Middle School: The Worst Adaption of My Life REDUX

[@carlacarrero4975]

This movie is basically an alternate universe in which Rafe is happy and gets what he wants unlike the books which is about Rafe not getting what he wants and fixing his issues and self esteem

[@zachary8055]

The books made me sad because I felt so bad for Rafe.I don't know why I felt sad,the books aren't even that sad and I wasn't super emotional,but every time I ended a book, I felt so sad.

[@carlacarrero4975]

@@zachary8055 it’s probably due to rafe not having any self worth , him not having friends and his mom’s ex boyfriend calling him a freak even in front of his mom and his brother being imaginary and dead and the middle school my brother is a big fat liar really do prove this cause rafe never ever in his books mentions how he goes to art school and legit gets good grades the only one that does tell us that is Georgie and that really is sad

[@hayden2057]

trueeeee

[@VisitTheCosmiko]

The screenwriters forgot rule #2 of storytelling, characters should *only* get what they deserve, even if it's not what they want.

[@markdjoumo5968]

I feel like they didn't want to create anymore sequels for the movie so they basically tied everything together.

[@advancedanomaly]

Rafe Khatchadorian is what Greg Heffley thought he was.

[@thiccmufffubberara-ara9834]

Except dairy of the wimpy kid was a nostalgic light hearted movie me and my older brother watched. Except the one DOWK movie we never bother watching or talk about.

[@carlacarrero4975]

I’m pretty sure Greg heffley never imagined himself as a trouble maker that has to deal with bad luck and bullies

[@zafool4997]

Carla Carrero Greg is an egotist that stays out of trouble

[@carlacarrero4975]

@@zafool4997 so true

[@jpoor1]

No rafe had a dead brother who he turned into a imaginary friend cause he couldn’t cope with the loss I’m pretty sure that never happened to Greg but I haven’t read the newest book so idk if that happened to greg

[@Murr248]

Can't wait for the inevitable live-action adaptation of Minions

[@SomeWeeboLoser]

Shh... don't give them ideas.

[@misterdewott8766]

That's kinda funny cause Minions were originally gonna be humans who spoke an unknown language

[@creed8712]

@@misterdewott8766 those are called Oompa Loompas

[@misterdewott8766]

@@creed8712 I didn't say Illumination invented the idea hahaha

[@captaine-niscookie3406]

how to delete someone else's comment

[@Mr_Mimestamp]

This movie really gets under my nerves. I liked the books a lot, but then they turned it into Kirby Buckets meets Radio Rebel for some reason. The books aren’t about rebelling authority? The reason why Rafe is breaking all of the rules isn’t because he’s standing up to the school, it’s because he’s trying to make the most of what he’s frustrated with in his life, even when he’s the reason behind some of those problems. There’s a reason why the entire school didn’t band together with him. This movie feels like it’s what the books were specifically trying not to do.

[@carlacarrero4975]

Thank you I swear the only real reason why this movie didn’t get the diary of a wimpy kid treatment was because of the actual realistic ending of the books and because of that Hollywood was worried that kids woudnt watch a movie with an ending that crushes their wish fulfillment to the dust

[@raycipher]

I agree with you dude. it felt like that the whole movie. its honestly sad because this could've been a great movie a lot like the dairy of a wimpy kid movies. but instead its wasted potential.

[@justinstewart1378]

@Julie Lynch ik like- wow that show was the most 2014 thing ever.

[@theoutsiderjess1869]

Yeah I stopped reading this series growing up before I gave up on diary of a wimpy kid when I got older

[@pourgoi_6100]

kirby buckets is a name I never wanted to remember

[@matthoskins2318]

Can we all just acknowledge how amazing a person Mrs donatello is in the books? Like she's treated like such shit by rafe but never holds a grudge and always believes in him.

[@monkiking778]

Facts

[@mrbeaver6000]

I've watched this movie, and while everything in live action is complete garbage, the animated sequences are actually amazing. Makes me wish the whole movie was animated, it would have been perfect seeing as it's adapting what is almost a graphic novel.

[@anisomniac5931]

I know! As an animation enthusiast myself, those segments appear to have had a lot of love put into them and must've taken years to make.

[@JackedThor-so]

I'm a sucker for 2d animation myself. The style is pretty similar to The Iron Giant, to me anyway, I wonder if it's the same studio, or at least some of the same people. behind it.

[@minatoyukidoorkun3305]

“And while everything in live action is garbage” Diary of a wimpy kid: excuse me?

[@GideonMadu]

@@minatoyukidoorkun3305 TBF, the Wimpy Kid movies aren't what I would call "good" adaptations.

[@tykamen5588]

Makes you wonder why this movie wasn't animated to begin with like the diary wimpy kids movies

[@iruama1405]

I feel like the 1st 3 diary of a wimpy kid movies did good at staying true to the source material whilst also being unique and fun. I hope it they make like another movie adaptation (preferably on big nate) like those instead of this

[@dtrfilms___9536]

Also the fact that they all have character development instead of the books where everyone stays the same

[@ravindupadmanath2802]

I'm sorry i don't mean to be rude but... *sauce material* XD

[@LeopoldLitchenstein]

I heard Big Nate is getting a Nickelodeon series so I'm looking forward to that

[@prtyproductive]

Big Nate?

[@iruama1405]

@@prtyproductive it's another one of the trouble maker in middle school type books. It's really funny at times you should probably read it.

[@crotchrocketXx]

this movie absolutely gutted me. as a mentally ill kid and complete outcast in middle school, I was made to read this book in a side class with 2 other kids that struggled in english language arts. I think we were in there because we were all dyslexic, but whatever. I had no friends, I was getting in trouble for drawing in class, and I was dealing with a lot of other personal issues that made connecting with that book really easy for me in a way that I couldn't with other popular novels for middle school age kids. I don't know how to accurately convey the earth-shattering amount of disappointment I felt at this movie. they turned my favorite book from when I was younger into a shitty version of Ferris Bueller's Day Off with non of the fun.

[@clown8444]

Im sorry

[@zachary8055]

Ferris bullers day off was a great movie that I don't see a lot of people talking about.Like, I LOVED that film.

[@crotchrocketXx]

@@zachary8055 Ferris Buller's Day Off is a fantastic movie.

[@Will-kz7sf]

Nice username bro

[@str1d3r26]

I read it and it felt it wasn’t like something you would shit out to get sales at a school but something that was meaningful

[@randyrichmondiii3415]

Side note: this dude improved quite a lot.

[@randyrichmondiii3415]

@@Phunkerton2 facts

[@ThorfinnStrife]

Yeah he was unbearable in his ninjago video

[@DoctorMario606]

Agreed

[@joanna-qv5br]

@@Phunkerton2 am i tripping or isn't this the tall girl guy

[@arxwbuilds]

@@joanna-qv5br it is

[@SoftPiet]

The movie is just a living bruh moment compared to the book.

[@BitchChill]

Weeb

[@engineergaming1537]

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[@thecumfucker7101]

I wonder if its aqua

[@BitchChill]

@@engineergaming1537 eWbe

[@plugshirt1684]

@@BitchChill eewb

[@KeyToAeris2024]

The whole point of MWYOML was about learning the consequences of your actions while still being creative. The movie completely goes against this and completely ruins everything about the series the original two books had much better plots and had really good character moments in the Movie Rafe is just an asshole to everyone and he has no reason to do any of this unlike the book.

[@PIB2000]

It kind of feels like they realized the Diary of the Wimpy Kid movies were popular, so they wanted to make something akin to those, ignoring that MSWYOML and Diary of a Wimpy kid have virtually nothing in common beyond a few very superficial things. Say what you want about the Diary of a Wimpy Kid movies, at least they felt like they were made by people who actually read the books.

[@camerontofu5798]

Book 1: Hi kids! Lets break some rules and have fun! End of book series: *the world is a lie and death is inevitable*

[@aaron3929]

@Mister Metokur same, I have the 3rd book and the spinoff sister one but I can't be bothered to read it.

[@carlacarrero4975]

@Mister Metokur I have some headcanons about how rafe felt in book two want to talk about them?

[@IcyDiamond]

Did they finish the series?

[@aaron3929]

@@carlacarrero4975 I think so

[@IcyDiamond]

I read up to the one where they went to Britain as a field trip

[@vintagejk]

i found so much comfort in Rafe for some reason yet this movie punched me in the guts. book rafe made me really sad for him, because of his low self esteem and just him being really selfless. that’s why i get defensive when people compare him and Greg. Greg was FULL of himself while Rafe tried his best, yet he never got to the point where he saw the good in himself, yet he was really kind. I could make a video on more of this comment, but I’m not the best at talking.

[@sketchingingreen]

Yeah, I totally agree. I found some comfort in Rafe as well. Greg is very much full of himself and would look at the rules and say he was the exception to them, because he was so great. While Rafe (from my memory) knew the rules applied to him but just wanted to have fun and be creative at the expense of getting in a ton of trouble. Another thing, in the beginning of the book, Rafe sets up this scene of what he'd like his life to look like (with a drawing) but then immediately goes to "yeah. I wasn't that cool actually." While Greg would never do that. Greg started off in his books say he was an amazing person destined to be famous.

[@nerdy8644]

Yeah I know because Rafe always thinks of himself as a loser and beats himself up

[@agnese2944]

@@nerdy8644 Agree, he is very self-destructive and it's easy to sympathize with him, considering that he is very self-aware of the situation he is in, he also doesn't want to rope anyone else in, it was even one of his rules that only he should suffer because of what he did. I felt awful for him in the part where his mom found out about his shenanigans on her birthday because even though he put himself in that situation by breaking all the rules, he knew it and felt terrible about it. Greg would never have this much remorse IMO. I think he (Rafe) is a good person who has done bad things with an understandable reason behind it.

[@hilotakenaka]

The author has done another series called I Funny, which has nothing to do with the meme site and, I swear, was entirely conceived because of a dad joke “What do you call a comic in a wheelchair? A sit-down comedian!” It’s great

[@toddhowze7398]

Let’s just hope Hollywood doesn’t try to make an I Funny movie. If they screwed up Rafe that badly, I don’t even want to imagine what they’d do to massacre Jamie Grimm.

[@standardhuman400]

Yeah, I love that series. If Hollywood so much as glances at I Funny, I will burn it to *ash.*

[@mr.randomperson9900]

I love that book series. The only problem is I think that the “big head” problem is very overused. It just bothered me, but otherwise the series(imo) is pretty good

[@CaptainphoenixofficialYT]

Love I Funny. Hope that "if" it gets a movie, they don't butcher it.

[@CaptainphoenixofficialYT]

@@mr.randomperson9900 Agreed. Like how many times is he gonna learn the same lesson?

[@thomasthetrain3375]

When Rafe got into the art school in the books I remember being so stunned. It was what made me start to consider alternative forms of education. Seeing what happened to him in the movie...ugh

[@mslone6094]

Tbh, I really like the animation. Not how they are used, or how it isn't the greatest choice compared to what the movie is about (A kid in middle school). But if it's just animated sequences by themselves, with no context to the movie, I really like the animation.

[@bloodood406]

@The OxyScape Funny that you say that, because Uli Meyer (one of the animators for this film) was also an animator for Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

[@hyde6108]

Rafe's actor just can't catch a break like he was also in tall girl

[@lazyproductions8005]

Was he the milk crate guy?

[@blankslate7491]

@@lazyproductions8005 oh god...

[@chiefspartan02]

@@lazyproductions8005 I am the milk man,my milk is delicious

[@KydLives]

@@lazyproductions8005 OH MY-

[@creed8712]

I’m never going to get over the fact I’ve reached a point in my life where I’ve become older than the youtuber I’ve watched

[@helpfulapple3125]

I mean, you’ve always been older than him. You never reached a point in time where, kaboom, you went from being younger than him to being older

[@anisomniac5931]

I know. I have no idea how a 16-year-old can make any time for himself to make videos like this, but I guess he does... I'm 17 and I don't have time to do SHIT! Guess I'm just jealous...

[@linann96]

Same! I’m 24 🙋🏾‍♀️ lol

[@wondacat]

The reason I adored this book so much as a kid was because I did a very similar thing to Rafe in sixth grade where I lashed out and broke rules because I felt helpless in a suffocating family situation. Despite that, the absolute most relatable thing to me about the book was that it presented someone whose mom was financially poor and hard-working while having a controlling and even abusive father-figure. I'd never seen anything related to kids' media dealing with those specific issues and it felt for once like I was seen. I felt really comforted knowing that Rafe had the same problems as me. And the fact that the movie glossed away what made that so special when I was a kid just disgusts me.

[@fullmetaltheorist]

The bar for live action adaptations is so low that I'm surprised when they find a to crawl under it

[@lazyproductions8005]

It’s pretty hot in the Earth’s Core...

[@blevinprawnshakes]

The trailer had Welcome to my House playing of course it would be a lame generic garbage movie.

[@MASTEROFEVIL]

That song is an indication of a terrible movie

[@davantiowo6519]

Thats so true 😂

[@nathanmenze]

@@MASTEROFEVIL 🤞 Croods 2 won't be bad

[@ahmadsuleman9045]

Croods is lit

[@stickypoopoo8982]

Nah, that song has just been used with garbage shit, and this movie is the main reason that song is ruined for me

[@Pla_sma]

The movie moved away from the point of the original books, where the main character is in the wrong for a lot of the conflicts throughout the books, mainly caused by his childlike imagination. The movie put the school at fault for the main conflict and completely changing the story. Edit: I hadn’t watched the full video before writing this, turns out I predicted one of this guy’s main points!

[@ThatChristianMetaIhead]

To be fair if someone destroyed any of my art books I would probably be pissed enough to punch someone in the face

[@Hakuru15]

That has happened to me numerous of times, mainly ones where my brother had forced me To burn it in front of my face

[@standardhuman400]

Hakuru15 sweetheart, dissolve some styrofoam in gasoline, it makes napalm. That is an explodable offense

[@chris5306]

I like how Rafe has an uncommon yet believable last name not too generic not to outrageous perfect balance

[@dariogaelreyes7534]

Wait isn't it pronounced "Rah-fay" not "raif". So this movie butchered the protagonist's name and it was cringe to watch

[@tony_______]

I just now realized that it should be pronounced rah-fay because he was named after the artist named Rafael

[@mayamendez9250]

Tuneski _ same ;-;

[@doogie2934]

I always thought it was prenounced raff

[@ultimatekunochi6577]

I actually had a breakdown after this realization. It’s pronounced rahf, not rayfe

[@guydude1110]

@@ultimatekunochi6577 Why did it take me 6 years until somebody mentioned the pronunciation before I realized I’ve been wrong all this time ._.

[@dullsunrise8820]

Growing up as someone who struggles mentally and with social situations, middle school was actually awful for me. I had no friends throughout elementary school, got a couple fake ones during middle school, and got bullied a whole ton. I struggled a lot in my classes, too, mainly due to anxiety. So when I was given the book, I immediately connected with Rafe and the overall themes and more depressing moments hit me personally. Never knew it got a movie adaptation, and just hearing how they changed the plot for it pissed me off immensely. At least the animated parts are cool.

[@applejayz1987]

I loved how I actually FELT for the characters in the books. Its hard to feel heartbroken for a few words on a page, but moments like his behavior at school ruining one of the rare happy moments where he can enjoy time with his mom really hurt. They felt real and the situations played out naturally, but the movie was superficial, cliche, and pandering.

[@benpowell-punmaster1214]

I have an idea for how they could have improved this: In the film, there’s a famous student who broke all the rules at his school (near the one Rafe goes to) and went down in history as a legend. This could serve as inspiration for operation R.A.F.E however it should still keep Rafe’s “normal is boring” philosophy from the book. The rest of the film goes down the same but Dwight’s totalitarian rule is lessened. You could even have Rafe imagining it as a prison camp rather than have it be the reality like the movie does to show how he sees authority. Eventually Rafe learns that Dwight was that famous student. Except after Dwight broke the rules and was obviously expelled, his dislike of authority grew and he eventually started lashing out by breaking other rules, namely the law. This got worse until Dwight got sent to Juvenile hall and saw just how much he threw his life away. Dwight then fought tooth and nail to regain people’s trust and get a job as a principal, almost trying to make it up to the system he fought against. The reason for his seemingly extreme rules is because he doesn’t want the students to throw their lives away like he almost did. Rafe then learns that whilst you shouldn’t blindly trust authority, certain rules are there for a reason and operation R.A.F.E isn’t a healthy way of expressing himself.

[@IcyDiamond]

Neat concept you got there

[@sarahouillette1357]

I think you just did the writer's job for them

[@drxhenry]

I actually had the experience of seeing this film in theaters with my younger brother and his friend, The theater was empty and I walked out hating it

[@soulhoney1908]

While your brother and his friend did they also walk out

[@orestesmontero4923]

I remember this movie It was basically a ad for erasble pen

[@carmelitarios9355]

No it wasn’t it was a ad for prank KZbin video’s

[@amirekinartail8623]

No it was an ad for Dave and Busters

[@juno1752]

5:57 I always thought this was intentional, that it took actual physical abuse for Julie to realize what a shithead Bear is.

[@nyanya2757]

10:43 In movie rafe's defense (not for the whole thing but at least for the notebook overreaction) you can't redraw every picture from memory even if you get a new notebook. Plus that's basically his diary... his diary that was passed around the WHOLE student board for ALL to see, including the principal.

[@parth_rx]

I remember watching this when I was really young, I was just super confused when the kids mom gets mad at her boyfriend for him getting mad at her son recking his car

[@ZachNarwhal]

I think it was because he cared more about the Car then the children in said car in that scene, but I’m not about to rewatch the movie to find out

[@junglefalcon2655]

James Patterson's books are so good, and I'm disappointed that this movie didn't give a good impression of the book. The way James can make me laugh out loud at a book and in the next page noticeably sad is just amazing. I don't even read books, but I got all the I-funny books and middle school series just because of his writing style.

[@donpayne3244]

There’s a movie called Big Time Adolescents that has the actors that play Rafe and Leo where they’re in high school and it’s rated R

[@ccateni28]

no fucking way...

[@backporchb3126]

What the actual fuck

[@anisomniac5931]

Sounds about as bad as Cuties...🤢

[@donpayne3244]

@@anisomniac5931 woah dude just like your opinion!

[@jadenbryant9283]

@@anisomniac5931have you seen the movie or

[@Winford.Studios]

The Middle School books made my childhood and got me into reading, James Patterson is an incredible writer

[@kevinp.h157]

I haven’t watched this movie but... at the very least the animated scenes look pretty good

[@stop.8715]

Funny, I just reread this book about a week ago. I think that if they were to make a live action movie in the future, it should be a lot more like a character study of Rafe's mental health and how he goes from being normal to reckless to more considerate (or as I would usually say; Lawful Neutral to Chaotic Neutral to Chaotic Good) and along with most of the points you brought up.

[@buddyboi7007]

Of all the middle school doodle books, my least favorite was Big Nate. I don’t have a valid reason to dislike it, it just didn’t hit with 7 year old me. Second place would have to be Diary of a Wimpy kid. Greg was a terrible kid, but I just found it funny. That’s what that series was: funny, not deep, or anything else. Middle school was the best tho: Rafe was a likable kid and his backstory was enough for 7 year old me to raise my fist in solidarity.

[@flanichi]

i think big nate’s drawing style just didn’t sit right with me for some reason

[@vanroyal244]

Read big Nate when I was 9. It's ok. Wimpy kid is a jerkface but his books are still dear to me. Closest I got to the first book was that Australian one and the I Funny series.

[@bgaming2297]

@@vanroyal244 "Wimpy kid is a jerkface" I know he's an ass, but his name is right there in the top comment dude lmfao

[@mrperson4605]

I enjoyed the books, but the movie was whack.

[@wisemankugelmemicus1701]

It was never going to good. Hollywood is full of child touching geriatrics, they can’t relate to children.

[@mrperson4605]

Wisemankugel Memicus I think the wimpy kid movies did a good job. It really sucks that the writers had no idea about the source material.

[@emilornbrynjuson1494]

Relate to your experiences with the book. I loved it so much I ended up translating the whole thing as a final assignment, I loved the idea of a movie adaptation because I legit wanted more people to see this but then the trailer came out and I just... I picked up on like half of your complaints immediately and later ended up just pirating it just to make sure my first impressions rang true. Rafe doesn't deserve this...

[@kingbash6466]

I haven’t read the books, but what I’ve seen of the movie, it looks like Dairy of a Wimpy Kid, only terrible.

[@moozdoomz7573]

Ahh yes, my favorite book, dairy of a wimpy kid

[@camped4993]

The middle school books are good,not so similar to diary of a wimpy kid They made the movie look more inspired to Wimpy kid than the actual middle school books

[@mr.randomperson9900]

#notmyrodrick

[@Unwisesaucer]

Definitely recommend reading it, i red it when i was around 13 and enjoyed it, its definitely more emotionally driven than diary of a wimpy kid

[@lazyproductions8005]

@@makaihuddleston4385 They’re also a person

[@sweetbriar308]

About James Patterson appearing in the film, James Patterson has a certain reputation as an author. He primarily uses ghost writers to write all his books and drags on series way longer than they need to be (I.e. Maximum Ride) and often throws in stupid twists that make no sense to keep kids engaged. I believe there was a quote from he said once referring to his writing as a “factory”, but IDK. Simply put, James Patterson kind of doesn’t care about the books under his name, so I doubt he cared much about the movie’s adaptation choices.

[@comicallylarge3359]

that's sad

[@anth636]

Ouch. That...really hurts

[@cherryblossom7120]

Wow, I used to look up to him. 😢

[@aeroblu2002]

Wow, I remember our teacher in 5th grade reading the first book to us in preparation for when we go to middle school. I disliked Rafe at first because I initially just viewed him as a jerk, but now I really regret not paying enough attention or even rereading it again to realize how sad his whole situation actually is.

[@sketchs_art_corner]

Okay but I’m not gonna lie. I love the way the animation looks. I watched it with my sister a while ago and... I hated everything about it but the animation looked amazing to me.

[@BAGELBURGERMEAL]

My first book was Rafe in a summer camp and when I found out about Leo being dead and Rafe made him to cope was a slap in the face in the most emotional way possible

[@notyourdaughter666]

i’d like to see a film with the premise of overthrowing authority done with a neurodivergent kid. one that’s not oppressed because they’re rebellious, but because they’re framed as being something they’re not and are ostracized by their peers and the authority because of it. that would be so much better than “creative kid mad! grrrrr!” like it would give some substance to the plot and make it clear that yes, authority is often incorrect, but they aren’t incorrect because they’re uncool. they’re incorrect because their moral values are skewed and they don’t actually take the time to understand the people they’re supposed to be watching over. like imagine this kind of trope done with the school counselor as a villain rather than the principal. the principal would be willingly ignorent but the counselor would be the one who is ultimately the villain as they aren’t really helping the students and are instead making them look like bad kids. they aren’t handling bullying or they’re ostracizing kids with special needs. there are so many different ways to show that sometimes authority can be corrupt and you have every right to stand up to them. this just isn’t how you do that realistically.

[@TheKewlPerson]

I loved the Middle School series when I was in late elementary school, and when the movie came out, I remember being extremely disappointed, even being only 14 years-old at the time.

[@quitebzr4185]

While I haven't seen neither the movie or read the books, just from hearing Just Stop's description of the book and story in it I'd love to see the book series turned into an animated series, utilizing the books messy childish but creative style to make a show that would glue children to their TV screens from how relatable it is.

[@kjl4983]

This movie set the tone for the VA of Gumball’s whole life

[@bisexualichigo4227]

Part of growing up is sometimes realizing that stuff you enjoyed kinda sucked. 😵

[@allien.777]

Are you referring to the movie or the book? No judgement or anything! I'm just curious :0

[@HelterwithoutSkelter]

@@allien.777 the movie. the book is still good

[@Tree_e888]

I'm only 13 but I definitely understand that, I used to love the movie "Hop" before I got older and realized it was terrible.

[@cos4497]

​@@Tree_e888 I remember watching hop when I was like 5. I would think about it way too much

[@demonyckscreations9990]

When I first saw this movie, I didn’t even realize that this was a movie adaptation of the book. The book, while I only read it once, was huge to me. I found it during a sleepover once and stayed up all night to finish reading it and it had an impact on me, being an artistic outcast with divorced parents as well. This movie is just... agh, the only good thing is the hand drawn animation.

[@trollsome]

I didn’t know this movie was even based on a book too. I thought it was a wimpy kid bootleg.

[@sketchingingreen]

I loved this book when I was middle school. Not only was I an artist but I was also just a kid going through a lot of shit during middle school. I could never bring myself to actually break rules so I lived vicariously through this book. I read it multiple times and still love it. I think I might have the book somewhere in my house. I want to find it and read it. I know there was a second one too, I also quite enjoyed that one too.

[@justin2308]

This book honestly was the one where I was first introduced to James Patterson’s writing style, along with Zoo (I think he wrote it too, if I remember correctly). Needless to say, his expertise with mystery novels really bleeds through into it.

[@crystonlight5804]

if my original notebook was destroyed Id be livid since it represents an older style and meaning of my art

[@Misty_Cakes_weeeeeee]

As a fan of both the book and the movie(yes I do like the book MUCH better and am sad about what the movie COULD have been) I do love the movie just because of pure nostalgia. I loved this movie as a kid and it brings back some great memories. Everything you said in this video was so right and I do wish they stuck to the source material but I'm glad this movie was made.

[@NaehiroEnjoyer]

Is anyone else concerned about how this book is rarely brought up? I remember reading it *in* Middle School, and years later, I can't find a lot of content for the series online.

[@TheMagicalMudkip2]

yeah I am as well, real damn shame, since most of the books in this series (usually with Chris Tebbets as the co-author) are so good.

[@eatatjoe]

It happened to Wayside too.

[@kamen_mann]

I read the sequel with his little sister going to the same middle school in the first and I loved it.

[@gulfcoastgaming6034]

Rafe is one of the saddest characters in any James Patterson book. He has no real role mode in his life. His dad is gone, his stepdad is a jackass, his sister is also a jackass, his brother is imaginary, and his mom is always working. The only real role model he has is Ms. Donatello

[@amirgarcia547]

I remember watching this video of yours a year or two back, so glad to see the new and improved version!😎 As far as book adaptations go though, this goes in the gutter along with The Lightning Thief and The Giver.

[@notme191]

Big Nate, in my opinion, is the best of the three. It's a comic strip about middle schoolers. That's it. If you want to relive simpler times, go with Big Nate.

[@sapplesdigital8813]

I totally forgot how much I loved this book in middle school.

[@reineyweather9724]

Wow, what a good acknowledgement of all the flaws of the film. I understand now what went wrong when i went to see it in theaters, having also read the books somewhere around age 10. That’s for giving the proper credit to the nuance present in the stories! I have fond memories of the series and honestly will probably do a reread.

[@Has-uo1lq]

This reminds me of what happened to the Percy Jackson movies... maybe this series will get a remake like Pjo’s series is planned? Hearing you talk about this I can tell these books are very special to you.

[@IcyDiamond]

The movie is actually what got me reading the books

[@SMITTYWUZHEER]

Some reason middle school the worst years of my life is one of my favorite movies

[@megzbartsch411]

I’m so excited to finally see someone talking about this movie. I loved the book when I read it. And it was such a touching and relatable story, and then all these years later to sit down and watch this movie. I felt insulted. Thanks for making this. Haha

[@tsurugizaki]

I really should reread these books. I loved them so much as a young teenager and I'm glad they still hold up. The movie... I didn't know it existed before this video. Better times.

[@ccstopmotionproductions739]

I remember I saw this movie when I was younger and it really stuck with me as a good movie I didn’t even know it was an adaptation lol

[@Tippex_Official]

10:46 on that note, in one of the later books (I can’t remember which I think it was the one where he was at a camp I only got it from a library a while back) he (somewhat) willing burns several pages from his notebook, showing that he cares about it, but not so much that it’s all of his personality/existence.

[@rutabaga_rutabaga]

I could have sworn the commercials for this movie brought up Rule #34

[@appleman7806]

Ha! Gottem!

[@engineergaming1537]

Bruh

[@thatonecatwiththetophat]

Dang, I wish I had the guts to break the rules like this kid. My middle school years were saaaaaad.

[@queencancerous5332]

Those 2D animated sequences actually look pretty good, shame they’re wasted on this movie.

[@twintimeproductions8700]

Oh my god Rob Riggle was in this? I watched this when I was reading the books as a kid, and I hated the mom's boyfriend. Rob Riggle actually did okay, according to what the script told him to do, and I love him in Holey Moley! My life revolves around Rob Riggle, and I didn't even know.

[@jetster4117]

i only knew him from this movie, snl, and the kfc commercials where he played the coronal, and he was pretty bad in all, but he did good performances. He just had bad scripts to work with. Quite the shame I mainly now him for his bad characters

[@IcyDiamond]

Who’s Rob Riggle

[@flarky6465]

You know what's weird? I hated this movie as a kid, and kid me liked EVERYTHING

[@IcyDiamond]

Your tastes grow as you grow up, I liked Cars 2 as a kid but now I think it’s downright awful

[@tanneroden]

I always assumed that in the movie Leo died a lot later in his life, and because of that it maybe led Rafe to act out. I also assumed that the reason Rafe was so impacted about his notebook was that he was given it by Leo.

[@cuppakiwi9123]

I hate how everyone thinks that young people can’t use VCRs and cassette players I literally use on instead of more modern stuff because I like it more Great video by the way

[@mujiescomedy279]

20:53 - I’m pretty sure that’s less being a bully and more being a psychopath. Both are bad, but I definitely think what Miller did in the book is way worse than your average bully

[@hannahjwhitson]

Dang, this really makes me want to reread the books again. I remember being so disappointed in the movie and complaining to my friend the entire time I watched it. Nice to see you redo this video and try to make it better. Side note: it’s always so hard to believe how young you are because your voice always offsets me because I do not believe someone around my age could have a voice like this. I’m sorry.

[@leafyishereisdumbnameakath4259]

The books are pretty damn depressing especially for a kids' book. His life spirals out of control

[@tatsuyasuou3368]

Middle School: The worst adaptation of my life DEEP

[@lilstjimmy]

The movie really watered down and changed some of the best and well-developed characters

[@sshy_indigoo]

11:01 Maybe this means I'm petty as well, but I'd be livid as well is one of my sketchbooks was destroyed, no matter how many I have.

[@BugsyFoga]

The more I think about it, the more i feel the best way to describe the middle school adaptation as essentially the 2010s equivalent to Max Keeble’s big move, anyone feel the same way?

[@TheRealSlaky]

Ok that trophy case thing was pretty cool I’ll admit

[@blandpotato545]

All I’m saying is a trophy case that’s in a fish tank is badass I don’t know why he thought that was a prank, that was an upgrade

[@daofficerofthenoodles7504]

7:48 dog the hero

[@gokublackkai1033]

I made a video on Tik tok on why I didn’t like the film as an adaptation. Yet I got comments telling me to shut and up and make several threats to me because I didn’t like this movie.

[@landonvalley]

i’m so glad someone is as mad about this fucking movie, this was my favourite book as a kid and i honestly still love it so this movie was downright insULTING

[@shadow_shine3578]

I forgot how good these were! I loved this series as a kid.

[@haleywalkuski8970]

THE BACKGROUND MUSIC. I CAN HEAR LEORIO'S THEME A MILE AWAY

[@bett1826]

I've seen the movie and haven't read the book and initially thought that the movie wasn't awful, but you definetly changed my mind. I want to read the book now.

[@imoenbradley3351]

I never read the books but I remember seeing it in theatres in sixth grade with my soccer team and I legit cried at one point towards the end don't at me ok

[@Source-Z-rer]

I watched this movie a couple months ago. Quit halfway through the movie. The only thing I liked about it were the animated bits.

[@lowtiertrash7874]

i didn't know this was a thing the hell, you sure it wasn't a fever dream bro?

[@arnoldinigov.pascual617]

They threw everything that was special about the book out the window off a cliff then they put it through a shredder and fed it to a dog

[@kitsuna_siv]

At the point that kids don't just take a notebook and point out how HILARIOUS it is. That actually happened to me twice. once with baseball cards, someone took from me and a drawing of Goku and Vegeta. both times getting detention.

[@thescreenslaver8520]

I really liked this movie. Although I may not be the best for this considering I haven’t read the books yet. When it came out I was just getting into high school so that probably made me like it more. I do plan to read the books so I can have a better understanding of the movie.

[@Sir_Bone-Head]

It seems like one of those movies where it should have done something like what the Lego Movie did. Showing everything in an animated style, but then as reality sets in, the animation is dropped to show the characters in the reality, with only minor animated bits added in. That, or yeah, the Roger Rabbit way could also work as well.

[@baharrothbluu]

My God man you are the only thing keeping me through this New Vegas playthrough

[@someabsolutepleb2228]

Even though this movie is pretty rough, I honestly really like the cartoon bits in this film.