REACTING to *Antz* BETTER THAN A BUG'S LIFE?? (First Time Watching) Animator Reacts

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James and animator Nobu are reacting to the Antz, Dreamworks take on A Bug's Life and its better? Enjoy this dark comedy starring Woody Allen, Sharen Stone, Sylvester Stallone, and Jennifer Lopez in this wild and weird animation about antz! Enjoy this first time watching animator reacts reaction!
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[@whitenoisereacts]

Which do you like better A Bugs Life or Antz?

[@jgzaz]

Antz ❤️🐜

[@oaf-77]

Antz has a weird political subtext to it, everything about that movie from the character design to the choice of voice actors is so weird, it's hard not to like. Bugs life is seven samurai for kids, so that has that going for it. Also I'd like to suggest the animated films April and Extraordinary World (2015) and The Adventures of Mark Twain (1985) both really interesting and underappreciated animated films

[@Shythalia]

A Bug's Life forever & always for me. Antz is just too weird.

[@rvrcn]

Antz to me was so much better it's funny

[@EChacon]

I prefer _A Bug’s Life_ over _Antz_ as I love that film more and I grew up with it more than Antz. If folks loved _Antz_ more than _Bug’s Life_ more power to the majority of you, but I prefer _A Bug’s Life_

[@TheHeroClass]

Disney animated movies are, more or less, kid's movies with some mature jokes and themes sprinkled in for the adults. Dreamworks animated movies are straight up movies made for adults, but disguised as kids movies through their animation.

[@maul8384]

No.

[@sese8976]

@@maul8384 yes

[@leonidasneves7972]

Yes and no

[@SukunaYaoi]

You mean more actually pg 13

[@LycanFerret]

​@@SukunaYaoi Yes. PG-13. People forget PG-13 has suggestive themes, violence but not gore, and minor sparse language. PG has less of this but can still have it. And G films have none of that at all. Anything that could be considered risque is not allowed under that rating. Although the Wizard of Oz crushing the witch is debatable. Lmao.

[@AndiLang8146]

Fun fact: Weaver, Azteca, Princess Bala and Colonel Cutter are all named after different kinds of ant.

[@breezy3392]

Why is Cutter the only one with wings?

[@slandracon3853]

@@breezy3392 If i remember right, some male ants (might be all and the movie just took liberties) have wings in order to seek out/start new colonies like princesses.

[@breezy3392]

@@slandracon3853 interesting

[@milesbradshaw6643]

@@slandracon3853 All male ants(Drones) have wings.

[@00B.]

@@milesbradshaw6643 so that's what Z was referring to by calling his father a Drone (english is not my first language) t.t I was thinking "broh did they have drones back then and did the ants knew about it?" jrejre

[@ryanbryce2752]

I saw this at the cinema. It was a mystery movie night so we were amongst the first people to see it. The animation style was very new. Almost everything coming before had been 2d . The casting of this film is excellent. Every character plays on the strengths and characteristics of the voice actors. It's a great film.

[@brukehintsa2207]

To be honest this film introduced me to actor and comedian Woody Allen and it made me love his sense of humor.

[@zeldahylia8549]

I remember watching Antz so many times as a kid. I didn't see A Bug's Life until I was an adult, but did have the N64 game.

[@amberaegard]

He was definitely not the ball

[@seangodde5429]

Your thoughts were very interesting... Having grown up with this movie but not seeing a bugs life until I was a late teen, I really enjoy this over the Pixar rendition. I think part of it is also the "Woody Allen" of it all: he's a very different kind of personality for this kind of movie, and if you know any if his movies I think you'd get a bit more of his personality throughout the narrative. Either way, great reaction and keep up the awesome work!

[@cxcainekillz]

you guys gotta watch ant bully too; that movie was my childhood!

[@malytheson]

Now all you need is the Ant bully

[@simonhourani5228]

Locke&Key and lucifer are fun series if you're interested!😁

[@nathmg11]

My parents never let me watch this when I was a kid whereas A Bug's Life holds a very special place in my heart. For some reason, we had a VHS of it in it's original language in my house here in Mexico. I watched that movie religiously as a child to the point of learning the dialogues even if I didn't know what it meant. I guess I kind of started learning English with it 😅 *offs to watch the A bug's life reaction for the 10th time*

[@justcheese600]

I always remember the ants March towards the termites

[@harrypottersnumbrfan]

Now we just need Ant Bully, and we will have the ant trifecta

[@Rokinevythng14]

No way! I was just thinking about this movie on Friday and wanting a movie reaction! Thank you ❤😇

[@DiamondPreston1234]

Love both but A Bugs Life is better in my opinion and more nostalgic for me 💕

[@milesbradshaw6643]

The first DreamWorks film, and it was good👍.

[@blitzgirl6522]

I grew up watching both AntZ and A Bug's Life, and I preferred this one. ABL felt a bit too goofy to me even as a kid. I tended to like a lot of the "darker" animated films, I guess! EDIT: This was one of the first DVDs that my family owned - one of the first DVDs that were released, I believe!

[@kakakzarra9450]

thanks James it been so long sing i watch Bugs Life and ant Z , back 2009 My dad bought me a Ps1 and the movie Bugs Life and Ant Z were a double movie on my dad old Cd movie player back then

[@Vlad.Larionov]

Cool animated films Batman unlimited: animal instincts and Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem. It's interesting to see your reaction

[@theeternalshade2981]

First: "Why?" is the worst question a capitalist workhorse could ever hear from a worker, and I love the guy's immediate fearful reaction 'cuz he didn't have an answer. XD Second: I gotta comment that I feel like you two missed the point of the main antagonist talking about washing away the filth and talking about how his plan doesn't make sense. The movie is a criticism of unfettered capitalism and has a clear-cut superliminal communist message. Mandible represents - especially notably in America - the ultra-wealthy and how they scheme and manipulate the "lower classes" (working class) to further their own ends in a greed-fueled belief that only their desires matter while denigrating what got them there in the first place - the workers. Mandible is of the belief that his class - the soldiers, a stand-in for the wealthy and the military-industrial complex - is the pinnacle of what should be and that they need to be rid of the "lessers" - the workers, the working poor, etc. - to thrive, when these people only hold their position because of happenstance (the soldiers, being chosen at random to be a soldier; the wealthy, more often than not, born into their wealth). In the end, the working class won out over the elites by banding together and - quite literally - rising up, and that's the point that the movie is trying to make: that the workers are stronger than the elites when they are in unison. From a messaging standpoint, the movie is brilliant. Graphically, it may not have aged well; but I still love it.

[@Maria67362]

I grew up watching Antz in Spanish and I always find the English versions so weird to listen to 😅

[@TheYoungGeninSasuke]

I hope you guys watch Disney Dinosaur 2000.

[@aidary44]

I thought i will be some reaction to animation. I mean two professionals commenting how this was animated or processing or maybe mistakes. But i only see two clowns watching good movie

[@robbinsnest6163]

I enjoy Antz, but to me, it's not as good as A Bug's Life

[@filipvadas7602]

1.This was one of the movies I watched religiously as a kid and didn't see A Bug's Life until *way* later on. And frankly ,in hindsight, both movies hold up pretty well and have their own charm 2. They *have to* watch Hoodwinked at some point. Its the definition of a movie that is *cheap but NOT lazy*

[@marslara]

Hoodwinked was an awesome movie, I remember watching the premier and being so excited. It felt so cinematic 😂

[@matengawhatarangi5366]

Hoodwinked was a classic

[@TheOtherSideoftheLookingGlass]

With how great the first movie was I was really looking forward to the sequel, but we were given a steaming pile of 💩 instead. Hoodwinked really deserved better.

[@jemormaypa4005]

💯 percent agree

[@brianamills6440]

So ANTZ and Bugs Life are similar in the sense that the ants are being oppressed by a system or antagonist that they would eventually have to revolt against. Here it’s general Mandible. With Bugs Life, it was Hopper. There’s also a similar theme of encouraging individualism. Z and Flick are both sort of outcasts who are different than the rest of the colony in some way and have the courage to challenge the status quo. I love both movies but they’re definitely for very different audiences (as is usually the case between Dreamworks and Disney) lol. Antz is more adult. Bugs Life is a cleaned up, cuter take on a similar issue. Lol

[@ekl7804]

I agree your post is spot on.

[@EChacon]

I honestly prefer _A Bug’s Life_ over _Antz_ as I love that film more and I grew up with it more than Antz. If the majority say _Antz_ more than _Bug’s Life_ more power to all of you, but I prefer _A Bug’s Life_

[@CottageGurl]

Tbh, I really dont like the characters style Antz.. its just looks so weird for me idk why

[@Pochitaman30]

A bugs life just felt more open to everybody. Antz is more complex and is actually made for adults. Also the animation creeps out some people and they just stop mid movie

[@katwebbxo]

I loved both Antz and A Bug's Life. I think my cousin and I probably watched Antz more because it was funnier to us (inside jokes) but both are childhood favorites. 💚

[@nathancruz9172]

Me too.

[@besupaaa]

Gotta say, as a kid I could never get past this animation style. It was straight up scary to me. But now, as an adult.... It's scarier.

[@tinahastie]

Hahaha it's really weird and creepy!!

[@jlerrickson]

I've always preferred Antz, but I love the fake bird scene in A Bug's Life

[@nathancruz9172]

Me too.

[@DanGamingFan2406]

I do prefer _A Bug's Life,_ but _Antz_ is still really good. I like the realistic size differences between the different bugs, the social commentary is handled well, General Mandible is a great, extremely threatening villain, I love the epic version of "The Ants Go Marching" everyone sings while going into battle, and the whole battle against the termites is a scene I'll never forget. R.I.P. Barbatus.

[@nathancruz9172]

Me too.

[@kobemarion1137]

Antz came out first. It was supposed to come out early 1999, but when Pixar refused to delay A Bug's Life from Prince of Egypt's release, they got petty and moved Antz's release a few weeks before ABL, lol Also, Antz is a DreamWorks only film. Universal wasn't involved with the studio til the late 2010's I think. It's still jarring watching a DW film that starts with Universal

[@RabbitsFunWorld]

I gotta admit. My favorite part of A Bug’s Life are the bloopers. 😅 The grasshopper asks the female ant “Do I look stupid… to you?” *dramatic pause* she exclaims “yes!” And he says while stifling his tears, “I am going to my trailer.” 😂

[@SevenEllen]

Fun fact: When the ants make that tower - Real ants can actually do that to save each other from floods. They're the most wonderful, selfless team workers in the world.

[@BlackParadeMarcher1]

This. i LOVED this movie. I thought it was an awesome, more realistic style and Dreamworks wasn't afraid to get deep and dark. AND they said "Hell" and "Dammit".

[@Lomes]

Well technically damn a moment too, there’s also “Damn! .. Good, Damn good”

[@Jordan-gp3mj]

The iconic Bala scream paired with that music. Fucking phenomenal. You’d think she was really about to die. Love this movie. Thank you for bringing the nostalgia back!🖤

[@helicopterharry5101]

This is another one of those Nala is Simbas sister situations. Think Z even makes an inbred joke to poke fun at movie logic.

[@timsmith8489]

The story of Antz and Bug's Life is more complicated. It goes back to when left Paramount to become head of Disney. He brought one of his top people from Paramount, Katzenberg, with him. Katzenberg was put in charge of Disney movies and TV. Katzenberg did a great job, turning around what had been seen as a failing studio. They went from last to first among the major studios in box office. He created Touchstone pictures there. The so called Disney Renaissance in animation was under Katzenberg, which covered Little Mermaid through Tarzan. He was also the one at Disney who recognized the important of computer animation and made the exclusive deal to be Pixar’s distributor. Then the #1 guy at Disney died in an accident and Katzenberg wanted that job. Eisner picked someone else. Katzenberg left and co-founded DreamWorks. Eisner did not like this and withheld a bunch of bonus money that was due to Katzenberg. (Katzenberg later sued and got his money, which was a huge amount). DreamWorks made their first movie, The Prince of Egypt, and set a release date. Then Eisner set Bug’s Life release data to be the same weekend as The Prince of Egypt. DreamWorks asked Disney to not do that but Eisner would not budge, so DreamWorks pushed back Prince. Then Eisner scheduled something to conflict with that too. Katzenberg responded by pushing up the release date of Antz, which has been scheduled for several months after Bug’s, to be before Bug’s. Lord Farquaad in Shrek is widely believed to be based on Eisner because of all the above. Anyway, Katzenberg knew of Bug's before Antz started. On the other hand given the animation technology of the time the good choice if you wanted decent looking anthropomorphized animals was ants. Furry animals would look crappy, and other non-furry animals either wouldn't anthropomorphize well or had too many negative associations for an audience to empathize with. Ants are simple enough to animate well, anthropomorphize well, and have a fairly positive reputation except when they are in your house.

[@jaealxndr]

I always liked both a lot. I always remembered the war scene in Antz since I was a kid

[@nathancruz9172]

Me too.

[@legion8717]

Music for Antz was composed by John Powell and Harry Gregson-Williams, the same team that composed the first Shrek film.

[@tibowmew]

I loved this movie as a kid and watched it repeatedly. I noticed the odd shapes of the ants' heads, but just went with it. I never saw A Bug's Life until way later though, so this one has much more nostalgia for me.

[@crazyt7270]

The story behind how this movie and A Bug's Life are so similar is because back when Jeffrey katzenberg still work at Disney he was part of a board meeting talking about some of the movies that they wanted to make in the future in A Bug's Life was one of the movies that they talked about when Jeffrey katzenberg left Disney to go start his own company DreamWorks that was one of the ideas he stole and that's the reason why Antz and A Bug's Life have so much similarities to them.

[@cameronjim2983]

AntZ and Bug’s Life are such opposites, but the same coin. The ups and downs of their society functions. Communism and such. The power of the many and the individual minded.

[@SONDASH20]

Antz was the first cgi film to do water effects and got an award for that.

[@sheFEISTY.43110]

One of my childhood movies. My Dad also loves this movie too. Looking back he probably played this movie more for him than us kids. 😅🤣

[@deehines5750]

I'm always more biased to Antz. We watched Antz in class and our teacher had no clue it had mature content. She kept threatening to turn it off because of the swearing but never did, lol.

[@rachelmcdonald7296]

Omg yes, so happy you watched this. Such a great movie and so underrated. Definitely hits different when you watch it as an adult.

[@dcemerald70]

I grew up with both A Bugs Life and ANTZ, so I never really had a preference. It’s cool how they tackle the same social issues while taking different approaches. Another ant related film I highly recommend is Ant Bully which has great animation, great funny moments, and a great message. 🐜💚🖤

[@ryanfeit1420]

I love both of them. "Antz" came out before "A Bug's Life". Good livestream. It's weird to see Woody Allen and Sylvester Stallone doing voices in an animated film. I also don't remember Dan Aykroyd doing a voice in this. I also highly recommend reacting to "An American Tail" (1986) and "The Secret Of Nimh" (1982), two animated films both directed by Don Bluth.

[@Senidhr]

I still listen to the soundtrack of the big shoe nowadays (the scene where Bala was stuck in the gum), just so you guys know how much i love the music of this movie. I never saw this movie and Bugs Life as being similar (except maybe the bigger take away message), i always find the stories very different.

[@sebastiantrias1529]

Interesting reaction, I also hope you should react to the underrated Disney Movie The Great Mouse Detective.

[@KERRYPIKE]

Both Antz and A Bugs Life are very incredible movies.

[@ellsay8987]

Fun fact : Gene Hackman and Kevin Spacey voice the villains from different ant movies,Antz and bug’s life and both played Lex luthor in various Superman films.

[@nathancruz9172]

That’s right.

[@breannab7112]

After 20+ years, I am just NOW getting the WASP reference!!!!! 😱😱😱😱

[@ericjette2435]

Oh Muffy!

[@BigGator5]

Highly recommend the following animated movies: Wizards (1977) The Hobbit (1977) Heavy Metal (1981) The Last Unicorn (1982) The Flight Of Dragons (1982) All five are available on KZbin Movies channel to rent or buy, so no excuses about finding them. I suggest turning on subtitles, since you might have mute all the music.

[@HobGungan]

Woody Allen said of the script "They write me better than I do".

[@chuckhackett4493]

The general is voiced by Gene Hackman

[@mi1MIII]

could you guys react to big bero 6 if you haven't 👀

[@mi1MIII]

or zootopia if you haven't and boss baby

[@cajunking5987]

This and Any Bully were two very memorable weird ant movies

[@meredithmiller504]

I find myself still quoting this movie randomly and so does my mom lol It's always been a little weird and intense but I still love it. Always makes me laugh.

[@daviddejesus2496]

Fun Fact: Cartoon Network Aired it once back in 2000s but they edited the movie shorter and bleeped out all the swear words included the rape scene of Azteca.

[@elliotpaveley3237]

Antz in an elite film. Nostalgia from being a kid. So special 🙌🏻

[@awesomescarlet3.0]

for the next dreamworks movie, can you guys watch monsters vs aliens 2009 movie

[@michaelnottingham1916]

Glad to see you guys growing. Have been around since you started. You guys do a great job.....

[@artistexplorer8605]

You've seen a bug's life, and antz, but did you know there was another full length bug cartoon movie made in 1947 called Bugvillle?

[@louradean9293]

What about ant bully

[@artistexplorer8605]

@@louradean9293 oh yeah! That was a good one

[@forestcatkay14]

If I recall it was actually a Disney employee who got fired and decided to get revenge by copying Bugs, but not certain if they were like a higher up like producer or if it was an animator. The animation between this movie and Ice Age are very wonky but some how cool which allows the movies to be unique. And probably helped the design for future movies. Antz is clearly an adult animated movie and Bugs a kids film. I never picked up on Antz being a war film, but compare it to live action war films and it is noticeable. Especially the themes and plot. Another ant movie if you aren’t tired of ants is Ant Bully. It’s animation is very Jimmy Neutron/Nickelodeon show vibe, but still good.

[@EChacon]

Funny you mention the Ant Bully looking like Jimmy Neutron, because apparently it was done by the same animation studio that did Jimmy Neutron (the film and series), DNA Productions. Sadly the studio is closed due to the box office failure of _The Ant Bully_

[@nicolasbaron4506]

I prefer A Bug’s Life over Antz, in my opinion, but this is still a good animated film and a decen start to the career of DreamWorks Animation! Speaking of which, this is the film that began the rivalry between Disney and DreamWorks.

[@WanderingRoe]

Antz is definitely a strange movie, but in a very fun way. XD I agree that it’s probably best not to compare it to A Bugs Life just because ants are the stars in both movies. They’re so different from each other, this movie handles way different themes. As always thank you for giving us another superb reaction! Can’t get enough!

[@nathancruz9172]

Same year.

[@malytheson]

This is a pretty weird movie. Its good but weird

[@sushijuice6895]

i thought i saw this movie. I watched till half the video waiting for the kid to shrink to ant size . I somehow confused this for The Ant Bully

[@melainakiss]

I watched both A Bug's Life and Antz as a kid but I favored Antz 80% of the time.

[@nathancruz9172]

Me too

[@imaswiftieokay]

I like the story of A Bugs life, but the Antz characters are better

[@natashag863]

I kind of prefer the plot of Antz better, but the villian/hopper in Bug's life is more scrary-to me.

[@jesuszarate3929]

I would say that with Antz, its message is a coup de tat from within its own hierarchy, with mandible using fear tactics for his termite war, and lies and false promises with the digging of the mega tunnel, in order to create a colony of superior ants, while with A Bug's Life, the oppressors are of a different species of insect, offering protection to a seemingly weak and innocent colony of ants with no sense of self defense, and using that weakness to the grasshopper's advantage. Both movies seem to reflect real life history in some form or another.

[@TheDaringPastry1313]

This movie had an impressive cast! Go check it out if you haven't. The soundtrack is from the guys that brought you all of the How to Train Your Dragon AND Narnia, Shrek 2/3, Kingdom of Heaven.

[@CzarsSalad]

A Bug's Life is I think funnier, but Antz is more gritty

[@rtaylor7384]

Well this bring me back. I remember this film well. I remember going to see it as a kid when I was at a friend birthday party. God I must have been 6 or 7 years old. 😂

[@sophiemartin547]

One thing I had heard with Antz (not seen a comment on this yet). One of the heads of depts/producers (someone with a big title - Katzenberg I think) had left Disney around the same time they started producing A Bugs Life so already knew about A Bugs Life. That same guy went to (or even co-founded I think) Dreamworks who produced Antz, so took the basic idea to compete with Disney's A Bugs Life around a similar release date, even though the storylines don't really match. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong if anyone knows any different - it's just what I'd seen somewhere a long time ago, so don't know how much truth there is to it.

[@jnne4048]

recommending "hoodwinked", "racing stripes", "flushed away", "the boxtrolls", "the dark crystal", "mowgli: legend of the jungle" "the book of life" and "a monster in paris"

[@GallifrAngel]

Oh hell yeah I can’t wait to hear your thoughts on Sinbad. To this day Eris has one of the coolest character designs to me and I love how they animated her hair always moving like she’s underwater!

[@pinkishhaven5158]

I feel like this movie stamped a few habits in me. The "Ants go marching song", Bala's bubble-water drink (heck knows I've done that multiple times as a kid and even now, I just forgot why until now), the foods (that plastic sandwich lol), and many more. But Bugs Life also have me memories too. I guess in terms of what I remember more, it's Antz

[@silkmoth7951]

Man, this really is a ant movie about eugenics, pretty wild, but I still like it

[@awkwardtenshi27]

I like both. And while they're similar I don't really compare them too much because they feel pretty different. Bug's Life is more silly and Antz feels a little more serious with it tackling things like death and such more heavily. But both are funny and enjoyable though :)

[@ryans3795]

This movie always felt a bit more mystical. Its art was way off anything else i had seen as a kid. The story was solid so i would put it on and watch it occasionally because it was so unique.

[@Alleluujah]

Now they need to watch Ant Bully

[@everestjk]

I saw Antz in the theatre as a kid, didn't quite get the humour of it. Didn't see Bug's Life back then either. I should watch A Bug's Life and re-watch Antz at some point.

[@shanis_kim95]

OMG I got the bug Life and ant in VHD cassette literally all the movies from Titanic to Mary Poppins and you guys need to see The Aristocrats 😭😭😭✌🏾✌🏾✌🏾💜

[@iminumst7827]

I think both Bug's Life and Antz are pretty low-tier animated films. Bug's Life is one of Pixar's thematically weakest films, the premise of grasshopper oppressors is not a good allegory, then the movie clumsily tackles this innovation vs tradition side-theme that's never fully resolved. The whole story can be summed up by: Ants being too stupid to realize they are strong in numbers? Meanwhile Antz is over here with a terrible art-style, awkward disjointed pacing, and the story-telling tackles adult themes but without adult nuance and ends up being predictable and cliche, making it confusing on who this movie was made for.

[@NZBigfoot]

Antz is better on a deeper level and is alot more adult with great writing, but both are good movies, Bugs Life is more adventurous but kinda 'Disney'... Saw both in the cinema, and both were worth the ticket fee. Thing is.. you have to remember this was Dreamworks first movie... so its got some roughness to it, especially given the only other guys around were Pixar, who were ahead of them by a decent amount at this point. Just have to look at Antz and then some thing like HTTYD... Dreamworks has come a LONG way, but their movies are still very recognizable Dreamworks.

[@terrysilverthorn4582]

preferred A Bugs Life but what i did like is the characters looking slightly like their voice actors. Sharon Stone, Sylvester Stallone, Woody Allen., Christopher Walken and Gene Hackman

[@ShesBats]

This reaction was funny and the commentary was hilarious. I know exactly what you mean, the real teeth thing drives me nuts. It looks like Final fantasy and other games or movies the characters have braces on their teeth it's awful. No offense to people who have braces, but I don't wanna see grey teeth and dark voids inside a mouth. This movie was nothing like I thought. The plot, the swearing, the bawdy theme, this is adult animation of the for teens variety. Not like Sausage party that was straight adults lol. I can't unknow that movie. Great reaction. Glad to finally have me time to see it. I've got another 5 days sitting about to go on. 🎉 And 😭

[@oceanshells88]

Yall should watch Ant Bully with Nicolas Cage. The main character has the same voice as Aang from Avatar the Last Airbender.

[@Kan-b5c]

This was DreamWorks first movie and if you see the shoelace scene they did something similar in bee movie another movie DreamWorks made

[@angelagarciaalarcon]

You should definitely react to Arthur and the Invisibles. If I am not mistaken it has 3 movieseand they are soo good. Is not exactly bout insects but very similar

[@Nicamon]

"Is"Antz"better than"A Bug's Life"?" *YES!!!* YES, YES, YES, A MILLION TIMES YES!!!!!!^O^

[@AdrianLara-zx2jq]

For Me: No Absolutely Not A Bug's Life Is Better

[@Vlad.Larionov]

You should watch Robocop 3. It's very interesting to see your reaction to this movie :)

[@christopherking4932]

Definitely think antz is slightly better but I love a bug's life so much.

[@Gnarlywitch]

This movie was my childhoooood, that gum scene will forever be a favourite

[@nitrokid]

This movie gave such a weird vibe when I was a kid 😂 From design perspective, it feels like this movie isn't as family friendly as Bug's Life 😂😂😂

[@fightingfaerie]

I’m not the only one then. I remember seeing as a kid and something about it skeeved me out. Weird vibes is a good description. Idk if it was the animation or I don’t really like the voice of Z’s actor, combined with his behavior.

[@Kreepie11]

It still gives me a weird vibe. I'm down to watch most things I've seen before, but this is as close as I'll come to rewatching Antz.