Poorly Dressed Man Fails To Tear Apart Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (AniMat/ElectricDragon505)

[@drstorm44]

So it turns out JonTron was talking about a Home Alone game for PS2 in the clip AniMat used of him. Thanks to all the good users who came forward with this correction.

[@Randomlad.0737]

Well looks like you pulled an AniMatthew, and fucked up. Though you only Fucked up once, compared to Matthew's many Fuck ups, so I'll accept this apology.

[@heybrams]

Can you make a critique on PhantomStrider's Top 10 Worst Cartoon Remakes please?

[@o0OJOLONO0o]

I think this quote from Cinemassacre's Top 10 Sequels That Aren't as Bad as Everyone Says countdown says it best: "Is that how we critique movies nowadays? By just ranting and nitpicking about all the individual moments we hated?"

[@DaACTUALLYREALReddie]

@@o0OJOLONO0o THIS. He (Cinemassacre / AVGN) has a point, AniMat’s critic review felt more like a Rant or Roast rather than a review.

[@3squl3t0nm0nth]

Completely unrelated, but what is the name of the anime your avatar comes from?

[@SnakeIsGambling6435]

It’s ironic how he hates Sony for being “too cartoony” yet he claims to be a huge fan of looney tunes

[@Jollyjose251]

And Illumination

[@ShockwaveFPSStudios]

Used to hate Sony

[@Jollyjose251]

@@ShockwaveFPSStudios He still does he just dialled back his comments a little

[@ShockwaveFPSStudios]

No, he just doesn’t hate Sony anymore. While he doesn’t like the older Sony Animation films, since ITSV, he doesn’t hate Sony Animation as he used to aside from last Hotel Transylvania movie. He even separated Sony Animation into two eras (Pre-SpiderVerse and Post-SpiderVerse) in his animation studio ranking.

[@ShortDubsVA]

I mean, difference is Looney Tunes is generally meant for 10-20 minute cartoons, Sony doesn't do that a whole lot. Yes, Looney Tunes does have full length films, but they aren't anywhere near as good as the cartoons(besides the animation) (I'm not even saying that to defend AniMat, not really a big fan of him at all, I just wanted to point that out😭)

[@TheForbiddenDBag]

The character designer for the movie, Carey Yost, for years cheekily had in his Twitter bio one of Mat's quotes smearing the style.

[@AbrasiousProductions]

hehehehehe, awesome

[@tavvyprods1275]

Could I see that?

[@TheForbiddenDBag]

@@tavvyprods1275 I'd love to just link it here but Carey has changed his Twitter bio to something else within the last year, sorry to tell you.

[@This-is-a-commentt]

@@TheForbiddenDBag damn, sad day 😔

[@thekeybladeninjaturtle7380]

The fact he's aware of Mat's review and used one of his quotes from it is hilarious to me

[@Camneal221]

This is the same who gave Wish an 8/10, just knowing that should say he’s not trust worthy.

[@chiebukachibee-zoraedu]

I mean, this very was a few years ago, and at least he doesn't bash on Sony now, right?

[@EChacon]

@@chiebukachibee-zoraeduBut it didn’t justify Animat’s Hate Boner on SPA and wishing the studio should be closed down. Besides he compared Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs to "Charles Manson"

[@JoeyAnimate]

Not to mention that he said the Pepe le pew was one of the worst looney tunes characters

[@chiebukachibee-zoraedu]

@@JoeyAnimate he only placed him at #5 due to his controversy. He actually likes Pepe and thinks he could be retooled for a modern audience

[@Ose-here]

I think he was the same guy who gave The Thief and The Cobbler high ratings for the characters and story despite them being bare bones as hell. the film was more of a testament in animation than anything

[@HjFaiz]

He sounds like one of those "Animation is Cinema" people who wants it taken seriously but is annoyed that people like something kinda silly & cartoony.

[@edgarsandoval6990]

I am one of the believers who say that animation is cinema and that it deserves to be taken seriously. But I see many people in the community who take it personally, and anything that is not up to their standards is an attack on them.

[@Caratrox]

Not "Sounds like" he literally is 😂

[@jakespacepiratee3740]

@@HjFaiz well you definitely don’t want to be taken seriously when you’re subbed to VivziePop lol Also why are you subbed to both VivziePop and Dumbsville? They hate each other. Diives? 🫤

[@henrynelson9301]

It’s like a tweet I saw last month that said “animation is not just for kids” and just showed Transformers One, Spiderverse, TMNT Mutant Mayhem, and Puss in Boots 2. Like sure they’re great films for everyone but they are objectively made for kids.

[@jakespacepiratee3740]

@@henrynelson9301 Hazbin Hotel and Helluvaboss would like to talk to you.

[@YoshimitsuMishima]

Reminder that even the Nostalgia Critic himself has a better objective criteria of animation than this Mid 2000s Nick sitcom character could wish to have

[@Nebulasecura]

Hell even Mr Enter these days is a much better critic than animat 😂 at least mr enter admits and owns up to his mistakes and tries to improve.

[@alexanderchippel]

Doug actually deeply loves animation. Like in his Hotel Transylvania reviews, the one thing he constantly praises is Genndy Tartakovsky's animation direction

[@quangamershyguyyz7166]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@NebulasecuraEnter is still very garbage too so I wouldn’t say that

[@AJotasticGamer]

@@quangamershyguyyz7166 can’t give anybody any sort of compliments nowadays huh?

[@teruienages962]

God, isn't that the most depressingly low bar to clear of all time?

[@DanialTarki]

I wouldn’t say poorly dressed, but funnily enough, Mat himself looks like he belongs in Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs.

[@fynnthefox9078]

He'd probably have a breakdown if he heard that.

[@NoodleFishStar-p9z]

​@@fynnthefox9078Or probably have a stroke, and possibly a heart attack considering that Sony is working on a third Cloudy film, I'm serious it's gonna happen.

[@JonathanGaeta]

@@NoodleFishStar-p9zAniMat will probably turn Hulk mode watching Cloudy 3. Now I think Cloudy 1 is a great film, but the second didn’t have the same impact as the first and the villain was your generic Saturday morning cartoon villain.

[@Nameless-ln5mr]

@@JonathanGaeta Okay. Let’s say that, years after Cloudy 3 (which, in this scenario, is harmless, regarding its quality) is released. Cloudy 4 is announced. What would AniMat do in response?

[@JonathanGaeta]

@@Nameless-ln5mr his reaction would probably be that scene in The Boondocks when Tom has that spaz attack before he says “What did you say” in response if Cloudy 4 happens

[@robertanderson9447]

I forgot that he compared this movie's animation to Video Brinquedo. Comparing anything made with even slight effort to Ratatoing is like comparing a cheese sandwich to the contents of your city's sewer system. It's just silly.

[@orangeslash1667]

I think Matt's issue with the art style that it's being obviously 3D characters acting as 2D as possible.

[@Irrelevant402]

Unrelated but someone said something painful but true. With AI 'art' suddenly Video Brinquedo has more artistic merit than AI so something. Me:..................God damn it you're right.

[@robertanderson9447]

@@Irrelevant402 even AI would blush at the sheer shameless racism of What's Up

[@laraprisma6381]

Bra, those films don't even look like they were properly rendered! wtf???

[@afterlife8095]

In the words of Patrick Star? “take it easy it’s just a drawing”

[@conlinmckay1742]

I think it was one of the Bikini Bottom Police who said that technically but otherwise... "CORRECT!" -plankton

[@afterlife8095]

@@conlinmckay1742 no no i was quoting a line Patrick Star said in the SpongeBob SqaurePants episode “Frankendoodle”

[@conlinmckay1742]

@@afterlife8095 oh my bad

[@afterlife8095]

@@conlinmckay1742 it’s alright hehe

[@nikkifish]

Not even that, a grown man complains shit to a wall

[@bulborb]

funniest thing i've seen from animat is in his hotel transylvania 2 review where he gave genndy tartakovsky tips on animation and suggested for him to read the animator's survival kit lmao

[@angelsartandgaming]

@@bulborb even though I'm sure Tartakovsky probably has, haha!

[@raggens]

Meanwhile, Mat’s art… Is it appropriate to make fun of it? Cuz it looks horrendous. Not Chris-Chan levels of bad, but it looks fucking cringe. He literally traced over still of the Muppets and had them reimagined as different Pokémon

[@thekeybladeninjaturtle7380]

Has Matt forgotten that it's the same Tartakovsky behind Dexter's Laboratory and Samurai Jack? Probably not but that's bold of him to suggest that

[@g1gabytez]

​@@raggensI didn't know he's an artist. Can you show?

[@Engel-07]

It says a lot about his art when most people dont know hes an artist lmao ​@@raggens

[@coldrodproductions4781]

Something that rubs me the wrong way about his review on this movie (and a good chunk of reviews do this) is how blatantly disrespectful he was towards the people who worked on this movie

[@romariodesrosier1450]

Tell me about it...

[@KoopaKool12]

At least the character designer Carey Yost made a joke about it in a page he had. So at least he got the last laugh.

[@syppy7416]

sadly, that was fairly part for the course for reviews back then like, I genuinely don't get why it was so common back then honestly I feel like the best condemnation of this attitude ironically comes from one who was very much infamous for it, that being MrEnter, for his 10 year anniversary he made a vid on his top 10 worst videos, number 2 being his Pet Sitter Pat review, where he condemns not just his old self, but also that entire mindset I feel he said it best at the end on why this kind of thing is bad "no one has an easy life, and it'd be wise to remember that"

[@eliseorossiproductions6348]

@@syppy7416 This is how we want cartoon reviewers right? Being disrespectful when it comes to all the people who work very hard in the animation industry, constantly yelling and throwing hissy fits at anything, using Autism as an excuse for their wrong doings, and putting little to no effort about why a certain cartoon is bad or "the cancer of animation".

[@syppy7416]

@@eliseorossiproductions6348 ...I have no idea what you're trying to ask me...

[@Badluckcharm03]

I lost the tinniest respect for AniMat when he attacked Scott Cawthon when he was being doxxed and even said his family would be better off without him. Also AniMat to me looks like a customize character in a video game

[@jtothepmoreno1010]

Where did he say that?

[@Badluckcharm03]

@@jtothepmoreno1010 I remember him saying it in a podcast

[@benluka1811]

HE DID WHAT??

[@lifeisadrag7705]

Yeesh, that's pretty bad

[@raggens]

My respect ran out for him long ago when he went down the whole “antifa are the good guys” shtick - as if the Antifa group was any better than the Trump supporters raiding the Capitol. And said that event was worse than 9/11, and compared himself to the soldiers who won WW2 when Biden won the 2020 election lol

[@chai51945]

bro looks like an iCarly character

[@fruitystarstar949]

Oh god, ur right😂

[@thekeybladeninjaturtle7380]

Nah, he looks more like Leonard Hofstadler from Big Bang Theory if he found a fedora in a back alley dumpster

[@Rainy_nightday]

Bro looks like he has a catchphrase

[@thelibyanplzcomeback]

bro sounds like a nerdy cartoon character

[@KevinLockhart1231]

Too make it even funnier the star of icarly miranda cosgrove, made a song for the movie that played at end of the movie.

[@suicunesorcerer4865]

This is the same guy who put Incredibles 2 over Into the Spiderverse on his Top 5 Animated Films of 2018 list.

[@suicunesorcerer4865]

@@SweetTG80124 Kinda. I don't think Incredibles 2 is bad, but I think Spiderverse is a much better movie and has had much more staying power and impact on animation as a whole than Incredibles 2 did.

[@suicunesorcerer4865]

@@SweetTG80124 Again, it's subjective for you, but imo, I do think it is slightly bad taste, but I have definitely heard worse opinions on animated movies.

[@suicunesorcerer4865]

@@SweetTG80124 Aight, respectable

[@SullivanDLuffy]

​​@@SweetTG80124Incredibles 2 is trash

[@saidbojoquerz7228]

Okay, what?! First I learned about him being a Disney shill for his review of Wish, then him apparently giving Scott Cawthon crap after getting doxxed, then him defending Cuties, and him hating Sony so much where he couldn’t be humble and admit that another studio is succeeding where Disney is now falling short. Look, I know the Cuties opinion is worst, but this is just more toppings on this turd sundae. Man, and I thought YellowFlash and Geeks and Gamers are bad. At least I can understand them to an extent.

[@3GoldBalls]

this is the same guy who gave praise to Storks, a film with a cartoony style similar to Cloudy and was even MADE BY THE SAME ANIMATION STUDIO, SONY IMAGEWORKS!!!

[@saulthechicanootaku]

And defending Illumination, despite how they're more guilty of committing the same sins he's accusing Sony of doing

[@TheDigitalApple]

@@saulthechicanootakuI think it just hit me, Animat hates Cloudy because he’s a Disney adult.

[@saulthechicanootaku]

@@TheDigitalApple well, I love Disney as well but seeing his reviews, I think he's not a Disney adult but a Disney fanatic. I mean, I love Disney but I think The Spider-Verse are fantastic movies that are as good, if not better, than Disney's movies, especially their latest ones and the fact he picks Incredibles 2 over Spider-Verse, and snubbing Spider-Verse on his list of best movies of the decade while filling it with mainly Disney movies makes me believe he really is a Disney shill

[@henrynelson9301]

So if it’s cartoony and he likes it, it’s fine, but if it’s cartoony and he hates it, he calls it a dumb baby movie that’s giving the entire genre a bad name?

[@orangeslash1667]

@@TheDigitalApple I think Matt's issue with the art style that it's being obviously 3D characters acting as 2D as possible.

[@paulmoses3381]

I think my problem with Animat in this vid is that he commits, what is in my humble opinion, the biggest sin of a film critic can make. Passing off your subjective basis as fact.

[@manuelvasconcelos8982]

That's also the biggest sin classic paper mario fans can make

[@syppy7416]

obviously no matter what your judgement of a piece of media is going to be biased, but that doesn't mean there isn't a difference between "this is bad" and "I don't like this"

[@henrynelson9301]

For me it’s the “imagine angry commenters in a dumb voice” bit that he didn’t even earn at all

[@Basile.BowBow]

I mean sure it's stupid but doesn't every critics do that tho

[@paulmoses3381]

@@Basile.BowBow True but there's a big difference from when a critics says "this film is bad in my opinion, and your happy to disagree with me" and when a critic says "this film is bad and anyone who disagrees with me is a stupid brain dead moron".

[@anth636]

24:55 Animat, you do understand how a protagonist, antagonist, and a supporting cast works, right?

[@thekeybladeninjaturtle7380]

Animat: Sorry, pal. I'm too busy kissing Illumination and Disney's asses because their recent movies are WAY better than Cloudy, LOL! Also, Politic BS that the commentor doesn't care about! That's what I imagine he would respond to criticism. I'm glad I stopped watching him long ago

[@brytilaar]

And a comic relief

[@kaseyCrayton]

@anth636 Animat is right, flint is unlikable, sam is a bland love intrest and don’t even get me started with baby brent, the only likable character is flint dad and the cop but outside of them the characters are obnoxious.

[@thekeybladeninjaturtle7380]

@@kaseyCrayton You have every reason to agree with Matt, but we can't ignore how shallow his criticism is

[@slashermaster28]

@@kaseyCraytonIt really astounds me how people classify them as bad characters just because of how they act at the beginning of the film while ignoring their growth and development completely. Sam’s obnoxious attitude was a front for the cameras. There’s an entire backstory explaining it. Once she opens up and acts more like her true self, she’s infinitely more likable and sympathetic. How do detractors of this film miss this? As for Brent, he also develops and becomes better throughout the film. He’s not just a one-note bully. You guys were paying attention to the final act, right?

[@ianmarchese9557]

RIP James Caan 🙏(1940-2022)🕊

[@MFK7013]

He’s dead?!

[@markofthewolvessucks8930]

@@MFK7013 Unfortunately.

[@Lvely-eh7xx]

Who is He? @@markofthewolvessucks8930

[@kingbash6466]

Animat's hateboner for Sony's animated films was so weird. Like they haven't had the best track record compared to Disney, DreamWorks, or even Blue Sky at the time, but it's crazy how he said the Cloudy and Hotel Transylvania films had bad animation because they had goofy and exaggerated movements.

[@thekeybladeninjaturtle7380]

Yet he enjoys Illumination movies despite them having a cartoony art style and exaggerated movements as well. Hypocrisy much?

[@jack_stone]

I can understand Cloudy because imo it poorly executed trying to translate cartoony animation to cgi that made it kinda gross to look at. I don't know how he considers HT the same though which executed that way better

[@thekeybladeninjaturtle7380]

@@jack_stone Yeah, regardless if you love or hate Cloudy and it's art style, it's clear Mat has no taste when it comes to animation

[@naoisehopkins_02]

@@thekeybladeninjaturtle7380Yeah, he only cares about Disney

[@camarokidbb4347]

Blud also criticizes movies with even a slightly negative tone as “mean spirited.” God forbid there be asshole* characters in media. *I mean GOOD asshole characters.

[@KleverKid16]

How long has it taken for people to lump in AniMat as a user Reminder, he gave Wish an 8/10 and said people who didn't like it didn't like it because "Disney isn't perfect" As someone who's been watching AniMat's content since like... 2015, I know my shit

[@drstorm44]

Okay THAT sounds awful.

[@KleverKid16]

@@drstorm44 Here's the evidence if you need it kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqvYkKilr9-opbMsi=7TrMF-ZXl-Hg7ATV kzbin.info/www/bejne/mX6Qanmce7dgjZIsi=gTaVhclXGL33hMA_ Also I must note how even after all these years (he's been doing this since 2009), this is one of the only reviews where he (kinda) breaks his normal review style, others like Cloudy 2 and Where the Dead Go to Die are like the opening of this review, except for the whole thing (Also he does "special" reviews of things requested by his Patrons and some of those are also hilarious, like his Death Note and Bratz the Movie review, the latter is where he truly becomes the joker baybee)

[@KleverKid16]

@@drstorm44 I believe for most of his career, he was a part of Mr. Coat and Friends, where basically, if you were too bad for That Guy with the Glasses or Reviewtopia, you went to Mr. Coat This website also hosted various other cartoon reviewing KZbinrs like Cartoon Palooza, Hewy's Animated Movie Reviews, Tony Goldmark of Some Jerk with a Camera and of all people... Pan Pizza aka RebelTaxi

[@KleverKid16]

I can give you as much info as you want, I got a good bit

[@angelsartandgaming]

What did you like about that movie? I'm one of those people who can find some enjoyment in the worst stuff and even I couldn't really find enjoyment in Wish.

[@LatterDayPup]

Animat’s the kind of guy to say “Animation is cinema” while citing the Mario movie.

[@arshambehruz5883]

And the Paw Patrol movie is cinema?

[@LatterDayPup]

@@arshambehruz5883No.

[@DoubleStrike-ye6tw]

​@@arshambehruz5883 ?

[@LatterDayPup]

No

[@CarlosDiazArias-p8b]

Or tranformers one is bad ​@@arshambehruz5883

[@geoffreyrichards6079]

As a former watcher of Animatt’s content, even I noticed his odd biases. Like… his review of “Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie” definitely shows it when he criticizes the movie for being anvilicious with its morals about compassion and mercy, and yet… that’s like almost every Disney animated movie ever. What exactly are the differences in execution? He never explained it. It really bugged me.

[@angelsartandgaming]

The Christian children's cartoon about taking vegetables is trying to teach... MORALS!? Spare the thought!!! (Sarcasm)

[@Badluckcharm03]

I think I remember him saying that it feels forced with its message yet he does that all the time with his personal politics and attacks anybody who slightly disagrees with him

[@WingedFish66]

​@Badluckcharm03 As always with these troglodytes, "Rules for thee, not for me"

[@fignatoli-guevara5826]

Fun fact, if you go to AniMat's Pateron page and choose to support him via the tier that allows you to send requests for what he reviews, and if you request the Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs TV series, he'll just ban you.

[@NoodleFishStar-p9z]

LMAOOOO okay so yeah his hate for the movie is extremely toxic lol like almost bigoted! 😂 (Not in like a traditional manner but rather the extremism for his hate on the movie.)

[@brytilaar]

That's why he should have an Animation Hat 2, but it's the hat only for TV Shows. Sure, his animation hat are only for movies, but I want to have another animation hat that is filled with TV Shows.

[@saidbojoquerz7228]

Damn. He apparently he, like WB, hates money too.

[@JonathanGaeta]

Wow. What a baby he is

[@quangamershyguyyz7166]

That’s hilarious

[@jakebatterson3670]

As someone who used to watch animat religiously, yeah I think it was probably all Sony bashing that turned me off. He also has the movie Bob issue in that his politics are something left to be desired. I’m fairly left wing but he has very childish view of politics that haven’t really matured much. It’s clear he doesn’t watch people like hbomberguy or contrapoints. He’s still better than lily orchard in that he hasn’t sa’d his siblings or so I know of.

[@TheRoxBox99]

Yeah, I used to he a huge fan, but his bad politics and Sony bashing/Disney shilling really turned me away from him as time went on

[@emilywenig4390]

Also him constantly bringing up Trump while yelling about Sony... Also he says Sony should've been shut down over the Emoji Movie

[@e1iteyoshi998]

I can think of one other thing that earned him a lot of criticism that doesn't involve either of those things.

[@AbrasiousProductions]

he's defended cuties, that's just as heinous.

[@e1iteyoshi998]

@@AbrasiousProductions Wait he did?

[@PTp1ranha]

Remember, kids: just because someone on KZbin has a distinctive costume and films themselves in front of their PC setup, it doesn't automatically mean they know what they're talking about.

[@TheFoxFromSplashMountain]

Animat has always annoyed me. His voice is like nails on a chalkboard and all of his hatred for Sony seems to just boil down to him not liking the cartoony art style of their movies. Which is very odd for a guy obsessed with animation. You'd think the more stylized something is, the more he'd like it.

[@EChacon]

Not to mention Animat complained nonstop on Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs being at the Oscars Animation clip show and made a tasteless comparison of this film to "Charles Manson"

[@orangeslash1667]

@@EChacon I think Matt's issue with the art style that it's being obviously 3D characters acting as 2D as possible.

[@cinemaarts8795]

He comes from the time when every reviewer was trying go be the next Nostalgia Critic, except it looks like AniMatt hasn't exactly grown up or caught up with the times.

[@TheFoxFromSplashMountain]

@@cinemaarts8795 Yeah, it definitely feels that way. He also seems to hate being criticized, which is ironic for a critic.

[@cinemaarts8795]

@@TheFoxFromSplashMountain I think what most people didn't realize back then was that Doug was playing a character during the first NC run.

[@ThatZanderFella]

I mean you’re not wrong about comparing him to White Bowser. This man defends Cuties and calls the people that dislike it “right wing conspiracy theorists” lol

[@ThatZanderFella]

Also I find it funny that he gets mad at squash and stretch (the crazy movements the characters in cloudy do). That is one of the principles of animation, and they way how he yells at the character designer Carey Yost who is a better artist than Mat’s traced/generic garbage art .

[@ThatZanderFella]

“Animation historian” my ass lol

[@lifeisadrag7705]

Wait did he actually defend Cuties...? Like he said it was good and or deserved to be made...??

[@smbd1234]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqCpe3d6nM18gbMfeature=shared it's true like seriously Left or Right nobody should defend that monstrosity of a film

[@raggens]

@@ThatZanderFellaAnd it’s kinda funny considering it’s to be expected that a story involving a fictional series of events that is beyond the realm of realism in some small capacity does need to exaggerate a bit in order to sell itself. Character designers spend years doodling various concepts where the final products are chosen by the art directors, then they needed to be sketched more, be given sheets, modeled, etc. - and one of the principles of art I learned is with stuff involving body language and how different combinations of shapes are used to make your characters stand out more. With these shapes delivering what language is necessary to deliver to your audience. The four shapes I learned are the spherical, the cubical, the conical, and the cylindrical, and each shape can come in many different forms. Different techniques are often common in animation, and yes: there’s nothing wrong with helping them stand out more with styles that would look far different compared to other animated films. The animation helps serve the story more effectively

[@TheTyckyngTymeBomb]

His character looks like if Hank Hill was a Redditor

[@TheGreenyPhantomShowTGPS]

That JonTron quote at 17:22 is from his Home Alone games video, where he was talking about how bad the PS2 Home Alone game looks btw.

[@mathiaslienafa789]

So that technicly made even worst the fact he us this JonTron quote out of contexte

[@JonathanGaeta]

@@mathiaslienafa789pretty much. The PS2 Home Alone game is way worse than Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs, Cloudy is more visually appealing than the PS2 Home Alone game.

[@smbd1234]

Ya, pretty pathetic he used a quote that wasn't even making fun of the movie but a video game like WTF Mat

[@mathiaslienafa789]

@@smbd1234 Agreed because obviously that a vidéo games graphic looks less visually good then a animated Movie

[@ginogatash4030]

​@@smbd1234I think he was more trying to use a Jontron meme for "comedy" than to pretend Jontron disliked the film, but it's still a shitty petty joke.

[@henrynelson9301]

absolutely incredible how he doesn’t explain any of his points at all. I still don’t know why he thinks the animation looks bad, both because he never elaborated, and because you can literally just look at it, it’s very expressive. It’s honestly pretty ahead of it’s time. And having a whole speech about how animation is not just for kids, while acting like this movie is responsible for the misconception is just insane. Everyone likes this movie dude, you just made that up. Also you should consider reacting to GamingMagic13’s top 20 lists of best and worst games. They’re very funny and have even more insane takes.

[@FG-tu4fq]

I think Matt's issue with the art style that it's being obviously 3D characters acting as 2D as possible.

[@thecriticalthinkeroutsidet4947]

@@FG-tu4fq Let's be real. The Tom & Jerry movie from 2021 was the only time when 3D actually achieved the style and feel of classic 2D. To that end, 2D assistant artists were even invited to the workflow to help the CGI animation team achieve the alternative of 2D (which director Tim Story called "2D+") that achieves it under the quicker production times of CGI. While ignoring every other tradition in CGI, even a slight iota of realism.

[@orangeslash1667]

@@FG-tu4fq Thank you. He right in there are some issues, but it's not explained very well.

[@DowntownWithBrown]

GamingMagic13 is at least better on articulating the whys and hows of his arguments.

[@henrynelson9301]

@@DowntownWithBrownI mean yeah, it’s just that they make no sense. He complained about bridge constructor portal by just describing the gameplay loop of a bridge constructor game, and going “that’s not a real puzzle and everyone who likes this game just clap like seals because they reference the portal games” He complains about the first koopa race in Mario 64 because the koopa is slow and you have to wait a few seconds. Because why would the second star of the whole game be easy? But awful points with explanations behind them are still better than awful points with no explanation.

[@RetroReviewsMovies]

I’ve repeatedly shown Animat’s Cloudy video to people as an example of what bad movie criticism looks like. It’s honestly fascinating how terrible it is on every fundamental level.

[@kingemerald4622]

His reviews are terrible. I never liked the structure of those videos. If you've seen an Animat video, you've practically seen them all because of how short they are, and there not being enough time to go over any specifics. At most, they feel slapped together at worst they feel effortless with no proper thought, put in just the bare minimum of editing, no flashy transitions, nothing

[@quangamershyguyyz7166]

⁠​⁠@@kingemerald4622Most of his reviews are incredible. I think they’re structured and paced perfectly. He has made a few bad ones, but so has ever reviewer

[@kingemerald4622]

@quangamershyguyyz7166 He doesn't elaborate. That's Matt's problem that's why his points are half-assed

[@Caratrox]

If Animat says this animation Stinks, wait till bro sees The Original Drafts for the Movie 😂

[@horaciosi]

The dude hates Cloudy for being cartoony, yet has the gall to complain about people not understanding animation?

[@mathiaslienafa789]

Exacly

[@thegreatkiwibeast2591]

Casual reminder that this guy put a real life person on a top 10 list of Disney villians

[@JonathanGaeta]

I honestly don’t know why he considered Jeffery Katzenberg as a Disney villain when he’s a REAL PERSON. Yes, he saved Disney Animation and kickstarted The Disney Renaissance, but just because he didn’t get a promotion to president after Frank Wells died and left Disney to start up DreamWorks afterwards you consider him a Disney villain? I don’t know what AniMat was thinking when he put him on the list.

[@anth636]

@@JonathanGaetafunny thing to see this now, since his arch-rival big bad Disney is streaming Shrek, his big middle finger to them on their service! (Scared Shrekless is on Hulu for Halloween which can be viewed on Disney+

[@raggens]

@@anth636As well as a bunch of other non-Disney shows and movies like Steven Universe (yes really) And SpongeBob SquarePants too

[@hexbug101]

On his best twist villains video I basically instantly clicked off as soon as freaking Hans from Frozen somehow made the list

[@c-o-b-o-2010]

AniMat doesn’t understand what makes good character designs. What makes a good design are three things: shape language, color palette, and unique silhouettes, and the central characters from the movie have great designs. Each have their own color, shape, and silhouette that makes each of them stand out from one another along with over exaggeration that emphasizes who these characters are. What Mat said at 17:57 doesn’t make sense because realism and stylization clash with one another. Either go for realism in the animation or something unique, and some of the best animated films choose the latter because that’s the point and wonder of animation! Is he implying that The Lion King 2019 looks better than The Triplets of Belleville cause looks more realistic than the other? Besides, his avatar that he drew has an incredibly boring silhouette that could be mistaken for any other cartoon character which fails in what makes a great design.

[@kurtcray8431]

yeah just like you people don’t understand why this movie bad

[@kurtcray8431]

are you telling me that prefer ugly design with big eyes and noses is appeling compare to realisim i din’t lion king 2019 but that mean that should always be stylized

[@kurtcray8431]

@c-o-b-o 2010 im sorry but animat is rigth cloudy with a chance of meatball more like cloudy with a chance of horse shit, you people are always saying that this film is perfect but from what i seen its even worse than both hôtel transilvania and open season, hate the terrible unprofesinal design with big noses and giant eye and the annoying hyperactive movement along with a unegaging story and cringy humor and don’t get me started by saying its a harmless kids movie KIDS ARE NOT THAT STUPID AND EVEN THEY ARE STUPID well i say fuck the kids🖕🏿

[@monstercombo007]

​@@kurtcray8431 You say Kids aren't stupid yet you say " F the kids" Pick a lane and stay on it!

[@henrynelson9301]

I mean I kind of get the idea that he’s attempting to communicate when he says “something that looks believable but also in its own world”. You can have an impossible in real life sci fi setting, or a fantastical fantasy setting, and still make it feel real and immersive. He doesn’t say any of that though, and it totally reeks of a reviewer that primarily watches children’s media, and goes on about how “animation is not just for kids” while refusing to seek out adult animation

[@Dahcowboy]

I think the REAL reason why Animat hates the animation is not because of the animation itself, it’s just that’s his internet connection is bad 22:01

[@orangeslash1667]

I think Matt's issue with the art style that it's being obviously 3D characters acting as 2D as possible.

[@chiebukachibee-zoraedu]

​@@orangeslash1667maybe. But can't it work?

[@orangeslash1667]

@@chiebukachibee-zoraedu Horton Hears a Who is the one time it worked.

[@chiebukachibee-zoraedu]

@@orangeslash1667 really. How about the Peanuts Movie?

[@orangeslash1667]

@@chiebukachibee-zoraedu Fun Fact: Horton and the Peanuts film were both made by BlueSky.

[@hylianfelldragon1308]

A lot of his review can be sumed up as "movie bad because characters move a lot and it doesn't look realistic".

[@thekeybladeninjaturtle7380]

Yet he has no issue with Illumination movies doing exactly what he hates about modern animated movies

[@AbrasiousProductions]

right?! the writing in cloudy is actually pretty damn solid, the characters are likable, the concept is unique and elevates it's more derivative ideas because of it, in fact I might even rewatch the original soon, I haven't seen it in years

[@mathiaslienafa789]

@@thekeybladeninjaturtle7380Exacly 31:44 32:18 34:07 Honestly it’s funny that’s the fact the Despecable Me / Minions franchise who have main Gimmick to show in every 2 minutes toilet humour or showing dumb character doing dumb things with out any kind of réflection for the jokes or showing « comedic scenes »who are totally use less and don’t progress the plot at all and who are just here for distract about the fact that’s the Plot absolutly tales nothing and distract about his lack of wrighting in general and plus the minions are dumb just for being dumb and who are responsable for the majority of the use less scenes and under développe all his characters and priotyse the « comedic scenes » over the characters developement scenes and the Despecable Me / Minions franchise do six movies who are all commercials and box office succes with giant marketing who are every where and who technically more inforcing the « animation is just a dumb baby distraction thing » steriotype… *OOPS !*

[@TheElementR]

He gave this movie a 4/10 but yet he talks about this movie like if it was lower than that

[@kaseyCrayton]

@TheElementR You do realize this is video is the exact same thing right ? He critizized animat like he hate him or something

[@aa-le9vu]

⁠@@kaseyCraytoneveryone is open to criticism, even animat.

[@lukasvonweidts9681]

7:06 Of course he won't make a balls joke. He's a generic Linkara-style reviewer who thinks he's above swearing.

[@henrynelson9301]

He comes off as more of a Guptil type who just doesn’t like swearing

[@Quickpatch12]

hey even Nostalgia Critic did not swear for a year, but the difference is he wanted to prove that people did not just come to him for swearing at kid films and that they actually like his content. Plus I am also sure it was a bit of a memorial for his mother, but I am most likely wrong on that

[@lukasvonweidts9681]

@@Quickpatch12 Correct on the first point, not sure about the second. Pretty sure it was just that he announced that and had a dedication to his mother in the same video.

[@emilywenig4390]

I stopped watching this guy because of his constant whining about Sony and bringing up Trump constantly when he's supposed to be a film reviewer, and him saying Sony Pictures animation should be shut down over the Emoji Movie. (Had that happened we wouldn't have the Spiderverse films)

[@gothnerd887]

I wonder if they made Spideverse just to shut him up.

[@angelsartandgaming]

It's funny because of him and aaaall of the videos touting it as the worst movie ever, I wanted to review the Emoji Movie myself. Helps that I wanted to be a reviewer myself at the time because I was inspired by people like the Nostalgia Critic. So I watched it three times to get notes... And yeah it's flawed. It's not a good movie. But it's not as bad as the whole hype made it out to be. But then again that could have been a me thing because I came in expecting something horrible... Only for me to find actual enjoyment in it. This is like the ET game with me. One time I was able to actually play the ET Atari game. And I was excited because this is a legendary bad game and I wanted to rage and call it the worst game ever... only for me to actually really enjoy it myself and have fun with it! So it ended up being a guilty pleasure game.

[@monstercombo007]

You could say that The Emoji Movie was Sony Animation's Canon event *Insert Spiderman 2099's theme*

[@JonathanGaeta]

I feel like the 2016 Election broke AniMat and that’s why he keeps bringing up Trump and his political views in his videos and podcast ever since then

[@martinalejandro224]

honestly I feel like this review perfectly shows the problem with animat; I can ignore his dumb hatred towards the cartoony style, I can ignore that he somehow acted like he knew more about animation than Gendy Tartakovsky and I can even ignore the his dumbass political views, but I cannot ignore how bad of a critic he is even when I was a fan of his around 2015-2018 I found some of his views a bit odd like the whole "cartoony animation is bad for a movie" thing, but also I found dumb how he seems to have a preference towards Disney and Pixar since every time he reviews one of their movies he would give them a 9 or a 10 and when most times it wouldn't feel earned, like giving Frozen a 9 (or maybe it was a 10 I don't remember) when that movie was trying very hard to be subversive and not being that good at being that, or the time he gave Zootopia a 10 just because of the racism allegory when honestly said allegory was kind of bad and even offensive depending on who you ask. even when he isn't sucking them dry like with his Strange World review it feels like he is holding back on critiquing them harshly; he gave the movie a 7 but when he talked about the characters and story it felt like he needed to give them some complement to not call the movie bad, like he knows how bad the relationship of the father and the grandfather are but still gave the characters a 6 I also find hypocritical how he criticizes films like Hotel Transylvania or Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs when he likes Illumination movies which are everything he hates about the Sony movies but even worse since at least something like Cloudy has a story unlike something like Minions or the Mario movie which are pretty much just a bunch or random nonsense to keep kids entertained (again, what he said Cloudy was) yet he gave bot movies a 7/10 I remember I subscribed to him again when he made a series about the production of every Disney movie which I found interesting but watching his reviews of stuff like Raya and the Last Dragon or Despicable Me 4 reminded me why I unsubscribed to his channel in the first place

[@thekeybladeninjaturtle7380]

Sometimes I wonder if he's being payed by Disney and Illumination to praise their movies while bashing Sony's movies Also, for the record, The Mario Movie is fine but I'm not gonna argue with you about it.

[@viviennemorgan7217]

the animated mario movie doesn't feel like a video game movie like chris pratt's performance falls flat as mario while his performance as garfield is better than what he's trying with mario

[@thekeybladeninjaturtle7380]

@@viviennemorgan7217 I disagree with Pratt as Garfield but that's besides the point. It's clear Matt is left winged, not just in terms of politics, but also in terms of animation

[@mr.j3rs3y]

@@thekeybladeninjaturtle7380 The Mario movie is serviceable at best. The reason it gets a pass on a lot of things is because it’s the Super Mario IP, it’s Nintendo etc. I still enjoy watching the movie ofc, it just could have been so much more storytelling-wise.

[@mr.j3rs3y]

⁠@@thekeybladeninjaturtle7380 Could you clarify the “but also in terms of animation” part, I’m genuinely confused by what you mean there XD /gen

[@Sonicman4155]

Animat: Cloudy burned my village, Stole money from charities,and Delivered a plague in my house. Everyone: He did!? Animat: ...yes 🤥

[@anth636]

“It burned down my wife and had sex with my house!”

[@angelsartandgaming]

"Because Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs killed my grandma, okay!?"

[@monstercombo007]

It did? AniMat: No...But are we gonna wait around until it does?

[@Sonicman4155]

@monstercombo007 ya!!!!! "Cloudy dvds burning in the ground" Someone in the angry mob: now what!?

[@Nameless-ln5mr]

⁠@@Sonicman4155 ”Get the directors!’

[@slashermaster28]

One of my biggest gripes with Animat is how he's one of those critics who complains about certain elements whenever a film he doesn't like features them but then as soon as a film he likes does the exact same thing, he either praises those elements or ignores them, like it's only bad when a select few films do it. He's gotten better at this in recent years. He's even started acknowledging when films he doesn't like have legitimate attempts at character growth, unlike here where he bases his thoughts on each character purely off of how they act at the beginning of the film while completely ignoring their development, but he still shows that bias every so often.

[@thekeybladeninjaturtle7380]

Animat: I hate Cloudy with a Chance This Sucks because it's too cartoony Also Animat: I love Illumination Movies because they're so cartoony Double Standards anyone?

[@detectivewobbuffet2778]

I said it himself that he loves a cartoony art style when it's done right, he just think Illumination does it better than Sony.

[@thekeybladeninjaturtle7380]

@@detectivewobbuffet2778 *sniff* Smells like biase

[@detectivewobbuffet2778]

@@thekeybladeninjaturtle7380 what?

[@thekeybladeninjaturtle7380]

@@detectivewobbuffet2778 He's clearly biased towards Illumination. Bad analogy, I know

[@andrewishere]

Soooooo let me get this straight: It’s perfectly fine to throw every ounce of what AniMat said about Sony at Illumination, but when it’s thrown at any other studio that’s taking it too far? Double standards anyone? Also how about we stop picking animation studios to be a fucking punching bag. They’re all full of hard working people.

[@FillaneAmmisto]

I remember Animat making a video in defense of illumination and kinda connecting it to the weird claims that he has a hate for Sony pictures animation studio. Defending a disliked studio which puts out mediocre stuff and spams minions at us won't make his hate for cloudy and hotel Transilvania look more rational suddenly

[@raggens]

It’s both hypocritical and exposing you to be a shill. I remember that some ppl noticed that his reasons for liking things such as Sausage Party has something to do with the eyes

[@Pupcakes_69]

Im glad he defended Illumination but not that he criticized Sony. I like both studios.

[@raggens]

@@Pupcakes_69 Even though Illumination and Disney have a whole bunch of content that have the exact same things Mat whined about when it came to other animated films - especially Sony films. It’s like that meme with the weeaboo being presented with a thing, and then soying out when that thing is from Japan

[@mathiaslienafa789]

@@raggensSausage Party was not made by Sony Picture Animation this was made by Nitrogen Studio

[@syppy7416]

seriously though, did he never realize the irony of claiming Cloudy was reinforcing the "animated moves are for kids" mindset while defending ILLUMINATION!?

[@smashblaster1-up190]

I always thought the artstyle of Cloudy was based off of 40's, 50's advertisements

[@JonathanGaeta]

They’re really close to that art style but it’s in 3D. And I think it’s a unique style that they went with as the Disney Pixar art style is the same every movie. With Disney switching from 2D to 3D I can’t tell which one is either a Pixar or Disney made movie, and it’s been like that since 2010, at least with Chicken Little, Meet The Robinsons, and Bolt, I can tell they were made by Disney Animation as they didn’t have that Pixar style look until Tangled.

[@mathiaslienafa789]

@@JonathanGaetaExacly thank you

[@jastrongames790]

Fun fact about avgn: he was originally called the angry Nintendo nerd at one time, but he changed the name from Angry Nintendo nerd to Avgn to avoid any trademark issues with Nintendo, I know this doesn't have anything to do with animat and his bad take on cloudy with a chance of meatballs, but I felt like I have to give you that nugget of knowledge

[@jastrongames790]

Forgot to mention that the change also has to do with him doing reviews with games on other consoles as well

[@jeepmega629]

As someone who’s grown up with Cloudy, comparing it’s animation to any Video Brinquedo movie is actually an insane take, like what???

[@raggens]

Mat clearly has no sense of taste given the clothes he wears and the art he makes and the edits to his videos. I’m kinda hoping that EFAP could look at a few of his videos and tear him a new one at this point

[@JonathanGaeta]

Video Brinquedo movies make your eyes hurt, but Cloudy can restore some sanity into you because it still holds up 15 years later, and I don’t know what AniMat is talking about as all I hear is rambling and complaining because “the characters designs are bad” but I prefer the character designs in Cloudy than Disney’s designs because they’re the same ever since 2010, although it wouldn’t surprise me because AniMat simps for Disney 24/7

[@raggens]

@@JonathanGaeta Like, Mat can just say that he doesn’t like the animation style and give actual reasons as to why it doesn’t work. He shouldn’t go out of his way to insult the animators like that or say they weren’t “professional”

[@Mint-strawberry]

Why he lowkey look like the white bowser😭

[@Zebra_fandomfella03]

Exactly

[@adamk9652]

I thought the same thing too

[@jakebatterson3670]

@@Mint-strawberry does he say it’s just cawtoons

[@perfectpasta3155]

I sure hope he doesn’t get employed at imagine theatews

[@tokomontoko5856]

That's the first thing I thought of lmao

[@rorin47]

“I had to take off my glasses so I couldn’t see what was going on” Now his review makes sense.

[@JonathanGaeta]

If I ever had to take my glasses off while watching a movie so I couldn’t see what was going on it wouldn’t be Cloudy, it would be either Food Fight or those ripoff bootleg movies that are poorly made. AniMat’s review of Cloudy makes no sense since he took his glasses off

[@TheDigitalApple]

Honestly Animat is someone who there is nothing redeeming about, he just seems to be very smug, pretentious and elitist towards those who don’t share his views. But what really made me go from annoyed to his bad political takes to outright despising him, was when he defended Cuties.

[@disgustingseal681]

He what

[@Ginoooski6699]

So he's linkara but if he was a cartoon reviewer

[@AwesomeMooseSmile]

When did he do that?

[@Jollyjose251]

@@AwesomeMooseSmileIn one of his podcasts

[@EChacon]

Honestly I’m glad I unsubscribed to him and frankly I wish most KZbinrs who love animation or animation reviews don’t collaborate with him or Cellspex.

[@Okeana_Aster]

Geez wow. That guy really criticized professionals and the way they do their work, getting mad and insisting that they should get fired and find a new career because they're so bad at it, acting like he knows so much better than all of them while he makes it incredibly obvious that he is very, very far from being a professional himself and has no idea what he's talking about, instead mindlessly hating on these people and their work.

[@gothnerd887]

He might be the reason why Doodley made instructional videos on animation fundamentals.

[@kaylemathewcomendador6964]

Yeah, especially with how Animat ain’t exactly known for animating & designing himself. Like he didn’t really show off any examples both good or bad to prove his point, whether from himself or others.

[@camarokidbb4347]

There’s a word for that: Narcissism.

[@anonymouslucario285]

Didn't mr enter do the same thing?

[@raggens]

@@kaylemathewcomendador6964And besides: the work he does show on his DeviantArt and Instagram are… laughably bad. Funny how he’s telling animation professionals what to do when his work is anything BUT professional lol

[@AbrasiousProductions]

I almost blew a fucking gasket hearing that 9/11 take.. Mat is genuinely evil and I'm tired of people pretending he isn't.

[@littlemoth4956]

Eh. It’s been 23 years by now and it was already ridiculously overblown when it happened.

[@Xx_Aberforth_xX]

​@@littlemoth4956 no it's still a big deal

[@henrymockingbird9645]

To quote the alien from Battlefield earth, did you blow head gasket

[@jorami4838]

Does anyone know which video he said that in? I need to hear the entire rant

[@anonymouslucario285]

How is he evil?

[@Adam_from_Soulburnt]

Adding on to the “a professional artist would never approve of this” bit, I’m actually an art student myself and I can tell you from firsthand experience that I’ve known plenty of people who draw in styles that are stylized in very similar ways to how this movie does it. I have no idea what the hell this man is on about, this is exactly the kind of movie that art people love.

[@bigdaddydons6241]

I absolutely believe that this guy absolutely LOVES the animation style the nostalgia critic uses for his "animations" and also draws EXACTLY like that too

[@Joey_Hamboles]

cloudy with a chance a meatballs is absolute cinema. there is no movie that can out-peak it.

[@JonathanGaeta]

I agree

[@harismirza6447]

The captain underpants movie

[@ThePottedNoob]

Forgot to comment this but I love how your criticisms towards ZZZ's animations was 8x times more indepth then anything said in Cloudy video regarding the movie lma

[@Formula_Zero_EX]

Ikr? His criticism is genuine and detailed, unlike Animat’s review.

[@SupaPuttyYT]

Looks like Linkara finally got tired of reviewing comics.

[@GabyGeorge1996]

You leave Linkara out of this

[@someidiot62]

@@GabyGeorge1996 why, he’s not any better

[@SupaPuttyYT]

Lightbringer

[@Ose-here]

a guy online once called animat the "linkara of animation"

[@ginogatash4030]

​@@someidiot62I'd say his reviews are at least marginally more solid in providing his arguments, but surpassing Animatt isn't exactly a high bar.

[@fredpertrench2460]

please do more animat reviews they're hilarious and he doesn't get nearly enough mockery. Great vid dude

[@qsev1337]

The thing about the part where he complains about the art style of the movie is that he could easily say that he personally doesn't like the art style or at least give comprehensible reasons why he doesn't like it. It's fair to acknowledge a piece of media is technologically and presented great but just not being able to gel with the style said media goes for (an example personally for me is like 80% of Illumination's output, the backgrounds and general presentation of the movies are great but the art styles are mostly just ass -_-") but he just does the stereotypical youtube angry reviewer tactic of going "IT SUCKS MONKEY FUCK" and nothing else. Thank you AniMatPat, very cool!

[@rosennacht7624]

Judging by an Illumination art book I saw online (Art of Eric Guillon) the art style fits better in 2D most of the time. The one in this book reminded me of The New Yorker or older children’s books.

[@william3100]

​@rosennacht7624 Yeah, like, even though I don't think the art style in Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 1 and 2 is AS bad as AniMat says it is, I kinda see where he is coming from and how the style works better in 2D. Plus, a lot of the characters looking like they just drank gallons of coffee in how many of them constantly flail their arms and such and just the cgi trying to match 2d in that way, I can see where that could be off at times at least. Personally myself, I also don't consider the story and characters in these movies to be as great as some say it is, either. It's not terrible but the first one is rather your typical fish out of water or outcast tries to make his dream come true story. There is a funny joke every now and then, though. The 2nd movie is garbage, however.

[@henrynelson9301]

@@william3100”CGI trying to match 2D” has been very popular for the past 5+ years at this point, so that actually makes this movie a bit ahead of its time. Even in the clips he shows to try to prove it looks bad, I was pretty impressed with how dynamic and expressive the characters look. It’s still a 15 year old CGI movie tho, so it’s obviously going to look dated in some way

[@william3100]

@henrynelson9301 OK, I meant realistic looking cgi texturing and just general looks ignoring how stylized the designs look. Kinda similar to many Pixar films but with obviously a different style and trying to look 2d without even cel shading or stuff like that. That may be something for its time somewhat, but that doesn't mean it's great. I can kinda see the whole angle of trying to be very stylistic with something very realistic being a bit off because the two don't exactly go together. Either be more realistic or more stylistic. You know what I mean? At least in how the movie did in, in comparison to others that look better due to the style or something else like Hotel Transylvania, whose character designs looked different and, in my opinion, a bit better than in Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs.

[@Coolestdogever360]

Bro basically treated this movie like it was a FREAKIN' war crime. Like for real dude? 🤣🤣

[@Coolestdogever360]

Very happy I unsubscribed to him a while ago. Like Jeez get a shelf life dude! 😂😂

[@orangeslash1667]

@@Coolestdogever360 I think Matt's issue with the art style that it's being obviously 3D characters acting as 2D as possible.

[@Coolestdogever360]

@@orangeslash1667 Exactly and while to a small extent I get it. It's just a little silly getting angry over THAT in the first place. Of course we all different and we all have our own opinions on somethings, But with that issue he has on the film. To me I think it's distracting more than anything for him to be honest though.

[@orangeslash1667]

@@Coolestdogever360 The issue is the success of this film encouraged Sony to make more Cartoony movies rather than animated comedies with STORY AND CHARACTER. Animat îs blaming this film for the cartoony movie trend. The only Sony animated film that Animat likes outside of Spiderman and The Mitchells vs. the Machines, is Surfs Up. That is how much Animat hates Sony films.

[@unpolleydgone7560]

I remember he got in trouble for deleting comments that didn't agree with him.

[@polancoboomer]

He also got in trouble for defending the infamous French film Mignones, which was also infamously released through Netflix as Cuties. Let that absolutely sink in, will you? kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZyYYnyQd5mhq6ssi=0MT_4lz59Xh6UoKG

[@JonathanGaeta]

Because according to AniMat and his walnut he calls a brain “everybody is an idiot except me” and “criticizing me makes you a certain Austrian mustache man so no criticism allowed.” Now that’s not what he said directly but the parallels are there.

[@angelsartandgaming]

I used to watch him a lot but I stopped watching him after he started getting massively political. Don't get me wrong, I don't like Trump either, but my guy there's a time and place for that. Like the time he accused Caillou as being a Republican or something because he was being a whiny child??? Caillou is four, it says so I'm his theme song!!

[@kittymcgeeky8853]

lol, he compared his bratty behavior and tantrums specifically to a Republican politician and it took me out of the experience so bad, otherwise it would've been a fairly serviceable vid.

[@angelsartandgaming]

@@kittymcgeeky8853 yeah like c'mon dude, he's a child.

[@TheFoxFromSplashMountain]

He called his audience "ignorant" for complaining about it too. Like, dude. People subscribed to you for animation reviews. Not you ranting about Trump.

[@angelsartandgaming]

@@TheFoxFromSplashMountain exactly!! Like at that point it should be irrelevant to who you're voting for. People come for the reviews, not the political takes. And even at the time I was a fan, I really didn't want to hear any of it despite agreeing with most of his political statements because that was a very stressful voting time for everyone. I wanted to get away from that personally. Still do.

[@smbd1234]

Exactly like Caillou is a child what does he have anything to do with Trump

[@garrettcrowe2199]

I remember he loves illumination even though they are everything he said he hates at the end of his review.

[@mathiaslienafa789]

Exacly proof 31:44 32:18 34:07 Honestly it’s funny that’s the fact the Despecable Me / Minions franchise who have main Gimmick to show in every 2 minutes toilet humour or showing dumb character doing dumb things with out any kind of réflection for the jokes or showing « comedic scenes »who are totally use less and don’t progress the plot at all and who are just here for distract about the fact that’s the Plot absolutly tales nothing and distract about his lack of wrighting in general and plus the minions are dumb just for being dumb and who are responsable for the majority of the use less scenes and under développe all his characters and priotyse the « comedic scenes » over the characters developement scenes and the Despecable Me / Minions franchise do six movies who are all commercials and box office succes with giant marketing who are every where and who technically more inforcing the « animation is just a dumb baby distraction thing » steriotype… *OOPS !*

[@xavierkrantz1098]

I think his hatred on Donald trump is what really set me off, and not to mention is unhealthy love and obsession over Disney

[@frozenwishstudios]

I haven't forgotten his Rise of Skywalker review in his community post where he had more negative things to say than positive, yet concluded with an overall positive feedback

[@TheMovieAndCartoonFan]

And yet the dude is freaking Canadian. He shouldn't even be given a flying dollar about American Politics at this rate (regardless of what you think of Mr. Trump)

[@xavierkrantz1098]

@@TheMovieAndCartoonFan Unless if you went to a Canadian University and studied American history and politics, I dont think he even has the right to talk about politics

[@JonathanGaeta]

The 2016 Election broke him and he simps for Disney so hard just so he can be recognized by them and get a paycheck from them and their master Iger. He’s basically a Disney Shill at this point.

[@JonathanGaeta]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@xavierkrantz1098I think he shouldn’t talk about politics, and by politics I’m talking American politics because Canadian and American politics are completely different. But honestly I think AniMat never went to a Canadian University and studied American history and politics so he knows nothing about American history and politics and gets his info from the news media.

[@aaronlo9651]

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs looks better looking than Wish

[@CKprimeval07]

And he gave Wish an 8/10, mind you!!!

[@orangeslash1667]

@@CKprimeval07 Wish look bad for different reasons. The Nostalgia Critic says that water color can look great, but it doesn't transfer well in CG. For Cloud and a Chance of Meat Balls. I think Matt's issue with the art style that it's being obviously 3D characters acting as 2D as possible.

[@brytilaar]

Wish is Decent. He should have gave it a 7/10.

[@aaronlo9651]

@@orangeslash1667 I've seen CGI projects that look 2D even though it's still CGI. That's includes fanmade projects (I saw a FNAF fan animation that looked 2D but it wasn't).

[@orangeslash1667]

@@aaronlo9651 I don't care for FNAF. I think the Disney short the Paper Man is a good example??

[@bluedemon7723]

This video made me remember that the movie got a cartoon years later on Cartoon Network. I don't remember much about it, besides the fact they aged Flint and his love interest down for whatever reason

[@megasnowey7177]

Yeah, I remember I thought his Caillou video was pretty good, but it was kinda of annoying when he said "Caillou acts like a Republican politician when he doesn't get his way" since I wasn't watching the video for political opinions

[@kittymcgeeky8853]

Bruh, that video would've been perfectly serviceable if that one line wasn't in it. It's so out-of-pocket...

[@megasnowey7177]

@@kittymcgeeky8853 I know, and I'm not even a Republican. It was just so irrelevant

[@haydenfisher1387]

I mean I like to shit on Project 2025 shills as the next autistic white guy, but yeah unless I'm watching Leeja Miller or it's more relevant, just do'nt get political lol

[@johnh.mcsaxx3637]

I feel like the culture war BS has ruined media discourse on either side. I had to stop watching Midnight's Edge because they went all in on political rants about the "liberal woke agenda," and I've been a subscriber to them for 6 years.

[@megasnowey7177]

@@johnh.mcsaxx3637 oh I agree completely

[@jaaronwhitten5996]

To properly quote Jontron on this review, "That one did not age so well".

[@Duncaster]

This guy looks like Linkara’s long lost brother

[@connoromalley4004]

He did make a Muppet ranking video, but I don't think he talked about them being dead or gay or anything.

[@LittleMusicBags11037]

And both of them cant handle crticism as well!

[@horaciosi]

And sounds like him too.

[@NunofYerbizness]

7:29 He gave the sequel a 2/10 btw, just so I could save y'all another 28 minutes of incompetence

[@kokotiger1313]

I find it kinda funny that AniMat brought up Vídeo Brinquedo in his critique of this, When he sounds like the main rat in Ratatoing

[@c-o-b-o-2010]

The main rat in that movie legitimately sounds better.

[@Nameless-ln5mr]

⁠@@c-o-b-o-2010 Remember… that rat was voiced by Wayne Grayson, the guy who played Joey Wheeler in Yu-Gi-Oh! (Though, in that film, he was using his Syrus Truesdale from Yu-Gi-Oh GX voice.)

[@DistractedGlobeGuy]

Precisely!

[@yeezoyoutube]

A media reviewer talking about politics is usually the reddest flag of them all. Because more often than not they make it their whole personality

[@mr.springjunkie4415]

Isn't this the guy who got mad at the Five Nights at Freddy's creator because he found out he was a christian conservative?

[@christiancardona7342]

wait he was mad over fnaf

[@christiancardona7342]

also ihate fnaf

[@mr.springjunkie4415]

@@christiancardona7342 he was mad at the creator because AniMat is extremely anti-conservative

[@mr.springjunkie4415]

@@christiancardona7342 probably not as much as AniMat

[@drstorm44]

@@mr.springjunkie4415 Don't know if AniMat got mad over that, but it seems incredibly likely that he would.

[@albertoherrera2814]

Here’s something crazy about AniMat. Not only is he an approved critic on Rotten Tomatoes, but he does have some acting roles according to his IMDb page. The biggest production he appeared on was a zombie in season 3 episode 9 of the successful CBS comedy Ghosts.

[@isauldron4337]

Wtf? He has a critic approved thing in rotten tomatoes

[@raggens]

And voiced one of the enemies in Bendy and the Dark Revival, though the other horror game KZbinrs have likely never heard of him upon being hired for their own cameo roles

[@henrynelson9301]

Honestly good for him for voice acting

[@RappyRaptor]

Such is a 'USER' I have not heard of in years...

[@definitelynotaroach]

This guy looks like Earl Dube but without the speech impediment

[@Mint-strawberry]

@@definitelynotaroach fr

[@Bruhmoment28422]

Jesus you're right

[@nkmade04]

You can diss any other movie you want around me, but speaking ill on Cloudy? Buddy, those are fighting words.

[@shep6489]

I have to give it to AniMat for literally being the only KZbinr to expose the Legends of Oz scam.

[@anth636]

The sad thing is Animat makes really good content when it doesn’t require his opinions. Animation Lookback is like eating a fine steak off the shower floor.

[@william3100]

Personally, I found a great amount of his reviews to be good and entertaining. This one review was rather a dud.

[@monstercombo007]

​@@william3100 If he doesn't start ahoving his political views on your throat that is.

[@jadenbryant9283]

​​@@monstercombo007or watch his podcast or look at his other social media.

[@monstercombo007]

​@@jadenbryant9283 Or his Squeaky voice Or unprofessionlism Or his condecending attitude You get the Idea

[@william3100]

@monstercombo007 I never really seen that in his videos, at least the videos I've watched.

[@kentarom2de945]

I'm surprised you never bring up the time when AniMat literally compares Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs appearing in the Oscars Awards is the "same" as Charles Manson appearing a compilation of American heroes. I'm not even making that up. 😭

[@themanbehindthebruhmoment502]

AniMat is such a user bro

[@JonathanGaeta]

@@themanbehindthebruhmoment502I mean he uses Twitter. Or maybe I don’t know ever since Elon took it over and I’m sure he hates Elon’s guts

[@sageslittlechannel]

Used to watch him a lot, especially during his history of looney tunes series. I NEVER understood the seering hatred for cloudy and cloudy 2. Like sure it’s sometimes stupid but like… “the cancer of animation.” come the fuck on, man.

[@williehampton3855]

Yeah. Everything negative he says about this movie are reserved for way worse animated films. Not just ones based off of children's books but original animated movies in general. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is one of those movies where I put in the category of a fun wacky comedy in the veins of something like Madagascar, an animated franchise that's just as good, albeit a bit better than this, but still ranks amongst those films that actually tries to be entertaining and funny, as opposed to other so-called comedies that are everything Mat accuses this film of. Next time you blindly hate on a movie just to project your own insecurities on something that's not real, get your facts straight about it first.

[@JonathanGaeta]

⁠@@williehampton3855ironically. AniMat is a fan of Madagascar, but despises Cloudy and other movies that are cartoony, hypocritical much?

[@williehampton3855]

@@JonathanGaeta Tell me about it. His praise of the first Madagascar is justifiable. But yet Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is a major exception because it was "too cartoonish." I understand that there's a fine line between style and substance but bashing one film for using a cartoony art style while praising another doing the same really speaks volumes about you as a critic.

[@Camels_Rule2005]

I hate the fact that I used to watch and enjoy AniMat 9 years ago when I was 10. He's such a whiny, unprofessional, annoying idiot with some of the worst opinions of any animation critic on KZbin amongst the likes of Mr. Enter. Also, the moment I saw this video in my recommended tap, I instantly remembered that moment from his Caillou video where he started comparing him to Ted Cruz almost out of nowhere(or maybe it was the other way around idk its been awhile since I've seen that video) and I started bursting into laughter lmao.

[@drstorm44]

I found a Caillou video where he says he "throws a tantrum like a Republican politician" out of pocket.

[@angelsartandgaming]

​@@drstorm44 Animat: OBVIOUSLY HE'S A CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN BECAUSE HE'S WHINY!! Caillou: I'm just a kid who's four. Each day I grow some more.

[@LittleMusicBags11037]

At least Mr. Enter actually has some self awareness though. AniMat never changed

[@TheStarsTwilight]

@@LittleMusicBags11037 Not only that, AniMat actually made an entire video ripping into Mr. Enter during the Turning Red controversy. Not the video mind you - Mr. Enter himself. Some of the points were incredibly hypocritical too, like Animat ragging on him for bringing up politics in reviews when he's the one that pattern applies to far more often.

[@Nebulasecura]

Give mr enter this. At least he's trying to listen to feedback from his audience and improve on his mistakes. Animat doesn't do any of that shit.

[@TheIncredibleBiddison]

He’s much better as a history teacher than a film critic!

[@JonathanGaeta]

Agreed. Although I don’t think he should be around school zones since he defended a certain infamous French film.

[@smbd1234]

​@JonathanGaeta .... yep keep him away from kids

[@vergilcold1167]

Use to watch him when i was like 12 but he kept bringing up dumbass politics in my video analysis of kids cartoons. Dude has a problem lol

[@voltingmaster5458]

I still can’t forgive Animat for insulting Sony Animation by going so far as to call them “And I Quote” The Donald Trump Of Animation. Seriously Comparing a gaming, movie, or animation studio to a political figure would be like me saying that Sweet Baby Inc. is run by literal babies, which is stupid cause that would be an insult to actual babies.

[@EChacon]

It’s even more worse that he compared _Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs_ to "Charles Freaking Manson" when he got peeved off seeing it at the Oscar Animation showcase.

[@JonathanGaeta]

⁠@@EChaconwow, WTF was Mat thinking? Comparing Cloudy to Charles Manson attending the Oscars because Cloudy was featured in the montage is so ridiculous, plus Charles Manson was a LITERAL SERIAL KILLER, did Cloudy ever murder anybody, no, because it’s a movie.

[@thelibyanplzcomeback]

It's always felt to me like he's deciding to hate it for no reason just to be a troll.

[@LukeTheFantasticMii]

The funniest thing about him watching the movie without his glasses, is there was another movie that Animat hated watching so much that he had to take off his glasses. Which was "Norm of the north" which makes much sense than the meatball movies

[@JonathanGaeta]

Norm deserves the hate than the Cloudy movies even though I didn’t like Cloudy 2 that much

[@diurtydantv8061]

I remember watching Animat years ago. Hes like if AVGN and Mr. Enter had a child.

[@Caratrox]

But AVGN is more of a Persona, and unlike Animat, AVGN is actually Funny

[@JonathanGaeta]

I would probably add MovieBob in there too

[@JonathanGaeta]

⁠@@Caratroxagreed, even if AVGN has some bad episodes I’m still glad I watched because I respect James Rolfe

[@Moony1568]

Isn’t this review like… a decade old? And are people just now discovering it?? What year am I in? Edit: I’ve forgotten how bad his reviews actually are. Damn, can’t believe I used to be a fan of his.

[@Camels_Rule2005]

3:23-3:44 If AniMat thinks Donald Trump and his supporters are the worst things to ever happen to America since 9/11, then I don't want to know how he reacted to the 2024 election results. Also, isn't AniMat canadian? If so, then why should he care about Trump when he doesn't even live in America? I'm so sick and tired of celebrities and online figures like AniMat giving their opinions on Trump when they don't even live in the US.

[@jack_stone]

Well to be fair here I do see why Canadians and Brits would be paying attention, since America is the most influential country that their own tend to follow. So, even if I don't think this presidential cycle will be bad as some say I get why someone who thinks he's a facist are freaking out. (The GOP really screwed the pooch by bringing out Project 2025)

[@smbd1234]

I think he was probably screaming in bed, saying something stupid like "worst then the holicost"

[@FrenchFryCheese04]

matt breaks my heart

[@crystal-gem-quotev]

Look, as someone who thinks of this movie as their favourite of all time, and is emotionally connected with it because it helped me through the toughest part of my life, I thank you for tearing this review a new one. (Also, found a Tales of Berseria fan)

[@Commrade-DOGE]

3:43 we found the whitebowser’s long lost brother

[@theelementalgriffin2092]

If you think him saying the company moving to Vancouver will make them embarrassed of their previous movies was bad, he straight up wished for Sony Pictures Animation to shut down in his Emoji Movie review.

[@JonathanGaeta]

It should be noted that Sony Pictures Animation never moved to Vancouver as it was Sony Pictures Imageworks who moved to Vancouver. Imageworks is the one who do the animated visual effects for the live action movies for Sony and other studios. So AniMat never did his research and assumed that Sony Animation moved to Vancouver when it was Imageworks that moved. Also him saying Sony Animation should shut down during his Emoji Movie review is actually disrespectful as hundreds of animators would lose their jobs and it’s hard for them to find a replacement job in the animation industry in Hollywood, it’s not easy going from one studio to another. AniMat clearly doesn’t understand the consequences that would happen if that was the case of Sony Animation shutting down just because of a bad movie they made.

[@theelementalgriffin2092]

@@JonathanGaetait goes to show he thinks with his dick when it comes to his Sony hate boner and not his head.

[@nukkleargarlicbread]

I just find it so funny that bro talks about the movie likes it's a 1/10 only for him to give it a 4/10 😭

[@PIB2000]

AniMat says this is the worst film he's ever seen. The same guy who would be a Cuties defender.

[@theelementalgriffin2092]

Y’all remember when animat compared this movie to Charles Manson of all people?

[@VOMITQUEEN]

Bros acting like the film is on par with Foodfight 💀

[@brytilaar]

And The Emoji Movie

[@jtothepmoreno1010]

He’s said he’s long matured since this review- but he clearly still hates Cloudy with a passion… I just don’t understand- it’s reviews like these that really gave animation fans/critics a bad rep for the longest time- looking back at this really makes it hard to respect him as a critic

[@sorenthefilmbrony]

At least AniMat changed his view on Sony Animation the nanosecond Into the Spiderverse came out.