DOT WAS THE MVP FORREAL! A BUG'S LIFE REACTION | FIRST TIME WATCHING

[@DarkPaladin24]

This is one of the few movies where a villain has a death scene that's terrifying and adorable at the same time.

[@NiaMakiReacts]

That’s so accurate 😂 I couldn’t believe they went that route but it also was like, aww feeding babies

[@Gutslinger]

11:36 - There was the same camper that was at the end of Monsters Inc. Where Randall got beaten up. And the Pizza Planet truck is also there.

[@NiaMakiReacts]

Gasp!!!! I didn’t even realize when editing!!! I saw this before monsters inc but i didn’t realize that.

[@joshuagoforth1658]

Fun fact: Thumper isn’t a grasshopper he’s a Locust that’s part of why he’s so terrifying

[@NiaMakiReacts]

Ohhhhhhhhh

[@weirdsistah]

See, I NEVER knew that... I just thought Thumper was a grasshopper on crack lmao 🤣😅

[@professorgnomes7565]

You’re a locust

[@MarcoMM1]

A fun-fact a Bug's Life does partially come from Aesop's' fables but it also comes from a classic Japanese film made by Akira Kurosawa called Seven Samurai. In fact, it's likely Japan's most well known and duplicated story on film. Keep up the good work Nia.

[@NiaMakiReacts]

Thanks Marco!! Definitely felt like Japanese society watching this movie lol

[@nsasupporter7557]

This is the least popular Pixar movie. No one ever talks about this movie

[@MarcoMM1]

@@nsasupporter7557 yep it's very underrated

[@brandonlyon730]

It also takes elements from the movie “Three Amigos” as well, particularly where a bunch of entertainment performers are mistakenly hired as real warriors/heroes.

[@sspdirect02]

The ladybug is Denis Leary. I love that sonofabicth!

[@EricTheKartoonKing]

Wth, why did I always think it was Jason Alexander?!

[@kuishina]

I never knew. I thought of Danny Devito 🤣

[@Gutslinger]

I still remember the scenes that were used in the trailer for this movie so many years ago. Lol

[@CalvinChikelue]

Next to Toy Story, this was one of my top 5 favorite Pixar joints as a kid! I still love it now & it absolutely sparked my hobbyist interest in insects/the insect kingdom which I have to this day. Criminally underrated film

[@wendell6468]

omG!!!! This was a family FAVORITE when my kids were young. We wore out the VHS version... 🤗😉😂😄

[@NiaMakiReacts]

😂 😂

[@Dbzmaniac6]

This movie and the N64 game were staples of my childhood. Another amazing reaction Nia, thank you and keep up the good work!

[@Nichole-1989]

I use to babysit my cousin a lot. (I'm 7 years older than him.) He would watch this movie all the time. So this movie holds a special place in my heart. ❤

[@mrs.manrique7411]

@40:00 I just got an idea…I bet the way the grasshoppers first started collecting food from the ants was after locusts came and devoured all the blades - to the point that there was barely a harvest that year, and they had to survive off of leftovers from a previous year. So the great ant architects, Flick’s ancestors, decided that next year with the locusts they would bargain with them to give them a certain number of grains so that they don’t devastate and eat all of the food. I can imagine a heroic ant being brave enough to communicate with the locusts and making a deal, perhaps even becoming friends with one of them. Over time the knowledgeable ants died and worked too hard to pass down most of their ideas, leading to the period Flick had to become an inventor to try to save the colony. The reason for the original deal has been completely lost and just chalked up to being, “The way things are.”

[@flowersinapril4952]

Very important to remember that hopper says about outnumbering them 100-1!!! WE HAVE POWER WHEN WE STICK TOGETHER AND ORGANIZE 🙌🙌🙌 Power to the people 🇺🇸🔥

[@GabriellaGarden]

This movie is so good, the storytelling and the humor is great. I also relate to Flik a lot in this film!

[@Delta-sj9dy]

This is basically Seven Samurai/Magnificant Seven. A village of farmers oppressed by bandits recruit warriors to help them fight. But of course, Pixar did it smart with the bait and switch with the help they ended up with.

[@mevb]

This movie was inspired by the Aeseop's tale of The Grasshopper and the Ants (which have been adapted by Disney into a Silly Symphony short by the same name) but instead of the grasshopper begging for the food, it would demand it. It also draws inspiration from Akira Kurosawa's The Seven Samurai and Three Amigos, where the latter is a bunch of performers play like crime fighting heroes, are mistaken by those who begs for their help, for actually being crime fighting heroes, when the performers thinks it's another gig.

[@yuuhisaka8724]

It was a strange time when two major studios decided to make the movie about ants almost simultaneously.

[@Gutslinger]

I remember that too. Because my favorite was A Bug's Life, but for some reason we only owned Antz. And I partially hated the Antz movie because we didn't had it instead of A Bug's Life, which I wanted. Not to mention the other reasons.

[@brandonlyon730]

In some fairness, despite both premise’s revolving around ants the two movies are barely anything alike in story, characters, and tone.

[@drptco]

I was waiting for family Fridays 🐛 🐞 hope you loved it!

[@NiaMakiReacts]

Yay!!! That makes me happy to hear!! Sorry this was late, this week was a doozy of a week

[@drptco]

@ yes I’ve had a busy week too, good to unwind to this

[@Gutslinger]

I think there were a bunch of "blooper" scenes at the end credits, like Toy Story 2 had. The caterpillar is my favorite.

[@NiaMakiReacts]

Dang it, did I miss them?! I watched it last year, I can’t remember if I checked

[@cactusjuice8277]

Yayyy I love this movie. I grew up with this movie

[@frenchynoob]

24:20 that speech blew my lil 9 yo mind

[@Claes_Isacson]

It’s a Wonderful movie.🍿 Thanks for sharing your experience with it! 🎉👏

[@SisyphusOfSodom]

5:21 Disney should take note.

[@paulalexandredumasseauvan2357]

enjoyed your reaction 👍☺

[@artboymoy]

This movie is based off of the Seven Samurai, or Magnificent Seven, or Battle Beyond the Stars.

[@GabriellaGarden]

Also love your reaction 💗

[@johnpryde]

My first PIXAR movie!

[@SarahMaeBea]

Haven't seen this since childhood! Really loved it then. I think it was pretty unique tonally at the time. As an adult, it doesn't do much for me lol. It's fine and cute, but pretty middle of the road imo.

[@BryanMcdonough-gl9hm]

Rest In Peace Roddy McDowall 1928-1998 Madeline Kahn 1942-1999 Jonathan Harris 1914-2002 Joe Ranft 1960-2005 Phyllis Diller 1917-2012 Alex Rocco 1936-2015 David Lander 1947-2020 Jack Angel 1930-2021 and Jan Rabson 1954-2022, the actress who plays Dot, her name is Hayden Panettiere she voice Suri on Dinosaur 2000 and she plays Kirby Reed on Scream 4, 5 and 6, and she plays Jessica on Malcolm in the Middle from 2003-2005, the actor who plays Slim the stick bug, his name is David Hyde Pierce, he plays Niles Crane on Frasier, the actor who voice Francis the ladybug his name is Denis Leary he plays Diego on Ice Age franchise, Brad Garrett who voice Dim, he plays Robert Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond he also voice Bloat on Finding Nemo, the Easter Island Head in Night at the the museum and Rob the Plumber on Stuart Little 2, Luca on Garfield the movie and Gusteau on Ratatouille, David Lander who voice Thumper, he played Squiggy on Laverne & Shirley and he voiced Henry on Oswald, and Rodger Bumpass who voice the Mosquito he voices Squidward Tentacles on SpongeBob SquarePants

[@AubreyAuthor]

This is such an underrated movie! Also a pretty great mob movie if you look at it from that perspective, lol!

[@nsasupporter7557]

Yes, it’s the least popular Pixar movie unfortunately

[@PaulyHannibal]

My account was removed mid way of watching this :( Came back because I NEEDED to finish the reaction, lol hope you have a good day :3

[@Gutslinger]

I love this movie so much, but I don't think I've seen it since I was a kid about 20+ years ago. For some reason, this is one of that my family didn't own, despite me loving it. Instead, we had a movie called "Antz" that came out around the same time. Which is kinda similar, but not really.

[@ronweber1402]

The only similarity really is that they both had ants as the protagonists but they use two totally different stories. I like both movies pretty much equally as they are both solid storytelling.

[@NiaMakiReacts]

Oh snap, I may have thought they were the same movie

[@lacondrathompson1747]

Nia Love You

[@dazedandconfusedconfused9500]

The only life lesson ever got from this movie was Don't look at the light.

[@NiaMakiReacts]

😂 😂 hey! Btw I finally got the P.O. Box, I think you were asking about it? I’ll try to get around updating the video descriptions but it’s box 12 now

[@dazedandconfusedconfused9500]

@@NiaMakiReacts Thanks for the info. I just mailed it. You should receive it by Tuesday.

[@Panzer_Z]

Funny that you mentioned Japanese society so much because this as others have said is another reinterpretion of Akira Kurosawa's famous film Seven Samurai

[@NiaMakiReacts]

lol I am half Japanese and lived in Japan also so it just REALLY felt like it 😂

[@cactusjuice8277]

Could you react to Antz? It's a little more serious than bugs life but it's so dang good! 😊

[@toadynamite8141]

Ah yes because being brutalized by Grasshoppers isn't serious.....sure

[@cactusjuice8277]

@toadynamite8141 alright sensitive Sally calm down. Antz comes off as more of a stern and complex movie. While bugs life feels like a playpen and cute. Both are good and fun.

[@TheGilbz12]

Do the sonic movie series because the thrid one was really good

[@JustGrowingUp84]

I feel that, animation wise, this has aged pretty decently - presumably because the characters are insects. Just my personal view. But of course, it's the writing that makes it a good film.

[@dcemerald70]

I’m so glad you reacted to this! I love watching this growing up! I once thought a concept for a sequel where Flick’s tribe would be in a war against a tribe of fire ants. Dot would be a teenager and would’ve fell in love with a fire ant. There are 2 other cool ant movies. They’re ANTZ which was a rival to this movie and The Ant Bully which based on a book about a human learning the ways of the ants. 💚💙💜🐜

[@nsasupporter7557]

The reason you forgot about this movie is because it’s the least popular Pixar movie. Literally no one ever talks about it

[@NiaMakiReacts]

😢

[@nsasupporter7557]

@@NiaMakiReacts Dreamworks did a rip off called Antz. Are you familiar with that movie?

[@wyrmhand]

Antz also from 1998 is worth a watch. It's similar in some ways.

[@nsasupporter7557]

Neither movie was big though. This is the least popular Pixar movie. Antz was a rip off but it wasn’t big at all either

[@robertsmith4681]

This film is a great example of the dangers of socialism and central planning.

[@dandychiggins7240]

Seems like these "reactors" never watched anything ever lmao sure

[@simoneliashaddad]

Your kids' meal story was just a fast food story. It's like that everywhere.

[@solacenmute4840]

Where do you live because that isn't true. Most places have water as an option, even bottled water.

[@simoneliashaddad]

@@solacenmute4840 Clearly I live in the ’90s (when I last worked in fast food).