Charlotte's Web - Nostalgia Critic
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Everybody loves the book, but some are split on the live action movie. What are Nostalgia Critic's thoughts? Let's take a look at Charlotte's Web.
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Charlotte's Web is a 2006 fantasy comedy-drama film based on the 1952 novel of the same name by E. B. White. Directed by Gary Winick and written by Susannah Grant and Karey Kirkpatrick, it is the second film adaptation of E. B. White's book, and live-action/CGI remake of Paramount's 1973 animated feature film of the same name produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. The film stars Dakota Fanning, Kevin Anderson, and Beau Bridges, with voices provided by Dominic Scott Kay, Julia Roberts, Steve Buscemi, John Cleese, Oprah Winfrey, Thomas Haden Church, André Benjamin, Cedric the Entertainer, Kathy Bates, Reba McEntire, and Robert Redford. Danny Elfman composed the film's score.
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Can you still do Ben 10 secret of the omnitrix please?
Can you please review Escape from Cluster Prime, Escape from Tomorrow, Looney Tunes Back in Action, Jimmy Timmy Power Hour trilogy, and Rugrats Go Wild?
Oh what a tangled web critic wedded folks!
So when I was 11, Paramount Pictures filmed this movie in my home town in Melbourne Australia. I was cast as an extra in the fairground scene. I spent two weeks going on rides, eating free fairground food and not going to school. They paid me $900 and it was the best job I’ll ever have 😂 Now I get to say I’ve technically appeared in a Nostalgia Critic review, cheers Doug!
You got paid to just have fun. That's every kid's dream! I've been an extra for tv programmes a few times, but it has never been THIS rewarding! 😂
Okay so at what point in the video do you have to pause to see you? 😅😅
THATS AWESOME!
Which dramatis personae did you thesbian?
I was instantaneously invensted via your assumedly temporary thespianing 🎬
Ahh, Charlotte's Web, making children cry for decades. Usually at school when the teacher is hungover and wants a nap.
dang
:(
💯💯
😂😂😂😂 so true hats off to ya mate that was brilliant
You know. I wonder how many times we had movie time because of that
Fun fact: The book got it's inspiration when the author E.B White had a farm in Maine. Wilbur was an actual pig White had tried to save and Charlotte was a spider White had watched hatch her eggs.
Her Eggs. Also, ONLY Female Spiders build Webs.
Wait, Maine?! Omg Stephen king should direct the next adaptation
...and then the cow farted, knocking the rat on his ass!
Fun fact: The protagonist of Diary of a Wimpy Kid never read Charlotte’s Web, and assumes either Wilbur or FERN dies in the end, lol
In the books or the films?
@@Blankettaper80007it was in one of the books
@@Blankettaper80007 book
@@supernovatv9514 It was in book 4 Dog Days.
Just another reason to hate Greg lmao
"Let's take a look at....almost 20 years later-"
Shut the actual hell up Doug, don't make me feel old! 😂😭
haha it sneaks up on you
EXACTLY! I remember seeing this in theaters as a kid…
@@talonschultz5277 time is ruthless
Old?
He is bald and starting to get grey in his beard, he knows it we will all know it unless cut down early.
I honestly forgot THIS version existed until today.
If I was born small would you kill me?
"How'd ya know your mother and I had that talk?!"
oh my
I was born dead had to resuscitate me.
Yes... that's in the video.
A Casting Fact: Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Bill Nighy, Jeff Daniels, Anthony Hopkins, and John Malkovich were all considered for the role of Templeton the Rat.
that is interesting
I think the role went to best choice
No Bruce Campbell or Ted Raimi?
I need to see Captain Templeton singing Smorgasbord.
Steve Buscemi voice templeton 🐀
As a severe arachnophobic I very much cannot look at Charolette in this movie but I loved this film as a kid and loved the book.
i feel that
How did you make it through all the close ups of her face?
My sister has arachnophobia, and she can barely tolerate the movies. Even with the ending of all the babies leaving, she's clawing the coutch and breathing deeply
The kids hatching is really triggering for sure
@@AsiaDanceScene yea
I watched the animated version as a kid, and Charlotte was the only spider in my life I’ve ever felt sorry for.
same
I hate spiders, especially tarantulas! I don’t like how they move or especially their eyes. But Charlotte is the only exception, as her eyes are not as scary as actual spiders (but still scary in their own right). I have serious arachnophobia & had to be escorted out of a tarantula house on a school field trip to an aquarium when I was 14.
@@gryphonofmight same! I watched it a lot at my grandma's house when I was little! Templeton was the best part!
@@kdusel1991 i just am freaked out by spiders still
I had the same experience.
Fun Fact: For security reasons, early prints of Charlottes Web were shipped under the name "Bacon".
Ooh? What’s the full story?
No one was on interested in leaking a mystery Kevin Bacon movie?
ironic
Bit weird ngl
What security reasons? Was E.B. White so popular after Stuart Little that people had to keep Charlotte's Web from leaking out to his enemies?
Another Fun Fact: There were 47 Wilburs on set because the piglets grew up so fast. Also, each one was taught only one "trick", like to stare up or to walk a certain distance.
I find that odd for the fair scenes since I thought they we’re going to have a pig the same size as Wilbur was in the book/cartoon version
They did the same thing for Babe and Pig in the city. The higher ups at Universal wanted Babe to be small and cute to sell their plushies, I assume they had Babe plushies, but because Piglets grow up in a matter of weeks, they used over 40 piglets to film both films.
The funny part is, in the book, Babe grew up, he becomes a full grown adult by the end of the book and is a lot more mature to herd his sheep.
I see what they did in Charlotte’s Web was having Wilbur become a full grown pig at the end of the movie.
Stop copy pasting
Steve Buscemi was CRAZY good casting for Templeton.
Didn’t expect you to be here
@@eraser2592 me neither!
Same.
YO, FIERYJOKER!! How you been feeling, bud!?
He does really good as Templeton. A good successor to Paul Lynde's Templeton from the animated one.
I remember being dragged along to see this as a kid, I wanted to see “Rocky Balboa”, everyone else wanted to see this…
debatable which holds up better
I remember renting both movies in 2007. My dad watched Rocky 6 and I saw Charlotte's Web and Rocky 6 and I honestly thought they were both good and a great way to wrap up 2006 in movies
@ANDCFC95 You had the better choice
@@edwardhannah8507 you can imagine how my heart sank when we walked into the Screen saying “Charlotte’s Web”
Another Fun Fact: Like the 1973 version, Charlotte's daughters fly away while Joy, Arenea, and Nellie stay the same day they hatched; in the book, they stay for several days before leaving and Wilbur meets Joy, Arenea, and Nellie the following day.
I love spiders. And while I normally applaud a film trying to be more zoologically accurate, this film convinced me that all spiders should be drawn with simple mouths.
Me: looks down at my bacon cheeseburger nervously.
"That was some pig" 😊
Me: Nah, I don't even eat bacon.
I don’t eat bacon 🥓 much anyway
Wilbur? Did i just eat you?
in the UK although it is now making a limited comeback, Bambi completely destroyed the sales of venison. babe and charlotte's web barely dented the pork market. that is the delicious power of bacon.
All I'll say is that the scene where Charlotte dies in the remake is even sadder than the animated version, At least to me it is.
It’s pretty saddening
@@TheCommenterDragon Agreed 💯%
I know I still cry at when charlotte dies in this remake. I was 10 when this movie came out and while I didnt love it I still think its one of the best of nickelodoens live action movies and Ill watch it every so often as an adult 😊. The 1973 movie that I grew up with always be the best to me though.
Insert "Best Cry Ever Auto Tune" here..
A friend of mine went to see this film with his daughter in theaters for her homework, without having read the original. When Charlotte dies, he kept smiling and thinking, "No, there's no way she dies. They're gonna bring her back somehow." So when the credits rolled and the realization that she actually died hit him all at once, he started sobbing in public and his daughter was wondering what was wrong with him.
A friend of mine went to see this film with his daughter in theaters for her homework, without having read the original. When Charlotte dies, he kept smiling and thinking, "No, there's no way she dies. They're gonna bring her back somehow." So when the credits rolled and the realization that she actually died hit him all at once, he started sobbing in public and his daughter was wondering what was wrong with him.
DID DOUG JUST DO A COMMERCIAL STRAIGHT? That's one of the funniest ads he's done! He had to sit there and decide to just do the ad without any added humor or anything.
Me: Please, don't trash on one of my biggest childhood favorites.
Critic: Well, since you said please.
Underrated comment lol
I'm thankful Critic has discovered this new thing called "liking things"
@@DriverHenryWho3245 Doug has always liked things tho. The problem is that there’s too much bad films being made.
Critic doesn't really trash on stuff anymore, I'm noticing. Even when he does, like with Wish, he tries to not be too harsh, even not as harsh as a movie deserves.
@@Wandergirl108 True. I respect that about Doug.
@@chasehedges6775 yeah. I'm referring more to the character of the Nostalgia Critic. There was a joke in his Nightmare Before Christmas review where he said he "discovered a new thing called liking things", which references how Doug isn't always playing the Critic as a shouty madman and gives him more balance nowadays.
One of my favourite childhood films, I still have a soft spot for it. The scenes of Charlotte spinning a web, and the CGI making the animals' mouths move, were also impressive for the mid 2000's.
SOOOO TRUE💯💯
Fun fact: in both animated adaptations of The Cat in the Hat and Charlotte’s Web, Sally and Fern were voiced by Pamelyn Ferdin. What I find interesting is that, for the live action adaptations, both characters also shared the same actress; in those cases, Dakota Fanning
Huh, What a interesting Coincidence.
Maybe it's the rule.
You should do night at the museum next!
“Free Bacon.”
That’s pretty funny
I honestly prefer this to the animated version. No overly corny songs, the casting is nearly perfect, Strong emotional core, and I actually like Charlotte's design. I appreciate the effort to make her look cute, but still realistic, even if it doesn't work for everyone.
Yes!!! I love this movie too! The animated movie was okay but I didn’t like Wilbur (I think he was voiced by an adult and he whined too much which made it distracting). I like the live action. It’s a charming fall movie I like snuggling with, even despite some of the odd casting choices.
I agree - I thought it was great. I'm a bit surprised to the negative reviews
@@inkheart151yeah the only song I remember from the original is the one Templeton sings at the fair.
Agreed, saw the original as a kid at home and saw this in theaters the same week and I loved this one more?
I like both.
The animated one was set during the great depression, this was set in the late '50s-early '60s as there was supposed to be a scene in the present where Fern and Henry take their granddaughter to the family farm. Which makes me sad it didn't pan out.
"I'll never use a can of Raid again!"
Absolute classic movie. One of my childhood favorites
One of the best family films of 2006
Same. This is definitely a childhood classic but not without its flaws.
This movie is just wholesome and wonderful.
I would've liked it better if it were a musical. Wasted opportunity considering the hired composer was the composer-lyricist of Nightmare Before Christmas
One Last Fact: The remake is released three days before death of Joseph Barbera, producer of the 1973 animated film and twenty four days before death of the director Iwao Takamoto.
"Last".
He certainly ain’t no Gordy
He’s better than Gordy
@@chasehedges6775 Wilbur and Babe could kick Gordy's ass!!
OINK OINK SUEY YIPPEE-OH-KAI-YAY!
@@davidspring4003 PIG POWER IN DA HOUSE!!!
Babe and Charlotte's Web are better than Gordy.
Critic not knowing Andre 3 stacks was hilarious
I remember seeing the Animated version with Debbie Reynolds, now that’s a classic.
I used to watch that one all the time at my grandma's house when I was little!!
May she RIP
@@GBmovieluv along with Carrie Fisher too!
For me personally, the animated Charlotte’s Web feels like a perfect movie, even though technically no movie is truly perfect. But it gives all the warm feelings that a timeless animated classic can give me. The whole movie, frame-by-frame is absolutely adorable. I hope more parents will continue to show this to their kids the way my family and grandparents introduced it to me and my sister.
The Dakota Fanning version is perfectly okay, and I enjoy Steve Buscemi’s voice as Templeton, but no amount of CGI can ever compare with the simple but beautiful art form that is Hand-Drawn 2D Animation. And the design of Charlotte in the animated film and the wonderful Debbie Reynolds… It actually kind of angers me that Paramount gives the live-action version more attention and continues to air it on TV. Give the animated classic a proper restoration, a Blu-Ray release, stream it on Paramount+, just don’t let this classic be forgotten!
Charlotte's death will always make me cry. And that's when I used to be scared of spiders. Now in my 30s (and thanks to jumping spiders and Lucas the Spider), I love the little things. Did you know spiders have paws?! And jumping spiders wear water hats. And peacock spiders are so cute with their little dances!
Wow. If I had a nickel for every NC review about a movie starring a farm animal that showed him with a fork and knife prepared to eat said animal, I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice, right?
I was gonna say “I don’t think he ever reviewed Babe or its superior sequel” but then I remembered he reviewed the Disney movie “Gordy” a decade ago. I feel so old.
I have a really nostalgic connection to this movie because I really enjoyed the book and the Hanna Barbera animated short. And not only did I enjoy the movie, I remember that my 3rd grade class at the time did an entire puppet show with popsicle stick puppets. I got to play Wilbur in that and I still hold onto those memories.
This movie is harmlessly cute
It's way better the Charlotte's Web 2 where her daughters can't spin a web how did those idiots eat
Corny or not, "Zuckerman's Famous Pig" is so darn catchy.
I would've loved to hear what kind of song Danny Elfman would've written in its place, shame musicals were out of style at that time
I’m surprised nobody has said anything about Andre 3000! That man is half of OutKast and largely responsible for “Hey Ya!” And “Ms. Jackson”
This!! Your comment was way too far down! 😂
As soon as I got to that part of the video I started searching for this comment. There aren't enough of em lol.
I too had to scroll so far down! HOW DOES DOUG NOT KNOW ANDRE 3000. “Hey Ya!” I know he’s heard this song!
How can you talk about Andre 3000 without mentioning Class of 3000?! That show was goated!
15:32 In contrary to his point, Templeton does take a moment to give Charlotte a look of remorse upon actually seeing her dying. This Templeton may be a jerk, but he has a heart and really just wanted some appreciation for his efforts to help.
Yes I like that he showed some hidden depths in his character.
The funny thing is, when I saw this film in my early teens, I didn't find Fern's way of speaking weird. Probably because I was the type of kid who spoke really formally, but acted childish... Yet another sign that I should've gotten my autism diagnosis WAY sooner! 😅
That clip of the animated movie was like a shotgun blast of Forgotten childhood memories
How dare he calls it corny and says it isn't an emotional powerhouse
My little brother was obsessed with this movie when he was little. My parents had to hide the DVD from him because he wouldn’t stop watching it
Sounds like you had lousy parents.
How the hell do you not know who André 3000 is? Ms. Jackson, Hey ya, Green light? Where's Malcolm?
By being normal.
@@billjacobs521 L take go listen to Outkast
It's so crazy to see that he's come full-circle. He's been on for so long that now he's reviewing movies from MY childhood!
“Good things come to those who find it and shove it in their mouth.”
7:06 Gotta have that classic kids' movie Nightmare Fuel!
9:21 I forgot who's narrating the story already.
16:03 Either the director LET Steve Buschemi say "asshole" in a kids' movie, or just didn't stop him.
This film was probably closer to what the original author wanted back when the animated film was being made, go I guess it’s one of those “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory” versus “Charlie & the Chocolate Factory” situations.
I hope that Andre 3000 thing was a joke… You’re telling me you never heard “Hey ya”?! 😂
10:14 Has anyone noticed how sarcastic "Some Pig" sounds?
To be honest, I do like this version of Charlotte's Web a lot, though I have considerably more nostalgia for that old cartoon. Credit where it's due, the technical aspects are really impressive, especially since Templeton and Charlotte had different CGI animation studios, and the scene where the two characters interact had to have a lot of back and forth done between them, according to the director's DVD commentary.
The animated film, frame-by-frame is just absolutely adorable. I love it to pieces and I hope more parents will continue to show the cartoon to their kids the way my family and grandparents introduced it to me and my sister. The Dakota Fanning version is perfectly okay, and I enjoy Steve Buscemi’s voice as Templeton, but no amount of CGI can ever compare with the simple but beautiful art form that is Hand-Drawn 2D Animation.
Another Fun Fact: In this film Templeton tells Wilbur he will be served for Christmas. In the original book and 1973 animated film an old sheep (who's not related to Samuel in this version.) tells Wilbur about being him being served for Christmas.
7:00 AAAAAAAAA- still they tried harder than Disney did with live action Flounder and Sebastian.
Even though I’m not a fan of the remake, my cousin likes this movie for a live action remake! It still beats most live action Disney remakes!
Very true. It's actually not a bad remake
@@kdusel1991 true
This is a nitpick, but it’s not a “remake”. It’s another adaptation of the same book, just in a different medium.
@@kdusel1991 at least that movie tries to be different than the animated version!
@@Markimark151 also true! The animated one is a little corny but it's 70's corny.
I saw one of my four middle school gym teachers when I went to see this. He was seeing Rocky Balboa. I saw that same gym teacher again 6 years later when I went to see Wreck It Ralph, but I forget what he was seeing then.
It's a Nickelodeon movie, chances are that it'll either be loved by kids who grew up with it or despised by everyone (unless it's Spongebob or Jimmy Neutron, those are the exceptions)
EXACTLY
Hopefully both
I didn't grow up with it and it made me cry at age 24
The fact that you don't know Andre 3000 is unforgivable.
@@ThePynnacle I had to rewind it twice because I couldn't believe what I was hearing 😂😂😂
One of the saddest stories in hollywood is the 1970s attempt Gene Deitch made. He had E.B. White consult the while thing. His website has the complete storyboards on it - completed by Czech illustrator Mirko Hanak, who was working overtime as he died of leukemia. The studio said "Mm, too poignant and minimal and aware of the world. Let's ask Hanna-Barbera to make a musical."
And the concept art was gorgeous. Templeton was scruffy and Charlotte was unanthromorphized but glisteningly pretty, like a psankiy egg.
I Imagine Lost in Space jokes about SPIDERS!
Spiders! A giant legion of Spiders!!!
@@kdusel1991😂LOL
@@chasehedges6775 goddamnit Dr. Smith!! 😂😂
I’m surprised Doug didn’t make any “Lost In Space” spider jokes! 😮
@@georgeeastwood6930 me too! You'd think we'd get a Dr. Smith cameo or something!
Imagine hiring the composer-lyricist of Nightmare Before Christmas and Corpse Bride for a live action remake of an animated musical, and NOT making it a musical.
I think those animals look more realistic than the "live-action" Lion King. And had more expression.
7:55
Spiders scare me, their up close faces make me shiver, but how... Am I actually finding Charlotte cute
Steve Buscemi was fine as Templeton, but he just couldn't outshine Paul Lynde.
Paul Lynde was the best Templeton! I used to watch the original animated movie a lot at my grandma's as a little kid!
Nobody could outshine Paul
Fun fact the crows in the film Elwyn and Brooks are named after the books author E.B. White
This was the first movie my dad saw in movie theaters in 1973, and when the remake happened- he took me and my little sister to go see it. Then I read Animal Farm in high school and was very confused when there was no spider.
I actually grew up with both the cartoon AND the live-action movies as a kid! I remember my parents brought this movie home for my brother and I out of the blue one day, and we liked comparing the two versions. My mom grew up watching the cartoon when she was little, as well; to this day, the cartoon reminds both her and I of our childhoods! I can honestly say I've always loved them both - and honestly, if Channel Awesome is still making Old Vs. New videos, I'd love to see them compare these two!
Its a shame you didn’t review the animated version as that film was a big emotional moment of my life
You could have done an Old vs New of the two.
And even if it's corny it doesn't mean it's nothing special.
I..... don't think I knew this movie existed?? I loved the cartoon, but I didn't know they made 'Because of Winn Dixie but with a Pig'.
To quote the late great Norm Macdonald and something i'm sure Cedric the Entertainer might be thinking about is “As long as the red dice are in the air, the gambler has hope. And hope is a wonderful thing to be addicted to.”
13:05 can’t believe NC hasn’t at least heard of Andre 3000. Although… looking at him… nevermind, I should have.
1:33 panda mask jumpscare
What in the hell is that thing
Dude seriously 😂😂😂 I was gonna type the same thing
Remember watching the 1973 Cartoon back in the nineties with my little cousin when I was a kid. She was worried about Wilba, I told her it had a good ending, whereupon my charming aunt said:
"the pig gets the chop and everyone has a bacon butty!"
Don't know about the 2006 release, but honestly I can't think of the 1973 cartoonquite the same way again after that.
Don't care what anyone else says, I still think it's the best adaptation of Charlotte's Web to date.
There actually *is* a fashion doll that was sold exclusively at Toys R Us and also a Comic Con Exclusive that is a “spider dress up doll.” Her name is Wydowna Spyder and she is a Monster High character. Her TRU exclusive doll came with additional outfits to put her in. And she had six arms that were all posable and could be moved around. Look it up if you don’t believe me.
Remember watching this version in 5th grade on A field trip for a school experiment about what it was like to live back in the 1950s and then a year later in 6th grade I like this version just as much as the ainmated version to be honest
I wish Doug would review "Heidi's Song", which is one of the only other theatrical animated movies made by the same company that created the original "Charlotte's Web".
Ironically, That movie also has singing, dancing rats in it.
Fun Fact: The Australian extras in the County Fair scene were told at one point to make some sounds for the microphones to pick up, to sound like real Fair-goers. After one take with their normal accents, they were reminded to be American. Most promptly started just repeating, "Oh my God" and some other modern-day Americanisms.
“Oh ma gawwd, that’s like totally offennsive”
Thanks for sharing, that'll make me laugh every time I watch that scene now.
hahaha
Director: "NO C WORD! THIS IS A KIDS MOVIE!"
@@HermitKing731 haha
5:21 Oh no, it's one of those aliens from Dreamcatcher. I should have known Stephen King's Maine would show up here!
This movie was the best bacon ad I've ever seen.
Yep💯
hahahahahaha
Mmm Bacon
@@chasehedges6775mmmm unexplained bacon
It's funny. When I went to Youmacon 13 years ago, I asked Doug if he was really done playing the Nostalgia Critic and if Demo Reel was the right direction for him. He said he was done with Nostalgia Critic, and Demo Reel was the future. To my dismay, I accepted it. Here here we are 13 years later, and Nastilga Critic is still going strong. Thank you, Doug. I am still a loyal watcher, got all your old movies, and still enjoy your character. You got me through two deployments, and you still get me through hard times in my life. I am truly thankful for all your work and videos. Doug, thank you.
Nostalgia Critic is not a good reviewer and his Demo Reel work was no better either.
Ok now we need Babe: Pig in the City
YES! That movie is legitimately so good!!
yes
Another live action movie with an adorable talking pig… why are there so many of these flicks.
@@doubleflores8350 little kids love movies about cute pigs. Why do you think Hollywood made a bunch of penguin movies a few years later? Kids and adults love anything with cute animals in them!
Surprised he hasn't yet. Well, he's done Happy Feet, so it might be in the works.
I actually have the original animated on a VHS from McDonald's.
It has a lot of sentimental value to me, and I still get choked up at Charlotte's death, especially since my Great Grandmother would go around singing that song.
Excellent! Now review Barnyard: The Original Party Animals sometime! 😃
I remember back when I was a little kid I loved the animated movie, I used to watch it at least once a week and never really got tired of it. Then when this movie came out, all anyone had to put on was this version instead, resulting in me having quite a distain for this one growing up because I constantly wanted to watch the animated one, and all anyone seemed to have was what I thought to be the "bad" one.
I keep forgetting this movie exists. It's basically one of the grandfather's of live action remakes. People forgot that libe action remakes of animated movies did happen before it was ruined by Disney. Ironically enough their live action remake of 101 dalmatians was probably their first LAR
The animated Charlotte’s Web, frame-by-frame is absolutely adorable. It’s just pure love and joy, the Sherman Brothers songs are always great, they can be soothing, beautiful as well as bouncy and fun. The gentle animation on Fern and Wilbur, when she sings to Wilbur as they spin around with the rainbow behind them, I hope more parents will continue to show it to their kids the way my family and grandparents introduced it to me and my sister. It’s in my top 5 animated classics that get better the older I get, along with Bambi, Winnie-the-Pooh, 101 Dalmatians. The Dakota Fanning version is perfectly okay, and I “almost” (almost in heavy quotes 😬) prefer Steve Buscemi’s voice as Templeton, but no amount of CGI can ever compare with the simple but beautiful art form that is Hand-Drawn 2D Animation. When I think about how much more beautiful the animated film is, it actually makes me dislike this remake even more. Paramount needs to give the cartoon more respect with a proper restoration. Or heck, even just a Blu-Ray release, stream it on Paramount+, air it on one of the Nickelodeon TV stations. In the voice of Samuel Jackson: “The animated Charlotte’s Web is a Miracle, and i want Paramount to f*ing acknowledge it!”
@@1993seanmcgWasted opportunity considering they hired Danny Elfman who can write a damn good musical
@@nuclearcatbaby1131 and the fact that it’s the same overly-whimsical choir that “only sings in vowels”, which was made fun of in the Alice in Wonderland (2010) review. And Danny Elfman has done lots of soundtracks that I genuinely like from the 80s/90s and even in the era of the 2000’s, I thought he actually did a beautiful score for Meet The Robinsons. But it’s just hard for me to enjoy anything the remake does because my head keeps thinking how much better it was done in the animated film, that I know I’m probably biased from my childhood of watching it along with the Disney classics, but that’s because I actually remember them and they’re worth keeping alive in the memory.
I mean, Danny Elfman could’ve recreated the songs or even just orchestrate the melodies from the cartoon as background music score. Then I would be able to say, “Well, I’m not a fan of the remake, but I would still buy the soundtrack and enjoy Elfman’s renditions of the original Sherman Brothers songs.” But that’s probably asking too much for a movie that was made just to compete with the Babe movies (8 years after the sequel mind you). Whatever, Hollywood’s gonna Hollywood. Just went on another rant again 😤 I’m a real crankass 🤐👌
I know it’s very silly of me to rant about what is essentially a fairly harmless remake, to which I do have to take a step back and say, “yes, it is in hindsight an innocent children’s film/remake that’s not trying to offend.” It’s still the same story with the same dialogue from EB White, so I shouldn’t be complaining. And kids can totally watch this film, it does keep the same innocence the cartoon has and all the actors brought that innocence to it as well. So it’s probably wrong of me to loop this remake with the Disney ones from the last decade because this was 2006 and Disney had only done one or two live-action versions of their animated features. So I should probably end this on a more peaceful note, because the story of Charlotte’s Web really is meant to be a peaceful story.
@@1993seanmcg He... Writes lyrics you know... He wrote all the lyrics in Nightmare Before Christmas and most of the lyrics for Corpse Bride, and is the sole lyricist as well as composer for every song (except for two cover songs) in his entire discography (Elfman was in a band and lately he's revived his rock career as a solo artist). Literally the only time he ever wrote songs with lyrics that weren't written by him was when he wrote the music for the Oompa Loompa songs in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and that's because they were trying to be accurate to the book which contained lyrics for the Oompa Loompa songs and it would have been disrespectful to leave those out as the original movie had done. If tasked with making a musical out of Charlotte's Web, he would for sure have written his own 100% original songs, lyrics and all, and it wouldn't just be a choir of la la la background music, it would be more like a Gilbert & Sullivan operetta with jazz influences.
I grew up on the animated version of Charlotte's Web and loved it so much. It holds a special place in my heart. Especially with debbie Reynolds voicing Charlotte. The live action version was cutesy but it doesn't resonate with me like the animated one did.
Has Tamara left the channel?
Could you please do these as part of FanScription
• What if Disney’s Cinderella didn’t make it to the ball (Disney’s Cinderella 1950movie)
• What if Flik and Atta had children (A Bug's Life 2)
• The Incredibles vs The Sinister Six (Doctor Octopus, Electro, Kraven the Hunter, Mysterio, Sandman and Vulture)
• What if DreamWorks’s Rise of the Guardians had a sequel (DreamWorks’s Rise of the Guardians 2)
• What if Disney’s Tarzan and friends found an unground world with dinosaurs and a lost civilization of people who mistake Jane as a Goddess (Disney’s Tarzan 2)
• What if Elsa was the main villain of Disney’s Frozen
• Batman vs The Green Goblin?
• Spider-man vs The Joker?
• What if Disney’s Peter Pan was killed by Captain Hook’s bomb (Disney’s Peter Pan 1953movie)
• What if Disney’s Robin Hood had a sequel (Disney’s Robin Hood 2)
• What if Aurora’s curse passed on to Prince Phillip (Disney’s Sleeping Beauty 1959movie)
• What if Alice returned to Wonderland (Disney’s Alice in Wonderland 2)
• What if Nemo Got Older/Grew up (Finding Nemo 2)
• What if Gaston survived Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Disney’s Beauty and the Beast 2)
• Wolverine vs The Predator?
• What if The Stabbington Brothers raised Rapunzel in Disney’s Tangled (2010movie)
• RoboCop vs The Terminator?
• What if Disney’s The Rescuers 3 happened?
• What if Disney’s The Great Mouse Detective had a sequel (Disney’s The Great Mouse Detective 2)
• Simba vs Shere Khan?
• What if Bambi's Mother survived (Disney’s Bambi)
• What if The Fairy Godmother wasn’t in Disney’s Cinderella (1950movie)
• What if Luke Skywalker joined The Dark Side
• What if Ursula raised Ariel in Disney’s The Little Mermaid (1989movie)
• What if Disney’s Mulan didn’t know that Shan Yu was still alive (Disney’s Mulan 1998movie)
• What if Jack Skellington discovered Easter instead of Christmas (Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas 1993movie)
• What if the 101 Dalmatian family got older (Disney’s 101 Dalmatians 1961 movie)
• What if Hans wasn’t in Disney’s Frozen?
• What if Disney’s Treasure Planet had a sequel (Disney’s Treasure Planet 2)
• What if The Great Prince of the Forest had died instead of Bambi's Mother (Disney’s Bambi)
• King Arthur vs Dracula
• Justice League & He-Man and the Masters of the Universe crossover
• Indiana Jones & Captain America crossover
• What if we fixed Green Lantern (2011 film)
• What if we fixed Power Rangers (2017 film)
• What if we fixed The Mummy (2017 film)
• What if the Dark Universe continued?
1:00 That shot of Fern holding up baby Wilbur with joy.. ugh. It really gets me. My sister did the same with our puppy the day we got him. The day he had to be put down, I like to imagine he was somehow able to remember that when we took turns holding him. ❤
The animated Charlotte’s Web, frame-by-frame is absolutely adorable. I hope more parents will continue to show this to their kids the way my family and grandparents introduced it to me and my sister.
The Dakota Fanning version is perfectly okay, and I enjoy Steve Buscemi’s voice as Templeton, but no amount of CGI can ever compare with the simple but beautiful art form that is Hand-Drawn 2D Animation. When I think about the adorable drawings of Fern and Wilbur together and the design of Charlotte, the music, and again that warm and fuzzy animation, just thinking about how much I love the animated film makes me dislike this remake even more. Paramount needs to give the animated film a proper restoration, give it a Blu-Ray release, put it on Paramount+, air the cartoon on one of the Nickelodeon stations, anything. I’m so sick and tired of the live-action film getting more attention, this is what gave Disney the awful ideas of ruining their classic 2D films
Way back during Critic’s original run, I was secretly hoping he would do an Old VS New video with this movie.
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But, the more I thought about it, the more I realized that there really was no contest, and the original Hanna Barbara version was better in every way (much like The Haunting).
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I've always liked Charlotte's Web I read the book, saw the animated version, & the live-action version and enjoyed all three of them
Also fun fact: around the time this came out, my grandmother took me to the theater, and she gave me two options of movies either Barnyard or Charlotte's Web & I chose Charlotte's Web. I mean, I did enjoy Barnyard, but I made the right choice
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Being a kid myself in 2006, I didn’t watch the movie. I mostly remember the rat making egg puns being like 60% of the film’s advertising. “Exgg-actly” was this film’s Spider-Pig Song.
One thing this movie taught me, crush any spider if they start flirting with me.
Crush any spider PERIOD.
@@edatheowllady9518they are good for controlling bug populations
Instructions unclear…smashed a female spider
@@Tsupek so that's where arachne come from
Then you must be the Hulk if Spiderman Flirts with you XD
If they ever remake this film, Jodie Whittaker would be a great choice to voice Charlotte. She has that loving yet wise voice that Nostalgia Critic describes Charlotte as needing (you only have to look at her Doctor in Doctor Who to see that).
This should be interesting
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4:22 HEY!😠
I get he’s not a fan, as he said a few times he has no nostalgic memories for the show, and Season 5 onward what he says is more accurate, but pre-movie SpongeBob had some damn clever writing and a few bits of genuinely mature humor!
How can you have Thomas Hayden Church in the same movie as a spider and not make a Sandman/Spider-man joke?
Eh, I'll let that one pass.
I was expecting a lost in space/Dr. Smith spider joke!
I was hoping he'd make a spider man reference when the cow said "he sure is out. Out of his mind!"
I didn't technicallygrow up with any of these as I didn't even read the book until high school. I only watched this movie years ago, after the 1973 version, and I actually really liked it. I definitely see the flaws that Doug pointed out, but I think it's still enjoyable.
Also, why is one of my biggest takeaways from this the fact that Doug didn't know who Andre 3000 was?
Tim Burton was originally set to direct, but he turned it down because he wanted to pursue other projects.
One of them was Sweeney Todd
Interesting
Yeah, I’m not sure if Tim Burton would have been the best director for this movie anyway.
This version convinced me Walden Media is the best at talking live animals