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.
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.
Only difference is you can't outwardly show how you're feeling deep inside But man many people who worked retail wish they could laugh in the face of their customers and call them stupid
@@ImmaLittlePipMy main retail experience was cart pushing so I rarely if ever had to nteract with customers, it was great. Almost miss that job sometimes.
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.
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.
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
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
@@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.
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.
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.
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.
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
@@adamerickson7605 MOA was the only mall I got taken to until high school. I will forever remember the shock of learning not every mall has an indoor amusement park and underground aquarium.
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.
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)
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
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
@@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.
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.
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
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.
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."
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).
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!
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.
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.
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.
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
@@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.
This is the point in which I KNEW you grew up in the Midwest. Minnesota native, and that movie was the absolute GOAT of Christmas movies in my household. My dad had to take us to the gym that the karate scene was filmed in.
"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.
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.
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
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
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?”
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.
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
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**
0:30 I always found that really weird. I also just didn’t like physical contact or social contact or telepathic contact as a kid. That’s how you contract mental cooties, and then when you’re 12 years older they’ll activate the sleeper phrase and
Ok stop, I was just telling my cousins about this movie a few hours ago just to learn they’ve never watched what I deem a certified Christmas classic. Moments later I get the notification for this vid. Real glitch in the matrix moment right there
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
Arnold’s accent makes this movie so much better. Just a guy named Howard living in the suburbs of Minneapolis with an Austrian accent makes this movie even more ridiculous
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.
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
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
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!
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.
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.
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.
I remember seeing this in theaters as a kid with my dad and little brother. Didn’t leave the theater satisfied but I was definitely that smug kid who begged my parents for the original 12” Power Rangers toys and when they didn’t come thru, I was sooo jealous of my rich school friends and cousins who’s parents prob paid ridiculous resale to get them theirs. The following year Bandai came out with the smaller figures with the heads that would flip from helmet to their real face and my mom rushed us to Kaybee Toys in the mall because she got word ahead of time that a shipment was coming and when we got there it was pure chaos. There was grown men and women physically fighting and everything. My mom managed to grab the entire team from a box that had been savaging ripped open because the employees couldn’t control the mob crowd and this old lady fiendishly tried to grab them from her and there was a tug back-and-forth before she finally relented and got pushed to the ground or something, I forget but we got tf outta there. When I showed them off post-Christmas to those same school kids, they laughed and said I had the “mid” versions. So basically … capitalism sucks and turns grown ups and their spoiled children into vile creatures. Gotta love the 90’s!
Stuck at home with COVID and I literally put this movie on yesterday. Told my wife it's my 2nd favorite Christmas movie behind die hard and I still stand by it even today.
I'm so happy that you used the phrase "Santa cartel". When I first watched this film back in 2020, I thought it was the coolest Christmas film because Arnold has to fight a Santa cartel and when I tell people about this film, I always have to mention that Arnold has to fight a Santa Cartel and that instantly hooks them
Wanted to end the year on a whimsical Christmas tale.
Moonfall next.
Can’t wait for moonfall
There is a sequel to jingle all the way
I wish they had made Moonfall as a Christmas movie tbh
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MOONFALL LETS GO
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.
Then a pregant man
C O C A I N U M
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.
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@@audiovisualcringe memories that deserve to be forgotten
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”
There's a TV edit that just uses that post credit scene for the ending.
@@Madhouse_Media Hey that's how I remembered the movie ending!
"I work at the Post Office, so you know I'm not stable." -Sinbad
That line is pure gold.
बिल्कुल सही कहा
Aged well
And this movie released only 10 years after the 1986 post office shooting that inspired the term 'going postal'
Pretty accurate honestly
And don't forget his other line that he actually said
7:26 "Rodney king!!! Rodney king"
"They take avid enjoyment in the suffering of their customers." As a retail employee, its the most accurate movie I've ever seen.
Only difference is you can't outwardly show how you're feeling deep inside
But man many people who worked retail wish they could laugh in the face of their customers and call them stupid
@@ImmaLittlePipMy main retail experience was cart pushing so I rarely if ever had to nteract with customers, it was great. Almost miss that job sometimes.
@@ImmaLittlePip working retail really helped me with my poker face
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.
Stop touching me elmo
by any chance did someone end up in an elmo costume?
@@zbabe69 I like tickle me bender
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.
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.
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
A toy gun*. A pretty neat one at that. That Johnny 7 One Man Army gun does a lot for an early toy
@@DiggitySlice fuckin hell i spent 20 minutes laughing at what the og comment implied
He's right though. That shit was from the 60s, but it still looks like a dope-as-hell toy for kids today.
USPS is a fine job.
This movie is the epitome of the cast being so good that we ignore the cliche plot and bad writing and effects
Eh, Sinbad’s a hit or miss in this….
@@osmanyousif7849
Like mail bombs?
@@osmanyousif7849 He did the best he could with what he had
This movie has exactly the plot, writing, and effects it should have. It's not the Godfather, it's a goofy Christmas movie.
I especially liked Sinbad’s rant about Christmastime subliminal advertising, that was what made him relatable to me
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.
Tbh I have never seen that kind of traffic on Hennepin
@@adamerickson7605 are we talking about the same Hennepin?
@@sevengeckos327 Yeah. I just don't go to the cities much
Maybe he got bored and picked it up, carried it over.
That sounds like a neat crossover....
The fact there’s a Christmas film where a character arguably committed an act of domestic terrorism is kind of hilarious.
Die Hard
Christmas films are utterly insane
in the remastered theres a new post credit scene where tony stark approaches Howard in hopes of recruiting into some Org.
pre-9/11 moment
... Die Hard?
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!
Oh my god he literally just is the terminator in this movie isn't he
Haha, collateral damage
Oh like Conan the Barbarian
“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.
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!!!!! :)
@@scarlettNET work retail
@@TMreal05 Nah I actually have dignity.
@@TMreal05 Learn sarcasm.
@@girlbuu9403 Not with that profile picture.
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.
agreed that my favorite moment of the movie too
“That was actually a bomb? This a SICK world we living with SICK people!”
Rest in piece John Capitalism he surely was one of the humans of all time
I love that John capitalism was born at the start of the new deal and died in 2008 at the start of the Great Recession, really makes you think.
5:00 - “This is a Christmas movie where everyone is an antagonist” - best ever summary of this mean-spirited movie.
I feel that could also describe Christmas with the kranks
Dude. Go away.
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.
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.
@@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.
@@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
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
Ew
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.
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.
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
that's called insecurity.
far better to just be unabashedly goofy without making excuses.
just own it.
I liked it then and I like it now.
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.
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
Cause he's a stud, and he takes no bullshit, like youuuuuuuuuuuuu. XD
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
@@adamerickson7605 it's a novelty nowadays - one of the few malls left in america that isn't just alive, but thriving.
@@adamerickson7605 MOA was the only mall I got taken to until high school. I will forever remember the shock of learning not every mall has an indoor amusement park and underground aquarium.
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.
I think Gremlins manages to hit that as well for me
@@Boalmighty and Die Hard too.
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)
@@Boalmighty And National Lampoon Christmas Vacation
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.
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."
the comedic timing is timeless?
@@soundonly7392yes
"This is a sick world with sick people!" Is what always pops into my mind from this movie.
I repeatedly quote “He got two!!!!” throughout the year. Best Arnold line ever
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
I always quote, “ PUT THAT COOKIE DOOOWN NOOOOOWW!”
Haha I say this too
My family and me loves this movie and we constantly reference it all year
“It’s not a Two-fer”
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
I find it funny how you remember Odysseus' wife's name but not Odysseus himself, of which the Odyssey is named after.
@@shrinkydinks2585 that's because English isn't my native language, in my country we call that Greek hero "Ulises"
@@shrinkydinks2585honestly this is my first time hearing "oddyseus", and it first clicked. I always thought oddysey was just a adjective seperately
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
And i'm sure it still sounds terrible
Say "Put that cookie down!" in your Arnold voice
"I'm gonna deck your halls bub" is my family's battle cry. We constantly quote this movie, December or not.
Man it's amazing how many Christmas Classics the 90s gave us
90's culture was real good ...
90s were way better than the unhinged dogsh!t culture we have now.
@@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.
@@silversrayleigh8980
“The culture is actually damn good”
@@warlordofbritannia "what?" "culture?" "?"
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.
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
Howard Hamlin
The greatest legal mind I ever knew
Dang you just lucked out by not having to graduate in 2020
Hamlin Hamlin McGuill
Hamlin Hamlin McGuill
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.
the fact that at 8:59 you had John Capitalism die in 2008 is a perfect touch
He was literally born at the start of FDR’s new deal and died in the 2008 financial crisis
“sinbad requiem” is genuinely so fucking raw
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."
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).
As I get older and watch this movie I appreciate Sinbad more. I wish him a speedy recovery
What happened to Sinbad?
@@silvy3047 He had a stroke 3 years ago and he's still recovering
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!
Feel like this Christmas movie becomes more infamous every year
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.
6:09 Oh great, now I know where that cookie line is from now... Now is stuck in my head for some reason.
when he said "its turboin time" I bawled my eyes out at the beauty of it
This is the first time i've seen the meme match up to an actual quote in the movie
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.
It's jingle all the waying time tho
Torbius, a marvel legend story
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.
Christian Bale: I can play any role.
Arnold: ...Christian Bale can play any role.
Yeah Christian Bale is Batman.....but he aint Turbo Man
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
@@DiggitySlice godfather sucks compared to die hard lol
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.
Yeah, because people think it's trying to be realistic and takes itself completely seriously
@@DiggitySlice People have forgotten that they don't have to over analyze every bit of media they consume.
@@fullmetal_3961b-but how can I enjoy something without a bunch of Twitter influencers telling me how "peak" and "goated" it is?!?!
@@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.
I unironically adore this movie.
This is the point in which I KNEW you grew up in the Midwest. Minnesota native, and that movie was the absolute GOAT of Christmas movies in my household. My dad had to take us to the gym that the karate scene was filmed in.
This movie never stops being great for my family all the scenes are surreal an iconic every time
"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.
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.
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.
@@thunderstruck6647 😂😂😂 I cackled at this comment.
Postman, unfortunately.
8:32 the idea that Sinbad saw a package from Uncle Ted and just stored it for later use is hilarious though.
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
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.
Nah it's a good movie.
It’s technically perfect
It is cinema
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
Ah yes. The movie that gave us the unforgettable "Put that cookie down!" meme.
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?”
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.
Yeah the pitch meeting did it dirty
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
I've always loved this movie for how well it captures pure unadulterated pre-2001 American culture.
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
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**
0:30 I always found that really weird. I also just didn’t like physical contact or social contact or telepathic contact as a kid. That’s how you contract mental cooties, and then when you’re 12 years older they’ll activate the sleeper phrase and
Ok stop, I was just telling my cousins about this movie a few hours ago just to learn they’ve never watched what I deem a certified Christmas classic. Moments later I get the notification for this vid. Real glitch in the matrix moment right there
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
Arnold’s accent makes this movie so much better. Just a guy named Howard living in the suburbs of Minneapolis with an Austrian accent makes this movie even more ridiculous
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.
15:34 this quote got me
The coffeeshop scene in Heat pales to the meeting of the minds that is Sinbad and Arnie talking in a diner
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
Well people died irl during black Friday stampedes. Irl kill count lol
I saw this movie for the first time in Culinary Arts class and laughed so hard I cried. Still my favorite Christmas movie!
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!_
3:16 "The kid's a Marvel fan." *zooms into blurry Captain America* Legendary
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
Get well soon
I loved this movie as a kid. We grew up very poor but my dad was my absolute hero
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
Thanks for reminding me that this movie exists. As far as "modern" Christmas movies go, I think it scratches the itch just right.
The moment where Sinbad gave the cops and actual bomb used to crack me and my siblings up as kids. His reaction was perfect.🤣
I still quote Sinbad on the regular:
"IT'S A SICK WORLD WE LIVIN' IN WITH SICK PEOPLE!!"
My fav Christmas movie of all time! Just watched with the family❤
I am not lying.
I am NOT lying.
This is my favorite Christmas movie of all time. I LOVE YOU FOR COVERING THIS
THE BEST Christmas movie. Nobody can change my mind.
This & the grinch for me
Christmas movies are a sad reminder that there's no Christmas love for all of us in the southern hemisphere :')
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..."
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
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!
I still remember in 4th grade when my teacher put this on before the break.
Thanks Mrs. Nelson, you’re a champ
Sinbad: [Is called Myron in this movie]
Me: [Wayside memories intensifies... VOTE FOR ME]
Excellent video!
God I love this movie. I still scream "put that cookie down! Now!" At my friends and family.
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.
i love this video so much the way you quantify every character and threat in this film is immaculate
Being a Minnesotan, I absolutely adore this movie and it's half-assed attempt at on location shooting.
11:06 - That Santa warehouse is now a restaurant and wedding venue. It's quite lovely.
"Equivalent to Church Scene of KINGSMEN"
DAMN THAT'S SO ACCURATE😂😂😂👍🏻
3:52 This film taking place in the same universe as The Santa Clause is now officially my headcanon.
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.
Highly recommend watching the after-credits scene. Easily the funniest part of the whole movie.
There was a period where my mom loved quoting that final line just out of the blue.
"What did you get for *me*?"
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.
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.
My favorite christmas special is the one from community. Abed's uncontrollable christmas its trully a Masterpiece and it never fails to make me cry
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
Everyone hated on a child rather than accept that Big Papa Lucas just couldn’t write
Watched your stuff for the past year and you finally got me with "because Power Ranger Rocks"
I watched this movie for the first time last year, and it's pretty much the best Christmas movie ever made
I've finally found someone else who gets surprise JATW quotes and scenes in their head throughout the year
I remember seeing this in theaters as a kid with my dad and little brother. Didn’t leave the theater satisfied but I was definitely that smug kid who begged my parents for the original 12” Power Rangers toys and when they didn’t come thru, I was sooo jealous of my rich school friends and cousins who’s parents prob paid ridiculous resale to get them theirs.
The following year Bandai came out with the smaller figures with the heads that would flip from helmet to their real face and my mom rushed us to Kaybee Toys in the mall because she got word ahead of time that a shipment was coming and when we got there it was pure chaos.
There was grown men and women physically fighting and everything. My mom managed to grab the entire team from a box that had been savaging ripped open because the employees couldn’t control the mob crowd and this old lady fiendishly tried to grab them from her and there was a tug back-and-forth before she finally relented and got pushed to the ground or something, I forget but we got tf outta there.
When I showed them off post-Christmas to those same school kids, they laughed and said I had the “mid” versions.
So basically … capitalism sucks and turns grown ups and their spoiled children into vile creatures. Gotta love the 90’s!
Stuck at home with COVID and I literally put this movie on yesterday. Told my wife it's my 2nd favorite Christmas movie behind die hard and I still stand by it even today.
Someone should calculate how many laws Howard breaks in this one movie alone
LegalEagle has done that for some movies
I'm so happy that you used the phrase "Santa cartel". When I first watched this film back in 2020, I thought it was the coolest Christmas film because Arnold has to fight a Santa cartel and when I tell people about this film, I always have to mention that Arnold has to fight a Santa Cartel and that instantly hooks them
“Nobody likes you Booster”
- Sinbad
For me who recently watched it this movie is Christmas Gold and will be watched yearly for tradition