Ruby Gillman is GREAT Actually
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- čas přidán 1. 08. 2023
- Dreamworks finally released their latest animated film, Ruby Gillman Teenage Kraken. A movie that had some contensions against it due to the way the trailers were cut up. Does this film deserve to drown? Watch and find out. #rubygillman #rubygillmanteenagekraken #dreamworks
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What did you think of Ruby Gillman?
It was bad in my opinion and I usually don't feel strongly about kids animation.
The story was bad and predictable, especially if you saw the trailer. The driving force of ruby being friends with the mermaid was her stress about people talking about the kraken for like a day. After that she chose to blow her friends off and ignore the prom stuff. I could see if they did something like cancel prom because of the kraken and the prom would be in a boat, causing ruby to feel guilt about it and not wanting to be around her friends.
And then the whole 2nd and 3rd act was her training to get tricked in the most obvious way, I thought they were gonna subvert expectations by having the mermaid being honest about the other mermaids still wanting to fight and they could've helped create peace despite how their families felt.
Or she could've kept the trident secret and said her mom was trapped in that vortex or something.
And the whole "mermaids don't age" thing was weird to add.
I personally don’t trust universal with Dreamworks ever since it bought the rights to Dreamworks for the shady and monopolistic purpose of being one of universal’s cash grab factories.
They had gold in their hands, but the corporate executives threw it away.
@@achinthmurali5207buying Dreamworks is one of the many major reasons why universal is just as shady, corrupt and monopolistic as Disney.
I loved it
Ruby Gillman feels like the kind of movie that Dreamworks would have made in themid 2000s. And i mean that as a compliment.
I think their mid 2000s movies were the worst, except for Kung Fu Panda and Flushed Away which were actually amazing (the worst one has to be Bee Movie.. gosh i wish that was banned)
There were some things I wish they could’ve explored in the movie. Ruby, Gilman, like why are the Kraken and Mermaids enemies how did the war start? What’s Narissa backstory? Why did Agatha and Grandma have a falling out? Are there other mermaids out there? How did Ruby’s parents get married? What other creatures are out there?
If we're lucky, there'll be a series on Netflix or Peacock that'll explore these questions.
Or perhaps a sequel that will explore more of it since DreamWorks are really great with their sequels
Fun fact: In the deleted scenes where Chelsea was originally supposed to be the daughter of the mermaid queen, it was revealed that the krakens invited the mermaid kingdom, killed her mother and left Chelsea all alone at a young age, showing that the krakens were the real monsters.
@@theepic1944 Link proof, because that sounds made up.
None of this really needs any further explaining than what we got.
"like why are the Kraken and Mermaids enemies how did the war start?"
Mermaids wanted to rule the ocean. The krakens got in their way.
"What’s Narissa backstory?"
Well, she didn't have much as a kid. Just loving parents, stability, and a castle, and a thriving mermaid kingdom for her to inherit. Useless crap like that.
"Why did Agatha and Grandma have a falling out?"
Grandmamah kept pushing Agatha to be a warrior-queen and wanted Ruby to carry the torch. Agatha wanted a normal life and thought that would be safer for Ruby. This is in the film.
"Are there other mermaids out there?"
Presumably.
"How did Ruby’s parents get married?"
IDK bro, I guess they must love each other or something. Do we need to see them having a sea wedding in a sea church for you to understand what happened?
"What other creatures are out there?"
Leviathans and at least one Devil Whale, but that's beyond the scope of the movie's plot.
Mark my words, this will be one of those movies people will look back and say "why were we so harsh with it? Is actually good"
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I HOPE SO. It is my fav film and I think it deserves more love.
@@achinthmurali5207Do you doubt it?😡 Cause sure as heck don't
My thoughts exactly. This movie deserves a second chance
YESSS@@colecamp2539
I'm happy to see the Ruby Gillman love. If the release and marketing was done well, it would've been successful.
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I'm glad too because ruby gillman is my all time favorite movie.
I remember seeing the first trailer and not being too interested, but when I saw the second trailer they got me hooked.
…I’ll see myself out.
Point is, I ended up seeing the movie on the 7th of July and boy did I love it. I entered thinking it would be a meh movie and instantly loved it as soon as Ruby appeared.
SHE’S TOO PURE FOR THIS WORLD
@@hiveemperor54
I feel like that was another one of peoples problems with it, the trailers gave too much away. Still, I really liked this better than I thought i would, it wasn’t amazing, it wasn’t terrible.
This is going to sound weird but something I love about this movie is the feeling of sizes basically every scene where Ruby in her craken form interacts with the smaller world around her whether its her mom or Chelsea you really feel the enormity and fluency I just love it
Very true. I was elated to see her walk on land in her kraken form, as I wanted to see what it would look like. :)
THE WAY THIS VIDEO IS SO RIGHT. I like the way this film was much more personal and up to the characters, Ruby is so well written and i just adore her arc. Like this is my fav movie of all time, the heart, wonderful animation, amazing music, just all of it is so good. It is a 10/10 film and I just love everything about this film and the trailers did it very dirty. I tend to prefer character dramas rather than big scale stories. The trailers were horrific, like I am so glad I did not watch the trailers. I feel so bad for this film. Like I have no negatives for this film other than I want more in this world cause I just adore it.
I agree, it's technically my most fave DreamWorks animated movie of all time just for being this cutie pie of a gem. (Then again, I'm a sucker for adorable so DreamWorks really tugged my heartstrings on this.)
SAME@@christiandacanay3086
This is my all time favorite movie.
I saw this at the drive-in so and some issues with the car made it so we could hardly hear the movie, but I liked it. I’m Canadian so the Canada joke killed me 100% dead
Ruby Gilman was a movie that really deserved more love and attention. Dreamwork decision to release this film in June with so many other stacked movies was such a dumb choice.
Honestly true, they should have waited until next year or at least had better trailers.
Eh, the film wasn’t anything special. It was a massive letdown especially compared to The Bad Guys, and especially Puss in Boots 2.
I liked it more than puss ngl@@RB01.10
The bad guys was great and all but they made the humans so stupid like at least make the main police officer a smarter character like come on, the movie would have been better if she was a key character.
This movie is a simple but very refreshing one. We have too many overly complicated movies in theaters right now and it’s like you gotta watch all the past installments to understand the one you’re about to see and while it’s fun for long term fans it’s not something that makes for a spur of the moment day at the movies. This film could’ve been the solution to that but they set it up to fail. I work at a theater and the little mermaid was in theaters at the start and past the end of Ruby’s time in the box office and it broke my heart cause I was so excited to watch this film succeed
This movie’s fan fiction and AU are unironically better than the actual movie.
Update: Wow top comment!
Fanfiction and AU??? What are you referring this to??? Id like to see it 🤔
@@odstraven9941look up Ruby Gillman fan fiction or archive of our own and you may see a lot. You may not like it but I think the story direction the fan fiction took was better than what we got.
Hm, I see, like what exactly? Do you have any examples?
I’m mad because it doesn’t have a section on FanFicNet yet
@@johanstenfelt1206off the top of my head no. And while some of the fan fiction is cringe and dirty if you know what I mean, the clean and G rated ones actually have a more compelling story because they stick tot he original movies plan of having Chelsea be the Mermaid queen’s daughter and having a genuine friendship with Ruby instead of having her be used to spite Disney.
I watched nimona and ruby gillman the same day, nimona is an awesome movie but my favorite is ruby gillman and I want to see more of that movie.
This movie may not have been another Puss in Boots 2 or The Bad Guys, but it still stands out as it's Own thing, and it feels like it could simply be a Pilot for a full blown TV series, it may have been Forced to become a Flop in theaters, but if the Blu-Ray/DVD sales are still Huge, plus gets a lot of attention on Streaming Services, we might just show Dreamworks that the people want more of this adorable super powered octopus-like girl(as well as her family, friends & foes) in many new adventures.
It really sucks that this movie bombed. I went to see it with my auntie since I thought it had some potential, and we both enjoyed it! Even my auntie! And she doesn’t usually like “cartoons”
Tbh, I think this is one of my favorite DreamWorks movies and I'm a HUGE DreamWorks fan! I think this deserved way more than it got. Also, I compare it to Disney's movies that they were releasing, I think it was better than Elemental but you can't compare the two since Elemental had a completely different story. I think a better comparison is Turning Red, since they're both coming-of-age stories where the girl turns into some big monster-like animal. A cute red panda doesn't have the same effect as an enormous kraken, though. Also, Ruby Gillman did a better job on touching on the topics of family/generational trauma and also generational bond, and also the whole thing with the romance as well. Like, I think Ruby's a better role model because she actually liked a guy who she had spark with, while Mei was just simping for the "popular" boys. I also like how Ruby seems more awkward and shy, so she's a bit more relatable too. Even though we all know Chelsea ended up being the villain in disguise, I liked seeing the relationship between the two girls instead of having an actual mean girl, I hate when movies have the mean popular chicks. I don't like pitting kids against each other, especially not when they're 12-16 year old girls because the way movies portray this sort of thing, girls get really scared about high school and have trouble finding themselves later on. I don't think I can explain it real well, hopefully you know what I mean. Like, I feel like when they always have the "mean girl" stereotype, a lot of girls are afraid to go to highschool because of it. Another thing, this movie had the typical DreamWorks humor as well as telling a very well written story. If only DreamWorks could come together for Chicken Run 2... and I'm also worried about Trolls 3 as well.
So yeah, Ruby Gillman obviously deserves better and I hate how DreamWorks went downhill because of it. I hope it gets the love it deserves for the digital release
I give this movie 4 out of 10. Less points for having “how do you do fellow kids” energy
It's a kids movie. Not The Last Airbender. H
@@gianfeliciano9816I know but not everyone on earth has a livestream. And cringey dialogue in a kids movie is still cringey. Besides The Last Airbender tv show was meant for kids too but is enjoyed by everyone of all ages. To quote CS Lewis “a children’s story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children’s story in the slightest”
TMNT Mutant Mayhem does it better with a less predictable villain
@@yiwoon_cr8s TMNT 2012 is WAY better
@@achinthmurali5207 How exactly can you claim to be an authority on how young people act these days, sir? You're a greasy 30-year-old pedophile.
Wish this got the elemental treatment It's a bomb at first but overtime It becomes a success ❤😢
They’re pulling the movie out of theaters early. I honestly think they were hoping for a quick cash grab with old IP. But you can always hope for the best.
@@achinthmurali5207the good part? It's doing well on digital sales. Time will tell if it can help recoup the remaining budget, which is $40 million. (The last time I found it out was the total ticket sales for it was along the lines of $38 million, and the movie isn't even out in Australia!)
@@achinthmurali5207Exactly
At least Elemental, an original found its audience in theaters (it was also a very good film).
Ruby just wasn’t that good of a film
@@RB01.10 I agree.
@@theepic1944 I see. Why do you think RGTK is better?
The main difference between sirens and mermaids is that sirens are usually depicted as evil temptress’ that lure sailors to their deaths, while mermaids are usually depicted as peaceful, non-violent creatures that try to live their lives away from human interference.
On 4chan, the majority of users said they would have liked the movie if Chelsea the mermaid had a redemption AND was in a lesbian relationship with Ruby, or at least friends. Never thought I’d see the day. I agreed with them.
While I also found myself shipping them, I'm glad that they stuck with evil Chelsea
Sometimes the person telling you all the things that you want to hear is trying to take advantage of you
@@GandalfTheTsaagan in my opinion, with all due respect, I completely disagree. Chelsea saved Ruby’s life, gave ruby the space that she needed, did not pester her in being friends at first, helped Ruby come out of her shell, and embrace her Crackin side, and genuinely work to be a nice person. In my opinion, there was corporate meddling combined with a hate Boner for Disney, because in the original story, Chelsea was the mermaid queen‘s daughter, who had a genuine friendship with Ruby, but wanted revenge on Ruby’s mother, for killing her own mother. Having Chelsea be evil, for no reason is just unbelievable, and reminds me of Hans from frozen. I hate twist villains, but I don’t deny evil people exist. Also, the idea of someone toxic being pure ultimate evil is a bit far-fetched. I was a neurodivergent boy in high school. I knew toxic people, but they were not completely evil. they had their good moments . of genuine compassion. It doesn’t excuse the toxicity, but it helps put it into perspective.
Did... everyone forget Chelsea is an adult?
@@supersonicbrooh of course not, but in the ORIGINAL concept she was a teenager. People tend to reject canon if they think an alternative makes a better story and they feel strongly about it.
@@supersonicbro I didn't know that until I watched the movie lol
Besides, she acts exactly like every teenage drama bully, that's why it's so easy for her to pretend she's her own "daughter"
The Movie even establishes that they can do more with it. I hope certainly hope somewhere and SOMEONE behind Universal and Dreamworks sees why this did not meet standards.
It didnt fail because it was a BAD movie.
It FAILED because the Marketing Executives made it
so!
Like why would they go through the lesser work of advertising a new film being released?!?! At least TRY to get your money in?
Dreamworks/Universal has a chance to make something great out of this IP. I hope they can see that.
Ruby Gillman really did deserve better
It really does! In fact the cast and staff do wish to make either a sequel or a TV series to even unlock more hidden potential from the movie.
@@christiandacanay3086 Mark my words, a sequel let alone a series is dead in the water now.
It was a colossal failure at the box office. Only made $41 million worldwide against its $70 million budget and that’s not even including marketing & advertising costs.
Dreamworks and Universal are set to lose around $80 million when all said and done.
@@RB01.10 we'll see what the future holds. If nothing comes out of it then that's that.
There were a lot of deleted scenes that could have made the movie better like Chelsea was originally supposed to be the daughter of the mermaid queen who was killed by ruby's mother and ruby rescuing an octopus and other fishes who were crying out for help.
@@christiandacanay3086 It's been a month and there still aren't any big revivals yet!
Finally a video that doesn’t trash it, thank you
I'm still peeved about how little this film was advertised. Like if it released in the middle of July it would have faired better.
This movie was good it deserves respect
not gonna lie this has been the most enjoyable most beautiful movie ive watched all year since weve had soo many flops ruby won my ♥😊
It's amazing The 2 Characters I enjoy the most in this film are without a doubt Ruby and Chelsea Their Relationship is sweet its a shame that Chelsea betrayed Ruby in The End, Overall this film is amazing
I'm surprised that nobody brought up the Liza Koshy, best friend character's date. She gets name dropped at the beginning but she's nowhere to be seen for most of the movie. Liza Koshy's character is shown at prom without her, and then she finally after the climax, in the group photo, like she's been there the whole time! I don't want to see anyone complain about Disney, Pixar, The Mitchell's ever because what was that?!
Even though this film is not my favorite I still enjoyed it. The animation was really good and background was beautiful to look at, it made me want to explore of the town and the ocean. One detail I liked was the scene where everyone in the school were doing prom proposal's and the theme was all ocean based I thought that was nice. The voice acting was good to, yeah I also agree folks check it out 7/10.
I 2nd this, Lana Condor's performance was so cute this was the 1st time I saw a movie where she was the lead as I haven't even saw the To All the Boys movie trilogy, just this.
I haven't seen the movie yet, but seeing the clips of ppl on their phones (typical), a movie about fitting in, popularity in a school, yadi yadi yada!, feels like a typical highschool/teen drama instead of a story about krakens and mermaids, but, when i do get the chance to watch it, maybe i could be wrong, and thnx 4 no spoilers,great vids as always, keep it up mann :)
I really enjoyed this movie. I’m honestly sad that it failed because I don’t think it deserved too. Was it perfect? No. But was still watchable to where you can say “that was good”. I know people have put DreamWorks on this high and unrealistic expectation of making masterpieces after PIB 2, making people forget that DW has always made hit or misses. In the end, I hope that this movie gets the recognition it deserves because I feel this movie could become popular at some point in time.
Also, I thought Chelsea was pretty cool. Just saying..😏
Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken, is like the recent 'Blue Beetle' movie, the marketing wasn't that great and it was a box office bomb, but to me, both Blue Beetle, and Teenage Kraken, are both underapprecIated movies that deserve more attention
this was supposed to beat the remake of little mermaid film. though it was a short box office mixed and both films came out the same year, different months. sadly ruby gillman had some mixed reviews, did not actually beat the little mermaid remake, both films are tied up because it failed. and then ruby gillman decided to released the film early on other streaming platforms. except for netflix. netflix was going to release that film but decides to push back to another months
The problem was DreamWorks released the movie at the time where more heavy hitters showed up. Had it released the same day as The Little Mermaid remake maybe it would have done well, esp in the marketing side. Having the movie come out weeks after The Little Mermaid was not the best idea.
I seriously really liked and enjoyed Ruby Gillman a lot. More then I thought I would honestly, I thought the movie was very cute and a nice simplistic coming-of-age type of story with Ruby embracing and learning about her Kraken nature. I felt and wish there's could've been a bit more with it in some areas of the movie, because while I still enjoy this movie...I felt some parts were pretty real typical and predictable within the movie. Especially dealing with the Mermaid girl and her turning out to be the big bad that her mom fought also I felt that there's should've been more mermaids and more expanded on this war between the mermaids & krakens. I think this movie probably would do a lot better as a cartoon show. But still a pretty cute enjoyable movie.
I really wanted it to be good. The themes and concepts reminded me of the magical-girl genre and such, but damn it fell really flat with the creative writing and storytelling. Should have been better and when its so easy to improve this movie i know producers and such had to be limiting the team behind the film.
I mean I thought the movie was cute, I watched it with my daughter who wanted to see this movie since she saw one the first trailers for it. I mean I didn’t like that they went the “Royal Pain from Sky High” route, but overall I thought it was a cute story, but I do wish that they added some more story elements to it like why are Krakens and Mermaids enemies and things like that. Overall it was cute
I loved this movie. I don’t care what anybody says, it was amazing and deserves better. The reason it failed can probably be summed up this way:
It didn’t fail because it was a bad movie, it failed because it was set up to. The marketing, the choice to release it alongside Elemental and Spiderverse 2, everything that happened to this movie almost seemed intentional. Almost like it was made to fail. If so, it really isn’t fair on this film.
Even if it bombed, I still see a sequel happening. If Turning Red can bomb and still get a sequel in the works, so can Teenage Kraken, the latter of which being my preference.
At the same time, I love kaiju movies and Ruby is the most adorable cinnamon roll noodle kaiju I’ve ever seen.
@@hiveemperor54 It did exponentially well on streaming.
@@gianfeliciano9816 Kirk DeMicco did say that if it did well on streaming, it could end up getting a sequel. It’s already made almost $5 million since it got to streaming which is amazing (I know this because I help edit the Wikipedia article for it), so chances are it can be saved.
I am really hoping it does get a sequel. Ruby is, as stated previously, the most adorable cinnamon roll kaiju I’ve seen in an monster movie and I must see more.
What can I say? SHE’S SO GOD DAMN PRECIOUS
@@hiveemperor54 Can you provide a link to the interview where DeMicco says that?
I *really* like your channel icon art. Not sure where else to say it, but I really like it.
I also love the video, your voice, etc.
Liking this film has been the loneliest interest i've ever had lol
same
Agree. It is pure eye candy, a delight to drink in, like another DeMicco film The Croods. Love the updated rubber hose-style animation of the krakens. It's a combination of 00s high school movies (complete with the mean girl fake friend) with fantasy. An obvious comparison is Turning Red but one that also came to mind is Disney's 2005 teen movie/superhero mashup Sky High, especially the Gwen character who is a lot like Chelsea. Ruby Gillman also has a lot of heart and charm. I hope it's rediscovered and gets its due.
I loved it and I 100% agree!
I couldn't watch all the movies that were being played that week and I was hyped for it since it's announcement, so I went with the underdog and it didn't disappoint!
I really liked how the family was one of the main plots
Nice concept, awful execution. Her family and Chelsea should have had more interaction.
"THE Y/N ROMANCE ZOMBIE SECTION" THE W H A T???
I'll consider this a jab against the Z-O-M-B-I-E-S trilogy from Disney, so take that as you will.
It didn't make enough money to be adapted to a series.
Now that l've seen your review, I think it might be good for people who liked Luca and Turning Red. A sea creature whose adolescence involves going on land land and turning into Mei-Mei's mom? That looks familiar.
And since I liked both movies I'm definitely going to pick this one up, too. I adore stories where the conflict inside the characters.
I AGREE, MAN! SCREW THE HATERS! I LOVE THIS MOVIE! ❤🐙🧜♀️
I also prefer her to be evil as media has been lacing pure evil villains lately as she is so well done as well as her being evil just hits the themes better. The Krakens did not even kill the Queen who killed their own people, which proves they are not monsters and dangerous, it shows they are merciful and the old draft would have gone against this theme. It was a better writing choice and more clever, I also just love evil characters more than sympathetic ones.
I promise this will be my last comment on this video I just love this film
Good talking with you.
This movie was really bad. So many unimportant, irrelevant characters with ugly designs, many subplots that add nothing, and a twist that is not compelling enough to surprise anyone.
Who cares what you say
@@calebprescott440 No one cares what he says. Don't listen to him. He's just a downer dan.
@@calebprescott440 no one apparently, except for the few people who either like my posts or comment on them like you. But it’s not a big deal I’m just a layman stating his unpopular opinions. I know some people like this movie, and I respect their tastes, I just don’t share them.
@@jadenbunch6547 Achinth Murali is a pedophile who hates the movie because he's ridiculously obsessed with Nerissa and wanted her to enter a sexual relationship with Ruby, despite Ruby being 15 and Nerissa being more than twice her age. He's even worse than you think.
Even beyond the aesthetics, which I fully agree with you on, what I like about this film is how earnest it is despite the silliness of the premise. It rarely goes for the easy joke and there's the sense that the characters and what they're going through is in and of itself enough to keep the audience engaged. Plus it really knows how to blend the high school stuff with the 'underwater ruler' stuff better than most other stories I've seen of this type. There's just a lot of smart writing choices like that which really elevated it for me.
I disagree. It didn’t blend well at all, and the silliness didn’t feel funny or engaging to me. I kept asking myself why does the movie feel like a tv show that got cancelled before it was finished? If they explored the world more and maybe had more character development, and real personalities for the side characters instead of being tropes, it would have been a lot better.
THIS!!!
@@achinthmurali5207 It does admittedly feel a lot like it was trying to set up a series - in fact, I wouldn't be at all surprised if it *was*.
@@achinthmurali5207 Hater alert.
@@toon4thoughtdo you think if they make it a tv show, as Dreamworks tends to like doing, that it would be better than the movie? Do you think they were Redcon characters and maybe even explore the ocean?
While I do enjoy your take on this movie for me personally, I’ll just stick with Turning Red and Luca. If I’m being honest, there’s something about this movie that I can’t gel with.
This movie is so strange to me, because I understand and agree with the majority of its criticisms, and I love it anyway. Tbh I’ve seen some of the deleted material and think some of the earlier drafts had more potential, but all that tells me is I’d love to see more of Ruby and her world.
Huh, how very interesting, I really appreciate this Video, many other Videos about this Movie has been more to the negative side most of the time.
It’s really is a Shame with how it went for this Movie, I was very interested in it and i hope there’s still a chance for things to get better for it eventually.
I unironically fell asleep in theater. I'm not complaining, my A/C out.
Understandable, but if you saw the trailers then you saw the movie.
Funny you should mention A/C.
In my theater, it was warmer than usual. I wonder if the A/C in the auditorium wasn’t working.
Next time I’ll tell someone
its funny because when Grandmamah was telling Ruby about the battle of the trident and how the mermaids attacked the krakens, if you look carefully in that scene in the background you can see a black mermaid with an afro meaning that black evil mermaids exist in Ruby Gillman
Everyone's hair texture is so interesting. Connor's afro is especially gorgeous
Seriously? In my opinion It makes him look like a muppet with its blueish gray color and design.
I love this movie too
I mean I thought it was stupid. Like why were they blue. I mean I heard from another video (and this one) they said they were… Canadian? Like huh, how does everybody act like “eh, seems right?” Just no it’s stupid
Fun fact in real life people can be blue if drink enough silver
Me: * turns you into Remoraid * 😾YOUR FIRED😾
I remember I saw a sneak peak of one of the scenes on CZcams and after I was interested to see the full movie when it came out and it was pretty good.
You guys saw trailer's for this? I had no idea it came out.
Didn't see the trailers. Just the ads on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
This is one of the better reviews of this movie that I’ve watched. Great job. I too really enjoyed “Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken” and I even made a video about it a few weeks ago.
czcams.com/video/CtbORA2xfgQ/video.html
It has some very similar points to your video that I agree with, and I’m working on a follow up right now that’ll address the possibility of it getting a TV show similar to what you mentioned because I got a lot of comments about that.
You're right, it deserves better in the box office. I hope we get a TV series of Ruby Gillman.
And please let there be merch for it! I haven't even seen a single official merch for it and I just want a Ruby plush so bad!
Unfortunately, due to the disastrous box office I’d say it’s pretty unlikely now.
Reminded me of Atlantis which also had a planned tv show but those plans were also scrapped after the film underperformed and we ended up getting the half assed “Milo’s Return”
@@RB01.10At least the box office number is slowing improving and according to the director of the film, he said he would love for more Ruby Gillman.
Maybe you could be incorrect about that one.
@@nas0518 , I’m just stating how companies work. When a film loses money, a studio likely will not risk losing even more money again. The closest I can think of an underperforming film getting a tv show that wasn’t half bad was Godzilla 1998. The planned sequel got scrapped after that film underperformed but we did get that fairly decent animated show afterwards that acted as a sequel to the film.
A couple of other examples were there was planned sequels was for Green Lantern 2011 and Power Rangers 2017. Both had sequels planned but were also both scrapped after their box offices tanked badly too.
It doesn’t always matter what the director wants, the studio usually controls what happens.
It doesn’t also help that Ruby just wasn’t that great of a film and was just bland & forgettable. Whether it was the writers or studio’s fault IDK. The script just left a lot to be desired.
At least Elemental made a 180 at the box office, as that too started off slow. But it caught fire and rebounded to $423 million worldwide over the last two months while Ruby was pulled from theaters early last month after low ticket sales. It’s only netted $41 million worldwide and is likely going to cost Dreamworks millions of dollars as its production budget was only $70 million and even more when you factor in marketing & advertising.
But the key there was Elemental actually had heart, soul, amazing writing, and characters.
Ruby hardly had any of that.
@@RB01.10 This is DreamWorks. Not Disney.
Basically a Godzilla movie but it's for kids and also fucking good ass shit
I enjoyed the film, there was nothing really unexpected about it, but I would say that it was just as good as the little mermaid.
The 1989 version of course. Even my home video titled: "What I ate for dinner last night and how it came back out" were better then the new version
Who was your good friend?
I love this movie especially ruby herself
Maybe time and budget were an issue, but it could have been more fun if Ruby had been slightly more human-like look, but she grew more sea creature features at the most inopportune time. Like at school she's looks human enough but accidentally grows a tail, a flipper, suction cups etc, and is more and more desperate to conceal it as she changes.
I love this movie. Sure it has problems and leaves a lot of maybe important things unknown but STILL I REALLY REALLY LIKE THIS MOVIE. It's really awesome and needs to get more love.
I just need prequels to explain more of the story and sequels to continue the story further into the future.
Based and krakenpilled. I also like how this movie did none of the three major Western studio animated movie trendy tropes: Neither "generational trauma", "fantasy creatures as an allegory for racial groups", nor "twist villian". Chelsea Van Der Zee doesn't count. It was very obvious even without the trailers. But then again the trailers were the main form of marketing anyway.
They did all three of the things you mentioned. The Kraken’s are an allegory for immigrants moving to a new land as confirmed in the original idea for the movie “meet the Gillmans”, the generational trauma was pretty on the nose with Rubys mother, having issues with her own mother, and Chelsea was a twister villain, even though it was obvious, which makes the twist even worse. Because the movie actually wants you to believe that it was surprising that Chelsea was evil. Face it, even if you think the movie was good, you can’t deny it was clichéd western animation.
@@achinthmurali5207 I find it absolutely pathetic that it's been months and you still troll every positive comment on every Ruby Gillman video with your idiotic complaints to "prove" that the movie is bad. Does it bother you that much that people enjoyed a film you didn't? What a sad, depressing existence you must lead.
I enjoyed the movie enough. 7/10 for me. Felt like there was stuff cut out from it that may have gone further into the more and backstory of the world!
Hopefully this video gets more eyes on this movie.
Much like Megamind and Eise of the Guardians, I'm sure this film will become a cult favorite.
I'm more excited for Ruby Gillman than Across the Spider-Verse or Mutant Mayhem.
Same, to the point I didn't see either of the two, just Ruby Gillman.
The same goes for Elemental.
Agree
Amen. Hoping to get the Blu-Ray for either my birthday or Christmas.
Sorry. I forgot to type in "get" and the mobile app doesn't just let you edit comments; you got to delete it and do it all over again. 😒
I'm planning to get it... if Best Buy will release it on 4k Steelbook. If not, I'll just get the regular version. Sadly Best Buy has not put up either the regular or 4k steelbook version up for pre-order, and that makes me sad.
I really don't see what all the hate is about. This could've done better, but it also could've done a lot worse.
What did you friend do for ruby gillman?
It was bad in my opinion and I usually don't feel strongly about kids animation.
The story was bad and predictable, especially if you saw the trailer. The driving force of ruby being friends with the mermaid was her stress about people talking about the kraken for like a day. After that she chose to blow her friends off and ignore the prom stuff. I could see if they did something like cancel prom because of the kraken and the prom would be in a boat, causing ruby to feel guilt about it and not wanting to be around her friends.
And then the whole 2nd and 3rd act was her training to get tricked in the most obvious way, I thought they were gonna subvert expectations by having the mermaid being honest about the other mermaids still wanting to fight and they could've helped create peace despite how their families felt.
Or she could've kept the trident secret and said her mom was trapped in that vortex or something.
And the whole "mermaids don't age" thing was weird to add.
The fluid animation was nice though
It tried to do what turning red and Luca did, but worse.
The mom keeping it secret that they were kraken was dumb, why not just tell them so they won't randomly get wet by accident and get shocked. Did she not think anything would happen while living on the water? And the whole "we need to stay moist" thing is dumb. There's water almost everywhere.
Luca had them in a water town because they started in water and found a nearby town.
Turning red had the mom not tell her because she knew it would happen but didn't think it was going to happen so soon. And saw it as something to be cured anyway when it came up.
Completely agree. I can’t understand why so many people are praising this movie. This guy says the movie has “no negatives” but I could think of several from the trailers alone. The jokes were not funny, the character designs were hideous, and the story was laughably predictable
@achinthmurali5207 I feel like too many are praising it to "dunk" on the little mermaid live action movie. Others...I have no clue, I've even seen people ship ruby and Chelsea and I really feel like they didn't watch the same movie.
The only thing bad is your opinion. The movie was great.
I freakin hate how much potential this movie had but was ruined by one little detail... and I know many agree on that... chelsea should actually have been Rubys friend and not just her mother in disguise. Yeah kind of a clichee, same with "older generation is just bigoted" but damn would it have worked for once. Instead is now just a "I'm not like other girls, other girls suck" kind of movie. Like imagine you can be a valley type girl without being an asshole. MLP G4 kinda showed that.
I hope if it ever gets a show, it redcons itself a little.
Completely agree. People either say this movie is mediocre or a really good kids film, but here I am thinking WHY DIDNT THEY REAKIZE THEY HAD A MASTERPIECE? All they had to do was make a few changes and release at a different time and it would have been a hit.
IF CHELSEA HAD BEEN RUBY'S FRIEND THEN THERE WOULDN'T BE A PLOT, YOU RETARDS.
i haven’t seen it, but love your video, esp the intro!
I love that you love the video.
I saw it, it was just fine.
That was my problem. It could have been a masterpiece but it was only fine.
I might go see it while it’s still in theaters, now that everyone’s saying it’s actually good lol
PLEASE DO IT IS SO GOOD
not going to lie I love squids ever since the future is wild psthey should have waited till the writer strike drought to release this movie
I like this, even though I haven’t seen itv yet, I think the story, cast, characters, are amazing. The flip between the krakens and mermaid is really interesting. I really hope we get a sequel or a series. 😌
Funny you bring it up, the cast and crew do wish to make a follow up either as a sequel or a show.
I'm gonna be the first to say it, this movie's artstyle is SOOOOO CUTE (ESPECIALLY RUBY LIKE???)
I also just wanna comment about Chelsea, she is so masterfully written and I love her character more and more during rewatches. Like you can see her manipulate Ruby throughout the film and it leaves such a huge pit in my stomach it is so well done. In scenes they come off more villainous once you know as well as some scenes she is creepily smirking in the background or having blank empty stares. There are so many hints to her being evil and I had a vibe the whole time she was and the twist to her being a villain made her even more scary and threatening. Like it was not thrown in at the end there were so many hints when you pay attention but also not too many that it would be obvious to Ruby herself. She is my fav villain and character of all time, she is a very good manipulator and also voice acted to perfection. Her design is also just so brilliant. She is also just a perfect written depiction of a narcissists and I just applaud the writing team for how well they did on her.
With all due respect, I disagree. Hi to felt uncomfortable around Chelsea, but that was only because I knew she was going to be the villain because it was spoiled in the trailers. To be honest, I don’t think anyone would have known that Kelsey was the villain had it not been for the trailers or if they hadn’t seen the movie. The fact is I have heard people say that there are so many tools of manipulation, and while I agree, there were also signs of genuine compassion at the same time. Chelsea saved Ruby’s life, gave Ruby space when she told her that she didn’t wanna be friends, health, Ruby embrace for Kraken identity, and made Ruby genuinely happy. I know it was all for show and I know it was manipulation, but it felt so forced. I have known people who were genuinely manipulative and Chelsea didn’t seem to be like that, I also knew people to be genuinely nice but very vain and inconsiderate, and they kind of remind me of Chelsea. Just my thoughts.
Also, when I find the most interesting about the movie is that the grandmother seemed to be the most evil before the lame twist was revealed. Let’s review, she did not visit her grandchildren or make any attempt to contact them for years. She only seem to care about Ruby because Ruby was her heir. She has known to have killed mermaids, which are essentially immortal teenage girls. She has a sense of blood lust. She refers to humans as stupid monkeys and crust dwellers. And she doesn’t seem to have a good relationship with her own daughter, enough for her daughter to leave her and never contact her. Her own son calls her a warlord, and a frightening one at that. The grandmother seem to be the perfect villain, and she gave me the most villainous vibes. We don’t often think of our relatives or our grandmothers as capable of evil but in my opinion, she was the most offputting of the entire movie. The grandmother may not have been manipulative but honestly, that’s because she didn’t need to be. She seemed evil enough.
I absolutely disagree. I never saw the trailers and could tell she was evil just from the vibes but you can feel this way I just think your wrong.@@achinthmurali5207
Your takes on the movie are so wrong, but you can feel this way I just dont know why your responding to my comment when I am praising the film lol@@achinthmurali5207
let's let bygones be bygones, I dont understand how you have these opinions and that is ok@@achinthmurali5207
Mods, prepare the laughing gas.
So for illumination,dreamworks Disney Pixar mavel and Star Wars the movie companies the moral of the story is just ignore the score of the movie and what do people say about it and just be happy about your masterpiece live on the big screen once again
5:43 "we learn pretty quickly she has bad intentions"... yeah very quickly.... in the last 15 minutes of the movie.
Exactly. Everyone hates twist villains
Dude, you can tell that Chelsea is bad well before that point if you're paying any attention to how she acts. Having a villain who manipulates the main character doesn't make them a "twist villain" (or at least, not in the sense that people keep using the term).
i honestly didn’t mind the movie i just don’t feel too strongly about it
I also really love the soundtrack❤
I saw this movies with friends and we thought it was okay yes the story is very predictable and I'm ngl the animation looks really good
Heck yea, I agree with this video. All July I was deep hooked into Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken. I've conversed with fellow fans and was such a fun month. Yep, the movie to me is gorgeous, the character designs are awesome, the setting is gorgeous, and the voice cast too.
Favorite scene has to be Ruby and Chelsea hanging out just being teens and knowing there was a cut scene; this movie could definitely become a series.
Krakens Time! Mermaid Time!
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken was my most anticipated summer movie and I enjoyed every part of it.
People saying that ruby gillman is copying Turning Red and Luca but its not.Let me explain…ruby gillman just took some inspiration from shrek and how to train your your dragon.WHY??. Let’s talk about Agatha ruby’s mom .she’s literally hiccup dad who want to protect their kids no matter what .Other than that, in the first httyd people thought that dragon are evil but the truth is they’re sweet and kind creatures as same as shrek where people think that ogre is monster (I’m sorry my English is really bad don’t misunderstand)
What is the message of this movie told in its simplicity? Be yourself, but only if you have superpowers? That’s not a good message
No. Just "Be Yourself". Trash this film all you want but no one will ever side with your prejudiced movie beliefs.
@@gianfeliciano9816I’m not sure how my movie beliefs are prejudiced. Could you explain please?
@@achinthmurali5207 You talk down on people who like this movie.
@@gianfeliciano9816criticism and disagreement is not the same as talking down. I respect people’s rights to their opinions even if I don’t agree with them. But I believe disagreements should be voiced.
@@achinthmurali5207 Don't put in your 2 cents on peoples comments.
I haven’t seen the movie yet, but it looks pretty good
I love this movie too. In fact, why don’t you look at my comment I posted at the Ruby Gillman review of ShadyBladeBlizzard please?
Great video Mann. It was a great perspective.
The concept art and original ideas were good but I was so bored watching it. The movie felt like it could've been done better. I hope others had more fun than I did but if you wanted a better version of this go watch turning red cause it follows the same beats.
I know I've said this before, but I'll say it again--Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken is a 3D animated kids movie that's completely full of wasted potential. It has a mediocre and generic plot with a highly obnoxious and predictable main female villain in the form of Chelsea Van Der Zee/Queen Nerissa who's just nothing more and nothing less than a cheap knockoff of Ariel from The Little Mermaid. Chelsea is without a doubt the worst main villain in Dreamworks history. Plus, when Chelsea transforms into her giant monster mermaid form, she looks more like a Siren than a mermaid. In fact, it would've made a lot more sense if the krakens were at war against the SIRENS instead of the mermaids. And making mermaids evil just for the sake of the plot is not only ridiculous but it's also just bad, lazy writing altogether. Besides, Disney already tried the whole "narcissistic mermaids" cliche with the Neverland mermaids in Peter Pan 1 & 2 alongside the Disney Fairies book series, which just makes this said cliche dull and boring all over again.
Not to mention the fact that Ruby's grandma, The Queen of the Seven Seas, came off as not only vain, controlling, and bloodthirsty but also highly xenophobic towards the other sea monster races and even towards the humans as well. Plus, there's just one question that I really need to ask about the plot of this movie--Why can't the krakens just learn to get along and live together in harmony with the mermaids and all the other mythical sea creatures? I mean, they all inhabit all the same exact seven seas and I'm pretty sure that not all mermaids and other mythical sea monsters are evil. And who's to say that there aren't any evil krakens lurking in the depths of the ocean right now.
Plus, the only two things that were actually good about this movie were the animation (except for the designs of the human characters) and how much of a relatable main protagonist Ruby Gillman was in the film.
This whole entire movie is just nothing but a lazy, cheap knockoff of Turning Red meets The Little Mermaid 2 with a hint of Luca, Encanto, Raya and the Last Dragon, and The Incredibles 1 & 2--that's it.
And but like I've also said before, this is what happens when you make an animated movie for kids with only a $70 million budget with very poor marketing. Not to mention the fact that the Writers' Strike in LA is still going right now.
In conclusion, that's the reason why I gave Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken a 4.5/10 with a three-star rating and a solid C-.
Agreed completely. That’s why I liked your comment.
Wow, what a bullshit non-review full of meaningless complaints. I'm not even sure where to start with this drivel. How can you even be stupid enough to call Chelsea an Ariel "cheap knockoff" when she's clearly a parody? That's like calling Shrek 2's Fairy Godmother a "cheap knockoff" of the one from Disney's Cinderella.
@@achinthmurali5207 You again on your bullshit, I see. I wish you were honest enough to just admit you hate the movie for not pandering to your headcanon ship, instead of posing as a fan.
Thank you💜
I saw the movie and it was alright. Felt a bit rushed, and could’ve been better. Honestly I enjoyed the movie and the only problem I have is the odd voice acting in some scenes as if it was different voice takes mixed with another voice take, and half of the movie it got rushed a bit. This movie didn’t deserve to flop it’s because there were too many movies last month, and it was released on the last day of the month NEAR 4th of July where most Americans plan and go somewhere besides theaters. At least there was no annoying seagulls rapping lol
Dreamworks fanboys be like:
You're such a whiny little shit, all because people liked a movie you didn't.
Guh, C- movie…
Correct me if i'm wrong, but we spend a grand total of like 7 minutes in the kraken kingdom, spoiled the ending in the credits, and had a terrible villain. The only thing i like about this movie is the animation, massive disappointment
Agreed, you’re not wrong in my opinion.
The movie would have been way better as just like a "sneaking out to go to prom" slice of life comedy like the start was hinting at (and looking at the development entry on Wikipedia and reading between the lines, I get the impression it started out like this) and the action bits are by far the weakest part, but it was still fun and should have done better. Not sure it should be a cult movie, but it shouldn't have been a flop.