So the real crime this movie commits isn’t making us incredibly sad and depressed because of it’s story. It’s crime is making us incredibly sad and depressed because of its animation and voice acting
@@odilebartlett8191 you're overexaggerating. You people don't try to immerse yourself into the story you just sit there and laugh at the film being low quality and then when you stop laughing you realize the movie is over and that you weren't paying attention, this was an obvious attempt to show awareness for animal cruelty. You people are really obnoxious and you just take everything at face value you just don't bother to realize the allegory. Don't bother replying cos this is all i wanted to say and i won't reply. Note: after watching the vid i understand how you can kind of mix up the message of the film but still
I thought the animation actually looked okay in some parts. What we heard of the voice acting didn't bother me either, but I'm not a good judge of that. The thing that seems to hurt it the most is the tonal shifts. I appreciate what the film makers were trying to convey, but I don't think I'll be checking this one out.
I've also just noticed that a majority of the voice cast in this movie are actually black voice actors not sure if that's meant to symbolise anything but I thought that was worth mentioning
@@filipkolasny908 Exactly, it wasn’t that hard to understand if you were watching the video. There’s no twisted plot or anything that’ll fuck up the plot. It’s all based and easy to understand. Yeah, the animation is not that good......but it’s not that bad either, you know? That shouldn’t be the reason to why they’re so confused about what this whole movie is about.
This is especially depressing for me In 2014 i got a pitbull and named him Remy, he was a cage fighter from detroit, he was rescued in 2009 and since i got him he was the best dog i've ever meet. Last year he got cancer and had to be put down but all the years i had him he kept me company. I really just wish he could've lived a full life.
Ive got a chihuahua that was rescued. Believe it or not he was all scarred up and missing an ear. Apparently he lived with a man that used him as a chew toy for his larger dogs
I had a female pitbull that was a rescue. She was used to help train fighting dogs, but was always muzzled when people would use her for that. It was really sad but she was incredibly friendly. I was surprised because she was also very gentle with our other animals and never developed any aggression.
Yeah! I have two pitbulls, and they're basically just big babies. Sure, they get protective when someone comes into the house unannounced, but they're really sweet! People always treat pitbulls like blood thirsty beasts, but they're not!
My rottweiler is thee same way. Absolute loves kids and old people, the only thing she's at all aggressive with are rodents which she will seek and destroy (which isnt a problem since rats and invasive rabbits are a problem here)
So she was a bait dog. Bait dogs are dogs that are labeled too weak or old to fight, so they are often muzzled and thrown Infront of the fighters for "practice". If the bait dog is female they often end up used for breeding to.
Speaking as an animator, the animation is actually pretty good when they do close ups of Chance like at 12:23 but because the camera placements / shots in general are usually so far away from the models, you can see how poorly rendered it is. Although the puppy models are atrocious, I only do 2D and suck at 3D so whatever these animators made is better than I can do. Props to them, working on a five person team for a feature length film is back-breaking work
In reality, Chance would have been turned into a bait dog if he refused to kill other dogs. That would have been a lot sadder and more accurate to what happens in reality... Also, near the end where he turned and bit a person, he would have been shot dead in two seconds. These people are armed, and train the dogs to not even be aware that they could turn on their owners, because those that do, die.
So for all the effort and tradeoffs they put into the message at the expense of story, they weren't even accurate to what actually happens anyway? They really didn't know what they were doing, I had assumed that they at least invested into accurately representing the subject matter if they were going to take that much time away from actual plot points.
@@101jir Yup. Trying to make it a kids movie pretty much made it almost impossible to show what really goes on. These "people" are all in it for the money; if a dog doesn't fight or thrratens their profits, it's good as dead...
@@TheGoldenDunsparce It really seems like the producers weren't really sure where they wanted to go with this. Educating children about the horrors of dogfighting while trying to keep it appropriate is already a monumental task, kudos for the attempt. But it seems that they sacrificed plot elements (important for any good story, and underestimated importance for children's movies) for the message, but then sacrificed accuracy to what would have happened for child appropriateness, ultimately getting... not the worst of both worlds, but pretty rough. As far as the subject matter itself, seems the dog is dead either way, just a matter of time and how prolonged the misery is. If it fights and loses, it dies. If it fights and wins, it will keep fighting until it dies. If it doesn't fight, it's a bait dog.
The models themselves are pretty good, but the rigging models for the moving parts aren't. It's like they only rigged the main parts and forgot about the rest.
Petition to make a reimagination of this film except the story is about how Chance is slowly driven to insanity as his morals are constantly being challenged as he is forced to fight in the dog fighting ring.
I honestly hope that this movie can eventually be remade. I did enjoy it and some things were VERY effectively well done (I especially loved how the humans all spoke gibberish until one word became recognizable - Kill) though I do wish it had better animation and better effects
How about you review "Stevie Reviews", the story of a guy who enjoys covering the most depressing but at the same time hidden gems in the world of animated movies
Severing the ears isn’t the term. It’s called cropping and docking. Crop for ears dock for tail; Unfortunately as per breed standards of pits and many other dogs including doberman and corgis for example: both ears and tails are simply cut off at a very young age, practically as newborns. I hate seeing how as humans we treat everything we see as property and not individuals. Long story and plenty of research short; ADOPT DON’T SHOP!
Corgis have two different standards. One where the corgi have tail and the other one where puppies are naturally born without tails, similar to australian shepherd, it's a genetic mutation. They don't crop it.
I really wished that Chances motivation was something different. Sure his girlfriend getting impregnated by his best friend sucks, but this just felt kinda strange. I get that he is pissed, but just going back to his owners and actually fight and kill. It's just like he threw his entire personality (with not killing) out of the window and says: "fuck it! Might as well kill." Edit: Also the training-montage Problem could have been avoided if the puppies didn’t understood what „fighting“ meant. Second Edit: Just thought about that: You know what could have made the City sequence actually useful? Maybe having some poeple around. Not for looks, but maybe people see that there are stray dogs and one is obviously hunted down by some untrusty guys. The scene shouldn't switch the focus from Chance, but maybe we see them in the background watching while he runs away from the car? That would also explain why the stray dog (forgot his name there) and Sugar end up at Haven. Maybe they started to investigate what was going on and found Chance wounded. I'm spending waaay too much time thinking about this movie xD
Also did he forget that they were captured by humans, and if they wanted Sugar to breed they would have literally FORCED her to breed by placing any horny dog with her to get impregnate her, willingly or no. She also expressed interest in Hannibal before any in Chance, it’s likely that even if they were still altogether, she would have picked Hannibal. They’re literally slave gladiators with even less rights than real world Roman gladiators cos they’re dogs, why does Chance act like Sugar even has a real choice in the matter when it’s more likely both his friends had to make a choice that would limit the pain Sugar would go through?
Yeah I fell u it's thanks to dog fighting pitbulls and rottweilers are said to be not friendly but there are I have a rottweiler at my dad's house and she's nice one day I saw a pitbull at a persons house I visited before it was a lover I hope one day dog fighting will stop
It really feels like it would have made more sense or made more of an impact if it showed the puppies play fighting and THEN the real fight where dogs are being killed, maybe making them realise this isn't the kind of fun fighting they're thinking about. Honestly the tonal shifts were pretty whack in this movie.
I think it was the way the line was delivered that really got me. It kind of sounds like some kid yelling it at his friends across the playground. Maybe it actually doesn’t and I’m just weird. Idk
Though the animation is troubled, I actually REALLY like the character models and environments. And despite most of the animation being really bad, their expressions were actually really good. At least I thought so, most of the time. And that's because they looked more like real dog expressions, to go along with the hyper realistic models, but also managed to convey more humanized emotion.
The moral and lesson of the movie is good. The characters are passable. The execution? Needs work. Story itself is pretty by-the-books despite being confused. And the visuals... Eeeeeeeehhhhh...
@Death Omen That doesn't mean it can't be criticized. When you are selling a product for money, it doesn't matter if you made it in two days with only two people working on it. You should still have to provide some level of quality. It is not necessarily the fault of the animators if they were put under time constraints by whoever hired them for this film, BUT quality animated products HAVE been made by a single person. It would take a LOT longer, but it would be a higher quality result.
If I may recommend the short animated film 'Kitbull' It's adorable, well animated, heartbreaking, adorable, and has a brilliant pay off. It addresses dog fighting better, but more subtle
@@elenacienfuegos8450 It's pit apologist propaganda, and fails to be somewhat realistic with the behaviour of the hound. Pits are fighting dogs, and no amount of propaganda and lies can change that.
@@Cmdrbzrd what are you even spewing about? no dogs are fighting dogs. dog fighting is something humans made up. its a disgusting practice. its existence is to view these dogs as nothing but toys, when theyre literally living breathing creatures with personalities of their own. pitbulls are the sweetest dogs, that are capable of love, and deserves nothing but care and affection. no dog should ever go through the torture that is dog fighting. its not propaganda, its to actually show that dogs are their own being, and not something we humans use as if they are toys from a cheap dollar store.
You know is even more depressing if you think about how the 'happy ending' isn't even really that. Chance, Sugar, and all her puppies would have a next to nothing chance to getting adopted out because of that fighting ring background and will most likely be put down. The puppies cause they were breed to fight with a parent that was a fighter dog, Chance because he was a fighter dog, and Sugar cause the likely hood of her also being breed to fight. Their hardships didn't end just because they ended up in a shelter.
Steve somehow manages to make a video based on the most depressing thing on the planet, bound to give the viewer eternal crippling depression, and still manages to make funnier jokes than 99% of RUclipsrs today.
@@tarrahforcier477 *horrible t'was but a spelling error luna made But at least we can agree that *most* kid's channels & humour are outright cringeworthy in how stupid and annoying it is
All the obvious flaws aside, I really liked that Haven was a dog shelter, that they all made it there, that Chance still stayed with sugar and cared for the puppies, and that Hannibal and Thor were embodied to watch over them in the form of clouds. I dunno why don’t ask
In my head canon Chance died. That's his ghost at the end. He only has a bandaid because it would be awkward to show him walking with a whole on his shoulder
Chance: Tis but a scratch. Owner: A scratch!? I put a bullet in your arm! Chance: No you didn't... Owner: Well What's that then?! Chance: I've literally had worse...
@@TheRealNormanBates it’s an anime made in 2016 by Kyoto animation about A former class bully reaches out to the deaf girl he’d tormented in grade school. He feels unworthy of redemption but tries to make things right And yes I did get that description from Netflix
@@veronicapiccinini7956 plus it's amazing hearing Jim Carrey do these different sort of British accents for both Scrooge and two of the spirit of Christmas I mean I really do like the Yorkshire accent he gives the ghost of Christmas present which I think is cool cause usually Americans or Canadians since Jim Carrey is Canadian usually overlook that England has several types of British accents so I quite like how Jim Carrey didn't over look it and gave the ghost of Christmas present a Yorkshire accent and it's a really good Yorkshire accent as well
knew a trucker at my old job, said he would attend dog and cock fights and the cops would show up and also bet on and enjoy the fights. Sad. Criminals and cops brought together by something so horrible.
A few films I wanna see get reviewed in the future: 1. Hazbin Hotel 2. Prince of Egypt 3. Perfect Blue 4. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind 5. Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
Judging by the movie poster I assumed this was going to be a powerfully dark documentary and I was wondering why you never heard of it before. Now I see why. It’s not a documentary, it’s just crap.
"Mom I want to see Plague Dogs!" "Okay Honey, one, you *Really* don't, and two, we have Plague does at home." *Plague Dogs at Home* Also... did this film just rip off "The Pit" by James Rollins and not credit it? It's just different enough that maybe the creators of this film had never read that story, but just similar enough that I have to wonder.
Can you PLEASE watch Leafie: A hen into the wild. It really messed me up as a kid and the ending is heart breaking. Also please watch the uncensored version
My favorite anime! The whole anime is nothing but a tragedy about the world's end. So depressing but also beautiful at the same time. Spoiler alert!!!!!!!! If you haven't seen me anime don't read further. The ending is even more tragic, the world is literally on its last legs and the wolves fight so feverishly just to open the gates of paradise. But then Darsha has to come and ruin everything. The world ends not in a bang but a whimper, but luckily Kiba just manages to let the world be reborn so they can get a second shot at trying to open the gates once more. :'(
@@PaintedBB It comes with the territory when it comes to tragedies. :"( Spoiler alert! When you watch the show you may notice a lot of bleakness in the world they inhabit. How it can go to baron, brown, drab deserts to snowy tundras. The way the city's are dilapidated and the world itself seems like it's dying, and I find that to be an interesting background element of the show. That old couple in the mobile home, the husband says that they're going to go see their daughter a few towns over and the wife hints that there daughter's been dead for several years really puts a sting in the heart. :"(
@Steve Reviews Fun fact, dogs do in fact cry, but not to express emotions. It's usually a much bigger problem is a dog is producing tears. Like health problems and the such. Cats can also produce tears but again, not because of emotions.
For a future review, I would personally recommend a couple movies. "Monster House", which has very much a horror movie sorta vibe throughout it and some honestly disturbing "death" scenes. "Terkel in Trouble", a more obscure danish movie that feels a lot like a South Park sorta thing with some oddly dark moments. and "Help I am a Fish", which while like an average kids movie most of the time has pretty jarring darker and more disturbing moments scattered throughout it which definitely make it worth a look in my opinion.
@@Labyethan Yh. Also did u know the great white DIES. I forgot about this but the innocent shark who is manipulated by the evil dude straight up suffocates in the gills at the end of the film.
@@linkthepig4219 Fully aware, fully aware, but the final one where the villian is tricked into drowning himself and he acknowledges it is proper horrfying.
Shojo Tsubaki, literally the anime film is banned in japan and it covers alot of nasty topics like sex abuse and literally some people cant even get though the whole film for being disturbing
Whoever thinks that Dogfighting is acceptable is going to lose their kneecaps! As well as every other bone in their body. I'll stick to watching Dodo's videos.
There's a lot of rescues at the shelter in my town, rescued from dog fighting, or being used as bait dogs, or even rescued from being turned into meals. My friend had rescued a pittie that was bred for fighting (she came from a whole line of fighting dogs), and she became a total sweetheart, but still had trouble around other dogs. My friend's other pittie was rescued from being a bait dog, and she was horrified of sudden movements but again, total sweetheart that loved to sit in your lap. It's horrible to see the ways dogs are mistreated, and just how mistreated any animal is in general.
if someone watched it and didn't know about dog fighting and didn't like dogs this almost glorifies it with the training montages it almost looks like a sport
Even though it has a good ending, it's still sad as hell. When the lady is going to pet the dog and he ducks his head out of fear of getting hit...kills me every time without fail.
I kinda agree with your thoughts on the end. The dynamic between two friends having to fight each other is lessened by the Reaper suddenly appearing and killing Hannibal. The Reaper feels more like a surprise final boss just for the sake of having a final boss.
Please do a review on an anime movie titled "Enchanted Journey". It's like "Watership Down", but with chipmunks. The fox and the cats are the creepiest parts of the film.
This film reminded me of Watership Down, The Plague Dogs, White God, Chirin's Bell, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, The Fox and The Hound and even a bit of The Little Fox. I think this movie had various concepts, but instead of focusing on one idea they mixed all in one, which is a shame because the film had potential.
HEY STEVE, theres this obscure anime movie called Tamala 2010: A Punk cat in space, it is weird, but its one of my favourite movies, and it critizices themes like consumism, cults, etc, the interesting thing is that it was animated by 1 SINGLE PERSON IN FLASH And also therese a sequel in the works!
I hate to even say this but the movie simply isn't realistic, there's no such thing as a fighting dog that "isn't willing to fight" or won't kill, these poor dogs are fed gun powder so they're in complete pain 24/7 while also giving them all kinds of drugs that just drive them mad and increase their strength. A dogfighting story can't really hit hard while undercutting how evil dogfighting is.
Somebody else recommended this as well, but let me also direct you to "Leafie, a hen into the wild". I wanna preface by saying two things: *THE SUB* and after you're done, look up the uncensored version on RUclips. That's all I wanted to say
Can you review leafie a hen in the wild. It's an amazing story that really shows the grey of the animal world and really shocking how easy characters get offed in it. Highly recommend but warning the English version doesn't have the real ending so see the original subs
@@teddybearkiller5271 yeah I actually enjoyed it. While I do see anime this cartoon movie did grey in the world better than a lot of stuff I see. Ending did make me thing and hope everyone can see it. It's so pretty and characters well done as well
I shouldn't have laughed with the *stupid dog* line I lost it who knew you can make a depressing film like this funny. XD Edit: I also laughed with the way the car was moving.
I think this sums up a lot of common issues with message-first writing. The story suffers because the limited time means that only so much can be devoted to actual story elements, which are minimized in favor of getting something specific communicated. Although this takes it to another level. Not only did they double down on the time limit, but it seems that they doubled down on making sure to have people that know the details of this stuff to represent it accurately, at the expense of actual writing talent.
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You forgot to add a place to skip the spoilers
Can you review call of the wild how Buck animated movie?
@@Tagrix I know, my bad! I added some timestamps instead that tell you when the spoiler section is.
Dogs do cry
To be honest, despite the low budget animation, it's still more expressive than the lion king remake
مصطفى صلاح علي عبد الحسين facts
I like how I don’t understand anything in your name. Are you Arabic?:)
wow, that's highkey true
@@zentrum9042 yup 😊
@@BBWahoo thank you 😁
This film looks like it was shot in nintendogs
K.
Nah man, Nintendogs looks better than this XD
Nah but ok
Yes
Its mafe completely in Gary's mod
So the real crime this movie commits isn’t making us incredibly sad and depressed because of it’s story. It’s crime is making us incredibly sad and depressed because of its animation and voice acting
@@odilebartlett8191 you're overexaggerating. You people don't try to immerse yourself into the story you just sit there and laugh at the film being low quality and then when you stop laughing you realize the movie is over and that you weren't paying attention, this was an obvious attempt to show awareness for animal cruelty. You people are really obnoxious and you just take everything at face value you just don't bother to realize the allegory. Don't bother replying cos this is all i wanted to say and i won't reply.
Note: after watching the vid i understand how you can kind of mix up the message of the film but still
I thought the animation actually looked okay in some parts. What we heard of the voice acting didn't bother me either, but I'm not a good judge of that. The thing that seems to hurt it the most is the tonal shifts. I appreciate what the film makers were trying to convey, but I don't think I'll be checking this one out.
I've also just noticed that a majority of the voice cast in this movie are actually black voice actors not sure if that's meant to symbolise anything but I thought that was worth mentioning
@@filipkolasny908
Exactly, it wasn’t that hard to understand if you were watching the video. There’s no twisted plot or anything that’ll fuck up the plot. It’s all based and easy to understand. Yeah, the animation is not that good......but it’s not that bad either, you know? That shouldn’t be the reason to why they’re so confused about what this whole movie is about.
@@fourearwolf3315 exactly
This is proof that even low budget films can be well-written and emotional.
Yeah exactly
They just need to be given...a chance.
This is especially depressing for me
In 2014 i got a pitbull and named him Remy, he was a cage fighter from detroit, he was rescued in 2009 and since i got him he was the best dog i've ever meet.
Last year
he got cancer and had to be put down but all the years i had him he kept me company. I really just wish he could've lived a full life.
Sorry about your puppy
So sorry for your loss
I hope Remy is in a better place and or reincarnated into something Beautiful
May Remy rest in peace in Haven. 🙏🙏🙏
Ive got a chihuahua that was rescued. Believe it or not he was all scarred up and missing an ear. Apparently he lived with a man that used him as a chew toy for his larger dogs
Do a review about “Leafie, A Hen In The Wild”, please. It’s mother’s love at its heartwarmest and heartbreakest at the same time
Pls watch the sub
Don’t watch the English version, it sucks. And you need the original ending.
I haven't seen anyone talk about this movie other than me, I honestly thought no one knew it haha! Thst movie messed me up bad as a kid
@nikolai 1939 its leafies dramatic backstory
i remember that movie!!
I had a female pitbull that was a rescue. She was used to help train fighting dogs, but was always muzzled when people would use her for that. It was really sad but she was incredibly friendly. I was surprised because she was also very gentle with our other animals and never developed any aggression.
This just made me smile....thanks for sharing❤
Yeah! I have two pitbulls, and they're basically just big babies. Sure, they get protective when someone comes into the house unannounced, but they're really sweet! People always treat pitbulls like blood thirsty beasts, but they're not!
My rottweiler is thee same way. Absolute loves kids and old people, the only thing she's at all aggressive with are rodents which she will seek and destroy (which isnt a problem since rats and invasive rabbits are a problem here)
These posts are so wholesome
So she was a bait dog. Bait dogs are dogs that are labeled too weak or old to fight, so they are often muzzled and thrown Infront of the fighters for "practice". If the bait dog is female they often end up used for breeding to.
Unironically this looks like a gta 5 mod no offense but that's what immediately came to mind
Nintendogs
@@clownetto981 holy shit I was literally thinking about that
@@clownetto981 people remember that?
@Trentertainment nah its way too bright and a little realistic to be GTA 4
Its made by garys mod
Speaking as an animator, the animation is actually pretty good when they do close ups of Chance like at 12:23 but because the camera placements / shots in general are usually so far away from the models, you can see how poorly rendered it is. Although the puppy models are atrocious, I only do 2D and suck at 3D so whatever these animators made is better than I can do. Props to them, working on a five person team for a feature length film is back-breaking work
I'm sorry but when I saw Chance scream "Thooooooooor" with badly CGI animated mouth wide open, I laughed my ass off
To be fair this "film" is just a recorded Let's Play of Dog's Life.
Released on the PS2.
Ha ha haaaaa....
Is that true?
I freakin love that game dude
I used to love that game.
I loved that game.
God the nostalgia. And I'm pretty sure the game's cutscenes were a little better animated than this, despite the very aged models. XD
The animation isn't all that bad at least the dogs bodies are realistically proportional.
true, like at some points it actually looked hella good but it desperately needs some fixing tbh
I love the way the car moved though lol
I would say models and animation are completely different.
modeling? okay.
animation? pretty bad.
That's the model, not the animation
Kinda reminds me of monster house animation
In reality, Chance would have been turned into a bait dog if he refused to kill other dogs. That would have been a lot sadder and more accurate to what happens in reality...
Also, near the end where he turned and bit a person, he would have been shot dead in two seconds. These people are armed, and train the dogs to not even be aware that they could turn on their owners, because those that do, die.
Well that's dark
So for all the effort and tradeoffs they put into the message at the expense of story, they weren't even accurate to what actually happens anyway? They really didn't know what they were doing, I had assumed that they at least invested into accurately representing the subject matter if they were going to take that much time away from actual plot points.
@@101jir Yup. Trying to make it a kids movie pretty much made it almost impossible to show what really goes on. These "people" are all in it for the money; if a dog doesn't fight or thrratens their profits, it's good as dead...
@@TheGoldenDunsparce It really seems like the producers weren't really sure where they wanted to go with this. Educating children about the horrors of dogfighting while trying to keep it appropriate is already a monumental task, kudos for the attempt.
But it seems that they sacrificed plot elements (important for any good story, and underestimated importance for children's movies) for the message, but then sacrificed accuracy to what would have happened for child appropriateness, ultimately getting... not the worst of both worlds, but pretty rough.
As far as the subject matter itself, seems the dog is dead either way, just a matter of time and how prolonged the misery is. If it fights and loses, it dies. If it fights and wins, it will keep fighting until it dies. If it doesn't fight, it's a bait dog.
I'm very dumb may you explain what a bait dog is
The models themselves are pretty good, but the rigging models for the moving parts aren't. It's like they only rigged the main parts and forgot about the rest.
Petition to make a reimagination of this film except the story is about how Chance is slowly driven to insanity as his morals are constantly being challenged as he is forced to fight in the dog fighting ring.
I honestly hope that this movie can eventually be remade. I did enjoy it and some things were VERY effectively well done (I especially loved how the humans all spoke gibberish until one word became recognizable - Kill) though I do wish it had better animation and better effects
We need an animated version thats NOT cgi.
@@taxfraud6447 So, KitBull.
@@taxfraud6447 I can see what you mean
Yes, this concept is genuinely awesome. Just by Steve describing it brings a tear to my eye. This idea has so much potential for a real statement
Yeah, me too
How about you review "Stevie Reviews", the story of a guy who enjoys covering the most depressing but at the same time hidden gems in the world of animated movies
Yeah, I love that movie. The main character Steve's Reviews is pretty funny, but also makes me sad.
Lol 😂 I can see what you mean
The worst thing about it is that it tried so hard to make something good with a heartbreaking story, but the result was horrible
It'd be dope to see a review about Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010). Funky owl kidnapping and murder.
Me too
Oh god! I love that movie! He should totally review it!
@Young Shoto Yea!! I'm sad it never got continued or turned into a movie ngl. I need to reread them.
YESSSS YESSSS
That movie was criminally underrated
Severing the ears isn’t the term. It’s called cropping and docking. Crop for ears dock for tail; Unfortunately as per breed standards of pits and many other dogs including doberman and corgis for example: both ears and tails are simply cut off at a very young age, practically as newborns. I hate seeing how as humans we treat everything we see as property and not individuals. Long story and plenty of research short; ADOPT DON’T SHOP!
Sheep also get their tails cropped/docked. I never even knew they had tails until recently!
@Gi Gi *happy unga bunga noises*
Are you a PETA supporter? I care about animal rights but PETA isn’t doing well
@@ShadeATV ehhhh no not really much for PETA
Corgis have two different standards. One where the corgi have tail and the other one where puppies are naturally born without tails, similar to australian shepherd, it's a genetic mutation. They don't crop it.
I really wished that Chances motivation was something different.
Sure his girlfriend getting impregnated by his best friend sucks, but this just felt kinda strange. I get that he is pissed, but just going back to his owners and actually fight and kill. It's just like he threw his entire personality (with not killing) out of the window and says: "fuck it! Might as well kill."
Edit: Also the training-montage Problem could have been avoided if the puppies didn’t understood what „fighting“ meant.
Second Edit: Just thought about that: You know what could have made the City sequence actually useful? Maybe having some poeple around. Not for looks, but maybe people see that there are stray dogs and one is obviously hunted down by some untrusty guys. The scene shouldn't switch the focus from Chance, but maybe we see them in the background watching while he runs away from the car? That would also explain why the stray dog (forgot his name there) and Sugar end up at Haven. Maybe they started to investigate what was going on and found Chance wounded. I'm spending waaay too much time thinking about this movie xD
Totally. And yes, that would've been a great fix for the montage.
Also did he forget that they were captured by humans, and if they wanted Sugar to breed they would have literally FORCED her to breed by placing any horny dog with her to get impregnate her, willingly or no. She also expressed interest in Hannibal before any in Chance, it’s likely that even if they were still altogether, she would have picked Hannibal. They’re literally slave gladiators with even less rights than real world Roman gladiators cos they’re dogs, why does Chance act like Sugar even has a real choice in the matter when it’s more likely both his friends had to make a choice that would limit the pain Sugar would go through?
flufflewarrior44 I swear I've seen you everywhere.
@@magnum_mulch I hope that's not bad? xD
@@Juju-nr7cb I mean they are humanized a lot.. but yeah you are right. I mean they act like dogs in any other situation
It looks like a depressed movie variant of the game Nintendogs.
Wait that is a real game? Who came up with such a stupid name???
@@SwiftNimblefoot I’m guessing Nintendo
Said @@SwiftNimblefoot
this thread is a 💎
@@SwiftNimblefoot it's nintendo + dogs
It's actually clever if you pay attention to who made it
Actually Steve, dog CAN acually shed tears, its just not that visible like human, however you can see them if you look into the eyes
Also, dogs don't shed tears to portray sadness. It's cleaning out the eyes.
So can rats.
I can tell that my dogs are crying because below their eyes are wet fur.
It's true they can, one time my dog ate some really spicy salsa that accidently fell on the ground and her eyes started watering from the spice
But not because of sadness
The idea of dog fights makes my blood boil. I hope these people get arrested for the pain they have caused
Yeah I fell u it's thanks to dog fighting pitbulls and rottweilers are said to be not friendly but there are I have a rottweiler at my dad's house and she's nice one day I saw a pitbull at a persons house I visited before it was a lover I hope one day dog fighting will stop
It’s just a movie…
@@d-dub2012 But it happens in real life, and way more brutal than the movie..
@@d-dub2012 It happens in real life though
@@d-dub2012 it.... is a real thing though?
It really feels like it would have made more sense or made more of an impact if it showed the puppies play fighting and THEN the real fight where dogs are being killed, maybe making them realise this isn't the kind of fun fighting they're thinking about. Honestly the tonal shifts were pretty whack in this movie.
"Hinted that Hannibal is gay."
*Hannibal_TV has entered the chat*
Haha, I was like "Huh, small world"
No it's Hannibal the Canible
@@Real_Adam_Sandler >"Canible"
If only you were on the internet and could see how illiterate you are.
Thats some *lazy* psychiatry Dr. Lecter.
Haven: You mean Heaven?
The Reaper: You mean the Grim Reaper?
Willie: Shhhhh do you want to get sued
That “stupid dog” really made me laugh at a video review about a movie based on animal abuse. Thanks Steve, I feel like an arse.
Same. I don't know what wrong with me! D:
I think it was the way the line was delivered that really got me. It kind of sounds like some kid yelling it at his friends across the playground. Maybe it actually doesn’t and I’m just weird. Idk
"Aw, a cute animated dog movie"
*shows this movie to young child
Though the animation is troubled, I actually REALLY like the character models and environments. And despite most of the animation being really bad, their expressions were actually really good. At least I thought so, most of the time. And that's because they looked more like real dog expressions, to go along with the hyper realistic models, but also managed to convey more humanized emotion.
The moral and lesson of the movie is good. The characters are passable.
The execution? Needs work. Story itself is pretty by-the-books despite being confused. And the visuals... Eeeeeeeehhhhh...
@Death Omen That doesn't mean it can't be criticized. When you are selling a product for money, it doesn't matter if you made it in two days with only two people working on it. You should still have to provide some level of quality. It is not necessarily the fault of the animators if they were put under time constraints by whoever hired them for this film, BUT quality animated products HAVE been made by a single person. It would take a LOT longer, but it would be a higher quality result.
The only parts of the animation that look ok are the facial movements and the close up shots
@@fabplays6559 That's fair but we must also acknowledge the limited animators and resources in our criticism
@@fabplays6559 I think the animations on the humans are pretty good.. the dogs are okay-ish.. landscape, and cars?... christ.
Godfrey 44 I agree, but criticism should not be dismissed solely for that reason. I got that impression from Death Omen.
Every time he ends a sentence with “right”? You know somethings going to hit hard.
If I may recommend the short animated film 'Kitbull' It's adorable, well animated, heartbreaking, adorable, and has a brilliant pay off. It addresses dog fighting better, but more subtle
That one is so fucking cute and heartbreaking.
Kitbull is pit propaganda
@@Cmdrbzrd Elaborate please. How is it pit propaganda?
@@elenacienfuegos8450 It's pit apologist propaganda, and fails to be somewhat realistic with the behaviour of the hound. Pits are fighting dogs, and no amount of propaganda and lies can change that.
@@Cmdrbzrd what are you even spewing about? no dogs are fighting dogs. dog fighting is something humans made up. its a disgusting practice. its existence is to view these dogs as nothing but toys, when theyre literally living breathing creatures with personalities of their own. pitbulls are the sweetest dogs, that are capable of love, and deserves nothing but care and affection. no dog should ever go through the torture that is dog fighting. its not propaganda, its to actually show that dogs are their own being, and not something we humans use as if they are toys from a cheap dollar store.
You know is even more depressing if you think about how the 'happy ending' isn't even really that. Chance, Sugar, and all her puppies would have a next to nothing chance to getting adopted out because of that fighting ring background and will most likely be put down. The puppies cause they were breed to fight with a parent that was a fighter dog, Chance because he was a fighter dog, and Sugar cause the likely hood of her also being breed to fight. Their hardships didn't end just because they ended up in a shelter.
Chance:gets shot and supposedly killed
Also chance:just a flesh wound
Yep I can what you mean
This movie feels like when they wrote the script they had 4 different endings, but rather than pick one they went with all of them.
What baffles me is the fact the faces still had more emotion and animation than the lion king remake
And yet, I still found emotion there. I am an unusual human being.
Yeah I agree
@@godzillavkk yeah I know
Yeah I agree
@@godzillavkk Yeah I know
Steve somehow manages to make a video based on the most depressing thing on the planet, bound to give the viewer eternal crippling depression, and still manages to make funnier jokes than 99% of RUclipsrs today.
Nah
I mean he still funny but not an A list comedian or some shit.
@@tarrahforcier477 bro have you seen youtube vids made for kids the humor is horable
@@lunawolfheart336 you uh, do realize your comment is unintentionally comparing Steve's hunor to kids channels right?
@@tarrahforcier477 *horrible
t'was but a spelling error luna made
But at least we can agree that *most* kid's channels & humour are outright cringeworthy in how stupid and annoying it is
All the obvious flaws aside, I really liked that Haven was a dog shelter, that they all made it there, that Chance still stayed with sugar and cared for the puppies, and that Hannibal and Thor were embodied to watch over them in the form of clouds. I dunno why don’t ask
I was feeling a little sad until about 7:32 and then I couldn't quit laughing when I heard Eustace's voice "stupid dog"
In my head canon Chance died. That's his ghost at the end. He only has a bandaid because it would be awkward to show him walking with a whole on his shoulder
Chance: Tis but a scratch.
Owner: A scratch!? I put a bullet in your arm!
Chance: No you didn't...
Owner: Well What's that then?!
Chance: I've literally had worse...
This movie deserves to be re-animated
@Poopy1234 Yeah, the visual parts of a movie are really important
It’s actually a decent story to pair with its message. I would love to get a team together to reanimate this
@@kaileyallen7563 I agree
2d re animated
i kinda like the raw "low quality" style, if they just polished some of the bugs id totally dig it
Ngl it is really well done for a small animating crew and maybe they're begginners still. And I get that. But hey it's okay.
I agree
When the CG is more soul shattering than the movie topic itself.
Just stopped performing heart surgery just to watch this.
Sir you left my Grandfather on the operating table please return to him.
Damn
Priorities
@@bigboynubmel3106
Yo, update, is he doing good?
@@LpsRoseGold what the hell do you think?
You should review “A Silent Voice”
It made me cry watching it twice
Y E S
Yes
I agree.
What’s it about?
@@TheRealNormanBates it’s an anime made in 2016 by Kyoto animation about A former class bully reaches out to the deaf girl he’d tormented in grade school. He feels unworthy of redemption but tries to make things right
And yes I did get that description from Netflix
To be honest the voice acting is AWESOME, like for almost every voice you can feel how much the voice actors put their heart into this film 💖💖💖
Kind of thought of the animated short "Kitbull" watching this!
I can see what you mean
For Christmas, do the Disney Christmas Carol, that shit is terrifying
Cheers i'll drink to that bro
That one with Jim Carrie is much closer to the original
@@veronicapiccinini7956 plus it's amazing hearing Jim Carrey do these different sort of British accents for both Scrooge and two of the spirit of Christmas I mean I really do like the Yorkshire accent he gives the ghost of Christmas present which I think is cool cause usually Americans or Canadians since Jim Carrey is Canadian usually overlook that England has several types of British accents so I quite like how Jim Carrey didn't over look it and gave the ghost of Christmas present a Yorkshire accent and it's a really good Yorkshire accent as well
I was surprised that it wasn't rated PG-13.
@@HydraSpectre1138 it was giving a PG rating here in Australia
Me: *Reading*
Steve Reviews: *Posts*
Me: *Drops everything and plays video*
Bruh
So true
This film is basically Alpha and Omega if it was for adults and there was no sex going on.
Lol 😂
Honestly for only 5 animators its not too bad. Animation is hard. The models themselves i think look pretty good.
I’m such a moron I didn’t even notice the wheels not spinning .... until Steve said something.
knew a trucker at my old job, said he would attend dog and cock fights and the cops would show up and also bet on and enjoy the fights. Sad. Criminals and cops brought together by something so horrible.
Honestly, I see a potential for a remake or something, not just for the animation but fix the story n stuff that doesn't make sense lmao
A few films I wanna see get reviewed in the future:
1. Hazbin Hotel
2. Prince of Egypt
3. Perfect Blue
4. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
5. Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
The clouds at the end made me think of a less emotional version of the ending of JJBA Part 3-
Judging by the movie poster I assumed this was going to be a powerfully dark documentary and I was wondering why you never heard of it before. Now I see why. It’s not a documentary, it’s just crap.
Its actually a really good movie. It has its downs, but it was not bad
Please give The Breadwinner a watch, it represents the true hardships and challenges of being a woman in modern middle eastern countries.
such a good movie
God that's one of my favorites
I just watched it. Beautiful movie.
For a while, I thought this was an ironic comment Because I thought you were talking about the Nickelodeon's "Breadwinners" lol
@@randominternetuser5872 same
"Mom I want to see Plague Dogs!"
"Okay Honey, one, you *Really* don't, and two, we have Plague does at home."
*Plague Dogs at Home*
Also... did this film just rip off "The Pit" by James Rollins and not credit it? It's just different enough that maybe the creators of this film had never read that story, but just similar enough that I have to wonder.
5:29 “But not just any owner though” *Camera pans up to reveal that it’s Michael Vick*
Can you PLEASE watch Leafie: A hen into the wild. It really messed me up as a kid and the ending is heart breaking. Also please watch the uncensored version
“Uncensored version?” What made them feel the need to censor it?
@@freeze2869 just watch it man its a heart breaking ending
He did it
He did
@@watchforever1724 This was before he made that video 🙃
If you want a long-haul depressing show about animals, watch Wolf's Rain.
My favorite anime! The whole anime is nothing but a tragedy about the world's end. So depressing but also beautiful at the same time. Spoiler alert!!!!!!!! If you haven't seen me anime don't read further.
The ending is even more tragic, the world is literally on its last legs and the wolves fight so feverishly just to open the gates of paradise. But then Darsha has to come and ruin everything. The world ends not in a bang but a whimper, but luckily Kiba just manages to let the world be reborn so they can get a second shot at trying to open the gates once more. :'(
@@teddybearkiller5271 I think it's the first anime that made me cry for real. :c
@@PaintedBB It comes with the territory when it comes to tragedies. :"(
Spoiler alert!
When you watch the show you may notice a lot of bleakness in the world they inhabit. How it can go to baron, brown, drab deserts to snowy tundras. The way the city's are dilapidated and the world itself seems like it's dying, and I find that to be an interesting background element of the show.
That old couple in the mobile home, the husband says that they're going to go see their daughter a few towns over and the wife hints that there daughter's been dead for several years really puts a sting in the heart. :"(
Such a great series!
one of my favorite animes he should review it
@Steve Reviews Fun fact, dogs do in fact cry, but not to express emotions. It's usually a much bigger problem is a dog is producing tears. Like health problems and the such. Cats can also produce tears but again, not because of emotions.
For a future review, I would personally recommend a couple movies.
"Monster House", which has very much a horror movie sorta vibe throughout it and some honestly disturbing "death" scenes.
"Terkel in Trouble", a more obscure danish movie that feels a lot like a South Park sorta thing with some oddly dark moments.
and "Help I am a Fish", which while like an average kids movie most of the time has pretty jarring darker and more disturbing moments scattered throughout it which definitely make it worth a look in my opinion.
The idea of fish transforming into slave humans is creepy af and that's the undertone in Help I'm a fish.
Also the final death in I'm a Fish is haunting
@@Labyethan
Yh. Also did u know the great white DIES. I forgot about this but the innocent shark who is manipulated by the evil dude straight up suffocates in the gills at the end of the film.
@@linkthepig4219 Fully aware, fully aware, but the final one where the villian is tricked into drowning himself and he acknowledges it is proper horrfying.
@@Labyethan
It is yh.
I definitely recommend "Help I'm a fish" for your next review. The movie is like a fever dream for kids
me going into this video: oh stop saying how depresing this is
me coming out of this video: im eternaly cursed now
Shojo Tsubaki, literally the anime film is banned in japan and it covers alot of nasty topics like sex abuse and literally some people cant even get though the whole film for being disturbing
I also think that the Fox and the Hound also did it better.
True but I still enjoyed the film
Whoever thinks that Dogfighting is acceptable is going to lose their kneecaps!
As well as every other bone in their body.
I'll stick to watching Dodo's videos.
Yeah just replace dogs with humans and we got a new and amazing sport
@@steam453elegant9 we got UFC?
@@pizzamozzarella2786 but we don’t have gladiators
That’s.... graphic.
I see your point
There's a lot of rescues at the shelter in my town, rescued from dog fighting, or being used as bait dogs, or even rescued from being turned into meals.
My friend had rescued a pittie that was bred for fighting (she came from a whole line of fighting dogs), and she became a total sweetheart, but still had trouble around other dogs.
My friend's other pittie was rescued from being a bait dog, and she was horrified of sudden movements but again, total sweetheart that loved to sit in your lap.
It's horrible to see the ways dogs are mistreated, and just how mistreated any animal is in general.
if someone watched it and didn't know about dog fighting and didn't like dogs
this almost glorifies it
with the training montages it almost looks like a sport
Yep
YOU GOTTA REVIEW
Leafie: A Hen Into the Wild
This review makes me want to rrwatch Kitbull again, such a great short
Even though it has a good ending, it's still sad as hell. When the lady is going to pet the dog and he ducks his head out of fear of getting hit...kills me every time without fail.
Don’t be depressed Steve! We love you and support you.
I need this as a graphic novel that expands the story and the art
I kinda agree with your thoughts on the end. The dynamic between two friends having to fight each other is lessened by the Reaper suddenly appearing and killing Hannibal. The Reaper feels more like a surprise final boss just for the sake of having a final boss.
Please do a review on an anime movie titled "Enchanted Journey". It's like "Watership Down", but with chipmunks. The fox and the cats are the creepiest parts of the film.
That's a film I've never heard of before but if it's like Watership Down I must check it out
I might check it out
This film reminded me of Watership Down, The Plague Dogs, White God, Chirin's Bell, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, The Fox and The Hound and even a bit of The Little Fox.
I think this movie had various concepts, but instead of focusing on one idea they mixed all in one, which is a shame because the film had potential.
I was mixed on it
HEY STEVE, theres this obscure anime movie called Tamala 2010: A Punk cat in space, it is weird, but its one of my favourite movies, and it critizices themes like consumism, cults, etc, the interesting thing is that it was animated by 1 SINGLE PERSON IN FLASH
And also therese a sequel in the works!
I hate to even say this but the movie simply isn't realistic, there's no such thing as a fighting dog that "isn't willing to fight" or won't kill, these poor dogs are fed gun powder so they're in complete pain 24/7 while also giving them all kinds of drugs that just drive them mad and increase their strength.
A dogfighting story can't really hit hard while undercutting how evil dogfighting is.
As someone who grew up with a face scarred from a pitbull attack as a toddler, I hate to day that this badly animated film had me tearing...
Wheels aren’t turning, plus there’s no one in the car
Yeah...this isn’t how fighting dogs are kept.
Pitbulls are strong, they really can shrug off bullets.
Not quite shrug, but they don’t instantly die
They’ll still get hurt tho
Wow you finally gave this a “chance”
Somebody else recommended this as well, but let me also direct you to "Leafie, a hen into the wild". I wanna preface by saying two things: *THE SUB* and after you're done, look up the uncensored version on RUclips. That's all I wanted to say
The movie is called Chance and it made me think of the movie Homeward Bound.
YES
Same here
Nostalgia 🙌🏾👏🏾
Neat that I wasn’t the only one. I thought this was Chance’s origin story before he was adopted.
I can see why you see it like that
Can you review leafie a hen in the wild.
It's an amazing story that really shows the grey of the animal world and really shocking how easy characters get offed in it.
Highly recommend but warning the English version doesn't have the real ending so see the original subs
Can't agree more!!!!!
@@teddybearkiller5271 yeah I actually enjoyed it. While I do see anime this cartoon movie did grey in the world better than a lot of stuff I see.
Ending did make me thing and hope everyone can see it. It's so pretty and characters well done as well
I hate animal abuse. I have two cats so I love dearly and I will never let anything happen to them
If anyone touches my parrot she will bite their finger off👌
@@linkthepig4219 I love parrots
@@soggyeggos5093
Lol yh
That’s how it is entertainment
“A proper *chance* “ made me laugh, I tried so hard to keep a straight face but I broke out into laughter, why is that funny?!
2:20 that flashlight legit just shines straight thu the fence i love it when they do that :D
I shouldn't have laughed with the *stupid dog* line I lost it who knew you can make a depressing film like this funny. XD
Edit: I also laughed with the way the car was moving.
Timestamp?
@@gennoble6934 watch the video you'll see what I mean ;)
Lol 😂
Hey Steve, you should do a "What Went Wrong" With Thomas The Tank Engine since it seems you have a ton to say!
Only steve will try to add humor in a dark sad animation movie.
I think this sums up a lot of common issues with message-first writing. The story suffers because the limited time means that only so much can be devoted to actual story elements, which are minimized in favor of getting something specific communicated.
Although this takes it to another level. Not only did they double down on the time limit, but it seems that they doubled down on making sure to have people that know the details of this stuff to represent it accurately, at the expense of actual writing talent.
Did anyone else get “I am Sub-zero” ad after the “I am a dog. I fight and I kill” scene? I’ll admit I laughed at the pairing