You know what's sad? This could have been a kickass movie with the right story! Get rid of the kid and the entire "real world" beginning, add more fighting, get rid of the blurry vision thing, add some rich back story to the whole life spring and roo veneration thing, and make the whole movie about trying to reunite the warriors after Young's murder drove them apart. You'd have a good movie then! In the words of Mr. Enter "Nothing is sadder than wasted potential".
There is more than one dialect of Chinese Nostalgia Critic... And no, Tao is not always pronounced Dao. As Mandarin, the Chinese I assume he is talking about, has both T and D sounds. Ugh... Ugh-ity fucking ugh...
And now you know languages make me want to cry and go to my nice place. Fuck I still don't even really get commas and I'm a native English speaker. Don't even bring up this thing ; ... It's just a thing to make a wink face. >.> So says me from now on. ;-)
This needs more up-voting. I don't expect Doug to be unfailingly correct, but come on; at least Google it before you lecture the Chinese-American actor on Chinese language.
It's not like this is the easiest info to find. If you google it most links says its pronounced dao or say that dao is more accepted. Unless you think that for every joke Doug makes he should do research into it first.
I thought the movie looked bad. This confirms it. However, OMG that villain. In this review alone, that villain made me laugh so hard I got heart burn. It's almost like the actor was like "Fuck this...I need to do something to keep me awake." If that guy had a Saturday morning show, that would be something to watch. A good dose of "WTF?!" for my day lol
I wouldn't say the premise "sounds like shit". No more than human sized turtle ninjas living in a populated city fighting the putties from Power Rangers.
I still don't understand WHY she's a traito- "IT WAS A LIFE" But who's life- "IT WAS A LIFE" I understand.. But why is she now a traitor-- "IT. WAS. A. LIFE". Fien...
I would swear this was a bad live action adaptation of a popular kids cartoon. I mean, it's just so Ninja Turtles-esque. Were they intending for this to be a franchise or something?
Ed Duke I actually don't think its fair in this review for the Nostalgia Critic to make fun of it You've seen the guy act. How can ANYONE else top that?!
"Film critic Kale Klein of the Carlsbad Current-Argus was so physically distressed by the film that he actually vomited during the initial screenings" well...I'm speechless
Wouldn't the chef be fired for unsafe practices in the workplace? And why are Kangaroos associated with martial arts? Us Aussies don't have any native martial arts; Aboriginals used the spear and the club, while European Australians had guns. The only martial arts in Australia come from Asia and Israel (I fucking love Krav Maga).
I think Komodo's actor started out trying for a serious performance, but got so bored with the entire thing he started goofing off while the cameras were on just to add levity to the whole thing, and the director was too bored to take another cut. And thus, the lost Looney Toon was born.
Am I the only one who thinks that the kid's reaction at 17:45 was genuine? Like they didn't tell him that the guy was gonna scream at him or anything. I mean it probably wasn't but I couldn't help but think so because this villain is so silly and random
Honestly, I freaking LOVED the villain. His over the top batshit insanity was the most entertaining thing in the film. I kind of wish the entire movie had focused on him instead of the kid just to see more of his mugging and crazy laughs.
Ya know the emperor dude might have actually done what he said in keeping people from laughing at Ryan. Why do I say this? Because I was way too busy laughing at him to give a shit about Ryan lol.
Wow, that is the greatest, grandest and most insightful post I've ever read. I'm sure you will inspire millions of people on this forum to stand up for that epic post, as well as educate them in the art of arguments.
"I have no idea why we're following you sir." Nostalgia critic really is entertaining as hell... He over plays the anger and shouting half the time, but there is at least one brilliant hilarious comedy quote in all of his video's. He deserves the followers he got. ^_^
Surprisingly, there is an episode of Burn Notice in which one of the side plots has Bruce Campbell's character, Sam Axe, getting audited. Not surprisingly, Bruce Campbell is actually going through boxes of tax documents fun to watch.
Im almost embarrassed to say I actually went and watched this when it came out. What can I say I was a naive kid, I thought "Ohh badass Kung-fu Kangaroo's that'll be fun." Ya know, that would have made a better title Kung-Fu Kangaroo's LOL
I actually knew that little guy form Twin Peaks. He was actually in a LOT of different shows. His name was Mike. I don't think he's alive anymore, but I remember him being pretty cool.
+Disney freak Tank Girl, Catwoman (antihero admittedly) and Elektra. Oh and if you want to count it, Barb Wire. Those movies were about female heroes, and they are sadly great examples of why female superhero movies are so rare. The people who make them typically create garbage, so companies aren't likely to take their chances very often, even though the material is not the issue. However if it makes you feel better, Wonder Woman is slated to release in 2017.
+Disney freak Tank Girl, Catwoman (antihero admittedly) and Elektra. Oh and if you want to count it, Barb Wire. Those movies were about female heroes, and they are sadly great examples of why female superhero movies are so rare. The people who make them typically create garbage, so companies aren't likely to take their chances very often, even though the material is not the issue. However if it makes you feel better, Wonder Woman is slated to release in 2017.
+Disney freak To be fair? This was the 1990s. Kids "accidental awesome adventure" movies like this shclock were standard fair, especially for the summers. There was less of a market for Super Hero movies _oerall_ at that point, let alone decent Super Heroine flicks.
16:23 This convinced me that Angus MacFadyen was well aware of how stupid this movie was, and the big "YEEEES!" is totally sarcastic. As much as I love his over-the-top performance in this, I'm so glad he was able to go back to making good movies like "Titus" and "Equilibrium".
You do have to remember, he's doing this for showmanship too, aside from that we watch him for his humor. You can hardly fault the man for not understanding a culture a world away. We might know the basis, but he doesn't. Hell look at Roger and Ebert, Roger thought Terminator movies were about alien robots, and Ebert could never appreciate videogames as art. To each his own.
I don't know about you guys, but I myself would LOVE to see a show with Mr. T, Hulk Hogan, and Bruce Campbell fileing their taxes. Thumbs up if you agree
My guesses: 1. He owed a lot of money to his drugdealer 2. He was told it was an arty comedy about a Johnny Depp look-alike, then his scenes were cut into this one 3. He was starving and homeless and the filmmaker kidnapped his hamster that was his only friend?
That thing about the medicine wasn't what the chef was actually saying. Those were fake captions added by the NC. The chef was really just reprimanding him.
Because they both share the same root language. Latin. same with french, italian, and practically all the European languages. it's basically what you get in a largely disparate group of people as their individual accents evolve over a few thousand years. If it wasn't for radio, tv, the internet and the fact people travel so much you would see the same thing happen in the US given enough time.
Well, you're right it was uninspired. This story was pretty much a shameless mixing of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and "The Never Ending Story." In fact, that's probably why they didn't have Chinese creatures in it. They didn't want to get sued for infringing TOO much on "The Never Ending Story" (that movie series has a Chinese Luck Dragon in it).
First of all, I'm not entirely sure EVERYONE knew how Tao was pronounced; I did, but that's because I took a class on ancient cultures. Second, if HE knew how it was pronounced, why didn't he point out how far off the mark the movie was on the definition?
I feel like I should point out that in Taoism, it is taught that all life is precious and worthwhile, regardless of whose life it is. For that reason, for taoist monk to take a life, even in self-defense, is considered an insult to the very teachings of taoism itself. Whether this aspect of taoism is explained in the movie or not I can't say, but it is the reason why 'It was a LIFE!' may sound corny and random, when it actually is an issue in the practice of taoism.
Believe it or not, there actually was a sequel made. "No guns. No lasers. NO MORPHING." In the sequel, the 'roos morphed into Human form. I had to rewind the video to clearly catch that quote. So, as simple as the plots are, they broke rules.
