Which do you like better A Bugs Life or Antz?

@jgzaz

Жыл бұрын

Antz ❤️🐜

@oaf-77

Жыл бұрын

Antz has a weird political subtext to it, everything about that movie from the character design to the choice of voice actors is so weird, it's hard not to like. Bugs life is seven samurai for kids, so that has that going for it. Also I'd like to suggest the animated films April and Extraordinary World (2015) and The Adventures of Mark Twain (1985) both really interesting and underappreciated animated films

@Shythalia

Жыл бұрын

A Bug's Life forever & always for me. Antz is just too weird.

@rvrcn

Жыл бұрын

Antz to me was so much better it's funny

@EChacon

Жыл бұрын

I prefer _A Bug’s Life_ over _Antz_ as I love that film more and I grew up with it more than Antz. If folks loved _Antz_ more than _Bug’s Life_ more power to the majority of you, but I prefer _A Bug’s Life_

Fun fact: Weaver, Azteca, Princess Bala and Colonel Cutter are all named after different kinds of ant.

@breezy3392

Жыл бұрын

Why is Cutter the only one with wings?

@slandracon3853

Жыл бұрын

@@breezy3392 If i remember right, some male ants (might be all and the movie just took liberties) have wings in order to seek out/start new colonies like princesses.

@breezy3392

Жыл бұрын

@@slandracon3853 interesting

@milesbradshaw6643

Жыл бұрын

@@slandracon3853 All male ants(Drones) have wings.

@00B.

11 ай бұрын

@@milesbradshaw6643 so that's what Z was referring to by calling his father a Drone (english is not my first language) t.t I was thinking "broh did they have drones back then and did the ants knew about it?" jrejre

Disney animated movies are, more or less, kid's movies with some mature jokes and themes sprinkled in for the adults. Dreamworks animated movies are straight up movies made for adults, but disguised as kids movies through their animation.

@maul8384

Жыл бұрын

No.

@sese8976

Жыл бұрын

@@maul8384 yes

@leonidasneves7972

Жыл бұрын

Yes and no

@SukunaYaoi

Жыл бұрын

You mean more actually pg 13

@LycanFerret

Жыл бұрын

​@@SukunaYaoi Yes. PG-13. People forget PG-13 has suggestive themes, violence but not gore, and minor sparse language. PG has less of this but can still have it. And G films have none of that at all. Anything that could be considered risque is not allowed under that rating. Although the Wizard of Oz crushing the witch is debatable. Lmao.

1.This was one of the movies I watched religiously as a kid and didn't see A Bug's Life until *way* later on. And frankly ,in hindsight, both movies hold up pretty well and have their own charm 2. They *have to* watch Hoodwinked at some point. Its the definition of a movie that is *cheap but NOT lazy*

@marslara

Жыл бұрын

Hoodwinked was an awesome movie, I remember watching the premier and being so excited. It felt so cinematic 😂

@matengawhatarangi5366

Жыл бұрын

Hoodwinked was a classic

@TheOtherSideoftheLookingGlass

Жыл бұрын

With how great the first movie was I was really looking forward to the sequel, but we were given a steaming pile of 💩 instead. Hoodwinked really deserved better.

@jemormaypa4005

8 ай бұрын

💯 percent agree

So ANTZ and Bugs Life are similar in the sense that the ants are being oppressed by a system or antagonist that they would eventually have to revolt against. Here it’s general Mandible. With Bugs Life, it was Hopper. There’s also a similar theme of encouraging individualism. Z and Flick are both sort of outcasts who are different than the rest of the colony in some way and have the courage to challenge the status quo. I love both movies but they’re definitely for very different audiences (as is usually the case between Dreamworks and Disney) lol. Antz is more adult. Bugs Life is a cleaned up, cuter take on a similar issue. Lol

@ekl7804

Жыл бұрын

I agree your post is spot on.

Gotta say, as a kid I could never get past this animation style. It was straight up scary to me. But now, as an adult.... It's scarier.

@tinahastie

Жыл бұрын

Hahaha it's really weird and creepy!!

Fun fact: When the ants make that tower - Real ants can actually do that to save each other from floods. They're the most wonderful, selfless team workers in the world.

I gotta admit. My favorite part of A Bug’s Life are the bloopers. 😅 The grasshopper asks the female ant “Do I look stupid… to you?” *dramatic pause* she exclaims “yes!” And he says while stifling his tears, “I am going to my trailer.” 😂

Music for Antz was composed by John Powell and Harry Gregson-Williams, the same team that composed the first Shrek film.

The iconic Bala scream paired with that music. Fucking phenomenal. You’d think she was really about to die. Love this movie. Thank you for bringing the nostalgia back!🖤

This is another one of those Nala is Simbas sister situations. Think Z even makes an inbred joke to poke fun at movie logic.

I've always preferred Antz, but I love the fake bird scene in A Bug's Life

@nathancruz9172

Жыл бұрын

Me too.

The story behind how this movie and A Bug's Life are so similar is because back when Jeffrey katzenberg still work at Disney he was part of a board meeting talking about some of the movies that they wanted to make in the future in A Bug's Life was one of the movies that they talked about when Jeffrey katzenberg left Disney to go start his own company DreamWorks that was one of the ideas he stole and that's the reason why Antz and A Bug's Life have so much similarities to them.

I honestly prefer _A Bug’s Life_ over _Antz_ as I love that film more and I grew up with it more than Antz. If the majority say _Antz_ more than _Bug’s Life_ more power to all of you, but I prefer _A Bug’s Life_

@CottageGurl

10 ай бұрын

Tbh, I really dont like the characters style Antz.. its just looks so weird for me idk why

@Pochitaman30

9 ай бұрын

A bugs life just felt more open to everybody. Antz is more complex and is actually made for adults. Also the animation creeps out some people and they just stop mid movie

Antz came out first. It was supposed to come out early 1999, but when Pixar refused to delay A Bug's Life from Prince of Egypt's release, they got petty and moved Antz's release a few weeks before ABL, lol Also, Antz is a DreamWorks only film. Universal wasn't involved with the studio til the late 2010's I think. It's still jarring watching a DW film that starts with Universal

Antz was the first cgi film to do water effects and got an award for that.

I loved both Antz and A Bug's Life. I think my cousin and I probably watched Antz more because it was funnier to us (inside jokes) but both are childhood favorites. 💚

@nathancruz9172

Жыл бұрын

Me too.

The story of Antz and Bug's Life is more complicated. It goes back to when left Paramount to become head of Disney. He brought one of his top people from Paramount, Katzenberg, with him. Katzenberg was put in charge of Disney movies and TV. Katzenberg did a great job, turning around what had been seen as a failing studio. They went from last to first among the major studios in box office. He created Touchstone pictures there. The so called Disney Renaissance in animation was under Katzenberg, which covered Little Mermaid through Tarzan. He was also the one at Disney who recognized the important of computer animation and made the exclusive deal to be Pixar’s distributor. Then the #1 guy at Disney died in an accident and Katzenberg wanted that job. Eisner picked someone else. Katzenberg left and co-founded DreamWorks. Eisner did not like this and withheld a bunch of bonus money that was due to Katzenberg. (Katzenberg later sued and got his money, which was a huge amount). DreamWorks made their first movie, The Prince of Egypt, and set a release date. Then Eisner set Bug’s Life release data to be the same weekend as The Prince of Egypt. DreamWorks asked Disney to not do that but Eisner would not budge, so DreamWorks pushed back Prince. Then Eisner scheduled something to conflict with that too. Katzenberg responded by pushing up the release date of Antz, which has been scheduled for several months after Bug’s, to be before Bug’s. Lord Farquaad in Shrek is widely believed to be based on Eisner because of all the above. Anyway, Katzenberg knew of Bug's before Antz started. On the other hand given the animation technology of the time the good choice if you wanted decent looking anthropomorphized animals was ants. Furry animals would look crappy, and other non-furry animals either wouldn't anthropomorphize well or had too many negative associations for an audience to empathize with. Ants are simple enough to animate well, anthropomorphize well, and have a fairly positive reputation except when they are in your house.

I do prefer _A Bug's Life,_ but _Antz_ is still really good. I like the realistic size differences between the different bugs, the social commentary is handled well, General Mandible is a great, extremely threatening villain, I love the epic version of "The Ants Go Marching" everyone sings while going into battle, and the whole battle against the termites is a scene I'll never forget. R.I.P. Barbatus.

@nathancruz9172

Жыл бұрын

Me too.

I loved this movie as a kid and watched it repeatedly. I noticed the odd shapes of the ants' heads, but just went with it. I never saw A Bug's Life until way later though, so this one has much more nostalgia for me.

One of my childhood movies. My Dad also loves this movie too. Looking back he probably played this movie more for him than us kids. 😅🤣

I saw this at the cinema. It was a mystery movie night so we were amongst the first people to see it. The animation style was very new. Almost everything coming before had been 2d . The casting of this film is excellent. Every character plays on the strengths and characteristics of the voice actors. It's a great film.

Woody Allen said of the script "They write me better than I do".

This. i LOVED this movie. I thought it was an awesome, more realistic style and Dreamworks wasn't afraid to get deep and dark. AND they said "Hell" and "Dammit".

@Lomes

5 ай бұрын

Well technically damn a moment too, there’s also “Damn! .. Good, Damn good”

Fun fact : Gene Hackman and Kevin Spacey voice the villains from different ant movies,Antz and bug’s life and both played Lex luthor in various Superman films.

@nathancruz9172

Жыл бұрын

That’s right.

I always liked both a lot. I always remembered the war scene in Antz since I was a kid

@nathancruz9172

Жыл бұрын

Me too.

This and Any Bully were two very memorable weird ant movies

Antz in an elite film. Nostalgia from being a kid. So special 🙌🏻

I still listen to the soundtrack of the big shoe nowadays (the scene where Bala was stuck in the gum), just so you guys know how much i love the music of this movie. I never saw this movie and Bugs Life as being similar (except maybe the bigger take away message), i always find the stories very different.

After 20+ years, I am just NOW getting the WASP reference!!!!! 😱😱😱😱

@ericjette2435

Жыл бұрын

Oh Muffy!

I grew up with both A Bugs Life and ANTZ, so I never really had a preference. It’s cool how they tackle the same social issues while taking different approaches. Another ant related film I highly recommend is Ant Bully which has great animation, great funny moments, and a great message. 🐜💚🖤

I love both of them. "Antz" came out before "A Bug's Life". Good livestream. It's weird to see Woody Allen and Sylvester Stallone doing voices in an animated film. I also don't remember Dan Aykroyd doing a voice in this. I also highly recommend reacting to "An American Tail" (1986) and "The Secret Of Nimh" (1982), two animated films both directed by Don Bluth.

Omg yes, so happy you watched this. Such a great movie and so underrated. Definitely hits different when you watch it as an adult.

I'm always more biased to Antz. We watched Antz in class and our teacher had no clue it had mature content. She kept threatening to turn it off because of the swearing but never did, lol.

Both Antz and A Bugs Life are very incredible movies.

Fun Fact: Cartoon Network Aired it once back in 2000s but they edited the movie shorter and bleeped out all the swear words included the rape scene of Azteca.

I find myself still quoting this movie randomly and so does my mom lol It's always been a little weird and intense but I still love it. Always makes me laugh.

Highly recommend the following animated movies: Wizards (1977) The Hobbit (1977) Heavy Metal (1981) The Last Unicorn (1982) The Flight Of Dragons (1982) All five are available on KZread Movies channel to rent or buy, so no excuses about finding them. I suggest turning on subtitles, since you might have mute all the music.

You've seen a bug's life, and antz, but did you know there was another full length bug cartoon movie made in 1947 called Bugvillle?

@louradean9293

Жыл бұрын

What about ant bully

@artistexplorer8605

Жыл бұрын

@@louradean9293 oh yeah! That was a good one

Glad to see you guys growing. Have been around since you started. You guys do a great job.....

The general is voiced by Gene Hackman

If I recall it was actually a Disney employee who got fired and decided to get revenge by copying Bugs, but not certain if they were like a higher up like producer or if it was an animator. The animation between this movie and Ice Age are very wonky but some how cool which allows the movies to be unique. And probably helped the design for future movies. Antz is clearly an adult animated movie and Bugs a kids film. I never picked up on Antz being a war film, but compare it to live action war films and it is noticeable. Especially the themes and plot. Another ant movie if you aren’t tired of ants is Ant Bully. It’s animation is very Jimmy Neutron/Nickelodeon show vibe, but still good.

@EChacon

Жыл бұрын

Funny you mention the Ant Bully looking like Jimmy Neutron, because apparently it was done by the same animation studio that did Jimmy Neutron (the film and series), DNA Productions. Sadly the studio is closed due to the box office failure of _The Ant Bully_

I feel like this movie stamped a few habits in me. The "Ants go marching song", Bala's bubble-water drink (heck knows I've done that multiple times as a kid and even now, I just forgot why until now), the foods (that plastic sandwich lol), and many more. But Bugs Life also have me memories too. I guess in terms of what I remember more, it's Antz

To be honest this film introduced me to actor and comedian Woody Allen and it made me love his sense of humor.

Oh hell yeah I can’t wait to hear your thoughts on Sinbad. To this day Eris has one of the coolest character designs to me and I love how they animated her hair always moving like she’s underwater!

This movie was my childhoooood, that gum scene will forever be a favourite

I always loved how this is just a straight up Woody Allen movie in ant form

@nathancruz9172

Жыл бұрын

Me too

I remember watching Antz so many times as a kid. I didn't see A Bug's Life until I was an adult, but did have the N64 game.

Antz is definitely a strange movie, but in a very fun way. XD I agree that it’s probably best not to compare it to A Bugs Life just because ants are the stars in both movies. They’re so different from each other, this movie handles way different themes. As always thank you for giving us another superb reaction! Can’t get enough!

@nathancruz9172

Жыл бұрын

Same year.

this is so underrated!! absolutely love this animation!!! good stuff man

One thing I had heard with Antz (not seen a comment on this yet). One of the heads of depts/producers (someone with a big title - Katzenberg I think) had left Disney around the same time they started producing A Bugs Life so already knew about A Bugs Life. That same guy went to (or even co-founded I think) Dreamworks who produced Antz, so took the basic idea to compete with Disney's A Bugs Life around a similar release date, even though the storylines don't really match. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong if anyone knows any different - it's just what I'd seen somewhere a long time ago, so don't know how much truth there is to it.

Man, this really is a ant movie about eugenics, pretty wild, but I still like it

AntZ and Bug’s Life are such opposites, but the same coin. The ups and downs of their society functions. Communism and such. The power of the many and the individual minded.

This movie had an impressive cast! Go check it out if you haven't. The soundtrack is from the guys that brought you all of the How to Train Your Dragon AND Narnia, Shrek 2/3, Kingdom of Heaven.

Interesting reaction, I also hope you should react to the underrated Disney Movie The Great Mouse Detective.

Well this bring me back. I remember this film well. I remember going to see it as a kid when I was at a friend birthday party. God I must have been 6 or 7 years old. 😂

I remember obsessing over the battle scene and acting it out with whatever toys I had

i thought i saw this movie. I watched till half the video waiting for the kid to shrink to ant size . I somehow confused this for The Ant Bully

Now they need to watch Ant Bully

He was definitely not the ball

This was DreamWorks first movie and if you see the shoelace scene they did something similar in bee movie another movie DreamWorks made

recommending "hoodwinked", "racing stripes", "flushed away", "the boxtrolls", "the dark crystal", "mowgli: legend of the jungle" "the book of life" and "a monster in paris"

I would say that with Antz, its message is a coup de tat from within its own hierarchy, with mandible using fear tactics for his termite war, and lies and false promises with the digging of the mega tunnel, in order to create a colony of superior ants, while with A Bug's Life, the oppressors are of a different species of insect, offering protection to a seemingly weak and innocent colony of ants with no sense of self defense, and using that weakness to the grasshopper's advantage. Both movies seem to reflect real life history in some form or another.

for the next dreamworks movie, can you guys watch monsters vs aliens 2009 movie

Your thoughts were very interesting... Having grown up with this movie but not seeing a bugs life until I was a late teen, I really enjoy this over the Pixar rendition. I think part of it is also the "Woody Allen" of it all: he's a very different kind of personality for this kind of movie, and if you know any if his movies I think you'd get a bit more of his personality throughout the narrative. Either way, great reaction and keep up the awesome work!

I prefer A Bug’s Life over Antz, in my opinion, but this is still a good animated film and a decen start to the career of DreamWorks Animation! Speaking of which, this is the film that began the rivalry between Disney and DreamWorks.

I love how Weaver always there when Z in trouble

They made the wasps "waspy" incredible

Love your reactions. Thanks!

omg I used to watch this all the time as a kid! Loved it

ANTZ is one of my favorite movies cause of what it does. It's an under-rated classic. I love all the celebrities that joined forces to make this film.

This movie gave such a weird vibe when I was a kid 😂 From design perspective, it feels like this movie isn't as family friendly as Bug's Life 😂😂😂

@fightingfaerie

Жыл бұрын

I’m not the only one then. I remember seeing as a kid and something about it skeeved me out. Weird vibes is a good description. Idk if it was the animation or I don’t really like the voice of Z’s actor, combined with his behavior.

@Kreepie11

Жыл бұрын

It still gives me a weird vibe. I'm down to watch most things I've seen before, but this is as close as I'll come to rewatching Antz.

Now all you need is the Ant bully

Locke&Key and lucifer are fun series if you're interested!😁

you guys gotta watch ant bully too; that movie was my childhood!

i remember watching this over and over but i dont remember the movie

No way! I was just thinking about this movie on Friday and wanting a movie reaction! Thank you ❤😇

I like both. And while they're similar I don't really compare them too much because they feel pretty different. Bug's Life is more silly and Antz feels a little more serious with it tackling things like death and such more heavily. But both are funny and enjoyable though :)

I watched both A Bug's Life and Antz as a kid but I favored Antz 80% of the time.

@nathancruz9172

Жыл бұрын

Me too

My parents never let me watch this when I was a kid whereas A Bug's Life holds a very special place in my heart. For some reason, we had a VHS of it in it's original language in my house here in Mexico. I watched that movie religiously as a child to the point of learning the dialogues even if I didn't know what it meant. I guess I kind of started learning English with it 😅 *offs to watch the A bug's life reaction for the 10th time*

One of the founders of DreamWorks was an executive at Disney and left to start DreamWorks. So he knew about A Bug's Life and other animated films Disney had draft ideas for.

@christopherb501

Жыл бұрын

Early, it worked out, even if it was clearly spiteful. To this day, he has long since proven to be the height of pathetic.

I think Antz came 1st but A Bugs Life has that amazing blooper reel at the end of the movie

I remember as a kid I liked this movie a lot more than A Bug's Life, but I was the only kid at school who had even seen the film, and no one else liked it when I showed it to them.

Watching one of your older videos (Sound of Music) and I really want to suggest any and all of the Road movies. Road to Singapore, Road to Rio, etc. Bob Hope, Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour. Fantastic classic comedy with plenty of singing.

Yall should watch Ant Bully with Nicolas Cage. The main character has the same voice as Aang from Avatar the Last Airbender.

Love the giant sneaker scene

could you guys react to big bero 6 if you haven't 👀

@mi1MIII

Жыл бұрын

or zootopia if you haven't and boss baby

Back in the late 90's when I was still in elementary school, Antz released on VHS and DVD months before A Bug's Life. I liked Antz, but I loved A Bug's Life because I found Hopper to be the most intense G rated movie villain I've ever seen compared to General Mandible as a PG rated movie villain. But the wait for A Bug's Life to be released on video felt like a whole year after Antz released on video. I also had the games based on the movies. Antz on Game Boy Color and A Bug's Life on PlayStation.

What a CUTIE on the right!

I kind of prefer the plot of Antz better, but the villian/hopper in Bug's life is more scrary-to me.

Z is voice by woody allen

18:21 praying mantises are freaky

I always remember the ants March towards the termites

preferred A Bugs Life but what i did like is the characters looking slightly like their voice actors. Sharon Stone, Sylvester Stallone, Woody Allen., Christopher Walken and Gene Hackman

What about that other animation movie about ants? The one where the boy turns into a ant or the ants plant eggs in his ear?

@kellyknights

Жыл бұрын

Yes

The voice of the general was Gene Hackman

I'd like to throw Box Trolls on the list. No one ever reacts to it and it's freaking adorable!

Woody Allen - Z, Sharon Stone - Princess Bala, Sylvester Stalone - Weaver, J. Lopez - Azteca, Gene Hackman - General Mandible, Danny Glover - Barbatus, Christopher Walken - Colonel Cutter, Dan Aykroyd - Chip.

FINALLY some people recognizing this masterpiece!!!!

This movie is weird as it doesn’t seem exactly kid oriented even though it was marketed towards kids. This is was first introduction to it as I had just mainly heard bad things… and it’s interesting.