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So when I was 11, Paramount Pictures filmed this movie in my home town in Melbourne Australia. I was cast as an extra in the fairground scene. I spent two weeks going on rides, eating free fairground food and not going to school. They paid me $900 and it was the best job I’ll ever have 😂 Now I get to say I’ve technically appeared in a Nostalgia Critic review, cheers Doug!
Fun fact: The book got it's inspiration when the author E.B White had a farm in Maine. Wilbur was an actual pig White had tried to save and Charlotte was a spider White had watched hatch her eggs.
I hate spiders, especially tarantulas! I don’t like how they move or especially their eyes. But Charlotte is the only exception, as her eyes are not as scary as actual spiders (but still scary in their own right). I have serious arachnophobia & had to be escorted out of a tarantula house on a school field trip to an aquarium when I was 14.
A Casting Fact: Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Bill Nighy, Jeff Daniels, Anthony Hopkins, and John Malkovich were all considered for the role of Templeton the Rat.
My sister has arachnophobia, and she can barely tolerate the movies. Even with the ending of all the babies leaving, she's clawing the coutch and breathing deeply
Another Fun Fact: Like the 1973 version, Charlotte's daughters fly away while Joy, Arenea, and Nellie stay the same day they hatched; in the book, they stay for several days before leaving and Wilbur meets Joy, Arenea, and Nellie the following day.
Another Fun Fact: There were 47 Wilburs on set because the piglets grew up so fast. Also, each one was taught only one "trick", like to stare up or to walk a certain distance.
They did the same thing for Babe and Pig in the city. The higher ups at Universal wanted Babe to be small and cute to sell their plushies, I assume they had Babe plushies, but because Piglets grow up in a matter of weeks, they used over 40 piglets to film both films. The funny part is, in the book, Babe grew up, he becomes a full grown adult by the end of the book and is a lot more mature to herd his sheep. I see what they did in Charlotte’s Web was having Wilbur become a full grown pig at the end of the movie.
I remember renting both movies in 2007. My dad watched Rocky 6 and I saw Charlotte's Web and Rocky 6 and I honestly thought they were both good and a great way to wrap up 2006 in movies
in the UK although it is now making a limited comeback, Bambi completely destroyed the sales of venison. babe and charlotte's web barely dented the pork market. that is the delicious power of bacon.
I love spiders. And while I normally applaud a film trying to be more zoologically accurate, this film convinced me that all spiders should be drawn with simple mouths.
A friend of mine went to see this film with his daughter in theaters for her homework, without having read the original. When Charlotte dies, he kept smiling and thinking, "No, there's no way she dies. They're gonna bring her back somehow." So when the credits rolled and the realization that she actually died hit him all at once, he started sobbing in public and his daughter was wondering what was wrong with him.
I know I still cry at when charlotte dies in this remake. I was 10 when this movie came out and while I didnt love it I still think its one of the best of nickelodoens live action movies and Ill watch it every so often as an adult 😊. The 1973 movie that I grew up with always be the best to me though.
A friend of mine went to see this film with his daughter in theaters for her homework, without having read the original. When Charlotte dies, he kept smiling and thinking, "No, there's no way she dies. They're gonna bring her back somehow." So when the credits rolled and the realization that she actually died hit him all at once, he started sobbing in public and his daughter was wondering what was wrong with him.
DID DOUG JUST DO A COMMERCIAL STRAIGHT? That's one of the funniest ads he's done! He had to sit there and decide to just do the ad without any added humor or anything.
I honestly prefer this to the animated version. No overly corny songs, the casting is nearly perfect, Strong emotional core, and I actually like Charlotte's design. I appreciate the effort to make her look cute, but still realistic, even if it doesn't work for everyone.
Yes!!! I love this movie too! The animated movie was okay but I didn’t like Wilbur (I think he was voiced by an adult and he whined too much which made it distracting). I like the live action. It’s a charming fall movie I like snuggling with, even despite some of the odd casting choices.
Critic doesn't really trash on stuff anymore, I'm noticing. Even when he does, like with Wish, he tries to not be too harsh, even not as harsh as a movie deserves.
@@chasehedges6775 yeah. I'm referring more to the character of the Nostalgia Critic. There was a joke in his Nightmare Before Christmas review where he said he "discovered a new thing called liking things", which references how Doug isn't always playing the Critic as a shouty madman and gives him more balance nowadays.
Fun fact: in both animated adaptations of The Cat in the Hat and Charlotte’s Web, Sally and Fern were voiced by Pamelyn Ferdin. What I find interesting is that, for the live action adaptations, both characters also shared the same actress; in those cases, Dakota Fanning
One of my favourite childhood films, I still have a soft spot for it. The scenes of Charlotte spinning a web, and the CGI making the animals' mouths move, were also impressive for the mid 2000's.
One Last Fact: The remake is released three days before death of Joseph Barbera, producer of the 1973 animated film and twenty four days before death of the director Iwao Takamoto.
The animated one was set during the great depression, this was set in the late '50s-early '60s as there was supposed to be a scene in the present where Fern and Henry take their granddaughter to the family farm. Which makes me sad it didn't pan out.
Just knowing that makes me wonder what a Tim Burton led Charlotte’s Web looks like and the vision I’ve got in my head has me intrigued yet terrified especially since it would be current Burton we’re talking about
I would've liked it better if it were a musical. Wasted opportunity considering the hired composer was the composer-lyricist of Nightmare Before Christmas
Wow. If I had a nickel for every NC review about a movie starring a farm animal that showed him with a fork and knife prepared to eat said animal, I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice, right?
I was gonna say “I don’t think he ever reviewed Babe or its superior sequel” but then I remembered he reviewed the Disney movie “Gordy” a decade ago. I feel so old.
9:46 Actually, giving Templeton this degree of mean-spiritedness was one of the things that ruined this adaptation for me. In the original movie, and the original book, this was said by the eldest of the sheep, and it was much more clear that he was just telling Wilbur the hard truth about his existence, and he derives no joy from it. By giving this moment to Templeton, not only does his delivery of it sound way too mean (to the point of being outright sadistic), but in combination with his other selfish qualities, it makes him thoroughly unlikeable, which is a big problem because Templeton is one of the most important characters in the story!
“The rat had no morals, no conscience, no scruples, no consideration, no decency, no milk of rodent kindness, no compunctions, no higher feeling, no friendliness, no anything.” - E.B. White introducing Templeton
Another Fun Fact: In this film Templeton tells Wilbur he will be served for Christmas. In the original book and 1973 animated film an old sheep (who's not related to Samuel in this version.) tells Wilbur about being him being served for Christmas.
Fun Fact: The Australian extras in the County Fair scene were told at one point to make some sounds for the microphones to pick up, to sound like real Fair-goers. After one take with their normal accents, they were reminded to be American. Most promptly started just repeating, "Oh my God" and some other modern-day Americanisms.
For me personally, the animated Charlotte’s Web feels like a perfect movie, even though technically no movie is truly perfect. But it gives all the warm feelings that a timeless animated classic can give me. The whole movie, frame-by-frame is absolutely adorable. I hope more parents will continue to show this to their kids the way my family and grandparents introduced it to me and my sister. The Dakota Fanning version is perfectly okay, and I enjoy Steve Buscemi’s voice as Templeton, but no amount of CGI can ever compare with the simple but beautiful art form that is Hand-Drawn 2D Animation. And the design of Charlotte in the animated film and the wonderful Debbie Reynolds… It actually kind of angers me that Paramount gives the live-action version more attention and continues to air it on TV. Give the animated classic a proper restoration, a Blu-Ray release, stream it on Paramount+, just don’t let this classic be forgotten!
Charlotte's death will always make me cry. And that's when I used to be scared of spiders. Now in my 30s (and thanks to jumping spiders and Lucas the Spider), I love the little things. Did you know spiders have paws?! And jumping spiders wear water hats. And peacock spiders are so cute with their little dances!
To quote the late great Norm Macdonald and something i'm sure Cedric the Entertainer might be thinking about is “As long as the red dice are in the air, the gambler has hope. And hope is a wonderful thing to be addicted to.”
The funny thing is, when I saw this film in my early teens, I didn't find Fern's way of speaking weird. Probably because I was the type of kid who spoke really formally, but acted childish... Yet another sign that I should've gotten my autism diagnosis WAY sooner! 😅
I have a really nostalgic connection to this movie because I really enjoyed the book and the Hanna Barbera animated short. And not only did I enjoy the movie, I remember that my 3rd grade class at the time did an entire puppet show with popsicle stick puppets. I got to play Wilbur in that and I still hold onto those memories.
Imagine hiring the composer-lyricist of Nightmare Before Christmas and Corpse Bride for a live action remake of an animated musical, and NOT making it a musical.
This film was probably closer to what the original author wanted back when the animated film was being made, go I guess it’s one of those “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory” versus “Charlie & the Chocolate Factory” situations.
15:32 In contrary to his point, Templeton does take a moment to give Charlotte a look of remorse upon actually seeing her dying. This Templeton may be a jerk, but he has a heart and really just wanted some appreciation for his efforts to help.
7:06 Gotta have that classic kids' movie Nightmare Fuel! 9:21 I forgot who's narrating the story already. 16:03 Either the director LET Steve Buschemi say "asshole" in a kids' movie, or just didn't stop him.
One of the saddest stories in hollywood is the 1970s attempt Gene Deitch made. He had E.B. White consult the while thing. His website has the complete storyboards on it - completed by Czech illustrator Mirko Hanak, who was working overtime as he died of leukemia. The studio said "Mm, too poignant and minimal and aware of the world. Let's ask Hanna-Barbera to make a musical." And the concept art was gorgeous. Templeton was scruffy and Charlotte was unanthromorphized but glisteningly pretty, like a psankiy egg.
@@doubleflores8350 little kids love movies about cute pigs. Why do you think Hollywood made a bunch of penguin movies a few years later? Kids and adults love anything with cute animals in them!
To be honest, I do like this version of Charlotte's Web a lot, though I have considerably more nostalgia for that old cartoon. Credit where it's due, the technical aspects are really impressive, especially since Templeton and Charlotte had different CGI animation studios, and the scene where the two characters interact had to have a lot of back and forth done between them, according to the director's DVD commentary.
The animated film, frame-by-frame is just absolutely adorable. I love it to pieces and I hope more parents will continue to show the cartoon to their kids the way my family and grandparents introduced it to me and my sister. The Dakota Fanning version is perfectly okay, and I enjoy Steve Buscemi’s voice as Templeton, but no amount of CGI can ever compare with the simple but beautiful art form that is Hand-Drawn 2D Animation.
I actually grew up with both the cartoon AND the live-action movies as a kid! I remember my parents brought this movie home for my brother and I out of the blue one day, and we liked comparing the two versions. My mom grew up watching the cartoon when she was little, as well; to this day, the cartoon reminds both her and I of our childhoods! I can honestly say I've always loved them both - and honestly, if Channel Awesome is still making Old Vs. New videos, I'd love to see them compare these two!
Another Fun Fact: The crows Elwyn and Brooks are not in the book. Similar characters called Raven and Crow appear in treatments for a hypothetical Charlotte's Web 3, envisioned in 2002 as a sequel to the cartoon feature Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure, which was considered a flop.
It's a Nickelodeon movie, chances are that it'll either be loved by kids who grew up with it or despised by everyone (unless it's Spongebob or Jimmy Neutron, those are the exceptions)
There actually *is* a fashion doll that was sold exclusively at Toys R Us and also a Comic Con Exclusive that is a “spider dress up doll.” Her name is Wydowna Spyder and she is a Monster High character. Her TRU exclusive doll came with additional outfits to put her in. And she had six arms that were all posable and could be moved around. Look it up if you don’t believe me.
This was the first movie my dad saw in movie theaters in 1973, and when the remake happened- he took me and my little sister to go see it. Then I read Animal Farm in high school and was very confused when there was no spider.
I wish Doug would review "Heidi's Song", which is one of the only other theatrical animated movies made by the same company that created the original "Charlotte's Web". Ironically, That movie also has singing, dancing rats in it.
I saw one of my four middle school gym teachers when I went to see this. He was seeing Rocky Balboa. I saw that same gym teacher again 6 years later when I went to see Wreck It Ralph, but I forget what he was seeing then.
Hanks as Mr Rodgers is CREEPY. He does not remotely capture the kindness of Mr Rodgers. He comes off as a hidden serial killer in that movie. The entire film feels like he is hiding unbridled rage
The animated version is not corny at all, none of the songs are bad, and there’s only one gross moment when the Goose’s rotten egg cracks and releases the bad smell from its moldy yolk, but it’s done harmlessly because nobody laughed about it at all. Charlotte’s Web 1973 is actually the most mature animated movie by Paramount, and is underrated too.
I keep forgetting this movie exists. It's basically one of the grandfather's of live action remakes. People forgot that libe action remakes of animated movies did happen before it was ruined by Disney. Ironically enough their live action remake of 101 dalmatians was probably their first LAR
The animated Charlotte’s Web, frame-by-frame is absolutely adorable. It’s just pure love and joy, the Sherman Brothers songs are always great, they can be soothing, beautiful as well as bouncy and fun. The gentle animation on Fern and Wilbur, when she sings to Wilbur as they spin around with the rainbow behind them, I hope more parents will continue to show it to their kids the way my family and grandparents introduced it to me and my sister. It’s in my top 5 animated classics that get better the older I get, along with Bambi, Winnie-the-Pooh, 101 Dalmatians. The Dakota Fanning version is perfectly okay, and I “almost” (almost in heavy quotes 😬) prefer Steve Buscemi’s voice as Templeton, but no amount of CGI can ever compare with the simple but beautiful art form that is Hand-Drawn 2D Animation. When I think about how much more beautiful the animated film is, it actually makes me dislike this remake even more. Paramount needs to give the cartoon more respect with a proper restoration. Or heck, even just a Blu-Ray release, stream it on Paramount+, air it on one of the Nickelodeon TV stations. In the voice of Samuel Jackson: “The animated Charlotte’s Web is a Miracle, and i want Paramount to f*ing acknowledge it!”
@@nuclearcatbaby1131 and the fact that it’s the same overly-whimsical choir that “only sings in vowels”, which was made fun of in the Alice in Wonderland (2010) review. And Danny Elfman has done lots of soundtracks that I genuinely like from the 80s/90s and even in the era of the 2000’s, I thought he actually did a beautiful score for Meet The Robinsons. But it’s just hard for me to enjoy anything the remake does because my head keeps thinking how much better it was done in the animated film, that I know I’m probably biased from my childhood of watching it along with the Disney classics, but that’s because I actually remember them and they’re worth keeping alive in the memory. I mean, Danny Elfman could’ve recreated the songs or even just orchestrate the melodies from the cartoon as background music score. Then I would be able to say, “Well, I’m not a fan of the remake, but I would still buy the soundtrack and enjoy Elfman’s renditions of the original Sherman Brothers songs.” But that’s probably asking too much for a movie that was made just to compete with the Babe movies (8 years after the sequel mind you). Whatever, Hollywood’s gonna Hollywood. Just went on another rant again 😤 I’m a real crankass 🤐👌 I know it’s very silly of me to rant about what is essentially a fairly harmless remake, to which I do have to take a step back and say, “yes, it is in hindsight an innocent children’s film/remake that’s not trying to offend.” It’s still the same story with the same dialogue from EB White, so I shouldn’t be complaining. And kids can totally watch this film, it does keep the same innocence the cartoon has and all the actors brought that innocence to it as well. So it’s probably wrong of me to loop this remake with the Disney ones from the last decade because this was 2006 and Disney had only done one or two live-action versions of their animated features. So I should probably end this on a more peaceful note, because the story of Charlotte’s Web really is meant to be a peaceful story.
@@1993seanmcg He... Writes lyrics you know... He wrote all the lyrics in Nightmare Before Christmas and most of the lyrics for Corpse Bride, and is the sole lyricist as well as composer for every song (except for two cover songs) in his entire discography (Elfman was in a band and lately he's revived his rock career as a solo artist). Literally the only time he ever wrote songs with lyrics that weren't written by him was when he wrote the music for the Oompa Loompa songs in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and that's because they were trying to be accurate to the book which contained lyrics for the Oompa Loompa songs and it would have been disrespectful to leave those out as the original movie had done. If tasked with making a musical out of Charlotte's Web, he would for sure have written his own 100% original songs, lyrics and all, and it wouldn't just be a choir of la la la background music, it would be more like a Gilbert & Sullivan operetta with jazz influences.
Remember watching the 1973 Cartoon back in the nineties with my little cousin when I was a kid. She was worried about Wilba, I told her it had a good ending, whereupon my charming aunt said: "the pig gets the chop and everyone has a bacon butty!" Don't know about the 2006 release, but honestly I can't think of the 1973 cartoonquite the same way again after that.
It's funny. When I went to Youmacon 13 years ago, I asked Doug if he was really done playing the Nostalgia Critic and if Demo Reel was the right direction for him. He said he was done with Nostalgia Critic, and Demo Reel was the future. To my dismay, I accepted it. Here here we are 13 years later, and Nastilga Critic is still going strong. Thank you, Doug. I am still a loyal watcher, got all your old movies, and still enjoy your character. You got me through two deployments, and you still get me through hard times in my life. I am truly thankful for all your work and videos. Doug, thank you.
I have severe arachnophobia (fear of spiders) & I could barely manage to sit through this movie. Before this came out on DVD, I went on a school trip to an aquarium where there was a “tarantula house”. I hate the way to move & their creepy eyes. Speaking of which there was a huge poster on the wall of a tarantula’s eyes staring into my soul, I couldn’t find my own way out, as I was trying not to look at any of them, so the teacher then took my hand & escorted me out. Following that nightmarish incident, I was kept out of class when they watched this movie the following day. I was kept in the library to be safe while this played, & someone explained the ending to me, as I was still shooken by the school trip the day before.
I recently went through a bug exhibit to overcome my fear of spiders, insects, and other bugs. My wife also asks me to kill all the spiders in our house, even though she's not scared of them.
@@georgeeastwood6930 Yeah, I've spent decades taking baby steps, slowly and intentionally putting myself into situations that would force me to look at or encounter bugs. First it was just watching nature videos, like the youtube channel "AntsCanada". I'd be squinting the whole time and only occasionally opening my eyes. If I'd find an ant or fly, I'd try my best to kill it. Over the years, I've gotten used to knowing how much I can handle.
I grew up on the animated version of Charlotte's Web and loved it so much. It holds a special place in my heart. Especially with debbie Reynolds voicing Charlotte. The live action version was cutesy but it doesn't resonate with me like the animated one did.
I remember back when I was a little kid I loved the animated movie, I used to watch it at least once a week and never really got tired of it. Then when this movie came out, all anyone had to put on was this version instead, resulting in me having quite a distain for this one growing up because I constantly wanted to watch the animated one, and all anyone seemed to have was what I thought to be the "bad" one.
I've always liked Charlotte's Web I read the book, saw the animated version, & the live-action version and enjoyed all three of them Also fun fact: around the time this came out, my grandmother took me to the theater, and she gave me two options of movies either Barnyard or Charlotte's Web & I chose Charlotte's Web. I mean, I did enjoy Barnyard, but I made the right choice
Could you please do these as part of FanScription • What if Disney’s Cinderella didn’t make it to the ball (Disney’s Cinderella 1950movie) • What if Flik and Atta had children (A Bug's Life 2) • The Incredibles vs The Sinister Six (Doctor Octopus, Electro, Kraven the Hunter, Mysterio, Sandman and Vulture) • What if DreamWorks’s Rise of the Guardians had a sequel (DreamWorks’s Rise of the Guardians 2) • What if Disney’s Tarzan and friends found an unground world with dinosaurs and a lost civilization of people who mistake Jane as a Goddess (Disney’s Tarzan 2) • What if Elsa was the main villain of Disney’s Frozen • Batman vs The Green Goblin? • Spider-man vs The Joker? • What if Disney’s Peter Pan was killed by Captain Hook’s bomb (Disney’s Peter Pan 1953movie) • What if Disney’s Robin Hood had a sequel (Disney’s Robin Hood 2) • What if Aurora’s curse passed on to Prince Phillip (Disney’s Sleeping Beauty 1959movie) • What if Alice returned to Wonderland (Disney’s Alice in Wonderland 2) • What if Nemo Got Older/Grew up (Finding Nemo 2) • What if Gaston survived Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Disney’s Beauty and the Beast 2) • Wolverine vs The Predator? • What if The Stabbington Brothers raised Rapunzel in Disney’s Tangled (2010movie) • RoboCop vs The Terminator? • What if Disney’s The Rescuers 3 happened? • What if Disney’s The Great Mouse Detective had a sequel (Disney’s The Great Mouse Detective 2) • Simba vs Shere Khan? • What if Bambi's Mother survived (Disney’s Bambi) • What if The Fairy Godmother wasn’t in Disney’s Cinderella (1950movie) • What if Luke Skywalker joined The Dark Side • What if Ursula raised Ariel in Disney’s The Little Mermaid (1989movie) • What if Disney’s Mulan didn’t know that Shan Yu was still alive (Disney’s Mulan 1998movie) • What if Jack Skellington discovered Easter instead of Christmas (Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas 1993movie) • What if the 101 Dalmatian family got older (Disney’s 101 Dalmatians 1961 movie) • What if Hans wasn’t in Disney’s Frozen? • What if Disney’s Treasure Planet had a sequel (Disney’s Treasure Planet 2) • What if The Great Prince of the Forest had died instead of Bambi's Mother (Disney’s Bambi) • King Arthur vs Dracula • Justice League & He-Man and the Masters of the Universe crossover • Indiana Jones & Captain America crossover • What if we fixed Green Lantern (2011 film) • What if we fixed Power Rangers (2017 film) • What if we fixed The Mummy (2017 film) • What if the Dark Universe continued?
I actually have the original animated on a VHS from McDonald's. It has a lot of sentimental value to me, and I still get choked up at Charlotte's death, especially since my Great Grandmother would go around singing that song.
I hate that it bothers me so much that Doug has never heard of Andre 3000. Not even a huge fan of Outkast or anything. I’m just genuinely confused how anyone else could have possibly lived through the early 2000’s without hearing his name a million times at the peak of their success.
