Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs - Nostalgia Critic

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    Lord and Miller give their shot at a children's book classic. Does it have the laughs and imagination all these years later? Nostalgia Critic takes a look at Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.
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    Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is a 2009 American computer-animated science fiction comedy film produced by Sony Pictures Animation and loosely based on the 1978 children's book of the same name by Judi and Ron Barrett. The film was written and directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller in their directorial debuts, and features the voices of Bill Hader, Anna Faris, James Caan, Andy Samberg, Bruce Campbell, Mr. T, Benjamin Bratt, and Neil Patrick Harris.
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  • @ChannelAwesome
    @ChannelAwesome  Рік тому +237

    Thoughts on Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs? Like it? Love it? Meh it?
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    • @jessetorres8738
      @jessetorres8738 Рік тому +6

      I'm still waiting for Doug to review Meteor Man, Postman, Repo Men, & Bicentennial Man. In my opinion, these are 4 underrated films that deserve to be talked about more.

    • @deshawnedwards6412
      @deshawnedwards6412 Рік тому +8

      Review Cloudy with a chance of Meatballs 2 next please Doug.

    • @chasehedges6775
      @chasehedges6775 Рік тому +4

      This movie is one of my favorites.

    • @DodotheNickelodeonFanboy
      @DodotheNickelodeonFanboy Рік тому +4

      I like it

    • @deshawnedwards6412
      @deshawnedwards6412 Рік тому +8

      Review Barnyard (2006) please Doug.

  • @alexhollon7526
    @alexhollon7526 Рік тому +1987

    The last scene genuinely made me tear up just because of how clever it is. He can't always get the words out, but after letting his thoughts do the talking, the one thing he can still say is he loves him. That is so sweet and well written.

    • @hunterolaughlin
      @hunterolaughlin Рік тому +124

      And also a greatly acted performance from James Caan. May he Rest In Peace.

    • @DiegoHernandez-xt2su
      @DiegoHernandez-xt2su Рік тому +38

      @@hunterolaughlin R.I.P James Caan 😢

    • @chasehedges6775
      @chasehedges6775 Рік тому +21

      @@DiegoHernandez-xt2su I miss him.

    • @DiegoHernandez-xt2su
      @DiegoHernandez-xt2su Рік тому +14

      @@chasehedges6775 me too

    • @Miasaint10
      @Miasaint10 Рік тому +45

      @@DiegoHernandez-xt2su Dammit I didn't know James Caan died this year too!!
      I swear every actor I've admired growing up has died this year... Most recently Kevin Conroy.

  • @koneheadcokehead4981
    @koneheadcokehead4981 Рік тому +1157

    Another Fun Fact i love about this really well done animated film is: According to the director's commentary on the DVD, Earl was going to be a gym teacher and part-time cop. His profession was changed to a full-time cop only, but they kept the gym teacher's short shorts on him.

    • @proantagonist5042
      @proantagonist5042 Рік тому +3

      No he’s a volunteer cop

    • @DanteKrystal
      @DanteKrystal Рік тому +59

      God bless those shorts.

    • @zekecasperanddeadpoolzgroovyst
      @zekecasperanddeadpoolzgroovyst Рік тому +37

      @@DanteKrystal
      Joe from Family Guy: Who wears short shorts? *I WEAR SHORT SHORTS!!!!*

    • @jordanyoung1437
      @jordanyoung1437 Рік тому +19

      What’s more is that in the tv show series they made him a part-time teacher

    • @foxhound13
      @foxhound13 Рік тому

      How is that commentary? I like them but some can be boring.

  • @kasbakgaming
    @kasbakgaming Рік тому +657

    My absolute favorite moment out of this movie was him asking his dad to email the file. As someone with completely tech illiterate parents who grew up to work in IT for a bank, this felt like emotional validation.

    • @edwarddore7617
      @edwarddore7617 Рік тому +22

      Then you should check out near the end of Mitchell's Versus the Machines with the dad.

    • @crazyjack66
      @crazyjack66 Рік тому +10

      Absolutely true for me too! Stay strong my brother.

    • @PikaLink91
      @PikaLink91 Рік тому +8

      How cliche though that he literally loses the USB drive as soon as he says "imagine if we lost it". Sometimes I wish we could just have scenes like that without the jinx. Like say if several scenes earlier we are told that the drive is important, then in the rocket they lose it without that cliche line, and then as the audience we are left to think "oh shit, that thing was important" instead of the movie spelling it out mere seconds before it happens.

    • @kasbakgaming
      @kasbakgaming Рік тому +13

      @@PikaLink91 We do get that a lot in films written for adults, we just don't think about it because it's normal story progression. This is a kids movie though, so you kind of have to make some of those allowances.

    • @georgeeastwood6930
      @georgeeastwood6930 Рік тому +6

      That image was funny when Tim’s monobrow was raised so much when Flint asked him to email a “kill code” to him, as the former has never used a computer before! 😂

  • @Mega_man_X69
    @Mega_man_X69 Рік тому +332

    The Mayor is actually feels a representation of Nikocado Avocado.

  • @averymerrick
    @averymerrick Рік тому +438

    Brent tossing away his diaper is symbolic of him liberating himself of his former image...and then you realize he's naked inside a giant chicken. Think about it from the chicken's point of view: It eats something (Brent) which then begins wearing it as a suit, controlling its every action - and it's presumably still alive and conscious, but helpless, from that point forward... A fate worse than death indeed!

    • @MrKlausbaudelaire
      @MrKlausbaudelaire Рік тому +27

      Funny thing is, this is a hella entertaining level in Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story. Luigi gets partialy eaten by a monster inspired by those Cup-shaped bug-eating flowers, and hop around in the unconscious body xD

    • @Zizou_DW
      @Zizou_DW Рік тому +8

      That chicken is kind of like the Cybugs in Wreck-it Ralph.

    • @LegitMan335
      @LegitMan335 Рік тому +3

      From big baby to chicken .

    • @JackalopeBunny
      @JackalopeBunny Рік тому +4

      Right I always thought how awful that was, like did he kill the chicken and is wearing it's dead body?

    • @buddyzilla4557
      @buddyzilla4557 Рік тому +4

      @@JackalopeBunny It's more a Grey area until the sequal. At this point it IS food and while it is the same in chemical makeup as roast chicken, it didn't exist as a typical living chicken first. It WAS intentionally made to be a roast chicken by the device. It is sentient in that it is attacking the heros but even at this point it is recognized almost like drones to a hive mind in protection if the food making device. We don't see Steve as a monster for biting the heads off of the living gummy bears because they are just food extentions of the device protecting itself from being shut off. The sequal movie however retcons this. In fact..it's part of the moral lesson and the prior actions are not ignored to make the new adventure work happier..Flynn is convinced to go to the island because he is under the false impression the sentient food will attack the world like it attacked him and his friends. He FULLY sees the food this way for a while and ACTIVELY detaches himself so he doesn't have to feel bad he is going to kill them all. It takes a lot from Sam and his other friends to admit the good creatures are actually amazing and intelligent individual beings. It's especially ironic as they see him as their God in that one instead of attacking him! It makes for a really cute story and the ending is especially dark and amazing when it comes to the villain: totally not Steve Jobs..but..you also realize despite having to do it to save the world..yeah..yhe chicken and gummy bears and things they had to kill to do so in the first movie..WERE possibly intelligent living beings rather than just puppets..I suppose since they were more just giant versions of real food over the amalgous creaters we would see in the sequal, you could argue they were a mid evolutionary step and hadn't achieved true independent sentience yet. It is still dark and kind of funny though. From the machine and foods perspective, the heros were the villains of the first movie..the sequal even starts right at the end of the first one so you know everything is continuously cannon. It's messed up but I love the studios for not just pretending things were different or ignoring them to lazily make the plot work. It's a rare occurrence of this and I feel it makes Flynns arc in the second one all that stronger. It's clear he sae the device and all it created as a piece of himself..the mistakes he made in the past and the part of him he desperately wanted to move on from. You can kind of forgive him for the way he treats the food creatures because he sees them as the same negative part of himself that nearly took everyone he loved. The villain is offering the future self he feels wants to be and the food creatures are the past he feels stuck in. It's only when he can forgive his mistakes and see the positive that came from them that he didn't orgionlaly intend, that he can do the right thing. He didn't directly make the food creatures but they are a result of his creation. They weren't what he planned but they still were amazing and deserving of life. A few potentionally sentient roast chickens had to die in the process but he kind of WAS their God and it paved the way for a whole mess of confirmedly sentient and very intellegent beings.

  • @theodoro3188
    @theodoro3188 Рік тому +1112

    _When animated movies have food looking more delicious than IRL_

  • @thesapphireone
    @thesapphireone Рік тому +76

    The whole point of the glasses and scrunchie scene was more than just a “funny twist”, it was there to show that Flint, due to similar bullying when he was a child, is the first person to empathise and accept Sam, not just for her looks, but also encouraging her self-esteem, passion for science, and loved her for who she is. And when I was a kid, I always despised the “You’re actually really beautiful, just take off those lame glasses, be hot enough, and men will fall for you”, but here, that scene subverting the cliche was uplifting and surprisingly poignant.
    On the same note, Brent didn’t just come along at the end for the sake of it, he chose to because it’s shown throughout the movie that he felt insecure over losing his job and popularity, causing him to lose his sense of self-worth, until Earl’s speech calling out the town for being so greedy and selfish, humbling Brent, who decides to find his own identity, and help out, ultimately becoming Chicken Brent, turning a 1-dimensional bully into a selfless, kind courageous hero.

  • @cottoneyejoesfm
    @cottoneyejoesfm Рік тому +436

    This video made me realize that the nostalgia critic will never run out of material to review so long as movies are made because eventually everything becomes nostalgic.

    • @RB01.10
      @RB01.10 Рік тому +19

      One film on my bucket list I want to see him do a full review on is Spirit : Stallion of the Cimarron from 2002
      Always loved that film, and now would be the right time IMO since it’s officially 20 years old now

    • @poochyenarulez
      @poochyenarulez Рік тому +6

      He could do some anime too

    • @karenamyx2205
      @karenamyx2205 Рік тому +16

      That's true. New Movies that came out when he started nostalgia critic, could now be reviewed as nostalgic.

    • @mattb9054
      @mattb9054 Рік тому +11

      Believe it or not back in the day he actually had a cut off date, anything past that date he wouldn't review because it wasnt considered nostalgic. Now hes so big he just reviews anything

    • @DarkEclipse23
      @DarkEclipse23 11 місяців тому +3

      @@mattb9054in fairness he had to remove it because he started running out of things he felt he could make a review out of. An instance was the war of the worlds old vs new he scrapped because he couldn’t make any good comparisons that would favor either.

  • @johnnysparkle
    @johnnysparkle Рік тому +465

    Originally, instead of Flint going to the out-of-control FLDSMDFR, the mayor shot it out of the sky, and it fell into the ocean, creating a huge monster made entirely out of food. This was cut due to the resulting monster being too similar to one in another film that had just been released in early 2009. Smaller food monsters would eventually appear in the sequel.

  • @rexusthevaliant6311
    @rexusthevaliant6311 Рік тому +141

    I die at that "snowball" fight every time. I spend minutes laughing with legit tears in my eyes. It's just so sudden and he obliterates those kids.

  • @Zthewise
    @Zthewise Рік тому +85

    It's a small thing, but the fact Lincoln gets hit in the back of the head with the giant pie is a chef's kiss level of detail.

  • @gokuxsephiroth4505
    @gokuxsephiroth4505 Рік тому +97

    Honestly, some of the background gags are so funny. Like how Sam's assistant, Manny was a doctor, a pilot and so many amazing things before he became a camera man in America, or how the TV with legs is just running around still, causing chaos

  • @koneheadcokehead4981
    @koneheadcokehead4981 Рік тому +173

    Another interesting fact about this film is: To make the sound of falling hamburgers, sound officials used wet rags and slapped them on wood. Snapping celery was used to make the sound of bones breaking.

    • @tanimation7289
      @tanimation7289 Рік тому +2

      I thought they used dry wood for the bones braking.

    • @ry_jayy
      @ry_jayy Рік тому +27

      There is a scene where someone snaps a stick of celery in half. Maybe the foley artists broke someone's leg for that sound effect

    • @JjJjJ200
      @JjJjJ200 19 днів тому

      The actors actually ate hamburgers to make the talking with mouth full accurate sounding

  • @DanGamingFan2846
    @DanGamingFan2846 Рік тому +682

    This movie is amazing. Hilarious and heartwarming with some of the most quotable lines in animation.

    • @marcoanaya7123
      @marcoanaya7123 Рік тому +15

      F L I N T. L O C K W O O D !

    • @takashi04
      @takashi04 Рік тому +1

      In woooooo

    • @Snailirific
      @Snailirific Рік тому +2

      @CalderaMan Definitely! Me and my husband quote it all the time. Almost every sentence is super memorable and quotable!

  • @georgeeastwood6930
    @georgeeastwood6930 Рік тому +195

    Tim (Flint’s dad) has one of the best designs for a animated character, he looks like he just has eyebrows instead of eyes. He really should do business with Massimo (the one-armed fisherman from “Luca”) as they look similar & BOTH are fishermen. I’m surprised that Doug didn’t make any comparisons, or even make any sex jokes related to fishing (you can surprisingly get a lot of them).
    I honestly would KILL for an animated Christmas movie where Santa Claus looks like them, with eyebrows instead of eyes!

  • @NightoftheLivingcookies10
    @NightoftheLivingcookies10 Рік тому +50

    There are also some hilarious background gags you don’t catch on a first viewing
    *The text at the bottom of the news screen is a riot and you need to pause the movie to read it
    *Flint’s living TV popping up in the background several times as it’s own character (even stealing a human from the tv store during the food storm)
    *Pretty much everything Steve does in the background
    *The guy who gets a macaroni stuck on his head faces backwards in crowd shots in every scene after he’s shown
    *England’s sky going gray and dull even after the food storm
    *Earl the cop making a huge T shaped hole in the nacho he jumps through while rescuing his family

  • @koneheadcokehead4981
    @koneheadcokehead4981 Рік тому +395

    You know for a non Disney film this really blew me away for how smooth and well done the animation is, and it really shows any big time company can make Animation work if you do it well.

    • @Tylendal242
      @Tylendal242 Рік тому +9

      I've always felt like the sequel is a movie you could enjoy even with the sound off. The animation is just so fluid and active, and just all around fun to watch.

    • @yuvalgabay1023
      @yuvalgabay1023 Рік тому +1

      Ya because grendy work on this baby. The guy who made samurai Jack

    • @KeybladeMasterAndy
      @KeybladeMasterAndy Рік тому

      Small time companies do it as well.

    • @KeybladeMasterAndy
      @KeybladeMasterAndy Рік тому

      @@yuvalgabay1023 I know he worked on Hotel Transylvania, but I don't remember him being credited for this.

  • @michaelmemmott1050
    @michaelmemmott1050 Рік тому +222

    If I want to make my sister bust out laughing no matter how serious the situation I just say "you are about to be crushed by a giant corn" I love this movie. It doesn't go over the top with the meta, ironic, humor like it's sequel. I think it's just wonderfully creative despite it's cliches

    • @Raximus3000
      @Raximus3000 Рік тому +8

      Do not even talk about the sequel. The very idea that it is bad to hunt mutated food to eat disgusts me. As well as how they have the villain being eaen by them!!!!

    • @chloenieuwsma4846
      @chloenieuwsma4846 Рік тому +7

      @Raximus3000 oh come on the sequel wasn't that bad.

    • @Raximus3000
      @Raximus3000 Рік тому +3

      @@chloenieuwsma4846
      Yes, it was. The message was awful on par with Avatar as i mentioned and jurassic world where a litle clone girl effecively kills who knows how many people by unleashing a bunch of dinosaurs.

    • @gianfeliciano9816
      @gianfeliciano9816 Рік тому

      @@Raximus3000 Wow....

    • @giuseppemassari9970
      @giuseppemassari9970 Рік тому +3

      By that point the movie makes it pretty clear they aren’t mutated good anymore, the animals of the island are actual animals with salience at times of a close level to humans.
      And the movie does make the point that all the problems with theanimals started from the villain deciding to invade the island, since if you think about it a bit they literally wouldn’t be capable of expanding outside its surroundings (since they don’t reproduce by themselves, they need the machine for it) and as far as we can tell their actions to humans outside the island boiled down to scaring the crap out of sailors

  • @blackrb123ryan
    @blackrb123ryan Рік тому +164

    Let’s not ignore the fact that the music in this movie is incredible. It’s so filled with magic and fantasy to assist the story and it’s so pretty.

    • @chasehedges6775
      @chasehedges6775 Рік тому +6

      The soundtrack to this movie is so good.

    • @yellobanana6456
      @yellobanana6456 Рік тому +6

      This movie’s soundtrack is one that I remember vividly even though it’s been 10 years since I’ve seen it. It’s so powerful and so memorable.

    • @hunterolaughlin
      @hunterolaughlin 8 місяців тому +2

      Fun Fact: The score is done by the same guy who did the score for Rugrats.

    • @UglyKenHart
      @UglyKenHart 3 місяці тому

      @@hunterolaughlinit’s the legendary Mark Mothersbaugh from DEVO.

  • @SeanA099
    @SeanA099 Рік тому +45

    I love how they actually set up the peanut allergy with a throw away line earlier in the movie

  • @yakunohayashi9653
    @yakunohayashi9653 Рік тому +241

    Everyting that Phil Lord and Christopher Miller touch (whether as directors, writers and producers) is pure gold. They are in my opinion one the greatest duos in cinema

    • @anubusx
      @anubusx Рік тому +9

      I wish they were not kickrd off Solo.

    • @NEVETSGILBERT1233
      @NEVETSGILBERT1233 Рік тому +3

      They done alot of good but I can name one bad project of there's since you decided to include producers hoops

  • @chasehedges6775
    @chasehedges6775 Рік тому +313

    This movie is a childhood classic and one of the best films of 2009

    • @okjeffy6581
      @okjeffy6581 Рік тому +7

      I watched it back in 2011 on big fun movies. And then 6 years later the channel that big fun movies was part of made an animated series of the movie which has little to do with the Movie itself.

    • @IamaPERSON
      @IamaPERSON Рік тому

      @@okjeffy6581 why do people even do that, anyway? If you’re gonna name it after something, it should be related to it in some meaningful way.

    • @okjeffy6581
      @okjeffy6581 Рік тому

      @@IamaPERSON I enjoyed the first episode but lost interest on the rest of the series

    • @IamaPERSON
      @IamaPERSON Рік тому

      @@okjeffy6581 i haven’t watched the show, but I remember my cousin watching it when it came out.

    • @RB01.10
      @RB01.10 Рік тому

      @@okjeffy6581 The 2nd film was also unfortunately a letdown too.
      It’s not the worst, but it’s quite boring and forgettable.
      Also felt like a rehash

  • @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley
    @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley Рік тому +88

    I forget for what reason, but the part where the dad finally raises his eyebrows enough to see his eyes absolutely killed me 😂 You spend the whole movie thinking that he doesn't really have any, I wasn't prepared for them to really be shown!

    • @SeenAGreatLight
      @SeenAGreatLight Рік тому +8

      I loved that bit. I think that's when the dad asks Flint to "look me in the eye and tell me you've got this under control." XD

  • @ThenewTchannel
    @ThenewTchannel Рік тому +48

    Yeah, this was Lord and Miller's first movie, so it was never going to be perfect, but it is a very good movie regardless of its flaws, and I'm glad we still have the two of them making movies together after all these years

  • @koneheadcokehead4981
    @koneheadcokehead4981 Рік тому +61

    Fun Fact: The hallway entrance to the lab is a nod to the hallway Frank Poole is blasted through in 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). In addition, the curtain at the end of the hallway to the lab has a Red Circle in the center, reminiscent of the glowing red eye of the Computer HAL from that film.

  • @koneheadcokehead4981
    @koneheadcokehead4981 Рік тому +147

    I really can't believe this film was released almost 15 years ago because the animation and art work look still so well done and beautiful

  • @grantgilbert2822
    @grantgilbert2822 Рік тому +34

    This movie and A Goofy Movie are the two animated movies that make me feel closer to my dad because of their stories. He’s introverted, I am not much like the dynamics in these movies. We love each other but we don’t understand each other. I’m glad these two movies exist for that reason, they make me feel closer to him, like I understand him.

    • @matthewjones6786
      @matthewjones6786 7 місяців тому +1

      That's so nice! That's my favorite things about storytelling, creating character dynamics that encourage real world understanding, gratefulness, and even change.

  • @the_godbodor7026
    @the_godbodor7026 Рік тому +123

    I honestly love this movie. As a kid, this was one of my favorites and I would watch it a ton. I hadn’t for a few years, but I rewatched it again in April and I thought it held up pretty well and isn’t just another “movie you thought was good as a kid but was actually bad”

    • @CattleTheCat
      @CattleTheCat Рік тому +3

      I loved Alpha and Omega as a kid but now that I’m 14 I dislike the show! I still love Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs even today!

  • @koneheadcokehead4981
    @koneheadcokehead4981 Рік тому +68

    I think this film works well for both kids and adults, because kids can look at the colorful animation and the great voice work and the parents can get sucked in by how intriguing the story is.

  • @Danominator
    @Danominator Рік тому +61

    I can't believe I didn't think this film would be interesting to me as a kid. I'm so glad I eventually ended up seeing it and have so much appreciation for what it does in terms of animation and storytelling. Easily one of the most unique creations made off of a book, even if it basically has nothing to do with it.

  • @austinmiller8356
    @austinmiller8356 Рік тому +64

    I love the back ground characters in this movie, like when everyone in the town is shocked there’s a guy who just takes his beard off, there’s a stack of three kids that just walk around on top of eachother for no reason

  • @deltacharlieecho4732
    @deltacharlieecho4732 Рік тому +16

    I completely forgot about the scene where flint was teaching his dad how to send an email; that was perfect execution of a tied trope.

    • @ianr.navahuber2195
      @ianr.navahuber2195 Рік тому +7

      especially how eager he was to help flint some way or another but it turned out THE ONE THING he could do is the most difficult thing for him
      is mundane but it is hilarious

  • @timmckee6340
    @timmckee6340 Рік тому +66

    This is actually a pretty decent take on the story book classic. I know they changed some stuff, like in the book the food weather was just something that happened instead of being an invention but its works here. I like the characters (the policeman played by Mr. T being a major highlight, he just gives 100 percent to his role.) I also like Sam and Flint relationship and as well as the relationship Flint has with his dad, its clear they love each other but have a hard time connecting. Now I guess it does have some…silly moments, but that comes with the territory of its being a kid’s film and I cant really think of too many scenes that are there to appeal to just them. It also nice there no dance part ending, no fart jokes, and I’m pretty sure no liar revealed. I also really like the near the end the cop saves flint from the mob by saying that EVERONE shares blame for what happened. It’s a good movie, probably not a classic by any means but one that could easily be viewed by kids.

  • @deshawnedwards6412
    @deshawnedwards6412 Рік тому +163

    I freaking love the movie! Cloudy with a chance of Meatballs is the best food-theme animated movie every, next to Ratatouille.

    • @nekonomicon2983
      @nekonomicon2983 Рік тому +6

      Honestly I don't know too many food theme animated movies. What else is there?

    • @yoelmprieto7817
      @yoelmprieto7817 Рік тому +6

      @@nekonomicon2983 definitely not food fight lol

    • @majickman
      @majickman Рік тому +3

      @@nekonomicon2983 Sausage party? Not a kids film but that was never specified

    • @marcoanaya7123
      @marcoanaya7123 Рік тому

      @@nekonomicon2983 Veggietales

    • @MrGabeanator
      @MrGabeanator Рік тому

      lol its so true

  • @pifflesomepuffnadder855
    @pifflesomepuffnadder855 Рік тому +48

    People can say whatever they want about this movie, I f*cking love it. I used to love the sequel as a kid, but I think I've watched it so many goddamn times that I might've gotten sick of it, which kinda sucks because even though I'm older, when I watch it, my brain just rejects it like it's my favourite food gone moldy. I suppose I just ruined it for myself, but oh well.

  • @ethanthomsen3973
    @ethanthomsen3973 Рік тому +24

    You can actually sort of tell that the creators and writers of Spider verse and LEGO Movie did this film just by the tone itself. I love it when a writer(s) have their own style to make their films more distinguishable.

    • @Gambit771
      @Gambit771 Рік тому

      Lego movie was so terrible.

    • @ethanthomsen3973
      @ethanthomsen3973 Рік тому +6

      @@Gambit771 that's fine, if it personally isn't in your taste of films. I personally loved it when it came out back in 2014, but I know that not every film is perfect so I can see someone having some problems here and there.

    • @captainpep3
      @captainpep3 7 місяців тому +2

      @@Gambit771can I ask what was so terrible about it?

  • @jessetorres8738
    @jessetorres8738 Рік тому +98

    I'm still waiting for Doug to review Meteor Man, Postman, Repo Men, & Bicentennial Man. In my opinion, these are 4 underrated films that deserve to be talked about more.

    • @CacoQueen
      @CacoQueen Рік тому +10

      Finally nice to see a fellow Bicentennial Man enjoyer

    • @jessetorres8738
      @jessetorres8738 Рік тому +6

      @@CacoQueen: In my opinion, Bicentennial Man was Robin Williams' most underrated film/performance.

    • @camilogarciaylasaari1857
      @camilogarciaylasaari1857 Рік тому +6

      All of these have man/men in the title 😆 That's a pretty funny coincidence

    • @josephperez2004
      @josephperez2004 Рік тому +1

      Bit of a spoiler below, you've been warned.
      I believe Doug has mentioned he is fan on downer endings, so his taje on Rwpo Men might be neat.

    • @phillipmoghaddam7240
      @phillipmoghaddam7240 Рік тому +1

      His next month should be "Obscure Film Month"

  • @Furrball2023
    @Furrball2023 Рік тому +48

    I loved the part where Doug called Flint's dad the Swedish Chef from The Muppets. It's funny because he DOES look like the Swedish Chef.

    • @TheSchaef47
      @TheSchaef47 Рік тому +4

      In most movies, it would be funny enough just having him as a walking eyebrow for the whole movie. But the scene where he makes Flint look him in the eye, and that brow just levitates and shows those beady little eyes underneath, that's a difference-maker.

    • @matheusmariani3108
      @matheusmariani3108 Рік тому +2

      Bjork!

  • @Argnad
    @Argnad Рік тому +9

    Maybe the most overlooked detail. She is understandably apprehensive when they 1st go in the jello, but she sees the exit sign and can relax.

    • @Kate-uj9rx
      @Kate-uj9rx Рік тому +1

      Oh neat! Never realized and I just rewatched it!

  • @mhaze210
    @mhaze210 Рік тому +10

    Bill Hader is a very talented comedian. His impressions are hilarious, he seems very kind, he's hilarious, he can take on dramatic roles. Which is why I'm surprised he isn't in at least 5 movies per year. I always like hearing when he's cast in something. I wasn't a big fan of IT Chapter Two, but I was excited to hear he was cast. Even the kid he was playing an adult-version of was the one who cast him. When asked who he would want to play an adult-version of him, he immediately said "Bill Hader".

  • @Furrball2023
    @Furrball2023 Рік тому +37

    That part with the dad with the monkey translator was pretty touching now that I think about it.

  • @averymerrick
    @averymerrick Рік тому +109

    I love this movie.
    It’s one of the best animated films, period.

    • @chasehedges6775
      @chasehedges6775 Рік тому +8

      It’s a classic.

    • @Karlach_
      @Karlach_ Рік тому +3

      Agreed. The movie still holds up to this day, I love it

  • @josemanuelcalvaamaya6920
    @josemanuelcalvaamaya6920 Рік тому +5

    There is a clever connection between the opening narration and the final battle. In the opening narration flint said this “when everything seemed lost, I looked at defeat and found hope” at the end of that sentence they show a brief shot of him looking at the camera with a surprised face.
    Then during the final battle between flint and the fldsmdfr they repeat the exact same shot, and it is exactly during the moment when Flint runs out of ideas, but then he looks at his spray on shoes, the thing that made him look bad in school, and he find’s another idea with the spray on shoes to defeat the machine, that was exactly the moment when they repeat the shot. It makes sense when you really think about it.
    Flint was running out of ideas to turn the machine off and the world was getting destroyed (everything seemed lost) but then he looked at his spray on shoes (he looked at defeat) and then he saw the spray on shoes as another chance to turn the machine off and save the world (he found hope).

  • @Cinemabu11
    @Cinemabu11 Рік тому +8

    I love all the little details that this film has. In the beginning Flint narrates and says "...when all seemed lost, I stared at defeat (da/the feet) and found hope." In the end he literally stares at his feet and finds the solution to his problem.
    Or like how Flint sees the mayor come into his lab and asks (considering his size) how he even came into the lab. Literally questioning the cartoon logic.
    Or how his lab is cheaply made and he makes sci-fi noises himself, and how his passcode to his elevator is just him pressing random buttons of a toy he probably taped on his wall.
    This movie is so great because of the amount of care and thought that went into it.

    • @willieboi.
      @willieboi. 6 місяців тому +2

      Yoooo I never noticed the "deafet" line after many rewatches.. that's cool

  • @koneheadcokehead4981
    @koneheadcokehead4981 Рік тому +56

    I still remember going to this film as a kid and me, my brother and my mom we're the only people in the theatre watching this film it was a amazing time

  • @mommymeow32
    @mommymeow32 Рік тому +47

    I remember watching this movie a lot in 2012 and 2013 because Cartoon Network always played it!

  • @stephaniethepenguin5442
    @stephaniethepenguin5442 Рік тому +19

    I remember seeing this movie for my end of school year breakup, and I loved it! I was so ecstatic when I saw the trailer for the first time earlier that year and couldn't wait for it. It didn't disappoint. It was so good that I actually went back a second time to watch it in 3D, and I have no regrets.
    That whole scene where Tim attempts to send Flint the kill code with no clue of how a computer works just had me crying tears of laughter. And Mr. T never fails to be cool, even when he's animated.
    Great review, and I'm looking forward to Commercials next week. 👍

  • @tremorsfan
    @tremorsfan Рік тому +16

    I liked how they managed to replicate the illustration of the school covered in a pancake.

  • @mavericktitan7874
    @mavericktitan7874 Рік тому +30

    I may be in a slight minority, but this is one of the few films in the world I truly consider to be a "perfect movie". The humor and pacing just hit so perfectly for me as the story threads expertly weave themselves together into an ever escalating narrative with a glorious climax.

    • @Gambit771
      @Gambit771 Рік тому +2

      You are not only in the silent majority but the only one to think that.

    • @Author-Chan_1
      @Author-Chan_1 8 місяців тому +2

      Same! Also, @Gambit771 , he's not the only one.

  • @koneheadcokehead4981
    @koneheadcokehead4981 Рік тому +55

    Honestly the animation in this film has no right being this good and yet it is, which makes me love it even more because of it

  • @TheSchaef47
    @TheSchaef47 Рік тому +6

    I was a little late to this movie (but not twelve years late) but fell in love with it almost immediately. Only later did I realize it was my introduction to the genius of Lord and Miller.
    I especially love the little touches, like the guy with the trucker hat who is inexplicably in every scene, or when Sam says "that tornado was just an amuse-bouche compared to what's coming next" and someone in the crowd whispers, "what's an amuse-bouche?"

  • @koneheadcokehead4981
    @koneheadcokehead4981 Рік тому +19

    You know for a film about falling food i was expecting so much tear jerking moments, but man i was wrong with how many there are

  • @FATE522
    @FATE522 Рік тому +17

    Critics can be a lot to swallow, but the Nostalgia Critic always makes me hungry for more with his content.

  • @koneheadcokehead4981
    @koneheadcokehead4981 Рік тому +21

    You know i could just look at the wonderful Animation and Art Work in this film and not get bored at looking at it for like several hours.

    • @TheSchaef47
      @TheSchaef47 Рік тому

      Like a cat video.
      Fight the power!

  • @swagman8011
    @swagman8011 Рік тому +20

    One of the questions I had from this movie was how did Flints feet grow into adult feet with the Spray on Shoe, shouldn't his feet have been the size they were before the spray?

    • @evanthecinemaguy9902
      @evanthecinemaguy9902 Рік тому +2

      I never thought of that! That is weird

    • @mrcritical6751
      @mrcritical6751 Рік тому +1

      Or even more horrific would Flint’s feet grow but be stuck in the constraints of the shoes and overtime break and snap

    • @chloenieuwsma4846
      @chloenieuwsma4846 Рік тому +5

      Maybe there elastic and grow alongside the wears feet size? That's my thought anyway.

    • @teleportingpotatoe
      @teleportingpotatoe Рік тому +1

      wait...hes never taken off his "shoes"?

    • @mrcritical6751
      @mrcritical6751 Рік тому +5

      @@teleportingpotatoe the spray on shoes can’t come off they’re stuck to his feet forever, Flint will die and those things will still be stuck to his skeleton

  • @warllockmasterasd9142
    @warllockmasterasd9142 Рік тому +6

    My favourite scene in the movie is for some reason: the Dad's face when he is told to email.
    Because you see his eyes!

  • @KingCasual1986
    @KingCasual1986 Рік тому +44

    It’s always really wholesome when the Critic reviews a good movie!

  • @koneheadcokehead4981
    @koneheadcokehead4981 Рік тому +19

    You know for as crazy as this premise for this movie is, i think it pulls it off really well especially because it's a kid film.

  • @sweetlime3588
    @sweetlime3588 Рік тому +6

    16:58 I JUST noticed that the officer's hair is kinda the opposite of Mr.T's iconic hair. That's pretty clever.

  • @jasiekgosciniak126
    @jasiekgosciniak126 Рік тому +6

    How could he not address even in one sentence the comedy gold of a scene where Sam kicks Flint in the eyes

  • @ericasutton3147
    @ericasutton3147 Рік тому +16

    I loved the Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs book. I just loved the raining food parts and it always made me feel hungry.

    • @starcherry6814
      @starcherry6814 Рік тому +1

      Same here, there was a time as a kid where we ate nothing but cheap spaghetti
      This book was an escape for me where I could imagine myself in a world where I could eat whatever I craved because money wasn't an issue

  • @BryanCostner
    @BryanCostner Рік тому +40

    I remember seeing this movie as a kid. I used to think that the Spaghetti tornado scene was the scariest shit I've ever seen as a kid 😂

    • @chloenieuwsma4846
      @chloenieuwsma4846 Рік тому +5

      It was always the food avalanche/the giant bagel that terrified me.

  • @koneheadcokehead4981
    @koneheadcokehead4981 Рік тому +6

    Who knew Pigs would be such good Astronauts

  • @Zeldur
    @Zeldur Рік тому +9

    I sometimes randomly remember the father using the mouse on the screen and I forgot it was from this movie. I forgot how good this movie is considering the crap it was up against around that same time

  • @koneheadcokehead4981
    @koneheadcokehead4981 Рік тому +45

    I know this might be a strong opinion to have but i still think this is some of the most beautiful animation we've ever gotten

  • @cmw12
    @cmw12 Рік тому +17

    This movie is brilliant and vastly underrated, even by you, critic.

  • @vikrambal6247
    @vikrambal6247 Рік тому +9

    It’s been years, I’ve found nostalgia critic again and it feels like a rush of nostalgia.

  • @Logicall_
    @Logicall_ Рік тому +7

    One of my all-time favorite films, treat it well Doug
    Edit: Okay Doug, you get to live for now

    • @broncstudios
      @broncstudios Рік тому

      Am sure he will at least I hope so 😅also watch UA-cam channel bronc studios I have 583 viewers so far

  • @koneheadcokehead4981
    @koneheadcokehead4981 Рік тому +11

    I think this film was made because someone really wanted to see Bruce Campbell fight a giant Ice Cream monster

  • @tinkerer3399
    @tinkerer3399 Рік тому +13

    I love Bruce Campbell in this and overall think this is a fun movie. I was also concerned since I was a fan of the book as a child but it easily won me over.

  • @MrJomalley123
    @MrJomalley123 Рік тому +12

    Both the book and the film were so great
    i read the original book when i was just a kid and even then as a teen seeing this film it was really good and very heartwarming to say the least especially with the family dynamic. i love the weird sciencey twist in it that makes it more interesting but the book will always be one of my favorites so i can gladly say
    why not love them both?

  • @LoreofMars
    @LoreofMars Рік тому +6

    If there's one thing I remember about this movie, it's how hard my mom laughed at the dad sending the email scene. Still one of her favorites

  • @10.ikadekanandadwipayadnya83
    @10.ikadekanandadwipayadnya83 Рік тому +5

    18:39
    The last pie Hit the back of the head because it was how he was assassinated
    -alen tsai

  • @jakekordan5746
    @jakekordan5746 Рік тому +5

    I do enjoy Mr. T's character design having the complete opposite hairstyle as the actual Mr. T. Very clever detail

  • @sewgeekdesigns9113
    @sewgeekdesigns9113 Рік тому +2

    Still I giggle at the “there’s a leak/Leek” in the boat line lol 😂

  • @ryanmorejon5813
    @ryanmorejon5813 Рік тому +21

    I read the book on this film when I was a kid and I know the film's not perfect but I enjoy it as I'm coincidentally watching it right now so I've been waiting for you to do a review on this film ever since you mentioned it a couple of times so thanks for making my Wednesday feel a lot better ❤️❤️❤️

    • @Hal-fx9xx
      @Hal-fx9xx Рік тому

      there's a book??

    • @annienunyabiz6627
      @annienunyabiz6627 Рік тому +1

      @@Hal-fx9xx Yeah. Doug showed it multiple times at the beginning of the video.

  • @TheKing-rp9by
    @TheKing-rp9by Рік тому +7

    How could you not talk about how Sam saw flint before and after the glasses.

  • @nedandtheneedlefishvevo575
    @nedandtheneedlefishvevo575 Рік тому +8

    I’m gonna be honest, this movie is a candidate for the most underrated animated film ever made. I honestly think it’s a genuine masterpiece

  • @dollykins100
    @dollykins100 Рік тому +5

    "I HAVE A MACARONI ON MY HEAD!" that line never fails to make me laugh

  • @matthewjarek3026
    @matthewjarek3026 Рік тому +11

    Definitely one of the best animated movies based off of a children's book. It's faithful to the source material, build's on the book's premise, and makes the necessary changes to work as a movie.

  • @jamesmoyner7499
    @jamesmoyner7499 Рік тому +8

    One film I would like to see covered I remember seeing a lot on Disney Channel when I was little was Leave it To Beaver from 1997.

  • @jessehcreative
    @jessehcreative Рік тому +3

    One of my top ten animated films of all time. It’s so creative and inventive despite the few kid’s film cliches. It also introduced me to Lord and Miller, whose writing style I immediately fell in love with. The insane amount of running gags, callbacks, and background gags elevate this film even more. Phenomenal animation, cast, and writing. Love it.

  • @HawkTeevs
    @HawkTeevs Рік тому +2

    I really liked how they portrayed the machine’s decent into madness (for lack of a better term). It gradually keeps building up the meatball around it, and I honestly found it kinda unsettling how it’s voice glitches and stutters between multiple different voices as if it was being possessed or something.
    I have no idea how Phil Lord and Chris Miller were able to make a machine that literally turns into a giant meatball and spits out giant food intimidating, but they somehow managed to do it.

  • @coolnerdlll6053
    @coolnerdlll6053 Рік тому +6

    This movie isn't a masterpiece, but it's fun enough that I'm proud to own it and it put Lord and Miller on the map. That's good enough for me.

  • @koneheadcokehead4981
    @koneheadcokehead4981 Рік тому +62

    Honestly i still think this is one of the best animated films of the 21th century so far

  • @TwoFacedGentleman
    @TwoFacedGentleman Рік тому +2

    If I'm ever on the fence about a movie,
    a solid ending always wins me over.
    And this has one hell of an ending.

  • @redwarriorstudios6077
    @redwarriorstudios6077 Рік тому +3

    This movie was an important one for because I had a really hard time back in middle from all the stress that I got a lot and had to miss school. When I was at a store one day and Cloudy with a Chance of meatballs I picked it up and watched it three times that day. And this is the movie gave me some inspiration for animation. And I have to say this is one of my favorite movies of all time, top 5 even. It’s also great to see Doug give a fair review of this gem.
    See Animat this is how you do a review, and without attacking the people who made it.

  • @BugsyFoga
    @BugsyFoga Рік тому +9

    The Lord and Miller classic

  • @wellockproductions8263
    @wellockproductions8263 Рік тому +3

    7:59
    You're forgetting one thing between this and Thor: Love and Thunder: Cloudy's CGI looked good then and still does today.

  • @calvinmatthews1527
    @calvinmatthews1527 Рік тому +4

    I remember first watching this film on a Youth field trip and I'm surprised how much of it holds up so well. Sure, there are a few cliches but that doesn't detract from my enjoyment of it. Also, a lot of jokes & moments still stick with me even today.

  • @koneheadcokehead4981
    @koneheadcokehead4981 Рік тому +6

    Man this remake of Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a lot more wild than i thought it would be

  • @averymerrick
    @averymerrick Рік тому +5

    Anna Faris in anything is always a instant win.

  • @Nulono
    @Nulono Рік тому +3

    20:44 Yes, that's literally the reason for it. I believe there's an earlier scene where they try to kiss but his nose gets in the way.

  • @Karuminu2
    @Karuminu2 Рік тому +16

    This movie and its sequel always makes me so freaking hungry even on a full stomach. The animators made the food look so damn gooood. ( ̄﹃ ̄)

  • @tatianahernandez2865
    @tatianahernandez2865 Рік тому +4

    The comedy really holds up for me. I love this film! "A film made by a lot of people" still cracks me up

  • @koneheadcokehead4981
    @koneheadcokehead4981 Рік тому +4

    So this is why we never let Elephants drive Firetrucks

  • @koneheadcokehead4981
    @koneheadcokehead4981 Рік тому +7

    Man who knew Danny DeVito would be so effective with a squirt gun against Wolverine.

  • @Charles12
    @Charles12 Рік тому +5

    The debut of Lord and Miller was the first movie of theirs i watched. And I love it.

  • @rajita1019
    @rajita1019 Рік тому +2

    Hey Doug! Just want to say I had a great time at the con, and it was awesome and a pleasure to meet the cast! Hope you all enjoyed the convention as well!