It's Okay to Leave the Kids Table

It's Okay to Leave the Kids Table, It's Okay to Grow Up. This video is a dive into a take nobody asked for on the 2009 movie Fantastic Mr. Fox. Why did I make this, I don't know, I wanted to. I hope you enjoy.

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[LyricNear]

I always love seeing someone say "this isn't my usual content but it's something I wanted to make" and they're rewarded for it.

[justaclownhonkhonk]

This video is super comforting to me tbh. I've been scared of growing up, but now it doesn't sound so bad.

[Sollysink]

We don't talk about this film enough. I think, that since this is a "family" film, it might have flopped cause when I saw the movie posters, I found the models to be scary. I was young then, and my older cousin insisted we watch it together when she got the DVD. I miss those days, at the kids table, with my cousins. At a grandparent's house I will never get to be at again.

This video brought me comfort. Thank you.

[chulumpthebigmoneywizard]

Two things:
Mrs. Fox changing from lightning storms to tornadoes makes more sense if the paintings represent how she views her husband

All the Animals having American accents and all the humans having British accents is always going to be funny to me. England is the perfect punching bag, especially as a foil to America

[ItsDesca]

This metaphor of leaving the kids table hits in such a hard way for me. We used to have a kids table every thanksgiving, and I remember being 8 and desperately wanting to sit with the grown ups. A year later, my grandma passed, and we couldn’t having thanksgiving at her house anymore because of it. We no longer had a kids table anymore because the new house we hosted it at couldn’t fit one. I remember sitting at the adults table for the first time that year. I should have felt excited to finally have moved up, but it was cold and empty and sad without my grandma there and everyone felt it. I wish I could go back to the kids table. I’m sitting here, 18, and I feel like I’ve missed out on all of my life so far because of tragedy. I feel like I didn’t get any time at that safe place of the kids table, and I’m frustrated because it’s not fair and I’m never going to get those years back. I’m so hopelessly upset about what I’ve lost.

[db]

I am somebody who has never celebrated a Thanksgiving but I am having difficulty in "leaving the kids table". I became 18 years old this month and have felt anxious about it ever since. My entire life Ive heard nothing but bad about growing up whether it be online or offline, not a single positive opinion about it. Seeing you talk about this movie and how you also felt this way made me feel relief.

[aeriszona]

Fantastic Mr. Fox is one of my favourite movies ever, ever since I saw it for the first time as a kid. There's something so warm, wistful and real yet conforting about the themes and the characters. I have never seen such a splendid piece of media such as this movie.

[lrgogo]

The animated flair of _Fantastic Mr. Fox_ sure adds something to the feel of this video. You’re listening to this deep and wistful character analysis, and then every two minutes the characters in question will perform some action in the goofiest-looking way humanly imaginable

[CalpolMeister]

Hey dude, I have also noticed that this video is doing really well and I just wanted to say that: You deserve this. this isn't a fluke or the algorithm blessing you, no, this is a deserved W for your continual hard work making videos. This video was well crafted, fresh and engaging, theres a reason its this one blowing up. You smashed it dude, enjoy it, because you deserve it.

PS I really liked the video and have subscribed :)

[Ieatpaperitsyummy]

its crazy when YouTube recommends a crazy under viewed video

[jeremyhughes]

The timing of this video is remarkable. My university film club is literally playing fantastic mr fox tomorrow (shoutout UBC). I needed to hear this, I’m 24 and I feel so old compared to my other classmates. After taking a couple gap years when my grades plummeted during the pandemic, it feels like I’ve lost those crucial years of my life. All year I’ve struggled with feeling that I don’t belong or that I’m too far gone. Definitely gonna view this film through this lens tomorrow.

[Freelix]

This is one of my favorite movies by far. I related a lot to Mr. Fox in feeling the need to be a loud, witty, good-at-everything individual who always says the toast. Throughout the movie and especially at the beginning, I think it's telling how Mr. Fox gives a lot of compliments or encouragement to people that isn't exactly insincere, and he definitely means it as much as he's able to, but they really just serve to keep him in the spotlight. It isn't completely selfish, but it is only as selfless as a mature child is capable of. Adults are called to a greater kind of selflessness. I think about how when I was a kid, I would rarely in a lucid moment realize how incredible it was that my dad could find the will to repair something in the house that wasn't going to break in the next day, week, or maybe even in a year, wasn't going to be noticed by anyone else, but still just needed fixing. I didn't think I'd ever be able to do that. I've recently started to grow just a little bit of those kinds of adult habits and mindset and realized that it is way more fantastic than the superficial, unsustainable good-at-everythingedness that I centered my identity around before. It is strength, and adults need to have that strength, especially parents. You're spot on that the media has adopted a message of "never grow up" that maybe wasn't originally meant to be so extreme, but has come to mean that one ought to stay exactly as a child in every aspect, and has given us a disregard for older generations and a discontentment at the notion of taking any traits from them. We need to hear that we have a responsibility to grow up, that it is inevitable, and that it is okay, and even good, to do it well.

[aquaz_]

I know other people have said it but this is absolutely and criminally underrated. The level of introspection that you reach is very real and absolutely a quote unquote fantastic take on my favorite movie. I got a little misty eyed hearing the intricacies of how it is ok to develop and grow with time. Definitely not a message that is commonly spread, especially in the way that Fantastic Mr Fox is able to represent.

[FestatheJester]

Thank you, I needed to hear this. When I got married, I moved off the mainland to my wife's island town. I just welcomed my first child into the world and it's hitting me just how much of my past dreams and expectations I'm having to let go of. I always pictured raising my son close by to friends and family that are now far away and working on creative projects together with them. Thank you for the reminder that it's ok to move on. To build a future for my loved ones rather than trying to reclaim the past. Thank you.

[kyecaven]

Charismatic, casual, with this soft hit of tongue in cheek self aware humor that flows so naturally. Gem.

Havent liked, commented, and subscribed to a random rec this fast in a minute. Keep it up homie :)

[extrasalt]

I'm 29 and I'm still waiting for my life to start.

[MGrimm]

Shocked to see this channel only has 1.5k subs, you've got a great voice for video essay content. Hope this channel gets the recognition it deserves.

[kaylenkitty]

I needed this… I’m 26 and quite literally still sit at the kids’ table during the holidays. It feels like time is slipping away and I’m not doing enough.

[nellkellino-miller]

The best kids films are usually questionably appropriate for kids. Leave kids to their own devices and they will often naturally gravitate towards themes and images that are "too grown up for them".

I know that the stories from my childhood that I remember most fondly, and still revisit often, are not things i was allowed to watch. Or at least I was not encouraged to watch them.

Most of the stuff my grandparents thought was appropriate for me is nauseatingly, patronisingly sweet and simple. I swear that stuff is actually bad for early development.

[vanillatwilight]

the title itself comforted me so much. I’m kinda at a crossroads where I’m considered an adult in my family because of maturity during a family tragedy but I wasn’t ready to grow up this fast. I’m only 17 I thought it wouldn’t happen this fact and I sit with the adults now and it’s just so disorienting. I’m so scared of being older thank you for making this