Gremlins (1984) MOVIE REACTION! COMMENTARY! 

I noticed that too at the end’

i thought baba was arabic for father?

@@_zachmcall baba means father in Cantonese and Arabic

@@_zachmcall they speak jibberish in both countries

Gizmo is also an exception. Mogwai are all mean-spirited. He just happens to be a nice one.

I read somewhere that originally the movie was going to be much darker, going for the angle that Gizmo is actually evil himself. There was apparently going to be a scene where the dad was on an airplane and the hostess (who was Chinese) told him the meaning of the word Mogwai means demon/evil spirit.

@@MrCageCat I checked and you're right! I think they made the right call dialing it back, otherwise it might not be such a classic. I'm super curious what an R-rated version would be like though. I LOVE 80s creature flicks, even the terrible ones. 🙂

@@deavenswainey6415 Would have probably been more horror then yeah. Who knows though? By the way, do you know that the person who created the Gremlin designs (Chris Walas) also helped to create the creature in The Fly, as well as the creature designs in The Fly 2 (as well as being the director of that film)? If you look at the designs in The Fly 2 (both the cocoon and the fly creature itself) you can actually spot some similarities between them and the first Gremlin film's designs.

Fun fact: According to the novelization, the Mogwai were ordered by some mysterious “galactic powers” to travel to every inhabitable planet in the universe in order to “inspire alien beings with their peaceful spirit and intelligence and to instruct them in the ways of living without violence and possible extinction.” There are other interesting tidbits of note - from the reveal that the last significant time Gremlins had an impact on a town was back in China in 1945, or the secret desire Mrs. Peltzer had to join the Army, OR that Gremlins know they’re Gremlins even though they’ve never heard the word before, or that the Mogwai can speak - and not only do they speak, they have conversations that are very articulate:

hmmmm i think i would say there equal

Gizmo & Grogu = same mom, different dads. Change MY mind. 😁

What does he cut?

She Who Loves Wedge Antilles hahaha I guess things that begin with G’s have a large attraction

Yog-Sothoth omg typo lol

Yes, everyone lived. Mrs. Deagle was sent flying through her second floor window and she just got up and walked it off.

@@gamemasternintendoo Kid movies Logic

To be fair the Funderman's are shone to be alive in the sequel, so who knows who else actually survived.

@@gamemasternintendoo Wait, she did!? But I didn't see her walks off after that....

Yea because Dick Millers character is in the sequel

Both films producer by Steven Spielberg.

Christopher Columbus?

I think in modern terms you could call 2 a film that is very 'meta' about Gremlins and Warner Bros in general.

The Brain Gremlin is fucking awesome.

LOL! Yes!! At first I was like, what in 1970s Elton John hell is Shaun wearing on his face! Then I realized it was Christmas tree glasses. It works.

I think it's a better way, not only because that betrayal of the cute would be too much to bear, but also to show that the Mogwai have different personalities - there's always a token good one in a species.

Very interesting, I'm honestly glad they went with the true format. Gizmo especially, it's nice there is at least 1 good one.

It's more dramatically interesting to keep Gizmo as a protagonist, IMO.

Return of the Jedi is the reason for the PG-13 rating.

@@charliegoodson808 Interesting if true. Was it entirely Leia's outfit? Because nothing else about that movie seems even remotely problematic for a PG rating.

@@shockmesane4158 That's because it had nothing to do with Return of the Jedi, which came out a full year before.

@@stevemccullagh36 Then I guess it wasn't interesting.

I thought 'Gremlins' was classified a 15 when it came out in the cinema. I remember our parents taking us to see it at the cinema but they wouldn't let my sister in so we watched 'Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom' instead.

And in a way totally different.

no its not to me

I actually think the sequel might be better. Apparently their is a script going around for a 3rd. Apparently clamp (who was meant to be trump) becomes president and both the main characters work under him and the gremlins take over the Whitehouse.

@@randomreviews4278 Nor me.

Also Monster Squad.... did you see that one? It was a beauty!

And offspring ‘get a job’ music vid i think

A Warner Bros movie filmed on the Paramount Studios backlot?

@@adamclifton29 it's universal that owns the backlot, and it's very common for movie studio's to rent out there backlots to other film companies

Joe Dante got a LOT of pressure from the studio to cut the chimney story - the movie was testing REALLY well and they expected to make a massive pile of cash with it, but the chimney story really threw them. "If you'd only cut that scene, the movie would be PERFECT!" they would say. Spielberg was the final arbiter between Dante and the studio - if Spielberg didn't have Dante's back, it would have come out. Dante said the back and forth went on for weeks until Spielberg told him one day that the studio REALLY wanted the chimney story gone, bottom line. Dante asked Spielberg what he thought of the chimney story to which Spielberg said he didn't like it, it wasn't his kind of thing, but it was Dante's movie and Spielberg would back him up whatever he decided to do. So it stayed in. :)

That scene still really divides people, apparently. I love it. It's really the peak of this movie's dark humor.

Actually, Chris Walas designed and created the Gremlins in this film, whereas Rick Baker took over for the sequel 'Gremlins 2: the New Batch'.

horrid, check. deserving... meh. I didn't shed a tear, but...

One of the greatest onscreen deaths I have ever seen.

I don’t think it’s better, it’s on the same level. They just had a bigger budget to work with. Both are awesome.

@@jaymanuel3396 oh they are both amazing, but for me personally the glorious "fuck it" attitude of the sequel reigns supreme

Warner Brothers wanted a sequel and for Joe Dante to direct. Dante said the first film was a complete story and there was nothing left to do with the Gremlins. However, WB kept on and Dante said he would direct, but only if he had free reign to make the film how he wanted and Warner Brothers agreed. So that's why he could crank the absurdity up. The bat winged Gremlin was meant to actually mock the upcoming Batman film, but Warner Brothers actually loved it and said that was a great way to advertise their upcoming film. The budget was meant to be smaller but due to various issues and things Joe Dante wanted, WB kept on giving more money. Gizmo and the Gremlins look much better in the 2nd film, due to new animatronic techniques that had been developed and new types of puppets that had more detail.

Am I the only one who hated the sequel?

@@KevyNova No. I hate it too.

Hahahaha!!!! Yes he does.

No way!!! I’ve never noticed that before. It’s so obvious now haha

@@JuciyLucy I never noticed it till this reaction. Pretty cool, great character - Mike! Happy Holidays Lucy!

Yeah, seems to me I remember someone saying this was shot during the hottest weeks of the year and the poor cast had to be bundled up in all those heavy winter clothes trying to act cold. LOL!

It's one of my favorite scenes in the history of cinema lol

Wasn't this scene spoofed/mocked in the sequel? Phoebe Cate's character starts talking about something similar, then gets cut off. And the film critic Leonard Maltin then gives out about it (meta movie moment).

@@EmlynBoyle Yep lol Lincoln's birthday

Howie Mandel does Gizmo.

Omg YES!!!!!!!

Guess you have to chalk it up to supernatural logic - water (in it's liquid form) otherwise the moisture in air would be a factor. Any don't get me started on don't feed them after midnight.... when? what timezone? What if its daylight savings time?

And don't gremlins need to drink water?

@@ThreadBomb Do they? They aren't "real", in case you hadn't noticed. They might not need anything.

Thanks guys. It's always a fun time with Cinema Rules.

Yeah, doesn't she start some f-ed up story about Lincoln's birthday in the sequel?

what can easily get away - when she tells the story of her father's death and says that this is how she found out Santa doesn't exist - at this point Gizmo's reaction indicates that he JUST found out that Santa doesn't exist

The only good thing about part 2 is commando gizmo.

its not really violent... its damn funny lol

I was 4

nice

How many living creatures don't need sunlight and water? Oh sorry, now I'm doing it.

@Holger H. You do realize that even Joe Dante pointed this out as a plot hole and made fun of it in the sequel, right? A sequel he didn't even want to make and only agreed to, because the studio gave him complete creative control.

With Gizmo, the rules would be easy to follow since he doesn't want to create Gremlins or make trouble.

I think they point that out because of the matter of time zones, not because you could never feed them. Is it midnight in their time zone only, or is it a specific amount of time after sunset?