Disney's TERRIBLE Chicken Little... (feat. @KezzaHenshin)

so this is it gentlemen Pixar and DreamWorks are making the big bucks now and if we want to follow suit we're closing down hand drawn animation and moving to CG oh what but we were the pioneers of 2D why can't we do more hybrid projects you know like Treasure Planet forget it that movie flopped financially but sir we can't forget our roots without us there's only anime keeping traditional animation alive hmm maybe it is time to modernize I mean Atlantis and Lilo and Stitch were great but I bet there's even brighter Horizons on the move to CG what did you have in mind Chief well oh it's Chicken Little it's nostalgic we all saw it it was Disney's first attempt at 3D CG animation all the way through and though all sorts of us may have fun childhood memories about it in hindsight this movie was actually quite a bit of a disaster it might be a hard pill to swallow but let's all be honest here hey Chicken Little is a National Treasure I won't stand for you ruining our childhood memories with your sick video reviews okay so today we'll both be divulging into Disney's maybe not so terrible Chicken Little let's go Once Upon a Time how many times have you heard that to begin a story let's do something else you know on the surface that seems pretty nice as an opener you know subversion except in trying to avert expectations the movie just shows off every expectation Instead This is a 40-second opener which considering this movie barely crosses over the hour mark in hindsight it looks like just an awful lot of padding no I don't think so it sounds familiar doesn't it to you with that self-referential beats plugged in there too [Music] okay yes yes we've been here already who remembers this song still talk about cultural impact anyway as we drone into the town of Oaky Oaks that's that's the name Oaky Oaks okay we come to see the boy who kick-starts this story Chicken Little [Music] doing a fairy tale beat I guess Disney couldn't fully NAB the rights to the boy who cried wolf and upon this head turn of an opener the town goes wild bunny babies go karusing dog bowls are a flying Indiana Jones is there aha Disney owns that one and dog bones are buried halfway through the gags in this movie are a start destruction befalls the town in a chaotically frantic manner as the camera swooshes this way and that in a way that sets up this movie as a pretty good display of action sequences and directorial choices love that tone mine is that slightly strange character animations before we hear of the source of panic are you crazy ridiculous obviously yeah take note this is apparently the limit of absurdity in this already absurd town and thus Chicken Little goes ahead and embarrasses himself in front of the town trying to point out the evidence that is no longer there and a dad oh God the dad the dad goes out of his way to stand against his son and dispute his claims to quell the crowns we're gonna hear a lot about this father but we'll get back to it later as for what else chicken noodle has to say for himself hey can we hear that again I'm sorry just one more time for the people in the back I got three separate clips of the exact same voice line does it work as a gag sure I guess reuse the same exact response for multiple purposes great but here it's not that funny and once again it's just more padding this isn't a very interesting point to linger on and yet here we are lingering hell I kind of want to watch that movie instead and now the movie jumps ahead an entire year I almost didn't catch that with such small text down there oh I want those the days as we have a car scene with dear old dad who has nothing to say except it's like a game a game of hide and seek except the gold is never to be found ever oh my God this is the worst Dad take you could create this guy is so embarrassed by his son that he essentially wants him to disappear with his advice to just lay low but hasn't it already been a year is this text lying to me Chicken Little hasn't been having another outburst since then it's the town that turned it into a newspaper article and then a book and then a movie must have been a slow news here how can you fail your son on such a cataclysmic scale what kind of character is this and on that note Chicken Little is to run to school chasing after the bus because absolutely everyone disrespects him the school children trample him the bully slips him up and the bus driver just ignores him and like why didn't the father just drive him to school I hate the adults in this movie there's one thing in making your protagonist the underdog or building up some sort of conflict it's the essence of Storytelling but this is just frustrating to watch this whole experience is miserable I remember feeling that even as a kid but the actions are decent why do you keep posing like this as this hasten commute shows us the hurdles of Chicken Little being so much smaller than everyone else and all of his Ingenuity to help him overcome every issue is this building to Something in the story to Showcase chicken Noodle's genuine resourcefulness and handiness in a moment of peril no no this barely comes back it's just for show Mostly and thus he makes it to school not quite to class as we meet just about everyone else in a very tactically placed School register present brilliant Gucci Lucy Fish Out of Water Master runt of the litter yeah this movie is really gonna age poorly in some places isn't it I mean I get that this isn't the only body type it's more based on species like the Bulls have this shape as well but it's still an intentional choice of the design nonetheless a very intentional Choice up next dodgeball 90 of this film is fluff but Chicken Little makes an appearance finally and it's a pretty decent circumstance to try to have a conversation so I'll definitely give it props for that it's clear the director is thinking of ways to add a little more variety Beyond just people talking in a room but as they do talk Chicken Little wants to explain his plan to impress his dad and receive some approval whilst ugly duckling interrupts with their own opinion to get some closure between the two of them by talking it out and fish well he's just gonna stick to random pop culture references [Music] they're really drawn out one at that again really digging into milking the run time to get to that 70 minute Mark not including the credits and soon enough Chicken Little is bullied some more slung into a window hits the alarm and is the scapegoat for the teacher to blame as the dad is now brought to the principle to be hounded and we learn that he used to be a star at the same school a baseball star all the more embarrassing to him as Chicken Little is tarnishing his legacy in a way and they drive home over the next two minutes is just raw disappointing depression Chicken Little has the drive to really impress his dad and buck Ace clock up front can't even look him in the eye what if I joined the baseball team baseball this boy is motivated willing to try something hopping on a common interest for his dad but he's just not having it worried more so for the reality of his tiny stature which sure you can come to understand but he's barely wording it like this I can't really tell what it is that Dan has an issue with I mean I think I can okay Dad I mean Jesus I guess it's got some sort of the emotional aspects of this movie done right but this is just pain to be honest with you ah but you admit it's a genuine emotional moment you know we come to movies to have a good time especially Disney movies I think I'd rather deal with a hundred more parental deaths than have to go through a parent surviving and having their inability to try for their son so Stark and in your face God I hate this and Chicken Little goes ahead and mops at home all I need is a chance this kid literally has been given a deck of cards where he has no chance and it angers me to my call all the while the theming it's kind of basic you know just some better communication would fix all of this and fetch with Father seen a million times before did you did you know when this story was conceptualized in 2001 it was going to be about a paranoid female chicken that went to a summer camp so so me to reduce her anxiety where she would uncover a nefarious plot the camp counselor was planning against her hometown but they decided to change it to a male protagonist because short boys get picked on and market research was telling them that girls would go to see a movie about a boy protagonist but boys won't see a movie with a girl protagonist I don't know where they got that research from since that is clearly not the case nowadays I mean Frozen is just the obvious example there but now it's a baseball movie with a scene that is eight minutes long but boy does it feel like a millennia first it's Chicken Little in a montage training up his body for all of the activities of sports meanwhile the coach is keeping him on the back bench for rule of time and Bully Foxy Loxy is gaining up all the glory with her Perfect Games leading to the big day match where Stakes are high and Trigger little is finally put up front as the bottom of the and everyone continues to push him down with just take the walk don't swing coach I have a good feeling look at me don't swing take the walk you hear me don't swing but you know what Chicken Little is all about I won't embarrass you Dad not this time going for it anyway and missing missing again until finally we get that payoff turn around take away my squeaky toy inside yeah everyone is stunned but it's not over yet we gotta milk every moment as Chicken Little freezes then runs runs the wrong way Antics ensued little keeps running there's a pile up they lose and then they win Chicken Little is given the victory cheer for being the final hit of success for the team what a turnaround and thus ends our story of the little chicken that could he wanted his dad's approval and judging by his next interaction it's a knuckleball right down the middle swing crap it's going he rounds first then on to second things are going pretty well between the two of them and the whole initial drama of the sky is falling seems long behind them who needed closure to solve their issues anyway unless you think we need closure closure closure I don't know everything Chicken Little wanted has now been achieved with that little chance and that one moment has fixed all of their problems they could ever possibly think of so he jumps up to the windowsill looks out to the large star in the sky and gives out one last thanks [Music] for the chance but oh there's more typical we've only just started the real plot but this is the halfway mark in the movie and the video so consider subscribing to me or our collab guest keza henshin what do you do kez I cover all things tokusatsu that Power Rangers Super Sentai and Kamen Rider whether it be discussion videos reviews or diving into other media and asking is it technically toku all links will be hosted down in the description or up in the top right hand card right about now on with the video a literal piece of the sky has come down shaped like a stop sign and all and naturally dragged out as much as possible from the rubbing of eyes to the fatherly denial I fell out of bed how'd you get over there what are we talking about the tripping over it again to the several several displays before coming to the realization why is he even keeping it a secret to his dad anyway there's clear evidence this time but you but you commit it's a nice little opener to the logic of the camouflage like with the way the panel is leaned up against the wall so you could clearly see it while it's in action and so all the friends are sent over to review right after a cheeky karaoke bit the chicken noodle wasn't there for for some reason and so they discuss ugly ducklings sticking to the idea of closure with the dad while everyone else could you stop saying that what PP how about tinkle piddle whiz make fishy quality Chicken Little just wants his normal life back so just ignore it get rid of it Chuck it you don't need friends to help you move a lightweight panel but the plot must go on as the panel returns to the Mothership and the others naturally Chase except they don't because now is clearly the time for a talk with Dad on the way it'll have something to tell you tell him what are we talking about oh we get it you like the ReUse take bit can we move on please now is clearly not the time what is this writing and after the slowest animation running I've ever seen eventually the trio make it to the Oaky Stadium where the motherboard has stopped you'd think with how the camo updates every five seconds it shouldn't be able to move smoothly in the sky undetectable but hey I don't think this movie is thinking all too hard about that but it's reveal time anyway credit where credit is due the technology for this animation is pushing where it can there's all sorts of dynamic simulations like the variations of lighting from the stadium blinkers the wind physics has everything tornadoes around them and the soundtrack is really bringing it up here as the spaceship lows down to make their Landing Abby wake up you're right it may not be the most groundbreaking visuals for a movie but it's not exactly doing nothing when it comes down to the action sequences though how is it that the glow stick is now able to perfectly silhouette the whole UFO as if it was on the edge I thought it was a a centerpiece before it's just typical and unrealistic to be honest so in hoping to save fish I'm still quite certain his name is Just Fish they all hop into the machine and search around as Chicken Little briefly befriends this little hairball meanwhile runt here is having a panic attack you know because he's the butt of all the jokes but hey it's a great segue to slide in another random pop culture moment but they meet with fish not that that's all too important to the plot the real Crux this sequence is the unveiling news that we're next these Peeps are Planet killers and they return to the ship sure would be helpful if the very next room was the exit again of course though I will say the other gag they have for this Exit Plan is pretty good it's just Chicken Little repeated shutting the tour on the aliens in a little back and forth you know pretty decent we gotta get out of here right now come on you guys hurry so the dialogue is still pretty strange and flat they know they have to get out of here and they're the ones in front you can't say come on you ah whatever yeah but you know now that they're on to the alien gags maybe the writing's getting a little better I also like this next gag so have you been to the mall a nice little fourth wall break and I love that the aliens actually obey it at first and eventually they're out of there and into the cornfields where the aliens have ah Incredibles syndrome every Masterpiece has its cheap copy as they slice through the fields this way and that seemingly after the gang but also just not tackling any kind of routine and just making crop circles really is that a joke as the kids realize they should ring the school bells to warn the town you know where this is going once that's mentioned somehow the aliens know they've headed for the building by now and Chicken Little needs another fizzy drink to reach the height of the roof for it hey look at that resourcefulness getting in bit of a miracle he can actually reach near the top this time compared to the efforts last time but whatever but as they're cornered it finally happens [Music] everyone is alerted that it's not how school bells work it's a surprisingly small population this town and how is this meant to stop the Alien Invasion exactly and everyone is naturally not on Chicken Little side is his name really Chicken Little I can't even shorten it to just chicken it it just doesn't sound anyway then here's a trailer gag for you there's there's it's a yeah all right you know where this is going it's frustrating storytelling cringe humor everyone's being rushed but you gotta have the oh look a pilly as they don't make it in time or embarrassment ensues there's an invisible spaceship right there let me show you yeah why why are you trying to hit it now when you literally are the only one to see it already flying away like come on man give me a hint of intelligence in that Noggin and everyone leaves dad disappointed once more why not show them the crop circles or something get more word out front the duckling or fish but no more depression time the best entertainment for kids growing in the mid-2000s no I am not bitter if there was ever a time to talk to your dad now actually he's pretty occupied with dealing with millions of hate calls in phone and email form why does he even have so many different telephones to receive from anyway this is probably the worst time as the dad here is clearly at the peak of his parental disapproval logic please kids by the way there's 20 minutes of the film left Phil's underwhelming doesn't it void of substance regardless this is next I really just want to be alone right now baby boy is here and what do you think chicken Little's first response to this is is it a run away is it B wink at it or is it C scream at it B seems least likely right and yet I get that it's a callback from before but why do these characters have no consistent logical motive behind any of their actions sometimes everyone freaks out fish is calm and he talks to aliens of course he does all intelligible creatures speak the same gibberish his name is Kirby they left him behind Darth Vader's Luke's father okay there's a lot to unpack here sudden quick fire Exposition tasteless pop culture reference and the tone here blow what is going on with the tone of this movie this film is just all over the place I can't tell what it's trying to do half the time it's like Disney going through an identity crisis is showcased all over their sleeve with blinking LED highlighters pointing it out to everybody see guys he's cool just freaked out that's all why is Chicken Little the guy who explains it he's the one who started this where has his internal logic gone I'm starting to think I'd rather be watching trolls they look similar enough back to production details and come around to 2003 Disney's new president David Stanton decided to reshuffle the stories approach entirely changing it into a space alien story and protecting a HomeTown instead so it's all his fault we ended up like this and two and a half years of rewriting later 25 scenes were scrapped to improve character development and emotional depth leading to a story that quote got stronger more emotional and amazing too sure dindle sure I wouldn't be surprised if this was more of a quote from the marketing phase to help hype up the film but there you go interesting history would love to read the original and just like that we've activated our final battle it has been literal seconds since the alien started calling for reinforcements but now the entire sky is cracking everyone's panicked great except it's not even the crazy payoff for chick a little here no one mentions him they just repeat their manic state of panic identical to the beginning of this movie and even when the dad is spoken to directly no way Dad I gotta tell you something I know you were right Alien Invasion I see that now look up there it is still it's condescending with no comeuppance and no real dopamine in the system and it's all the more derailment as a father who refuses to listen to his kid but hey at least he's looking out for him hoping to drive him out of town or something but with a bout of disappointment the other way round for nether believing in him Chicken Little runs away yeah pretty bad name Choice there when you think about it in hindsight you know with a name like Chicken Little you can't really Shout It Out dramatically or angrily it's like the word bubbles ah a montage of barely anything happening is good for your end of World secrets no attacks no subjects just a lot of swinging around really [Music] oh never mind it was all built up to crash down the Montage Music and a pretty shocking one too a great double piece of drama and comedy there again something you can really really enjoy so since the aliens are out just Scouting For the kid who is just running out onto the streets it's think the best solution is to just stand still or even lift the kid up to get caught in the spotlight but these aliens are so chaotically organized that they're never even close to spawning the kid and also Chicken Little chooses to slingshot them into the cinema instead genius oh kick a little what why and as Dad bursts into drag Chicken Little away the alien scuttles behind the curtain an ugly duckling appears too now this is the moment he decides to have that closure moment with the backdrop of an ugly white painted landlord wall and a hint of wooden flooring you know about as Bland as set pieces you can plan for an emotional climax of a movie you're never there for me what didn't realize son but you need to know that I love you no matter what I'm sorry if I ever made you feel like that was something you had to earn huh you got all of that from just about five words are you telling me now that buck Ace clock is a ducking telepath now is there anything he can't do other than be a functioning animated father and so the alien is revealed again and those still pretty much the same the dad tries to go along with it and helping out however he can even though he's still weeded out by the evidence as it is literally laid out in front of him and they Darter off out of the screening mostly by the way I'd like to say I've always found you extremely attractive thank you [Music] to have seen a hint of that in the movie somewhere but like that old stop sign I think that was invisible too I think at this point it's a matter of delivering the baby to any old ground trooper alien but no apparently by that logic they'll shoot you anyway no what actually happens is they have to hand deliver it specifically to the parents who are waiting at the top of the school building of course because much like the majority of this movie it is all Shameless padding let's go yeah charging through the courtyard dodging shots this way and that as Buck also helps with his good arm it's like taking down Guardians in breath of the Wild I'm not gonna call this movie ahead of its time until the plan falls apart and so does the writing our deus ex machina is a random fire truck that the other kids common did am I understanding that right a mutually agreed and easily accessible plan C sure I Will Survive and they're in only the chickens climbing stairs now before coming out to the dangerous roof that buck thinks is too dangerous you gotta believe me this time I I do son you know it has been minutes since we last touched this theme this is like the opposite of satisfying and just downright methodical at this point and off he goes sticking along the walls alrighty One Beat trick could have done with a little bit more resource for this you know like a whole montage bring out the lollipop again give us several call backs or something but no just the one and then we're here here's your kid It's The End right no first Buck has to start Trucking flying now and then kicking every other alien away because that's gonna be helpful in this context only for them all to end with somebody why did you take our child oh geez they talk now only in the void where practically no animation was needed how stimulating they're threatened with particle incineration the baby's returned and then they're just as quickly let go since finally somebody communicates in this film hi uh anyone want to try the big voice and just like that the aliens restore the town completely they give out all their apologies and give us one last honestly super fast-paced Exposition dump of relief that the Planet Killer met from before was just about acorns I mean where else would we've picked our acorns we stop here every summer on the way to the in-law every year looked on all the other planets you can only find them right here on Earth yes it says here on your primitive graphic display that big threat was all a false alarm meaning this movie was about almost nothing no real danger no real plot I mean it appeared in the last 20 minutes just one big padding piece of distractions and entertainment at most it's about the family bonds between father and child with a bit of Disney confusion mixed in there too okay everything's been put back to normal except for this one over here she got a brand when his little scramble during reconstitution pseudo lobotomy in a 2006 Disney movie horrifying yes I know the sky is falling well thanks for delivering the news 2006 Patrick Warburton Lord of animated movie appearances as we jump ahead yet another year for the new new Chicken Little movie now flipped around to be a giant sci-fi super drama with which the film can repeat a chunk of the story beats with a good looking twist and they really drag it out again if they're still talking about it one year later it must really be a slow news here in this town not even Mr scrubs boy Zach Graf can save this movie it is so unfocused and Confused barely able to squeak out a tale at all shrunk in run time and yet blistering with random paddings and poor jokes yet at the same time it is eternally nostalgic it's a classic in a way and for a certain generation it is still beloved whether it deserves it or not art has always been subjective after all it's fun for Fun's sake and you can see that there were glimpses of talent there what with the directing choices the lighting highlights and they really tried to get some emotive acting out of Baxter's face and all his disappointed mumblings it's a romp and at the very least I could still enjoy it Rose tinted goggles or no thank you to keza henshin for collabing with us on this video if you're interested in tokusatsu content like you're seeing on screen then check out her Channel down in the description below but otherwise that was Disney's terrible Chicken Little a false start on the career of 3D animated movies for now my name's been dance you didn't really care and I'll see you in a bit so my fellow insubordinates from a completely different Animation Studio it's clearly established by the change in tie color did you guys see Chicken Little yes I did have you got a good reason for mentioning it see I was thinking we take this bit about this father character and can't seem to emotionally connect with his son and doesn't seem to understand him at all ever since his wife died right except he's actually this flawed man of a character and seems genuinely affected by the fact that his wife is now gone you know instead of being this unlikable duck thing thoughts that is brilliant such a better use for that conflict's potential amazing amazing so we'll work that in and then we can sign off on the script for this uh this Cloudy with a Chance of meeples uh project yeah genius it tells you it's genius I never knew my father ether right [Music]

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Length: 30min 52sec (1852 seconds)

Published: Sat Mar 04 2023