Soul Pitch Meeting

Step inside the pitch meeting that led to Pixar’s Soul!
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The people at Pixar are master storytellers, and in recent years have been tackling some increasingly mature themes with movies like Inside Out and Coco. Their latest movie, Soul, starring Jamie Foxx and Tina Fey, tackles the subject of what happens to the soul after we die. These are still kid’s movies, right?
Soul does raise some questions though. Like what kind of injury did Joe sustain when he fell into the manhole? How is his body totally fine when he jumps back into it later? Why aren’t any of the other souls freaking out about their deaths? Is Joe really the first one to freak out and push on the wall a little? What happened to the soul of the doctor he impersonated? Or the cat for that matter? What kind of a message is that ending sending? Why is Marie Antoinette only a floating head?
To answer all these questions and more, step inside the Pitch Meeting that led to Pixar’s Soul! It’ll be super easy, barely an inconvenience.
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[@mrshadrack8554]

Having no likes or replies on a pinned comment is tight

[@Gameplay-nl2yj]

What

[@TroddenGaming]

Oof, only one like on a pinned comment

[@mrshadrack8554]

@@TroddenGaming I know right????

[@sayuncleordie]

Have you herd of a vpn?

[@DementedDuskull]

Don't forget about the implication that if Joe hadn't been given a second chance, then he would have just randomly dropped dead while playing piano for no apparent reason.

[@MarianFK]

I also thought about this, but figured it could have been explained as an internal injury from his fall.

[@MarianFK]

@@matankesselman456 not quite, since he doesn't really takes his own life, but rather accepts his life had ended already. Terry makes it clear when she tells him "You cheated".

[@mavikartal7775]

@@matankesselman456 I mean, he technically would have sacrificed his life to save 22, which can be counted as suicide, but in the world of living, he would have been considered “died from playing piano” not commited suicide.

[@dingfeldersmurfalot4560]

Simpsons did it.

[@ninjabunny101]

maybe that’s what heart attacks are

[@shieldgenerator7]

Soul: The movie where a guy literally commits suicide by playing piano

[@richardblack9474]

Suicide is badass!

[@JediDrewsterT]

@@richardblack9474 I am legally obligated to say, no, suicide is very not good.

[@daviewz9335]

@@JediDrewsterT Yeah. Suicide is a very dangerous action to commit. It can effect loved ones and have serious implications for people who are suicidal.

[@pulokeshbanerjee3413]

Soul: And then takes a cat's life can you imagine?

[@ThreadBomb]

He got the idea from Luke in Rise of Skywalker.

[@opedromagico]

"Soul you have a movie for me?"

[@KarateLauren]

Verified person alert. VERIFIED PERSON ALERT. DEPLOY LIKES.

[@Circuitssmith]

Pix-ar I do!

[@trevorkarkoroff1621]

OH CMON

[@DonJoSan]

Wow, wow, wow, wOw!

[@flammable7961]

@@KarateLauren harsh, this comment was actually pretty funny

[@saucevc8353]

2:44 Actually, it's shown that souls can choose their appearance in the Great Before. Which brings up the even weirder implication that Antoinette actually liked being a decapitated head...

[@Serothil_and_stuff]

Who doesn't like a woman with humor?

[@lucyandecember2843]

god i love the implications of this movie lmao

[@ericbeilmann3649]

"While my head and body are normally the bosomest of buddies, I suppose I could double my productivity if they were separated." -Strong Bad (sbemail 148)

[@sololeveling7390]

i don't think you are supposed to think about that too much. I mean the workign of the great before are broken. Like if they are supposed to not feel touch or taste why can they see or hear? Why keep the two? Why not keep all of the sences. It's obviously for the convinience of the plot and illustrations. So yeah no point overthinking these things

[@arosegaming4793]

@@sololeveling7390 Its likely they're actually using something else, the pictures and sound are for our benefit

[@cthulhufhtagn2483]

"The whole place is hypothetical, so senses don't exist." "But they're looking at each other, using their sense of sight?" "...Dangit."

[@jmchez]

And sound!

[@PeninsulaPaintings]

They can also hear each other and pick things up. Like how 22 picks up the pizza to explain (for Joe to HEAR) that your senses don't exist because they're in your body. What.

[@cthulhufhtagn2483]

@@PeninsulaPaintings Right? It tells you a lot about the human psyche, actually, that one thinks of the bodily "senses" as being smell, taste, and maybe touch, but hearing and sight are just so integral that one forgets they exist.

[@nickwittednonpareil]

No wonder pro chefs care so much about plating. They had to develop a love of cooking just from looking at food that they couldn't smell or taste.

[@commandercaptain4664]

"Dangit" is the new meme. Called it.

[@The-Rest-of-Us]

I would pay good money to see a film where every soul is a different Ryan George

[@JEtienneMusic]

Best movie pitch

[@Dissociated_ferly]

"Take my money, take all of it."

[@alexwalker1759]

That seems like it'd be pretty hard to pull off.

[@potloodgum]

Wowowowow

[@alirezafalamarzi7062]

@@alexwalker1759 Actually it's gonna be... You know the rest ;)

[@brucebaker810]

"Please stop finding horrifying implications in my cutaway jokes."

[@TECfan1]

It is kind of annoying. I mean...it's a cartoon lol.

[@DLCS-2]

@@TECfan1 Pixar should have done better.

[@TECfan1]

@@DLCS-2 With a cat gag? For real? People can't have fun with cartoons anymore, everything has to be logical lmao. Cartoons were made to allow for anything and everything to be done in visual form.

[@TECfan1]

@@strangelyukrainian7314 Most all movies have comic relief scenes. A majority of what 22 said in the first half of the movie was comic relief.

[@Thedrizzle404]

That line made me lose it

[@leenanoor9571]

“He’s walking home, he’s all happy and he dies!”

[@slayden2737]

"what?"

[@teamawesome5153]

“He falls into an open manhole and he's deceased now, he's a dead guy”

[@ctcomics8293]

“What’d you mean?”

[@teamawesome5153]

“Well he fell and died immediately, so probably some head trauma something like that”

[@killeing]

"It's a very nice message for kids- their parents and grandparents didn't try hard enough to come back and weren't inspired enough." Oh my god that's dark XD!!!

[@kevinkassoka8628]

Yeah yeah yeah

[@krissy172]

Really dark considering my father just passed

[@meliodasowl9972]

@@krissy172 oh I'm sorry for your loss are you doing ok

[@dylan8443]

@@krissy172 sorry for your loss.

[@krissy172]

Well I'm doing the best I can he's funeral is this week

[@geardog24]

"So what happened to the body of that dead cat?" *Pixar's Pet Semetery*

[@98953812]

Oh, reviving animals and children as rotten monsters that murder people is TIGHT. XD

[@remhawk73]

I don’t wanna be buried in a pet semetery

[@dingle2987]

Reviving soulless bodies as psychopathic monsters is tight.

[@caydenjohns2440]

@@remhawk73 you shouldn’t have to buddy.

[@KobyOwen]

Nobody knows, the cat is either dead or alive. Like if you get the reference.

[@robertolastra9975]

“But then he feels empty inside” “Oh, samesies” THIS HAD ME ON THE FLOOR

[@ashwinshetty1598]

On the floor laughing........laughing right?

[@rainbowruler6453]

@@ashwinshetty1598 Sure…

[@SilverVolo]

Then get off the floor

[@Victoria-_]

😂😂

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

"Marie Antoinette, who is just a head by the way" *happy French revolutionary noises*

[@timiempire2279]

loff with her head

[@fredrikbermhed2529]

"An innocent MILF died that day, and I won't stand for it!"

[@zzz7903]

seriously why would Marie Antoinette be a good mentor

[@jmurray1110]

One of them were good mentors They gave her over to a know pedophile because he did some stuff opposing British colonialism Also mother Theresa who was even worse

[@CigarDoug]

@@jmurray1110 irrational hatred of a person who dedicated her life to helping the poor is TIGHT!

[@tsarfox3462]

"Please stop finding horrifying implications in my cutaway jokes" That was amazing.

[@jayblueguy9932]

?????

[@pedromax113]

@@jayblueguy9932 No speak english?

[@jayblueguy9932]

@@pedromax113 am confused

[@strikerbowls791]

@@jayblueguy9932 you no speek englis

[@jayblueguy9932]

@@strikerbowls791 I speak English

[@Sanmitraeuu]

Philosophers: can we represent a soul in physical form? Pixar: *Super Easy, Barely an Inconvenience*

[@rrjj2947]

Philosophers: What are we when when striped down to just our soul!? Pixar: Bipolar Blue Marshmallows.

[@carter_lovejoy]

Philosophers: Oh really?

[@igor_kossov]

Yeah yeah yeah!

[@virtualabc7847]

Wowowowow

[@93belami]

Bipolar Blue Marshmallows are tight!

[@scottpeg194]

The cat survived the same way that dude whose body was possessed by Steve Trevor did in Wonder Woman 1984

[@AshishAroraa]

Nice comparison

[@zeeb2190]

I'm sorry what?

[@Narcan885]

@@zeeb2190 In that movie WW gives the body of a random guy as a host to her lover's soul. She basically kills another guy for that, but it's completely glossed over.

[@amatsu9951]

@Mr. Jack based

[@DeathnoteBB]

@Mr. Jack Or we could just not have any creepy rapey characters

[@Hollyberrystreats]

Pixar: "He's all happy, then he falls into a hole and he dies Me: Why are you like this?!

[@leovk5779]

Traumatic flashbacks to the beginning of "Up" are tight!

[@O4C209]

"And then he does a backflip and breaks his own neck." "Wow wow wow, wow."

[@Ukalaaka]

lol

[@golightning291]

...wow.

[@ItsTheGuy77]

Referencing other Ryan George videos is tight!

[@creativeconsciousness7392]

And saves the day.

[@whiskeyshaw8818]

Joe Gardner hit the ground too hard

[@calebcostrini]

"Did the cat just die?" "You know, it was really unclear."

[@stevenpetrillo9527]

Hey, I understand that reference!

[@ccggenius]

Gotta sell those comics somehow!

[@weirdgamer508]

Soooooooooooooooo I thought Katara was spot on.

[@polashteens]

the play was meh :P

[@BeefyBryan]

RIP Jet

[@shelbyyoutube6281]

Surprised they didn’t mention the fact that Terry literally traumatised a man thinking he was joe

[@MarianFK]

but hey! The scene ended with a message of not eating too many chips or you will die!

[@NAME-yg8sl]

Poor guy needs a therapist...

[@kylahicks7054]

Wait, who? Edit: Never mind, I remembered

[@LXW-Arts]

That whole scene was kind of racist in a lot of ways

[@lucyandecember2843]

@@LXW-Arts hah?

[@shanerulez79]

This made me realize that Event though they left the ending open ended, Joe almost certainly stays a teacher as the whole movie has him teaching and mentoring 22. Plus the scene where he inspires his trombone student.

[@Milamberinx]

It was 22 that inspired the trombone student though, wasn't it?

[@shanerulez79]

@@Milamberinx True I guess. But her inspiration inspired him I guess.

[@Milamberinx]

@@shanerulez79 don't get me wrong, it was a significant moment for Joe, and 22. For me the most significant part of the scene was how well he knew trombone girl, and how she was feeling, better than she knew herself.

[@shanerulez79]

@@Milamberinx I mean he's been there himself. I think he even said it.

[@TECfan1]

I still say he could have done anything he wanted. It was cool that they didn't tell us an answer. It sends the message that there is no right answer to how to spend your life.

[@billc.2627]

"Does he work for Kia?" "Not that kind of Soul, sir." Car company references are TIGHT!

[@trinaq]

Yes, so are random product placements in KZbin skits! 😂🤣

[@98953812]

@@trinaq wow wow wow wow wow. XD

[@Manni31]

“I bet I would’ve been hard to get that job” “no super easy actually barely an inconvenience”

[@ottoweininger8156]

Ikea is super easy, barely an inconvenience

[@brandonconnellan1533]

@@trinaq Yeah that shirt he is wearing is a weird product placement

[@samiranrout5045]

"Their loved ones didn't try hard to come back and weren't inspiring enough" Yup that'll hit just the right spot with the kids😂😂😂

[@wastelanderflint5987]

That killed me XD

[@joefox9875]

A very nice message!

[@mr.pavone9719]

I loved that line.

[@makarabaduk1754]

"I'm sorry Timmy but your mummy has gone away and won't be coming back as you destroyed her will to live."

[@littlesaresare]

Movie aside, this is actually a pretty common mentality. People who beat terminal diseases do it because they fight hard enough, and those who don't survive die because they don't fight hard enough.

[@FirstNameLastName1162AD]

2:17 They actually explain it in the movie. Since all of them are going to earth and they never have to deal with them again they don’t really care what personalities they give them

[@TECfan1]

Plus I mean...there really are people like that so, why not? The world is a complicated place.

[@freddymeng]

I'd guess they just did that because it was funny

[@bubblegum9826]

I thought it was hilarious how many people were pushed into "self doubt " pods.

[@ignaciotaborda6538]

Yup pretty sure the othewordly beings dont understand morality like us when a soul is going to end up like Genghis Khan or Hitler they are like "ohhh things on earth going to get spicier"

[@TECfan1]

@@ignaciotaborda6538 I don't think it's necessarily that they don't have morality but rather that they understand the balance of life. Humanity needs both good and darkness to survive. The one Counselor Jerry said they are "the coming together of all quantized fields of the universe"....in other words they are parts of the entire universe, with all knowledge and matter and are able set into motion all necessary things and beings.

[@Miners666]

Watching Pitch Meetings for films I’ll never see is TIGHT.

[@DLCS-2]

Watch it . It is a good movie , if you just don't think to much about the story.

[@lookaroundyou8108]

Haha yes

[@waitselljones8068]

But actually watch it though. It's a fantastic film.

[@jennag8544]

“...The main characters just killed a cat” “But it’ll be funny”

[@tobybartels8426]

Besides, the cat comes back at the end of the movie. It has 8 lives left. ETA: I guess Ryan addresses that, but I hadn't finished the video yet.

[@Sumschmuck]

Seth McFarlane talking to his writing staff

[@PhazonOmega]

That moment when maybe cats only seem like jerks to us because we are the real jerks to cats and project that onto them. Or maybe cats are always funny.

[@lizzalkula376]

my mom and I watched it last night. We saw the cat on the conveyor and went: *aaaaaaawwwwwwwww the poor cat!!*

[@janusinitiative3520]

@@tobybartels8426 Maybe...this cat is a descendant/ relative of the Cheshire Cat

[@rzg4648]

“That’s great” “Yeah....and on his way home he dies” “......oh.....what” That killed me😂

[@3nertia]

I see what you did there ...

[@rainliketheweather4086]

Ah, you and joe have that in common

[@spongebobsquarepants2981]

@@rainliketheweather4086 ....

[@strikerbowls791]

Got the quote wrong

[@datura_boof]

RIP

[@atlas5100]

'But he feels empty inside' 'Ooohhhhh samesies' I can't believe that joke nearly slipped under the radar.

[@AnonymOus-ss9jj]

Wait is there something I don't get?

[@TheBarser]

@@AnonymOus-ss9jj I don't get i either, but everyone here seems to be laughing about it.

[@jmurray1110]

It’s the fact we are empty husks putting on a fake smile but eternally burdened to live in a capitalist hellscape that doubles as the apocalypse where we are firced to be productive until we die

[@haku8135]

An anime called Soul Eater actually explains the cat thing perfectly. Cats have 9 souls. Losing one is like, whatever.

[@pythonjava6228]

"Senses don't exist" "But they're looking at each other right using their sense of sight? " "Dang it" 😁😁😂😂😂 I didn't even notice this plot hole when I watched the movie

[@National7575]

They never said senses just they can’t feel things or taste things

[@FritzSchober]

@@National7575 but they touch things and hear things...

[@National7575]

@@FritzSchober how do they

[@National7575]

@@FritzSchober touching isn’t feeling

[@FritzSchober]

@@National7575 unclear

[@bellabean7]

"and then he feels empty inside" "Ooohhh, samesies." Also samesies, Ryan.

[@MrRivech]

People didn't understand the cat soul concept. "I'm going to need everyone to get all the way off my back"

[@avinashtyagi2]

Actually the easiest explanation is that the cat's soul was just transferred back

[@djsaidez271]

@@avinashtyagi2 Yeah but can a soul come back once it becomes a part of the Great Beyond?

[@ericbeilmann3649]

@@djsaidez271 Beyond and back again, a cat's tale.

[@darkmatterburger]

I mean 9 lives

[@t3tsuyaguy1]

Dude...the facial acting you've developed for these characters is just chef's kiss. And placing the most relatable reactions with the producer of all people is brilliant.

[@PhilosophicalCat]

These two have such good chemistry.

[@ProudPapaJD]

Underrated comment. Wow wow wow, wow.

[@STRIKEFURY]

Agreed bro 😂

[@thedripcritic9379]

Agreed

[@jojo1cool]

They should start dating because they are the main characters.

[@ruhitsinha5179]

Maybe they are related?😁

[@leotiritilli9698]

Giving an existential crisis to eight year olds is TIGHT

[@salimalbitar]

My thoughts exactly! Lol

[@ChristopherM720]

Don't worry, the bright colours are for the 8 year olds. The existential issues is for uni students to debate after some...helpful intoxicants. It's a marketing strategy that is as old as time. Or as they say at Disney, "faking deep thoughts using Pixar is tight!"

[@marciamcdevitt964]

Clearly you’ve never met certain 8-year-olds. Mine comes up with his own existential crises almost every night around bedtime....

[@NAME-yg8sl]

@@marciamcdevitt964 that was accurate for me.

[@christopherb501]

Oh so _that's_ why industrialists and stockholders are such jackasses...

[@noahbuddyshome1694]

LMAO “so now he’s dead inside” “oooh samesies!”

[@Shunpon77]

It was impressive how little thought was put into the implications of almost every joke or decision in this movie. Especially for a Pixar movie.

[@scoopitywoop]

He's talking about the barber and tailor scenes like they're filler time, but the whole message of the movie is that filler is what life is all about.

[@sorasnightmare4688]

My thoughts exactly, that's what's likely going to make up most of your life anyway - mundane tasks and building connections to the people around you.

[@jeffwoods4406]

My favorite filler moment was when Joe was eating pie in the diner while it was raining. There's nothing better than good food with atmosphere

[@DJDipstick]

Yeah, everything else he poked fun at made sense except for that part I think

[@salimalbitar]

YES THANK YOU! ❤️

[@commandercaptain4664]

Mundane, everyday, character building moments are TIGHT.

[@filmtoppings]

Back in the Great Before: "So you have a soul for me?" "Yes sir I do!"

[@LukeLikesToDraw]

“It’s called Joe Gardner” “Oh really?”

[@ruhitsinha5179]

"It's called Ryan George" "Oh really?"

[@TempestDarkwound]

@@LukeLikesToDraw Yeah he is gonna change our world-view someday

[@LukeLikesToDraw]

@@TempestDarkwound “oh okay so how does he do that? That must be a very hard thing for a little soul to do.”

[@pulokeshbanerjee3413]

Wow wow wow

[@leogold5889]

Where is “Being John Malkovitch” pitch meeting?! It has to happen! This can be the biggest pitch meeting ever

[@RohaanSaifYT]

"Hes walking home Hes happy and then he dies" "What" 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@octavianschaefer7294]

“So what happened to that actual guys soul?” “Probably best not to think about that”

[@gamingnscience]

And they are listening to each other using their hypothetical ears, too.

[@kantofilms9167]

Yes, thats what they said....

[@teddestin2194]

*Wonder woman 1984 Directors* "Write that down! Write that down!"

[@moussatahirou1531]

"In a way only their parents get" Acid is a hell of a drug

[@SeraphsWitness]

The real-world stuff actually looks way more interesting to me than the Great Before stuff... and I kinda thought the moral of the story would be him realizing that his real dream WAS to teach the next generation about music, since he had spent so much time with 22 mentoring her.

[@mattyt1961]

If they made it clear that he chose teaching over everything else, then yes, but since his choice at the end is ambiguous, the moral to the story becomes the ending you give him. If you think that he stays a teacher then he does and the moral/message becomes about the reluctant teacher who inspires the music. If you think he becomes the Jazz musician he dreamed of, then the moral becomes about never giving up on your dreams regardless of what people around you think (the characters mother) Both of these are justified in the film

[@SeraphsWitness]

@@mattyt1961 some people should give up on their dreams. Now that would be an actual decent moral to teach.

[@darrenmacqueen9884]

@@SeraphsWitness Yeah, I thought it was going for the finding meaning in teaching thing too. I was kind of hoping after giving 22 the badge, he would stay dead and continue being a mentor for new souls. Bringing him back to life really cheapened the ending for me.

[@noizepusher7594]

People “finding a life in teaching” is such an overused trope though. And regarding the point you made about how “learning that you can’t always achieve your dreams” is pretty well covered in other media such as Zootopia and StardewValley and is starting to get stale. It would also conflict with the more unique message of the movie which is that when you spend your entire life chacing an endeavor, finally completing that endeavor isn’t going to erase all of the problems in your life. And just because he had a pretty good connection with one child doesn’t mean he would be an incredible teacher. I could use the same logic to say that the ending should’ve been that he became a parent because of all of that time he spent with 22. But that’s the beauty of this ending. Your teacher idea could’ve happened, my hypothetical parent idea could’ve also happened. The moral is to just live and to make sure to go wherever the road takes you and make sure to smell the roses because those roses will smell better than wherever that road takes you.

[@noizepusher7594]

@@darrenmacqueen9884 I feel like him staying dead or even in limbo would’ve ruined the message because it would essentially say “make sure to live your life to the fullest but hey you can die whenever you want” the message is about living in the moment, and in order for him to live the life he has learned to live through his time with 22 he needs to have a second chance. If he just stayed in the past then it would conflict the message of living in the moment by making him quite literally live in the past, a massive over correction to him living in the future at the beginning.

[@sybilcollas]

The movie being about not _needing_ to have a meaning in your life, 22's spark being living is just perfect :)

[@DoctorDisney]

"So he does his jazz show?" "He does, but then he feels empty inside." "Oh, samesies." AHAHA are you okay

[@DonJoSan]

Right 5:03 😁🥲😣😭

[@stringusername9373]

Are any of us ok?

[@theblazingphoenix2549]

@@stringusername9373 hello darkness my old friend

[@ThreadBomb]

Funny how the guy thought playing jazz would fulfill him, but it didn't, so then he played some jazz and got so fulfilled he actually transcended space/time. WTF is the moral supposed to be here?

[@kryptonianguest1903]

@@ThreadBomb Screenwriter Guy is going to need you to get alllll the way off of his back about a lot of things in this movie, including that.

[@stephenschiffman5940]

"And then we see the cat going to the great beyond." "Wait, so if animals go to the great beyond, why is the belt not flooded with all the thousands, maybe millions of animals that die every second?" "I don't know." "Fair enough."

[@gamingnscience]

Because it swapped places with soul guy

[@PhilBagels]

And how far "down" the list of animals does it go? I guess cats & dogs must have souls, but what about birds, hamsters, horses? Rats? Fish? Insects? Mollusks? Coelenterates? Bacteria?

[@chikenfartz]

Oh well actually I’m gonna need u to get alllll the way off my back about how souls work

[@stephenschiffman5940]

@@gamingnscience Okay, but that still means animals do have souls, which still begs the question as to what happens to them.

[@dusathemaid]

@@stephenschiffman5940 That's a whole other movie, sir

[@Sly88Frye]

3:14 Dang it! That is the most perfect response ever.

[@romit1025]

Hey Ryan Please make a Sweeney Todd (2007) pitch meeting please. I love that film.

[@globenstein]

A pitch meeting for "Jupiter Ascending" would be TIGHT

[@berengustav7714]

Honest Trailer:"we're not making this plot up. Someone paid a 150 Million dollars for this."

[@rachelhansen2417]

I had a really bad date combined with this movie. PLEASE DO THIS.

[@therealkat1342]

TIGHT! TIGHT! TIGHT! YEAAAAAH!!! -Tuco Salamanca (2008)

[@halcyonspiral]

Oh, God yes.

[@ChristopherCauser]

It's gonna be tough to write a pitch meeting for a film so legendary as Jupiter Ascending.

[@FilmingSnail]

"But then he feels empty inside-" *"oooh, Samesies!"*

[@tednoble4350]

Came here to say this 😂

[@whiskeyshaw8818]

Pixar makes its characters way too relatable

[@mancanwechilliwantsomefrie2566]

“Kids loved ones weren’t inspiring enough, very fun message” IM DECEASED BRO

[@HUNTER-ve3iw]

3:13 that "dang it" always gets me lol

[@johnwilson5667]

"sounds great" "yeah and then hes walking all home and hes happy and he dies" "...."

[@jondunmore4268]

He musta done a backflip and broke his neck.

[@palmberry5576]

@@jondunmore4268 did he save the day?

[@stahduhst]

@@jondunmore4268 Do a backflip -that guy from futurama

[@heathdrawsgaming6748]

Well yep that what happened. And if that didnt happen the movie would just be that guys life. And i know this cause i watched the movie

[@nexusproductions2064]

I choked on my drink while watching this LoL 😂

[@Forestdude-be6ud]

4:01 I think the fall didn't kill him, but he had a fatal heartattack from the shock. Only explanation I can think of.

[@ShawnDC]

This guy can literally see everything wrong in all films. 🤣

[@TheFunPop]

As someone else on YT says, no movie is without sin lol

[@icecreamman3545]

CinemaSins + Ryan George = pog

[@dancedj2k2]

“Very peaceful, yet hauntingly disturbing” - Pitch Meetings Channel

[@oliverkhan2413]

Best explanation of that place

[@levisux9447]

“Yeah so he’s walking home all happy and he dies” “What”

[@thesamm1912]

That was my EXACT reaction watching this movie lmao

[@greywolf7577]

@@thesamm1912 Though you kind of had to be expecting it given the name of the movie and all the pictures of souls in the advertisements for the movie.

[@asanitheafrofuturist]

My response seeing the trailer

[@fischaventine8313]

😁-💀

[@MaherandIbrahimsAvengers]

Imagine if Jerry never allowed Joe to come back and someone IRL went to his house and found him dead on the piano

[@priscillajimenez27]

He died happy

[@themysteriouscatperson9483]

“But they’re looking at each other right, using their sense of sight” “.....Dangit” Love that bit

[@ShirleyGnome]

"Please stop finding horrifying implications in my cutaway jokes" I laughed so hard

[@TheRealGridan]

"But then he feels empty inside." "Oh... samesies." Samesies to your samesie, good sir.

[@ncrawford5673]

Samesies to your samesies to his samesies.

[@friedwaldderlebendige8494]

@@ncrawford5673 samesies to your samesies to your samesies to your samesies

[@zekegore6470]

@@friedwaldderlebendige8494 Samesies to your samesies to Noah's samesies to Gridan's samesies to Ryan's samesies

[@donweatherwax9318]

5:02 I feel like the "samesies" joke just kinda sailed riiiight over the heads of most folks watching this video. [Spoiler: THE MOVIE PRODUCER GUY HAS *N* *O* *S* *O* *U* *L* 😱 ]

[@UrSammich]

@@zekegore6470 Samies to your samies to his samies to Noah's samesies to Gridan's samesies to Ryan's samesies

[@MewmewGrrl]

When he popped into the cat and we see the cat's soul going up the railway meowing, I thought that was so sad. It wasn't funny, it was mean and upsetting.

[@Rebelsociety13]

It was pretty funny

[@azathoththe3rd]

I actually got very sad seeing that. It had to be so confused and scared.

[@tantris2876]

@@azathoththe3rd It’s a fictional cat...

[@azathoththe3rd]

@@tantris2876 but it's still kinda sad to see

[@rudeboymon3177]

Cat people are ridiculous

[@sololeveling7390]

i held back my tears during the whole ending part since he went home after the concert

[@caeleybaines7376]

"There's also a funny scene where one black guy gets mistaken for Joe and his soul gets taken, they of course realize the mistake and hes just scared and left terrified after"

[@jmchez]

That young man will have PTSD forever.

[@tobybartels8426]

It's because they all look alike to Terry.

[@ceciliahorner2664]

but like, in a funny way

[@aidanaut.]

Terry only sees food not humans

[@catelynh1020]

Yeah...i didn't like that scene

[@pythonjava6228]

"Cut away gags with horrifying implications are tight! "

[@PhilBagels]

Especially when they're about someone whose head has been literally cut away.

[@WhiteCaneV1]

Ya know like family guy

[@doublelightangel]

The whole cat soul philosophy debate had me in stitches. I was waiting for the screenwriter to tell the director to get 'way off my back about that 🤣🤣🤣

[@Thatanticapitalist]

The part where screenwriter guy tells producer guy he died and producer guys face is something I'll never get tired of rewatching

[@raydunakin]

The "wise and/or magical hippy stoner" thing is getting to be a cliche in animated movies. The guru character in Shrek 3, the sea turtle in Finding Nemo, and now this.

[@mabrurhrivu4998]

that nudist from zootopia

[@william41017]

Chicken Joe from Surf's up

[@jaylinsa]

Yeah, it's pretty stale by now!

[@fsujavi16]

Cabin in the Woods

[@-hasamastersdegreeinwumbol8565]

I mean...yeah, but that's gotta be the least annoying cliche, at least to me.

[@the4thwallplayers943]

It always bothered me Joe didn't decide to pursue his passion by inspiring young students artistically. Kind of felt like they missed a good message.

[@trinaq]

I agree, that's my only gripe with the movie, as I felt that Joe could have found merit in his life by tutoring his students, namely Connie. 🎵🎺

[@outtolunch9216]

Well if they did that there basically saying "This is the path you should take", which the film makers didn't want.

[@BenoHourglass]

Wasn't the ending ambiguous, though? I thought the point of the ending is that we didn't know what he ended up deciding.

[@TheZachary86]

I think you missed the point of the movie. Or maybe it didn’t really need to be shown. Towards the end when Joe played the piano, he remembered all the things that made him happy that wasn’t playing on the piano, including teaching. So I’d imagine that he went back to inspire the kids. Pixar’s message is to live life, not necessarily be obsessed with a purpose. So I guess they made that part open ended

[@lordshuv-rowyoknow6486]

Nope, he don't like kids

[@jc171177]

when he died at the beginning, i was literally like..."again pixar?!" and that ending has to be Disney tinkering.

[@Aeronor2001]

I'm gonna need him to get all the way off his back about the 9 lives thing.

[@shaereub4450]

"Maybe his neck snaps" Anyone else catch the reference? He must have been a bad guy.

[@slaywee]

and i think the cat did the backflip

[@cyberdalek615]

duh

[@martincalvo5923]

who did the back-flip though?

[@SerenityM16]

That’s supposed to be a reference and not just a thing that can happen if you fall from high up? I fear escalators because I worry they’ll stop suddenly or I’ll otherwise lose my balance and fall and break something most likely my neck

[@peterg76yt]

He tried to do a back flip inside the confined space of the sewer and snapped his own neck.

[@NASkeywest]

We need a pitch meeting on the movie, “The Game.” It would literally be a 20 min pitch meeting video.

[@expendableindigo9639]

It’s a game where you pick dialogue trees and try to get the producer off of your back.

[@heartysquid]

I used to watch screen rant back in the day...but when I rediscovered y'all due to these pitch meetings. I'm glad I did.

[@rqb6731]

6:03 that's horrifying

[@alecrichards8574]

"But then he feels empty inside." "Ohhh, samesies!" Me too bro.... Me too....

[@SW12234]

The fact that you _can_ leave but everyone's so chill with dying _scares me._

[@janusinitiative3520]

They are in Elysium...

[@megablueflash1816]

Nah, Terry's keeping count. And we all know it's never off.

[@jayblueguy9932]

Maybe the people were psychotic murderers or just died of age

[@warriorbard]

Eternal oblivion or wading through the steaming pile of mess that is life....yeah, the former sounds much more enticing.

[@jmurray1110]

Probably due to how supper how died he didn’t exactly have time to understand the situation unlike those who die of old age, health issues or getting shot Usually they can piece it together rather quickly and understand the situation a bit bette r

[@oscarrimore]

“Then he goes to see his mom to help him fix the suit -wait, wasn’t he in a coma at the hospital a few minutes earlier? -yeah - and they didn’t notify the mom but yet somehow they contacted a lady with a therapy cat?” -yeah -wow wow wow ...wow

[@harshillakhani8225]

Tbf the movie did explain that. It said they didn't know who this guy was. When he was in a coma in the hospital they were searching for who he was. So even if they wanted to, they couldn't.

[@iloveprivacy8167]

@@harshillakhani8225 Yeah, because they somehow lost his clothes, and presumably his ID - but not his apartment key, or cab fare.

[@SteveTalkowski]

This is brilliant! Keep ‘em coming.

[@jennifere.pergola598]

That whole cat cutaway joke was hilariously horrific - I'm laughing at the abrupt transition while thinking "Wait a second, is the cat now dead?!"

[@areyoufriendly]

“Dang it. So anyway...” 3:11 I like it and I hope that one comes back around again.

[@TheEnglishCad]

I would love to see you do ‘Meet Joe Black’ in a pitch meeting. Lots of random stuff in that film.

[@Nixx1.0]

"Wait that's not-" "a very nice message!"

[@maxhalle-podell6635]

"In a a way that hopefully only parents will understand" Psychedelics babayyyy!!!!

[@jdetres01]

i just find it funny how whimsically they introduce energy projecting, oh yea just "get in the zone" and boom you're projected AND have FULL power and control of your journey with NO GUIDE? like he's a yogi whos been projecting for a dozen lifetimes... lol i feel like i'm one of the parents who both understood what was happening and know enough to see this representation for what it is; a novel idea made by someone who NEVER blasted off but listens to all the joe rogan episodes. type of people who say " may the force be with you" and hold up the Vulcan live long and prosper sign because they're so lame they cant even fit in with what they think is the nerd crowd.

[@dramagirls5717]

I’m so confused at this point in time

[@Code_Ax0]

@@jdetres01 imagine being so lame that nerds think your lame.

[@jdetres01]

@@Code_Ax0 Nerds* lmao! right??

[@Code_Ax0]

@@jdetres01 darn my fat fingers. >:(

[@Web-Slinger42]

"He falls into an open man hole' "Ohh, man holes are tight" Edit: I didn't know this but they made this joke already on the Dark Knight Pitch meeting at 3:40 lol.

[@warlorddthorn4173]

that bad and you should feel bad but on the other still laughs

[@belalaloca]

This is the best comment on this video lol

[@mena94x3]

😏😂😂😂😂😂😂☠️

[@falseprophet1415]

Damn you for that horrible joke but double-damn me for laughing my ass off because of it.

[@christianlucas2786]

Some are, but others are super easy, barely an inconvenience!

[@jalenhart3944]

How is nobody talking about 3:34 him saying “yeeaaaa” all nervous was the best part😂😂😂😂

[@conspirasister5945]

The nine-lives-soul-replace thing honestly sounds like a great story concept all on its own.

[@samanthayost1169]

I'm glad someone else was incredibly concerned about what happened to the cat's soul.

[@batdan350]

I just assumed the cat’s original soul popped back in the body when Joe returned.

[@fairylovesyou]

@@batdan350 it did

[@Zanmakenninotachii]

they should have shown the cat's soul anywhere else instead of on the edge of the great beyond ^^'

[@ZuluPoet]

"I'm gonna need you to get aaallllllll the way off my back about the cat's soul being replaced."

[@janusinitiative3520]

I wonder how this would screw up the variables of Schrödinger 's Cat experiment

[@lucuador1992]

"Main characters just killed a cat!" "Yea but in a _funny_ way" This has to be the best exchange for something that happens in a kid's movie 😂

[@ZachHi-rs3lt]

"...Super easy, barely an inconvenience." My favorite line from these videos.

[@meagancrowley5197]

thank you for not sugarcoating this movies obvious plotholes. ITS A MESS OF A FILM.

[@arvindjijiantony4882]

"Dang it" Coming up with new a catchphrase is super easy, barely an inconvenience

[@fRikimaru1974]

The background office sounds during the pitch 🤣🤣🤣 Genius.

[@mark2038]

This is one of your best ones.

[@JagIsOnline]

The barbershop scene makes everything about this film worth it.

[@vincevvn]

This scene and the scene where he learns to appreciate the little things in life got me. Also the jazz music was amazing

[@EverettBurger]

Joe Louis is 137 years old

[@JagIsOnline]

@@vincevvn Yeah, that was a genuinely special sequence and the jazz music and how they were animated was incredible.

[@MissMovies]

“But then he feels empty inside.” “Oh, samesies” I feel seen

[@jackwimmer2249]

What was confusing for me about the movie wasn't how the cat came back to life, but how Joe Gardner ended up "dying" again; I mean, if he was on the conveyor belt again near the end of the movie, did he just suddenly drop dead while playing piano?

[@oliversherman2414]

I love your channel keep up the great stuff!!!