THE WILD ROBOT HAD US BAWLING!! MOVIE REVIEW!
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01:39I'm good.That's awesome.Are you looking forward to this movie?Yeah.I'm looking forward to it too because, and I'm glad you asked, because it's re-tailed as, like, the best.Some people are saying it's like one of the best movies of the year, if not the best animated movie in the year.I haven't seen even a, like, second of a moving frame outside of the poster.Have you seen anything for the movie?
01:58this i haven't seen anything nothing i see nothing of any movies ever it's all blocked because i canonly watch them here that's what makes you a fantastic reactor it's the sacrifice you makesacrifices for the art of reactions this is my life now uh and leave your thoughts down below guysis wild robot the best movie of the year is the best animated movie of the year i'm nervousbecause i'm like what if we don't like it what if we hate it yeah for like not for meThis did not go.All right, Tara, you ready to swing in actionand see if this movie is worth the hype?
02:34Let's do it.Yes.All right.That was my robot.Yes, you guys got it.Oh, my God.This movie made me a mess, y'all.Uh.
02:54That was crap.Oh, my God.Sorry, I was crying the whole time.Yeah, no, that was like, I don't know what point it happened.It was like, oh, man, this movie's just like nonstop right now.Good job, Chris Sanders.There's been a while, and I've seen a final shot that really mess me up that much, too.Wow, okay.
03:19I mean, I need some, like, joke to release the tension at the end.Oh, my goodness.We're like, no, we're going to add on the most touching moment right there.I really didn't know how I was going to gobecause it reached like a halfway pointyou guys are for us on Apple and Spotifywe just watch Wild Robot every littleright
03:36just probably mute thatwe just watch Wild Robotoh man it is stilllike coming out of my eyeballwe just watch Wild Robotyeah and I am here with Tarawe are gathering our senses togetherwe did not know Jack about this
03:56movie beforehand no he didn't even have a theory as to why it's called wild robot no not at allyeah it's such an app title though it's a perfect title it's perfect um and uh we heard it was likeamazing and we we stumbled into a film that was not only beautiful to behold and great characterdriven narrative it had amazing themes about motherhood chosen family individuality umembracing your pain and how that can actually become your strength that you're not at an accidentthat a lot of the you shape your own identity there was just so many like non-stop themes thatwere so woven into it from like the very beginning and the movie just sort of unravels and takeslike a that's what I liked about how they handled their themes is like they would have a scene that
04:49really highlights this specific theme but it's always there throughout the movie it's not likethe movie's like stepping aside to be like now we're going to do this it's like it's therefrom beginning to end but they just take certain scenes to specifically highlight it and yeah i don'twant to just take all the talking points how do you see oh my gosh i i love this movie uh i you guysknow when i complain about a film i say because it doesn't have heart this movie has tons ofheart um i loved all of the the subtext and like metaphors when it comes to motherhood and like howmuch of a sacrifice that is because she basically makes the greatest sacrifice at the end in you knowsending herself away to save all of them it's it's almost as she became the mother to all of the
05:41animals in the wild not just bright bill um and she showed them uh sort of a better way to live ineven like befriending um fink which is super cute then fink ends up being best buddies with thegrizzly bear which i just think the whole story is really really great and as he said yes there'slike a lot of themes in this um but i think mostly i was really touched by ross's like a sacrificesort of at the end where she knows that she has to leave him even though it's definitely not whatshe wants to do but i think in her leaving she know that she has to know that what she left behindand what she taught bright bell as well as the whole rest of the animal kingdom out there washer task was like completed was like her duty that she didn't know was coming but it was like
06:38the most beautiful duty that she could have done well a lot of the movie keeps talking bringing up theidea of programming nature versus nurture and she had her task that was assigned to her that shefeels was the like the given task of what to do with bright bill however the bigger task was onethat is self assigned and that is one out of love yeah and so that's why that's why it's likeyeah they have the they have like the immediate one of like what it means when you're like therobot but this learning ability was yeah was its strength and it's really cool likelike there's barely any humans in this film and they're kind of just in passing from like the video or when they cut to the monitors when they're just the signal's going out but you don't really like interact with a human being no not at all and what i really like that because you know i think we've seen a lot of stories that are about like a robot learning emotion in some way or learning humanity via through interaction with humanity but to do it of whereIt's a robot getting in tune with nature, like going to the core essence of life and love,
07:52like literally starting off on water to then interacting with the animals, everything that came before humans.And to understand, like there's an environmentalism aspect to it in a way that's not really about that,but there isn't a quality to it.And it's someone who doesn't eat me due to my love for animals that really connects with me a lot to watch this story.and I actually kind of like how it does have a bit of that like disnified thing where all the animals are end up getting along because at first I was like I was surprised by how they're they have a realistic quote unquote realistic approach to the animals for the most part yeah for like the circle of life showing it to us in a way yeah where she's like surviving the trenches and everyone's getting their ass kicked out this whole movie totally and it's like amazing cinematography of tracking shots that know how to like do reveals in the middle of a tracking shot it was like it's phenomenal umbut yeah you're seeing all the animals are just they are to themselves and you see a predator and prey and then by the end they all do come together so it is like more of that like disnified fantasy yeah but the movie earns it so much i agree i agree that you're not mad at you're not like that would never happen you're like yes this is exactly the world i want to live in yeah yeah i think the movie earns that really well with like sweeping music and sweeping direction yeah um the animation like how did you describe it gorgeous i thought it was like a walkwatercolor painting, but like in movement. It seems like a children's book that was like illustratedvia the most beautiful illustrations and then brought to the screen for some. And you would think,
09:24yeah, that's all animation. I'm like, it's not. This has a one and only true to its own type ofanimation that is just, it's gorgeous. And you feel like you just want to like reach out and liketouch it or like turn the page. I don't, I don't know how to describe.it, but it definitelyit's a one of a kind.And if they were aiming to be adifferent kind of animation, they definitelydid it. Yeah, I thought they
09:51absolutely exceeded,like when people are hyping this up to belike, it's the best movie ofhere or something, you're like, all right, let's see.Yeah. And then you walk in, you're like,this is really, I see why peoplelove this one. Because it's prettyperfect. It's perfect.
10:08Even, I think it's CynthiaReva who plays the robot.And her performance as the robot was just right because you got to start off in a way where it's not too detached, but it feels really robotic.And she doesn't become too emotional.And that comes in terms of like the delivery that she has.It's like just right where you buy it.It's not like too far-fetched, you know, as she's developing consciousness throughout this film.Right.
10:33Because that's the debate about artificial intelligence.Intelligence versus consciousness.And as she's developing consciousness in this movie.but it also raises the question like was that always in her you know right you know in the creationlike we are creating life so there is that artificial intelligence commentary too are they justprogramming or are we actually creating life you know right so that's in the DNA of it tooand that's the see that's the part about the movie that surprised me the most actually wasthe halfway point or like a little past the halfway point when um he takes flight
11:10When Bright Bill does take off.Because I've seen so many movies.I thought that was the end.I was sobbing.I was like, oh, God, it's over.Yeah, then we have a counter thing in front of us for everything.I'm recording.I'm like, there's still like 45 minutes left in this movie.
11:25Like, what?That doesn't make any sense.And normally, and your average movie, that is the structure is they go through the journeyand then they take flight at the end.Right.And you're so used to.I feel like a lot of audiences probably thought that too.Your internal clock feels like this is what we're used to.
11:40Yeah, and then it doesn't happen that way.So after that point, I'm like, I have no idea what's going to happen now.I don't know.It's like the whole thing with like all the animals coming together.I didn't see any of that coming.Me neither.And I think it's also a good example of nature versus nurture.Not only for Bright Bell, as we saw that that was obviously a lot of nurture taking over where he's kind of like the robot bird.
12:03But it also was nature versus nurture for her in her being like in nature there, literally.but not without her like sure she has her native skills but I think the reason why she doesdeprogramming is because of the nurture that she got from Bright Bill and from Fink and fromlearning from actual nature where she was at instead of how innately she was brought to bewhich is obviously very robotic and that's why like God I was like sobbing through half of thismovie so I could like barely talk because I thought I was going to like go into a screamcry you know when you're like um and you're like holding it back you're like oh my god ifI actually start crying it's going to make too much noise and too much not and I just can't
12:51this is how that movie made me feel but in a obviously a great way um god where was I wastalking about her and I know ADD um but what was my freaking point I was saying nature versusnurture that she's there and she oh that's whyI was going to explain the line that got me when she says,I know what I have is in here,which is basically why she's where she's showing,like, kind of where her heart is.And she's like, and they can never take that away from me.
13:23They'll never be able to find it.And I was just like, ah, like,because that's actually true.Like, when you think about people and death and chosen family,you think about memories that you have that you'll always have that live on in your heart and thatsorry it's kind of made me cry but you guys know my story um that no one can take that away from youand so when you're i i think like that's why it hit me so hard because it's like no one will be ableto find that you'll always have it and be able to live with it and then obviously when you're
14:04with like chosen family, it sort of helps with that.Because you can just add onto it.It's not like it stops growing when someone in your family dies, right?You just, you're able to keep those memories with you.And I think that's why, like, this movie really, really, like, got me there.I really, and I think especially probably for me,because it's like a mother and a kid situation, right?Where it's like, I've lost my mom.
14:31So it's like I kind of relate to those things.maybe that's why I was like sobbing mostly,but I think most people who watch this moviewill probably be like, oh my God.I just think they did a beautiful jobin telling the story,and I think the script is beautifully written,and I liked that it was written by the director.
14:48And I think that's why if he had,I always say this for any films that we watch,if they are written and directed by the same person,they tend to come out better.And most of the time,they get more of an executive, like,role to do what they want to do,and that's why I feel like
15:05if Chris, I forget his last namewas able to make all of hismoves that he wanted from script to screenthat'sit's just a beautiful film and Ivery much appreciate him writing itI don't feel like theyfirst of all everyone
15:21people always appreciate when you show your soulterror andI think that's what you're getting at actuallynow I think about it is when she's sayingthey can't take that part of me she's talking about that you can't take my soulLike take the memories and everythingBut who you are at your heartAnd you're sort of like this is my
15:37This is my true identityAnd you can't take that away from meTotallyI think is a really strong pointAs far as writing and directingI don't really feel like we see thatWith animation a lotRight
15:46Where the writer and director are the sameRightI know it's happened beforeI just don't think it's a common thingNoWhich is a really nice touchYeah I would like to hear like interviewsOn this because
15:59Me too yeahThere were just so many poignant momentsyou know i i love those documentaries my wife show me one that was about what birds were theybut yeah it's like where they there's that endurance quality with birds where they just don't give upyou know they'll fall down the rocks and everything right they're just until they're there yeah i lovethat of um and to do a story about nature versus nurture that actually takes place in naturei think it's a really smart exactly yeah totally the the yeah it's like you just discover you'restuff as you're watching it and then you're discovering it as you're like talking about it yeah the um the
16:38the yeah the quality is about endurance and and and then persevering through failure and qualities about acceptance andbelonging uh i think are so poignant and also the aspect of communication too they boil it down to thatyou know yeah of like you've got to tell the people who you love that you love them you got to you got tocommunicate this via words even though there's that aspect of like the heart speaks more whatever thatgrandpa bird said the heart speaks moresometimesshe's a great line yeah fantasticlike the bars in this movie were phenomenal
17:09they had so many great lines so manythey're like holy shit that's a deep line right therethat's a deep line right there I'm like give this all therewards for like originalscreenplay script or obviouslyanimation too I just am likeyes all of it same time it's just likevisual storytelling yeah that they
17:27nailed down so well this was a prettysurprisingly ashyped as it was before we watched itI'm it actually waywent past oh supersupersedes it yeah yeah by almost every aspectyeah I was not expectingthat I feel like you can kind of just keep talking like
17:45forever about stuff I feel like the reaction saysa lot and I feel like we've said a lot expanding upon it but I'm likebecause there's so many little nuances in this film thatlike it's just every part of it like there's something new thatteaches you about something else it just it keeps going it's like you could watch it probablymultiple times and still learn something new about it which makes it just a really beautiful storythen they should do a sequel about ross taking down the system yeah burn it all down rosskill all those weird robots with guns like what in the f destroy humanity like like okay
18:21that's the one thing that they became super advanced they have like guns and they're all weirdbut they became extra dumb.They're literally shooting holesin their own environment.They're destroying their own placebecause of geese.Yeah, and then the, what's the crop thingjust like crashed?
18:37I'm like, what is going onbecause of the geese were flying aroundand they malfunctioned that badly?Yeah.Like, you guys need to do some more workon those bad boys.That is what part of it were.They're so hyper-intelligent,
18:49but just to store everythingto get them out of here.Common sense, dumb.Like, yeah.There's also a commentary, I think,on the violent natures because Roz is not violent,but when they have the violent robot,it's just destructive.
19:02Yes.So there's, I could see it being that,but that did have that thought too of like,why are these guys so dumb?Like, why do we have such a smart robotand such a dumb robot?Totally.They did establish that R.R.R.R.R.S actually
19:14is like some alpha supreme version.Yeah, she's like the top dog.Yeah, top of the line, whatever the hell you want to call it.Right.But yeah, great attention to detail, great writing.around. I love Fink. Great character, too. Didn't expect that to happen. I like how they kept withBright Bill, how he, when he's first speaking, he's, he's like doing the robot batteras.It's so good. And that's the nurture side. And that's like so against his nature, but it's the
19:44nurture side. Totally. And I really love the whole storyline, too, of like the underdog aspectthat, I forget what the bar was, but something that about youraccident was your greatest gift or something like that.Yes. Something along those lines.Yeah. Because so much of the time, this movie is so much about you, we form our own identity.And I love that. It's so much at the time we are, we are, we feel like we are, our past often feels like our programming.What we've been told feels like our programming. And this movie is so much about we can reprogram ourselves.Right. We can redesign our own identity. We are who we choose to be at the end of the day. And it's how we
20:26look at the things that have happened to us and what we can make out of that versus lettingit bring us down. So I think it's like just a powerful, powerful film with insane rewatchability.Oh my God. Absolutely. I'm going to recommend this to literally everybody. Like if you haven'tseen this film, it's a must see. It's 100, 100, 100 out of 100, 100, 100. It's amazing. I love it.Thank you for this film. Would you guys think of Wild Robot? Leave your thoughts down below. Thank you so much forbeing here. Thanks, Tara, for joining me on this journey. And we'll see you guys soon,rejagnation.
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