Why "The Emoji Movie" Failed as a Movie

The Possum explains what made The Emoji Movie so bad.
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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
1:42 - The Premise
9:54 - The Plot (Part 1)
13:37 - The Plot (Part 2)
17:03 - The Plot (Part 3)
19:49 - The Characters
27:22 - The Politics
33:57 - That's Enough
35:24 - Fan Art and Patrons

[@theveganvillainess2404]

"I really like how you express yourself through emojis." Said no girl ever, lol

[@langan9000]

So true infect I think women appreciate people don't overly use emojis or write "lol" every other word.

[@FloodlightGamingReal]

My sister did

[@le-blanc1440]

@@FloodlightGamingReal get her to an iq test.

[@umbrellaoperativeghost8001]

@@le-blanc1440 no no no no no no just get a new sister

[@le-blanc1440]

@@umbrellaoperativeghost8001 that actually sounds more convenient.

[@starfall9313]

This man is a true hero, willing to sacrifice his time to watch and review this stage 4 ass cancer for us.

[@ImagineMan6454]

Carefully, he’s a hero

[@JACKALTOOTH100]

His name will be echoed through time and space.. "Dr. Shaym! Reviewer of ass cancer movies!"

[@RyukaXV]

@@JACKALTOOTH100 not all heroes wear capes

[@michaelcleare3296]

*insert spiderman hes a hero meme*

[@raflamar4146]

Stage 6 actually

[@elgringo7088]

“ it’s a kids movie” I feel bad for kids since all the kids movies are trash movie length ads

[@faithjennings8425]

Three words; “Pop. Culture. References.” That’s the big reason this movie failed as a whole

[@spaghetti-zc5on]

And when I was a kid, I loved it

[@malevores]

Not all... If it's Pixar.

[@mmediocrist]

Faith Jennings Clearly the movie producers were too dumb to add good pop culture references, movies like Toy Story, and Ready Player One are so good because they made so many old movie references, like Alien, King Kong, and Jurassic Park, so personally it isn’t really a pop culture reference unless it comes from something that is obviously linked to said movie, this goes back to Ready Player One and Toy Story including the chest bursted reference from the Alien franchise, so, in all honesty, the emoji movie (I didn’t capitalize it because it doesn’t deserve it) doesn’t really stand up to any pop culture fandoms like the movies I had just mentioned, so, the emoji movie loses a good 8 out 10 in my movie scale, and all the other factors that the Possum brings up just brings it to -1, making the one of the worst movies ever to be seen by eyes (it also made a mockery of Patrick Stewart, if that’s how you spell is name, by making him the poop emoji)

[@nonamelegend_vapor]

80s Saturday morning cartoons have entered the chat

[@hfreddy127]

The “I really like how you express yourself through emojis” part is equivalent to the “Wait. Your a discord mod AND a redditor? Oh my god” meme

[@MegaToonzNetwork]

Apple arms!!

[@companionsytalt6329]

Wrong form of you're

[@rakin1134]

@@companionsytalt6329 Can you do not?

[@companionsytalt6329]

@@rakin1134 Sorry, no.

[@wintermoon7003]

@@rakin1134 Well people are really retarded with grammar and spelling. Nothing wrong with teaching an idiot the difference between your and you're. While pronounced the same, they have two entirely different meanings. If you don't want people thinking you're an idiot, at least get basic grammar right. So instead of criticizing someone for letting them know they used the wrong your, maybe you should let them educate OP since they really need to go back to kindergarten to learn the most basic of grammar.

[@JeremyFinch42]

"Why the Emoji Movie failed as a movie". Well for starters, it was made. Secondly, it wasn't Popeye.

[@rozabbott1367]

This guy is spitting facts

[@LuccaDoesStuff]

R.I.P. Popeye Movie

[@sonicmarge]

Dw it's back, just not with Sony

[@gamemage3009]

@@sonicmarge good thing it's not Sony

[@ironclad3380]

It came into someones mind

[@robertsimon2885]

What we wanted: Popeye and Medusa. What Sony gave us: the Abomination Movie. How they apologized: Spiderverse.

[@ranelgallardo7031]

Then they fucked us over with Spider-Man

[@marsayde1237]

Ranel Gallardo Spider-Man is back.

[@wastelandlegocheem]

Disney gave us countless live action movies. I'm still waiting for an apology.

[@robertsimon2885]

ExposedKitten 8254 Well...

[@emskippy]

@Dangle Baggins II Wait, you mean I'm not supposed to punch them?

[@lordhellstrande7188]

I think it was Dr. Seuss who said "A children's book that can only be enjoyed by a child isn't a good children's book."

[@axisred2301]

C.S. Lewis, but still agreed.

[@practicalpisces]

Based take.

[@firespark0774]

24:48 “You know, whenever someone mentions the breaking of gender roles, it undermines the concept of gender equality by implying that this is an exception, and not the status quo” -Knuckles

[@malevores]

@Gabriel Lopez de Azua sonic boom

[@inciniumz4671]

You know, I never could tell if that was satire or if they were being actually serious.

[@inciniumz4671]

@Gabriel Lopez de Azua I know dum-dum

[@user-yj7tx8uh4w]

@Gabriel Lopez de Azua i thought they were talking about hxh

[@iluvchess14736]

@@inciniumz4671 The context was Amy saying something along the lines of "Can this girl prove that just because she is a women, she can beat a man?"

[@PossumReviews]

I like how the automatic captions mishear one of the $10 patron's names as "Jerk".

[@Rey-kt6ew]

Possum Reviews you should pin your comments so that people see them, they may get buried under hundreds of other comments

[@ImagineMan6454]

Carefully, he’s a hero

[@peepoopoopee]

@Rey Smart.

[@Ishtanbul.]

Lets hope it doesn't suits him

[@James-nl5pr]

Dr Shaym, this video is the reason I love you and your channels

[@Metalman200xdamnit]

The possum is right. It was just an extended ad.

[@superenra2002]

Normal company's: how much add can we put in a movie? Sony: yes

[@Metalman200xdamnit]

@@superenra2002 And Sony lost money on their ads.

[@loki7701]

@@superenra2002 ad*

[@speedygaming7280]

400th like

[@Metalman200xdamnit]

@@speedygaming7280 Cool. Thank you.

[@thunderrain789]

"Well it's a kids' movie so you can't really..." 'STOP RIGHT THERE!!!" I love Possum so much lol

[@thenextadonis]

Imagine high five would show the middle finger in a random point

[@revolutionstudios5052]

Adding on: The Lego Movie worked because it wasn't a movie about Legos, it was a story told through the medium of legos. You could probably remove all the Lego elements and it's still a genuinely good plot. In a similar vein, the Sonic Movie was not a movie about Sonic, but rather, a movie happening to contain Sonic.

[@sonnyfox60]

The biggest problem I had was that I ,the target audience of pre-teen to early teen, was just pretty much insulted the whole way through. It paints early teens as one big stereotype and the first few lines are literally saying that we’re too lazy to use words so we use emojis.

[@revolutionstudios5052]

@@sonnyfox60 Yes, clearly, we are too dumb to use words. As evidenced by the fact we are using words right now.

[@mrdrawman3340]

yeah so the emoji movie was bad because it was all about emojis and not really having a plot outside of emojis (except the relationship they just threw in there for 5 minutes)

[@FTZPLTC]

tbh I think the Lego Movie also works as a feature-length commercial for Lego because it's not ashamed to admit that that's what it is. So the movie talking up the virtues and philosophy of Lego actually makes sense. The Emoji movie is a feature-length commercial... but not for emojis.

[@mysticshadow780]

What the fuck is Legos?

[@mcblaggart8565]

This seems like more of a rip-off of Wreck-it Ralph than the Lego Movie. Particularly how the main character is unsatisfied with his place, breaks his role and everyone is going to die because of him. And the female lead turns out to be a princess. By the way, does the female lead replace the villain as the leader of the digital environment? If so, that's the same too. Edit: The female lead in Wreck-it Ralph also rejects being a princess in favor of being some slob.

[@mightykid9581]

In defense of Venelope she was forced to not be a princess and at least had a personality instead of just 'hurr durr I don't want to be a princess and emojis are sexist'

[@mcblaggart8565]

Vanellope seems like a better character (I have not and will not see the Emoji Movie), but my point was that at the end she rejects being the princess, and that's another point of similarity. Slob probably wasn't the right word to describe her, but I can't think of another that hits the commonality I'm trying to describe.

[@mightykid9581]

@@mcblaggart8565 Try using the word all the SJWs like so much: independant

[@MichaelKeaveneyYouTube]

It’s a ripoff of Inside Out in many ways too.

[@frauleinzuckerguss1906]

@@mightykid9581 The thing is: They could've made her an actual powerful female character that inspires young girls but instead they made her spout all the feminazi bs catchphrases expecting to attract actual feminists.

[@ganjagank4787]

"It's a kid's X" is an excuse that needs to stop being used to defend trash. Just because you intend it for kids doesn't give you the right to show my kids whatever the hell you want.

[@Marta_OuO]

Yeah! Just like those toys all about shit or vomit or whatever splashed with glitter

[@Tree_e888]

That's what I've been saying for years now, just because something is intended for a certain audience doesn't mean you don't have to try, there have been several movies intended for children that still had effort put into it because the filmmakers genuinely wanted to make something good. "You should make movies that can appeal to children as well as adults because adults are just older children"-some guy m

[@jaxsterminator8634]

ITS NOT TRASH

[@Tree_e888]

@@jaxsterminator8634 it's not trash to you, that doesn't mean other people are going to have the exact same opinion

[@jaxsterminator8634]

@@Tree_e888 IT DOES MEAN THAT MY OPINION IS FACT EVERYONE ELSES OPINIONS ARE WRONG

[@VexNovaYT]

Why would you even send a meh to your crush? "hey do you wanna go out? 😒"

[@mastermind4499]

I thought I was the only one who is confused by that. I

[@MaynardCrow]

Teens are capricious and illogical. Being apathetic can make a guy seem really attractive to his female classmates for dumb reasons. Teens are dumb enough to conflate apathy for confidence and coolness.

[@ShinFahima]

"Hey, I've never seen this kind of emoji before. Let me just send it..." Now he's given his crush the same malware that his phone's got!

[@spaghetti-zc5on]

My brother is hyper afraid of viruses and malware, one time I sent him the 🌚 emoji and he crapped himself

[@sultanofswag8901]

@Femboy weeb memer manly advice with femboy weeb memer

[@An_average_BA_enthusiast]

@@sultanofswag8901 yes weeb = bad person

[@tetraxis3011]

@@spaghetti-zc5on XD

[@smolb0i270]

i mean.... as long as those strong female characters are written well, then they're okay. but jailbreak is literally one of those not-like-other-girls girls

[@happyllama1160]

Jesty Yep! I agree with most of the stuff here, but he implies that EVE from Wall-E was a badly written token bad ass girl character. It isn’t even a male or female. It’s a robit

[@TheWeasel813]

Happy Llama zoidberg? Is that you?

[@DJPrimeAmvs]

@@happyllama1160 and tigress too. And that thing is...she has a backstory to explain why shes so emotionally hardened

[@draketurcotte4760]

Happy Llama he also implies that Princess Leia is a bad character, which is simply not true.

[@sutomuarashi]

Drake` Turcotte he hates every female character prolly

[@GabrielTobing]

Imagine seeing a Raid Shadow Legends ads while watching the movie XD

[@jainsandip674]

ha ha lol

[@Definitely_not_ai]

I wouldn’t bat an eye.

[@insensitive919]

That would have made my day. Probably a bit out of their price range though.

[@wolvie1618]

You know, the whole time the guy was getting embarrassed by all the noise the phone was making, why did it never occur to him to put it on mute?

[@tetraxis3011]

Because he’s got no brain.

[@olliegoria]

Because the plot didn't demand it

[@favoritemustard3542]

Reminds me of the ol' `9Øs meme, _Put it on vibrate!_

[@YuckFouTubeX]

Because he is as intelligent as this movie

[@beastwarsFTW]

The major conflict of the movie could have been avoided if the main character could do his *ONE JOB* and keep a strait face for a picture.

[@spaghetti5914]

IT.IS.NOT.THAT.HARD.TO.KEEP.A.STRAIGHT.FACE.YOU.DON'T.NEED.TO.LACK.EMOTIONS.TO.DO.THAT

[@wastelandlegocheem]

My resting face is a meh face for fuck sake.

[@logangaskill4]

Even better, he only has to do it for like, 3 seconds once every blue moon. Not like the meh emogi is used often or anything.

[@horaciosi]

The way he started panicking right after trying to gain his composure was so fucking forced.

[@sutomuarashi]

horaciosi ikr

[@jacobbattle3486]

7 ads, I'm proud of you

[@christophern310]

Yeah I’m not even mad Just surprised he has ads on his videos again

[@dolphinboi-playmonsterranc9668]

8

[@patrikalos5301]

@MeltHead519 i prefer possum reviews tbh. There's alot of good useful information here for movie goers and potential movie makers can learn from

[@Stop_Motion_Hub]

The Super Slav proud of us

[@kurtknispel5334]

Same I'm happy for him atleast he can make money now

[@TheCheesiestNacho]

"Strong female character, the kind that every movie has to have in order to appeal to--" ¿WHY IT'S EVE FROM WALL-E INCLUDED THERE?. She's an actually very cute and likable character, goes through seriously threatening problems and although she does have a harsh attitude towards wall-e in the beginning, she becomes really lovable.

[@TheCompleteMental]

Because shaym is cynical and cant read into things that trigger him

[@ordersquamata930]

I think he's using her and the other images not to say they're bad, more showing how these types of characters, good or bad, are in a lot of recent movies

[@PhoenixAce]

@@TheCompleteMental ironic

[@dannyhazelton1658]

@@ordersquamata930 oh that makes sense

[@ctpp64]

@@TheCompleteMental not really, he shows the Lego movie girl but later mentions that he thought she was good, so he didn't necessarily hate all "strong female characterz" or something

[@rohanghoshdastidar1047]

Me replying with "😂🤣🤣🤣🤣" Actual me: 🗿

[@thecollector4332]

Upwards of Average About right.

[@bigfckingbug10k45]

🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿

[@Try-hard-emily]

🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿

[@bigfckingbug10k45]

@@Try-hard-emily 🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿

[@AGnar0k]

"Yo Angelo!"

[@callumsparrow4379]

This movie is a steaming pile of Patrick Stewart.

[@applescruff1969]

What a wasted talent.

[@lunavixen205]

Indeed

[@thedeliveryboy1123]

That man was in LOGAN

[@sephikong8323]

@marianne mccrank No matter the sum, the answer always will be "not enough"

[@Waaagh40KRed]

That is just sad. The fact that a great actor is used as a euphemism for poop, after starring in this movie, just makes me think he dies inside when he is confronted with the fact that he was in The Emoji Movie.

[@IxodesPersulcatus]

Just realized what message this feature-length commercial is trying to teach: Deleting junk from your phone is *bad.* It's *murder. Don't do that.*

[@eggi4443]

Your emojis *will be very sad if you do that*

[@bruises.n.bitemarks]

@@eggi4443 Reminds me of when I was a kid and tried to fit all of my stuffed animals on my bed before I went to sleep, because somewhere, deep down I believed they had emotions and would feel left out.

[@BlueAutisticArtist6106]

@@bruises.n.bitemarks Same.

[@eyesack2007]

gustav1138 that was also me

[@quandaledingle4488]

@@bruises.n.bitemarks i did the exact same thing

[@nartuz5016]

I remember when I was at our holiday house with my famility's friends and their kids. Everyone watched this, and after it ended, my uncle that always tries to make even worst movies look good just said "damn I haven't watched such shit in my entire live".

[@jaxsterminator8634]

Your uncle has terrible taste The Emoji Movie is perfect

[@jackcalkins4232]

I laughed out loud reading this

[@bonk9635]

He sounds drunk and it’s funny as hell

[@darthcinema4262]

You have to be drunk to watch this movie

[@lukamilosevic661]

Wdym by "sounds drunk", he IS drunk.

[@niepoczytalna8310]

It's funny because it touches your morality and ethics but then you realise there is no real threat. Or something like that

[@angrybitch5195]

sounds?

[@awoowie_nate]

@@angrybitch5195 wuddup [your name] , check Dr.Shaym

[@jonny1494]

Love how garbage can become entertaining if is being rummaging by a rodent

[@thethingthatwouldnotgoaway5881]

jonny Possums aren't rodents you n00b.

[@applescruff1969]

@jonny Opossums aren't rodents. They are Marsupials.

[@maz1071]

@@applescruff1969 did you say soup

[@applescruff1969]

@@maz1071 No.

[@maz1071]

@@applescruff1969 I want soup now

[@detritus3676]

29:20 "All the power of a king or a queen, without the responsibility" Best roast ever

[@spicylemon7475]

The only emojis that actually matter: 🗿🅱️

[@emptyneptune]

naw naw, u forgot 🦧

[@pepearown4968]

And perhaps 🤔

[@elijahzafcab4660]

Or maybe

[@emptyneptune]

@@elijahzafcab4660 AYOOO

[@floppydusc]

@@elijahzafcab4660 howwww?

[@iamslightlybetterthanyou2679]

The meme movie Coming never hopefully

[@SharksandDinos]

Yeah, a meme movie is better left KZbin. If a major studio tried to make it, the movie would be major cringe.

[@Metalman200xdamnit]

Please,for the love of everything holy,do not give Sony Pictures ideas.

[@TacocatX]

If it’s made by meme creators on KZbin who actually understand them, then I’m all for it lmao

[@iamslightlybetterthanyou2679]

@@TacocatX no it will be made by corporate executives

[@skyjaythefirst7331]

A meme movie would only be able to release in the United States, because the EU banned memes, right?

[@newbells1337]

1. It Exists

[@NoNo-xh7ru]

MarchBloxBoy theone nice

[@wastelandlegocheem]

1. It was thought of 2. It was made 3. It exists 4. People saw it 5. It made money

[@vermas4654]

"the most expressive of all human languages" * German wants to know your location *

[@Niosesore]

Your mind on America "English is the most expressive of all human languages!!!" >lacks diminutives, the most intense swearword is "cunt". w oo w

[@vinniesmith4343]

@@Niosesore how bout ni-

[@Bangbanggooberblat69]

@@Niosesoremeanwhile, cunt when your mind is on britain: widely used swearword by 800% of the british population. not really a "most intense swear", equally as insulting as each other

[@robinthrush9672]

"Strong independent female" is a trope now. A trope of bad writing usually.

[@utzius8003]

English:" I'm the most expressive language." German:" Let me introduce myself, Fußbodenschleifmaschinenverleihgeschäftsführer."

[@sutomuarashi]

Kommandant Blauluchs what

[@utzius8003]

@@sutomuarashi Just a somewhat long german word

[@sutomuarashi]

@@utzius8003 but like- whatdoesitmean

[@sutomuarashi]

@BearSeek Berserker WHAT

[@heyarno]

Nice job title :D

[@Glass-Lemonade]

imagine an alternate universe where the emoji movie turned out to be a well written piece of literature

[@justmedavid2977]

Probably on Earth 3

[@axeld2150]

"IMAGINE"

[@wigetino2282]

Maybe in 0/0 universes

[@Dalek59862]

Thats like dividing by zero,it would end the universe

[@defrozendonut8715]

Bizzaro earth

[@maddelynatwater5799]

i disagree with the statement "there is no subtext to a smiley face", because emojis (commonly smiley faces) are frequently used ironically. also, a lot of the time i don't use emojis to replace speech, but instead add it to the speech to make sure the message was taken w/ the correct tone. also they're cute lel

[@LiveFreeOrDie2A]

I agree. He also seems to forget they’re literally called EMOji’s because they efficiently and precisely convey EMOTION far better than written text. It’s a digital substitute for all important “body language” which is well known to convey a lot more information at times than what someone is saying. Also, its mentally exhausting and unnecessary to think we need to be writing sonnets back and forth otherwise society is collapsing

[@tehrik0020]

0:45 Agreed. There's a reason me and my father still enjoy watching Wall-E as much as we did 10 years ago, heck there's a lot of hints I didn't get as a kid too so that makes the rewatch even more interesting.

[@James-mi5qt]

Him: You and I, we’re like diamonds in the sky. You’re a shooting star I see, a vision of ecstasy. Shine bright like a diamond. Her: K

[@nnekanwaki4738]

K

[@MetaFanWing]

K

[@richtofen4888]

K

[@tvbnine793]

He should've sent her Cannibal Corpse lyrics

[@Gloomy_Ghost_Grave]

K

[@lqu]

Why does Jailbreak have a torso but Gene has his head connected directly to his legs and arms?

[@justmedavid2977]

Princess emojis (both in reality and in the film) have bodies because they wear dresses. You can't wear a dress without a torso. Not defending this crap, but at least they kept THAT consistant

[@justmedavid2977]

@Caleb Burns because the script was written by 🐒🐒🐒

[@Rosymaple]

Maybe Jean's head is one big torso

[@turtleyisepic4805]

@@justmedavid2977 save yourself emojis make you dumb

[@caseyjazz7256]

Still would.

[@darksoals]

I mean as a person who is in marketing the general use of emojis is that on a text based medium with no body language facial expressions or social context, and emoji cannot be misinterpreted. That’s extremely advantageous to companies because it means at no point will what you have said be misunderstood or misrepresented. In many ways the English language is too diverse, because it was created under the impression that you would see the person saying it. An emoji takes that place, filling in the emotion by allowing the visual use of a facial expression that can no longer misinterpret a phrase like “that’s funny”. If you send me something and I say “that’s funny” you might hope to assume I mean that I actually found it funny, but that’s just it, you’re assuming. That’s funny with a smiling emoji means it was a positive interaction, rolling eyes or squint means it’s not. It is in many ways lazy communication because you could write out all your thoughts and make a constructed argument on how you justify the positivity of the funny, or you could...send an emoji and achieve the exact same thing in two seconds with even less room to be misunderstood. See what I mean?

[@NeonSonOfXenon]

"send an emoji and achieve the exact same thing" This is the key here, and highlights the flaws in Possum's analysis of language use. Language is about communicating an idea and being understood. English is no more or less advantageous than any other language at making a point at any level of nuance, and this includes the use of emoji. If anything, one could argue there's nuance in the way that emoji are used, but that's a topic for another day.

[@dragotyranniraptorex6460]

@@NeonSonOfXenon while I agree with you both, at the end of the day the emojis you’d find on an average phone are designed to be as clean as possible, which aren’t nearly as effective as something such as ascii art, memes on the internet or even rage face comics. Humans are designed to look for micro expressions, and while something like a squiggly drawing of a frown or a screenshot of a shitty render may not be quality, their imperfections add to the character and make it suited to represent emotions that may not even have a name.

[@Flaris]

Honestly I think you make a fair point. English is a great language, but it does run into issues when it comes to online communication. You do have to assume a lot. And sometimes people assume the worst or assume the wrong thing from what the other person is saying. An emoji might be a simple and arguably lazy way to clarify things. But unless you are going to write an essay for every sentence and explain things so clearly that there is no room for misinterpretation...it's not a bad thing to have. It just becomes an issue if overused. If all you do is throw out a string of emojis or throw them into every single sentence...yeah that's more an issue.

[@joshima7]

Yeah i completely agree with this take. Sure it's lazy but its quick and immediately understandable and the alternative is to make a longer sentence that is way too long and explicit bit it can still be misunderstood

[@gaiar.d.rosendahl8300]

I don't get how you'd show a bunch of awesome female characters in a kind of bad light. If there was a point to showing Vasques, Tigress, Gamora, Rita ect after implying how stereotypical they are I clearly missed it. And of course they're common in movies nowadays females and badass ones are quite common in general ;) Though well written ones you kinda have to search for...

[@polysteveshusbandandboyfri644]

The plot sounds like something I would write when I was in 5th grade. It is so bad it's laughable

[@zanemob1429]

Yep

[@jaxonklaus838]

Eh. I've seen stories written by 5th graders with an actually coherent plot

[@polysteveshusbandandboyfri644]

@@jaxonklaus838 I was a very stupid kid. I still am stupid but my God I was fucking retarded a few years ago

[@ZyroShadowPony]

What's funny is that someone made a decent plot, I forgot who it was but they went how the kid was struggling with the real world and shutting themselves out from friends and family. Something along those lines as it's been awhile

[@malindarusse6527]

@@polysteveshusbandandboyfri644 Give yourself a little more credit. This movie is 100,000,000 levels of dumb.

[@yourfacemeetsmyfist]

9:53 "Thats corporate cynicism If ive ever seen it" *ad plays* wp

[@JustAnArrogantAlien]

1:16 _”If anything, children’s media should be held to a HIGHER standard than adult movies, because the media children are exposed to is what shapes their minds.”_ *THANK. YOU.*

[@researcherchameleon4602]

Indeed, an emoji has no subtext, which is why I rarely use them, and the only times I do use them are after a sentence to express the tone, the reason being that things like sarcasm may be difficult to register in a written down/typed medium, as apposed to face to face conversation, where things like body language and tone of voice can indicate the meaning behind words. To use your example “that’s funny”, written down, it could be interpreted as ha ha funny, strange, or uncomfortable, in in person conversation, we have body language and tone of voice to distinguish these, imagine someone telling a story that you think is hilarious, if you said “that’s funny” then you would be smiling, and you would be trying to cover your laughter long enough to talk. Now if someone said a story that they thought was funny, but you didn’t, and you sarcastically said “that’s funny”, you would have an annoyed expression and voice, but the words that get written down remain the same, so talking through things like comments or text can use emojis IN TANDEM with actual words to explain both, the actual message, and the tone

[@memechannel4528]

The emoji move but its discord custom emojis

[@pyroparagon8945]

:ahegao: : sweat:

[@Azrielfiend]

:peach: :eggplant: :heart: :bruh:

[@danielm.595]

Honestly I think that would be a better movie.

[@mothteeth429]

:wiigonnahaveaproblem: :CMERE: :cummywummyuwu: :thisismyDEPRESSION:

[@altreon3608]

:GokuDrip:

[@sjoerdderks4731]

Lego: everything is awesome *sees emoji movie* Lego: most thing are awesome

[@giornogiovanna3311]

Sjoerd Derks Cats Movie:Let me introduce myself

[@somadrummond6256]

Possum. When it comes to texting. Emotions are difficult to show in text. So emojis are dumbed down verbally because they can't be mistaken.

[@muttahumppinbeegyoshi9704]

😂😂😂😂😂😂 they way he expresses himself through emojis *flips table violently*

[@muttahumppinbeegyoshi9704]

Found your channel today and not disappointed

[@kmidst_vg2996]

LMAO - "Let's ignore the fact that he will toss his phone out when he upgrades it in a year and all the emojis will die anyway". But on a serious note, I absolutely love how these reviews tend to become lectures in ethics, logic, and level of taste, all under a guise of a crude simplicity. I usually feel smarter after watching your vids, thanks Possum! *high five emoji* *big grin*

[@thatonerobotfromshortcircut]

kmidst_vg it makes sense how good he is at this stuff when you realize his other channel is Dr Shaym.

[@thatstockimageguy1067]

Potato Guy I just figured that out

[@reeces.pieces3]

📈5️⃣😄

[@glinkler1422]

Really makes you wonder how interchangeable Political Science is as major....

[@goodclosingtime6825]

When you are ready young grasshopper go watch the critical drinker

[@KT_Katt]

Any movie that wastes a Patrick Stewart performance on nothing but toilet humor has failed imo.

[@mikek4610]

KT Katキティ does that count for t.v. too?

[@SoushiBN]

@@mikek4610 Yes

[@a-10warthog78]

The emoji movie isn’t a movie, it’s an LSD trip.

[@jic1]

11:31 It's not really a "plot hole" that he's knows about Jailbreak, but has never actually met her. That's the closest I'll ever get to defending this movie.

[@JeanMarceaux]

Why did The Emoji Movie fail? Simple. It didn't have 🅱️.

[@malindarusse6527]

It didn't fail though it made money and Sony doesn't care.

[@funtubestudios1079]

🅱 wasnt a meme at the time of release, the emoji movie was released (natinollay) 7/15/2017

[@inr9751]

Funtube MSM And i used to have fond memories of 2017, smh.

[@BEANSBEANSBEANS404]

Nor 🗿

[@amirrashed771]

You forgot 🤔🤨🤑🙃☻🧐❄🌈🔠🔡🔢🔣🔤🅰️🆎️🆑️🆒️🆓️ℹ🆔️Ⓜ️🆕️🅾️🆗️🅿️🔴🔵⚪⚫⬜⬛◼◻◽◾▫️▪️🔶️🔷️🔸️🔹️🔺️🔻💠🔘🔲🔳

[@martinarge3947]

I am gonna make a movie about t shirts

[@cjv8522]

The main moral should be “you should be yourself.”

[@martinarge3947]

CaptainJackValdy's Crew But not if your a White male

[@martinarge3947]

cheese puffs socks life matters

[@ajackofalltrades1233]

IL put 69$ into it for anti vax kids as actors

[@thebaseandtriflingcreature174]

Y’know how to make a girl shirt? Yeah,just attach a pair of tits to the shirt.

[@West_Coast_Gang]

20:10 Interest in people? Can’t relate

[@neat_skeet]

Ya know the upgraded bot reminds me of the wither storm

[@neat_skeet]

Yes

[@Definitely_not_ai]

*Wither storm theme plays*

[@purplesam2609]

This movie would be one of those 86 minute unskippable ads on KZbin

[@kekwnet]

Alt title for this video - Why "The emoji movie" is not a movie.

[@classyvortex6918]

I can't believe they do that though

[@tomas_crusader1756]

Those?

[@PossumReviews]

First.

[@peltimies2469]

Haha

[@cringevidshub3767]

Yes

[@theoinnes1266]

First

[@AdamAdver]

Ｈａ．

[@KolchaksGhost]

chinese goverment the Tiananmen Square massacre is real

[@JustAGamerPerson]

What he does at the end of the movie: Sends her a text when she’s literally right there. What he would do in real life: Go talk to her like a fucking human being. This is proof that the people at Sony have never talked to a teenager since they were one.

[@lucasvilela6129]

my IQ improved at least 15 points after this video

[@brandonhughes4076]

It's like a mix between Inside Out and the Lego movie, but it misses the common element of those two: they're actually good movies

[@tophatring8445]

Brandon Hughes in my opinion I didn’t like Inside Out

[@thebaseandtriflingcreature174]

Brandon Hughes Like,when you try to mix potato chips with chocolate

[@TheWeasel813]

Half Baked or Pizza with Corned beef hash and ranch

[@softbread2073]

@@tophatring8445 its okay, you are entitled to your wrong opinion

[@tophatring8445]

Ana Carolina Nascimento 😂 thx ig

[@naked_chicken_chanupa]

They scrapped the whole popeye movie for this garbage

[@zanemob1429]

At least they didn't ruin Popeye.

[@rangopistacho6928]

Yeah but it would be better than a movie about something that is not even popular in media culture

[@Metalman200xdamnit]

Popeye could be great today if they do it correctly.

[@bopy420]

@@zanemob1429 It was going to be directed by Genndy Tartakovsky the creator of Dexter's Lab

[@bopy420]

@@Metalman200xdamnit It was going to be directed by Genndy Tartakovsky the creator of Dexter's Lab

[@interhistoria5632]

I don't even use Emoji's, so imagine my utter disdain when I first heard an Emoji Movie was being made and released.

[@frostgale1259]

Same, I despise Emoji’s, it’s funny considering I’m of the demographic they were targeting; Teenagers, asinine, device glued, attention seeking teenagers (something I’m not completely, thankfully)

[@niepoczytalna8310]

@@frostgale1259 yeah, it's so funny. you're amazing and unique. stay safe

[@justanormalinvestigator2640]

I barely use emoji unless I’m being sarcastic. “Funny😐”

[@broken_spine2644]

Emoticon gang :)

[@jaxsterminator8634]

It must have been amazing because the Emoji Movie is perfect

[@orlandhoes6856]

The emoji movie failed as a movie. And I failed as a decent, successful, and sober human being. Who am I to judge huh?

[@jaxsterminator8634]

IT DIDNT FAIL

[@theroomplepoomples2825]

I'm staring at a glowing rectangle as I watch this. We're all idiots.

[@thebaseandtriflingcreature174]

I ain’t stopping staring at the rectangle,i got jojo to watch

[@SpergusonAutismo]

believe me, disregard what boomers say, the glowing rectangle is way better than the alternative in 2019

[@invertedwafflehhahahahaha5816]

That is correct

[@projectpitchfork860]

@Thot Destroyer Mine has none of this.

[@rgstever]

I'm staring at a glowing square. 4:3 master race!

[@KingDaddy445]

As a novice coder when the characters go through the “code” it’s actually binary the animators and such are just lazy

[@grootsyt]

@Ryan isnt that how quantum computers work? They can go through the whole database very fast.

[@kekwnet]

@@grootsyt yes but they didn't use a quantum computer

[@grootsyt]

@@kekwnet true

[@Well-Rounded_Wildcard]

well technically computers read code in binary, the code you're most likely working with is basically binary in a readable format for humans to work with, so really them going through the "code" and said code being in binary isn't far fetched

[@chrisakaschulbus4903]

uhm... as a coder you should know how code gets executed... even though you don't even need to understand binary to code, you should know that at the end your code is translated into binary instructions that the processor has to execute. so yes, the compiled garbage they "go through" would be ones and zeros

[@DominatingCrow]

21:58 the only reason they made a highschooler the main character is to push the motive that teens are always on their phones and that they use emojis, even though the only people that really use emojis are 50 year old moms on facebook

[@Captain_Yorrick]

In my opinion Emoji's are a useful tool if used correctly, they can allow us to convey additional context while using a limited number of characters, such as our emotional or tonal intentions.

[@claytonpeterson9441]

270 likes and 0 dislikes Perfectly balanced as all things should be

[@comradetempest]

Clayton Peterson now it has 6 dislikes I wish I could hack their KZbin account

[@comradetempest]

PieGuyonline ! Oh nice them perfectly balanced

[@asandysoldier3164]

9 feminists/ little kids disliked. 1k likes.

[@alfradorheaume5205]

That's because the feminists are surrounded by people who agree with them

[@thanos4959]

Clayton Peterson actually not balanced

[@jacksonnunberg4249]

"Unfortunately, this movie was made by Sony. The most shallow and blatantly money-grubbing of all the major studios." What about Illumination?

[@applescruff1969]

Sony is still the more money-grubbing one.

[@jacksonnunberg4249]

@@applescruff1969 Care to explain?

[@applescruff1969]

@@jacksonnunberg4249 The fact they made the 2016 Ghostbusters movie should be enough of an explanation.

[@jacksonnunberg4249]

@@applescruff1969 They also made Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Hotel Transylvania, and Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse.

[@applescruff1969]

@@jacksonnunberg4249 Never seen the first two, but i have seen the third. And it was a blatent cash grab on the current trend of superhero movies that idiots watch.

[@DrawtoonzStudio]

Can I just say, thank you for referring to Lego as “Lego” and not “Legos”?

[@DrawtoonzStudio]

24:03 Whoops, never mind.

[@chaosrealmer3455]

@@DrawtoonzStudio I do believe "Legos" is a confirmed valid form of the word though.

[@c.d.rstudios4691]

@@chaosrealmer3455 but it's just... no.

[@thegregitto]

I always use emojis at the end of sentences when I'm trying to convey a certain tone that may not be seen when expressed in the same sentence. Some sentences can't explicitly say the exact emotions along with the sentence, so I use them to convey different tones or different extremeties of emotion in sentences when it otherwise is unable to be conveyed when put in text rather than in person, where one can notice facial amd body language cues.

[@redacted1648]

Just so you know in the dutch movie jailbreak was literaly called "hacky"

[@SmormuAfterNotSurviving]

In polish she was called Matrix

[@sutomuarashi]

Joeri Van Aalzum what a dumb name

[@mateorios1636]

In spanish.. Her name was..... Lady hacker... To only aplie to a joke of the movie "le di jaque"...

[@sutomuarashi]

@@mateorios1636 loltff

[@laurieee1705]

I sprayed milk out of my nose. You get a like.

[@Chom-Chom]

Alex: While you were being a normal human being, i was studying the emoji

[@kevinwilson140]

I found the rant that pictographic languages are limited by their simplicity when actually that's their strength. Take mandarin for example, very similar to writing in emoji, it allows modern Chinese to read documents written centuries ago effortlessly because the language hasn't changed in millennium. Yes it's not as precise but percussion can be a two edged sword, the more meaning you put into something the greater the chance the meaning will be lost in time.

[@illseeyaonthedarksideofthemoon]

Chinese is one of the most complicated lenguaje precisely for that need to be extremely descriptive.

[@TaxiYoshi64]

This dude aint gay cuz he is spitting straight facts

[@tomas_crusader1756]

*comedy drum noices*

[@omniomelet1472]

O mah goyd 🙈

[@Emma_The_H0ppin_H00ligan]

It DID succeed as a meme tho Edit: can i just mention that gene's mom has a karen haircut?

[@thebaseandtriflingcreature174]

regretti spaghetti I WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOUR MANAGER

[@spaghetti5914]

Lmao

[@wastelandlegocheem]

Hippity hoppity i deserve property

[@langan9000]

Don't edit your comments and write edit just do it or make another comment.

[@jaxsterminator8634]

IT SUCCEEDED AS A MOVIE TOO ITS A PERFECT MOVIE

[@speeddemon3224]

I would like to point out that in any computing device even after something is "deleted" it remains until the space is needed and in some cases stays partially. The only way to truly delete something requires extensive expertise. I know this from my father who is a professional data scientist and engineer.

[@flamestoyershadowkill6400]

Or just putting a magnet to a hard drive

[@sheeloesreallycool]

Or smashing the phone

[@DaVeganZombie]

The Gamist incorrect, that would simply stop you from viewing it. You can easily retrieve data from a phone if it was only smashed. People think trading in or selling their phone is smart. Nah. People can snatch it all back up if they want to. Oops.

[@thedragon133]

Power drill to hard drive has high chances of success. Edit: you could also write over the data several times, but hey, where's the fun in that?

[@speeddemon3224]

@@thedragon133 better yet. Take out the disk. Fuck it up or replace it, and put it back with no evidence

[@Montork]

The fact that phases can be misinterpreted over phone.. When they wouldn't be in person with use of oh.. Idk facial expression and tone... Smh that's why emoji exist.

[@mephistopheles4910]

7:56 I just realized they showed Jailbreak at the beginning of the movie. She seems "happy" about being a princess emoji to me. If they actually cared about writing a good story, this scene would have been nice if they showed her actually look bored among the other princesses. Would have been a nice rewatch moment.

[@serperiorandtheanimator9216]

I remember I dared my brother and my cousin to watch this movie for as long as possible. The first 20 minutes was so filled with awful puns that I actually got car sick. My brother and my cousin stopped after 10 minutes. I finished the movie, which, honestly, at the end wasn’t that terrible. (In my opinion, but that’s mostly because the fucking puns died down).

[@dfquartzidn6151]

Damn...You are emotionally strong...

[@coolbeans3752]

The emoji pop... that gave me ptsd.

[@Sevro720]

Serperior and the animator you take things so lightly, had to watch this at a theatre with my mum and sister. THE ENTIRE MOVIE. I AM SCARRED.

[@gamemage3009]

It's one of those movies that are fun too mock, like old horror movies with idiot characters

[@jaxsterminator8634]

YOU HAVE THE WORST TASTE EVER THE EMOJI MOVIE IS PERFECT

[@nocktukdaze8256]

Don't torture yourself like this!

[@jaxsterminator8634]

It’s not torture if it’s a perfect movie

[@BC-pr8vd]

“The media that children are exposed to shapes their minds” Well I’m going to hell

[@eggi4443]

"but there is no subtext to a smiley face" no🙂

[@Dr3Mc3Ninja]

The ant as the voice of dissent is pretty great. I didn't even know this movie was political... What a terrible idea.

[@tyler1673]

"Your uniqueness is what threatens to destroy the universe" Anybody else thinking about Gurren lagann here?

[@roneherushin4638]

Row row reboot your phone!

[@thebaseandtriflingcreature174]

Ah yes,Orwellian themes in a fucking phone,m favorite

[@kaydwessie296]

The world is a little easier to live in every time I think about Gurren Lagann

[@ammagon4519]

@@kaydwessie296 I wish it was like that to everyone

[@ethanmueller8218]

Ty Plum i’d rather watch that then the emoji movie.

[@alexburke1720]

Good work adding in the extra can sounds/sound effects.

[@jlr1357]

33:19 It's so weird hearing Patrick Stewart's voice coming out from an anthropomorphic shit

[@EggieBoi1284]

"Shes just a forced strong female character, like every movie has to have now" as he shows a bunch of pictures that has gamora, leia, eva, the lego girl, Astrid, the bunny girl from space jam, and the tiger girl from kung fu panda, all of which are actually well made strong female characters

[@spinyslasher6586]

That's the point.

[@EggieBoi1284]

@@spinyslasher6586 if that's the point why does he also show pictures of actual forced strong female characters too?

[@TCthaCrisis]

Ummm you forgot every female superhero character who somehow never gets even mearly injured during any movie. Superman died... Meanwhile Wonder woman hasnt took more than 3 punches in 3 films.

[@EggieBoi1284]

@@TCthaCrisis did... did you watch wonder woman? Aries beats the shit out of her

[@athousandyearoldfossil5059]

I think the point is that almost every movie has them. It's not that they're good or bad, It's just that they're everywhere

[@zadonkeyentertainment7858]

14:21 am i the only who realised that Jailbreak and the Meh dude are crouching for no reason. hi-five is taller than both of them, yet u can see him running and jumping in the scene. how did the animators not notice that...

[@PossumReviews]

WHAT A PLOT HOLE! UNSUBSCRIBED!

[@nicholasmitchiner8630]

Lol

[@zadonkeyentertainment7858]

@@PossumReviews i can hear your voice from this

[@SpellboundWolf]

Andy of Toy Story is meant to be a generic little boy, but he is a well-written character because the people of Pixar care about the story they wanted to tell. Alex has nothing to him because his creators were just following fads. Toy Story has heart & friendship. Emoji Movie has inconsistent logic & advertisements.

[@nosxenergy718]

I have been sitting here all day watching Possum Reviews and this is currently my favorite channel on KZbin.

[@uttiboii4168]

19:06 when your high school teacher says forget the things you learned in middle school

[@thedominator5620]

Thanks for saving me the search :)

[@DogGaming506]

I clicked it and an add played

[@celticwarwizard1]

Einstein’s ninth law of... something, “with greater quality, there is absolutely no plot and the film makes no sense”

[@krumblemumble8628]

I agree that emojis are inherently limited and simplistic. Yet, I think they are helpful in their way. Humans are intrinsically sensory creatures, especially with sight. Although many people use emojis as shorthand because they are lazy, sometimes emojis speak louder than words. That sounds incomprehensible, but hear me out. Human language continues to change just as people change. I understand the need for people to refrain from relying on simple emojis for expression. Smartphones are preventing people from imbuing their communication with nuance. And yet, we cannot deny the emotions contained within them. Emojis are not 'high art,' and they are not even good images on their own. But images, pictures, and even emojis create an instantaneous understanding of emotions. Take any cartoon that uses facial expression to reveal more about the character or even for a joke for example. Emojis are useful while at the same time they are simplistic. We cannot deny the universal usefulness of simplistic pictures. And at the same time we need to understand that they should not be a replacement for deeper and well-rounded communication.

[@xFlareLeon]

Sometimes text alone is hard to interpret because you don't have an audible tone to associate with the words. There's a distinct difference between, "Good job :)" and "Good job :/". I understand the point being made that those who use emojis as shorthand for sentences are lazy, emojis have a place in an increasingly digital era.

[@notafurry6618]

33:47 Bare minimum comedy but I still laughed for some reason

[@duchi882]

*"A bad movie is a bad movie"* _The truth has been spoken_

[@jaxsterminator8634]

Except the Emoji Movie That movie is just perfect

[@TheGrippler09]

bruh true