Everything About Dolittle is a Disaster

The very weird and insane production of Dolittle
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[@Mike_Steel]

Another way of looking at it is to say "You don't need to be a professional chef to know when something tastes disgusting."

[@georgeheingartner6995]

Geeky_Anomaly Doesn’t take a sailor to know when a boat is sinking...

[@trinaq]

Or to be a trained musician to notice when an orchestra procession sounds off key, mangled and out of harmony!🎹🎻🎵

[@Nadia1989]

Sometimes something smells _so bad_ you know it's shit.

[@applesong01]

@@georgeheingartner6995 yours is an actual saying

[@therealalexw6108]

Doesn't take a career councillor to know I'm a dissapointment.

[@lunacouer]

I feel bad for RDJ. He just wanted to make a movie his kids could watch and enjoy. Instead he got a director-from-hell and having to explain to his kids why his hand's up a dragon's butt.

[@paponmeowmeow4745]

Lmao. His wife is one of these directors

[@paponmeowmeow4745]

@UCx4Td3AxeOJg6fUS62H6s2Q No. But she help produce and direct the movie. I dont know her name but it said on an article, hence why he wanted to act for it

[@lunacouer]

@@paponmeowmeow4745 Her name is Susan Downey. And I wasn't referring to her. I was referring to Stephen Gaghan.

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

@brushfyr Funny thing is whatever I think of bad fart jokes in kids movies I think of that fake movie Jack Black's character was doing in tropic thunder that was like the klumps in the nutty professor (except obviously all the characters were played by Jack Black) I think it was the phats or something like that. But it basically perfectly parodied terrible children's movies with tons of bad fart jokes and just lazy writing. I miss the days when movies didn't fall back into the lazy, "look at the CGI special effects" approach. This movie by the way supposedly cost around 170 million dollars, just let that sink in.

[@Loafsandfishes]

:( this comment is exactly what it is. It’s so sad

[@labbaby189]

"Anyways, let's get on to talking about Robert Downey Jr. anally probing a dragon". I'm ending all my arguments with this from now on.

[@FF-tp7qs]

Leek enemas are actually a form of Japanese folk remedy

[@spyroluver0951]

Omg that’s so bad 😂😂😂 I was so bored in the movie that I fell asleep just as they went into the dragon part.

[@gabrielboorom6196]

Still better than Cats. He could be fisting the dragon & it would still be less creepy & better than Cats.

[@Xehanort10]

@Studio Autio This must have been what Tony was doing in the comics while he was an alcoholic.

[@carl_anderson9315]

I think that any actor should have a personal list of "dont's". And the number 1 rule to sign up for ANY kind of comedy should be: If the script includes any kind of joke that involves farts, anus, burping, vomit, excrement or similar 5 year old scatological humor, to provoke laughter in the audience, that script must be burnt immediatelly. If I pay the equivalent to 10 USD for a movie ticket, and I see a butt joke, I know I paid around 25 cents for that butt joke. It's the worst insult to an audience.

[@jimmyfoppiano2822]

I wonder if it's going to Dolittle at the box office

[@goldengoon4073]

Ha HA

[@ringoshultz8414]

Bad-dum tsss!

[@trinaq]

Rim Shot Moment!😄 You've just made my entire day!😊

[@jimmyfoppiano2822]

@@trinaq thanks😀😀

[@mabusestestament]

Yes, Dolittle at the boxoffice confirmed.

[@blackphoenix77]

*"Snitches get stitches."* _Somebody in the 1920's, probably_ 🤣

[@Frankie2012channel]

The original Doctor Doolittle takes place in the 1820s, not the 1920s. LOL Just a few years after the Napoleonic Wars.

[@blackphoenix77]

@@Frankie2012channel I didn't know that: I was based that comment on what Amanda said in the video. 😁

[@Doctor_Odin]

Black Phoenix The actual phrase from around that time when snitches wind up in ditches

[@blackphoenix77]

@@Doctor_Odin Really? Wow, you learn something new everyday

[@AmandaTheJedi]

@@Frankie2012channel I think this one does too but the books were written in 1920. The stories are all based in Victorian England

[@HardingRoberts]

So RDJ was doing a Welsh accent and gave a dragon an enema with a leek The entire Welsh population just shuddered.

[@najadamu2724]

Oh... OHHHHHHHHHHHH!

[@randomuser5443]

😐

[@ieuanhunt552]

That abomination of an accent isn't Welsh. I don't know what it is but it's not that.

[@HardingRoberts]

@@ieuanhunt552 I have heard that hearing it in its entirety is something awful to behold, currently I've only had the displeasure of hearing the snippets from the trailer! I want to hear it properly but I feel if I do I might actually find it offensive on my Welsh ears.

[@Denemil]

@@HardingRoberts I'm not a native English speaker. It still sounded pretty awful to me.

[@almogdov]

How dare you spoil the movie has a good ending?! I was very looking forward to see RDJ singing Into the Unknown as he enters a dragon lair and colon.

[@godmagnus]

A talking animal from the 1920s would never have said snitches get stitches! I can't believe how historically inaccurate this movie is!

[@mariablanco8678]

oh lord. . .

[@Chrisisplays]

ITS A DOCTOR TALKING TO ANIMALS. WHERE THE FUCK DO YOU START TO DRAW THE LINE?! AT THE END OF THE ARGUMENT?

[@lavendercomrade2376]

Ay buddy, I think he’s making a joke.

[@shayla106]

Chris;is Its this crazy thing called world building, you see a fictional world needs rules so that we can get invested and know what’s at stake. Lots of fictional movies and tv shows like to take place in the past and guess what, the characters don’t pull out a smartphones just because it’s fiction. All they had to do was copy the manner of speaking of that time, or give us better world building.

[@Graycata]

Admittedly hearing statements and phrases not from anywhere close to the apparent time period really takes me out of the movie

[@CadetCalamity]

The 'weird mumbling' accent you're describing was an attempt at a Welsh accent, not sure why he went for it as it is apparently incredibly difficult to pull off (I'm Welsh so I don't know how true that is) seriously, I don't think I've ever seen a non-Welsh actor correctly portray our accent.

[@cymraegpunk1420]

I think it's possibly an exposure thing, it seems most of our actors can do decent English and american accents but we obviously hear a lot of them in our Media diet you don't often hear Welsh accents sadly.

[@bananatiergod]

It's even funnier when you remember they had an actual Welshman in the cast 😂

[@shefalikar]

@@bananatiergod exactly, I was just thinking of Michael Sheen

[@karinageddes2767]

As a Welsh person, does the dragon and leek moment slap wrong to any other Welsh folk....

[@jmwild1]

January is a dumping ground for movies that studios have zero faith in, but for good reason.

[@ArturGlass.C]

Is that true ? That really explains a lot.

[@sexycavetroll2788]

@@ArturGlass.C yup

[@sexycavetroll2788]

@Black Ninja it doesn't mean good movies can't come out. It just means they dump their bad movies during this time

[@jmwild1]

@Black Ninja This year too. Just because there are a few good movies, doesn't mean there still aren't a couple dozen bad ones.

[@pv1612]

Apparently Color out of Space wasn’t bad, they’ve started looking at more lovecraft movies A fucking Nicholas cage movie in January

[@georgeheingartner6995]

I had the choice of seeing this movie or punching myself in the face. I’m healing nicely, thanks.

[@acidblood6087]

Meister Burger, Burger Meister! I loved you in that kids Christmas movie.

[@commentcopbadge6665]

Ah, so you chose the movie huh?

[@gaphil100]

Hahaha. I laughed hard on that one thank you.

[@sexycavetroll2788]

Well hit yourself 2 more times for making that "joke"

[@georgeheingartner6995]

@@sexycavetroll2788 If you think that's going to stop me... you don't know me very well. :)

[@fionatastic0.070]

I’m mad, I thought this movie would be some wholesome fun and apparently no

[@Graycata]

Bookmakers don't seem to go for wholesome anymore. Theater trying to make a statement or be over the top. Usually both. In the end result usually a mess

[@Greydawn95]

Dunno if someone has already said, but apparently RDJ is supposed to be doing a Welsh accent.

[@commentcopbadge6665]

So was Eddie Murphy. Haahahhaahahaaaaa!

[@only1pirate]

that didn't really work out next to an actual welshman...

[@MillywiggZ]

Look at the thumbnail again.

[@spyroluver0951]

Wtf it was so bad 😂😂😂

[@bananatiergod]

There are only four things that I tolerated in this movie: 1. The CGI on the animals is actually REALLY good. They made them look real but still gave them some personality through their expressions and mannerisms. Take notes, Lion King 2019. 2. Michael Sheen as Mudfly. He knew it was supposed to be a kids' movie and decided to act with the subtlety of a Saturday morning cartoon bad guy and it worked. 3. The animated intro looked STUNNING. One minute of it was NOT enough. 4. Ralph Fiennes as the tiger. I want a prequel about his mommy issues, please.

[@brandonspain12345]

5. The teaser trailer was spine chillingly awesome.

[@1997residente]

Post Endgame Chris Evans: Knives out Scarlett Johansson: Marriage Story/Jojo Rabbit Mark Ruffalo: Dark waters Robert downey Jr: Dolittle I really don't know why Downey couldn't be more selective in a Dicaprio type of way. I mean,he is filthy rich. Why would he want to be in this cash grab? I don't know,take pay cuts to be in good movies or produce indie films to star in. There are better projects to work with !!

[@johnthomas2485]

Maybe they got him to sign before writing script?

[@Kalleron]

Maybe he just wants to be in a bad movie. It seems like most big name actors go through the "be in a bad movie" phase...

[@Kanggaxx]

Might have to do with the rewrites. He probably didn't expect a dragon to fart in his face when he agreed to be in this.

[@eddiedingle767]

His wife is a producer

[@caiolucas8257]

@@johnthomas2485 then it's still his fault, you don't sign to stuff before reading the script

[@Loafsandfishes]

I watched the dragon scene was so freaking weird. No one in the theatre laughed. I was grossed out and honestly I was like “wtf is happening”. Only redeeming character is the macaw.

[@keelanmorningstar7800]

On the note of the “racist dog”: my family once had a dog that had been a stray and she barked at people with certain traits. My dad would bark at my dad when he came into the house when he had a baseball cap and sunglasses on and he’d take them off and say “Maddie it’s me!”. I don’t remember if he had a slight tan or not. Same thing happened to a friend of ours who happens to be African American and she barked at him too. But it was a recurring pattern so we think maybe we had been hurt by someone who had dark skin with a hat and sunglasses cus she’d get scared around people with any or a mix of those traits.

[@posterboy0007]

"My dad would bark at my dad..." Very interesting household you lived in.

[@godmagnus]

@@posterboy0007 mirrors can be confusing.

[@AllisonMiller30]

We were in the drive thru at McDonald's and at the first window with all the white people, Daisy didn't bark, but at the second window with no white people, she barked. And she has issues with people with face tattoos. Probably because some creepy guy looked in our car window once and she sensed how uncomfortable I was.

[@normalgamergal]

Typos aside, this is fairly common with animals. Whereas humans have the ability to realize that someone doing something wrong isn't representative of a whole group of people, animals have a harder time doing so. Often they can get better with desensitization therapy, but that's not even always the case in my experience.

[@Alexagrigorieff]

My dog is such a breed-ist. There are breeds he totally loves (german shepherds, huskies, borzoy, greyhounds), and absolutely hates (yellow and black labradors, King Charles Cavailer spaniels).

[@silentmomentum3598]

I wonder how Dolittle suddenly became an expert on helping or curing a dragon that he never studied before, unless I missed something, but like you said, he was hard to hear.

[@katsdraws]

Silent Momentum The villain offhandedly mentions Dolittle theorized the existence of dragons and wrote a dissertation on it. Would this make him an expert on this particular dragons anatomy? No. Also, should you shove your hand up a creatures ass and rip sharp objects out of it? Not unless you want to tear the lining of the colon/intestines.

[@rossmandell8734]

@@katsdraws treating a mythological animal is super easy, barely an inconvenience.

[@katsdraws]

Ross Mandell oh, whoops? Woopsie.

[@rossmandell8734]

@@katsdraws But why a dragon in the first place? I don't know. Works for me.

[@raymondsmith9975]

@@katsdraws wow, wow, wow

[@8Bitnoobgamer]

So what I'm hearing is that the movie is just a d&d campaign where they're doing too many random encounter tables

[@OneToxicPixel]

Well Robert Downy Jr., on top of, y'know, being Iron Man and Sherlock Holmes, can now put 'Probed a dragon's poopy hole with leak' on his resume! He must be so proud.

[@MJFERMEZLA]

I was actually optimistic about this movie. I actually like the first trailer for his touching ambiance and the adventure with heart aspect that cam from it, especially with RDJ who I was hoping to see him in more project than the Marvel ones. But holly shit, it's one of the worst movie of the year. It's clear from the horrible dubbing and editing that it was totally massacre in post prod to transform this character driven story to a worst comedy than the Eddie Murphy one, it was sooo annoying the way they put joke EVERYWHERE ! It's was almost a really bad riftrax ! Even the dragon's butt thing, revisiting this disaster, I remark something strange. The Bagpipes Dolittle put from the dragon's butt, by the way the texture are, the way RDJ touch it but not really or even the shot who don't seems to concentrate on it... it's CGI ! Why ? Do they tried to replace something with this fake Bagpipes put in the editing room ? And a friend suggested that it was maybe an Egg, that would explain the suffering of the dragon, seeing lizard can have complication and even dying in the process of having an egg. So that would mean they change a birth scene to a anal probing scene for Joke... that the perfect resume of this disaster.

[@piourity7172]

"Vous, ici?"

[@jayt936]

“Mumbling incoherent accent” the welsh are QUAKING

[@InTheYear-ic2hw]

Well, I was impressed with your critique of "Cats," .....I subscribed.

[@trinaq]

Likewise, Amanda's review of that atrocious abomination was brilliant enough for me to subscribe to her channel!😸😻

[@johnbacon4997]

Same

[@quentinarrius]

As a VFX artist involved in the project for a while, I can tell you that we had to pull out a LOT of overtime...

[@thebuzzkill5770]

Do VFX artists pull out crunch times like video game developers and are they just as brutal? I'm very curious

[@thunderwyvern17]

@@thebuzzkill5770 yes, it can be terrible

[@explodingprinnyatwork8941]

You left the most important question unanswered: Did he play the bagpipe?

[@ZielonaPastela]

I really REALLY didn't want that picture in my head D:

[@cheezemonkeyeater]

Me: comes into this knowing nothing about the movie. Amanda: So, let's talk about Robert Downey Jr. anal probing a dragon. Me: *spits coffee I DON'T EVEN DRINK COFFEE!?!?

[@johnwescott1500]

A leek up a Dragon's bum? OMG, no-one tell the Welsh!!

[@ycylchgames]

Too late, we know and we aren't pleased!

[@Maniac1607]

More like "Doctor Do Very Little."

[@Riv3rJordan333]

Robert : I don’t want to be iron man anymore I’m just sick of the spot light and done with this franchise Agent: so what do you want to do ? Robert : I wanna .. talk to animals

[@kentmains7763]

Load it up with CGI and to hell with the storyline.

[@NoName-cs9ce]

My biggest issue with the movie was that it honestly felt like a sequel. The whole time it just seemed like there was previous movie that I missed.

[@rockinrootbeer1795]

I haven't watched the movie, but I completely agree with you.

[@CDReimer]

I loved the 1967 version with Rex Harrison. A classic movie that didn't need a remake.

[@commentcopbadge6665]

I loved that one too. Watched it a million times. We even had it on Lazer Disc. Then I watched the one with Eddie Murphy when it came out, I loved that one more than the '67 film. The first one only. The sequel was, meh.

[@CDReimer]

@Bebe Fett I think there were a half-dozen Dolittle books and the new movie was based on the second book in the series. I've only seen the 1967 movie.

[@haileyshannon7548]

Eddie Murphy's doesn't really count as a remake, because it was a comedy set in modern times.

[@Roeas]

Sherlock DoLittle: How to Colonoscopy Your Dragon?

[@yukikanegawa7470]

The most concise way I can describe it is that it felt like watching a sequel to a movie that already had a neat ending. *Spoilers* Everything in the movie felt rushed to me and I think it would've been better if the boy wasn't in the movie. He barely had any real plot relevance (everything he did was something the mama bird did better) honestly I wish they'd made the girl important. She could've badgered Dolittle into going with her or outsmarted him in some way to get him to the palace and then made him agree to let her go with him or have her sneak onto the boat and have her want to understand the animals more as she sees how he connects with them. Then as he notices her trying to communicate he could teach her some of their language and they could develop their friendship that way. I feel like it wasn't at all developed with the boy and I don't like how he almost immediately learned how to talk to animals. By the end Dolittle could understand that people can develop that same kindness towards animals that she showed and that thought spurred him to open the doors. That would've made the action more meaningful in my opinion since it felt like he reopened on a whim for no real reason. Also the girl won't be his apprentice she'll just be an occasional recurring visitor that carries on his teachings at the palace when she returns. At the end they can bring in the kid and have him run towards the door only to look down at the hurt bird in his satchel after reading the sign and then look back up with a smile as sequel bait. Not gonna happen but regardless this would've been my dream version of the movie.

[@twopeaksnorth8184]

Yes thank you! I seriously thought the same thing, cut the boy from the plot and focus on the girl. Get her to accompany Dolittle on his adventure. And slow the pacing down considerably,.. everything felt like "blink and youll miss it"

[@kitsunefirefox1986]

The leek scene is taken from Japanese folk medicine. Elderly Japanese believe leek insertion will cure a number of illnesses. And I learned that nauseating factoid from the anime Umaru-chan

[@akankshadash7129]

Honestly, Dr Dolittle(2020) is nothing but a deranged Sherlock Holmes with a sore throat

[@trinaq]

Well, after the failures of both the Rex Harrison and Robert Downey Jr versions, I can still maintain that the Eddie Murphy movie reigns supreme by comparison!😄🐯🐵🐘

[@elfbait3774]

Having grown up on a farm, I had to chuckle at the dragon stuff. Having assisted in birthing baby animals and doing base to mid-level veterinary work on the livestock... Sometimes you have to get in there.

[@Neko-bc6ux]

With how often his wife was mentioned to have disappeared I actually thought they would find her in the movie, or get some kind of confirmation of her death. I was honestly frustrated when in the end it was still "unsolved" what exactly happened to his wife....

[@TheNuclearGeek]

Film Theory: Dr. Doittle is actually the Stark family ancestor

[@TheGhostofNicolasCage]

Iron Man Died for this

[@RedVelvetRabbit]

My 64y.o mum and her girlfriends went to see it and loved it 🤣😂 my mum thought it was hilarious. Maybe they're banking on their senior citizen demographic 🤣👌💜

[@Not_Soundwave]

I told my sister that this felt like watching Ella Enchanted. It's cheesy with modern jokes and if you're under ten it's great and comical. Then I went on to say the tweaks I'd do for the story without changing much of anything. She said "It's for kids, though" which ain't an excuse in my book, so here! First, leave out the wife's death in the introduction. In fact, you could probably not mention the wife at all in the introduction! The reason being that we 1. wonder why Dolittle ended up cutting himself off from society when everything seemed fine, given that we were directly told only about the magnificence and success of this man (maybe even say he mysteriously shut himself away if the narrator wasn't giving Polly's perspective); and 2. end up just as surprised as (I forget his name) the apprentice kid when he finds out that the journal belonged to the doctor's wife. We would've figured out ourselves why Dolittle ended up where he was when we first see him in his house. Hell, you can even still leave in the bit where Dolittle remembers his wife while on the ship, and the audience can go "ooh, was that a girlfriend/wife/lover that he misses?" Kids aren't stupid; they can connect dots when a story's written well. Secondly..... If you're gong to tell me this foreign city is made up of bandits and thieves.... how about ya friggin' _show me_ that? None of the locals besides the soldiers ever bother the cast. There's no evidence of pickpocketing, there's no one trying to mug them, no one's swindling, no one's having a street fight in the background-This is a bright, sunny location with smiling faces outside of the palace walls, just going about their day in the market. The only savagery shown is by the spiteful king, not his everyday Jills and Johns. If I were more of a woke Twitter user, I'd take this as an offensive perception of cultures outside Western ones, calling them all barbaric pirates when there's absolutely no hint of that given. [Though considering Twitter, that's a trap no matter how you go about it.] In conclusion, the writers have failed the important rule of "show, don't tell."

[@ice1055]

As a welsh person I loved his accent and the movie was quite humorous. Me and my boyfriend love it! Glad to see the wales incorporated into something

[@TheSlasherJunkie]

I never imagined that Bagpipes would be what breaks Amanda. Bagpipes.

[@Roeas]

My personal head cannon: Jedi is Amanda's family name and title.

[@p.z.arnott2329]

That makes more believable than Rey than taking the name Skywalker

[@lowlyworm9323]

The cgi parrot hurts my soul

[@keenanlawal1216]

Damn bro y'all had all these good actors and the movie was still trash

[@Xehanort10]

This film's title was apparently the filmmakers motto as well. "Do little."

[@daesgatling1345]

I miss the Rex Harrison version. I wonder if that holds up

[@WaluigiSings]

it doesnt. im sorry

[@Sephivoiceactor]

All I remember is the Eddie Murphy ones. Makes me disinterested in the franchise coming back though. Those were fine already.

[@rossmandell8734]

does not at all. Aside from a couple of good songs its pure wooden junk.

[@ebony6544]

I still like the Rex Harrison one. Once you get past the 10 minute start credits

[@TheGeocachingChef]

It does. Unless you expect cgi. As long as you are ok with the style and time period it was made it you’ll still enjoy it. Just like any movie that is older. Just because it is older doesn't make it good or bad. Although I always felt like he came off kind of like a jerk. I did enjoy the big pink snail though lol

[@maybemay1403]

As someone from Wales I just wanna know who tf RDJ's dialect coach was. What is he doing.

[@andreacaininstinct]

I haven't seen this movie but when it came out in theaters I said to my sister "I heard Dolittle was a Doletdown" and she laughed really hard so one good thing came out of it

[@lemlemnade9530]

Squirrel: gets shot with a hunting rifle meant to kill animals twice it's size in one shot Also Squirrel: *survives without any lasting consequences*

[@dekio1214]

I just found your channel this morning and already there’s a new video? Nice! I love your videos! You’re definitely a new favourite!

[@Gingermermaid90]

I grew up watching the 1967 Doctor Dolittle so that holds a special place in my heart. I was excited for this, and as much as RDJ and the rest of the cast lit up the screen, you can't screen presence your way through a bad script.

[@Shaarlyn]

a friend of mine actually worked on the vfx team and confirmed that it was basically a nightmare, they had a set quota of 6 finished shots a week and at some point the production lead wanted people to come in on the weekend to work on it as well

[@cadaalach3099]

I watched this a little over a week ago on my computer with headphones and whenever rdj was talking I could feel him exhaling in my ears because it felt like he was standing right next to me. I also noticed that on a scene on the boat, I heard him talking but his lips weren't moving. I wanted to go watch this movie to theatres but after all the reviews I watched, more did it seem to me that I would be wasting money and time. Also, I had to take BREAKS for this movie and never have I ever had that happen when watching a movie

[@averyeml]

When I saw the very first trailer I was actually pumped. I didn’t have any idea of plot to judge quality with, but I loved the look and I was excited to see RDJ do something different, and I’m into the general aesthetic this movie had going. Then I saw more commercials.

[@adhirg]

more like “general anesthetic” am I right?

[@abi21891]

I have a racist dog, and it's really unfortunate. We found him when he was 2, so we don't know his history before we got him. We found out by taking him to a public event and he did a back-flip and screamed as he tried to get away from a black couple who was walking towards us... That was horribly awkward. :(

[@johnhibler8211]

After reading some of the comments I realised that I am not the only person who subscribed to your channel because of your Cats review.

[@wynngwynn]

Actually Rex Harrison was probably the most beloved Doctor Doolittle lol.

[@beccak3035]

My little sister is the one who dragged my family to see it and she fell asleep before the infamous scene.... I wish RDJ had gotten in a better post endgame movie like how Chris Evans in Knives out. Personally The Godfather scene was the greatest and Micheal Sheen? Is pretty good , he’s trying, though I can’t get over the .... shoving a leek up the dragons ass i have no words.

[@johnthomas2485]

The Rex Harrison version is still the best. I was hoping it would be good.

[@blackiechan10]

Please please please review The Turning! I just saw it and everyone was just sitting there at the end hoping that there would be some explanation for the absolutely bonkers ending (not in a good way) but alas there was none. I know it's supposed to be based on a book or whatever but it's done in such a bizarre way that explains nothing and you've just gotta see it to truly understand how utterly pointless the whole thing was

[@javonyounger5107]

10:06 It's somebody's fetish

[@sanitarycockroach9038]

Sounds like a tragic waste of talent. I always felt like Dr. Doolittle would make for a great fantastical slice of life story. I mean, a doctor who can talk to animals is the perfect setup for a slice of life, maybe he would work at a zoo or something. It would be a character-driven story, and the interactions between Dolittle's family, friends, colleagues and acquaintances alongside the animals with the doctor in between could be really fun!

[@loungeblogger]

I love the Rex Harris musical version, along with My Fair Lady, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Mary Poppins, and Sound of Music. They were all Christmas classics in my childhood and just really entertaining.

[@Tina_Bo_Binaaa]

I remembered saying, “who asked for that?” when I saw that this was happening. I honestly loved the Eddie Murphy version and I was right not to spoil my memories by going to watch this garbage. Thanks for the second hand experience. Truly you’re doing gods work.

[@MetisRose95]

I'm a fan of the old musical with Rex Harrison and I loved the idea of a new Dr Dolittle when I first heard it, but the more I learned about it leading up to its release the more skeptical I got, and...well...

[@mabusestestament]

Amanda review of Dolittle drops... first things that pops into my mind: 🎶WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE!!!🎵

[@brooklynsimmons6600]

ok but she really does look like axl rose oml

[@rajneeshmeena6502]

This might be the first time I saw Amanda trying to claim her name as a critic and I am here for it 🥰

[@ImoLP]

RDJ’s accent made it sound like he was whispering the whole movie, it was weird

[@m00nrac00n]

I think your channel is about to blow up. Your reviews are great, especially because you go into issues during the production and try to find out why something is bad.

[@luthienr.3440]

i remember watching this in the theater. i remember nothing. i fell asleep. i never fall asleep in movies but atleast i didnt watch rdj probing a dragon

[@andresmassey4767]

But as per usual... Someone said: “I assume you’re gonna be making a video about Dr. Dolittle because like heh I heard it’s really bad.” 😌 And I’m like, “No I know it’s gonna be really bad that’s why I’m not gonna watch it.” 🙄 And they’re like, “No like, it’s *really* bad...” 😔 And then in my head I’m like, “Well how bad _is it_ ?” 🤔 I would’ve gone to see Dolittle... under the same disbelief it could be any worse than cats - because cats is a definite ass thing - and to find out just how bad it could get, but Amanda took a hit for people like me, and now I don’t have to watch it to answer all the questions I had. Thanks again

[@johnquiroz8279]

Is there any HOOHA in it

[@KB-rh4vd]

Nah, but has a couple HAHOOs though.

[@googlefish80]

A dragon farts in his face. That's the closest to a hooha you get

[@Alexagrigorieff]

@@googlefish80 A *female* dragon. Though I suppose dragons have cloaca.

[@sandywichmann9292]

They’re just overdoing it- too many crazy jumps and effects. Just watching the trailer gives me the feeling I‘m watching a parody.

[@atorifanl6153]

Crouching tiger, leeking dragon

[@misanthropos6211]

Actually the first recorded use of the phrase "Snitches get stiches" is from 1859 in Ulster, Ireland (there was an infamously rough prison in that region at the time). So it would have been perfectly realistic to have that line in the 1920s. And I just made all that up.

[@VeneficusPlantaGenista]

It is certainly up to opinion and debate how narratively compelling a constipated dragon is, but for whatever it's worth, my partner is a veterinarian, and veterinarians spend a sizeable amount of time reaching into animal's behinds to treat various problems. So in fact it's fairly realistic (dragon and talking to animals notwithstanding) that an animal doctor would be assisting a sick animal that way.

[@GoatHeadWalletProdt]

As soon as you said how RDJ anally probed a Dragon with a leek and all of the other things that happened in pre production it honestly reminds me of the original Doctor Dolittle movie from the 70s. That movie was also the production from hell in many ways. Rex Harrison (Dr.Dolittle) was difficult to work with and they had a lot of problems with the animals especially the Giraffes. Apparently 1 died on set and production stopped for a few days because it was reported that “The Giraffe stepped on it’s own cock!”.

[@curtisdavies585]

I watched your channel last week for the first time. Subscribed halfway through it. Watched four pr five since then. You do fantastic work, keep it up.

[@allymcnally6639]

Girl you had me legit looking up amicable online to see how it's pronounced. I always read words and then don't pronounce them correctly and I thought I'd beeen pronouncing amicable wrong this whole time lol. Great review :)

[@RyansChannel0203]

I saw Just Mercy instead.

[@bluefire9147]

I saw 1917. What a great film

[@trinaq]

Neat choices! A friend of mine wanted to see this movie, but we went to see "Little Women" instead. We regret nothing!🙌

[@AmandaTheJedi]

I caught that at TIFF so my options were heavily limited

[@1997residente]

I saw Jojo Rabbit...BEST DECISION EVER

[@RyansChannel0203]

I already saw all of those movies you guys listed. This weekend was my first time seeing Just Mercy. Which was such a powerful movie.

[@TheCheat420]

1:12 Oh my God that made me laugh so hard. Crush them without even having to finish your point.

[@KelseyWolf]

I kinda liked the movie, made me feel nostalgic for the one from...god...the 70's? hell...maybe older had a giant snail and a moth and all that. It felt like the same vibe of this movie, and that this one was trying to go more off of that vein instead of the newer Doolittle movies. It could've been better, but I felt like a kid again and I'm 30 so...that makes me feel ancient lol

[@kodychesire]

Just discovered this channel and have been binging the fuck outta it the last little while. Keep up the awesome work! Also because I dont think anyone else has said it that's a fucking awesome Alexisonfire hoodie!

[@charolettecleveland493]

I just see you making monkey noises at your cat with that one comment at 7:32. I know what you meant, I too meow at my cats but that made me chuckle. Love your videos Amanda!

[@TheEmbessyNetwork]

You tell them Amanda!! Those haters can suck it!!

[@raelogan]

My grandfather got us the Blu-ray for this years ago, and I still haven't opened it yet

[@lamaface]

So here in South Africa there's a fairly famous story of an exchange of letters between CJ Langenhoven (pretty famous poet) and a critic. Apparently Langenhoven got a bad review, and wrote a letter that basically boiled down to 'if you can't do it, you can't criticize it'. In return, the critic wrote (translating here) "I can't lay an egg either, but I can definitely smell if it's rotten'. I love Langenhoven because he was the master of sass, but that was a pretty sick burn too :D anyway just thought I'd share that story with you.

[@masterstuffing]

Another third generation reboot boo

[@mw3fan32]

i really wanted her to do the missta gg intro when he reviews films

[@thesolomonproject]

So basically what you’re saying is, it’s the movie zookeeper with Robert Downey Junior instead of Kevin James.

[@AnnoyingMystery]

One thing about the Cats Review is this: A lot of the critics (rightfully) bashing on the movie have never seen a full production of cats the musical onstage while having an open mind, and a lot of critics of the movie have been bashing on/hating on the musical itself too in their breakdown of the movie, and as a fan of the actual musical who was heartbroken by the announcement of the movie and then the utter fiasco that it was, it is really annoying to constantly be treated like a freak for liking the musical that unfortunately gave way to the birth of the monstrocity that is the movie. I didnt watch Amanda's cats review video, but im wondering if thats sort of where the person mentioned at the beginning of this one is coming from. They were most likely still being a dick though, as ive found defenders of the cats movie to be almost deranged and super agressive. a lot of them arent even og cats fans. its weird.

[@wiseguymotionpictures1416]

I called this movie a masterclass in how not to edit a movie. I stand by it.

[@6canadian6winter6]

Love the reviews keep it up my dude , pluss I love the alexisonfire hoodie , I have the heart skull logo tattooed on my arm.

[@themimsy]

Man I love Voyage of the Dawn Treader but good lord that monster scene where it opened it's chest open terrified the hell out of me as a kid.

[@personmanman3071]

Dolittle does little well

[@Alexagrigorieff]

I wonder if you noticed it kinda made Iron Man reference in the scene of animals putting articles of clothing onto the doctor, a la Iron Man assemblage. Also, there was a totally non-sequitur spider, which I suppose was a spider-man reference?