I recently got to see this movie in theaters and I enjoyed it a lot. It’s not flawless, but it’s definitely worth watching. If this ends up being a franchise, I’d like to see a TV series based on this film. Dreamworks has done this with many of their other films, even ones that bombed like Turbo and Mr. Peabody and Sherman.
I think that this deserves its own franchise, the ocean floor holds as many mysteries as outer space and provides endless potential. The creators did say in interviews that they had a lot of monster ideas for Ruby to fight and it would be foolish to throw away such a world with so much potential. I am almost certain that DreamWorks will at least give it a tv series because they tend to do that with most of their works. Also Vod and streaming can still save this film, people just need to know about it.
I agree with you, I watched it 4 times at theaters and now I own it on prime, I know in my heart that a sequel of franchises including a tv series will still happen. There has got to be more stories of Ruby Gillman, like what happens next, will Ruby still consider taking the throne after her grandmother retires or dies. Will there be more evil Sea Creatures to fight off or if the mermaids return along with Chelsea aka Nerissa, and that the krakens and mermaids can have peace among themselves and change their ways
In my opinion, this movie is over hated and deserves more love, respect, and attention than what it already got. Sure it does take elements from Pixar’s Luca and Turning Red, but I still consider it one of my favorite films by Dreamworks. 😊
IKR?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE THIS MOVIE! After watching it in theaters before it came out on digital, I had a really fun time with this movie! I enjoyed it so much, that I saw it a 2nd time on digital! Honestly, I really don't understand why it's a "failure"! There's nothing wrong with the movie AT ALL! It's fun, cute, and epic! It had a really cool story, and really likable characters! Ruby is so cute, and chelsea was a really satisfying villain! This movie shouldn't have been a failure! Cuz it's a great movie, and I consider it to be another great movie from dreamworks! There's just no reason to hate it! My only hopes are that the movie's box office numbers will go up, or that it'll one day get a sequel or maybe even a series! Cuz i need more ruby gillman! I can imagine a RGTK series being about ruby having the best summer of her life, while also having to battle other evil sea creatures. It definitely has a lot of potential to be a franchise! Everyone, let's give this adorable dreamworks movie some love! ❤🐙🧜♀️ If pixar's elemental got a second chance, why can't the same thing happen with RGTK?
Universal did dirty on DreamWorks. This movie could have been something big for DreamWorks. Also I'm hoping that a sequel makes this movie better like how it happened in puss n boots the last wish.
I loved Ruby Gillman and I do see the issues this movie had and a lot of cut contents that would've improved the movie. but I think its a good movie but could've been better... The music and soundtrack is honestly the best part of this movie I love the songs and music of this movie so much. Also Dreamworks or Universal pls never release a movie on a month that is full of movies like Spiderman (I kinda don't like ATSV) Transformers (best movie I saw this year) The Flash, Dude who bombed japan, and Barbie like there's too many movies and don't release NEAR THE 4TH OF JULY WHERE MANY AMERICANS GO TO THE BEACH NOT THEATERS AND THEATERS CLOSED. Also for some reason my local AMCs didn't have the movie on June 28, their website didn't show any showtimes, not sure if this happen to anyone as well. Now I heard the director and voice actress of Ruby apparently had interest doing a sequel or series (not sure if this is ture tho) so the movie ends with Ruby going to face a monster which THAT is a perfect opportunity to make a ruby sequel. Here's my idea. Ruby Gillman vs The Sea Monsters or Ruby Gillman Rise of the Sea Monsters and its mostly about Ruby fighting monsters that are silly, terryfying, to flat out dangerous. Now I discover the movie on a short on YT and damn now that I think about it this movie barley got promoted and I saw it on a shorts and then saw the trailer. And the movie got me intrested in because its about a high school girl like those animes and past cartoons that I saw like Teenage Robot. And the giant monster battle is what made me wanna see this film because I'm a fan of Ultraman, Godzilla, Power Rangers, Pacific Rim, any other monster media. at the end of the day I loved the movie I wish it was a little better. Now apparently Ruby is gonna be in theaters in Japan in march.... idk why march why not December or Janurary because they'll have to wait and who knows if its gonna be another box office flop, but I do hope japan could help the movie since japan loves Godzilla, Ultraman, Gamera and so many giant monster media..... as well as High school girls....... Nice video btw
The trailers definitely caused the most damage to the film. Chelsea getting redeemed at the end, could've saved it since it would've made the film less straight forward in plot. Speaking of Chelsea, they should've kept her and Nerissa as two separate characters. For one, since there was a war between krakens and mermaids, it would've been nice to have more than one mermaid in the film. Two, Chelsea just came off as too likable, and considering the short trailer (which was so cute) the antagonism between Ruby and Chelsea would've been best at a rivalry level, and three, it would've diffused the trailers giving so much away. Another thing, aside from Chelsea (in human form) and Gordon, the designs of the human characters look bad. Would've been better to keep the focus away from most of them. But I do hope Ruby Gillman is given a chance with at least another film. I would like to know what happened to Chelsea.
That’s pretty much DOA now. No studio will throw out more money for a film that was a massive failure at the box office. I’ve seen planned sequels for other films get cancelled for the same reason Maybe, and that’s a big maybe we’ll get a TV series like Godzilla 1998 got
I would love to see them, explore the rivalry between the Kraken and mermaids! It would’ve been interesting to see what Narissa’s backstory If there are other mermaids out there even underwater monsters, we never heard of maybe leviathan! Also, I think they could’ve done Ruby a little better like make her like protagonist like Shulk(Xenoblade Chronicles),Hiccup(How to Train Your Dragon),Sora(Kingdom Hearts) and Aang(Avatar The Last Airbender)! Maybe it would be better if Chelsea would stay Ruby’s best friend or maybe they could be rivals!
I've actually seen storyboards around RUclips in which Chelsea really WAS Nerissa's daughter and she was using Ruby's friendship as part of a plan to get revenge on Agatha for killing Nerissa during the war.
I liked it, and I plan to get the Blu-Ray. Me and some friends saw it together, and I kinda felt it appropriate as we had another friend who's passed away who'd always put on stuff like the Dreamworks movies we might not otherwise see to entertain his son when we got together.
Dude, I agree wholeheartedly with your video here. I enjoyed Ruby Gillman, flaws and all, and I too feel like it didn't deserve to bomb as hard as it did. As for a sequel, I imagine it being a Peacock/Netflix series which would expand upon the whole Mermaid/Kraken conflict.
Great review, man! I too enjoyed Ruby Gillman and believes it deserved better. As unlikely as it maybe, I hope some day in the future Ruby gets a franchise. Maybe not a sequel, I feel a tv show is more likely since DreamWorks has a good track record of giving shows to their more midtier movies.
As a former MVA fan, I'm a little concerned. They eventually made a TV show on it, and it sucked. To save you time, imagine if they made a TV show based on Teenage Kraken, but Ruby Gillman was fully human. That's how badly they screwed up the MVA tv show. I would love a show based on this movie, but I'm not sure what to expect. Full disclosure: I've never seen any Dreamworks shows.
To be honest, I would’ve loved the movie more if Chelsea got redeemed, or if she had her own issues with her mother being the mermaid queen’s daughter. It would’ve been a nice parallels between Ruby and her mom. The fact is that the dynamic between Chelsea and Ruby is better than whatever is between Ruby and her squad until the lame twist villain reveal
It’s not like Chelsea has any queen duties when the mermaid kingdom is in shambles and her people are in hiding. In fact, I think going to high school was her way of hiding.
Chelsea wasn't a twist villain any more than the Fairy Godmother was. She tricks *Ruby* into thinking she's good, but we as the audience can tell she's bad news if we're paying any attention at all. There's obvious signs of her taking advantage of Ruby and her insecurity in the movie (she shows up by falsely claiming credit for saving Connor, her first reaction when Ruby is injured by the trident's trap is to impatiently ask "What happened?" and not "Are you OK?", etc.). You're either not very bright or you just didn't see the film.
@@WaspCameraInSpringfield thank you for your analysis. I was aware of the obvious manipulation attempts by Chelsea. However, they were also times with Chelsea seem genuinely concerned. She saved Ruby’s life and she helped Ruby embrace her Kraken side. Also, in the bathroom, she had a look of genuine sympathy. I know that she was manipulating Ruby, but I hoped that there was more to it than just a generic twist. Also, there’s not a real reason why she’s evil. Other than the fact she’s a mermaid and mermaids are evil in this universe by default.
@@WaspCameraInSpringfield furthermore, while Chelsea did lie about saving Connor and she was vain, and very stereotypical “mean girl”, there is a big difference between being a bully and being pure evil. In my experience, bullies, male, or female, or people going through their own insecurities and their own problems. Ask yourself if somebody saved your life and then gave you space after they offered you be your friend, but you said no, do you really consider them untrustworthy just because your grandmother says that their entire race is bad?
I love this Dreamwork movie of Ruby Gillman teenage kraken with its how train your Dragon style theme opening and ending, with Puss in boots in it was well, and I would deeply love a second movie of Ruby Gillman teenage Kraken as Ruby is slowly thinking of becoming the next Kraken Queen, while someone new in town is trying to turn the two ageist the Gillman, as more troubling is happing in the oceans
Ruby Gillman teenage Kraken is another of Dreamwork best movie with a little how to train your dragon and Puss in boots from Shrek, and a second movie as Ruby is slowly thinking about becoming the next Kraken queen, while some new in town is trying to turn the town ageist the Gillman, as more trouble is happing on the oceans
There's still hope for this movie. Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken is now on demand. So maybe people will have more time to see it at home instead of going to the theaters. It may have had a bad start due to people having other plans and not having time to see the movie in theaters, but I still think Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken is one of the greatest DreamWorks properties. I hope it'll have a TV series or maybe a sequel, too.
There is no way a full on sequel will happen now. When a film is a catastrophic bomb like this no studio will want to risk throw away more money If we’re lucky maybe we’ll get a Tv show like Godzilla 1998 got
I saw it twice while in theatres and was the only person in there for both which is so disheartening because I really enjoyed this film. It's not perfect but it has heart and soul behind it. I know it won't happen but a cute little animated show for Ruby would be perfect. Unfortunately, most people online are just tearing this film apart because they can't ship Chelsea and Ruby anymore for obvious reasons. That's what pulled in a lot of people back when the first trailer came out.
Ruby is just too cute and "fun animation" of a character. She is like rubber, it's fun to see her stretching and doing some wacky stuff since she is boneless. Her personality is exactly what i personally like, it's just very cute and fun to see her teenage mental struggles. Despite that, i still think the movie was weak, and i want a remake or tv series anyway, potential is still there.
One of the few reviews I’ve seen that didn’t just dunk on the film outright. I saw it on digital through Xbox. I feel like since puss in boots the last wish happened. The expectations where to high. Also this film does have a lot of: could’ve been better things about it. But on its own, it’s not the worst thing dreamworks ever made. And I do agree with the sentiment that this film deserves a better chance for its concept and ideas alone.
I'd be so furious if I worked on this movie . . I thought about that too, regarding the case with the tentacles. It also seems that since she doesn't have a siphon to expel water through, her feet act as huge paddles to help her swim. Someone also realized that "Nerissa" - is practically "siren" spelled backwards! Someone figured you can get moisture simply by living near a lake, or filling a bathtub with water . . but I don't see how that'd work out. I was instantly enamored with this character from the moment I saw her, because I have a huge thing for cecealia AKA octopus mermaids! So this was pretty much a dream come-true for me! =) Very detailed and wonderful review! God bless and have a nice day buddy! ^u^ Oh and yes - Ruby definitely needs a sequel! Better yet, a series! There's so much world-building potential! It'd be much like the Abominable series. They can still take the money they've earned and start a series! It might save the franchise! =D
Heart appreciated! God bless and have a nice day! ^u^ By the way, the most likeable of Ruby's friends might be Bliss, especially if you like Wednesday Addams. :)
In my opinion maybe they should have given this film a different animation style…one that didn’t look so generic and interesting to the public’s eye….Mayer something similar to the legend of korra And voltron legendary defender
Ruby Gillman teenage Kraken is another of Dream works best movie, and this is reminding me of the petition for a second Ruby Gillman teenage kraken movie, that only need 35 sighs left
This has been my favorite movie ever since I saw it in theaters. I’ve been watching the trailer every night before I go to bed, that shows how excited I am for it.
I really wanted to see this, but no sooner had I heard about it, it was out of theaters... and I'm wondering how I missed it... then I see it was barely out for 2 weeks, and I'm just left dumbfounded.
I wanted to see the movie in theaters but a lot just got in the way. By the time I actually had time to see it, my local theater limited it to only 2 showings early in the day, which was not ideal for me to go see after work since I was working. Now that it’s on digital maybe I’ll watch it there. Didn’t expect it to go on digital so fast though
Boss Baby. It has a sequel and four season animated series. So I do think that Ruby Gillman might have an opportunity for a sequel and a tv animated show
I really enjoyed this movie, and I’m glad that you made this video. All of the points you made I agree with, and I loved your different takes on the writing or plot. Like you, I made a video talking about the film. It bummed me out that this movie (financially) failed. I thought it was cute and deserved better. Thank you for supporting our favorite kraken.
You’re welcome. I’m glad you enjoyed. I couldn’t find your Ruby Gillman video when I went to your channel. Is it not out yet? And could you please link it? I’d love to see it.
i could see a brilliant sequel idea revolving around the villain who is a long lost descendent of rubys family that nobody talks about for good reason. Since he was a male kraken and was jealous that the woman in his family got all the power and strength. So he eliminated all off his family including the women so he can take their power and is the real reason why Agatha and her family moved to the surface on land with Narissa just being his slave. You can even take it could even go a step further by saying that this descendent of ruby's family was forcing Narrissa to attack ruby and her family in exchange for the descendent to free all the mermaids which he has captured. But after the she failed ruby's long lost evil family member(insert evil name here) pulls of a Thanos and dose it himself. Separate from the is plot there will be a thing going on were ruby's life sort of takes a nose dive (no pun intended) were connor breaks up with ruby, rubys friends go to another school, Nessie gets sick or something. And the reason why this is important is because it allows the villain later to to convince ruby that all of these things will go away if she joins him to raise the stakes. How this will get resolved could be that the villain did all of this using his magic in order for ruby to switch side and then gets betrayed by her ancestor making her fight back against him in a kaiju battle scene and who knows maybe Chelsea could team up with ruby.
Another aspect about the story that I would have changed was having the Gillman's say that they were from Greenland instead of Canada, because it's ironically very cold up there, which would have been a better excuse for their Blue skin, and you are less likely to meet someone from Greenland than you are from Canada, so it would have worked out better.
I believe the film will have a sequel because the director of the film, who is the same as the Croods film, said he wanted to do a sequel, but also they can do a series that continues the story.
@@zukileao7768 Really? That I'm glad to hear. This gives me plenty of hope that DreamWorks will make another Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken movie and a TV series if the director wants to make a Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken 2 movie.
@@zukileao7768 Dreamworks does have a history of making good sequels to otherwise mix reception movies (The Croods to New Age), or even making astounding sequels (Puss in Boots Last Wish), so it is potentially possible that a sequel to Ruby Gillman could be better than the first. Also could somewhat justify its title. I never really liked the title of the movie, but I only gave it a pass because it could just be a way of identifying which film since the director really wants a sequel, similar to things like Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark, or Star Wars: The Phantom Menace/A New Hope.
There are principles of good storytelling that haven't changed for thousands of years. Jaws is Beowulf on a boat. I've watched a number of reviews now; some that loved the movie and some that hated it. And they all agree, the movie failed to tell a coherent story in an interesting new way. I'm going to watch it. It looks like my kind of fun. But I'm going to watch it with the expectation that it has to be taken on its own terms without asking too many questions.
Sounded like a cute movie to me but I only heard about it after it was already in theaters. I might watch it eventually, but it’s hard to have a box office success when a lot of people just don’t know it exists.
i loved ruby gillman teenage kraken because 1: its basicaly a kaiju movie and 2: it reminds of splatoon my fave game by nintendo because she looks lika an inkling\octoling
Ruby Gillman was another of Dreamwork’s best movie, it was only thanks to the movie that came before it, is way it didn’t do so well, but thanks to the petition for a sequel we might get a second movie of Ruby Gillman teenage Kraken
I thought the Ruby Gillman movie was fine. The film is a good example of the "Flip the Premise" storytelling. And if you are going to ask "What's 'Flip The Premise?'" (Let's call it FTP for short), it's a writing technique where you take an existing story and flip it by making the hero into the villain and the villain into the hero. And then, you write a synopsis for your FTP story. And then, you strip your FTP story to the bare bone but keep the story's concept and make your own story out of it. FTP is what writers use when they have writer's block. It's the best technique IMO if you have writer's block. And Ruby Gillman is an FTP story of "The Little Mermaid", obviously. Ruby is basically the good guy version of Ursula and Chelsea is the bad guy version of Arial. Other FTP stories like this includes Bright starring Will Smith, which is the FTP version of Lord of the Rings.
I actually noticed that Ruby Gillman and Chelsea are both Ariel but in different perspectives. Ruby is Ariel from a CHARACTER perspective (having a parent who is of royalty, who also doesn't want to them to go up or down the surface of land or sea, both fall in love with a human boy, both have 3 friends, and some more). Chelsea is Ariel from a DESIGN perspective.
Good review! I had more problems with the movie than you did, but I do agree, it isn't bad, and it deserved much better. It's very sad that new IPs just get sent out to die by big companies like Universal these days. And, I do agree, I'm not very fond of people hating movies based on similarities to other movies. There's straight up copying, which I do have a problem with, and then there's just coincidental similarities because there's only so many types of stories and messages people can tell, which I have no problem with. As someone who as seen Turning Red, I can see the similarities now that you've mentioned people have compared them, but I honestly think the movies are still completely unique from one another, any similarities are definitely coincidental, and, honestly, Turning Red never even crossed my mind while watching Ruby.
Ruby Gilman Teenage Kraken is another of Dream works movie, having its how train your Dragon theme style openings and ending, with a scene of Puss from Shrek, and lets not forget about the little of Scooby doo, too, and there is a change for a second Ruby Gilman teenage Kraken movie, there is a petition for a second movie, that could be better then the first one
You bring up a lot of potential re-writes and things they could've tried during your negative thoughts bit but I think all of that is WHY this movie bombed. I liked this movie but it doesn't seem like it TRIED anything. It wasn't particularly advertised very heavily around my circles. Even going to see other films I only ever caught a preview for this film ONCE. And after watching I left with the impression it was "okay I guess". It's too "by the numbers" to hope to standout
At 6:30 - As to why I think Ruby trusted Chelsea so quickly, let's look at her day: Ruby turned giant, she learned that her own mother had been "omitting" important information, such as the fact that they're royalty, and she met her grandmother, someone who she had no idea even existed before that day. Having so much information thrown at her in such a short time, it makes sense that she wouldn't be in the best place to make decisions. Also, she heard that mermaids are evil from her grandmother - someone who she knows very little about. Add to that the fact that her own mother had been lying to her, she might not have been particularly trusting of her own relatives. Then along comes Chelsea - someone who knows everything, seemed to be a proper friend, and praised the fact that Ruby can turn giant. Yes, it was foolish of Ruby to trust Chelsea so much, but considering the circumstances, it makes sense. I've personally been "betrayed/lied to" in my own life more than a few times (NOT by family), and every time I kept latching on to the next person I found who just validated me a little, then betrayed me. And I kept repeating the cycle until I finally cut myself off. This was mostly with people who I talked to online, but it still hurt. Point is that it can be hard to know who to trust. I never saw the promotional material for the film before seeing the movie, and yet I still figured out that Chelsea had less than noble intent. Even knowing that it was coming, the big betrayal still hurt, it was effective. I love this movie, it's what has made me interested in seeing more movies in the theater again. Kind of wish that there was more, but then again, I'm happy with what I got.
There was no reason for them to pull the movie out of cinemas, the movie could have easily succeeded at the box office should they have just never pulled it out and leave it in cinemas for another few weeks This movie was released on June 30, they suddenly decided to pull it out on July 6, yes they only made $5.5 million
You know you should actuly make more dreamworks videos i would love to do that anyways this video is really well done and i agree this film does have pottansol to have a sequel
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I recently got to see this movie in theaters and I enjoyed it a lot. It’s not flawless, but it’s definitely worth watching. If this ends up being a franchise, I’d like to see a TV series based on this film. Dreamworks has done this with many of their other films, even ones that bombed like Turbo and Mr. Peabody and Sherman.
Yeah I've just called dreamworks on the phone yesterday to do a ruby gillman animated series
This movie was treated so poorly in marketing. Also, if I hadn’t seen the trailers, I would have trusted Chelsea too.
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I think that this deserves its own franchise, the ocean floor holds as many mysteries as outer space and provides endless potential. The creators did say in interviews that they had a lot of monster ideas for Ruby to fight and it would be foolish to throw away such a world with so much potential. I am almost certain that DreamWorks will at least give it a tv series because they tend to do that with most of their works. Also Vod and streaming can still save this film, people just need to know about it.
I agree with you, I watched it 4 times at theaters and now I own it on prime, I know in my heart that a sequel of franchises including a tv series will still happen. There has got to be more stories of Ruby Gillman, like what happens next, will Ruby still consider taking the throne after her grandmother retires or dies. Will there be more evil Sea Creatures to fight off or if the mermaids return along with Chelsea aka Nerissa, and that the krakens and mermaids can have peace among themselves and change their ways
In my opinion, this movie is over hated and deserves more love, respect, and attention than what it already got. Sure it does take elements from Pixar’s Luca and Turning Red, but I still consider it one of my favorite films by Dreamworks. 😊
IKR?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE THIS MOVIE! After watching it in theaters before it came out on digital, I had a really fun time with this movie! I enjoyed it so much, that I saw it a 2nd time on digital! Honestly, I really don't understand why it's a "failure"! There's nothing wrong with the movie AT ALL! It's fun, cute, and epic! It had a really cool story, and really likable characters! Ruby is so cute, and chelsea was a really satisfying villain! This movie shouldn't have been a failure! Cuz it's a great movie, and I consider it to be another great movie from dreamworks! There's just no reason to hate it! My only hopes are that the movie's box office numbers will go up, or that it'll one day get a sequel or maybe even a series! Cuz i need more ruby gillman! I can imagine a RGTK series being about ruby having the best summer of her life, while also having to battle other evil sea creatures. It definitely has a lot of potential to be a franchise!
Everyone, let's give this adorable dreamworks movie some love! ❤🐙🧜♀️
If pixar's elemental got a second chance, why can't the same thing happen with RGTK?
I completely agree with you. I LOVED this movie
Universal did dirty on DreamWorks. This movie could have been something big for DreamWorks. Also I'm hoping that a sequel makes this movie better like how it happened in puss n boots the last wish.
Any plans for a sequel are cancelled now.
When a film does as poorly as this, a studio will not risk throwing away more money
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I loved Ruby Gillman and I do see the issues this movie had and a lot of cut contents that would've improved the movie. but I think its a good movie but could've been better... The music and soundtrack is honestly the best part of this movie I love the songs and music of this movie so much. Also Dreamworks or Universal pls never release a movie on a month that is full of movies like Spiderman (I kinda don't like ATSV) Transformers (best movie I saw this year) The Flash, Dude who bombed japan, and Barbie like there's too many movies and don't release NEAR THE 4TH OF JULY WHERE MANY AMERICANS GO TO THE BEACH NOT THEATERS AND THEATERS CLOSED. Also for some reason my local AMCs didn't have the movie on June 28, their website didn't show any showtimes, not sure if this happen to anyone as well.
Now I heard the director and voice actress of Ruby apparently had interest doing a sequel or series (not sure if this is ture tho) so the movie ends with Ruby going to face a monster which THAT is a perfect opportunity to make a ruby sequel. Here's my idea. Ruby Gillman vs The Sea Monsters or Ruby Gillman Rise of the Sea Monsters and its mostly about Ruby fighting monsters that are silly, terryfying, to flat out dangerous.
Now I discover the movie on a short on YT and damn now that I think about it this movie barley got promoted and I saw it on a shorts and then saw the trailer. And the movie got me intrested in because its about a high school girl like those animes and past cartoons that I saw like Teenage Robot. And the giant monster battle is what made me wanna see this film because I'm a fan of Ultraman, Godzilla, Power Rangers, Pacific Rim, any other monster media. at the end of the day I loved the movie I wish it was a little better. Now apparently Ruby is gonna be in theaters in Japan in march.... idk why march why not December or Janurary because they'll have to wait and who knows if its gonna be another box office flop, but I do hope japan could help the movie since japan loves Godzilla, Ultraman, Gamera and so many giant monster media..... as well as High school girls.......
Nice video btw
The trailers definitely caused the most damage to the film. Chelsea getting redeemed at the end, could've saved it since it would've made the film less straight forward in plot. Speaking of Chelsea, they should've kept her and Nerissa as two separate characters. For one, since there was a war between krakens and mermaids, it would've been nice to have more than one mermaid in the film. Two, Chelsea just came off as too likable, and considering the short trailer (which was so cute) the antagonism between Ruby and Chelsea would've been best at a rivalry level, and three, it would've diffused the trailers giving so much away.
Another thing, aside from Chelsea (in human form) and Gordon, the designs of the human characters look bad. Would've been better to keep the focus away from most of them.
But I do hope Ruby Gillman is given a chance with at least another film. I would like to know what happened to Chelsea.
In the trailer when Ruby first time meets Chelsea, it didn't go in a positive way.
I want to see a sequel to this movie
That’s pretty much DOA now.
No studio will throw out more money for a film that was a massive failure at the box office.
I’ve seen planned sequels for other films get cancelled for the same reason
Maybe, and that’s a big maybe we’ll get a TV series like Godzilla 1998 got
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I would love to see them, explore the rivalry between the Kraken and mermaids! It would’ve been interesting to see what Narissa’s backstory If there are other mermaids out there even underwater monsters, we never heard of maybe leviathan! Also, I think they could’ve done Ruby a little better like make her like protagonist like Shulk(Xenoblade Chronicles),Hiccup(How to Train Your Dragon),Sora(Kingdom Hearts) and Aang(Avatar The Last Airbender)! Maybe it would be better if Chelsea would stay Ruby’s best friend or maybe they could be rivals!
I've actually seen storyboards around RUclips in which Chelsea really WAS Nerissa's daughter and she was using Ruby's friendship as part of a plan to get revenge on Agatha for killing Nerissa during the war.
I liked it, and I plan to get the Blu-Ray. Me and some friends saw it together, and I kinda felt it appropriate as we had another friend who's passed away who'd always put on stuff like the Dreamworks movies we might not otherwise see to entertain his son when we got together.
Same man, Blu-ray can't come out soon enough. My condolences for your friend.
Dude, I agree wholeheartedly with your video here. I enjoyed Ruby Gillman, flaws and all, and I too feel like it didn't deserve to bomb as hard as it did.
As for a sequel, I imagine it being a Peacock/Netflix series which would expand upon the whole Mermaid/Kraken conflict.
Great review, man! I too enjoyed Ruby Gillman and believes it deserved better. As unlikely as it maybe, I hope some day in the future Ruby gets a franchise. Maybe not a sequel, I feel a tv show is more likely since DreamWorks has a good track record of giving shows to their more midtier movies.
As a former MVA fan, I'm a little concerned. They eventually made a TV show on it, and it sucked. To save you time, imagine if they made a TV show based on Teenage Kraken, but Ruby Gillman was fully human. That's how badly they screwed up the MVA tv show.
I would love a show based on this movie, but I'm not sure what to expect.
Full disclosure: I've never seen any Dreamworks shows.
To be honest, I would’ve loved the movie more if Chelsea got redeemed, or if she had her own issues with her mother being the mermaid queen’s daughter. It would’ve been a nice parallels between Ruby and her mom. The fact is that the dynamic between Chelsea and Ruby is better than whatever is between Ruby and her squad until the lame twist villain reveal
The idea of Chelsea having her own issues with her mother would make for a nice parallel
It’s not like Chelsea has any queen duties when the mermaid kingdom is in shambles and her people are in hiding. In fact, I think going to high school was her way of hiding.
Chelsea wasn't a twist villain any more than the Fairy Godmother was. She tricks *Ruby* into thinking she's good, but we as the audience can tell she's bad news if we're paying any attention at all. There's obvious signs of her taking advantage of Ruby and her insecurity in the movie (she shows up by falsely claiming credit for saving Connor, her first reaction when Ruby is injured by the trident's trap is to impatiently ask "What happened?" and not "Are you OK?", etc.). You're either not very bright or you just didn't see the film.
@@WaspCameraInSpringfield thank you for your analysis. I was aware of the obvious manipulation attempts by Chelsea. However, they were also times with Chelsea seem genuinely concerned. She saved Ruby’s life and she helped Ruby embrace her Kraken side. Also, in the bathroom, she had a look of genuine sympathy. I know that she was manipulating Ruby, but I hoped that there was more to it than just a generic twist. Also, there’s not a real reason why she’s evil. Other than the fact she’s a mermaid and mermaids are evil in this universe by default.
@@WaspCameraInSpringfield furthermore, while Chelsea did lie about saving Connor and she was vain, and very stereotypical “mean girl”, there is a big difference between being a bully and being pure evil. In my experience, bullies, male, or female, or people going through their own insecurities and their own problems. Ask yourself if somebody saved your life and then gave you space after they offered you be your friend, but you said no, do you really consider them untrustworthy just because your grandmother says that their entire race is bad?
I love this Dreamwork movie of Ruby Gillman teenage kraken with its how train your Dragon style theme opening and ending, with Puss in boots in it was well, and I would deeply love a second movie of Ruby Gillman teenage Kraken as Ruby is slowly thinking of becoming the next Kraken Queen, while someone new in town is trying to turn the two ageist the Gillman, as more troubling is happing in the oceans
Ruby Gillman teenage Kraken is another of Dreamwork best movie with a little how to train your dragon and Puss in boots from Shrek, and a second movie as Ruby is slowly thinking about becoming the next Kraken queen, while some new in town is trying to turn the town ageist the Gillman, as more trouble is happing on the oceans
There's still hope for this movie. Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken is now on demand. So maybe people will have more time to see it at home instead of going to the theaters. It may have had a bad start due to people having other plans and not having time to see the movie in theaters, but I still think Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken is one of the greatest DreamWorks properties. I hope it'll have a TV series or maybe a sequel, too.
TV series and sequel to Ruby Gillman Teenage Kraken.
There is no way a full on sequel will happen now.
When a film is a catastrophic bomb like this no studio will want to risk throw away more money
If we’re lucky maybe we’ll get a Tv show like Godzilla 1998 got
I saw it twice while in theatres and was the only person in there for both which is so disheartening because I really enjoyed this film. It's not perfect but it has heart and soul behind it. I know it won't happen but a cute little animated show for Ruby would be perfect. Unfortunately, most people online are just tearing this film apart because they can't ship Chelsea and Ruby anymore for obvious reasons. That's what pulled in a lot of people back when the first trailer came out.
This is my favorite original animated movie PERIOD.
same
This is at a tie for me for that title with Kubo and the Two Strings
I didn't hate it, but it felt more like a TV movie that premieres the start of a series
Agreed
It didn’t feel like a big screen movie at all, felt very straight to dvd-ish LOL
@@RYMAN1321 That's exactly what I said but better 😂
I’m glad I’m not the only one who thought this movie deserve better to
Ruby is just too cute and "fun animation" of a character. She is like rubber, it's fun to see her stretching and doing some wacky stuff since she is boneless. Her personality is exactly what i personally like, it's just very cute and fun to see her teenage mental struggles.
Despite that, i still think the movie was weak, and i want a remake or tv series anyway, potential is still there.
One of the few reviews I’ve seen that didn’t just dunk on the film outright.
I saw it on digital through Xbox. I feel like since puss in boots the last wish happened. The expectations where to high. Also this film does have a lot of: could’ve been better things about it. But on its own, it’s not the worst thing dreamworks ever made. And I do agree with the sentiment that this film deserves a better chance for its concept and ideas alone.
I'd be so furious if I worked on this movie . .
I thought about that too, regarding the case with the tentacles. It also seems that since she doesn't have a siphon to expel water through, her feet act as huge paddles to help her swim. Someone also realized that "Nerissa" - is practically "siren" spelled backwards!
Someone figured you can get moisture simply by living near a lake, or filling a bathtub with water . . but I don't see how that'd work out.
I was instantly enamored with this character from the moment I saw her, because I have a huge thing for cecealia AKA octopus mermaids! So this was pretty much a dream come-true for me! =) Very detailed and wonderful review! God bless and have a nice day buddy! ^u^
Oh and yes - Ruby definitely needs a sequel! Better yet, a series! There's so much world-building potential! It'd be much like the Abominable series. They can still take the money they've earned and start a series! It might save the franchise! =D
Heart appreciated! God bless and have a nice day! ^u^
By the way, the most likeable of Ruby's friends might be Bliss, especially if you like Wednesday Addams. :)
sequal idea one word cthulhu
In my opinion maybe they should have given this film a different animation style…one that didn’t look so generic and interesting to the public’s eye….Mayer something similar to the legend of korra And voltron legendary defender
Ruby Gillman teenage Kraken is another of Dream works best movie, and this is reminding me of the petition for a second Ruby Gillman teenage kraken movie, that only need 35 sighs left
This has been my favorite movie ever since I saw it in theaters. I’ve been watching the trailer every night before I go to bed, that shows how excited I am for it.
I really wanted to see this, but no sooner had I heard about it, it was out of theaters... and I'm wondering how I missed it... then I see it was barely out for 2 weeks, and I'm just left dumbfounded.
Can't believe that Ruby Gillman is Number 1 on Netflix!! 🤯
I wanted to see the movie in theaters but a lot just got in the way. By the time I actually had time to see it, my local theater limited it to only 2 showings early in the day, which was not ideal for me to go see after work since I was working. Now that it’s on digital maybe I’ll watch it there. Didn’t expect it to go on digital so fast though
That my favorite part right at 11:28
So Cute, So Squishy, I freaking love this movie!!!!
☺☺☺🥰🥰🥰🤩🤩😊
Boss Baby. It has a sequel and four season animated series. So I do think that Ruby Gillman might have an opportunity for a sequel and a tv animated show
I really enjoyed this movie, and I’m glad that you made this video. All of the points you made I agree with, and I loved your different takes on the writing or plot.
Like you, I made a video talking about the film. It bummed me out that this movie (financially) failed. I thought it was cute and deserved better. Thank you for supporting our favorite kraken.
You’re welcome. I’m glad you enjoyed. I couldn’t find your Ruby Gillman video when I went to your channel. Is it not out yet? And could you please link it? I’d love to see it.
Thanks for the positive video, it’s nice to see someone being positive about the movie rather than only trash it
I watch it. It was fun they could had do little more on it but not bad still
i could see a brilliant sequel idea revolving around the villain who is a long lost descendent of rubys family that nobody talks about for good reason. Since he was a male kraken and was jealous that the woman in his family got all the power and strength.
So he eliminated all off his family including the women so he can take their power and is the real reason why Agatha and her family moved to the surface on land with Narissa just being his slave. You can even take it could even go a step further by saying that this descendent of ruby's family was forcing Narrissa to attack ruby and her family in exchange for the descendent to free all the mermaids which he has captured.
But after the she failed ruby's long lost evil family member(insert evil name here) pulls of a Thanos and dose it himself. Separate from the is plot there will be a thing going on were ruby's life sort of takes a nose dive (no pun intended) were connor breaks up with ruby, rubys friends go to another school, Nessie gets sick or something.
And the reason why this is important is because it allows the villain later to to convince ruby that all of these things will go away if she joins him to raise the stakes. How this will get resolved could be that the villain did all of this using his magic in order for ruby to switch side and then gets betrayed by her ancestor making her fight back against him in a kaiju battle scene and who knows maybe Chelsea could team up with ruby.
I agree with you whole heartedly I loved this movie I rewatch it everyday at least once
Another aspect about the story that I would have changed was having the Gillman's say that they were from Greenland instead of Canada, because it's ironically very cold up there, which would have been a better excuse for their Blue skin, and you are less likely to meet someone from Greenland than you are from Canada, so it would have worked out better.
I don't get why people from the US think being from Canada constitutes odd behavior.
The AquaMan comparison is all so clear now. Jason Momoa wishes.
If it did well it could have inspired more shadow dropped middle level budget animated movies.
I like this film a lot
I believe the film will have a sequel because the director of the film, who is the same as the Croods film, said he wanted to do a sequel, but also they can do a series that continues the story.
@@zukileao7768 Really? That I'm glad to hear. This gives me plenty of hope that DreamWorks will make another Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken movie and a TV series if the director wants to make a Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken 2 movie.
@@zukileao7768 Dreamworks does have a history of making good sequels to otherwise mix reception movies (The Croods to New Age), or even making astounding sequels (Puss in Boots Last Wish), so it is potentially possible that a sequel to Ruby Gillman could be better than the first.
Also could somewhat justify its title. I never really liked the title of the movie, but I only gave it a pass because it could just be a way of identifying which film since the director really wants a sequel, similar to things like Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark, or Star Wars: The Phantom Menace/A New Hope.
There are principles of good storytelling that haven't changed for thousands of years. Jaws is Beowulf on a boat.
I've watched a number of reviews now; some that loved the movie and some that hated it. And they all agree, the movie failed to tell a coherent story in an interesting new way.
I'm going to watch it. It looks like my kind of fun. But I'm going to watch it with the expectation that it has to be taken on its own terms without asking too many questions.
Sounded like a cute movie to me but I only heard about it after it was already in theaters. I might watch it eventually, but it’s hard to have a box office success when a lot of people just don’t know it exists.
i loved ruby gillman teenage kraken because 1: its basicaly a kaiju movie and 2: it reminds of splatoon my fave game by nintendo because she looks lika an inkling\octoling
ther are some deleted scenes look it up
Universal Back Then: Makes Will & Grace
Universal Now: Makes Ruby Gilman
Ruby Gillman was another of Dreamwork’s best movie, it was only thanks to the movie that came before it, is way it didn’t do so well, but thanks to the petition for a sequel we might get a second movie of Ruby Gillman teenage Kraken
I thought the Ruby Gillman movie was fine. The film is a good example of the "Flip the Premise" storytelling.
And if you are going to ask "What's 'Flip The Premise?'" (Let's call it FTP for short), it's a writing technique where you take an existing story and flip it by making the hero into the villain and the villain into the hero. And then, you write a synopsis for your FTP story. And then, you strip your FTP story to the bare bone but keep the story's concept and make your own story out of it. FTP is what writers use when they have writer's block. It's the best technique IMO if you have writer's block.
And Ruby Gillman is an FTP story of "The Little Mermaid", obviously. Ruby is basically the good guy version of Ursula and Chelsea is the bad guy version of Arial. Other FTP stories like this includes Bright starring Will Smith, which is the FTP version of Lord of the Rings.
I actually noticed that Ruby Gillman and Chelsea are both Ariel but in different perspectives.
Ruby is Ariel from a CHARACTER perspective (having a parent who is of royalty, who also doesn't want to them to go up or down the surface of land or sea, both fall in love with a human boy, both have 3 friends, and some more).
Chelsea is Ariel from a DESIGN perspective.
If you want original films to do well you need to market them. They can't survive on clout when they have none.
GO, JI, RA.
Good review! I had more problems with the movie than you did, but I do agree, it isn't bad, and it deserved much better. It's very sad that new IPs just get sent out to die by big companies like Universal these days.
And, I do agree, I'm not very fond of people hating movies based on similarities to other movies. There's straight up copying, which I do have a problem with, and then there's just coincidental similarities because there's only so many types of stories and messages people can tell, which I have no problem with. As someone who as seen Turning Red, I can see the similarities now that you've mentioned people have compared them, but I honestly think the movies are still completely unique from one another, any similarities are definitely coincidental, and, honestly, Turning Red never even crossed my mind while watching Ruby.
Ruby Gilman Teenage Kraken is another of Dream works movie, having its how train your Dragon theme style openings and ending, with a scene of Puss from Shrek, and lets not forget about the little of Scooby doo, too, and there is a change for a second Ruby Gilman teenage Kraken movie, there is a petition for a second movie, that could be better then the first one
You bring up a lot of potential re-writes and things they could've tried during your negative thoughts bit but I think all of that is WHY this movie bombed. I liked this movie but it doesn't seem like it TRIED anything. It wasn't particularly advertised very heavily around my circles. Even going to see other films I only ever caught a preview for this film ONCE. And after watching I left with the impression it was "okay I guess". It's too "by the numbers" to hope to standout
Agreed I love this movie
this film was very fun
I think the second film have Patrick OConnell and John Florence
Mabey
They should get a second film and they should not use universal
or a series ?
At 6:30 - As to why I think Ruby trusted Chelsea so quickly, let's look at her day: Ruby turned giant, she learned that her own mother had been "omitting" important information, such as the fact that they're royalty, and she met her grandmother, someone who she had no idea even existed before that day. Having so much information thrown at her in such a short time, it makes sense that she wouldn't be in the best place to make decisions. Also, she heard that mermaids are evil from her grandmother - someone who she knows very little about. Add to that the fact that her own mother had been lying to her, she might not have been particularly trusting of her own relatives. Then along comes Chelsea - someone who knows everything, seemed to be a proper friend, and praised the fact that Ruby can turn giant. Yes, it was foolish of Ruby to trust Chelsea so much, but considering the circumstances, it makes sense.
I've personally been "betrayed/lied to" in my own life more than a few times (NOT by family), and every time I kept latching on to the next person I found who just validated me a little, then betrayed me. And I kept repeating the cycle until I finally cut myself off. This was mostly with people who I talked to online, but it still hurt. Point is that it can be hard to know who to trust.
I never saw the promotional material for the film before seeing the movie, and yet I still figured out that Chelsea had less than noble intent. Even knowing that it was coming, the big betrayal still hurt, it was effective.
I love this movie, it's what has made me interested in seeing more movies in the theater again. Kind of wish that there was more, but then again, I'm happy with what I got.
There was no reason for them to pull the movie out of cinemas, the movie could have easily succeeded at the box office should they have just never pulled it out and leave it in cinemas for another few weeks
This movie was released on June 30, they suddenly decided to pull it out on July 6, yes they only made $5.5 million
Ruby Gillman is FAR more watchable than Norm of the North
Don’t let anyone bash your opinion on this movie!
I like the aesthetic!
You know you should actuly make more dreamworks videos i would love to do that anyways this video is really well done and i agree this film does have pottansol to have a sequel
On a scale of 1 to 10, what rating would you give Ruby Gillman?
9 in overall quality. But for personal enjoyment and it being obsession-worthy: 10.
You're literally the only one to think this.
I think it too. This movie was awesome.
Tell the haters on this movie who bash opinions to f off!
? so its good haven't watched yet❤