This movie is basically an alternate universe in which Rafe is happy and gets what he wants unlike the books which is about Rafe not getting what he wants and fixing his issues and self esteem
The books made me sad because I felt so bad for Rafe.I don't know why I felt sad,the books aren't even that sad and I wasn't super emotional,but every time I ended a book, I felt so sad.
@@zachary8055 it’s probably due to rafe not having any self worth , him not having friends and his mom’s ex boyfriend calling him a freak even in front of his mom and his brother being imaginary and dead and the middle school my brother is a big fat liar really do prove this cause rafe never ever in his books mentions how he goes to art school and legit gets good grades the only one that does tell us that is Georgie and that really is sad
I feel like the 1st 3 diary of a wimpy kid movies did good at staying true to the source material whilst also being unique and fun. I hope it they make like another movie adaptation (preferably on big nate) like those instead of this
The movie moved away from the point of the original books, where the main character is in the wrong for a lot of the conflicts throughout the books, mainly caused by his childlike imagination. The movie put the school at fault for the main conflict and completely changing the story. Edit: I hadn’t watched the full video before writing this, turns out I predicted one of this guy’s main points!
Growing up as someone who struggles mentally and with social situations, middle school was actually awful for me. I had no friends throughout elementary school, got a couple fake ones during middle school, and got bullied a whole ton. I struggled a lot in my classes, too, mainly due to anxiety. So when I was given the book, I immediately connected with Rafe and the overall themes and more depressing moments hit me personally. Never knew it got a movie adaptation, and just hearing how they changed the plot for it pissed me off immensely. At least the animated parts are cool.
I have an idea for how they could have improved this: In the film, there’s a famous student who broke all the rules at his school (near the one Rafe goes to) and went down in history as a legend. This could serve as inspiration for operation R.A.F.E however it should still keep Rafe’s “normal is boring” philosophy from the book. The rest of the film goes down the same but Dwight’s totalitarian rule is lessened. You could even have Rafe imagining it as a prison camp rather than have it be the reality like the movie does to show how he sees authority. Eventually Rafe learns that Dwight was that famous student. Except after Dwight broke the rules and was obviously expelled, his dislike of authority grew and he eventually started lashing out by breaking other rules, namely the law. This got worse until Dwight got sent to Juvenile hall and saw just how much he threw his life away. Dwight then fought tooth and nail to regain people’s trust and get a job as a principal, almost trying to make it up to the system he fought against. The reason for his seemingly extreme rules is because he doesn’t want the students to throw their lives away like he almost did. Rafe then learns that whilst you shouldn’t blindly trust authority, certain rules are there for a reason and operation R.A.F.E isn’t a healthy way of expressing himself.
I remember watching this when I was really young, I was just super confused when the kids mom gets mad at her boyfriend for him getting mad at her son recking his car
Rafe is one of the saddest characters in any James Patterson book. He has no real role mode in his life. His dad is gone, his stepdad is a jackass, his sister is also a jackass, his brother is imaginary, and his mom is always working. The only real role model he has is Ms. Donatello
The middle school books are good,not so similar to diary of a wimpy kid They made the movie look more inspired to Wimpy kid than the actual middle school books
Of all the middle school doodle books, my least favorite was Big Nate. I don’t have a valid reason to dislike it, it just didn’t hit with 7 year old me. Second place would have to be Diary of a Wimpy kid. Greg was a terrible kid, but I just found it funny. That’s what that series was: funny, not deep, or anything else. Middle school was the best tho: Rafe was a likable kid and his backstory was enough for 7 year old me to raise my fist in solidarity.
Read big Nate when I was 9. It's ok. Wimpy kid is a jerkface but his books are still dear to me. Closest I got to the first book was that Australian one and the I Funny series.
Relate to your experiences with the book. I loved it so much I ended up translating the whole thing as a final assignment, I loved the idea of a movie adaptation because I legit wanted more people to see this but then the trailer came out and I just... I picked up on like half of your complaints immediately and later ended up just pirating it just to make sure my first impressions rang true. Rafe doesn't deserve this...
Wow, I remember our teacher in 5th grade reading the first book to us in preparation for when we go to middle school. I disliked Rafe at first because I initially just viewed him as a jerk, but now I really regret not paying enough attention or even rereading it again to realize how sad his whole situation actually is.
About James Patterson appearing in the film, James Patterson has a certain reputation as an author. He primarily uses ghost writers to write all his books and drags on series way longer than they need to be (I.e. Maximum Ride) and often throws in stupid twists that make no sense to keep kids engaged. I believe there was a quote from he said once referring to his writing as a “factory”, but IDK. Simply put, James Patterson kind of doesn’t care about the books under his name, so I doubt he cared much about the movie’s adaptation choices.
This book honestly was the one where I was first introduced to James Patterson’s writing style, along with Zoo (I think he wrote it too, if I remember correctly). Needless to say, his expertise with mystery novels really bleeds through into it.
Okay but I’m not gonna lie. I love the way the animation looks. I watched it with my sister a while ago and... I hated everything about it but the animation looked amazing to me.
I loved this book when I was middle school. Not only was I an artist but I was also just a kid going through a lot of shit during middle school. I could never bring myself to actually break rules so I lived vicariously through this book. I read it multiple times and still love it. I think I might have the book somewhere in my house. I want to find it and read it. I know there was a second one too, I also quite enjoyed that one too.
Oh my god Rob Riggle was in this? I watched this when I was reading the books as a kid, and I hated the mom's boyfriend. Rob Riggle actually did okay, according to what the script told him to do, and I love him in Holey Moley! My life revolves around Rob Riggle, and I didn't even know.
i only knew him from this movie, snl, and the kfc commercials where he played the coronal, and he was pretty bad in all, but he did good performances. He just had bad scripts to work with. Quite the shame I mainly now him for his bad characters
10:43 In movie rafe's defense (not for the whole thing but at least for the notebook overreaction) you can't redraw every picture from memory even if you get a new notebook. Plus that's basically his diary... his diary that was passed around the WHOLE student board for ALL to see, including the principal.
I remember watching this video of yours a year or two back, so glad to see the new and improved version!😎 As far as book adaptations go though, this goes in the gutter along with The Lightning Thief and The Giver.
10:46 on that note, in one of the later books (I can’t remember which I think it was the one where he was at a camp I only got it from a library a while back) he (somewhat) willing burns several pages from his notebook, showing that he cares about it, but not so much that it’s all of his personality/existence.
It seems like one of those movies where it should have done something like what the Lego Movie did. Showing everything in an animated style, but then as reality sets in, the animation is dropped to show the characters in the reality, with only minor animated bits added in. That, or yeah, the Roger Rabbit way could also work as well.
I really liked this movie. Although I may not be the best for this considering I haven’t read the books yet. When it came out I was just getting into high school so that probably made me like it more. I do plan to read the books so I can have a better understanding of the movie.
The more I think about it, the more i feel the best way to describe the middle school adaptation as essentially the 2010s equivalent to Max Keeble’s big move, anyone feel the same way?
Shoot I never saw redux. I saw this quickly and said "hey I liked this video. Got nothing better to do. Let's rewatch." Then I heard something about trash, I'm sorry, Mulan and was like "something isn't right." This was quite the surprise.
I remember reading the book in middle school and I loved it! When I saw the movie however, I was it bit confused and was just like "That wasn't in the book!"
I mean there are kids that do snatch books away ,I remember sitting down and doodling in this wee notebook I had and some lad took it as he walked by and chucked it in the bin
thank god finally someone talked about this movie. it was easily one of the worst book to movie adaptions for me and it took out everything that made the books good and unique..
These books got me through some of the worst parts of elementary and middle school with a terrible home life at my dad's and moving house so many times, never getting to settle. I'm so glad that I never got to see the movie, because I think that would have completely ruined the universe of the books for me. Even just from how it was described, it breaks my heart knowing that Rafe Katchadorian, one of my favorite childhood book protagonists, was watered down into Ferris Bueller But Make It Worse and his struggles and hardships were completely invalidated, his story turned on its head and made into something with no meaning or heart behind it. Rafe in the books was acting out because of his situation that was out of his control, and he genuinely felt like a terrible person for making his mom cry on her birthday, he struggled so much with self-esteem. Even as someone who was so different from him, I saw myself in him. But Rafe in the movie just seems like he doesn't care about the consequences of his actions, he just wants to stick it to the man. It's terrible. Even from the outsider's perspective of Georgia's book, Rafe isn't as bad as he is in the movies, and Georgia suffers because of Rafe's actions multiple times. TD;DR: This movie is garbage for turning one of the characters I took comfort in in my life into an unsympathetic rebel.
The voice actor who does the voice for Gumball was Miller? Dad: Hi, son. You wanna watch _Middle School_ ? Son: You mean read _Middle School_ ? Dad: No, I’m talking about watching the movie. Son: Oh, I forgot that movie existed. That’s a super old movie. Dad: It came out like 2 years ago. Son: Feels longer.
i cried at the end when Leo goes away because it gave some closure to the book character of leo. But the book does everything so much better, every character will have a backstory. I remember crying in year 5/grade 6 when the mum tells georgia that she is adopted and everyone stares at me during our reading lesson wandering why I'm crying. Miller in a spin off series gets some closure as he is told he bully's to gain money for his sister (who has kinda-terminal cancer) and tells rafe he will be moving away because his sister needs treatment as there staring at the view of london. The only character that never gets any closure is leo and leo has had that big role since the start of middle school. Although i am happy with leo's closure in the movie they can't make a series without leo. Rafe isn't artistic without leo, but he is leo is just his school persona, shy but creative and i'm making an indie movie based on this masterpiece of a book series
I forgot this movie existed for 4 years almost, the only thing i remember about it was was an advert for it and seeing the poster in the theaters when I saw godzilla resurgence when that came to America.
I used to go to a middle school like the one in that movie. Like we had silent lunches everyday because we were "too loud." We all had to sit by class in alphabetical order. Let's not even talk about the high school leveled teachings for middle schoolers. They had such high standards that most people I knew were failing. We also had to sit in lines outside the school for pickup. We were separated by boys and girls. We had to do it when it was freezing cold, and sit under the cover while it was windy and rainy. The people who road the bus got to sit inside. Doesn't help I'm allergic to everything outside so I would get sick so often.
I really hate the animated scenes because they were animated by the same dudes behind the Iron Giant, making me think, "What a fucking downgrade, man."
I read these books in 5th grade and watching this video awakened so many lost memories its like a dam had been breached and the water is flooding the canyon
I hate how everyone thinks that young people can’t use VCRs and cassette players I literally use on instead of more modern stuff because I like it more Great video by the way
I think part of why they changed the movie so much was because of Hollywood's strange obsession with that classic Underdog story that basically goes: Quirky outcast character that everyone hates even though he's so charming and attractive it makes you question why everyone hates him in the first place, the only people that don't hate him are the generic sidekick and generic love interest, rules yucky, and the protag always comes out the hero in the end and everyone claps
I actually have one if those books. No clue where the hell it currently is though. Shit I vaguely remember watching this as well! I don't remember anything but that notebook scene but I have no bloody idea where it when I watched it either.
Thank you I absolutely hated this movie as someone who read the book I couldn't bear that they were trying to make it so rafe was always right and authority is bad. And also taking tests is bad
I remember when I watched the movie adaptation after finishing the book, and then being confused about why some of the important points were changed, like why was the notebook destroyed so early in the story? Why wasn’t Rafe’s first rulebreak the fire alarm? Why was the principal Ron from The Who Was Show?
The issue with this movie is an issue with a lot of book to movie adaptations,it prefers to appeal to the masses over being realistic and understanding the point of the book.
Okay. I admit that I haven't read the books. You make the book version of Rafe sound like an ordinary teenager with real problems. The movie clearly lives in its own little world of the Oppressive School film genre. This includes things like Max Keeble and Lemonade Mouth, and definitely follow a specific formula that usually involves bullies and one (usually) evil principal who does things for the money and ulterior motives. To be honest, one of the best of these Oppressive School movies that I've seen is Rock 'n' Roll High School. Also, the movie version of Worst Years of My Life was made in 2015, and these people are teenagers. I'm certain they would have seen some glimpse of VHSes, especially in under-funded schools.
This movie is basically an alternate universe in which Rafe is happy and gets what he wants unlike the books which is about Rafe not getting what he wants and fixing his issues and self esteem
The books made me sad because I felt so bad for Rafe.I don't know why I felt sad,the books aren't even that sad and I wasn't super emotional,but every time I ended a book, I felt so sad.
@@zachary8055 it’s probably due to rafe not having any self worth , him not having friends and his mom’s ex boyfriend calling him a freak even in front of his mom and his brother being imaginary and dead and the middle school my brother is a big fat liar really do prove this cause rafe never ever in his books mentions how he goes to art school and legit gets good grades the only one that does tell us that is Georgie and that really is sad
trueeeee
The screenwriters forgot rule #2 of storytelling, characters should *only* get what they deserve, even if it's not what they want.
I feel like they didn't want to create anymore sequels for the movie so they basically tied everything together.
I feel like the 1st 3 diary of a wimpy kid movies did good at staying true to the source material whilst also being unique and fun. I hope it they make like another movie adaptation (preferably on big nate) like those instead of this
Also the fact that they all have character development instead of the books where everyone stays the same
I'm sorry i don't mean to be rude but...
*sauce material* XD
I heard Big Nate is getting a Nickelodeon series so I'm looking forward to that
Big Nate?
@@prtyproductive it's another one of the trouble maker in middle school type books. It's really funny at times you should probably read it.
Side note: this dude improved quite a lot.
@Andrea Palazzolo facts
Yeah he was unbearable in his ninjago video
Agreed
@Andrea Palazzolo am i tripping or isn't this the tall girl guy
@@joanna-qv5br it is
The trailer had Welcome to my House playing of course it would be a lame generic garbage movie.
That song is an indication of a terrible movie
Thats so true 😂
@@MASTEROFEVIL 🤞 Croods 2 won't be bad
Croods is lit
Nah, that song has just been used with garbage shit, and this movie is the main reason that song is ruined for me
Rafe's actor just can't catch a break like he was also in tall girl
Was he the milk crate guy?
@@lazyproductions8005 oh god...
@@lazyproductions8005 I am the milk man,my milk is delicious
@@lazyproductions8005 OH MY-
The movie moved away from the point of the original books, where the main character is in the wrong for a lot of the conflicts throughout the books, mainly caused by his childlike imagination. The movie put the school at fault for the main conflict and completely changing the story.
Edit: I hadn’t watched the full video before writing this, turns out I predicted one of this guy’s main points!
Growing up as someone who struggles mentally and with social situations, middle school was actually awful for me. I had no friends throughout elementary school, got a couple fake ones during middle school, and got bullied a whole ton. I struggled a lot in my classes, too, mainly due to anxiety. So when I was given the book, I immediately connected with Rafe and the overall themes and more depressing moments hit me personally.
Never knew it got a movie adaptation, and just hearing how they changed the plot for it pissed me off immensely.
At least the animated parts are cool.
Wait isn't it pronounced "Rah-fay" not "raif". So this movie butchered the protagonist's name and it was cringe to watch
I just now realized that it should be pronounced rah-fay because he was named after the artist named Rafael
Tuneski _ same ;-;
I always thought it was prenounced raff
I actually had a breakdown after this realization. It’s pronounced rahf, not rayfe
@@ultimatekunochi6577 Why did it take me 6 years until somebody mentioned the pronunciation before I realized I’ve been wrong all this time ._.
I have an idea for how they could have improved this:
In the film, there’s a famous student who broke all the rules at his school (near the one Rafe goes to) and went down in history as a legend. This could serve as inspiration for operation R.A.F.E however it should still keep Rafe’s “normal is boring” philosophy from the book. The rest of the film goes down the same but Dwight’s totalitarian rule is lessened. You could even have Rafe imagining it as a prison camp rather than have it be the reality like the movie does to show how he sees authority. Eventually Rafe learns that Dwight was that famous student. Except after Dwight broke the rules and was obviously expelled, his dislike of authority grew and he eventually started lashing out by breaking other rules, namely the law. This got worse until Dwight got sent to Juvenile hall and saw just how much he threw his life away. Dwight then fought tooth and nail to regain people’s trust and get a job as a principal, almost trying to make it up to the system he fought against. The reason for his seemingly extreme rules is because he doesn’t want the students to throw their lives away like he almost did. Rafe then learns that whilst you shouldn’t blindly trust authority, certain rules are there for a reason and operation R.A.F.E isn’t a healthy way of expressing himself.
Neat concept you got there
I think you just did the writer's job for them
I remember watching this when I was really young, I was just super confused when the kids mom gets mad at her boyfriend for him getting mad at her son recking his car
I think it was because he cared more about the Car then the children in said car in that scene, but I’m not about to rewatch the movie to find out
There’s a movie called Big Time Adolescents that has the actors that play Rafe and Leo where they’re in high school and it’s rated R
no fucking way...
What the actual fuck
Sounds about as bad as Cuties...🤢
@@anisomniac5931 woah dude just like your opinion!
@@anisomniac5931have you seen the movie or
Rafe is one of the saddest characters in any James Patterson book. He has no real role mode in his life. His dad is gone, his stepdad is a jackass, his sister is also a jackass, his brother is imaginary, and his mom is always working. The only real role model he has is Ms. Donatello
I haven’t read the books, but what I’ve seen of the movie, it looks like Dairy of a Wimpy Kid, only terrible.
Ahh yes, my favorite book, dairy of a wimpy kid
The middle school books are good,not so similar to diary of a wimpy kid
They made the movie look more inspired to Wimpy kid than the actual middle school books
#notmyrodrick
Definitely recommend reading it, i red it when i was around 13 and enjoyed it, its definitely more emotionally driven than diary of a wimpy kid
@@makaihuddleston4385 They’re also a person
Of all the middle school doodle books, my least favorite was Big Nate. I don’t have a valid reason to dislike it, it just didn’t hit with 7 year old me. Second place would have to be Diary of a Wimpy kid. Greg was a terrible kid, but I just found it funny. That’s what that series was: funny, not deep, or anything else. Middle school was the best tho: Rafe was a likable kid and his backstory was enough for 7 year old me to raise my fist in solidarity.
i think big nate’s drawing style just didn’t sit right with me for some reason
Read big Nate when I was 9. It's ok. Wimpy kid is a jerkface but his books are still dear to me. Closest I got to the first book was that Australian one and the I Funny series.
@@vanroyal244 "Wimpy kid is a jerkface"
I know he's an ass, but his name is right there in the top comment dude lmfao
Relate to your experiences with the book. I loved it so much I ended up translating the whole thing as a final assignment, I loved the idea of a movie adaptation because I legit wanted more people to see this but then the trailer came out and I just... I picked up on like half of your complaints immediately and later ended up just pirating it just to make sure my first impressions rang true.
Rafe doesn't deserve this...
Wow, I remember our teacher in 5th grade reading the first book to us in preparation for when we go to middle school. I disliked Rafe at first because I initially just viewed him as a jerk, but now I really regret not paying enough attention or even rereading it again to realize how sad his whole situation actually is.
About James Patterson appearing in the film, James Patterson has a certain reputation as an author. He primarily uses ghost writers to write all his books and drags on series way longer than they need to be (I.e. Maximum Ride) and often throws in stupid twists that make no sense to keep kids engaged. I believe there was a quote from he said once referring to his writing as a “factory”, but IDK. Simply put, James Patterson kind of doesn’t care about the books under his name, so I doubt he cared much about the movie’s adaptation choices.
that's sad
Ouch. That...really hurts
Wow, I used to look up to him. 😢
This book honestly was the one where I was first introduced to James Patterson’s writing style, along with Zoo (I think he wrote it too, if I remember correctly). Needless to say, his expertise with mystery novels really bleeds through into it.
Okay but I’m not gonna lie. I love the way the animation looks. I watched it with my sister a while ago and... I hated everything about it but the animation looked amazing to me.
I loved this book when I was middle school.
Not only was I an artist but I was also just a kid going through a lot of shit during middle school. I could never bring myself to actually break rules so I lived vicariously through this book. I read it multiple times and still love it. I think I might have the book somewhere in my house. I want to find it and read it.
I know there was a second one too, I also quite enjoyed that one too.
Those 2D animated sequences actually look pretty good, shame they’re wasted on this movie.
Oh my god Rob Riggle was in this? I watched this when I was reading the books as a kid, and I hated the mom's boyfriend. Rob Riggle actually did okay, according to what the script told him to do, and I love him in Holey Moley! My life revolves around Rob Riggle, and I didn't even know.
i only knew him from this movie, snl, and the kfc commercials where he played the coronal, and he was pretty bad in all, but he did good performances. He just had bad scripts to work with. Quite the shame I mainly now him for his bad characters
Who’s Rob Riggle
I could have sworn the commercials for this movie brought up Rule #34
Ha! Gottem!
Bruh
11:01 Maybe this means I'm petty as well, but I'd be livid as well is one of my sketchbooks was destroyed, no matter how many I have.
THE BACKGROUND MUSIC. I CAN HEAR LEORIO'S THEME A MILE AWAY
10:43 In movie rafe's defense (not for the whole thing but at least for the notebook overreaction) you can't redraw every picture from memory even if you get a new notebook. Plus that's basically his diary... his diary that was passed around the WHOLE student board for ALL to see, including the principal.
I remember watching this video of yours a year or two back, so glad to see the new and improved version!😎
As far as book adaptations go though, this goes in the gutter along with The Lightning Thief and The Giver.
10:46 on that note, in one of the later books (I can’t remember which I think it was the one where he was at a camp I only got it from a library a while back) he (somewhat) willing burns several pages from his notebook, showing that he cares about it, but not so much that it’s all of his personality/existence.
It seems like one of those movies where it should have done something like what the Lego Movie did. Showing everything in an animated style, but then as reality sets in, the animation is dropped to show the characters in the reality, with only minor animated bits added in.
That, or yeah, the Roger Rabbit way could also work as well.
I remember when our school principle forced us all to watch the movie at gun point at 5th grade
This movie reminded me of the long haul movie. They’re both sins
@Games yeah now that I think think about it I would too
I was thinking the same thing
Atleast this is better than long haul
True, it’s still awful though.
@Games or the Perry Johnson Movies(Percy Jackson)
This used to be my favorite movie...
I really liked this movie. Although I may not be the best for this considering I haven’t read the books yet. When it came out I was just getting into high school so that probably made me like it more. I do plan to read the books so I can have a better understanding of the movie.
It’s funny how Bear wears a Chicago Bears sweater
They threw everything that was special about the book out the window off a cliff then they put it through a shredder and fed it to a dog
The more I think about it, the more i feel the best way to describe the middle school adaptation as essentially the 2010s equivalent to Max Keeble’s big move, anyone feel the same way?
13:12 There's a Discus in that tank full of saltwater fish.
Oh
No
Even though this movie is pretty rough, I honestly really like the cartoon bits in this film.
Shoot I never saw redux. I saw this quickly and said "hey I liked this video. Got nothing better to do. Let's rewatch." Then I heard something about trash, I'm sorry, Mulan and was like "something isn't right." This was quite the surprise.
My God man you are the only thing keeping me through this New Vegas playthrough
I’ve NEVER read the book but hearing you read it, now I’m pretty pissed at the movie for messing up such a good story
Aw man. How come almost every movie I like has to be widely hated by everyone else?
Some reason middle school the worst years of my life is one of my favorite movies
I forgot how good these were! I loved this series as a kid.
I remember reading the book in middle school and I loved it! When I saw the movie however, I was it bit confused and was just like "That wasn't in the book!"
if my original notebook was destroyed Id be livid since it represents an older style and meaning of my art
I think this movie is like every drawing in the books were just the whole movie, and when the drawings happened he went down to earth.
The movie might be just fine, but I’m glad seeing Andrew Daly being here as principal Dwight, he’s awesome
I mean there are kids that do snatch books away ,I remember sitting down and doodling in this wee notebook I had and some lad took it as he walked by and chucked it in the bin
thank god finally someone talked about this movie. it was easily one of the worst book to movie adaptions for me and it took out everything that made the books good and unique..
I actually really like the animation style. A 12 year old could never draw like it without sketching it all out, but I kinda like it.
I simultaneously remember actively not reading this but also remember so much from this
These books got me through some of the worst parts of elementary and middle school with a terrible home life at my dad's and moving house so many times, never getting to settle. I'm so glad that I never got to see the movie, because I think that would have completely ruined the universe of the books for me. Even just from how it was described, it breaks my heart knowing that Rafe Katchadorian, one of my favorite childhood book protagonists, was watered down into Ferris Bueller But Make It Worse and his struggles and hardships were completely invalidated, his story turned on its head and made into something with no meaning or heart behind it. Rafe in the books was acting out because of his situation that was out of his control, and he genuinely felt like a terrible person for making his mom cry on her birthday, he struggled so much with self-esteem. Even as someone who was so different from him, I saw myself in him. But Rafe in the movie just seems like he doesn't care about the consequences of his actions, he just wants to stick it to the man. It's terrible. Even from the outsider's perspective of Georgia's book, Rafe isn't as bad as he is in the movies, and Georgia suffers because of Rafe's actions multiple times.
TD;DR: This movie is garbage for turning one of the characters I took comfort in in my life into an unsympathetic rebel.
Love to see you cover Swindled, that was another absolute disaster
Rafe boutta break the no school shooting rule
I very much appreciate that first background music 👌
I remember reading the Middle School book series as a kid. I absolutely loved it back then.
But I didn't need to know this existed
The voice actor who does the voice for Gumball was Miller?
Dad: Hi, son. You wanna watch _Middle School_ ?
Son: You mean read _Middle School_ ?
Dad: No, I’m talking about watching the movie.
Son: Oh, I forgot that movie existed. That’s a super old movie.
Dad: It came out like 2 years ago.
Son: Feels longer.
I mean, I enjoyed both the books and the movie. Would I play the movie any time? No. But if it was on and I was bored, I'd probably watch it.
Everybody gets an f in my Spanish class because for the native speakers she makes it so damm hard to pass it
I remember when they gave out the first books in fifth grade
I quite like the usage of Total Annihilation in the total tubular film synopsis.
i cried at the end when Leo goes away because it gave some closure to the book character of leo. But the book does everything so much better, every character will have a backstory. I remember crying in year 5/grade 6 when the mum tells georgia that she is adopted and everyone stares at me during our reading lesson wandering why I'm crying. Miller in a spin off series gets some closure as he is told he bully's to gain money for his sister (who has kinda-terminal cancer) and tells rafe he will be moving away because his sister needs treatment as there staring at the view of london. The only character that never gets any closure is leo and leo has had that big role since the start of middle school. Although i am happy with leo's closure in the movie they can't make a series without leo. Rafe isn't artistic without leo, but he is leo is just his school persona, shy but creative and i'm making an indie movie based on this masterpiece of a book series
The Gravity Falls music from 6:25 was a nice touch
Those types of movies that we are seeing or going to be seeing that are based on books are or aren't going to be the same as you're expecting.
I forgot this movie existed for 4 years almost, the only thing i remember about it was was an advert for it and seeing the poster in the theaters when I saw godzilla resurgence when that came to America.
CONGRATS ON 100K!!!!
I used to go to a middle school like the one in that movie. Like we had silent lunches everyday because we were "too loud." We all had to sit by class in alphabetical order. Let's not even talk about the high school leveled teachings for middle schoolers. They had such high standards that most people I knew were failing. We also had to sit in lines outside the school for pickup. We were separated by boys and girls. We had to do it when it was freezing cold, and sit under the cover while it was windy and rainy. The people who road the bus got to sit inside. Doesn't help I'm allergic to everything outside so I would get sick so often.
I really hate the animated scenes because they were animated by the same dudes behind the Iron Giant, making me think, "What a fucking downgrade, man."
Aw man I gotta read this book again. I remember loving it so much
My teachers read the book to us in seventh grade and then we watched the movie during study hall. My disappointment in that film was immeasurable.
Middle school the worst years of my life? Oh you mean fight club for kids
I read these books in 5th grade and watching this video awakened so many lost memories its like a dam had been breached and the water is flooding the canyon
5:58
Dam I remember this scene miller acts like what everyone thought grey heffley was after that mumkey vid
i had no clue this movie was a adaptation and that shit TRAUMATIZED me dude. its like one of my favourite movies though...
I always read it as raft but without the T
(Ra-af) how I said it
(Ray-f) how he says it
I hate how everyone thinks that young people can’t use VCRs and cassette players I literally use on instead of more modern stuff because I like it more
Great video by the way
Mario bros movie: Are you challenging me?
Middle School: The worst adaptation of my life DEEP
I think part of why they changed the movie so much was because of Hollywood's strange obsession with that classic Underdog story that basically goes:
Quirky outcast character that everyone hates even though he's so charming and attractive it makes you question why everyone hates him in the first place, the only people that don't hate him are the generic sidekick and generic love interest, rules yucky, and the protag always comes out the hero in the end and everyone claps
i know it doesn't fit the book but GOD the animation is gorgeous despite its context
The fact that I am a gen z and I know how to exactly use a VCR ...
I actually have one if those books. No clue where the hell it currently is though.
Shit I vaguely remember watching this as well! I don't remember anything but that notebook scene but I have no bloody idea where it when I watched it either.
People set off a firecracker in my middle school. Oh, and multiple stink bombs all over the school so its certainly plausible
the background music in the beginning is Leorios theme music from hunter hunter
Thank you I absolutely hated this movie as someone who read the book I couldn't bear that they were trying to make it so rafe was always right and authority is bad.
And also taking tests is bad
Rainn Wilson would've been a better Principal Dwight.
I remember when I watched the movie adaptation after finishing the book, and then being confused about why some of the important points were changed, like why was the notebook destroyed so early in the story? Why wasn’t Rafe’s first rulebreak the fire alarm? Why was the principal Ron from The Who Was Show?
I hardly remember the movie. It was sort of cool.
The issue with this movie is an issue with a lot of book to movie adaptations,it prefers to appeal to the masses over being realistic and understanding the point of the book.
This movie could have been saved if the directer read the books and then spent 30 minutes browsing Reddit
Don’t forget Mr.Hip Teacher drives a Saturn!
Gotta read this book again, remember reading it in 6th grade
7:48 dog the hero
Okay. I admit that I haven't read the books. You make the book version of Rafe sound like an ordinary teenager with real problems.
The movie clearly lives in its own little world of the Oppressive School film genre. This includes things like Max Keeble and Lemonade Mouth, and definitely follow a specific formula that usually involves bullies and one (usually) evil principal who does things for the money and ulterior motives. To be honest, one of the best of these Oppressive School movies that I've seen is Rock 'n' Roll High School.
Also, the movie version of Worst Years of My Life was made in 2015, and these people are teenagers. I'm certain they would have seen some glimpse of VHSes, especially in under-funded schools.
Bro, you could do a muscle man impersonation. You know who else can do a muscle man impersonation?
A Just Stop remaster.
At least it's not as bad as Disney's Artemis Fowl... which isn't really saying much.
I liked how the best teacher has the same name as the best ninja turtle. Yeah that's the main thing I liked about the book. Darn you movie!
Ok the movie was bad but like the animated part was amazing that the studio who made it was amazing