John Lasseter's TERRIBLE Pixar Knock-Off...

[@DazzReviews]

What would YOU do with the premise of Luck? Cause your idea would probably work out better than this one...

[@bighand1530]

Not sure. But Sam is thicc.

[@Simbala-bq5vy]

Idk that she wins an lottery with her luck getting so much money and then gets idk punished for using her luck for her own sakes and has to give up all the money and also loosing her fake friends. Idk , I didn't came up with a better idea

[@danjohnsson3381]

Hmmn I think I would remodel it idk lol😅

[@bighand1530]

@@danjohnsson3381 Wouldn’t mind a scenario where Sam is 10 feet tall as mentioned.

[@THEDubbleHelixx]

There are so many interesting superstitions around the world. I would have liked to see a plot with a more expansive world that explores unique cultural myths rather than one that relies so superficially on common western tropes.

[@geoffreyrichards6079]

The irony is that the “mobile art style” was heavily based in Pixar’s once-distinctive style, which made computer animated characters appealing to look at. But now that everyone is imitating it, it’s not that special anymore.

[@unripetheberrby6283]

yeah! :(

[@larrymantic2635]

And now AI is tainting it.

[@gianthand8130]

I do like Sam’s built.

[@gianthand8130]

@@larrymantic2635 Ever seen the Watchman River channel?

[@coledakers6127]

0:03

[@Magic-np1ws]

Literally all they had to write was "Without bad luck, good luck wouldn't be special."

[@kasvos9292]

"When everyone is super, no one will be."

[@jacobb5484]

There were so many hints at a good theme only to be totally missed. Some bad luck can lead to stuff like community, understanding, inner strength, and later opportunity. Meanwhile, excessive good luck can lead to complacency, less empathy, and being less equipped to deal with inevitable bad luck. They should have showed the flaws with the good luck world and the best of the bad luck world. When the system breaks have the bad luck people immediately empathize and offer their support in keeping things running.

[@TheFlyingMantis]

do you think they kept saying it so often, they forgot to write it? like when you say "I can't forget my keys" and do literally everything else you needed to do before going out in the evening, only to.. forget your keys? xD

[@nita7703]

I think this movie could be improved if they just made them sisters instead of friends. It would make Sam's desperation (bc let's be honest that what it looks like) for Hazel to be adopted make a lot more sense and it would add a kindof bittersweet moment at the end

[@gregjayonnaise8314]

That actually would be a very sweet plot point. It paints Sam’s bad luck as not just wanting a better life for herself, but the only family she has in the world. And her sister getting adopted by another family would be both painfully understandably sad but also touching

[@tablescissors]

I agree. The story needs more punch and this is one place that it could’ve been improved. It’s like we needed a good editor. Unless flat was what they were going for, no real highs or lows?? Playing it too safe?

[@snipingway]

Makes more sense that she's more found family than actual family--if she was really her sister, she would just come up with a plan to be able to take guardianship over her sister. We've seen that exact dynamic in a lot of animation (Lilo & Stitch for example), so it's not a stretch. But found family, a kid she was fond of at the orphanage that's basically her little sister but not legally so, it checks out that it'd be more complicated.

[@IsomerMashups]

An adult sibling can _usually_ get guardianship of their minor sibling (as long as they can demonstrate themselves to be an adequate guardian).

[@backupschmliff1156]

Does it make a difference if they are blood related

[@caittails]

…that’s not how automatic toilets work, though. As long as you’re covering the sensor, it won’t flush. It’s so weird that the writers apparently had to completely change how toilets work for the plot to happen.

[@noriii]

OK: i got 3 ideas she did all her antics but then has a realization so she covers the censor, tries to pick up the penny but it still flushes and she’s like “WHAT?!” or just screams (and it can go to a shot of the ppl in the bathroom looking all confused, even more funny) or it can be that she picks up the penny and does a whole victory thing (forgetting she’s doing the splits between the stall walls) and falls into the toilet (maybe dropping the penny too? or it can be like oh i’m soaking in toilet water but at least i got the- PENNY??!!? and it omg i’m going on an adhd tangent i’ll spare you my insanity i’m sorry

[@Demonsta]

Isn't it? Toilets here flush when the sensor sees a change in light. If you cover the sensor, it will flush immediately. Even if it was purely motion based, reaching toward the sensor would register a movement. Sure, it won't flush again until you uncover it, but that doesn't change the fact that it flushed when you covered the sensor.

[@EricChiEric]

@@Demonsta i think they use like distance sensors

[@CoolPorygon]

​@@EricChiEric the typical toilet does not have the kind of technology in it. the "distance" detection is just looking for changes in light exposure to determine whether you walked away or not.

[@stupidbandkid741]

The premise kinda reminds me of the show Milo Murphy’s law, where the Main character has to live with everything going wrong around him

[@Mayo_Nayoo]

yeah and he has no perception off fear

[@commercialairliner]

Okay, but that show was not half bad. Also, Weird Al voiced the main character, so that's another plus.

[@Mayo_Nayoo]

@@commercialairliner true

[@ali_m_]

But the show was made by one of the guys who made Phineas and Ferb, so it's really good.

[@stupidbandkid741]

Yeah i agree @@ali_m_

[@fatcat1414]

I think immediately you can see a major problem in the animation department in the film's opening. I can think of several cartoonier ways for 'bad luck' to occur in a craft store, but the movie's portrayal is weirdly clean and restrained. Especially with the cactuses. It's like the film's afraid to be silly.

[@Gustoberg]

The rakes

[@LordCrate-du8zm]

@@GustobergI can imagine a scene where she steps on a rake, it hits her in the face, she stumbles backwards, and another rake hits her from behind causing her to stumble forward, rinse and repeat.

[@bighand1530]

Sam got cake.

[@LordCrate-du8zm]

@@bighand1530 I despise you

[@paperluigi6132]

@@LordCrate-du8zmah, the Sideshow Bob routine, eh?

[@thomas-simpson]

Cant spell lucky without the L

[@A.Pearson]

What a roast

[@SamitchTheWeirdo]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@jujufoxie.-.]

⁠OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@whamloverfr]

idk ucky seems appropriate

[@peepstinky]

@whamloverfr theyre calling the movie an L

[@TravistheDragon]

Apparently this movie’s original concept was about this war between good luck and bad luck that has been affecting the world for centuries. But John Lasseter apparently made them change the story for some reason. I only know what I heard but the former definitely sounds like a good concept to me.

[@ahhazgaming600]

the original concept is good

[@TV-8-301]

That jam spread on the bread is the most beautiful I've seen animated... they're out here making breakthroughs in animation technology for the most mediocre movies

[@ObsidianRadio]

Time stamp please. 🙂

[@Dritzger]

​​@@ObsidianRadio 7:30 , 4:15

[@BelBelle468]

Idk why but this reminds me of Yakuza 7. Where in a depressing cutscene, a guy eats a piece of bread. And I think everyone eyes popped out of their skull at how beautiful the bread looked lol

[@mamoon304]

​@@BelBelle468"that's rad"

[@MrCrazyCat62]

Tbh honest the Overwatch 2 cinematic "Reunion" has an up close shot of a character eating a piece of pie with a fork . And it just baffles me what what detail went into that small shot .

[@sparks-of-magic]

They could have so easily made the bad luck thing work by having Hazel's family have some huge bad luck event that caused them to be cancelling the appointments + let them bond with hazel over some bad event

[@estrellaanne1589]

Right exactly but instead they just leave it up in the air

[@tablescissors]

Interesting idea!

[@Ponderpine]

"Oh my gosh, I am soooo unlucky guys" Lived in the orphanage system without any other issue, except not being adopted. Gets a nice paid for apartment and given a job. Even when she fails, she is kept employed. Her "bad-luck" is mild inconveniences that she (and anyone) could easily recover from. I get it's a kids movie, but it's not really inspiring as it's trying to portray. She has too good of a life, and many opportunities. Just made me feel annoyed the whole time. Like, "Oh your life is soooo terrible, oh what a shame for you. Your luck is just horrible isn't it?"

[@ursidae97]

She talks like she's Violet Baudelaire

[@laurentcathery273]

To be fair, i went into this movie exepting this exact kind of display of "bad luck", not only because it is a children movie but also because i feel like itd be, to some extent, offensive to call horrible situations "bad luck". Like if someone i know just got abused and kicked out, rendering them homeless, im not gonna think "oh such bad luck" nor will i say "youre really unlucky". Similarly, if someone told me that, id probably reply "thats what you have to say about this?!" Idk i wouldnt say its bad luck to be oppressed or come across someone that abuses you, i feel id categorise it as victimhood instead? Like something/someone caused the bad thing to happen. Meanwhile bad luck is just bad luck, it just happens on its own

[@WobblesandBean]

I get the feeling they're trying to pander to privileged kids who still think they're victims because of said aforementioned mild inconveniences.

[@Stelthily]

@@ursidae97Maybe that’s why she’s an orphan🧐

[@HeilRay]

Genz/Alpha users​@@WobblesandBean

[@inksplat1527]

I think my biggest gripe with this movie has always been how bland the main character’s design is. There are some really fun and unique designs in this movie, like Jeff the unicorn for example, but they seemed so afraid to make Sam look bad that they instead made her forgettable. You would think for a character who ONLY has bad luck she would have a few scrapes here and there that a bandage could cover up or some rips in her clothes, if not going all in with a wild “bad” haircut or something… idk it’s just a major missed opportunity to not add any story elements to her design :/

[@HeilRay]

Wish it was about the dragon or Unicorn.

[@jellynut5903]

True, the design of the main character is very generic, I think the creators were afraid she wasn't gonna look "pretty and marketable." She has the generic typical female pixar protag big eyes, small nose, and small mouth design. To top it off, her outfit is also bland. I think they should've took risks for her design.

[@tablescissors]

OOH, bad haircut is a hilarious and memorable idea or like cowlicks she can NEVER tame, but when her balance is right, they finally settle down (except maybe one). 👍🏿

[@Ukiby3000]

Hard agree, I love the Unicorn's design, and also the Dragon Boss! Then the protagonist is so bland?

[@bria8481]

One thing that also bugs me is that Sam is suppose to be freshly 18, but she looks 25. I feel like they could have earned so much more sympathy if they showed just how young so she is. Like her living on her own in a free apartment and having a job is way more sad if she looks like a teenager rather than some twenty year old.

[@Kawamagi]

i quite like the animation on the cat though, looks really nice, especially when he sniffs at the panini and his nose scrunches up. very life-like

[@purupupup]

yes, he is kind of cute

[@Yosh-00]

Wow that second half had no direction AT ALL, that was pure chaos

[@theyakkomanguy7522]

The irony of this being made (Well produced but still) by John Lasseter who made GREAT films for Pixar is baffling.

[@TeruteruBozusama]

Really shows how important the whole team is..!

[@venomousbunny9875]

Makes you wonder if he's the genius everyone thinks he is or if he's just been piggybacking off all the women in the company.

[@INTERNECION101]

Specifically the women huh? Nobody else in the studio but the women huh? Sorry I just need hella elaboration

[@MatecaCorp]

@@INTERNECION101 turns out that when someone gets exposed for committing crimes against women people get the idea that said person doesn’t respect women

[@theyakkomanguy7522]

@@venomousbunny9875 If it was just John piggybacking off all the women within the company, I wouldn't be surprised.

[@nanopanda]

Dazz when you reached the halfway mark iwas legit disoriented this movie felt like it was almost over

[@ALEXACEDEATH]

The studio I interned at during my last college year (Illion animation) was one of the teams that was working on this film. When we were working there the story was very different, it actually had a Spy vs Spy mixed with Despicable Me vibe. My internship only lasted a few months, but from what I saw, I was surprised on how little of if actually ended up in the movie.

[@tablescissors]

Shit, that sounds way better!

[@Pandemonioxo]

How so? Could you share anymore because that sounds so cool!!!

[@Twiddle_things]

This movie was so all over the place. Just watching this review hurt my neck from how it kept getting snapped back and forth. Luck, orphanages, retail, dimensions, cats, leprechauns, coins, wtf?

[@calebproductions1264]

And a business dragon woman.

[@cosmicevo]

“Bob is such a nothing name, it’s like a placeholder”. Uh…isn’t your favourite movie The Incredibles?

[@eliben4066]

Tbf, Mr Incredible’s secret identity having a generic nobody name fits thematically

[@zach8299]

@@eliben4066like his last name was Parr. Like the word par, meaning average.

[@awsomedude23456]

But that’s kinda the point, he has a basic average name

[@LukeMaps]

In a deleted scene on The Incredibles DVD, they call him "Bob Smith". Then Syndrome laughs at how generic Mr. Incredible made his secret identity.

[@chocov1233]

​@@zach8299Beat me to it.

[@Finn-r1x]

11:38 Im irish these fuckers ARENT luck based at all. In fact they are shoe makers for elves

[@WobblesandBean]

Not to mention they gave a Scottish accent to an Irish character 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@basementdwellercosplay]

A lot of fairies are tricksters in a lot of old stories, they'd fit more likely in the bad luck since they'd be prosperously wanting to give you bad luck

[@awesomeocelot7475]

Since he was in this movie I feel it’s relevant. John Ratzenburger needs to be in Pixar movies again…

[@bighand1530]

Been a while

[@theyakkomanguy7522]

He's going to be in Inside Out 2.

[@awesomeocelot7475]

@@theyakkomanguy7522 is that confirmed?

[@theyakkomanguy7522]

@@awesomeocelot7475 Yep. He's playing Fritz.

[@hunterolaughlin]

I miss John Ratzenberger at Pixar honestly. The films after Onward just feel awkward without him. It’s like if the MCU had a film without a Stan Lee cameo while Stan was still alive. This is honestly the John we NEED back at Pixar, not John Lasseter.

[@vulpesdecinere972]

That Up reference knocked the wind out of me Holy shit.

[@roseangel1111]

Same omg 😢

[@cristellalowell6987]

I hate that he used it for a joke/gag. It's not funny and it was completely uncalled for and inappropriate.

[@buttersofi]

@@cristellalowell6987 it's ok buddy, comedy was not meant for everybody

[@kaydwessie296]

I could tell just by the trailer that this would be another "Cool Concept, Wasted Potential"

[@chasehedges6775]

💯💯. Sounds about right

[@bendy_bone]

As someone with a lot of experience with automatic toilets, she could have removed her jacket and covered the sensor then it wouldn’t go off

[@ArtzyZero]

I was thinking she could also just duck down beside the toilet and reach up and around, so she'd be below the sensor. It really didn't seem that difficult even with bad luck. XD

[@spacekitty6568]

@@ArtzyZero yeah the mc in this movie was just dumb and clumsy tbh, even without the bad luck

[@coronelkittycannon]

The ending made no sense. I thought it would be about not being able to have good luck without bad luck, always getting both at random, and having to deal with that as you go. Like if you remove bad luck you also remove good luck, because they are different sides of the same coin; but apparently you can just delete bad luck. Huh? Also, that Up clip was evil.

[@kyrroti]

Two sides of the same coin works so well with the mirrored world and the pennies. Discuss how random events aren’t always black and white. I wish there was more of that

[@kristinahuchison2511]

Same. I kinda wish it would’ve gone into the similar Yin Yang theory, about opposing forces existing harmoniously. I kinda get the movie’s point that bad luck does have its advantages sometimes, but the movie just felt so focused on saying bad luck is straight up evil, not something EVERYONE has to deal with on a daily basis, no matter how small. Good luck can easily be finding happiness in the smallest things, like being happy to be alive or just taking a walk and enjoying nature, knowing not everyone gets to experience those things so many people take for granted. The fact Sam has a job and is able to afford her own apartment without any debts or even risk getting fired because of her mistakes at work is honestly lucky, considering how many people get laid off for no reason even if they’re excellent at their jobs. Like if good luck was the only thing to exist, we wouldn’t be able to grow as people. As the saying goes, sometimes bad things happen for a reason. Yeah its never good when something bad happens, but more often than not its an experience to help you grow into a better person. Think of how many people who are born into wealthy families or don’t have financial issues tend to become terrible people because they’re so used to being in control.

[@menaatefadly]

I love how they never addressed why bad luck is good and as important as good luck I mean a balance between both is vital for a good life because if one doesn't have bad luck, everything would be easy and meaningless and when unavoidable doom strikes, one would be too weak from the lack of adversity that makes one stronger through experience and strong will

[@HeilRay]

If everything is good luck then none of it is. Kinda like yin yang parallels

[@Mngalahad]

that sounds like what megamind says at the end of the last action scene. like when you fail frequently, you learn from your mistakes.

[@liqu8fish]

That's like the plot of ff14 endwalker

[@menaatefadly]

@@Mngalahad well I'm honored if you're talking about the real Megamind

[@menaatefadly]

@@liqu8fish huh.. cool

[@MetallicMonkey]

They name it 'Lucky' because it was a gamble for money

[@pwr4]

OOOOOOO

[@ghhn4505]

Okay to be fair, the cats, pigs, rabbits and dragons are associated with luck in different places. They even establish that at the beginning. Lucky Cats don't really have a breed, rabbits feet, I believe depending on the year Pigs and Dragons can be associated with luck in China, etc.

[@Nekoszowa]

For "lucky cats", in Japan at least, you have three or four variants(so not breeds) and each and every one of them relates to different luck. Like calico, tabby and black

[@rebeccahicks2392]

yeah, I'm surprised he didn't pick up on that.

[@JesusWillRescue]

Pigs are also associated with good luck during Sylvester here in Germany, but not generally considered as such. Just show up a lot with four leaf clovers as decoration or chocolates

[@stagelinedpro]

This movie is so uninteresting it kind of hurts.

[@azel7056]

12:31 Hahahaha Believe it or not, But “Bob” is actually one of the most common Scottish names, Even My Granddad Who's a Scotsman Is named Bob, hahahah it grows on ya.

[@Wendy_O._Koopa]

Is nobody else weirded out by the fact that he's Scottish, rather than Irish? Like, "Luck 'o the Irish" be a particularly big plot point, I'm fairly certain... maybe Square Enix threatened to sue, due to similarities to Cait Sìth.

[@azel7056]

@@Wendy_O._KoopaNo Clue Lad, But a Fun fact my Granddad actually told me before, in Scotland Hahah Funny enough but Black cats are actually considered to be a sign of “Good Luck” Rather than bad, Specifically if one is at your doorstep, Then your considered lucky.

[@joel784]

Doesn't really mean that "Bob" is scottish tho

[@Leviachan-]

I guess that's where Bob's your uncle comes from

[@temenochi6443]

they explained why he is pretending to be Scottish, cause its only in Scotland that black cats are considered lucky in that way, not Ireland @@Wendy_O._Koopa

[@ToastLord42]

This film looks like if you asked an ai to make a poster for a pixar movie but then asked it to actually make the movie

[@writerchick4eva]

12:55 to be entirely fair, there are numerous different legends surrounding all kinds of different cats. Seeing a one-eyed cat can be considered good luck, as can dreaming of a white cat- calicos are also considered lucky in a variety of different cultures. With so much overlap and just cat-lore in general, I'm willing to give them a free pass of just kinda throwing all cats in under the good luck umbrella, since its really only black cats status of lucky or unlucky that is disputed around the world.

[@drew_ytp]

12:39 Mike Wazowski is ironically called Bob Razowski in french 😭

[@eridonstewart9973]

I feel like every character is a rip off from a slightly different art style from a bunch of different movies. No two look like they’re in the same world.

[@MoonPhantom]

I did think the movie had potential, it started really strong AND with a really strong concept I was interested in. A child who grew up in an orphanage now turning 18 and is legit just left all alone in an apartment with no family or support network at all because she just aged out... that made me go. "hang on... This is interesting... This is REALLY interesting and gut wrenching too. This is UP levels of messed up... I am really really interested in where you're going to go with this." And then it feels like that entire plot point is just dropped and it doesn't really matter for the rest of the movie and it's just like... Oh... Okay... That was so interesting and I was excited about what you were gonna do with that... Nothing then... Okay.... Cool... You could have done more with how this relates to the Cat and he was left alone and developed a hands off personality because of it, or met other people in similar situations who all handled it different, and let it be the emotional core of the movie as they find together in found family or... No? ... Okay then.

[@Chloe_thefoxstudios]

I've always said this since it came out, I wanted to see her like make a found family of college friends, take on tasks that come with growing up and aging out. Basically more slice of life ish

[@MoonPhantom]

@@Chloe_thefoxstudios You know what just occurred to me... It actually would have been nice if the main character was a little bit more selfish. Normally I am pretty tired of these selfish angry characters that Hollywood is always producing. But think about it, this time... In this case... This poor girl has been up for adoption for about a hundred times, and every time not only wasn't she adopted, the potential parents didn't even show at all. Imagine how emotionally SCARRING that has to be. Here's this girl, keeping an upbeat attitude, doing everything right, probably working hard at school, and at exams always pulling the one question she didn't prepare for. She has done nothing wrong, and yet for some reason, the world itself seems to be set against her, because bad luck is just attracted to her. I could see her breaking down and yelling. "It's not fair! How is this fair?! I work hard, I clean up, I am always nice. And the world itself is engineered against me." And heck, if she was chasing the Lucky Penny for HERSELF. Would actually make a whole lot of sense, that she wants it because she lived her entire life being covered in bad luck for no reason, isn't it only fair she should be allowed to be lucky? And I could even see her trying to break the luck machine on purpose because in HER mind it would be a natural conclusion that it just isn't fair that some people are lucky without having earned it, and other people are unlucky without having done anything to deserve it. And then HER big character moment has to be the realization that all of these creatures shouldn't be punished for what isn't their fault either, heck MEETING the bad luck monsters could be the big turning point where she see how they live and how they turn it around and laugh at it, getting through it in a way she hasn't figured yet. And there are ways to turn bad luck into good luck, and there are unlucky things that happened to her that is turned into good luck things she doesn't want to be without. And she rises and fixes it. That... Could have been a very great movie, she could have been a very interesting character. But she's kind of nothing, sadly. I like that she's so nice and likeable, I want more characters like that back in entertainment, but this one time... It might have been better if she wasn't.

[@Chloe_thefoxstudios]

@MoonPhantom I completely agree, I was telling myself how this movie basically implies she wasn't adopted bc of bad luck, then tries to say the person literally screwed in life for no reason would advocate for it when it's literally been shown to screw with her life 24/7 poor girl is 18 and rides a bike I don't even wanna know how many times she tried to drive before she just couldn't. The movie kinda made me feel hopeless, like yes Sam is bland buti still kinda felt because all I could think was "so she just has to live her life with things constantly being hard for literally no reason and we're not gonna say why? At the least!?"

[@MoonPhantom]

@@Chloe_thefoxstudios Lmao, I couldn't help laugh at your bike comment. I know this must because you're American and America is not built for bikes. But I'm Danish, am 34, have never owned a car, and bike to work to this very day. Then when I go to other cities I take the train and even take my bike with me on the train. This is just a big cultural difference and a big difference in how our countries are built. It was just funny to me lol. But yeah it brings up a good question, this poor girl can't go swim without probably being in life danger, having her breakfast ruined, and probably can never have her bed sheet fit probably. And it's all for no reason at all, it is literally the world itself working against her.... She's one of the few characters that if she WAS angry and bitter and tried to destroy the luck place I... I wouldn't blame her one bit. And it would be very interesting to see the luck creatures trying to excuse this.

[@Mayo_Nayoo]

“Have you ever tried grilled cheese?” Beautiful

[@bighand1530]

Lol

[@Mayo_Nayoo]

@@bighand1530 best line in the movie

[@bighand1530]

@@Mayo_Nayoo Nice

[@JohnDoe-jc5kt]

Indeed, cats aren't meant to eat bread. To my knowledge, they have some form of gluten intolerance. Now, with mine (they're 15) they can have a teeny tiny nibblet of my toast here and there without issues. But, they may also be more conditioned for such snacks after 15 years lol.

[@mjg-98]

My cat is 18 and she definitely eats some bread from time to time lol, she always has. She will be on the floor eating the crumbs as you eat like a dog 😭 she has definitely conditioned herself over time lol My cat says hi to yours!

[@JohnDoe-jc5kt]

@@mjg-98 Awww. Silly cats, mine yawned in return haha.

[@caittails]

My cat loooooves bread. We have to have a lock on our pantry because he figured out how to open the door and would rip open the bag to get at it. He absolutely loves carbs, lol.

[@WobblesandBean]

​@@caittails Never underestimate the will of pets to want to get into things that can kill them 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@JohnDoe-jc5kt]

@@caittails My cat did that too. My snack shelf in my closet is no moorreee😭

[@shiethegal]

It's striking to me how visually bland Luck is. We're kind of in a 3D animation renaissance, with things like the Spiderverse movies, Puss in Boots 2, and hell say what you want about Elemental as a story, but the visual effects in that movie are stunning. By comparison, Luck looks like a very generic Pixar film, which isn't good since it's NOT a Pixar film. Skydance, as of right now, lacks its own identity as a studio. Hopefully this is a case where they eventually grow into their own identity after a couple of releases, but if Skydance continues to put out generic movies like this, especially if Lasseter is just resting on their laurels, then they're going to struggle to compete not only within the industry, but within the public consciousness.

[@BelBelle468]

Also, while Wish wasn’t good, we can give props to the art style. It’s good an interesting look. Luck doesn’t.

[@traviscunningham7062]

I guess Lassenters retirement has made Pixar be a lot more experimental with their movies.

[@alchemy5750]

@@BelBelle468Honestly I still disagree with that, the entirety of Wish looked AI generated to me ngl

[@shiethegal]

@@alchemy5750 If you think WISH looks AI generated, you haven't seen much AI content. AI generated "animation" is actual garbage, WISH is at least passable.

[@NachoCheeseDorito-Kun]

​@@shiethegal Wish doesn't really look A.I. generated. It looks like an unfonished render.

[@smaakjeks]

In Scandinavia, pigs are associated with luck in linguistics. One might call a lucky person a "lucky pig" (heldiggris). I guess the other animals are also included for that? That's kind of neat, I guess.

[@jvdos]

11:40 WOAH that A113 is REALLY pushing it...

[@QueSeraSeraaaa]

That A113 joke get old so quickly.. It was funny in Toy Story, but now.. it's forced to stay.. "revelant" i guess?

[@thelordz33]

@@QueSeraSeraaaa pretty sure it was never meant as a joke. It's a reference to a classroom a lot of the animators learned in.

[@QueSeraSeraaaa]

@@thelordz33 well, it's something i have seen in a lot of movies. It was funny at first, even seeing the Pizza Planet car as well. But throwing those references everywhere? It get annoying..

[@S-Video]

The Brave Little Toaster

[@helpfulplaylists3933]

​@@QueSeraSeraaaaIt's meant to be a fun Easter egg for Pixar fans of the movies as well as to the Pixar employees that went to that classroom in calarts.

[@jefferyjones8399]

This is the equivalent of "We have Pixar at home"

[@AmberMetallicScorpion]

the bad luck message could have been that "without bad luck and challenge, good luck gets taken for granted"

[@Leviachan-]

Kinda feels like when doctor strange tells Spiderman that he has to suffer to balance out the universe

[@awesomej1107]

I feel a huge problem with this film is that not only is the world feel underdeveloped, but it’s incredibly boring to look at, there’s not anything cool or unique here, everything looks incredibly generic and feels like a hodgepodge of Inside Out and Zootopia without any cleverness.

[@shiethegal]

People be calling Sam a baddie when the Dragon CEO is _RIGHT THERE._

[@bighand1530]

Can`t say the comments are entirely off.

[@SHAMURASBLOOD]

the dragon objectively has the best character design and you can’t tell me otherwise

[@gaothhermesk1289]

​@@SHAMURASBLOOD well, looks like a mixture between a Barbie animated film design with multiple devianart works, butlet say the design was worth witnessing :p

[@sootekken]

@@SHAMURASBLOODI love how she has three sets of legs it’s well animated too so nice to look at

[@SHAMURASBLOOD]

@@sootekken same!! i've shockingly never seen a dragon design like that. it lets her use arms like a human but also walk like a dragon

[@brandiarmstrong2902]

I actually saw Luck with my mom, on streaming, when we were both sick. I thought it was cute, and the "foster child/orphan who never gets adopted because she's not Lucky" got me tearing up, because I'm actually an adoptee. I know it seems silly, but we were both sick, and I was already feeling really rough.

[@CinnamonGrrlErin1]

This is what happens when you try to rush out a project instead of making sure you have a solid foundation. I am excited about the upcoming Jack and the Beanstalk one though, because that concept goes back quite aways with Lasseter, so I expect it will be rounded out a lot more.

[@gianthand8130]

I wanna see that as well

[@ruthie8785]

The reason for the uncomfortable sexual stuff is that this is a John Lasseter project.

[@jommisalami]

Me: Can I watch Sam And Cat? Mom: We have Sam And Cat at home. *Sam And Cat at home:*

[@jackislegitterrified3689]

"The socks don't match. Yeah, sure. That's really impressive bad luck there." Hey, I'll let you know that having odd socks is extremely irritating.

[@WobblesandBean]

Why? I kinda like having mismatched socks.

[@jackislegitterrified3689]

@@WobblesandBean ...You monster

[@mjserrano32]

when I have mismatched socks, I sigh dramatically and go to whatever my destination is. I hate mismatched socks.

[@jackislegitterrified3689]

@@mjserrano32 You and me both

[@mjserrano32]

@@jackislegitterrified3689 alliance

[@MatecaCorp]

As always, it’s never a case of the boss being the true innovator. Without a strong team driving the project you get stuff like this.

[@j.nicolosi6647]

Ah but in a movie, that boss would be the director… who was not John Lasseter.

[@Countryballs_Animation_Studios]

Look at the credits: Directed by Peggy Holmes Screenplay by Kiel Murray Story by Jonathan Aibel Glenn Berger Kiel Murray Produced by John Lasseter (Here he is) David Ellison Dana Goldberg David Eisenmann many other people had a major influence on the story of the film, so don't blame john for everything, I am sure if he directed it, it would have been better

[@xVMouseVx]

jokes on you because a lot his team followed him to skydance

[@joel784]

​@@xVMouseVx If that's the case then it's basically the same level of quality as dreamworks movies It's either a really big hit or absolute shit

[@madmouse1016]

Omfg that cut to Ellie finding out she can't have children really got me 😂😭

[@scrubadubdubdub]

I feel like the message "you can't appreciate the good luck without the bad luck" would have been better than "bad luck is good too". I mean I think bad luck being good is for when your enemies or bad people get their justice, IE being found out and getting their karma. Now would that be good luck, or bad luck, or just neutral?

[@atsukana1704]

Hey you know what series handled bad luck really well? Murphy’s law. Things got so crazy that half the time random things were appearing out of the ether seemingly just to make things worse. That was a good show

[@residentevilfan543]

The animation is gorgeous, so is the physics on the clothing and hair, i can understand the mobile ad thing but thats more the mobile ads trying to emulate pixar films than the other way around, this film had some serious animation talent

[@robinfox4440]

Gen X animators making movies "for the kids" with "influencers" in them is just.... ugh. Please stop.

[@spaceboyctstudios2934]

Are we not gonna mention how this is also the 4th film animated by Ilion Animation Studios, since they also did "Planet 51", "Mortadelo & Filemon: Mission Implausible", and "Wonder Park"?

[@bighand1530]

Now they are doing Gigantic instead of Disney.

[@A.Pearson]

Omg I used to watch planet 51

[@spaceboyctstudios2934]

@@bighand1530 That's correct. They'll also doing an adaptation of a book called "Dragonkeepr", as well as "Spellbound" (made by the same director who also directed "Shrek"), "Pookoo" (made by the same director who also directed "Tangled"), and even "Ray Gunn" (made by the same director who also directed "The Iron Giant", "The Incredibles" (even its sequel), and "Ratatouille").

[@spaceboyctstudios2934]

@@bighand1530 Oh, and by the way: "Spellbound" is featuring John Lithgow, who played Lord Farquaad from "Shrek" and Don Whitaker from "Daddy's Home 2", as well as Nathan Lane ("The Lion King", "Teacher's Pet", "Nutcracker in 3D", "Astro Boy (2009)") and Jordan Fisher ("Turning Red" and "She-ara and the Princess of Power").

[@bighand1530]

@@spaceboyctstudios2934 Curious to see with Gigantic(assuming it doesn’t fall into the same boat as Disney’s Gigantic)on how it will be like compared to the one Disney had in mind.

[@spoookley]

placing the bad luck stone in the machine followed by that one scene from up really slapped me across the face

[@what1fun1v3rs3]

bob the cat is actually a runescape character

[@cookiehatkingdom]

They're telling us that Sam is very unlucky. I agree, it's extremely unlucky to have half the internet simping over you.

[@coyotix]

Talking animals don't catch me off guard anymore, but the cat being Scottish made me spit out my drink

[@ghostreyn]

I thought the one time i saw an ad for this movie was just a fever dream.

[@pixart_king]

20:07 Those goblins are ripped straight from Clash of Clans.

[@eeveeofalltrades4780]

It's a clip from a Clash of Clans video, not from the movie.

[@ahsabkhan1422]

……

[@pixart_king]

@@eeveeofalltrades4780 ah.. guess that explains it

[@cosmicfails2053]

ironically enough, at least it was a better film than wish

[@dreamguardian8320]

True.

[@evilinterpol]

The first mistake was adding a human protagonist. Make the protagonist a goblin from the upside down coming up to explore. Fixed your premise John

[@blancaaracelisosa5554]

Even if someone rips off Pixar they will never copy the charm.

[@bighand1530]

Even Pixar is not the same as it used to be to be.

[@nicestoriesnottherealstori3006]

Except they are doing it with some of the people and the controversial studio head that defined Pixar Golden Age

[@bjornskivids]

@@nicestoriesnottherealstori3006And they still can't pull it off again

[@complex2live]

​@bighand1530 true, but at the same time it should be established that it's not really their fault. I think Dazz might have said this or some other comments said this, but many studios are copying that Pixar style. And there is a certain amount of concepts that can actually be formed into ideas. Plus, Pixar is getting more people with tramua issues/heritage stories and etc. to create some movies of their own, and putting a unique animated spin on it, can make a great film. Sorry if this gets a bit controversial, but one of my new favorites they have made was Elemental. Did the marketing suck? Of course it did, you can't convince me otherwise. But the actual movie in my opinion was great. I like how real it seemed for an immigrant story, and making the elements of nature characters was actually pretty interesting, and Wade was probably the first fictional character, emotional wise, that I actually saw myself in. That of course is an opinion more than anything though.

[@HeilRay]

Especially Pixar since their magic faded years ago.

[@Monochrome2004]

21:25 i dont know how to explain it but this one specific dance move makes me irrationally angry everytime i see it

[@min0uet]

it's bc they barely even move. The feet aren't parted for at least some kind of interesting stance, and the movements are slow and halfhearted instead of actually putting their energy into it. Which is, you know, what makes dances look good. If the animation was a little more snappy and energetic, and she was moving her feet, it'd look fine.

[@cosmickoffee]

It's like that Grubhub commercial

[@ECKohns]

Anyone looking forward to Skydance’s next film? It’s called Spellbound. Directed by Vicky Jenson (co-Director of Shrek) and co-produced by Lasseter. It’s gonna be a musical too, with Music by Alan Menken lyrics by Glen Slater (they both did Tangled, along with several other works). It’s coming out sometime this year. Gonna have voice work of Rachel Zeglar, Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem.

[@caittails]

You had me at Alan Menken! THE composer of the Disney Renaissance?? At least we know they can’t screw up the music.

[@WobblesandBean]

​@@caittails Not so fast. Alan Menken also is the one responsible for butchering the "updated" live action Little Mermaid.

[@Beauty_Bot]

@@WobblesandBean Also Lasseter is a known sexual harasser? Why are we celebrating this dude's creations, especially when it's clear that outside of Pixar, he can't make a good animated film to save his life? Lucky is a fucking mess and so is he.

[@foreverpainful]

Bob Lasseter thinks hes disney 💀 not the A113 reference ahhhhhh

[@ruleofoz2207]

12:37 Funny enough, Mike Wazowski's name in french is Bob.

[@JamesJimmaHarding]

I feel like ever since "Rumble", we've entered this era of throwaway animated movies being dumped onto streaming platforms without any warning or marketing attached to them (and despite them having interesting concepts and/source material, we keep getting the same crappy kids movies with predictable plots, formulaic writing, archetypal characters, lame humour, "nostalgic" pop culture references, and boring messages for the kids)

[@Anthonycheesman2024]

All the people saying Pixar hasn’t been the same since he left need to watch this movie lol.

[@Superluigi881]

At best you're comparing two turds. Just because this is bad doesn't mean Pixar doesn't suck now too.

[@EmperorDxD]

​@@Superluigi881they don't suck

[@Superluigi881]

@@EmperorDxD Everything starting 2018 has been mid to bad. Except maybe Soul. Can't comment on that one haven't seen it.

[@EmperorDxD]

@@Superluigi881 majority was really good Turning red was great Luca Onward was my favourite I ALSO liked elemental The only one you could say is bad is Lightyear

[@helpfulplaylists3933]

​@@Superluigi881Soul is one of the best modern Pixar movies.

[@SStudiosCO]

The fact that there’s an A113 reference in this too just adds onto the fact that it was a scrapped Pixar idea

[@starsINSPACE]

This movie reminds me of the Warner Animation film Storks (2016). The main character is an pseduo orphan girl Tulip who had some bad luck when a stork tried to deliver her to her family, so now she works for the Stork delivery service, which has become a corporate nightmare. In the story, Tulip almost losing her job at the stork company plays into the theme of an orphan "aging out" of the system. I think the stork delivery company setting vs the lucky factory setting are similar in some ways. Tulip has an animal co-lead and together they help a baby girl find her family. I would definitely re-watch Storks rather than watch this movie.

[@vjpearce]

38:16 I think a better reason why you need a bad luck and good luck crystal in the machine, is that you can't have good luck without bad luck. They have a similar thing in The Flight of Dragons. Good magic wouldn't work, without the contrast of evil.

[@ellendonald9625]

32:52 given how many non scottish actors have done terrible scottish accents in movies, I think this works

[@WobblesandBean]

Leprechauns. Aren't. Scottish.

[@GeographyB-um1cs]

@@WobblesandBeanas a Scot this confused me

[@CYB3Redux]

not even halfway through the video and im going "what the fuck is going on!?"

[@osteohiveporosis6882]

THAT UP JOKE WAS WILD💀💀

[@cake_0078]

FINALLY, my favourite British guy posted a video

[@forsetimaster0689]

Apparently, the premise of the film was way cooler early on in development than it is now. The idea was more akin to a secret-agent espionage story with agents of Good and Bad Luck fighting it out. Such a shame they dulled it down for the final product, since the film is so forgettable in its current state.

[@Maddin1313]

The amount of purple and green in this movie got me overdosed on daily doses, and the dragon lady CEO got me actin' unwise.

[@Ayacaracal]

"I have a feeling cats aren't meant to eat bread" My cat Felidae is obsessed with it and steals it when she can lol.

[@viddergrapho8488]

My cats have destroyed sooo many loaves by biting into the bag and tearing off a quarter size piece, and I don't notice until it's dried out. It's always the expensive dinner rolls, too.😤😤😤

[@FlamespeedyAMV]

Modern Pixar is a knock-off of itself

[@Peepeestorm]

Underrated comment

[@TonyPratt-pw3yt]

Couldn’t have said it any better😅😂

[@Superluigi881]

I have this level of luck. Entire days of my life belong on r/mildly infuriating. Except that time my parents broke up and that I learned that my "friend group" secretly hated me. Twice. A little more than mildly infuriating there.

[@WillDaBeard]

The world of luck looks like a giant Apple store

[@BR-jw7pm]

I don't know if it's just me but I've never been a fan of unlucky CHRs cuz it's usually just everything goes wrong for someone that doesn't deserve it thru no fault of their own. The only one I think was done right was Milo from Milo Murphy's Law cuz nothing bad ever truly happened to him and he's upbeat.

[@bighand1530]

Not familiar with that

[@Mayo_Nayoo]

he's also a bit brain dead but yeah

[@BR-jw7pm]

@@Mayo_Nayoo who's brain dead? You mean Milo?

[@BR-jw7pm]

​@@bighand1530 you know, a character where everything goes wrong for them, bad things happen to them, etc just because when they didn't do anything to deserve it. My go to example is Squidward: in GOOD episodes, (usually) bad things happen either because it's his own fault and/or he's a jerk whereas in BAD episodes he suffers repeatedly because watching someone else's misery is somehow funny.

[@Mayo_Nayoo]

@@BR-jw7pm just a little yeah i mean having no fear is good but bro almost died several times

[@Altronn]

From what i understand this movie was already in development when Lassiter joined up. He did his best to make it better but it came out bad anyway. Here's hoping his first full movie is good

[@Beauty_Bot]

Or he just made it worse. We don't know.

[@tarotsushima3332]

The concept of this movie was actually drastically different with good and bad luck being depicted as opposing forces in an espionage film, only for Lasseter to do his usual and throw everything but the basic keywords of a script to the cutting room floor for a safer, blander movie overall

[@Mechsrule1]

a black cat named Bob... someone liked Runescape

[@stardoogalaxie9314]

I really like that this movie kinda tried touching on different aspects of luck across different cultures! Because different types of cats are really lucky and Dragons are especially lucky and pigs too! I just wish that there was more of that type consideration in the design of the luck-realm. Like, with lucky colors and such!

[@CarrieTooTired]

Okay but if they had a scottish actor to play bob the english plot twist would've been kinda funny

[@meganhash7840]

I'm a HUUUUGE fan of the actress who plays Sam, Eva Noblezada, and I hope that this isn't what she's known for because she's so talented and deserves so much better. Listen to her on the Hadestown OBC, watch her in the Miss Saigon proshot, watch the movie Yellow Rose, I swear she's so insanely talented. She actually just started previews as Daisy in the Broadway transfer of the new Gatsby musical!

[@brukehintsa2207]

John only arrived during the middle of the film’s production. He and the crew didn’t have enough time to make the film better due to the original director leaving due to creative differences.

[@piperformerlycassette]

"Bob" feels like a mitch hedberg reference, speficially the 13th floor jokes off the second CD.

[@Mr.Crainfly]

The UP reference killed me 😂

[@bravelittleroomba]

Even Pixar's early movies like Bugs Life, Monsters Inc. and the Incredibles did a much better job creating convincing, vibrant and lived-in looking worlds, using their very limited technology of that time, than this movie does now, despite the fact that it has far more computing and programming power at hand. This movie's animation style is one of the blandest most sterile-looking things I've seen in animation. It has nothing to do with a lack of budget and everything to do with a lack of creative passion.

[@VeniiOpal]

The unicorn is the epitome of "ooh i'm a little German boy ohhohoho" **read with German accent**

[@ambbf1983]

Correction: "is a John Lasseter thing" no is not. He wasn't involved in the production from the start, when he came to work for Skydance this movie was already halfway into production. Source? I have friends that works at Skydance. Dude if you do a video like this at least do your homework into the basic things you say here... I'm not trying to defend him for the terrible things he did, but you can't spread wrong information and say that it is all his fault this movie sucks. Skydance acquired a spanish studio and made it into Skydance Spain, it was NOT founded by Lasseter, what are you saying... My friends were already in the studio and he wasn't part of it yet, they literally had a huge meeting introducing him to the people, and was a ugly one too. They took advantage of Lasseter's demise to bring him in and try to make their animation division as big as possible. Many people left in protest, including directors and a lot of storyboard artists when he was presented to the crew. But this movie itself is not his creature, it was already going on before he came in. Skydance is now working on a lot of other projects, this one was small budget and kinda the worse one they had. Not sure how the rest will be, but yeah your title and your premise are kinda misleading. Dude I work in animation, this is not the first time I see one of your videos and it is filled with wrong information, you can't keep spreading fake news.

You deserve thousands of likes 🙏

[@Wired4Life2]

Same goes for referencing “the terrible things” John Lasseter did, since all those seemed to disappear the most he got ousted from Disney.

[@ravenm6443]

I’m not saying it’s not possible for allegations to disappear but for what reason do you think he was ousted otherwise? He helped, with an excellent team of people, create amazing, profitable films. If the point is to make money, this would, and arguably was, the wrong move.

[@sugarpolecat4781]

I mean the movie wasn't that terrible, it was at least watchable and the animation was nice. Sure some things were bad, but there's plenty of animations that are not even nice to look at, like--- Sir Billie... Now that's a terrible movie. Luck was just--- lazy pixar knock off.

[@LegendaryHewy]

If I was looking at this objectively I can say at least a handful of positives: 1. The animation is pretty well done. It's very playful and has some stylistic quality for a company like Sky Dance, even if attempting to imitate a Pixar-esque quality. As an animation major myself, it looks like a lot of fun and it certainly is the best quality of the film. 2. The main character has a goal that makes sense. Even if the story doesn't quite make you feel that way, the story does attempt to remind you repeatedly that this is all in service of the promise Sam made to Hazel that she would help get her adopted. This ultimately is due to Sam not having any other goals that are more self serving. For example, why doesn't she want to keep the coin to help her fix her life before realizing she doesn't need it as much as Hazel? If your character is self-less from the get go, it undersells her personal journey because it's all in service to another character instead of developing any real growth. 3. The voice acting is good. The writing may not be, but I can easily see an interesting movie with the voices on display. Other than that, the story, concept and world is severely lacking. The motivations are clear, but there isn't enough to tie it all together in a way that engages you all the way to the end. It feels a little underwhelming and corporate for a world that is meant to be magical and full of culture. The ideas aren't expanded upon enough and what remains is a conveyor belt that goes from scene to scene, like it isn't trying to hide that there's a checklist of scenes to cover. I think it's also important to cover that Lasseter was the Head of Animation and produced Luck when he joined in 2019. Luck was announced in 2017 and likely went into pre-production around that same time. With that in mind, I can see how this would have affected the animation as I definitely recalled feeling like I was watching animation similar to Pixar's, but the story was likely already formed by then, meaning Lasseter likely didn't have a lot of creative direction here. I'm not supportive of Lasseter, only that I know that he is capable of turning a movie around given the lead. I don't think Lasseter was involved much with the story on this one.

[@ravenm6443]

Underrated comment. I feel people have a difficult time looking at any film he’s involved with now objectively. We all understand that he may not be a good guy, but if the purpose of the channel is to review a film, then review the film objectively because he’s not the only one involved. It’s not like it’s just John’s film. It’s really the best way for individuals to learn and find what they could do better. Those people might not be at this studio forever, but I don’t think they deserve an unfair review because of this one guy that everyone has deemed as his film. It’s fair to mention the issues with John as to not ignore it, but still give it a fair review for everyone else involved. They had nothing to do with him being creepy.

[@ghostthelizard]

Complaining about the name bob but then mentioning mike wazowski. If it wasnt for his surname he would have the most generic white boy name honestly