Steve Reviews: Leafie A Hen Into The Wild
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ต.ค. 2024
- In this review we take a look at the long time requested film; Leafie A Hen Into The Wild, or perhaps known as Daisy A Hen Into The Wild if you're familiar with the English Dub. A film full of beauty, tragedy, and an otter taking a dump. Please enjoy!
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YES, in the book, it clearly states that Leafy was flying. That is her perspective. Both the book and the movie are masterpieces.
Is the book as dark?
AS THE BOOK IS HORROR
Where does the believe stem from that chickens cannot fly...They are no hawks but they still can.
@@vHindenburg “flying” by her soul is gliding with the sky
@@vHindenburg it's because there's a stereotype that they're "too fat and stupid". People thing the same for turkey and peacock.
The weasel babys part she sound so desperate in the original Korean it is heartbreaking.
honestly thought, like you can feel the pain. in the dub it's just kinda awkward how the mouth and facial expressions convay and whole different tone compared to te dub voice.
@@prehistoricorchid3455 As a russian, i can tell she still sounded really emotional in our dub, but a bit rougher in the voice.
Also, i'm glad it was translated straight from the korean original since sometimes our people just translate the english dub. And it didn't even got censored or cut. Blessing X)
@@gottastoppo that's good tbh. I wish the American one didn't have such a shity and misleading cut
@@prehistoricorchid3455 yeah, not jealous with your dub of it, guys.
But at least we can almost freely watch it through subs, with no misleading.
@@gottastoppo true true
as a battery hen leafie wouldn't have lived too long anyways. they're unfortunately bred for production, not health, and even rescued battery hens are going to develop major health problems. so, she lived a good life and helped another mother take care of her children, that's a good end to her arc.
If they're rescued early enough in their lifespan and are kept on a more natural lay schedule using only natural light to regulate their cycle they can live fairly long lives, but they definitely are never going to be as fit and healthy as a heritage hen.
If I had to guess, Leafie is probably based roughly on a brown leghorn. The hens have a yellowish head/neck, dark brown body, and somewhat lighter underfluff. The most common breed of egg hen (at least in my part of the world) is a white leghorn and brown leghorn productivity is negligibly different from the solid variety so it would make sense.
Whoa, Jesus.
Like being loaded on ass loads of antibiotics all the time means her immune system is probably garbage
if leafie was a cornish/broiler hen that would definitely be the case, as they were specifically bred to grow as fast as possible so if they aren't killed anyway they just grow so large to the point of either dying from organ failure bc of being so unnaturally large in such a short amount of time or they become crippled at simply their sheer weight and size they are forced to grow into. i honestly think these types of chickens shouldn't even exist, they were literally just bred to suffer
I have a friend who cares for rescued battery hens. Sadly, they never last longer than six months or so; but she always does her best to give them a comfortable life.
I understand the need for fast production, but there's got to be a way to get plenty of eggs without being cruel to the hens.
Cut the whole ending away!? Excuse me but what the heck! That is one of the most emotional scenes in the whole movie. That's like deleting the Mufasa's death from the Lion King.
This is even more sad than mufasa death in my opinion, back then when i was a kid mufasa death didnt really broke my heart, yeah its little bit touching but not as sad as toy story 3 ending and even "9" ending
Thematic content
@@walterfritzzzI don’t really remember 9 that well but I do remember the nightmares
Ironically I've read the book and I just found out that is has a movie
People want happy endings in America, the US wants everyone to have toxic positivity.
The dad duck looks like a hung over K-pop star now when I think about it.
Hi can you please do the movie wolf house it is very disturbing and creepy
It's Korea after all
Actually there’s a Korean actor who has his hair styled like this who plays a lot of cool and sort of “I’m so done with everyone’s sh** I need to retire” type of characters. He’s in a lot of shows and I guess that look became associated with dark and cool characters.
Lmao i thought I'm the only one who thought so XD
@R P I literally don’t remember his name but I’m glad you know who I’m referring to. All I remember is he’s in a lot of Korean dramas.
Cute looking film that gets darker and brutal with a sad ending? Well sounds like something Steve would review.
It's not that sad, though? Ok it's sad. But the strong implication that Leafy wasn't going to survive the winter anyway made it kinda sweet that she chose to let her body go to feeding the predator's babies, instead of letting her meat go to waste. Although all that does is result in more predators, meaning more ducks will get killed.
....Dammit, Leafy.
I watched it just now it was bittersweet wholesome thought those 3 ducks are so ugly
Which is why we were recommending it....!
Yup
This Movie has recommended for him for a while
Indeed.
The ending for the western one is a prime example of how western movies have a obsession with having a "happy ending" despite it coming at the cost of hurting the story
Yet I've seen the English version and I remember the ending being in it??? Until now it's the only bit I remember out of the whole thing outside of the race.
Guess I'll go and watch the original.
The problem is censorship. I want corporations to stop trying to retcon reality. If you don't think it's acceptable for children, don't show it to children. Don't amputate it.
Sucks because the original ending IS happy imo, it's not dark for the sake of having a dark ending, it's dark in a beautiful way
To be honest I kinda hate the happy ending but I don't hate tragic ones just don't over do it but but I I wish I could see a movie/TV show that shows the highs and lows of a life or say something like an insane narrator that hides it well and is untrustworthy but it is hard to tell what is made up and all that jazz
Westerns can't handle the truth.
"For me, death isn't a sad ending. It is in continuation of a character's growth. The accomplishment of life after one's wishes has been realized"
Beautiful...
Korean is better
Korean is way better
Death isn’t sad it’s a happy ending! you are free from your sufferings..
The final scene is definitely meant to be from the POV of Leafie's spirit. In the books Leafie has an internal dialogue where she painlessly die, and suddenly sees everything from the sky, as if she's flying like greenie
He said that in the video...
@@littlemoth4956 He said that it was his speculation. I only confirmed his speculation.
@@littlemoth4956 😑
@@littlemoth4956 wow you're a genius
@@analigiabatres9114
How sarcastic~.
Here. Have some medal.
The idea that Leafy’s ghost is looking over her son after sacrificing herself for the weasel’s babies made me cry
I always thought it was her son’s point of view so I just thought this scene was cool, but when he said that I almost started to cry, even after death she still wants to protect her son 😭
"Strike me down, and you only make me stronger."
@@glenfoxh -Obi Wan
Me too! 🥲
I don’t like to admit it but i did to!😢
I love how the Weasel is a compassionate mother who just wants to feed her babies
Shes only evil to those that don't know the full story
She's still partly evil as she only eats live prey
exactly, like he said, the weasel wasn;t evil, just wanted to nurture her kids. She had to eat meat in order to provide for her babies
@@suvonhernandez843
Not exactly, they have no choice but to eat living beings as they are carnivores, their digestive tract cannot handle plant matter and there would be a digestive blockage if they even tried. There's a difference between torturing living things when it isn't necessary and torturing living things so your own species can thrive and keep existing. In nature it is all about balance, without carnivores there would hardly any plants and smaller animals wouldn't have shelter or places to sleep for the night, however if there are too many carnivores then the plants will over grow, causing many fires. So, the weasels aren't villains, they are just doing what nature and evolution intended for them in the food chain.
@@quillmorningstar8713 okay but what about the pile of perfectly good chicken corpses
Can you imagine as a mother you have to kill other mother that spared your children to save those same children? That´s really messed up but incredible at the same time. What a good writing.
Lmao yes. We kill and eat things.
@@magnarcreed3801 Doubt the chicken is so aware of the nuance... or held a knife to an infant in return for a human not scrambling some eggs lol
@@magnarcreed3801you’re so smart wow….
I really love how they didn't frame the weasel as a full on villian. Not everything is black and white, good or bad. A lot of kid's films take this rout and it's never bothered me till I saw this (and similar) movie
It's always bothered me just making the predotor a vilan.
Yeah like predators aren't just copies of evil people lol
@@lunawolfheart336 yeah same
@MewSkiix
Oh, be careful saying that in a TH-cam comment section. I'll be the first to tell you that is a horrible idea lmao
@@StrabbyStrabby
Hey... I'm a vegan
get ready
here it comes...
Finally someone talks about this film.
In the end we see characters looking at the camera'. I wonder if Greenie could sense his mother there. He turns his head slowly and with a very serious expression.
Possibly
Maybe it was that and he realized that she may have died and come to maybe follow him a little before saying goodbye.
Either that or it was Leafie going to heaven and experiencing what would happen if she could fly and follow her son.
Either way this film seems more mature than most cartoons that tend to be made in the west. it tried to depict an actual situation that can happen in life, have anthropomorphic animals g through it and grow from it.
Goddamn, hearing mother weasel scream for her babies safety made me tear up from that scene alone and I didn't even watch the movie
I think that that scene is where Leafie feels empathy for the weasel in every sense. She knows that if she were in the weasel's shoes, she'd kill for her baby too if that is what she had to do to keep it alive as that is all that matters. She was literally threatening to kill the weasel's kid to save hers, after all.
Same
Omg same
personally after being forewarned of whats ahead... I think I'd rather just pass on this movie. . . I... kinda HATE tear jerkers. . . well I mean... its not the kind of hate that would be because the movie is bad or anything.... its just I kinda HATE to be made to feel that way... its just complicated. . . .
@@TheDeepThinker-sq3iy I get'cha, it's not for everybody
The weasel, One Eye's, voice actress really brought the emotion and panic when Leafie was about to step on One Eye's babies. This is a sad and bittersweet plot twist that she's only a mother trying to feed her young. I love that the movie did that.
Leafies sacrifice is legit making me tear up in public.
Leafie is truly and utterly a true mother to the end
It just hits so hard
Even in a review it made me tear up,god damn it’s just so powerful
The weasel's tears to me are tears of frustration (and bitter sweet gratitude) with her role in life as a predator mother and having to take up leafie's sacrifice just to feed her own offspring. (Moms, no matter the species, def don't want their kids to starve) Both have there own roles of existence to play out, and to reach that understanding was amazing in this film. Deep lessons all around. Such an amazing underrated film.
It was an unnecessary and depressive ending. The western version is much better imho. I love Happy Endings in good movies.
@@shairaptor1865sorry bub but this was the original point of the story - two sides of a fence are the same in some ways
In this case it's about being a mother and the sacrifices that come with it
I understand happy endings are an easier pill to swallow but this is a story about hardship and those stories don't always have happy endings
The word "unnecessary" was rather unnecessary in describing this film
"This movie was made in the the same country Padak came from..."
Ah shit, here we go again...
Yeah, the twist is not much of a spoiler.
@R P Shit. And I thought Slav videogames were depressing.
Yeah. Sh*t. Literally. 😂
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As a seagull, this film moved me in a ways I thought a sea bird could never be moved. Truly touching.
Hi I’m a cockatiel
Sup, I'm a catfish.
@@imhomephobicdontshowmehous2478 sup
@@imhomephobicdontshowmehous2478 yo sup
@Seagull yah sure
As soon as he said “let’s get into the plot” an ad for chicken came up ;-;
Nice
I mean that technicly was the plot, considering the end...
Oh, that's horrible. XD
This is why foreign animated films about talking animals are better. They don't shy away from the harsh lives they actually live while telling us parallels about our own.
lol yeah.
What about Bambi?
I mean scaring kids life isn't a good idea they are KIDS They should slowly learn about it as they age on
@@a1marine105 Doesn't mean everything has to be brain dead. I agree stuff like Watership Down can be a bit overkill, but this film is just genuinely moving and makes you really *feel*. There's no guts and gore or anything.
@@darkfang797
I think they’re talking more recent-foreign films compared to recent-foreign films today
"Did anyone else think that leafie and the father duck were gonna bang"
Funny thing about that, I grew up on a farm and it wasn't uncommon for our male ducks to try and mount the chickens
for me its my familys male roasters try to bang our female ducks
Wth okay
I mean, they’re all still in the bird family, am I right?
Know that will prove to be usefull some day.
I think...
o_o
“This film gets dark, like really dark.”
That’s why I’m here.
*Hello darkness my old friend*
This film isnt dark. Man the west I swear, you guys push death away in your culture as something scary and dark when its simply a natural part of life.
Just as in real life, in this film, the ending is beautiful and poetic. I love it so much, it is the perfect completion of the dance of life.
420 likes, lmao
@@ChrisJones-rd4wb your not wrong, this is why I prefer to watch movies not from the west of I can help it
Yup
The uncensored ending is kind of why I appreciate foreign made content much more compared to American made. The concept that not all ending are the perfect "happy" ending. I see that in anime a lot... and it all started in April...
i see that reference how dare you :(
You can at least give credit to Don Bluth's older films that he had a lot of dark themes to them even though they are films that he produced for the whole family to watch, and yes, kids too. And while his films typically had happy endings, there was a lot of sh*t and sad events that happened too. So in conclusion, I give Don props for at least being an American animation film producer that doesn't shy away from dark and depressing themes in children's films similarly to countries outside of the US. If you haven't already, check out Secret of NIMH, The Land Before Time, An American Tail and All Dogs Go to Heaven. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised. :)
I.. sort of like that to be honest, I'm not really a fan of sad endings, sort of why I stay away from these kinds of things
It was also in Disney's Oliver & Company film
I just noticed something. Saberspark reviews all the cursed things while Steve reviews all the deep, and artistic yet brutal cartoons and animated films. Man you guys definitely found your grooves, and you do very well with both of them. You two are my favorite review channels, you pick up things no one else would, on two different sides, and shed light on them in the best ways you can without getting complicated or confusing.
It's just something I noticed, and I'm very glad both of you are here doing this. These were just kind of my observations and thoughts on what you both do. It's in no way bad, it's a healthy way to go about things, not being afraid to explore depths of films and animations that others heavily shy away from or can't explain in a way that does them justice
Saber did do Padak.
@@TheGuardDuck just because it’s deep doesn’t mean it’s cursed 😶
@@zephra1675 I didn't say Padak was cursed.
Aye I’m subbed to them too
Add spookyrice to that for reviewing disturbing gruesome films.
As a 17-year-old I completely agree with you that teenagers are a holes
Yeah i can confirm that
Yup. We suck.
Yep, totally agree
I'm about to be 18, yet someone told me that I'm an asshole. So yes, it's accurate
Yup we suck
greenie sounding like an edgy anime protag is a masterpiece on its own
Fun fact, his voice actor, Toby Proctor, voiced Tuxedo Mask in the DiC dub of Sailor Moon
Jesus, the weasel's actress deserves an award.
Fun fact: ducks do actually eat/ drink their own shit water
Source: I have two ducks
i also have SIX DUCKS and they do the same lol
@@steampunklimbo omg I can’t imagine the amount of shit they must produce lol. Ducks are the stinkiest animal I’ve owned and I have pet rats lol.
@@kst8688 there is a stairs that leads down to the backyard, that's almost like a barn actually, they fill up the stairs with it, but that's the least since there is a grass I'm most places, so it's fine
So do we and it is do true😂
Ok......
Apple pie
Yes yes it does
You're one to talk.
@@sdsmuseumoftheweirdstripex6489 who me ?
@@trustmeimaplaguedoctor4967 are you really a plauge doctor?
@@shanechannel7066 absolutely
Oof, and Steve didn’t even talk about the scene where Greenie wakes up one day to find Leafie has just about cut through the red ribbon on his leg showing everyone he’s been caught by humans, and you see red stained on her beak indicating she’s been at that ALL NIGHT. 😭❤️ You can see the stain at 7:18.
Yeah, I thought he was going to talk about that scene as well.
What? Where can I see this particular scene?
i thought her beak was supposed to be raw or bloody from crushing the ribbon against stone.
@@net5978 It’s been a while, but I think it’s right before the duck race scene?
@@bradpotts1747 I mean I guess it could be both storywise? But the tip of a chicken’s beak doesn’t have blood vessels. XD *Science!!* 🌍
The fact that Wilson took, "I rather just jump off a cliff," actually took it quite literally.
I think that was actually his last attempt to put a stop to the weasel. If he didn't confront her that night, the weasel would have gone for Leafie and possibly their egg. During most of the fight he was moving backwards and trying to avoid hits, rather than land them. And when the weasel grabbed his leg, he flew as high as he could with her with the hope that the fall would kill her.
@@suchomimustenerensis5302
That was heavily implied to be the case in the original novel.
My Korean mom made me watch this movie with her when I was 10 for “family time” 💀
by the end of the film, we were both crying our eyes out
I’m gonna reply because no one else did.
If my mother saw this movie and she made me watch it with her when I was a kid, we would both be crying as well.
10 yrs old me would probably laugh because I used to b a jerk
I still am
Nobody:
South Korean Animators: *pain*
(cries in my little lamb)
This movie looks better than most cartoons these days
And it’s a South Korean one to boot.
“Cough” “Cough” teen titans go....
@@holycowitsgabe515 no not really
And that's a fact
Depends on the cartoon I think Steven Universe is beautiful for example.
Wanderer’s hair looks awesome and singlehandedly makes me think they wanted us to ship Leafie and Wanderer, he just looks hella cool
If this movie was human characters instead of animals, he would totally be the emo anime prettyboy.
I always thought Leafie had a crush on him
@@bluejay43 he’s already the emo anime prettyboy
Get help you weirdo
@@UntamedEtherealOfficial my reaction when I saw him:
At the "weasel tearing up, because she understands the sacrifice of a fellow mother" made me break into tears and this is one of my treasured childhood memories. It left some considerable impact on how I treated death back then. Such a great cartoon.
This is like the anime version, of the Netflix original “Duck Duck Goose”
Broooo, I forgot I about that movie
@@thatrecord5313 IKR
it's Korean
@@nobrang5146 "like"
This bring back tears....
That duck looks like he is about to call for Star Platinum.
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The weasel crying when leafie gave herself literally sent chills down my spine everytime I watched it
Jesus the Weasel voice actor, did a good job. You just feel and hear the pain and desperation in her voice when seeing her babies in danger
Yeah... That's like gold top tier voice acting, I wish they had that in the english dub.
@@thethirdphase7726 Agreed
Her name is Kim Sang-hyeon, for anyone curious.
Lets be fair. The human was the *TRUE* antagonist of this film. No respect for the animals at all.
Rusty _Gamer ohhhhh shiiiiiit! I realized it just now.
I like chicken wings
Yeah really
Big Smoke wants to eat chicken, no discussion.
I sure do love wild duck wings though.
Steve: "Did anyone else think that Leafy and the father duck was going to bang?" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I mean, she deadass gave Wanderer the Nala eyes
The internet has got you covered
Reminded me of Wolf Children. I thought they were gonna have hybrid bird babies😂
Got that weasel’s voice was just tragic… The idea that like… even if Leafie left them and just took her son, that would still be leaving these weasels in a miserable state. She’s just hoping for this meal to be able to feed her children before they starve and now Leafie is standing in between her and their survival. But if she doesn’t comply and let this meal go, Leafie could just crush her children anyway as revenge. The voice acting drives home just how tough of a place this poor thing is being put in and Leafie’s sacrifice truly ties it all together.
I like the way this movie shows death as just another part life. All too often, kids media, especially here in the US, simply avoid the subject because they think kids wouldn't handle it.
But that's obviously not true because kids are smarter than we give them credit for and I'm sure that they've experienced death one way or another, maybe with a family member or a pet. Its important to show them that while death is sometimes sad and even scary, it's just another part of life and one that we need to accept.
So I applaud this movie for being dark because it serves a purpose and it treats its target audience with respect
So my dad died as a kid so I’ve understood death from a young age but my cousins on the other hand were 8 ish at the time, and my sister was lying on the ground preying to sleep. My cousin started to poke her face and ask me what was wrong with my sister and I just said “oh she’s dead” and my sister stuck her tongue out I started to do the father son and the Holy Spirit praying thing Bc I was a little shit😭😭 and I was trying not to laugh along with my sister. but then my cousin asked what death was 💀and my aunt, oh my god she yelled and screamed at me, said how inappropriate and rude that was. And my aunt took me aside to a separate room to yell at me and I had no idea what I had done wrong. The next day she apologized and I think it’s cause my uncle had to remind her that my dads dead so I’m very desensitized to this shit💀 how did their 8 year olds daughter not know what death is, death isn’t just something that happens and it’s not just a part of life, it’s a cost of living and we all have to pay the price some day.
We need more Leafies and Cocos to confront death like this. ❤️❤️
That’s not how it use to be at all clone wars courage the cowardly dog teen Titans all pretty much had to deal with dying and death
@@samanthaswann5071 Exactly, I understand that kids are young, pure, and innocent so on tv we portray life to be happy sunshine and rainbows. But what we really need is a balance between joy and sadness, just so children could understand that life won't always be as great, but that there's better things to come over time.
yes lets put DEATH EVERYWHERE *eyeroll*
Just let kids be kids, they will learn about the dark side of life early enough dude
I adore the weasel's impact on the story. Nothing angers me more than predators being shown as senseless killer's in most media of this kind- plus the way she just affects the whole theme of the movie. I love it.
@Yanis Khaled I agree that the simplicity of children’s stories are better (just villain v hero), exspeically for young children. I been hating how everyone always pities or loves the villain becuase of some tragic backstory or being hot and funny. I swear, you can make that kind of a villain commit war crimes and still be likeable to some. But I believe that this film would work wonderfully for more mature children. They must learn eventually, and would get the moral of understanding others views.
That reminds me of some stories in Buddhism, I believe it might have an incluence on the story, specially that end...
There's one story where a past reincarnation of the Buddha was a monk, and he decided to let himself get eaten by some lions/tigers/big cats cubs, so they won't starve.
And there's another story about a monk that let his blood get sucked out by thousands of mosquitoes, also in other to feed them, as a sacrifice. The following life, he reincarnates as a king and ate through his life the reincarnations of those mosquitoes, that became ducks in other to feed him and compensate him.
I can sense similar vibes, I love this kind of story
@Yanis Khaled Because life is so much more complicated than "good vs bad", it really saddens me that people are so desperate to infantalise kids these days. They're so much smarter than you give them credit for the and BEST thing you can do is teach your children what the real world is like. Unlike the whole "the world is so fair and good, you have nothing to worry about", you need to teach kids that isn't true at all.
When you don't teach kids about life or death they become terrified of it and don't become critical and independent thinkers. The world isn't a happy perfect place where no one dies, never has been and never will be.
@Legend of the Blue Macerator Fuck mosquitos, I hate them too, I won't be qualified for Buddha Land so soon haha
"Did anyone else think that Leafie and father duck were gonna bang?"
Me: "It looks like Leafie wanted to honestly lmao."
I've been trying to find this comment for the past 1o minutes lmao ikr
@@Basedhistoryenjoyer Lmao indeed, you are welcome
That chicken was hot for Wanderer. I think I remember she was a little disappointed when she found out he had a mate but not sure.
@@autobotrock4789 oop-
yeah she definitely had a lowkey crush on him in the film ngl
i do like how leafie accepted that she has done her work as a mother so she lets herself die so the weasel can nurse her children because even when shes dead she wants to help raise children
Holy shit that Korean actress for the weasel is amazing. That emotion she captured in the confrontation toward the end of the movie is AMAZING.
It really was, I think that stuck out to me the most. How damn lazy the english dub sounded by comparison. (Like, c'mon, have a little pride in your work.)
Yeah, like it sounded like legitimate terror, there was actually some shakiness in her voice. I wouldn't be surprised if you could visualize an almost disturbingly realistically terrified mother even without having seen that scene, assuming you either knew Korean or could just hear the line and see the translation on screen and nothing else.
I know right! That voice acting is amazing. She deserves more attention.
Oh my I remember watching this movie when I was young. The finale always made me cry
Omg, same!!!!
Ikr?
Therapist: again?
Steve: pretty much
true
the therapist secretly recommending these movies to him so that he can come and continiously pay him
the therapist: *stonks*
This movie came out just before I moved to China and I found a copy of it at the market. It had chinese subs but not english, and when I tried looking it up online an english sub didn't exist, but I watched it anyway. And it was just... incredible. I saw it with subs years later but I didn't learn anything new. It's astounding how well they told the story and how effective the voiceactor's deliveries were, because I didn't need to understand the dialogue at all to completely understand the themes of the film and the emotional beats. I really love this movie.
Omg hello draikinator :D
This looks like a BEAUTIFUL movie. I like how that doesn't stand on the troupe of predators being "evil" and prey inherently "good." It also shows an "alternative" family without being preachy about it. Even the original ending is mature in a good, "Don Bluth kind of way," the kind that doesn't talk down to a young audience. We don't get enough of that today.
I agree the original, Korean version is better.
I also think the original is much more "eastern" ethically/philosophically. Where in the West you'd expect something more like "Death bad, life good", I'd expect a movie from someone with an "eastern" background to acknowledge that the plucky young protagonist getting away might spell starvation for a whole family of predators, and that their death could represent the coronation of a fulfilled life and becoming part of something greater.
I feel like its good fof movies to show that predators aren't evil and are just doing what they need to to survive, if movies are always saying how bad and evil predators are kids will grow up to have a misunderstanding of nature and that's not ok. #MoreRepForGoodCarnivors
@@dreamknight1776 Yeah, I'm sure you'd be rooting for the predators if you or a loved one were in its jaws.
This movie is disturbing and sad, the MOST disturbing and sad part was at the end when you heard the duck mourning in the background of the cedits
huh where??!!
Disturbing?
Is not disturbing is a bit realistic.Predators had to eat.
Where's the disturbing part?
The scream was from the mom weasel
“now that’s out of the way, let’s get into the plot”
*ad plays*
Ohh damn, that really angre me
Same.
@Nairu Kawa I use ad blocker. I just personally like the easer accessibility with the TH-cam app.
@Nairu Kawa i be on my phone
Ironically, I got a McChicken ad
Sort of unrelated, but I think that the one-eyed "weasel" in this film is a actually not a weasel at all, but a closely related animal; either a fisher cat (it's not really a cat) or a mink. Her coloration seems too dark to be a weasel or a stoat, and she appears significantly bigger than those. Fishers and minks are both known to kill ducks and chickens, and occasionally go on killing sprees. My guess is that they called her a weasel because that is a more familiar animal.
I'm guessing they called her a weasel because eating dead carcasses that she didn't kill is... Quite deadly for them...
Most likely a lone yellow-throated marten, actually: in the absence of tigers those are Korea's top predator.
That's what I thought. A weasel is barely bigger than a rat, that little thing wouldn't be able to kill its own shadow. Maybe there is a subspecies bigger in size, or it's just an entirely different species.
Weasels are known for eating farm yard animals as well. If a weasel gets in a chicken coup it will eat the eggs, chick's, and adult chickens. Weasels are well known for killing things much larger than themselves and also killing more than they can eat. If a weasel has just eaten it will kill again if it has the opportunity. Pound for pound the weasel and its cousins are among the top predetors in the animal kingdom. You are right about the size though, but that was probably a stylized change to make it more imposing.
@@Poty3108 Weasels can kill things way bigger than themselves they go after full grown rabbits and birds and take them down like it's nothing
For me, death isn't a sad ending. It is in continuation of a character's growth. The accomplishment of a life after one's wish has been realised.
I fully love this message
I'm sorry but this makes 0 sense lmao
@@carolsnyman630 Death is often viewed as the ultimate. You die, everyone is sad because you’re not coming back, that’s it.
In Leafie’s case, her death was a moment of realization and self-actualization (She no longer views the weasel as the antagonist).
To recap the author: death isn’t an ending, but character growth.
@@currentlyonclaridryl ok I understand but the character cant grow anymore if she dies
@@currentlyonclaridryl there for making it a sad ending
@@carolsnyman630 but the character can't grow anymore, so there's no reason to keep them alive
Honestly, judging by the review, I feel like the weasel might be the real star.
We're led to believe she's just a mindless killing machine: a stereotypical villain that tries to stand in the hero's way. But that curveball where she's only a desperate mother trying to save her babies gets you thinking... she's not evil at all.
And that last part that was unfortunately cut out where Leafie sacrifices herself to save the weasel's babies actually had me tearing up like the weasel. Just think of how she must have felt. The range of emotions. She'd been pursuing this chicken throughout the entire movie, and finally here she is, offering herself. I can picture the tears of joy of finally having her prey, but also... legit tears of sadness as these two had a bit of a bond themselves by this point. Imagine having to kill a friend just so you can save your children...
yeah, they are like two sides of that same coin
I wouldn't necessarily say that she's the real star, rather that she's the most important character next to Leafie and Greenie. The story mainly centers on these two birds, but the Weasel, despite being the antagonist, goes through her character own arc, which is tied directly and beautifully with Leafie's.
This is why she is amazing
There was a huge pile of chickens she could have also ate... I feel they should have edited that out as it depreciates how little food there actually is out there.
@@fireemblemaddict128 Learn about weasels first before saying something about the dead chickens she could've ate, weasels are NOT scavengers they don't feed on already dead carcasses unless they're the ones who killed them.
You definitely weren't looking into it too hard! In the book, it is outright stated that Leafie sees the weasel drag away her body and flies away as a soul. Oh Christ... I'm tearing up again!
is there a English translation for the the book somewhere
@@antonioalbul00 Yes there is, just google it! You can probs find it easily
Duck Season (2017)
I read the book just a few days ago. At the end, after greeny says his goodbye, leafie is sad because she can't fly and she blames herself for not trying to learn how to fly. And after weasel catches her, the story says that leafies spirit flies and is happy about it and she sees weasel while she is carrying leafies body with her jaws. So yeah. The last perspective is leafies souls, while her dream, flying has come true.
OK I'm crying again it's just so sad and beautiful at the same time.
Other depressing animal movies just go for the nihilistic aproach, like: "there you have it kids, nature's just cruel, you get that? YOU GET THAT?"
I love that this ending, while sad, still tries to provide a moral lesson and encourages the acceptance of other world views, and even that death can be a good, or at least necessary thing.
Plus when animals die their bodies decomposers and makes the soil rich, so that more plants and trees can grow.
Accepting worldviews that ultimately causes more suffering and are somewhat moral? Very much objectionable.
Abolishing suffering through biological reprogramming (eg. gene manipulation to prevent suffering from being too extreme, achieving superintelligence, immortality and permanent state of contentment and downloadable memories) and completely changing the state of the ecosystem that is currently causing so much suffering to both predators and prey to extinction is an absolute must that humanity should try to achieve. The current system is a fucking mess and cruelly indifferent to most species, while humans are benefitting out of it.
Suffering-Focused Ethics (Negative Utilitarianism) is very much the best normative morality out there and the society should start realizing it. (Negative Utilitarianism - Utilitarianism, but with higher moral priority to suffering than happiness).
@@boysteacher3818 I agree that the ecosystem is cruel. But how are we supposed to change it?
@@boysteacher3818 none of that makes sense to me tbh. Predators eating prey isn't bad. It's normal and necessary and humans have no right to interfere with the ways of nature any more than we already do.
Disney may have Bambi as an example for nature but nowadays they would rather sugar-coat their films
& think that Nature is too complicated to go far out
They should never have cut the ending, like wow! Its so rare to see a carnivore depicted as simply doing what it must to survive! The weasel even cries when charges forward, showing just how much she appreciates the sacrifice that will no doubt save her own babies! :''''3
I remember watching this movie in 2019 and it’s definitely underrated
I like original three in original two
How'd you watch it?
@@calumbus3784 watch cartoononlinetv
@@calumbus3784 the only movie I wasn’t able to find that Steven reviewed is chance 2019 movie .Can someone please link me that movie
What was weird was that the weasel in the Korean version with the babies sounded like she was screaming but in the English version it sounds like she was just trying to make a threatening voice
In the original novel it was very much the former, and I have no idea why the export version changed it.
The weasel is grateful for leafie’s sacrifice to feed her own baby as the weasel cry to eat Leafie he was crying as a sign of saying thank you and also a sign of regret for killing her.
That was my immediate thought too, gratitude seems like the main emotion
You referred to the weasel as a boy and a girl
Only girl
@@minaashido518 probably autocorrect. IOS seems to mix up he and he a lot
SEE!?
It literally happened when I was tryna say he and she
and then the weasel and her children proceed to kill many more animals for food, happy end
I cant get over the finale of the original uncut version. Leafies sacrifice, the weasels respect for her as she accepts fate, the tears. Leafie wants to help continue life. And she knew that her own body would not go to waste with the weasel, instead helping her feed the children she saw with her own eyes. Leafie is not just a good mother to Greenie, but also a guardian angel to those babies of the weasel.
@@garbagecan6224 same, I dunno if I cried or not but I know I was shocked
I feel you glossed over wonderos role in the story. He was basically set up as the hero for the movie with a girlfriend and protector of the wild but him getting killed same as his mate so fast it was quite a shock.
Leafie also was shown how much of a mother she can be even without being the actual mother.
Overall people need to see this whole movie to understand the dark of nature.
True. And sometimes Hens are used to raise Ducks.
@@Kairos_Akuma yeah and some other birds raise other babies when possible.
But yeah I did not expect this comment to get 100 likes. I just wanted to say how wonderos roll is basically like ned stark in asoiaf where his death is sudden and he basically gets no revenge since his son dies too but here greenie is left alone and it's ambiguous if he will fight the other mom or whatever. It's just so good and hope people see that.
The wife was nothing much just felt easy to see her go but wonderos was a shock
@R P makes sense but I don't see many Korean stories. But it was a nice shock to see how fast he actually died either way
The voice actor for the weasel in the original is absolutely amazing
Okay so that “monster roar” common mistake.
*Bullfrog*
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Call mine was the part or Louisa what is a female
At least the piss scene in Angry Birds is implausible because birds can't pee, so that wasn't so bad but seeing the ducks crap into what looked like already murky water before jumping in makes me gag.
Had ducks on a farm. Suffice it to say, this is pretty much how ducks operate.
@@Nezumis Right? This movie wasn't telling any lies.
Red: Horrible turn of events... Horrible.
Archosaurs can expel a liquid from their buttholes. It's explained in this video. th-cam.com/video/7b2T6JXcjo4/w-d-xo.html
@@batspidey7611 Some Archosaurs: yes. Birds: no. Birds do not expel liquid in that manner.
"and all is good and happy"
Me : "huh."
*looks at video play time*
Me : "So that was a fucking lie"
Lol 🤣
but it's just theory....
A gAmE tHeOrY
Hahahaha 😅🤣🤣🤣🤣
I watched this movie with my son, believing it was a kids movie, and ended up a crying mess at the end!!! My son laughed at me. 😅
To add on to what you've said about Leafie's sacrifice, I notice that it bring's her character arc full circle. She always wanted to be a mother, with someone care and provide for, and she got her wish through adopting Greenie. But with Greenie grown up and leaving home, and her own death approaching, she willfully sacrifices herself in order to provide for the children of her long-time enemy. Leafie has gotten everything she wanted, both in life and in death.
In my eyes, this film feels very much like a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale. The characters undergo tragedy and hardship, but their sacrifice is rewarded in the end and they ultimately get what they wanted.
The weasel's distress in her voice for her babies, leafy's sacrifice and the weasel's tears, bruh, I wasn't planning on crying rn.....
I noticed you :3
Koren animated movies are undoubtedly underrated and definitely need more acknowledgement
True. I'm absolutely sick of the "and they lived happily ever after"
@@Cheddar_Shred Right? I mean I like a happy ending but if whatever happens is done, what happens after? Are they just going to live their lives exactly the same every single day? *Surely* that can tedious.
Most foreign films don't shy away from the brutality of life
@@Cheddar_Shred but then again it depends on the audience, if it's a particularly young audience, of course you should try and give them a happy ending, but if it's a older one, there's nothing wrong with a darker "bad" ending
any recommendations?
9:31 had me on the floor 😂 “jolly good, sire! This is a tremendous honor!”
As a mom, the weasel's desperate screams hit way too close. And I mean that in the best way
Agreed. I definitely teared up.
"Did anyone else think that Leafie and the dad duck were going to bang?"
Leafie was so thirsty over a duck she met once, so I imagine almost everyone thought that.
dont give any rule 34 artist this idea
@Ezekiel Arincorayan well, the slogan is “if it exists there is porn of it”
@@chris.s7147 It's too late. The artists' pens are already in motion right now.
Even as a KID I was like: Aww their gonna have babies!
I did
The tearful leaping part is, to me, the crux of the weasels character development. It's what separates her as a mother doing what she needs to do from a random scenery chewing villain just killing for the hell of it.
It's so unfortunate that things get so censored and dumbed down in western animation. Animation is not, and doesn't need to be limited to children. While I do enjoy Western animation, it can become boring. You pretty much know from the start that there's gonna be a happy ending. The original is better to me because it allows the audience to take in the gravity of each situation, to actually feel the emotion the directors were aiming for. It makes me feel a lot more respect for them BECAUSE they aren't holding back. That's just my perspective though. No judgment if you like the dubbed version ✌
A great example of adult animation (that isn’t just adult jokes and comedy *cough* south part, Rick and Marty, every other adult animation *cough* ) is arcane! A touching story
yes is non-disney is animation Studios in countries difference between of animation age kids teen and adult audience
@@vulturedrawz yeah thank you explained non-disney animated film in countries with different age of kids teen and adult audience
Okay that's so fucking sad....I LITERALLY TEARED UP AFTER HEARING ABOUT THE ENDING. FUCK.
Didn't know I could get emotional over a film anymore, let alone over a starved noodle rat eating a sick chicken after her adopted duck flies off.
Me too *hugs*
@@Gstrangeman96 “starved noodle rat” 💀💀
Sameeee right when he mentioned the ending I was sobbing
i thought i was a tough guy and i wouldnt let a movie made for children make me cry
its been 3 days since i saw this review and damn am i emotional, cant even look my mom in the eyes without crying a bit
I tried to not cry with this movie, failed pretty miserably
Shit, I cried from the review alone.
@@Kilesfactor Same :,)
If I may ask, where did you watch it?
"Is not as weird as this male otter possessing nipples"
Uhm.. Male mammals have nipples, my guy
That’s the defining trait of mammals.
@@LeeJayAnimation nipples aren't genitals tho. Yeah, people normally don't draw them, but I don't think it's so weird
WE DO?!
*Lifts up shirt*
Oh, yeah.
@@LeeJayAnimation yeah agree
Could also be the weird fact that they're drawn OVER his fur
I literally was at the brink of crying at the mention of Leafie's sacrifice! The film was so whole some and sad but it tells a valuble lesson on mother hood
Every company that make these “kids movies”: I’m not like other movies
You know it’s going to be dark when Steve says
“And all is good and happy
Right....
Right?.....”
But wait it's not
I remember I went straight to hug my mom after seeing this film the first time.
I think the message about mother sacrifices is clear even for kids.
For anyone who hasn’t owned both ducks and chickens, never let a drake mount a chicken he . It doesn’t normally end well.
Two words: prolapsed vent.
Turkeys and peacocks also shouldn’t be kept with chickens (crushes them)
The scene of Leafie's sacrifice is beautiful!
1) The weasel doesn't straight up attack Leafie, almost as if she wanted her input first.
2) The way Leafie just simply stated 'yes', as if she the weasel was in a way was trying to get her opinion.
3) The way the weasel gasped, wearing the expression she did after Leafie said what she said.
4) The way Leafie doesn't say 'You can eat me, so you're babies won't starve' and only thought it to herself, as if she knew she didn't need to say it for her to understand why she agreed.
5) The way she just peacefully closed her eyes, accepting everything that has happened.
6) The way the weasel cried as she attacked her. Respectful yet sorrowful for the willing sacrifice of a mother, much like herself.
7) The flying scene!
Also, both Moon So-ri and Sang-hyun Kim complete the scene with such emotional deliveries.
@@MariusWales I know, it's beautiful! It's a shame the English dub got rid of this scene, it means so much.
Death is a natural part of life, so showing you died for a selfless sacrifice is meaningful!
Both the Protagonists and the Antagonist won in their own way, Leafie became a adopted mother and raised the child to adulthood and was there when the grown up child leaved the home and the weasel got food for her kits by Leafie sacrificing herself to the weasel.
Damn, now I kinda regret spoiling the movie to me as this ending is really awesome!
Too bad they censored the movie in the Western world. Instead we get washed down and rigged stuff. Or modern Disney movies...
my choices on the music scenes in order you showed:
1st: dub, that drum is amazing in the BG.
2nd: korean: the buildup lasts longer... but it’s cool how the dub has a stop at the suspenseful moment
3rd: korean: the guitar really stands out making things feel more in awe
4th: korean: fits the scene better
5th: i can’t pick becausr they both fit great and impactful
"you can eat me! And kill me!"
Steve: THIS IS WHERE THIS FILM TRULY SHINES
Steve?
Steve I'm concerned
Steve do you need to talk about something?
Do you need a hug?
Are you ok?
Lmfao
Yeah but he's right.
HES RIGHT BRUH
You are very wholesome.
Well played.
Mom, can I get Leafie: A Hen Into The Wild on bluray?
No we have Leafie at home.
Leafie at home- Chicken Little.
R.I.P
Ag, so true.
That is like comparing The Land Before Time to it's many sequels and tv series.
Everyone else: great but a bit dark movie
Me: *Duck anime*
Original duck race soundtrack feels like a Pokémon anime battle soundtrack. The dubs version sounds like an Air Force rival soundtrack.
re: the difference in voice acting for the weasel when her babies are threatened, I think both choices make sense within their own cultural contexts. in east asian media it seems when a character gets very upset, their voice sounds more... almost hysterical, than we tend to hear in american voices - at least from my own american perspective. I've seen it a lot in anime. I don't think it's a bad thing, it's just a difference in tone I've noticed. I wonder why that is. I'd love if someone with more knowledge about this could weigh in.
Yeah I agree,
As a fellow American, although in the Korean dub it sounds more hysterical which I assume the reason why they did this is because I assume that’s how they see (or hear) hysterical in their voice compared to here in the states in English since we see (or hear) hysterical in tones of voice differently and in my opinion I think they both did well in their own right for what they were trying to do
I suppose, but how about in real life or in a live-action film that might arguably get taken more seriously over seemingly bad dubbing? You think the difference in tone is really that cultural, or is it actually that bad where not much emotion is shown? :p I still feel like it could have been better myself...
I personally feel it's a thing American/English anything has against dramatics, they prefer dramatic scenes over vocals. Personalities shown through what we can see a character doing rather than what they'd sound like in that moment. That and Americans hate the thought of dramatics and heavy expression in general it seems? In real life anyways it seems people get deemed "weirdos" or "overdramatic" so they try to do so in a more toned down sense i guess? That's just my speculation.
I feel like even in Disney movies and such, the swedish voice acting I grew up with tends to be more dramatic than the original American one. In my opinion the same can be said about all European voice acting. It's not as "hysterical" as the East Asian voice acting I've heard but absolutely more so than American voices. Someone mentioned American movies being more focused on how characters act rather than how they emote and I think that's true, to an extent at least. I don't really think it reflects how emotions are shown in different cultures though. The Japanese are famously polite and don't act out but anime is very different from that (for example)
@@cursedGalataea I mean I can agree to an extent with the English dub voices being a bit wonkey and comparing to the original dub (being Korean in this case) but to be fair on it, I think it’s not the worst dubbing I have heard for any eastern animated movie. I don’t know if I’m being too nice on this movies English dub but those are my own thoughts.
"Did anyone else think that leafie and the father duck were gonna bang"
UhM Y E A H there was so many scenes of them together plus they made the father duck look heccking hot so like- t e n s i o n my dude
There is probably rule34 of it so just go incognito mode
Oh my god... Leafie is one of the best moms I've seen in these movies... And the weasel is an actual character, with regrets and understandable motivation. This is awesome!
I love this movie because it shows nature in a actual kinda realistic way, it shows life and death and how you’ll have to make sacrifices to survive and for others to survive.