Ulises Vera a part for a shit emoji would unfortunately be surefire money directing a rather symbolic horror movie is more financially risky. Ethics vs Quick cash
@@HydraSpectre1138 And Star vs. the Forces of Evil's Cleaved compelled me to write a much better 5-episode finale for Star vs. the Forces of Evil in case Dominic Bisignano and Daron Nefcy regret turning Star into a force of evil. After Omnitraxus spends his final moments throwing Quasar Caterpillar back in time after she writes down what he says to warn Star Butterfly to not destroy magic, Marco reminds Star why she used to like magic and they team up with Moon, Eclipse, Tom and Hekapoo to find another way to stop Mina. However, even after they stop Mina, Star, Marco and Hekapoo all feel guilty about magic genocide with no remorse because if we want the audience to care what they think about their actions, their guilt will still get to them after Quasar prevented them from doing it. February 1, 2020, 1:15am
It's sad to think that so many young people with new and original ideas are struggling to get their foot into the door, and yet there are people in such powerful positions are making garbage like this.
+Kate McSpadden Actually, there was a crowdfunded project called "Window Horses." It was able to get into theatres on a small budget. Don Bluth is crowdfunding a possible Dragon's Lair movie, with hand-drawn animation and NO COMPUTERS.
This really is the anti-LEGO Movie. That film defied expectations and showed how anything could be a great movie if you got the right people in the room. The Emoji Movie is what happens when you pump out exactly what people expected at face value.
@@dashratjamkar4536 you know it is interesting to see how all these films from its conception to its deals it made with the companies ended up being an embarrassment to animation and pop culture in general by people complaining that they believe that any studio can make a good project given the right materials. From all these guys reviews I knew what films to avoid and what films I might enjoy due to my selective tastes (rio and spider-verse probably satisfies my musical tastes as their soundtracks are solid and hip hop based with a influence of R and B) and also any topic that people are interested in learning about like Legos, surfing, video games, and other items associated with youth
The LEGO Movie is just like Toy Story, and Emoji is literally FoodFight! Ones a genius and great film that people live while the others an insane toilet brush that crap has on it and is very stinky to clean up.
Yeah, as terrible as the emoji movie is if it led Jordan to create one of my favorite horror movies of recent years then I have to give credit where credit is due.
There's at least one good thing I can say about The Emoji Movie. It's the first animated movie to win the title for worst movie of 2017 in the raspberry awards.
I think one of the root problems is that "Tony" was trying to chase a trend (attempting to make his own Toy Story) rather than come up with an original idea. As Jim Sterling says, "Market leaders _lead._ " This is why Don Bluth's Disney-chasers aren't remembered terribly fondly; this is why all the Shrek knock-offs failed. Sure, you can take an old idea and put your own spin on it. But making "my own version" of Movie XYZ is probably a bad way to start. I don't think this concept could have _ever_ worked.
So right! It's ok to take inspiration from highly acclaimed films and other forms of art as long as a person puts their own spin on, give us an aspect on a well known genre and/or trope.
The Iron Giant Budget: $48 million Box Office: *$31 million* The Good Dinosaur Budget: $175-200 million Box Office: $123 million (Domestic) + $209 million (Foreign) = *$332 million (worldwide)* Meanwhile..... The Emoji Movie Budget: $50 million Box Office: $86 million (Domestic) + $130 million (Foreign) = *$217 million (worldwide)* Humanity, hold this "L" for me.
The Iron Giant was amazing. It sucks it didn’t even make a profit, let alone pay back the money it cost to make. I’ve rewatched the Iron Giant multiple times like anyone else and it is such a great movie.
Dude Opinion At least the Signature Blu ray and Steven Speilberg's upcoming film, Ready Player One, help the movie to gain the recognition and popularity it deserves.
PirateWarriorAndy25 The case of the Good Dinosaur is even sadder cause allot of people hate/dislike the movie based on how it did not fulfill the expectations of it's concept or for the mere fact that it's considered "Too Dark" for kids. People who say Good Dinosaur is Pixar's worse hurts me more than the Emoji Movie hitting it big at the box office!
Ryan Ozog That and I think it's also due poor marketing and competition to other successful like The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 and Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
You want to know the most disgusting thing about Emoji movie? The fact that this movie made so much money, mostly because so many RUclips content creators all watched it, despite their warnings on the film. And to make matters even worse, it was such an easy to hate movie, that anyone can get a camera and put in their faces and say it sucks. Because of this, the movie did very well financially, despite the reviews.
The Hyborg The Iron Giant Budget: $48 million Box Office: *$31 million* The Good Dinosaur Budget: $175-200 million Box Office: $123 million (Domestic) + $209 million (Foreign) = *$332 million (worldwide)* Meanwhile..... The Emoji Movie Budget: $50 million Box Office: $86 million (Domestic) + $130 million (Foreign) = *$217 million (worldwide)* Humanity, hold this "L" for me.
It was mainly because the reviewers weren’t allow to review the movie until a day later of the film. Also it costed $50 million to make this utter trash.
Weeeeell, like Animat said, Sony couldn't quite profit on the movie as much as they wanted it to. The problem is that actual masterpieces like The Iron Giant didn't make a profit, and The Iron Giant deserved to!
And don’t forget Gladiators of Rome: Production Budget: $45-55 million Total Budget: $80 Million Box Office≈ $10 Million Even though the movie may be mediocre, it still deserved better, because so much money was put into production, it was Iginio Straffi’s potential big project based on Roman Gladiators, and it’s box office failure has a huge negative impact on Winx Club, forcing Viacom to abandon the Atlas Oceanic actors and replace them with the ones from DuArt Media Services.
If Sony made 200 millions with the Emoji Movie without making anything worthwile afterwards I'd whole heartedly agree but it helped fund better projects...
There is one little detail you missed out about the production of the Emoji Movie. Tony originally wanted it to be about the emojis exploring the human world. But the executives insisted that it be exploring the mobile world instead.
That actually sounds a bit more interesting (mind I said a bit), but I'm sure they would have messed that up too, and come out just as boring and stupid.
As a queer person myself, I want to die every time that I’m reminded that Tony intended Gene’s arc to be an allegory for being gay. It’s kind of amazing how the man, being gay and waiting to make an allegory for the gay experience, could only come up with the finest, most forced hetero romance I’ve seen in a good long while
I also wonder the same here too. Phil Lord and Chris Miller could probably make something work under Warner Bros, but at the same time wouldn't it also felt kind of redundant to have under their brand after The Lego Movie?
Billy Barnett Then in that case, it'd have been a movie that would have been more self-aware and just had fun with it, therefore helping the audience enjoy it more.
Shut the front door! There’s no freaking way 3 companies fought over the pitch for such a stupid idea. I mean, that’s just sad. Were they that desperate?
Even the most stupid idea can work if they know what to do. Yellow Submarine is extremely nonsensical, but it can be seen as an abstract artwork in motion picture form. Zootopia initially seemed like a typical anthropomorphic adventure but with its metaphor against prejudice and fear, it becomes more poignant over time. And keep in mind, The Lego Movie seemed like a capitalization on nostalgia at first, but then we realized how much of an imaginative idea it was. That's what The Emoji Movie could have been; an bizzare blast, a commentary on creative communication or just a fun fantasy. Nope. All we got was an arduous adventure through advertisements. But hey, at least it properly simulates what it's like to play a low budget mobile game!
Get Out was amazing. It would be cool if he eventually made an animated movie, maybe this would inspire him to write another great story that provokes thought.
My nephew and I watched this movie and had so much fun making fun of it. I don't care that it gave the studio money It was an experience I wouldn't trade for anything
Guess what AniMat? "The Emoji Movie" won 4 Razzie Awards including Worst Picture and Worst Director. You should talk about this in the Animation Podcast next week.
You know by watching this video this history reminds me a lot of the history of Foodfight where you got this concept or product ruined by filmmakers who don't know what they are doing. That's the Emoji Movie and Foodfight production in a nutshell.
It also showcases the worst Sony can be. It gave me a feeling that Hotel Transylvania 3 would meet that doom. If I see it for myself, I'd burn the Blu-ray to Heck.
The fact that Sony Pictures Animation went from this to an academy award winning film in only a year (and followed it up with The Mitchells vs the Machines, or as I like to call it, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs done right) is still mind blowing. 5:29 As embarrassing as it is to admit, that is VERY true... 😅
It might be forgotten, but I don´t know if it SHOULDD be forgotten. As it stands out, it´s a cautionary tale on how you don´t do a movie, let alone an animated one, and a tale of how you don´t reboot and revive an ailing studio.
I feel sorry for Tony Leondis, say what you will about how misguided and ill conceived the Emoji Movie is, the guy was forced to come up with an idea just so he could keep working. And given how cutthroat and thankless the business side of animation is, the aftermath of The Emoji Movie is sad for him.
Christine "Okay, guys. What did you have planned before I got in charge?" Crew "Well a medusa movie by Lauren Faust and 2 animated movies, one based on Popeye, by Genndy Tartakovsky" Christine "yeah, too risky. Let's cancel this shit." Crew "You sure? Lauren and Genndy are well beloved by the animation fans. So we certainly would get their interest. Plus we even made a Popeye trailer which many seem to like... heck, probably even just because it's not live-action..." Christine "Nope. No way, cancel this shit!"
A film about Medusa has some potential. I'm not sure if it would've lived up to that potential anyway, but it could've been a really good film. It could've been dark, or it could've been a Hercules-style comedy. I would like to see a film about Medusa, if done by the right people.
That is kinda sad and breaks my heart this shows people don't treat animation as art form and people who watched awful movies are stupid idiotic morons who have no taste in movies what so ever!
They didn't own the film/tv rights when they purchased Marvel because Marvel had previously sold them off to Sony. They bought back the tv rights, the film rights currently seem to be in some sort of weird limbo as Sony and Marvel did a deal to sort of share the character so he could feature in the MCU (Sony still retain full possession of some of the other Spiderman characters though I think). As such, the new animated spiderman film is Sony's project and I presume Disney's influence on it would be pretty small if there is any at all as it's not been made by their studio.
13:36 First of all, big fan of your work, and thanks for the history lesson. Secondly, and more to-the-point; I don't wanna be that guy, but the spelling is 'domestic', not 'domesic'. A nitpick, I know, but to quote the Onceler, "If I didn't do it, then someone else would."
14:48 And knowing how the animators at Imageworks(many of which also worked on The Emoji Movie) were treated working on Across the Spider-Verse... ..that sadly still rings true today. Imageworks NEEDS to be unionized.
True, but I pointed that one out because that's what Sony PICTURES wanted to aim for The Emoji Movie, not Sony Animation. While Sony Animation produces the films, Sony Pictures is the ones who mainly calls the shots on which movies to turn into a franchise with sequels.
Remember when RUclips showed dislikes? Man, those were the days. But honestly, it's amazing how Sony has really redeemed themselves in the last few years.
I think the only controversy Sony got away with from this movie is the one with Jailbreak's body, because in the movie it was actually explained why she has full one, not just arms and legs.
To quote Doug Walker: "I love Anna Faris. I hate it when she's in shit!" I'm glad she's doing well on CBS's "Mom". I feel bad for her when she's in awful Movies like The Emoji Movie, Yogi Bear, Cloudy with a chance of Meatballs and the Scary Movie Films.
The only nice things I could say about the Emoji movie is that the ideas the reviewers give for a different story for the movie are much better than the actual movie. And maybe a film about emojies should've been just a short film, rather than a full-length feature.
5:21 Objection! Watch Bobsheaux's review of FoodFight. He explains that the movie was incomplete because some stole the hard drives that held the movie, forcing them to rush production.
It's also worth noting that this movie killed Tony Leondis' career. Since the release of this movie, Leondis has not been active in the entertainment industry, which makes sense considering how horribly this movie turned out. Imagine having to live the rest of your life knowing you've created one of the most hated animated movies in existence.
Speaking of them releasing 2 to 3 films a year, this year they'll have a total four films this year and... Surprisingly, SPA now has 5 films slated for 2020, with five of them being a Phil Lord and Chris Miller produced film, three unknown films and Vivo.
I've got a horrible story about the emoji movie. I was 13. It was the end of the school year, and after our exam our teacher said we could vote for a movie. The emoji movie was voted because a guy and his 10 friends wanted everyone to suffer.
I thought that this video was well put. It was very informative. I thought this that this made from your emoji movie review, which was a bit over reactive.
but why do studios cancel movies? They already put time, money and supplies in to filming, wouldn't you be wasting to stop production and start over with a new movie? I mean you still own the footage you started so why do nothing with it? wouldn't it be cheaper to use existing unfinished footage then to create a brand new project? Also if the rights fell under new management could the movies they stopped get finished? could the script of a movie Sony started and stopped production on be picked up by an other studio? Has that ever happened?
I don't want to rush it of get backlash. You might remember me talking about Disney's Winx Club reboot with Lauren Faust. This happen because if i don't get Smurfs and bring to Disney. Winx Club should have a Hanna Barbera's Smurfs treatment, avoiding conflict with Mat Brunet.
It always amuses me to see American reviewers roasting this movie. Here in France, the most scathing reviews it got were "…Uh, okay, it exists, I guess?" and the big Internet reviewers didn't even bother watching it. It was just a non-event. It almost surprises me that it made 200M worldwide…
Given how insanely s**tty this trainwreck of a film is, it begs the question: WHY is it that Star Wars The Last Jedi is getting such a ludicrous backlash from the man-babies of the Web when it wasn’t even THAT bad to begin with? All that hatred should be directed towards THIS pandering EXCUSE for a film!
The pandering of TLJ to SJWs and its obviose agenda is a turn off in itself. While I have not watch the emoji movie and never will, I believe u when u say its even more pandering
It still baffles me why Sony decided to can Popeye...logically, it was their best chance for a franchise: a nostalgic iconic IP, plenty of lore to make sequels out of, etc.
You know, as someone who grew up with such theatrical animated masterpieces such as: Shrek (1&2), How to Train Your Dragon (1, 2, & 3), and Kung Fu Panda (1, 2, & 3), I'm so sad to see what DreamWorks has become, I mean it went from being one of Walt Disney Animation Studios' greatest enemies, to just another one of THOSE theatrical animation studios.
So at one point they seriously offered the part of a literal talking piece of shit to a black guy and didn't think about how bad that would come off. Wow.
It kinda makes me feel bad for Sony, but still- Sony's the new Blue Sky. (Although your Ice Age sequels are awful and you cancelled Rio 3, I will still have a sprinkle of respect for you, Blue Sky. Because you made Ferdinand an awesome movie out of one of my favorite childhood books). Seriously though, I think the only thing that'll bring Sony back to its glory days (although it never really had glory days) is if Sony collaborates with another big company, like Disney or Pixar. Although I doubt it will happen due to Sony's reputation, they could either collab with Illumination, or make an actual decent film based on either an original idea, or something that'll bring viewers in without resulting to cash grabs and cheap stories with clichés. I think if Sony made a movie out of itself, and parodied itself, then I think that'll make their reputation better, as it shows society how they're aware that they're TERRIBLE. If they did do that, I'd go see it without a second thought.
ALunarAnimation 312 I'm rather think that the reputation of Disney/Pixar would get more damage if they collaborate with Sony than that Sony get at least a bit reputation back. Seriously. We all know that Disney/Pixar don't need any other animation studios to make good movies. So why they should wanna collaborate with a animation studios which has an awful reputation. Sony has to fix their problems themselves. By the way the idea of a parodistic movie about themselves would be pretty interesting.
ALunarAnimation 312 I also feel bad for Sony. Even though they have gained a bit of a bad reputation, I don't think they deserve the massive amount of hate they get. Especially when people say that they should shut down.
The only good thing about this movie is because it gave Genndy enough time to work on the final season for Samurai Jack that we have waited 13 years for.
You gonna give Sony credit for being smart enough to realize an Emoji movie franchise wouldn't have worked despite the Box office numbers It seems like most studio executives just look at the money a movie made & launch a franchise whether or not it went well with critics & audiences
Sony has got to stop the over marketing of their films, its like cheating in the box office for a competition, guess i will call them the electronic arts of film: both greedy, sometimes good but mostly bad, dont you think?
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Jordan Peele rejected a poo emoji role to direct a good Oscar nominated multifaceted film. Risk taking can be very beneficial.
Kinky Collars The Masochist Pony He took a risk by not accepting a shit role? Eeemoji!
Ulises Vera a part for a shit emoji would unfortunately be surefire money directing a rather symbolic horror movie is more financially risky. Ethics vs Quick cash
I think he was joking when he said that.
@@HydraSpectre1138 And Star vs. the Forces of Evil's Cleaved compelled me to write a much better 5-episode finale for Star vs. the Forces of Evil in case Dominic Bisignano and Daron Nefcy regret turning Star into a force of evil. After Omnitraxus spends his final moments throwing Quasar Caterpillar back in time after she writes down what he says to warn Star Butterfly to not destroy magic, Marco reminds Star why she used to like magic and they team up with Moon, Eclipse, Tom and Hekapoo to find another way to stop Mina. However, even after they stop Mina, Star, Marco and Hekapoo all feel guilty about magic genocide with no remorse because if we want the audience to care what they think about their actions, their guilt will still get to them after Quasar prevented them from doing it. February 1, 2020, 1:15am
Grail knight: he has chosen wisely
It's sad to think that so many young people with new and original ideas are struggling to get their foot into the door, and yet there are people in such powerful positions are making garbage like this.
+Kate McSpadden Actually, there was a crowdfunded project called "Window Horses." It was able to get into theatres on a small budget.
Don Bluth is crowdfunding a possible Dragon's Lair movie, with hand-drawn animation and NO COMPUTERS.
+Psycho Magalor Sad but true.
+Active Pictures Impressive. I also keep hearing about a possible hand-drawn animated Disney film/series called "Hullabaloo."
@@davekendall5936 Digital Ink BTW
Even I'm 11 and have better ideas than these adults
This really is the anti-LEGO Movie. That film defied expectations and showed how anything could be a great movie if you got the right people in the room. The Emoji Movie is what happens when you pump out exactly what people expected at face value.
That makes too much sense actually!
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@@dashratjamkar4536 you know it is interesting to see how all these films from its conception to its deals it made with the companies ended up being an embarrassment to animation and pop culture in general by people complaining that they believe that any studio can make a good project given the right materials. From all these guys reviews I knew what films to avoid and what films I might enjoy due to my selective tastes (rio and spider-verse probably satisfies my musical tastes as their soundtracks are solid and hip hop based with a influence of R and B) and also any topic that people are interested in learning about like Legos, surfing, video games, and other items associated with youth
The LEGO Movie is just like Toy Story, and Emoji is literally FoodFight! Ones a genius and great film that people live while the others an insane toilet brush that crap has on it and is very stinky to clean up.
I don't think anyone thought that the Emoji Movie would be good.
If The Emoji Movie's existence gave us Get Out, then I'll at least be thankful for that.
Boy, that escalated quickly. Like, that got out of hand FAST.
Yeah, as terrible as the emoji movie is if it led Jordan to create one of my favorite horror movies of recent years then I have to give credit where credit is due.
I know, right?
There's at least one good thing I can say about The Emoji Movie.
It's the first animated movie to win the title for worst movie of 2017 in the raspberry awards.
Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-it Ralph 2 is going to be the ultimate middle finger to Sony Animation and The Emoji Movie.
True dat.
PirateWarriorAndy25 yeah Wreck-it Ralph 2 has a much better concept than this movie
heh true enough
People are already paranoid about it being too much like The Emoji Movie.
At least it’s funnier and not an advertisement!
I think one of the root problems is that "Tony" was trying to chase a trend (attempting to make his own Toy Story) rather than come up with an original idea. As Jim Sterling says, "Market leaders _lead._ " This is why Don Bluth's Disney-chasers aren't remembered terribly fondly; this is why all the Shrek knock-offs failed. Sure, you can take an old idea and put your own spin on it. But making "my own version" of Movie XYZ is probably a bad way to start.
I don't think this concept could have _ever_ worked.
So right! It's ok to take inspiration from highly acclaimed films and other forms of art as long as a person puts their own spin on, give us an aspect on a well known genre and/or trope.
The Iron Giant
Budget: $48 million
Box Office: *$31 million*
The Good Dinosaur
Budget: $175-200 million
Box Office:
$123 million (Domestic) + $209 million (Foreign)
= *$332 million (worldwide)*
Meanwhile.....
The Emoji Movie
Budget: $50 million
Box Office:
$86 million (Domestic) + $130 million (Foreign)
= *$217 million (worldwide)*
Humanity, hold this "L" for me.
The Iron Giant was amazing. It sucks it didn’t even make a profit, let alone pay back the money it cost to make. I’ve rewatched the Iron Giant multiple times like anyone else and it is such a great movie.
Dude Opinion
At least the Signature Blu ray and Steven Speilberg's upcoming film, Ready Player One, help the movie to gain the recognition and popularity it deserves.
PirateWarriorAndy25 The case of the Good Dinosaur is even sadder cause
allot of people hate/dislike the movie based on how it did not fulfill the
expectations of it's concept or for the mere fact that it's considered
"Too Dark" for kids.
People who say Good Dinosaur is Pixar's worse hurts me more than the
Emoji Movie hitting it big at the box office!
Ryan Ozog
That and I think it's also due poor marketing and competition to other successful like The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 and Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
I think part of the reason the Emoji Movie got so much money was because many people were seeing it ironically or seeing if it was really as bad.
Foodfight and The Emoji Movie have a lot in common.
Both terrible animated films where the directors hope they are the next "Toy Story."
Except one is clearly better and the other is clearly worse.
Yeah but at least foodfight is so shitty it’s funny, the only thing the emoji movie have is good animation.
@@fabtrash The Emoji movie is definitely a more competent movie while
foodfight is a much more entertaining one.
You want to know the most disgusting thing about Emoji movie?
The fact that this movie made so much money, mostly because so many RUclips content creators all watched it, despite their warnings on the film. And to make matters even worse, it was such an easy to hate movie, that anyone can get a camera and put in their faces and say it sucks.
Because of this, the movie did very well financially, despite the reviews.
The Hyborg
The Iron Giant
Budget: $48 million
Box Office: *$31 million*
The Good Dinosaur
Budget: $175-200 million
Box Office:
$123 million (Domestic) + $209 million (Foreign)
= *$332 million (worldwide)*
Meanwhile.....
The Emoji Movie
Budget: $50 million
Box Office:
$86 million (Domestic) + $130 million (Foreign)
= *$217 million (worldwide)*
Humanity, hold this "L" for me.
It was mainly because the reviewers weren’t allow to review the movie until a day later of the film. Also it costed $50 million to make this utter trash.
Weeeeell, like Animat said, Sony couldn't quite profit on the movie as much as they wanted it to. The problem is that actual masterpieces like The Iron Giant didn't make a profit, and The Iron Giant deserved to!
And don’t forget Gladiators of Rome:
Production Budget: $45-55 million
Total Budget: $80 Million
Box Office≈ $10 Million
Even though the movie may be mediocre, it still deserved better, because so much money was put into production, it was Iginio Straffi’s potential big project based on Roman Gladiators, and it’s box office failure has a huge negative impact on Winx Club, forcing Viacom to abandon the Atlas Oceanic actors and replace them with the ones from DuArt Media Services.
If Sony made 200 millions with the Emoji Movie without making anything worthwile afterwards I'd whole heartedly agree but it helped fund better projects...
They canceled a Popeye adaptation for this! I will never not be mad!
It wasn't canceled because of The Emoji Movie, that was just a rumor. The new lady in charge just canned it because she wanted to.
@@billybarnett9518 She actually canned it because of the North Korean hack which revealed a lot of angry emails from Sony's employees.
Well just recently the Popeye film has been confirmed to finally happen but not by Sony
Captain Cat but a year later the company gradually improved their status with Spiderverse
@@mechmaster315 which company is making it?
I was so happy this won a Razzie. I could not be more proud. Good job, Sony.
There is one little detail you missed out about the production of the Emoji Movie. Tony originally wanted it to be about the emojis exploring the human world. But the executives insisted that it be exploring the mobile world instead.
That actually sounds a bit more interesting (mind I said a bit), but I'm sure they would have messed that up too, and come out just as boring and stupid.
That sounds like a even worse ideal.
It sounds good on paper, but so did "Spongebob, sponge out of water"
I prefer the OG movie
That would be a ULTRA RUBBISH movie
As a queer person myself, I want to die every time that I’m reminded that Tony intended Gene’s arc to be an allegory for being gay.
It’s kind of amazing how the man, being gay and waiting to make an allegory for the gay experience, could only come up with the finest, most forced hetero romance I’ve seen in a good long while
for real? and not some weird head cannon thing by fans?
@@kaiyodei It's real
As someone with a sister who is a lesbian, I am deeply offended and stunned by hearing this. I never knew about this, And now I wish I never did.
I really can't help but wonder, if Paramount or Warner Bros. obtained the project, would it have been better? I didn't say legit good, just better.
I also wonder the same here too. Phil Lord and Chris Miller could probably make something work under Warner Bros, but at the same time wouldn't it also felt kind of redundant to have under their brand after The Lego Movie?
Mr.Enter suggested making it a film like Sausage Party, a film that parodies kids films. That doesn't sound bad actually.
Billy Barnett Then in that case, it'd have been a movie that would have been more self-aware and just had fun with it, therefore helping the audience enjoy it more.
+ejl423 What baffles me is that Sony is the company that released Sausage Party, but then they didn't pick up on that idea.
I don't know about good, but at least it might have been slightly better than this cliched, unfunny, irritating plot Sony gave.
Sony: Our Emoji Movie was a smash hit
MARVEL: You want to borrow Spider-Man again
Sony: We need to borrow Spider-Man again
Shut the front door! There’s no freaking way 3 companies fought over the pitch for such a stupid idea. I mean, that’s just sad. Were they that desperate?
There are no winners in war just hairless casualties
Even the most stupid idea can work if they know what to do. Yellow Submarine is extremely nonsensical, but it can be seen as an abstract artwork in motion picture form. Zootopia initially seemed like a typical anthropomorphic adventure but with its metaphor against prejudice and fear, it becomes more poignant over time. And keep in mind, The Lego Movie seemed like a capitalization on nostalgia at first, but then we realized how much of an imaginative idea it was. That's what The Emoji Movie could have been; an bizzare blast, a commentary on creative communication or just a fun fantasy. Nope. All we got was an arduous adventure through advertisements. But hey, at least it properly simulates what it's like to play a low budget mobile game!
friendly reminder this was made by the same company as Into The Spider-verse, one of the greatest animated movies of the decade
At least Sony issued an apology to us in form of Spider-Man into the Spiderverse
Please God let that be good
Your prayers are answered!
I am from the future and it is an amazing revolutionary animated movie!😊☺️😆😁😏
Im not even a fan of spiderman and I LOVED this movie
Nah it was terrible and Sony is the worst.
Tre Newman Bruh no it wasn’t terrible. Get outta here.
I hope AniMat makes more videos in this kind of format. I really enjoyed it
At least Jordan Peele has some dignity.
Get Out was amazing. It would be cool if he eventually made an animated movie, maybe this would inspire him to write another great story that provokes thought.
The sad thing is, the modelling, animation and lighting is solid. It's EVERYTHING ELSE that's terrible.
The score, too.
My nephew and I watched this movie and had so much fun making fun of it. I don't care that it gave the studio money It was an experience I wouldn't trade for anything
Guess what AniMat? "The Emoji Movie" won 4 Razzie Awards including Worst Picture and Worst Director. You should talk about this in the Animation Podcast next week.
You know by watching this video this history reminds me a lot of the history of Foodfight where you got this concept or product ruined by filmmakers who don't know what they are doing. That's the Emoji Movie and Foodfight production in a nutshell.
It also showcases the worst Sony can be. It gave me a feeling that Hotel Transylvania 3 would meet that doom. If I see it for myself, I'd burn the Blu-ray to Heck.
hey alex
oh please
ok
Alex The Blueman - Reviewer & Gamer hotel Transylvania 3 might be good!
I think so too
If Popeye came out right now, Sony Pictures Animation could of make a great improvement despite the Emoji Movie.
What if that was bad too? We’ll never know
The fact that Sony Pictures Animation went from this to an academy award winning film in only a year (and followed it up with The Mitchells vs the Machines, or as I like to call it, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs done right) is still mind blowing.
5:29 As embarrassing as it is to admit, that is VERY true... 😅
I hope the emoji movie becomes completely forgotten about
I'm pretty sure it will.
It might be forgotten, but I don´t know if it SHOULDD be forgotten. As it stands out, it´s a cautionary tale on how you don´t do a movie, let alone an animated one, and a tale of how you don´t reboot and revive an ailing studio.
Is it anywhere close to forgotten four years later?
I can’t believe the emoji movie made Jordan Peele quit acting 😂
I feel sorry for Tony Leondis, say what you will about how misguided and ill conceived the Emoji Movie is, the guy was forced to come up with an idea just so he could keep working. And given how cutthroat and thankless the business side of animation is, the aftermath of The Emoji Movie is sad for him.
What do you mean “forced”? Also, is Kevin Munroe basically the next Tony Leondis?
Christine "Okay, guys. What did you have planned before I got in charge?"
Crew "Well a medusa movie by Lauren Faust and 2 animated movies, one based on Popeye, by Genndy Tartakovsky"
Christine "yeah, too risky. Let's cancel this shit."
Crew "You sure? Lauren and Genndy are well beloved by the animation fans. So we certainly would get their interest. Plus we even made a Popeye trailer which many seem to like... heck, probably even just because it's not live-action..."
Christine "Nope. No way, cancel this shit!"
A film about Medusa has some potential. I'm not sure if it would've lived up to that potential anyway, but it could've been a really good film. It could've been dark, or it could've been a Hercules-style comedy. I would like to see a film about Medusa, if done by the right people.
And I'd say Lauren Faust is "Right People."
It is also depressing that this garbage made more money at the box office than "Kubo and the Two Strings," which is amazing.
That is kinda sad and breaks my heart this shows people don't treat animation as art form and people who watched awful movies are stupid idiotic morons who have no taste in movies what so ever!
Exactly!
Let's just hope the Sony Spider-Man movie can be a light of hope!
MC. Gemstone Well Disney does own Marvel, so they technically own Spider-Man
Oh true so I guess Disney is also going to help with the film as well then!
They didn't own the film/tv rights when they purchased Marvel because Marvel had previously sold them off to Sony. They bought back the tv rights, the film rights currently seem to be in some sort of weird limbo as Sony and Marvel did a deal to sort of share the character so he could feature in the MCU (Sony still retain full possession of some of the other Spiderman characters though I think). As such, the new animated spiderman film is Sony's project and I presume Disney's influence on it would be pretty small if there is any at all as it's not been made by their studio.
Ah okay thank you for telling me!
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13:36 First of all, big fan of your work, and thanks for the history lesson. Secondly, and more to-the-point; I don't wanna be that guy, but the spelling is 'domestic', not 'domesic'. A nitpick, I know, but to quote the Onceler, "If I didn't do it, then someone else would."
........D’OH!
At ease, soldier, we all make mistakes. Hell, even I'm prone to the occasional typo.
Certainly an interesting video, much better than ANYTHING Sony can make today
Surprise Surprise! this animated film won Worst Original Picture at the Golden Razzie Awards!
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: YOU ARE NOW WATCHING A VIDEO BASED ON A MOVIE THAT WON WORST PICTURE AT THE RAZZIES!
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I still remember you accidentally executed it. 😂
This movie is If Wreak it Ralph and Inside Out had a baby but a vampire sucked out any creatively, charm or humor and killed any hope of it being good
14:48
And knowing how the animators at Imageworks(many of which also worked on The Emoji Movie) were treated working on Across the Spider-Verse... ..that sadly still rings true today. Imageworks NEEDS to be unionized.
Sony Animation didn’t produce the Angry Birds Movie just to point things out.
True, but I pointed that one out because that's what Sony PICTURES wanted to aim for The Emoji Movie, not Sony Animation. While Sony Animation produces the films, Sony Pictures is the ones who mainly calls the shots on which movies to turn into a franchise with sequels.
ElectricDragon505 I see.
Strider_Blaze Actually Sony distributed the Angry Birds movie not producing or animating the movie.
alexis martinez never said Sony had no involvement at all, I only said Sony Animation didn’t produced it.
They're helping out with the sequel, though.
So this video is pretty much Animation Look back of the Emoji movie
Triple C Productions Well at least the closest you can get to it
17:47 - 17:52 Literally.
Perfect timing since The Emoji Movie has won worst picture at the razzies.
Remember when RUclips showed dislikes? Man, those were the days. But honestly, it's amazing how Sony has really redeemed themselves in the last few years.
i will never not be obsessed with animat’s editorials
This was an absolutely fantastic video
Want to now the real shocker, Funimation is bought by Sony around the time the Emoji Movie was released. Let that sink in for a moment.
Grant Awa It's like 4Kids owned by TimeWarner
It's depressing to think that an animated film won a Razzie for Worst Picture before an animated film won an Oscar for Best Picture.
At least this movie made enough money for Sony to help fund better projects...
I think the only controversy Sony got away with from this movie is the one with Jailbreak's body, because in the movie it was actually explained why she has full one, not just arms and legs.
I’ve been binge watching your videos- thank you for the good content!
The Emoji Movie: I ruined Sony's name.
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse: HOLD. MY. BEER.
To quote Doug Walker: "I love Anna Faris. I hate it when she's in shit!"
I'm glad she's doing well on CBS's "Mom". I feel bad for her when she's in awful Movies like The Emoji Movie, Yogi Bear, Cloudy with a chance of Meatballs and the Scary Movie Films.
Man 3 is a unlucky number to release films from Dreamworks and Sony and possibly just release two films is better than make 3 films on each year....
The only nice things I could say about the Emoji movie is that the ideas the reviewers give for a different story for the movie are much better than the actual movie.
And maybe a film about emojies should've been just a short film, rather than a full-length feature.
5:21 Objection! Watch Bobsheaux's review of FoodFight. He explains that the movie was incomplete because some stole the hard drives that held the movie, forcing them to rush production.
It's also worth noting that this movie killed Tony Leondis' career. Since the release of this movie, Leondis has not been active in the entertainment industry, which makes sense considering how horribly this movie turned out. Imagine having to live the rest of your life knowing you've created one of the most hated animated movies in existence.
"They had to rush it because the technology would be outdated by the time its release."
That's exactly why the whole concept is flawed
Speaking of them releasing 2 to 3 films a year, this year they'll have a total four films this year and...
Surprisingly, SPA now has 5 films slated for 2020, with five of them being a Phil Lord and Chris Miller produced film, three unknown films and Vivo.
10:30 I feel so warm and fuzzy hearing the Universe of Energy theme again! Feels like an arbitrary bgm choice but I love it regardless.
I've got a horrible story about the emoji movie. I was 13. It was the end of the school year, and after our exam our teacher said we could vote for a movie. The emoji movie was voted because a guy and his 10 friends wanted everyone to suffer.
yep. The planets aligned for this atrocity in order to exist.
I thought that this video was well put. It was very informative.
I thought this that this made from your emoji movie review, which was a bit over reactive.
I question why no one stole the hard drives of Emoji Movie, like the Foodfight.
I like how you roasted this movie
There's no way they're not making a second emoji movie. No such thing as bad publicity.
but why do studios cancel movies? They already put time, money and supplies in to filming, wouldn't you be wasting to stop production and start over with a new movie? I mean you still own the footage you started so why do nothing with it? wouldn't it be cheaper to use existing unfinished footage then to create a brand new project? Also if the rights fell under new management could the movies they stopped get finished? could the script of a movie Sony started and stopped production on be picked up by an other studio? Has that ever happened?
I'm glad to see editorials back
There was a bidding war over Tony's pitch so pretty much every studio wanted to make a movie about Emoji' s. Weird.
Lol when the two ads before this video are about a puppy having an accident on a rug and about going to the bathroom/constipation.
I don't want to rush it of get backlash. You might remember me talking about Disney's Winx Club reboot with Lauren Faust. This happen because if i don't get Smurfs and bring to Disney. Winx Club should have a Hanna Barbera's Smurfs treatment, avoiding conflict with Mat Brunet.
It always amuses me to see American reviewers roasting this movie. Here in France, the most scathing reviews it got were "…Uh, okay, it exists, I guess?" and the big Internet reviewers didn't even bother watching it. It was just a non-event. It almost surprises me that it made 200M worldwide…
Given how insanely s**tty this trainwreck of a film is, it begs the question: WHY is it that Star Wars The Last Jedi is getting such a ludicrous backlash from the man-babies of the Web when it wasn’t even THAT bad to begin with? All that hatred should be directed towards THIS pandering EXCUSE for a film!
J Crews
The grand majority of the human race wouldn't be that stupid to believe that The Emoji Movie is better than The Last Jedi.
PirateWarriorAndy25
I’d certainly hope not!
I could even say the same thing with the prequels.
The pandering of TLJ to SJWs and its obviose agenda is a turn off in itself. While I have not watch the emoji movie and never will, I believe u when u say its even more pandering
It still baffles me why Sony decided to can Popeye...logically, it was their best chance for a franchise: a nostalgic iconic IP, plenty of lore to make sequels out of, etc.
Did anyone hear that this won worst picture at the Razzies
Awww, I wish Medusa was made
nice to see something that delved into the background of the movie above just a review.
You know, as someone who grew up with such theatrical animated masterpieces such as: Shrek (1&2), How to Train Your Dragon (1, 2, & 3), and Kung Fu Panda (1, 2, & 3), I'm so sad to see what DreamWorks has become, I mean it went from being one of Walt Disney Animation Studios' greatest enemies, to just another one of THOSE theatrical animation studios.
AniMat accidentally foreshadowed the Morbius review situation.
That movie also had its reviews released a day before its release and it was also bad.
So at one point they seriously offered the part of a literal talking piece of shit to a black guy and didn't think about how bad that would come off. Wow.
16:07 If the rumors are true, I have just one question: Why didn't this happen sooner?
Does anyone know if the same reaction happened when The Bratz Movie was announced?
"emoji movies are the new toys"
-*Animat 2018* 4:49
It kinda makes me feel bad for Sony, but still-
Sony's the new Blue Sky. (Although your Ice Age sequels are awful and you cancelled Rio 3, I will still have a sprinkle of respect for you, Blue Sky. Because you made Ferdinand an awesome movie out of one of my favorite childhood books).
Seriously though, I think the only thing that'll bring Sony back to its glory days (although it never really had glory days) is if Sony collaborates with another big company, like Disney or Pixar. Although I doubt it will happen due to Sony's reputation, they could either collab with Illumination, or make an actual decent film based on either an original idea, or something that'll bring viewers in without resulting to cash grabs and cheap stories with clichés.
I think if Sony made a movie out of itself, and parodied itself, then I think that'll make their reputation better, as it shows society how they're aware that they're TERRIBLE. If they did do that, I'd go see it without a second thought.
ALunarAnimation 312 Did they really cancel 3?
ALunarAnimation 312 I'm rather think that the reputation of Disney/Pixar would get more damage if they collaborate with Sony than that Sony get at least a bit reputation back. Seriously. We all know that Disney/Pixar don't need any other animation studios to make good movies. So why they should wanna collaborate with a animation studios which has an awful reputation.
Sony has to fix their problems themselves. By the way the idea of a parodistic movie about themselves would be pretty interesting.
ALunarAnimation 312 I also feel bad for Sony. Even though they have gained a bit of a bad reputation, I don't think they deserve the massive amount of hate they get. Especially when people say that they should shut down.
I'mNotMario - AniMat once called Sony Pictures Animation “The Donald Trump of animation,” which is COMPLETELY inaccurate and unfair.
It's become the local Video Binquedo, such is it's state.
The only good thing about this movie is because it gave Genndy enough time to work on the final season for Samurai Jack that we have waited 13 years for.
This was very well made I learned a lot from this amazing video.
He forgot to mention that the movie is nominated for worst picture at the golden raspberry awards
3:44 I didn't knew that Animat knows the movie Igor
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ComRielon Aniamtion Never happening lol unless you were joking.
Very Interesting History about my favourite movie
The Titanium Turtle surely a classic
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Angela zaplotinsky *Sarcasm*
Easily the best anime by cancer and Satan.
You should have not have said that
I like to think somewhere in an alternate universe, the Emoji Movie is a masterpiece.
And in an alternate universe, the Spider-Verse film was a failure.
It could have been good. Anything can be a good movie with the right filmmakers. This did not have the right filmmakers.
You gonna give Sony credit for being smart enough to realize an Emoji movie franchise wouldn't have worked despite the Box office numbers
It seems like most studio executives just look at the money a movie made & launch a franchise whether or not it went well with critics & audiences
The idea that emojis are the new toys is the dumbest idea I've heard in a long time.
Sony has got to stop the over marketing of their films, its like cheating in the box office for a competition, guess i will call them the electronic arts of film: both greedy, sometimes good but mostly bad, dont you think?
Pixar:Hey Mr.Plee,we want you to play a charater in toy story 4
Jorden Plee:Oh shoot, ok Ill do this last one.
This is a great review video! Nice production 👌
Hi AniMat! Just came by here to say you're awesome.
Have a good day