Watching A Bug's Life (1998) FOR THE FIRST TIME!! || Movie Reaction!! 

Hey everyone hope you enjoyed the reaction! See you next for Star Wars and a surprise movie!!

I'm obsessed with the gag reel... Wish they kept it in all of the Pixar films... Disney should grow a pair and bring them back!

Honestly, this movie was a big deal to me as kid. I honestly got bullied a lot as a kid for having glasses, being a girl, having autism, all kind of things. But after watching this movie, I realized that I can stand up to my bullies. And after I finally stood up to one of my worst bullies, I realized that a lot of the time, bullies are all bark no bite, and words can’t even describe how strong I felt. So yeah, I love this movie and I love this reaction.

Hopper is easily one of the most under appreciated villains in animation. The dude brutally kills three of his own men just to prove a point, and is smart enough to understand how the ants could overpower the grasshoppers.

Everyone says that the Syndrome caused the genocide of supers, but no one talks about Mor'Du killing millions of people in Scotland, and about Hopper using a mixture of intimidation and threats in order to maintain power.

Something cool about the little green bug the Queen is carrying around, its called an aphid. And in real life ants will kind of farm aphids to "milk" them for their sweet nutrients, in return the aphids are protected by the ants from bigger bugs that eat aphids. So they have this symbiotic relationship.

Hopper had one of most terrifying deaths in the Disney/Pixar Universe.

Bug’s Life Facts: 1. The box the P.T. Has the circus travel in is Casey Jr Cookies which is the name of the circus train in Dumbo, 2. The whole film is technically a new version of the Magnificent Seven where seven people come together to help an oppressed village that is always attacked for their food by a gang for protect from others and Magnificent Seven is in turn a remake of the Japanese film Seven Samuari and the grasshoppers are supposed to be like a motorcycle gang in this, 3. The film also is a take on the story of the Grasshopper and the Ants where the ants would do all the work and the Grasshopper didn’t help at all, 4. When Jeffrey Katzenberg left Disney to start his own studio which would be Dreamworks he took the bug idea with him and made the copy film Antz, 5. Some of the voices in the film include one of Pixar’s story men Joe Ranft as Heimleich and Lenny the binoculars in Toy Story and Wheezy in Toy Story 2, Kevin Spacey is Hopper, while Hopper’s brother Molt is Richard Kind who was Bing Bong in Inside Out among several other Pixar films, Madeline Kahn in one of her last roles is the moth Gypsy, Brad Garrett who people know better as Ray’s brother in Everybody Loves Raymond is Dim, and in one of his last roles is Roddy McDowall as Mr Soil, Edie Mclurg who is Flora in this people also know from Little Mermaid as Carlotta, the lead voice of the blueberry scout ants is Ashley Tisdale and the voice of Dot is the voice of Kairi in the Kingdom Hearts games Hayden Panitierre, 6. So Randy Newman did the music for this film. He also did the music for the Pixar films of all the Toy Story movies, the first and third Cars films, and the Monsters Inc films, 7. The made up bloopers during the credits was the first time an animated films had mock bloopers in it. The next two films from Pixar would follow this that being Toy Story 2 and Monsters Inc, The last thing I want to share is this was the first film I ever saw in theaters. Only my mom and I went to see it. The film was released in November 1998 and my birthday is December 23rd so I was only three when I saw it and some standout moments I remember were: 1) The crowd laughing at the short Geri’s Game, 2) Laughing at Hopper’s death, 3) Heimlich emerging with the tiny wings, and 4) the made up bloopers during the credits. Even though this film has two cliches I can’t stand one being the liar revealed and the third act moping scene. I think it is because this is the first film I saw in theaters that it doesn’t bother me as much as in other films. One thing though is I went to Disney World in 2003 at the age of 8 and we went to Animal Kingdom and inside the tree is a 3d attraction called it’s tough to be a bug and I didn’t know what to expect and was freaking out screaming and my mom took me out and calmed me down,

Ants are extremely social animals, and rely on their antenna to sense out the pheromone trail left by other ants to know where to go. He's panicking because the leaf cut him off from the pheromone trail. That's also why he didn't want to go around the leaf, because it's brand new ground with no pheromones.

I owned the vhs tape. Y’all remember the trailer of the old man playing chess… with himself!? I always was so confused by that as a kid😭🤦‍♀️

OM to the G indeed. It’s been ages since I last watched A Bug’s Life. It’s definitely underrated. I haven’t seen many reactors actually reacting to this movie. It’s truly a gem in the animated film world. All I can remember is that this film is uniquely crafted and quite memorable.

Hopper may be one of my top favorite Pixar villains on the block. He’s can be pretty scary, intimidating, and manipulative when the plot demands it.

I really like this second Pixar feature film. It’s a pretty fun story imo, considering that it’s based on the world of insects. Thanks for covering A Bug’s Life, Nick!🙂

One of the goals of Pixar, in addition to continuing the chamber stories after the first Toy Story, was also the goal of competing with Antz from Dreamworks in the same 98. In my opinion, both cartoons are worthy of attention. Antz, in my opinion, demonstrates the horrors of war more.

The fact that this is the second ever movie for the Pixar films, and it's the most underrated movie from this section is crazy!

Fun fact: This is the first Pixar movie to show a character dying onscreen. And this is Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ first role in an animated Pixar movie. Her second role was in Onward, where she co-starred alongside MCU actors, Chris Pratt and Tom Holland. She was also in National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.

This was my favorite movie growing up and I only really understood it once I was older, loved the reaction! Hopper is such a great villain, terrifying as a grasshopper already, glad he isn't a human or a robot. He literally killed three of his henchmen JUST to prove a point.

Apparently Francis the ladybug was written to be a Drag Queen for the circus, so using male or female words seems to work either way 😂

Jesus this movie is as old as me. It was one of my favorites growing up.

The voice for Slim (the stick bug) is the man who played Niles Crane on Frasier. I also love Francis and Slim’s relationship, kind of a love/hate.

I personally thought this was better than Antz. To quote Michael Scott from The Office, "The point is don't listen to your critics, listen to your fans."

This movie is the most underrated Pixar movie of all time. Also you might like Rio in case you haven't seen it yet.

Awwww, I loved this movie as a kid

Gypsy the moth was voiced by the legendary Madeline Khan. She appeared in several Mel Brooks films, and in Paper Moon, one of my favorite forgotten films. I highly recommend checking out her other work, this was her last film before she died of cancer, I believe.

Princess Dot was voiced by Hayden Panettiere!

This movie also features an Ice Age actor. Denis Leary is Francis, the Ladybug, he also voiced Diego, the Sabertooth tiger, and he’s also Captain Stacey in the Amazing Spider-Man movies, and who would’ve known that years later, John Leguziamo would also be participating in a Disney Computer animated movie in 2021.

At roughly the same time, rival studio DreamWorks came out with Antz, which was so similar to A Bug's Life that a lawsuit did result from it.

Oh this film is Pixar's most underrated, still one of my favourites :)

It’s usually only the male ants that can fly. But in this they made it so that only the royal family has wings. A fair enough stray from the path for aesthetic I guess. 😄

Hopper used to terrify me as a kid. So did the bird scenes. But I did always love this movie. It was nostalgic seeing you react to this. Thank you for the reaction.

Fun fact: Francis the ladybug is voiced by Denis Leary. The same man that played as Diego in the Ice Age films.

Walt Disney himself made a Silly Symphony cartoon short featuring a grasshopper and ant. The only difference there is the grasshopper is too happy-go-lucky to realize he can't provide for himself and there are consequences when the harsh weather sets in.

The actor who plays the caterpillar is the guy who was tributed at the end of Cars.

Saw this in the theater with my parents and we cracked up laughing! It's inspired by Akira Kurosawa's 1954 epic Seven Samurai and it's 1960 remake The Magnificent Seven. They even had the same premise in Galaxy Quest, where is shows what would happen if the cast of Star Trek were mistaken for real space heroes and must fight off an intergalactic warlord.

They used to do bloopers at the end of the pixar films when they first started, I don't know why they stopped doing it. It gave their movies so much more depth and likability.

I love Pixar's A Bug's Life (1998).

Another favorite from my childhood. I feel like it's very underrated now but it still holds up. Hope you also watch Antz (if you haven't already) which came out around the same time. 💕

Ostensibly, this is a Pixar retelling of the story of the Ants and the Grasshopper. The Grasshopper is essentially doing nothing to prepare for a harsh winter, the ants spend all year preparing. When winter comes, the ants are fine, the grasshopper starved to death. Not the best Pixar film, I think the theme is a little overly simplistic, and it relies on way too many cliches that were big during the 90s and early 00s, but it’s still visually impressive.

Oh my first Pixar movie! I watched it so many times when I was kid, that movie made my childhood. 🦋🐛🐜🐜🐞🦗

Childhood movie! Kinda creepy in some parts, anyway the CGI is great for a late 90s movie, anyway I love how in some pixar movies they show like bloopers in the credits

This whole film is based around something known as a parasitic relationship. You see, there are two types of relationships in the animal kingdom: Symbiosis and Parasitism. A parasitic relationship is one in which one organism, the parasite, lives off of another organism. Before you correct any mistake in this film it's an actual thing with Ants and Grasshoppers where they're supplied with food and apply protection. *It's quite fascinating*

Back when this was released the fact that Pixar generated so many Ants onto one screen was revelationary seeing as the technology available at the time didn't allow anymore but Pixar found a way and generated magic in the making that still holds up to this day

While watching your reactions, you help me pick up on things that I wouldn't have viewing on my own. Like at 2:52 I had NO idea that the stock that was flying in the air actually hit Atta! Wow! It's actually watching people react to A Bug's Life that helped me pick up on "BYOB" which I never caught growing up. LOL I also love the moment when Flick and Atta were watching the real bird feed Hopper to its babies and Atta is too horrified to look so Flick shields her from having to watch. ❤️

One of my fave Disney Pixar films. It was my ultimate fave for years. Flick was my hero. Hopper is amazing villain- Kevin Spacey makes the role his own! I was 14 when I saw this at the cinema and I got to be honest I thought the grasshoppers coming through the mist was creepy and genius! Thanks for such a heartfelt reaction. 😁

One of my favorite pixar movies. The bloopers are so funny.

You know that 'Circle of Life' line is not the only Lion King reference in this movie. In Bug City, there's a poster for the Lion King Musical(And on top of that, the city is resembling New York), and Hopper has a scar on his eye.Though scars were from different causes. Even Hopper's death is nearly the same as Scar's, being eaten alive.

The scale of this movie always fascinated me. The way the bugs use human trash is so creative! They built a section of California Adventure dedicated to this movie for a while (I think it was replaced by Cars Land, which to be fair, is equally well designed) and I always loved the design of it as a kid! The entrance was a huge cereal box lol.

This movie is still a masterpiece till this day🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

I remember Hopper being a terrifying villain as a kid!😂

By away, have you seen DreamWorks' Antz (1998) before? It's similar to Pixar's A Bug's Life (1998). It released on the same year along with A Bug's Life. It's not a rip-off movie. I like when movies has similarities. I love both of Antz and A Bug's Life. Just saying though.

This movie always gets put towards the bottom of Pixar tier lists but honestly it’s still one of my favorites. Yeah sure it may not be their most ground breaking film, but Ive always found it very fun.

Bug life was such a staple in my childhood I'd watch it over and over til the tape gave out on me 😆 I remember my brother got a Hopper toy for his birthday and I basically played with it more than him. Also the blooper reel is so funny to me. Glad you reacted 💜

Whoooooo! Always get a boost of Serotonin for the day.

Yes, queens/princess ants have wings for travelling once they’re of age to start their own colony elsewhere.

The humor in this movie is top notch!

This is a classic!Pixar movies were so good back then they just have a different feel❤️

15:53 that's the same trailer and pizza planet car that Randall got sent to close to the end of Monsters inc

Rosie the Spider has the same voice actress as Sally from Cars, I heard it and instantly recognised her

The best movie of Pixar!

I love how in the bloopers Hopper is just seriously trying his best to act, while being taken back by his fellow workers, especially Atta.

In Memory of Roddy McDowall (1928-1998)

Kevin Spacey is the voice of Hopper the Grasshopper Leader.

One of my favorite Pixar movies! Me and my parents went to Disney World a few years back--maybe 2016--and visited Animal Kingdom for the first time, and Flik was the first character I saw, AND got a picture with him. It was awesome, and he's my favorite character. 😍😍😍💚💚💚

This movie is so underrated. Glad it's been making the rounds in the reaction community! So happy you enjoyed it. And the bloopers at the end are something that almost all the old Pixar movies have! Toy story has them too and they're so funny. I think one of my favorite scenes is when Hopper is making an example out of two of his men. When he's throwing pieces of grain at them and then just rips the cork out and buries them alive with zero expression on his face. It's such a good scene and really drives his point home. Honestly, watching it as adult, he reminds me of Negan from the walking dead. (obviously a more tame version of course hahaha) When I was a kid I had a big figure of Flik that doubled as a bedroom alarm. It had a motion sensor in it and if someone walked in front of it he would go "Stop! You have entered a restricted ant hill! Intruder alert, intruder alert!" I loved that thing. Still have it somewhere.

Yes this movie is a lot of fun

Hopper: "There are insects out there that would take advantage of you." Nick: "Like you." Me: EXACTLY!

This was my favorite Pixar movie growing up! Happy you liked it 😊

I'm still amused to this day with the caterpillar's German accent. 😂

One of my fave animated movies! I think it’s definitely meant for an older crowd. So many of the jokes and why they were funny went over my head as a kid. Love it even more as an adult than as a child.

You know what I just realized, the trailer you see them pan to at 15:54 mark is the same trailer from Monsters INC. You remember the scene where the lady mistook Randall for a gator, right? SAME TRAILER! I was like "Wait, why does the trailer seem familiar?" and then it clicked when I remembered that Pixar loves doing Easter eggs referencing previous movies.

Sometimes I don’t like these movies but when Nick reacts to them I would watch no mater how boring or scary it is I will watch it because I love seeing nicks fantastic reactions and thank you Nick there is no one like you ♥️

Love that you enjoyed this, A Bug’s Life is a great movie! And I agree with some of the other comments that Hopper is definitely one of the most menacing villains out there. It’s too bad we never got a sequel.

We watched this film back then with our 2 preschoolers. Their dad, now 50+ years old, still likes to say, "I'm going to change ... into a bea-uti-ful butterfly!"

One of my most quoted film ever....that gag real still gives me life..."Towel, we need a towel over here..."

14:15 fun fact: this takeout container ends up being another Pixar Easter egg from this movie on!

Hopper's eyes have different colors because he's one eyed (that's his name in the french version) maybe befzyse of the thing with the bird his brother mentionned. If you didn't get it, the Queen, the princes and the princesses are the only ants who have wings and not the workers ants. Also, in real life, the Queen is the mother of all the ants of the colony.

I rewatched A Bug’s Life almost a couple years ago. Man, I will say that I enjoyed it more as an adult than as a kid. Quite honestly, I like how Flik, and Atta seem to have a lot more in common than they might realize, the characters are likable, and how this film teaches us to stand up for what’s right in the end, you know? I’m actually glad that there isn’t a sequel for this film. Anyway, great reaction yet again!

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Pixar had a lot of foresight to cast Kevin Spacey as the villain.

I'm glad you liked this one, it's such a classic now, and I love the bloopers, it's so funny to see Hopper act out of character when you only see him as just evil before and in the bloopers he becomes a totally different character like he's an actual actor grasshopper.

They didn't want Flik to find anyone for help because they wanted time to gather more food for the grasshoppers so he wouldn't screw it up. "You see, with Flik gone he can't..." "He can't mess anything up!" Also, have you never blown a dandelion before? And the reason the "warrior bugs" left do quickly is because the other flies rose up and were looking for them. Also, that one kid ant doing the play didn’t wanna do it. 😂

The reason why it looked sudden Flick so easily convincing the troup is that they saw the three flies approaching even after the chaos of the rolling tin can. So in panic said "sure we go along" and flew off as quickly as possible with him. Flick mistaking their enthusiasm and you too lol.

So underrated film. I don't know why this does not get enough credit. By the way if you have not seen Minuscule: Valley of the lost ants. It is great animation movie.

A Bug’s Life is one of those movies I’ve watched on repeat as a child

Your reactions are the best! So wholesome 💖 A Bug’s Life is so underrated!

Awe this is my fiances favorite animated movie of all time ❤

There's a big debate on whether Antz or this movie were better. I like this one the best.

You know this movie also is amazing that ants can actually life things 10 times their body weight.

bro i was thinking the other day when are they gonna hit us with bugs life 2

I like this movie Pixar a bug's Life that's great movie and the end bloopers

43:55 If this were made today, Flik would be like, "Just a prank, bro!"

Love this movie though tbh I watched antz more :) curious if you've seen Ferngully? It's a beautiful movie imo with a stellar cast, was always a childhood favourite of mine :)

I've said it before and I'll say it again: it's a shame Kevin Spacy is such a heinous villain in real life, because he plays such compelling villains in movies (these are probably connected). I remember the PS1 game of this movie being surprisingly fun.

The two bugs at the bug zapper are voiced by co-director Andrew Stanton and director John Lasseter, making cameos.

I only remember certain scenes thanks to the Bugs Life PS1 game 😂 I played that so much as a kid!

This is a classic film.. Your the nicest guy and your reactions are amazing. Keep up the great work.

Oh man I entirely forgot about them doing bloopers, that's a lot of extra work but shows they cared and had fun with their movie.

ah, I remembered this is my first pixar movie I watched in my childhood :D I still remembered the short movie about the old man playing chess in the movie

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You brighten up the moon and stars at night when I can’t sleep!! I’ve been watching you for almost a year now. You’ve really toned down on the cussing lol