+skudzer1985 Oh yeah the book kicks all kinds of ass, but that's because the time traveler in that is actually a tough and intelligent man who's also an engineer who challenges and shakes up the status quo. In this it's . . . . a kid and not even one with any applicable skills unless the plot and all sense bends over backwards to facilitate them who doesn't change anything that wouldn't have happened if he wasn't there; as much because this world makes no sense as much as him. One big thing that actually would have made a difference? The princess. Imagine if, you know like history would have you think, she wasn't trained in sword fighting or such and was expected to be seen and not heard? Calvin treating her as just an equal, not like a slave nor like he's her servant, would have made his modern world view actually have some impact.
Critic: "What? You're gonna let him walk after all he's done?!?!?!" Calvin: "You're gonna let him walk after all he's done?" Critic: "Even idiot knows this makes no sense!"
+ChaosSandwhich Yeah I agree, or some theater kid who has the starring role in a medieval themed play and thinks everything is just really well made costumes and stage sets when he's transported back in time until he's put in peril. That would have been interesting. I also noticed that the name of the kid's baseball team is Knights, so the movie was trying to be funny with that too.
Calvin: God, these things are a lot heavier than they look on TV. Princess: TV? NC: Yes. He comes from the nineties. Isn't it funny? HA! Casper: *TIMING!!*
14:50, to be far, rats were a big part of the reason for the plague. She could have logically been afraid of becoming sick and dying without the DAID clause.
Let me get this straight, the plan is to kidnap the King's daughter, which is treason. Then tell the King's other daughter all about it and try to force her to marry you, which again is treason. Why would this work? All the unkidnapped daughter has to do is tell daddy. Daddy then gets tells his knights to go get the daughter and whoever fights hardest against what's his face gets most of his land. Because we all know he's only going to need a small plot. This is the stupidest villain plan ever. Bear in mind that the King has to give his consent to the marriage if Lord Dumbvillain is to get anything other than stray arrow next hunting trip. But then the King believes that an adolescent, with no great experience of arms, no equipment, no base of operations kidnapped his daughter. Doesn't that sound a bit absurd? I mean how long could he possibly keep her? The kings favourite tracker will be on him inside 2 days. Only if the King believed he was an idiot would this even seem _possible_. If someone is kidnapping Princesses it's going to be a well-organised, trained group. The King is clearly an idiot, but surely he's not that big an idiot. Bear in mind that sooner or later the other daughter has to turn up alive. When she does how ar e they going to stop her telling the truth.
Eamonn Deane I like all the ones you listed between Dino Thunder and Jungle Fury (inclusively). And you can't say anything with Tommy Oliver (especially Tommy Oliver as an archaeologist) has little to no dignity!
Eamonn Deane I haven't gotten quite that organized. I know that Mystic Force is my favorite, Dino Thunder and SPD are somewhere in my top ten, but I haven't quantified it all yet.
+Eamonn Deane Time Force at the top of your list, mad respect! Next to MMPR and SPD i'd rank it pretty high too. I'd rank'em like this though.... 1) MMPR 2) In Space 3) Time Force 4) SPD 5) Dino Thunder 6) Zeo 7) Lost Galaxy 8) Operation Overdrive 9) Wild Force 10) Lightspeed Rescue 11) Jungle Fury 12) Ninja Storm
Wait a minute... Craig said, "Keep the sideburns" bur sideburns weren't given their name until General Burnside... During the CIVIL WAR! (1861-1865) centuries after Arthurian times
Errr...King Arthur (who did probably exist, just hardly as glamorous and a Romano-Briton) was betrayed and died young. He did *not* live to old age and have children. England fell to the Saxons (btw Arthur wasn't king of the British, he was king of the Britons, there's a difference)
I've read that there actually ARE some versions of the story where he had kids, but I think they were all sons who died young. Either way he definitely didn't live to get old.
Merlin: "Prepare for a story of adventure! A story of excitement! A tale of a young lad with a thirst for glory! A tale of damsels, dangers, treasure, and epic proportions! Witness the grand, epic tale of-" Me: "One Piece?!" Merlin: "No, no, no dear boy! A Kid In King Arthur's Court!" Me: *Back-hands Merlin*
king arthur lived on for a 1000 years, became the ambassador for south africa in los angeles and got shot in the head by detective roger murtaugh. THE END
Daniel Craig: "I would rather break this wine glass and slit both my wrists than play Bond again." Interviewer: "Hey, I heard Disney wants to do 'A Kid in King Arthur's Court 2', and wants you in it! You game for that?" Daniel Craig: "On second thought, another Bond film couldn't hurt."
7: 50 I don't know for certain, but I'm pretty sure the "Circle builders" is referring to the people who built one of the many Henge structures in England. Possibly even Stonehenge. 16:36 3rd: That's NOT where the laser emitter is. If it came out of the center, there wouldn't be a HOLE in the disk. It comes out of the lens that moves back and forth on the track in the base.
hellcat1988 Yeah I was thinking that with the circles...but the fact that it's not something really dealt with or addressed EVER in the story makes it about as nonsensical as if there wasn't an explanation at all..
Caldella I know it makes me a nerd for knowing things like that, but it doesn't help the perception that all americans are uneducated pricks when they see him in this.
Eh, I take it less as that, and more that he's pointing out things an average person might connect together when they watch the movie. I mean, I know about Stonehenge, and all the standing stones etc. in that area, but the kids this movie's supposed to appeal to probably wouldn't make that connection, even if they knew what Stonehenge was. It doesn't help that this movie's really, really dumb, so adding in logical details just doesn't work, anyway.
Caldella Stonehenge is only one of MANY henge structures all over England. I can understand that it's an american movie, but it's like an english movie referencing sweat lodges. They weren't as common as the normal housing structures, but they were still around and are relatively well known about amongst the nation's population.
+theAngryscotman Here's an article that contradicts that: "THE GLOBAL AFRICAN COMMUNITY HISTORY NOTES: THE MOORS IN EUROPE BY RUNOKO RASHIDI It would not be inaccurate to say that the Moors helped reintroduce Europe to civilization. But just who were the Moors of antiquity anyway? As early as the Middle Ages, and as early as the seventeenth century, "The Moors were," according to the Oxford English Dictionary, "commonly supposed to be mostly black or very swarthy, and hence the word is often used for *****." Dr. Chancellor Williams stated that "The original Moors, like the original Egyptians, were Black Africans." At the beginning of the eighth century Moorish soldiers crossed over from Africa into Spain, Portugal, and France, where their swift victories became the substance of legends. To the Christians of early Europe there was no question regarding the ethnicity of the Moors, and numerous sources support the view that the Moors were a black-skinned people. Morien, for example, is the adventure of a heroic Moorish knight supposed to have lived during the days of King Arthur. Morien is described as "all black: his head, his body, and his hands were all black." In the French epic known as the Song of Roland the Moors are described as "blacker than ink." William Shakespeare used the word Moor as a synonym for African. Christopher Marlowe used African and Moor interchangeably. Arab writers further buttress the Black identity of the Moors. The powerful Moorish emperor Yusuf ben-Tachfin is described by an Arab chronicler as "a brown man with wooly hair." Black soldiers, specifically identified as Moors, were actively recruited by Rome, and served in Britain, France, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Poland, and Romania. St. Maurice, patron saint of medieval Europe, was only one of many Black soldiers and officers under the employ of the Roman Empire. [1998] Runoko Rashidi. All Rights Reserved" And from Wikipedia: "Sir Morien and Sir Palamedes of Arthurian fame. Sir Gawain, whose life was saved on the battlefield by Sir Morien, is stated to have "harkened, and smiled at the knight's speech." It is noted that Morien was the fashion of his land. "Morien, who was dark of face and limb," was a great warrior, and it is said that: "His blows were so mighty; did a spear fly towards him, to harm him, it troubled him no whit, but he smote it in twain as if it were a reed; naught might endure before him." Sir Morien personified all of the finest virtues of the knights of the European Middle Ages." The Moors were in Spain before the year 800. There is a picture on the Wilipedia site showing the Moorish ambassador to Queen Elizabeth 1 (16th C). I would think it is very likely they traded with Britain if nothing else, during the Middle Ages."
I agree with most of what you say however considering how many people died due to diseases from rats at the time, I think the girl is justified in being afraid of one.
+Lord Snicklebeck King Arthur was not the time of the Black Plague bro, King Arthur, if he even existed at all, was dated to have lived in the 5th century, which means he lived under Roman Brittania.
I think it's just funny how people like Doug think 'lesbian sister sex' is hot, but anything gay is just 'hahaa, gay men are funny'. Not saying I don't enjoy NC, I do, but things like this make my eyes roll. Even if it is just a joke, you can only take so many before it starts to become grating.
It could be worse...You could've had to sit through a play consisting almost entirely of Albert Einstein's ghost teaching math equations...during high school, no less... -_-
***** That at least sounds like something happened in it. Don't get me wrong, it sounds like an awful work of theatrics, but at least something happened in it. Literally, all the play I saw was was Albert Einstein (and some other mathemitician ghosts here and there) teaching math equations.
And what made it worse was that it could've taken this huge turn when the main character tried to jump into the portal that the mathemiticians were coming from that would take her back to the 1600's, and I'm thinking "Hey, cool! It's turning into a time-travelling adventure!" But then thry're back in the girl's room and Albert basically scolds her to not do that again. Then back to the math equations like nothing happened...
+green magma (green magma) Not the first girl to be scared of rats. Also she is not some fierce warrior as stated. She practices skills that are basicly a sport and at no time was it ever implied she was charging into wars collecting heads as she went. It is also worth pointing out that those gaurds where warriors trained in combat as well and it is unlikely she look so skilled when facing them and not a boy wiht zero experiance and to afried to even hit a base ball at a little league game.
Regarding the tourney at the end: A) didn't the knights have a choice to marry? B) Epic fail on the Coats of Arms C) Daniel's character should have been exclided after losing D) There is no way that kid could have seen cliché villain #2 E) Why is the villain (who the king clearly knows is evil) not hung, drawn and quartered? F) isn't that jewel classes as cheating? G) Why is no-one suspicious that Daniel's character is suddenly fine after getting prodded full speed by a proper knight? I) How can a boy who hasn't gotten proper knight training beat a knight with atleast 14 years of training?(excluding battles) J) How did the princess get that armour?
Interesting fact: Thomas Ian Nicholas(the guy who played the main character of this film), was also in the movie "Rookie of the Year" which was made 2 years before "A Kid in King Arthur's Court".... Both movies included baseball. Coincidence? Maybe.
9:30 This reminds me of Anna and Elsa's relationship even though their sisters but you what I don't care if their sisters they were meant for each other.
Strange how NC points out that the laser on the Discman does not work unless closed...but does not point out the laser is coming from the disc holder and not from the laser lense as it "should".
Just to check, how old were these girls at the time they made this movie? They look pretty young, and the idea of the critic wanting to see them get it on… kind of creepy.
That would be awesome! And I think that review is long overdue, LOL! I'd watch that in a heartbeat! This movie and its sequel are 2 of my favorite movies! 😁😁
Man, this movie makes The Sword in the Stone look historically accurate... and that film had a kid transforming into various animals, a talking owl, and a wizard who wore 20th century vacation clothes at one point. An insult to history, to the original writers of Arthurian lore, and to Mark Twain.
"But so afraid of those dirty, pesky rats" You know... those innocent rats. The ones on which there are fleas. Fleas... carrying the plague. No need for alarm.
Don't forget the THIRD thing wrong with that CD player laser trick. The goddamn laser was coming out the fucking spinner. THE ONE PLACE ON THE CD PLAYER THAT WOULDN'T MAKE SENSE TO PUT IT.
One of Critic's funniest reviews, IMHO. The ridiculousness of this film is beyond belief. And Eowyn wins the tournament. And that film was "oqned by Disney" - but pwned by Critic.
An interesting fact: The last name Fuller originated from the mid evil occupation of fulling. Which was treading on wool fabric in stale urine to tighten it. If that's not a metaphor for this movie I don't know what is.
Come on... right from the beginning, how can you hate this movie so much? It was a great kids movie for the time. It was right in line with the other cult classics that came out around the same time it did.
That would be awesome! And I think that review is long overdue, LOL! I'd watch that in a heartbeat! This movie and its sequel are 2 of my favorite movies! 😁😁
I confess to definitely liking this as a child. His criticism is for the most part valid, and as usual hilarious. But one thing I'll take issue with is his comment on the girl getting kidnapped. She might have been shown to be trained in sword-fighting, but she's still like, 13 or so and was surprised by a grown, professional knight who had a knife at her neck and she had no weapon in sight. It's not like they showed her as an expert in Krav Maga too or something, she wasn't going to flip the knife out of his hand at close range and then proceed to pummel him to death somehow. I think it's pretty reasonable that a 13 year old girl even with some fighting training would get kidnapped by a gang of grown professional fighters. Most average men would.
Kate Winslet was 19 when they filmed this. The younger princess actress was a few months older than Kate, and the boy was 14. Just another reminder of the topsy-turvy world of film making. You're freezing in a scene? You're actually sweating your ass off inside, on a set.
By the circle builders he means the ancient people who built stone henge. Because of a lack of any kind of archeology back then people would look on massive constructions like Stonehenge and wonder who built them. So they would have called them something like he circle builders. It's funny how you would insult something like that's when it's actually one of the funnier things in this movie
4:39 - 6:02 I don't know why, but that's what most pisses me off about this movie and similar "ordinary kid sent back in time/other world" things. Okay maybe before they've fully realized what's happened but once they *are* aware they're not in Kansas anymore, why the fuck would they still talk about technologies or cultural icons they KNOW don't exist yet! There was exactly one instance where that worked, Eustace from the Chronicles of Narnia, because that kid was a whiny entitled brat who was trying to show how smart he was. Calvin and his ilk are just being rude to their new friends.
+Anthony Clay (Steel Accord) You gotta admit one thing about Eustace, though. It would have been pretty fucking awesome to have been turned into a dragon.
***** No it was awesome, and that was a key part in his character development. After that he stopped trying to make Narnia into his own world and acclimated. This movie doesn't want to go either way, Calvin doesn't change that much about how things are done in Camelot but nor does he ever truly become a part of his new surroundings.
