Ever HEARD of Paranorman?

[@RosMo4]

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[@stagelinedpro]

There's a depressing theory that Agatha's mother made her daughter take the fall for her. And by Agatha's reaction it seems she has no idea that was the case. It's pretty sad.

[@zeenoash.8805]

...you just made it worse.

[@WhatsUpDocIsactivefornow]

Jeez- she really just let her small child get traumatized and hung??

[@perhaps1131]

Now I’m even more depressed

[@sayba6766]

wow

[@gabrielacosta9470]

So basically the one person that managed to ease her rage was the same person who lit the spark of her rage

[@laffinggas8068]

I really appreciate when writers go "Let's make this character gay" instead of "Let's make a gay character" Same applies to pretty much everything, queer, disabled, etc

[@leandromonteiroesilva7693]

He's a character first, a person, who just happen to be gay. We just need more believable representation instead of queerbait for attention.

[@OminousMoss]

@@leandromonteiroesilva7693 agreed

[@revan.8366]

YEEEEEESSSSSSSSS~ THANK YOU. THIS.^^

[@randallbesch2424]

"Queer" is another word for Gay.

[@ickle1790]

​@@randallbesch2424 it also applies to like trans people, NB people and more, right?

[@MillyKKitty]

I also want to add that Norman and Agatha have even more in common because they're possibly related! Her last name is seen in a newspaper... and low and behold it is "Prenderghast", the same from Norman's uncle's side.

[@0racle.sunrise3570]

Yh, they also share same/similar features.

[@giraffe6856]

Laika did confirm that Agatha and Norman are related in their insta story post during Q&A

[@arandomthingintheabyss2062]

ya and there is a theory or it was comfermed i cant remember that each generation the gift got weaker and weaker till they could only talk to ghosts instead of all the stuff they could do in the first generation

[@Coldlighting]

They literally said her full name on the trial...

[@MillyKKitty]

@@Coldlighting That too. Sharing the same last name does not automatically make them related but I am certain that was the intention.

[@Moon-a-Stan-Fan]

The bit about Aggie is the sad truth about the Salem witch trials. Girls/women as young as 6 were accused. Edit: 132 likes omg!

[@EinsamPibroch278]

The difference being she is an actual Magic User and Necromancer, and if she wasn't a Witch of malicious intent before, ahe certainly is now out of vengeance.

[@sayba6766]

eah

[@chillitheconqueror3567]

Wait Aggie Agatha Agatha..... Harkness?

[@rezafebriansyah8620]

@@chillitheconqueror3567 They're not even from Marvel... or ARE THEY?!

[@chillitheconqueror3567]

@@rezafebriansyah8620 DUN DUN DUUUUUUUN

[@zeenoash.8805]

One thing you must know about Laika. When they say it's a kid's movie, it's _not_ gonna be a *_kid's movie._* just look at Coraline, and they tried to make it less scary too!

[@0racle.sunrise3570]

Yh, I love Laika so much (btw, it's Coraline, not Caroline).

[@zeenoash.8805]

@@0racle.sunrise3570 Thank you :) I'll change it right now.

[@icravedeath.1200]

@@zeenoash.8805 Have you seen the graphic novel version of coraline, it's illustrated by a fantastic painter called Dave McKean.

[@dianagoenaga7263]

Funny enough, I remember seeing this movie when I was like 8 or 9. Needless to say, I have been obsessed with stop motion ever since

[@veronica_sawyer_1989]

I also saw it around that age, I was terrified of Agatha tho.

[@stoopid_idiot1]

I watched this when i was 4

[@Hickory958]

Same

[@unknown_limes]

Laika is my all-time favorite animation studio, their work is so consistently gorgeous to watch and I always find myself having a fun time with their characters. It's not always a 100% timeless hit, but I still adore them

[@mcooks5755]

Laika recently celebrated 10 years since Paranorman first released. They uploaded a short of norman dancing. It was so cute.

[@GipsyDangerfan]

I'd personally like to see Laika do a movie about Laika.

[@chrispambo1539]

LoL, the irony...

[@sayba6766]

wat

[@eternalroots6753]

A documentary?

[@chrispambo1539]

@@eternalroots6753 No, they're most likely talking about Laika, the studio, making a movie about laïka, the soviet dog astronaut...

[@eternalroots6753]

@@chrispambo1539 Thats a cute idea, I would love to see it

[@ariam7288]

They took "you can pry it out of my cold, dead hands.." to the next level.

[@randallbesch2424]

Taken literally.

[@kiwipie9415]

Paranorman always gets me in the spirit for halloween. Such a cozy movie

[@veronica_sawyer_1989]

I remember seeing this around 8-9 years old, and I was absolutely fascinated by it. My heart sank every time I thought of Agatha and what she had to go through, and that scene where they’re in the forest and the music stops and everything is calm and slow paced honestly made me want to cry. Thanks to this movie I have a fascination/fear of stop motion animation, because of how beautiful it can be while being so terrifying.

[@NoiseDay]

Have I HEARD of PARANORMAN?? I used to aspire to work at LAIKA. I'm in love with their work.

[@IvanOrdinary]

Studio Laika always makes amazing movies and it's stop motion Mad Lads

[@Terrifyger]

The thing that I love the most about this movie is that the characters all feel very... *real.* Norman as the little brother, Courtney as the older sister, their mom and dad, Neal and his brother Mitch, Alvin the school bully... all of their personalities don't feel faked in the slightest; they all feel natural and the voice actors for them just made them sound even more natural, like these could be characters that you could imagine in real life. Even the whole setting of the school play felt very real to me. Norman's dad even kinda reminded me of my own dad, both in looks and in personality. The whole joke at the end about Mitch being gay was also really funny to me, after Courtney had flirted with him so much, and I like how they didn't do that just to earn some LGBTQ+ points from Twitter, like a lot of the movies coming out more recently do. Lately, with movies that have any characters having a race, gender, or sexual orientation being something different from the norm, it just doesn't feel natural and like they're only doing it just to pander to people that would get offended otherwise, especially if they're changing a character to be like that instead of manually creating a character like that. Take, for example, most of the _Disney_ live-action remakes. The characters in those movies end up not feeling like real people that you could imagine in real life, based on their personalities alone. But the characters in Paranorman here? You CAN. This movie really takes me back to a time when movies weren't about sending social justice messages or appealing to toxic feminists or making things too safe and kid-friendly. It wasn't afraid to portray the characters as very straightforward and typical with what you'd expect a school bully or a teenage sister to be like, and I have a lot of respect for it for that. And it _especially_ wasn't afraid with showing dark and frightening imagery. All of that wrapped neatly into a story with an important lesson of not judging people for being different... just perfect. However, if a movie NOWADAYS wanted to include a lesson of not judging someone for being different, they'd likely make the title character be a gay feminist with all the men in the movie being petty mysoginists. Like, come on. That wouldn't be enjoyable to watch at all. Long story short, _Paranorman_ is a great movie because it has its characters all being very grounded and realistic, and people might be able to relate to one or two of the characters. Characters with realistic personalities make me enjoy a movie even more, and _Paranorman_ has some of the most realistic characters I've seen in a movie to date.

[@randallbesch2424]

In the olden days white men ruled on screen everyone else was a stereotype or a female eye candy

[@thecastleofnothing7074]

I'm glad this channel is still up! a few channels I know were hacked and turned into crypto channels which isn't good.

[@sirpigeoniii]

Is this a common thing?

[@syliquet7151]

Which ones? I know a guy that fixes those problems

[@Davinci_Fox]

Really?

[@CatCheshire]

8:44 yeah, she is. She cannot move on. She is dead, her hangmen are dead to, and she still tries to destroy the whole town as a revenge, and she hurts Norman who tries talk with her - she acts like a bully and she thinks it's okay, because she was hurt in the past.

[@Hickory958]

The little girl only tormented the people who MURDERED her so they would understand what they put her through. I don't think that's a fair comparison to bullying someone. Those guys 100% deserved what happened to them. Do you honestly think they would have learned anything if they had been allowed to rest? Why should anyone "move on" from being purposely murdered in such a way? They killed a CHILD.

[@mattpace1026]

@@Hickory958 The modern-day townsfolk did nothing to her. How is her attacking them justified? She did nothing to them until they stopped attacking the zombies, so evidently she didn't care about them making a tourist trap out of her story. There is no reason for the destruction.

[@Hickory958]

@@mattpace1026 When did she ever attack the modern day townsfolk? She just terrorized them with the zombies

[@mattpace1026]

@@Hickory958 I literally said in my comment that she begins destroying the town immediately after the townsfolk stop attacking the zombies...have you even seen the movie?

[@Hickory958]

@@mattpace1026 she only blasted like 2 lightning bolts at one building. I asked you how she, in your own words, attacked the modern day towns *folk.* Not the town itself. You made a claim. I'm asking for a lead in to some proof.

[@poyitjdr]

Shoutout to Paranorman for having the first canonically gay character I ever saw on the screen. At least, from what I can remember lol. Forever iconic to me

[@redamethyst9154]

Im pretty sure the reason the judges didn't talk to Norman right after they came back to life is because it is probably really hard for a roughing corpse that has been dead for decades to regain the ability to speak

[@mattpace1026]

Except he did speak right away, saying "You must stop."

[@randallbesch2424]

Norman found he could understand them which was new to him.

[@insectostrich4407]

Yeah, I felt that scene with his uncles corpse dragged on too. That’s honestly the only scene I found really dumb.

[@MaeArt725]

I imagine it was them trying to put a more comical/light hearted scene after the darker stuff.

[@randallbesch2424]

You did see how small Norman was to his grandfather right?

[@insectostrich4407]

@@randallbesch2424 Uncle actually. Also, I’m not saying he shouldn’t have struggled I’m just saying the scene didn’t need to be ”drag” for so long. They didn’t need to have the uncle fall on top of Norman and have his tongue fall out licking him.

[@emxlyy8092]

Who hasn’t heard of Paranorman is like one of my favorite movies everyone has seen it and ppl who haven’t are missing out because I’ve watched it like 1 trillion times 🤪

[@WhatsUpDocIsactivefornow]

I didn’t know paranorman was unpopular. I’ve seen it about three times and I love the message. I don’t think Anggie deserved suck a terrible death though- Hanging people because you think they’re weird is paranoid and messed up- poor Agatha. Wait- what happened to her Mom, though?

[@mattpace1026]

Truth be told, I'm not surprised it was unpopular. There's two big issues in the writing: Lack of consistency in most characters, and trying to apply "real world logic" to concepts that just didn't need it.

[@randallbesch2424]

@@mattpace1026 not that I could see it subverted the idea of zombie invasion and turned it on its head. That and Pious Christians murdering a child was the reason.

[@mattpace1026]

@@randallbesch2424 Taking a zombie invasion and "turning it on its head" is exactly the sort of thing I was talking about. Trying to make zombies realistic is, by the nature of the tropes involved, counterintuitive, and just taking the fun out of something inherently ridiculous.

[@zeenoash.8805]

You won't believe how many times I've re-watched Paranorman and Caroline.

[@rowquerpaz8265]

I loved this movie the first time I saw it on TV! Another thing that could be said in this review would be how funny was the zombies reaction when they saw the modern world around them, things like television, cars or hamburguers.😂 Even the zombie judge going with the family inside the car was hilarious!

[@ChibiRandom13]

LAIKA plus ghosts and zombies = literally my favorite stop motion movie of all time right next to Coraline also edit: i just wanna say the reason I love LAIKA so much is because many of their movies are enjoyable even to adults, because they don't treat kids like they're idiots and you can tell they put a lot of love and effort into their movies :)

[@Monhamd1000]

Yes, it was my childhood since Caroline!!

[@SiimplyHalloween]

OMG STOP this was like the version of a horror movie to me growing up, like I hated it but LOVED it at the same time XD

[@LadyMitsuno]

Actually when I watched the movie as a kid, I felt good.

[@polkadotproductions3459]

Yet again ros mo covers my favourite movies that are nostalgic to me.

[@archsage121]

the vibe switch at 20:23 tho. goes from deadpan to fully awake lol

[@franciscoadasilvajr4514]

Hearing your introduction is always a delight

[@josiahpurtee1156]

My favorite character is Courtney Babcock, voiced by Anna Kendrick.

[@FoggyMemoryProductions]

I agree with you Ros about Stop motion. It's a great form of animation that I have all the respect to the people who produce them. Tried it with lego in high school and discovered that I do not have the patience for it. One thing I remember from the behind the scenes of Paranorman is the scene of the towns people fighting against the zombies. That the whole scene is a mirror of typical zombie films. The small group of the undead are the "innocent" people being attacked by a violent hoard of people.

[@FriendlyNeighborhoodGeek99]

This is a cute spooky movie, i think i would have enjoyed it more if i saw it when i was younger but i still found it to be charming

[@Lynn17]

I saw this movie with my friends on DVD ten years ago! The scene with Norman talking Aggie down was so good, even if the "you're just like your tormenters" line didn't age well. He still managed to help her find peace in the end. (And yes, the thing I remember most is Mitch telling Courtney about his chick-flick nut boyfriend! This was back when LGBT+ themes were still a toddler and any reference was a step forward.)

[@unlovednekochan94]

great movie

[@Sleepy3000]

I never watched paranorman!! But I do like the company how makes the stop motion animation!! And what I got from 2:07 is how Norman is basically a medium that can see the living and the dead.

[@brooklynwoods8291]

I loved watching that movie when I little back then.

[@MelonheadJonny]

I remember going to Universal Studios Hollywood in 2012 and seeing some of the props from the film, it was interesting.

[@aurelieledet7983]

if you take suggestions, id suggest to see and talk about the Boxtrolls; another sort of 'terror-mongering/comedic' film with elements of genocide from Laika Studios. Its wonderful, just like all the other stop-motion films Laika has produced, yet criminally underrated .

[@vikaziza1506]

Mitch's love for his car makes me laught everytime

[@Reptile64]

Yo I actually love this movie, stop motion is such an amazing art form!

[@KittyGamer215]

0:37 I loved Coraline as a kid and I still do, along with BoxTrolls & ParaNorman. I love all of those movies and I honestly wish that there were a movie where those 3 legendary movies were formed into 1 movie, it would be chaotically awesome!

[@ambiguoussarcasm]

No, they do say Aggie will be hanged when she's getting "sentenced" (berated) by the court. At this point she's crying so it's kinda hard to make out but it is there

[@atmen1489]

This should be the standard for stop motion

[@Th3timelord]

Watch this every halloween, and have been since 2012

[@BugsyFoga]

Yet another classic from Laika.

[@Fxc4lors]

When I was maybe 4-5? I was first introduced to this movie. I loved it. I still love it

[@fishythekitty7327]

Thank goodness people are talking about this movie because gosh DANG IT it’s such a good movie and I’ve always really liked it :)

[@memyselfandi7782]

HELL YEAH

[@ej2722]

just think about how realistic the conversations are and the realationships are

[@iloveallred-headedcharacte7809]

ParaNorman is my absolute favorite movie!

[@CHICKACRIT]

IVE WATCHE THIS MOVIE AND THEN YEARS LATER I TOLD MY MOM TO PUT THIS ON AND SHE DIDNT REMEMEBER IT BUT I CAN SEE WHY BUT I LOVEEEE THIS MOVIE

[@haileyjones2336]

I’m so glad you covered this. I adore this movie!

[@malphite8797]

Ever heard of Delgo?

[@DragonKingX78]

I love this movie, really loved the twist and final confrontation for the witch.

[@TheCommenterDragon]

I loved this movie as a kid, this and Coraline. two of the few stop motion animated films i actually like because in all honesty i'm not really that big a fan of stop motion stuff. but for me personally ParaNorman and Coraline are the exceptions.

[@pixiefeathershow]

10:10 The judge did say to her that she was going to be hanged by he neck in the memory scene tho,,,

[@elishaunderation7674]

Never too early for some spooky vibes, amazing video for a great movie.

[@-Lucifer__]

👋 Stoping by to show my support! Funny enough, I remember my school showing this one Halloween after we complained about watching Monster house every year 😭. The nolstiga is real with this video. Appreciate it!

[@master0fthearts894]

3:51 This is cowardice. Ros Mo, I thought you *yeeted babies* for a living? 👶 Come on, Ros Mo, *GET WITH THE PROGRAM!*

[@nogoodatpvp]

Just punt it

[@josiahpurtee1156]

I haven't seen that movie in years.

[@rainndrops_goodvibes5257]

As a kid this movie scared me but now I love it, similar with monster house and kubo.

[@shadowkingdarksin3980]

halloween is just around the corner and this review just made my day 😁⚰️🦇

[@chteretreeart]

I was OBSESSED with this movie and it’s still one of my favorites

[@alexwolf5916]

i love this movie its one of my favorites and the reason why agatha and Norman are foils is because there related agathas last name is penderghast (idk if i spelt that right)

[@nataschahasselmann7421]

I had nightmares of her ghost form when I was a kid. But it's still a great movie and I love it still to this day.

[@CalvinKalisto]

This movie has always been on my mind, ever since I first watched it as a kid.

[@samanitions444]

When I saw the thumbnail I immediately remembered the clip I saw about the guy saying you’ll love my bf

[@Chanel_132]

OMG THANK YOU FOR BRING BACK MY CHILDHOOD

[@KitKat-gn2nn]

20:24 if you wanna skip the guest KZbinr's commentary

[@ztsquid3000]

I remember liking the movie. 😊

[@Smug_Adam69]

My favorite lika film

[@Sqooshyfroog]

i saw this movie at age 7 and i loved it

[@Red-px6yq]

this movie was my god damn childhood dude

[@ravefritz2037]

Love the vid, Paranorman is a movie I always enjoy

[@BrooklyneRoseTallman1518]

Coraline, Kipo and the two strings

[@ThePonderer]

I haven’t seen this movie since it came out. I remember not really loving it at the time but have been meaning to revisit it.

[@SapphyraMusic]

I love ParaNorman but God, it makes my cry almost every time I watch it. 🥲

[@highhoper1143]

I seen this show on redbox and in a little box of some of all DVDs she ever bought in 2011-2017, this with also a bunch of disney and marvel rip-off as well with pirate movies(which be in really thin cases with the cover poorly put in)

[@grim4253]

Genuinely good content

[@Mutant-Cow]

I love ParaNorman my dad used to put iy on all the time.

[@Dshii]

Paranorman was my all time favourite movie growing up :DD

[@justinsarcedo9355]

This movie. Another good stop motion animation film with a boy who talks to spirits and seek to help them than exploited them. Norman is a very unusual and yet relatable character who likes scary things while being a nice person. The film does subversion thinking about instead of putting the young witch back to sleep. Norman helps her find peace before heading to the after life. The zombie town folks who not only admit their mistakes and willing to rewrite their wrongs with Norman's help. Paranorman is good film. 24:26 Only thing that almost ruined the film. Alvin felt annoying and acts like a sycophant to gain favor with Norman during the zombies event going on. It's like version of Francis from Fairy Oddparents. Where Francis does bully others because anger issues, Alvin bully for approval seem overly done. Overall, excellent film for Halloween. Wonder if Ros Mo will review the Wendell and Wild movie coming on Netflix? Premiere on 10/28/2022 or Halloween.

[@Damnaxe]

I just remembered I watched that movie as a child

[@MyOpinionIsInvalid]

I don't remember much about this movie but the final fight with the witch was ingrained in my mind forever.

[@vanilaa9911]

ur literally my comfort youtuber, love all ur videos!

[@RosMo4]

Aww!! Thats so heartwarming, thank youu! Im glad I can be your comfort youtuber 🥺💕💕

[@Monkey_girl-ML]

I was scared of Paramormn when I was little 😂

[@mountainsquirrel15]

My uncle Kyle looks EXACTLY like Alvin even has the donut hole ring is practically grown up Alvin

[@TheBlindPhotographer]

YAY😍 great movie

[@evatorxz]

Your so close To 200K KEEP IT UP;🤗🤗

[@cannibalisticcereal2898]

Omg yessss I’ve HEARD about Paranorman before but I’ve never actually seen it yet

[@BaloraSilviana_PrincessRuby]

Yess Happy Halloween For Horror

[@blazerheata6479]

Thanks for this, I went to go watch it right before the 3 minute mark, got teary eyed at the end and came back here

[@UnisRapper]

as always you make the most relaxing vids

[@netherbrine8004]

I remember when this came out, but I was to freaked and went to see ...... Finding Dory I think? No........

[@carleys_cartoonz4282]

I’ve liked Paranorman since I was 4

[@StoneBasilisk]

I adored this movie as a kid! Pretty sure Mitch is the reason I love himbos so much now, hehe. Something I'd like to say (sorry, haah, I don't get to talk about Paranorman that much).. I actually love how normal Norman is. As somebody who's ND (neurodivergent) I was also picked on a lot for being abnormal. Like any kid would, I started masking, and just trying to act as normal as possible. We don't get to see much of Norman's personality, but that's because he's never been allowed to show it-I mean, seeing ghosts would fuck up your humor and darken your interests, no? I haven't watched it in a while, but I've always felt a big part of Norman's character development and acceptance of himself is starting to remember who he is and showing his personality again. Ofc, this would be post-movie, though. Aggie appreciation club though. Poor girl deserved so much better.

[@randallbesch2424]

The agony of 300 years has ended.

[@jharredtaentaisong7031]

this was one of my favorite stop motion movies😃when i was a kid😔 wish this was on netflix😔...BUT! KUBO is still in my brain:)