The Reel Rejects - HOPPERS REVIEW - PIXAR'S WILDEST MOVIE COMPLETELY BLINDSIDED US (AND MADE US CRY)

Starting point is 00:00:00 I'm, Taryn and I are going completely blind. There you go. No clue what this even looks like. Oh, that's going to be fun. It's going to be a fun experience, guys. Let's get to it, guys. Let's find out what this whole Pixar movie is about. Oh, man.

Starting point is 00:00:22 That was amazing. I loved that movie. That day, that was so good. It was pretty cool to watch a Pixar movie that, I had, I sometimes I'm like I know nothing about this and then some one or two things come back to mind of like something I learned it. I literally do absolutely nothing. So that was that was like cool to like watch and then when you think it's going one way.

Starting point is 00:00:50 Yes. And you're like all right cool. I'm getting it. Yeah. Give you one with the animal. It's just like completely turns into something different. That was awesome. What a cool experience, man.

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Starting point is 00:01:40 Thanks for your new, your new worker here. Okay. This is what the men deal with. Stupid. Okay. I got married to cover up my real desire. It's a kid's movie, John. You did.

Starting point is 00:02:03 Reel it in. All right. Well, John, what did you know about this movie before we started? And then how do you feel now that it's done? Obviously, nothing. He didn't need a tissue. The new arc of someone who doesn't feel. Wait, no, hold on.

Starting point is 00:02:19 No, that's not fair. Go ahead and convince us otherwise. Just turn on the tears now. No, yeah. The teaser I saw a lot of animals, I don't remember. remember it fully, but I remember some sort of avatar thing, but I didn't really understand it.

Starting point is 00:02:36 Like, I didn't get it. It was just in the background when I was doing something. But it is, yeah, is it as good as a lot of the other Pixar movies? I would say, like, the sentiment was, like, return to form. I'd say so, just because the other, there are some Pixar films that were okay. They were not terrible

Starting point is 00:02:54 by any means. This one's really good, and I was really entertained. I was a little thrown off but how crazy it gets because it's like in a crazy roller coaster the beginning was when I was

Starting point is 00:03:07 kind of getting emotional because the grandma's like a story that hit me I don't know if anyone saw it like I I was kind of choking up a little bit

Starting point is 00:03:22 but um we're just giving you shit that's what I have to get up no yeah but honestly that one is that's where I felt like, oh, this is classic Pixar. This is where it's like pulling at the heartstrings.

Starting point is 00:03:35 So I appreciated that. And then there, a lot of the, the story of like, ultimately the messaging of like as much as they were building a bridge and like bridging gaps and so on and so forth, that entire motif was appreciated in a poetic way and how they were able to execute that. Mabel is someone that I, that character is written really well because, She's not just like this perfect kind of rebel. I like the fact that she had to go through this arc, even though she had her guidance of her grandma,

Starting point is 00:04:10 which is appreciated because, like, more complex characters, for me personally, is something that I can invest in. And because I watched another animated movie we watched, Aaron and I watched recently, and, like, one of the main characters is, like, perfect. And there was no, like, emotional arc to that. So otherwise, very interesting. entertaining again the crazy turns it goes and like it becomes this like avatar and then like there's a forest fire and then we see a shark

Starting point is 00:04:39 so it's so gnarly but it's it's not a bad thing by any means it's it's forgivable because it is still a fun Pixar animated kind of uh fantasy movie which is really cool but otherwise i enjoyed it how about you guys terra terra terra i i loved it the shark was my favorite part Like literally I was like Hell yeah bring that freaking shark back and they did I'm so glad this was nowhere near the first 20 minutes of up because I wouldn't have made These would be gone So I'm glad it wasn't that emotional at the top

Starting point is 00:05:16 But we didn't they gave us just enough That I felt the connection So the callback at the end Where George is sitting In grandma's spot I got emotional immediately. I was like, yes, get it, got it, that's great. It's such a nice little bow tie at the end because really what she's trying to preserve first and foremost is a memory, but then we had to tie it

Starting point is 00:05:46 too. But what's the bigger picture? Like what grandma said, that you have to realize you're part of something big, bigger than you are. And that is the glades. that's which is now a preservation, right? That there was a way that you can figure that out. So the idea of big, we had to get there in a little bit of a weird way, but that's where I think her art came in. Because I don't think ideally initially she knew that she was really just doing it for the memory until it became something bigger. And so I love this movie for that. And I love the shark.

Starting point is 00:06:26 Like, oh my God. That literally made it for me. and coming through the tunnel, thank you. Yeah, I love the absurdity of it. Yes. And the philosophy of, we're part of something bigger. Usually when I hear the,

Starting point is 00:06:42 as I mentioned it like very early on, when we're speaking about like being part of the universe of the world, people usually say like, when you pull back, we're just so small, which is true. Right. And I like that concept that she has to become like one of the smallest animals in order to really fulfill this like,

Starting point is 00:06:59 like huge big purpose, but when you put it in the context of we're part of something bigger, that gives purpose to why we exist and that we should be part of that ecosystem. Like I don't remember saw some documentary years ago that was talking about scientists from way back when they talking about humanity and how it's evolved. And that was mainly from the foundation. Humanity has evolved since the beginning due to love and cooperation. And this whole movie is all about that when the whole wrap around is about love and cooperation. And, And somewhere along the lines, like I know in the animal kingdom, animals will also eat themselves. But somewhere along the line, you know, in Earth, we went like animals.

Starting point is 00:07:41 Suddenly there was like human beings and animals or everything else. Right. Well, really, we are just a part of the animal kingdom. Absolutely. So we should learn to cooperate and be respectful with that. So it had like its environmental messages. And the environmental messaging was also in tandem with the respectability of how to treat animals as well and understand their existence and their environments, their communities,

Starting point is 00:08:04 and the importance of preservation upon that. So I, it's like to me, it spoke to a lot of things I naturally really care about. And I'm like the things that I'm passionate about outside. Like it's weird. I'm super, super, super passionate about animals. Like these guys know the, the only real charities I'm involved with tend to be with animals. And the, and I'm a vegetarian for that environment it's like I care about the environment but not especially care about animals but I naturally cared about animals and doing my duty there is like doing my environmental stuff so I like I just love the the whole themes of it overall and from a a storytelling standpoint like when the first goes into her being part of the animals I thought we were going to do a little bit something simpler right

Starting point is 00:08:50 oh yeah of like yeah she becomes part of the community or whatever like I didn't we I mean we definitely didn't know where it was like what the hell was that opening with the fucking going through the lexion to the beaver i was like what the hell's happening right now right and and the last thing i expected was that they're going to go into the mind of a beaver and live in this community and what i love about how absurd it gets is the movie does a really good job on selling you on them being able to do it despite like because okay what's an example of a movie where you have to just go it's an animated movie that's right right um um Finding Dory.

Starting point is 00:09:28 Like finding Dory gets so crazy in the end. Yes. They're like the fish is driving the truck. Yes. Absolutely. And you have to just completely suspend. It's an animated movie. And I love that movie.

Starting point is 00:09:40 I really love it. It's fun because it's just an animated movie. But this movie has the ability to first start off where I thought it was just going to go. You know, they probably did their research to see how a lot of these animals do really behave and how they really like survive. And I like how they took the imagination,

Starting point is 00:10:01 what if scenario even further, and didn't decide to just be adherent to what humans know. Like what happens when you can become one of the animals and you see that, oh, there's so much more to the way they live than we've been able to study and research. So they were able to use fiction and fantasy of how animals operate.

Starting point is 00:10:18 So by the time they get to like the council meeting and everything, like I was able to buy into the world that much more instead of just going, it's an animated movie. That's why they can bring the shark. And that's why they're able to, like, do stuff in the car because the movie went from realism of animals into, oh, there's so much more humans have not learned about animals yet.

Starting point is 00:10:39 And they utilize that concept to allow for crazier fantastical stuff. While wrapping up and mess like, I like when the animal fucking butter the butterfly and like taking over. Yeah, that was great. The insect was the meanest to what. in real life we're the worst to insects I love animals but like

Starting point is 00:11:00 insects I have a hard time like I'm more there than before where like I can actually see an insect and feel bad if I like kill it you know and sometimes it depends so like sometimes I will just let it live but other times like yeah I'll be way

Starting point is 00:11:16 more heartless to kill an insect so I like how they made the insect like the worst but as humans we're we are way less compassionate to insects than we are animals. So yeah, I loved this. I thought this was a really, like, well-animated movie, but also just great storytelling. Absolutely.

Starting point is 00:11:35 And it was funny as hell, too. It was so funny. Any, like, character standouts or scenes that really stood out to you during this? Probably, probably the grandma. Like, I, not to get too personal, but the reason why I got choked up, I didn't tell anyone.

Starting point is 00:11:55 I haven't told anyone in the studio. My grandma passed away like three weeks ago. What? And so like that was moving me. Yeah. So, but ultimately, yeah, because she also... One that was in the Philippines? She, yeah, on my dad's side, unfortunately.

Starting point is 00:12:09 Yeah, so the reason, and the reason why she's also my favorite character is because she, ultimately you can feel her presence in the entire movie, right? Like, but definitely my, the grandma. Like I know she's very pivotal but small role, but yeah, I'd say that, yeah. Absolutely. Not to bring it down. Sorry.

Starting point is 00:12:30 Yeah, bring it down all. Appreciate you sharing that. Mm-hmm. Tara? The shark. God damn shark, man. Every time, like when the shark first comes, oh my God, it just brings me so much joy. I love it so much.

Starting point is 00:12:46 But then, I already said, in the tunnel, so cool. It's just awesome. And they did really good. shots of it too of like the the mouth coming for you it was really it's kind of like spooky but like so fun i loved every part of the shark i mean all this movie was great but like i'm a shark gal so there you go and voice work great overall i love dave franco as the uh cataphyl that was your favorite character that's my favorite character i thought it was so funny john ham was great and absolutely yeah what the hell was the main girl's name mabel it was someone that we didn't like when they went to credits i was

Starting point is 00:13:22 like I have no idea who that is. Hyper Curda. No idea. No idea. Yeah, but in terms of like actors, that's crazy. That was Merrill Street. Could not pinball people. Yeah, I just place that at all.

Starting point is 00:13:34 Anyway, guys, yeah, this was, um, I see why the hype was around this movie. Hell yeah. This is a really great Pixar film for sure. I mean, I haven't seen every Pixar movie that's come out. Um, but this, this was like, this was a solid, man. Yeah. Charming, fun. This is solid.

Starting point is 00:13:50 Crazy. Yeah. I love this. It's a cool companion piece that likes Utopia too as well. Oh, absolutely, yeah, yeah. So it was a freaking awesome. Yeah.

Starting point is 00:13:58 Guys, what do you think about hoppers? Leave your thoughts down below. What was your favorite moment? What animal would you want to be? Let me ask you guys. What animal, if you had the ability to go into an animal body and be an animal for a bit,

Starting point is 00:14:10 what kind of animal would you want to be? Shark! Really? That one? I'd probably be a dog. Yeah. I don't, yeah. Nice.

Starting point is 00:14:22 Be pampered. How about you? That'd be a cheetah. Oh, cool. That's a cool. In Los Angeles, California. Roman streets. I hope you come to the beach.

Starting point is 00:14:35 Yeah, that'd be fun. All right, guys. That was a blast. We'll see you guys soon. Rejects. Thanks, Tara. John, for being here. Peace out, guys.

The Reel Rejects - HOPPERS REVIEW - PIXAR'S WILDEST MOVIE COMPLETELY BLINDSIDED US (AND MADE US CRY)

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