I’m actually glad that you mentioned the animator and other workers, who actually worked on this film than just one big name that everyone wants to forget. Seriously, the workers deserve more credit.
Yea, I am sticking with Wolfwalkers and Charlie Brown in AppleTV+. Also, let’s not forget the last time Lassiter directed a movie was with Cars 2, the film that arguably broke Pixar’s reputation and moral.
Well Cars 2 is the Pixar film that ended their Golden Era and started the Post-Golden Era where their films released during the 2010 decade are sequels to their previous films from the previous era, 2 films that went through production trouble and change of directors resulting in 2 films that the public don’t talk about as much, and only 2 films that managed to be on par with the films of the Golden Era.
@@hunterolaughlin 'Cars 2' is just a misstep, not a film that suddenly ends an era. Pixar otherwise have made good to excellent films with two or three average films overall.
@@fictionalmediabully9830 Many feel that Cars 2 was the end of an era though, similar to how many feel The Jungle Book was the end of an era due to Walt Disney’s death.
@@hunterolaughlin That's a different story. 'The Jungle Book' is a great film, and Walt Disney's death had a legit impact on the quality of Disney's output during the '70s and '80s. There were some gems, but also some missteps, either in story (The Black Cauldron) or animation (Robin Hood). It probably didn't help that the animation industry in general reached a low point around this time. 'Cars 2' is just an example of Pixar not being a perfect studio, and that's nothing to be ashamed of. Everyone makes mistake, and it sucks they can contrive a negative stigma that gives the illusion of quality degradation that's simply non-existent.
It's a shame. This looks like a cool premise. Also, isn't it ironic that two of the most hated animated stories about bad luck involve members of the industry that have made themselves hated with allegations? You got this by John Lasseter and The Loud House's No Such Luck by Chris Savino. Rather a weird pattern. And, wouldn't you know it? Milo Murphy's Law is one of my favorite animated stories about bad luck, and Dan and Swampy are wonderful people! I'll tell you what's really lucky: the Anti-Fairies from the Fairly OddParents being so popular, since B*tch Hartman made them.
@@redpanda6497 Got to agree with you man, that Elmer guy has a problem of taking soul credit instead of mentioning workers who made it first for him on working his nick shows.
@@FrenchFryCheese04 I feel it's best to call out on his behavior in an attempt to make amends with the people he gave a hard time towards but I lost my respect for that guy for about 4 years now and it's best to ignore his greedy presence anyway
I know right, I really felt bad for John Lasseter because he still my favorite animator that I really grow-up with "Toy Story", "A Bug's Life" and "Cars" without him we could never got PIXAR Animation Studios.
@e.a5674 so hugging your coworkers and being affectionate is wrong? Touch some grass. Women who cant process a simple hug and live in constant victimhood love ruining innocent mens life. You are f up
I'm getting a little tired of the "modern Disney" CG character style. It doesn't look awful, there's a reason it's still being used, even by studios outside of the House of Mouse, but it just doesn't wow me in a way that I know character animation is capable of doing. Funnily enough, not long after John Lasseter left Disney/Pixar, I found that at least Pixar's output animation-wise has slowly been turning a tiny bit more experimental in a way that isn't common with most popular western animation studios. (Turning Red, regardless of what you think of the story, has some amazing character design, and more noticeably, character animation.) Still a ways to go until we get more films like Into the Spider-Verse, or Wolfwakers more frequently that really push western animation past its casual movie-goer Disney-kiddie stereotype, but at least it shows that some freedom is being given to make films with different aesthetics. I just hope John Lasseter either retires or gets fired for his incompetent behavior at Skydance, because I can't see a new animation studio succeeding if it's being choke-held by the man who was largely responsible for Pixar's half-decade slump after Toy Story 3.
This may only be tangentially related, but I've always been shocked that there hasn't been more discussion of Lotso as an allegory for Lasseter in Toy Story 3, especially considering his position and how Lasseter also considered himself "a hugger".
Your comment reminds me of a video discussing how John Lasseter's views kinda seeped into the Toy Story movies, especially the blooper in Toy Story 2 with Stinky Pete and the Barbie dolls. I've linked it here: th-cam.com/video/2Tz85QuK8Fs/w-d-xo.html
I can also attest and confirm that there definitely some hard-working and decent people who worked on this movie. One of my animation mentors who was let go from Blue Sky after it shut down got hired at Skydance Animation and he was an excellent teacher and a stand-up guy. Thank you Mat for pointing out that many talented people worked on this movie and wanted to the best they can and they shouldn't be overshadowed by one toxic "creative visionary."
Can’t say I had plans to see this, but I was def a little curious lol. Thanks for making this, dude. When you brought up the budget, I googled it and my damn jaw fell to the ground. Smh.
@@rauldjvp3053 Not really as those films showed that budget in use(Outside of Chicken Little and Tangled). This one doesn't look low budget, but I'd say less than $140 million for sure
It really is heartbreaking that John is the very same man who contributed the bear sequence from The Fox and the Hound alongside Glen Keane, (Masaaki Uasa claimed this to be one of his inspirations to animation) gave birth to PIXAR and not to mention bringing the works of Studio Ghibli to the whole world. He is also my hero and seeing him in such a state, I am very disappointed in him because I know myself that he can do better than this. The way that Skydance hired Lasseter is way too soon. Perhaps they should have hired him in, say, 10 years for the sake of Lasseter to really process his misteps.
To me, it isn't even just the sexual misconduct, it's also the fact that Lasseter did nothing to help with the movie at all. (He hurt it a lot, actually.) Legitimately, he was probably only hired either because he has connections with higher-ups, or SkyDance just thought Lasseter's name in film promotions would look good.
Nobody is perfect, some of the most creatively influential people of all time have skeletons in their closets, Pablo Picasso, John Lennon, Caravaggio, etc.
@@colbystearns5238 Nobody is perfect, but there's a difference between forgiveness and turning a blind eye to a creator's problems. Especially when that certain somebody is still showing a lot of the same problems as before and showing no sign of improvement. Lasseter fired the original director of Luck and basically hit the reset button on a lot of the film's conceptual progress, and just seemed disinterested during the whole production process. It's not like John Lasseter was a major creative in this film, he was just one of the six producers on the team, so it's not as if they're giving him a second chance at animation if all he's doing is just denying or accepting ideas for a film (that he didn't creative or envision) that he joined during pre-production. I get where you're coming from, Colby, but the thing is, just because someone is really talented, doesn't mean they shouldn't be held to a higher moral pedestal simply due to their "legend of their art" status. Again, it's not just sexual misconduct, who knows, maybe Lasseter is improving on that front, I don't know, but Lasseter is still showing that he is really letting his ego get to his head and forcing movies fit his slim template of what he considers to be a good animated story, even if that template is showing its age due to it being done to death. It's why a lot of his later work at Pixar, (specifically Brave, The Good Dinosaur,) felt like bold ideas forced into an old cookie-cutter stencil of a film, not to mention some of those films were stuck in a production nightmare due to John either firing the original female director or just not liking where the story was heading.
Just retire and stop making a fool out of yourself John. You'll be better off not being in animation and being semi positively remembered as the man who helped change animation forever with Pixar and Toy story.
I mean say what you will about the guy but it’s possible without him we wouldn’t have had Pixar or Disney resurgence in its animation studio. I don’t condone his toxic behavior at all, but I dunno if we’d have films like toy story, zootopia, or tangled without him
@@michaelnally2841 It gets very complex without John invloed in those productions at all, he was the guy to go to when you wanted your film well toned and told story wise but with Luck, It shows he lost alot of his ability to do what he did before and could've not had him in the project at all and probably turn out better.
@@nickdorenkamp959 The less talked about that prevented jerk face, the better as I'm happy to know he's in jail and hated by everyone nowadays and rightly so, he was both a creep and a idiot when it came to being a producer.
@@benrobson3442 What made Toy Story 2 so great is that is was a team effort of Both Andrew Stanton, John Lasseter, and Pete Docter. Andrew and Pete were't involved in Cars and it shows!!!!!!!!!😔
@@benrobson3442 Well he is giving more employees better opportunities to direct shorts and films, which is paying off really amazing in terms of their focus solely on Disney plus.
Wait, John Ratzenberger was in this film? Damn, he really must be Lasseter's lapdog because he hasn't been in any Pixar movie (other than Onward) since Lasseter's departure. Either that or Ratzenberger wanted to "stick it to the libs" for "canceling" Lasseter. He is Republican after all.
cause the libs who happen to be in charge are lunatics obviously. Aso, being republicans got nothing to do with that. and yes, John got cancelled, lets be honest here.
John was once every aspiring animator's idol and who everyone looked up to as the wonderful man of Pixar, its a mighty fall considering how he seems to be seen as controversial now.
Even though people are saying that this film was a let down, i enjoyed it nonetheless i mean the movie itself may not have been great but the story was interesting. i mean a world where good luck and bad luck are made, that's a world i would definitely explore if it were real.
Not only that, but the message is alot deeper than people give it credit for. On the surface, it might not seem like much, but as I watched it I saw so many allusions to real life and how even though we can't always control what happens to us, we can still find something good out of it. When Sam was crying over how she felt Hazel and everyone else would have been better off never knowing her, Bob told her that simply knowing a person as kind, selfless and creatively resourcesful as Sam, Hazel is already very lucky. It's not the big, miraculous things in life that bring joy, often times it's the simplest. After a hard day at work my heart fills when my cat walks up to greet me, even if my work continues at home taking care of both my mom and grandma. Its small, but one small thing can make a hug difference in someone else's life. As someone who wrestles with depression and self worth, this film really made he see myself differently. The Dragon, in my eyes, represents good but still missguided intentions. In this day and age where people are told to live their 'best life' and always be happy (which can lead to toxic possitivity) the idea of everyone having good luck, always having a goos day and only having good things come their way is a tempting idea and one we humans have desired for generations. Just look at all of the legends and myths of these utopian places that seem so out of reach yet are so tentalizing. But, as Bob placed it, "lucky people don't need to try". In a world where we never have to try, never have to work hard, never have to adapt and solve problems either by ourselves or as a group, we become spoiled, lazy, and even more selfish than we are now. We constantly complain about how the world should get better yet we turn a blind eye to the thousands of uportunities where we CAN do it. By usibg these fantastical elements of good and bad luck, it feels like its using these elements more in a metaphorical sense that we don't always need everything handed to us. By being more like Sam--puting other's needs before our own, and seeing that good things can--and have--come out of a bad situation (like Dragon and Haimdoll the unicorn falling in love) then we can create our own luck, using a little bit of both. Is the movie flawless? No, but no stort needs to be oscar worthy. Sometimes, all we need is a simle, wholesome film to remind us of what really matters. If a movie can reach at least one or two people and inspire them to look at reality with new eyes (like it did with me and my depression) then how can we say it didn't do its work right? One small thing can make a very big difference.
@@maggiesheartlove2734 I’ll admit that John Lassiter is still controversial, but with his direction with Luck, the message hits differently when you put it that way. Oh my god, the PIXAR guy hasn’t ran out of luck as we thought!
For John Lasseter, this being a man that has provided so many peoples childhoods with toy story and a bugs life and cars and so many people looking up to him including myself, to see that about him come to light is so heartbreaking to find that out about him
The message is alot deeper than people give it credit for. On the surface, it might not seem like much, but as I watched it I saw so many allusions to real life and how even though we can't always control what happens to us, we can still find something good out of it. When Sam was crying over how she felt Hazel and everyone else would have been better off never knowing her, Bob told her that simply knowing a person as kind, selfless and creatively resourcesful as Sam, Hazel is already very lucky. It's not the big, miraculous things in life that bring joy, often times it's the simplest. After a hard day at work my heart fills when my cat walks up to greet me, even if my work continues at home taking care of both my mom and grandma. Its small, but one small thing can make a hug difference in someone else's life. As someone who wrestles with depression and self worth, this film really made he see myself differently. The Dragon, in my eyes, represents good but still missguided intentions. In this day and age where people are told to live their 'best life' and always be happy (which can lead to toxic possitivity) the idea of everyone having good luck, always having a goos day and only having good things come their way is a tempting idea and one we humans have desired for generations. Just look at all of the legends and myths of these utopian places that seem so out of reach yet are so tentalizing. But, as Bob placed it, "lucky people don't need to try". In a world where we never have to try, never have to work hard, never have to adapt and solve problems either by ourselves or as a group, we become spoiled, lazy, and even more selfish than we are now. We constantly complain about how the world should get better yet we turn a blind eye to the thousands of uportunities where we CAN do it. By usibg these fantastical elements of good and bad luck, it feels like its using these elements more in a metaphorical sense that we don't always need everything handed to us. By being more like Sam--puting other's needs before our own, and seeing that good things can--and have--come out of a bad situation (like Dragon and Haimdoll the unicorn falling in love) then we can create our own luck, using a little bit of both. Heck, I see alot of myself in both Samm and the Dragon. Is the movie flawless? No, but no story needs to be oscar worthy. Sometimes, all we need is a simle, wholesome film to remind us of what really matters. If a movie can reach at least one or two people and inspire them to look at reality with new eyes (like it did with me and my depression) then how can we say it didn't do its work right? One small thing can make a very big difference.
I can see where you're coming from here. While I don't know how the original vision for this film would've gone, I still think that there might be a way to incorporate all the themes you just mentioned into it.
While the story and the characters traits are good. The animation style, character designs, and world building in general is very one-note. Its almost like a REHASH version of other classic Pixar and Dreamworks animated films. This movie would have been better if the Animation style is like The Mitchell's vs. The Machines or Nimona but no it had to be that style arent it. And the character designs and world building also felt like it has been done before by other animated films. 😬😬
Also, fun fact: Skydance is releasing another animated film later this year and it will also have John Lasseter as a producer. Actually, no, that's not really fun. That's depressing.
Something tells me that if John keeps on going with his streak of egotism, stubbornness and nepotism, the cycle will continue and Skydance will show John the door, even if it'll be too late. I also believe he's probably gonna still be creep as well
Agreed, John has a huge ego problem and could cause more outrage than praise. I hate him super badly and he/ David ellison must be removed from sky dance. I don't want to see animators and regular employees get treated horrible, I want the workers to thrive and make the best of their careers with fair respect/ honesty
@E . A Yeah got to agree here, As a long time Pixar fan and is someone who's from the east bay which pixar is based in emeryville, they can get really toxic and hurtful on the same levels of John's horrible behavior and at worst, him and his horrible fan boys bully people where the current sky dance CEO wants him to read the scripts in full, sleeps during zoom online meetings, and yells at the creative team for not liking anthying what they have shown after working long hours. This Lasseter prick has to be taken down at all cost, ask to leave sky dance and be locked away in a mental alyssum so that we can never see his dumb face ever again.
So many similarities to Rumble - Made by an animation studio that's not had a good track record (albeit by default in this case, since this is the first movie for it's studio's animation slate) - Made by a company with a guy-in-charge who's *allegedly* a total creep (John Lasseter and Vince McMahon since WWE collaborated with Paramount to make Rumble) - Main protagonist is a young woman in a world populated by both humans and anthropomorphic civilians who teams up with one of the anthro characters to save the day - The protagonist has a sentimental reason for wanting to be a hero - The story focuses on the two main heroes and doesn't do much with the other characters - It went into production with a great concept and had everything going for it to be unique and compelling, but thanks to studio meddling, the finished product is a bland "message for the kids" story with a predictable plot that just tries to be like other movies - Everything that's great about it (The concept, the animation, the visuals and the voice cast) only puts a band-aid on how bland and generic the story is, making the movie no better than mediocre and no worse than passable, combined with a lack of marketing and direct to streaming release which means it'll probably be long-forgotten in a month from now
@@MediaLoverChris02 Cars 2 and good dinosaur but ya rather then that most people are being drama queens like oh no onward insn't the best movie ever or oh no Turning red is just good
So far, the way Skydance Animation and their films are being structured feels like they're just trying to replicate far more relevant studios, hence the hirings of many old recognizeable names from Disney or DreamWorks (EVEN BEFORE Lasseter came in!) but without understanding what truly made their films good. Update: After seeing the movie myself, I can safely say I agree with EVERYTHING you said in this review. Also, at 19:07, I also couldn't help but think of John when she said that. 😂
Pixar isnt doing themselves any favors themselves. Pete Doctor is running the place now and with Lightyear dead set on becoming a box office bomb along with director Angus McClain throwing hissy fits on twitter is not a good look for them
@@Thomasmemoryscentral That's just one setback, and you could argue that Disney themselves are a bit more at fault for Lightyear's failure since they waited so long to release a Pixar film in theaters worldwide again, and might have released it at a bad time as well. And while MacLane is making himself look pretty bad, I don't blame him too much, I get his frustration towards those who review bombed lightyear or blew their criticisms towards it way out of proportion.
From what I can piece together, Lasseter's behavior can be boiled down to several factors. Like, him falling asleep during story meetings is the negative effect of his drinking habit (plus the fact he's pushing 65.). As for the bottlenecking, that's evident of him wanting to make the film good as possible by approving every detail, resulting in it being too restrictive. It reminds me of how the way Walt Disney would insist on approving every detail in his earlier animated films.
@@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT I think Toy Story is more of a team effort. The problem is that John by himself is not a good writer, it's like he is so ashamed of Black Friday Woody that refuses to take risks ever again. Even thou taking risks the reason that Toy Story 3, Insideout, and Coco are beloved by all.
I said it before, and I’ll say it again; When will the harassers learn? Skydance doesn’t deserve that, and I make sure to enjoy the work of everyone else.
I think the problem is that abusers of all stripes have a tendency to stick together. And even worse, non-abusers who don't understand how abusers operate will time and time again look past certain behaviors, often in an attempt to "give a second chance" or "be fair".
@@noireisbest6786 Non-abusers are so naive when it comes to giving bad people a second chance when they don't learn their mistakes as they continue their callousness.
I just watched this movie myself earlier today, literally. I don't understand why people are shitting all over this movie. I think it's absolutely amazing, despite the past of certain people involved with the movie
I read your comment, I was bored, I watched the movie, and I'm glad you liked the movie, but I personally don't think it's amazing. Luck is probably least offensive animated movie I've ever seen. I can see what you got out of it, it has a pretty interesting world, but it's just that the main characters are so uninteresting to me, and it just wasn't what I was looking for, even with low expectations. Still don't let that detract from your enjoyment of the film, it's higher quality than people are giving it credit for, and there were some good moments/ideas/things I liked in the movie, just nothing I haven't seen done better in other films. The world-building of the Lucky realm is kinda cool when it wasn't being built thru ham-fisted exposition.
For me it's just looks generic. Like a mish-mash of every CGI Disney pixar movie ever ( we have Spiderverse and Bad guys now, and Disney is making Strange world. Come on! ). The story doesn't help either. I haven't seen it, but a story description should make people invested, not bored.
idk it just seems super unoriginal and boring. The animation lacks expression and sometimes doesn’t even match up with the lip sync. There’s been so many great animated movies this past 2 years that this one just seems so generic in comparison.
JOHN LASSITER WHILE GETTING KICKED OUT OF DISNEY AND PIXAR JOHN LASSITER: *to John ratzenburger* if I am going you are coming with me! JOHN RATZENBURGER: NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
This is Lasseter's first movie after he left Disney and Pixar. The fact that he was picked up by Skydance was his luck, so it is a fitting name for a title.
Ya, because of the controversies he has gotten overtime, maybe it is for the best that John Lasseter just retires altogether. It's just sad to see a huge downfall for the person that helped revolutionize the animation industry (especially being one of the founders of Pixar, which would make Toy Story "the Snow White of computer animated films" and many other beloved classics).
John Lasseter’s involvement with this movie sounds exactly like what he did with Brave. He threw out another director, who had a much better vision for the film, squandering the film’s potential as a result.
Did you really need John Lasseter to convince you to not buy a sub-par streaming service with only a few shows and films worth watching that costs a monthly fee? Because I did. Thank you, John Lasseter, for coming to my house just to rub my shoulders and convince me to not get Apple+!
It's a really barren streaming service. I do recommend Wolfwalkers and the Peanuts specials so maybe do what I did and just do the free trial week then cancel it quick before they charge you. It's actually not a bad price for what you get, but after you watch those things there's hardly much else keeping you on.
Wolfwalkers is worth the subscription. Lasseter sucks, but some of the best animation going right now is the work of Cartoon Saloon, and Wolfwalkers, IMO, is their best film.
Also for the record, Mat, if you bother to read this at all. Luck is the first animated movie in a while for the mainstream audience that is RATED G. The last time a G-rated movie had a great impact on the animation community was the last film at PIXAR John Lasseter had his name attached, Toy Story 4. Let that sink in.
It's just probably just a big coincidence because skydance can make a PG film if they want or Pixar can go back to make a G rated movie if they want. Edit I found out there was a Paw Patrol Movie released in summer of 2021 which was Also Rated G AND in Theaters so no Luck Doesn't count sorry.
I don't know what is true or not, but maybe he probably was arranged on the first and second meeting, but no one's didn't listen to him, so he stop caring and let them do what they wanted. People mostly talks about other people negatives things and not their positive things.
Maybe he's so Professional that he can predict what they're going to hear in the story meeting while napping, joking aside that's basically slacking off during work time but he's so famous that when he does it, it's okay. Yeah no.
Falling asleep while at work is usually a sign of a problem, like lack of sleep at home or mental fatigue. I rather wonder if his health is actually going south. I think he's better off retiring.
john ratzenberger is in this? Well no wonder Pixar dropped him as their good luck charm, they feel betrayed that he would follow John Lasseter so they dropped the whole put him in everything tradition. I also wouldnt expect him to voice hamm anymore going forward, but its possible they might make an exception. Though if they need to, Andrew Stanton can do a near perfect impression of him
Well, Pixar does have other projects featuring his characters (Hamm, the Abominable Snowman, Mack, etc.), so bringing back Ratzenberger to continue Pixar voices isn't entirely out of the question.
Yeah, tell 'em Mozart. Just because John Lasseter isn't a great person irl, doesn't mean you can't still enjoy his work or admire what he's done for the animation field. John isn't the "visionary genius" behind Pixar's success, he's just the one out of the many creatives he's worked with who all worked together to make the funny movie with talking cars. But don't give Lasseter excuses to get away with awful behavior that would result in most people in any profession being fired on the spot.
As Dean Hardscrabble would say: “Your luck will run out. Eventually.” Funny enough, the dragon character does look a bit like Dean Hardscrabble by some sort of coincidence. Similar attire, but lighter skin colour.
So this could have been an interesting urban fantasy that could also shed light on how war doesn't just effect the people fighting but also the innocent, uninvolved people in-between... but John stuck his hands were they didn't belong....again.
A guy who started making successful, high quality animation but got fired for being hard to work with and doing some pretty shady things, but then continued work onto a smaller studio making a project where they have way more creative control and it turned out terrible? Sounds familiar to the tale of another big name in animation who was ousted to be doing some very inappropriate things.
I thought the movie was in production even before John Lasseter took part of the studio and had little to no involvement in this movie, therefore, this movie being bad isn't his fault. But I guess not.
I guess I haven’t been paying attention because this is the first I’ve heard of there being sexual misconduct allegations towards John Lassiter. I owe so much to this guy (some of my favorite films, including Ghibli films that he worked on as producer, I think (at least with the English dubs)) that learning of all the negative allegations makes me feel heartbroken. 😭
Aside from Luck being another generic animated feature, Lasseter was hired because of that dude shown at the end for wanting to have one his favorite icons work for him!? First off, red flag because John is know known for ruining his career by having bad behavior. Second, if he's still gonna be around to work at Skydance, then I'm honestly worried how the studio will end up. P.S. Sexually harassing people is not only bad, it's also a freakin waste of time!
I've heard that too. Plus a lot of people went from Pixar to Skydance too, so whatever the real story is, we don't see the full picture. And it's interesting that Lasseter getting ousted from Disney happened around the same time they found a way to kick Steve Whitmire out of the Muppets. And more recently, Joe Rodhe, so I'm more inclined to think Disney just wants the old guard out the door, by whatever means possible.
Even if the sexual abuse allegations aren't true, that doesn't make John Lasseter a good person. You watched the video, right? Where Skydance employees said he scrapped the original script for taking too much risk and often fell asleep at board meetings.
Its almost people in this day in age in Hollywood believe in extremist woman just because "Muh victimhood" I'm sick and tired of people just believing in this shit just because "white man bad"
@E . A Because obviously Disney and the mob online forced him to do it. Not to mention, He didn't say anything about doing naughty things to them, he said "unwanted hugs" That doesn't sound sexual to me.
*Previously on Animat’s Last year’s video* Animat: *looks at the upcoming animated movie luck* well that’s interesting who’s making this again? *check and found out it’s John lasseter* oh…oooh no…..
Turning Red 9/10 Lightyear 8/10 The Bad Guys 8/10 The Bob’s Burgers Movie 8/10 The Sea Beast 7/10 Minions: The Rise of Gru 6/10 Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood 6/10 DC League of Super-Pets 6/10 Luck 5/10 Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank 4/10 Hotel Transylvania: Transformania 3/10 The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild 3/10 I believe Luck will be the bottom 5 of the 2020's worst movies, that is if an upcoming movie that is sightly worse than it
@@zoelindwall637 It's going to be The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild. Not saying I like Hotel Transilvania as a whole, but at the VERY least the movie has some better animation compared to the other bad one. As for Paws of Fury, it's not good, but at least it has better comedy and some effort....even if the excecution is bad when they tried to addapt a classic comedy to animation with almost no connection
Are we not gonna mention that Skydance Animation Madrid (formerly known as Ilion Animation Studios) are the ones that ACTUALLY worked on this, and not Skydance Animation America (which contains some of Blue Sky Studios’ employees)? For those who don’t know, Ilion Animation Studios previously worked on “Planet 51”, “Mortadelo and Filemon: Mission Implausible”, and “Wonder Park”.
I guess you could say that this movie wasn’t very Lucky. Jokes aside, I already didn’t plan on seeing it due to being exclusive to Apple TV+, but hearing John Lassenter was behind it despite basically being outed from Disney due to the skeevy shiet he pulled made what little interest I had entirely dissipate.
I was only 7 when I saw cars and it was because of that film that I wanted to work for Disney and be a filmmaker just like John who was my childhood hero but seeing him like this I take a vow to never act the way he is now because if acting like him is what it takes to be a filmmaker than I guess I chose the wrong passion
You are the first person I’ve seen who has definitively called out John Lasseter for being a total creep during your review. I cannot thank you enough.
❤️💖 Personality, I do have mixed feelings about this movie. One, I do loved the fact that we have a new animation studio entering the animation industry even though we lost Blue Sky a year ago. Second, I do loved the concept about Luck and it is quite interesting and unique to see the world building and creativity about Luck where does it goes between good luck or bad luck and how does luck goes. It would've been good or great if it was done by Disney or Pixar and handled the project in good hands. I do wanted to see this movie but I am not sure. I wanna give John Lasseter a second chance but after reading an article about him I kinda lost faith in him. Couldn't they pick someone else? Why not pick Lee Unkrich, the director of Finding Nemo, Toy Story 3 and Coco to be the new head of Skydance Animation? He did quit Pixar few years ago maybe he could have been good choice. What about Brad Bird? Maybe he could've another great choice. This is not a great first impression. I do wished the best of "luck" for all the animators and directors of Skydance Animation. 😃😀😄😁😊😉 👍🏻 💖❤️
I think if this movie was directed by Pete Doctor instead, it probably would’ve been a better movie considering he did a great job with concepts like emotions like Inside Out and souls like Soul. Not to mention that this movie does have similar concepts to Monsters Inc., also directed by Pete Docter.
Skydance animation may not have a great feature debut like Blue Sky Studios with Ice age in 2002 (Rip Blue sky) or Pixar with Toy story in 1995 but the animators and cast and crew's hard work is on display dispite a loosely screenplay that just sucks being honest, needed a major rewrite as Sam having to go through life out of the foster care system because she grew up out of it and having to work and live in the real world were good scenes in my opinion just that the world building was really lazy and poorly done compared to the likes of Monsters Inc and Spirited away. John could just retire and someone would replace him at Skydance and probably do a better job too. The director of Coco has taken a leave from animation for now and is foucing on being with his family which I'm fine with. Spellbound could be skydance hit movie, just gotta wait and see.
I was not interested in checking this film out anyway, and I agree that for the sake of everyone in the animation industry, it's best for John to just retire. With all the controversy he's found himself in, him being involved in "Luck" is not going to do him any favors.
@@somedudewhodraws9377 I never said he was a pedophile. I said nobody has proof of him being one which I know is a lie. So I don't know why anyone will believe anything.
John Lasseter used to be one of my biggest influences for art and animation. It really saddens me that he has had some serious allegations 5 years ago. His life is better off if he retires. People who are just entering the industry don’t want a huge that makes them too uncomfortable. Now, I still don’t hate the guy. I just want to suggest what’s best for him. Anyways about Luck, I haven’t seen it yet, but I’m a bit mixed about it. I will admit, Sam’s design is kinda cute despite looking too much like Disney’s style. The Land of Luck is highly imaginative. But the rest is left to be desired. I don’t have a subscription for Apple TV+, but I’ve always wanted to get one to watch the new Peanuts specials that they have. Once I get it, I’ll watch this as an afterthought.
Thumbnail’s a good summary of it. …But if you wanna see something good from Skydance Animation, I suggest watching Joe Mateo’s “Blush” on the same streaming service.
Peeps need to stop trying to ignore and bury this just to spite John. Other people worked hard on this, and their passion for the project shows. I think it's a great movie, and more people should give it a chance. Peggy doesn't deserve to be cancelled. Fonda doesn't deserve to be cancelled. The creativity on display in this film, particularly from those two, is inspiring.
What kills me is that as soon as I saw the ads for this movie, I IMMEDIATELY knew who was going to be the twist villian (Anyone who's seen it knows who I'm talking about). It's such a shame because I am absolutely in love with their design. Why waste it on such an overused cliche?
I’ll confess that despite the wrongs John Lasseter has done, whether it’d be his sexual misconduct, his nepotism and kicking off directors from their films like with Brenda Chapman, I can’t discredit him from giving him my childhood films like Toy Story & Toy Story 2, A Bug’s Life and Cars. No matter how you want to view him, it doesn’t change that Toy Story & Toy Story 2, A Bug’s Life and Cars are his movies and Woody, Buzz, Flik and Lightning McQueen are his characters. So I can’t discredit him from those films even if Disney currently owns them and his characters. And by the way, why does Sam look like my twin sister?
Here's the most ironic aspect of this film's production history, remember The Black Friday Incident from 1993. well just make John Lasseter of today the executive in charge of the production of the film (who's even worse than Katzenberg in that regard because at least with the latter Jeffrey pays attention to the movie the crew wanted to make. even then Katzenberg is a far better human being than John.) but instead of it being edgier, it just became bland and uninteresting, and worst of all the good movie never became the final product.
Dear lord, imagine what happens if an animated movie from a new studio is under the supervision of John K., Butch Hartman, Chris Savino, or even Dan Schneider.
Honestly if I had to unfortunately put one person in charged behind the four I would choose Butch Hartman yeah he really does have a bad reputation but at leasthe didn't commit allegations however I would have a super close eye on him to make sure that he does the right thing for my company and make sure my company goes on the right
And this is why I don't follow big names in animation too much. Big names lead to big problems. I like to go into animated movies with as little baggage as possible and let the art speak for itself.
There is so much competition in animation. There are already a ton of cute kids animation already. There is actually a way higher demand for more mature animated films.
YESSSSSSSS PLEASE AN ANIMATED ADULT FILM THAT ACTUALLY TAKES ITSELF SERIOUSLY THAT'S MADE BY A WESTERN ANIMATION STUDIO, I KNOW THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN ANYTIME SOON BECAUSE WE LIVE IN A SOCIETY IN WHICH ANIMATION IS PERCEIVED AS A CHILD'S THING AND ANY THING THAT'S MATURE WITH A CARTOON CHARACTER IS TREATED AS A GIMICK BECAUSE HAHAHA FUNNY FAMILYGUY NPC SAID A SWEAR DUDE CARTOONS NOT BEING FOR CHILDREN IS SO FARKING FUNNY IT MAKES ME WANNA MERGE INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC! "BOOOOOOM!!!!"
@@jasburger Most movies look good these days, so it's not a shock when they look good. For example Sea Beast was beautifully animated but the 3rd act was a mess [SPOILERS] that left so much unresolved and just said, "And we never went to the sea monster waters again!" so they could say they'd firmly NEVER resolve it and they don't even tie up the emotional loose ends like the Jacob and the captain. To me, being that sloppy in writing negatively affects the whole work.
I’m actually glad that you mentioned the animator and other workers, who actually worked on this film than just one big name that everyone wants to forget. Seriously, the workers deserve more credit.
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Yea, I am sticking with Wolfwalkers and Charlie Brown in AppleTV+. Also, let’s not forget the last time Lassiter directed a movie was with Cars 2, the film that arguably broke Pixar’s reputation and moral.
Well Cars 2 is the Pixar film that ended their Golden Era and started the Post-Golden Era where their films released during the 2010 decade are sequels to their previous films from the previous era, 2 films that went through production trouble and change of directors resulting in 2 films that the public don’t talk about as much, and only 2 films that managed to be on par with the films of the Golden Era.
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'Cars 2' is just a misstep, not a film that suddenly ends an era. Pixar otherwise have made good to excellent films with two or three average films overall.
@@fictionalmediabully9830 Many feel that Cars 2 was the end of an era though, similar to how many feel The Jungle Book was the end of an era due to Walt Disney’s death.
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That's a different story. 'The Jungle Book' is a great film, and Walt Disney's death had a legit impact on the quality of Disney's output during the '70s and '80s. There were some gems, but also some missteps, either in story (The Black Cauldron) or animation (Robin Hood). It probably didn't help that the animation industry in general reached a low point around this time.
'Cars 2' is just an example of Pixar not being a perfect studio, and that's nothing to be ashamed of. Everyone makes mistake, and it sucks they can contrive a negative stigma that gives the illusion of quality degradation that's simply non-existent.
It's a shame. This looks like a cool premise.
Also, isn't it ironic that two of the most hated animated stories about bad luck involve members of the industry that have made themselves hated with allegations? You got this by John Lasseter and The Loud House's No Such Luck by Chris Savino. Rather a weird pattern. And, wouldn't you know it? Milo Murphy's Law is one of my favorite animated stories about bad luck, and Dan and Swampy are wonderful people! I'll tell you what's really lucky: the Anti-Fairies from the Fairly OddParents being so popular, since B*tch Hartman made them.
"Bitch Hartman" XDD
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@@redpanda6497 Got to agree with you man, that Elmer guy has a problem of taking soul credit instead of mentioning workers who made it first for him on working his nick shows.
send death threats to butch then if you hate him so much
@@FrenchFryCheese04 I feel it's best to call out on his behavior in an attempt to make amends with the people he gave a hard time towards but I lost my respect for that guy for about 4 years now and it's best to ignore his greedy presence anyway
It’s sad how John Lasseter, the man who brought us Toy Story and Cars, went on a downhill spiral the past few years.
I know right, I really felt bad for John Lasseter because he still my favorite animator that I really grow-up with "Toy Story", "A Bug's Life" and "Cars" without him we could never got PIXAR Animation Studios.
he just hugged. sorry if your woke but it was an innocent hug
@E . A he's a touchy feely guy, not in a malicious way.
@E . A He Didnt really do much other than Hug and cat call. You guys are acting like hes on Weinsteins level 😂
@e.a5674 so hugging your coworkers and being affectionate is wrong? Touch some grass. Women who cant process a simple hug and live in constant victimhood love ruining innocent mens life. You are f up
I'm getting a little tired of the "modern Disney" CG character style. It doesn't look awful, there's a reason it's still being used, even by studios outside of the House of Mouse, but it just doesn't wow me in a way that I know character animation is capable of doing. Funnily enough, not long after John Lasseter left Disney/Pixar, I found that at least Pixar's output animation-wise has slowly been turning a tiny bit more experimental in a way that isn't common with most popular western animation studios. (Turning Red, regardless of what you think of the story, has some amazing character design, and more noticeably, character animation.) Still a ways to go until we get more films like Into the Spider-Verse, or Wolfwakers more frequently that really push western animation past its casual movie-goer Disney-kiddie stereotype, but at least it shows that some freedom is being given to make films with different aesthetics.
I just hope John Lasseter either retires or gets fired for his incompetent behavior at Skydance, because I can't see a new animation studio succeeding if it's being choke-held by the man who was largely responsible for Pixar's half-decade slump after Toy Story 3.
I like what Pixar and Sony pictures animation
As a guy who love Disney and Pixar movies this hurts. John went downhill from here. His Luck is so bad.
This may only be tangentially related, but I've always been shocked that there hasn't been more discussion of Lotso as an allegory for Lasseter in Toy Story 3, especially considering his position and how Lasseter also considered himself "a hugger".
NGL I see a lot of Pixar’s twist villains in John Lassiter. Stinky Pete, Waternoose, Charles Muntz, Lotso, and Ernesto De La Cruz
"That was his mistake!"
Your comment reminds me of a video discussing how John Lasseter's views kinda seeped into the Toy Story movies, especially the blooper in Toy Story 2 with Stinky Pete and the Barbie dolls. I've linked it here: th-cam.com/video/2Tz85QuK8Fs/w-d-xo.html
@Lynn Loud Duchess Jr. True, but Bellweather doesn’t really have much to do with Lassenter. Unless he’s also a bigot like she was.
Lasseter was the real Disney twist villain all along.
I can also attest and confirm that there definitely some hard-working and decent people who worked on this movie. One of my animation mentors who was let go from Blue Sky after it shut down got hired at Skydance Animation and he was an excellent teacher and a stand-up guy. Thank you Mat for pointing out that many talented people worked on this movie and wanted to the best they can and they shouldn't be overshadowed by one toxic "creative visionary."
Can’t say I had plans to see this, but I was def a little curious lol. Thanks for making this, dude.
When you brought up the budget, I googled it and my damn jaw fell to the ground. Smh.
Then you’ll be surprised at how much Disney and Pixar spends per movie since the 2000s 😱
@@rauldjvp3053 Not really as those films showed that budget in use(Outside of Chicken Little and Tangled). This one doesn't look low budget, but I'd say less than $140 million for sure
It really is heartbreaking that John is the very same man who contributed the bear sequence from The Fox and the Hound alongside Glen Keane, (Masaaki Uasa claimed this to be one of his inspirations to animation) gave birth to PIXAR and not to mention bringing the works of Studio Ghibli to the whole world. He is also my hero and seeing him in such a state, I am very disappointed in him because I know myself that he can do better than this. The way that Skydance hired Lasseter is way too soon. Perhaps they should have hired him in, say, 10 years for the sake of Lasseter to really process his misteps.
To me, it isn't even just the sexual misconduct, it's also the fact that Lasseter did nothing to help with the movie at all. (He hurt it a lot, actually.)
Legitimately, he was probably only hired either because he has connections with higher-ups, or SkyDance just thought Lasseter's name in film promotions would look good.
Nobody is perfect, some of the most creatively influential people of all time have skeletons in their closets, Pablo Picasso, John Lennon, Caravaggio, etc.
Skydance animation existed since 2017
@@colbystearns5238 Nobody is perfect, but there's a difference between forgiveness and turning a blind eye to a creator's problems. Especially when that certain somebody is still showing a lot of the same problems as before and showing no sign of improvement. Lasseter fired the original director of Luck and basically hit the reset button on a lot of the film's conceptual progress, and just seemed disinterested during the whole production process.
It's not like John Lasseter was a major creative in this film, he was just one of the six producers on the team, so it's not as if they're giving him a second chance at animation if all he's doing is just denying or accepting ideas for a film (that he didn't creative or envision) that he joined during pre-production.
I get where you're coming from, Colby, but the thing is, just because someone is really talented, doesn't mean they shouldn't be held to a higher moral pedestal simply due to their "legend of their art" status. Again, it's not just sexual misconduct, who knows, maybe Lasseter is improving on that front, I don't know, but Lasseter is still showing that he is really letting his ego get to his head and forcing movies fit his slim template of what he considers to be a good animated story, even if that template is showing its age due to it being done to death. It's why a lot of his later work at Pixar, (specifically Brave, The Good Dinosaur,) felt like bold ideas forced into an old cookie-cutter stencil of a film, not to mention some of those films were stuck in a production nightmare due to John either firing the original female director or just not liking where the story was heading.
@@colbystearns5238 Lennon and Picasso? How so?
John Lasseter is a good example of: "Oh how the mighty have fallen."
Just retire and stop making a fool out of yourself John. You'll be better off not being in animation and being semi positively remembered as the man who helped change animation forever with Pixar and Toy story.
@@chrisbrasel8060 And not like a certain former Hollywood mogul producer who had no idea how to make an animated film.
I mean say what you will about the guy but it’s possible without him we wouldn’t have had Pixar or Disney resurgence in its animation studio. I don’t condone his toxic behavior at all, but I dunno if we’d have films like toy story, zootopia, or tangled without him
@@michaelnally2841 It gets very complex without John invloed in those productions at all, he was the guy to go to when you wanted your film well toned and told story wise but with Luck, It shows he lost alot of his ability to do what he did before and could've not had him in the project at all and probably turn out better.
@@nickdorenkamp959 The less talked about that prevented jerk face, the better as I'm happy to know he's in jail and hated by everyone nowadays and rightly so, he was both a creep and a idiot when it came to being a producer.
I was seriously shocked that John Lasseter was involved with this!
Me too no wonder animat said “oh no” after finding how he was involved with this movie
@@georgerobertson7010 This movie somehow looks like they wanted to make an animated version of Just My Luck (2006)
Beavis and Butthead made a better comeback than John Lassaster on the same weekend
That's because Mike judge kept his name clean
@@kenny3001 Yup
John Lasseter is really the twist villain of Pixar
when you think about it, he's like lotso on the outside but more like waternoose on the inside which I find horrific and scary
@@danielgudinojuarez6729 John is also responsible for Turning the chicken in Monana into a mute moron.
Then I guess Pete Docter is the hero of Pixar.
@@benrobson3442 What made Toy Story 2 so great is that is was a team effort of Both Andrew Stanton, John Lasseter, and Pete Docter. Andrew and Pete were't involved in Cars and it shows!!!!!!!!!😔
@@benrobson3442 Well he is giving more employees better opportunities to direct shorts and films, which is paying off really amazing in terms of their focus solely on Disney plus.
Wait, John Ratzenberger was in this film? Damn, he really must be Lasseter's lapdog because he hasn't been in any Pixar movie (other than Onward) since Lasseter's departure. Either that or Ratzenberger wanted to "stick it to the libs" for "canceling" Lasseter. He is Republican after all.
cause the libs who happen to be in charge are lunatics obviously. Aso, being republicans got nothing to do with that.
and yes, John got cancelled, lets be honest here.
John was once every aspiring animator's idol and who everyone looked up to as the wonderful man of Pixar, its a mighty fall considering how he seems to be seen as controversial now.
Even though people are saying that this film was a let down, i enjoyed it nonetheless i mean the movie itself may not have been great but the story was interesting. i mean a world where good luck and bad luck are made, that's a world i would definitely explore if it were real.
Yeah I loved it as well
While not the best film in 2022, it is a promising film from Skydance, and I hope they can make great stuff in the future.
Not only that, but the message is alot deeper than people give it credit for. On the surface, it might not seem like much, but as I watched it I saw so many allusions to real life and how even though we can't always control what happens to us, we can still find something good out of it.
When Sam was crying over how she felt Hazel and everyone else would have been better off never knowing her, Bob told her that simply knowing a person as kind, selfless and creatively resourcesful as Sam, Hazel is already very lucky. It's not the big, miraculous things in life that bring joy, often times it's the simplest. After a hard day at work my heart fills when my cat walks up to greet me, even if my work continues at home taking care of both my mom and grandma. Its small, but one small thing can make a hug difference in someone else's life.
As someone who wrestles with depression and self worth, this film really made he see myself differently.
The Dragon, in my eyes, represents good but still missguided intentions. In this day and age where people are told to live their 'best life' and always be happy (which can lead to toxic possitivity) the idea of everyone having good luck, always having a goos day and only having good things come their way is a tempting idea and one we humans have desired for generations. Just look at all of the legends and myths of these utopian places that seem so out of reach yet are so tentalizing.
But, as Bob placed it, "lucky people don't need to try". In a world where we never have to try, never have to work hard, never have to adapt and solve problems either by ourselves or as a group, we become spoiled, lazy, and even more selfish than we are now. We constantly complain about how the world should get better yet we turn a blind eye to the thousands of uportunities where we CAN do it.
By usibg these fantastical elements of good and bad luck, it feels like its using these elements more in a metaphorical sense that we don't always need everything handed to us. By being more like Sam--puting other's needs before our own, and seeing that good things can--and have--come out of a bad situation (like Dragon and Haimdoll the unicorn falling in love) then we can create our own luck, using a little bit of both.
Is the movie flawless? No, but no stort needs to be oscar worthy. Sometimes, all we need is a simle, wholesome film to remind us of what really matters. If a movie can reach at least one or two people and inspire them to look at reality with new eyes (like it did with me and my depression) then how can we say it didn't do its work right?
One small thing can make a very big difference.
@@maggiesheartlove2734 I’ll admit that John Lassiter is still controversial, but with his direction with Luck, the message hits differently when you put it that way. Oh my god, the PIXAR guy hasn’t ran out of luck as we thought!
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For John Lasseter, this being a man that has provided so many peoples childhoods with toy story and a bugs life and cars and so many people looking up to him including myself, to see that about him come to light is so heartbreaking to find that out about him
So glad to see a review of this, as the advertising has been absolutely all over the place despite looking awful. So this oughta be fun to listen to
Even though I'm aware of John's reputation and why he left Pixar, I almost forgot that this movie was even released until seeing the thumbnail.
The message is alot deeper than people give it credit for. On the surface, it might not seem like much, but as I watched it I saw so many allusions to real life and how even though we can't always control what happens to us, we can still find something good out of it.
When Sam was crying over how she felt Hazel and everyone else would have been better off never knowing her, Bob told her that simply knowing a person as kind, selfless and creatively resourcesful as Sam, Hazel is already very lucky. It's not the big, miraculous things in life that bring joy, often times it's the simplest. After a hard day at work my heart fills when my cat walks up to greet me, even if my work continues at home taking care of both my mom and grandma. Its small, but one small thing can make a hug difference in someone else's life.
As someone who wrestles with depression and self worth, this film really made he see myself differently.
The Dragon, in my eyes, represents good but still missguided intentions. In this day and age where people are told to live their 'best life' and always be happy (which can lead to toxic possitivity) the idea of everyone having good luck, always having a goos day and only having good things come their way is a tempting idea and one we humans have desired for generations. Just look at all of the legends and myths of these utopian places that seem so out of reach yet are so tentalizing.
But, as Bob placed it, "lucky people don't need to try". In a world where we never have to try, never have to work hard, never have to adapt and solve problems either by ourselves or as a group, we become spoiled, lazy, and even more selfish than we are now. We constantly complain about how the world should get better yet we turn a blind eye to the thousands of uportunities where we CAN do it.
By usibg these fantastical elements of good and bad luck, it feels like its using these elements more in a metaphorical sense that we don't always need everything handed to us. By being more like Sam--puting other's needs before our own, and seeing that good things can--and have--come out of a bad situation (like Dragon and Haimdoll the unicorn falling in love) then we can create our own luck, using a little bit of both.
Heck, I see alot of myself in both Samm and the Dragon.
Is the movie flawless? No, but no story needs to be oscar worthy. Sometimes, all we need is a simle, wholesome film to remind us of what really matters. If a movie can reach at least one or two people and inspire them to look at reality with new eyes (like it did with me and my depression) then how can we say it didn't do its work right?
One small thing can make a very big difference.
you said it, love your comment
I can see where you're coming from here. While I don't know how the original vision for this film would've gone, I still think that there might be a way to incorporate all the themes you just mentioned into it.
While the story and the characters traits are good. The animation style, character designs, and world building in general is very one-note. Its almost like a REHASH version of other classic Pixar and Dreamworks animated films. This movie would have been better if the Animation style is like The Mitchell's vs. The Machines or Nimona but no it had to be that style arent it. And the character designs and world building also felt like it has been done before by other animated films. 😬😬
Also, fun fact: Skydance is releasing another animated film later this year and it will also have John Lasseter as a producer. Actually, no, that's not really fun. That's depressing.
I hope that film turns out better.
Something tells me that if John keeps on going with his streak of egotism, stubbornness and nepotism, the cycle will continue and Skydance will show John the door, even if it'll be too late. I also believe he's probably gonna still be creep as well
Agreed, John has a huge ego problem and could cause more outrage than praise. I hate him super badly and he/ David ellison must be removed from sky dance. I don't want to see animators and regular employees get treated horrible, I want the workers to thrive and make the best of their careers with fair respect/ honesty
That was I saying
@@danielgudinojuarez6729 maybe Dave Ellison should sell his studio to either Paramount or to his sister's studio Annapurna
@E . A Yeah got to agree here, As a long time Pixar fan and is someone who's from the east bay which pixar is based in emeryville, they can get really toxic and hurtful on the same levels of John's horrible behavior and at worst, him and his horrible fan boys bully people where the current sky dance CEO wants him to read the scripts in full, sleeps during zoom online meetings, and yells at the creative team for not liking anthying what they have shown after working long hours. This Lasseter prick has to be taken down at all cost, ask to leave sky dance and be locked away in a mental alyssum so that we can never see his dumb face ever again.
the sky dance CEO for animation is actually John Lasseter on what I was referring towards my rage rant
So many similarities to Rumble
- Made by an animation studio that's not had a good track record (albeit by default in this case, since this is the first movie for it's studio's animation slate)
- Made by a company with a guy-in-charge who's *allegedly* a total creep (John Lasseter and Vince McMahon since WWE collaborated with Paramount to make Rumble)
- Main protagonist is a young woman in a world populated by both humans and anthropomorphic civilians who teams up with one of the anthro characters to save the day
- The protagonist has a sentimental reason for wanting to be a hero
- The story focuses on the two main heroes and doesn't do much with the other characters
- It went into production with a great concept and had everything going for it to be unique and compelling, but thanks to studio meddling, the finished product is a bland "message for the kids" story with a predictable plot that just tries to be like other movies
- Everything that's great about it (The concept, the animation, the visuals and the voice cast) only puts a band-aid on how bland and generic the story is, making the movie no better than mediocre and no worse than passable, combined with a lack of marketing and direct to streaming release which means it'll probably be long-forgotten in a month from now
Luck didn't have a Villian
@@PowerAnimationsPACStayAnimated I feel like that would have made the film way more generic than it already seems to be in the bare minimum.
Rumble came out?
Both films have the same art director/ production designer being Fred warter!!!
What was supposed to be John Lasseter’s supposed comeback, only reinforced the fact that he should retire from the animation/film making industry.
And be arrested
@@SonicXtreme99akaCreeperMario Yeah he's better off being in a jail cell from the years of doing bad things
@@SonicXtreme99akaCreeperMario Yes, because he hugged people. Get over yourself XD
@@danielgudinojuarez6729 yep
@@SonicXtreme99akaCreeperMario get out
Working with Lasseter on an animated film sounds just about as appealing as being casted in a Harvey Weinstein film
You mean like Hood winked too, Escape from planet earth, or the American English dub of Doogal
@@danielgudinojuarez6729 I meant behind the scenes
@@KaminoKatie Oh yeah those films did too had really bad productions it was a total wreck to face for the directors/ creative team
I don’t know why anyone would be proud to be described as ‘the creative visionary who brought you Cars’.
Eh well, while animation junkies don't care for the Cars franchise, there's no denying it's success among casual audiences and toy sales.
The career death of the former chief creative officer of Disney and Pixar
If anything, this movie makes good ammunition against people who insist that pixar is nothing without John Lasseter.
Well you aren’t wrong. Disney is still fucking up PIXAR.
At the same time without JL, Disney-Pixar is fucked!
@@cosmicredeemer3109 Pixar has not one bad movie under their name
@@MediaLoverChris02 Cars 2 and good dinosaur but ya rather then that most people are being drama queens like oh no onward insn't the best movie ever or oh no Turning red is just good
@@MediaLoverChris02 According to the public, Lightyear is doing worse than all of their releases.
So far, the way Skydance Animation and their films are being structured feels like they're just trying to replicate far more relevant studios, hence the hirings of many old recognizeable names from Disney or DreamWorks (EVEN BEFORE Lasseter came in!) but without understanding what truly made their films good.
Update: After seeing the movie myself, I can safely say I agree with EVERYTHING you said in this review. Also, at 19:07, I also couldn't help but think of John when she said that. 😂
It's like when you take Silly Putty and press it onto a pencil drawing to copy it, but it's really faded and you forget about it ten minutes later.
Made in China
Pixar isnt doing themselves any favors themselves. Pete Doctor is running the place now and with Lightyear dead set on becoming a box office bomb along with director Angus McClain throwing hissy fits on twitter is not a good look for them
@@Thomasmemoryscentral That's just one setback, and you could argue that Disney themselves are a bit more at fault for Lightyear's failure since they waited so long to release a Pixar film in theaters worldwide again, and might have released it at a bad time as well.
And while MacLane is making himself look pretty bad, I don't blame him too much, I get his frustration towards those who review bombed lightyear or blew their criticisms towards it way out of proportion.
From what I can piece together, Lasseter's behavior can be boiled down to several factors. Like, him falling asleep during story meetings is the negative effect of his drinking habit (plus the fact he's pushing 65.). As for the bottlenecking, that's evident of him wanting to make the film good as possible by approving every detail, resulting in it being too restrictive. It reminds me of how the way Walt Disney would insist on approving every detail in his earlier animated films.
Wait, John was part of this project?
Why is he still in the animated business? I used to adore his work, until we found out who he really is
His name brings money, status, and a large resume. Some people won't care what he did are hire/watch him anyway.
@@smoothcolors9257 that’s the power of Hollywood and fame, unfortunately
@@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT I think Toy Story is more of a team effort. The problem is that John by himself is not a good writer, it's like he is so ashamed of Black Friday Woody that refuses to take risks ever again. Even thou taking risks the reason that Toy Story 3, Insideout, and Coco are beloved by all.
@@orangeslash1667 that is true
Oh dear, he hugged people when he was drunk. What a crime.
The guy's not Weinstein no matter how much you want him to be.
I said it before, and I’ll say it again;
When will the harassers learn?
Skydance doesn’t deserve that, and I make sure to enjoy the work of everyone else.
"How many times, do we have to teach you this lesson, old man?"
I think the problem is that abusers of all stripes have a tendency to stick together. And even worse, non-abusers who don't understand how abusers operate will time and time again look past certain behaviors, often in an attempt to "give a second chance" or "be fair".
@@noireisbest6786 Non-abusers are so naive when it comes to giving bad people a second chance when they don't learn their mistakes as they continue their callousness.
@@DeceivingStareYTP "i love the young people"
@@DeceivingStareYTP Nice reference!
I just watched this movie myself earlier today, literally. I don't understand why people are shitting all over this movie. I think it's absolutely amazing, despite the past of certain people involved with the movie
I'm seeing a lot of comments like this
I read your comment, I was bored, I watched the movie, and I'm glad you liked the movie, but I personally don't think it's amazing.
Luck is probably least offensive animated movie I've ever seen. I can see what you got out of it, it has a pretty interesting world, but it's just that the main characters are so uninteresting to me, and it just wasn't what I was looking for, even with low expectations.
Still don't let that detract from your enjoyment of the film, it's higher quality than people are giving it credit for, and there were some good moments/ideas/things I liked in the movie, just nothing I haven't seen done better in other films.
The world-building of the Lucky realm is kinda cool when it wasn't being built thru ham-fisted exposition.
You must have miraculously low standards.
For me it's just looks generic. Like a mish-mash of every CGI Disney pixar movie ever ( we have Spiderverse and Bad guys now, and Disney is making Strange world. Come on! ). The story doesn't help either. I haven't seen it, but a story description should make people invested, not bored.
idk it just seems super unoriginal and boring. The animation lacks expression and sometimes doesn’t even match up with the lip sync. There’s been so many great animated movies this past 2 years that this one just seems so generic in comparison.
If only John Lasseter had a lucky penny XD
😐Yep. 🤣HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
If only Pixar had a lucky penny XD
Not going to lie, the Kermit like voice you chose for Lasseter asking for a hug was perfect.
JOHN LASSITER WHILE GETTING KICKED OUT OF DISNEY AND PIXAR
JOHN LASSITER: *to John ratzenburger* if I am going you are coming with me!
JOHN RATZENBURGER: NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
The fact that I got an ad for Disney+ during this video just makes it even better.
This is Lasseter's first movie after he left Disney and Pixar. The fact that he was picked up by Skydance was his luck, so it is a fitting name for a title.
John lasster is back
To make mediocre direct to streaming movies like Disney did with with their direct to dvd sequels to the 2000s
Well, now that you mention it, wasn't this movie directed by the same woman who directed Ariel's Beginning? Or was that someone else?
@@quickman2663
Yes
Yes it was
Peggy holmes
@@quickman2663 that was her
Who would’ve thought that Pixar’s greatest twist villain would be John Lasseter?
Ya, because of the controversies he has gotten overtime, maybe it is for the best that John Lasseter just retires altogether. It's just sad to see a huge downfall for the person that helped revolutionize the animation industry (especially being one of the founders of Pixar, which would make Toy Story "the Snow White of computer animated films" and many other beloved classics).
It's just sad people believe anything they hear without proof? Society Hates men now.
John was brought for marketing? Ironic, I would assume Lasseter's involvement would turn people away more than anything else.
C'mon John. You're better than this. Don't end up like Weinstein.
We should but many in the comments section dont want to.
All they care about is the "he said she said" allegations blinding themselves
All the characters of this film look like they are an online casino mascot and not in a good way
John Lasseter’s involvement with this movie sounds exactly like what he did with Brave. He threw out another director, who had a much better vision for the film, squandering the film’s potential as a result.
its a BRILLIANT movie, like all his movies.
And Brenda Chapman was once a director of Prince Of Egypt
FUCKING
PRINCE OF EGYPT
Thank you, John Lasseter, for convincing me NOT to get an Apple TV+ subscription.
Did you really need John Lasseter to convince you to not buy a sub-par streaming service with only a few shows and films worth watching that costs a monthly fee?
Because I did.
Thank you, John Lasseter, for coming to my house just to rub my shoulders and convince me to not get Apple+!
It's a really barren streaming service. I do recommend Wolfwalkers and the Peanuts specials so maybe do what I did and just do the free trial week then cancel it quick before they charge you. It's actually not a bad price for what you get, but after you watch those things there's hardly much else keeping you on.
Good thing I don't have Apple plus
I think Coda’s best picture Oscar win would convince you to get a subscription
Wolfwalkers is worth the subscription. Lasseter sucks, but some of the best animation going right now is the work of Cartoon Saloon, and Wolfwalkers, IMO, is their best film.
Also for the record, Mat, if you bother to read this at all. Luck is the first animated movie in a while for the mainstream audience that is RATED G. The last time a G-rated movie had a great impact on the animation community was the last film at PIXAR John Lasseter had his name attached, Toy Story 4. Let that sink in.
It's just probably just a big coincidence because skydance can make a PG film if they want or Pixar can go back to make a G rated movie if they want. Edit I found out there was a Paw Patrol Movie released in summer of 2021 which was Also Rated G AND in Theaters so no Luck Doesn't count sorry.
"Onwards, Binky! someone's playing the Luck drinking game again!"
points for anyone who gets the reference
Someone in the article said Lasseter is a "story master". Yeah, okay🙄especially when he falls asleep during a story meeting. How professional.
Lol.
I don't know what is true or not, but maybe he probably was arranged on the first and second meeting, but no one's didn't listen to him, so he stop caring and let them do what they wanted.
People mostly talks about other people negatives things and not their positive things.
Maybe he's so Professional that he can predict what they're going to hear in the story meeting while napping, joking aside that's basically slacking off during work time but he's so famous that when he does it, it's okay. Yeah no.
Falling asleep while at work is usually a sign of a problem, like lack of sleep at home or mental fatigue.
I rather wonder if his health is actually going south. I think he's better off retiring.
John, much respect to your work, but don't let your misconduct get in the way again.
To quote deadpool "luck is not a power"
john ratzenberger is in this? Well no wonder Pixar dropped him as their good luck charm, they feel betrayed that he would follow John Lasseter so they dropped the whole put him in everything tradition. I also wouldnt expect him to voice hamm anymore going forward, but its possible they might make an exception. Though if they need to, Andrew Stanton can do a near perfect impression of him
Well, Pixar does have other projects featuring his characters (Hamm, the Abominable Snowman, Mack, etc.), so bringing back Ratzenberger to continue Pixar voices isn't entirely out of the question.
John did alot for Pixar and Disney. But his toxic behavior and his sexual misconduct ruined things for him.
Yeah, tell 'em Mozart.
Just because John Lasseter isn't a great person irl, doesn't mean you can't still enjoy his work or admire what he's done for the animation field.
John isn't the "visionary genius" behind Pixar's success, he's just the one out of the many creatives he's worked with who all worked together to make the funny movie with talking cars.
But don't give Lasseter excuses to get away with awful behavior that would result in most people in any profession being fired on the spot.
@@DeceivingStareYTP He has an ego too problematic to handle unless a therapist can give him a piece of his mind to just stop bullying people.
As Dean Hardscrabble would say: “Your luck will run out. Eventually.” Funny enough, the dragon character does look a bit like Dean Hardscrabble by some sort of coincidence. Similar attire, but lighter skin colour.
So this could have been an interesting urban fantasy that could also shed light on how war doesn't just effect the people fighting but also the innocent, uninvolved people in-between... but John stuck his hands were they didn't belong....again.
A guy who started making successful, high quality animation but got fired for being hard to work with and doing some pretty shady things, but then continued work onto a smaller studio making a project where they have way more creative control and it turned out terrible? Sounds familiar to the tale of another big name in animation who was ousted to be doing some very inappropriate things.
John Kricfalusi?
@@spunkburg5339 yep
@@jinoratheairnomad9777
Isn't that the guy responsible for one of the most infamous cartoons in the history of... anything?
@@QZXproductions yep. And that’s far from the worst he’s done
@@jinoratheairnomad9777
No way. If he's done something worse than THAT, I don't want to know it.
Sorry John, your reign of terror has it's consequences!
I thought the movie was in production even before John Lasseter took part of the studio and had little to no involvement in this movie, therefore, this movie being bad isn't his fault. But I guess not.
It was. But Lassiter fired the orginal director and crew
@@noahbossier1131 Yeah that was a dick move.
I guess I haven’t been paying attention because this is the first I’ve heard of there being sexual misconduct allegations towards John Lassiter. I owe so much to this guy (some of my favorite films, including Ghibli films that he worked on as producer, I think (at least with the English dubs)) that learning of all the negative allegations makes me feel heartbroken. 😭
Aside from Luck being another generic animated feature, Lasseter was hired because of that dude shown at the end for wanting to have one his favorite icons work for him!? First off, red flag because John is know known for ruining his career by having bad behavior. Second, if he's still gonna be around to work at Skydance, then I'm honestly worried how the studio will end up.
P.S. Sexually harassing people is not only bad, it's also a freakin waste of time!
There is hardly any proof that he ever sexually harassed anyone, just mere words based on personal vendetta.
A former Pixar Employee said that the hugs were not sexual and that no one filed a complaint. She even defended John
I've heard that too. Plus a lot of people went from Pixar to Skydance too, so whatever the real story is, we don't see the full picture. And it's interesting that Lasseter getting ousted from Disney happened around the same time they found a way to kick Steve Whitmire out of the Muppets. And more recently, Joe Rodhe, so I'm more inclined to think Disney just wants the old guard out the door, by whatever means possible.
Even if the sexual abuse allegations aren't true, that doesn't make John Lasseter a good person. You watched the video, right? Where Skydance employees said he scrapped the original script for taking too much risk and often fell asleep at board meetings.
@@jlev1028 First Brave now this, John keep your hands to your self!!!!!!!!!Good story telling doesn't come from interfering!
Its almost people in this day in age in Hollywood believe in extremist woman just because "Muh victimhood"
I'm sick and tired of people just believing in this shit just because "white man bad"
@E . A Because obviously Disney and the mob online forced him to do it. Not to mention, He didn't say anything about doing naughty things to them, he said "unwanted hugs" That doesn't sound sexual to me.
Well Skydance, there is only one thing left to say:
Better Luck next time!
*Previously on Animat’s Last year’s video*
Animat: *looks at the upcoming animated movie luck* well that’s interesting who’s making this again? *check and found out it’s John lasseter* oh…oooh no…..
Turning Red 9/10
Lightyear 8/10
The Bad Guys 8/10
The Bob’s Burgers Movie 8/10
The Sea Beast 7/10
Minions: The Rise of Gru 6/10
Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood 6/10
DC League of Super-Pets 6/10
Luck 5/10
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank 4/10
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania 3/10
The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild 3/10
I believe Luck will be the bottom 5 of the 2020's worst movies, that is if an upcoming movie that is sightly worse than it
I calling it right now hotel transvania 4 is going to be 1 worst movie of 2022 or paws of fury.
@@zoelindwall637 It's going to be The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild. Not saying I like Hotel Transilvania as a whole, but at the VERY least the movie has some better animation compared to the other bad one.
As for Paws of Fury, it's not good, but at least it has better comedy and some effort....even if the excecution is bad when they tried to addapt a classic comedy to animation with almost no connection
@@chrisguara the best part about paws of fury is the villain and mentor was funny. and kung fu panda 4 is coming out March 8 2024
this movie would have been better if Oswald the Lucky rabbit was the main character in this movie (saying this jokingly) 😂
Are we not gonna mention that Skydance Animation Madrid (formerly known as Ilion Animation Studios) are the ones that ACTUALLY worked on this, and not Skydance Animation America (which contains some of Blue Sky Studios’ employees)? For those who don’t know, Ilion Animation Studios previously worked on “Planet 51”, “Mortadelo and Filemon: Mission Implausible”, and “Wonder Park”.
I guess you could say that this movie wasn’t very Lucky.
Jokes aside, I already didn’t plan on seeing it due to being exclusive to Apple TV+, but hearing John Lassenter was behind it despite basically being outed from Disney due to the skeevy shiet he pulled made what little interest I had entirely dissipate.
Guess you could say this movie was “Lucky” that it avoided The ASOG.
John Lasseter? More like Un-Lucksseter
One nickname I found that was a bit of amusing wordplay was Lasseter the Harrasseter!
@@Nightman221k catchy, but I had to come up with something to fit the theme of this movie.
I was only 7 when I saw cars and it was because of that film that I wanted to work for Disney and be a filmmaker just like John who was my childhood hero but seeing him like this I take a vow to never act the way he is now because if acting like him is what it takes to be a filmmaker than I guess I chose the wrong passion
You are the first person I’ve seen who has definitively called out John Lasseter for being a total creep during your review. I cannot thank you enough.
❤️💖 Personality, I do have mixed feelings about this movie. One, I do loved the fact that we have a new animation studio entering the animation industry even though we lost Blue Sky a year ago. Second, I do loved the concept about Luck and it is quite interesting and unique to see the world building and creativity about Luck where does it goes between good luck or bad luck and how does luck goes. It would've been good or great if it was done by Disney or Pixar and handled the project in good hands. I do wanted to see this movie but I am not sure.
I wanna give John Lasseter a second chance but after reading an article about him I kinda lost faith in him. Couldn't they pick someone else? Why not pick Lee Unkrich, the director of Finding Nemo, Toy Story 3 and Coco to be the new head of Skydance Animation? He did quit Pixar few years ago maybe he could have been good choice. What about Brad Bird? Maybe he could've another great choice. This is not a great first impression. I do wished the best of "luck" for all the animators and directors of Skydance Animation. 😃😀😄😁😊😉 👍🏻 💖❤️
I think if this movie was directed by Pete Doctor instead, it probably would’ve been a better movie considering he did a great job with concepts like emotions like Inside Out and souls like Soul. Not to mention that this movie does have similar concepts to Monsters Inc., also directed by Pete Docter.
Finding Nemo was actually directed by Andrew Stanton.
@@laurajones1773 True, but Lee Unkrick was credited as a co-director of Finding Nemo along with Andrew Stanton as the main director for the role.
Didn’t know that. I thought Lee Unkritch only directed Toy Story 3 and Coco.
Skydance animation may not have a great feature debut like Blue Sky Studios with Ice age in 2002 (Rip Blue sky) or Pixar with Toy story in 1995 but the animators and cast and crew's hard work is on display dispite a loosely screenplay that just sucks being honest, needed a major rewrite as Sam having to go through life out of the foster care system because she grew up out of it and having to work and live in the real world were good scenes in my opinion just that the world building was really lazy and poorly done compared to the likes of Monsters Inc and Spirited away. John could just retire and someone would replace him at Skydance and probably do a better job too. The director of Coco has taken a leave from animation for now and is foucing on being with his family which I'm fine with. Spellbound could be skydance hit movie, just gotta wait and see.
You should review Monsters Inc. it has what Luck wanted to do but it’s actually better and good at it in every way
I was not interested in checking this film out anyway, and I agree that for the sake of everyone in the animation industry, it's best for John to just retire. With all the controversy he's found himself in, him being involved in "Luck" is not going to do him any favors.
I feel bad for John. To see him fall so far down into this is depressing.
Yeah, it's sad that the media still believes him to be a pedophile, without proof of it being true.
@@Disneyfan82 Wait hes a Pedo? Since when? I see this man and I dont see a creep I see a guy with alot of ideas.
@@somedudewhodraws9377 I never said he was a pedophile. I said nobody has proof of him being one which I know is a lie. So I don't know why anyone will believe anything.
Honestly, a movie's success should only depend on its quality and not how it came to be.
John Lasseter used to be one of my biggest influences for art and animation. It really saddens me that he has had some serious allegations 5 years ago. His life is better off if he retires. People who are just entering the industry don’t want a huge that makes them too uncomfortable. Now, I still don’t hate the guy. I just want to suggest what’s best for him.
Anyways about Luck, I haven’t seen it yet, but I’m a bit mixed about it. I will admit, Sam’s design is kinda cute despite looking too much like Disney’s style. The Land of Luck is highly imaginative. But the rest is left to be desired. I don’t have a subscription for Apple TV+, but I’ve always wanted to get one to watch the new Peanuts specials that they have. Once I get it, I’ll watch this as an afterthought.
I'd want some more proof beyond allegations for Lasseter
@@Thomasmemoryscentral Yeah, your right.
Thumbnail’s a good summary of it.
…But if you wanna see something good from Skydance Animation, I suggest watching Joe Mateo’s “Blush” on the same streaming service.
I heard it’s really good. I’m hoping sky dance begins to make unique and orginal projects too.
Peeps need to stop trying to ignore and bury this just to spite John. Other people worked hard on this, and their passion for the project shows. I think it's a great movie, and more people should give it a chance. Peggy doesn't deserve to be cancelled. Fonda doesn't deserve to be cancelled. The creativity on display in this film, particularly from those two, is inspiring.
The lesson: do not meet your ‘heroes’ at all.
Everybody's trying to come at the big dog known as Pixar 😎
That thumbnail is I think the best you have ever done. And this film had bad luck considering whose name was attached to it.
What kills me is that as soon as I saw the ads for this movie, I IMMEDIATELY knew who was going to be the twist villian (Anyone who's seen it knows who I'm talking about).
It's such a shame because I am absolutely in love with their design. Why waste it on such an overused cliche?
I’ll confess that despite the wrongs John Lasseter has done, whether it’d be his sexual misconduct, his nepotism and kicking off directors from their films like with Brenda Chapman, I can’t discredit him from giving him my childhood films like Toy Story & Toy Story 2, A Bug’s Life and Cars. No matter how you want to view him, it doesn’t change that Toy Story & Toy Story 2, A Bug’s Life and Cars are his movies and Woody, Buzz, Flik and Lightning McQueen are his characters. So I can’t discredit him from those films even if Disney currently owns them and his characters.
And by the way, why does Sam look like my twin sister?
So it's basically like the case with Chris Benoit
Lets be honest here. All he did was hug people, and the people who reported him are a bunch of extremist lunatics
Is it just me or do people with the name John seems to be the most despicable person? I mean John Lassiter, John K
You have a solid point Dre and I can see it be very true on the whole John name
John Enter
@@jlev1028 Yup, he's mostly on that deadly/ problem list
Here's the most ironic aspect of this film's production history, remember The Black Friday Incident from 1993. well just make John Lasseter of today the executive in charge of the production of the film (who's even worse than Katzenberg in that regard because at least with the latter Jeffrey pays attention to the movie the crew wanted to make. even then Katzenberg is a far better human being than John.) but instead of it being edgier, it just became bland and uninteresting, and worst of all the good movie never became the final product.
And to think, when I was a kid, I always wanted to meet Lasseter. Then I find out he's a nepotist with a misconduct streak many years later!
Dear lord, imagine what happens if an animated movie from a new studio is under the supervision of John K., Butch Hartman, Chris Savino, or even Dan Schneider.
It will send them to jail, exept butch who is not a pedo, still do some awful shit!
Don't give em ideas
You're right, this movie could have been worse
THOSE EEDIOTS!!!!
Honestly if I had to unfortunately put one person in charged behind the four I would choose Butch Hartman yeah he really does have a bad reputation but at leasthe didn't commit allegations however I would have a super close eye on him to make sure that he does the right thing for my company and make sure my company goes on the right
Luck is basically the 2020s version of Escape from planet earth
And this is why I don't follow big names in animation too much. Big names lead to big problems. I like to go into animated movies with as little baggage as possible and let the art speak for itself.
There is so much competition in animation. There are already a ton of cute kids animation already. There is actually a way higher demand for more mature animated films.
YESSSSSSSS PLEASE AN ANIMATED ADULT FILM THAT ACTUALLY TAKES ITSELF SERIOUSLY THAT'S MADE BY A WESTERN ANIMATION STUDIO, I KNOW THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN ANYTIME SOON BECAUSE WE LIVE IN A SOCIETY IN WHICH ANIMATION IS PERCEIVED AS A CHILD'S THING AND ANY THING THAT'S MATURE WITH A CARTOON CHARACTER IS TREATED AS A GIMICK BECAUSE HAHAHA FUNNY FAMILYGUY NPC SAID A SWEAR DUDE CARTOONS NOT BEING FOR CHILDREN IS SO FARKING FUNNY IT MAKES ME WANNA MERGE INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC! "BOOOOOOM!!!!"
I don't know if Sausage Party was a good start or a rocky landing.
@@tysargent9647 I don’t know. But with recent success of Legend of Vox Machina, Love Death and Robots, there is a shift
i watched it in cinamas it was generic as a yellow face on a yellow backround
Spongebob is getting a MYSTERY SERIES!!!
Why don’t you iron horseshoes? You don’t want to press your luck.
I feel if this flim when with its original director and story it probably could have been a 8 or 9 out of 10 flim
Well, looks like he didn’t give Luck the AniMat Seal of Garbage this time. Lucky for him that he didn’t say that it was a bad movie.
it was literally saved by the animation quality (which I find stupid because it's not as important as the story and characters in this context)
But still, AniMat is having problems with John right about now.
@@PaoloJeromeFernandez100899 typical knee jerk reaction to a fallen icon. Been happening a lot lately with various people/companies.
@@jasburger Most movies look good these days, so it's not a shock when they look good. For example Sea Beast was beautifully animated but the 3rd act was a mess [SPOILERS] that left so much unresolved and just said, "And we never went to the sea monster waters again!" so they could say they'd firmly NEVER resolve it and they don't even tie up the emotional loose ends like the Jacob and the captain. To me, being that sloppy in writing negatively affects the whole work.
@@Nightman221k that's why I don't think the animation quality should be the only reason a film should be saved from being "bad"
The black cat looks like it was ripped straight out of Coraline
I love when people mention a movie's score in a review, and I especially love you giving John Debney some well deserved praise
I must have fell asleep at some point but… What did John Lasseter do exactly? True question, I haven’t heard anything from him since Cars 2.