Holocaust
I watched the Lorax during World History and had to write an essay about how it represents Industrialization.
I wish I was joking.
Holy shit lmao
Were you given the chance to wach and use the original instead?
That is actualy good.
Same in Civics and economics, pretty fun tbh
I did something similar in I think elementary school. I suffered..
Same bro
Everyone: _“Kids movies, yeah, movies for_ *young* _children.”_
Grinch Ads: *”Allow me to introduce myself.”*
Remember that "Green and salty, just Like my nuts" Grinch ad?
I wish i didn't
@@deadchanel1298 I don't think that's real
I swear I only learned the movie after seeing an ad from Minion Rush (the Subway Surfer ripoff).
@@deadchanel1298 there was a pistachio ad made but the second sentence was actually "just like me" not "just like my nuts". the nut one was an edited photo.
it would've been funnier if that was real though purely from absurdity.
the third example provided in the video was also fake. wouldn't be surprised either way on the first one.
@@popfrog13 ok
'A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest.' - C.S. Lewis
really good quote
Exactly a kids movie or kids tv show should be something that the whole family can enjoy and something you can feel nostalgic for and it to actually hold up to you thought of it as a kid
True words from a Legend, Also, Both C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien Rule!
@@bumble9511 But at that point its not even a kid show.
Good quote
megamind is what despicable me wishes it could be
Despicable me is really good but megamind is at a another level
@@soapyguy6483 the first one its good, but the others are just moneybags, that for some reason work.
@@soapyguy6483 megamind is a masterpiece.
@@soapyguy6483 honestly Megamind is a much better movie. You can tell it actually has a soul and a message
@@josuedominguez-delatorre735
DM1:A good movie
DM2:A decent movie
Minions:This movie blows
DM3:Meh
Minions 2:Might be decent or bad
Those of my ranking of the DM movies
“If you want to watch a movie with better animal gags than sing then go watch chicken little”
That, is the scariest quote I’ve hear in the past few months.
Yeah I blinked when he said that 💀
@@prematuredgravy8033 JK, I loved/love Chicken Little, I was just hypnotized and became a zombie to many Internet people and youtuber reviewers that didn’t like it.
I dunno, I kinda liked the koala character in sing. I thought his whole conflict of trying to pursue something and failing just to pick himself back up again was relatable for people trying to find their way. I think it’s a theme that’s been expressed less adequately in other movies, and at the very least I enjoyed that as well as other parts of the movie.
The Koala and the Gorilla were the only good characters in the movie.
@@KingKayro87 Agreed, the porcupine just got dumped, the elephant just got stage fright and the pig is just busy
@@ayubfauzaan4554 I think Rosita had more to her. She’s unappreciated by everyone around her and doesn’t get to really enjoy her life. So the competition is her chance to finally embrace herself and what she wants
@@cyborgcuttlefish6326 after you saying that i might give a bit to her
Mike The Mouse was easily my favorite. Not because he was relatable, or a good person or anything. Him being an unapologetic asshole and his music numbers are the highlights of the film.
For a company named after light, their movies sure are dull
Nice
Ba dum tsshhh
Heyoooo!
but the lighting is pretty nice and realistic
@@joaomarcos2089 that's kind of a give in when you have a large budget and only use it for promotion, voice actors, and the animation.
"It's just for kids" is really indicative of how little they think of kids.
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Exactly. Parents who are fine with giving their kids trash to keep them occupied for a few hours need to rethink their parenting.
@ZoomerTube
I hope so, animation needs better stuff
@@daniboy4153 yeah, look at teen titans go, or nickelodeon, or almost every movie that has come out in this decade.
@@daniboy4153 yeah western animation really needs so more good stuff like gravity falls and such
Damn, you're right. Even you just mentioning Sing got me humming "I'm Still Standing"
Is that Majora's Mask in your pfp? I luv it
You know when you watch a movie as a kid, and you really like it, and then many years later you hear some guy complain about how horrible it actually was and you realize you were just a stupid kid who liked anything that moved?
That's how I feel about Despicable Me.
I used to rewatch half of the illumination movies ALL THE TIME. And that's coming from a kid who hates videos that lasted more than 10 minutes. I honestly can't believe I liked these movies lmfao
I mean, just beacuse some random guy on youtube is complaining about a movie dosen't mean the movie is automatically bad; I actually really liked some the movies he listed.
@@madyb6444 EXCATLY, like, I couldn't agree less with this, or any movie analysis on UA-cam in general.
despicable me was fun, but too many sequels and prequels makes me think they're just milking a dead cow at this point
Same
The problem with the minions is that they are not characters from a movie, they are a product
I feel bad for the minions
Illumination just sucks now no joke 2010-2013 was their best work
@@grandlordrobert4728
what in the name of god is going on. Mom I’m scared what hell.
@@cornedbread3669 what??
@@grandlordrobert4728
My dude, you literally came bouncing here talking about the illuminati, and it’s not even on a video that’s fitting this is a video about and analysis on children’s movies and what Illumination has in common with all their movies. I mean atleast choose a video that’s relating or has some sort upperchance when it comes to the audience your targeting.
no wonder my ex don't like Secret Life of Pets because he think is something to do with Minions (his mom or family forced him to watch as an excuse to hang out I think) that made him lose touch with Illumination and he likes boring art films
These movies all scream "I'm in the hospital waiting room and this is the only thing on besides more depressing news"
That is scarily accurate and I love it
What about security footage? Or, I don't know, your phone?
This is concerningly accurate
@@DrDolan2000 some of us were 5 and didn't have phones lmao
@@xneonisneonx and security footage is boring past the first seconds while waing at the camera
i like how their debut movie literally said "being good is so overrated"
Ironic how that is their best movie
@@LS-kr3sh I disagree, while despicable me is a good movie, SING is better in my opinion.
@@VulpineFox7Wat
It all checks out
"The one thing you'll leave this film with is "I'm Still Standing" by Elton John stuck in your head" It never left my head tbh
If you ask me, these movies aren’t, or shouldn’t be considered, “theatre movies.” These movies are hospital movies, or family gathering movies. These are the movies that are just “on.” You don’t set out to watch them, you end up watching them. To be honest they should almost have just gone straight to tv, and of course that didn’t happen because of money, but since they didn’t, they can be judged alongside things that just make these films feel like the equivalent of shocking yourself intentionally with a taser every few minutes because it’s better than doing nothing at all.
colin3ds true... honestly i did kinda like a couple of these too
I agree with both Colin and I'm Too Lazy.
Cesar Fernandes valid
At least the Minions movie getting a theatrical release resulted in the creation and release of Minions cereal, which is still one of the best cereals I've ever had. But perhaps the takeaway there is just that TV movies should get cereals, too; after all, I'm sure High School Musical: The Cereal would be great!
‘Hospital movies’ is so specific but such a perfect way to describe these
Illumination movies are so fake and generic that they look like those background movies that some characters are gonna watch on TV in some other, better movie.
Well said! I totally agree.
But those background movies always look so good
Imagine that is what those movies were made for.
does that mean our whole life is some movie thats supposed to be good?
Paul R Sabol it should be more interesting
23:59 As a kid who grew up with the illumination films until I’d say 2017, there’s only movie that actually gives me fond memories of being a kid. And that’s Minions. Now while I haven’t watched it in a while, that movie does stay in my mind because it was my first real solo movie experience. I liked the concepts in the film and thought it was good, but that was the first time I bought my own popcorn, the first time I sat down by myself, the first time I engaged with the big screen. That’s also why I’ll never rewatch the film, I will not tarnish that memory by having the movie fresh in my mind.
The really sad part is that Illumination, out of all the animation studios out there, was the one chosen to make that upcoming Super Mario Bros movie.
And that's just terrible.
Bro I’m so nervous for that 😬
I will riot if it’s not like smbz
I'm literally terrified of the day it comes out, I really want it to be good or at least decent but I feel like its just gonna be another trash cash grab leeching off the Mario franchise because of how big it is
I have no doubt that movie will be a train wreck, but it bums me out that it most likely won’t even be memorable.
I’m still mad Nintendo decided to go with Illumination instead of Studio Ghibli, which is right there in Japan and makes WAY better films
Video: “Onceler”
Me: *shudders*
Video: goes into depth about the onceler fandom
Me: 𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑝... 𝑝 𝑙 𝑒 𝑎 𝑠 𝑒
Yes, whenever someone mentions the onceler fandom, my text too turns into X's in rectangles that made me cringe so much
@@Space_Cowboy.22. btw it says
“please stop... p l e a s e”
@@reese9705 oh. I meant it as a joke, since i only see X's in rectangles on my phone. And i meant to say it as the X in rectangle boxes as cringing so, so very hard
I didn’t know it existed until this video.
I wish I could go back and not know of it’s existence.
Edit: I think I’ve been saved- I managed to forget what it was about. *thank god*
Edit 2: oh fuck. I remembered. *shit*
@@Embertuft dude, same. I need to drink some unsee juice
I don't care what anyone says, the first Despicable Me is a certified hood classic.
The guy that made the first movie also made Klaus,so there's that.
True!
NO CAP
Unpopular Opinion: I also like the second one
The Fat Piranha Plant same. But I can understand why people don’t like it
Me: I like Despicable Me, I can wait to see Karsten’s take on some of Illumination’s other movies
Karsten: *Hell is an eternity before the righteous ever-burning wrath of God*
I, too, was pleasantly surprised by The Grinch. I recall that the director of the live-action movie said because he recognized he couldn't compete with the Chuck Jones adaptation, he went in a contrary direction to make something that has its own identity---a grittier, wittier, more cynical one. With that in mind, I believe the Illumination take forms a trifecta by being the "light and feel-good" film of the bunch.
Life of Pets 2 was such a forgettable flick for me, to the point that I needed to remember a specific plot (the sheep farm) to remember the rest of the film (possibly if I had even seen it). Plots just appeared and disappeared as they pleased (the neck-scratching, in particular, being near-literally tossed once it's served its purpose), and there were too many of them present overall to form a decently complex narrative, the worst offender being perhaps the circus which, what, only comes up in the second half of the film to set up a climactic sequence? At least the first film knew where it was going with everything, so I'd probably swap these two in my own rankings, relative to each other.
I was actually kind of impressed with what Gru's VA did in Despicable Me 3. The twin's voice sounded different enough but somewhat similar enough to make it work, and the same voice actor during one scene managed to convincingly act out the brothers imitating each other. That's some vocal talent, if you ask me. The film itself was meh, however.
The Lorax could've been such a great adaptation, although I'll admit I still enjoyed it to an extent. Imagine if for all the time spent messing around, we got some proper expansion into the settings, the characters' psyches and motivations, and all that; after all, the original adaptation is mostly just us watching the industry grow with a few character exchanges here and there until the climax, not much actual plot progression. An update for modern audiences would've been an opportunity to not only construct a proper feature-length story but also take the aspects of today, cultural and otherwise, and throw them back at the viewers in a way that matters. The film's unused song "Biggerin'" gives a glimpse of what could've been a considerably heavier-feeling work and is what got me thinking about the film's potential in the first place. It seriously could've possibly been Illumination's greatest film, even in the scenario where the others were made better.
"So let's talk the Onceler--"
My mind: T H E O N C E L E R F A N D O M
Read in PM Seymour's voice.
*shudders*
How bad can they be?
@@Deoxys911 theyre just doing what comes naturaly
AH YES, THE ONCELER FANDOM
Whenever I hear the "It's for Kids" Argument, three things come to mind.
1. Whatever happened to General Audiences? You know material intended for both children and adults of all ages, did that just suddenly cease to exist?
2. So because something is for Kids, that means it should no longer be subject to any standards of quality. I'm sure those people would say the same thing for food, toys, and clothes. It's just for kids, why should any of it be good.
3. Just because something is meant for kids, that is not an excuse to be lazy and shit. Even kids deserve better than that.
If anything we should be putting MORE effort into the media we show our children, because the things they consume at such young ages can and will affect the way they consume media/art and honestly can shape the way they view the world.
@@RubyBlueUwU dont forget to mention that it might change their view of quality if they become a journalist in the future
imagine growing up and having one of the first movies you remember watching being the emoji movie
@Phương Nguyễn oh noo
i agree so much with your comment! i know you are talking mostly about movies, but i collect dolls and sometimes companies try to make super cheap stuff thinking “its for kids”. however, even when i was a kid, i liked good stuff, you know? its such a dumb argument to use.
8:35 is no one gonna talk about how this is perfectly synced with the voiceover
I’ve had a bunch of people tell me that I look like the oldest daughter with the glasses from the Despicable Me movies and every time someone says that to me a piece of my soul dies.
At least they didn’t say you look like minion
@@lucidstarx3456 Parappa profile picture.
To be fair, there are far worse characters to be compared to
But Karsten you don’t understand. He’s been a bad boy.
Cue Flying High Again
To be fair you have to have a high IQ to understand why he is a great villain
This is so fucking cursed
@@stefanalexanderlungu1503 Oh no...
And bad boys needs good daddies ! Humf !
there’s a reason why movies like Toy Story, Up, and Wall-E made me cry when i was little and still make me cry now, but movies like the Lorax and Despicable Me made me laugh when i was little but make me cringe now
The lorax is one of my favourite movies of all time because I watched it since I was three I still love it to this day but it is a bit cringe
Despicable Me isn't actually that cringe.. The first one at least.
Idk why but when I was 2 I would not stop crying so my mom and dad put on Wall e and was quiet and I love it so much
@@bosniaforever despicable me 1 is actually really good
@@pyroshrimp4073 agreed. The 2nd was worse but bearable but number 3 was the nail in The Coffin. I actually can’t believe why anyone would like it besides it being a little funny?
There was a small amount of time where I used to have sing on dvd and watched it almost daily since my family couldnt afford cable at the time. I even drew fanart of ash out of boredom. Years later today, I'm watching the few clips from the segment of this video and literally none of the scenes stood out as if I've never watched the movie before
This is why I'm terrified of the new mario movie
I have zero hope for it. I doubt even Jack Black can save this one.
The trailers are good
hop is one of those movies that i associate with a teacher going "im putting on a movie, be quiet" the day before a holiday break
OMG! Every time I see that movie or hear it being mentioned, I immediately think back to the time in fourth grade where we watched this before Spring Break. You are so on point with that lol!
I’m fairly certain that they are making a sequel
@@daltonlefler892 A full decade later?
@@redroll1935 I saw an add for it awhile ago
I think it’s like those direct to dvd Disney sequels
so true
Biggest take away: I completely forgot the bfg became a movie.
I forgot they made Green Eggs and Ham into a TV Show...
(But it's a Damn good one at that!)
Wow they made a Doom animation ? Cool
I would love to see the BFG on screen
It was an animated movie before the live action one, and it was good!
There’s only one bfg I know from 2016 and it’s no fucking Disney movie I’ll say that
Ah yes, the Big Fat Giant.
dude I actually really like sing. I think that johnny's arc with his dad while cliche is still really touching and that moment where he breaks out of jail just to tell johnny that he's proud of him while I'm still standing is playing in the background legit had me crying man. I think moon's story is also a really relatable one about failing over and over and not giving up no matter how much the world breaks you. yeah all the other characters' story arcs are pretty generic and bland and this is definitely not a top tier movie nut I wouldve put it wayy higher on this list for sure.
I liked it too. I think sometimes people forget that you can just enjoy something for what it is, because there aren't many masterpieces out there.
"They're just for kids."
So is Kung fu panda
So is HTTYD
So is the lego movie
So is cloudy with a chance of meatballs
So is tangled
A lot of films are made for kids mate
Umm that wasn't his point mate
@@DharmaVibes i know, but that excuse is said by a lot of people and i just hate it
"It's for kids" is *never* an excuse for a bad, lazy story.
A kid's mind is a sponge: when they see something, it influences them for life whether they realize it or not. Sure, most kids will sit through anything adults choose, but that's exactly why adults need to choose high-quality media!
Saying "it's for kids so it's bound to be dumb" basically means "we *can* profit by wasting children's time with garbage, so we will!" It ignores the question of whether you *should* waste kids' time with garbage.
Even if something goes over kids' heads, it's better to broaden their horizons with something they'll understand later, instead of stunting their perspective with generic pop culture dreck.
Illumination has stated many times throughout its timeline that all of their movies are “family films” not “just for kids”, but I have a feeling they’re just flat out lying to the audience as a whole. This is coming from a person who’s a Secret Life of Pets fanatic for obvious reasons.
Fax
It has the same energy as the "it's lazy and has too much blood for no reason because it's for adults smh" excuse.
Well said
That’s dramatic...
Ok the concept of "Onecest" and why it came about is legitimately funnier than anything in any Illumination movie
Until watching this video, I didn’t know a onceler fandom existed and I wish I had kept it that way.
One thing I can always appreciate about Illumination is the lighting and colour pallet. The animation and character models range from pretty good to pretty bad, story and writing are mediocre when it's focused but pretty bad when it splits into a ton of sub plots, however I always appreciate their use of colour, light and shadow. That alone is always bright and vibrant. I just wish the rest could have matched up.
the idea that Secret Life of Pets would have been better if they had taken the time to have solo films with all of the pets, and had built up to a large infinity war-sequel event is honestly the funniest thing i’ve thought about all year.
Holy sh*t that’s actually true
that would be amazing
I respectfully agree
That’s so nutty it would actually work 😂😆🤣
“I play Harrison Ford as a dog” is the best Harrison Ford quote.
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@@ek5160 your opinion is pretty shocking, but i can see where you’re coming from
@@birdjuice7334 I agree. The claim stated is a bit debatable, since there’s a few other ways to look at this idea. I’d say it makes some sense since it details the main point very precisely, but I do believe it is a bit extreme since it lacks regard for a few contradicting points.
@@bunsenn5064 this might be controversial but I agree with them. I get why it's hated, but they're onto something
@@ek5160 wow, Twitter is going to rip you apart for this in 5 years.
Illumination is like a reaction channel. It exists, it takes up space but for some reason is still succesfull at the end of the day.
If anyone ever thought "what if the secret life of pets was good?", well, HBO has a series, cancelled now, called animals
@Idk Idk I mean it's HBO. But now we got MAX
“Kidz Bop as a film” is the most venomous insult I’ve ever heard.
Sing wasn’t even that bad tho
I mean, he's not wrong
@@Jdn__0001 the only good thing about it were like the elephant girl and the gorilla boy and they were like at best okay
kids bop literally takes family friendly songs like forget you (radio edit of frick you) and takes 7 year olds with no singing background and puts them in
But it is brilliant though, I love how he goes STRAIGHT for the jugular with it
It’s so interesting how in Sing, Taron Egerton, who plays Johnny, sings “I’m still standing”. And then 3 years later, plays Elton John in Rocketman...and sings the same song.
I know, it is very conspicuous.
I think he also worked with Elton once
@@queenlikesstuff6500
He did in Kingsman: The Golden Circle.
also... Kingsman the golden circle
@@kaynakloke6616 oh yea! I like that movie
I’ve never seen Hop, but it makes me feel oddly nostalgic because I remember being very excited about the Webkinz event associated with it
I surprisingly kinda liked Sing. I thought it was kinda dark to have a scene where the bear was still on the trunk of their car. Although they didn’t show it, we all know he was brutally murdered. Pretty dark tbh.
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Title: *I watched every ILLUMINATION movie*
literally the first 15 seconds: *defines hell*
Oh boy, this is gonna be a ride.
I know a lot of people criticize illumination and their films. But just be happy that there's something out there that has competition for Disney. Because Disney not just owns Pixar but 20th Century Fox and Blue Sky Studios which is sadly gone.
I'm happy that there is competition for Disney.
My 4 year old daughter just watched the latest Minions movie, had a great time, and called the film "fun, silly, and funny." Illumination has an audience: very young kids. Not all content merits an in-depth analysis. Some movies exist just to be silly, colorful fun.
"children who grew up with these movies arent going to grow up and look back at them as a glimpse of childhood"
as someone whos been growing up with these, thats absolutely true
Your parents gave you the wrong movies to watch. Or maybe you picked them out yourself idk
Lmao I still watch these movies, I want something I can just laugh and enjoy
I grew up with this movies and I still have my minion plushie. Now, rewatching despicable me I can't believe I used to like that thing. I can't even remember the plot of the second movie.
@@humanman2358
Yeah, personally, I just picked the wrong movies.
My favourite films r despicable me and despicable me 2
i cannot explain this but hop emanates the energy of "you're in a hotel in the 2010s the people in the floor above are running around, its late, and Nothing Else is on but we can't just go to sleep yet"
This is very specific are you ok?
True honestly
I can TASTE hop, solely because I owned that like lipsmacker set for hop so
oh my gosh that is the most accurate thing ive heard in my life. This is amazing
The Lorax holds specific memories of being on vacation as a kid, drawing with sharpies and watching it for the first time with my cousins
I can't believe you somehow managed to make me *miss* 2016.
Also, as someone who was active on Tumblr at the time, I really can't overstate how out-of-left-field and wild the Onceler fandom was. Istg it was like a hurricane that just appeared, flung shit everywhere and then suddenly cleared out to let the rest of us deal with its baggage 💀
Yeah. You think Sans and Wheatley had it bad? Oh boy, wait til you see poor Onceler...
It takes a TRUE madlad to watch every single Illumination movie, I salute you.
None of us know that he definitely did yet
When my 7 year old brother watches minions I just immediately go on my phone and put on my sound proof headphones
@@GordonN661 only way to handle that situation, honestly.
Respect
Real gangsta 84 at least you didn’t have to be forced to watch it in a foreign language class
bringing up the onceler fandom really brought out my fight or flight response (also sarah z made a really good video about it)
sarah z is the queen
that onceler part just gave me flashbacks to my tumblr days, and damn I... don’t miss them at all
Omg I love that video
i literally just finished one of her videos ahahaha
i would love being able to live my entire life without knowing about that thing's existance
They say if you watched every illuminations movie without cringing, you become God.
I really liked Sing. It's a great movie to enjoy when you're Hammered
I will never let my mom live down the day where she made us go see Minions in theaters because Ant-Man was “inappropriate” for me.
I guess Honey I Shrunk The Kids was also banned from your household back then too?
noo that's tragic
sad
Dear god, that's a tragedy.
oh my gosh! YOU HAVE A DUTY TO ALL ART! Never let her forget!
I want to stop and say that Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs does the “adaptation of a brief kids picture book” fairly well, but it works because they take the concept of “food-related weather” and throw out the rest (not that there was a lot else). The Seuss adaptations take his short, simple stories with basic but fun characters and try to stretch them out to 90 minutes, which will inevitably fail.
Auracrazykoko - I think Shrek was a similar case; a short book where they took just the basic concept and rewrote it from the ground up. It’s all in the execution. Cloudy’ was done by the guys who managed to make LEGOs emotional; and Shrek was an Avengers-moment of every talented ex-employee teaming up to shit on Disney. Illumination, on the other hand, is the most literal example of “phoning it in” known to man.
The only thing to nail a Suess adaptation I'd say would be Green Eggs and Ham on Netflix (even though that is a show and not a movie I thought it'd be worth bringing up)
@@sarinabina5487 That show is so golden
love that movie!
And that’s why 2003 Cat in the Hat is a masterpiece
I'm genuinely scared for the Mario movie 😔
The fact that the Despicable Me franchise overshadowed the underrated classic that is Megamind kinda gives me a slight grudge towards Illumination
Fun Fact: The actor for the gorilla who sings "I'm Still Standing from Elton John" played the actual Elton John in Rocket Man
And was literally in the same movie as Elton John was (ahem Kingsman golden circle ahem)
@@toasty973 What's Kingsman Golden Circle?
@@henryconner3002 ua-cam.com/video/6Nxc-3WpMbg/v-deo.html
thats probably the only good thing that came out of this movie since rocketman is legendary
@@toasty973 I'm disappointed that's not country roads
What I think Zootopia had over Sing! (well, besides everything) was the world. Zootopia's world actually felt like a universe where animals had become the dominant lifeform, and you see everything in that universe accommodate for each type of animal. Sing! doesn't do that. The entire universe is literally _just_ humanity but with certain things altered from time to time. You could replace every animal in this movie with a Muppet or pillows or sentient cans of Coca Cola and nothing would change.
Shhhh 🤫 Don’t give Illumination the idea to make a Coca Cola movie!
I’d actually pay to see a movie like Sing with sentient cans of Coca-Cola
Don't give illuminations ideas
I'm starting a petition for iilumination to make a Coca cola sing movie
fantastic examples!
I dont know why but even as a kid I just watched a lot of Illumination Entertainment's movies and said, "Well, that was a movie." Sing was played so often that even young me got tired of it and realized that some of characters sounded like stereotypes. Even young me didnt care about Despicable Me 3, The Secret Life of Pets, Hop, and The Grinch. Even today when I get reminded about the movie I don't have any vivid memories from ANY of the movies (except the first Despicable Me because of Vector, and The Lorax because my sister and I made fun of the Onceler and the movie and how weird it is a lot)
"How bad could I be" was the best for projecting what consumerism is. Love that song cuz it catchy and later in my life do I realize how fucked it is. "How Bad can I be I'm Just building the economy." Das messed up man
Karsten:"so his voice actor was replaced as the rat from ratatouille"
DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY RATS ARE IN THAT MOVIE
Is also Jesse from Minecraft story mode
or if it was awful, ratatooing
Thousands cause the rats f a lot
atleast 4, maybe 5.
@@gamusgoober yup maybe ,I was wrong
Karsten didn’t appreciate any of these movies because there was too much animated fur. The only reason Despicable Me was his favourite was because Gru is bald
Lol
Simon Unger lmaooo
Omg xD
@Dustin Sudbrink this is hilarious
I just learned Illumination is making the Mario movie
I’m very scared
Karsten trashing on AMC popcorn and comparing to illumination is weirdly amazing
Title: "I watched every ILLUMINATION movie (and what I learned)"
Opening sentence: "In an article titled 'What is Hell'.."
That’s how you know it’s gonna be good
A sign of a good kids movie is when a child spends months of their life being enraptured by it's concepts. When i was a little kid trying to catch the 'toys' that I owned, thinking they were going to spring to life because of Toy story (and toy soldiers), or having dreams and thoughts back to the visual style of nightmare before Christmas, having the visuals stuck in my head.
I was obviously older when i watched despicable me, but nothing stuck, nothing kept my brain occupied thinking about it over and over.
Movies overall have a different effect when you're an adult of course. But there is nothing there in these movies that could stick with someone like the movies I grew up with.
Asking for every movie to be toy story is a bit much in my mind. Something below the first ice age movie would be where I’d start judging quality. Honestly thought if you have smooth animation and a plot that isn’t the emoji movie (that I refuse to see and will hate on principle) then you pass with a c-
I think a good example of this in animation for older audiences is ratatouille.
I rewatched it a few weeks ago and my God have I not been able to stop thinking about how well done it is. Like just the way the themes and concepts and even the animation itself is handled just feels so... smart to me and it’s stuck with me for a while.
And for those that say that that shit doesn’t affect or matter to kids, my 9 year old sister, who has watched all kinds of animated movies, says that what she considers to be the “best” animated movies are Spirited Away (It’s worth mentioning though that I told her I had her watch this because it was “one of the best” so that one may be biased), Lion King, Ratatouille, and Fantastic mr fox (of ALL movies for a kid to favor). Mind you, these weren’t the answer when I asked for her favorites (although she’s said all 3 of this movies are in her top 10), but what she considers best. I admit she’s always been a bit more mature than her peers, but she’s still a 9 year old kid, and I think that says a lot.
The reason I asked her for her two opinions on “best” animated movies and her “favorite” animated movies was because, well, as a long time lover of animation, I was curious on whether or not kids make that distinction or just consume movies to consume it. I think it’s a mix of both: they’ll watch anything and, as long as it’s entertaining, say it was good and move on, but at the same time they can tell some things are better than others. Then again, as I said, my sister is kinda different, ask another 9 year old and they’ll prolly say the best animated movie of all time is boss baby while their favorite is the emoji movie idk
The only shows or movies that had that effect on me was spongebob and the old teen titans (I had a crush on robin as a child..)
Isabella Nuñez ratatouille is a huge comfort movie and yesss gibil is amazing
@@Talkin-fr0g ratatouille also had an effect on me; because of it, i started eating 2 foods at once (as in, i didn't eat them separately, but i got my fork and stacked up multiple foods at once), i never understood WHY i did it, i just did it
All I remember about the Lorax movie is the weird shipping fandom online. I wasn't around on Tumblr at the time for it, but I heard horror stories. It honestly kind of made me feel bad for the actor Ed Helms. He just wanted what Steve Carell had in Despicable Me, to be in a wholesome family movie, and it was Dr. Seuss on top of it.
But while Steve got the benefits of a fun family franchise, Ed had to hear about an entire subsection of social media making erotic art of his own character *with itself*. And you wonder why he doesn't really go on the internet anymore.
What a horror, how is it possible that a disgusting fandom was created and that on top of that, Ed Helms must have been disgusted and very bad about social networks that created erotic art of his own character *with himself*
what happened in that time
I love that you start off this video talking about the concept of hell, really frames what we're getting into here
Vector is easily the most memorable character in the entire franchise and we can't forget about the iconic quote "OH YEAH"
get vectored lol
Vector looks like plainrock124
Y'all remember when kid's movies were actually inventive? Y'all remember Pinocchio? Incredibles? Hercules? Shrek? There's a ton more.
Illumination is trying be the next bluesky/ Sony animation. They are not completing with Disney classics or dream works. They are playing against angry birds and the emoji movie. As far as that scale goes their honestly not that bad.
Yep we remember when Pinocchio came out in 1949..
I know illumination is awful, but only 1 of those is an original story.
Rebel Trooper Hoth if your referring to Shrek it’s technically a loose adaptation of a preexisting story as well.
@@cooltiger2439 Didn't say original. I said inventive.
I'd argue Sing wasn't really for kids, it was more for their parents. My SO read Sing as an ensemble movie about people from a bunch of different walks of life coming together to make art and "make it" a lot of the characters are built as parallels to where a lot of the kid's parents could possibly be at in life, like the Pig who feels tied down to her domestic life, or the gorilla trying to work his way out of an oppressive system.
I haven't seen the movie myself, but I thought it was an interesting take
I love how even when "Sing" came out it was generally accepted that Taron Edgerton's cover of "I'm Still Standing" was amazing. If you happened to read the comment sections of those videos (before COPPA had them disabled) people who had seen the film agreed that the movie was worth it for that cover alone. It's funny how Edgerton would later go on to star as Elton John in Rocketman.
I absolutely HATE this bland, round, recycled animation style
ME TOOO!!!!!! you're my new soul mate! I HAAATE that all the character designs in animated movies these days all look the same!!!!!
princessthyemis lol I’m glad you agree! I feel like it’s not talked about a lot but it drives me insane. There’s no charm in it anymore and every animated kids film looks like the same bulbous characters just with different clothes and hair!!! Gah it drives me batty. Give me some Studio Ghibli or handdrawn Disney in the 50s back please!
Anna
Even the “pores and hairs” style of Dreamworks was better.
Ikr
I don’t really see how it’s bland round or recycled.
I think you summed up ‘Sing’ perfectly by saying, “The only take away from this movie is that you’ll have ‘I’m still Standing’ by Elton John stuck in your head.” So thank you for that and now I will listen to that song.
"Rocketman" has the same effect because Taron Egerton sings the same song by the end of that movie. The same actor sang the same song in two different movies, how niche is that?
@ RIGHT? what are the odds?
Youmna Sherif I think he sang I’m still standing in sing because he was already cast to play Elton in rocket man
@@ryanricke2247
No, he was casted after the movie. Also, love that pfp.
Your PFP fits your comment very well, I can picture yakko singing that in his beautiful voice lmao
While I haven’t enjoyed all of illumination’s films, they are still nicely animated. And Sing 2 was honestly my favorite animated film last year.
Illumination (for me at least) is like eating lukewarm soup in the middle of Australia but the soup is nostalgic to you so you eat it anyway and afterwards you just go "Huh. Well that was shit."
I need sleep...
"Sing is like if kidz bop was a movie"
I have never been so upset with something I completely agree with
Lol
"Never before have I been so offended by something that I 100% agree with!"
@@jackanderson674 kinda my reaction to this video
Yes
Its sad cause sing is one of my favorite movies
As a drummer, I despise hop solely for the fact that his foot can’t even reach the goddamn bass drum yet we hear the bass drum incredibly clearly. Like they couldn’t of had him play a smaller kit it’s not that hard
I love how in Sing they put Taylor Swift's songs together with the mom character since most 40 year old moms are seen to love Taylor Swift. They really are just trying to make the audience relate by using popular songs lmaoo
Here's a good illustration of how bad The Secret Life of Pets is.
My sister has enjoyed these kinds of movies and shows about pets/animals (whether they talked or not) all her life. Alongside some actual good ones like the original Lion King, she saw and loved (or at least liked) all the Air Bud and Air Buddies movies, the live action Scooby Doo movies, the live action Alvin and the Chipmunks movies, Cats and Dogs, Beverly Hills Chihuahua, among other movies that were mostly trash.
So imagine my absolute shock when she went to the movie theater to see Secret Life of Pets with friends, and came back telling me "It........wasn't that good..."
Alvin and the chipmunks was one of those so bad it's good movies imo, it was a boring, generic, forgetable movie with unlikeable characters, but the fact that there were these cgi chipmunks dancing and singing with a ridiculously high pitched voice, it was so cursed and I absolutely loved it
Interesting. At least the ride is better than the film by a country mile.
Anyway, where did you make your avatar? It looks familiar.
i watched minions while getting stitches and minions was still the most painful part of my day.
You can say the film failed to leave you in stitches, eh?
We were forced to watch it on school movie day. Minions or school was the choice. I would rather sit in school and learn about fucking algebra then watch that thing again.
That has to be the worst film ever. I hate those incoherent, obnoxious tater tots.
I love that moive
My parents got the blue ray or something and we had a thing where it would play during a car ride, and it kept being repeated/replayed. Needless to say, it felt like actual torture
Sing is better when you consider it a part of a trilogy
Sing: Taron Egerton plays a gorilla who sings "I'm still Standing" by Elton John
The Kingsman 2: Taron Egerton plays a spy who saves Elton John from an evil mastermind
Rocketman: Taron Egerton plays Elton John.
These films were made for Taron Egerton to slowly evolve into Elton John
Holy shit
How do I give a comment multiple likes
@@samueld8413 Alt accounts.
@@souzpawtheaboveaveragehope2123 good idea
LMAO STARTING THE VIDEO OFF WITH THE SEGMENT ABOUT 'What is hell" WAS GENIUS !!!
I think Despicable Me is their best film tbh. Moments like Gru trying to get the Pony for Agnes is one of my favourite moments in a film cus it’s just so goddamn adorable
"The most conventionally attractive guys"
Dude... teenage girls started obsessing over Sans, Baldi, Cuphead, and many more...
Jeff the Killer, Slenderman, Purple Guy/Springtrap, Foxy.... yeah really attractive guys
Onceler X Grinch
@@justsomeguy144 oh no
FLOWEY
I love Flowey 😍
Despicable me seems like a movie that looks like the only good child out of a lot of bad siblings.
@Content Corrector Oof
except that good child only looks good when compared to the rest of the family
@Jessica Plays
I can understand that
@Jessica Plays Megamind was a masterpiece. It's criminally underrated :(
I love the second one too
The point made at 2:07 is brilliant. That's exactly how I see the movie, as well as _anything_ "made for kids" that I find to still be good material (this goes for non-media examples as well), too.
i will never forget how the week when the first sing movie came out, i faked not being sick because my mom promised me that we would see it the day it came out, but i woke up that morning feeling like absolute shit. i was like stumbling through the house cause i was so dizzy and tired and we were literally on the way to go watch the movie and i threw up in the car-
In Poland for Despicable Me they always changed the names for example Despicable Me 1 is _"How to steal the moon"_ 2 is _"Minions make trouble"_ and 3 is _"Gru, Dru and Minions"_
The fact that after 1 they put minions in every title sums up the whole series
Interesting to know actually! I remember going to other countries (Spain for example) and Despicable Me would be called "My Favourite Villian", what I didn't know was that overtime in other countries the names of the movies started to involve the Minions as the seller title. Thanks for writing that in the comments
So is it “despicable me: how to steal the moon”? Or is it just. “How to steal the moon”?
@@pormpfspimperton6804 It's just "How to steal the moon"
In Croatia it's "How Gru stole the moon"
What's Megamind called in Poland?
I often think about what would have happened if Sergio Pablos, director of Klaus and creator of the despicable me concept, had not sold the idea to illumination studios and instead have made the film himself in his 2D centered film studio.
Maybe the world would be a much better place
Damn that would’ve been so much better than what we got ;-;
THAT EXPLAINS SO MUCH.
Despicable Me is exactly what it feels like to watch something with a good concept that was quashed by shitty producers.
For real
Worth noting that Sergio didn't create the Minions in his original pitch, that was added by Illumination.
I'm 100% sure that one of the reasons he made Klaus was to be known for something other than Despicable Me
fun fact: the day i met my best friend jordan we watched the grinch (2018) in theaters december 14, 2018. pretty average kiddy movie but it helped in sparking a wonderful friendship since then me and him have been watching movies together