Playmobil are pretty popular in Europe, usually directly competing with Lego. The main problem with playmobil is the price and lack of building stuff. A playmobil castle is always a castle, you can't use it for anything else. A Lego castle can be rebuilt into anything. I don't know, I liked them as a kid but I had more Lego.
As a D&D geek, I find that the playsets are good for backgrounds/settings. Especially the castle and pirate ship sets. They're not quite the right size for D&D figures, but they're close enough to use in games. I pick them up from thrift stores whenever I can specifically for that.
13:43 There's some odd Playmobil figures. For example, they did a blind bag a few years ago of a hooded executioner, complete with axe and bloodstains. When I was a kid, my dad brought a Playmobil set back from the airport. It was a security scanner, complete with luggage - and a handgun inside said luggage, for the passenger/terrorist figure to smuggle onto the plane. Even as an eight year old that struck me as odd.
That whole "I'm not the target audience/It's not aimed for people like me" argument is something that often drives me nuts. This is something I kept hearing back when the Twilight movies came out at the time when I was about 12-16 and never really understood that argument. People who often criticized the films (which a lot of the time were male critics) would often use that argument when dismissing their irrelevance or last-ability and it just seemed insulting meaning that all romance movies/novels that incorporate supernatural elements are only for females and men cannot enjoy romance, which is completely untrue. I am not defending the Twilight movies and I think they're trash, but there is no excuse for a romance movie to not be enjoyed by both males and females, or in this case, an animated movie to not be enjoyed by people of all ages if it's rated G or PG. It's one thing to not be interested in a certain genre like science fiction, biopics, etc., but a lot of movies should be able to grab as many audience members as they can. When I was a kid growing up, my parents knew that I deserved enjoyable entertainment that had some kind of meaning behind it like Finding Nemo, Toy Story 1 and 2, Babe, Arthur, The Incredibles, Shrek 1 and 2, etc. I actually watched The Hunchback of Notre Dame for the first time when I was a teenager and not as a kid, which I think was even better because I probably would have not understood it as well if I was younger, so there is no reason for people to use that argument and practically belittling the interests, passions, and intelligence kids have when going to see an animated movie.
Lauren210 I don’t think people use that argument to belittle anyone. I think it’s just meant to criticize one film in particular, and not the entire genre. Both of these guys for example still love a lot of animated films, so they know that people of any age can still love those movies. I only hear people say “it’s just not meant for me” when they see a bad movie like Norm of the North, something that clearly didn’t have adults in mind to begin with. The phrase that I hate however is “Why criticize it if it’s just for kids?”, because that puts all kids movies (good and bad) in the same category, as if they all have no value.
This has got to be one of those films where I feel like I'd only ever watch it while high on painkillers and unable to watch anything else. Thankfully, I'm not the only one who thinks that way.
*puts on nerd glasses* Actually, the ET Adventure is still at Universal Studios Florida. It was the original ride that they later added to their Hollywood and Japan parks. Hollywood closed for a poorer Revenge of the Mummy ride and Japan closed a few years later. The original Florida ride is the last of the ET Adventures because Steven Spielberg personally owns the soundstage.
Play mobile stuff is based on sets. You buy a set for something specific, like a zoo, police station, park ect. Then you build that exact thing and play with the characters like it’s one of those extra houses for Barbie or action figures. There isn’t really any building or mixing and matching pieces like you can do with LEGO.
The only thing I feel bad the studio we did business with On Animation and I feel bad for the whole team. When I saw the trailer I was sure for a flop and people will lose job. There were supposed to make a trilogy :(
@@somerandolad Nothing. Brad moved to Chicago and Dave and Sarah still live in Springfield. They haven't fallen out to my knowledge but simply live so far apart that Dave can't show up for Midnight Screenings.
Heres ya helpful german: Ya kinda got it right. Playmobil is the stuff kids in the early 90s got way before they had there first legos. And as soon as you were 5 or 6 you wanted legos not playmobil cause it was considered "for babys". Even though they had cool sets but not really something to build with.
Im sad you never heard of these. These really arnt a lego rip off because they are not a building toy. Its toy playsets that happen to have hook hands like minifigs. There is a bunch of really cool sets with knight and dragons, pirates, and even licensed stuff like Ghostbusters. Plus all of the girl variants with princesses, families, animals etc. Im not going to excuse how bad this movie probably is, I just dont want this to sour your idea of the brand.
Apparently it’s going to make less than a million for the weekend, this $75 million budget wide release kids’ movie is going to make less domestically than Daniel Radcliffe’s work in Swiss Army Man
I have zero interest in this movie, (and judging by your views, I'm doing something right) but in Europe at least, Playmobil is veeery popular. Their high pros were the accessories, accessories, accessories. If you bought a Playmobil snowplow it'd have everything, place to keep tools, petrol can, etc and the Playmobil wore the REAL clothes of the guy driving a snowplow. (Right now I looked over the internet, there are like 4 different kinds of snowplows wth) Then there was the variety, were you could have USA civil war soldiers or an 1800's house (which was HUGE by the way). Again, it had infinite detail, as in, the guys who designed the toys made some ACTUAL research. They even included 1800's European toilets. WTF. As for the age... I stopped playing with PMs same time I stopped playing with LEGO's. So I guess it kind of makes sense.
Yes, Playmobile models can't be put together, there's nothing like blocks. It's just a toyline that happens to resemble Lego a bit. But similar to Lego there's a huge variety, from knights over trains to construction machines. So I'm not sure about the targeted age range.
I honestly don't remember them much from when I was a kid but they struck me as something my rich cousins would've had - back when we had Gobots and generic dollar store G.I. Joes. I few years back I got mildly obsessed with collecting the figurines since they are genuinely cool and well made, especially if you like knights, samurai etc. They really do have lots of personality and charm to them. I think one issue is just how Playmobil is perceived - it's simply not a creativity toy like Lego is. The sets *are* fun to put together; but building isn't the whole point of it, it's just a means to an end.
I wanna say "written by children for children" but I think even children can come up with more coherent plots than this. I remember Playmobil but never owned them (am in Canada.) I think as a child I imagined them as like... Lego's enemy or rival or something, despite MegaBlox also being a thing.
Lol! I used to play with Playmobil ironically in my teens. They had this hazmat team set, and one with a flaming barrel with a skull on it! I had this hunter dude with a huge rifle!
I had a good amount of Playmobil toys when I was little. They were great toys in my opinion. My Playmobil pirate ship would actually float in a pool like a real boat. Granted the line is aimed at younger kids, it's a shame this movie seemed to miss the mark completely.
@TheArticFox I mean, Sony (more recently at least) has been allowing more artistic freedom than MOST animation studios, which I prefer much more than the formulaic Disney/Pixar story structure Lasseter introduced and starting to show more and more (The formula works, but it often takes the same elements that come out of it). Taking out Spiderverse. Angry Birds 2 was actually pretty funny, the creator of Flapjack took an almost NOTHING film and put all his effort into it and made something pretty entertaining out of it as a result. Their next film, The Mitchells vs. the Machines, sounds interesting (and has Lord and Miller involved). While I'm worried about the film Fixed, Genndy's other film Black Knight sounds pretty cool. Sony Animation's current slate and business model has me looking forward to them EVEN MORE than Pixar or Disney right now (and Zootopia director Rich Moore seems to agree since he bail on Disney for Sony after Spiderverse).
It's quite obvious Playmobil tried to cash-in on Lego movie. I honestly wish it hadn't, because I used to enjoy their toys alot and they are of very good quality. There even is a czech variant of toy, called Igracek, which used to be very popular during 70's, as it was copying design of original, which wasn't very often aviable. Biggest issue of it is, of course, its esentially always same, unlike Lego, which has many modifications (Duplo, Technic, Mindstorm...).
PLAYMOBIL: THE MOVIE is about a young woman named Marla Brenner. She has just finished high school and wants to travel around the world, but her parents die in an accident. She becomes the legal guardian of her brother Charlie. 4 years pass and they're still living in the same house. I don't just mean that it's the same location; I mean that nothing inside reflects the passage of time. Everything is clean and tidy, and it seems like their financial status hasn't been affected. Does Marla work? Did they inherit enough money from their parents' will? Are they getting some kind of help from the government? I know these seem like minor details, but they needed to be clarified, because Charlie complains about Marla not being fun anymore with a "Our life sucks now" tone. We don't know what exactly is causing this and whether or not Marla is justified. You're probably waiting for me to compare this to THE LEGO MOVIE. Honestly, just because the toyline is a copy, it doesn't mean a film adaptation will automatically be a copy too. There certainly are similarities, but I feel that other films (like THE EMOJI MOVIE) have been bigger rip-offs. Well, what made that movie so great is that it tried to make statements about legos and people who play with them. It didn't feel like its main purpose was to be a commercial. By not giving us enough information about the Brenners' situation, we can't know for sure what they're doing wrong and/or what they need. Therefore, we can't know for sure what lesson we're supposed to learn. You must forget your responsibilities and have fun? You shouldn't let bad events affect your personality? Also, Marla & Charlie end up in a Playmobil store full of miniatures. I think them holding a sign that says "Buy this" would be more subtle. They have the kind of fight that usually happens right before the climax (even though we aren't even 15 minutes into the movie), and then they're magically dragged into the Playmobil world. Marla doesn't become a cool toy. I know that was decided so there could be a contrast between her and the spies, the scientists, etc. However, Charlie retains his personality in his viking body, so he still feels like a fish out of the water. The same thing could've been done for Marla. I thought it was a nice touch to show Marla struggling to move in her new body. However, it feels unnecessary in retrospective. Charlie doesn't struggle and Marla grows accustomed very fast. Not to mention that the limberness of all the toys is inconsistent. In some scenes, they're stiff as plastic; it others, they have the flexibility of a human body. Marla befriends a toy named Del. So now we have 2 toys modeled after an everyday person (even though he doesn't come from the real world, so he doesn't fit in this new world) that we have to follow around. It's just not very interesting. Each group of people or creatures have their own land, but there doesn't seem to be that much distance. How can they live so close to one another? Wouldn't the dinosaurs go outside of their zone and try to eat others? Wouldn't the Roman soldiers, cowboys, pirates, etc. notice that the people from other lands seem like a more advanced society? Wouldn't that affect how they live? Overall, the movie isn't very funny, but there are 1 or 2 cleverly subversive moments. I got the feeling that Anya Taylor-Joy was directed differently in live-action vs in animation. In fact, the way her character was written in both kinds of scenes also make her come off as 2 separate people. Regardless, she still manages to do a good job, and so does Daniel Radcliffe. 4/10
Used to be pretty popular here in Europe. Or at least here in Denmark (which is funny cause LEGO is Danish and Playmobil was kinda the knockoff rival to LEGO). But I haven't seen it anywhere for quite some time
@@KeybladeMasterAndy Same here, but we only found them in higher end department stores stores like (the now defunct) Lazarus. Never found them at a place like K-Mart or Walmart.
Disaster for this film is inevitable. For it is warned: "I saw all the works that were done under the sun,And look! everything was futile, a chasing after the wind."(Ecclesiastes 1:14)
Thank you Brad and Rob for viewing this...movie? I was just checking Fandango for the next showing of Knives Out and this appeared on the theater's movie listing. Never heard of it, as either as a toy or a movie. I can imagine the scenario, some poor child can't get into Frozen 2 so frantic parent takes said child to this movie. Tears ensue.
Remember when the walker brothers said from what would labyrinth be like if it was made today in their review of the film? They finally made it happen...
Brad, Playmobil is very famous in france ( first foreign market outside germany) and it is like lego combine with barbie; playmobil is lego but more boring and for little kids. look at their german slogan "Spielerisch die Welt entdecken" (imagine hitler saying this)
Of all the movies to hitch their wagon to, Porsche really threw their money into promoting their new "sleek Tesla killer" Taycan electric car. Seriously, it's right there on the fucking poster, as if the fucking car was also a fucking character. Then again, German product promoted along side another German product.
Duplo is Lego sets for very young kids, infants and toddlers and then you go to Lego and then Lego Technic (if you were into that stuff). - Former member of The UK Lego Club.
It's called NOStalgia, and I saw plabomobil stuff as a kid, on a amazing side note LEGO already has a ATST toy set for the one from episode 4 of of the mandalorian, talk about quick feet on production design advertising etc
NeverMind Gaming Yeah I was surprised when I saw his name appear in the trailer when I went to go see Frozen 2 a couple weeks ago at the theaters. I had no idea that this movie was even coming out and it doesn’t seem like a movie that would come out at the end of the year cause usually the November-December time is Oscar season. This seems like more of a January release or something that would be around the first 6 months of the year cause that’s when most of the terrible animated movies are dumped. I just feel bad knowing that he was in this cause I love him in Harry Potter and is a good actor but with this, I’m like, “Noooo.” 😟
LEGO! It's LEGO! Plural: LEGO. Not shouting - capitalization is important. To be more pedantic the company insists you say LEGO Bricks but LEGO is at least the more sensible pluralisation than "LEGOs"
"Jabba The Slut..." 🤣 I saw this one too just to review it for my channel. What a lazy movie. It's dollar store lego movie. We deserve medals for sitting through this...
4 years later? The night time is the right time! The night time is the right time! The night time is the right time! The night time is the right time! The night time is the right time! The night time is the right time! The night time is the right time!
Ok so is Playmobil a thing in the US? I never even heard of it til I moved to Germany... Where they love it but to me its like fake Legos where you can't even build things.
Playmobil are pretty popular in Europe, usually directly competing with Lego. The main problem with playmobil is the price and lack of building stuff. A playmobil castle is always a castle, you can't use it for anything else. A Lego castle can be rebuilt into anything. I don't know, I liked them as a kid but I had more Lego.
I had the airplane when I was a kid and used my GI Joe's in it.
As a D&D geek, I find that the playsets are good for backgrounds/settings. Especially the castle and pirate ship sets. They're not quite the right size for D&D figures, but they're close enough to use in games. I pick them up from thrift stores whenever I can specifically for that.
The film's director, Lino DiSalvo, was Head of Animation for the first _Frozen,_ which was what led to this gig.
Congrats, Brad. You are the first person on the planet to ever use the sentence "She's like Jabba the Hut with a fish head."
Jabba the hutt sail barge playset now includes jabba the hutt pizza delivery and bakery starship
Rob: Jabba The Slut
Brad: This is why I do this
Hopefully, he's also the last.
This Movie: "Exists"
Me: ... "completely oblivious until Brad points out it's an actual thing"
I never had Playmobil as a kid. My parents loved me.
It's so fun when the critics have the whole theater to themselves to screw around with.
Brad: They get sucked into the set Via a magic Lighthouse
Me: There's always a Lighthouse, There's always a man,There's always a city
Is it pronounced "Play-MOH-Bill?" I always said "PLAY-Moh-BEEL" or "Buy Legos instead, Grandma."
Tomato tomato
Yeah, it's Playmohbeel, but at the end of the day it doesn't really matter all that much. XD
It is an English word... but Germans spell it "Play-Moh-Beel" because it's the German spelling of "Mobil". It's the company's fault.
Being dutch, its weird to hear someone say "Playmobil" instead of Playmobeel
I always pronounced it "Play-mo-beel".
13:43 There's some odd Playmobil figures. For example, they did a blind bag a few years ago of a hooded executioner, complete with axe and bloodstains.
When I was a kid, my dad brought a Playmobil set back from the airport. It was a security scanner, complete with luggage - and a handgun inside said luggage, for the passenger/terrorist figure to smuggle onto the plane. Even as an eight year old that struck me as odd.
in absolute fairness, kids come up with some pretty dark shit on their own
I have that executioner. He is a kickass toy.
Dont remember bloodstains tho
I had a SWAT Playmobil set. Came with a laptop, bullhorn, motorcycle... and both a pistol and a shotgun.
This movie feels a bit like Arctic Dogs in that the voice cast seems several notches above what it should be.
That whole "I'm not the target audience/It's not aimed for people like me" argument is something that often drives me nuts. This is something I kept hearing back when the Twilight movies came out at the time when I was about 12-16 and never really understood that argument. People who often criticized the films (which a lot of the time were male critics) would often use that argument when dismissing their irrelevance or last-ability and it just seemed insulting meaning that all romance movies/novels that incorporate supernatural elements are only for females and men cannot enjoy romance, which is completely untrue. I am not defending the Twilight movies and I think they're trash, but there is no excuse for a romance movie to not be enjoyed by both males and females, or in this case, an animated movie to not be enjoyed by people of all ages if it's rated G or PG. It's one thing to not be interested in a certain genre like science fiction, biopics, etc., but a lot of movies should be able to grab as many audience members as they can.
When I was a kid growing up, my parents knew that I deserved enjoyable entertainment that had some kind of meaning behind it like Finding Nemo, Toy Story 1 and 2, Babe, Arthur, The Incredibles, Shrek 1 and 2, etc. I actually watched The Hunchback of Notre Dame for the first time when I was a teenager and not as a kid, which I think was even better because I probably would have not understood it as well if I was younger, so there is no reason for people to use that argument and practically belittling the interests, passions, and intelligence kids have when going to see an animated movie.
It's usually a nice way of saying I think it sucked lemons.
Lauren210
I don’t think people use that argument to belittle anyone. I think it’s just meant to criticize one film in particular, and not the entire genre. Both of these guys for example still love a lot of animated films, so they know that people of any age can still love those movies. I only hear people say “it’s just not meant for me” when they see a bad movie like Norm of the North, something that clearly didn’t have adults in mind to begin with.
The phrase that I hate however is “Why criticize it if it’s just for kids?”, because that puts all kids movies (good and bad) in the same category, as if they all have no value.
This has got to be one of those films where I feel like I'd only ever watch it while high on painkillers and unable to watch anything else.
Thankfully, I'm not the only one who thinks that way.
I felt the same watching this back in June.
*puts on nerd glasses*
Actually, the ET Adventure is still at Universal Studios Florida. It was the original ride that they later added to their Hollywood and Japan parks. Hollywood closed for a poorer Revenge of the Mummy ride and Japan closed a few years later. The original Florida ride is the last of the ET Adventures because Steven Spielberg personally owns the soundstage.
Thank goodness...I was about to riot. xD LOVED that ride.
I guess Playmobil and Playing with Fire decided they would one-up Disney’s Classic Dead Mom with two dead parents
To be fair, most of the stories Disney adaptated already had a dead parent in them.
Play mobile stuff is based on sets. You buy a set for something specific, like a zoo, police station, park ect. Then you build that exact thing and play with the characters like it’s one of those extra houses for Barbie or action figures. There isn’t really any building or mixing and matching pieces like you can do with LEGO.
I hope they had ripoffs of the Lego commercials too.
Dan! Dan! He's a Playmobil superfan!
The only thing I feel bad the studio we did business with On Animation and I feel bad for the whole team. When I saw the trailer I was sure for a flop and people will lose job. There were supposed to make a trilogy :(
I love that Rob has basically become Dave 2.0
Nostalgia Dave
right.
I still miss the original Dave.
@@wjzav1971 What happened to him?
@@somerandolad Nothing. Brad moved to Chicago and Dave and Sarah still live in Springfield.
They haven't fallen out to my knowledge but simply live so far apart that Dave can't show up for Midnight Screenings.
Heres ya helpful german: Ya kinda got it right. Playmobil is the stuff kids in the early 90s got way before they had there first legos. And as soon as you were 5 or 6 you wanted legos not playmobil cause it was considered "for babys". Even though they had cool sets but not really something to build with.
The ET ride is still there, and I loved it. In an era of just tv screens and air cannons for 4d rides it was magical
THERE'S A FIFTH SEASON OF FULLER HOUSE?!?!
Yep
This movie bombed hard. Just let this be a lesson to stop making these movies.
Stop making good movies?
@@criticaldelAbsolutely not. He means unoriginal, lazy movies that just end up in the bargain bin.
@@MovieFan1912 no. Playmobil the movie is the best film ever made
I always thought it was pronounced like the town in Alabama.
Im sad you never heard of these. These really arnt a lego rip off because they are not a building toy. Its toy playsets that happen to have hook hands like minifigs. There is a bunch of really cool sets with knight and dragons, pirates, and even licensed stuff like Ghostbusters. Plus all of the girl variants with princesses, families, animals etc.
Im not going to excuse how bad this movie probably is, I just dont want this to sour your idea of the brand.
"This was easier to sit through than Frozen 2" THANK YOU. Finally, someone.
Apparently it’s going to make less than a million for the weekend, this $75 million budget wide release kids’ movie is going to make less domestically than Daniel Radcliffe’s work in Swiss Army Man
Why does Rob keep agreeing to these films
Because he enjoys being in pain so we don't have to?
Still wanting for that pet rock movie!
NO STEP ON SNEK!!🐍
Waiting for that Film adaptation of Rubik, The Amazing Cube
The Flying Jew Productions That was a show in the 80s
@@noreehix5714 yeah I'm saying I can't wait for it to hit the big screen the same way stuff like The Smurfs did. Lol
not after "Chia-pet THE MOVIE" comes out first. that will billions.
This movie is obviously better because "Playmobil: The Movie" is actually 99 minutes without trailers, while The LEGO Movie is 100 minutes.
"This is better than Frozen 2."- Brad Jones, 2019.
I wouldnt doubt it
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Michael Caine actually 'was' one of the Kingsmen :>
Yeah... He wasn't the leader of Kingsmen in the first one?
Drakk #AnimeNakamas yeah but he was a traitor
The Pagemaster meets Labyrinth? That would be better than The Pagemaster.
I have zero interest in this movie, (and judging by your views, I'm doing something right) but in Europe at least, Playmobil is veeery popular. Their high pros were the accessories, accessories, accessories. If you bought a Playmobil snowplow it'd have everything, place to keep tools, petrol can, etc and the Playmobil wore the REAL clothes of the guy driving a snowplow. (Right now I looked over the internet, there are like 4 different kinds of snowplows wth) Then there was the variety, were you could have USA civil war soldiers or an 1800's house (which was HUGE by the way). Again, it had infinite detail, as in, the guys who designed the toys made some ACTUAL research. They even included 1800's European toilets. WTF.
As for the age... I stopped playing with PMs same time I stopped playing with LEGO's. So I guess it kind of makes sense.
Also: ar.pinterest.com/pin/568509152960322807/
They are more like action figures for 6 and under rather than LEGO.
Yeah, it's really apples and oranges. Playmobil is more akin to Fisher Price Little People.
Mega Construx is a lot more like Lego.
That's how I saw them.
You played with them, until you were old enough for GI Joe.
Then why are their Halo playmobils ?
@@notchuckproductions5029 There aren't. There are Halo Mega Bloks.
Yes, Playmobile models can't be put together, there's nothing like blocks. It's just a toyline that happens to resemble Lego a bit. But similar to Lego there's a huge variety, from knights over trains to construction machines. So I'm not sure about the targeted age range.
I can't wait for the Lincoln log movie
and the play doh movie
yeah yeah ik this comment is old
I honestly don't remember them much from when I was a kid but they struck me as something my rich cousins would've had - back when we had Gobots and generic dollar store G.I. Joes.
I few years back I got mildly obsessed with collecting the figurines since they are genuinely cool and well made, especially if you like knights, samurai etc. They really do have lots of personality and charm to them.
I think one issue is just how Playmobil is perceived - it's simply not a creativity toy like Lego is. The sets *are* fun to put together; but building isn't the whole point of it, it's just a means to an end.
Sweet Jesus, I waited so long for this
I wanna say "written by children for children" but I think even children can come up with more coherent plots than this. I remember Playmobil but never owned them (am in Canada.) I think as a child I imagined them as like... Lego's enemy or rival or something, despite MegaBlox also being a thing.
Sounds like a ready made nostalgic critic review.
Lol! I used to play with Playmobil ironically in my teens. They had this hazmat team set, and one with a flaming barrel with a skull on it! I had this hunter dude with a huge rifle!
Wait. This came out? I saw no advertising for it.
I know right. I never even heard of the movie until now.
The only time I saw this advertised was on Burger King's CC TV...in June.
Seeing this in the year 2021 (where the movie is just releasing in Japan) and hearing the complaints about Trolls 2 really hits different.
They are like the more expensive version of Little People.
I had a good amount of Playmobil toys when I was little. They were great toys in my opinion. My Playmobil pirate ship would actually float in a pool like a real boat. Granted the line is aimed at younger kids, it's a shame this movie seemed to miss the mark completely.
This one looks like a bad Sony Animation movie.
@TheArticFox I mean, Sony (more recently at least) has been allowing more artistic freedom than MOST animation studios, which I prefer much more than the formulaic Disney/Pixar story structure Lasseter introduced and starting to show more and more (The formula works, but it often takes the same elements that come out of it).
Taking out Spiderverse. Angry Birds 2 was actually pretty funny, the creator of Flapjack took an almost NOTHING film and put all his effort into it and made something pretty entertaining out of it as a result.
Their next film, The Mitchells vs. the Machines, sounds interesting (and has Lord and Miller involved). While I'm worried about the film Fixed, Genndy's other film Black Knight sounds pretty cool. Sony Animation's current slate and business model has me looking forward to them EVEN MORE than Pixar or Disney right now (and Zootopia director Rich Moore seems to agree since he bail on Disney for Sony after Spiderverse).
man, I always love when you guys see something and turns out being like a million times more bonkers than anything suggested.
It's pronounced "playmobeel" 😁
Ikr
tomato tomato
@@lunaleavesme The commercials I see every once in a while always pronounce it as "playmobeel."
Duplo is Lego for kids under 7.
It's quite obvious Playmobil tried to cash-in on Lego movie. I honestly wish it hadn't, because I used to enjoy their toys alot and they are of very good quality. There even is a czech variant of toy, called Igracek, which used to be very popular during 70's, as it was copying design of original, which wasn't very often aviable. Biggest issue of it is, of course, its esentially always same, unlike Lego, which has many modifications (Duplo, Technic, Mindstorm...).
PLAYMOBIL: THE MOVIE is about a young woman named Marla Brenner. She has just finished high school and wants to travel around the world, but her parents die in an accident. She becomes the legal guardian of her brother Charlie. 4 years pass and they're still living in the same house. I don't just mean that it's the same location; I mean that nothing inside reflects the passage of time. Everything is clean and tidy, and it seems like their financial status hasn't been affected. Does Marla work? Did they inherit enough money from their parents' will? Are they getting some kind of help from the government? I know these seem like minor details, but they needed to be clarified, because Charlie complains about Marla not being fun anymore with a "Our life sucks now" tone. We don't know what exactly is causing this and whether or not Marla is justified. You're probably waiting for me to compare this to THE LEGO MOVIE. Honestly, just because the toyline is a copy, it doesn't mean a film adaptation will automatically be a copy too. There certainly are similarities, but I feel that other films (like THE EMOJI MOVIE) have been bigger rip-offs. Well, what made that movie so great is that it tried to make statements about legos and people who play with them. It didn't feel like its main purpose was to be a commercial. By not giving us enough information about the Brenners' situation, we can't know for sure what they're doing wrong and/or what they need. Therefore, we can't know for sure what lesson we're supposed to learn. You must forget your responsibilities and have fun? You shouldn't let bad events affect your personality? Also, Marla & Charlie end up in a Playmobil store full of miniatures. I think them holding a sign that says "Buy this" would be more subtle. They have the kind of fight that usually happens right before the climax (even though we aren't even 15 minutes into the movie), and then they're magically dragged into the Playmobil world. Marla doesn't become a cool toy. I know that was decided so there could be a contrast between her and the spies, the scientists, etc. However, Charlie retains his personality in his viking body, so he still feels like a fish out of the water. The same thing could've been done for Marla. I thought it was a nice touch to show Marla struggling to move in her new body. However, it feels unnecessary in retrospective. Charlie doesn't struggle and Marla grows accustomed very fast. Not to mention that the limberness of all the toys is inconsistent. In some scenes, they're stiff as plastic; it others, they have the flexibility of a human body. Marla befriends a toy named Del. So now we have 2 toys modeled after an everyday person (even though he doesn't come from the real world, so he doesn't fit in this new world) that we have to follow around. It's just not very interesting. Each group of people or creatures have their own land, but there doesn't seem to be that much distance. How can they live so close to one another? Wouldn't the dinosaurs go outside of their zone and try to eat others? Wouldn't the Roman soldiers, cowboys, pirates, etc. notice that the people from other lands seem like a more advanced society? Wouldn't that affect how they live? Overall, the movie isn't very funny, but there are 1 or 2 cleverly subversive moments. I got the feeling that Anya Taylor-Joy was directed differently in live-action vs in animation. In fact, the way her character was written in both kinds of scenes also make her come off as 2 separate people. Regardless, she still manages to do a good job, and so does Daniel Radcliffe.
4/10
In Germany wie played with playmobil until we were like eleven. And we a a lot of: a castle, a forest and a horse farm. We had less lego back than.
I thought Playmobil was just a thing in Argentina and Spain.
Used to be pretty popular here in Europe. Or at least here in Denmark (which is funny cause LEGO is Danish and Playmobil was kinda the knockoff rival to LEGO). But I haven't seen it anywhere for quite some time
It was around in North America. I used to have some as a kid.
@@KeybladeMasterAndy Same here, but we only found them in higher end department stores stores like (the now defunct) Lazarus. Never found them at a place like K-Mart or Walmart.
Here in North America we have them, we even have halo playmobils no joke
Drinking game: take a shot for each time Rob says "like".
He's the new Brian
How has Brad found so many 35+ year old guys who still say Like constantly? I don't find too many here.
I think Playmobile may have been bigger in Canada. I remember seeing them often enough as a kid. i still see them in Dollar stores from time to time.
In Universal Florida, We Still Have The ET Ride Today and it’s still a classic from its opening day.
With every sentence you both say I said 'what' slightly louder in my apartment
"Somehow this is going to turn into a spy film" W H A T
Brad: "Universal Studios doesn't have the E.T. ride anymore."
Me: "WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!!!!!!!!!!?????????"
SukiNoKoe Not in Hollywood but in Florida they do (thank God!).
Disaster for this film is inevitable. For it is warned: "I saw all the works that were done under the sun,And look! everything was futile, a chasing after the wind."(Ecclesiastes 1:14)
I grew up with both Lego and Playmobil and I agree with Rob, Playmobil is aimed for the 6 and under age.
When do we get the Mega Bloks movie? Or the Kre-O one?
Lincoln Logs: The Movie
Or the K'Nex Movie?
I only came to the comments because I had to know if I had been miss pronouncing Playmobil my whole life.
I've always said it Play-mo-beel. I don't know if I'm right or they're right.
We're right but who really cares
Thank you Brad and Rob for viewing this...movie? I was just checking Fandango for the next showing of Knives Out and this appeared on the theater's movie listing. Never heard of it, as either as a toy or a movie. I can imagine the scenario, some poor child can't get into Frozen 2 so frantic parent takes said child to this movie. Tears ensue.
I had a Playmobil Barn with a cowboy and farm animals back in the 1970's. I'm old.
Remember when the walker brothers said from what would labyrinth be like if it was made today in their review of the film? They finally made it happen...
Didn’t they say that in the Real Thoughts.
@@randalgraves6979 yed
Ok.
It has a huge budget, though. Film Brain said the budget was $75 million, most of which must have gone to shrooms for the writers.
Brad, Playmobil is very famous in france ( first foreign market outside germany) and it is like lego combine with barbie; playmobil is lego but more boring and for little kids.
look at their german slogan "Spielerisch die Welt entdecken" (imagine hitler saying this)
I had both these toys and legos as a kid. I loved both unashamedly
Been waiting for this video since I watched this Movie in June.
Are you going to review Dennis Prager's No Safe Spaces?
i caught maybe 5 minutes of this last night while waiting to clean it, it 's freaking bizarre
I'm in the same situation with my niece. I've had to watch so much trolls because she loves it but it makes me wanna puke.
'You weren't there man... you haven't seen the things I've seen.. things like Tinkerbell movies...
We've had two toy set movies now. Does that mean we'll get a Little People movie eventually?
Yes please. I loved those toys when I was kid and the animated shorts were so good.
This is me and my brother every Friday night
Bring Laura and the rest after making them watch the trailer.
11:58 I don't understand what Rob means when he says "I was Pope," Or what that has to do with going to Universal Studios or not.
Po’ boy.
Poor 😐
@@randalgraves6979 Oh wow, I never even thought of this one-and-half years later. Thank you though!
Of all the movies to hitch their wagon to, Porsche really threw their money into promoting their new "sleek Tesla killer" Taycan electric car. Seriously, it's right there on the fucking poster, as if the fucking car was also a fucking character. Then again, German product promoted along side another German product.
The Ecto-1 from Ghostbusters is in the movie. I don't think anyone else knows that
Was this video taken down? I couldn't comment on it.
Yes, there was some problems with the first upload so Brad had to upload it again.
Duplo is Lego sets for very young kids, infants and toddlers and then you go to Lego and then Lego Technic (if you were into that stuff).
- Former member of The UK Lego Club.
There is a Playmobil tv series and I assumed this would be a movie version of that but it is apparently not.
as toys, Playmobil > Lego. fuckin FIGHT me.
Man must be quite a life going to see all these horrid movies
It's called NOStalgia, and I saw plabomobil stuff as a kid, on a amazing side note LEGO already has a ATST toy set for the one from episode 4 of of the mandalorian, talk about quick feet on production design advertising etc
Lego sees the concept art for stuff at least a year before it comes out.
Would love going through this if caligula was voiced by malcolm mcdowell
To this day i have never heard of this movie until i saw this
Unfortunately Daniel Radcliffe was in this and I like him but I’m not going to see this
NeverMind Gaming Yeah I was surprised when I saw his name appear in the trailer when I went to go see Frozen 2 a couple weeks ago at the theaters. I had no idea that this movie was even coming out and it doesn’t seem like a movie that would come out at the end of the year cause usually the November-December time is Oscar season. This seems like more of a January release or something that would be around the first 6 months of the year cause that’s when most of the terrible animated movies are dumped. I just feel bad knowing that he was in this cause I love him in Harry Potter and is a good actor but with this, I’m like, “Noooo.” 😟
LEGO!
It's LEGO! Plural: LEGO.
Not shouting - capitalization is important. To be more pedantic the company insists you say LEGO Bricks but LEGO is at least the more sensible pluralisation than "LEGOs"
Rob's face in the thumbnail 😂
I have 2 playmobil The Real Ghostbusters sets, cuz Lego didn’t have sets based on that show.
I think we're seeing a new psycho-pathology emerging here. PTKM- Post Traumatic Kids Movie.
THIS MOVIE IS TRYING TO INITIATE AUDIENCES INTO A CULT!
"Jabba The Slut..." 🤣
I saw this one too just to review it for my channel. What a lazy movie. It's dollar store lego movie. We deserve medals for sitting through this...
4 years later?
The night time is the right time! The night time is the right time! The night time is the right time! The night time is the right time! The night time is the right time! The night time is the right time! The night time is the right time!
As a kid I always thought they were Legos for babies.
I just finished watching this film and it totally blew my mind. Thank you.
*Lino DiSalvo Sees the Lego Movie*
$$$$ OOH - Let's Make The PlayMobile Movie and Make Some Moola $$$$
Ok so is Playmobil a thing in the US? I never even heard of it til I moved to Germany... Where they love it but to me its like fake Legos where you can't even build things.
Playmobil is a German kinda NECA version of the Lego toys.
They have some licences like NHL and Ghostbusters.
Not really. It's not super common here and most people have the same opinion as you.
@@VCXZ883 No it is. I knew of it
I live in the States and I'd never heard of it till this movie
@@Brittany_1992 So do i and i knew about it since i was a kid
Trolls world tour is the 3rd troll movie