REVIEW: Pixar's Onward
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Today J and Ben dive into the Pixar Universe to discuss the latest Pixar original movie: Onward and give it their critical review
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Did you spot any awesome Easter Eggs when you saw Onward?!
Nope
Havent seen it yet but idc about spoilers
Love your videos guys
SuperCarlinBrothers no
I saw the Pizza Planet Truck
Frozen shows how much a younger sibling should be celebrated. Onward is a celebration of the older siblings. It's nice.
Jane K, 🥰 that is such a great correlation! Makes my heart happy.
Rip middle siblings
Cooper Tinsley hahaha middle siblings
Right?!
I always saw it as frozen is to sisters as onward is to brothers
I loved the mom character, her not being motivated by the husband but instead by her kids made her more a character and less a plot element; she felt real. Mom had coped with and moved on from her dead husband and centers her life on being there for her kids. Colt was also a great character because he fit the troope but without being evil. He genuinely wanted to try to protect the boys, for the job and his girlfriend.
She is my new favorite Disney/Pixar character! I told my husband I'm going to be her for Halloween, and he needs to be legs haha
@@littlepixy2 I love that!
The most real thing that the mom did was she told colt, the boyfriend, that it was family issues. She didn't want Colt to be jealous or worried about the end of their relationship. And the most real moment with Colt, is when he realized that the whole "family thing" was just the boys trying to see their dad one last time, he stopped antagonizing them and started helping them, no questions asked.
Note: he antagonized them by trying to get the boys back to their mom, probably believing that they had run away from her. Again, he was chasing them, tracking them only knowing that his girlfriend was worried, and the boys were gone.
I agree
I agree! Colt was such a goofy (not really in a good way) character but wasn’t evil but still annoying but not unredeemable!
I appreciate two brothers talking about a movie with two brothers
And in a road trip as well 👏👏
With a half-bodied father as well!
That's why I am here. Also just watched it for the first time with my niece today. Omgsh I cried. Am I the only one?
I also love how we, the audience never truly see the father. We just see him from behind and in pictures. It really puts us in Ian’s shoes and we can feel the bittersweetness that Ian is feeling. He helped his brother finally say goodbye, but missed his chance to finally meet his dad.
That is something I did not like. It felt like Ian failed at seeing his Dad. Don't build up a character just for us not to see him. I would have liked the movie more if it wasn't for the typical Disney Twist ending. Those are getting very Cliché lately
@@lancethefilmguy9392 That's missing the point of the story though. Ian struggles with understanding himself and who he wants to be and believes his father is the missing piece. When in reality he's always had that guidance growing up and now needs to believe in himself. Instead it was Barley that never truly had a father figure growing up. And it was Barley that needed to say his goodbye so that he could move "onward" past his grief. This is a much more realistic ending. Ian meeting him at the end would be like him meeting a stranger.
When they said that the card game was too reliable, I have to disagree, because Barley wasn’t just studying the cards. He was studying the history of the town, not just the cards.
When the stone dragon made itself out of the high school then turned around with the derpy mascot face, I immediately thought “are they saying here that the worst curse possible is high school?” And just laughed for a while
High school is terrible lol but that was great
I died laughing there
High school is the true curse in this movie.
I don't think the message of the film was anti-modernization. One brother lives anxiously in the modern world; the other is haunted by the past and copes by living in a fantasy. But the last scene takes place in a modern world acknowledging the past. I think the message is basically to just remember and respect the past and you can do that without living in it.
Completely agree. I think reducting it to "phones bad" is pretty short sighted.
I agree. It was acknowledging that yes technology and achievements are important and nessacery, but not to forget what we already have and the wonder in the world just because it isn't easy.
Exactly because if we have learned anything from frozen is that going to far into the past can make really bad things happen
you gotta MERGE the two worlds
I agree with what seamus gorman said, that the message is the you should live with magic and techonology together and not just focus on one.
The journey wasn’t completely pointless because they needed that stone to put into the fountain.
My thinking when I watched it was that they went on that really long journey because Ian was the one leading them in the wrong direction and that the raven could have been much closer than the movie made it seem. That would also work with how everyone thinks that Barley is a screw up but he really isn't and if Ian listened to him then they would've gotten more time with their dad
With Ian and Barely going on that long quest to find the phoenix gem only to land right back at Ian's high school where they started, it's much like how in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Harry, Ron, and Hermione went on their long journey to find the missing horcruxes only to land right back at Hogwarts where they started and found most of the remaining ones there and fought the war there. It was kinda like dramatic irony but the journeys are what we were invested in and these characters rather than the destination.
@@Lauren_210 it was also cool that barleys being such a nerd for the history of magic and quest saved the fountain being destroyed and might have broken the crystal with it
Jaxon’s ha-ha hour it was, cause Ian didn’t even get to see his father!!! 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
As someone who is super socially awkward, I totally understand the overuse of "cake" 😂 He thought his company wouldn't be enough to convince people to come to his party, so he brought up the cake...because they'd go to the party for cake
JenaCurrie yeah😂
I mean I turned 19 in September, so I started uni not really knowing anyone in time for my birthday and I just bought a load of cake and biscuits to try to make friends with the excuse of my birthday😂😂
How many times did they say cake?
Hear me out. The main antagonist in the movie is the clock
Yeah, I guess you can say time being the “villain”. It’s so refreshing to have a fantasy movie where there’s no actual villain given that fantasy stories always have villains like Voldemort, Sauron, etc.
so...ian's watch
@@Lauren_210 True! Aside from the absence of a "typical fantasy villain", they didn't overstuff the movie with tons of fantasy characters, which they could've easily done. They only focused on the characters that mattered.
@@naniwaluckybi I have to agree on this with you. Despite the endless variety of fantasy stuff they could have used (which according to the deleted scenes, they planned to have more, such as the sirens) they deliberately maintained the focus on the main characters and the story that they needed to deliver, over distracting us with fantasy references everywhere.
Omg that’s so true tho lol
Is the ending back at the high school with the fountain not to make a point that Barley isn’t a screw up he was right at the start of the film to be trying to protect the magical history of their town.
That's what I was thinking and the thing to support that is the fact that as they interact with creature of their world they bring back the magic to them. The manticore and the fairies.
Absolutely
They also needed the stone to access the Phoenix gem
The one with the water and x on it
I did feel like his activism was highly downplayed even when he turned out to be right it was never really focused on
WOW I loved this movie.
SPOILER: As an older sister, the first time I cried was when Barley held back tears as Ian walked across the bottomless pit without the rope. That really got me.
As an older sister as well, I agree ♥️
I saw a trailer with that scene in it no it’s not really a spoiler
as an older sister i also agree
As an older sister, I immediately wanted to call my lil sis and tell her I love her. Then I noticed it was 2am and she wouldn't really like me if I woke her up. xD
me too
Are we going to talk about how the most memorable thing about the dad is his amazing socks?
Yes
Yessss
I see what you did there; good one.
I understood that reference.
Dude, Ben, I almost broke 10 on the cry count.
This is my list:
1. Ian reads his dad's note.
2. Barley explains the 4th memory of his dad.
3. Ian tells Barley he's a screw up.
4. Ian checks off his list.
5. "I never had a dad, but I always had you."
6. Ian witnisses Barley and Dad's goodbye.
7. Barley passes on Dad's hug.
8. Credits
who knew such an upsetting heartfelt scene could take place on a giant cheeto boat
@memethyst That's what I said when I first saw that scene with the 4th memory. 😂 Also, with Barley sacrificing the Guinevere, I felt more emotion and connection for the loss of a van that doesn't talk than I ever did for vehicles that do come to life in the three Cars movies lol. 😂
@@Lauren_210 yeah, it's because of the dramatic music and the whole reason for him doing it :')
Lauren210 I think that was sad because it was something truly special for him. He literally treated it like a living person and sacrificed something he loved just for a day with his father and for his brother to see his father was just very sad and really showed how much he cares
I almost cried just reading your list
Spoilers:
The ending was perfect. Failing would have been unfulfilling and fully succeeding would have been unsatisfying. We as the audience can't just have 10 seconds with a character we've never met and suddenly find the story fulfilling. The creators knew they had to deliver the dad for the brother; not the audience.
Carlos Rodriguez I atleast would have enjoyed seeing his brother talk with his dad as the audience. After you hear how his latest memory was not saying goodbye the first time it would have been very impactful to be there with barley on his 2nd chance to actually say good bye
duellegend71 no
Spider-Man Yeah anything more you want to add then just “ no”
@@duellegend71 I agree completely
I disagree. Because you can't build up the Dad character without fulfilling the payoff at the end. It felt incomplete to me
At the end they Colt got a call from the police department for "A 113"
They didn't show the A113, they said it
they're gettin less creative i see /s
@@junedanieltamor9071 that's more creative, really
David Kids ya it was a joke actually
@@junedanieltamor9071 ya it wasnt very obvious or good actually
@@autobothilt7864 /s means (sarcasm).
Remember, the journey *started* at the manticore’s tavern. No one said the Phoenix gem couldn’t have been hidden in mushroom town. Anyone else who happened to go on this same quest could’ve been from some other town. So yes, the gem being in mushroom town the whole time was evidently symbolic of Barley always being there for Ian, and he just didn’t notice.
Ohh nice point ❤️
I just love that their world’s most popular soda is called “Mountain Doom”.
Did you mean Mountain “Dew”?
Lol movies No, it had a volcano on the can and everything.
Nicholas Peters yeah I know I was messing with you
@@lolmovies1128 lol
I personally think it’s two references in one. There’s the obvious one, Mountain Dew, but I also think “Mountain Doom” is a reference to Mount Doom from The Lord of the Rings. I don’t think that’s too much of a stretch considering how the movie has a good amount of LotR references.
I felt like the cake was an extension of his insecurities. Ian didn't think that people would want to go to a social gathering with him, so he used the cake as.. kind of a bribe. Like, "don't come to my party because of me because I'm not interesting or cool, come to my party for cake." I used to feel like I had to bribe people with free food so they would socialize with me, so I connected to that. It's another consequence of social anxiety
I think that might have been the reason he thought of it in the first place. however I think him smudging his hand-notes leaving only cake left make him fixate on that because he didn't really have anything else to talk about.
Zoe Tuttle omg that’s-Thats so true 😅😅😅
Huh
That's true
Zoe Tuttle same i found that so relateabkw
What's up with Pratt's characters not being able to tell their sick parents goodbye?
I should NOT be laughing as hard as I am.
Next it’ll be revealed as the secret backstory for Andy from Parks & Rec.
It's actually quite hard to do that. I don't blame them.
@@nika9479 Yeah I learned that lesson the hard way, sorry for your loss.
Emmet’s secret backstory...
i realized that if they never went on the journey they wouldnt have defeated the dragon. the fountain wouldve been destroyed by the demolition crew and the dragon wouldve been released. the manticore wouldnt have the sword and ian wouldnt be able to use magic.
wow
Someone would have still needed to touch the stone to release the dragon more likely than not the stone would still been stuck on some bit of rubble of the stone fountain and had it just cleaned away to a landfill. I mean it's a possibility that the stone got free of the fountain, but will how little these people seem to care about magic they probably won't have bothered to touch it
Imagine they actually demolished the fountain and out of nowhere appeared a stone dragon
Diego Bustamante, 😂 Mulan reference? I think in the back of my mind I thought that too.
True that would of been hilarious
@@adrianaavila8853 the great stone dragon
*Spoiler*
I didn’t grow up with a dad so when Ian said “I never had a dad, I had a brother” I felt it solidified that movie’s place in my heart
I never had a proper dad so same
For me it was weird cause I am the older brother but I'm more like Ian than barley... but the van I could deffinatly roll ,pause for effect, with it
That’s what I love. I don’t have a dad, it’s just been me, my mom, and my older brother. I would never change it.
Do any of you feel like the ending was incomplete? Ian never got to see his dad
@@lancethefilmguy9392 I think the point was that ian realized barley filled the dad roll and barley got closure but the I spent the whole movie expecting the mom and the manticore to date
Another thing that I found very thought provoking was the overarching theme of doing what you're born to do. Barley tells the pixies that they're supposed to fly and they don't need the motorcycles, Colt learns that his body was made to run and the minotaur starts to fly again. Heck, even Ian figuring out he's meant to do magic.
They all have these great capabilities that, objectively, seem incredibly obvious, yet they don't see them as positive (eg, Colt had a hard time getting in and out of his car) through Barley, all these creatures realize that the features/talents they were born with IS their strength
Moose The Great III it could also be referring to learning to do what your capable of. Like in all the examples you mentioned they all have this innate potential but then we see that certain things or obstacles have gotten in the way of them realizing their potential. And the secondary characters as well as Ian all go on personal journeys where they learn to connect with said potential within them.
i love that there was literally no romance in this movie.
I agree! Their mom's relationship with her boyfriend was really brief too. :) I just realized that a lot of Pixar movies don't have romance!
Just family bonding
I would argue that a romance is necessary in any good story.
Alexander Fyock plenty of good stories do not have romance and it is definitely not necessary. I under that romance CAN be a component of a good story but it doesn’t need to be there. I personally am aromantic and romance repulsed so I really appreciate a story without romance. Because I can’t relate to it, I find that for me romance negatively distracts from the rest of the story and as I said I am romance repulsed as well so it also makes me very uncomfortable and can just really ruin a good story for me. I understand that this is mainly a me thing and that most people appreciate romance in stories but I personally really like it when I come across one without
@@quinn5109 Name a truly great story that does not include one. And none of this modern trash, but a truly good story has a romance.
The whole quest wasn't pointless. They needed that puzzle piece at Ravens Point in order to open up the Phoenix Gem. They couldn't be able just to walk across the street. But overall, this is on of my favourite pixar movies of all time. Good Review!
Do you feel like Ian not seeing his Dad is un-accomplish?
@@lancethefilmguy9392 no not really. I feel like it was the best way to accomplish the ending
I think the mom had grieved, moved on, and had closure on her relationship with the father. She wasn't opposed to seeing her dead husband but she recognized that her sons needed it more.
I'm sure she would've loved to see her husband again, which is why she sat there with them while Barley was trying initially. But at the end of the movie she sacrificed her chance to see him so that she could help protect her kids and help them get the chance to see him. She was the definition of 'mom' in that moment. She gave up what she wanted to help provide what her kids needed.
The credits of Onward specifically thanked a particular D&D group for allowing the use of the gelatinous cube, so it’s not just a reference, it’s a direct draw from the game.
I cried at the end with Barley talking with his dad and Ian watching from afar. I loved how the mum got involved in the story and the non-antagonist step-father figure ( he was trying to help his girlfriend/looking out for the boys). Visually it was lovely, and all the little details mentioned/used that came into play later were great too. I saw Ian and Barley as flipsides of the same coin, Ian being the cautious introvert and Barley being the extroverted, risk-taker. As an eldest of 4 with three successful younger siblings who have all got great careers and are all in serious relationships, I related to both brothers, as, like I am a bit of a screw-up like Barley, as I am just working to get by and am chronically single, but I’m shy/awkward like Ian. Loved seeing Ian at the end, so full of confidence, having friends and living life to the fullest.
I can definitely see this as a story that Andy might have written, as he must have been quite young when his dad died, perhaps his mum was pregnant with Molly when he passed away.
I was totally engrossed in the story and would happily watch it again to catch all the signs/visual jokes or Easter Eggs. I give it an 85.
Being someone who lost my father figure as a teenager and remembers him very well, this movie made me emotional for the whole day. I saw so much of myself in the insecurities and pain that main characters expressed that only comes from losing someone so definitive to everything you thought you knew about life. I left the theater sobbing, which I’ve never done before. This movie beautifully illustrates life after loss. I’m happy that children who have gone through something similar can have a story that relates to them and maybe provides them some clarity because the loss of a parent at such a young age leaves you with too many emotions that you’re not old enough to understand. This movie gets 100/100 from me.
Aubrie Jane AMEN! I lost my dad to cancer when I was 6 and I was hit so hard by this film! They got SO much right and I was an emotional mess for the rest of the day!! But it was cathartic and I want to watch it again!
Absolutely! I thought going in that i wouldn't cry cuz it would focus so much on the brothers and I dont have brothers, but it did have so much about how they were coping with the loss in different ways that are SO similar to how i am still coping with the recent loss of my father. it hits home man, in more ways than one, in such a beautiful way. it brings back a lot of memories, good and bad, and thats why i couldnt believe they said they wouldnt remember this movie the next day. i dont think ill ever forget it.
Yes yes yes! I lost my mother when I was 14 and my two older siblings helped "raise me". This movie had me in tears so many times. I think unless you've lost a parent the full impact is just not the same. They really did a fantastic job! This is my new favorite Pixar movie.
My dad committed suicide when I was 12, and every movie that shows the child being followed by guilt of not being able to say goodbye, fear of disappointing their dead parent's memory or anything like that. I hated my dad for what he did for a really long time, I didn't say goodbye on his funeral. I just hated him. These days I know more than I knew then. I know he had mental health issues, and he tried to fight it for many, many years. These days, I just wonder what he would think of me if he could see me. What I grew up into. If I'm good enough for him.
Who said Pixar movies were for kids?! I’m not crying your crying?!
The mom has come to terms with her husband dying. She's intrigued with the thought of bringing him back but, for her, what would that accomplish? She's accepted it and, to some extent, so has Barley. To be honest, I don't think the mother was unenthusiastic about it; the boys were just overwhelmingly excited because they get to see their dad again, and no bond is stronger than that of a child and his/her parent(s).
John Monteblanco I thought the same thing! She wanted it more for her boys than herself.
@@mirrojas exactly
John Monteblanco first vk
Can I just say how much I appreciate y’all and how you let each other talk and get your ideas out?! Other duos I try to listen to on podcasts, or TH-cam are always talking over each other and cutting each other off to the point that I get so frustrated with not hearing the ends of sentences that I have to stop listening to them. Y’all are my favorite for this and other reasons!
I get that. I love that. I respect that so much. Kudos!
I just love how Ian and Barley are so dangerously similar to Peter Parker and Peter Quill
Not really. Ian is just an insecure high schooler with barely any friends but has powers that would change his life. Barley is just a person who lost a parent at a young age and is very interested with older things despite the fact that he can get modern items.
@@alaricchia1729 I love how if you didnt say Ian and Barley i wouldnt have been able to tell if you were talking about them or the Peters
My Mum and my girlfriend didn't want me to see this movie because of how close to home it hit. My older brother and I lost our father 5 years ago, to illness aswell like Ian and Barley and there were lots of similarities to their characters.
I personally am glad I saw it. I find it helpful and thereputic to see people struggle the same things as me. I cried a lot but this film meant a lot to me.
Pixar is really moving Onward with their movies.
🤣
Yep it's official you're my favorite now 😂😂
Ba boom clap
Aaaaaaaaaaahahahahahqhq
pun intended
When Ian first tried to do the levitation spell he said something like "It's the way I'm saying it? It's my pronunciation right?" It felt to me like a wink to Harry Potter
Anna Giulia Carvalho yeah!!!!Me too!
It's Levi-O-sa, not Levio-SA!
I wish that I could go on an Adventure but...
I’m quarantined
RavenclaWitch 31 i was thinking the same thing
I wish I could go on adventure but I'm poor and lazy.
Also Quarentined
As an older sibling who helped my mum raise my younger siblings when their dad moved away to work, I can honestly say this film hit me square in the feels. I related SO HARD to Barley!! Like so hard, his sacrifices for his siblings... being happy for them and not jealous, sacrificing his car, looking out for his brother (especially with the invisible bridge scene) I could find myself knowing his moves and what he'd say before he did it because I just related that much to him. This is why Onward is probably my absolute favourite pixar movie now.
5th edition of dungeons & dragons & Critical Role is what started the upsurge in interest in the game again. Stranger Things just made the public aware that there was an upsurge.
Kristopher Burgess ++++
Yeah critical role is bringing back dnd
I think people underestimate how many of us were playing even before Critical Role or Stranger Things. Maybe not DND specifically, but tabletop RPGs never really went out.
@@mschrisfrank2420 Yes and no. Tabletop games never died but during the 3rd - 3.5 edition era they were very unapproachable. Meaning that a new player would look at it and be put off by the complexity of the game. 4th edition didn't really help either. The accessibility of 5th edition along with the popularity of streaming D&D has brought a lot of new players who would of been put off by earlier editions of the game.
Nah man I just started because of the McElroys and the adventure zone, at least that's where I learned the game
I thought the reason it went back to the school was because all of Ian’s school experiences we are shown are negative, representing his insecurities and social anxiety. The fight at this place of negativity shows Ian has fully grown into a confident person, casting spells with ease. But that was my interpretation.
I never thought of this before. It is an interesting point.
Barley and Star-Lord have very similar "not seeing dying parent" stories AND THEY'RE BOTH CHRIS PRATT! That has to be an Easter egg
Honestly though. The second that Barley mentioned the whole "I didn't go in the room" bit, my mind immediately flashed back to Starlord as a kid and not wanting to hold his mom's hand.
Olivia Ashley also Tom Holland being this awkward high school kid just like Spidey
The Grim Creeper omg I thought of that too! I loved it
I'm so glad I'm not the only one who thought that when I saw that scene.
Typecasting
Ben: “go on an adventure with your friends right now”
Me: this video did not age well
You guys need to sit down and re-rank all the Pixar, Disney, and Marvel movies, and make an official ranking list for them. (Based on your own personal opinions.)
Didn't they already do that?
Chen Dror they said re rank
17:40 Actually Barley didn’t mess up the spell. Ian wasn’t strong enough to maintain it and Barley tried to help but Ian rejected his help causing him to lose control and the gem to shatter. And that’s a recurring theme throughout the movie, Ian doesn’t trust Barley, does things his own way and they go badly. The same thing almost happens the second time they to use the spell except Ian trusts him and accepts his help so they are able to complete the spell.
Keep in mind, they needed the water stone to actually receive the gem.
At the end the officer gets a radio and says”the A 113”. So. There that.
Yeah as radio code
The way Barley was protesting the destruction of the historic fountain kind of felt like how indigenous people protest the destruction of their sacred lands, maybe that was also a thematic reason why the movie was set in a magic land? Seeing the value in indigenous magic and ritual etc.
Gelatinous Cubes are literally a D&D monster. Like the name, it’s abilities, everything, are taken straight from the Monster Manual.
S.L. Farrell huh, I didn’t notice that! That’s pretty cool.
Yes it even gets credited and thanked by Pixar on the credit roll
Funny because Two Brothers is actually what the movie is called here in Brazil. I'm seeing it tomorrow then I'll come back for the review 😊
Have you seen the SCB video about Pixar movie names in other languages? It's fun to watch J 😂
Wasn't brother bear also two brothers in some places?
@@kathrynehiersche1817 Yeah! Great video! 👏
@@Zeratul306 I don't know about other places, but in Brazil the translation of the title was literal.
Why are movies called different things in different countries?
Ok pardon me I’m still emotional bc I just finished it:
When Ben was like “You’re always supportive of me” and then later he made that joke about the dad not being a “full fleshed character” and J was just like “that was perfect” (or something like that) that hit hard.
Also I think it’s really cool that as siblings you guys are able to have these intelligent discussions, and at no point is Ben talked down to or anything-I would have no idea he was younger if you guys didn’t say it based on your dynamic. I just think about how good it feels when I can have that kind of discussion with my older sister, but she’s not into any of the stuff I am so we can never talk about these things so in depth. I also have a little sister and honestly I have a new goal to make her feel acknowledged and equal in the way Ben clearly feels whenever you two are together in videos.
In case you guys were wondering btw, I saw an interview with Tom Holland where he said the movie was actually a gift from the director to his brother (I think it was his older brother), which is what really hit me hard. Just imagining his reaction when he first saw it...
He also said in an interview that the only words on the tape recording of his dad that you could make out were ‘hi’ and ‘bye’, which is just a fun fact because I can.
Spoilers
When Ian was talking with his dad on a recording, I was bawling my eyes out. I lost my dad when I was eight a few years ago to cancer. I just found a camera he had of videos of me and although he isn’t in any of the videos, in seeing his face, It’s the first time I’ve heard his voice without the affect of the cancer. He fought the cancer for four years so I don’t have a single prominent memory of him without cancer. I also related strongly to Barley being scared to say goodbye for a lot of reasons. The whole time I was thinking of my dad and personally I feel like Ian should’ve also met the dad somehow. Even just a hug for a split second. If I could get the chance to have even one hug from my father, I’d give anything in the world for it.
Adi Burgos I really agree with that! Like just a hug even if his brother is his dad...really would’ve made a difference. My dad died too, when I was 11
I’m the younger sibling and we lost our dad. I always say my brother is more of a dad... I was prepared for my heart being ripped out but it was actually warming how the older sibling got the special moment not the main character :)
A small detail but I loved that the dragon’s roar was the school bell
Here is a thought... this is a Pixar AU. Everything is just a LITTLE different than the Pixar Universe so the Easter eggs like 2319 will be there but a bit mixed up, etc.
Keep in mind. I havent seen it yet.
You know, we're kind of trying to avoid that.
@@zoeyc3855 I can appreciate that, but...how do we get around 2 moons?
Or is that not a moon...that's a space station?
@@trinkab How about a different planet, but not a universe?
@@trinkab Also, I'm sort of surprised that you're more bothered by two moons than by the fact that magic existed for a long time but ok...
@@zoeyc3855 Pixar Earth has a lot of weird stuff happen on it (time-traveling monsters behind closet doors)...but it only had one moon.
when you're ace and then they point out that they used the cake maybe a bit too much and you just start hoping that maybe someone who was working on the film is ace and slipped in as much cake as they could
Is it ironic that they're talking about a movie that says not to use screens and they both decide to use screens instead of they're usual notebooks? I think yes.
31:21 "You can get to a point where you have so much stuff and you're like "This isn't really making my life happier anymore; I just have been trained to want it."
I thought this was a somewhat thought-provoking statment
Also as a paleontology nerd I noticed I felt some empathy towards Barley and his fascination with the past. Every time he got excited about talking about magic and stuff the other characters would not care or would get weirded out and that’s very relatable for me
I understand that the father couldn't be fully fleshed out as a character so it made the most sense to have the scene where we only see him from afar but I felt that Ian got so cheated out of seeing his dad. There was such massive build up through out the whole movie just for Ian to be stuck in that debris. I adore the fact that Barley acts as the father Ian never had (I feel like that sometimes for my younger sister) but I still think they could have given Ian SOMETHING. I would have even been happy to see Ian hanging out with his dads old college buddy at the end of the movie because at least his efforts weren't completely fruitless. The message of sacrifice was a little to strong in this one for my taste, and even though people are saying that if they had him meeting his father it would be unsatisfying, I feel like that was the ending we not only needed but the resolution that Ian deserved. Don't get me wrong I adore Barley and don't think that he shouldn't have gotten to see his father but that doesn't mean Ian shouldn't have too. With Ian as the main protagonist, not having that specific conclusion was just unsatisfying. At least he was able to be more confident and developed his character. Aside from that I still think this was ana awesome movie, 8 outta 10!
Mrgamer112 I really agree with you, it felt so frustrating and anticlimactic
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I can't believe you guys responded to my comment 😲 One of my favorite channels ❤️❤️❤️
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Norah Swartz This video has no dislikes, it’s just the Canadian like button!
You know people live in Australia
The sign at the restaurant Ian goes to before school said "Now serving second breakfast" nice Hobbit reference.
Awwww, it was cute to watch you guys hold in your feels. I see your big brother/little brother stuff in the vs. videos. I watched this whole video with a smile. I just saw the preview at Disneyland last week and can't wait to watch the film.
I picked up on a Barley having a “father figure” status towards Ian from the beginning. Im a 15 year old girl who is very protective over my 8 and 4 year old niece and nephew, who have grown up without a father and in a bad place with their mother. They live here now and I’m always watching over them and trying my best to be the stable parent they need. I related to barley because of this. As my own mother doesn’t have much of an emotional connection to me (she’s still a great mum tho) my older brother has really been there for me since my teen years. In that way I relate to Ian. I love that the movie shows the importance of the family members who are there and care for you, not just the ones by blood. I’m glad my niece and nephew can watch this and hopefully understand it more as they grow, knowing the true meaning
I loved this movie so much. I cried a few times throughout because Ian and Barley's dynamic reminds me so much of my older brother and I. Even before we saw the movie, my friends kept pointing out how much like Ian I am. My older brother is a stocky guy who loves nerdy fantasy stuff , drives a beat up old van, and is always extremely supportive of me. I used to be embarrassed of being around him until I hit my teens years and realized just how great he is. Like how Barley was for Ian, my brother was like a father figure to me. Our dad isn't dead or anything, but he is emotionally distant and I was never really close with him. This movie will always hold a special place in my heart and I hope that I can convince my brother to check it out
The reason the spell didn’t work the first time was because Ian wouldn’t let Barley help him. They were supposed to do it together for it to work.
“It’s huge! The van’s huge! Your hug- oh no.”
Immediately after the movie ended my friend turned to me and said “Let’s go on a quest”💙
I would like an in depth ranking of the Harry Potter books and movies from you guys! :D
DooDoo yes please !!!!
Super Carlin brothers yes
YAAAASSSSS
saw this movie at 5:30 on a monday night with a couple of friends. there were 10 people in the theater and no one within five rows of us. we were laughing out of our seats at some points and sobbing at others. we talked (quietly) about predictions or how much we loved a scene because no one was close enough to mind our talk. I highly recommend the experience. it brought the movie to a whole nother level for me. also the animation on it was incredible. I mean it's pixar so obviously it was great but the incredibly detailed and realistic backgrounds meshed perfectly with the more stylized characters and they did the wet hair so well also when the cop mentioned her girlfriend my friends and I just looked at each other and went "YES PIXAR!" it was kinda great also the maggie simpson short was iconic
What I love about the Gelatinous Cube is that it's almost word for word a monster from D&D, the description is pretty much the same, the only difference is the D&D drowns people instead of disintegration them. As a D&D nerd I was so happy to see a direct reference to D&D, even among a movie that's so clearly inspired by D&D / table top RPGs in general
Ian is my favorite Pixar character mainly because I haven’t connected to a character so well till I saw Ian.
Edit: while no I’m not in the same situation as he is with his family but I still can put myself in his shoes cus my parents divorced when I was one & when my brother recently came into the picture so I know what it’s like to grow up without a father figure just the fact that he’s terrified of growing up is something I’m going through
I also see a lot of myself in Ian despite being 8 years older than him. When I was 16, I was afraid of driving and I was often the shy and introverted yet sweet kid in school much like he was (and still kinda that as an adult). I also lost my grandfather to an illness when I was 6 so I related to Ian and Barley’s situation of having vague memories of their dad much like I do having vague memories of my grandfather and wishing that I got to know him more and spend more time with him before he passed away.
Me: *Hasn’t seen Onward*
This video: Spoiler review!
Me: yes
Same.
I feel like this time in self quarantine is teaching us the lesson of the value of family time because being around technology 24/7 becomes so saturated that people are definitely finding more creative ways to spend time with their “home” family together. (Creative meaning without technology the way things used to be.)
My favorite components:
1. The mom has healthily moved on and while the boys aren't too fond of Colt, he isn't jealous and just wants their happiness.
2. Barley's unconditional pride and love for Ian
3. Barley holding back tears as Ian walked across without the rope
4. Barley teaching Ian that he is strong enough
5. Guinevere
6. The entire ending. All of it. From coming out of the manhole to the end.
7. Barley's love and value of history and how it pays off.
8. Tom and Chris
9. Cake
10. AlOfT ELeVAr
Fitting this into the Pixar Theory, I believe this world is an alternate universe from the other Pixar films, but is the source of magic for the world of those other films. For example, Brave's witch draws her magic from Onward's magic rich environment; The Incredibles's supers somehow can syphon it into their dna. And so on.
"How soon could you do that [ go on an adventure ]." hits different during a pandemic
The first words I said after the movie were “only Pixar can make me tear up over a pair of legs that can’t hear its son”
😂
Not just Pixar
I direct y'all to Critical Role, The Adventure Zone, and basically EVERY D&D Live Stream.
I'm an Oxventure fan myself
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Dimension 20
And College Humor! I love Dimension 20!! 💕💕💕💕💕
“Dark times lie ahead of us and there will be a time when we must choose between what is easy and what is right.-Albus Dumbledore” ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
@ULGROTHA Oooooh snap
Boy, I wonder what the worlds best brother duo(Super Carlin Brothers) think about a super heartwarming movie about two brothers journey.
29:00 "sanded down"... the splinters... barley said 'you can't sand down magic'
I like the idea that Onward is a paralell world, where the magic seeped in to our world to be tapped by the Witch in Brave, etc etc.
And Critical Role is more responsible for the D&D resurgence than Stranger Things, IMHO.
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Watched this wonderful movie two days ago. I actually cried 5 times !!!!! For me, this is the best Pixar movie ! (Yes, I have a brother, too.)
The 1st scene that made me cry was when Ian ‘talks’ with his dad using the cassette tape. And I teared up again watching/listening to you guys talking about the director’s cassette tape.....
Thank you so much for the great review !
EXCEPT that the little stone tablet they needed to reveal the Phoenix gem was way out in the countryside...
Yeah, they acknowledged it.
When Ben was talking about how J is a supportive brother my heart 🥺 I can’t they’re so cute. I was waiting for them to tear up
I FLIPPED OUT ABOUT THE ANIMATION OF THE PEN INK AND MY FAMILY THOUGHT I WAS CRAZY SO THANK YOU FOR ALSO APPRECIATING IT
J and Ben: go on an adventure!
me, under quarrantine: yeah about that...
After watching it seemingly a million times, I think that it’s important that they started with a Phoenix gem so that Ian KNEW without a doubt that the magic would work, and encourage him on the quest! He already doubts everything Barely tells him magic wise even having half of his deceased father with him, so imagine if he wasn’t convinced the spell would work at all! He may have never gone on a quest for a gem without evidence that the spell would work.
When mom's boyfriend catches Ian and Barley on the first part of their quest going down a road they're not supposed to, boyfriend is a cop, so on his radio, you hear "there's a 113 report."
I was really wanting to see the scene and the boys meet their father again. I wanted that sense of closure and was screaming at the scene when Tom's character got caught in the rubble. But after his father faded away, I loved the ending. It showed how the memories of his dad were heard from everyone else and that major source was his brother. It was a beautiful moment of family filling in the gaps. This fantasy of his dad still lives on and wasn't ruined because he heard it from his brother still.
And that ending was amazing.
about the location of the pheonix gem: i agree, with the "full circle" idea, but i think even storywise it still can add up. because that gem, and the fountain, as we learn in the beginning, are very very very old! so they were there probably long before the school and major parts of the city as well. so technichally the "intended" quest, from when magic still was a major thing, would´ve started at the tavern. then you´d follow the ravens, get the clovershaped stone (which you need), the river, and then get to the fountain.. so while i think, yes, it´s majorly about the figurative idea, their quest supposedly is hundreds of years old, so it does still work quite well..
OMG!! The pen thing! That was the first thing I said when I came out of the cinema!!
just FYI, the Gelatinous Cube is an Officially Licenced monster in D&D. there is a thanks to Wizards of the Coast (the company that owns and operates D&D) in the credits for allowing the film to use it.
I saw myself in Ian's life a little.
My father is a very loved person in our town.
He has a lot of friends and everybody esmitates him. Same with my brother.
But I am a little shy person if we look them... like I am lonley in the high school but nobody bullies me. I love/like my classmates but they don't think of me like a close friend only as a classmate. Or I just haven't got any selfconfidence. I tried to ask them sometimes for programms like Ian but they said kindly no but they never invited me back.... And i am angry to myself for being this selfcritic.
I just... feel like they could have done so much more with this world they built. They gave us a modern fantasy world and one of our main characters is a pair of legs... I really hope they go back to this world. Much like I feel like there's more potential in Zootopia's world.
“PUT IT IN O FOR ONWARD!”
This movie is easily up there with me for my favorite right under ratatouille ( that will always be my favorite Pixar movie due to it inspiring me for my career path of being a chef )
I can’t find much to fault with onward if anything I had to pick would be us or Ian not getting to see his dad after all the work towards that end goal. But I understand the movie is more about the journey and Ian learning he had all the dad roles filled in with his brother. But at least let us see his brother talk too his dad ... I mean he did deserve it more so why couldn’t we experience that moment with him?
Another thing I liked was even when you thought the whole “ you think I’m a failure “ bit was over and not addressed enough they tag a bit more into it just so you feel like it had a real resolution.
All in all an amazing movie! Although I wish Ian used his dads jacket for more of the movie it seemed like a relevant plot device at first.
The whole journey was still necessary. They wouldn’t have had the puzzle piece they needed to open up the stone hiding place Of the Phoenix stone. Also, the manticore had *a* map. She didn’t make the map. So, a mapmaker doesn’t necessarily know where you started from
I loved Onward!
I really empathized with the boys wanting to see their father again, I have a few members of my family that I would have given anything to see just one more time, so that really resonated with me.
The realism of a young Barley being too afraid of the tubes and machines attached to his dad to go in the room to see him, and as a result never having that closure, and never being able to forget about it- while simultaneously keeping that memory from Ian because all he would want were the positive ones, was really emotional for me, as well.
I think the cyclic nature of the story was great, too. The boys leave home, seeking adventure, learning and growing as people and giving Ian the chance to realize that really, Barley has been there for him the whole time, only to realize that the answer to their quest is home- and family, and togetherness. For Ian, it makes a lot of narrative sense, he comes to realize that he doesn’t need his dad because he’s had the rest of his family there the whole time. For barley, I think it comes back to the ancient artifacts he’s tried to protect- and the importance of the past. It’s a validation that everything he’s done hasn’t been for nothing