I like how the joke at the end suggests that the Nostalgia Critic ends up in an alternate universe where Kazaam never existed. I wonder if Shazaam (starring Sinbad) exists in this alternate universe?
My god I swear to God I remember an old nostalgia Critic episode where he even references Sinbad in the movie. When someone told me he didn't do it I honestly didn't believe them
10:03 NC: That's sad when breakfast is the best actor in this movie. NC Steel review, "The soiflee is the most developed character in this movie." So basically inanimate objects can rap better than Shaq
My friend - "So whats your favorite horror movie? Me - "Kazaam" My friend - "...the one where Shaq was a genie? That wasn't a horror movie..." Me - "..You haven't seen Shaq acting have you?
+AceAttorny Before the internet, there was only the TV and the radio for getting music out there. One of the most popular things to do was set up pirate radio stations, called such because the FCC decided that not only did they own all radio wave frequencies in America, but using them without paying was a crime (they often would broadcast music that could also be found on regular radio without paying for rights or anything, so there was some legitimate piracy going on). This only made pirate radio seem hip, cool, against the man, rebellious, etc. etc. etc. There was legitimate talent on pirate radio so there were legitimate agents working pirate radio, looking for the next big meal ticket I MEAN talent.
"Oh my god, Shaq's gonna eat me!" I think the same thing every time I see a can of his craptastic Arizona strawberry soda. He has his "I'mma eat you" face on those things.
Would you do her / In the box? Would you do her / Such a fox? Would you do her / Make it rain? Would you do her / Pull a train? I do not like her / Sam-ka-zaam! I do not like / Green jugs & clam!
Kazaam: Djinn only exists in fairy tales and I don't believe in fairy tales. Me: Here I thought Peter Pan not believing in fairy tales in Pan was stupid but Kazaam’s claim is dumber.
"Looking like a Cadbury Egg dressed as Liberace." Oh my gosh, I almost spit green tea all over my computer... it was like an explosion of strange sounding laughter. I lost it again at "Vanilla Ice was blacker than this!" I work at a hotel reception desk in a small town... I am at work watching this and keep exploding into laughter because of this video, I think if a guest were to come in they would think I have totally lost it.
You know, with the right degree of acting, and a good director, I think Shaq could pull off a action star. He certainly has the intimidating size and build, or rather he did
+Russell Danis (Korvas Terindar) I think he has some potential. As of this movie, though, I gotta say Dolph Lundgren acted better. That might actually be pretty cool to see; Shaq vs Lundgren(just don't let Shaq make Lundgren hit him full strength, Lundgren put Stallone out for a while when Stallone wanted their boxing to look authentic).
Prince Stormstrider to the point where I feel like comparing them is an insult. *Ofc Aladdin's genie was better!!* RIP Robin Williams. That's like comparing gold to glitter covered dog poo.
Yeah in the old reviews he actually makes jokes with effort put into them. Nowadays he barely puts in actual jokes, let alone ones that are funny. Now he does silly skits and his own commercials that run almost as long as half of his reviews that aren't funny. He mostly phones it in these days and is clearly going through the motions because it's clear he doesn't want to be doing the whole critic character schtick anymore so he barely even plays the character save for his opening tagline. It's night and day, and the dark and dawn are equally shrouded in shadow.
This kid tried to do the same thing Aladdin did with the genie, use his powers without technically making a wish. However, Aladdin was subtle about doing it & tricked him. This kid openly announcing his intentions should have been met with "sorry I only respond to wishes." Well, in rhyme of course.
ok, question. am I the only one who played the PS2 game "Harry Potter: Quiddich World Cup" and couldn't get stop laughing that same music that was used during the intro of this is played over the opening cinematic of that game?
Not defending the concept by any means, but in mythology genies were literally magical slaves to whoever they owed their service to, but they often tricked their masters into wasting their wishes thus freeing the genie from servitude
Shaq's starting to get ridiculous in his endorsements again. o.o I literally sat there and watched a Gold Bond commercial, and then an Icy Hot commercial, and it took me till almost the end of the Icy Hot ad to realize I was watching two different commercials because Shaq was in both of them! He's also sponsoring The General Insurance now for some reason...
Oh really a dc character's movie is made by dc? I mean technically Shazam/Captain Marvel was originally another comic book companies property, but was actually bought my sc. Them marvel whined about the name captain marvel even though dc had the character even before marvel existed so now he goes by Shazam.
@@jacobhogan3208 They might referring to a different genie from the 90s called Shazam staring Sinbad. But that movie is another example of the Mandela Effect
911 Emergency? There's a tall man who's been stalking this kid, giving him treats and now he's touching him while in his bed and wearing his pajamas! HURRY!!!!
This is one of my guilty pleasure movies that I really cant defend except for the fact that I watched it as a kid and liked it then so its pure nostalgia. :P However it does bug me when Kazaam talks about "Djinn means free" knowing that the Djinn, which is what the legend of Genies are based on, want to destroy humanity because we stole this world from them and they are banished to another realm...so... evil is freedom I guess?
In another culture, Djinn are creatures that live in our world, can see us, but we can't see them. Some djinn are good, and others are fiendish, with the fiends being known as Devils. Some djinn are mischievous, and are mistaken for ghosts because the manipulate real life objects. No one is sure how they look like, but it is said that you will see them 1 second before immediately dying. The sight of them will instantly kill you.
8:44 What is this Seuss Doggy Dog!? I mean that's the stupidest thing I've ever heard in my life! That's something an infant says when he's just learning how to read!
All things considered, it's not like an athlete has to fail at being an actor. The Rock ended up being a great choice for Maui from Moana. And hell, he put on a pretty good musical number as well.
I miss the old Nostalgia Critic! Back before these pointless skits taking up 90% of the review and the whole CA controversy! Can we please go back to these days?
I was about to say that. I still think Doug is a brilliant comedic writer. I think he should move on to work on his own projects. He’s not terrible, his reviews are still pretty solid imo, but I think he got to the point where he has to move on in a different direction. I think he should do at least more serious, less geeky movie analysis, or trying writing/filmmaking.
23 actually. It was filmed during the offseason in 1995. It would've been hard to do the same in 1996 as Shaq was a part of the USA olympic team that year.
I KNOW! a while ago I was searching for NC's review of this movie and I thought the movie was called Shazam but it turns out that it's called Kazam not Shazam
The kid actor's name is Francis Capra, but he's not related to a certain well-known director with a similar name. Anyway, look up the photo IMDB has of him now. Not so fun fact- his bio says his father was in jail most of Francis' life and was killed when Francis was 19 or 20.
Anybody remember Shaqs dumb ass part at the end of Freddie got Fingerd? You should search for Aries Spears impersonation of him, it's funny as shit, and his Charles Barkley is great too.
Top 11 Underrated NC Videos #11 Star Wars Sequels + Rogue One #10 Master of Disguise #9 Odd Life of Timothy Green #8 Patch Adams #7 Suicide Squad #6 Disney's Alice in Wonderland (2010) #5 Last Action Hero #4 Doug The Movie #3 Good Burger #2 Casper And the #1 Underrated NC Video is.... Kazaam!!
That must be what happened to the Sinbad movie Shazam, that so many people claim to remember. The movie was so bad that when Doug reviewed it he wished that it never existed.
"A horror movie with Shaq as a strange man with an evil grin offering treats to get little boys to go with him." ...Sweets for the sweet? :P Seriously though, I could easily see someone like Tony Todd (of Candyman fame) playing a horror movie version of Kazaam that does offer three wishes in order to convince young children to follow him wherever he may lead. Once three wishes are made, their souls belong to him. Yes it's a dumb idea I put about five seconds of thought into, but it might end up being better than the actual Kazaam movie. For the record, I am well aware that Candyman doesn't actually use candy and that the quote, "Sweets for the sweet," doesn't actually have anything to do with candy either.
It's chill. Especially since the dad was a Hip-Hop/R&B urban music promoter. Subway (who was supposed to be the male version of 702) I'll make your dreams come true (when Shaq is stalking Max) is such a nice track.
Music Featuring: Shaq, YBTO, Left Eye of TLC, Backstreet Boys, Usher, Immature, Jason Weaver from Smart Guy, Choice lead by Pink, Nathan Morris of Boyz 2 Men, Dj Spinderella....
I know the bad touch alarm and the face gag is when Critics making fun of how overreacting people can be and finding things to act like there's uh...subtext... But that was legit freaking weird and bizarre, WHAT WAS THE POINT OF THAT STRANGER DANGER
Oh my god... OH MY GOD!!!! BAD TOUCH!!! CALL THE POLICE, CALL BATMAN or SUPERMAN HURRY!!! 9:12 9:37 NOW HE BATHING IN FRONT OF HIM!!! 14:21 HE'S KISSING HIM!!!! WHAT MORE WHAT YOU NEED!!!
