Ewoks: Caravan of Courage
Written by MikeJ Wednesday, 27 April 2011 23:09
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Comments (111)
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04.27.2011 - 23:39 | WarxePB
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04.28.2011 - 09:11 | ladydiskette
Omg this runs the same horrible mistake of what the holiday special did. Having in depth dialog between two creatures speaking a different language-without english subtitles >___e often, I wonder if he and Film Brain will ever do a cross over or if they had before? That would be interesting.
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04.28.2011 - 12:41 | saint23thomas
The movie is so bad that the audio track is rejecting it.
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04.30.2011 - 11:01 | JachraMagic in Star Wars. It's like the awful video games.
Because, you know, there are magic staffs in star wars, right? And ghosts that attack speeders.
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04.27.2011 - 23:53 | Critic Fan JillWow, I would take Jar Jar Binks over this crap.
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04.28.2011 - 04:58 | TheBrigeedaRocks
SWEET CHINCHILLA JESUS. o_____o
I remember watching this movie all the time because it was constantly on as a Saturday Afternoon Movie.
Pretty much cemented my hatred (and at one time, fear) of the creepy little proto-Pedobears.
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04.28.2011 - 11:34 | Dorran844221
Speak for yourself. This may be inane crap, but at least it's not racist and obnoxious like Jar Jar. Say what you will about the ewoks, but at least they're unintelligible, so even if they're saying stupid things, we can't understand a word of it.
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04.30.2011 - 11:02 | JachraWait, that's a good thing? Incomprehensible characters are best as a brief, unimportant thing - as part of a large movie?
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while it does mean a trailer or dwelling on wheels a group traveling or journeying together has been in use since the 1600's coming from the persian karvan when they would travel in such groups across harsh terrains like the desert
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I know what caravan means, it's just a gag! I'm sure you all know how ignorant the character is, just go with it!
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04.28.2011 - 16:52 | Vismutti
Um... I don't think it's a very good gag, sorry... At least have it come up at the end that you know what it means, otherwise people are going to think you don't. Besides, you know, even if the character is supposed to be ignorant, it doesn't fit the format since the /emphasis/ should be on making fun of the film, not the character. You repeat the gag several times, it really makes it seem like it's a major issue you have against the movie but it's a false one; that's jarring.
And please don't take this badly, I really do enjoy your reviews, this one included. I just wanted to point that one out, is all. I don't mean to sound like a dick.
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04.28.2011 - 01:06 | ManWithGoodTaste
Why is Droopy providing the narration?!
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04.28.2011 - 18:51 | ShadowWing Tronix
That's Burl Ives, AKA the Snowman from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and quite the musician of his day.
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04.28.2011 - 01:11 | Vash3001
i actually liked the 2nd one.
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The thing a lot of people forget about the 80's and 90's is that America was OBSESSED with family friendly cutiesy crap. They took a poll shortly after Return of the Jedi and they found that the most beloved alien race was the Ewoks.
Times change. That's all it is.
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04.28.2011 - 01:22 | JackG2
From the Merriam-Webster site: http://www.merriam- webster.com/dictionary/ caravan
car·a·van = 1. a: a company of travelers on a journey through desert or hostile regions; also: a train of pack animals
b: a group of vehicles traveling together (as in a file)
2. a covered wagon or motor vehicle equipped as traveling living quarters
What? You mean to tell me some words have multiple definitions? Huh?! How can this be?!
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04.28.2011 - 01:41 | Valzahd
Perhaps it's a cultural difference.
I mean they call an elevator a lift. Stands to reason that caravan doesn't have the same meaning in England as it does in America.
So maybe lighten up buddy, no one likes a grammar nazi.
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04.28.2011 - 05:40 | Jackass Mask
Yes, and lets not forget the silliness that the word "bender" caused for them during the UK release of "The Last Air Bender."
Gram Gram: "I always knew you were a bender Kitara."
HA!
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Oh, wow!
I remember seeing this when I was a wee little girl on The Disney Channel in the 80's.
Ugh. Imagine the disappointment that rang through my poor, fragile little brain!
This mess is just as bad now as it was back then . . .
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04.28.2011 - 01:27 | Lakiver
I watched these movies when I was really young, before the prequels came out. Even then, I knew my childhood was being raped.
I do remember thinking the second movie was better than the first, though I don't remember what it was about, exactly.
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04.28.2011 - 17:01 | dissyYea I remember watching these when I was like five years old. I could never remember what the movies were called, and up until I saw return of the Jedi, from how everyone described it I assumed it was actually Star Wars.
I remember in the second one the little girl, a bit older, running her hand over that life monitor bracelet thingy, seeing the lights go off, and saying her whole family was dead.
I also remember an evil looking crow.
That's about it though. Odd how childhood memories get fragmented and what gets remembered.
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04.28.2011 - 01:49 | leikomgwtfbbq
I remember seeing this as a kid and being absolutely terrified of the Ewoks. D: Srsly. My mother had to turn the TV off because I was freaking out so badly.
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04.28.2011 - 01:54 | Zydrate
Gorgax (that's his name right?) kinda looked like the troll from Ernest Scared Stupid.
I don't mind the Ewoks as much as everyone else. At least they weren't as bad as what was to come.
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04.28.2011 - 02:14 | Zerbrennendannrennen
George Lucas is a strange man. How can you come up with something so epic as the original Star Wars movies and then totally go nuts with things like the Star Wars Holiday Special and this! : /
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04.28.2011 - 06:20 | Mr.Anderssson
Technically the Holiday Special wasn't him; he unfortunatly farmed it out to some hack Variety Show writers.
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04.28.2011 - 02:15 | Shinigami
Damn it MikeJ. I had forgoten this piece of shit and you had to bring it back to my mind by reviewing it.
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04.28.2011 - 02:19 | DRSNovaYou think Caravan was bad? Try out Triple Triad! ;)
But, really, the word "caravan" was properly used here, even if i associate it more with desert, camels & merchants.
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04.28.2011 - 02:20 | Deimos1984rd
An Ewok dies
:D..........
I cracked up at that part
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04.28.2011 - 02:37 | thekhan
http:// dictionary.reference.com/ browse/caravan
http:// starwars.wikia.com/wiki/ Magic
You're welcome
And "1 hour and 60 minutes in", seriously? Not only is the runtime of the movie only 96 minutes (easy to look up), but that's just 2 hours.
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04.28.2011 - 03:57 | dennett316
I think you'll find he said 16, not 60.
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04.28.2011 - 02:57 | chrisbg99
Did I see Burl Ives as the special guest narrator? Dude was slumming it big time.
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04.28.2011 - 03:03 | BETAMAX001
I like how after Return of the Jedi the debris from the second Death Star fall onto Endor's forest moon and wipe out all life there. Oh wait that didn't happen. FOR SHAME!!!!!
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04.28.2011 - 10:07 | Morgoth Bauglir
The events of this film occured BEFORE Return of the Jedi!
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The second movies starts off with killing everyone except the little girl. I don´t know if its good or bad for the movie though...
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04.28.2011 - 11:03 | Mr.Evil
Considering that, in the sequel, the little girl seemed to take the whole "dead family" thing way better than being seperated from Wicket or leaving Endor (just wait, you'll see), I suspect that wholesome-looking space family was downright evil to her in private.
Or maybe I'm just projecting.
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04.28.2011 - 03:19 | nyarlathotepsama
The only person named Mace anywhere near Star Wars wields a purple lightsaber, there can be only one Mace.
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04.28.2011 - 03:36 | leviadragon99
Well... technically the term Caravan used to be used in referance to a group of travellers.
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04.28.2011 - 03:43 | LimeGreenSquid
A Caravan is a large group of people travelling, usually with horse-drawn carriages of some sort, but walking, too. What they did from Edoras to Helm's Deep was a caravan.
I remember loving the Ewok cartoon series as a 3 year old, but i was always bored of, hated, or never wanted to see the movies.
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04.28.2011 - 04:03 | Zekermeme
Has anyone yet mentioned that the word "caravan" far predates motor vehicles?
Yes. Yes they have.
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04.28.2011 - 05:33 | ender1200
Excuse me but there's a goat in my starwars.
there shuldn't be a goat in my starwars.
Edit: just finished waching and i have to say that goerge relly pissed on it's own creation in this one (wikipedia says he had quite a lot of controll in this one) and it's not the bad plot and acting that gets me it's thing like the apperiance of earth animals in a univarse that intentially don't have thigs like PAPPER to make it feel more alien!
oh and magick. generic magick makes no sence in the SW universe.
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04.28.2011 - 05:48 | FunkyM
Thanks for vid Mike. :)
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04.28.2011 - 06:19 | Mr.AndersssonThere's actually more spinoffs; I remember my old Video Rental place having two Star Wars Cartoons; one about the Ewoks, the other about R2D2 and C3PO.
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04.28.2011 - 07:40 | Whatpayne
Why haven't I heard of this turd before, nor it's sequel? ...I guess I'm the lucky in that aspect.
I seriously think that Lucas is not actually good director nor producer at all, anymore. He got smash success with Star Wars trilogy (the original one) and then simply forgot everything... After that theres not much good you can say about Lucas. Howard the Duck, SW prequels (varying success) and even the creative decisions of Crystal Skull. All bad.
Anyway, great review Mike, as always. Cant wait for the next one... Try to do another combo review with Guru Larry again. The two of you are golden.
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04.28.2011 - 07:43 | nostalgic90skid
Oi!
'theyre called BEARS' x'D
So glad I've never saw this, before.
Er, but yeah atleast an ewok dies, right?
:D
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04.28.2011 - 07:54 | Behellmorph
I don't know how you manage, these films are of the worst kind: incredibly borig.
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04.28.2011 - 08:13 | KungFuManI can't be the only one that doesn't have an actual overbearing problem with this film. Sure it's dull and aimed at children, but it was made as a friggin *TV special*, geared specifically *towards children*. I'm sorry but what do you expect out of an 80's tv special, theatrical quality?
What kind of standards are you trying to hold this up to? You sat through a sappy children's movie tied into an existing franchise, that didn't even hide that fact. They're a dime a dozen, and far worse than this.
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04.28.2011 - 11:18 | Mr.AndersssonIt's because it's Star Wars related, that's why. The regular films were decent enough for children and adults, and were more entertaining, so when you get exposed to this afterwards, it feels like a massive letdown, like they weren't even trying.
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04.28.2011 - 10:31 | Crunchy_FrogNot to mention, why has "geared towards childen" become a label synonymous with "cutesy, braindead crap"?
And yes, it's abusing the Star Wars brand name, because otherwise this movie would never have had a sequel.
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And oh god, those Ewoks. It's like the Holiday Special all over again, only slightly less annoying.
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