I realize Coraline isn't a Tim Burton film. Ive made a severe lapse in judgement. I hope you will find it in your hearts to forgive my stupidity. Maybe I will grow and change to realize that I made a mistake and it wont happen again
I feel like almost every "bad" movie that was portrayed for kids is actually a good movie that was just too mature for the audience it was advertised for
@@biotoxin6280 the book is much better known and when someone refers to I have no mouth and I must scream generally it is to be interpreted that they are talking about the book. Wether or not the game is better than the book is irrelevant because in this case I’m just saying that he shouldn’t assume he’s talking about the game.
To be honest, the thing that really scared me wasn't that the puppets died. It was specifically because of their souls being taken, which scared the crap out of me when I first saw it.
I think that was the entire point, @Misogynistic Racist White Cis Nazi Male. The world of 9 is the very embodiment of hopelessness and despair. That pair was very darkly and beautifully done as far as I am concerned.
I like how each of the nine stitch punks have different qualities. Each of them represent traits of a human soul. 1 being 'most flawed' and 9 being 'closest to perfection'
I'm also going to add a twig-thin hyderal system that will barely be visible when I put it there. he will have hyderal pump and current generator in his body and components in the skull or the eye on the right side. hydraulic and cable drive will become like thin and narrow tendons for total movement💚💚💚
not me loving the character only to lose them in sad gruesome ways almost everytime conflict happened. maybe thats why i was kinda numbed down for the deaths that happened in the walking dead (when i saw some of the show), 9 did it better :]
9 was teetering on the edge of becoming a horror film with some of the creatures in the movie. I don’t care if this was labeled as a children’s movie, that doll snake is very disturbing
I actually know the man who directed this film! His name is Shane Acker, he’s a professor in my animation program! He created 9 as an animated short back when he was a student at UCLA and turned it into the film. He’s a really creative and kind dude, so it makes sense that this film is so unique. I never saw the movie when it came out because it looked too scary for me when I was a kid, but I’ll have to watch it now cus of this video, so thanks for talking about it! (Also I doubt he’ll ever see this but I’m sorry Shane for not watching your film pls forgive me)
That's awesome! This movie is secretly one of my favorite movies of all time, it's just so unique. He definitely nailed the aesthetic, it's cool to see that he's helping to teach up and coming animators!
This movie was my absolute favorite through elementary school and, after rewatching it recently, there’s one really great detail that is constantly overlooked. When 9 meets 2, 2 looks at his hands and notices that they are different and more finished-looking. If you look at all of the dolls, their design improves as you go through the numbers. The most obvious difference is their hands and feet (compare 9’s smooth, finished hands to 1’s janky ones). Also, if you look from 1 through 9, you will notice that both their stitching and closure on their stomachs improves. The scientist was innovating while creating them. 1 (the first one) has crooked buckle closures and 9 (the last one) has a perfect zipper. It really is the smallest details that make the biggest difference for me. It really is a shame how many people have overlooked this film because it is too dark or because they don’t know about it
“A children’s story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children’s story in the slightest” -C.S. Lewis The story is pretty scary for children but I really enjoyed it as a kid and now I can appreciate it even more as an adult.
I agree with this. Often the best types of kid's shows and stories are ones that can be enjoyed by all audiences. This is why shows like gravity falls still remain as some of the best kid's cartoons till this day, where I live the show still airs pretty often on disney channel, they know it's that good.
perfectly put lmao, as a child I really enjoyed this movie and it was one of my favorites, and now that I'm older I can appreciate the details to the story more as Im able to notice and understand details I wouldn't have as a child
9 was one of my favorite movies as a kid, however, I was one of those kids who got excited over the creepiest crap. All of my favorite episodes were the Halloween episodes and I got super excited over ghosts and people getting “possessed and turning evil”. So, loving this as a kid could have just put me in a very small group.
Same here. I loved spooky stuff so much, and a movie like this didn’t affect me at all. (Except for in good ways). The Conjuring was the first thing I watched as a kid that actually just straight up scared the shit out of me.
i love the beast in 9 and winged beast. since I saw them 2, I've become obsessed with those guys and even built my own metal guys that look exactly like them and you can move the joints and everything. I am currently obsessed with cat beast and will try to build him for real!.💚💚💚I'm also going to add a twig-thin hyderal system that will barely be visible when I put it there. he will have hyderal pump and current generator in his body and components in the skull or the eye on the right side. hydraulic and cable drive will become like thin and narrow tendons for total movement💚💚💚
I love the fact, that in this movie, they have the original military robots with simple, uncomplicated designs, bexause they were created in a thought through and well supplied way, but the new robots, being cobbled together from junk, need to be and are completely complicated and weird looking because they are just the simplest materials but supposed to work all the same. Seems like an obvious thing, but i really think it shows how this super intelligent AI works on only practicality, and also gives a great excuse to have these creepy and original designs.
Just the thought of the robot picking remains of carcasses from the battlefield sounds haunting to me. The use of the baby doll face for the snake thing, the cat skull for the cat thing. It shows the lack of morals, really hitting home that this thing needs to be stopped.
One of my favorite designs was the winged beast. I could pick apart all the intricate details all day. The propaganda banner for wings, the surgical equipment for a mouth, the desk fan for propulsion.
@@Joannefibracs9994 really interesting theory! Probably the main reason why 8 was bulky, because the scientist probably planned him to be the "final" one, but probably didn't due to his size.
Yeah! Although, I see Little Nightmares as more of a biological horror type movie, while 9 was a lot more focused on machines. Both have that psychological tint of horror to themselves too lol.
Honestly, it's so upsetting to me that this movie was swept under the rug after the poor reception. There were plans for a sequel, because the original film (while fantastic as it is), was incredibly short, and we only got to see a fraction of the universe it was set in, but since it had such a mixed/poor reception, that sequel would never get the chance to come to fruition. There was so much unrealized potential with that story, Shane Acker clearly put his heart and soul into it, and it basically got pushed to the wayside. Another note about Shane Acker; the man doesn't get enough credit. Burton may have produced it, but it was Acker's baby. All in all, wonderful film, very disappointed that we didn't get to see it in full flesh.
THIS. It was and is Shane's movie. This film and its fandom got me through high school, so it means a lot to me. There was also going to be a video game but it got cancelled like everything else :( I remember a bunch of us in this forum were looking through so much of the game's concept art and it was so cool...
Steve Reviews compared the scene to an episode clip of Salad Fingers where the character of the same name sang “Somewhere Over The Rainbow” when exploring a slaughter house. I’m not joking, the settings of both are very similar but the gag totally makes sense, aside from a reference to The LEGO Movie within a transition in 9 with the Ragtime 10 Seconds Later Transition.
It's strange that 9 didn't become a big film. when I ask them at least, they don't even know what I'm talking about and think I made up what I'm saying, if I don't say it's a hoax and they hardly even believe me. most of them think it's ridiculous and silly and stupid and ask me roughly why I don't watch football or like cars instead, but cars usually seem cool to little kids and drive on the carpet, so I don't understand why today's young people are so fucking obsessed of cars. i've loved 9 my whole life and have become obsessed with that film and think it's strange that there hasn't been more bonus material and short films about 9. there should be a 2 about film 9 and a game on ps 5 where you can costume their characters or something like that.
I remember this movie when I was younger. Only knew 1 kid, a classmate of mine, who also saw this movie. We talked for hours about children’s movies with mature lessons only to be cut off by the bell. Really one of the few children’s movies that introduced me to the grim darkness of reality. I was too young to even notice that mother and child at the beginning.
I really expected this movie to get the same praise that Coraline did earlier in the year when I watched it. It was definitely much darker than I expected, but I still enjoyed it. This could have been more successful if it wasn't advertised as a kid's movie.
it did suffer from poor advertisement, but coraline is leagues beyond in so many areas. it’s possible whoever was responsible for publicity realised it wouldn’t stand a chance and didn’t give it enough thought thereafter.
@@yourdad3275 I mean just cause you consider a movie better doesn’t mean everyone does i liked 9 more but that might just be because it was so much more memorable especially in my nightmares
@@shamrockgaming9505 i agree, but i’m talking about the film’s prospects at the time of marketing. it’s possible that whoever was responsible had already resigned themselves to the idea that 9 wouldn’t perform as well.
@@yourdad3275 actually, 9 had this Facebook page speaking as the scientist giving all kinds of past lore and stuff up until the release date of the movie, there was apparently activity on it within the past couple of years, possibly hinting to a sequel, prequel or something else to do with the universe
9 was my childhood despite being excruciatingly terrified by it I also loved how the “scientist” had a Twitter account and would talk about his plans and research and what the gov was forcing him to do right up until the release of the movie where he stopped posting as he would canonically be dead. I don’t know if it’s still up but it’s a very unique touch I haven’t seen in a looong time
I still remember seeing the ads on TV back in 2009, mainly the one with Welcome Home by Coheed & Cambria and wanting to watch it in theatres so bad. But they wouldn't let a 9 year old in to see it. Rented it a year later and loved it, was never really creeped out by it as a kid and always wished i could've experienced it in theatres :/
Okay unrelated but YES GOD I COULDNT FIND THE MOVIE FOR A LOGN TIEM BUT 9 SCARED THE HELL OUT OF ME THAT I WANTED TO WATCH IT AGAIN- I even remember crying because of how sad the character and storyline was :"""0
the plat is weird, but the fact that an old dude separated his consciousness into 9 dolls is cool, i like the ending personally. and that weird ass spider thing was scary as fuck.
I remember watching 9 when I was really young, honestly I just thought it had been a dream because nobody ever knew what I was talking about when I brought it up. Now I know I'm not crazy LMAO
Also while they're "celebrating ", the song is "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" which I vividly remember that scene as a kid because I knew that song as a happy song from Wizard of Oz, so to be led into a sense of security only for everything to go wrong really scared me as a kid. It was just a perfectly executed scene with such unease and dread. That movie gave me nightmares for a week but it's still an underrated gem
That scene was actually what made me love the movie. It was such a twisted, dark mind fuck and little 8 year old me was smiling like an idiot, like, "omg that just happened that was scary yet epic" ...now that I typed this out, it's a bit more disturbing than funny...
Notes: Its super cool how the robot isnt actually that big, but it only looks big due to the relative size of the Stitchpunks Also the record player in the warzone was because that was probably a scout post
Well there might have been a consistency error in the movie because the robot was picking up human skeletons which also looked tiny in comparison and was using bones to help repair itself
I spent YEARS trying to find this movie again, opened Netflix out of pure boredom one day, only to be SMACKED in the face by the app as this was the first thing that popped up on my screen I wasn’t sure whether I should be mad at myself for not even thinking to check Netflix or crying literal tears of joy because I finally found this movie Either way I enjoyed it
@@kevinthekid9623 I’m half and half. I really can’t handle horror movie trailers but it’s mostly for supernatural shit like IT(first horror movie I ever watch, big mistake I cried the whole time I already hated clowns but looks like I was the clown the whole time) Annabelle, saw shit like that. But I can handle fucked shows and movies like Alice in Borderlands, Midsommar, Parasite, idk it’s weird. And I can handle horror games. Watching people play at least.
I love this movie as a kid but I was so traumatized by all of the characters' death, it was so foreign to young me. It's weird kid me never reacted that way towards Disney villains who fall to their death.
@@saycandace1341 I was just boutta say, Clayton hanging from that vine was never blatantly obvious to younger me, I just thought he fell from the trees and got beat up by gorillas. Rewatching Tarzan, I realized that is not the case.
1: "Sometimes Fear, Is the appropriate response.." 2: "Some things in this world are better left where they lie." 3&4:*Flashing Eyes* 5: "You know, Your just like him; You forget to remember to be scared." 6: "GO BACK! To the source." 7: "They're Free Now." 8: *Screams* 9: "They all died because of me, I started this and now I have to finish it."
i love movies that don't just spoon feed you the plot - particularly for children's movies, too. kids are way smarter than people give them credit for!
Kids are smarter than they get credited for, however they're also very.. impressionable? I forgot the word to be honest As in, they pick up information and stuff easily without really thinking about it for themselves
coraline is a henry selick movie not tim burton. henry did the stop motion for every animated tim burton film however so its an understandable mistake but it was laika studios first film
@@mwur6190 Tim burton had nothing at all to do with it! He was busy with other projects while coraline was being made. I used to think it was Tim burton as well until I was around 12-13
So the stitchpunks are all aspects of the human soul, split into 9. 1 is Stubborness 2 is Resorcefulness 3 and 4 represent Carefree and Fun 5 is kindness 6 represents eccentricity 7 is independance and perseverance 8 is loyalty and strength and 9 represents courage and morality.
I really want to acknowledge the fact that 9 was alive for maybe about 5 minutes I'll say, and almost immediately saw 3 different corpses and his very first friend get taken away by a skull-faced monster
9 was a swan song to a dying breed of moviemakers, the kind who weren't afraid to scare kids with shadows and monsters in the dark, while pumping them up saying "the dark is scary, but you can take it, because the scariest thing in there, is you."
A theory that I’ve had for a while is that each doll represents a different aspect of the inventors soul. 1 represents cowardice 2 represents ingenuity 3 and 4 represent curiosity 5 represents compassion 6 represents obsession 7 represents courage I could never tell what 8 represented. Feel free to leave suggestions in the comments 9 represents morality And the machine represents emotion, specifically rage
I think 8 is a little hard to pin down, because I see some overlap with him and 7, since he takes on a body guard role in the group. If 7 is courageous, yet calculated in what she does, I feel like 8 could be a combination of a similar bravery, and a need/want to provide protection. Maybe stemming from the scientist's regret when his machine rampages. If the scientist ever felt guilty about what happened, and felt he owed the world protection in some way, shape, or form, I feel like that part of him could have possibly manifested in 8. As for the machine, I feel like it could also represent things like drive and ambition, as it would make sense for a scientist/inventor to constantly strive to make something better.
That's actually not a theory that's a fact that the soul has like 9 sections or something and each doll represents each one. Well I think it's 8 actually because of the twin doll dudes being the same thing I believe. I remember years ago looking into this movies lore more and it's actually a fact of the movie but I'm sorry it was so long ago I can't give sources or something. Ik a lot of the information can be found on an old Facebook page about this movie cause they seeded lore into posts that were made as notes by the scientist and they kept it going for a while but it wasn't that popular so it died out. But ik the whole sections of the soul thing into each number is cannon.
@@livgeneral6487 I did look into it, and what I found interesting is the concept of 9 being closest to perfection since that was the final piece of the scientist's soul, containing his positive traits, while 1 is the most flawwed. There isn't a 10 because there's no such thing as the perfect human.
I mean i think why they labeled this moive as a kids film is the whole stigma of animation only being for kids even tho its a whole different media to convey a good and interesting story such as this one
I dont get why kids are afraid of this movie. I watched it at 4 and it never scared me. Literaly I watched it with my cousins and my brother and sister. We were all around the same age and as far as I remember we were not that scared.
@@Photops good for you!! it scarred me as a child because I immediately bonded with the characters!! imagine how a child would feel if a character they bonded with fucking dies right in front of them in the most terrifying way? so good for you that you weren't scared, but other people were! stop making people feel bad for being scared. it's normal. your reaction wasn't.
I love 9. It's such a good movie. Also, like a lot of animated movies, it gets considered a kid's movie purely because it's animated. Happens with The Dark Crystal too, which, again, is PG/PG13 - i.e _not for young kids_
@@cathleenmoyle1476 I don’t know what you are trying to imply. Their souls are being put to rest instead of being trapped in that machine for eternity.
The souls sort of "going into the machine" after they were taken scares the hell out of me. Humanity was able to build a machine- automata- that has the capacity to house HUMAN SOULS within it. No less, it was brought to life by human souls (or more accurately a fragment). The doll's souls are a fragment of the scientist's soul, meaning that their souls are human. So, taking into account that the machine can house, and was powered by human souls, maybe the machine has a conscience? Maybe its supposed to be an unorthodox take on a hypothetical machine's AI gaining conscience?
I believe I saw a full movie review, with all the easter eggs and stuff like that. And the summary I enjoy was "The only and easiest way to bring human world peace, is by getting "rid" of all humans"
@@milenarkioshi4288 that's like saying "if you wanna stop spending on gasoline then get rid of your car" or "if you wanna stop suffering then just kill yourself" War is just a bigger scale of conflict and conflict is inevitable even in nature. To achieve peace you just need to BE at peace, it's easier if you take the meaning as personal thing. You can't control what others do with their peace and if you wanted to you'd just become a tyrant/dictator that will probably end up creating more conflicts than peace. I think ppl should appreciate movies like this more, cuz ik parents never gonna talk to kids about this kind of topics to enligthen their morality, while this kind of movies can give them a clear view or representation of how good and evil come in many shapes or acts, so that they can have something to refer to as they face situations while growing up.
Well it could be this, but it could also mean that through unity, there is still conflict, and that to be true peace, there still is the need for conflict.
9 is legit so one of my favorite movies! It also introduced me to my all-time favorite band Coheed and Cambria bc their song "Welcome Home" was used in the trailers~
One thing I’d like to point out. When they start to celebrate they play “somewhere over the rainbow” but it has a distorted sound to it, which really sells the disturbing feeling in the scene
I remember being slightly disturbed the first time I watched this movie, but when I rewatched this movie when older, I realized how intricate and good this movie is.
I actually found a art book for this film at a local thrift shop and it explains a lot about the story.It’s full of beautiful artwork and story boards.Makes me wish I saw it in Theaters when it came out but as Daddy Pig says Coralline DEFINITELY overshadowed the film.I must have seen Coralline at least 3 times I remember there being a 3-D showing too.I’m definitely gonna have to check it out I’m a huge fan or science fiction/horror ESPECIALLY animated films in that genre.
I wrote an essay on this movie when I was in highschool! The first few minutes alone are great for deconstructing because there are no spoken words and the worldbuilding tells a solid story just by itself! I'm still fond of it even today, but it's because I love it that I can agree kids younger than 14 probably shouldn't view it...
I was never scared of this film as a kid, but the thing that unsettled me the most was the fact that one of the robots was literally using the corpse of 2 to lure the others in There was a more recent movie that I forget the name of that this reminds me of, where this meteorite falls from space and creates a bubble where everything starts evolving rapidly, and there's one creature inside that's like a kind of blind bear attracted to sound that mimicks the screams of its previous victim to lure its prey Now I'm trying to figure out which one unsettled me most
That movie.. is one of the few that I never forgot and even if I was young and couldn’t understand it all, I loved it! I watched it alone not so long after seeing Coraline so I probably was 4, 5 or 6 I can’t really remember. Anyway, I watched it in English and as a French speaker I couldn’t understand the dialogue.. But even without words I nearly perfectly understood the story! We discover the world with 9 and everything 9 does was the thing I would have done too, so I felt into it, I was literally 9, I was him! Who needs explanations when the main characters act like you would have?? All the ambiance, green light, gray world, the red eyes brings fear, not a bad fear that makes you have nightmares, no, a good fear, the fear that gave me the feeling that the dolls were alive and that they needed to fight and help each other to survive, it gave me determination and empathy. All the war and death didn’t really touched me. When you see the dead scientist 9 just pick up the piece and walks away, like him I wouldn’t have paid more attention to it either, it didn’t chock me, I knew what death was and crying or fearing would have been useless (it was already dead, can’t do anything, just leave it to "sleep"). For the war there was no blood (no disgust), no faces (you can’t identify), no focus on any character (you don’t see the peoples enough to fully realize) so no big deal. There was the deaths of some dolls but I wasn’t chock, 2 was surely gonna die (no surprise and I assumed he knew and accepted it too so no fear), 8 fight (no fear), that’s gonna sound mean but I was waiting for 1 to do that (he was supposed to die way earlier if you want my opinion…), that’s mean too but I didn’t pay much attention to 5 (I saw him as either a "clone" of 9 or a total random + you couldn’t do anything to save him so yeah, I accepted it very quickly), then there’s 6 (is death was "the right thing" to me, it means that he did all he had to do, he was complete) The thing that scares me the most were the machine/brain, the beast and the… other beast who used 2 to catch others. But even with those I wasn’t that scared, they nearly felt "humans" or at least animal (the 2 beast bow when he gives 8 to his "Queen", the first beast was trying to give life to his creator/"dad" and the machine was trying to get all parts of the soul of his own creator/"dad" together, I can’t tell why or even if what I’m saying is true but that was my impression..) So yeah, I loved that film. I loved the characters (very human to me), I loved the beasts (nearly cute in a way I guess), I loved the feelings shared, loved the story (easy enough for me to guess it but hard enough to not give away all the answers immediately and get bored). And even if it doesn’t seem right for children, If I watched it in french from the start or at an older age it wouldn’t have hit the same. I can’t recommend it or forbid it, it’s a unique experience, I can’t say anything else. 💕 Ayo whoever read all this you’re incredible, even I couldn’t… anyway, have a good day
Just the fact that someone is still talking about 9 after all this time already deserves a like from me, amazing movie and also amazing video dude, I might stick around for more, I like your vibe
I remember seeing ads for this as a kid, and I wanted to see it so badly. A few weeks later at daycare we watched some movie that one of the teacher's brought in, but she was busy once the credits started- well, after the credits another movie started. Everyone was confused but y'know another movie meant we didn't have to do some stupid craft bs or naptime or whatever.... and that movie was 9. There was only one other person who seemed to recognize it, so we start begging to keep watching it once the teacher came back. And it worked. Aaaaand I think the two of us may have scarred the rest of the class and they were much younger than the two of us. Oops, anyways still love this movie
honestly this is just my favourite movie of all time, just the nostalgia of watching this is immense for me. i remember vividly watching this at a sleepover with my older cousin, and just watching it at night just brings back memories. crazy connected to this movie
Surprising thing is my little sister was actually born in the day was released. 09/09/2009 And she’s always been a bit different than the other kids ... it was always kinda scary to me with the coincidences of the event lol.
@@IOUFACTS I mean like .. more - how do I put this.. - creepy? Like she has a obsession with scary movies and collecting scary dolls but she may just have interesting hobbies lol
Just finished rewatching this and damn the story, the pacing, the tension, and yet the hopeful ending makes this one of my favorite movies of all time....like my man pig here :D
Im so glad my dad bought this movie for me as a kid, I watched it so many times. This was such an amazing post apocalyptic and dark fantasy tale that fascinated me as a child and when I grew up I understood it’s values much better. It’s the kind of movie that if you watch as a child it becomes that childhood treasure. And although it’s not for every kid, I think it’s still a “kid’s movie” in the same way old fairy tales were for kids and had dark elements such as witches and dark woods, and had important messages.
Oh my goodness!!! Finally Nine is getting the recognition it deserves. That was absolutely one of my favorite shows as a child, along with Coraline. I loved Five and Two so much. Every time I watched this movie it was even cooler than the last.
I watched 9 when I was 7 and I wasn’t scared because of the end, I didn’t understand it and the funny joke my dad made. Also when I watched this it was around 9PM at night. Not even scared a bit. The joke my dad made was: why was 6 afraid of 7. Because 7 ate 9.
Ok why isn't anyone talking about: If the Machine is basicaly the Scientists brain and the stitchpunks are his soul. Wouldn't that mean that if the Machine won the sientists would become the Machine?
Not necessarily. Even if that happened the military weaponized the machine and it eventually became corrupted. Sure the scientist could’ve regained all consciousness but it’s also likely that there’d be a Jekyll and Hyde kind of duality going on or the robot would just be the dominant personality.
I remember going to see this in theaters with my family, I was like 14. The trailers had Coheed and Cambria playing and made it seem like an absolutely badass film, so lil edgy teen me was totally into it, but holy cow I was not expecting it to be such a wild ride. I still love the movie, but I can't bring myself to watch it. Like it's so heavy, I'm not emotionally equipped to watch it again.
"Baka" is fool. It can be interchanged and become idiot or dumb but stupid doesn't really work, although they are the same basically. It just doesn't make sense
Oh I love this movie. Main problem is that, I think it could have been way better if they didn’t give 9 a voice box. I personally think a silent protagonist would have fit better especially since he started off silent. Otherwise, this is a fucking awesome movie.
I completely agree It could have been wayyyy better with a mute protagonist that just woke up in this world confused and having no idea how to speak and no one knowing what their thoughts on a situation are and have to go off body movements.
I agree. Honestly, 9 is honestly just a very stereotypical good guy. He's probably the least interesting part of the movie, and I think have him be mute would of helped make him more interesting as a character.
I mean....if parents really thought a movie trailer featuring a song by Coheed and Cambria was for kids, that's on them lmaoo this was one of my absolute favorite movies when I was a kid and still is 12 years later! I agree that the world itself just made me love it...I wanted more exploration on it because it was just amazing
That is the part I remember most about it was hearing welcome home play while the trailer rolled thinking damn that’s an interesting choice for a kids movie but awesome.
This movie scared me but man I loved it. I really adored the distinct design of each stitchpunk, the way deaths mattered, the optimism of all of it. Sticks with you, I really love it
I don't remember watching 9, but I definitely remember the advertising like toys, commercials and the characters of 9. The marketing for this film, definitely hurt it 😅 because as you said, doesn't seem like a kids film at all, which is sad because it looks fantastic. It's definitely one of those movies that deserved to be so much more than a poor target to a viewing audience not really meant for them.
I did watch this as a kid. I think, maybe these movies we say like “are these kids movies?” And I say. Yes. They are kids movies. I mean it can be enjoyed by anyone. I mean I don’t know if it’s as scarring, but it was scary. But even then I loved it. I don’t know where I’m going with this but I don’t think how it’s presented should be like “oh it’s not a kids movie”. It’s like with soul we ar Ellie “oh this isn’t a kids movie” when yes it is it’s made in a way to be understood by them even if you probably don’t get all the details you get the gist of it.
I thought this movie was so cool as a kid, I don’t remember being scared until I got older and started to realize what it was actually about. But I definitely remember enjoying it
God I remember watching films like “9”, “Felidae”, “Watership down”, “Animalfarm”, “Plague dogs”, “Coraline” etc as a 5-8 y/o thanks to my sweet and loving dad. I’m not surprised I was so messed up haha
Oh my god. You just unlocked a part of my memories about that movie. I was probably around 7 when my 11 and 16 year old sisters rented this movie for us to watch and dude... I don't even think we finished it. We were all scared. I remember being absolutely terrified and at one point we just paused it and handed it back to the place we rented it from. This movie is probably why I was so afraid of machines in general.
YES!!! Finally, someone recognized the horrors of this movie. My dad bought it when I was 10, and I just hated it. I understand it now, but Jesus, it is still kinda unnerving.
I was addicted to this film when I was 11. During the first school holidays, I would just wake up, watch this film over and over again, and then go to sleep. This film is why I needed to get fillings in my teeth when I went back to school; because I was just so focused on watching it, I didn't even brush my teeth, haha.
Holy fuck i just got hit with nostalgia, this fucking movie was one of the best for me when i was like 9 or something. Idk why but it wasnt scary to me at that time, prob cuz i had seen worse tbf 😅
I remember watching 9 as a kid and I was traumatized by it, it's so unsettling and full of main characters dying, my puny child mind couldn't take it, but it's a great movie
YES thank you so much for this. I thought I was the only one who watched this as a kid. It felt like a fever dream. I absolutely love/hated this film and I remembered being so creeped out and thinking how depressing it was
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I realize Coraline isn't a Tim Burton film. Ive made a severe lapse in judgement. I hope you will find it in your hearts to forgive my stupidity. Maybe I will grow and change to realize that I made a mistake and it wont happen again
I won't accept your apology until you review Coraline lol
9 is my movie. Im 9/9/2000 but still. Came out on my 9th bday and i loved this movie as a kid
You should do a review of the fat Albert movie
Who else remembers being in universe 1 where the commercial for Coraline literally said "Directed by Tim Burton"?
???? It wasn’t ?
I feel like almost every "bad" movie that was portrayed for kids is actually a good movie that was just too mature for the audience it was advertised for
I watched as a kid and liked it
Batman Returns was same for me
Nah there's A LOT of shit kids movies
@@THEPELADOMASTER has Vietnam flash backs about the emoji movie 😖
@@THEPELADOMASTER well he did say almost
9 gave me some very strong “I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream” vibes
Now that is some dark shit
I fucking love that game
@@johnmundinger3581 it’s a book originally but ok
@@charliekill88 I mean there is no difference the game is noted to be better then the book
@@biotoxin6280 the book is much better known and when someone refers to I have no mouth and I must scream generally it is to be interpreted that they are talking about the book. Wether or not the game is better than the book is irrelevant because in this case I’m just saying that he shouldn’t assume he’s talking about the game.
To be honest, the thing that really scared me wasn't that the puppets died. It was specifically because of their souls being taken, which scared the crap out of me when I first saw it.
Same when I first watched it I felt sick to my stomach
Yes omg. It was dark a f.
100% agree with that.
Also, i was fucking 5 when i saw this, and it got stuck in my head for 11 years it scared kid me so much.
I think that was the entire point, @Misogynistic Racist White Cis Nazi Male. The world of 9 is the very embodiment of hopelessness and despair. That pair was very darkly and beautifully done as far as I am concerned.
It's kinda why I refused to watch Harry Potter because that's what the dementors reminded me of
I like how each of the nine stitch punks have different qualities. Each of them represent traits of a human soul. 1 being 'most flawed' and 9 being 'closest to perfection'
I'm also going to add a twig-thin hyderal system that will barely be visible when I put it there. he will have hyderal pump and current generator in his body and components in the skull or the eye on the right side. hydraulic and cable drive will become like thin and narrow tendons for total movement💚💚💚
Hey I don't know if you will reply but I thought 1 was representative of pride not necessarily flawed
This movie traumatized me. Not because I was scared or shocked, but because I immediately bonded with every single character as I was a child
not me loving the character only to lose them in sad gruesome ways almost everytime conflict happened.
maybe thats why i was kinda numbed down for the deaths that happened in the walking dead (when i saw some of the show), 9 did it better :]
@@adrianrandom3448 Every scene w/ Negan was so unprovoked 😭 where is the conflict?
...5...
yesss! completely agree
I loved the movie but as a child It was just sad for me
9 was teetering on the edge of becoming a horror film with some of the creatures in the movie. I don’t care if this was labeled as a children’s movie, that doll snake is very disturbing
Yeah the part where it grabbed 8 was forever engraved into my head
It’s called The Seamstress!
I loved it as a kid, some things scared me but it was cool af
@@dovahchicken935 Me too, idw but all the doom and gloom just felt really enticing
@@dovahchicken935 me too
I actually know the man who directed this film!
His name is Shane Acker, he’s a professor in my animation program!
He created 9 as an animated short back when he was a student at UCLA and turned it into the film. He’s a really creative and kind dude, so it makes sense that this film is so unique.
I never saw the movie when it came out because it looked too scary for me when I was a kid, but I’ll have to watch it now cus of this video, so thanks for talking about it!
(Also I doubt he’ll ever see this but I’m sorry Shane for not watching your film pls forgive me)
That's awesome! This movie is secretly one of my favorite movies of all time, it's just so unique. He definitely nailed the aesthetic, it's cool to see that he's helping to teach up and coming animators!
I watched this movie all the time when I was younger it was one of my favorite childhood movies
no way holy shit!!!11111111321
@@cquon0 fuck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!92
That's dope as fuck
This movie was my absolute favorite through elementary school and, after rewatching it recently, there’s one really great detail that is constantly overlooked. When 9 meets 2, 2 looks at his hands and notices that they are different and more finished-looking. If you look at all of the dolls, their design improves as you go through the numbers. The most obvious difference is their hands and feet (compare 9’s smooth, finished hands to 1’s janky ones). Also, if you look from 1 through 9, you will notice that both their stitching and closure on their stomachs improves. The scientist was innovating while creating them. 1 (the first one) has crooked buckle closures and 9 (the last one) has a perfect zipper. It really is the smallest details that make the biggest difference for me.
It really is a shame how many people have overlooked this film because it is too dark or because they don’t know about it
The people who made this movie: *I’m very comfortable with the Energy we created in this animation studio..*
That's why their movies are good
“A children’s story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children’s story in the slightest” -C.S. Lewis
The story is pretty scary for children but I really enjoyed it as a kid and now I can appreciate it even more as an adult.
I agree with this. Often the best types of kid's shows and stories are ones that can be enjoyed by all audiences. This is why shows like gravity falls still remain as some of the best kid's cartoons till this day, where I live the show still airs pretty often on disney channel, they know it's that good.
perfectly put lmao, as a child I really enjoyed this movie and it was one of my favorites, and now that I'm older I can appreciate the details to the story more as Im able to notice and understand details I wouldn't have as a child
What about like
Captain Underpants and stuff?
same ,it was my favorite movie when i was a child ,still love it
@@LucyWest370 captain underpants still holds up even as an adult and no one can tell me otherwise
Fun fact: 9 was a made by Shane Acker and it was only 10 minutes when he was in school for a project before he got academy award for it
It was nominated for an Oscar, it lost to a Disney thing I think
It was nominated but didn't win the oscar.
Heh, 9, 10? Get it?
"9 was a made"
What-
9 was one of my favorite movies as a kid, however, I was one of those kids who got excited over the creepiest crap. All of my favorite episodes were the Halloween episodes and I got super excited over ghosts and people getting “possessed and turning evil”. So, loving this as a kid could have just put me in a very small group.
Same here. I loved spooky stuff so much, and a movie like this didn’t affect me at all. (Except for in good ways). The Conjuring was the first thing I watched as a kid that actually just straight up scared the shit out of me.
i love the beast in 9 and winged beast. since I saw them 2, I've become obsessed with those guys and even built my own metal guys that look exactly like them and you can move the joints and everything. I am currently obsessed with cat beast and will try to build him for real!.💚💚💚I'm also going to add a twig-thin hyderal system that will barely be visible when I put it there. he will have hyderal pump and current generator in his body and components in the skull or the eye on the right side. hydraulic and cable drive will become like thin and narrow tendons for total movement💚💚💚
exactly. like ill get scared. but like interested scared
I love the fact, that in this movie, they have the original military robots with simple, uncomplicated designs, bexause they were created in a thought through and well supplied way, but the new robots, being cobbled together from junk, need to be and are completely complicated and weird looking because they are just the simplest materials but supposed to work all the same.
Seems like an obvious thing, but i really think it shows how this super intelligent AI works on only practicality, and also gives a great excuse to have these creepy and original designs.
Skynet wants your boots, your skeleton, and your soul.
Also the stitchpunks evolve in design as the Scientists learns more about making them, like 1 looks less detailed than later ones
Just the thought of the robot picking remains of carcasses from the battlefield sounds haunting to me. The use of the baby doll face for the snake thing, the cat skull for the cat thing. It shows the lack of morals, really hitting home that this thing needs to be stopped.
One of my favorite designs was the winged beast. I could pick apart all the intricate details all day. The propaganda banner for wings, the surgical equipment for a mouth, the desk fan for propulsion.
@@Joannefibracs9994 really interesting theory! Probably the main reason why 8 was bulky, because the scientist probably planned him to be the "final" one, but probably didn't due to his size.
9 is like what Little Nightmares would be if it was a movie
Yeah! Although, I see Little Nightmares as more of a biological horror type movie, while 9 was a lot more focused on machines. Both have that psychological tint of horror to themselves too lol.
They really need to make Little Nightmares a movie!
I feel this is the plot for Generation zero
Conspiracy theory:
Little nightmares protagonist: six
9 protagonist: 9
Six
Nine
69
Nice
@@declangregory4048 They're actually starting production on a Little Nightmares TV show.
Crazy how this movie that’s over a decade old look better than some animated films from this year
The Thing (1982) [Full Movie] what movie called plz
@@montserratmoviecorner4234 kurt Russell is the man!!
nowadays,studios just stick to the same art style and basic plot. Nothing wrong with basic plots though
@@kidflasher Luckily Netflix greenlit Love, Death + Robots
@@GellertTV such a blessing
“2 is one of my favorite stitch-dolls in the movie.”
Yes, good taste.
This movie is super underated. Cool premise and world building. Amd I love the character designs.
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Fr fr ❤️❤️
Of course the cult mechanicus would love 9
I watched this movie so many time
@@SPHEALlikeaSIR only because its a good movie
Honestly, it's so upsetting to me that this movie was swept under the rug after the poor reception. There were plans for a sequel, because the original film (while fantastic as it is), was incredibly short, and we only got to see a fraction of the universe it was set in, but since it had such a mixed/poor reception, that sequel would never get the chance to come to fruition. There was so much unrealized potential with that story, Shane Acker clearly put his heart and soul into it, and it basically got pushed to the wayside. Another note about Shane Acker; the man doesn't get enough credit. Burton may have produced it, but it was Acker's baby. All in all, wonderful film, very disappointed that we didn't get to see it in full flesh.
Heh. Soul.
I loved the movie though there was scary imagery and me being little, and I wish there was more things to expand the world of nine.
THIS. It was and is Shane's movie. This film and its fandom got me through high school, so it means a lot to me. There was also going to be a video game but it got cancelled like everything else :( I remember a bunch of us in this forum were looking through so much of the game's concept art and it was so cool...
The movie was gas but they didn’t have to do 6 5 and 2 like that
A sequel to this movie would have been amazing but it’s sad that it was swept aside
You didn't mention how the robot slowly rising up from the smoke was set to the song "Somewhere over the Rainbow". That gave me chills.
Steve Reviews compared the scene to an episode clip of Salad Fingers where the character of the same name sang “Somewhere Over The Rainbow” when exploring a slaughter house. I’m not joking, the settings of both are very similar but the gag totally makes sense, aside from a reference to The LEGO Movie within a transition in 9 with the Ragtime 10 Seconds Later Transition.
Yeah, by far one of the creepiest scenes in the movie to me. In a good way of course.
I like when that happens
Honestly it would have been way darker if the robot killed 5 while that was playing in the background.😦
I'd like to see a remastered version of this movie. Imagine an even more realistic version scary bone cat my god.
same but they should still make it look old, because the sort of bad graphics made the movie even better
as if the movie werent realistic enough
It's strange that 9 didn't become a big film. when I ask them at least, they don't even know what I'm talking about and think I made up what I'm saying, if I don't say it's a hoax and they hardly even believe me. most of them think it's ridiculous and silly and stupid and ask me roughly why I don't watch football or like cars instead, but cars usually seem cool to little kids and drive on the carpet, so I don't understand why today's young people are so fucking obsessed of cars. i've loved 9 my whole life and have become obsessed with that film and think it's strange that there hasn't been more bonus material and short films about 9. there should be a 2 about film 9 and a game on ps 5 where you can costume their characters or something like that.
literally or the seamstress that would be absolutely terrifying
holy shit finally someone talks about this movie i haven't heard anything about this since i was like a literal fetus
Same same
Ong
Same dude omfg
I KNOW I LOVE IT THIS MOVIE SO MUCH
If you were a fetus back then this would make you 11 - 12. So, still a fetus.
As a kid, two movies I found scary.
Coraline and 9
9 was scarier.
Way scarier
@@radicalwiper wot
Ah yes
@@radicalwiper before you’re edited your reply, it said that you hated the movie
Dark crystal scared the crap out of me
9 is my childhood film lmao
I remember this movie when I was younger. Only knew 1 kid, a classmate of mine, who also saw this movie. We talked for hours about children’s movies with mature lessons only to be cut off by the bell. Really one of the few children’s movies that introduced me to the grim darkness of reality. I was too young to even notice that mother and child at the beginning.
I really expected this movie to get the same praise that Coraline did earlier in the year when I watched it. It was definitely much darker than I expected, but I still enjoyed it. This could have been more successful if it wasn't advertised as a kid's movie.
it did suffer from poor advertisement, but coraline is leagues beyond in so many areas. it’s possible whoever was responsible for publicity realised it wouldn’t stand a chance and didn’t give it enough thought thereafter.
@@yourdad3275 I mean just cause you consider a movie better doesn’t mean everyone does i liked 9 more but that might just be because it was so much more memorable especially in my nightmares
@@shamrockgaming9505 i agree, but i’m talking about the film’s prospects at the time of marketing. it’s possible that whoever was responsible had already resigned themselves to the idea that 9 wouldn’t perform as well.
I remember the film's trailer thelat would play before Coraline with the Coheed and Cambria song and I'd rewind that advertisement countless times
@@yourdad3275 actually, 9 had this Facebook page speaking as the scientist giving all kinds of past lore and stuff up until the release date of the movie, there was apparently activity on it within the past couple of years, possibly hinting to a sequel, prequel or something else to do with the universe
9 was my childhood despite being excruciatingly terrified by it
I also loved how the “scientist” had a Twitter account and would talk about his plans and research and what the gov was forcing him to do right up until the release of the movie where he stopped posting as he would canonically be dead. I don’t know if it’s still up but it’s a very unique touch I haven’t seen in a looong time
I still remember seeing the ads on TV back in 2009, mainly the one with Welcome Home by Coheed & Cambria and wanting to watch it in theatres so bad. But they wouldn't let a 9 year old in to see it. Rented it a year later and loved it, was never really creeped out by it as a kid and always wished i could've experienced it in theatres :/
Same
Wait... is that an ARG I sense?
The Facebook page is still up and even posted again around 2017.
@@johannliebert2870 of snap I never knew!
People talkin' about how Coraline traumatized them as a kid when it should be *9*
Coraline actually traumatized me more. 9 was one of my favourite childhood movie.
Looking back, I have no idea how.
Idk why but I never got scared or feeling ill watching 9 and coralline
Me, who have been traumatized by both: *I am 4 therapy sessions ahead of you.*
9 was amazing and I loved it and it was my favorite movie for a long time, but ir was the dancing pumpkin origional that traumatized me
Okay unrelated but YES GOD I COULDNT FIND THE MOVIE FOR A LOGN TIEM BUT 9 SCARED THE HELL OUT OF ME THAT I WANTED TO WATCH IT AGAIN- I even remember crying because of how sad the character and storyline was :"""0
13:37 that scene FUCKED ME UP as a kid, I had nightmares for YEARS about that scene where people that I cared about were "puppeted" like that
The factory exploded because it was full of old and improperly kept munitions.
Not to mention the barrel did roll into a puddle of oil which last time I checked is an extremely flammable liquid.
Or maybe the humans pulled a hitler and used unexploded bombs hid them in the factory and waited for them to explode.
@God hi God I am the chocolate chip drip cookie and I'm here to overthrow you
the plat is weird, but the fact that an old dude separated his consciousness into 9 dolls is cool, i like the ending personally. and that weird ass spider thing was scary as fuck.
"plat"
plums
‘Demented’
That’s a really good word to describe this film’s aesthetic.
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I remember watching 9 when I was really young, honestly I just thought it had been a dream because nobody ever knew what I was talking about when I brought it up.
Now I know I'm not crazy LMAO
Also while they're "celebrating ", the song is "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" which I vividly remember that scene as a kid because I knew that song as a happy song from Wizard of Oz, so to be led into a sense of security only for everything to go wrong really scared me as a kid. It was just a perfectly executed scene with such unease and dread. That movie gave me nightmares for a week but it's still an underrated gem
That scene was actually what made me love the movie. It was such a twisted, dark mind fuck and little 8 year old me was smiling like an idiot, like, "omg that just happened that was scary yet epic"
...now that I typed this out, it's a bit more disturbing than funny...
@@steampunkemo9211 Same with me but I was 5
I can’t listen to the song without seeing that scene in my head
that was the part where I cried as a kid lol
It just reminded me of salad fingers
Notes:
Its super cool how the robot isnt actually that big, but it only looks big due to the relative size of the Stitchpunks
Also the record player in the warzone was because that was probably a scout post
Well there might have been a consistency error in the movie because the robot was picking up human skeletons which also looked tiny in comparison and was using bones to help repair itself
9 is indeed a kids movie. I watched this movie god knows how many times when I was younger. Fuckin love this movie
EXACTLY!
exactly!! this movie was my childhood
Saaame
Indeed
Yes
I spent YEARS trying to find this movie again, opened Netflix out of pure boredom one day, only to be SMACKED in the face by the app as this was the first thing that popped up on my screen
I wasn’t sure whether I should be mad at myself for not even thinking to check Netflix or crying literal tears of joy because I finally found this movie
Either way I enjoyed it
Coralline and 9 is probably the only “scary” movies I can handle
Coralline is I don’t think supposed to be a scary movie but just a strange movie
WEAK
@@HolyCrusader6420 Truly, I am. I can’t even watch horror movie trailers 🗿💀
I can’t tell if your joking or your actually “WEAK”
@@kevinthekid9623 I’m half and half. I really can’t handle horror movie trailers but it’s mostly for supernatural shit like IT(first horror movie I ever watch, big mistake I cried the whole time I already hated clowns but looks like I was the clown the whole time) Annabelle, saw shit like that. But I can handle fucked shows and movies like Alice in Borderlands, Midsommar, Parasite, idk it’s weird. And I can handle horror games. Watching people play at least.
I think it’s a children’s “horror” movie because nothing is THAT bad but it can get a bit dark. But yeah it’s great and can be enjoyed by everyone.
I can’t watch this movie or video (I liked the vid tho) bc I my friend and I watched it on shrooms and it made too much sense I can’t go back
Thank you, @@stevensilver2880, for your post! You made me seriously laugh out loud! Ahahaha!
Isn't it rated PG-13?
@@ronacaimaicus9757 it literally is,
Yeah no i first saw this movie when I was 3
I love this movie as a kid but I was so traumatized by all of the characters' death, it was so foreign to young me. It's weird kid me never reacted that way towards Disney villains who fall to their death.
maybe because you dont actually see them die, they just fall and you dont know what happens to them
@@nu_kercat1 Never mind, I remember Clayton's death and it haunted younger me.
@@saycandace1341 omg ye
@@saycandace1341 I was just boutta say, Clayton hanging from that vine was never blatantly obvious to younger me, I just thought he fell from the trees and got beat up by gorillas.
Rewatching Tarzan, I realized that is not the case.
I'm exactly the opposite. i get offtate nightmares about disney. I've never had a single nightmare about 9💚💚💚
the snake thing terrified me as a kid but i love the amount of work they put into it
1: "Sometimes Fear, Is the appropriate response.."
2: "Some things in this world are better left where they lie."
3&4:*Flashing Eyes*
5: "You know, Your just like him; You forget to remember to be scared."
6: "GO BACK! To the source."
7: "They're Free Now."
8: *Screams*
9: "They all died because of me, I started this and now I have to finish it."
8: He warned you!
Ah yes… 8’s most memorable line…
AAAAHHHHHHHHHHH-
@@gotemm2.05 i mean he can talk but i forgot about it and thought he never talks
8: Subje-what?
1’s quote will stick with me
i love movies that don't just spoon feed you the plot - particularly for children's movies, too. kids are way smarter than people give them credit for!
RED EYE (2005) FULL MOVIE - Rachel McAdams what movie name
Kids are pretty stupid not gonna lie
Kids are smarter than they get credited for, however they're also very.. impressionable? I forgot the word to be honest
As in, they pick up information and stuff easily without really thinking about it for themselves
@@alextunneyware that's impressionable you got it right lmao
@@Boogert22 kids are stupid but they aren't dumb yk, as a 10 year old I could understand the plot to this movie.
coraline is a henry selick movie not tim burton. henry did the stop motion for every animated tim burton film however so its an understandable mistake but it was laika studios first film
Did he say Tim Burton was the producer? And not the director? Or am I mistaken and Tim burton had nothing to do with Coraline?
@@mwur6190 Tim burton had nothing at all to do with it! He was busy with other projects while coraline was being made. I used to think it was Tim burton as well until I was around 12-13
I was looking for this comment, thank you
So the stitchpunks are all aspects of the human soul, split into 9.
1 is Stubborness
2 is Resorcefulness
3 and 4 represent Carefree and Fun
5 is kindness
6 represents eccentricity
7 is independance and perseverance
8 is loyalty and strength
and 9 represents courage and morality.
Wait a minute...
Woah.. And the last one, The Machine, represents the cruelty.
A dead mother holding her dead child is far from the most depressing thing
Imagine one of them alive. Only one of them.
O o f
🥺
Color me impressed
You took something I gave no second thought over, and turned it extremely creepy and depressing.
@@claytondavidson6308 Thank you
I must now watch gmod videos that will ruin my ears and have more swearing than a compilation of Samuel J. Jackson.
So the scientist? From what we can tell, all humans are now dead, him being the last of us.
9 is such a good movie, but yeah, definitely not for children.
My mom showed it to me thinking that it was a kids movie I’m still scarred to this day lol
I was 11 when I saw it and loved it
Maybe it’s just for a certain type of kid xD
@@KingOfGaymes you just so happen to like it
but it's not a children's film
naw 9 is children horror, for kids who like scary movies
@@shinypants3109 The Thing (1982) [Full Movie]
I really want to acknowledge the fact that 9 was alive for maybe about 5 minutes I'll say, and almost immediately saw 3 different corpses and his very first friend get taken away by a skull-faced monster
9 was a swan song to a dying breed of moviemakers, the kind who weren't afraid to scare kids with shadows and monsters in the dark, while pumping them up saying "the dark is scary, but you can take it, because the scariest thing in there, is you."
A theory that I’ve had for a while is that each doll represents a different aspect of the inventors soul.
1 represents cowardice
2 represents ingenuity
3 and 4 represent curiosity
5 represents compassion
6 represents obsession
7 represents courage
I could never tell what 8 represented. Feel free to leave suggestions in the comments
9 represents morality
And the machine represents emotion, specifically rage
I think 8 is a little hard to pin down, because I see some overlap with him and 7, since he takes on a body guard role in the group. If 7 is courageous, yet calculated in what she does, I feel like 8 could be a combination of a similar bravery, and a need/want to provide protection. Maybe stemming from the scientist's regret when his machine rampages. If the scientist ever felt guilty about what happened, and felt he owed the world protection in some way, shape, or form, I feel like that part of him could have possibly manifested in 8.
As for the machine, I feel like it could also represent things like drive and ambition, as it would make sense for a scientist/inventor to constantly strive to make something better.
That's actually not a theory that's a fact that the soul has like 9 sections or something and each doll represents each one. Well I think it's 8 actually because of the twin doll dudes being the same thing I believe. I remember years ago looking into this movies lore more and it's actually a fact of the movie but I'm sorry it was so long ago I can't give sources or something. Ik a lot of the information can be found on an old Facebook page about this movie cause they seeded lore into posts that were made as notes by the scientist and they kept it going for a while but it wasn't that popular so it died out. But ik the whole sections of the soul thing into each number is cannon.
@@livgeneral6487 I did look into it, and what I found interesting is the concept of 9 being closest to perfection since that was the final piece of the scientist's soul, containing his positive traits, while 1 is the most flawwed. There isn't a 10 because there's no such thing as the perfect human.
@@bunnyraptor420 Nice im glad u looked into it! But right this whole lore behind the movie is so fascinating I wish they kept going
8 represents duty and responsibility?
I mean i think why they labeled this moive as a kids film is the whole stigma of animation only being for kids even tho its a whole different media to convey a good and interesting story such as this one
My parents told me this was a little big planet movie cause of the stitch dolls and this movie scared the hell out of me so much.
lol got 'em
OMG plz tell me your parents really told you that.
@@WaylonMoone yeah they genuinely did tell me that, scarred me for life😭
I dont get why kids are afraid of this movie. I watched it at 4 and it never scared me. Literaly I watched it with my cousins and my brother and sister. We were all around the same age and as far as I remember we were not that scared.
@@Photops good for you!! it scarred me as a child because I immediately bonded with the characters!! imagine how a child would feel if a character they bonded with fucking dies right in front of them in the most terrifying way?
so good for you that you weren't scared, but other people were! stop making people feel bad for being scared. it's normal. your reaction wasn't.
I love 9. It's such a good movie. Also, like a lot of animated movies, it gets considered a kid's movie purely because it's animated. Happens with The Dark Crystal too, which, again, is PG/PG13 - i.e _not for young kids_
I wouldn’t say it has a happy ending, but rather bittersweet.
It's not even a bittersweet ending. It's just bitter once you realize what actually happened to the lost five and what it implies.
@@cathleenmoyle1476 how could you say that and not go into depth
@@anjacrismon4016 thank you
@@cathleenmoyle1476 I don’t know what you are trying to imply. Their souls are being put to rest instead of being trapped in that machine for eternity.
@@anjacrismon4016 I mean I figured but this guy said it's only bitter so I'm just wondering about his implication
The souls sort of "going into the machine" after they were taken scares the hell out of me. Humanity was able to build a machine- automata- that has the capacity to house HUMAN SOULS within it. No less, it was brought to life by human souls (or more accurately a fragment). The doll's souls are a fragment of the scientist's soul, meaning that their souls are human. So, taking into account that the machine can house, and was powered by human souls, maybe the machine has a conscience? Maybe its supposed to be an unorthodox take on a hypothetical machine's AI gaining conscience?
I believe I saw a full movie review, with all the easter eggs and stuff like that.
And the summary I enjoy was
"The only and easiest way to bring human world peace, is by getting "rid" of all humans"
@@milenarkioshi4288 that's like saying "if you wanna stop spending on gasoline then get rid of your car" or "if you wanna stop suffering then just kill yourself"
War is just a bigger scale of conflict and conflict is inevitable even in nature.
To achieve peace you just need to BE at peace, it's easier if you take the meaning as personal thing. You can't control what others do with their peace and if you wanted to you'd just become a tyrant/dictator that will probably end up creating more conflicts than peace.
I think ppl should appreciate movies like this more, cuz ik parents never gonna talk to kids about this kind of topics to enligthen their morality, while this kind of movies can give them a clear view or representation of how good and evil come in many shapes or acts, so that they can have something to refer to as they face situations while growing up.
Well it could be this, but it could also mean that through unity, there is still conflict, and that to be true peace, there still is the need for conflict.
Thats some philosopher's stone shit right there.
The whole souls entering the machines thing and killing people just reminds me of FNaF
This movie was ahead of its time, the world building and lore was so out of this world
I couldn't agree more
And that's why we love it
9 is legit so one of my favorite movies! It also introduced me to my all-time favorite band Coheed and Cambria bc their song "Welcome Home" was used in the trailers~
Played that song to death including the instrumental version.
One thing I’d like to point out. When they start to celebrate they play “somewhere over the rainbow” but it has a distorted sound to it, which really sells the disturbing feeling in the scene
Me: Watched this movie years ago
Also Me: FINALLY. RECOGNITION.
This movie was so good, I remember watching it back in elementary school, the animation and art were astounding for its time
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This movie scared the living shit out of me when i was a little boy
Bro, me too, its weird looking back on it now, but I’m honestly glad I watched it. It was awesome for what it was.
think it scared all of us when we were kids
Used to?*STILL DO*
Bro same
I remember being slightly disturbed the first time I watched this movie, but when I rewatched this movie when older, I realized how intricate and good this movie is.
I actually found a art book for this film at a local thrift shop and it explains a lot about the story.It’s full of beautiful artwork and story boards.Makes me wish I saw it in Theaters when it came out but as Daddy Pig says Coralline DEFINITELY overshadowed the film.I must have seen Coralline at least 3 times I remember there being a 3-D showing too.I’m definitely gonna have to check it out I’m a huge fan or science fiction/horror ESPECIALLY animated films in that genre.
My parents knew I loved dark kids movies so they took me to both 😌 was definitely fun seeing it in theaters
Goddangit I kinda wanna see the art books now
@@ammagon4519 I don't know if it came with a DVD/Blu ray...Check your local thrift shops maybe?
I wrote an essay on this movie when I was in highschool! The first few minutes alone are great for deconstructing because there are no spoken words and the worldbuilding tells a solid story just by itself! I'm still fond of it even today, but it's because I love it that I can agree kids younger than 14 probably shouldn't view it...
I love you.
@@raistlinlove1307 woah…. Bro😏
bruh I watched this movie like once a week when I was 5 that shit slapped
@@littlemoth4956 That's what I'm *SAYING* !!!!
I almost wrote a paper on this movie for psychology.
2 was fucking terrifying. Everything about this movie was scary, but 2 specifically messed me up for real.
There's a 2 movie?
@@jojobizarrelivingstone594 Nah, like the character called 2. Should've clarified lol.
I was never scared of this film as a kid, but the thing that unsettled me the most was the fact that one of the robots was literally using the corpse of 2 to lure the others in
There was a more recent movie that I forget the name of that this reminds me of, where this meteorite falls from space and creates a bubble where everything starts evolving rapidly, and there's one creature inside that's like a kind of blind bear attracted to sound that mimicks the screams of its previous victim to lure its prey
Now I'm trying to figure out which one unsettled me most
@@alextunneyware Annihilation the movie you're thinking of is Annihilation
@@anthonyrangel7239 thank you
That movie.. is one of the few that I never forgot and even if I was young and couldn’t understand it all, I loved it!
I watched it alone not so long after seeing Coraline so I probably was 4, 5 or 6 I can’t really remember.
Anyway, I watched it in English and as a French speaker I couldn’t understand the dialogue.. But even without words I nearly perfectly understood the story! We discover the world with 9 and everything 9 does was the thing I would have done too, so I felt into it, I was literally 9, I was him!
Who needs explanations when the main characters act like you would have??
All the ambiance, green light, gray world, the red eyes brings fear, not a bad fear that makes you have nightmares, no, a good fear, the fear that gave me the feeling that the dolls were alive and that they needed to fight and help each other to survive, it gave me determination and empathy.
All the war and death didn’t really touched me. When you see the dead scientist 9 just pick up the piece and walks away, like him I wouldn’t have paid more attention to it either, it didn’t chock me, I knew what death was and crying or fearing would have been useless (it was already dead, can’t do anything, just leave it to "sleep").
For the war there was no blood (no disgust), no faces (you can’t identify), no focus on any character (you don’t see the peoples enough to fully realize) so no big deal.
There was the deaths of some dolls but I wasn’t chock, 2 was surely gonna die (no surprise and I assumed he knew and accepted it too so no fear), 8 fight (no fear), that’s gonna sound mean but I was waiting for 1 to do that (he was supposed to die way earlier if you want my opinion…), that’s mean too but I didn’t pay much attention to 5 (I saw him as either a "clone" of 9 or a total random + you couldn’t do anything to save him so yeah, I accepted it very quickly), then there’s 6 (is death was "the right thing" to me, it means that he did all he had to do, he was complete)
The thing that scares me the most were the machine/brain, the beast and the… other beast who used 2 to catch others. But even with those I wasn’t that scared, they nearly felt "humans" or at least animal (the 2 beast bow when he gives 8 to his "Queen", the first beast was trying to give life to his creator/"dad" and the machine was trying to get all parts of the soul of his own creator/"dad" together, I can’t tell why or even if what I’m saying is true but that was my impression..)
So yeah, I loved that film. I loved the characters (very human to me), I loved the beasts (nearly cute in a way I guess), I loved the feelings shared, loved the story (easy enough for me to guess it but hard enough to not give away all the answers immediately and get bored).
And even if it doesn’t seem right for children, If I watched it in french from the start or at an older age it wouldn’t have hit the same. I can’t recommend it or forbid it, it’s a unique experience, I can’t say anything else. 💕
Ayo whoever read all this you’re incredible, even I couldn’t… anyway, have a good day
This is basically littlebigplanet sackpeople but "different completely"
And this is why the movie scared me so much. LBP was my childhood.
Little big planet on steroids
Agreed
Agree
Man sackboy is up to some weird shit nowadays...
Just the fact that someone is still talking about 9 after all this time already deserves a like from me, amazing movie and also amazing video dude, I might stick around for more, I like your vibe
I remember seeing ads for this as a kid, and I wanted to see it so badly. A few weeks later at daycare we watched some movie that one of the teacher's brought in, but she was busy once the credits started- well, after the credits another movie started. Everyone was confused but y'know another movie meant we didn't have to do some stupid craft bs or naptime or whatever.... and that movie was 9. There was only one other person who seemed to recognize it, so we start begging to keep watching it once the teacher came back. And it worked. Aaaaand I think the two of us may have scarred the rest of the class and they were much younger than the two of us. Oops, anyways still love this movie
LOL
They didn’t know it was PG-13 and may not be for young children?
honestly this is just my favourite movie of all time, just the nostalgia of watching this is immense for me. i remember vividly watching this at a sleepover with my older cousin, and just watching it at night just brings back memories. crazy connected to this movie
Surprising thing is my little sister was actually born in the day was released.
09/09/2009
And she’s always been a bit different than the other kids ... it was always kinda scary to me with the coincidences of the event lol.
What do you mean, different?
@@IOUFACTS I mean like .. more - how do I put this.. - creepy? Like she has a obsession with scary movies and collecting scary dolls but she may just have interesting hobbies lol
@toxxic;bby Sounds interesting, at least she is unique
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Yeah - unlike some other children I know…
*i can hear them stuck in 2016*
@@mr.men9ce they just didn’t want vine to leave therefore creating a alt paradox
"Is that a dead mother holding her dead child"
Ethan Winters did it better
OH
Well well Ethan winters -my wife
“You escaped my little brother’s idiot games, did you?” - D A I S U K I’s wife
@@TheCreeperSwagOffical you're goddamn right
Let's see what you're made out of E T H A N W I N T E R S !
9 Is one of THE BEST movies, up there with monster house.
Preach
Exactly
ye
MEMORIES BROOOO
monster house was bad
I remember this movie had weird issues where it would just play the audio. Even in theatres, it was just a black screen for like, 15 minutes.
Just finished rewatching this and damn the story, the pacing, the tension, and yet the hopeful ending makes this one of my favorite movies of all time....like my man pig here :D
RED EYE (2005) FULL MOVIE - Rachel McAdams
Im so glad my dad bought this movie for me as a kid, I watched it so many times. This was such an amazing post apocalyptic and dark fantasy tale that fascinated me as a child and when I grew up I understood it’s values much better. It’s the kind of movie that if you watch as a child it becomes that childhood treasure. And although it’s not for every kid, I think it’s still a “kid’s movie” in the same way old fairy tales were for kids and had dark elements such as witches and dark woods, and had important messages.
It's a childhood treasure for me too :)
I watched this movie with my grandma
the bad robots actually has name the cat beast, wind beast, smestress and the fabrication machine
Well the first two sounds kinda silly
@@ammagon4519 wind beast actually sounds kinda cool ngl
SMESTRESS LMAO
pretty sure you meant to say *seamstress lol
@@hopepapernacky yeah it’s supposed to be seamstress
Oh my goodness!!! Finally Nine is getting the recognition it deserves. That was absolutely one of my favorite shows as a child, along with Coraline. I loved Five and Two so much. Every time I watched this movie it was even cooler than the last.
I watched 9 when I was 7 and I wasn’t scared because of the end, I didn’t understand it and the funny joke my dad made. Also when I watched this it was around 9PM at night. Not even scared a bit. The joke my dad made was: why was 6 afraid of 7. Because 7 ate 9.
made me think of an au where the stitchpunks eat each other to survive
The ending is the scariest part of the whole film, because of what it implies for the characters.
The joke is actually 7 8 9. You have to actually think about it while saying it repeatedly.
7 ate 9 👀
DO NOT GIVE THE FETISHERS IDEAS
9 is the most traumatizing movie I watched on repeat
Ok why isn't anyone talking about:
If the Machine is basicaly the Scientists brain and the stitchpunks are his soul. Wouldn't that mean that if the Machine won the sientists would become the Machine?
That kinda reminds me of the saying, "stop listening to your head and listen to your heart." In this case it would be "soul" and not "heart".
bruhh this movies a fuckin masterpiece tf
Yes, there is a possibility that if the machine succeeded in absorbing all the stitchpunks it would have gained it's own humanity.
I thought that's where the movie was going, like they were all gonna sacrifice themselves and then the scientist was gonna be whole again
Not necessarily. Even if that happened the military weaponized the machine and it eventually became corrupted. Sure the scientist could’ve regained all consciousness but it’s also likely that there’d be a Jekyll and Hyde kind of duality going on or the robot would just be the dominant personality.
I remember going to see this in theaters with my family, I was like 14. The trailers had Coheed and Cambria playing and made it seem like an absolutely badass film, so lil edgy teen me was totally into it, but holy cow I was not expecting it to be such a wild ride. I still love the movie, but I can't bring myself to watch it. Like it's so heavy, I'm not emotionally equipped to watch it again.
him; “what’s up my sussy baka’s?”
me wondering why i’m his suspicious stupid.
Baka can also mean idiot y'know
@@birdboi1378 ye, but due to the tone in which it was said, it meant stupid
@@epikreaper19 plus there's not much of a difference between Idiot and Stupid nowadays we use them interchangeably.
"Baka" is fool. It can be interchanged and become idiot or dumb but stupid doesn't really work, although they are the same basically. It just doesn't make sense
@@birdboi1378 what's the difference between stupid and idiot?
Oh I love this movie.
Main problem is that, I think it could have been way better if they didn’t give 9 a voice box. I personally think a silent protagonist would have fit better especially since he started off silent.
Otherwise, this is a fucking awesome movie.
I completely agree
It could have been wayyyy better with a mute protagonist that just woke up in this world confused and having no idea how to speak and no one knowing what their thoughts on a situation are and have to go off body movements.
That would give 9 a game protagonist character vibe and I love it.
But his first word being "friend" is really special so I don't mind him talking.
Fun Fact I forgot to mention
This movie scared me less than Coraline as a child. Don’t ask why, but that’s the truth.
I agree. Honestly, 9 is honestly just a very stereotypical good guy. He's probably the least interesting part of the movie, and I think have him be mute would of helped make him more interesting as a character.
I mean....if parents really thought a movie trailer featuring a song by Coheed and Cambria was for kids, that's on them lmaoo this was one of my absolute favorite movies when I was a kid and still is 12 years later! I agree that the world itself just made me love it...I wanted more exploration on it because it was just amazing
That is the part I remember most about it was hearing welcome home play while the trailer rolled thinking damn that’s an interesting choice for a kids movie but awesome.
This movie scared me but man I loved it. I really adored the distinct design of each stitchpunk, the way deaths mattered, the optimism of all of it. Sticks with you, I really love it
I don't remember watching 9, but I definitely remember the advertising like toys, commercials and the characters of 9. The marketing for this film, definitely hurt it 😅 because as you said, doesn't seem like a kids film at all, which is sad because it looks fantastic. It's definitely one of those movies that deserved to be so much more than a poor target to a viewing audience not really meant for them.
9 is an amazing movie, and I was shaken to my core when I realized that there’s barely any reference about it online
The scariest thing about this is that Pig called me a sussy baka.
13:12
As I kid, I’d watch the film, but always have to stop at this point due to how terrifying but well crafted this thing is
I did watch this as a kid.
I think, maybe these movies we say like “are these kids movies?” And I say. Yes. They are kids movies. I mean it can be enjoyed by anyone. I mean I don’t know if it’s as scarring, but it was scary. But even then I loved it.
I don’t know where I’m going with this but I don’t think how it’s presented should be like “oh it’s not a kids movie”. It’s like with soul we ar Ellie “oh this isn’t a kids movie” when yes it is it’s made in a way to be understood by them even if you probably don’t get all the details you get the gist of it.
I agree when I was young I loved this movie I thought the concept was crazy good
The Thing (1982) [Full Movie] what movie called plz
bro, i'm 17 and i'm kinda scarred (not scared, but scarred. it's disturbing) by what's going on. i don't think i'd let 9 year old me see it lol
but it's definitely pg-13
i watch this when i was 5 and love it for some weird reason
When pig said “1 is a... what’s the word” my brain went: A FUCKIN BOOMER
Same
I thought this movie was so cool as a kid, I don’t remember being scared until I got older and started to realize what it was actually about. But I definitely remember enjoying it
I discovered Coheed and Cambria because of this movie. They’re one of my favorite bands of all time now.
Thanks 9!
So did i! “Welcome home” was burned into my brain because of this movie.
Literally same. I love this movie so much
My mom watched this with us and had no problem.
She laughed at us being traumatized:D
Based mom
Omg that’s future me
:D
Who asked
@@dread1262 Joe asked
God I remember watching films like “9”, “Felidae”, “Watership down”, “Animalfarm”, “Plague dogs”, “Coraline” etc as a 5-8 y/o thanks to my sweet and loving dad. I’m not surprised I was so messed up haha
Bro felidae is a fukin violent movie
@@isaacwatanabe9599 yeah ikr, I wouldn’t really show it to a 5 y/o haha
I literally fuckin love this movie
The cobra doll used to scare the SHIT out of me as a child.
The Seamstress was my favorite out of the machines
I still can’t watch that scene without covering my eyes or skipping it
Oh my god. You just unlocked a part of my memories about that movie. I was probably around 7 when my 11 and 16 year old sisters rented this movie for us to watch and dude... I don't even think we finished it. We were all scared. I remember being absolutely terrified and at one point we just paused it and handed it back to the place we rented it from. This movie is probably why I was so afraid of machines in general.
“AI is more dangerous than nuclear war”- mark zukerburg
YES!!! Finally, someone recognized the horrors of this movie. My dad bought it when I was 10, and I just hated it. I understand it now, but Jesus, it is still kinda unnerving.
I watched it when I was 4, I appreciate now but it was so scary back then
I was addicted to this film when I was 11. During the first school holidays, I would just wake up, watch this film over and over again, and then go to sleep. This film is why I needed to get fillings in my teeth when I went back to school; because I was just so focused on watching it, I didn't even brush my teeth, haha.
Holy fuck i just got hit with nostalgia, this fucking movie was one of the best for me when i was like 9 or something. Idk why but it wasnt scary to me at that time, prob cuz i had seen worse tbf 😅
It was only "disturbing" to me nd only like creeped me out when the souls were being sucked out
When you were 9 huh?
I watched this movie so many times as a kid and loved it I loved it and I didn’t think it was scary either
@@psychekit948 same
Watched it when i was 3
I remember watching 9 as a kid and I was traumatized by it, it's so unsettling and full of main characters dying, my puny child mind couldn't take it, but it's a great movie
YES thank you so much for this. I thought I was the only one who watched this as a kid. It felt like a fever dream. I absolutely love/hated this film and I remembered being so creeped out and thinking how depressing it was