Hey everybody. I just wanted to put a little note here and say thanks for watching my videos. Doing TH-cam, it's easy to get caught up in the numbers. And as the years go on, I sometimes focus too much on trying new animation, the video views, what's the hot new movie I have to cover, etc. Because I'm just hunched over my tablet all the time, it's easy to forget that there are real people who are actually watching these things. Maybe that sounds weird, but I find myself getting absorbed in the cycle of “write jokes, draw a bunch of stuff, edit the video, put out the video, wow views, okay next”. I'm not burned out or anything. I still have a lot of fun doing this. I just wanted to say thank you for watching, thank you for sending fan mail, thank you for just being here. I'm just a dude with a weird sense of humor. But thanks for hanging out with my every week.
Hey man, you’re an amazing creator and all of us love your work, dont push yourself! Thanks so much for being a funny, active, and interesting youtuber 💗
Can we talk about how OG Toralie's entire personality was "I'm lazy but i like causing trouble for fun" and this Toralie is running for Head Prefect so she can start a anti-human war? That sounds like a lot of work
That's way more a cleo thing. In fact, I think she kinda tried to do that in one of the OG movies because her dad was trying to make her "a worthy leader"
As someone who's never seen anything related to Monster High, I was so confused by that, too. You'd think it'd make sense for witches to be considered monsters, or at least allies.
Might be a technicality. Like different lore stuff has different origins for witches. Human who practice magic are probably less like monsters vs. witches who have it run in their bloodline?
You think that doesn’t make sense ? The part where clawdeen is half human and half werewolf..made no absolute sense. They do know a werewolf is half human and half wolf, it’s the most classic monster out there and the world knows that. How does that make any sense that she needs to hide her human side when she’s literally half human, half wolf ?
I miss the old Monster High. It was childish but it was actually good & actually made sense. This generation of Monster High just throws logic right out of the window
Yeah I know but in my opinion the only good thing that come from these new Monster Hight movie is Frankie being non binary but otherwise the rest is just bad😔
@@axelbaez1086 I will not get over it! I’m allowed to say that I miss the old & that I don’t like the new. Everyone has different opinions get over that!
@@JayeKisses thats not an opinion, its hate. Meanwhile your hate is based on the comparison between two different generations of media that never pretend to look, think or act in the same way. Grow up
"Years ago we had 3 Descendants movies, we had 3 Zombies movies" This made me feel so old because in my head, those were the new fancy movies the young people were still watching.
I’m pretty sure we r super far away from canon material here but- fun fact: in the original books series for monster high- there was a joke early on about how monsters had taken refuge in the “wrong Salem” because the zombies didn’t realize there was more than one or research. And yes they wanted Salem specifically because they sought to ask the witches for sanctuary from humans
I like to think someone at Netflix is just a huge fan of Alex and they are purposefully making unironically bad movies just so they can see Alex make a video on it. I know it's not true but sometimes if I think about it hard enough I can almost believe it and I feel a little better 😭
I feel like this is such an insult to the OG monster high. They did Tora dirty af, and Draculaura Edit: holy shit I cannot believe the discussion I’m now reading a month later. One of y’all, Axe whatever, is annoying. You can’t just steal bits and pieces of a success then slap on generic items and call it good. Everyone in this movie is bland, basic and going full throttle with it. They didn’t even have iconic characters! They erased everything that made it different and made it like a Disney Channel Bootleg
@@axelbaez1086 Okay but the og source material was that it's pigging off of when it could make it's own story rather than using iconic characters that we grew up with so of course old fans are gonna be mad about it. Also why you gotten a problem with people not liking something that clearly trashes the original?
@@axelbaez1086 Usually this stuff is targeted towards everyone, even if the main demographic is for a specific audience. Because, ya' know, entertainment shouldn't be kept behind a gate.
kinda weird that in this universe witches are separate from other supernatural creatures. they're usually all put together, even if witches are just humans with magic, magic is often not accessible to all humans, so witches are lumped together with other supernaturals, not as monsters just as non human. so it's weird they're divided in this universe and witches are considered humans
I actually think it makes sense. If you think about it, monsters, witches, etc. are clearly depicted as standing for minority groups, outcasts that are treated as something disgusting and threatening. In that way it really makes sense because it often is the case that you will have people that are part of minority groups that use the same talking points used to ruin their lives against other minority groups.
Exactly because Draculura is a vampire yet she knows how to use magic. Anything can use magic as long as they practice hard enough. So I don't get the point not putting witches with monsters.
Exactly like I'm all for Frankie being non-binary but like wtf are her parents just some scientists like she's supposed to be the daughter of a monster not some humans, same with Heath wtf is he the son of Hades like Hades is a god not a monster, so why is Heath going to a school for monsters when he should be at a school for gods, hell from what I've seen even the animated series doesn't seem that good either
I don't know who tortures themselves more Alex Meryers or Saberspark watching and reviewing bad stories. How have these 2 channels not done a collaboration project by now?
I know this isn't the same category, but don't forget about Krimsonrogue and Dominic Noble. They mostly review books, but they sometimes also review movies based on those books.
I hate that these live action movies has destroyed the cartoon movie legacy of monster high. My daughter and I adored watching a cartoon movies but this mess right here absolutely not. Thank you Alex yet again for doing our dirty work and making it hilarious.
In all honesty, the only actor who really embodied the OG characters personality is Torelai, the actress did a pretty good job depicting her, as weird as this movie is. Yes I'm one of the people who compares to the old version but that's because the original was genuinely enjoyable. They changed so much, made the content really confusing and the main characters are now just super annoying, but I'm glad Torelai is at least more similar to her original.
i honestly have to strongly disagree…the actress did a great job yes, but that was nowhere near what Toralei is actually about. There was no laziness, no manipulating just to cause some chaos bc its fun, no pranks and most importantly not one meow…
Does that really matter though. They are not supposed to embody the gen 1 versions of those characters, but the gen 3 versions. Gen 3 used the same characters but changed them into new versions. They are not supposed to be the gen 1 versions otherwise this would be an adaptation of gen 1.
The first real live movie and this Sequel make me upset. Did they ever watch the mini series and movies. Dracula is the founding father daughter of the school. Clawden was single living her life with her friends and family. Douse was Cleo's boyfriend and Medusa's son. So sunglasses 24/7. Clawden had an older brother that was dating Dracula. Frankie was also single. Tora was a friend and enemies. There were so many characters that made the show great. Im guessing they just did what they wanted without looking at the great masterpiece of the characters in the original drama
I'm pretty sure they changed the characters on purpose to have a new take on them. Btw, I really enjoy the animated version of gen 3 where these characters really get to shine, the live action movies don't do them justice.
Yes they did watch them. And then gave a new spin on them. Because it's a reboot, not a continuation. And Frankie wasn't really single she just got a new dude every second movie. Also Dracula wasn't the school founder... that's Bloodgood. You're probably thinking of G2, so not the "great masterpiece" you're talking of but another reboot.
You know. I know that the animated Monster High movies weren’t full on masterpieces. But, most of them, were still fun to watch. I still don’t understand why this got a sequel. But that’s just me
"Tora" in this movie is like everything Toralei is not. Toralei is a monster who loves some drama, plays some pranks and is always on the side that cleo, frankie and friends are not on. she manipulates people to create chaos just to enjoy the show first row. idk what that was but certainly not the icon herself. she didn't even meow once
Ok but Descendants actually slayed and had a good and stable plot and it actually was intriguing to know the plots. Irl Monster High is like those movies where they just throw in the most random ideas and call it a day.
Just curious, is there anyone else that read the og monster high books and is just as mad as me that they haven’t introduced Melody, not even as a background character but just removed her in the animated series and just remade Clawdeen into Melody’s character but less original? Can’t be just me right?
That’s technically connected to G1 lore, so of course they wouldn’t add Melody. She only appeared for the book series associated with G1… this is G3 revamping all the characters and story as you see here :3
Out of all of the characters Toralei is probably the one they kept most similar to her original version. Also kind of disappointed that instead of Valentine they had some other vampire guy (which I don't remember the name of). I was hoping since this was a Draculaura centric movie they would bring back Valentine since he's a pretty big fan-favorite despite only appearing in one movie. (Which they totally should've brought him back like he never even appeared in the web-isodes let my man have some on-screen character development besides the comics!)
Honestly, my favourite part about this movie was the tease for a third movie at the end and that's only because it's setting up a Frankie focused movie for the third one and she's my favourite from the old monster high movies. The focus on Draculaura was nice too, but if the third is going to be like this one, unfortunately, Clawdeen would still take most of the shine😔
I LIVE for this reviews, I kinda like knowing what happens in this horrible movies, and Alex gives me the option of knowing without going through the pain of watching them
That one moment that successfully broke Alex Myers, especially the one moment from Spy Kids 4 that made him space out into space with the PS1 logo sound playing.
I make my own cosplay costumes. Even I make more convincing ears than that. T_T Also bummed that Lagoona doesn't have more of a presence in these movies.
I'm so confused about the witch magic bad premise because.... that was nowhere in the original? Like? What? It was typically just stuff like "Oh yeah this ancient genie can grant wishes and maybe sorta has an evil counterpart who can possess those who awaken the genie and will enslave the world."
I absolutely hate I let out a huge cackle at the “unaware wolf” joke. The others didn’t get me but I can’t remember the last time I laughed so briefly yet so hard at something, especially something so stupid.
2:00 I feel like the "Think of it as extra credit" line from the first movie should've been rewritten as "Smile for the camera" or "Say cheese". Yeah it would be cheesy, but it atleast makes sense for the villain being defeated by a phone camera
The thing I remember most about series like MH is the female characters always wear high heels regardless of where they are and what there doing. People talk about the main female character from Jurassic World running around in high heels in the first movie and yet nobody brings this up.
11:49 in the original book, they actually all live in Salem Oregan because when the monsters went into hiding they read the map wrong and went there instead of Massachusetts.
As an OG Monster High fan I obviously have a lot of complaints, but the thing that stuck out to me most after this movie is that Clawdeen had so much more chemistry with both Draculaura and Toralei than she did with Deuce. There were scenes in both live actions that felt like they were setting up a Clawdeen x Draculaura romance, especially with the weird breakup song, and that ending scene with Toralei talking about Clawdeen's new scars and holding her hand for WAY too long... idk every scene with Deuce just felt dry in comparison, but maybe that's because Deuce as a character was dry lmao
I still cant get over how dirty they did the character's designs. I mean, what THE FUCK IS GOING ON EITH DUECE??? He had a fucking snake mo hawk in the animated movies, AND HIM AND CLEO WERE A FUCKING POWER COUPLE OMG. And Heath???? HE HAD FIRE HAIR AND WAS WITH ABBY THE CHICK WITH ICE POWERS. And the girls' aspirations were centred around fashion. They aleays had an original outfit for every movie and they always looked incredible, but in these movies they just look so bland. Also, WHERE ARE CLAWDEEN'S SIBLINGS?? CLAUDE? CLAUDIA? HOWLEEN?? also if theyre tryna make something happen between Claudeen and Deuce that would really just suck because Claudeen was confirmed to be a lesbian in the originals. The animated movies were just so awesome and so much fun but this just seems to take away anything different or defininv about the characters, and it just sucks.
5:25 they got Raven from That's So Raven, London from Suite Life, iCarly, Cece from Shake it up... 🤔looks like theyre payin homage to all the past characters of Disney right now 😆😆
I miss how in the of monster high every movie was kind of like a mini story, and Frankie would narrate each one, and there wasn’t anything serious, it was just for fun😢.
Hey I feel called out about boss fight scenario where they heal themselves! The difference is, a boss usually already has WAY more health than you, PLUS, their hits do like 4x the damage your hits do. Bosses shouldn’t be able to heal themselves. Just make their health bar bigger if that’s the case. I stand firm on this position 😐
I haven’t even watched a minute of the video and I already know it will be funny as hell. Love your content man, keep doing what your doing ❤️ 🥔potatoes are amazing
Regardless, even not being a Monster High fan, I've never seen so much behind the scenes toxicity surrounding a Disney Channel movie nor a Nickelodeon network movie! I have to say Nickelodeon NETWORK movie and not just Nickelodeon movie because...you know...The Last Airbender. The director is apparently a racist and made racist movies before and is probably the reason why he chose a light skinned actress to play a dark skinned character! And the movie apparently did the bare minimum to please the fans. It's insane!
I love the og monster high, I also noticed that the second movie is another version of the 2012 movie: Ghouls rule. The entirety of Ghouls rule being about how humans are bad, they cause issues for monsters, and they terrorize monsters. Torelai does kind of the same thing in Ghouls rule as Frankie is all for humans not being so bad just like how clawdeen is in the live action. The school becomes kind of divided like how they become divided in school. The witches are kind of like another version of Lilith Van Helscream whereas they're after monsters specifically. Along with the monsters who are willing going into the human world to discover more in the 2012 Ghouls rule movie. Idk, it feels like a really bad homage to the original monster high movies in general too. Watching the live action MH is like a smack in the face with a trout.
And how they learnThey also have to save draculaura just like they had to save Heath/Holt Hyde in the 2012 Ghouls rule, if you watch the two movies back to back i think you could find the similarities or relationship between, that's how i saw it but i also might be delusional
I can't tell you how much I wait for these videos lmao. All the "big ol red flag" and especially all the "bleurrgggghhh" are my favorites. Good work, Alex 😂😂
I would love to see Alex's thoughts on Ever After- between Drew Barrymore and Anjelica Huston, it's one of the few Cinderella-esqe movies that just does it perfectly. It had the "strong female lead" as it should be. Plus, their version of Leonardo da Vinci is the best character in the movie hands down. 😂
@@easolinas1233 That's my thought! I am honestly not a big "romance" movie fan, and am even less of a Cinderella fan, but it's honestly one of my favorite movies. Ever. My mom and I still quote it back and forth at least once a week!
Honestly, while the stories/plots may not be great, my favourite thing about movies like Descendants and Monster High are the costume designs. With the Monster High ones it makes a lot of sense because they're based off a fashion toy line; but still, the designs are great and I love getting to see various takes on styles based around the specific motifs of the characters.
I've been using TH-cam for many years now and I've never laughed so much after watching someone's channel. Your sense of humor is so great. Thanks for brightening up the days. I look forward to seeing what you come up with.
Hey everybody. I just wanted to put a little note here and say thanks for watching my videos. Doing TH-cam, it's easy to get caught up in the numbers. And as the years go on, I sometimes focus too much on trying new animation, the video views, what's the hot new movie I have to cover, etc.
Because I'm just hunched over my tablet all the time, it's easy to forget that there are real people who are actually watching these things. Maybe that sounds weird, but I find myself getting absorbed in the cycle of “write jokes, draw a bunch of stuff, edit the video, put out the video, wow views, okay next”.
I'm not burned out or anything. I still have a lot of fun doing this. I just wanted to say thank you for watching, thank you for sending fan mail, thank you for just being here.
I'm just a dude with a weird sense of humor. But thanks for hanging out with my every week.
Thank you for making great videos :)
You’re doing great!
Ofc! I love watching these
Thanks for making videos
Hey man, you’re an amazing creator and all of us love your work, dont push yourself! Thanks so much for being a funny, active, and interesting youtuber 💗
Can we talk about how OG Toralie's entire personality was "I'm lazy but i like causing trouble for fun" and this Toralie is running for Head Prefect so she can start a anti-human war? That sounds like a lot of work
Fr. She NEVER had this much energy lol
...and starting a war because you're bored or under-stimulated would be the very definition of callous and psychopathic.
@dinosaysrawr well she would be likely to cause in-school conflict for fun but like War is too much effort
That's way more a cleo thing. In fact, I think she kinda tried to do that in one of the OG movies because her dad was trying to make her "a worthy leader"
And in the new animated series she just has mommy issues
What confuses me is that in the original, witches are considered monsters too (like Casta from Gen 1) so… why are witches & monsters enemies now? 😂
Casta Fierce was a famous witch singer in their world. 😂
As someone who's never seen anything related to Monster High, I was so confused by that, too. You'd think it'd make sense for witches to be considered monsters, or at least allies.
Might be a technicality. Like different lore stuff has different origins for witches. Human who practice magic are probably less like monsters vs. witches who have it run in their bloodline?
@@awesome101555 I'm pretty sure they use the terms interchangeably
You think that doesn’t make sense ? The part where clawdeen is half human and half werewolf..made no absolute sense. They do know a werewolf is half human and half wolf, it’s the most classic monster out there and the world knows that. How does that make any sense that she needs to hide her human side when she’s literally half human, half wolf ?
I miss the old Monster High. It was childish but it was actually good & actually made sense. This generation of Monster High just throws logic right out of the window
This Is not for you get over it
Yeah I know but in my opinion the only good thing that come from these new Monster Hight movie is Frankie being non binary but otherwise the rest is just bad😔
@@axelbaez1086 I will not get over it! I’m allowed to say that I miss the old & that I don’t like the new. Everyone has different opinions get over that!
@@JayeKisses thats not an opinion, its hate. Meanwhile your hate is based on the comparison between two different generations of media that never pretend to look, think or act in the same way.
Grow up
@@axelbaez1086 It isn’t “hate,” mate. Hate is shitting on something for the sake of shitting on something, this is a critique.
"Years ago we had 3 Descendants movies, we had 3 Zombies movies" This made me feel so old because in my head, those were the new fancy movies the young people were still watching.
the time when teen or kid movie still has logic, lore, good charecter design, good meaning
I mean, Zombies 3 did come out last year, didn't it? It also has a bangin' sound track.
@fafariea Okay say what you will about the Gen 3 movies, but you cannot compare Descendants and Zombies favorably to MH G3 in any of these categories
Those were years ago?? Like...which years?? Oh lord 😭😂
Bro fr.
I’m pretty sure we r super far away from canon material here but- fun fact: in the original books series for monster high- there was a joke early on about how monsters had taken refuge in the “wrong Salem” because the zombies didn’t realize there was more than one or research. And yes they wanted Salem specifically because they sought to ask the witches for sanctuary from humans
That would be really cool lore if any part of me thought they did that on purpose here
@@theespartanff3188 the struggle is real- but at least we know the truth lol
"What is happening here?" That was literally my EXACT reaction to Clawdeen and Toralei's sudden friendship too.
Friendship? That was pure flirting 😂😂😂
Ik given that they were literally at each others throat in the og series.
“We share the moon” is the gayest thing ever said by the way if this series does one thing right they better date in the next movie 17:26
@@Bubbles603 Og toralei would bully generation 3 toralei
@@Bubbles603 And you know what they say:
"Make a woman choose between a man and the moon, and they will always choose the the moon"
They made a sequel?!...is what I would have asked if my hope for humanity wasn't dead and buried into the ground.
This one is arguable worse
Just learned it exists cause of this video.
😂😂😂
Oh it’s chill just make it a vampire
I like to think someone at Netflix is just a huge fan of Alex and they are purposefully making unironically bad movies just so they can see Alex make a video on it. I know it's not true but sometimes if I think about it hard enough I can almost believe it and I feel a little better 😭
I feel like this is such an insult to the OG monster high. They did Tora dirty af, and Draculaura
Edit: holy shit I cannot believe the discussion I’m now reading a month later. One of y’all, Axe whatever, is annoying.
You can’t just steal bits and pieces of a success then slap on generic items and call it good.
Everyone in this movie is bland, basic and going full throttle with it. They didn’t even have iconic characters! They erased everything that made it different and made it like a Disney Channel Bootleg
And Clawdeen for me! 😭
This is not for you, get over it
@@axelbaez1086 Okay but the og source material was that it's pigging off of when it could make it's own story rather than using iconic characters that we grew up with so of course old fans are gonna be mad about it. Also why you gotten a problem with people not liking something that clearly trashes the original?
@@axelbaez1086 Usually this stuff is targeted towards everyone, even if the main demographic is for a specific audience. Because, ya' know, entertainment shouldn't be kept behind a gate.
@@axelbaez1086 Found the gatekeeper. So much for inclusivity and equality.
kinda weird that in this universe witches are separate from other supernatural creatures. they're usually all put together, even if witches are just humans with magic, magic is often not accessible to all humans, so witches are lumped together with other supernaturals, not as monsters just as non human. so it's weird they're divided in this universe and witches are considered humans
I actually think it makes sense. If you think about it, monsters, witches, etc. are clearly depicted as standing for minority groups, outcasts that are treated as something disgusting and threatening. In that way it really makes sense because it often is the case that you will have people that are part of minority groups that use the same talking points used to ruin their lives against other minority groups.
Exactly because Draculura is a vampire yet she knows how to use magic. Anything can use magic as long as they practice hard enough. So I don't get the point not putting witches with monsters.
I honestly can’t take these movies seriously it’s worse than every other bad live action I’ve ever watched literally doesn’t make any sense 😭
Right.
Exactly like I'm all for Frankie being non-binary but like wtf are her parents just some scientists like she's supposed to be the daughter of a monster not some humans, same with Heath wtf is he the son of Hades like Hades is a god not a monster, so why is Heath going to a school for monsters when he should be at a school for gods, hell from what I've seen even the animated series doesn't seem that good either
Nuh uh avatar the last air bender takes first place
Only the FINEST quality you could expect from the director of The Wizard, Krippendorf's Tribe and Firehouse Dog.
@@Neo-Queenserenityt2l Exactly, like that doesn't make any sense.
17:20 why’d these two have better chemistry in one scene then Clawdeen and Deuce over the span of two movies ☠️
RIGHT
I honestly hate Clawdeen’s relationship with Deuce. It doesn’t work AT ALL.
I'm sorry Cleo and Deuce aren't together anymore????!!!??
That was pure flirting I tell ya hahaha
They should hook up
I don't know who tortures themselves more Alex Meryers or Saberspark watching and reviewing bad stories. How have these 2 channels not done a collaboration project by now?
Don't forget diamondbolt and his asylum saga
@@Theking-sk1bzand dumbsville
@@anthonyackerman7914and DazzReviews
I know this isn't the same category, but don't forget about Krimsonrogue and Dominic Noble. They mostly review books, but they sometimes also review movies based on those books.
@@anthonyackerman7914someone recognized greatness (dumbsville)
I hate that these live action movies has destroyed the cartoon movie legacy of monster high. My daughter and I adored watching a cartoon movies but this mess right here absolutely not. Thank you Alex yet again for doing our dirty work and making it hilarious.
Not really, only to the most casual fans. Generally the reboot is doing OK, and cartoon is pretty liked.
These movies don't really affect the older ones
@@11more40 they don't change the old movies but they are worse then the originals
The only reason I was looking forward to this sequel was just because of him doing this video.
I had literally no idea that this was happening lol
That’s why I love the after series
I actually loved the movies its pretty nice *my opinion don’t attack me for having a damn opinion *
@alaayx That’s fair. It’s not for everyone, but it’s also just some campy fun.
In all honesty, the only actor who really embodied the OG characters personality is Torelai, the actress did a pretty good job depicting her, as weird as this movie is. Yes I'm one of the people who compares to the old version but that's because the original was genuinely enjoyable. They changed so much, made the content really confusing and the main characters are now just super annoying, but I'm glad Torelai is at least more similar to her original.
i honestly have to strongly disagree…the actress did a great job yes, but that was nowhere near what Toralei is actually about. There was no laziness, no manipulating just to cause some chaos bc its fun, no pranks and most importantly not one meow…
Does that really matter though. They are not supposed to embody the gen 1 versions of those characters, but the gen 3 versions. Gen 3 used the same characters but changed them into new versions. They are not supposed to be the gen 1 versions otherwise this would be an adaptation of gen 1.
@@chihiro5328 well i didnt follow after gen 1 anymore bc it started to suck soooo..
Toralei saved the whole movie fr
@@_lily_garden_frankie too, Frankie is always MVP but also could’ve solved this entire issue on their own
Just today I was happy that that first Monster high movie was getting further away from us, and now they MAKE ANOTHER ONE????
Wow they really did copy you 👏🏿word👏🏿for👏🏿word👏🏿
This. Literally this.
@@sdrdd231yep I was surprised too😂
SpongeBob totally Is evil
The first real live movie and this Sequel make me upset. Did they ever watch the mini series and movies. Dracula is the founding father daughter of the school. Clawden was single living her life with her friends and family. Douse was Cleo's boyfriend and Medusa's son. So sunglasses 24/7. Clawden had an older brother that was dating Dracula. Frankie was also single. Tora was a friend and enemies. There were so many characters that made the show great. Im guessing they just did what they wanted without looking at the great masterpiece of the characters in the original drama
That's exactly what they did. This movie is a reboot for the new generation. I understand my parents now. 😆
I'm pretty sure they changed the characters on purpose to have a new take on them. Btw, I really enjoy the animated version of gen 3 where these characters really get to shine, the live action movies don't do them justice.
"Clawden had an older brother that was dating Dracula" you mean Draculaura, right?
Yes they did watch them. And then gave a new spin on them. Because it's a reboot, not a continuation. And Frankie wasn't really single she just got a new dude every second movie. Also Dracula wasn't the school founder... that's Bloodgood. You're probably thinking of G2, so not the "great masterpiece" you're talking of but another reboot.
The way he keeps calling Torelai “Tora” is… something
I think he didn't remember her name even though they say it a few times in the movie
I was looking for this comment
womp womp
Yes I was so annoyed hahahah
@thatrandomgirl4574 I think he thinks her name is first name Tora Last name Lei
You know. I know that the animated Monster High movies weren’t full on masterpieces. But, most of them, were still fun to watch. I still don’t understand why this got a sequel. But that’s just me
The only reason this movie stands out for me is that focused on Draculaura
Everything else is unforgivable 😒
Bro sameeee😩
What make this worse is that Draculaura is put on the back burner of her own movie
She needed it. Draculuara was always one of my faves.
I like the styling for Draculaura and Frankie. Everything else I just sorta try to ignore
But whata bout Frankie?
"Tora" in this movie is like everything Toralei is not. Toralei is a monster who loves some drama, plays some pranks and is always on the side that cleo, frankie and friends are not on. she manipulates people to create chaos just to enjoy the show first row. idk what that was but certainly not the icon herself. she didn't even meow once
Best line of ALL TIME: 16:16 “you always had a monster superpower, friendship” -Duce
3:30 Heck, I'm a girl and even I am weirded out. Screaming in joy has never been my thing, unless I'm on one heck of a ride in an amusement park.
AAAAAAAAAaaaaaaa
Same here
Same
Same
I silently squeal in joy and jump but not for reuniting with friends lmao usually when there’s an achievement
9:23 Did I miss something? Why can Deuce look at Clawdeen without his shades? Shouldn't he turn her into stone?
Omg, you're right
They cut out the part where deuce handed clawdeen his glasses, effectively blocking his powers
@@vocaloidevil Oh ok.
Ok but Descendants actually slayed and had a good and stable plot and it actually was intriguing to know the plots. Irl Monster High is like those movies where they just throw in the most random ideas and call it a day.
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Just curious, is there anyone else that read the og monster high books and is just as mad as me that they haven’t introduced Melody, not even as a background character but just removed her in the animated series and just remade Clawdeen into Melody’s character but less original? Can’t be just me right?
That’s technically connected to G1 lore, so of course they wouldn’t add Melody. She only appeared for the book series associated with G1… this is G3 revamping all the characters and story as you see here :3
Out of all of the characters Toralei is probably the one they kept most similar to her original version. Also kind of disappointed that instead of Valentine they had some other vampire guy (which I don't remember the name of). I was hoping since this was a Draculaura centric movie they would bring back Valentine since he's a pretty big fan-favorite despite only appearing in one movie. (Which they totally should've brought him back like he never even appeared in the web-isodes let my man have some on-screen character development besides the comics!)
I was waiting for your reaction on the "Frankie's friendship powers" and you didn't disappoint 😂
Every time they make a pun in this, I can literally feel one of my organs failing.
The only praise I have to give for this movie is that it is VISUALLY better than the first one, the vfx ppl def upped their game a lil since the first
Off topic but I love your pfp I love the owl house
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lilith :)))
Honestly, my favourite part about this movie was the tease for a third movie at the end and that's only because it's setting up a Frankie focused movie for the third one and she's my favourite from the old monster high movies. The focus on Draculaura was nice too, but if the third is going to be like this one, unfortunately, Clawdeen would still take most of the shine😔
I didn't even know this movie had a sequel until I saw a notification to this video 😅
17:43
perfect opportunity to say "i need to figure out what to duece"
Soooo I’m not the only one who had NO IDEA THIS WAS EVEN HAPPENING??? Like not even a rumor or an announcement THIS VID IS HOW I FIND OUT
And I thought Ruby Gillman had the worst movie promotion this year.
If it wasn't for tiktok I wouldn't have known they made two movie.
I LIVE for this reviews, I kinda like knowing what happens in this horrible movies, and Alex gives me the option of knowing without going through the pain of watching them
13:40 I needed to say that I cried real tears while laughing at this little bit right here thanks to your reacftion lmfaooooo
That one moment that successfully broke Alex Myers, especially the one moment from Spy Kids 4 that made him space out into space with the PS1 logo sound playing.
Same! His pain was palpable!
I make my own cosplay costumes. Even I make more convincing ears than that. T_T Also bummed that Lagoona doesn't have more of a presence in these movies.
I'm so confused about the witch magic bad premise because.... that was nowhere in the original? Like? What? It was typically just stuff like "Oh yeah this ancient genie can grant wishes and maybe sorta has an evil counterpart who can possess those who awaken the genie and will enslave the world."
Loving that Draculara's teeth are yellow, except for her pearly white vampire fangs.
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I absolutely hate I let out a huge cackle at the “unaware wolf” joke. The others didn’t get me but I can’t remember the last time I laughed so briefly yet so hard at something, especially something so stupid.
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I feel like the "Think of it as extra credit" line from the first movie should've been rewritten as "Smile for the camera" or "Say cheese". Yeah it would be cheesy, but it atleast makes sense for the villain being defeated by a phone camera
That’s actually really funny 😆
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@@TheLovesnowangel why not 😆
17:30 okay but why is this scene right here confirming that clawdeen has lesbian vibes??
Sorry to burst your bubble clawdeen isn’t a lesbian she said she likes Draculoras cousin at the end if ghoul’s rule
I still can't believe the fact this movie got a sequel 😶
16:25 This isn’t My Little Pony
The thing I remember most about series like MH is the female characters always wear high heels regardless of where they are and what there doing.
People talk about the main female character from Jurassic World running around in high heels in the first movie and yet nobody brings this up.
Fr! They even wear high heels on the beach, when they go to sleep, when they'ra working in a lab and when they're doing sports!
I can't believe the girls in mh went from wearing fabulous outfits no matter what they were doing to being dressed like cheap clowns 🙄🙄
Well, personally, I wear heels in the shower! So, there!
…I think I’m doing it wrong. :)
Yep! That literally always bugged me to the point of abandoning the series. I drew the line at high heels for roller skates.
@@nonprofitgirlwhy do you wear any type of shoes in the shower
11:49 in the original book, they actually all live in Salem Oregan because when the monsters went into hiding they read the map wrong and went there instead of Massachusetts.
im fully convinced this movie had a full budget of 2$
2$ Canadian
I can’t believe a sequel has gotten greenlit… didn’t the first movie do terribly??? 😰
As an OG Monster High fan I obviously have a lot of complaints, but the thing that stuck out to me most after this movie is that Clawdeen had so much more chemistry with both Draculaura and Toralei than she did with Deuce. There were scenes in both live actions that felt like they were setting up a Clawdeen x Draculaura romance, especially with the weird breakup song, and that ending scene with Toralei talking about Clawdeen's new scars and holding her hand for WAY too long... idk every scene with Deuce just felt dry in comparison, but maybe that's because Deuce as a character was dry lmao
I still cant get over how dirty they did the character's designs. I mean, what THE FUCK IS GOING ON EITH DUECE??? He had a fucking snake mo hawk in the animated movies, AND HIM AND CLEO WERE A FUCKING POWER COUPLE OMG. And Heath???? HE HAD FIRE HAIR AND WAS WITH ABBY THE CHICK WITH ICE POWERS. And the girls' aspirations were centred around fashion. They aleays had an original outfit for every movie and they always looked incredible, but in these movies they just look so bland. Also, WHERE ARE CLAWDEEN'S SIBLINGS?? CLAUDE? CLAUDIA? HOWLEEN?? also if theyre tryna make something happen between Claudeen and Deuce that would really just suck because Claudeen was confirmed to be a lesbian in the originals. The animated movies were just so awesome and so much fun but this just seems to take away anything different or defininv about the characters, and it just sucks.
Sorry for my spelling lol I was really mad (still am)
The real questions Alex should ask is why the heck you can even see a vampire on camera 12:26
so Tora gets an accent but not Draculaura or Cleo? 😂
cleo never had an accent
I felt a little piece of me die inside when that "coven" joke was made
5:25
they got Raven from That's So Raven, London from Suite Life, iCarly, Cece from Shake it up...
🤔looks like theyre payin homage to all the past characters of Disney right now 😆😆
thank you for making a second video on the monster high movies. this makes my inner childhood self so happy !!
When did they make a sequel?! This must have been one of the most under the rug sequels. Never saw any trailers or promotions for it anywhere.
16:48 I HATE HOW HARD I LAUGHED AT THIS 😂😂
15:21 Sexism is a double-ended sword. It would really be ideal if we could just get to a nice middle ground, really.
I love your videos. They sometimes crack me up! But the fact that you keep it real is respectable.
6:30 If a girl at a party told me about Tofu in Resident Evil 2 I would be unbelievably attracted to her.
I miss how in the of monster high every movie was kind of like a mini story, and Frankie would narrate each one, and there wasn’t anything serious, it was just for fun😢.
Antagonist 1: Evil Teacher
Antagonist 2: Gwyneth Paltrow
Antagonist 3: Death itself.
Monster High is a JRPG
This movie’s sequel… yeah…! Also, last year’s Monster High movie actually got me watching Alex’s videos, so that’s cool! 1:32 for sponsor skip!
6:17 It took me a long time to ponder, but now I know that Frankie Stein is my favorite character.
At the baking coven joke, I began to question why I was putting myself through the pain of this movie by proxy.
Hey I feel called out about boss fight scenario where they heal themselves! The difference is, a boss usually already has WAY more health than you, PLUS, their hits do like 4x the damage your hits do. Bosses shouldn’t be able to heal themselves. Just make their health bar bigger if that’s the case. I stand firm on this position 😐
The resident evil 2 tofu reference made my day. I literally just unlocked it in the remake yesterday 🤣
5:11 always one that still catches me off guard in these videos 😂
5:16 Is that a reference to how Marinette from MLB put milk and chocolate-pulver in a bowl for breakfast?
It definitely is 😂😂
Yup
the end: why didn’t clawdeen turn human and touch draculaura? why didn’t frankie take off a limb and hit draculaura with it? so many questions.
15:54 ....yepp.
But it was more like until 2015.
At right about 8:44 I said "oh my god..if they have a fucking dance off or something"........and of course🤮
I haven’t even watched a minute of the video and I already know it will be funny as hell.
Love your content man, keep doing what your doing ❤️
🥔potatoes are amazing
I really miss generation 1 Monster High….
It's a good day when Aelx post another Disney movie, time to bust out the popcorn!
Monster High is Nickelodeon
Regardless, even not being a Monster High fan, I've never seen so much behind the scenes toxicity surrounding a Disney Channel movie nor a Nickelodeon network movie! I have to say Nickelodeon NETWORK movie and not just Nickelodeon movie because...you know...The Last Airbender.
The director is apparently a racist and made racist movies before and is probably the reason why he chose a light skinned actress to play a dark skinned character! And the movie apparently did the bare minimum to please the fans. It's insane!
Tbh I like how they had enough in the budget to make the outfits look less cheap.
thank you for making high quality videos that always make me laugh inside
I love the og monster high, I also noticed that the second movie is another version of the 2012 movie: Ghouls rule. The entirety of Ghouls rule being about how humans are bad, they cause issues for monsters, and they terrorize monsters. Torelai does kind of the same thing in Ghouls rule as Frankie is all for humans not being so bad just like how clawdeen is in the live action. The school becomes kind of divided like how they become divided in school. The witches are kind of like another version of Lilith Van Helscream whereas they're after monsters specifically. Along with the monsters who are willing going into the human world to discover more in the 2012 Ghouls rule movie. Idk, it feels like a really bad homage to the original monster high movies in general too. Watching the live action MH is like a smack in the face with a trout.
And how they learnThey also have to save draculaura just like they had to save Heath/Holt Hyde in the 2012 Ghouls rule, if you watch the two movies back to back i think you could find the similarities or relationship between, that's how i saw it but i also might be delusional
4:21 Story of my life.
"It's three o'clock in the MORNING babe..."
13:50 best part of the movie
BRO HOW DID NO ONE TOLD ME THERE WAS A SECOND MOVIE OF IT!? 😭😭
I can't tell you how much I wait for these videos lmao. All the "big ol red flag" and especially all the "bleurrgggghhh" are my favorites. Good work, Alex 😂😂
I would love to see Alex's thoughts on Ever After- between Drew Barrymore and Anjelica Huston, it's one of the few Cinderella-esqe movies that just does it perfectly. It had the "strong female lead" as it should be. Plus, their version of Leonardo da Vinci is the best character in the movie hands down. 😂
That movie is hands down the best adaptation of Cinderella ever made.
@@easolinas1233 That's my thought! I am honestly not a big "romance" movie fan, and am even less of a Cinderella fan, but it's honestly one of my favorite movies. Ever. My mom and I still quote it back and forth at least once a week!
4:43 Wait... Toralei Stripe is called "Tora" now?? Why??
IKR! its dumb
she's not... He just called her that
Honestly, while the stories/plots may not be great, my favourite thing about movies like Descendants and Monster High are the costume designs. With the Monster High ones it makes a lot of sense because they're based off a fashion toy line; but still, the designs are great and I love getting to see various takes on styles based around the specific motifs of the characters.
Hell I forgot there was a first monster high movie.
Tora took accent lessons from Vanessa Hudgens in that princess movie.
It's genuinely surprising how Alex hasn't seen Murder Drones yet
Yeah same, but I’m also surprised he hasn’t seen Digital Circus yet
Alex posted a new video, I have a Hershey’s cookies and cream chocolate bar, it’s 10:35 at night, I’m laying in bed...life is good.
I rlly wish they made the live action more like the old monster high 😭
7:20 This joke was just
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Duce says Frankie's power is friendship, Good job duce Twilight Sparkle would take you in if she wasn't missing/ dead😂
7:38😂if they banned all human anything this maybe a much different movie because wouldn't humans have made the clothes and books pens pencils etc lol
yess, I've been waiting for you to make this video ever since the movie came out recently , your videos never disappoint!
The Monster High shorts were so good for what they were, why is the franchise being pissed on like this?
I mean, it's mostly just movies. The cartoon series is pretty good.
Can’t wait to watch this hope you watch more of the original animated movies too my favorite one is Why Do Ghouls Fall In Love?
its so funny how all of the characters look like they are cosplaying and just wear bunch of makeup rather than actually being a monster🗿
Since when was there a damn sequel for this...💀🫱
That's what I said when A Really Haunted Loud House happened.
I've been using TH-cam for many years now and I've never laughed so much after watching someone's channel. Your sense of humor is so great. Thanks for brightening up the days. I look forward to seeing what you come up with.