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[AlteredBeast]

Santa brought the kids Storks on Blu-ray this morning and we watched it tonight for the first time. I must say, I laughed more at that movie than Zootopia, Finding Dory, Secret Life of Pets, the first hour of Sausage Party, Moana, Kubo and the Two Strings, the Angry Birds Movie, and Trolls.

I am not saying it was my favorite of the year, that honor probably goes to Kubo,but definitely check it out if you skipped it due to its thin premise.

 

[xTOOLx]

I agree. Watched it a couple days ago and it far exceeded my expectations. Lots of fun.

 

[Nudull]

Certainly one of the more enjoyable ones in an otherwise half-and-half year. Warner Animation Group has been doing decently so far, and I'm very excited for LEGO Batman.

 

[Ross61]

I gotta rewatch this. Because of my screwed up sleep schedule I miss a good portion of it and I was loving it. I was trying to see Little Prince also but I feel asleep on that too. Both deserve a rewatch.

 

[Zetta]

I completely agree with you OP. I loved this movie from beginning to end and every scene with the babies in it was just too adorable.

 

[AlteredBeast]

The little pigeon guy I thought was going to be really annoying, but he had some of the funnier parts with his day dreaming delusions of grandeur.

And all the stuff the Wolves did was hysterical.

 

[DJ_Lae]

It had some great dumb humour in there, and some wonderfully ridiculous moments (pretty much anything with the wolves).

Trying to get the baby to sleep was a bit too real, though.

 

[Minamu]

The wolves knocked it out of the park. Most unexpected twist of the year?

 

[Mattlikewhoa]

The little pigeon guy I thought was going to be really annoying, but he had some of the funnier parts with his day dreaming delusions of grandeur.

And all the stuff the Wolves did was hysterical.

I was laughing pretty hard at some of these scenes. I really enjoyed this movie when I had seen it with my daughter in the theatre. I should probably purchase the bluray...

 

[Nepenthe]

Surprise animated hit of the year for me due to the atrocious trailers underselling it. I only made up my mind to see this because they released the wolf clips online. The Looney Tunes style humor worked in pretty good service of the plot

Spoiler

(Wolf plane heelturn was classic WB shorts-tier)

, the characters are all likable, and the ending is surprisingly emotional. Only real issue is that I wish it had better hashed out Junior's character arc and any subsequent themes to arise from that. Otherwise, solid B material; will eventually get on Blu-Ray.

 

[Toothless]

Agreed. It's really funny and the animation is delightful. Really great voice acting too. It's not my favorite of the year, but it's definitely the funniest (although Sausage Party comes close although really different styles of humor)

 

[Stabby McSter]

I didn't even realize this came out until it dropped on Blu-Ray/Digital. Warner Bros. Animation is killing it.

 

[Pai Pai Master]

I fucking died laughing when he suddenly stabs the boat without warning.

I liked that this movie was generally pretty light and cute but also some slightly mean spirited humour at times.

 

[Dishwalla]

Somehow my tired eyes read "The Angry Beavers Movie" as part of the OP, now I'm sad. Wish such a thing existed.

 

[morningbus]

I love that Andy Samberg is in this and about 10 years ago he and the Lonely Island released a song about having sex with a stork.

 

[AlteredBeast]

I love that Andy Samberg is in this and about 10 years ago he and the Lonely Island released a song about having sex with a stork.

Why else would his name be Junior?

Submarine and minivan were the two best scenes, right? That and the pigeon shit.

 

[idwl]

I remember chuckling in one scene and I usually just smile or laugh internally , even my mom looked at me surprised . I don't remember what scene it was though

 

[Psychoward]

I saw Sausage Party and Secret Life of Pets and thought they were both pretty awful and while I liked Zootopia I didn't find it that funny so this isn't too surprising for me.

 

[Glass Shark]

Just saw it today. Definitely funnier than I expected but I found the plot and characters super weak.

 

[womfalcs3]

I don't know. Kevin Hart as a little cute bunny seeking the destruction of humans may top everything in terms of comedy.

 

[Animator]

Fight scene with the penguins while baby is sleeping cracks me up every time.

 

[ldcommando]

Same thing here. Those fucking wolves, man.
The penguin fight scene is great as well.

 

[Mokujin]

I can't agree more, in fact I don't remember laughing as much with an animation movie these past years.

Really saddens me the Imdb / Rottentomatoes rating as this was easily an 8.5 - 9 movie for me.

 

[Matt_]

Really? I got it for my mum for christmas and thought she was mad as the trailers looked crap
I'll make her stick it on later

 

[ChubbyHuggs]

I died laughing everytime the wolves showed up.

 

[DrBo42]

The main wolves were Key and Peele if you didn't notice.

 

[GtwoK]

Shoot, I had totally passed on this as I thought it was some generic dreamworks dribble like baby boss or whatever the hell that was. Gave it a roll tonight after seeing this thread and it was quite great!

Spoiler

"Excuse me, Orphan Tulip?"
"Oh, uh, Tulip is just fine, Orphan hurts my heart."

 

[starchild excalibur]

I liked it waaay more than I expected to. It had the right amount of absurdist moments to keep me amused. It won't win any awards, but yeah - I enjoyed it as much as Kubo, and only really behind Zootopia.

 

[Arex]

especially the transformers wolves lol

 

[goldenpp72]

It was definitely a funny and at times sentimental movie, better than I expected for sure, I personally enjoyed it more than Moana but not as much as Zoolander, but all 3 were good.

 

[jadedm17]

-Youtube's trailer-

OHHHHH THAT MOVIE

Yea, I'm watching this tomorrow, thanks for the reminder OP.

Loved Zootopia, I hope you're right.

 

[BronsonLee]

My niece's were watching this this afternoon and fucking hell the wolf boat got me good

 

[WorldStar]

Not at all familiar with this film. It available on any streaming websites?

 

[AlteredBeast]

Not at all familiar with this film. It available on any streaming websites?

Doubtful, just came out on video like 2 weeks ago.

 

[Oersted]

Not at all familiar with this film. It available on any streaming websites?

https://gowatchit.com/watch/movies/storks-301338

 

[TheFlow]

I am going to rent this! I have been watching a lot of animated movies lately and storks looks entertaining.

 

[Mineshaft_Gap]

I think the concept of Storks watching young couples who want children fuck and then giving them babies in exchange is a really bold concept for a kids movie.

 

[Dishwalla]

Redboxed it, thought it was a little better than average. Not bad, but not really that great either. The already mentioned penguin fight scene was pretty good.

 

[ChrisD]

My sister... Older sister, wanted to see this for some reason lol. I watched it as well, since it was turned on in the living room.

I'm easily entertained, but I cracked up at the "How do you like me now" bit. The subtitles popping up ahead of time was excellent, setting up for the "HAH YA LAH MAH NUH"

 

[BronsonLee]

I think the concept of Storks watching young couples who want children fuck and then giving them babies in exchange is a really bold concept for a kids movie.

It's even better than that, babies are made from fucking letters in this film

 

[Mineshaft_Gap]

It's even better than that, babies are made from fucking letters in this film

Is the fucking for emphasis or do are you talking about something more like this?

or this?

 

[stuminus3]

I don't know about funniest but it was surprisingly good. The montage at the end with all the different types of families was very sweet.

 

[jadedm17]

No.

That ending was incredibly weird.

Spoiler

Thousands of babies people thought would never arrive... Are they still prepared, or in the same place?
Giant floating factory falling would create a lot of damage.

Good, but Zootopia was much better.

Spoiler

She was 18, glad they didnt moved for close to two decades.

My niece's were watching this this afternoon and fucking hell the wolf boat got me good

The wolf bits in Zootopia were funnier to me; Like BoJack Horsemen they were more realistic to how the animals behave than over-the-top ridiculous.

 

[AlteredBeast]

We get it, you like Zootopia better. Lol, you didn't wake up with Woody or Buzz Lightyear pajamas on today by any chance, did ya?

 

[Xun]

I still need to check this out.

Doug Sweetland (the director) directed one of my favourite Pixar shorts, so I can only assume it's somewhat decent at least.

 

[Beefy]

Obviously I like Moana better. But I agree OP, Storks is the funniest film I have seen this year (well last year).

 

[Nepenthe]

I like Zootopia better (obviously) but there's no way it had the funniest or even the most creative wolves. Extending their natural cooperative tendencies to an absurd conclusion and having them morph into the necessary items they need to progress like a living ACME factory is an amazing idea.

 

[fastford58]

Is the fucking for emphasis or do are you talking about something more like this?

or this?

That's a penis.gif

Anyway, watched this with my kids yesterday. I had never heard of it until...well yesterday.

It was actually very funny. I think I laughed more at this film than many of the big name offerings this year.

 

[Rayven]

Saw it in the theater with my little one. Other than a few great looney tunes moments, we thought it was as boring as it was loud. To each his own.

 

[daviyoung]

Just watched this. Pigeon stole the show, no question. Pound for pound the funniest movie I've seen in a long time.