I watched every Disney Channel Original Movie
Added 2024-12-20 18:22:13 +0000 UTCWow. Please let me know what you think, if there are any problems. I hope you enjoy it!
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I think my personal favorites are Twitches and Smart House. I'm a little bummed that you rated Twitches sorta-mid and I understand that humor is subjective but for me, every joke lands and I find it the funniest of the dcoms. Just wanted to give it some love, as well as to the fantastic comedic performances of Jennifer Robertson and Arnold Pinnock, whom you didn't mention.
James Hutchins
2025-10-05 14:38:50 +0000 UTCSo much of the youtube "reviewing old kids' media" genre is basically "remember this old movie, it was weird huh!" and basically summarizes the movie with some added quips. It's good if you want to get the gist of a movie that probably isn't worth sitting down and actually watching, and maybe getting a burst of nostalgia, but the youtuber of this genre usually isn't transforming the experience in a meaningful way. What I appreciate most about this video (and the first two installments of the Big Joel Disney Trilogy) is that the commentary feels intentional in a way that transcends the media he is reviewing. It allows you to understand the original media in a way that you can't just do by watching it unless you sit down and do a lot of thinking. It's its own type of media. Also each segment is only a few minutes so no one movie feels like it overstays its welcome. I can get my supermegadose of Joel without any one piece of content getting stale. If a movie is boring and there's not much to say about it, not much will be said about it. Many others in this genre will dedicate individual videos to individual pieces of media, which means at least 20 minutes talking about each one in the modern youtube video length economy.
Argus
2025-05-13 22:34:12 +0000 UTCbravo
Emily Murphy
2024-12-29 18:25:29 +0000 UTCCan't believe official Disney Channel originals began with Under Wraps and ended with Under Wraps 2. What a way to wrap a bow on that pre Disney+ era.
Harry
2024-12-27 21:31:14 +0000 UTCGreat video, my number one watch of Christmas. How did you know the zombie author was the name of the town? Even if I’d read more about history of zombies don’t think I would have remembered the name of the author of that book
Harry
2024-12-27 07:44:03 +0000 UTCabsolutely losing it at Zendayas heart felt monologue about not mind controlling men with apps
Mimi
2024-12-27 00:54:02 +0000 UTCAwesome video you are so incredibly funny
Alex Aversa
2024-12-26 19:22:54 +0000 UTCnoticed there’s a gayboy69420 and a NagitoKomaeda69420 in the patrons names list. loved the video. merry christmas!
🥶
2024-12-25 09:16:17 +0000 UTCThank you so much for reminding me how much i loved HSM2. SO many iconic moments in that movie. It was the only HSM movie that I begged my parents to buy on DVD
Sajl Salim
2024-12-24 06:23:20 +0000 UTChot damn what a drop, thanks joel
Mulligans
2024-12-24 00:07:53 +0000 UTCThank you Huge Joel
Sajl Salim
2024-12-23 22:27:42 +0000 UTCAll I want to say is that if you like that Proud Family song, you should listen to Exuma. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vtuxw2KGukQ
Thia
2024-12-23 20:11:38 +0000 UTCAs a European, these movies feel quintessentially American to me. We import American culture like the Avengers and Spongebob all the time, but Disney Channel Originals are definitely *not* widely watched here. They just seem to rely on too many untranslatable cultural markers, like American high school culture, homecoming balls, nerds & jocks, baseball, basketball, county fairs, cowboy ranches, showbiz, Thanksgiving, Halloween, etc etc. So by watching this video I feel like I have gained a new insight in the American condition. Themes I have broadly noticed are a focus on individualistic exceptionalism in the athletic or performative domain, in- and outgroups and (the negation of) stereotypes, spectacle and lingering patriarchal Christianity. Thank you Big Joel.
Teun
2024-12-23 13:14:38 +0000 UTCoh my goodness where is that balatro seeeeed
Guy Plumpinham
2024-12-23 11:07:38 +0000 UTCthe original songs in Lemonade Mouth necessitate commentary
Mackenzie C
2024-12-23 04:42:39 +0000 UTCI really love the way you hardly ever talk about these movies entierly but just pick out things are are interesting or strange or bad, especially when they are unimportant little details like some jock boy being a fun character and that's all the movie gets. A beautiful and fun way to approach a project like this and I think it makes the video all the more fun and engaging.
Finn Starfox
2024-12-23 00:45:36 +0000 UTCFuuuuuuuck. I just got to the Let It Shine review. I'm so sorry. I'm so so sorry
Conner Keating
2024-12-22 23:36:57 +0000 UTCChristmas gift ultra-long video o__o
Gillian
2024-12-22 23:18:48 +0000 UTCThe credit song ends with Under Wraps 2 but after that we still had Prom pact, The Slumber Party, The Naughty Nine, Big City Greens the Movie and Descendants 4!
Teun
2024-12-22 22:03:50 +0000 UTCI love your commitment to not talking about things in any particular order. It’s funny to me every time. I loved this video - it completely hypnotized me
Sarah M
2024-12-22 18:48:04 +0000 UTCIt premiered on ABC, and is therefore not a DCOM
Mike Kachur
2024-12-22 15:03:04 +0000 UTCWait.....why didn't you cover My Date With The President's Daughter?
Stokes
2024-12-22 09:49:28 +0000 UTCCalling it right now, he and quinton are gonna collab on a video reviewing every Nickelodeon Original Movie
Mike Kachur
2024-12-22 07:00:12 +0000 UTCI really appreciate your very genuine insight into movies like these; it's really rare to see someone seriously critically approach something like tv movies for children as works that have thematic intent, art made by people, just as worthy of being engaged with and considered as any other films.
Holly L
2024-12-22 06:50:49 +0000 UTCCan’t wait for your follow-up in 2050 :)
Alice
2024-12-22 05:04:34 +0000 UTCHi Mr. Joel, apologies for the delay as I am slowly making my way through this epic of a video, but I am once again compelled to point out a possible small error. At 4:36:23 you say “aside from the gay, Under Wraps is a pretty good movie,” you are in fact reviewing Under Wraps 2 in this section. Part of me can believe this is intentional, but part of me fears the worst.
Josef Oliver
2024-12-22 03:46:01 +0000 UTCHowever, NITPICK: At 3:48:58, you suggest that Horse Sense has the only direct reference to religion in any DCOM. But, earlier, in your review of "Tru Confessions", you show a clip of the Shia Lebouf character saying "[everybody makes mistakes] except God, right?" A major blunder and a true stain on an otherwise unimpeachable video.
Conner Keating
2024-12-22 02:44:48 +0000 UTCOne thing I love about your vids is how you never shy away from engaging with the banal and kitsch products of our culture. It’s kind of comforting but there is also something worthwhile in it. Really liked this video. CANT WAIT FOR THE MEGALOPOLIS VID
polkadotsandstars
2024-12-22 02:34:06 +0000 UTCHey! I skipped ahead to the BCG section, I found it kind of odd that you described Cat in the Hat as a kind of wish fulfillment story but (unless I’m mistaken) didn’t use that term. Not saying you should go back and edit that part (esp since it’s such bc a long vid and it’s been up for a day already) but it feels slightly lacking that you describe it as a fantasy without using the term for what specific kind of fantasy it is.
Mike Kachur
2024-12-22 02:25:36 +0000 UTCThe "Phantom of the Megaplex" bit is transcendent. Something that could only ever come 3 and a half hours into a 6 hour video about DCOMs. There was pure joy in my heart for the whole duration of the two minute joke
Conner Keating
2024-12-22 02:09:50 +0000 UTCreally loved this but honestly how am I supposed to respect Huge Joel as a dcom critic and authority figure if he gets the name of 'start of something new' from hsm so wrong when discussing its return in the slumber party hangover movie segment. great video and love the style!
Gabrielle Fullam
2024-12-22 01:33:32 +0000 UTCa longie!
Erin Dugan
2024-12-21 23:33:52 +0000 UTCI am absolutely losing my mind at Selena Gomez & The Scene's "Love You Like A Love Song" surfacing in a ukulele cover in How To Build a Better Boy - truly a baffling connection
Gabrielle Fullam
2024-12-21 23:27:25 +0000 UTCI watched this whole thing and was happy with all of it! Sorry it was hard to make!
Starkey Johnston
2024-12-21 22:24:11 +0000 UTCI can't get enough of videos like this. Watching your mental journey as you go through it is just magnificent and feels like I'm connecting with a human and I'm happy to be alive
Emma S
2024-12-21 21:00:22 +0000 UTCI always knew you were smart, but you proved yourself to be an Intellectual with this one. Recognizing the brilliance of both Sharpay and Pixel Perfect???? You really outdid yourself with this one.
Ainjel
2024-12-21 19:29:31 +0000 UTCSIX HOURS??? What a treat eeeheheh
kelswell
2024-12-21 18:31:54 +0000 UTCIf you have it, it might be helpful to add timestamps in the discripton. Like if I want to remember a Huge Joel Take on my favourite movie I am not going to rewatch the 6 hour video
RäuberOppsenplotz
2024-12-21 15:00:41 +0000 UTClolol, i was too quick to correct you!! my bad, loving the video so far
Matthew Muldoon
2024-12-21 08:56:43 +0000 UTCduring the christmas again segment, you got it wrong about the yes guy, the simpsons straight up stole that joke from the old jack benny radio show, here's a clip from the jack benny christmas special https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JA_r1Ynl4Ls , its kind of a classic joke and if the simpsons can get away with it so can christmas again
Matthew Muldoon
2024-12-21 08:55:42 +0000 UTCthank you! genuinely appreciate the nitpicking! I figure I will allow only one more thing like this to happen before I re-record lol
Big Joel
2024-12-21 06:17:44 +0000 UTCGigantic Joel
Shan Bro
2024-12-21 05:07:09 +0000 UTCHello I know you spent a long time uploading this but as a Patron I must point out there is a misspoken line no one caught at 1:13:19. You said Zenon had to “get back to Earth to save the day” but she is in fact going to Earth, she has to get back to the space station to save the day. I want a retake of this line and for the video to be fully re-exported and re-uploaded. Will update if I find more.
Josef Oliver
2024-12-21 03:48:08 +0000 UTCHey, new Quinton Reviews video. Nice.
nomanstom
2024-12-21 01:15:15 +0000 UTCHoly shit. 6 hours of big Joel talking about nonsense. I say this without a shred of sarcasm, THANK YOU
Owen Carscadden
2024-12-21 00:44:34 +0000 UTCIf you like those animal-based DCOMs I would highly Disney-produced 60's movie and perfect masterpiece: That Darn Cat. Watched it with my wife like a week ago and it's awesome
David Taylor
2024-12-21 00:40:27 +0000 UTCsix hours.. gagged
Regina Cuddeback
2024-12-21 00:18:07 +0000 UTCbig joel—>huge joel
Carson Kirkley
2024-12-21 00:10:38 +0000 UTCif you want something cozy you should watch one piece
Chandler Burger
2024-12-20 23:00:17 +0000 UTCi am going back home and it’s a 24hour journey with 3 flights. this is the best present you could’ve given me! happy holidays to everyone :)
Deney T
2024-12-20 22:58:58 +0000 UTC6 hours??? love u big joel
Sarah DeFrancisco
2024-12-20 21:53:12 +0000 UTCI am speechless, what an incredible undertaking
Evelyn Alvarado
2024-12-20 21:14:28 +0000 UTCI was super excited to see that you posted a new video and then I saw that it was 6 hours long and I'm shook.
nico
2024-12-20 20:48:50 +0000 UTCTHE GOAT
Jame
2024-12-20 20:35:42 +0000 UTC6 hours? This is gonna be a good one
Mark fas
2024-12-20 19:21:28 +0000 UTCI was wondering when this was going to hit Nebula, and then I saw the time stamp and thought that might be why? Thrilled about the length. It’s like you know I’m wrapping Christmas presents and need something to watch/listen to while all the podcasts are on break for two weeks.
Lizzie Cross
2024-12-20 19:19:54 +0000 UTCyippee!
Chris Hill
2024-12-20 19:08:51 +0000 UTCI loved the “brink” fanfic. Also the editing style in this vid is so perfect! The reaction shots instead of recordings were so funny!
oh yeah
2024-12-20 19:07:06 +0000 UTCholy moly
Jake
2024-12-20 18:54:09 +0000 UTCooooh
Alison
2024-12-20 18:36:06 +0000 UTC:)
Tomo Reynolds
2024-12-20 18:35:34 +0000 UTClmao why is Spring Break in December?
Wes
2024-12-20 18:34:02 +0000 UTCI guess it’s just Safari. Safari will no longer play embedded youtube videos from Patreon.
Wes
2024-12-20 18:29:13 +0000 UTCAlso, great Thumbnail once again. Youre hitting it out of the park with the resent ones
GallyGaxylly
2024-12-20 18:28:59 +0000 UTCI'm alone at home and was kinda feeling it. THEN JOEL DROPS A 1/4th DAY LONG VIDEO and I know I'll be fine
A Parent Lee (long lost brother of Stan Lee, RIP)
2024-12-20 18:27:54 +0000 UTCLetterboxed says I've watched 112 movies this year, just a few shy of this whole project, you mad man
Taylor Burch
2024-12-20 18:27:23 +0000 UTCSix hours of Joel! It's a Christmas miracle 🥹
General Crisp
2024-12-20 18:26:30 +0000 UTCIt says “sign in to confirm you’re not a bot.” I AM signed in. And whenever I try clicking it just redirects to the YouTube home page
Wes
2024-12-20 18:26:07 +0000 UTCI fucking burst out laughing while seeing the 6 hour length. Kind of thought that this was going to be a video on lillys channel, based on her letterboxd history. But yeah, great surprise
GallyGaxylly
2024-12-20 18:26:05 +0000 UTCMr. Joel. I have Christmas movies to rewatch. How am I supposed to fit this in before January?
Xavier Marican
2024-12-20 18:25:34 +0000 UTCDid the video already get taken down? Or is my YouTube just being an asshole?
Wes
2024-12-20 18:25:22 +0000 UTCWHOOOOOO!
oh yeah
2024-12-20 18:23:52 +0000 UTCLets f******ing go!!!!
Tanner Beasom
2024-12-20 18:23:40 +0000 UTC
