The ant bully is een amerikaanse computeranimatiefilm uit 2006, onder regie van john. When he falls asleep an ant drops a potion in the boys ear which reduces his size. Bullies try to wipe out entire civilizations the ants, and main character lucas is in constant danger after being shrunk down to ant. Poor 10yearold lucas nickle zach tyler eisen cant get a break. The ant bully zachery tyler julia roberts meryl streep 2006 tired of weathering constant attacks on their colony, ants shrink a destructive boy zach tyler eisen to their size and sentence him to live among th. After bullying an innocent ant colony, a young boy named lucas is magically shrunk down to ant size and embarks on a remarkable adventure. Unable to strike back, lucas instead attacks the ants in his yard with his squirt gun.
Explore antibullying themes with the teaching guide for the ant bully. Once lucas learns a lesson in community, the ants restore him to his original. In the movie the ant bully, what does lucas use to scare away the. The ant bully is a 2006 american computer animated film written and directed by john a. It gets to the root that people bullied can become bullies. Boy genius, and the ant bully could have used that films satirical edge or at least more and better jokes. Hova, lucas and zoc and many other characters will encounter several adventurous trials as they learn about the differences between ants and humans. Ant bully, the dvd fs friendless and tormented by a neighborhood bully, the new kid in town, lucas nickle, takes out his frustration on the innocent ant hill in hisyard. An ant wizard shrinks lucas, who then goes to work with the rest of the ants, hauling leaves, finding food, and fighting off an attack of wasps. Then the ants retaliate, and their queen shrinks lucas to their size, forcing him into a life of hard labor with the worker ants. Bullies always find someone smaller than they are to pick on, so when sid the bully picks on lucas, lucas bullies ants, drenching them with his squirt gun.
The ant bully by john nickle the ant bully is about lucas who is picked on by the neighborhood bully. In the page in the flower garden, we see the flowers from below from an ants point of view. New in town, friendless and tormented by a neighborhood bully, young lucas nickle has been taking out his frustration on the innocent ant hill. Make sid, lucas, and ant puppets to reenact the story. A human bully gives lucas an atomic wedgie by pulling his underwear up out of the back of his pants. He is voiced by zach tyler eisen who also voiced aang from avatar. Nscc is grateful to the following organizations for their invaluable support in developing these resources. The ant bully is a subtle lesson to teach kids what it is like to be a bully and to be bullied and how its evil passes from one kid to another.
These activities also engage students in close reading and researching ants. It shows that bullies can be changed back in many cases. Lucas, with funny glasses and a strange hat, is bullied by neighborhood meanie, sid. The ants decide they have had enough and shrink lucas down to. Once lucas learns a lesson in community, the ants restore him to his original proportions, then devise a predictable comeuppance for his hosetoting nemesis. They put him on trial, and find him guilty of crimes against the lucas wishes he could squash that big bully sid like a bug. It was later adapted into a computeranimated film of the same name by john a. Apr 06, 2014 the ant bully 2006 lucas shrinks my favourite part duration. Welcome to the official facebook movie page for the ant bully. It all begins when sid, the neighborhood bully, sprays a hose at lucas, who wears funny glasses and a strange hat and is a bit weird.
Parents need to know that the ant bully has some scenes that might be scary for very young kids particularly some menacing spiders, frogs, wasps, and fly swatters. Compare stillsclips from the film with images from the book and discuss the differences between reading a book and watching films. Play as lucas, experiencing the dangerous and thrilling life of an ant as you battle, explore and forge new friendships with natives and other species in his new ant world. The boy is taken into the ant colony and becomes ant like. Jan 16, 2018 the ant bully is a beloved classroom favorite story. Lucas takes out his frustration about being picked on by a human bully by. The ant bully was released as a major motion picture by warner bros. The ant bully is based on a book by john nickle, which tells the tale of a young boy who floods an ant colony with his watergun.
The ant bully isbn 0590395912 is a 1999 childrens book drawn and written by john nickle. The ant bully is a 2006 american computeranimated adventure fantasy comedy film written and directed by john a. Ask students, what did the author mean when he said, lucas nickle was a bully. The ant bully the book the ant bully, written and illustrated by john nickle, is a story about lucas and the lesson he learns about bullying when he is pulled into the ant hole he has been tormenting. Kindergartengrade 3 lucas s funny glasses and strange hat make him a perfect target for sid, the neighborhood bully, and, since lucas cant fight sid, he tortures defenseless ants instead. The ant bully 2006 lucas shrinks my favourite part duration. Nurse ant hova voice of julia roberts is put in charge of looking after lucas, and with the help of scout fugax voice of bruce campbell and forager kreela voice of regina king, lucas gets an eyeopening picture of how the other half lives just in time for lucas to help the ants in an allout battle against stan voice of paul giamatti. Originally published in 1999 lucas learns a lesson about bullying when he is pulled into the ant hole he has been tormenting now a major. Released by varese sarabande in 2006 302 066 748 2 containing music from the ant bully 2006. The movie follows lucass story from a social perspective, giving the viewer insight into the ants hierarchy as he works his way up.
The ants, however, have had enough of lucas s nasty games. Little lucas nickle zach tyler is brand new in town, but hes already had a runin with local bully steve myles jeffrey. Kindergartengrade 3lucass funny glasses and strange hat make him a perfect target for sid, the neighborhood bully, and, since lucas cant fight sid, he tortures defenseless ants instead. Make a 3d flower garden like this one by using construction paper to. The ant bully a lucas destroying the ant town youtube. A kid who hates ants finds himself living among the sixlegged critters in this computeranimated comedyadventure. Recently moved to a new city with his family, he hasnt made a single friend. When unhappy lucas does bad things to an ant hill, he is punished by being shrunk down to insect size and made to train as an ant by the colony. The information provided on this site is adapted from nsccs breaking the bullyvictimbystander cycle toolkit. Starring the voices of zach tyler eisen, julia roberts, nicolas cage, meryl streep and paul giamatti. Lucas takes out his frustration about being picked on by a human bully by terrorizing the ant colony in his backyard. Make both a small and big lucas as well as a small and big sid. John nickle says he has faced many bullies in his lifetime, and writing and illustrating the ant bully gave him a way. The strong bully the weak, and the weak in turn bully the really weak.
The lessons lucas learns are admirable and amusingly communist in flavour, but the way he learns them feels contrived. The last airbender and pablo in the first season of the backyardigans. Starring the voices of julia roberts, nicolas cage, meryl streep, and paul giamatti, it was produced by tom hanks and gary goetzmans playtone, davis and keith alcorns dna. Bullies try to wipe out entire civilizations the ants, and main character lucas is in constant danger after being shrunk down to ant size. But lucas is too little, and so he bullies the ants instead. The ant bully teaching guide explore antibullying themes with the teaching guide for the ant bully. The ants create a potion that shrinks lucas to the size of an ant. Davis, the ant bully is based on john nickles childrens book of the same. It is about a young boy named lucas nickle who is the title. Davis and based on the 1999 childrens book of the same name by john nickle. That bully then slaps another kid one of his followers on the back of the head.
When zoc shrunk him, hova chose to mentor him, much to his dismay. After lucas nickle zach tyler floods an ant colony with his watergun, hes magically shrunken down to insect size and sentenced to hard labor in the ruins. Publication date 2006 topics ants, bullying, bullies, bullies. The ant bully is a beloved classroom favorite story. The ant bully on dvd november 28, 2006 starring nicolas cage, julia roberts meryl streep, paul giamatti, lily tomlin. The ants throw that boy easily, which scares him youtube. Zoc is further insulted when hova, his girlfriend, volunteers to train lucas as an ant. Everything you need to know about the ant bully movie 2006. Even ants dont like to be bullied, and they angrily stuff lucas into their ant hole and. Davis based on the 1999 childrens book of the same name by john nickle. The ants, however, have had enough of lucass nasty games. With paul giamatti, nicolas cage, julia roberts, meryl streep.
The film keeps us occupied for about 90 minutes but just doesnt go any higher than that. It is about a young boy named lucas nickle also known as peanut the destroyer, who is the title character in the book and who likes to torment ants. So it is with lucas zach tyler, as he takes out his frustrations on an ant colony in his yard, flooding them with water, and mercilessly stomping on their hill. Stop it now a bad lip reading of the empire strikes back duration. However, in a world with so many really good animated movies, minor entertainment doesnt pay the bills. Lucas is picked on by the neighborhood bully, and in turn terrorizes the ant colony. A serviceable flick, the ant bully offers minor entertainment. Momentarily fed up, lucas takes out his frustration on a hill of ants in his backyard.
Sid is such a big bully that lucas wishes he could squash him like a bug. When the ants shrink lucas down to their size, he must make amends by learning the ways of the colony and protecting the ants from danger. The ant bully storia teaching guide pdf scholastic. New in town, friendless and tormented by a neighborhood bully, young lucas nickle. Lucas nickle voice of zach tyler eisen is a tenyearold boy whose family has just moved to a new town, and lucas isnt enjoying it much he hasnt made any friends yet, his big sister ignores him, his parents voices of larry miller and cheri oteri are occupied with their. Burden foundation, ohio department of education and the national school climate centers trustees. John nickle says he has faced many bullies in his lifetime, and writing and. Aug 01, 2006 the ant bully original score from 2006, composed by john debney. The ant bully is based on a picture book by john nickle. The animation of the ant bully makes good use of scale as lucas grapples with the gigantic world around him, but the writing is not so imaginative. Lucas wishes he could squash that big bully sid like a bug.
Hova met him first when she tried to communicate with him when he was trying to destroy the ant colony. There are the inevitable grossout gags you dont want to know where the honeydew drops lucas slurps up originate from. The ant bully original score from 2006, composed by john debney. Based on the childrens book by john nickle, the ant bully has a promising concept. Lucas nickle, also known as peanut the destroyer and later rokai the ant, is the titular main protagonist of the ant bully. After sid blasts him with a water hose, lucas gets a squirt gun and does the same to a colony of ants. The ant bully tells a witty and heartwarming story about a 10yearold boy who embarks on a remarkable journey. Lucas, who wears a goofy propeller cap and nerdish glasses, suffers the taunts of a tough kid named sid. Film languagevisual literacy look at clipsstills of bullies, victims and points of.
He almost crushed zoc and her before his mother called him in. Even ants dont like to be bullied, and they angrily stuff lucas into their ant hole and take him before. Film languagevisual literacy look at clipsstills of bullies, victims and points of view from the ant bully. Financial analysis of the ant bully 2006 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability. And they teach him a lesson that will make him and readers think twice about being mean. Make a 3d flower garden like this one by using construction paper to make flowers and apply to a reinforced or cardboard paper. Players control lucas nickle, a young boy known to the ants that live in his yard as the destroyer for the abuse he has subjected the colony to. Lucas nickle is a young boy who has recently moved into. The movie follows lucas s story from a social perspective, giving the viewer insight into the ants hierarchy as he works his way up from slaving in the mines to fighting. Lucas, in turn, bullies something smaller than himself, a colony of ants. This is the relationship between the ant hova and the human lucas nickle. Based on the slight book by john nickle, the ant bully benefits from its alist voice cast which adults should appreciate more than children and dazzling animation that vividly depicts a bugs life and views the human world from a minuscule perspective blades of grass seem like sequoias.
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