Don't worry, Doug, that twirl at the beginning adds character. ;)

Agreed Laura. You're right Doug, it is a signature. And a cool signature. When you don't do it I'm actually disappointed. :lol:

Anybody else miss Rob? Their commentary when their togther is always best but Doug is still fantastic.

and yea Warner bros really need to do better with their animated movies

Hell, they should do better FULL-STOP.

Great commentary yet again Doug :P

SWEET! i love your commentaries PLEASE do more!!!!

[b]You really should do commentary for all your videos, in time of course. They're funny as hell, the best being the Star Wars Xmas special.[/b]

Whenever you see something that doesn't make sense... A wizard did it.

To be fair, I think the blind guy wasn't healed because he wasn't cursed to begin with. The people who were healed in the movie were transformed by the evil magic; the blind man was blind before this whole thing started.

Really, though, this was a fantastic review, and I thoroughly enjoyed the commentary. Thanks so much for this!

What about Arthur or the dragons? Arthur just got hurt when the sword was stolen, and the dragons (presumably) has always shared a body.

actually the dragons got seperated but diceded to rejoin. (yes I've actually seen this one)
and the part with the chicken's sidechange I understood although it's weird you see the chicken "talking" with the hen wich apparently makes him turn into a good guy

actualy in the aladin tv show there are episodes where genie goes to the futer to get htings or people and also there where times when he kind of talked like merlin you know like saying such and such will be invented in the futer

yeah, i actually wanted to see this movie when i was little... ironicaly i first saw it on the vhs of.... space jam...

Definitely one of your better new reviews. I hope to see more commentaries in the future, its always interesting to hear all this behind the scenes stuff :3

Edit: Oh god, you mentioning Iron Giant in this review reminded me of the ending. ;_; definitely in my personal top 11 saddest moments list.

Technically, there was an explanation for the chicken turning good. IN the background you can see him look at the female chicken that Kayley's family owned and I guess he wanted to impress her. Lame explanation but it is the only one the movie gives. Still putting a character moment like that in the background is BAD. There's being subtle and being un-noticable to most of your auidence. Seriously you don't pull that kind of crap in a kids movie.

Great commentary though. Can't wait to see what the 2nd Anniversary special is. I hope it involves crossover reviews. Thsoe are awesome sauce mixed with... bagels of... radical extreme...ness. (Sighs) When did my dialogue dip into 90's Kids level slang?

Pull it in a kids movie? That would still be pathetic in any movie. What character pulls a Heel Face turn because they looked at someone in the background. :huh:

You have way to much fun with this :D

I'd also like to say shame on you for two things:

First, all of my younger siblings are now running around the house saying "Hello hot character trait, goodbye hot character trait" without really understanding the meaning.

Personally I think its hilareous.

Secondly, Critic... your countdown with Christopher Walken... it was so good, my friends... all started trying... to do his accent, its hard... at first... Then we made a whole Dungeons and Dragons session... focused around....... his accent.

I would definitely not recommend Nostalgia Critic's reviews for children, or anyone under seventeen years old. Way too many f-words.

You can accept the existence of magic in The Sword in the Stone, but you can't in this movie? WHAAAAA!? The Arthurian Legend is full of the supernatural!

Dear NC,
Please do a commentary with Bhargo. That would really make my day since Bhargo is one of my favourite personalities on TGWTG.
Sincerely,
Jael

I second this. It would be epic!

I always enjoy your commentaries.

I have to mention I found out that Pierce Brosnan got a double to sing his part...*insert Momma Mia joke here. Overall I want to see more commentaries, they are awesome.

I know of only two horns so far: Excalibur's-been-stolen and rape.

I was equally scandalized when I discovered that "The Prayer" was from this movie, for similar reasons. I had to sing that as a duet for an undergraduate voice class. I never felt that much of an affection towards the song, myself, but it deserves better than this movie...

This will probably piss you of, but if you're try finding this movie on youtube in swedish you'll find the uploader calling it a Disney movie.

[quote=Ota-Kun]Then we made a whole Dungeons and Dragons session... focused around....... his accent.[/quote]

Dude, I need to start playing D&D at your place! :D ;)

I love recurring jokes, and really it's great to see them because in-jokes just get a special kind of laugh because you feel good about knowing what is being referenced. The Sonic one...I don't think that could ever not be funny. Or 'I was frozen today' or 'this...is crack.'

I am a huge fan of your work, Doug, and I loved this review, and this commentary. However there are a few things I feel I need to clarify... or defend... or whatever, about this movie. ^^;

1) You didn't even mention Ayden, the silver-winged falcon. You mentioned that Garret seemed to see better than most people. However, if you pay close enough attention, Ayden is the one who acts as Garret's eyes. Garret listens to the chirps that Ayden makes, and reacts to them. Ayden is also the one to convince Garret to let Kayley to come along after the "I Stand Alone" song, and he was the one to make the Griffin drop Excalibur in the beginning of the movie.

2) As a kid, I just accepted the whole "enchanted forest" thing. Sure, it's a pretty cheap explanation, but in a way, it works. And, since most people are afraid to enter the forest, because of all it's traps and dangers, most people wouldn't know much about it. I know that the Arthur legend has it's own mythology already, but there could exist an enchanted forest that most people avoid because of legends and superstition. Right?

3) The songs. Yes, a lot of them come, more or less, out of nowhere, but most of them make sense. Most of them are insights to the characters that we wouldn't get otherwise. And after they're over, they actually do mention them, if you pay close enough attention. Even after the pointless dragons' song, there is an exchange, that... well, frankly, always makes me smile.
Kayley: "Garret, let's take them with us. Please!"
Garret: "Oh.. I suppose so. But no more singing!"
Devon: "How do you feel about interpretive dance?"
Sure, it kinda breaks the 4th wall a bit, but I still enjoy it. ^^
Also, aside from Ruber's song, and the dragons' song, I really enjoy the music from this movie. Maybe it's because the songs are nostalgic, but I can never listen to them without, cheerfully, singing along. One of my favorite love songs (from a movie) is "Looking Through Your Eyes"! :)

4) Garret's story. You seemed very confused as to why he thought he wouldn't belong in Camelot, and yet, you neglected to even mention his backstory! Garret used to live in Camelot, as a young boy, who dreamed of someday becoming a knight. When he was stricken blind by a frightened horse, Kayley's father (Sir Lionel), was the only one who still believed in him, and helped him to learn to manage without his sight. Once Sir Lionel was killed, Garret had no one left who would reach out to him. He left Camelot, because after Sir Lionel died, all hope of Garret becoming a knight, died with him.
Even after he met Ayden and learned how to fight well without his sight, his past still haunted him, and he felt like he still wouldn't be welcome in Camelot. :(

I enjoyed the movie as a kid, and I still enjoy watching it from time to time as an adult. However, I will admit that i...

Actually, the movie explains a lot, especially as to why Garrett refuses to return home to Camelot.

My friend and I shot back and forth a theory as to why magic is in this movie. We concluded that it was a by product of the singing. So never sing in Camelot unless you want to trip balls.

This was a very good commentary, A+ work.

Bhargo sure put alot of heart in this ring of fire

[quote="doggans"]Most recently, he seemed awfully adamant about "The ogre's butt" being a terrible line. I don't think it was THAT bad a line...no worse than "Snakes, why'd it have to be snakes", "Ugh, toons", or anything along those lines. However, the situation itself was ridiculous, as was the following scene he left out where the ogre [i]farts them out into the cave wall[/i]. Even as a child, I had to fast-forward through that scene due to sheer stupidity.[/quote]That's the main problem I had with that joke; he should've focused more on the farting scene, which was much more juvenile than just saying "The Ogre's Butt!". If he had a problem with the fart jokes in those two John Hughs movies, I don't see why he wouldn't have a problem with it in this movie. If you think "The Ogre's Butt!" is the worst line ever, you might as well make "I found a stick!" from [i]The Princess and the Frog[/i] second worst.

The thing is, "an ogre's butt" isn't even a freaking sentence. It's a partial thought that almost doesn't make sense even in the context it's in.

[quote=Lotus Prince]The thing is, "an ogre's butt" isn't even a freaking sentence. It's a partial thought that almost doesn't make sense even in the context it's in.[/quote]Yeah, but when compared to having the ogre fart out Ruber and the Gryphon, sending them flying straight into a wall, simply saying "The Ogre's Butt!" seems like a much more mature thing to put into a movie.

[quote=albinotanuki] [quote=Lotus Prince]The thing is, "an ogre's butt" isn't even a freaking sentence. It's a partial thought that almost doesn't make sense even in the context it's in.[/quote]Yeah, but when compared to having the ogre fart out Ruber and the Gryphon, sending them flying straight into a wall, simply saying "The Ogre's Butt!" seems like a much more mature thing to put into a movie.[/quote]

Fair enough.

nice one^^

edit: and WHY THE HELL are the two dragon things seperated, when excalibur touches the stone, and then in the next scene they are put together again O.o

Doug left out the shot where they willingly merge back into each other (which, in itself, makes no sense).