WTF Happened to Robert Zemeckis?

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  • Опубліковано 6 жов 2022
  • Robert Zemeckis was one of the most prominent directors of the eighties and nineties. His string of hits is almost unmatched. Think about it - Romancing the Stone, the Back to the Future Trilogy, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Forrest Gump, Cast Away, What Lies Beneath, etc. This is why it’s so bizarre that a live-action Disney Pinocchio movie directed by Zemeckis and starring his best favorite leading man, Tom Hanks, was essentially dumped to streaming. It came and went without much fanfare, while it would have been a cinematic event fifteen years ago. WTF Happened?
    In this episode of WTF Happened to this Celebrity, we dig into Zemeckis’ career, which began with the underrated pair I Wanna Hold Your Hand and Used Cars before Romancing the Stone made him an A-lister. We dig into how he was actually fired from Cocoon because the Fox brass thought Romancing the Stone would flop, leading to him making Back to the Future with pal Steven Spielberg. We dig into the then-impossible idea of mixing live-action and animation in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, show some love to Forrest Gump, and examine some underrated gems like Death Becomes Her.
    But WTF Happened to Robert Zemeckis? In the 2000s, Zemeckis became a proponent of Motion Capture technology, leading to The Polar Express and Beowulf, movies which are a little uncanny valley if you revisit them today. Even if he’s not quite the mega-watt hitmaker he once was, with films like Welcome to Marwen being disastrous, he’s still capable of making gems like the fantastic Denzel Washington movie Flight. In this episode of WTF Happened to this Celebrity, which is written (with Mathew Plale), narrated and edited by Taylor James Johnson, we dig into the director’s life, legacy and future.
    What’s your favorite Robert Zemeckis movie? Let us know in the comments!
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  • @MrBdiddypop
    @MrBdiddypop Рік тому +231

    The fact that he made Back to the Future absolves him of any bad films he’s ever made. That movie is just as popular today as it was 37 years ago.

    • @ericseitzler81
      @ericseitzler81 Рік тому +7

      I agree 💯,first movie I saw as a kid and is still my favorite movie of all time.everyone loves b2tf.

    • @dustinprater7025
      @dustinprater7025 Рік тому +3

      First non cartoon movie I saw at age 5. Still my favorite.

    • @Mr.Nyongo
      @Mr.Nyongo Рік тому

      Death Becomes Her for me. That movie gives him a pass for the last decade.

    • @15Candles
      @15Candles Рік тому +3

      Back To The Future, Forrest Gump, and Cast Away, classic movies he made

    • @miaya3898
      @miaya3898 Рік тому

      @@Mr.Nyongo we rented that 30 years ago. Then I got a fever and was not able to watch it then the tape had to be returned. The only I thing remember was the 360 head turn and limbs going out of places. I'm in my early 40s now and I still haven't seen it.

  • @PatTheBatmanFan
    @PatTheBatmanFan Рік тому +235

    “Spaceman From Pluto” was not the original title. It was an idea from Universal’s President Sid Sheinberg that mortified the filmmakers. Spielberg cleverly talked him out of the change by sending him a note back saying essentially “thanks Sid, great joke, we all had a big laugh about it”

    • @FrancisXLord
      @FrancisXLord Рік тому +18

      You know I was thinking, 'Wasn't that Sid Sheinberg who suggested that?' Only Spielberg would have the balls to mock the ideas of a studio president. 😂

    • @markstenchii3845
      @markstenchii3845 Рік тому +13

      Stopped watching as soon as he said that

    • @okradiohead7430
      @okradiohead7430 Рік тому +7

      Well... that's only the first blunder in this video.

    • @89tilinfinity29
      @89tilinfinity29 Рік тому +3

      Thank you, ajy true back to the future fan knows that.

    • @samtaholo
      @samtaholo Рік тому +9

      Also, Michael J Fox was always the first choice for Marty, but the showrunner on Family Ties didn't want to release Fox from his responsibilities on that show.
      So BTTF went ahead with Eric Stoltz until it didn't, after which a deal was hastily cobbled together where Fox worked his regular hours on Family Ties during the day and shot BTTF at night and on weekends (often only getting a few hours of sleep every night and explaining why a lot of BTTF's scenes are set at night).

  • @free_spirit1
    @free_spirit1 Рік тому +18

    Contact (1997) means so much to so many astronomers, radio astronomers, xenobiologists and seti researchers. He deserves some recognition for that.

  • @playplaceproductions.church
    @playplaceproductions.church Рік тому +131

    Robert is a good filmmaker, Roger Rabbit was an amazing showcase of his talent. He’s been going through a slump which is a shame honestly

    • @nicolamcguinness8689
      @nicolamcguinness8689 Рік тому +1

      Fred quimby produced the Yankee Doodle mouse aka mouse at war 1943 music by Scott Bradley quiet please 1945 with billy bletcher directed by William hanna music by Scott Bradley written by pinto Colvig

    • @DickTracyFanboy
      @DickTracyFanboy Рік тому +1

      Interestingly so has his buddy Spielberg

    • @chrisjfox8715
      @chrisjfox8715 Рік тому +4

      @@DickTracyFanboy spielberg's latest one looks like it's actually going to be good

    • @DickTracyFanboy
      @DickTracyFanboy Рік тому +1

      @@chrisjfox8715 Yes 👍 I hope that both Spielberg and Zemeckis can reinvigorate the success they showed during the 80s 🤞. But seems highly unlikely 🥲.

    • @ianw0ng
      @ianw0ng Рік тому +1

      spielberg's latest was shown at sundance. can find reviews on youtube. it is mediocre/bad.

  • @Omar-wq9dz
    @Omar-wq9dz Рік тому +117

    His earlier movies were so good like Romancing The Stone, Back To The Future, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Forrest Gump, and Cast Away

    • @joseaguilera6355
      @joseaguilera6355 Рік тому +7

      The last great movie he made was The Walk

    • @LukeLovesRose
      @LukeLovesRose Рік тому +1

      I did love The Walk

    • @nicolamcguinness8689
      @nicolamcguinness8689 Рік тому +1

      Fred quimby produced pet reeve 1954 with daws butler June foray directed by William hanna Joseph Barbara music by Scott Bradley animation department by Ivan spence Kenneth muse poose cat 1954 with Stan freberg William hanna directed by William hanna and Joseph Barbara music by Scott Bradley sound department by Jim faris two mouseketeers 1952 with William hanna francoise brun cottan music by Scott Bradley hiccup pup 1952 with daws butler William hanna directed by William hanna and Joseph Barbara music by Scott Bradley

    • @ghostland8646
      @ghostland8646 Рік тому

      @@joseaguilera6355 *allied

    • @Wade_Fucking_Wilson
      @Wade_Fucking_Wilson Рік тому +2

      The walk is too damn underrated

  • @79thump8
    @79thump8 Рік тому +74

    Creating something from nothing is hard. Being a critic is easy. That's why Zemeckis is among a small group of creators at the top of the list.

  • @xlnuniex
    @xlnuniex Рік тому +21

    “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” still blows my mind 🤯

  • @arthurcorassini
    @arthurcorassini Рік тому +46

    I gotta say i've always really liked the Polar Express, it's a beautiful story with some nice visuals and thrilling sequences...i actually remember waking up in the middle of the christmas night waiting for the polar express to pull up into the street with Tom Hanks ringing a bell and shouting....good times

    • @Jimvanhise
      @Jimvanhise Рік тому +2

      Polar Express works much better when seen in IMAX 3-D where you actually feel like you are in a snowfall when that happens. In fact it was the first hit for IMAX theaters which showed what was possible and today Hollywood releases new movies in IMAX all the time.

  • @DrDiscourse
    @DrDiscourse Рік тому +49

    Although Polar Express does break the uncanny valley, it doesn't deserve the ridicule. They broke the boundaries and created a family holiday experience, with so much heart and soul that it's timeless.

    • @DMalltheway
      @DMalltheway Рік тому +12

      Polar Express is a masterpiece hands down and the critics at the time really got it all wrong except Roger Ebert who praised it. RIP

    • @mania4270
      @mania4270 11 місяців тому

      ​@@DMallthewayyeah I don't get the uncanny valley that some ppl get from it

    • @gamestation2690
      @gamestation2690 9 місяців тому

      @@mania4270 Me neither.

  • @TechOrigami
    @TechOrigami Рік тому +58

    He is a risk taker. And most of those paid off. And the guy has a lifelong golden ticket to making movies due to the sheer number of classics he has directed.
    Flight is severely underrated, it's fantastic. BTTF trilogy is my all time favourite. And I do like me some Polar Express and Christmas Carol around the Christmas holidays.

    • @V3ntilator
      @V3ntilator Рік тому

      Flight is not good, because it were glorified. The reality were quite different.

    • @DMalltheway
      @DMalltheway Рік тому

      Flight reminds me of now Better Call Saul ended, super cathartic.

  • @ianw0ng
    @ianw0ng Рік тому +10

    like tarantino have said, there's only a certain finite amount great art inside every artist. he cited many examples of great directors who went past their prime and ended up tarnishing their legacy. that's why he's quitting after 10 movies.

  • @jamesmorant1406
    @jamesmorant1406 Рік тому +16

    He's on my list of top 10 directors of all time

  • @davidmylchreest3306
    @davidmylchreest3306 Рік тому +12

    The first half of his filmography is packed with blockbuster classics (my personal favourite is Contact). It's such a shame that the last twenty two years have so little quality to show for his work. I like Flight and Christmas Carol well enough but dear lord Beowulf and Welcome to Marwen were rough.

  • @affanjamsari5752
    @affanjamsari5752 Рік тому +14

    It’s kinda heartbreaking seeing Robert Zemeckis lose his edge, with his latest blunder being the 2022 Pinocchio film on Disney+. He was known for so many classics, but he’s now known for creating more blunders than wonders. Again, it’s depressing and heartbreaking at the same time.

  • @VaiOr6
    @VaiOr6 Рік тому +30

    It's very sad to see, how a very talented and creative filmmaker, like him lost his vibe 🥲 He made so many great classics, that we can only hope he will make a new masterpiece in the future!

    • @seen921
      @seen921 Рік тому +1

      Agree. Sometimes when you become the golden child in Hollywood no one will say no to you and this is what ends up happening. In his day he was a complete master of his work

  • @wstine79
    @wstine79 Рік тому +39

    I love his early work like Romancing the Stone, The Back to the Future trilogy, Forrest Gump, What Lies Beneath, and Who Framed Roger Rabbit.The Motion Capture films were fine, but too creepy.

    • @Stevenirons
      @Stevenirons Рік тому +2

      Not sure why everyone hates on his motion capture

    • @giovannijiminez7858
      @giovannijiminez7858 Рік тому +2

      Beowolf wasn't bad at all.

    • @ghostland8646
      @ghostland8646 Рік тому

      his 3 motion capture film were his best. much better than back to the future trilogy

    • @DMalltheway
      @DMalltheway Рік тому

      The polar express was far from creepy, it was super interesting and mind blowing

  • @stewartmoore5158
    @stewartmoore5158 Рік тому +6

    I'm not sure making bad films since 2012 is 'doing just fine', but yeah, the man has made some classics and will forever be immortalised in Hollywood history (for as long as Hollywood is remembered, that is).

  • @Locadel2003
    @Locadel2003 Рік тому +18

    That movie he made with Bruce Willis & Meryl Streep was really fun, funny, creepy and overlooked. Always had a soft spot

  • @ladya3302
    @ladya3302 Рік тому +24

    I had no idea he directed so many movies. This was a good video!

  • @Omar-wq9dz
    @Omar-wq9dz Рік тому +9

    I don’t care how divisive it is with people, and yes I know the animation can be very uncanny valley, but I always really liked Polar Express ever since I first watched it

    • @chasehedges6775
      @chasehedges6775 Рік тому +1

      Polar Express is a Christmas Classic

    • @nicolamcguinness8689
      @nicolamcguinness8689 Рік тому +1

      Fred quimby produced jerky turkey 1945 with frank Graham tex avery Wally Maher leone ledouk directed by tex avery music by Scott Bradley written by heck Allen sound department by carman maxwell sound department by Fred MacAlpin

  • @-NateTheGreat
    @-NateTheGreat Рік тому +8

    Robert defined my childhood in the 80s and 90s

  • @Locadel2003
    @Locadel2003 Рік тому +9

    "Used Cars" with Kurt Russell is really hilarious, fun and underrated. Probably the most underrated of his career along with Kurt Russell

    • @enderjed
      @enderjed Рік тому +2

      It demonstrated how good Russell could be with comedy. I don't think we could have had a Big Trouble in Little China without Used Cars. Jack Warden plays dual roles in it, too. It's an underrated gem
      Red cars are bad luck

    • @nicolamcguinness8689
      @nicolamcguinness8689 Рік тому +1

      Fred quimby produced the hick chick 1946 with frank Graham Sara Berner harry e Lang directed by tex avery music by Scott Bradley written by heck Allen

  • @XanderVJ
    @XanderVJ Рік тому +3

    "Back to the Future" is one of the few "solid trilogies", as I like to call them. That is, a trilogy in which you can debate which of the three is best, but even the weakest of them (whichever of them you think it may be) is just an amazing film all the same. Only because of that (and "Who Framed Roger Rabbit"), Zemeckis deserves to have an eternal spot in movie history.
    By the way, if you are curious, other franchises that I would call "solid trilogies" would be the original "Star Wars", "Lord of the Rings" and "How to Train Your Dragon". "Indiana Jones" and "Toy Story" used to be there too... but unfortunately they ain't trilogies anymore (and no, I'm not playing the "Kingdom of the Crystal Skull doesn't exist" game). I'd also include the "Captain America" trilogy, except for the fact that being part of the MCU also disqualifies it, given Cap receives character development outside of the trilogy as well.

  • @robertstull8759
    @robertstull8759 Рік тому +20

    Beowulf is an amazing movie and I won't hear anyone say otherwise. It was limited by the technology of the time, but it was integral in pushing that technology forward. It was a great modernization of an 1000 year old story that people thought could never be modernized. And it was Neil Gaiman's first big entry to big budget film making. All the while having amazing over the top performances by all its stars. It doesn't get anywhere near as much respect as it deserves.

    • @thelasseigne1
      @thelasseigne1 Рік тому +3

      I agree 100%! I simple don’t understand the hate this flick gets…

    • @beowulf1417
      @beowulf1417 Рік тому

      @@thelasseigne1 because it was a disgustingly pointless futile attempt at using CG tech that cinema didn't need. Any film maker who pulls the post-2000s Jim Cameron move of dick riding digital everything is basically being a fucking moron and responsible for the abhorrent cinematic landscape we've been subjected to the last 22 years.

    • @mrsam0496
      @mrsam0496 Рік тому +2

      It is a great movie. That first Grendel scene was frightening

    • @bleekcer
      @bleekcer Рік тому

      Well, it had a big budget, but at the same time it's not a cliched, streamlined Hollywood soap opera, by having a more strange, more disturbing, more unconventional story and story building, so there was no way it wouldn't get shat on. If it's big budget, then only cliched, by-the-book, conventional movie making is real movie making, anything else is doomed to be received as stupid or pretentious.

  • @cubencis
    @cubencis Рік тому +3

    Robert Z had a hell of a run of films. Guy is gilded

  • @archer1949
    @archer1949 Рік тому +3

    I think a traditional, Golden Age set Superman movie would be a perfect comeback movie for Zemeckis.

  • @DMalltheway
    @DMalltheway Рік тому +4

    Back to the Future trilogy, Roger Rabbit, Forrest Gump, Contact, Cast Away, The Polar Express, Romancing the Stone and Flight are his masterpieces. Yes he’s made garbage films, but The Walk, Used Cars and Allied and Death Becomes Her are still solid films.

  • @nebularain3338
    @nebularain3338 Рік тому +2

    Everything about Zemeckis is relatable. I'm a self-confessed control freak (creatively), and the ability to get exactly what you want with the least amount of inconvenience is hugely appealing. Fuck "real cinema" and sticking only to practical effects. I'd embrace the shit out of everything new if it got what I wanted.
    On the flip side, Zameckis is an older film maker, so his threshold for realistic and groundbreaking may not convince modern audiences, and that's where he's going wrong.
    Still, he did many of what I consider to be icons of cinema (Back to The Future, Who Framed Roger rabbit etc) so regardless of whatever crap he does now, he's earned his place as one of the greats forever.

  • @xlnuniex
    @xlnuniex Рік тому +5

    The back to the future ride at universal studios in Orlando was one of my favorite rides of all time. I was really bummed when they decided to scrap it. It was like the Spider-Man ride at islands of adventure to me. Which they scrapped too!

    • @thehonesttruth8808
      @thehonesttruth8808 Рік тому +1

      Ditto…it was fantastic…did you check-out Captain EO at Disney?

    • @xlnuniex
      @xlnuniex Рік тому

      @@thehonesttruth8808 no. We have a timeshare in Orlando. So we visit every year. I’ve been going to islands of adventures since it opened. What park is it at in Disney? The Magic kingdom?

    • @jammiedodger
      @jammiedodger Рік тому

      When did they scrap Spider-Man?

  • @Victorcolongarcia
    @Victorcolongarcia Рік тому +1

    Death becomes her is a CLASSIC. At least in my circle of friends. We all love how funny it is.

  • @Locadel2003
    @Locadel2003 Рік тому +4

    "Flight" was probably the last good movie he made that I liked and Denzel performance was powerful. Underrated movie

  • @JokersVsZombies
    @JokersVsZombies Рік тому +5

    Any director would give anything to have some of those movies on their resume

  • @prestonart1548
    @prestonart1548 Рік тому +7

    I love these videos. Keep pumpin out the hood work man.

  • @TylerMcNamer
    @TylerMcNamer Рік тому +4

    So true! Robert is perhaps one of the most experimental directors out there with special effects. Think it is safe to say we know what his style looks like when it comes to computer generated animation.

  • @Omar-wq9dz
    @Omar-wq9dz Рік тому +7

    I know it doesn’t have a mostly positive reception from film critics, but I also really liked his film What Lies Beneath

    • @gooniesgirl1979
      @gooniesgirl1979 Рік тому +2

      I really love that too, I especially like the first hour.

    • @nicolamcguinness8689
      @nicolamcguinness8689 Рік тому +1

      Fred quimby produced the three little pups 1953 with daws butler red Coffey directed by tex avery music by Scott Bradley written by heck Allen

  • @boomieboo
    @boomieboo Рік тому +2

    I'll always love and appreciate Zemeckis for the great works of art he gave us. And still heartbroken over not getting Yellow Submarine 2 as the original was a childhood favorite of mine. Sooner or later I need to see its sequel by someone.

  • @jesustovar2549
    @jesustovar2549 Рік тому +7

    I just rewatched Back to the Future trilogy cause is one of my all-time favorites and I also like to rewatch it in dates like 21st octobe (Doc and Marty came in 2015 that day, I watched Part 2 that exact same day), I must have watched it like idk +40 or +50 times, I like to watch it with my Mom since she saw them in theaters, and also went to Universal in Orlando, she mounted in the DeLorean ride). Roger Rabbit it's a classic of my childhood, it's probably the best animated crossover and an homage to classic cartoons, later I realized that Christopher Lloyd was the villain 😱it's being a long time since the last time I watched it.
    And I don't care what you say, Forrest Gump is still one of my favorite movies ever, It is a beautiful story of a man who, despite his mental disability and being understimated by some people, was supported by friends and his Mom, achieved great goals, became self-sufficient and didn't end up alone by becaming a father, that is real inclusivity, me as an high functioning autist, I have enjoyed this movie since my Mom showed it to me and I have watched it many times with her along BTTF trilogy. Forrest Gump really stands the test of time and the special effects too, I remember asking myself if the movie was based on a real story, later I read the book, (it was really different in some aspects) it also made Tom Hanks one of my favorite actors.
    I remember watching The Polar Express in school when I was a kid, another kid brought the dvd for all of us to watch it (sometimes we had like movie seasons and we brought our dvds) I think I was the only one who really enjoyed it, and I also loved A Christmas Carol, I liked Jim Carrey's performance and it was my first contact with Scrooge story, both are christmas classics, Mars Needs Moms was a weird experience with some great special effects, I haven't watched it in a long time.
    Robert Zemeckis is a brilliant director, maybe he has lost it's way but never abandoned the passion for filmmaking experience, many movies I love and that are pop culture icons were directed by him, he's really a versatile director, Flight with Denzel Washington (this man never dissapoints) was really an stunning movie and I really liked The Walk, Joseph Gordon Levitt is another one of my favorite actors, a coincidence that the protagonist is named Marty and the movie was released in 2015.

  • @jimmyboy7817
    @jimmyboy7817 Рік тому +4

    The Back to the Future Trilogy and Who Framed Roger Rabbit were childhood favourites of mine when I was in Primary school and Forrest Gump a High School favourite. Post 2000 my favourite of his is Flight thanks to Denzel Washington's powerhouse performance.

  • @michaelstrong5383
    @michaelstrong5383 Рік тому +5

    Zemeckis was an innovative director, making classics like Back to the Future, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and Forrest Gump. But now, his recent films lack the certain charm and creativity those older films had.

    • @chasehedges6775
      @chasehedges6775 Рік тому

      Just sad

    • @Omar-wq9dz
      @Omar-wq9dz Рік тому

      Allied was alright. It had a few good things about it, but nowhere on par with his previous movies

    • @nicolamcguinness8689
      @nicolamcguinness8689 Рік тому +1

      Fred quimby produced salt water tabby 1947 directed by William hanna Joseph Barbara music by Scott Bradley part time pal 1947 directed by William hanna Joseph Barbara music by Scott Bradley

    • @SuperBoy-ps9dz
      @SuperBoy-ps9dz Рік тому

      The two films I hate are The Witches and Pinocchio

  • @quarantinebored1427
    @quarantinebored1427 Рік тому +7

    He’s one of my favorite directors and he has lost his way. He had a nice little comeback with the film “flight”. I’m looking forward to him reuniting with his Forrest Gump cast and writer on the film “Here”

    • @nicolamcguinness8689
      @nicolamcguinness8689 Рік тому +1

      Fred quimby produced war dogs 1943 with billy bletcher Gayne Whitman music by Scott Bradley written by pinto colvig

    • @quarantinebored1427
      @quarantinebored1427 Рік тому +1

      @@JeVoudrais12 flight is a great film. I feel like he’s trying to relive his early work. What was great about flight is that it was a different film for him to make. It was his mature movie to date, not that I’m saying that films like Forrest Gump or contact are not Mature. Maybe what I’m saying is that flight was a straight forward drama and not a special effect film if that makes sense.

    • @ghostland8646
      @ghostland8646 Рік тому +2

      Allied was great

  • @daltonmoen1404
    @daltonmoen1404 Рік тому +2

    When the new Pinocchio came out, I was genuinely curious what hack director they got. My heart fucking dropped when I saw Zemeckis directed it. I yelled "Oh no" while I was on the phone with my girlfriend

  • @alteregobro4826
    @alteregobro4826 Рік тому +7

    can you do wtf happened to robert rodriguez next?

  • @Locadel2003
    @Locadel2003 Рік тому +6

    He did some of the best hollywood movies of all time then his career in 2000s started to slow down in quality

  • @TheChrisJaynes
    @TheChrisJaynes Рік тому +2

    I watched an interview with Tom Hanks just days ago. In it, the interviewer made the same mistake you did stating that there was six months between the shooting of fat Tom Hanks and thin Tom Hanks in Castaway. Tom Hanks corrected the interviewer by telling him it was one year between the two shootings, and the only reason the studio allowed this was because Zemeckis volunteered to make a movie in the interim, as you mentioned. Also, Hanks told the interviewer, that while he was quite thin for that second shooting, CGI was used to make him look even more skinny.

    • @dawn8542
      @dawn8542 Рік тому

      And that he was injured and had to get off the diet for awhile

  • @donaldheisler4322
    @donaldheisler4322 Рік тому

    Amen to what you said about Zemeckis at the end of your video! Could not have said it better myself! Keep up the great work!

  • @sepollcas
    @sepollcas Рік тому +2

    "Who framed Roger Rabbit" was my first theater movie!

  • @naybur74
    @naybur74 Рік тому +2

    ONE of the last great film makers out of the 80's, he just needs to do ONE or TWO more to end out his career if he chose to.

  • @MosEisleianRadio
    @MosEisleianRadio Рік тому

    The Music Box Theatre in Chicago is about to have a film festival devoted to the films of Robert Zemeckis. This is really making me look forward to seeing his films again, some I haven't seen in years and a few I'll be seeing for the first time. It will have 20 features plus a compilation of his short films. They could not get film prints of Disney's A Christmas Carol, The Witches, and Pinocchio (2022). Apparently, there are no prints available to theaters for the latter two, as they're strictly streaming.

  • @okidokicreations1075
    @okidokicreations1075 Рік тому +2

    Honestly I love his movies, the old ones and also the new ones like a christmas carol, the polar express, great director 👍🏆👍🏆👑🥇👑🥇👏😊🎖🎖😁🏅👍🏆👑👑🥇

  • @Dis-Emboweled
    @Dis-Emboweled Рік тому +1

    One of my favorite movies of all time is Contact.

  • @comment2891
    @comment2891 Рік тому

    Love the humor and funny inflections! Reminds me of the channel "ambiguous amphibian". Are there others?

  • @brentparker7359
    @brentparker7359 Рік тому +1

    It's funny that nobody talks about "Beowulf," because it was a bigger box office success when Disney re-made it as "Maleficent." Both films are subversions of an older mythological story. Both feature an elderly king who promises the hand of his daughter and the crown to the man who can slay a supernatural Angelina Jolie. A guy fails to slay her, but claims he succeeded, becoming king. However, years later she returns to seek revenge with the help of a man who turns into a dragon.

  • @bassman8144
    @bassman8144 Рік тому +2

    For the good that Ro wet has given us I can forgive all of the bad. He’s still doing things that I would never be able to do.

  • @shawnbell3468
    @shawnbell3468 Рік тому +5

    I wonder if Zemeckis was voted by his peers to take on CGI for movies as the others didn't want to tarnish their repuations with new tech until it was prefected.
    So the group voted for Zemeckis to be the one to go through the trial by fire route first for all his director/producer friends.

  • @kngofwrld
    @kngofwrld Рік тому +1

    In his Forrest Gump DVD commentary, Zemeckis said he became depressed after finishing the film. I think he burned himself out with the effort.

  • @tecpaocelotl
    @tecpaocelotl Рік тому +3

    I love Beowulf. You got to get the unrated version.

  • @yovanigiron7521
    @yovanigiron7521 6 місяців тому

    Back to the Future was one of my favorite movies of all time and I’m glad to watch The Polar Express, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Cast Away, A Christmas Carol, Forrest Gump, and he is a very talented man ❤❤❤

  • @amparonarbona5142
    @amparonarbona5142 Рік тому +4

    Could you please do ‘WTF happened to Joseph Gordon Levitt’?

    • @ericseitzler81
      @ericseitzler81 Рік тому +1

      They really only do people whose careers are in a bit of a slump and his is doing just fine.

  • @dspsblyuth
    @dspsblyuth Рік тому +1

    You make it sound like getting an Oscar performance from Denzel Washington is some sort of challenge

  • @shadowleon659
    @shadowleon659 Рік тому +1

    I miss the days when Robert Zemeckis used to make great films like the Back to the Future trilogy, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Forest Gump, Contact, Cast Away, Polar Express, Beowolf and The Walk. Instead of crap like The Witches 2020 and Pinocchio 2022.

  • @arthurcorassini
    @arthurcorassini Рік тому +5

    Really??? Forrest Gump is not as good as Pulp Fiction or Shawshank Redemption???? WHAAAAAT, joblo sometimes is just wrong

  • @CinemaMoves
    @CinemaMoves Рік тому

    What is the music playing in the background from 14.41 and on ?! It has been used in ages, and I just wanna know the title now!

  • @thiagoteixeira6537
    @thiagoteixeira6537 Рік тому +1

    I love Zemeckis's movies but I do think he's become over reliant on CGI and, a lot of the time, it goes into uncanny valley territory! The one thing no one can say anything about is Polar Express's score, it's amazing!

  • @erniehudson1
    @erniehudson1 Рік тому +5

    Can you please do videos about WTF happened to the former Pythons (Cleese, Palin, Idle, Gilliam)? Would be awesome!

  • @brittneemae9986
    @brittneemae9986 Рік тому +1

    Death becomes her was and is one of my favorite movies 😩💖💖💖💖 it’s a classic in my opinion

  • @misssummersalt
    @misssummersalt Рік тому +2

    Death Becomes Her is the most underrated one of his films. A genuine cult classic and if you haven't seen it (or your memory of it is anything other than devilishly joyous) I implore you to watch it right now. It's hilarious. It has an all star cast with Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn and Bruce Willis engaging in some top-notch slapstick, and it has SO many quotable lines.
    Oh just thinking about it makes me smile with glee! Go watch it, now.
    OOH AND ISABELLA ROSSELLINI!! 😍

  • @theshadowman1398
    @theshadowman1398 Рік тому +2

    I have most of his movies in my collection. Probably with John Hughes my favorite director

  • @erniehudson1
    @erniehudson1 Рік тому +2

    Zemeckis is one of the best, but he came too close to the burning sun of motion-capturing

  • @EricandDish
    @EricandDish Рік тому

    It's what my mother is saying about every celebrity. "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" is still one of two movies🎬that came out in my lifetime, that blew me away and was so good🤠.

  • @ChrisMaxfieldActs
    @ChrisMaxfieldActs Рік тому +1

    Somewhere along the line, Zemeckis became completely uncomfortable working with groups of actors. It's very weird how many projects he has directed lately that involve a single human actor, or, at least, one at a time. This includes his weird CGI films such as Tom Hanks doing nearly every character in Polar Express, to Jim Carrey doing every character in A CHRISTMAS CAROL, to whatever that Steve Carell movie was about the photographer's imaginary world. Now he has stooped to directing a Disney live-action CGI remake of Pinocchio, with Tom Hanks, and a couple of other humans, in a washed out CGI world of mostly dullness.

  • @neiltaylor6645
    @neiltaylor6645 Рік тому +1

    Your back narrating these videos

  • @jrobertlysaght
    @jrobertlysaght Рік тому

    one thing to add. The walk suffered from feeling un neccessary, as the documentary made the year before was a big hit, and extremely well made.

  • @heatherdale5571
    @heatherdale5571 Рік тому +4

    Roger Rabbit was not filled with famous actors, the majority were relatively unknown character actors. Bob Hoskins wasn't famous in the states until his role in the movie. After that he became a household name.

    • @DMalltheway
      @DMalltheway Рік тому +2

      Correct and even back to the future Michael J Fox was a TV actor

    • @Locadel2003
      @Locadel2003 5 місяців тому +1

      Michael Douglas was not well known before Romancing the stone, also Gary Sinise with Forrest Gump, Elisabeth Shue in Back to the future 2 & 3 and maybe also Matthew Mcconaughey with Contact and others movies between 1996 and the early 2000s

  • @BishopWalters12
    @BishopWalters12 Рік тому +1

    So many great movies in the 80's and 90's but Robert has had a really tough time for the last 20 years or so.

  • @jsb1944
    @jsb1944 Рік тому +1

    As long as he continues to prevent BttF from being remade, I have nothing but respect for Bobby Z

    • @ericseitzler81
      @ericseitzler81 Рік тому

      I know think God a few years ago the studio was trying to get Justin Bieber to play Marty,God that's awful!!!

    • @jsb1944
      @jsb1944 Рік тому

      @@ericseitzler81 *pukes in mouth a little*

    • @cicolasnage5684
      @cicolasnage5684 Рік тому

      The drummer from Prince and The Revolution?

  • @EmpireExplorer
    @EmpireExplorer Рік тому +2

    I don't care what anyone says, I love Beowulf and think it's a fantastic fantasy epic

  • @chasehedges6775
    @chasehedges6775 Рік тому +2

    He used to be awesome but now he's a shell/shadow of his former self.

  • @tomhahnl1927
    @tomhahnl1927 Рік тому +2

    He has so many great movies, an amazing career! Love most of them 👍

  • @MadeInBenninc.
    @MadeInBenninc. Місяць тому

    What makes me upset is how Disney and Del Toro’s Pinocchio makes me forget how actually good he’s was in the early days. :(

  • @ulfingvar1
    @ulfingvar1 Рік тому +4

    Contact and the first two BTTF films are his masterpieces.

    • @ericseitzler81
      @ericseitzler81 Рік тому +3

      No love for 3??it isn't perfect but is still pretty damn good and a thousand times better than 99percent of the sequels we see today.

    • @zeroelus
      @zeroelus Рік тому

      I usually agree with what the team at JoBlo critiques in a movie, but I don't agree with them just basically skimming over Contact. My, astronomy minor, wife's favorite movie? Contact. Several of her friends who went to get majors, and Phd's favorite movie growing up? Contact. Many of his movies had deep lasting impact in pop culture, and his way of making movies is now common place, but for an all out impact on the world, Contact. They just can't gloss over that.

  • @Lbarrow22
    @Lbarrow22 Рік тому +2

    Great video. He has made some amazing movies, thanks for doing this one❤

  • @matiaspereira9382
    @matiaspereira9382 6 місяців тому

    Robert Zemeckis is my 7th favorite movie director ever (behind Steven Spielberg, Christopher Nolan, James Cameron, Tim Burton, Peter Jackson and Wes Anderson)

  • @cadillacdeville5828
    @cadillacdeville5828 Рік тому

    Thanks buddy ☺️

  • @adamazingballs
    @adamazingballs Рік тому +1

    At least his version of the Witches stuck to the source material unlike the live action version with the soppy ending.

    • @kamdan2011
      @kamdan2011 Рік тому +1

      I’ll take a soppy ending over “Hey, kid, stop crying because your parents are dead and listen to Motown.”

  • @prodigycontrol
    @prodigycontrol 2 місяці тому

    He needs to make another back to the future. It would be the ultimate legacy sequel ever.

  • @pablodiablo_
    @pablodiablo_ Рік тому

    can somebody please tell me what the intro song of these videos is called?

  • @toddleopold2009
    @toddleopold2009 Рік тому

    I like a lot of his work very much. The last one of his movies I watched was Allied, but I think you're right about Flight being his last good movie. I had high hopes for Welcome to Marwen, but I still haven't seen it. So many poor reviews. Thanks.

  • @AngiesResonance
    @AngiesResonance Рік тому +2

    Beowulf is so criminally underrated

  • @Raelworld
    @Raelworld Рік тому

    I watched What Lies Beneath again last night and it's still the best film Hitchcock never made. Always surprised by how little attention it got at the time. Also, y'know, Contact. WHAT a film.

  • @marklee81
    @marklee81 Рік тому

    Robert Zemeckis movies have basically become tech demos. Like, Pinocchio LOOKS amazing.

  • @keithgordon3823
    @keithgordon3823 Рік тому

    "What's with the Life preserver??? DORK thinks he's gonna' drowned!!!" (Back to the Future) LOL! Love Bob's movies!!!! Romancing the Stone might be my favorite! Great memories with that film!!!

  • @DannyCosmos
    @DannyCosmos Рік тому +1

    nothing happened hes still a legend. my fav director of all time. super under rated...next question.

  • @tonyelliott5000
    @tonyelliott5000 Рік тому

    I still can't handle that cartoon shoe going into the dip scene from Who Framed Roger Rabbit...poor lil' shoe.

  • @paulineconroy9589
    @paulineconroy9589 10 місяців тому +1

    18:26 what is The Music?

  • @ericseitzler81
    @ericseitzler81 Рік тому +2

    I can honestly say that I've seen all 3 b2tf's 300 +times a piece,so in total it would be over a 1000 times in my 40 year old life.god I love those movies and that's what got me interested in time travel so much and sci Fi as a whole.i still think time travel is possible but I believe we can only transfer are consciousness

  • @sagelight7777
    @sagelight7777 Рік тому +1

    100 percent agree about forrest gump. the most undeserved best picture ever

  • @toplaycool21
    @toplaycool21 Рік тому

    You should do Tim Burton, who also started out strong until he lost his way

  • @1Surinamer
    @1Surinamer Рік тому

    So I guess this is my favorite director. I never bother with directors or producers or people behind the scene. These were all my favorite movies. Funny shit. Welcome to Marwen was a pleasant surprise. Going to watch it again. Well, nice to meet you Robert.

  • @Pumpkinshire
    @Pumpkinshire Рік тому

    Can you imagine of motion capture yellow submarine???? I always thought that a Christmas Carol and the Polar Xpress we’re done a little bit ghost like on purpose. But imagine him doing one more motion capture and it turning out into the biggest acid trip all time.

  • @ericjanssen394
    @ericjanssen394 Рік тому

    I just saw the Pinocchio remake, and...I'm wondering too. 😵‍💫