Welcome back to Ripe Avocados. I'm Ben, this
is Sean. We are back with another one. If you
can tell by the thumbnail, we're doing maybe
the hottest Disney original movie franchise of
the last 25 years. It's Zootopia 2, starring
Jason Bateman and others. A lot of others. A
lot of others. Let's get into it. Let's hear
what this thing is about. Daydream, I fell asleep
and made the flowers for a couple of hours on
a beautiful day. So Zootopia 2, I'm gonna go
out on a limb here and say one of the best animated
movie sequels. It's definitely up there for me.
It follows shortly after The plot of Zootopia
1, I believe it's around a week after Judy Hopps
and Nick Wilde took down that psycho little sheep.
And they're now partners on ZPD. And they're
kind of bickering back and forth the whole time.
They have a lot of personal, almost sexual tension
going on, it feels like. And they uncover...
Dude, this movie was... This movie was just,
like, sex -driven, it felt like. So many innuendos.
Yeah, definitely. Pushing the mounds of PG, for
sure. Yeah, no, it was toe -in -the -line, that's
for sure. And they find themselves basically
saving Zootopia once again. um they did it a
week before and now they're doing it a week later
it seems like reptiles are trying to take over
Zootopia and attack mammals and basically reptiles
were pushed out at one point and they're trying
to make their way back and uh Judy Hopps and
Nick Wilde are trying to uncover this mystery
However, they slowly learn that reptiles actually
aren't that bad. And once again, it's big bad
mammals trying to take over. And they meet a
lot of friends along the way. Kihei Kwan is Gary
the Snake. And he's basically just trying to
give reptiles a good name. The reptiles were
kind of driven out by... some of the larger predatory
mammals and just pushed off to a distant land.
And Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde have to help the
reptiles, help the snakes get their land back
and fight the lynxes. Who is this like? Lynx.
It's just a plural word. Oh, is it really? It's
all good. Yeah. Sorry. I don't know my shit.
not i'm 99 sure let me check i hope i'm right
no you're right yeah oh no it could be both no
it could be both true links or link link says
both forms widely accepted yeah well i'll keep
going so the the links are this like high class
family that claimed that they had created zootopia
many many years ago but They actually stole it
from a snake. And Gary the Snake, Kihei Kwan's
character, is trying to prove that the snakes
actually created Zootopia for all mammals and
reptiles to live together in harmony. And the
Lynxes were like, nah, fuck you. You're out of
here. We're taking over. And Judy Hopps and Nick
Wilde have to save the day once again. Yeah,
straight up overthrowing the government once
again. breaking down norms. And yeah, I mean,
I like this movie. Let's do the entertainment.
So if you're new to the channel, entertainment
is just how good the movie was on face value.
I really like this movie too. I'm right with
you there. I love the other movie references
we got in this movie. So many Easter eggs in
this movie. It was crazy. A few of them I didn't
even get at first. The Shining one was my favorite
one. awesome awesome scene when the uh the pussy
ass lynx is running away from from them while
they're driving the the same vehicle that i i
think jack torrance had that in the actual shining
i watched shining pretty recently but i can't
remember he doesn't use that at that pivotal
scene that everyone's thinking about when danny's
running away from him in the maze but that scene
was cool the the fast and furious scene when
she just pushes the nas button in her car i was
like i was actually thinking to myself when i
was watching this like when have we seen and
nas is super cool you and i game a lot but when
in the in any movies have we seen nas used besides
fast and furious besides zootopia 2 i don't think
i don't think i've ever seen it um I mean, yeah,
the big standout would be Fast and Furious. I'm
trying to think of any other racing movies. But
even then, you've got to think street racing.
And all I can think of is Fast and Furious. Right.
It was one of those weird things that kind of
crossed my mind. But that was a cool little niche.
And then we had... You had Silence of the Lambs
with the little sheep lady in the prison. I didn't
even catch that one. I mean, it just gave off,
like, Silence of the Lambs. Like, she's just
standing there looking creepy as shit. The lights
flicker on. Oh, okay. Okay, yeah. I mean, there
was quick ones, too. I don't know if you caught
the Ratatouille one. Did you see that one? Oh,
I mean, of course. That one had the theater like,
holy shit, I can't believe they included that.
That's hilarious. Yeah, that one was cool. But,
yeah, I mean, it was just awesome how they were
just tying in these random movies and making
it. its own thing too i mean they had the they
had the babe uh slash shrek reference at the
end to the that'll do pig that'll do i didn't
even catch that one either i gotta re -watch
this movie i know there's so many movie references
it's insane yeah a lot of cool references i liked
how we got a taste of different areas of zootopia
a lot of this featured the swamp life so we had
yeah because we didn't really get that in the
first movie Not at all, I don't think. No, yeah.
Maybe they might have touched on it a little
bit, but they really immersed you into the different
sections. The Tundra world, the marsh, the regular
Zootopia, or like the city, the metropolis. It
was really cool. The first Zootopia kind of reminded
me a lot of Sing, and I think Sing came out before,
or it might have came around the same time. Have
you seen that movie? you haven't seen sing okay
it's it's also actually i believe it's dreamworks
but animal animal uh humanized animal animals
that look like humans like they have the human
disney faces i'm pretty sure this is a dreamers
movie but the city in zootopia one kind of just
reminded me of that where it's just showing off
this upscale high -rise skyline you know that
that sort of deal but i liked how we were touching
on all the different neighborhoods um and then
the characters just kind of drive this thing
really really well in my opinion it's it's it's
very well paced Jason Bateman is so good at this
I was I was saying that to you offline I think
Jason Bateman is just very good at playing this
suave yeah dick but he's very likable I know
he's not actually on screen acting but but but
that's the thing it's it's something about the
inflections in his voice or however he delivers
the lines doesn't matter what role he's in he
just pulls off playing the sarcastic asshole
but he's lovable in the end right right just
a lot of quirky things that made me laugh too
when he's just putting on the kanye pink shades
every time i was i was just laughing i don't
know why but it was funny and then He's fighting
like a sheep at the end of the movie. And the
sheep ends up wearing full aviators and like
a full suit. And he's just like. He just like
points at him. I laughed at that. A lot of good
jokes. I love how they just throw in jokes with
whoever's talking. Like Joe from Family Guy who
was the mayor of this movie. He's playing like
a Bronco. Yeah, some stallion. But he always
throws in like a nay whenever he's. When he's
making jokes. I mean, they do this shit all the
time. It's just so creative how they're able
to... There were so many funny animal references
littered throughout this movie. They did it in
the first one well, and they carried it through
in the second one. I thought it was hilarious,
like the hungry, hungry hippos. Like when they're
chasing them in the marsh, and then the apples
start falling down, and the hippos have to chomp
at them. Yeah, yeah. The porcupine rolling out
the spike strips. Yeah, exactly. That was funny.
Um, yeah, I mean, it's just, it's just great.
It's like an old school Disney just throwback.
I mean, obviously they're touching on themes
of racism and stuff, but it's not super divisive.
I think it's like the whole thing is just tying.
It's just tying people together. It's, it's a
wholesome message and it's just a, it's a fun
one. It's definitely a fun one. It's a fun watch
for, for kids and adults. that that's like it's
a it's a family movie and they did it no kids
are getting yeah no kids are getting the shining
reference obviously like the parents are gonna
love that shit it's just a good overall movie
i i can't wait till it comes out on disney plus
in 49 days or however many days we got left oh
it's killing it at box office it might stay in
theaters for a while i i think they have a oh
do they have like a contract or something like
that I just remember when the masterpiece, the
Snow White live -action masterpiece came out,
and there was, like, a cloud countdown on X .com,
the Everything app. Just, you know, let me know.
The fact that Snow White was in theaters any
more than two days is very surprising. I still
actually haven't seen it yet, so no spoilers
there if you've watched it already. But let's
go on to the characters. So we got Nick Wilde
and Judy Hopps back. As the lead tandem. They're
great. I actually. Who plays Judy Ops? It's not
any polar. Jennifer Goodwin. But Jennifer spelled
with a G. What is she in? I don't know. I've
never seen her. Oh, I. She is in quite a few
things. I recognize her. I don't know what from.
Is she in Inside Out? maybe that's one of the
things i saw no no i don't know but she's great
they have such a good rapport like her and her
and nick just have the same same kind of rapport
i mean i don't really know where this is going
in the third iteration of this movie because
it seems like they're just gonna start dating
but yeah what what like what world topic are
they gonna tackle in the third movie I think
just interracial couples or something. I think
that's what we're getting into. I mean, I thought
that's kind of where they were going with this
one, to be completely honest. Right. I mean,
it works. I mean, they're just very likable together.
They're funny. Judy's, you know, she's super
type A. Nick's the polar opposite. And it just
plays very well. You throw in the side characters
of the beaver, who I don't. don't even know her
name but she was hilarious the snake was hilarious
i didn't realize that short round was playing
the snake that's a that's a cool little um cool
little plug he was he was an awesome character
i just like how they again they emphasize the
strengths and weaknesses of of these animals
like the snake is basically uh an avenger in
zootopia except he cannot be in the cold And
they just completely got rid of that shit in
the second act when they just gave him, like,
a little sweater or, like, a sock to put on.
Oh, yeah, that was funny. Do you think it's one
long sock or, like, whatever? A condom? I think
it was just a sock, but they just got rid of
all of the plot armor where he was, you know.
They gave him plot armor. they gave him plot
armor yeah they also all you need to do is just
hug judy hops to to warm up like how cute yeah
he had some he had some uh some some actual superpowers
in that scene i didn't really grasp that or understand
it but it worked you know and who else do we
have i mean the the links or the link says as
you said they were solid villains i didn't think
they were blowing the socks off off of um the
first the first movie i like the sheep villain
a little better it was a twist i liked how they
yeah it was more of a twist this this is a pretty
pretty much straightforward plot we have one
of the links turning towards the end i honestly
didn't see that coming really um not really i
kind of thought that that was going to be straightforward
but you know the the castaway son ends up trying
to make right by his family doesn't i thought
he was going to have a turning moment where he
actually helps them that's usually what you would
see in this sort of storyline but he ends up
i mean but he was helping them the whole movie
like i feel like it was building up to the big
stab in the back literally yeah that's on me
i probably should have seen that coming but nonetheless
like the characters were solid are we are we
forgetting any oh i like the walrus bub hey bub
bub bub bub bub yeah when they're uh when they're
riding the walrus to go talk to the lizard and
he's just like staring them right in the face
he's just like i think he was like it's your
birthday or he said something oh oh it's your
anniversary oh yeah yeah it was it was a nice
little touch but yeah no i don't really think
we have much more to add on the characters it's
mainly the same ones from the first movie that
drive it again and they're great and uh oh and
we had um we had the bob boss too they're funny
like mr big with all the italian uh innuendos
i liked all that shit the fake gucci that they're
shipping out yeah just just the brand names that's
gonna be so fun for them to To just write that
all in. They got Zoogle. I think it's ZooTube
or YouTube or something like that. Oh, you had
the zebras? The zebras. The peanut koalas on
the final island. I mean, just so many tie -ins
with the different animals again. So let's do
the cinematography. The music I thought was really
good. I liked Shakira's song again. I don't know
if it was better than one, but... It was catchy.
It wasn't a Wicked 2 downgrade music -wise. It
wasn't a K -pop Demon Hunters. That's a fact.
No. No, it definitely was not that. But I think
it's really well animated. It just looks like
that classic Disney animation, man. Like the
big eyes. I like just how Judy Hopps looks when
her ears go down, when she's sad, and when they
perk up. I think that stuff's really cool. I
mean, it's animated. It just looks very clean.
What a funny small little thing to nitpick at.
Or not nitpick, but point out. Yeah, the ears.
I just think that's like a cute little thing
to throw in there. But that's just classic Disney.
It's just Disney feeding into what they're good
at and making an original movie that's good.
And we can't really say that too often these
days. Yeah. Or anything that Disney owns, which
is a lot. They're buying everything. But we haven't
seen Snow White, though. So we can't talk about
all the Disney movies. That's true. That's true.
Did you see they're making a Moana live action?
I did. I saw the trailer for that. Looks good.
While I watched Zootopia 2. Yeah. Looks alright,
I guess. I don't know. They make an animated
movie. They make a live action. They make a live
action. They make it animated. I mean, they just
do the same shit every single time. It's... Yeah.
It's besides Zootopia. It's like the one shining
light. They need to make a live action Zootopia
now. I mean, yeah, I mean, they probably will.
It's just going to be all, it's going to look
like the Lion King. It'll look like cats. I hope
not. So let's do the writing. I really liked
the writing in this movie. Just mainly the one
-liners. I wrote down, I wrote down some of them.
Like when Nick Wilde is just being a piece of
shit to the director of the police department.
He's like, he's just trying to control them and
give them a briefing in the first scene he's
with them. And he asks Nick, or he's like, why
are you always unserious about everything? He's
like, I have a, I don't have this verbatim, but
he's like, I have a depressing childhood, which
messed up my. messed up my adult life it stems
from a messed up childhood and he's like do you
want a messed up adulthood and he's like nope
yeah and he just shuts the hell up um i love
the weather report i'm a big family guy fan as
you know so i'm a i love uh ollie's weather report
when he's just like it's it's raining and he
just like yells shit this time we had uh tomorrow's
weather is again Everything. That was an awesome
line. Just all the cutaways were great. It kind
of reminded me of Rick and Morty. Yes. When they
do those cable segments. When they're just playing
random shit on the TVs and everything. Literally
every joke hits when they're airing some sort
of shit. And again, they're just tying more into
the animal aspects of the movie. Yeah. All that
it's about. I thought those were the best and
funniest parts of it. I mean, when they go to
the whole. couples partner counseling thing and
of course the elephant cop is paired up with
the mouse cop it's like hey why don't you take
a look at your partner and he looks down it just
screams at the top of his lungs and the mouse
is just like what i do yeah we had the uh the
pedo anteater just oh god yeah just feeling up
feeling up somebody else i mean a lot of literally
a lot of sexual innuendos in this movie we had
the bra being formed from the the sheep wool
as they're driving down the street at 100 miles
an hour yeah we had mentions of threesomes and
foursomes in a disney movie that's gotta be a
first pg1 too i mean we mentioned the twist that
was good i mean there were there just weren't
many plot holes in the movie i'd liked I liked
the story. It was a nice little quest. They had
to get to this old snake kingdom. The original
Zootopia. And find the patent. And they just
explained it, you know, thoroughly. But not too
much plot to where I got tuned out at any point.
It flowed very well. And I appreciated that.
It's not some groundbreaking plot. there weren't
many problems with it from what i from what i
saw yeah and they brought a lot of like those
staple funny characters from the first movie
they didn't overplay them in this one but they
brought them back for little cameos and it was
just a nice little touch like they brought back
nick's partner little baby toot toot in the beginning
the gangster thug who's built like a baby fox
and then they had they brought back the sloth
of course who played a key role in this was driving
a thousand miles per hour caught the dart I mean
it was just all very fun yeah so this movie I
don't know if we have much more to say on writing
I mean it's it's an animated movie just done
done very well and It's just a good Disney movie.
So let's jump to the scores. You good to score
it? So entertainment, I went 8 .7. Entertainment,
I went 9 .0. Characters, I went 8 .0. Characters,
I went 8 .0 as well. Cinematography, I went 8
.1. Cinematography, I went 8 .8. Okay, and then
writing, I went 8 .8. Riding Owl went 8 .5. That's
a high score. 8 .5 is what our final score is.
Damn. 8 .5 out of 10. I mean, that's pretty good.
And we had nothing less than an 8 across the
board. I mean, this movie was very, very good
in a year where we've had some good movies definitely
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