I watched this movie all the time as a kid Let’s just say that it’s a WILD experience going back to it when you’re older. As a kid, I thought Rodrick was really mean and horrible. Nowadays, he’s the only normal character (plus, he’s hot)
Rodrick is genuinely the best character in these films, that's why the second one is my favorite. (Also because Greg is only slightly less insufferable in that one than the rest)
I love how the kid who plays Greg, Zachary Gordon, became a singer, is the voice of gill from bubble guppies, voices in Kingdom Hearts, and is now the voice of Tighnari in Genshin Impact. Small beginnings
He was also on an episode of The Good Doctor where his girlfriend got shot by a robber thanks to the Virgin Surgeon played by Freddie Highmore (best known for playing Charlie Bucket in the Tim Burton Willy Wonka) not cooperating w/ him.
My university just put up a statue of Greg Heffley in our student union because the series' author went here and it is the most terrifying thing. For anyone curious just look up University of Maryland Greg Heffley statue and you can see the monstrosity
I remember when the series first came out. In the first three or four books the author did a pretty good job of capturing that awkward middle school feeling where you're a looser trying to play it cool, but after that he started cranking up the narcissism factor until you get modern Greg Heffley who is just an irredeemable a-hole.
Then there's the 6th book where Manny's psychopathy is revealed when he has no shame murdering his family all because "no one taught him how to tie his shoes".
So yeah, Rodrick actually gave his brother the most helpful advice ever at the start. Since Greg is a freshman and he needs to play it safe. But no, he ignores his older brother and takes risks to become popular. And to be fair, with how Rodrick can be, it's understandable why Greg ignored the advice.
15:22 HUGE departure from the book. Say whatever else you want about him, Zoo-Wee-Mama WAS Greg's idea. First he wrote and drew everything, then Rowley asked for more to do, so Greg let him draw. He didnt like that, so he let Rowley write the speech bubbles. He didnt like that, either, so they parted ways. Greg came up with Creighton the Cretin, submitted it and actually won! BUT the editor of the paper completely changed the cartoon to make it more "educational" for students, to where it was then called Creighton the Curious Student, to where they started calling Greg a suck up, so he pulled the cartoon altogether. Which is when they replaced it with Rowleys edition of Zoo Wee Mama, and when Greg confronted him about it, Rowley said it was all HIS idea.
11:53 My dad stood in the doorway when Rowley said that and I started repeating it to him. My dad just looked at me, rolled his eyes and closed my door😂😂😂
18:49 Apparently when they were making the first movie, the child actors (twins) who played Manny, Greg's little brother, were persuaded to shout "Bubby!" by being rewarded with Tootsie Rolls each time they did it right.
Believe or not Greg is actually WAAYY better than his book counterpart. Book Greg is heartless. Anyways patiently waiting for the reactions to the 2 sequels because there is no third one
@@davidkoudelka10hen he decides to let Rowley "take one for the team" he lied to his mom saying that he told the truth and they both go out for ice cream with no regret. Also before Rowley ate the cheese Greg actually lied about being allergic which the bullies believed, so Rowley eating the cheese in the book was actually because of Greg's selfishness and not an unfortunate coincidence
Greg in the books is like a combination of Eddy (Ed, Edd, N Eddy) and Jerry Seinfeld (Seinfeld) mixed in two. Actually, just began to realize that the book series would have made for a better TV series than a movie series, since each month of Greg's life can be just an episode.
The Mother Son dance scene was so awkward because just like Angie, it wasn't in the book! In fact it was the hardest scene they had to film! The reason? That one shot with them eating ice cream. It kept melting before they could get the shot, and by the end, they had a trash can full of ice cream cones!
The books got so famous here in Brazil that my class would have the cheese touch all year round, and the other grades would too. The movies didn't get that much recognition, altough I remember watching the 3rd one soooooo many times for some reason
Greg: Zachary Gordon Rodrick: Devon Bostick Manny: Connor and Owen Fielding Rowley: Robert Capron Patty Ferrell: Laine McNeil Chirag Gupta: Karan Brar Fregley: Grayson Russell Angie: Chloë Moretz Susan Heffley: Rachel Harris Frank Heffley: Steve Zahn
Rowleys parents are safety freaks and won't let him dress up as anything remotely dangerous or violent. They took off the knight's helmet, cut a hole so he could see better, made him wear a sweater over the rest of it so he wouldn't get cold, put reflective tape on the sweater, and replaced the sword with a glow stick. I kid you not.
The books were honestly the most iconic thing in primary school. When it was time to do our mandatory reading ill tell you it was either harry potter or diary of a wimpy kid. And tbh the second option was more popular
If you want a movie with a good good meaning behind it I suggest 'Wonder', it originally started as a book by R. J. Palacio and the basic meaning of it is 'don't judge a book by its cover' but there's also another meaning to it, but I'd really suggest watching it to figure it out.
In the book he gets out of eating the cheese even easier, just by claiming he's lactose intolerant. For some reason this causes the bullies to not make him do it and then give the rest to rowley instead. Greg is such an ass man.
This is exactly why I hate Diary of a Wimpy Kid is one of the most unpleasant movies I’ve ever seen in my life. It’s no wonder why everyone doesn’t like Greg.
My favorite moments with rowley is when he was brutally honest In the first movie when he said to Rodrick “we sat on the cafeteria floor” or in the second movie “he’s just afraid holly hills will think less of him”
I read a few of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books when they came out because everyone was talking about how great they were. But I hated Greg's guts right from the start. Any sympathy I would give him was lost thanks to his massive ego and how poorly he treated his only friend. When the movies rolled around my sisters watched them religiously because they thought Roderick was hot, but I could only watch about ten or so minutes before getting up and leaving. This series sparked the cheese touch at my school even though there was no cheese to originate from. I wouldn't be surprised if the series fueled some of the self-centred jerks in my school who acted like they were better than everyone else.
As a kid I loved these books so much until I matured emotionally enough to realize that greg was THE WORST and was awful to everyone. The Dork Diaries will forever be superior to me because Nikki is actually a decent person.
This is such a classic movie, I’ve seen it so many times. Love your reactions! Rowley doesn’t deserve Greg. Rodrick is a legend. You guys would love the sequel, Rodrick Rules! Third one is called Dog Days, which is rlly good, and is summer related. And the.. monstrosity that is the fourth one shouldn’t be watched unless you wanna just trash on it😂It’s a remake with different actors and it’s BAD, which sucks, cus the book of that one is actually really funny.
Who ever doesn't watch the vid has the cheese touch 🧀
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I’m safe here then
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Looks like I've safe lmao!🤣
If you want more Rodrick, I highly suggest watching the second movie: “Rodrick Rules.” Greg definitely gets his comeuppance at times during that movie
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I watched this movie all the time as a kid
Let’s just say that it’s a WILD experience going back to it when you’re older. As a kid, I thought Rodrick was really mean and horrible. Nowadays, he’s the only normal character (plus, he’s hot)
He was the one who awakened my attraction to men with eyeliner
I absolutely need you guys to watch the sequels
You know what to do then :p
@@Welchybut NOT the last one with different actors
@wackywalks3827 oh yeah.... the 4th movie is just.... I can't think of any words to describe that movie it was so bad
@@dawnwolf6755that’s the 4th**
@@seesawseesawOh. I just googled it and long haul (that's the one I was referring to) is the 4th. I never saw Dog Days so I thought there was 3. MB
Rodrick is genuinely the best character in these films, that's why the second one is my favorite. (Also because Greg is only slightly less insufferable in that one than the rest)
Rowley’s always been my favorite because he’s a nice kid. He deserves a friend that respects him.
I love how the kid who plays Greg, Zachary Gordon, became a singer, is the voice of gill from bubble guppies, voices in Kingdom Hearts, and is now the voice of Tighnari in Genshin Impact. Small beginnings
He was also on an episode of The Good Doctor where his girlfriend got shot by a robber thanks to the Virgin Surgeon played by Freddie Highmore (best known for playing Charlie Bucket in the Tim Burton Willy Wonka) not cooperating w/ him.
He also voiced a character in Madagascar Escape 2 Africa
Even weirder: Angie didn't even exist in the books when this was made! She was literally made for the movie!
My university just put up a statue of Greg Heffley in our student union because the series' author went here and it is the most terrifying thing. For anyone curious just look up University of Maryland Greg Heffley statue and you can see the monstrosity
That is horrendous
That is UGLY
Why is it that colour 😭
Jesus what were they thinking? Also why does he look weirdly terrified?
It looks so weird 😭
I remember when the series first came out. In the first three or four books the author did a pretty good job of capturing that awkward middle school feeling where you're a looser trying to play it cool, but after that he started cranking up the narcissism factor until you get modern Greg Heffley who is just an irredeemable a-hole.
Then there's the 6th book where Manny's psychopathy is revealed when he has no shame murdering his family all because "no one taught him how to tie his shoes".
So yeah, Rodrick actually gave his brother the most helpful advice ever at the start. Since Greg is a freshman and he needs to play it safe. But no, he ignores his older brother and takes risks to become popular. And to be fair, with how Rodrick can be, it's understandable why Greg ignored the advice.
the sequels are absolutely iconic need to be watched, Rodrick rules is one of my favorite movies ever
When I was younger I never noticed how arrogant Greg was
Same
Dude is literally Seinfeld and Eddy (Ed, Edd n Eddy), mixed together.
15:22 HUGE departure from the book. Say whatever else you want about him, Zoo-Wee-Mama WAS Greg's idea.
First he wrote and drew everything, then Rowley asked for more to do, so Greg let him draw. He didnt like that, so he let Rowley write the speech bubbles. He didnt like that, either, so they parted ways.
Greg came up with Creighton the Cretin, submitted it and actually won!
BUT the editor of the paper completely changed the cartoon to make it more "educational" for students, to where it was then called Creighton the Curious Student, to where they started calling Greg a suck up, so he pulled the cartoon altogether.
Which is when they replaced it with Rowleys edition of Zoo Wee Mama, and when Greg confronted him about it, Rowley said it was all HIS idea.
Not to mention they changed Greg's idea but left Rowley's intact
11:53 My dad stood in the doorway when Rowley said that and I started repeating it to him. My dad just looked at me, rolled his eyes and closed my door😂😂😂
18:49 Apparently when they were making the first movie, the child actors (twins) who played Manny, Greg's little brother, were persuaded to shout "Bubby!" by being rewarded with Tootsie Rolls each time they did it right.
I think RAZZLE said it best "We're following a side character!"
Believe or not Greg is actually WAAYY better than his book counterpart. Book Greg is heartless.
Anyways patiently waiting for the reactions to the 2 sequels because there is no third one
How was he heartless? (I’m curious because I BARELY read the books as a kid, so I’m interested how he’s worse)
@@davidkoudelka10hen he decides to let Rowley "take one for the team" he lied to his mom saying that he told the truth and they both go out for ice cream with no regret. Also before Rowley ate the cheese Greg actually lied about being allergic which the bullies believed, so Rowley eating the cheese in the book was actually because of Greg's selfishness and not an unfortunate coincidence
@@davidkoudelka10plus unlike the movies Greg rarely changes because there's no need for character development in a serialized book series 😅
True to that
Greg in the books is like a combination of Eddy (Ed, Edd, N Eddy) and Jerry Seinfeld (Seinfeld) mixed in two. Actually, just began to realize that the book series would have made for a better TV series than a movie series, since each month of Greg's life can be just an episode.
The audition scene will forever remain iconic 😂 changed my life
literally can't hear that song without thinking about it lol
@@Sophie_Pea especially the TuRn ArOuNd part 🤣
Rodrick Rules (The second movie) is the best one of this series, he is an icon and you're gonna love it
The Mother Son dance scene was so awkward because just like Angie, it wasn't in the book! In fact it was the hardest scene they had to film!
The reason? That one shot with them eating ice cream. It kept melting before they could get the shot, and by the end, they had a trash can full of ice cream cones!
"i'm sorry women" is iconic.
The books got so famous here in Brazil that my class would have the cheese touch all year round, and the other grades would too.
The movies didn't get that much recognition, altough I remember watching the 3rd one soooooo many times for some reason
“Isn’t this America? I thought it’d be something different.” 💀
15:42 Fun fact: its not actually raining! Theyre just using a fire hose attached to a giant crane.
14:16 if you pause it just right, you can see its not Rowley, just a stunt double
It's always fun when you guys watch a movie together
the absolute hold the cheese touch had on my elementary school,, these movies started a whole war
this duo got me cracking up throughout the whole video 🤣💀
Greg: Zachary Gordon
Rodrick: Devon Bostick
Manny: Connor and Owen Fielding
Rowley: Robert Capron
Patty Ferrell: Laine McNeil
Chirag Gupta: Karan Brar
Fregley: Grayson Russell
Angie: Chloë Moretz
Susan Heffley: Rachel Harris
Frank Heffley: Steve Zahn
Rowleys parents are safety freaks and won't let him dress up as anything remotely dangerous or violent.
They took off the knight's helmet, cut a hole so he could see better, made him wear a sweater over the rest of it so he wouldn't get cold, put reflective tape on the sweater, and replaced the sword with a glow stick.
I kid you not.
I always HATED that about them and wanted to slap some sense into them.
The books were honestly the most iconic thing in primary school. When it was time to do our mandatory reading ill tell you it was either harry potter or diary of a wimpy kid. And tbh the second option was more popular
Greg is the worst “friend” in movie history.
It’s crazy
i feel like we need the other movies
You know what to do then 👀
Welchy: i hate everything associated with the name greg
me being subscribed to Danny Gonzalez: ☹️
I feel your pain Julian
This live-action Rodrick was the original e-boy and a total bicon
Marvel should take notes because this is the best crossover ever
I came 1 year late but OMG it's the Chilean flag at 15:26 LETS GOOOO 🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱
Please do Rodrick's Rules next. That's when both Rodrick and Greg finally gets along and his redemption.
My Nephew and I watched this movie a few years ago a few years ago enjoyed how the seasons went by as the story continued very realistically.
Ayoooo! 2 of my favorite reactors together, this video’s gonna be a delight!
Hope ya enjoy :))
Why didn’t the girls want to sign Greg’s sympathy sheet? Was it because they were still mad at him for breaking Rowley’s hand?
so excited to watch this and laugh till i die thank you for this opportunity welchy!! i love you sm
@@Welchy💗💗
If you want a movie with a good good meaning behind it I suggest 'Wonder', it originally started as a book by R. J. Palacio and the basic meaning of it is 'don't judge a book by its cover' but there's also another meaning to it, but I'd really suggest watching it to figure it out.
You can’t tell me Welchy has over 77k subscribers and we haven’t hit 8k likes yet. I need more Wimpy Kid reactions!! Pleaseeeee
I love the videos you two make together!!
:DD
I love when people react to the insanity that is this movie XD
Like a lot of babies/toddlers in movies, Manny was played by a pair of twins.
In the book he gets out of eating the cheese even easier, just by claiming he's lactose intolerant. For some reason this causes the bullies to not make him do it and then give the rest to rowley instead. Greg is such an ass man.
This is exactly why I hate Diary of a Wimpy Kid is one of the most unpleasant movies I’ve ever seen in my life. It’s no wonder why everyone doesn’t like Greg.
Greg becomes more likeable in the 2 movie sequels. In the books he stays unlikeable.
My favorite moments with rowley is when he was brutally honest
In the first movie when he said to Rodrick “we sat on the cafeteria floor” or in the second movie “he’s just afraid holly hills will think less of him”
love when Evan collabs, please do the rest of them😂
I literally can’t wait to see welchy watch the studio ghibli movies
My high school had no doors on the stalls. 1980s.
This was my fave movie when i was a kid, i wanted to be rodrick so baaad
gonna be honest, this movie is way better than i remembered
Please continue this masterpiece of a trilogy
i remember here in the philippines we used to play cheese touch as tag 😂
I read a few of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books when they came out because everyone was talking about how great they were. But I hated Greg's guts right from the start. Any sympathy I would give him was lost thanks to his massive ego and how poorly he treated his only friend. When the movies rolled around my sisters watched them religiously because they thought Roderick was hot, but I could only watch about ten or so minutes before getting up and leaving. This series sparked the cheese touch at my school even though there was no cheese to originate from. I wouldn't be surprised if the series fueled some of the self-centred jerks in my school who acted like they were better than everyone else.
Completely understand. When I was younger, I thought Greg just did dumb stuff. I know better now that I'm older.
TBF to the movies, Greg learns to be a better friend compared to his book counterpart.
As a kid I loved these books so much until I matured emotionally enough to realize that greg was THE WORST and was awful to everyone. The Dork Diaries will forever be superior to me because Nikki is actually a decent person.
Ohh I hope you do watch the other three of those films, each has its great parts for sure.
Ya know what to do then! 👀
Had a crush on Rodrick in middle school
I'm 23 now, and I STILL have a crush on the actor (devon bostick) 💀💀
This is my favourite childhood movie! Eight years old me SIMPED for Rodrick
Tbh who DIDN’T simp for Rodrick
In a world of Greg Heffleys, be a Rowley Jefferson.
This is such a classic movie, I’ve seen it so many times. Love your reactions! Rowley doesn’t deserve Greg. Rodrick is a legend. You guys would love the sequel, Rodrick Rules! Third one is called Dog Days, which is rlly good, and is summer related. And the.. monstrosity that is the fourth one shouldn’t be watched unless you wanna just trash on it😂It’s a remake with different actors and it’s BAD, which sucks, cus the book of that one is actually really funny.
Add manny to the list of ✨fictional ginger evan lookalikes✨ 😂
I want more reactions with you two! 🙂❤
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Fun Fact: the actor for Manny is 17 years old now
i loved rod in the books already
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I really hope you guys watch the sequels!!!!!
watch the sequels for sure 😌
the only logical explanation i can give is that the cheese has this evil aura around it that attracts people to it
Greg would be an annoying kid in real life but for some reason I could never bring myself to hate him lol
The Dairy Wimpy Animated
Why does Welchy always sound to me like he's been drinking since morning?
I think that’s just what we Scots sound to non Scottish people. To be fair, it’s a reasonable assumption.
Man Greg was a dick, screwed his friend over and never apologized 😭
MY BIGGEST DREAM JUST CAME TRUE
I don’t know what it could be but that’s good! :D
Oh nice! These movies are hilarious in a strange way, all four of them.
🎉👑🎉ROWLEY IS OUR KING!!!🎉👑🎉
Danny Gonzales fans be panicking after all this hating on Greg lol
I love how ur Greg is an insult 😂😂😂
Rodrick ❤
Matpat be ready for this one
Most likely Matpat:Lore you say
Also this is one of the gayest movies ever and I’m hear for it
You should react to diary of a wimpy kid Rodrick rules
I had never realize how much of a Chad Rowley is
Bros think they are microwave society
You should watch Nimona! It was really good!
Don't worry, the booger Fregley put on the note was CGI. (Although Greg is such a jerk I kinda wish it was real, for the character, not the actor.)
Please watch all the sequels! Even the new one with the new actors, it’s actually really funny
we want rodrick rules
Weirdly enough the one where they replaced the entire cast was my favorite and I thought I would dislike it for that reason lol
That MID guy seems very strange 😂
Diary of a selfish narcissist 😅
These guys just have a similar thumbnail to microwave society bruh
This movie is just American Psycho for kids
Please please team up again and watch the second and third one as well! Screw the ones with the new actors though
Roderick made me gay and emo as a child (I've evolved to be gay and a punk)
i love greg idc
Gregg has to be the worst protagonist ever now rodrick that’s a king
Oh no, you have a ginger in your video!
Sadly yes ://
Greg is such a little piece of trash, He is the villain of the story him and Patty.