HOLES was kinda insane...

[@Lee17989]

Zero hitting that guy with a shovel, proving he can now read, and running tf out of there is a 10/10 moment

[@p-__]

My farts are better than Alex's farts.

[@trinaq]

"D-I-G. What does that spell?" "Dig!" Absolutely love it.

[@SvanTowerMan]

That was the moment I enjoyed most watching it as a kid.

[@CRCharacter]

Literally incredible, best part of any movie ever

[@87alsjth]

YES.

[@BlkGrlnSpace]

I loved how at the end of the movie when Staley and Zero are about to leave the camp, it starts raining. 9 year old me sobbed it’s was so beautiful

[@greatgolfer23]

This is the exact moment after the Sheriff requested that the camp be taken over by the state, which by default removes it from the possession of the Walker family, thus lifting the curse of no more rain on the lake that came with Sam’s murder.

[@D415h4n34]

I definitely cried in the theater at this part too

[@Luvinmydejah97]

It was almost like a cleansing of all the evil that went on

[@rcengineer]

This just occurred to me but it almost perfectly mimics Rime of the Ancient Mariner with that part

[@I_Quit-m3d]

I think it’s because “Maddam Zeroni” said that, “If u forget to carry Maddam ZEROni up the hill, you and ur family will be forever cursed..” and when Stanley and Zero got to the top of Gods Thumb, Stanley started singing the little song like, “If only, if only, the woodpecker sighs..” and it’s the fact that Zeros last name WAS ZERONI, I think that THATS why at the end, it started raining, and his dad found the cure to stinky feet. Meaning the “Curse” went away cause Stanley carried a Zeroni up the roof.

[@BlueBeetle1939]

"I can fix that" dude is still the smoothest operator I have ever seen

[@trinaq]

Seconded, Dule Hill has amazing charisma, loved him in "Psych!"

[@p-__]

My farts are better than Alex's farts.

[@honestlyali27]

i doubt that ​@@p-__

[@crimson_auror]

All I can see is Gus from Psych when I watch this movie

[@traxathon4464]

You know that's right

[@MaryAlice08]

"No one cares about Hector Zeroni" "I do." -Stanley Yelnats

[@chrissteed8170]

That scene makes me cry every time.

[@itscherylplayz8925]

Holes is probably one of the closest book to movie adaptations I’ve seen Edit:Just to let y’all know, I know the author wrote the script so please stop telling me 😭

[@Marzbar90]

Honestly apart from a few aspects change it’s really close to the book

[@Toasted_bread37]

Damn, didn’t think about it

[@amiroquet7476]

And it's genuinely good. Like it's a damn masterpiece

[@themoviecritic1092]

LITERALLY!!! I remember watching the movie so much and I loved it. When I read the book just for fun, I was surprised how close the movie was to the book. It's unironically one of the best book-to-film adaptations

[@space_pirate_calamity]

@@Marzbar90 And they actually had a good reason for what they changed. The only example I can think of is that Stanley starts out the story overweight and slims down over the course of the book. The crew didn't want to subject a child to that drastic of a weight fluctuation in the short filming time, so they chose not to include that plot point.

[@trinaq]

"I'm of tired digging, Grandpa." "That's too damn bad." I always crack up at that scene. I love that Sigourney Weaver took the role of the Warden at the request of her child, who was a fan of the book.

[@tylerslater1246]

“I’m tired of diggin Grandpa”

[@p-__]

My farts are better than Alex's farts.

[@SilkBuckets]

A meme for the ages

[@osmanyousif7849]

Why excUSE ME?

[@BabyGirlTiny]

My sister stay quoting that to this day lmfao

[@amyadams9970]

Her death is one of the few scenes that sticks with me from this movie. Just how she laughs and leans back is such a bittersweet moment. She won in the end, she got her revenge (and Sam did too since the lake dried up), but in exchange, it was her life that she traded with, and its truly sad. The same with Sam

[@elizabethclarke4981]

Very true but on the bright side they can be together in the afterlife

[@msjkramey]

Nah, nobody won there. That was the point. Stanley and Zero/Hector were the ones in the end because they were able to grow a friendship and cooperate despite generational trauma. The best revenge is to live a good life

[@graygreysangui]

She was a lost soul the moment Sam died. That's why she could rob others and murder the men who had the inclination they could get something from a pretty woman. Stanley Yelnats I is proof she didn't kill all men. But as much as she was out for revenge, her life was going to be suffering. That's the point of revenge: it consumes everything. There aren't any winners.

[@danielramos6325]

Same here

[@101Volts]

"If you see your enemy thirsty, give him water. You will heap hot coals on his head." Not like I know all of the subtleties inferred here, but I think I'll much rather go with that. Mind that the last part is *REALLY* _not_ literal!

[@matneptune]

I love that once Stanley fulfils the "promise" of carrying a Zeroni up the mountain, the curse was broken, therefore the treasure could be found, and justice was finally served (for Sam's death).

[@camiwhite2489]

And it was able to rain again. This was a literal physical representation of breaking generational curses! Man I love this movie and book!

[@dw1419]

And his dad was able to make his big breakthrough invention!

[@Varphi_]

⁠@@dw1419I love when he makes his invention and everyone comes over at the end of the movie

[@videohistory722]

There's actually only one significant difference between the book and movie: In the book, Stanley was overweight, and being sent to the camp made him lose all of it to where he was super skinny. They chose not to do this because forcing Shia LaBeouf to lose all that weight on the quick schedule they were on would've caused significant damage to his adolescent body.

[@Lucario1121]

They didn't try to give him a fat suit ?

[@untitled6880]

​@@Lucario1121 Out in the blistering hot desert? Avoiding heatstroke's my guess

[@kira_calamari2431]

Better that way honestly, forcing anyone to lose all that weight especially where they were filming would have been torturous

[@planetoii]

The weight thing doesn't even make sense unless all the boys are skinny. But Armpit still exists.

[@grey8288]

​@@kira_calamari2431Its common for super hero movie actors to severely dehydrate themselves for shirtless scenes to make their abs look better. Just for a few shots. Hollywood encourages being cruel to the body, which is why a case like this is so refreshing.

[@trinaq]

I always loved the backstories running alongside the main story, especially Kissin' Kate Barlow, who could easily have a movie of her own. The scene where Sam and Mary Lou are lynched always breaks my heart. 💔

[@p-__]

My farts are better than Alex's farts.

[@AdamIshak01]

I’ve always waited for a mini series or prequel or sequel to this just exclusively of Kissin Kate Barlow.

[@LoganTheOne27]

Kissin Kate Barlow is my favourite of how sweet and innocent love can change anybody’s life

[@cloeshay87]

They were shot in the movie IDK about the book, not trying to be mean saying that because either situation is tragic

[@LoganTheOne27]

It should start when she was a kid and her inspiration to be a teacher and should have at least 5 episodes

[@KikiYushima]

Fun fact. Most of the yellow-spotted lizards in the movie are actually just bearded dragons with spots painted on them lol. There are a few CGI ones, but the practical ones are literally just beardies. I mean I get why they went with beardies. They're usually pretty passive animals that make really good pets and are easy to handle. Perfectly safe for child actors to work with.

[@melodyandalexx]

I know. As a beardie owner myself, I love the fact that they used these. I don't see many beardies in films or TV, so this was amazing!

[@moonycat]

I thought it was so funny when I saw this movie how they were all just painted beardies. Possibly the chillest reptiles around

[@ARandomPersonWhoWatchesYoutube]

Bro the CGI ones were so goofy 😭😭😭

[@j-train13]

Which is honestly kind of upsetting because none of them were yellow

[@BFMC3]

"Most" 💀

[@StarsForward]

_Hatchet_ was my absolute FAVORITE book as a kid, and is essentially responsible for sparking my love of the outdoors.

[@Jski9050Productions]

Surviving in the middle of the woods with nothing but his hatchet😢 loved that book

[@Nerd_with_internet_access]

I think this book did a really good job of taking the circumstances that kids were actually in, and cranking it up to 11. Like, adults who don’t believe you (judge, police) People who make you do nonsensical stuff, and won’t tell you why, even when they obviously have reasons (the warden) And people who just hate you for no reason, and seem to hate the concept of children in general, despite working with kids (Mr. Sir) Like, idk, I feel like it works to make people feel seen, like this is what they are going through)

[@moodycowcrafts4862]

I mean with all the documentaries about the ‘betterment’ camps they’ve had/are still having in America for “troubled youths” that discuss what it was like in them it plays very straight, except unlike the camps in the documentaries, that get the parents to pay for it, it’s government enforced

[@Nerd_with_internet_access]

@@moodycowcrafts4862 that’s a really good point, I wasn’t really thinking about that, I more so was referring to what the average kids goes through. But you did make a good point that this sort of thing does actually happen. Thanks for adding for adding your input!

[@cacklebabygg6156]

It sounds like the series of unfortunate events, even having a Mr sir in both

[@Nerd_with_internet_access]

@@cacklebabygg6156 omg, I never made that connection, but yeah, I see that. I think I read both of them around the same time, so if nothing else they appealed to the same person.

[@Window4503]

It definitely adds to the underlying tone of cynical foreboding too. All of those examples are realistic and the lack of competent, caring adults is one of the things that made this film stick with me as a kid. You don’t really feel “safe” until the end of the movie.

[@splishsplash2031]

The reason the curse was lifted was because Stanley carried Zero up the mountain. The first Stanley was supposed to carry madam zeroni after she made him memorize the song but her never did. That’s why the curse was there in the first place. Remember? If only if only the woodpecker cries…. Or something like that. When Stanley now, carried zero up the curse was lifted and he was finally lucky again and found the treasure chest. Edit: it wasn’t about friendship @14:40

[@Window4503]

And he gave him a drink, which the first Stanley was supposed to do with Madame Zeroni

[@samanthakoller533]

That part was really yadda yadda’d over in this video. I know it’s really difficult to explain it coherently because it’s so interwoven.. but the fact that they were cursed because he never carried madame zeroni up the mountain and Stanley/zero breaking that is 🥺 And they find zero’s mother! Who had been looking for him too!!

[@MissSimone02]

"If only, if only" the woodpecker sighs "The bark of the tree was as soft as the skies" While the wolf waits below, hungry and lonely He cries to the moon "If only, if only"

[@Zedrapazia]

When I realized that as a kid I was super amazed for weeks to come. Good memories!

[@trent_king]

Sugar, I'm sure he knows all of that already😂

[@Blizzardfire]

My favorite thing about the movie was how the stories intertwined. The boat that Zero seeks refuge in the middle of the desert belonged to Sam, the preserved peaches he and Stanley ate were giving to Sam by Kate, the onions that saved them were most likely from the same place Sam harvested the ones he sold, and at the end, when the kids are surrounded by yellow-spotted lizards, they don't get bitten because, as Sam claimed earlier in the movie, the lizards hate his onions.

[@ENemy_SHpotted]

ok that last note about the lizards and the onions? yah I knew EVERYTHING ELSE about the plot lines and the connections but that one is news to me. thank you sir.

[@thelemurofmadagascar9183]

I love the little details like that. Everytime I rewatch the movie, I pick up on more details that I didn't notice last time.

[@Squashyjet]

The secret recipe for foot odor was also peaches and onions wich ties back to Sam and Kate

[@parkercalhoun3089]

not everyone is “your dude” please stop saying it every 30 seconds it terribly annoying

[@Katzenmlnze]

@@parkercalhoun3089 no one here said "dude"?

[@dannigro8794]

I always thought the lizards just didn’t bite them for no reason but now I realize it’s because they ate those onions.

[@camiwhite2489]

Yup😊

[@dw1419]

Even if you didn’t read the book, there is a line Shia/Stanley says at the end of the movie that the girls at the new camp will be safe from the lizards as long as they eat lots of onions.

[@dannigro8794]

@@dw1419 what’s funny is I did read the book but I forgot about that part and this was like over 22 years ago

[@aeonversestudios01]

Sam also explicitly states in the flashbacks that his onions act as a natural repellent for the lizards

[@requiemriot8619]

This is one of the few movie adaptations that capture the spirit of the book

[@p-__]

My farts are better than Alex's farts.

[@themarsman5155]

Except Stanley isn't fat, I guess that wasn't easy to do in a movie because he loses weight throughout the book

[@JohnSmith-jh6ey]

The author wrote the screenplay

[@whiteraven562]

@@themarsman5155 exactly. They didn't think it would be healthy for Shia to go through such a dramatic weight change as a kid

[@sleepyote]

​@@themarsman5155 Yeah as someone else said, they didn't want to put a kid thru that kind of stress.

[@MisaelMatute76]

The reason the counselor was out to get Zero, its because he enjoyed having control over the kids emotionally, but Zero gave him nothing. We see in the scene were they are in a circle, that he says Zero won't talk to him and when he does, he gives him a sarcastic answer... So it was an Ego thing. Like "Its not that I'm a bad councelor, you are just a bad patient".

[@Siimplybella_]

But I never thought he really had emotional control over any of the kids seeing the way they liked to disrespect him.

[@MisaelMatute76]

@@Siimplybella_ But at least they interacted with them. I'm sure he felt he could "fix" them...

[@Siimplybella_]

@@MisaelMatute76 that's true, I always thought the reason he picked on zero wasn't exactly because of emotional control but because he wouldn't entertain him, I agree with what you said about the ego thing, unlike the other boys, zero didn't entertain his stupidness. So I do kind of agree with you in a sense, it's all about his ego imo

[@N2Deep00]

That would make sense the way y'all put it. Because all this time, it always got on my mind why he single out Zero most from the rest of boys. So the shovel smack felt good like McMurphy choking out Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

[@MisaelMatute76]

@Siimplyhyuka You probably explained it better, but yes that's the idea. He hates getting ignored, at least the others give him a reaction, even if it's not positive.

[@moviewolverine89]

"Holes", both the book and the movie, was peak storytelling and no one can convince me otherwise.

[@tyler93539]

*ATLA has entered the chat*

[@almessasorrow4950]

Both are peak, but holes had a good live action adaption, Avatar didn't​@@tyler93539

[@SMILEY9766]

@@tyler93539**glazing**

[@jakecathey7061]

its good but stop doing tricks on it @@tyler93539

[@Plainxia]

Facts

[@random_homeless_dude]

"Im tired of digging gwandpa" "WELL THATS TO SAMN BAD." That is the BEST part of this movie

[@ghostspider2056]

Sam also said his onions act as repellent for Yellow Spotted Lizards, hence why none of them attack Stanley and Hector in the treasure hole, because they ate from the spot Sam picked from. The same mountain climbed is also where Stanley 1 found refuge after Kate robbed him. A lot of clever foreshadowing.

[@nemesis2345]

Mountain was also called "Thumb of God"

[@shadowstar8619]

It looks like the onions made the lizards not only averse to biting whoever was eating them or otherwise smelled like them, but also made them a lot more docile than usual. After all, the first time Stanley had a close encounter with a yellow-spotted lizard, it actively chased him and tried to jump on him before Mr. Sir shot it. When Stanley and Zero were in that pit with the treasure chest, the lizards were just crawling on them or sitting on them.

[@mageyplss]

Zero decking the counsellor in the face with a shovel is one of the most satisfying movie moments I've ever seen

[@danielramos6325]

I know right 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@TheBlueKingdom928]

AND THE BOOK. IT WAS AMAZING

[@bigbearkat2010]

Personally my favorite part of the movie was seeing the racist, entitled Trout going broke and insane and Kate all but giving him the middle finger as she dies

[@xtuffcookiex]

I love the fact that Zero picked up a billiard ball ready to fight. You know that kid grew up in the streets going for a blunt object.

[@danielramos6325]

I know right 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@VocalFox]

Right?? Bruh was ready to throw down and end it.

[@greatgolfer23]

He wasn’t gonna let go of Zig Zag when he was choking him no matter what the other kids around were saying, the fight was over but he wasn’t stopping. It took Pendanski firing a shot in the air for him to stop. Zero’s way of fighting was for life or death

[@supersasukemaniac]

​@@greatgolfer23I mean Zero's entire life up to that point was all about survival.

[@pyropulseIXXI]

is a circle/'spherical object the bluntest object or are blunts the most blunt object?

[@woshyyyyyyyyy]

THE THING ABOUT HOLES BEING SO DARK AT TIMES- when I read it for the first time, I was old enough to understand how dark it was but also immature enough to be poking fun at it and wondering, "why are we allowed to read this wtf??" because ZEROS MOTHER ABANDONED HIM, EVERYONE WAS RACIST TO SAM, HAVE YOU SEEN THE TEACHERS???

[@scream_queenz]

The story between Kate and Sam never failed to make me sad. And the fact that Kate's life was never the same after seeing somebody she loved litreally get shot in front of her is even more heartbreaking

[@danielramos6325]

I know right 😢😢😢😢

[@jongallardo8006]

This was kind of dark for a kids movie no?

[@marcwhitlock5002]

The whole scene was sad, for me was the fact Sam wasn't an idiot and knew he had to get away and got a head start but because Trout was super rich he could buy a motorboat and easily catch up. Like just knowing what was going to happen and the scene playing out slow hit harder.

[@jzombie1744]

So the thing about the Yelnats curse is that Zero's ancestor, Madam Zeroni, had made a deal with Stanleys Great great grandfather, if he carries his pig up a mountain every day, and makes it drink from the water, it'll grow big, so that he can give it to this girl he likes, and at the end of the deal, he would need to do the same for her, but after realizing the girl didn't really care who she married, he broke the deal, and went to America, ending up in the now cursed Desert of Green Lake, being robbed by kissing Kate, two people whose lives were ruined. During the movie, Zero gets badly hurt and Stanley carries him up the thumb mountain, and since Zero is a Zeroni, Stanley just completed the deal that his great great grandfather didn't, so not only does the treasure get found and Kate and Sam are both avenged, but the Yelnats curse was lifted and they were allowed to find what was legally theirs, if Kate never robbed Yelnats, the curse never would've been lifted for either of them. And the "Sploosh" that Stanley and Zero found in the boat is actually peaches, Kate gave Sam peaches, in exchange for him fixing the school house when needed, and Sam sold onions for some time, so not only were Stanley and Zero technically saved by Kate and Sam, but Sams onions flourished on the same mountain that Yelnats (supposedly) died on, and the curse would be lifted, almost as if they were connected And the best part is that the Yelnats do also realize how to make their shoes smell better... Peaches and Onions, you cannot tell me it was NOT fate, the intricate details of this movie is what I feel should've made this a classic amongst ALL households

[@izzysanchez2883]

Thank you for this!

[@toasthead]

you forget that the mountain is also the same mountain that stanleys great grandfather took refuge on after being robbed

[@aaronratliff1240]

MatPat: WHO ARE YOU AND DO YOU WANT A JOB???

[@notme8232]

@@aaronratliff1240 I mean, these were all explicitly explained in the book, not THAT impressive.

[@Terdacol]

Not the first Stanley, it was Elya. The first Stanley was his son

[@SammyStar08]

The thing about Camp Greenlake is that it does the exact opposite of what it's supposed to. You send a good kid like Stanley Yelnats there, having committed no crimes, but later on he's like stealing the water truck and other stuff like that.

[@graygreysangui]

Just like the real thing. The prison industrial complex isn't about rehabilitation; it's about exploitation of labor and encourages violence or reoccurring behavior. There are some people in prison now because it's better than how they were living before and they commit the same crime once released to go back in. Nevermind with having something like that on your record, it becomes a lot harder to get a job, also leading to crime again because they can't make a living. There are videos here on this platform that do a better job than I explaining how Holes mirrors the prison system.

[@danielramos6325]

Same

[@janthran]

@@graygreysangui troubled teen camps are even worse than regular prisons.

[@CrispiOS]

That's how jail is

[@irvinnorris7041]

You win comment of the video

[@danihusom8668]

I still love the song/rap they all sing at the end of the movie. Gonna pop my DVD in later.

[@mabelpines427]

Fun Fact:When Sam tried sell the onions the customer was the author of the book, Louis Sachar

[@MASTEROFEVIL]

100th like

[@Noone-d6u]

Nice

[@danielramos6325]

Same here 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@mariaskabardonis8353]

It’s ironic how he keeps saying it’s not a Girls Scout Camp where as at the end it becomes a Girl Scout camp

[@confuzedduk1008]

Woah… who coulda thunk it

[@DeathnoteBB]

Foreshadowing!

[@belleofbrightside97]

Holes is like "Foreshadowing: The Movie"

[@malloryweeks3306]

As long as the girls eat lots of onions

[@vedwalker3974]

I believe that's a brick joke.

[@odraencoded]

I think it's brilliant that what stopped Stanley's treasure from being stolen in the end wasn't just that it had his name written on it, but that Zero was able to read it.

[@scorne414]

Poetic justice, it was perfect.

[@JaviGSombra]

And before that it was venomous lizards.

[@danielramos6325]

Same here 😅

[@nohemitrevino1177]

And if Stanley never taught Zero how to read, none of this would've happened

[@guardianv5846]

I like how they found the chest in the book. Unlike every other hole digging scene in every movie/show they didn't just dig straight down until thunk they found it. They actually gave up cuz they couldn't find it, but they were digging in the dark so they never realized that instead of uncovering the top they had uncovered the side of it and it was just sticking out the side of their hole. It wasn't until zero mentioned the fact that Stanley's last name is the reverse spelling of his first name that they actually found the chest.

[@PorValis]

Holes was one of my favorite movies of all time as a kid. I remember being back in elementary school and having my teacher show us the movie back then too. It's crazy how well its core plot has aged over the years!

[@mangomations4160]

i had to do, like, 5 essays on holes in primary school, good book/movie but if i have to explain stanley yelnats's character development one more time i am going to explode

[@ruisenor8993]

Lmao this unlocked a memory I didn't know I still had 😂

[@lotus_flower2001]

Same, but with jack merridew for me. Grade 9, then Grade 11, then Grade 12. Thats what I get for changing schools.

[@AsianAnticsOfficial]

Please explain how Stanley Yelnats transformed throughout the story.

[@enzothepalekid]

@@AsianAnticsOfficial I was just about to type that

[@enzothepalekid]

Please explain how Stanley Yelnats' character developed throughout the film.

[@Heavy.O]

Not to mention the song ( *Dig It* ) that went along with this movie. So good that Disney played it during commercials from time to time

[@TheLtbify]

I’m in my thirties and still crank this in the car when it scrolls through my iTunes 😂

[@danielramos6325]

Same here 😂😂😂😂

[@remy120]

youuuuu got to goo digg those hoolessss

[@Pureconception]

A R M PI to the T! What’s that ya smellinnnn? Doggggg, that’s me. I don’t take showers and I don’t brush my teeth All I do is eat, dig holes and sleep Why my 8 yr old brain thought this was the hardest verse, I will never understand

[@ghostsuru8429]

When I was a kid, I felt so proud of Zero. I was a good student and very rarely had problems with teachers, but had a lot of friends who struggled with everything and anything in school. So I helped out my friends a lot if they asked for help, but could never help them out when the teachers were passive aggressive towards them during class. If there's any Zero's out there, just know that if an adult ever tells you "You're too stupid to learn something," it's really not true. You'll likely have to work for it harder than most other people, but if you work hard for it, you can do it.

[@HappiHopper]

09:48 Dude made fun of a kid for things they couldn’t control and then gave said kid a weapon What else did he expect to occur :D

[@planetoii]

Pendanski resents Zero because he can't control him. He can't make him talk. Pendanski just likes the power, he's not actually a doctor.

[@christopherb501]

Nobody who willingly signs onto a place like this does so when they DON'T want power over helpless individuals.

[@WhitneyDahlin]

I completely agree with you. I love how this kids movie covers dark and serious topics in a respectful way and does it well. It doesn't treat kids like they're too stupid to understand these darker topics. It presents them in a way that kids can understand in a great story. The movie is absolutely fantastic too in the music in this. The music in the movie does not get enough love it's one of my favorite soundtracks of all time. And I just feel like now a movie like this would never be made. The book would have never been written. It just seems like they dumb kid shows down too much now.

[@WhyUBully957]

In the books it’s more of Pendanski encouraging Zero to talk and be more social. (I’m not even halfway into the vid rn so idk I might delete this)

[@Common.n.n]

@@WhyUBully957No in the book he’s just as bad

[@WhyUBully957]

@@Common.n.n It didn’t feel that way to me

[@connerschupp4543]

If you thought this movie was insane, the sequel to the Holes book is called Small Steps. You also skipped over the fact that the guy named Barfbag intentionally put his foot near a cottonmouth snake, leading to the vacancy at camp. Fucked up stuff.

[@tiberiushazo6326]

I know my fifth grade teacher read that one to us, but I don't remember it super well. I remember it was about Armpit, and then X-Ray was in it, and there was a girl that Armpit was into, and the only thing I remember clearly is that he tells the girl his nickname was a body part, and he would only tell her the nickname of she touched that body part after he told her. Really weird scene, every now and then I still think about it.

[@morbidsearch]

Oh yeah, it revealed that Armpit was in Camp Green Lake for beating up two boys in a movie theatre for stealing his popcorn, and X-Ray sold dried parsley to people who thought they were buying weed

[@emilyglass6625]

I had no idea there is a sequel to Holes! I should look into that...

[@TheCultureshock101]

Actually I believe it was a rattlesnake. Cottonmouths generally live near the water and, well...

[@boadams3207]

@@TheCultureshock101it was indeed a rattlesnake.

[@bryony1235]

The thing with Holes (both the movie and the book) is that EVERYTHING that happens is relevant to the plot.

[@ghostsuru8429]

Right? If only Wish had gotten the memo... XD

[@RelativelyBest]

Well, that's how stories are supposed to work, ideally.

[@LightBloxVidsYT]

“There ain’t gonna be no Stanley Yelnats the 5th” THATS CRAZY

[@LlamaAnimations]

Sams boat was the boat that Zero and Stanley took shelter in, also Sam got his onions from the mountain nicknamed “The Hand of God”

[@chelle1810]

It was interesting to think that Sam was buried somewhere under there and that’s where Kate decided to end her life. Beautifully tragic

[@danielramos6325]

I know right 😊

[@illegalmaknae550]

⁠​⁠@@chelle1810that implies kate spent the remainder of her life getting drunk from the drink she made, mourning the loss of sam 😢 thats so sad

[@Amm17ar]

Woah....you dont say!!!

[@reillyburnham6400]

also stanleys ancestor was supposed to carry madam zeroni up a mountain but didnt thats how they got cursed. Stanley carries zero up the mountain breaking the curse

[@NTWoo95]

“I’m tired of this grandpa-“ “WELL THATS TOO DAMN BAD!”

[@d333vyn]

we say this at work almost every day lol

[@Kalani_Saiko]

"Well excuuuse me" *Grandpa spits* "You'll thank me one day" It's funny because the only thing she got was jail time

[@thepoleontheroad]

My experience was feeling sorry for the kid Warden. She was made into this heartless husk of a woman by her own family and the loot she was forced to work for her entire life was literally taken right from before her. Kate Barlow really got the last laugh.

[@Kalani_Saiko]

@@thepoleontheroad Nah but same. Poor kid spent every day she spent at her grandparents' place, digging holes. Honestly, after so many years and at least 1-2 different generations, I'm surprised they even knew what they were digging for. Also, if the parents knew just how crazy the grandparents were, why send her over ALONE? I didn't see them digging and there is NO WAY she was there just for the day in that area.

[@EmmyforHistory]

My family quotes this at any given opportunity, lol

[@HIAMNK]

I swear, the way that zero says 5:17 “I like digging holes.” is almost in the exact same cadence as “I like turtles.”

[@Mary-fj7dq]

this point made me burst out laughing, oh my gosh

[@InvaderTak176]

"I like money"

[@Retrofins]

"I like trains"

[@benhoward2619]

@@RetrofinsNYYYOOMMMMM-

[@eddiethefriendlytenderengine]

13:45 PG does not mean “Kids' movie”… at least it didn’t back then. PG has always been known as “Parental guidance” meaning that it’s recommended that adults accompany children when they see it. Do you know what other movies are rated PG? Return to Oz, The Goonies, Back to the Future, and Gremlins. Are those movies appropriate for kids? No. Unfortunately, parents and the MPAA have gotten picky over time, which has led to the PG rating slapped on every family movie. They don’t even bother to leave this rating off of movies that would qualify as PG back in the day.

[@NominalDingus]

The way this story portrays fate is uniromically so good. Everything ties together so perfectly and I just can't get over it

[@SweenyTodd98]

"Start digging." Kissing Kate Barlow's death scene is one of the coolest moments in the book.

[@insanedinosaur]

Epic username/pfp

[@venture2453]

6:34 I love so much That scene of zero getting ready to beat a kid with a pool ball, I guess he really enjoyed when he got a shovel instead

[@xletragedyx]

It's like when Roy confronts Jim at the basketball game and Kevin is about to defend him and wipes his brow when it doesn't get violent

[@American_Heart]

"this movie can be shockingly dark" YEAH APPARENTLY

[@Karuminu2]

Hector reuniting with his mom wrecks me every time.

[@QuarterLifeJam]

That moment is one of the most touching movie moments that stick with me. In that scene you knew he never stopped loving his mom and she got herself better for him.

[@danielramos6325]

Same

[@WaffleyTime]

I love the book

[@trinaq]

Author Louis Sachar has a cameo as a man whom Sam sells onion tonic to, and has the line "My head?" Also, he initially used the name Stanley Yelnats as a placeholder, until he found something better, before realising that it fit.

[@p-__]

My farts are better than Alex's farts.

[@kamsismith]

That's interesting. It's so cool when authors make cameos in adaptations of their own work. I'm aware that there are some who direct it like Stephen King and the author of Perks of Being a Wallflower. I remember back when I was in high school, I read Native Son and the book has been adapted three times for the screen with the first being released in the early 1950s with Richard Wright, the author of the book, playing the main character. It's worth noting the movie was filmed in Argentina instead of the US due to the Jim Crow laws.

[@trinaq]

@@kamsismith Seconded, I always love spotting the author of the source material pop up, even if it's merely for a small or walk on role.

[@pi3.14etc]

​@@trinaqyeah like Alice oseman is in a brief scene in the background as a passenger on the train in heratstopper

[@taqresu5865]

​@@kamsismithChristopher Paolini once wanted a cameo where he was killed in the movie Eragon. It was inspired by time when he was online gaming and his death message coincidentally read "killed by Eragon." No joke, he actually told this story at a book signing I attended.

[@jackachu7326]

so 10:15 for all you wonderin the peaches were spiced and sealed so they should theoretically last forever and also zero drank one that wasn't sealed properly which is why he faints when climbing the mountain (this was only in the book)

[@hannahhogue1399]

my dyslexic ass read that as farts and i was so confused for a second 😆

[@anthonyrivera4607]

O, that makes a lot more sense

[@Miara7]

No he fainted because of heatstroke he was out in the desert for days with no water until Stanley found him

[@LittleDodger1316]

0:52 FOR FREE?!

[@minaashido_memechannel]

In this economy?!

[@Vr-crap]

Hell naw

[@buttonelvin]

"I can fix that." "Gus don't be a gooey chocolate chip cookie."

[@frizzlefry176]

😂

[@sofiacarrasquillo796]

under rated comment 🙏🏽

[@crazypeopleonsunday7864]

YES!!!

[@codyuntch4850]

😂 so good.

[@Syce429]

You mean last night gus

[@raptorskilltor4554]

Funfact: the author who made holes also made the wayside books

[@andrewmulert]

Those books were honestly on a different level and were just pure insanity. I loved them

[@kiralink4141]

Dude no one talks about those books and I remember them being crazy.

[@verda_renee]

Whaaaaat! I was OBSESSED with those books as a kid. 😩

[@Bloomkyaaa]

I dunno what this author was on, but they wrote some bomb ass children books. 🤣

[@nathelkaiyeepu8389]

Those books are like a fever dream unlocked. I used to love those books. “Wayside school is falling down..”

[@Kryptonsuperfan]

"There is no lake at Camp Green Lake" -- Thank you so much for quoting the book's opening line! That one line is forever seared into my memory as a turning point in how I engaged with books and stories.

[@MisonGD]

Bro I remember my friends and I had a sleepover and we watched the movie while eating popcorn at like 10PM. Such a good childhood memory

[@thoughtsofanobody]

Sigourney Weaver is fantastic in dang near every role she has ever played. My fave little factoid about this movie is that she almost didn’t do this part cause she didn’t want to be the bad guy. But her daughter (or maybe niece… I can’t remember) told her the book was awesome and that she HAD to do the part.

[@videohistory722]

The real brilliance of this is that Kate's treasure was in the Stanley name. They lost it before they ever dug the first hole.

[@tee_1999]

Please explain 😅

[@christophercathcart881]

@@tee_1999 Kate robbed the first Stanley Yelnants and took his treasure chest of stuff that he had from the bank. Kate buried that box which had the Yelnants name on it.

[@LoganTheOne27]

Holes remains that movie that intrigued my enjoyment for reptiles and poisonous snakes

[@p-__]

My farts are better than Alex's farts.

[@LoganTheOne27]

Your farts aren’t that better than Phoenix’s

[@The_Official_Goblin]

This movie has made me love reptiles so much because it kinda shows how cool lizards are, and how chill they can be aswell like literally the most venomous lizard ever and yet they are chill as fuck until you anger them EDIT: Thank you for telling me click clack, I knew there was a word for poisonous bite instead of just being poisonous, but completely forgot the word for it

[@LoganTheOne27]

I agree! Stanley and Zero were there all night chilling with them 😂

[@user-pw8zd7ns3p]

Anything that bites you and injects toxins is venomous. Anything that you bite which secretes toxins is poisonous.

[@TrishaMitchell101]

If Only, If Only Lyrics: Verse 1 (This is the part I've had memorized since a kid) if only if only the woodpecker sighs The bark on the tree was as soft as the sky As the wolf waits below, so hungry and lonely He cries to the moon, if only if only Verse 2 (I don't remember this) if only if only, the moon speaks no reply Reflecting the sun and all that's gone by Be strong my weary wolf, turn around boldly Fly high, my baby bird My angel, my only

[@The_Dwight_K_Schrute]

I remember seeing this as a kid and liking it but now realising that it was kinda crazy for a kids movie

[@p-__]

My farts are better than Alex's farts.

[@SouthernGothicYT]

"Hey doc, I broke my neck falling off the roof" "Ok, when was your last period?" bruh too accurate

[@blackdynamite_5470]

Who let You out of the shadows GothGirl? Back to the coffin in the dungeons

[@funcats1999]

the Creator Alex really did have female friends growing up because his reviews are so wonderfully not sexist or homophobic. I'll give him credit and for due dilligence but also agree the 'buttheads' era of how boys vs girls are socialized can play out one's insight into the female experience beyond one's own as a male. and many men 'raised by their mom' do not come out the same as men who valued their female friendships as humans and people they admire.

[@bloodink9508]

Which I believe is more to do with possible contraindications with medications that would potentially be prescribed. But it's still a wierd ass question.

[@I_Quit-m3d]

Is this a restart reference??

[@joebungus3447]

@@funcats1999”sexist or homophobic” grow a pair soyboy🤡

[@snowangelnc]

Not long before getting his nickname, Stanley had tried to turn in a fossil that he had found while digging. I figured that's why they went with the name Caveman. They didn't say it outright, but then again, I like it when the author leaves a few little things like that for us to figure out instead of spelling everything out for us.

[@tatianahernandez2865]

"you have to fill in the holes yourself"

[@kristoffmcd6745]

Yup. I think one of them even says "reminds me of one of them cave paintings." or something like that.

[@Miara7]

The boys also call him a Neanderthal

[@LindaFinersone]

4:46 Pickle Rick had me dying I'm pretty sure my parents think I'm crazy😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@AFAIK-l8k]

Metal greymon

[@adey126]

This is the most perfect book to movie adaptation. Practically Perfect In Every Way. “I can fix that.” When Dule did that line on Psych I lost it. So smooth.

[@okinweginwhable]

Even as a kid, I knew there was something special about Sam. Smooth, indeed!

[@War_Tigress]

Seeing Zero deck that mean guy with the shovel and proving that he could read was the pinnacle of my existence.

[@Shophiamondar2]

ALSO because I was a bookworm and so was pretty much everyone in this era, the author Louis Sachar wrote a spin off for one of the characters nicknamed Armpit. The book was called Small Steps and was the first time I read about racism in a book. Spoiler alert The character is African American and he was friends with a white girl next door who had a stuttering disability. He was a huge fan of this singer and took her to a concert where she started having a seizure and everyone claimed he had her on drugs.

[@Toffnm]

I showed this movie to my English class (13 year olds) after we'd been reading the book the other week and they LOVED IT. The different levels of storytelling in this movie makes a great base for discussion. You've got the students who are drawn in by the plot and the action, but you've also got the ones who can pick up on the metaphors and parallell plot lines and can explain how they all tie together. All in all I was pleasantly surprised by how good this movie is.

[@KieroSi]

no protests from parents over the trans character?

[@nicolecarranza2212]

“I’m tired grandpa” “Well that’s too damn bad” gets quoted in my friend group so often it’s insane also the if only song towards the end is almost always in my head to the point I kinda loosely based a dnd character around it. It’s by far one of my favorite movies, also Kissin Kate will always have my heart lungs and kidneys.

[@danielramos6325]

Same

[@chandlercarpenter9740]

10:26 my mind went “Drink cactus juice. It'll quench ya. Nothing is quenchier. It's the quenchiest!”

[@EspenE.]

It is indeed the quenchiest

[@AarizKhan-sp7le]

FRIENDLY MUSHROOM!MUSHY GIANT FRIEND!

[@danielramos6325]

Same

[@VocalFox]

Omg yesssss. I just made a comment that they’d likely be getting drunk from the fermented old juice XD

[@Tiresias55]

God damn you, that had me creased. Even more so because I can so hear Saca saying that line!!! Man, I am a nerd. And I'm cool with that.

[@NJGuy1973]

The book won the Newberry Medal, the award given for Outstanding Achievement in Traumatizing Kids With Books.

[@Taracinablue]

Lol, yes. The last one I read, upon finishing, I thought, "That was really well-written. I'm never reading it again."

[@robertawalsh2995]

Truth this. 😏

[@longiusaescius2537]

Standard Louis fare

[@Squirtle128]

Shoutout to one of the hardest lines in fiction, "Whom did God punish?"

[@raskullsshako]

I’m convinced reading hatchet and holes in 4th grade is a universal experience

[@Vïøĺeŋcê]

I didn't read hatchet in 4th and I only watched Holes in 5th but same thing ig :D

[@johngellare3507]

Over in NZ we never read Hatchet, but we both read and watched Holes. Goddamn great movie.

[@CeciliaYang-qf9ds]

I read it in 2nd, and I lived in freaking china

[@sephticus6847]

Mine were My Side of the Mountain, and A Little Princess. Not quite the same, but definitely a similar vibe. I didn't read Hatchet or Holes until fairly recently, which is a shame because even reading them as a teenager I really enjoyed them.

[@gregg7233]

Hatchet is great. So is holes, but when I was young hatchet just really resonated with me

[@llamachai]

The way Alex said FIRST IN LINE about Sigourney Weaver had me dead 😂

[@MisaelMatute76]

This was one of my favs... it's not necessarily a masterpiece, but it does all the basics correctly: 1. Characters that feel real and that you actually care for 2. Interesting A and B plotline 3. Perfect bridge between all the plotlines and therefore a happy and reasonable resolution 😀

[@trequor]

There are at least 3 distinct plotlines. And the structure of the story and how all three weave together is masterful

[@michaelwells529]

No, it is a masterpiece

[@okinweginwhable]

It's a good lesson to learn for writers. It doesn't need to be overcomplicated or break the rules to be a fantastic story. To quote RedLetterMedia: "Solid. Fuckin'. Script."

[@JettLockette]

Oh my gosh!! I remember this! when I was in school we watched this movie in class. I noticed that till this day quote “I can fix that” a lot lolz

[@zantosender3348]

Pendanski only seems nice when you're not the kids he's talking down to.

[@Olibubb]

Much more insidious than Mr. Sir

[@welldamnjackie1320]

@@Olibubbyeah at least Mr. Sir treated everyone equally bad

[@ianfinrir8724]

You knew where you stood with Mr. Sir.

[@thefanwithoutaface8105]

6:46 Stanely got the nickname Caveman cause previously he tried to get out of work by presenting the Councilors with a fossilized Fish,

[@eddygm886]

And they also called him a Neanderthal and said he should “belong on a cave, man”

[@danielramos6325]

Same here

[@adventurekitty101]

And Armpit said the fossil looked like a caveman drawing. It was a bit of background diagogue but it's there. I also believe it's also because one of the boys kept comparing Stanley to a neanderthal.

[@KingofMGS]

@@adventurekitty101yep, X-ray called Stanley a Neanderthal the moment they met in the movie

[@hannahbaldwin7248]

I ADORE this movie. I've never seen a better adaptation of a book

[@AsAnAustralian]

Nice to know I'm wasn't the only one who found it easier to be friends with girls and a young dude.

[@pepito2847]

Yeah, I too am amazed at how the Holes story manages to blend simplicity that kids will understand, with heavy adult themes

[@Aobix]

@@pepito2847 same like ATLA ig

[@Shophiamondar2]

AND one more thing, the yellow spotted lizards!!! The reason why the lady couldn’t just take off with the treasure is because they were surrounded by these yellow lizards who could kill you if they bit you. Stanley and zero had ate so many onions it acted as a detergent for the lizards. I think the kissing robber lady was also killed by one so it was symbolic, and later Stanley’s dad uses the onion idea to make his sock de-odorizer or something.

[@RoseBaggins]

It was a mix of onions and peaches, symbolizing that Kate and Sam belonged together.

[@danielramos6325]

I know right 😊

[@Haley_Halo]

This was crazy good at interweaving the stories of past and present, it also blew my mind as a kid. Don't forget the bit at the end when the father discovers that combining onions and peaches cured foot odor and then the major league player, Sweet Feet(original owner of the donated-then-stolen shoes), became spokesman for the product!

[@Haley_Halo]

Don't even try it B-O-T-S

[@Max25670]

nowadays I don't see kids stories intertwining 3 plot lines that all come together in the end. Everything is just flat out explained to you (cough, Netflix Avatar, cough).

[@Haley_Halo]

@@Max25670 I mean this is a Master-class in being insanely intricate so a lot of things couldn't measure up to that level and still be good but you're right; it makes all the modern 'Tell Don't Show' media look ridiculous. I've only seen clips of the ATLA Remake and it was painful just listening to the dialog.

[@Kratogo]

We watched this movie at school like 20 years ago and i could only remember that i was really angry at the adults at that camp 😂 It's cool to see the story again

[@nicks1451]

Best part of the movie was how the Warden was cursed to never see the treasure and even after she intercepted the treasure and later begged Stanley to get a glimpse, she still never got to see the treasure. The sweetest revenge.

[@randophanto3153]

i think you forgot about the fact that stanleys dad fixed his shoe odour problem and then collaborated with sweetfeet and they like live together now

[@alexisd6106]

They don’t live together, they were over at the house to see the new commercial together.

[@ENemy_SHpotted]

@@alexisd6106 zeros mom married sweetfeet i think

[@TwiggyHetfield27]

I still have this movie on DVD & the commentary with the cast is THE BEST! Also EARTHA KITT!!! Alex just casually passes over the fact that Madam Zeroni was played by Eartha Kitt...

[@graygreysangui]

It only came to my attention about five years ago she was the voice of Ezma from the Emperor's New Groove. The more connections I make with my favorite movies and shows has really started to shape what I pick when getting out of my comfort zone to watch something new to me. I need to see other stuff she's been in.

[@TwiggyHetfield27]

@@graygreysangui I have recommendations lol. My personal favorite was when she was Catwoman in the third season of the 1960s Batman TV show. She's also the original singer of "Santa Baby" If you're into old school British humor & like Monty Python she was in Terry Jones' Erik the Viking. As well as the movie Ernest Scared Stupid. I loved that woman.

[@kiddes4630]

I love this animation style!

[@tiffanymcdaniels5652]

My favorite line in the movie " The duck may swim in the lake, but my daddy owns the lake."😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@torilove8869]

I quote that all the time 😂

[@KyrianXVII]

Your addition to "D-I-G, what's that spell?" was hilarious

[@danielramos6325]

I know right 😂😂😂😂

[@dootdoodle569]

this is genuinely like the best story ever written honestly, every single detail that could possibly be considered ties back to everything else and every connection you make on your own feels so satisfying. this must have been a nightmare to write to make everything connect together like this

[@Gliese710_]

It’s definitely one of my favorite books, and one of my favorite Disney movies.

[@caillou4049]

Louis Sachar is a genius (he was the author of the book)

[@Nozomi94]

It's amazing, but let's not go that's far. Lol

[@Flamsleburger]

The lizard parts in this movie scared me so much when I was younger

[@trentonhamilton645]

2003 was Disney at it's finest: Holes * Finding Nemo * Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl * Brother Bear * and of course, The Haunted Mansion (The Eddie Murphy Version) 😅

[@ameliaduncan3236]

Honestly, all of the 2000's was peak Disney. Atlantis and Treasure Planet are two of my favourite movies. There's also *The Emperors New Groove, *Monsters Inc, *Lilo and Stitch, *The Incredibles, *Cars, *Ratatouille, *WALL-E, *Up, and *The Princess and the Frog. That's basically my whole childhood.

[@theredandblueyakuza]

Brother bear was beautiful, even as a child I knew I was watching art

[@isaiahedmonson5832]

@@theredandblueyakuza absolutely love brother bear 1&2

[@gazelle_diamond9768]

@@theredandblueyakuza Like... the first ten minutes, yeah. The rest was... eh.

[@thecensoredmuscle563]

Finding Nemo was not part of Disney. Disney had not bought Pixar yet.

[@ChloeCrismon]

“Finally wins the approval of the Volturi or something.” 🤣

[@notthegreatestdetective]

that was a good joke i laughed at that as well

[@masonhenderson0221]

I remember this was one of the first intricately crafted plots that I experienced as a kid. It's probably where my love of plot twists and stories where everything is connected comes from. Also, the acting in this film is phenomenal. I don't think anyone feels unnatural in their roles.

[@Fireprincess161]

"Things used to be different" Idk, I think there's always darker cartoons tackling dark subjects. I don't watch a lot of kids shows these days, but Steven Universe, Adventure time, that sort of thing, it had dark themes too.

[@bookofdust]

There’s a historical flaw in the novel, and thus the movie. The metal cylinder is a lipstick, but during the period of the historical part, lipstick did not come in those types of tubes, that was later. Lipsticks came is little pans with lids, think of Carmex that you put on with your finger. The Newbery committee didn’t catch that historical flaw and it won the medal, it could easily been disqualified if they had noticed it. It was always way beyond any of the types of books Louis Sachar had ever written and elevated his literary career overnight. It was a breakthrough novel for him.

[@IgniVellex]

It's worth noting that it was actually Zero's case that had him almost immediately sentenced to Greenlake. By the time that Stanley's case was finished and he was sent there, Zero had already been there for months.

[@IgniVellex]

@ratking7523 Not really, he just didn't explain it well. It makes perfect sense when you think about it.

[@dw1419]

In the book they explain Stanley’s trial kept getting pushed back due to the pro baseball schedule of Star prosecution witness Sweetfeet.

[@aria5981]

Makes sense. They don't say it in the movie but you figure that being arrested, then a court date don't happen all in the same day

[@YoureMyCherryOnTop143]

I remember my middle school class had us read the book to us then we would watch the movie. It’s literally one of my favorite movies that Disney had made plus it had changed a lot after rewatching the first few times in my life & plus it changed a lot looking at the movie like that. Thank you for making this

[@miahthorpatrick1013]

I remember this movie being advertised on the Disney Channel 2 decades ago. At the time I thought it was pretty cool that the kid from Even Stevens got to do a theatrically released movie. I knew back then he was going to be the next biggest thing……