Fantastic Mr. Fox Is a Paradox

This movie cusses with my head in the best way possible.
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0:00 Intro
0:19 A Mid-Life Crisis Film for Children
2:14 Wild Animals Exploring Human Nature
4:35 A Complex, Simple Film
6:11 It's Really About Everything
7:32 Mr. Fox's Paradox
8:15 Recapturing the Past by Being Present
#FantasticMrFox #WesAnderson #meeptop
description tags: Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), Wes Anderson, review, analysis, video essay, critique, theory, explained, masterpiece

[@murplesworld]

coming from a big fan of yours: it seems like NapoleonVII's recent video on this movie inspired you, considering the similar topic and especially thumbnail. i think a shoutout would be nice, as a courtesy to a much smaller youtuber

[@meeptop]

I appreciate you highlighting this. There's a ton of rampant plagiarism on just about every social media platform right now, especially as it pertains to the bigger vs smaller creator dynamic. So I'm genuinely glad you're willing to hold me accountable for my part in that. Believe it or not, I actually wrote pretty much the entirety of this script on November 6th. The script was originally written as a combination analysis of La La Land + Fantastic Mr. Fox, specifically framed through the respective holidays they're loosely associated with (Christmas and Thanksgiving respectively). I shelved the idea for a bit, both to get it done closer to the holidays and because I wanted to do a video on the Scott Pilgrim anime that dropped a couple weeks back. Then what do you know, the Scott Pilgrim anime releases...and so does NapoleonVII's video on the exact same day lmao! It popped up on my recommended feed, with maybe 1500 views at the time? I immediately watched it and I loved the video a lot! As an analyst they definitely feel cut from a similar cloth as me, and explored the topics I wanted to with a lot of depth and grace. So of course, after watching it, I had to reconsider a lot about my own script. Which 100% admittedly, for the bigger vs smaller creator reasons your comment touches upon, made me pivot away from using the framing device of Thanksgiving once I revisited the script so as to not step on their toes. So in that sense, their video definitely influenced my own! But as far as the actual content of what was said in my script, most of it is retained from the original November 6th draft. I decided to frame my video around Fantastic Mr. Fox's paradoxical design, since that was the thread that tied my analysis together once the holiday angle was (mostly) stripped away. Then the thumbnail just kind of came as a natural extension of that. All that considered though, I actually enjoy NapoleonVII's video better than my own overall. I was going to share their video on my community page today, but then I saw it hit about 350K views! I'm so proud and happy to see the wonderful and incredibly deserved reception it's been getting. However, at the end of the day, you're still absolutely right. Regardless of my own behind the scenes process, I've got a platform and I might as well use it to boost it good work to even greater heights if that's within my power. I'm sharing it ASAP. Thank you again for directly commenting on this with tact and grace. Appreciate you. 💛 p.s. I changed the thumbnail and that should update shortly

[@murplesworld]

@@meeptop the thought process you describe here makes a lot of sense, thank you so much for responding! i look forward to your upcoming work :)

[@danicee]

What I found fascinating about this film was that they actually had the cast act out the entire film and recorded everything as if it were a live action and then animated it. Everything but the stunts were performed. So they were kind of playing when they made this film, the animators captured their playfulness because they could study it.

[@mitchmatch_]

They did the same thing for Rango

[@adriyan1525]

i love the videos of george clooney rolling around in the grass during voice takes hahaha

[@trinaq]

I always liked the scene were they explained each animal's name in Latin, which was shown right on the screen. Talk about unconventionally educational!

[@robbiealixsantos]

Underrated performances from the entire cast. George Clooney really captures what it’s like to be a fox 😂

[@adriyan1525]

i really appreciate how you explore ideas, emotions, and themes in films instead of simply reacting or summarizing them. fantastic mr. fox has always had a special place in my heart and i’m happy to see it still talked about in a time where platforms usually prioritize discourse on what’s ~new~ and trending. great video as always!!

[@damonmuzzy277]

My favorite Wes Anderson film after the Royal Tenenbaums. Also, I do think it is the job of a YoutTube reviewer to tell us what the film means; to them. I often get a better appreciation for films after I see it through someone else’s lens.

[@scapeagoat2520]

My favorite thanksgiving movie

[@alexandercarder2281]

Death only seems a big deal when your still alive but once “it happens” your like ‘ooh so that’s what all the fuss was about, hahaha’

[@toast4951]

I’m so glad someone’s making a video on this movie

[@pandemmonium]

great video ❤ i always knew there was a deep weave of existentialism in this film, it’s great when it’s put into words so well

[@sae_decay]

real talk please keep crafting your videos, i absolutely adore your style of speaking about films or anything else you’d want to do! i watch all of your videos as the level of quality is so good, theyre rather comforting videos to me! so thank you, truly

[@moviefeeder6811]

Hope you had an amazing Christmas. Happy new year, meep!

[@19994jess]

This channel is so underrated

[@giangeegibb]

Great video! I really really should rewatch this one soon; I don’t think I’ve seen it since I was a kid and it was in theaters.

[@picturethis4903]

This was so great good job :))))

[@swapna3395]

I adore this movie sm.. I hope to one day, get a tattoo of the "Canis Lupus" scene

[@Mujiboy]

Absolutely one of my favorite movies

[@lukeluke333lukeluke]

I love this movie. The voice cast are great. I love the humor. Visually great looking. Unique and fun music.

[@Stieglitz.]

Fantastic vid, remember me when you hit 1mil.

[@benbuilds6206]

I never understood the movie as a kid, at 20 I fully get it, such a masterpiece, thanks for this great detailed video.

[@Salma-ur2ym]

I love this

[@mileslugo6430]

You literally need to be insane if you want to do Stop motion animation.

[@creedecriswell634]

It’s my second favorite movie.

[@newrudo]

Did you see the Pokémon trailer with the stop motion?

[@mangomage33]

10:05 what's that song it sounds so familiar

[@franesmolic]

Let her dance by Bobby fouller four (might wrote some parts wrong, sry 😅)

[@DrZpach-om9my]

5:57 I get that… I’m so tired of KZbin recommending “MOVIE EXPLAINED” videos to me. Videos like that are always so surface level. I’d much prefer to hear video essays and discussions. Art isn’t meant to be just one thing set in stone. It’s meant to be explored and discussed. It’s meant to be looked at from a million different angles and defined by a million different perspectives and opinions.