Jingle All The Way: A Christmas Battle Royale

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  • Опубликовано: 7 май 2024
  • Jingle All the Way is a 1996 American epic about a father who must fight the greatest warriors in Minnesota to get his child an action figure. Will he be victorious? Or will Sinbad stand triumphant. Find out.
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  • @PointlessHub
    @PointlessHub  Год назад +2304

    Wanted to end the year on a whimsical Christmas tale.
    Moonfall next.

  • @kingbash6466
    @kingbash6466 Год назад +7031

    I like how surprisingly diverse Schwarzenegger was in his movie lineup. Like, in one moment, he could play an uncaring, unfeeling being attempting to be human, and in the next he could be the T800.

    • @guidedexplosiveprojectileg9943
      @guidedexplosiveprojectileg9943 Год назад +698

      Then a pregant man

    • @juliuszkocinski7478
      @juliuszkocinski7478 Год назад +584

      C O C A I N U M

    • @AshkanKiani
      @AshkanKiani Год назад +568

      As an immigrant child in the 90s, Arnold Schwarzenegger was a hero to us immigrants, not least of all for his ability to get so many jobs despite not speaking English very well.

    • @audiovisualcringe
      @audiovisualcringe Год назад +24

      @@guidedexplosiveprojectileg9943 w h a t

    • @pilot778spartan3
      @pilot778spartan3 Год назад +46

      @@audiovisualcringe memories that deserve to be forgotten

  • @archive6094
    @archive6094 Год назад +3843

    Fun Fact: The story is based on the 1980s shopping frenzy over the Cabbage Patch dolls. However, it ended up perfectly mimicking the Tickle Me Elmo craze of Christmas 1996.

    • @zbabe69
      @zbabe69 Год назад +226

      Stop touching me elmo

    • @TheKingOfNachosTM
      @TheKingOfNachosTM Год назад +65

      by any chance did someone end up in an elmo costume?

    • @theshenpartei
      @theshenpartei Год назад

      @@zbabe69 I like tickle me bender

    • @OtakuUnitedStudio
      @OtakuUnitedStudio Год назад +202

      I mean, craze toys tended to be that way prior to 2005. Online shopping and shifting release schedules for toys have made it so these kind of last-minute riots are less common.
      Until Sony underproduced the PS5.

    • @Internet_Canuck
      @Internet_Canuck Год назад +86

      My mom worked at a Zellers during that time and she said there was literally people beating the shit out of eachother over Elmo dolls.

  • @arnold20139
    @arnold20139 Год назад +2247

    "I work at the Post Office, so you know I'm not stable." -Sinbad
    That line is pure gold.

    • @amarnathbaghel6131
      @amarnathbaghel6131 Год назад +11

      बिल्कुल सही कहा

    • @Mikewee777
      @Mikewee777 Год назад +22

      Aged well

    • @JJAB91
      @JJAB91 Год назад +87

      And this movie released only 10 years after the 1986 post office shooting that inspired the term 'going postal'

    • @DisorientedWanderer
      @DisorientedWanderer Год назад +9

      Pretty accurate honestly

    • @l7537
      @l7537 Год назад +22

      And don't forget his other line that he actually said
      7:26 "Rodney king!!! Rodney king"

  • @gmgz
    @gmgz Год назад +2195

    This movie is the epitome of the cast being so good that we ignore the cliche plot and bad writing and effects

    • @osmanyousif7849
      @osmanyousif7849 Год назад +26

      Eh, Sinbad’s a hit or miss in this….

    • @warlordofbritannia
      @warlordofbritannia Год назад +158

      @@osmanyousif7849
      Like mail bombs?

    • @gmgz
      @gmgz Год назад +36

      @@osmanyousif7849 He did the best he could with what he had

    • @DiggitySlice
      @DiggitySlice Год назад +167

      This movie has exactly the plot, writing, and effects it should have. It's not the Godfather, it's a goofy Christmas movie.

    • @JarrodBaniqued
      @JarrodBaniqued Год назад +31

      I especially liked Sinbad’s rant about Christmastime subliminal advertising, that was what made him relatable to me

  • @Longshanks1690
    @Longshanks1690 Год назад +1407

    “We see that they(retail employees) take avid enjoyment in the suffering of their customers.”
    I always knew Jingle All The Way was a documentary.

    • @scarlettNET
      @scarlettNET Год назад +39

      It's true this is why I always make sure to berate and scream at retail employees so they don't get too big a head!!!!! :)

    • @TMreal05
      @TMreal05 Год назад +51

      @@scarlettNET work retail

    • @girlbuu9403
      @girlbuu9403 Год назад +16

      @@TMreal05 Nah I actually have dignity.

    • @ns6438
      @ns6438 Год назад +9

      @@TMreal05 Learn sarcasm.

    • @TMreal05
      @TMreal05 Год назад +4

      @@girlbuu9403 Not with that profile picture.

  • @alexandercolefield9523
    @alexandercolefield9523 Год назад +2485

    We have entered an interesting point of history where the Nostalgia Critic is an important cultural touch stone critics have to reference when reviewing media.

    • @beatthegreat7020
      @beatthegreat7020 Год назад +358

      The dude's an internet veteran. I haven't watched him in years, but every time I see a reference to him in stuff like this I have to urge to go back and watch some of his more recent stuff. I never actually do though, he's probably more annoying than I remember, and I don't want my fond memories to be tarnished.

    • @shards-of-glass-man
      @shards-of-glass-man Год назад +295

      @@beatthegreat7020 Wise. Cherish the simpler times of bat credit cards that at worst will make you cringe, instead of giving yourself skit-laden brain damage.

    • @fleshdog5931
      @fleshdog5931 Год назад +121

      @@shards-of-glass-man His more recent stuff doesn't have nearly as many skits, at least from what i've watched. Truly the dark ages have ended

    • @ironmaster6496
      @ironmaster6496 Год назад +43

      that's what i was thinking, we can say a lot about the guy now but he made himself a name and is an iconic character

    • @Thobeian
      @Thobeian Год назад +6

      Ew

  • @spooderman6312
    @spooderman6312 Год назад +920

    My favorite part about this movie was that sinbad's backstory was that when he was a kid, he wanted a gun for christmas, and someone else got the gun and they grew up successful, while sinbad got stuck being the mailman, so he doesn't want that to happen to his kid.
    Truly the greatest villain origin story of any christmas movie

    • @DiggitySlice
      @DiggitySlice Год назад +138

      A toy gun*. A pretty neat one at that. That Johnny 7 One Man Army gun does a lot for an early toy

    • @leetorry
      @leetorry Год назад +69

      @@DiggitySlice fuckin hell i spent 20 minutes laughing at what the og comment implied

    • @adrianopandolfo
      @adrianopandolfo Год назад +42

      He's right though. That shit was from the 60s, but it still looks like a dope-as-hell toy for kids today.

    • @Xpwnxage
      @Xpwnxage Год назад +4

      USPS is a fine job.

  • @purplehaze2358
    @purplehaze2358 Год назад +149

    The fact there’s a Christmas film where a character arguably committed an act of domestic terrorism is kind of hilarious.

  • @CarletonTorpin
    @CarletonTorpin Год назад +225

    5:00 - “This is a Christmas movie where everyone is an antagonist” - best ever summary of this mean-spirited movie.

    • @DisorientedWanderer
      @DisorientedWanderer Год назад +18

      I feel that could also describe Christmas with the kranks

  • @Horatio787
    @Horatio787 Год назад +817

    Weird how this movie keeps getting more appreciated as time goes on. Might be because it's from the age of movies where a movie could take itself 100% seriously without having to be meta about how ridiculous it is.

    • @cylondorado4582
      @cylondorado4582 Год назад +77

      I mean, I kind of get it. People seem to think being intentionally silly is better then being unintentionally silly, so they have to communicate that it's on purpose through being meta or people will think they're stupid.

    • @ironmaster6496
      @ironmaster6496 Год назад +34

      i loved it as a kid, and now as an adult i kind of love it even more since now i can actually relate to Arnold

    • @vennicerunnos
      @vennicerunnos Год назад +60

      that's called insecurity.
      far better to just be unabashedly goofy without making excuses.
      just own it.

    • @5crassrocker
      @5crassrocker Год назад +1

      I liked it then and I like it now.

    • @PipeGuy64Bit
      @PipeGuy64Bit Год назад +7

      I grew up in the 2000's and seen this movie a lot thanks to this being one of the films my mom likes to put on. I always enjoyed this one plenty of times but I was never a fan of the "demonizing the parent that works a lot" bit that I swear only went out of style because the 2008 recession happened.

  • @williamjeffries5074
    @williamjeffries5074 Год назад +660

    Honestly, Arnold was perfectly cast here. He knows his way around a character can't be bargained with, can't be reasoned with, doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear and absolutely will not stop, ever, until he fulfills his duty - no matter how much physical harm and collateral damage he leaves in his wake!

    • @srslywhathappened
      @srslywhathappened Год назад +55

      Oh my god he literally just is the terminator in this movie isn't he

    • @Super121830
      @Super121830 Год назад +14

      Haha, collateral damage

    • @Mishomish0
      @Mishomish0 11 месяцев назад +6

      Oh like Conan the Barbarian

  • @mauruhkatigaming4807
    @mauruhkatigaming4807 Год назад +532

    This movie features what is surely one of Arnold's most impressive on-screen feats. His car runs out of gas on the Hennepin Avenue bridge, and he's able to push it all the way to Mickey's Diner in downtown Saint Paul twelve miles away. The movie implies that this did not take him very much time at all - perhaps 15 or 20 minutes. We cannot rule out the possibility that Arnie's character is another Terminator sent back in time to either protect or kill young Anakin Skywalker.

    • @adamerickson7605
      @adamerickson7605 Год назад +21

      Tbh I have never seen that kind of traffic on Hennepin

    • @sevengeckos327
      @sevengeckos327 11 месяцев назад +3

      @@adamerickson7605 are we talking about the same Hennepin?

    • @adamerickson7605
      @adamerickson7605 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@sevengeckos327 Yeah. I just don't go to the cities much

    • @PanAndScanBuddy
      @PanAndScanBuddy 9 месяцев назад +2

      Maybe he got bored and picked it up, carried it over.

  • @jozzen77
    @jozzen77 Год назад +237

    Rest in piece John Capitalism he surely was one of the humans of all time

  • @SpaceJawa
    @SpaceJawa Год назад +364

    That final ending clip really is my favorite part of the movie; the switcharoo of Sinbad bluffing that he's carrying around mail bombs that he mysteriously knows how to identify and hold on to, only to himself be disgusted when he discovers that someone actually sent a bomb through the mail.
    That and the Turboman theme is pretty dang great.

    • @ironmaster6496
      @ironmaster6496 Год назад +19

      agreed that my favorite moment of the movie too

    • @-elthiccy-1388
      @-elthiccy-1388 Год назад +47

      “That was actually a bomb? This a SICK world we living with SICK people!”

  • @MrAsianPie
    @MrAsianPie Год назад +513

    I watch this movie even off of the Christmas season as a part of my "pre-9/11" nostalgia movie collection
    Also apparently Arnold Schwarzenegger really enjoyed filming this movie and hanging out at the Mall of America

    • @bulletsunderpressure
      @bulletsunderpressure Год назад +40

      Cause he's a stud, and he takes no bullshit, like youuuuuuuuuuuuu. XD

    • @adamerickson7605
      @adamerickson7605 Год назад +27

      I always forget people actually come to my state just to visit the mall. We'd just go there after school and hang out, thinking nothing of it

  • @martindiazfigueroa969
    @martindiazfigueroa969 2 месяца назад +12

    There is actually a post credit scene where the wife asks, “if you went through all that hell for Jaime, I wonder what you got me”

  • @grimsneaker1932
    @grimsneaker1932 Год назад +472

    I repeatedly quote “He got two!!!!” throughout the year. Best Arnold line ever

    • @PhilHug1
      @PhilHug1 Год назад +18

      When I was a kid, I never understood what he was saying there but then I saw the movie as an adult and it all clicked

    • @radude4763
      @radude4763 Год назад +38

      I always quote, “ PUT THAT COOKIE DOOOWN NOOOOOWW!”

    • @twistedwhiskeymaker
      @twistedwhiskeymaker Год назад

      Haha I say this too

    • @apeasant8550
      @apeasant8550 10 месяцев назад

      My family and me loves this movie and we constantly reference it all year

    • @benjbutton
      @benjbutton 5 месяцев назад

      “It’s not a Two-fer”

  • @Eva01-jy2qu7pu9r
    @Eva01-jy2qu7pu9r Год назад +1581

    The comedic timing of this film is surprisingly timeless and never fails to make me laugh to this day. A true Christmas classic at it's finest.

    • @cylondorado4582
      @cylondorado4582 Год назад +65

      You're definitely not wrong. I laughed out loud at the end of the video when he had the clip of Sinbad going, "This is a SICK world we're living in."

    • @soundonly7392
      @soundonly7392 Год назад +3

      the comedic timing is timeless?

    • @amapnamedpam
      @amapnamedpam 10 месяцев назад

      @@soundonly7392yes

  • @ZontarDow
    @ZontarDow Год назад +338

    Man it's amazing how many Christmas Classics the 90s gave us

    • @silversrayleigh8980
      @silversrayleigh8980 Год назад +20

      90's culture was real good ...

    • @clamum9648
      @clamum9648 Год назад

      90s were way better than the unhinged dogsh!t culture we have now.

    • @silversrayleigh8980
      @silversrayleigh8980 Год назад

      @@clamum9648 The last nuclear family .. And the best. Kids these days have never seen anyone get their azz kicked for acting stupid ^^ The covid kids are growing up and they need their face punched allot to make up for lost time.

    • @warlordofbritannia
      @warlordofbritannia Год назад +3

      @@silversrayleigh8980
      “The culture is actually damn good”

    • @silversrayleigh8980
      @silversrayleigh8980 Год назад +3

      @@warlordofbritannia "what?" "culture?" "?"

  • @ripleyandweeds1288
    @ripleyandweeds1288 Год назад +242

    This and the live action Grinch movie are about the only Christmas movies that truly capture that raw, unfiltered feeling of chaos. Which makes them the only Christmas movies I can sit through and unironically enjoy.

    • @Boalmighty
      @Boalmighty Год назад +28

      I think Gremlins manages to hit that as well for me

    • @LordofSadFac
      @LordofSadFac Год назад

      @@Boalmighty and Die Hard too.

    • @Beepers559
      @Beepers559 12 дней назад

      Funny enough I really enjoy the live action grinch film and I don’t know why. Probably because of the comedy (and the accidental perfect tablecloth swipe)

  • @rekkuu8409
    @rekkuu8409 Год назад +843

    Legit my favorite Christmas movie, I've spent my life mastering my Arnold Schwarzenegger impression. It's a movie that to me is filled with nostalgia and just a lovable another of absurdity. Thank you

  • @NathanS__
    @NathanS__ Год назад +94

    "This is a sick world with sick people!" Is what always pops into my mind from this movie.

  • @prone2aneurysms
    @prone2aneurysms Год назад +29

    “sinbad requiem” is genuinely so fucking raw

  • @DDarkestKnight
    @DDarkestKnight Год назад +180

    As I get older and watch this movie I appreciate Sinbad more. I wish him a speedy recovery

    • @silvy3047
      @silvy3047 Год назад +1

      What happened to Sinbad?

    • @DDarkestKnight
      @DDarkestKnight Год назад +22

      @@silvy3047 He had a stroke 3 years ago and he's still recovering

  • @salkjshaweoiuenvohvr
    @salkjshaweoiuenvohvr Год назад +262

    Feel like this Christmas movie becomes more infamous every year

    • @notamoonraker
      @notamoonraker Год назад +30

      Thanks to Ted! LOL after being adult I realized how outrageous/creep and (at the same time) hilarious the concept of his character is.. conquering the wives of his neighbors lol.

  • @scarletcrusader5431
    @scarletcrusader5431 Год назад +261

    when he said "its turboin time" I bawled my eyes out at the beauty of it

    • @garaj1
      @garaj1 Год назад +47

      This is the first time i've seen the meme match up to an actual quote in the movie

    • @rfkwouldvebeenaok1008
      @rfkwouldvebeenaok1008 Год назад +27

      It's interesting to watch the lifespan of a meme unfold. This has now moved so far away from its morbius origins that it's almost unrecognizable. Memes evolve so much overtime now "vs their early 2010s origins" that if a young person were just now waking up from a year long coma and saw your comment they wouldn't understand it because they would have none of the original months old context.

    • @justbny9278
      @justbny9278 Год назад +8

      It's jingle all the waying time tho

    • @enoch6499
      @enoch6499 Год назад +5

      Torbius, a marvel legend story

  • @Michael_Mirage
    @Michael_Mirage Год назад +608

    I would like to take this opportunity to thank my 11th grade honors history teacher for playing this movie the final day before Christmas break in 2019 and opening my eyes to this masterpiece.
    You a real one Mr. Hamlin

    • @swaggerdagger8976
      @swaggerdagger8976 Год назад +36

      Howard Hamlin

    • @nikolaiunzucced507
      @nikolaiunzucced507 Год назад +32

      The greatest legal mind I ever knew

    • @pocketmarcy6990
      @pocketmarcy6990 Год назад +17

      Dang you just lucked out by not having to graduate in 2020

    • @chinsaw2727
      @chinsaw2727 Год назад +7

      My High School Sales & Marketing teacher played Jingle All the Way to showcase supply and demand. It was right before Christmas break, but still.

    • @dhaz4455
      @dhaz4455 Год назад +4

      Hamlin Hamlin McGuill

  • @Hartford1992
    @Hartford1992 Год назад +79

    When I used to work at Sherwin Williams, one of our sales reps came in and he looked EXACTLY like Sinbad from Jingle All The Way. I even changed his picture in my phone to Sinbad from this movie. Such great memories.

    • @thunderstruck6647
      @thunderstruck6647 Год назад +5

      Do you mean he looked like a postman or Power Rangers villain? Both are weird as a sales rep but one is inspired and creative.

    • @Hartford1992
      @Hartford1992 Год назад +3

      @@thunderstruck6647 😂😂😂 I cackled at this comment.
      Postman, unfortunately.

  • @butters1273
    @butters1273 Год назад +181

    Christian Bale: I can play any role.
    Arnold: ...Christian Bale can play any role.

    • @ironmaster6496
      @ironmaster6496 Год назад +40

      Yeah Christian Bale is Batman.....but he aint Turbo Man

    • @DiggitySlice
      @DiggitySlice Год назад +3

      How dreary an existence you must have that you can't even enjoy something without thinking about something better. Like watching Die Hard and wishing it was Godfather

    • @kennypowers1945
      @kennypowers1945 Год назад +16

      @@DiggitySlice godfather sucks compared to die hard lol

  • @jackcanonach4454
    @jackcanonach4454 2 месяца назад +6

    "They take avid enjoyment in the suffering of their customers." As a retail employee, its the most accurate movie I've ever seen.

  • @1wayroad935
    @1wayroad935 Год назад +91

    I unironically adore this movie.

  • @Mario_Angel_Medina
    @Mario_Angel_Medina Год назад +33

    If you think about it, this movie has a lot in common with The Oddyssey. Like Ulysses, Arnold wants to go back with his wife and son but fate puts every single obstacle possible in way, and like Penelope, Arnold's wife is pestered by a lecherous creep she has to politely but cleverly keep away from herself. Is really a tale old as time

    • @shrinkydinks2585
      @shrinkydinks2585 6 месяцев назад +1

      I find it funny how you remember Odysseus' wife's name but not Odysseus himself, of which the Odyssey is named after.

    • @Mario_Angel_Medina
      @Mario_Angel_Medina 6 месяцев назад +4

      @@shrinkydinks2585 that's because English isn't my native language, in my country we call that Greek hero "Ulises"

  • @senritsujumpsuit6021
    @senritsujumpsuit6021 Год назад +125

    This movie never stops being great for my family all the scenes are surreal an iconic every time

  • @Volvith
    @Volvith Год назад +6

    Ted is the rogue of the party.
    Except he's a rogue played by a player who really wanted to play the bard, but wasn't allowed to by the DM, because the last time he was the bard, he married the campaign's main villain.

  • @michaelhegwood9977
    @michaelhegwood9977 Год назад +135

    I know that this movie isn't technically great or even good but its always had a special place in my heart growing up, my dad wasn't really around a lot growing up and when he was things weren't great so watching a movie was Arnold Schwarzenegger the biggest badass of all time, fighting tooth and nail just to give his son a special Christmas always made me feel warm inside

    • @danieltodorov7753
      @danieltodorov7753 Год назад +20

      It is good though. It clears that bar with ease. It's not a masterpiece but don't try to needlessly belittle it, it's good.

    • @greenoftreeblackofblue6625
      @greenoftreeblackofblue6625 Год назад +17

      Nah it's a good movie.

    • @latenightorange4439
      @latenightorange4439 Год назад +4

      It’s technically perfect

    • @richyrich7260
      @richyrich7260 Год назад +2

      It is cinema

    • @Tonysopranoyafinook
      @Tonysopranoyafinook 11 месяцев назад

      same. i still get choked up despite being 28 and accepting ill never have a relationship with mine

  • @ValueNetwork
    @ValueNetwork Год назад +82

    The first time I ever heard of this movie was the screen rant pitch meeting… and I can’t believe they were actually able to undersell a movie because they made this amazing experience of Cinema sound lame. Its genuinely a good watch just because of its insanity. You can tell the writers were writing what they wanted to write for a Arnold comedy, not what would actually make a good movie.

    • @sgtpaloogoo2811
      @sgtpaloogoo2811 Год назад +11

      Yeah the pitch meeting did it dirty

    • @DiggitySlice
      @DiggitySlice Год назад +2

      Things that are funny for an Arnold comedy _do_ make it a good movie. Stop trying to out irony a movie that's already not taking itself seriously

  • @claytonrios1
    @claytonrios1 Год назад +55

    Ah yes. The movie that gave us the unforgettable "Put that cookie down!" meme.

  • @brettthebest3978
    @brettthebest3978 Год назад +18

    Fun fact this movie is the reason why Jake Lloyd was even cast in star wars
    And that’s because George Lucas wanted a experience actor

  • @thelastholdout
    @thelastholdout Год назад +135

    You have quickly become one of my favorite channels on RUclips. Your editing is absolutely top notch and your commentary is surprisingly insightful.
    Fun fact: Arnold started doing comedies because he saw Ghostbusters and loved it. He literally said "I want to be a Ghostbuster!" I think it's wholesome that rather than a cynical ploy to make more money, Arnie's motivation was literally "I want to make people laugh the way others make me laugh."

    • @awandererfromys1680
      @awandererfromys1680 Год назад +20

      Fun Fact: He started out in comedies. _Hercules in New York_ (1970, credited as Arnold Strong 'Mr. Universe' although all his lines were dubbed), _Stay Hungry_ (1976, he won a Golden Globe for Best Acting Debut), and _The Villain_ (1979).

  • @saladmcjones7798
    @saladmcjones7798 Год назад +6

    The vibe of this movie feels like a hungover movie exec greenlit a script meant to be a parody and critical of consumerism, but through more booze and cocaine became oddly heartwarming and nostalgic.

  • @TimMorrisUSA
    @TimMorrisUSA Год назад +30

    That moment when Sinbad body checks the Christmas present in the parade and yells, “OUTTA THE WAY, BOX!” ….. My sister and I thought that was the funniest shit we had ever seen when we were kids, and I honestly still laugh at it. Jingle All The Way is a great movie!

  • @987jof
    @987jof Год назад +22

    As someone who works in hospitality, an industry very similar to retail, I can confirm that seeing a bitchy, needy or rude customer getting upset and helpless is better than an orgasm

  • @stryke-jn3kv
    @stryke-jn3kv Год назад +68

    I was grinning my ass off all the way through this video. Great stuff and the much deserved digs at a certain critic of nostalgia were much appreciated

  • @dr.virus1295
    @dr.virus1295 Год назад +32

    I can understand why people dislike this film - but for me, it's one of my personal favourites just for how wacky, crazy & all-around fun it is.

    • @DiggitySlice
      @DiggitySlice Год назад +3

      Yeah, because people think it's trying to be realistic and takes itself completely seriously

    • @fullmetal_3961
      @fullmetal_3961 Год назад +5

      @@DiggitySlice People have forgotten that they don't have to over analyze every bit of media they consume.

    • @orgaitsuka9840
      @orgaitsuka9840 11 месяцев назад +6

      ​@@fullmetal_3961b-but how can I enjoy something without a bunch of Twitter influencers telling me how "peak" and "goated" it is?!?!

    • @Tom-jy6mc
      @Tom-jy6mc Месяц назад

      @@fullmetal_3961 lol some people will get up in arms and bitch when they get presented with a fictional situation where they have to suspend disbelief. Sometimes they legitimately seem to imagine the writers sitting there telling them to not question anything like big brother from 1984, meanwhile all that really happened was a forgettable scene with a weird hiccup.

  • @jakelee5456
    @jakelee5456 Год назад +25

    "I guess sometimes the greatest victories are just barely meeting the lowest of expectations" Holy shit, man. I wasn't expecting such depth from a review of a millennial holiday classic.

  • @0utkas.t__851
    @0utkas.t__851 Год назад +3

    “That’s so damn corny, AND I LOVE IT!”

  • @BlueB33dle
    @BlueB33dle Год назад +11

    I need the people who made Violent Night to work their magic on this premise and ACTUALLY turn it into John Wick but it's black Friday shopping

    • @AC-hj9tv
      @AC-hj9tv 11 месяцев назад +3

      Well people died irl during black Friday stampedes. Irl kill count lol

  • @buzzlightyearpfp7641
    @buzzlightyearpfp7641 Год назад +17

    i fucking love the whiplash this video gives. besides the absurd movie itself with literal murder at every corner, it constantly swaps into other genres like video game tier lists or sci-fi universe novellas. not to mention how the entire thing is formatted like a video game or novel essay where he dissects every major character/faction

  • @DIEGhostfish
    @DIEGhostfish Год назад +14

    8:32 the idea that Sinbad saw a package from Uncle Ted and just stored it for later use is hilarious though.

  • @lax9586
    @lax9586 10 месяцев назад +6

    The moment where Sinbad gave the cops and actual bomb used to crack me and my siblings up as kids. His reaction was perfect.🤣

  • @danmcintyre9733
    @danmcintyre9733 Год назад +16

    Being a Twin Cities native this movie always hits me right in the nostalgia feels. Since it was filmed on location, watching this movie is a bit like walking down memory lane. It’s like, “Oh yeah, the Mall of America used to look like that as a kid, didn’t it?”

  • @piercebuckley7699
    @piercebuckley7699 5 месяцев назад +3

    Just love how the credits scene topped it all off with revealing that Arnold/Howard this whole time forgot a gift for his _W I F E!_

  • @DrHotelMario
    @DrHotelMario Год назад +7

    I still quote Sinbad on the regular:
    "IT'S A SICK WORLD WE LIVIN' IN WITH SICK PEOPLE!!"

  • @QuintusAntonious
    @QuintusAntonious Год назад +13

    I've always loved this movie for how well it captures pure unadulterated pre-2001 American culture.

  • @maxdickings6874
    @maxdickings6874 Год назад +26

    Highly recommend watching the after-credits scene. Easily the funniest part of the whole movie.

    • @SpaceJawa
      @SpaceJawa Год назад +13

      There was a period where my mom loved quoting that final line just out of the blue.
      "What did you get for *me*?"

  • @ptolemeeselenion1542
    @ptolemeeselenion1542 Год назад +9

    Man: "One thing we all agree on, is that once this season passes, none of us are ever going to think of these movies again until next November."
    Me, an Afro Canadian living in French Canada: **having PTSDs of 'Home Alone' 1 & 2 and other Christmas movies re-runs that my grown a&s little brother can't stop watching in February, March and freaking JULY**

  • @starmantheblaziken1453
    @starmantheblaziken1453 Год назад +8

    6:09 Oh great, now I know where that cookie line is from now... Now is stuck in my head for some reason.

  • @BugsyFoga
    @BugsyFoga Год назад +6

    “Nobody likes you Booster”
    - Sinbad

  • @theonebman7581
    @theonebman7581 Год назад +13

    Christmas movies are a sad reminder that there's no Christmas love for all of us in the southern hemisphere :')

    • @theshlauf
      @theshlauf Год назад +1

      I know of at least one:
      "I'm Mister Green Christmas, I'm Mister Sun. I'm Mister Heat Blister, I'm Mister One Hundred and One..."

    • @Tom-jy6mc
      @Tom-jy6mc Месяц назад +1

      The 3 times as of now in my entire time I've been on this earth where I've seen snow in the Carolinas are like treasured memories that rival actual accomplishments

  • @thecampingyeen2524
    @thecampingyeen2524 Год назад +25

    Someone should calculate how many laws Howard breaks in this one movie alone

    • @Gurra88
      @Gurra88 Год назад +1

      LegalEagle has done that for some movies

  • @WyattoonsComics
    @WyattoonsComics Год назад +11

    I forgot how this movie was basically a live action cartoon. I remembered it being a goofy comedy, but dang it’s like Looney Tunes levels of nuttiness.

  • @CameronsVideo
    @CameronsVideo Год назад +16

    I will always love this movie in a nonironic way. It's simplistically funny in a way movies just aren't any more. It's also a sort of perfect time capsule of 90's tropes in media and the way we were starting to think about Christmas consumerism. I'm aware it's not actually "good". But I love it.

  • @FragmentOffline
    @FragmentOffline 6 месяцев назад +6

    In my head cannon, Arnold’s character was officially cast as Turbo-Man, and is the longest running actor to play the character. Sinbad is cast as that brain guy, and the guy in the pink suit thing is kept on. They go on to make the most successful super hero trilogy of all time, being praised by critics and audiences alike. Each move is given full scores, five starts, 10/10, and 100% on every movie reviewing platform.

  • @mattr924
    @mattr924 Год назад +17

    I saw this movie for the first time in Culinary Arts class and laughed so hard I cried. Still my favorite Christmas movie!

  • @adityaranjansahoo6261
    @adityaranjansahoo6261 Год назад +4

    "Equivalent to Church Scene of KINGSMEN"
    DAMN THAT'S SO ACCURATE😂😂😂👍🏻

  • @evenchang7949
    @evenchang7949 7 месяцев назад +3

    3:16 "The kid's a Marvel fan." *zooms into blurry Captain America* Legendary

  • @akramgimmini8165
    @akramgimmini8165 Год назад +12

    Die Hard is the one true Christmas Movie

  • @Somegoy
    @Somegoy 10 месяцев назад +4

    I loved this movie as a kid. We grew up very poor but my dad was my absolute hero

  • @QuesoCookies
    @QuesoCookies Год назад +6

    I'm the exact same way with this movie popping into my head during all seasons. Especially, "It really was a bomb? This is a sick world we're living in with sick people!" I think of that pretty much any time there's a gag explosion on screen.

  • @purplehaze2358
    @purplehaze2358 Год назад +15

    3:52 This film taking place in the same universe as The Santa Clause is now officially my headcanon.

  • @compatriot852
    @compatriot852 Год назад +20

    Probably one of my personal Christmas favorites ever since I heard that Infamous cookie line

  • @goodlordyogurt
    @goodlordyogurt Год назад +7

    THE BEST Christmas movie. Nobody can change my mind.

  • @Butch273
    @Butch273 Год назад +11

    God I love this movie. I still scream "put that cookie down! Now!" At my friends and family.

  • @noriyakigumble3011
    @noriyakigumble3011 Год назад +8

    Jingle all the way is one of my favorite Christmas movies when compared to the rest.
    With every other Christmas movie, There’s a sense of seasonal monotony and tiredness, yeah home alone is an ok movie, But it’s tired, You watch it every year and the story blends together. But there’s a sense of pure chaos and identity that underpins jingle all the way that I’ve always appreciated. This movie adds a bit of pulp to what would have otherwise been a very basic Christmas movie

  • @Pyrus425
    @Pyrus425 Год назад +6

    I still remember in 4th grade when my teacher put this on before the break.
    Thanks Mrs. Nelson, you’re a champ

  • @ArchDeusAirsoftNC
    @ArchDeusAirsoftNC Год назад +7

    Holy crap, I was just telling my girlfriend how much I loved this movie as a kid and it's such a comfort film now.

  • @bynrdskynrd
    @bynrdskynrd Год назад +6

    This was Arnie's best comedy. Twins comes in second.

  • @IndorilTheGreat
    @IndorilTheGreat 7 месяцев назад +3

    11:06 - That Santa warehouse is now a restaurant and wedding venue. It's quite lovely.

  • @Dickkickem460
    @Dickkickem460 Год назад +9

    I just really like Arnold Schwarzenegger movies, he's like if comfort food was an actor

  • @redlion517
    @redlion517 Год назад +20

    When I was little, this was one of my absolute favorite Christmas movies. In fact, it made me really want a Turbo Man of my own, to the point where cried and begged for my parents to give me one. Eventually, my dad fished out an old Red Power Ranger toy he used to have, and that was enough to shut me up. (Apparently the giant T-Rex head on his chest didn't tip me off that it wasn't a Turbo Man.) So I have Jingle All the Way to thank for introducing me to Power Rangers, which in turn introduced me to the wonderful world of Tokusatsu. Thanks, Howard Langston!

  • @warmachine5835
    @warmachine5835 Год назад +8

    Thanks for reminding me that this movie exists. As far as "modern" Christmas movies go, I think it scratches the itch just right.

  • @Replicaate
    @Replicaate Год назад +4

    I kinda love this movie, for all its flaws and...incomprehensible moments. Maybe with a few more rewrites it would've been a pretty smart satire of holiday commercialism, but would it really have been so memorable then? And frankly, the scenes of everyone LOSING THEIR MINDS over trying to get their hands on a Turboman doll are only SLIGHTLY crazier than the crushes to get Cabbage Patch Dolls, Tickle me Elmos, Skylanders, Hatchimals, or whatever the fad toy of the year was.

  • @dfmrcv862
    @dfmrcv862 Год назад +35

    I loved the part Arnold said "it's Jingling time". The whole theater erupted into Christmas cheer.

  • @tumorman9197
    @tumorman9197 Год назад +8

    Having only ever seen this movie while in a public school, I can definitively say it was the most surreal, dreadful, and bewildering experience a film has ever given me.

    • @DiggitySlice
      @DiggitySlice Год назад +1

      Really? This movie?

    • @babulalyadaw8599
      @babulalyadaw8599 Год назад

      गुरु बिन माला फेरते गुरु बिन देते दान फिर भी। दोनों निष्फल है पूछो वेद पुरान।

    • @fullmetal_3961
      @fullmetal_3961 Год назад

      have you only ever watched one movie, tumor man?

  • @LordMangudai
    @LordMangudai Год назад +3

    This is unironically one of the best depictions of Minnesota in any piece of media.

  • @justinbruce9808
    @justinbruce9808 Год назад +19

    I remember watching this all the time as a kid lmao
    Thank you PointlessHub, I feel ill and not great today, so this is nice to watch while resting

    • @AC-hj9tv
      @AC-hj9tv 11 месяцев назад

      Get well soon

  • @RojoFern
    @RojoFern Год назад +5

    I suddenly and desperately want to see an Avenger's Endgame style clash between all my childhood Christmas movies.
    A grand, jolly, and very bloody dash to retrieve the most powerful weapon in the Christmas multiverse: the cotter pin that sheared off the Polar Express's throttle.

  • @QuantumFalcon548
    @QuantumFalcon548 Год назад +3

    I remember unpacking Turbo Man action figures about a year ago when I worked at Wal-Mart. I couldn't believe they were real. I wish I bought one.

  • @PeterPottorff
    @PeterPottorff Год назад +2

    As a clerk who works at the post office, we get so many hazmat packages like you wouldn't believe. So, assuming Sinbad is a City Carrier he'd be crazy enough to pull out a bomb.

  • @nitrocharge2404
    @nitrocharge2404 Год назад +5

    I watched this movie for the first time last year, and it's pretty much the best Christmas movie ever made

  • @evilemperorzurg9615
    @evilemperorzurg9615 Год назад +6

    This is a movie that knows what it is. It’s a Christmas comedy starring Arnold. It never tries to be anything more and does what it does well.
    That may sound like a criticism but it’s not. It’s just a good movie that doesn’t bog itself down with trying to be great.

  • @ddsretro2697
    @ddsretro2697 Год назад +7

    I unironically love this movie. It is way too funny

  • @tropicalbreeze1164
    @tropicalbreeze1164 10 месяцев назад +1

    I could watch horror films, disaster movies, apocalypse cinematics, video game adaptations, and live action remakes
    but none of them make my anxiety act up as much as watching this movie showing someone's experience with Holiday shopping

  • @solareagle1802
    @solareagle1802 9 месяцев назад +1

    I do appreciate how Arnold looks horrified when he hears the explosion, but the mailman is just a little upset.

  • @CaptWarChief
    @CaptWarChief Год назад +3

    I remember watching this movie over Christmas in Kuwait. The sheer mysticism and confusion that befell those that had never seen this movie before created a core memory.

  • @MrAsianPie
    @MrAsianPie Год назад +3

    My favorite Arnold quote comes from this movie, "Put down the cookie!"

  • @ZanraiKid
    @ZanraiKid Год назад +2

    I was not prepared for the phrase “Sinbad Requiem”.

  • @Kees12
    @Kees12 Год назад +1

    The coffeeshop scene in Heat pales to the meeting of the minds that is Sinbad and Arnie talking in a diner

  • @lunarstain7545
    @lunarstain7545 Год назад +3

    I am not lying.
    I am NOT lying.
    This is my favorite Christmas movie of all time. I LOVE YOU FOR COVERING THIS