Back when I was a kid, my local zoo experienced the birth of a polar bear cub. The cub ended up being named Haley. She became very popular with zoo visitors, especially kids. Haley loved the kids in return, and she would often swim towards to windows so kids and their parents could get a better look at her, and she often put her paws on the window to greet people. She was probably more entertaining than this entire movie.
+InklingSethO when I was three I was as dumb as a brick I though that if it rained on earth some rain would put out the sun and that's why we couldn't see the sun in a storm that's how dumb I was
even kids hated this movie in a review I watched the reviewer said when he was in the theater kids were so bored that they got up and moved around the theater room and when it faded to black a kid said is it over?
Rob Schnieder was a stapler, then he was a carrot, then he was der derp derpity derp derp derp, then he was an eight year old boy and now Rob Schneider is....a polar bear! And he's gonna learn that being an animal is unBEARable! Rob Schnieder is Norm of the North! Rated PG.
"Oh Norm, your non-stop use of dumb pop songs, cellphone gags and random movie references completely blind me with all your tremendous swag!" -Animat 2016
It was obvious from the first commercial that this thing would bomb. -Unknown studio -Cheap animation -January release date -Rob Schneider -Trying way too hard to be "hip" and "with the younger crowd" what with smartphones, pop songs, and fricking twerking polar bears. I knew this would be bad, but not this bad!
Rob Schneider derpty derp. Derpty derpity derpy derp. Until one day, ee derp e derp e durp e dur... Derpty der, ta teetaly toe. From the creators of Der (Alpha and Omega) and Tum Ta Tittaly Tum Ta Too (Arctic Dogs-Really?? You gotta make another arctic movie??) Rob Schneider is Da Derp Dee Derp Da Teetaly Derpee Derpy Dumb. Raited Peegee furteen.
Nowadays Disney would make it somehow worse by making Norm gay just because "inclusion" I have nothing agaisnt homosexuality, but jeez that would be dumb.
+Matthew Rubenstein Hey, White acropiles may suck as a level, but the music is rave-tastic! Why not use that wonderful cover of Diamond Dust zone from Sonic Chronicles instead?
+Fire Pit Favorites That seems to be a pattern, actually. 2013: "Escape From Planet Earth". First Animated film of the year, gets the ASOG. 2014: "The Nut Job". First Animated film of the year, gets the ASOG. 2015: "Strange Magic". First Animated film of the year, gets the ASOG. And now, in 2016, this movie gets the ASOG.
Judging from the trailer, I thought it would be bad. But my mind was blown once I saw its Rotten Tomatoes page. A 0%?! Wow. The only other animated features to receive a 0% are some of the Disney cheapquels. You did a good job of explaining all the flaws with this abomination.
+Hammer Man And while some of the Disney DTV films are terrible, and to normal professional critics its hell on Earth, and to be frank, the worst ones ARE hell on Earth, its only five critics. This is 30+. That is shocking.
+Zodia195 That's gonna suck too. If the characters somehow manage to live through the freaking METEOR then that's just ridiculous, meteor= The End for all ice age/prehistoric life.
Yeah I can tell kids hate this movie. It’s a good thing they avoided it. Do you want to know something here. Children are a lot more smarter than we give credit for. I mean if we spoon feed kids this. It’s not going to help out there IQs in the future.
Evan Ponte it might be possible but it has Cgi with live action in it. However, lionsgate is releasing another animated film in February called Rock Dog which was created in both China and the US.
0:00 - 0:05 Pretty much sums it up. Funny to note is that the kids in the theater hated the movie. I was amazed that this is the first time that not only the adults like me hated an animated film but also the kids. That is sad.
I'm really proud of those kids. The dumb filmmakers behind Norm of the North probably thought kids wouldn't care about the movie, but kids are a lot smarter than what some give them credit for.
The one good thing is that at least we're going to get Kung Fu Panda 3 next week, giving us a better start, and maybe an improvement over January films.
I hate it when people dismiss bad animated film as "Just a kids film" as if kids don't deserve better and the adults who take them to see the movie should be entertained too.
I saw the trailer when I saw the Peanuts Movie, and my jaw dropped out of disturbed awe. When people say "Don't judge a movie by its poster" or whatever the saying is, they clearly haven't seen this!!
Is It just me, or does every year start off the shitest animated features? Don't believe me? 2013 had Escape from Planet Earth. 2014 had The Nut Job 2015 had Strange Magic And 2016 had this.
+Kevin Synan Yep, apparently it has something to do with January. It's the time of year when a lot of movies (at least in America) that don't have much hype around them are released, mainly because it's right after the holidays.
Banoffee De Fairikaik Ok. If you enjoyed it, that’s fantastic! In the words of PhantomStrider, “It’s just my silly personal opinion, and I’m glad you can see something in this that I’m not able too”!
+N05L31 Yep, saw the trailer when I saw Peanuts back in November. My eyes were rolling around like a tumble dryer. I couldn't believe this was getting a theatrical release, still can't.
+N05L31 So did everyone else. The few likes the trailer got on RU-vid must have been from the people that made it. Because it didn't even get 200 likes whereas it got over 2000 dislikes and literally every comment was about how hard it was going to suck.
This "thing" (calling it a movie would be an insult to all movies) makes Strange Magic look like a goddamn masterpiece. I hope the monsters responsible for this travesty get what they fucking deserve.
Wow, so its pretty much Food Fight but released in theaters? Dear god. I mean, I know its over used, but it really feels like that South Park joke. "Rob Schneider used to be an ordinary Polar Bear, but then one day, the big bad corporations planned on building homes in his neck of the world. Now, he has to go to the big city, and stop the evil bad guy from destroying his home. Rob Schneider is, NORM OF THE NORTH DERPITY DERPITY DUMB! Rated PG!" Saddest part is, the guy who plays the villain, is Chang from Community. Yeah, why on Earth Ken Jong said yes to this movie, I can't tell you.
Also why does your old teacher think this is a cute movie. My teachers atleast have a brain that they watch a better movie instead. My teacher is more interested in the breadwinner
Please explain. Even Ice Age: Collision Course isn't as lurid as this... I can't even finish that sentence with the lowest adjective in the English language.
Rob Schneider is a polar bear who loves to twerk! Until one day, an evil businessman wants to put homes in the Arctic! Now, the polar bear must go to the big city to save the environment! From the creators of "Der" and "Tum-ta-Teedly-Tump-a-Derp", Rob Schneider is "Norm of the North"! Rated PG!
I've got an absolutely godawful piece of shit that labels itself as an environmental movie I've been looking to rip limb from limb, I suppose I can add Norm to the list.
I grew up watching The Land Before Time (original), Fantasia, The Secret of NIMH, The Lion King, and An American Tail. Movies of that caliber. Those movies (save Fantasia, which was meant for more culturally appreciative adults), were made for kids, and those movies actually had so much thought put into them. A movie being made for kids doesn't have to be a movie made for morons. When we show movies like this to kids and make them think that THIS is what a movie made for them looks like, it is heartbreaking. They deserve good humour, good stories, and inspiring characters. Little girls and boys deserve to see characters they can look up to, care for, sympathize with, or even be intimidated by in the case of a good villain. Not... This.
You know what's worse for Mat and this movie is that his favourite comedian was in this to. Gabriel Iglesias. Dear lord, I hope Gab will make fun of this movie in one of his stories
Sheesh, What a way to start a year throughout the years. 2013: Escape from Planet Earth 2014: The Nut Job 2015: Strange Magic NOW, 2016: Norm of the North Good grief, Hollywood is as cold as this month to give you an entertainment to start a year.
"This review is brought to you by January, solely responsible for bringing you half your worst films of the year list. January, because if it's not an Oscar-contender, why the f*** are you going to a movie theater in January?" -CellSpex (Strange Magic review)
I personally disagree. At least this film was original while The Emoji Movie blatantly rips off other animated films (Wreck-it-Ralph and Inside Out among others)
My scores The story: 2/10 (The first act seems like a VERY rough draft of something the writers were actually trying on, but the rest seems like they just gave up and stopped caring. The romance between Norm and his girlfriend was underdeveloped, Olympia's subplot contributes nothing to the main plot, and things would happen out of nowhere that were completely unnecessary.) The animation: 2/10 (It's incredibly subpar. The only "nice" things I have to say about it are that at least it uses the bare essentials of animation and the human designs are generic instead of atrocious like the other designs. Other than that it is complete garbage.) The characters: 1/10 (All the characters in this movie are either infuriating or pointless.) Overall: 2/10 (atrocious)
AlbertoHerrera2000 tbh even the lemmings are useless. Mr Green would try to build houses but wouldn't be able to without Norm and the lemmings so they aren't needed
Well, I know the Emoji Movie is going to be TERRIBLE, but I MIGHT give it a chance. But right now, Norm of the North is the worst thing to be released in theaters.
Yes, it is. At least this has essence and soul. Emoji, that's nothing but crap, a black hole of emptiness and careless advertising. But has "decent" animation, so 0.4/10
To be fully honest, I saw the Seal of Garbage coming a mile away, more-so than even the Other Animated Titanic Movie. Why? Simple: IT STARRED ROB SCHNIEDER! The very instant you mention his name, a clown is stabbed in the back! He's the comedic equivalent of inoperable cancer, you're practically dead already!
+slashermaster28 Well, a lot of people like Demolition Man and Home Alone 2 and he was in those movies. Also, there were a couple of Adam Sandler films he was in that were okay.
MrAspiringactor I guess I should have been more specific. What I was referring to there was playing the lead role. I've seen him as a side character in decent films before, but never the lead.
My score for this piece of garbage film is: Story: 0/10 Animation: 0/10 Characters: 1/10 Overall: 1/10 This, along with the other sequels, they made, which I cannot understand why make sequels, unless they are stupid to make more money, should burn in actual 🔥.
Hey Animat. I was wondering if you could maybe review the movie "Help! i'm a Fish" or as its called in the states "A Fish Tale" its a surprisingly dark animated film from Denmark and even has the late great Alan Rickman voicing the villain. I personally like it but it does have a few flaws. I think it can surprise you though.
The strange thing is that the studio behind Norm of the North and Arctic Dogs is that it was also an Aniamtion studio that did some episodes of Miraculous.
Congratulations, Norm of the North! You are the first film of 2016 to get a Rotten Tomatoes approval rating of 0%! Amazing! Not even a month into the year and already we have a unanimously regarded turd of a film! Goes to show how quickly garbage can pop up! I'm just glad lots of better animated films are being made this decade with more intelligence and thought, like Inside Out, The Lego Movie and Frozen! Heck this year we have Kung Fu Panda 3, Zootopia and Moana coming out this year! Let's hope they do better than this! (They probably will, mind you.)
There's a leason to be learned here for future movie directors, and that would be: Don't release movies in January #IceBearDisapproves But seriously, this movie has probaly the worst traits from some of the worst (or most mediocre) animated movies in existence... This may as well be the Sonic Boom: (Rise of Lyric) of animated movies.
The story 1/10 The animation 2/10 The characters 1/10 1/10 never saw it yet but boy this looks like one of the worst animated films of all time and why does a sequel have to be real?!!!
Lailani Tyler I tried watching it, but everything in this movie is so freaking annoying that I'll have to call reinforcement for this challenge: booze!
I'll be honest with all of you, when I first saw the trailer for this movie, I knew it would not be a critical success but 0% on Rotten Tomatoes and 2.3/10 on IMDb?!? And now a 2/10 rating from AniMat? Wow! Plus, sweet merciful lord, that frame at the end of the video is NIGHTMARE INDUCING. For me: Story: 3/10, very problematic with a lot of key parts not being explained very well Animation: 5/10, the designs are okay but it still looks direct to DVD quality Characters: 4/10, generic and some like that polar bear actor looking to get a part in the sell houses in the arctic commercial are not explained well enough Overall: 4/10
