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You know, I think that a good theme for January would be 'Disaster Month' where you review movies such as The Day After Tomorrow, Dante's Peak, San Andreas, 2012 ect. I think that the Disaster Movie genre hasn't been talked about nearly enough, so it would be interesting if you covered it. *PLEASE???*
Yeah, one thing I like about NC is that he's not reliant on swearing: he can make his points clear without emphasizing them. That's a crucial quality for a critic.
"and then they all lived happily ever after I guess?" except they totally didn't, because they're still a family with Jewish ancestry living in 1920s Vienna.
I’m not saying a darker version of the nutcracker is a bad idea, I’m just saying that there is a right way to do it and this movie did it the worst way possible.
This fact only applies to the *Nostalgia Critic reviews* not to the First Viewings, Sibling Rivalry reviews/spoilers, etc. where he said it all year long. That's why I didn't notice because I watched most of those vids too!
@Arithomimus I don't know the details but I seem to recall she passed away not long after appearing in one of their Christmas reviews in 2015. The video is called "The Worst Christmas Special EVER!" and it's legitimately well done and very heartwarming. This video is a callback to that one. :)
@@GoddessOfWhim2003 She actually passed in 2016. Granted this might be the 1st time it's been made clear in a review but many ppl already knew since her passing
God the ending hurts. And ending with “For Mom” just didn’t make it easier. This was one of the best reviews I ever seen. There’s just nothing Doug can’t review, no matter how bad people claim it to be. Truely life will reward you on what you are passionate about. I’m sure where ever Mrs. Walker is now, she’s looking down at Doug and she is proud. Merry Christmas.
I bawled my eyes out at the end of this review more than any movie I’ve ever watched, and this is a review of a movie that I was starting to think was just a nightmare I had when I was 8
Well of course we don't watch you for the f-word, it's actually not shocking at all in Germany. We watch you because of your walls. They are amazing. I like how the colour and texture changes over time.
3:34 Doug: But don’t you feel… Dirty, filming this? Rachel: I’ll tell you what Critic, I’ll have you watch the movie that inspired me for all of this “The Nutcracker in 3D” Malcom: What does it have Nazi’s in it? Rachel: Yes! Doug and Malcom: 0_0
It wouldn't have jumped the shark. It would have 1) Jumped the Shark 2) Came back to shoot it in the balls 3) Raped it 4) Ate its flesh 5) consumed its soul 6) Mounted it on the wall 7) AND THEN DONE THE SAME THING TO 12 MORE [f-word]-ING SHARKS (just to be safe)!
Rachel: He just doesn't get it! It's always more important to be loud than to be right. Rob: You're on Twitter, aren't you? Most hilarious line of 2018.
also, very accurate line, It's always more important to be loud than to be right. Many people probably think that in real life, and in truth, It's actually more important to be right than to be loud.
Me: The Nutcracker a sweet story about a nutcracker coming alive. Movie: The Nutcracker a sweet story with people being rounded up and watching their loved ones burn aka Nazis.
That’s “lets watch it again” is what finally broke me. My grandmother is dying of lung cancer she’s fighting but it’s hard. This is just...I don’t have words. Thank you Doug.
1. He really didn't say the F word in his reviews this whole season? Wow! Looks like Santa Christ won't be putting soap in his stocking this Christmas! 2. I can't believe you survived watching the single worst Nutcracker movie EVER! 3. That ending for your late mother was really sweet. :'(
Pff. Please, I've got two better: this film makes SON OF THE MASK look like gone with the wind. 2: I would rather watch the 2004 Hulk with Henry Cavil's MUSTACHE as the protagonist, while having my testicles ELECTROCUTED.
RIP, Mrs. Walker. You know, Doug said that his mom disapproved of his language in his show (I only just remembered at the end of this episode). I like that he may have went all year without using the F-word just for her. I cried at the footage of the Walker family. This was beautiful. God bless, Doug, Rob, and Barney. Have a wonderful Christmas.
Y'know.... it's funny. As soon as Rachel mentioned the F bomb I was like "But I haven't really heard him say it in a while..." Then I started to think more about that. That's how you prove a point. Declare it after it's been proven, not beforehand as if it's some grand thing. There are people that would try to bring you down for it. I'm hyped for the new office though, seeing as it tends to play into skits and such and can't help but wonder if this was a one time thing or if Rachel is back. As far as the touching ending goes, the emotion put into the simple line of "Let's watch it again" says far more than I could ever say. I resonate with that moment every Christmas. I don't "know" what you're going through, but I can understand it, my friend. My grandmother was the rock of our family. I have some pretty crappy childhood memories, but none of them are from when I was at her house. I even look back on the moments I got in trouble fondly, and one moment when I was being a total brat, with everlasting shame. It was the one time in my life I behaved like that. Whenever my family got together, it was because of her. She drew people in. Our very large (including my mom, she had 9 kids) family especially came together during Christmas. She owned several properties around her own home she would occasionally rent out, but they were there for when everyone came home. We lost her when I was in high school, some 18 years ago, throat cancer. Her absence is really felt during Christmas, even more so with her birthday just passing on the 16th. Sometimes I catch my mom caught up in a moment where I know she's reliving a memory, or wishing she was here and the only thing I can do then is mention something from the past and let her tell stories while I sit and listen. ...Thank you. True to the message of the video, you never know what inspires someone and how. But you've made me consider something I haven't before.
Yeah, the moment they said it I was trying to think of an F-bomb drop in a recent review and I couldn't. Then the end happened and, wow, not only was I right, but that was really clever. Would the following movies please take note... on second thought, the list will be shorter if I list the movies that do not need to do that. 1. John Wick series. 2. (most) Marvel Movies. 3... Well, I did say it would be short.
Thanks for making me cry reading this, lol. Very touching. I'm finally getting to see my older brother and grandmother this Christmas for the first time in over a decade. My grandmother is 78 and hasn't seen at least my older brother in two decades. I don't think we've told her our older brother will also be here. I ruined the surprise of my older brother arriving for my mom (it just slipped out, I flat forgot that my younger brother wanted to keep it a secret!) but I think my grandmother doesn't know. I say she's the one who is getting the best surprise because my older brother almost never calls here...for whatever reason. So now, they'll be able to just talk in person. I'm hoping nothing goes wrong as we've had some hiccups with all the planning but this weekend will finally reveal the fruits of our labor and have most of the family together.
@@geedee1264 Source? And not a he said, she said, I'm talking about a conviction and evidence without a doubt that he knew this person had committed this act.
Perhaps the Nazis were shown for patriotism? It's just that most of the people working on the film were from Russia. We have films of this quality, which is good. I notice the similarity with domestic paintings.
It's not the fact that they did it; it's how they handled it. The implications that she'll have to face the REAL Nazis some day, plus how she doesn't even bother saving the other toys.
I am so sorry. What DID you ask for? Actually, maybe the shorter answer would be, what DIDN'T you ask for, aside from this not been shown in theaters at all?
yeah, especially after having a whole 35 minutes on how tone deaf some media can be, using terrifying imagery and Nazis. But I'm glad Critic definitely didn't wall into that at all
I feel like a lot of the movie’s problems could have been fixed if they had set it AFTER the war instead of before. That way the children would have a reason to be thinking about Nazis and to use their imaginations to dramatize their defeat.
The end hit me hard. i was watching the review with his parents a few days ago and thought "yeah that was charming" and then i read the comments, where people said their sorry for dougs lost and so on, and i felt very sad after it, without knowing her... and now this ending was totally unexpected and left me in tears. the whole family is there, doug, rob, their father and the many friends they made over the years... and they are talking about the "special" and so on, and then its the speach of his mother combined with dougs very, very heartwhelming "lets watch it again" - i think this was the very first time in all nostalgia critic, where i felt there was the real doug. not overacting, not saying something scripted, just 100% what he felt. it really left me in tears. i hope you feel well, walker family. merry christmas to you.
Foxy 02016 the joke is Tamra has a series where she reviews movies she has watched so he’s telling her not to watch it but it’s meta because she plays Kevin in Rachel’s home alone
For those of you who can't put on finger on the Nutcracker's voice: it's Shirley Henderson, who played Moaning Myrtle in the Harry Potter films. You're welcome.
Fun Fact: At 11:11, the part of the Home Alone main theme they chose is known as “Somewhere in my Memory” and it actually has lyrics, but the ones in the joke are vastly different than the ones in the actual movie.
"I ate your hamster when you weren't looking. He tasted like love." If I am capable of feeling romantic feelings for another human being, I want my hypothetical lover to serenade me with those words every other Thursday.
I'm sure this will get lost in the comments, but I wanted to take a moment to thank the entire crew of Channel Awesome for bringing hours of joy, laughter, and even education into my life as well as thousands of others. This is one of the best reviews/episodes you've ever done on the channel. The ending scene was so touching and it actually brought tears to my eyes. I love how much work, effort, and heart goes into every one of your videos, but especially the Christmas Special. Thank you so much for all you guys do. Looking forward to the new space and all the awesomeness to come in 2019! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Love, Alexandria
There are many strange adaptations of The Nutcracker. (The best adaptation was the live ballet at the Riverside Community College performing theater in 2015) Disney tried to be experimental with The Four Realms which had little to do with the story at all, there's a Care Bears adaptation, and The Nuttiest Nutcracker is one of the weirder ones.
This is going to get lost in the comments but whatever. The Christmas special they watched at the end I saw the first year I was stationed overseas. It was the first year I was alone during the holidays. I took Mrs. Walker's advice. I spent Christmas with other people who were alone. We spent the next Christmas together too. They moved away after that, but we still keep in touch. Because of her advice I made friends that have lasted for about 6 years now, and I've never been alone for a Christmas. Never even thought of that until this video. So, from someone you have never met before. Thank you.Edit: Well, y'all showed me. Didn't get lost at all. Thanks for the likes.
I feel like they got the whole concept backwards, many kid's stories feature a kid entering a dreamworld where they fight monsters symbolizing the problems in their real world, and the film would have made so much more sense if the girl was living under nazi occupation and reality was bleak while her dreams were colorful and whimsical and the rat king was a symbol of the real world threat of nazis rather than making it the other way around, but Nutcracker 3D shows the 20's Europe as a fun and happy place while the kids imaginations are full of random horror for no reason.
Of course you guys would be fine from this............. Let's not forget that Time Russians Rose from the Dead to Stop the German army from taking Osowiec Fortress..... Russians are basically Immortal
First I was laughing. Great job everyone like always. Then I was disgusted. Damn you Nutcracker 3D. Then I felt warm inside. Thank you for sharing that moment with us. Love and good wishes for the NC crew and awesome super friends. And merry Christmas.
@@PancakemonsterFO4 never say those 4 words at the end. dont presume, just let them experience and get conclusions for themselves. saying that just takes away part of what makes it special. its like talking YOU WILL GET SCARED FROM THIS MOVIE, then the person prepares not to be scared and enjoys less of what the movie would give them.
Lucas Biermann oh trust me, when you finally arrive at this point it will catch you off guard BECAUSE THE SHRINE MAIDEN IS A GUY, THE CAT MAID IS A HARDCORE TOURNAMENT CHAMP AND THE GIRL FROM THE TV STORE KNOWS MORE THEN SHE PRETENDS. I think that should cover most spoilers of the game. Also the mastermind is Junko and Darth Vader is Luke’s father
I like how they changed the music in the credits. i mean imagine if they didn't. like after that emotional calm scene of everyone sitting together and after the tribute for doug's mom it just cuts to the normal rock music that plays in the end credits of every nostalgia critic video. that was very smart of them.
They’re now actually remaking it, the kid who played Yorkie in Jojo Rabbit is in the lead and Ellie Kemper and Rob Delany are the villains, no word on a Culkin cameo though
If I remember correctly, the director of Nutcracker 3D grew up in Russia during the real WWII and its aftermath, and one of his few consistently happy childhood memories was The Nutcracker. That still doesn't explain why he thought this would be a good way to discuss Nazism OR The Nutcracker. In fact, it kind of just leaves me with more questions than before.
If he wanted to include it, he could have started the movie with the real world set in WW2 with the children evacuated with their uncle Albert to America (since that's what Einstein did). Then the dream world would be her fantasy escape until facing the rats, ending with the fairy telling her to not give up hope as she's waking up to Christmas Day. She finds a note from her parents telling her and Max that they're coming to America soon.
Man, you have the most supportive family I've ever seen. Going so far as to star and help you make these reviews can not only be fun for everyone, but bring a family closer together.
I feel like Don Bluth should've adapted the Nutcracker back in the golden days, his style of animation would've been perfect. Just imagine what a cool rat king and Herr Drosselmeyer he could've given us. I will never understand why the hell we can't get an adaptation that actually follows the original story, is set in Germany, with costumes and design accurate to the time period and no Tchaikovsky's music in it since the fairytale wasn't originally written as a ballet and Tchaikovsky based it upon the Dumas' version of the novel anyway :(
BellringerKat it would have been fantastic, not only that I feel like his design for the sugar plum fairy and the snowflakes would have been the fantastic typical don blush glitter extravaganza that we all love
Huh. That's actually a really good point. I mean I like the 1990 animated one fine as a guilty pleasure, but maybe Don Bluth could have come up with something better. At the very least, he wouldn't change animation styles like the 1990 one.
Agreed. Don Bluth would of done an amazing job with his version of the Nutcracker. Would be like Thumbelina but even better. Just...tell him to please leave his fetish out of the film, thank you. lol
You know a human-like villain that gets creepy rat teeth/jaws and such when he loses his temper, slowly revealing his true appearances, is an idea with potential. For a horror movie. This is definitely a horror movie. Also, thanks for that ending and the ugly cry it gave me.
What's real sad is the director of this movie considered it his magnum opus or at least he wanted it to be.... he worked on it for over 20 years and I guess it just took that long because there was just too many weird ideas that made no sense or too many people who could not see the er, uh, ahem...""Beauty"" in the ideas. Also he's very famous for making great serious adult war movies and documentaries about war and journalism, and he was currently working on one when producing this film....so I suppose that's where his head was at the time and has always been probably forever. but yeah this isn't any excuse. It was not a good idea at all to do this unless you were sincerely trying to pitch it to adults as a dark horror take on a fantasy, like Pan's Labyrinth. In fact I think with the proper edits and better actors, this MIGHT have been pretty good, or at least visually kinda interesting, if he just tried shooting it as a serious adult fantasy war movie. But the dialogue and plot is too shit for rescue here. Oh well.
Part of me wants to believe that the director was high out of mind to have even thought of this movie and the buzz took way too long to wear off. Another part of me just thinks that he tried to be an edgy attention whore with this movie and got exactly what edgy attention whores deserve; failure.
@Cynical Joker And Tom Green, don't forget about him. The only reason he made "Freddy Got Fingered" is cuz he wanted to make the worst movie ever! He's worse than Uwe Boll, Tommy Wiseau and Raja Gosnell combined.
I think the Nazi rats idea could have worked if the real world really was taking place during WW2. If it was used in a similar way to The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe and Pan’s Labyrinth, it would have been a clever way to show how the war is effecting how she sees things and her fantasy world.
Jesus Christ, if this is not one of the best episodes of the NC ever... The jokes, Rachel, that ending, all the guests, that amazing ending... This episode had things that made me laugh, think, tear up.. Just in 40 minutes. This is pure art. Thanks Doug, just thanks, regardless what people say NC is just getting better and better.
Wow, I didn’t even notice you didn’t say the F word throughout the whole year. This episode hit me in the feels as well. Like I’ve never been so mad at a movie I’ve never seen, nor would want to in my life. I couldn’t believe not one thing was done right in it. I also feel happy for watching this and knowing that you’ve grown as an adult, I’m trying to grow as well. Merry Christmas, NC.
Despite the controversy they faced earlier this year, I’m glad Doug and the gang still works hard to put out great videos like this one. Happy holidays to you guys and Rest In Peace Mrs. Walker.
when i first saw this i was like "oh hey a movie about the nutcracker, this should be interesting... why is albert einstein in here and why is he singing about the theory of relativity?"
Ugh because IT'S THE NUTCRACKER, THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT!!!! I actually wonder if there's some confused kid out there who would actually say that because it's the only version they actually watched(I honestly don't think I've ever sat through the whole story either tbh, I couldn't recall the order of the events off the top of my head at least, I've only ever seen bits and pieces of remakes and dances and have a general idea of it lol)
This the SECOND time a Nostalgia Critic video made me choke up at the end this December. Right in the gutter. God bless your mom’s heavenly heart Doug. May she rest in peace 🙏❤️
i didn't know if she had crossed the river when i saw that, found out after a quick search and yes it hit me like a Mac, to Honor Mrs. Walker and my mom i will endeavor to enrich the family as much as i can
It is reviews like these why I will never stop watching NC. I can't think of another RUclips Channel putting so much genuine emotion into its videos. I watch a lot of reviews, top tens, all this stuff, but they never are personally touching or addressing it in a way like you guys do. I honestly love your Show, your whole Crew and everything your project stand for. You are the good guys of the Internet! Merry Christmas to you All.
@@ChannelAwesome Next Nostalgia Critic rewiews suggestions for Christmas: A Loud House Christmas House of Mouse Snowed In Looney Tunes Christmas Carol Arctic Dogs Saving Christmas Shelby - The dog who saved Christmas Home Alone 5 Jingle Jangle
I lost my dad this year and its been a really hard christmas so far im trying to be happy for everyone but idk this special made me cry and laugh and helped me feel a little better thank you
I lost my mom in March. I definitely understand and I'm so sorry for your loss. I hope that things are a bit better for you this year and that you were able to enjoy Christmas a little more.
Those scenes with the AVGN talking about Rachael's take on Home Alone are pretty timely, seeing as how his most recent episode involved him playing Home Alone games with Maculaly Culkin himself.
That ending was actually touching. When people still say the walker brothers are asshats, just point to this scene. There's defenitely some heart in there.
I didn't realize NC hadn't said any swears because I'd been watching the First Times, where there is copious swearing to be had. I teared up immediately at the end. Ack.
The ending of this review really got to me, but I think, without even knowing her, it was a fitting tribute. I don't celebrate myself, but Merry Christmas everyone.
Our Russian blogger, called BadComedian, did his review on this movie a long time ago, however, it doesn't have English subs, so you probably won't be able to watch it. The Mikhalkovs family (Andrey Konchalovsky is its member) used to be fery influential and prominent in the Soviet times, but now many Russians don't really like them, they have become too arrogant.
You guys better work on subbing it now - we'd love to hear a Russian perspective on that. (He already has the "Russian Avengers" review splendidly subtitled, so why not the review on this too...)
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That was a good episode
Could there be a Doug Review of The Grinch (2018)?
What are you going to do next
Is Rachel going to stay and like the new office look
You know, I think that a good theme for January would be 'Disaster Month' where you review movies such as The Day After Tomorrow, Dante's Peak, San Andreas, 2012 ect. I think that the Disaster Movie genre hasn't been talked about nearly enough, so it would be interesting if you covered it. *PLEASE???*
I assume the Critic didn't use the f-bomb all year to pay respects to his mom, who didn't like him using the word. That was very sweet, Doug.
Or could just be something he did it subconsciously.
Yeah, one thing I like about NC is that he's not reliant on swearing: he can make his points clear without emphasizing them. That's a crucial quality for a critic.
@@runefaustblack I cant believe I didn't notice he didn't use it.
Is that the reason?? Awww.
I thought it was RUclips cracking down on videos using non appropriate words for ad reasons.
And I’m still sure that’s the case.
The Irony is that since its 1920 she will grow up to witness Nazis in real life as they do annex Austria in 1938
That's sad....
My god so true
Do you think that she would think that hitler is the rat-king back for revenge but killing all these other people for in her perspective no reason
That's. Ok I'm a go think
“If I can stop him once and can do it again”
"and then they all lived happily ever after I guess?"
except they totally didn't, because they're still a family with Jewish ancestry living in 1920s Vienna.
Colin Harter exactly. The only family member we know is safe is Uncle Albert
This is funny
Don't worry they have a German uncle, at least I think he's German.
Albert Einstein grew up Jewish, and all of his relatives were Jewish. He immigrated to America after learning about the Nazi’s rise to power.
Yes....fun....
I’m not saying a darker version of the nutcracker is a bad idea, I’m just saying that there is a right way to do it and this movie did it the worst way possible.
Trust me, you don't need to know how it was produced in Russia
@Endriu192 i hate to ask but....my morbid curiosity is really itching to know
@@nightskyj7579 Like from creators of terminator
I kinda wanna see it.
Him revealing he didn't say the F-word at all in 2018 was a surprise to me as I never noticed he didn't saying it. Anyone else agree?
ThePokemonSoldier I agree!!! I actually looked back in his other reviews in 2018 to see for myself!!!!
ThePokemonSoldier *F* yes! 😁
He screamed a lot though
Who’s here on 420 likes
This fact only applies to the *Nostalgia Critic reviews* not to the First Viewings, Sibling Rivalry reviews/spoilers, etc. where he said it all year long. That's why I didn't notice because I watched most of those vids too!
That ending with Doug...”Let’s watch it again...” and then the “For Mom” just...whoa...
why whoa
@@pinkiesisu I think... I think his mother passed away.
Does anyone know for sure?
@@Jessikared1997 yes she passed away in 2016
@@kennethmichael5633 I DIDNT KNOW!!!!
to be fair Rachel's version of Home Alone is still a million times better than Home Alone 4 and 5
@@Chad_Eldridge don't ugh just yet I'm pretty sure there's more!
Wait there was a 4 and 5 one?
Yes, you are soooooo right.
Grant Armstrong I liked Holiday Heist but that’s okay everybody has opinions and they matter
by the way when is Critic going to review those 2 movies already?
Rest in Peace Mrs. Walker.
Thanks for raising the Nostalgia Critic to be the guy that we all know and love.
"Let's watch it again."
MY HEART!
Rest In Peace, Mama Walker.
@Arithomimus I don't know the details but I seem to recall she passed away not long after appearing in one of their Christmas reviews in 2015. The video is called "The Worst Christmas Special EVER!" and it's legitimately well done and very heartwarming. This video is a callback to that one. :)
The fucking emojis... seriously?
@Forward or Jump Yeah, i can see that wasn't best choice now, so i removed it.
Hans Ruhlmann thanks!
Welcome.
I was today years old when I realized Critic didn't say the f word all year
IKR!?!? But the F word goes in one ear and out the other anyways. XD
"fun"? cause im pretty sure hes said it at least once....
You need the money
I was also today years old.
What the fresca? Really?
That ending made me tear up. R.I.P. Mama Critic, screw those dislikes.
awww, my condolences to Doug, Rob, and Barney. RIP Mama Critic
I had no idea that she'd passed. RIP Mama Critic.
@@rhaenysreborn6083 i think this is the first time we, the fans, heard about her passing. i understand not wanting to share in a time of mourning
Ffffff I wasn't ready
@@GoddessOfWhim2003 She actually passed in 2016. Granted this might be the 1st time it's been made clear in a review but many ppl already knew since her passing
God the ending hurts. And ending with “For Mom” just didn’t make it easier. This was one of the best reviews I ever seen. There’s just nothing Doug can’t review, no matter how bad people claim it to be. Truely life will reward you on what you are passionate about. I’m sure where ever Mrs. Walker is now, she’s looking down at Doug and she is proud. Merry Christmas.
His “The Wall” review was a terrible take but other than that, you’re definitely right
@@PartyPlannerPreston It was spot on. A shit review for a shit film by a shit band that’s liked by shit people.
This video is more emotional than the film itself.
You can see Papa Walker doing his best not to cry at the end. So powerful. So beautiful. I loved it.
it was hard for me not to cry too
I bawled my eyes out at the end of this review more than any movie I’ve ever watched, and this is a review of a movie that I was starting to think was just a nightmare I had when I was 8
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Well of course we don't watch you for the f-word, it's actually not shocking at all in Germany. We watch you because of your walls. They are amazing. I like how the colour and texture changes over time.
@@TheHuffmanator It's why they didn't want to break through the Maginot Line back in WW2! They didn't want to break France's lovely border wall.
I thought that it was because his anger made it easier to understand him. You know, makes it sound more like German?
Fucking Trump supporters...
No one making the obvious Berlin Wall joke here?
The sandwich I think that was the unspoken, implied joke... in which case obligatory r/whoosh?
The last part made me cry. R.I.P. Mama Walker. 😢😭
hugs
We're all going to die. Fuck College. Death is Schooling Everything.
I hope there isn't any 'press F for respect'
My grandma passed away this year as well 😢😭
@@StarWritterSW my grandma passed away last year
3:34
Doug: But don’t you feel… Dirty, filming this?
Rachel: I’ll tell you what Critic, I’ll have you watch the movie that inspired me for all of this “The Nutcracker in 3D”
Malcom: What does it have Nazi’s in it?
Rachel: Yes!
Doug and Malcom: 0_0
He killed the shark because he was afraid that the movie might jump it.
Yeah, maybe that would have worked if they hadn't already been doing cartwheels over its head.
The movie already did by adding by adding words to the music, starting a the the beginning with Nathan Lane
The movie was already rocketing above sharks, dolphins, whales, the Titanic, the Navy, Poseidon, etc. since its conception
It wouldn't have jumped the shark. It would have
1) Jumped the Shark
2) Came back to shoot it in the balls
3) Raped it
4) Ate its flesh
5) consumed its soul
6) Mounted it on the wall
7) AND THEN DONE THE SAME THING TO 12 MORE [f-word]-ING SHARKS (just to be safe)!
You wrote a very good comment. You get the coveted TWO CLAPS. 👏👏
Honestly, the Barbie version was more faithful than this.
Not only that, but Tim Curry played the Rat King in it too!
TechnoScorpion Oh I remember that.
when the critic said that the care bear's movie was the most faithful version, I just kept thinking "so is the Barbie one haha"
Wait... That was Tim Curry?! I watched that a ton as a kid and never noticed!
Holy shit I'm getting all those Barbie memories back
the barbie movie is so good!
The nutcracker looks like one of those figures that sing the Duloc song.
So that's why he's so scary
Except somehow less scary.
Stolen.
Omg, yes! I was thinking where I saw it and... omg
Except not funny.
Movie should have been called "The Dollocaust"
It would have gotten better reviews
It would have not burned in the box office as much the Jews.
@@kaloyanmanchev6613 Or as much as the Jews that invested in the project in the first place.😅
@@UnprofessionalProfessor And just like the actual Holocaust nobody's reputation really recovered.
That's a more convincing title
No lie, I flipped when I saw Rachel. Fucking missed her
Thus removing the point of the change the channel hashtag
they screamed... i screamed
I've always thought there was something missing with her gone. I love the cast as is but when she left the chemistry changed
You don't follow channel awesome on social media? They posted a group photo with her
Same man. I almost (I did) screamed
Rachel: He just doesn't get it! It's always more important to be loud than to be right.
Rob: You're on Twitter, aren't you?
Most hilarious line of 2018.
@Takeshi Kujo
Indeed, proving that the Walker Bros. can be funny. xD
also, very accurate line, It's always more important to be loud than to be right. Many people probably think that in real life, and in truth, It's actually more important to be right than to be loud.
Takeshi Kujo Plankton: “CORRECT!!”
And the most relevant line of 2018, 19, and 20.
@@evanremillard5640 true
good lord it really does have a 0% rating from critics on rotten tomato, I thought it was photoshopped
Jimmy G
Wait, really?
@@RickyUzumaki993 yep 30 critics, 30 rotten scores
Jimmy G
... For some reason, I’m not surprised
And I thought The Christmas Tree and Rapsittie Street Kids were bad, but THIS... is way worse!
It also has an 18 on MetaCritic, signifying overwhelming dislike
Man, the new wolfenstien looks terrible
Nice
@JASON NYBOER young bloond more Accuracy history that Nutcracker
True
This is sadly the closest thing to a Skaven movie we Are gonna get.
@JASON NYBOER way better....
Rat king- Opens Mouth
*SCREAMING INTENSIFIES*
*IT'S TIME TO STOP!!!!!*
Subscribe To xdSnailboat worse than xenomorph
A kid's movie!
People: AAAHHHH, WE FEEL LIKE BURNING, AAAHHHH!!!!!!
A faaaaamily pitcha.
The nutcracker looks like those dolls singing welcome to duloc from shrek
LOL!!!!
Those were way more appealing
Let's do it again!
NO!....no.
Yeah I'd rather watch that than this I mean seriously who is the unfortunate person or family who watched this movie ._.
😂
That ending...that ending got me! “For Mom”
RIP Sandy Walker. You are still missed even today! 😭
is so sad, poor Dug :(
Me: The Nutcracker a sweet story about a nutcracker coming alive.
Movie: The Nutcracker a sweet story with people being rounded up and watching their loved ones burn aka Nazis.
That’s “lets watch it again” is what finally broke me. My grandmother is dying of lung cancer she’s fighting but it’s hard. This is just...I don’t have words. Thank you Doug.
Thats terrible to hear, i hope all is going well
I hope it gets well
Both my grandmother's died of cancer while I was very young. I feel your pain.
I'm sorry to hear that, hope all is well. I'll be praying for you and your family.
@@CLDJ227 Did you pray a lot?
1. He really didn't say the F word in his reviews this whole season? Wow! Looks like Santa Christ won't be putting soap in his stocking this Christmas!
2. I can't believe you survived watching the single worst Nutcracker movie EVER!
3. That ending for your late mother was really sweet. :'(
Barbie and The Nutcracker is the only version I will accept.
The Nutcracker Prince (1990) is the only true nutcracker for me, but Barbie comes close.
Ouch! No wonder Ken's not anatomically correct! ;-)
Tom and jerry and the nutcracker is a guilty pleasure of mine
Hell YEAHHH
Yeah, Barbie at least TRIED
“This movie was so bad it makes rhapsody street kids look like toy story”
My favorite quote in the whole video
Are you joking? This makes FOOD FIGHT look like Toy Story!!!
What about, "This is the worst thing that I have ever seen, and I was in The Room"
@@gracedoubleu 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Pff. Please, I've got two better: this film makes SON OF THE MASK look like gone with the wind. 2: I would rather watch the 2004 Hulk with Henry Cavil's MUSTACHE as the protagonist, while having my testicles ELECTROCUTED.
This movie got a 0% percent score on Rotten Tomatoes?! THAT IS LESS THAN THE EMOJI MOVIE!
At least Emoji was transparent cashgrab. This one is more a grave digging kind of bad..
0% via the critics, out of like 2800 fan reviews 29% liked it......
@@GraveDigger35 THE FLUFFLY DISTORTION WORLD, WHO WOULD LIKE THIS MARIO KARTING PIECE OF CRAP.
Iron Sword at least the emoji movie had somewhat good animation
Funny it’s not negative scores!
RIP, Mrs. Walker.
You know, Doug said that his mom disapproved of his language in his show (I only just remembered at the end of this episode). I like that he may have went all year without using the F-word just for her. I cried at the footage of the Walker family. This was beautiful. God bless, Doug, Rob, and Barney. Have a wonderful Christmas.
I DIDNT KNOW
When did she pass away?
A couple years ago
Last year before Christmas.
I had no idea that she passed away, my heart goes out to the Walker family. She will be missed
Y'know.... it's funny. As soon as Rachel mentioned the F bomb I was like "But I haven't really heard him say it in a while..." Then I started to think more about that. That's how you prove a point. Declare it after it's been proven, not beforehand as if it's some grand thing. There are people that would try to bring you down for it. I'm hyped for the new office though, seeing as it tends to play into skits and such and can't help but wonder if this was a one time thing or if Rachel is back.
As far as the touching ending goes, the emotion put into the simple line of "Let's watch it again" says far more than I could ever say. I resonate with that moment every Christmas. I don't "know" what you're going through, but I can understand it, my friend. My grandmother was the rock of our family. I have some pretty crappy childhood memories, but none of them are from when I was at her house. I even look back on the moments I got in trouble fondly, and one moment when I was being a total brat, with everlasting shame. It was the one time in my life I behaved like that. Whenever my family got together, it was because of her. She drew people in. Our very large (including my mom, she had 9 kids) family especially came together during Christmas. She owned several properties around her own home she would occasionally rent out, but they were there for when everyone came home. We lost her when I was in high school, some 18 years ago, throat cancer. Her absence is really felt during Christmas, even more so with her birthday just passing on the 16th. Sometimes I catch my mom caught up in a moment where I know she's reliving a memory, or wishing she was here and the only thing I can do then is mention something from the past and let her tell stories while I sit and listen.
...Thank you. True to the message of the video, you never know what inspires someone and how. But you've made me consider something I haven't before.
Yeah, the moment they said it I was trying to think of an F-bomb drop in a recent review and I couldn't. Then the end happened and, wow, not only was I right, but that was really clever.
Would the following movies please take note... on second thought, the list will be shorter if I list the movies that do not need to do that.
1. John Wick series.
2. (most) Marvel Movies.
3...
Well, I did say it would be short.
That's a sweet and touching story, I'm sorry for your loss, and I hope ya have a merry Christmas.
Thanks for making me cry reading this, lol. Very touching. I'm finally getting to see my older brother and grandmother this Christmas for the first time in over a decade. My grandmother is 78 and hasn't seen at least my older brother in two decades. I don't think we've told her our older brother will also be here. I ruined the surprise of my older brother arriving for my mom (it just slipped out, I flat forgot that my younger brother wanted to keep it a secret!) but I think my grandmother doesn't know. I say she's the one who is getting the best surprise because my older brother almost never calls here...for whatever reason. So now, they'll be able to just talk in person. I'm hoping nothing goes wrong as we've had some hiccups with all the planning but this weekend will finally reveal the fruits of our labor and have most of the family together.
@@geedee1264 Source? And not a he said, she said, I'm talking about a conviction and evidence without a doubt that he knew this person had committed this act.
You know, Nazis and holocaust references. Perfect child friendly material.
Clearly! Maybe they should have included a few train rides to the... "special camps."
A Family Picture!
Well we need children to know what pure evil is
Perhaps the Nazis were shown for patriotism? It's just that most of the people working on the film were from Russia. We have films of this quality, which is good. I notice the similarity with domestic paintings.
It's not the fact that they did it; it's how they handled it. The implications that she'll have to face the REAL Nazis some day, plus how she doesn't even bother saving the other toys.
14:52 As a member of one of those test audiences, I can confirm that we did not ask for any of this.
I am so sorry. What DID you ask for? Actually, maybe the shorter answer would be, what DIDN'T you ask for, aside from this not been shown in theaters at all?
@@kylemorello4787 a memory wipe most likely
If you were in a test audience for THIS, I feel so sorry for you
@@uncann130 we all do
My condolences.
Aww Doug, that ending man you got me right in the feels
SHUT THAT DOOR
yeah, especially after having a whole 35 minutes on how tone deaf some media can be, using terrifying imagery and Nazis. But I'm glad Critic definitely didn't wall into that at all
It gives us the feels, and maybe it's simply better that way
@@TheFuryGlitch I did Nazi that coming
That ending made me cry so hard that after a certain point I physically couldn't produce tears.
For Mom
That’s all you need to make everyone cry... thank you Doug
Ravenclaw BNed agreed 😆
Indeed
I feel like a lot of the movie’s problems could have been fixed if they had set it AFTER the war instead of before. That way the children would have a reason to be thinking about Nazis and to use their imaginations to dramatize their defeat.
Didn't realize how much I missed Rachel until I heard that maniacal scream.
I gotta definitely agree to that
also, because the last time I saw her she was punched offscreen by the nc with "your fired"
The Red Marker 721 from the Master of Disguise review right?
@@Perezadrian613 yeah, I'm pretty sure that's the one but, I'll check.
but first, tuuuuurrrrtle
The end hit me hard. i was watching the review with his parents a few days ago and thought "yeah that was charming" and then i read the comments, where people said their sorry for dougs lost and so on, and i felt very sad after it, without knowing her... and now this ending was totally unexpected and left me in tears. the whole family is there, doug, rob, their father and the many friends they made over the years... and they are talking about the "special" and so on, and then its the speach of his mother combined with dougs very, very heartwhelming "lets watch it again" - i think this was the very first time in all nostalgia critic, where i felt there was the real doug. not overacting, not saying something scripted, just 100% what he felt. it really left me in tears. i hope you feel well, walker family. merry christmas to you.
Agreed
Unfortunately I was the kid who watched this at 8
I still have nightmares
I grew up with Courage the Cowardly dog..... My childhood dreams were night terrors..... The 80's kids movies ain't got Shit on me!!!!
Dark Rainbow 476 I am so sorry for you hun
This movie is scaryer than the Cat in the hat movie and happy feet.
Toxic Ten Studio's true. Cat in the Hat is really tempting
I'm pretty sure that those are considered Night Terrors.
Imagine if Hitler sang doing some of the worst events in history
YOu mean like Springtime for hitler but in the worst possible lighting
How can you be sure he didn't?
Adolf Hitler's The Auschwitz song! Featuring Heinrich Himmler and Eva Braun as side singers
Wasn’t there supposed to be nazis on ice in the history of the world, part II?
@@tealablu3759 I think "nazis on ice" is the subtitle for the second part of Battle of Stalingrad
How meta is it that Black Nerd told Tamara not to watch a movie she was in?
I lost it at "The Rat King"
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles...
Sharp Design what movie was she in?
Foxy 02016 the joke is Tamra has a series where she reviews movies she has watched so he’s telling her not to watch it but it’s meta because she plays Kevin in Rachel’s home alone
@@peachcola2 yes. Thank you. ..It's called Tamera's Never Seen.
🤔
For those of you who can't put on finger on the Nutcracker's voice: it's Shirley Henderson, who played Moaning Myrtle in the Harry Potter films. You're welcome.
I knew it!
Figures...
Thank you, I was wondering.
It’s weird to hear her voice in this movie.
YAAAASSSSS!!!!
"Oh God!!! We left Kevin home alone!!! And he's only 23!?!"
The Critic (TV show) reference right?
AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!
😱
Fun Fact: At 11:11, the part of the Home Alone main theme they chose is known as “Somewhere in my Memory” and it actually has lyrics, but the ones in the joke are vastly different than the ones in the actual movie.
"I ate your hamster when you weren't looking. He tasted like love." If I am capable of feeling romantic feelings for another human being, I want my hypothetical lover to serenade me with those words every other Thursday.
I'm going to eat your hamster and finally find true love
What the actual hell
Prayers to Doug, Rob, and the rest of their family. May you find joy during this time.
did something happen?
Sunniva M. Hagatun their mom passed away around Christmas two years ago, and they took it pretty hard.
@@Dragoon1809 Actually, she died right after Labor Day in 2016.
I'm sure this will get lost in the comments, but I wanted to take a moment to thank the entire crew of Channel Awesome for bringing hours of joy, laughter, and even education into my life as well as thousands of others. This is one of the best reviews/episodes you've ever done on the channel. The ending scene was so touching and it actually brought tears to my eyes. I love how much work, effort, and heart goes into every one of your videos, but especially the Christmas Special. Thank you so much for all you guys do. Looking forward to the new space and all the awesomeness to come in 2019! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Love, Alexandria
I feel the same way.
There are many strange adaptations of The Nutcracker. (The best adaptation was the live ballet at the Riverside Community College performing theater in 2015) Disney tried to be experimental with The Four Realms which had little to do with the story at all, there's a Care Bears adaptation, and The Nuttiest Nutcracker is one of the weirder ones.
Don’t forget the Tom & Jerry version as well.
Also the CGI one with Barbie.
@@MinscFromBaldursGate92 Barbie's version was really cute and it had ballet. Shame the CGI didn't age well...
When you realize that Doug really hasn't dropped the f bomb for a year
Your profile pic fits the comment perfectly
OMG, you're right! I'm watching his older Christmas episodes playlist, and he drops f-bombs all over the place in those!
BREAKING NEWS: Tchaikovsky himself has risen from his grave, and is in pursuit of Mr Konchalovsky all across Hollywood Blvd.
Meanwhile, dr. Seuss is still chasing the director of cat in the hat.
We are aware of SCP-5740-M and his rampage against Mr Konchalovsky. We will be apprehending and containing Tchaikovsky as soon as possible.
I'm sorry, but it's my job to apprehend SCP-5740-M. As well as SCP-3204-M, Dr. Seuss.
*straps Mr.Konchalovsky to the pelvic smasher machine as to try and contain Tchaikovsky*
Konchalovsky is actually a pretty great director
Awww I'm actually crying :'(
RIP Mama Walker
😭
From the looks of it, Papa Walker was really tearing up when he was watching it. He must really miss her.
A stunningly brilliant review. I love when they cut back to Rachel's project.
Who else here was ecstatic when they saw Rachel returned. Also fun fact the voice for N.C is Moaning Myrtle from Harry Potter😄👌
0:59 -1:19
Who?
This guy.
Hoi
Im happy too
This is going to get lost in the comments but whatever. The Christmas special they watched at the end I saw the first year I was stationed overseas. It was the first year I was alone during the holidays. I took Mrs. Walker's advice. I spent Christmas with other people who were alone. We spent the next Christmas together too. They moved away after that, but we still keep in touch. Because of her advice I made friends that have lasted for about 6 years now, and I've never been alone for a Christmas. Never even thought of that until this video. So, from someone you have never met before. Thank you.Edit: Well, y'all showed me. Didn't get lost at all. Thanks for the likes.
I don't think that Christmas special they made has been out for 6 years. I think it's only been out for 1 or 2
@@andrewellis6866 I may be misplacing the time. but it was an important one for me.
It was my first time to.
Thank God for that!
@@jakedanielsen4512 maybe later
If this does take place in the 20s it gets darker cause this means the girl had a prophetic dream of Nazis and genocide. A FAMILY PICTURE!
I feel like they got the whole concept backwards, many kid's stories feature a kid entering a dreamworld where they fight monsters symbolizing the problems in their real world, and the film would have made so much more sense if the girl was living under nazi occupation and reality was bleak while her dreams were colorful and whimsical and the rat king was a symbol of the real world threat of nazis rather than making it the other way around, but Nutcracker 3D shows the 20's Europe as a fun and happy place while the kids imaginations are full of random horror for no reason.
A PSYCHO PICTURE!
In Russia it was shown from the age of 6. You know these harsh Russian children. (I'm Russian)
You can tell your russian by that upside down 'L'.
@@Silenced23 you mean that: "Г"?
Of course you guys would be fine from this............. Let's not forget that Time Russians Rose from the Dead to Stop the German army from taking Osowiec Fortress..... Russians are basically Immortal
I remember watching this movie on bid screen. Then I was around 6 too..
I kinda liked it though.
Ohh, sweet sweet childhood memories..))
@@Sonichero151 Wtf
At first i thought "Well aren't you full of yourself" when i saw them watching Critic's own review
Then i found out that his mother passed...
Dashing Steel wow! Your way behind
@@loggior.speedweed4345 Well, I didn't know too because I just come here for reviews and don't follow them on twitter or go on reddit etc etc.
@@zombieslayer2016 Oh my bad, I missed this one. Tbh I just watch NC reviews and no other CA content. but thanks for the (sad) info
Wait, what?
i am with you @@outsidercain3038
First I was laughing. Great job everyone like always. Then I was disgusted. Damn you Nutcracker 3D. Then I felt warm inside. Thank you for sharing that moment with us. Love and good wishes for the NC crew and awesome super friends. And merry Christmas.
NC.... what stupid initials.
This was a great upload. That ending 😭
To be honest, I have never cried at anything if it didn't directly effected me..... until now.... Respects to Doug, Rob and your Father...
took the words outta my mouth
Iron Sword you should really play clannad or Steins Gate then. Trust me, those visual novels WILL MAKE YOU CRY
@@PancakemonsterFO4 never say those 4 words at the end. dont presume, just let them experience and get conclusions for themselves. saying that just takes away part of what makes it special. its like talking YOU WILL GET SCARED FROM THIS MOVIE, then the person prepares not to be scared and enjoys less of what the movie would give them.
Lucas Biermann oh trust me, when you finally arrive at this point it will catch you off guard BECAUSE THE SHRINE MAIDEN IS A GUY, THE CAT MAID IS A HARDCORE TOURNAMENT CHAMP AND THE GIRL FROM THE TV STORE KNOWS MORE THEN SHE PRETENDS. I think that should cover most spoilers of the game. Also the mastermind is Junko and Darth Vader is Luke’s father
Same
I like how they changed the music in the credits. i mean imagine if they didn't. like after that emotional calm scene of everyone sitting together and after the tribute for doug's mom it just cuts to the normal rock music that plays in the end credits of every nostalgia critic video. that was very smart of them.
RACHELS BACK DUDEE!!!
No clue how many times I've constantly been watching that intro where they're all screaming. MAKES ME LAUGH SO HARD!!
Wtf JaxBlade literally watches everything I watch.
The only difference is that he is jacked.
Who is Rachel?
JaxBlade *Fangirl screams*
@@KesorodaBlk i think she played the devil's daughter in older NC videos
If home alone gets remade, they should have Macaulay Culkin either be the guy with the Tommy gun or the pizza boy
Or as the father or one of the family members, or even as old man Marley
They’re now actually remaking it, the kid who played Yorkie in Jojo Rabbit is in the lead and Ellie Kemper and Rob Delany are the villains, no word on a Culkin cameo though
Angry video game nerd actually did that with the pizza boy
Give the pizza boy a Tommy gun! "You'll think twice before you refuse to give me a tip!"
Pretty sure he is Hollywood blacklisted for supporting MJ
If I remember correctly, the director of Nutcracker 3D grew up in Russia during the real WWII and its aftermath, and one of his few consistently happy childhood memories was The Nutcracker. That still doesn't explain why he thought this would be a good way to discuss Nazism OR The Nutcracker. In fact, it kind of just leaves me with more questions than before.
If he wanted to include it, he could have started the movie with the real world set in WW2 with the children evacuated with their uncle Albert to America (since that's what Einstein did). Then the dream world would be her fantasy escape until facing the rats, ending with the fairy telling her to not give up hope as she's waking up to Christmas Day. She finds a note from her parents telling her and Max that they're coming to America soon.
joyunicycle wow you fixed the movie and make it PG-13
People in Russia just can't make normal movies
Man, you have the most supportive family I've ever seen. Going so far as to star and help you make these reviews can not only be fun for everyone, but bring a family closer together.
I feel like Don Bluth should've adapted the Nutcracker back in the golden days, his style of animation would've been perfect. Just imagine what a cool rat king and Herr Drosselmeyer he could've given us.
I will never understand why the hell we can't get an adaptation that actually follows the original story, is set in Germany, with costumes and design accurate to the time period and no Tchaikovsky's music in it since the fairytale wasn't originally written as a ballet and Tchaikovsky based it upon the Dumas' version of the novel anyway :(
BellringerKat it would have been fantastic, not only that I feel like his design for the sugar plum fairy and the snowflakes would have been the fantastic typical don blush glitter extravaganza that we all love
Huh. That's actually a really good point. I mean I like the 1990 animated one fine as a guilty pleasure, but maybe Don Bluth could have come up with something better. At the very least, he wouldn't change animation styles like the 1990 one.
Wow I never knew that!!!
Agreed. Don Bluth would of done an amazing job with his version of the Nutcracker. Would be like Thumbelina but even better. Just...tell him to please leave his fetish out of the film, thank you. lol
BellringerKat also NO NAZIS, that’s not the only thing Germany is famous for
You know a human-like villain that gets creepy rat teeth/jaws and such when he loses his temper, slowly revealing his true appearances, is an idea with potential. For a horror movie. This is definitely a horror movie.
Also, thanks for that ending and the ugly cry it gave me.
"The Great Mouse Detective" actually does this fairly well, except it's a rat pretending to be a mouse
@@bluewinterstorm True. That's an underrated movie.
@@bluewinterstorm Ratigan is more intimidating than the nazi rat.
Yeah, this should've been used for a horror movie
What's real sad is the director of this movie considered it his magnum opus or at least he wanted it to be.... he worked on it for over 20 years and I guess it just took that long because there was just too many weird ideas that made no sense or too many people who could not see the er, uh, ahem...""Beauty"" in the ideas. Also he's very famous for making great serious adult war movies and documentaries about war and journalism, and he was currently working on one when producing this film....so I suppose that's where his head was at the time and has always been probably forever. but yeah this isn't any excuse. It was not a good idea at all to do this unless you were sincerely trying to pitch it to adults as a dark horror take on a fantasy, like Pan's Labyrinth. In fact I think with the proper edits and better actors, this MIGHT have been pretty good, or at least visually kinda interesting, if he just tried shooting it as a serious adult fantasy war movie. But the dialogue and plot is too shit for rescue here. Oh well.
ok the fact he wanted this movie to be good makes me really sad
Part of me wants to believe that the director was high out of mind to have even thought of this movie and the buzz took way too long to wear off. Another part of me just thinks that he tried to be an edgy attention whore with this movie and got exactly what edgy attention whores deserve; failure.
@Cynical Joker And Tom Green, don't forget about him. The only reason he made "Freddy Got Fingered" is cuz he wanted to make the worst movie ever! He's worse than Uwe Boll, Tommy Wiseau and Raja Gosnell combined.
I think the Nazi rats idea could have worked if the real world really was taking place during WW2. If it was used in a similar way to The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe and Pan’s Labyrinth, it would have been a clever way to show how the war is effecting how she sees things and her fantasy world.
@Cynical Joker except that all of the transformees movies by bay sucks soooooooo haaaard and all he's ass puke direa movies💩💩💩💩💩🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
As godawful as this film is, for some reason the "Welcome to a Stygian Era" song seems really catchy to me.
I have no idea why.
Me too, admittingly. I'd dare even say it would be a fun villain song if the Nazi allegories were more, er, subtle?
Jazz in general is catchy
It gets stuck in my head all the time for no reason
Wow.... this film is truly is an accomplishment. It managed to shit on the Legacy of Tchaikovsky AND Einstein in one song
Jesus Christ, if this is not one of the best episodes of the NC ever... The jokes, Rachel, that ending, all the guests, that amazing ending... This episode had things that made me laugh, think, tear up.. Just in 40 minutes. This is pure art. Thanks Doug, just thanks, regardless what people say NC is just getting better and better.
RetroGamer90 I always skip everything that isn’t him talking about the movie. The skits and other guests are always cringe.
Walter Dis Not this time
Wow, I didn’t even notice you didn’t say the F word throughout the whole year. This episode hit me in the feels as well. Like I’ve never been so mad at a movie I’ve never seen, nor would want to in my life. I couldn’t believe not one thing was done right in it. I also feel happy for watching this and knowing that you’ve grown as an adult, I’m trying to grow as well. Merry Christmas, NC.
Let's face it:
The Theory of Relativity song was the only reason they wrote Albert Einstein into the movie
I didn't even know his mother passed.
I'm sorry, man :'(
Nicky Scott Back in September 2016.
She was the one who inspired him to go a whole year without saying the F word in Nostalgia Critic.
:'(
Wait a minute, a new location means a new wall. God help you if that new wall's color is slightly off from the old wall!
Hell, he didn’t even use his regular lighting that tints the wall blue because it was probably packed up
Maybe they packed the wall to take with them
Rip wall
The wall was green screen the whole time!
Despite the controversy they faced earlier this year, I’m glad Doug and the gang still works hard to put out great videos like this one. Happy holidays to you guys and Rest In Peace Mrs. Walker.
Robot Zombie -- Same. I could never get anyone to explain it to me.
@Robot Zombie yeah the whole situation was really vague
Was that those fake rumors that Doug would quit Channel Awesome?
Wait Mrs walker died or did they get divorced or something what happened
@@anthonywatson1508
She died two years ago.
when i first saw this i was like
"oh hey a movie about the nutcracker, this should be interesting... why is albert einstein in here and why is he singing about the theory of relativity?"
Ugh because IT'S THE NUTCRACKER, THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT!!!!
I actually wonder if there's some confused kid out there who would actually say that because it's the only version they actually watched(I honestly don't think I've ever sat through the whole story either tbh, I couldn't recall the order of the events off the top of my head at least, I've only ever seen bits and pieces of remakes and dances and have a general idea of it lol)
You will believe nostalgia critic can make you cry
I'd no doubt. He always saves one tearjerky Christmas special!
From also losing a parent and it being around Christmas time that i lost him this made me cry
The Christmas with the Kranks and A Christmas Story 2 episodes will also make you cry
This the SECOND time a Nostalgia Critic video made me choke up at the end this December. Right in the gutter. God bless your mom’s heavenly heart Doug. May she rest in peace 🙏❤️
United_World's Finest amen
What was the first?
chris p. bacon the ending of the I’ll be home for Christmas review
Insert (best cry ever auto tune) here.. I'm actually crying... seriously
When did she die?
“This was the worst thing iv ever seen and I was in The Room”. Lmaoooo
That is saying something.
Lovely
At least *The Room* was hilarious.
@@derman1907 Unintentionally, but yeah.
I’ve*
"Care Bears was more faithful than this"
He speaks the language of the gods
Barbie in the Nutcracker was more faithful!
"For Mom"
That hit me like a truck.
Truth ✌
i didn't know if she had crossed the river when i saw that, found out after a quick search and yes it hit me like a Mac, to Honor Mrs. Walker and my mom i will endeavor to enrich the family as much as i can
Best line: Greg Sistero; “This was the worst thing I’d ever seen... and I was in ‘The Room’”
It is reviews like these why I will never stop watching NC. I can't think of another RUclips Channel putting so much genuine emotion into its videos. I watch a lot of reviews, top tens, all this stuff, but they never are personally touching or addressing it in a way like you guys do. I honestly love your Show, your whole Crew and everything your project stand for.
You are the good guys of the Internet!
Merry Christmas to you All.
+Roger Hogh
Thank you for the kind words.
@@ChannelAwesome
Doug that was the best of the best thankyou Yi everyone there for the joy You all bring
Ralphthemoviemaker?
"Genuine"
@@ChannelAwesome Next Nostalgia Critic rewiews suggestions for Christmas:
A Loud House Christmas
House of Mouse Snowed In
Looney Tunes Christmas Carol
Arctic Dogs
Saving Christmas
Shelby - The dog who saved Christmas
Home Alone 5
Jingle Jangle
I lost my dad this year and its been a really hard christmas so far im trying to be happy for everyone but idk this special made me cry and laugh and helped me feel a little better thank you
Lost my dad this year, too.
Im so sorry for your loss..i wish the best for you
Yeah, I lost my dad two years ago. Holidays are the hardest time after that. Sorry for your loss.
I lost my mom in March. I definitely understand and I'm so sorry for your loss. I hope that things are a bit better for you this year and that you were able to enjoy Christmas a little more.
I hope you feeling better. ;)
34:00-35:37
I missed Chester A. Bum saying: "Oh my God, it's the worst movie I've ever seen in my entire life!".
That would have been perfect! Maybe with Doe, even!
Those scenes with the AVGN talking about Rachael's take on Home Alone are pretty timely, seeing as how his most recent episode involved him playing Home Alone games with Maculaly Culkin himself.
Culkin was pretty damn entertaining playing Pagemaster and being in the AVGN episode.
Ooo if only he appeared behind his couch saying bad things about the movie, it would have been perfect
I love the fact that is AVGN instead of James Rolfe
I was fine, up to the end than.....I cry..now that's shock value...I still cry.
Rest In Peace
Mama walker
Same I did not expect to cry at all in this video
That ending was actually touching. When people still say the walker brothers are asshats, just point to this scene. There's defenitely some heart in there.
They loved their mother very much. Sandy's death deeply affected Doug. His grief caused him to go bald.
I didn't realize NC hadn't said any swears because I'd been watching the First Times, where there is copious swearing to be had.
I teared up immediately at the end. Ack.
Me in the beginning: "Hey Rachel's back! Man, this is going to be great!"
Me at the end: "I'M NOT CRYING YOU'RE CRYING! TT^TT"
It was still great though, right?
I personally thought it was.
Hey let out those tears its ok
The ending of this review really got to me, but I think, without even knowing her, it was a fitting tribute. I don't celebrate myself, but Merry Christmas everyone.
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas
What did California do to her?
Better question - What didn’t California do to her?
It didn't give her any semblance of how to write dark stuff
As someone who left California, I can confirm that! lol 😂
Our Russian blogger, called BadComedian, did his review on this movie a long time ago, however, it doesn't have English subs, so you probably won't be able to watch it. The Mikhalkovs family (Andrey Konchalovsky is its member) used to be fery influential and prominent in the Soviet times, but now many Russians don't really like them, they have become too arrogant.
You guys better work on subbing it now - we'd love to hear a Russian perspective on that. (He already has the "Russian Avengers" review splendidly subtitled, so why not the review on this too...)
@@jakmanxyom This would be a great idea, actually. Maybe I could work on this one day.
Lol no you won't, ever.
@@siddbastard why?
@@dariariazantseva1373 I hope you do work on it as i would apperciate seeing this also.
Infinity War is the most ambitious crossover in history..
Me: **THIS VIDEO**
R.I.P Mama Critic..
Guess you missed "the fight"
"What did California do to her?" Already got the like
I live in California.
Now that I've seen it... wow. This is the best episode you've ever done. Congrats guys.
@@xavier8951 do you