I prefer the term 'Garb-Age' over 'Trash Era' myself.

"Should we make Will Smith a fish or a person?" "Yes."

I never realized how much LGBT undertones this movie has.

I’m late to the party but I believe when Oscar says “We cool?” and the shark boss says “We cool.”, the shark is just saying that Oscar’s city is cool. We can safely assume there are other cities for the sharks to plunder.

"is it shrek o'clock?" Joel. It's _always_ shrek o'clock.

"I've always shipped her with the Martin Scorsese puffer fish. I think they'd have some great emotional, but more importantly physical chemistry" Joel how could you ever utter something so completely cursed

No one ever talks about the movie "Robots" ;-;

Fuck me, the thought of the Lola x blowfish ship has me almost in tears. I can FEEL the scene where she gives him any form of honest validation, and he just fucking puffs up out of embarrassment - I'm dying at the "...Physical... Chemistry" bit. Don't acknowledge the sexy fish. Don't acknowledge the sexy fish. Don't acknowledge the sexy fish.

I used to watch shark tale religiously

As someone who's spent a lot of time studying the lore of Shark Tale, I have to commend this video

Shark Tale is a banger of a movie, it’s got the mafia, 70s music, and Will Smith. Maybe it isn’t award material but I loved movies like this one, Over the Hedge, and the Bee Movie as a kid. It may be trash but it’s nostalgic trash lol

Since I was a kid I've always thought that Lenny was gay instead of a vegetarian. Like queerbating.

Believe it or not, you are spot on about Sykes and Lola having chemistry because originally she was created to be his gold digging girlfriend.

Gill Smith

This film's animation is terrifying.

Ugh. Shark tale. I worked at Office Depot when that movie came out on dvd, and they played that damn movie all day on a loop, every day, for about a month, I worked the tech section and it was a slow store, so I watched this movie roughly about 200 times.

I honestly hunger for the days when characters in animated movies were voiced by actual voice actors rather than Hollywood celebrities.

you're going so fast with the political subtext of mediocre kids movies, pls don't talk about robots (2005) before i can

watching this after pragerU and it's really funny hearing the same serious concerned and measured voice discussing a movie about will smith the fish

Wreck it Ralph is just video game Shrek.

my only two memories of this movie is the 70s soundtrack which i really enjoyed as a child and, more importantly, a joke that i barely understood on first viewing: theres a quick montage of everyday life in the fish city, and theres a brief moment inside a sushi store. its sudden silence among a lot of music and dialogue, so i paid attention. the fish in charge of the sushi shop is frustrated and throws the knife on the wooden sushi preparing table. so i guess i basically assumed then than cannibalism was just a reality in this grotesque colorful fish world... or maybe not, since the joke was that nobody went to the sushi shop. but there was a fish, not a shark, selling sushi. is cannibalism allowed here, between fishes, but not socially acceptable unless youre a shark? does the sushi selling fish eat fish? was the sushi place catered to sharks but theyre just not big on japanese food? these are the questions that shall go unanswered

I never put 2 and 2 together and realized that the reason I hated Oscar’s face so much is because it’s a weirdly stylized Will Smith face

You know an animated film that takes this same concept and does it not only better, but is itself a masterpiece? Fantastic Mr. Fox.

I've never once questioned why the fish have eyebrows until now.

To be fair, you have to have a Very High IQ to understand Shark Tale.

* Hears Bee Movie * * Inhales * **YA LIKE JAZZ?**

I always found it funny the overall story and feeling of shark tale wasn't a kids movie its a mafia esque movie this nobody takes credit for offing the heads son who's killed many times in the neighborhood and teams with the dons son who is ashamed for being gay to escape and help each other as this nobody now gains power that corrupts

suggestion: instead of a sharktale script doctor choosing either to focus on a critique of social hierarchy OR a learn-to-accept-your-situation story, Oscar changes society so that this very necessary job of whale-washing gets the respect it deserves.

i don’t know if my brain just switches off when i watch movies or if i’m just attracted to the bright flashy colours but i liked shark tale

The characters models in this movie bother me so much, because they're fish but they're also made to look like the actor who voiced them and it's just so jarring.

why is elijah wood reviewing shark tale?

Listen, in a way shark tale was ahead of its time. Imagine if shark tale was made in the gay rights/social media/Instagram flexing era. Oscar is what many “influencers” are. A fraud broadly advertising a lifestyle most can’t have and that they don’t truly have. I think the intertwining of hip hop culture made the film quickly dated and that makes us feel less relatable. I do believe with a little more time and care this film could have become a classic, but I’m pretty sure the studio was just rushing to put out films they thought would sell tickets

Dude you could make elmo sound like a deep commentary of society

Imagine if this film was about humans, where the rich upper class-men murdered and ate the poor- and this was such as natural element of the world that it isn't even tackled in the plot and instead the plot focused on getting the cannibal mafia to accept his non-cannibal son, it'd suddenly be so, so dark.

As Schaffrillas points out, the title of the movie is an anagram for Shrak.

I went into a shark tale rabbithole after watching Schaffrilllas video. That was a couple months ago, and I never got this video recommended. Not until just now, after watching Kevin's recent video... that was about Minecraft. Lol

"Dreamworks is not the place to go for good art" The Prince of Egypt would like a word with you, good sir...

9:50 Shark Tale? More like Shark Fail! *Look of self hatred washes over Joel’s face* These are the new benefits of switching to a talk to the camera format.

I think it's tricky to place the movie's social class-message, because it is clearly making allusions to the natural food chain, and at the same time social social conduct. From a biological/ecological point of view, sharks are just doing their thing by eating the fish: what's more, the ocean needs them to be predators, so it's not evil from them to eat shrimp, fish and such. But from a social point of view, sharks are being more like predatory upper-class mafia, who take advantage of others, when there are other ways for them to survive without abusing their power. I get what they're trying to say, but ultimately, the movie forgets that sharks are sharks, and the whole moral at the ending is confusing when you think of it.

There is no love triangle in Shrek. Lord Farquaad is not in love with Fiona. He's in love with himself.

Wait, I really liked over the hedge as a kid. I dont remember why, but I just really liked it???

I can't believe Trolls did a story on mass genocide on a sentient race better

Anyone here because of CallMeKevin’s new minecraft vid?

I love Shark Tale just because it’s the embodiment of pure chaos

*this Sharktale vid is part of a 3 part series* ｏｈ　ｎｏ *...about different Dreamworks movies* ｏｋａｙ *namely, this, Over the Hedge, and Bee Movie.* ｆｕｃｋ

When I was a kid my dad had to do some work at a car dealership, so he brought me there and sat me in the kids “play room” for around 4 hours. There were workers all around and I was being watched so I was safe, but Shark Tale was being played on repeat in the room. Consider me scarred for life after two watches in a row. I had already seen the movie before, and figured movies were fun, but this movie actually made me nauseous and sad. Anyways, thanks for triggering me.

i really enjoyed all 3 of the “trash era movies” as a kid....i mean REALLY enjoyed. i became super interested in bees and beekeeping after seeing the bee movie, i LOVED the over the hedge score and i found shark tale really fun. i would put the fond memories i have of these films down to nostalgia or just being a dumb kid at the time but ive rewatched both over the hedge and the bee movie in the last couple years and i gotta say....i think theyre still really fun, though not without their faults they have special places in my heart. not sure about shark tale though. i havent seen it since i was about 7 and the animation looks cursed

CallMeKevin has the exact same kind of taste in videos that I do, glad he brought us here

Hey I meant Michael and not Will Eisner. Try to have a good day even knowing I flubbed

What do you mean, this is the best anime

All Hail Jim Pickens

Shark tale is the best piece of literature I’ve ever seen

Shark tale is a treasure. Nostalgia beats critical analysis.

Over the Hedge is a good movie for the slow-motion scene alone. Simply iconic

I think when referred to the disney CEO you where talking about Michael Eisner, Will Eisner was a very influential comic artist.

I love the part where you say “jokes on us, Hes a loser” i laughed also I’m coming from call me Kevin and I’m actually glad I did it’s a great video

After watching this, I now would really like to see a film about intelligent carnivores, that cannot live on a herbivorous diet, but whose only source of food is also intelligent. The Carnivores are aware that their food is intelligent, and sometimes even form bonds with their prey. Just a film looking at the behaviour and relationships that would form in that sort of society.

Sharktale, Over the Headge, and Bee Movie... I actually liked those movies. The writing is strange. I just realized, but for some reason I enjoyed them as a kid.

i forgot about lord farquaad and thought you meant the love triangle was between shrek, fiona and donkey and tbh i didn't really question it

This reminds me of guns in Minecraft.

I think Shark Tales is a hilarious movie. IDK know if it has a good moral. I think it's just a mad cap dark comedy . Jack Black as a gay shark who wants to be a dolphin, Deniro as a goodfella shark, The Fresh Prince fish and the scene with the shrimp begging for his life is so funny. It's like a Loony Tunes it's absurdist.

This here is a top quality dissection of trash. I would know.

"Hey let's make a movie about Will Smith being a fish working at a car wash" Dreamworks - 2001

"lenny from shark tales is gay-coded" is the wildest hot take I've seen all year

No matter how often, how eloquently, and how factually people explain to me that "Sharktales" "Over the Hedge" "Flushed Away" "Madagascar" "Monsters vs. Aliens" and "Bee Movie" are objectively bad movies.... I seriously cannot stop liking them. Dreamworks is oddly amazing at creating good, bad movies. They definitely have just straight up bad movies, but the same goes for the good ones. They actually have several of my most favorite movies growing up that I still adore today. "Kung Fu Panda 1-2" "Shrek 1-2" (meme or not they're good movies) "The Prince of Egypt" and "Joseph King of Dreams" (I'm not religious, they're good stories) "Chicken Run" "Sinbad" "Megamind" "Spirit" "How to Train your Dragon 1-2" (I haven't seen the 3rd yet, but I def plan to) Dreamworks was created just to spite Pixar, and honestly? I like their movies more.

I remember never liking Shark Tale, enjoying Over the Hedge, and immediately forgetting The Bee Movie’s plot and characters after watching it

bruh, looks like you actually went underwater for this.

"Deep down I've always shaped her with them Martin Scorsese fish" Me: * Thumbs up the video immediately*

just clicked but i really hope you discuss the strange, creepy sexualization of the female fish in this movie, because it has haunted me ever since i was a boy

Trash? What do you mean trash? Shark Tale is a masterpiece!

"You see somethin', you kill it, you eat it, PERIODT"

I will never forget the "smoking seaweed" and o. J. Simpson reference. Lmao.. definitely didn't catch that as a kid.

I can't wait until the Over The Hedge video. That movie is....so memorable, yet so forgettable. It's just so strange.

Omg you look like Alex Hirsh and Elijah Wood mixed into one person

Here because of Kevin (callmekevin) and not Schaffrillas, somehow. Worlds collide.

A guy making deep quasi-marxist analysis bout animation films with background Bach keyboard music, my kind of content right here

This movie is amazing 10/10, 2nd best movie in the universe right next to Sharkboy and Lavagirl

I still remember how much fun the Over The Hedge game was on DS.

call me kevin watched this and I think thats amazing.

Shark tale? More like bore ragnarok

"What about a dude who breaks the mold." "Only Shooting Stars hit the mold."

Wait what??? Over The Hedge was one of the best animated movies from my childhood. I still love it to death even now

Soooo did everyone enjoy CallMeKevin shooting Minecraft mobs? I did :D

Everyone seems to talk about shrek, bee movie, boss baby, how to train your dragon, prince of Egypt, megamind, Madagascar, shark tale…. But I would love an analysis on flushed away. People, that’s a under under underrated piece of film. I need a analysis on it ASAP

It's weird that when you are a kid, obviously you more than likely enjoy and love anything animated thrown at your face. It was the case for me at least. But even as a kid, no matter how entertained you were during a movie, there was something that made you rank them. That you knew some movies were "better" than others. Even a child can feel basically any Disney sequel to be worse than the original ones, and when it came to DreamWorks we all knew in our kiddy brains that Shark Tale, Over the Hedge etc. were not as "good" as Shrek or Road to ElDorado or the Prince of Egypt. Not saying the movies cannot be enjoyable, because I for sure liked to watch Shark Tale if someone suggested it, but there is that somewhat "trashy" feeling about some movies even a child cannot deny. True story.

When dreamworks does there own thing, they make good art, but whenever they try to piggyback on Pixar’s ideas so they can reap some of Pixar’s money they don’t make good art. How to train your dragon, rise of the guardians, Kung fu panda, and Madagascar to me at least was good art.

Fun re-watching this after Oscar slapped Marty the zebra at the Oscars.

'Makes video about sharktale' 'also goes into a deep explanation about why shrek is such a good movie'

I actually loved Over The Hedge, I think it's great. Still watch it occasionally.

Why has there not been a good quality analysis of Road to El Dorado focusing on its heavy anti-religious subtext? Like I love Lindsay Ellis but she dismissed the film entirely based on a really off base reading of its summary that doesn't capture the fact that El Doradan characters in the film are clearly depicted as using the stupid, selfish Europeans (the Chief mentions that he knows they're human and at the first feast in their honor has to ask everyone to pretend that they give a shit so that he can use their favor to push out the High Priest), that the stupid selfish Europeans are the reason they're at risk from Cortez, and the only way that Cortez even has a chance is because of the political divide between the city. Like people who dismiss it as an inaccurate depiction of Aztec culture despite the fact that it's literally a mythical location that's not Aztec or Mayan or described as such. The movie was one of the only kids movies I've seen that discussed colonization by dehumanizing the colonizing force and bringing up slavery and genocide (Cortez is literally compared to a capricious demon sent to rid the world of humanity). But most importantly everyone seems to miss that the High Priest does not act or think about sacrifice in anyway similar to real Aztec beliefs because he is explicitly compared to Christian views on original sin. He wants the gods to purge the streets of humanity, who he views as filthy by their very being. He is very specifically linked to Cortez and his last minute realization about Cortez is not depicted as the goofy native falling for white bois again--this is truly what he was waiting for. This is his god of death sent to purge his city for a thousand years.

Wow, Big Joel, bless your heart, making a very nearly 30-minute KZfaq video analyzing the film "Shark Tale"... That's VERY clearly 20 times more effort than Dreamworks put into their full-length animated movie.

Kevin Blew up

hah, it’s the second time this month one of my favorite youtubers has covered this movie. thank god, my childhood trauma about sexy fish is going to rest.

here's an algorithm nugget because I don't have anything interesting to add

Thanks Kevin!

I’m not from an English speaking country so as a kid I had no idea that big celebrities had roles in shark tale so that never had an effect on me. But I LOVED shark tale, and maybe that is because I was obsessed with the ocean and underwater animals

I'm honestly a bee movie fan. The movie is just so ridiculous that's it's just fun to see what happens next.

Shark Tale might be one of the most important movies I saw as a child, because it was literally the first time as a kid that I came out of the movie theater and thought, umprompted, "Wow, that was a really bad movie."

its like watching a movie version of highschooler's essay and it ends up being better than you thought it would be so you enjoyed it

Perhaps the way the film could have and should have gone would be “there are jobs that need to be done but are looked down upon and the people that do those jobs are treated as disposable nobodies with no worth” and from there one can definitely get a story about uplifting and liberating the status of workers. The film doesn’t do that, because they were fucking cowards.