Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken is a DISAPPOINTMENT

Living her entire life hiding from the world, Ruby Gillman finds herself on a brand-new chapter as she, together with a newfound friend; Chelsea--embark on a journey to save the ocean from the looming threat that lies beyond.
Officially known as DreamWorks Animation's lowest-grossing film on opening day: Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken was a massive disappointment to both the studio and fans. With only raking in only 42 million dollars worldwide on a 70-million-dollar budget, multiple fingers were pointed at multiple probable causes to why this movie flopped.
Who's to blame? What was missing? Where did it all go wrong? Well, let's find out. Let's take a look on DreamWorks' latest disappointment: Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken.
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1:07 Intro
4:27 Commentary and Review
24:26 Verdict
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[@beaniiebrian]

Well hello there. Don't mind me, just passing through with my 94th attempt to upload this video without Dreamworks manually claiming it to oblivion. How's your week so far? 🙃🙃 (but for real tho dreamworks pls stop claiming this)

[@XD_lilchicken]

Lol

[@azuriteknight2484]

They gotta recoup those losses somehow my man. Help a brother out.

[@achinthmurali5207]

Not as bad as yours. Thank you for your sacrifice to give us this review.

[@magetsalive5162]

If Chelsea had been set up as Ruby's only friend, or at least part of her friend group, they could have pulled a Garak and it could have worked _so well._ That, and having her stated motive for finding the Trident being specifically _to destroy it,_ which would be more believable. Imagine: Ruby finally gets the Trident, bringing it to Chelsea, who has been talking up how great everything is going to be once she gets ahold of it and can use her peoples' secret knowledge to destroy it. Chelsea can hardly believe she's actually holding the thing, and Ruby asks if she can watch it be destroyed, or if the secret is too important to keep. Chelsea gives her a disgusted look, Ruby apologizes profusely, thinking she's pushed too far, but Chelsea begins to rant. "It's been so long. Fifteen long, _excruciating_ years, living on _land_ like some sort of stinking _mammal,_ playing _friends_ with a *filthy Kraken.* The torture I've had to endure... this will make it _all_ worth it." *Then* she goes pure evil.

[@achinthmurali5207]

@@magetsalive5162I don’t know. That would still be a lame twist villain like Hans. In my opinion they should make the Trident something that can control the oceans but also enhances the emotions and will of those who touch it. Chelsea’s anger at Krakens that she tries to suppress manifests when she touches it and Ruby has to fight her to save her friend.

[@chillychivy435]

Ive never seen DreamWorks's and Universal disrespect a movie like this ever people are still figuring out this movie exists

[@achinthmurali5207]

I heard it’s because Christopher Nolan required them to ONLY market Oppenheimer.

[@silashurd3597]

@@achinthmurali5207wow. Thanks a lot for that, Nolan🤦‍♂️

[@Rymaja]

@@silashurd3597 Based Nolan.

[@burn.the.evidence]

pls I thought it haven't even come out yet

[@starthefrakkfangirl6094]

​@marshalmarrs3269Geez... Makes you think EVERY studio is flawed. Don't you think?

[@mariedit9935]

I know people are sick of the redemption arc but I wanted Ruby and Chelsea to become real friends so badly. It would've worked better if Chelsea were Queen Nerissa's actual daughter.

[@achinthmurali5207]

People aren’t sick of redemption arcs, they’re sick of bad ones and sick of making objectively bad people “actually victims” simply because they are the main character like in Maleficent and Cruella. I think a lot of people wanted Chelsea to get redeemed and be the mermaid princess through her friendship with Ruby.

[@creefcreef8622]

Hey if it's done well then it can be really good

[@buliontro]

Yeah honestly I'd rather there be a twist reveal of her not actually being evil but whatever.

[@untitled-gv3qp]

​@@achinthmurali5207 They could've done what Disney's descendants did and made her be a villain on her mom's orders until she found common ground with ruby. And it probably would've worked better.

[@DeathKitta]

Agree. I've seen people say how her 'fake nice popular girl meanie' is an obvious tell she is actually bad and THAT'S why I wanted her to be actually good. To not stereotype this kind of behaviour only for villians.

[@bohgirl11]

Honestly, I think if they had made Ruby look like an actual human instead of a blue girl with fin ears and tentacle hair when disguised as a human, I think audiences would've been more open to watching it. But then again, "Luca" literally had that exact ability as a sea monster teenager that could turn into a human as well. And "Turning Red" which also had a teenage character who was a human that could turn into a creature when emotional. So, yeah, this movie seemed like a "Can I copy your homework" kind of movie.

[@achinthmurali5207]

Yeah, this movie felt like DreamWorks was just trying to copy Disney instead of subvert it like they used to. And the designs for the Kraken’s on land are so obvious and it’s done so they can have a joke about Canada which is stupid.

[@supersmashseandx1991]

That's the joke though? Remember how they said they were Canadian and everyone just rolled with it? I dunno I thought it was funny

[@FunFilmFare]

This movie was also a big "Tail of Emily Windsnap" rip-off. Girl not allowed in the water by her mom discovers she's a mermaid and all sorts of family secrets. And she becomes best friends with a mermaid. And there's a trident involved.

[@lulusugarlife]

​@supersmashseandx1991 tbh the Canadians r weird joke is old.

[@MoRPho151]

I think they tried to subvert it but did it poorly... Honestly feels like the movie was going to have another end but they wanted to capitalize over the mermaid thing. All the subvertion consisted on: Mermaids and cute princesses being evil.

[@thegayghost872]

I think it felt more like a tv show than a movie, like someone took all the plot relevant episodes and mashed them into two hours

[@bendyllamas4250]

yeah

[@keona5560]

I said the exact same thing when I finished the movie. I had that feeling with Encanto as well, they needed more time and space in the oven

[@toongrowner1]

yeah, at the end it did fell like some kind of pilot movie for a new tv show

[@orangeslash1667]

@@bendyllamas4250 The director for this film is Kirk DeMicco. He also did Quest for Camelot, Casper's Scare School, and Space Chimps. Not a great look.

[@superplushtiman7ti075]

Yep I've seen movies like that before

[@donnamitsuki281]

Can you imagine if Chelsea had been genuine and her plan was for the two of them to be evil besties destroying a town that would've never accepted their real selves This movie should've gone for that and maybe not make the trailers reveal so much. These studios need better marketing teams

[@achinthmurali5207]

I would have loved that idea. Maybe Chelsea wanted the trident so she and Ruby could rule the world together. Maybe have the trident have a corrupting influence or something.

[@kittypeanut4102]

Evil character that wants to make their goals come true with the main character as their bestie?? That sounds awesome!

[@zoey9502]

@@kittypeanut4102that sounds so good I love that idea

[@achinthmurali5207]

This movie should have had Ruby and Chelsea be actual friends. That would have been actually subversive. Even if Chelsea was evil, it would have been cool if Chelsea wanted Ruby to be evil with her to destroy the town. Ruby has to fight her only friend to save innocents. That would be compelling, subversive, and interesting. Maybe have the trident corrupt anyone who touches it unless they have a strong enough emotional intelligence so Ruby had to get the trident from Chelsea to save the town AND her friend. Just my thoughts.

[@moon4236]

Wait having Chelsea be trying to corrupt Ruby only for Ruby to end up redeeming her sounds interesting. You could establish them as having been friends for years and them always getting into trouble together mostly because of Chelsea. Maybe it started like in the movie but Chelsea ends up getting too attached to Ruby which makes her try to make her evil realises that she can't so she convinces Ruby to look for the trident with the excuse of destroying it in a desperate attempt to make it corrupt Ruby (so maybe Ruby holds onto it for some time) but it doesn't work. Then Chelsea eventually realises she's doesn't want to be evil, has a crisis because her mother expects her to be evil (let's say she really is Nerissa's daughter in this version) gets the trident which corrupts her and then it's saved at the end (maybe her evil mom fights too)

[@achinthmurali5207]

@@moon4236I like the way you think

[@StevenJones851]

That sounds really interesting and more cool

[@torytellstales]

I would've loved if it was revealed that Chelsea wanted to destroy her town because it was revealed she was being bullied by Ruby's friends or people only like her for how "conventionally beautiful" she is, which makes her feel worse since she's not really conventionally beautiful. Not many kids movies touch up on this, but "beautiful" girls do get bullied as well, at least from what I've seen.

[@IDontReallyWantAYoutubeHandle]

What if the FIRST half was Chelsea and Ruby finding the Trident, but after finding it Chelsea gets Ruby to join her and actually manages to destroy the Kraken kingdom. The second half would then be this power imbalance/toxic friendship between the two, where Ruby has to not only overcome, but defeat Chelsea before she gains total domination over land as well or something like that. In the end, it would be her family that would help her escape Chelsea, exponential formula the Trident, etc etc, family wins woohoo

[@ztsquid3000]

Raise your hand if you think this movie needs a rewrite. 🙋‍♂️

[@georgereese1628]

🙋🏻‍♀️

[@Purssent]

🙋🏻

[@anndorach2453]

🙋🏽

[@PEZZYYYY]

🙋

[@-bun-bun-]

🙋‍♀️

[@TryinBin8889]

My three fixes: 1) Have Ruby not be blue as a human. Be humanesque like Chelsea. 2) Make it be about Chelsea and Ruby, princesses of their warring nations, using their friendship to overcome generations long animosity and fighting. Instead of making Chelsea the boo twist villain. It would've been a nice twist on the 'popular mean girl' trope to be 'popular mean girl apeears mean initially but the reality is she's popular because she's just a very honest girl who likes to have fun and Ruby has a lot of insecurities before realising they can be friends despite their differences." 3) If you were going to ignore point 2, then DON'T SPOIL YOUR FINAL FIGHT IN THE TRAILER. dumbasses. We've already watched the whole movie in 2 minutes without needing to go to the cinema and cough up a $35 ticket.

[@audreyharris7643]

What's wrong with ruby being blue

[@Cardinal_claw]

​@@audreyharris7643 The whole hiding she's/her family are krakens thing is why she shouldn't be blue. Having a girl with tentacles for hair, fins for ears, suckers on her fingers and a super elastic body isn't really a good character design choice when a major plot point is her not wanting to be noticed/fit in

[@audreyharris7643]

@@Cardinal_claw oh that makes more sense Maybe they should have given her family shape shifting powers

[@jadacampbell9331]

​@@Cardinal_clawbut they're Canadian 🇨🇦

[@JustATacoTruck]

@@jadacampbell9331you have insulted my entire country

[@vitorbasilenobre8983]

Me and my friends went blind to watch this movie, and we spend the whole thing really hopping that Chelsea wasn't the villain, despite how obvious it was, and when the obvious reveal came we were just very disappointed.

[@animezilla4486]

Chelsea has definitely became a fan-favorite

[@qwxcvgy]

This movie had potential.😢 Well, at least I still have Tumblr and Ao3!

[@SillySpiderWeb]

Fr. Chelsea had the potential to be an extremely lovable, complex character. They made her such a bland bad guy. Imagine if she had actual moral complexity, maybe she genuinely liked hanging out with ruby and was normally a good person, but under the circumstances of mermaids and krakens not getting along, she makes morally wrong decisions despite the guilt. They could of made the movie have a moral like “there is good and bad on every side of every war” and “don’t generalize a group of people over something they cannot control” That would be amazing. But no, they had to go with a “kraken misunderstood and never do bad and mermaid evil always and never do good” plot line. Literally the moral of this story is “lying bad. And if you are quirky you are probably misunderstood and amazing and sometimes other types of people are just evil because they have something about them they cannot control and you need to defeat them because you’re quirky”.

[@achinthmurali5207]

I felt the same. It was almost as if the Writers KNEW they had a better movie but the executive meddlers wanted to make something cheap and predictable to take a jab at Disney, while also copying them, again

[@orangeslash1667]

@@achinthmurali5207 The director for this film is Kirk DeMicco. He also did Quest for Camelot, Casper's Scare School, and Space Chimps. Not a great look.

[@OmarAlikaj]

Also, I wish Ruby's mom had an actual flashback rather than Grandmama telling the audiences about it.

[@Luna-Taxers]

Show don't *tell* people C'MON

[@generalhorse493]

The Neon art depicting the history was a cool visual rep of what was being told to us, but they establish that mermaids are a whole species and never tell us anything about literally any other mermaid besides Nerissa/Chelsea and why the heck none of them are backing up their queen.

[@LittleBrownToast]

14:39 she literally swims in a blue void and looks at nothing lol. she’s gushing about how beautiful the ocean is and there’s nothing around her

[@genericname2747]

Ruby: The Ocean is so beautiful! I love the ocean! Yippee! The ocean: 🟦

[@NatLaS]

The little mermaid 2 did it better. That scene where Melody becomes a mermaid? Yeah the ocean actually looks cool and exciting as fuck there

[@mrs.samuel.L.jackson]

​​@@genericname2747 *L I T E R A L L Y* That scene is like a fucking spot the difference 🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🧜🏿‍♀️🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦

[@zachsutton6195]

​@@genericname2747goddamm why is that so funny 😂

[@achinthmurali5207]

It would have also been cool if they explored and added to the lore more. Maybe have Oceanus be like the actual Titan from mythology. Have the trident have more powers like the ability to control the ocean itself. Maybe explain WHY the Krakens and mermaids hate each other instead of “mermaids are evil just because, and your racist grandma was right all along”. It would have also been really great if Ruby and Chelsea, both underwater princesses, were ACTUAL FRIENDS the whole time. That would have made any betrayal or kaiju battle much more impactful because Ruby would be forced to fight her only real friend.

[@leonardofarias8843]

Her only real underwater friend

[@achinthmurali5207]

@@leonardofarias8843true, but honestly her three human friends and Connor added nothing meaningful to the story, had bad designs, and 1-dimensional personalities. It would have been better if they didn’t appear in the film. At least not be Ruby’s friends.

[@DYXAnims69]

Fr

[@Hepheat75]

Oh yeah, I've saw this film. It was only a few minutes long though, and it was on KZbin for some reason. The only off thing about the movie is that it had the word "trailer" in the title, weird.

[@charlieelioooo]

LMAOO

[@Twinklethefox9022]

Yeah. Basically just watch the trailers and you've seen the whole movie

[@Marvelfanatic3658]

​@@charlieelioooook.

[@zoey9502]

Wait why would the movie title have trailer in it- oh I get it

[@noobmasterruben5167]

I really wanted Chelsea to not be lying about the whole Im trying to unite the kingdoms. Like the movie was almost indicating that the grandma's racist was views couldve been wrong. But Nooo it turns out being a racist is not bad

[@achinthmurali5207]

Me too. It’s like they didn’t think their message through because of time crunching.

[@geeebuttersnap2433]

It’s Hollywood, from their perspective racism isn’t bad.

[@tell-me-a-story-]

It all has PrEtTy GiRlS ArE MeAn" Vibes.

[@genericname2747]

Moral of the story: Your racist grandma was right, some races are just cartoonishly evil.

[@thetwotasksgirl1535]

Based on the trailers i was so excited for this because I thought they’d go in a different direction with it, in the sense that they made Chelsea the actual daughter of Nerissa and is following her blindly due to her bias and in the end Ruby convinced her to choose good as the first mermaid not willing to kill a kraken and then they can defeat her mother together along with her mom and grand ma ma. In my opinion that would’ve been better considering what was revealed in the trailers.

[@achinthmurali5207]

That would have been much better than what we got and would have had a good theme of the importance of good mothers like Lion King’s theme on good fathers.

[@toongrowner1]

same, I was hoping so much that the trailers where lying and that the kaiju battle maybe was just a dream sequence... sadly no.

[@leonardofarias8843]

@@toongrowner1 Them we wouldn’t have Chelsea seeking revenge like in the storyboards

[@noobthenewt1048]

That would have been a good idea, unfortunately dreamwork's Execs wanted to take a jab at Disney

[@CosmicPotato740]

Here’s a question if the Gilman family wanted to hide from grandma and the sea to stay away from the trident… why would they live… right next TO THE OCEAN?!? Unless they need water? THEN GET A HOUSE INLAND BY A LAKE?!

[@Agee_Ientee]

"They need it to stay moist", in Agatha’s words lol The majority of Oceanside is built on top of the ocean, so the whole town is likely constantly humid

[@CosmicPotato740]

@@Agee_Ientee Well like I said go to a lake property? Or have a pond in the back yard?

[@genericname2747]

They could've easily explained it by saying they need to live by the ocean. The ocean needs them, it forces them to stay near it.

[@CosmicPotato740]

@@genericname2747 Ik 😂

[@defectiveaffect]

"as a distributor it is your job...." "Oh well that's the problem. I hate my job" We missed you what a banger video to come back with !!!!

[@ronniebarter3857]

Chelsea being the twist villain was so obvious I thought the twist was going to be her not being a villain.

[@greenteadreams5182]

The terrible corporate art style made 3D is the icing on the cake though, I cringed every time the friends/ love interest where on screen, and everyone's eyes are just a little too close for comfort.

[@Aloysius_OHare]

Small heads, big bodies 😂

[@greenteadreams5182]

@@Aloysius_OHare They look like they dance for grubhub 💀

[@crossovers101]

Thought it was just me, I swear there’s barely any appealing designs in this movie 🧍🏾

[@Aloysius_OHare]

@@greenteadreams5182 LOL Tell me why i heard the song SOY YO

[@MoonPhantom]

Yeah, a big disappointment for me is that the trailer made it look like the whole movie would be centered around Ruby and Chelsie's relationship. And there could have been something legit interesting and wholesome there, I mean... They are both sea creatures. Pretending to be humans and having to hide their true selves on land. Both seem to be living a sort of double life. They should be able to really relate to each other in a special way, and it could have been really interesting. But then the entire first half of the movie is wasted on.... absolutely nothing. Chelsie was only introduced halfway through the movie when the trailer and poster made it look like she would be featured more. And because of her late introduction the development she got, and her relationship with Ruby was extremely minimal and surface-deep. And even after Chelsie's introduction Ruby spends more time on a training montage than spending time with Chelsie! Again... We could have done so much in how these two could relate to each other in ways they didn't realize. Chelsie could talk about how everybody assumes she's such a goodie good and nice because of her looks, and she has to always keep up this pretend to play her role. But really she's very chaotic. And Ruby could talk about how if people saw her true form, they assumed she was a monster, and she is perceived as weirdo due to her awkwardness, but really she just wants to help people and is really nice. We could have Chelsie's whole arch of having been given that role as a villain by her mom, but now by relating to Ruby and talking about the roles given to her, wants to actually form her own role and break free.... There was so much potential for something sweet. Also I have to say, if Dreamworks REALLY wanted to make a movie that poked fun of "The Little Mermaid." in an attempt to capitalize... They should purchase the rights to the webcomic. "The little Trash Maid." which is an ADORABLE comic, about a little mermaid parody living in a modern ocean filled with trash and how she adapts to all of this trash, even wearing a seven-Eleven bag as a bra. That movie would make a billion dollars, I am just betting. It is adorable, and it already has a message people would want to support about trash in the ocean.

[@achinthmurali5207]

I agree completely 😊

[@viken3368]

To me it felt like a first draft, with a lotta ideas and characters but needing a few more revisions to get it right. 4/10

[@animezilla4486]

On KZbin the director hatch release deleted scenes from the movie in my opinion would have been better than the final product

[@sugarplumsoda]

1/10 for not made me gay

[@phifuru]

I am so confused on why Chelsea is able to look like an actual human yet Ruby is just a blue anthropomorphic fish

[@ObviouslyAkire]

Minori profile picture 🤍

[@moonamoonz]

This movie had so much potential, but DreamWorks focused more in mocking Disney than making a good plot.

[@achinthmurali5207]

Exactly. Especially with the wasted potential of Chelsea

[@amyvasquez4268]

Another reason why I wish the Little Mermaid remake didn’t exist. Not only because it’s a lifeless replication of a historic pinnacle in animation, but also because this movie got ruined by the filmmakers deciding it should focus on mocking that remake.

[@HydragonofDeath]

@@amyvasquez4268 Live action little mermaid is shit, but the blame for this movie being shit soley relies on dreamworks. Its like blaming Tolken for writing LOTR which every japanese isekai basically copies uncreatively, the fault lies on the person who chose to copy, not on who was being copied.

[@ZombieChicken1310]

I mean... what else could you expect from a movie whose only premise was "i'm mocking the little mermaid!!!" With the krakens good, mermaids cringe. A meme said it better, this movie is like the unloved children resulting from an orgy between aquaman, the squid girl, Luca, turning red and an inkling... packed with horrible character designs

[@AntsTheaterCorner2698]

Agreed. The art style is so generic. Despite bright colors, the designs are worse than what Sony Pictures Animation did in the past.

[@vizthex]

do they ever explain why nobody questions the obviously non-human features of the Gillman family? Seems like a massive plot hole if they don't. also, I'm slightly disappointed you didn't point out how Gillman is a really obvious pun on the fact that they're part fish and part human.

[@jujublue4426]

They just say they're Canadians and people just roll with it

[@AbdefFable1]

I think the swimming scenes dont work because the sea looks empty in most of the stuff they show. Compared to most of the scenes you showed in comparison where the environment was full of live with people, cars, etc. Ruby Gillman has them swimming in a void 😂

[@AbdefFable1]

I loved the idea of what this movie was trying to be and what it was going for but I just wish we'd gotten more of a story. More involvement/development from the whole family, the friends, her love interest, the rival turned enemy. Spoiler Idea: I think it would have been more surprising if the mermaid had been lying about her mom being dead and was actually reluctantly betraying Ruby rather than "Surprise I lied I was her the whole time" It would work just as well as your idea of her struggling with being the bad guy. Show that not all mermaids want to fight Krakens forever and possibly show that Ruby doesn't have to adhere to the tradition?

The animation at the ocean feels kinda.. unfinished? There's something really wrong about Ruby's textures and the complete emptiness. Also, Chelsea's hair being completely dry right after she leaves the water feels really weird

[@IndigoIdiot]

I feel like the movie shoulda been about Chelsea being the actual daughter of Queen Nerissa and trying to establish peace between krakens and mermaids, while having Ruby as Chelsea's best friend

[@5h3nn0ng]

Is it weird I call this one "The one with the R@ci$t grandma, who turned out to be right?"

[@achinthmurali5207]

Nope. I do the same

[@RB01.10]

Yeah that was a very bad writing decision The fact they portrayed mermaids as all evil was a horrible message, even if it was meant to be a parody such as having the kraken good and mermaids evil.

[@coolgamerj.y.2759]

This movie shows that every movie needs a good marketing. Spider-Man Across the Spider-verse, Barbie, Oppenheimer, The Super Mario Bros The Movie, and Transformers Rise of the Beasts did it way better. Honestly I don’t hate the concept of this movie. I just wish they did better though. I guess this was created to do a massive counter against Disney’s Little Mermaid, but in the end, it didn’t work out.

[@achinthmurali5207]

It’s not marketing per se, but having a connection with the audience. Having the audience have a say in how the movie would go because the people who make it are thinking about how to make them happy. A lot of modern movies, like Ruby, Gilman, I’ve been left to die because they’ve been in development hell and the executives are thinking let’s just get this out there and hope that the audience will see it. Other movies like the Mario, movie and TMNT, the Disney remakes, and every superhero movie ever made are playing on the fact that they’re taking establish franchises which already have established audiences while forgetting why the audience like the heroes in the first place.

[@cdangelo1843]

@@achinthmurali5207Ah yes so SpiderVerse truly misunderstood why people love Spider Man…

[@ladypool1404]

A teenager who is different than the others, hides that he is special AND has a crush on a girl/ boy as well as asking him/her to a prom? Doesn't remind me of Spider-man homecoming at all 😂What a original plot!

[@POPINCONEJO88]

So her family wants to live a normal life and stay away from the ocean..... THEY LITERALLY LIVE NEXT TO THE OCEAN. Not to mention the Kraken Kingdom is right next to their town. Thats like moving out of your hometown to move to the town righr beside it

[@WaspCameraInSpringfield]

That was addressed in the fucking movie! Brill asks the same question you did and Agatha explains that they need the moisture in the air from living near the sea to function. Did you even watch it? Also, what gave you the impression that the Kraken Kingdom is "right next" to the town? Ruby is shown swimming a fair distance in her giant kraken form to reach it... not to mention it's hidden behind some sort of undersea crevice.

[@lightninggear0131]

​@WaspCameraInSpringfield yeah I agree.

[@P1llow.k1tty]

@@WaspCameraInSpringfieldcouldn’t they live next to a lake?

[@WaspCameraInSpringfield]

@@P1llow.k1tty Living next to a lake wouldn't give them the same level of passive moisture in the air that you get from living next to the ocean; that's how the Gillmans were sustaining themselves. They weren't periodically taking dips in the sea to stay moist (and if Ruby were doing so, that would activate her kraken powers, which Agatha was keeping hidden from her).

[@P1llow.k1tty]

@@WaspCameraInSpringfield they legit could’ve just moved to a different ocean then

[@toongrowner1]

UUUURGH, I wanted to like the movie so much, cause it clearly had potential and I really like Rubys design and movement. But man was it dissapointing, specially having seen the trailer first. Like so many other fans, I was hoping the trailer where just missleading and Chelsea really being Rubies friend and her being controlled by her mother than being her mother, or Rubys grandmother being the actual bad guy, considering how war hungry she is... sadly this was not the case, instead they gone with a modern disney level of a bad twist villain. Also at the end it felt like the whole movie was more like a pilot for a new tv show. Well I guess I can enjoy a lot of fans AU fanart of this. Also Id argue one good thing this movie did, was to help people finally come down from puss in boots 2. Oh yes, it's a masterpiece of a movie, but suddenly everyone acted like Dreamwork is an animation studio masterpiece that from now on will push banger after banger.... You guys remember that movies like Boss Baby came after Shrek 2 right? Not to mention a lot of good to decent movies most people don't even seem to know, like Eldorado or the penguins of madagascar movie. I think people focused too much on the rivalry with disney.

[@leonardofarias8843]

Or like Chelsea wanting to take revenge on Agatha

[@RB01.10]

Don’t forget Bad Guys which was also a nice breath of fresh air for an original (albeit based off a book series). Bad Guys even became a sleeper hit of sorts, many enjoyed it far more than they thought. Both the humor and heart in it worked far better than it needed to

[@toongrowner1]

@@RB01.10 which I'm honestly kind of surprised by, even by myself. Like the Twist Villain was very obvious, and it was kind of weird that only the story relevant character are animals/furries, while the rest are humans. But again, your right, good humor, a lot of heart, and also some pretty good animation.

[@sugarplumsoda]

I want these two gaaaaaaayyyy 😭😭😭

[@jujufoxie.-.]

The deleted scenes were much better. Even though Chelsea was the villain, she actually wanted to kill Agatha since Agatha actually KILLED Nerissa

[@reneedelacruz5523]

I completely agree with you that if Chelsea was Ruby's childhood best friend, it would have been so much better because the twist would have had more impact. I don't know why they had to go the "new girl" route, but it really was bland and didn't have a lot of backing besides her initial desire to get the trident and betray Ruby.

[@sassyisland6599]

Honestly it feels like an extended pilot episode for a Netflix series

[@andrewthefanboy1640]

I completely agree. I think this movie was intended to launch a show, but obviously since the movie flopped, Dreamworks probably won’t move forward with it.

[@jamalwalker]

I think what killed this movie was the name. Ruby Gillman sounds like some shit you'd see in the animated section on Netflix.

[@RB01.10]

Straight to streaming is probably where it should’ve gone

[@BarrilBuzz]

In the Latin Spanish dub they named it "Krakens and Mermaids", a more clever title (although that doesn't help much either).

[@zoey9502]

Funny how months later this movie is streaming on Netflix

[@captainhope]

I would have loved if they used the trailers to set up Chelsea as the villain only to twist it in the movie. Hear me out: Maybe the grandma was actually Narissa who was pretending to be a kraken to gain knowledge about Ruby's kingdom. She sets up Chelsea to be the bad guy, Ruby and her fall out so Ruby has to be on her own and think for her own for a bit. Feeling lost, she goes to her grandma for advice and instead of Chelsea, Grandma floats the idea of using the trident to symbolise peace and unity between both kingdoms. This begins her training Ruby to retrieve the trident (maybe by lying and saying the trident is too powerful for someone her age to yield?) and subtle manipulations to make sure Ruby doesn't figure out who she really is. Skipping forward, at the climax of the film, Grandma reveals the betrayal, takes the trident and blasts Ruby away. In classic DW fashion, Chelsea could show up in mermaid form at Ruby's lowest point to encourage her and after they make up, they fight Narissa TOGETHER. Ruby's Mum could still show up to help, they could still do the bit where they break the trident and defeat Narissa but the end could be something that shows Ruby and Chelsea's friendship helping to begin bringing the two kingdoms together. Have a lot of ideas for how this film could have gone but this comment is way long already. But it could have been so much more ambitious than it was.

[@tangroro]

21:03 Or better yet, makes Chelsea an actual friend of Ruby, and she's never "evil" until she found out Ruby is a Kraken, her people's enemy, which caused some internal struggle within her, but the existance of the Trident pushes her over the edge, because now she knows there's a weapon that can destroys the Kraken race And if they want to go even in depth, have it that Mermaids were the bad guys, but over the dacades they slowly turned good, maybe even make a reference to Little Mermaid, where Chelsea says it all started because one of their people fell in love with a human. But the Kraken don't trust Mermaids can ever be good, so they continue to oppress them, which is why Chelsea wants to kill the Kraken and liberate her kind

[@LTDextel]

Some kids are totally going to fall in love with this movie and make it define their personality

[@silashurd3597]

I’m honestly very sad that this movie failed. Ever since PIB2 was released, people have had a very unrealistic expectation for DreamWorks to make masterpieces when that isn’t who they are. They make hit or misses, and it was unfair to hold this movie to as high as people were holding it. I personally really like this movie and I hope that one day this movie will get the recognition it deserves

[@possummagic3571]

You don't need to create a masterpiece, just give us a coherent plot, with satisfying pay offs. Did you take any of reviews issues with the movie into account? My God, it's the Elemental effect.

[@animezilla4486]

​@@possummagic3571elemental effects?

[@user-xb3md7su8f]

I am obsessed with this movie, and how it turned out at the end of the day. To be honest, I get really angry about how badly this movie was traded from production day to the day of its release. I feel like this movie should’ve been one of the dreamWorks greats, but it’s not! And boy, that makes me mad!😠

[@rigboy1234]

True, everyone’s just getting their expectatives too high for Dreamworks now. Sure, their actual films are better than Disney's, but It’s hard to tell.

[@RB01.10]

The Bad Guys was even decently entertaining too, I enjoyed it far more than I thought. Loved the humor, characters, voice acting, and the surprising amount of heart in it. It did fairly well at the box office too

[@CarrieTooTired]

I was so dissappointed when the final kaiju fight was so underwhelming 😭 Dreamworks is so good at their action scenes and I was truly waiting for some Kong vs Godzilla/ Pacific Rim energy level fight

[@madmax0103]

A while ago I was laying down on the couch and the trailer for this movie came up and I thought said teenage Crackhead and I said Jesus DreamWorks is going to new places and then the trailer came back on and said Kraken.

[@Notlisaxx.__]

Perhaps Narissa's/Chelsea's personality was fake, everything. Yet, it still fucking pisses me off how the AGAIN made an Dutch person and AGAIN couldnt pronounce any Dutch words

[@Ch1rby]

Sayaka Maizono 😨

[@wokuneer7261]

They could have made it that ruby's uncle felt betrayed and powerless to his younger sister so he decided to ask the mermaids for help getting the trident so he could gain the same powers as the females in his family. Ruby and Chelsie would still become friends no Nerisa bs. Ruby would have to decide what is the right thing to do. Unite the mermaids and give her uncle the throne he deserves because ruby and her mother don't want it. Or trust her grandmother and forsake the mermaids and her uncle by destroying the trident.

[@yunivursexe7634]

The trailer did such a disservice. The few people who got advertising had the whole movie spoiled. Why would anyone want to watch it after that?

[@lillordakira9752]

I think DreamWorks should have switched Ruby's release date with Trolls 3 to give Universal more time to market and improve the film.

[@finalmountain]

Presumably they wanted to give Trolls 3 tons of marketing so they could make money from it

[@IsaiahSenku]

I ruined the movie for myself when i couldn't wrap my head around the fact that ppl in this town are COMPLETELY okay with the gilman's blue skin... Even though they try to make it seem like it would be a bad idea for people to find out the truth, the execution of it was nonexistent. There was one "we're from canada" joke that made no sense given the fact we never see any blue skinned Canadians the whole movie... To me it seems like they're afraid over nothing, the MC didn't even get bullied for her blue skin at school so was the issue????

[@lovelyyn7699]

It would make more sense If they like some kind tool to make them look human to the ppl an still showing us they true self makes sense tbh

[@IsaiahSenku]

​@@lovelyyn7699 exactly

[@chaossincarnate]

I'VE MISSED YOU BEANIE!!!!!!!!! I've been watching your videos on loop just for your perfect comedy!

[@beaniiebrian]

I'm so sorry you guys had to wait this long, it's been a busy couple of months 💀

[@chaossincarnate]

@@beaniiebrian No problem man! Quality videos take time to pump out. Hope you're doing alright!

[@DanielKariuki-er5gi]

I saw this movie on my phone at my brother's apartment last month at like 8 a.m and thought it was fine I might have to re-watch it to process my emotions about this movie to see if I really think it's good or bad.

[@genericname2747]

I fell asleep while browsing the internet, and one of the last things I saw was an ad for Ruby Gillman. I dreamed up a movie where Ruby and Chelsea were friends and then beat up a giant squid who had gotten lost. Also. Chelsea could fly. My weird dream was more interesting than the movie.

[@DelightfullyMADD]

Ruby Gillman and Puss-n-Boots are two examples of why we should follow the work of individual directors/writers/artists rather than follow a company/studio. In the case of Puss-n-Boots we see what happens when you get a competent and passionate director in charge, and the results speak for themselves. In the Ruby Gillman case... we see what happens when we just mindlessly follow a studio rather than an individual creator. Puss is an actually good story, and Ruby just feels like a soulless corporate vanity project Sure, a studio can put out good stuff, but most of that good stuff is usually the product of a specific person or few people, not the studio itself. Once that talent leaves, unless they specifically trained someone to follow in their footsteps, rarely does the studio keep making things of the same level or quality.

[@steamboatwill3.367]

yet people are simping for DreamWorks and claims they're "better" than Disney.... wich studio made Shark Tale and Boss Baby?

[@HydragonofDeath]

I also feel like giving all the credit to the studio is disrespectful towards the directors. If Disney hired the director and writers of the last wish for one of their movies, it would likely be great as well. The studios are always just a buncha rich dudes at the top tryna get richer off the work of the actual people working on the films.

[@JazzSicaa]

This movie pisses me off because they had A LOT of potential, but threw all of it in the trash. Not only that, but the marketing was really garbage too. The movie could've been about Chelsea and Ruby fighting to end the hatred of their species to one another. In the movie Krakens hate mermaids and Mermaids hate Krakens, and the idea of Ruby and Chelsea wanting peace despite the hatred of their species with one another would be really fun and make a great dynamic. And it would subvert the subversion made by the movie itself of "Krakens good, Mermaids bad" by making that both can be good and live in harmony without hating one another. But no, they took the cheap route "Krakens good, Mermaids bad. Look how subversive we are!". There's so much potential and they choose the cheapest and most uninspired idea. I wish this movie was good.

[@achinthmurali5207]

I completely agree. Although I would have preferred if Chelsea did like Ruby but wanted to use the trident so BOTH of them could rule the oceans. Perhaps because she had her own issues. Then have a change of heart.

[@JazzSicaa]

@@achinthmurali5207 That's a great idea.

[@GRIEVER8]

at the theater i work at, the entire time it was showing we had 3 whole people in there watching it

[@RB01.10]

I can kind of attest When I saw Ruby, there was only one family of six in my auditorium, the movie ended up being pulled within a week or so. Unlike Elemental which came out two weeks prior. It still had several showings a day for weeks and both times I saw it I had a pretty busy room.

[@mkmk-xc7vu]

The problem is that they were way too many trailers spoiling too many aspects of the movie like THE ENTIRE TWIST and CLIMAX therefore people know everything that's gonna happen before they watch the movie.That is the worst marketing ever!

[@audreyharris7643]

Yup

[@Dusty_Rune]

when i saw the trailer for the movie I was so prepared for like a subversion of expectations (prolly cause of my yuri pilled mind wanting to see kraken and mermaid yuri actually be a thing) but then it actually came out and it was like... man.... wasted potential

[@Red-jl1qr]

I thought it was hilarious that everyone in the town just thinks canadians look like aliens. But the movie was like so busy and stuffed to the brim with shallow lore and unfinished characters beats. It was pretty though, and the mermaid made me laugh so much for some reason. Id give it like a 4/10 I thought the movie was gonna be about two races fighting underwater over the mcguffin. And then the mcguffin ends up on land in a highschool and each race sends up one teenager to blend in to try to steal it back amd destroy the other race. Idk why i thought that, but i wouldve liked that movie better i think

[@topaz_sword]

That actually sounds like a really cool idea

[@tell-me-a-story-]

If you are a female, and you are prettier than the female mc, you have to be a villian. Jealousy is good, you guys!😆

[@colurpixels7833]

One of the things bugged me about the movie is that they say only females grow big. Then go on and say there is only 3 giant krakens exist in the world. I swore they said only royals could aswell but dont quote me on that.

[@qwxcvgy]

There is a god movie under there, I'm sure of it! Just need a lot of rework, trim out the fat and focus on the Ruby/Chelsea relation. Just wasted potential 🧜‍♀️🐙

[@martijnklaassen3536]

I hate the evil Chelsea twist...

[@maffius5428]

I watched this on the cinema and my friends and I left with such dissapoinment. Specially with Chelsea, we knew she was going to be the main villain, but we desperately hoped to see some redemption arc or at least a GOOD EXPLANATION ON WHY SHE IS BAD, the plot ended being so vain and having such poor logic, we really felt like we wasted our time. Like, ok, the movie has some cool visuals and yeah we liked the dinamic Chelsea and Ruby had, heck even the port city looked cool... I wish they made a better movie.

[@Ahuman-perhaps]

I saw trailers for the movie before and was AWARE of its existence- but I had ZERO idea that it ACTUALLY came out

[@austinkuklinski6354]

I think you’re the most underrated KZbinr on the platform.

[@beaniiebrian]

💙

[@thetacoking6438]

honestly i absolutely hate they way they designed the krakens. it just looks so weird and unnatural

[@DanielKariuki-er5gi]

1:43 I think almost all of the TMNT movies are way better coming-of-age stories than this movie including Mutant Mayhem of course.

[@ohno7153]

i remember the dreamworks vs disney/pixar edits with this movie only for this shit to flop lmao

[@finalmountain]

Guess The Jokes On Them, LOL

[@moonamoonz]

Ikr?? Bunch of 12 year old edgy males doing edits for a movie that was a total flop lmfao

[@vegetablekun]

respectfully, did anyone really think this movie would actually be good 😭 personally i saw the trailer and immediately knew it was gonna be mid at best

[@Chedda954]

They literally just gave you the whole movie in the trailers

[@justarandomchick767]

it was honestly an oke watch if your bored. but i think i would have liked it more if they made Chelsea good, i was expecting her to be evil. i realized from the start she was gonna be evil, it would have been cool to see the grandma be evil, idk the writing was very toddler vibe ish

[@boomgirlbucko]

I'm usually very open to movies that the majority didn't like. But this?.. Even someone like me can just some this up as being a dollar tree love-child between Luca and Turning Red

[@WaspCameraInSpringfield]

That's weird, since it made more money than Turning Red. Maybe you're just dumb?

[@finalmountain]

@@WaspCameraInSpringfield Can you stop Insulting people who don’t like the movie You can enjoy as much as you like. But you no right to control what other people think of it.

[@WaspCameraInSpringfield]

@@finalmountain Get off your moral high horse. The hate brigade against this movie goes far, far beyond just "not liking" it. They'll nitpick every tiny detail, invent plot holes where there are none so they can bitch about them, and worst of all, they've spent the last two months demonizing the people who made the movie, and its fans, as homophobes and racists. There's a guy who makes a point to comment on every Ruby Gillman video complaining that its 15-year-old protagonist didn't hook up with a woman AT LEAST as old as her own mother. They're psychotic.

[@sugarplumsoda]

Ruby is a homophobe than Ercole no joke

[@rustyshadeofred]

Your opening skits are only getting better and better

[@jettythesunfish]

I'll admit I didn't see too much of this movie beforehand outside of the initial trailer, but I already knew of the "mermaids are evil" plotpoint. Therefore, I was kind of on board with how the movie portrayed Chelsea as being the daughter of the mermaid queen and was expecting her to simply be a pawn of her mother who would defect at the climax of the movie after genuinely befriending Ruby. Definitely wasn't expecting her and Nerissa to be the same person, so that twist DID catch me off guard. Though it was a twist that was ultimately disappointing...

[@talonsandtails501]

When I saw the trailer, my hope for the movie was a story where Chelsea was some big villain but no one noticed because mermaids were considered the hero’s, and Ruby was blamed and demonized because she’s a Kraken and everyone thinks krakens are monsters, so Ruby has to fight the labels society has put on her as well as fight whatever evil is going on. It’s a plot that I’ve loved for awhile, where the innocent protag is considered evil by society because of things they can’t control and so find themselves alone when faced with some big threatening evil, but I can’t say I’ve actually ever seen be done before, so I was hoping for that. And evidently The Teenage Kraken was just a big disappointment

[@F_NerdShark]

This movie has such pretty character designs that I wanna take them, change them up to be more original, and completely rewrite the movie in an original story IT PHYSICALLY PAINS ME

[@schipperkeandcats3469]

I generaly forget about this movie how is a company so bad at advertising there own movie

[@ohno7153]

I mean you can basically guess the plot from the movie from the few trailers shown lol

[@ivanvillarreal8961]

I loved this movie so much, so sad that it flopped. Thanks Universal for Ruining one of my new Dreamworks favorites.

[@animezilla4486]

But there still is a possibility it could get a sequel in the form of a TV series keep in mind this is the first time a DreamWorks movie failed the wind up getting a sequel in a TV series best examples: Peabody & Sherman, and abominable

[@eliben4066]

@@animezilla4486I feel like Dreamworks only ever had one successful TV show, that of course being Penguins of Madagascar. That one was one of the pillars of Nickelodeon back when I was a kid, but I can’t name a single other good Dreamworks cartoon. Part of it is that I grew out of cartoons😭, but objectively speaking, are there any other _iconic_ Dreamworks shows?

[@Saltedroastedcaramel]

​​@@animezilla4486 So where's my Rise of The Guardians series then? This isn't one of my usual spats with you either. Where is it?

[@animezilla4486]

@@eliben4066 yes there are for example: Dawn of The croods, the croods: family tree, there is how to train your dragon series we recently got a new one that takes place in the modern day. There's also two boss baby series, troll series, and monsters versus aliens. Recently necklace has a Kung Fu Panda series called Kung Fu Panda dragon knight. I don't know if you were aware it is but next year we are getting a megamind series

[@animezilla4486]

@@Saltedroastedcaramel believe me I wish DreamWorks would consider going back to that movie and making it into a franchise I will never understand how that movie didn't perform well at the box

[@henryjohnson2635]

I swear these videos are once in awhile but ALWAYS a banger!! Appreciate the work!!

[@FlorRz70613]

So the trailer already told the whole movie after all, I mean when I get spoiled about it the only thing that surprised me was that Chelsea and Ruby becomes friends before Chelsea reveals who she really is

[@Space_Guy46]

bro, it would've been cool if Chelsea gets the trident. But in a moment she decides not to do it, and then they end up making peace between the kraken and mermaids

[@Chimly_Stonefoot]

The Ocean didn't even need a Kraken in the first place, because if Ruby had never went to go get the trident, then the whole mermaid world ending threat wouldn't have happened.

[@PrplGame]

I think it would have been better as an animated series. It would give it more time to build the characters and stories they tried to shove into a single film

[@RetroHoodie25]

How are they living undercover if they're literally blue creatures

[@KnuttyEntertainment]

The explanation is that they look like that because they’re from Canada. Which was actually a decent joke.

[@RetroHoodie25]

@@KnuttyEntertainment that's actually a good joke🤣🤣🤣

[@iyanapressoir3692]

I watched this movie once and only once and the biggest thing is why the mom didn't just tell ruby the whole kraken thing from the start

[@achinthmurali5207]

Yeah, that was stupid on Agatha’s part.

[@RB01.10]

Reminded me of Bernard not telling Harry the truth about Norman in Spider-Man from the get go. I still like Spider-Man 3 but that plot hole I never understood

[@HydragonofDeath]

Cuz these kinds of movies don't have a plot if the writing was good.

[@ClydeJHatbird]

I was genuinely interested in this, due to the character designs of everyone that wasn't an npc looking human. However, when I watched the trailer and had EVERYTHING spoiled, I began to think about ways it could've been better. I think this would've played better as a road trip film. Takes place in the same seaside town, where stories of mermaids and kraken are told as legend, however, mermaids are clearly more popular and kraken are misunderstood as disastrous. This stems from kraken just kinda being comically inept at the protector role, due to their huge, clumsy size. Due to the quelling of sea based threats, both sides quieted down and drifted into legend, eventually just living amongst humans in plain sight. Ruby and Chelsea are the current descendants of each lineage. Ruby's the school nerd and Chelsea is the vapid mean girl. They hate each other. Some ancient, aquatic danger confronts the town and the two set off separately to deal with it, as their lineage dictates, only to incidentally learn that each is a sea creature in hiding. Their quest is to get whatever trident to quell the threat and they basically go from hating one another to being friends over the trip to it and back. Keep it focused on those two and whoever they meet along the way will exist as interesting side characters. Both of the mains will use their inherent skills (Ruby's intelligence, Chelsea social abilities, etc.) and impress one another, while simultaneously drawing hidden talents out of one another. By the end, they return triumphant and use their new found skills to save the day as a team. Simple story, jazzed up with witty writing and endearing characters. Also, I wouldn't make Chelsea "the bad one" just because she's mean and popular, that'd just be us seeing her primarily through Ruby's biased eyes as the main character.

[@achinthmurali5207]

That would have been a lot better than what we got. It’s amazing that so many audience members could write a better script on the actual writers

[@littleanimations4760]

I’m looking at these comments and I’m just thinking “why tf ain’t y’all in the writers room.”, like seriously dreamworks?? This is the best you could do? 😭

[@user-bi2fr8cv4w]

The one thing that pisses me off the most is they don’t look like humans it’s the main thing that pusses me off

[@Nifilway]

Definitely gonna make a rewrite of this. This makes me so sad

[@achinthmurali5207]

Please share it. I can’t wait to read it.

[@hidemeplz]

it would've been better if chelsea (character from the movie) had her own song (cuz during the whole 'new girl' scenepack, that was definitely a chance to fit a song into it lol)

[@TheCatIsAMonster]

Seems like they kind of got lost on the, “show don’t tell” rule. With PIB: the last wish the beginning narration was a good show and tell, but the beginning narration for Teenage Kraken seemed to have a poor show for its tell.

[@meta527II]

I thought it was decent, but what kind of movie spoils its twist villain IN THE TRAILER?

[@nesddyx7634]

I wish there was a reality where the mermaid girl wasn't a twist villain, and her and the kraken girl just fall in love. That would be interesting

[@burnforeverandever]

Wouldn't make it a good film but hey at least it would make me smile

[@sugarplumsoda]

The story didn't made me gay like Luca wtf whyyyyy

[@Snowstriken]

I want that. I will always remember the mini discussion I had with someone about the concept that both Ruby and Chelsea have technical generational trauma, but instead of it being "forgive your abusers" it's " Ruby's mom was right to leave her mother and Chelsea is being manipulated" and then they. Chelsea and Ruby fall in love in my head

[@sugarplumsoda]

@@Snowstriken same af I thought that they're together in the end 😭😭😭

[@KOurboi]

I actually saw this movie😭and I was genuinely surprised🤣

[@KOurboi]

It was so mid😭🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@kamiljastrzebski6510]

Ong, when i was watching the movie in a Cinema there were only like 6 people including me and my homie and one girl stood up and did a tiktok dance in the middle of the movie. It really says tells what is the target demographic 💀

[@KOurboi]

@@kamiljastrzebski6510 WOW🤣😭

[@sugarplumsoda]

It didn't made me gaaaaaaayyyy

[@DanielKariuki-er5gi]

15:54 that's true never kiss someone while they're having a panic attack.

[@joshuataylor7443]

Like in velma.

[@DanielKariuki-er5gi]

@@joshuataylor7443 that's exactly what I was talking about yes you're right.

[@joshuataylor7443]

@@DanielKariuki-er5gi yay.

[@joshuataylor7443]

@@DanielKariuki-er5gi what’s the name of the song in 14:00?

[@skunkgirl456]

I dont know this whole movie feels like they gave that "one" director a chance and it did not play out like they were hoping. Like its not a bad movie but its not a good movie either. I can see though if they fixed some things this movie could be up there with puss and boots and bad guys.

[@rednetherbrick3178]

Mfs didnt even try to hide the fact that chelsea was a knockoff of ariel

[@rubixcube9132]

The “person hiding as a secret animal” is getting annoying. Imagine instead if it actually took place in the Sea….instead of land. Maybe both girls could be getting along due to obviously National conflicts, and bind together over stuff like that? And then pressure from both families could lead to the trident being taken and whatnot. There are so many interesting ideas that can be done in the ocean, but I feel like so many studios get obsessed with the person going to land.

[@moonmun]

TBH, I would have loved the plot twist to be something like Chelsea being forced/manipulated by her family to take advantage of Ruby and take the trident--Only for her to switch at the end and join forces w/ Ruby. Her friends can literally be ones to try and tell Ruby that she's just being manipulated so that they have a reason to exist. It's cliché but it's at least SOMETHING to feel good about the movie and contradicts the trailer's spoilers. It doesn't have to do anything amazingly new. Clichés can be good if it can make you feel good instead of just blegh. If they wanna go more plot twist--make it gay! DONE! Something new! XD The only thing I do like from this movie was the mermaid design cos dang--That's some interesting mermaid Chelsea look!

[@insertnamehere999]

12:08 Y’know that good scene? The sound in my theater cut out there so I heard nothing of it 💀