Krimzon
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Post by Krimzon on Sept 13, 2011 17:16:04 GMT -5
Hold it. Hold it. Hold it. Hold it. Hold it. Hold it. James & The Giant Peach? My James & The Giant Peach? I.....love this movie, and I refuse to watch him crap on it! REFUSE! It does make for a good running gag during the video. People love this movie. He knows that and he is quite careful.
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Yami Daimao
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Post by Yami Daimao on Sept 13, 2011 17:28:46 GMT -5
Good review, and I like that addressed the LP, that was pretty bold considering he's an internet personality.
I saw James and the Giant Peach once and didn't think much of it. It wasn't bad, pretty good for the kind of source material it had, but nothing memorable IMO.
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hassanchop
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Who are you to doubt Belldandy?
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Post by hassanchop on Sept 13, 2011 17:33:51 GMT -5
What if a rhinoceros ate everyone up in every movie? It would be like this: "....and then John became a zombie." That's what it would be like.
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Fiddleford H. McGucket
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Post by Fiddleford H. McGucket on Sept 13, 2011 17:54:36 GMT -5
He's not factually wrong about any of his "Nitpicks" in this case. The Film is criminally terse in regards to pacing, and yet there are moments that feel bloated and the songs are utterly forgettable (Or worse memorable for the "odd" lyrical choices that Newman is known for).
I almost hate to say it, but looking back objectively at this, and its spiritual/directorial predecessor "Nightmare Before Christmas", as much as I love both films.....there's really not that much to them. It's not a dig, but I also want to be realistic in comparison to the legions that want to ascribe some deep hidden meaning to two visually stunning but honestly quite shallow films.
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hassanchop
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Who are you to doubt Belldandy?
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Post by hassanchop on Sept 13, 2011 18:02:19 GMT -5
Wait a minute he said he wouldn't review Cats Don't Dance, and the music of that movie was written by Randy Newman. He never mentioned that. What?
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Post by forgottensinpwf on Sept 13, 2011 18:14:29 GMT -5
Wait a minute he said he wouldn't review Cats Don't Dance, and the music of that movie was written by Randy Newman. He never mentioned that. What? But with that one, he liked the movie (His main problem was more Scott Bakula as the lead) This one, not as much.
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Beav
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Post by Beav on Sept 13, 2011 20:45:19 GMT -5
I think Randy Newman's generally pretty hit-or-miss. While I liked James and the Giant Peach overall, his work for this was just plain lazy. But how else would we have learned that his name is James, and that's what his mother called him? It's true these songs may suck ass, but I genuinely think Randy Newman is one of the best songwriters of the 20th century.
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Post by mysterydriver on Sept 13, 2011 21:04:15 GMT -5
Hold it. Hold it. Hold it. Hold it. Hold it. Hold it. James & The Giant Peach? My James & The Giant Peach? I.....love this movie, and I refuse to watch him crap on it! REFUSE! I was the same way with Ernest Scared Stupid.
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Post by Red Impact on Sept 13, 2011 21:07:01 GMT -5
I don't mind someone making fun a movie I enjoyed. Doesn't really affect my enjoyment of it, and most of the time it's just stuff I noticed myself.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2011 22:26:35 GMT -5
I don't mind someone making fun a movie I enjoyed. Doesn't really affect my enjoyment of it, and most of the time it's just stuff I noticed myself. There's movies he reviews that I enjoy. Doesn't mean he's right...because he kind of is.
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Post by forgottensinpwf on Sept 13, 2011 22:28:08 GMT -5
Hold it. Hold it. Hold it. Hold it. Hold it. Hold it. James & The Giant Peach? My James & The Giant Peach? I.....love this movie, and I refuse to watch him crap on it! REFUSE! I was the same way with Ernest Scared Stupid. Same here. I'd honestly say it's my 2nd favorite Ernest film.
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hassanchop
Grimlock
Who are you to doubt Belldandy?
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Post by hassanchop on Sept 13, 2011 22:52:31 GMT -5
If he ever decides to review Matilda, I wonder if it will be like James and the Giant Peach review where everyone points a gun to his head and shoots him in the end. Which that also is based on a Roald Dahl book.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2011 6:59:22 GMT -5
Hold it. Hold it. Hold it. Hold it. Hold it. Hold it. James & The Giant Peach? My James & The Giant Peach? I.....love this movie, and I refuse to watch him crap on it! REFUSE! Honestly, he's pretty kind to it comparatively speaking and gives it credit where it's due.
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Post by jrcz on Sept 14, 2011 7:06:04 GMT -5
No AVGN joke....
And that movie looks like it sucks *shoulders*
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W?Y
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Post by W?Y on Sept 14, 2011 8:59:27 GMT -5
I haven't seen this movie in a while, but I was obviously much younger when I last did. I remember the rhino and some of the animation scaring me, but otherwise loving the film. Looking back, there are a few problems with it; for me, the biggest one is James himself, he was really annoying.
Good review.
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Post by docmorbid on Sept 14, 2011 10:03:26 GMT -5
I like Let's Plays anyway, so I thought he did a pretty decent job. I like Let's Plays too, but not the kind of Let's Plays Doug posted last week. It was like a checklist of everything you can do wrong in an LP (only thing that was missing was Unregistered Hypercam), and as someone who enjoys and occasionally does LPs it pains me to see when obvious low-effort crap like that gets a pass because it's done by a popular Internet personality. At least he handled the negative response pretty well. As I mentioned in the previous thread, if Spoony had been in the same situation he would have gone apeshit and probably banned everyone who posted negative comments.
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Post by forgottensinpwf on Sept 14, 2011 11:05:13 GMT -5
Most probably saw this, but here's the title card ![](http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2011/256/b/f/nc___james_and_the_giant_peach_by_marobot-d49rlyz.jpg)
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Post by jrcz on Sept 14, 2011 11:06:20 GMT -5
Most probably saw this, but here's the title card ![](http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2011/256/b/f/nc___james_and_the_giant_peach_by_marobot-d49rlyz.jpg) hehehehehhe ass
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Post by Cela on Sept 14, 2011 11:45:35 GMT -5
No AVGN joke.... And that movie looks like it sucks *shoulders* Last week was one big AVGN tribute, and people hated that. This week was good though.
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stealthamo
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Post by stealthamo on Sept 14, 2011 12:06:30 GMT -5
From Doug's Facebook:
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