dukereviewsmovies - Tumblr blog

dukereviewsmovies · 3 years

Text

Duke Reviews: The Rescuers

Hello, I'm Andrew Leduc And Welcome To Duke Reviews Where We Continue Our Long Look At Disney..

youtube

Where Today We're Looking At Disney's 23rd Animated Feature, The Rescuers...

Based On The Book, The Rescuers And Miss Bianca By Margery Sharp, This Film Sees An Agency Called The Rescue Aid Society Sending One Of Their Agents, Miss Bianca (Voiced By The Late Eva Gabor) And A Janitor Named Bernard (Voiced By The Great Bob Newhart) To Go After A Little Girl Named Penny Who's Been Kidnapped By A Wicked Woman Named Medusa...

Not That Medusa!

Who (Along With Her Sidekick, Shoots And 2 Aligators) Are After A Jewel Called The Devil's Eye...

Can Bernard And Bianca Save Penny Before Medusa Gets The Devil's Eye?

Let's Find Out As We Watch The Rescuers...

The Film Stars With Penny Sending A Message In A Bottle As Medusa's Alligators Watch And Our First Song Plays As The Opening Credits Roll...

youtube

Eventually The Bottle Is Found By Some Mice, It Is Taken To The United Nations Where The Headquarters Of The Rescue Aid Society Is After Doing Their National Anthem, Which Is Our Next Song...

youtube

They Bring In Penny's Bottle So The Janitor Mouse Named Bernard Can Get It Out Of The Bottle For Them To Read...

Eventually Successful In Doing So, The Chairman Mouse (Played By The Pilot From The First Mummy Movie) Reads The Letter (Which Is Unfortunately Watered Out) As It Says "To Morningside Orphanage, New York, I Am In Terrible Trouble...Hurry Help...Penny"....

With An Agent Named Miss Bianca Begging To Be Put On This Assignment, The Chairman Mouse Agrees And Allows Her To Take Any Other Agent She Wishes, But Of All The Agents She Could Take On Assignment With Her, She Chooses Bernard To Go With Her...

Well, I Guess A Janitor Is Better Than Nobody At All...

Travelling To Morningside Orphanage, Bernard And Bianca Meet An Old Cat Named Rufus...

Who Tells Them What Happened To Penny...

Believing That Penny Ran Away And That The Police Gave Up Looking For Her Weeks Ago, They Ask Rufus To Try To Remember More So They Can Find Penny, And He Does Remember That A Trashy Lady And Her Partner Who Own A Pawn Shop Offered To Give Penny A Ride Once...

Going Down To Said Pawn Shop, Bernard And Bianca Find A Book That Belonged To Penny Before They Meet Our Villain Of This Movie, Madame Medusa (Played By John Davidson's Meddling Mother From The Happiest Millionaire)

Which Is A Film I'll Talk About On Duke Reviews Xtra Another Day...

As She Gets A Phone Call From Her Partner, Mr. Snoops Saying That He Caught Penny Sending Messages In Bottles, Upset About This, Medusa Tells Him That She's On The Next Flight To The Devil's Bayou To Handle The Situation Herself...

With Bernard Getting In Medusa's Suitcase In An Attempt To Follow Medusa To Devil's Bayou, It Shuts Before Bianca Can Get In, But Following Them To Medusa's Car She Gets Bernard Out As Medusa Loses Her Suitcase When She Goes Too Fast,..

I Swear I'd Love To See Her And Cruella De Vil In A Race To See Which Car Is Fastest...

But All Hope Is Not Lost As Bernard And Bianca Get A Flight To Devil's Bayou On Albatross Air Lines...

Afraid They Missed Their Flight, They Soon Discover That They Haven't As Their Pilot Orville Is Just Getting Back From Another Flight And Needs A Few Minutes To Catch A Breather Before Getting Into The Wild Blue Yonder Again...

youtube

After That We Get Our Next Song...

youtube

Meanwhile In Devil's Bayou, Penny Attempts To Escape From Medusa And Snoops, Sending Out Her Aligators, Nero And Brutus As Snoops Fires Off Fireworks To Help Medusa...

But When Firing Them Off, He Hits Orville Causing Him, Bianca And Bernard To Crash Land Near The Home Of Some Hillbillies Who Live In The Area...

With Brutus And Nero Catching Penny, Bernard And Bianca Head Toward Medusa's Riverboat With The Help Of A Boat Driven By A Dragonfly Named Evinrude (I Hope I'm Spelling That Right) As Well As The Hillbillies Who Not Only Want To Get Rid Of Medusa And Save Penny As Much As They Do But Offer To Help Them When They Need It...

With Snoops Sending Penny To Her Room And Firing Up Fireworks To Tell Medusa That He Has Penny...

When Medusa Returns She Yells At Snoops Asking Him Why Penny Can't Find A Diamond Called The Devil's Eye That She's Looking For And Blames Him For Not Leaving Her In The Cave For Too Long, Despite Penny Saying That The Water Levels Were Rising...

Calling Him Too Soft And Saying That He Doesn't Know How To Handle Children, Medusa Tells Him That The Next Time The Tide Is Low They're Going To Keep Her There Until She Finds The Devil's Eye...

Wow, Where Are Child Cruelty Laws When You Need Them?

With Bernard And Bianca Hearing Everything, They Decide To Attempt To Get Penny Out Tonight, But They Have Bigger Problems To Worry About As Brutus And Nero Can Smell Miss Bianca's Perfume...

With Medusa Going Downstairs To See What The Racket Is She Finds Both Bernard And Bianca Which Then Causes Snoops To Attempt To Kill Them While Medusa Goes For Her Shotgun...

With Bernard And Bianca Escaping, They Start To Wonder If Rufus The Cat Was Right About Them Just Being Mice So What Can They Really Do, But They Eventually Pull It Together Realizing That The RAS Is Counting On Them, So They Go Back To Medusa's Boat To Try To Go See Penny....

But As They're Going To See Penny, Medusa Invites Her To Have A Talk With Her About Finding The Diamond, She Agrees To Try Harder On The Condition That She's Allowed To Go Back To The Orphanage...

But Medusa's A Bad Guy And Is Basically Like, What Family Would Want To Adopt Her? Hurting Penny's Feelings...

And Leading Me To Say...

As It Leads Us Into Our Next Song...

youtube

And I Know I Haven't Been Talking About Any Of The Songs In This Movie Because They're All Just Ok In My Opinion But This Song Is Not Only One Of The Saddest Disney Songs It's One Of Those Songs Where I Cry Like Crazy...

Meeting Bernard And Bianca, She's Happy Someone Got Her Letter But She's Not Happy That It's Someone Small, But Deciding To Work Together, They Come Up With An Escape Plan By Lauching Snoop's Fireworks And Placing Brutus And Nero In An Elevator While They Escape In Medusa's Swamp Mobile...

But In Order To Do They're Going To Need Help, So They Send Evinrude To Go Get The Hillibillies And Hurry...

Hearing Medusa And Snoops, Bianca Tells Penny To Get Dressed To Go Down The Hole Along With Them...

With Medusa Telling Penny To Find The Diamond Or She'll Never See Her Teddy Bear Again, She Goes Down The Hole With Bernard And Bianca...

As They Search For The Diamond, Penny Tells Them That This Used To Be A Pirate's Cave As There's A Pirate Skeleton And Sword There...

However With The Tide Coming In They Need To Hurry As Medusa Won't Let Them Up Without The Diamond...

But They Eventually Find The Devil's Eye In The Pirate Skeleton's Head And They Get Out Before The Cave Floods...

Giving Medusa The Diamond, They Return To Her Headquarters As Medusa Plans On What To Do With The Diamond..

Yeah, Why Is Medusa So Interested In This One Diamond? Is She Going To Use It To Power A Laser So She Can Destroy The World? I Mean, Yes She's A Pawn Shop Owner And She Can Probably Sell It For Millions But Still...

Dodging A Swarm Of Bats, Evinrude Eventually Returns To The Hillbillies To Give Them The Signal...

youtube

(Start At 1:15)

Holding Both Penny And Snoops At Gunpoint, Medusa Tells Both Of Them She's Leaving And If Either Them Follow Her She'll Shoot Them On Sight As She Places The Diamond In Penny's Teddy And Decides To Keep Him To Penny's Disappointment...

With Bernard And Bianca Tripping Medusa, Penny Goes For Her Teddy As Medusa Is Attacked By The Hillbillies,Putting Their Plan Into Motion, Bianca Sprays Her Perfume In The Elevator And Lock Both Nero And Brutus Inside Of It...

With The Fireworks Going Off, Penny Eventually Starts Medusa's Swamp Mobile As Medusa Kinda Jet Skis Behind It...

Eventually Losing Medusa, It All Ends Happily With The Devil's Eye Being Taken To The Smithsonian And Penny Returning To The Orphanage (Briefly) To Be Adopted By A Loving Family...

As Bernard, Bianca And The Rescue Aid Society Watch A News Report On Everything, Evinrude Enters With News Of Another Call For Help, Bianca Offers Their Services Despite Bernard Wanting A Little Break From Everything That Just Happened...

But Of Course, What Can I Say Except...

Booking A Flight With Orville And Taking Off, Our Movie Ends...

And That's The Rescuers And It's Good...For The Most Part...

While I Like The Story And The Characters, I Feel Like The Villain Medusa Has So Many Similarities To Cruella De Vil From 101 Dalmatians That They Could Be Sisters, But Still It's A Great Film And I Say See It...

Till Next Time, This Is Duke, Signing Off...

#the rescuers #Eva Gabor #bob newhart #disney+#disney animated films #disnerd #disney

1 note · View note

dukereviewsmovies · 3 years

Text

Duke Reviews: The Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh

Hello, I'm Andrew Leduc And Welcome Back To Duke Reviews And The Return Of Our Look At Disney...

youtube

Yeah, I Know I Said That I'd Be Winging My Reviews For A While Due To My Mom's Passing But Some Friends Who Are Into Disney Who I Met On An App Called Meet Up Have Given Hope And Made Me Believe That The Show Should Go On Because It's What My Mom Would Have Wanted...

So With That Said I'm Going To Start Releasing Reviews On A Schedule Again With Sundays Belonging To Duke Reviews, Wednesday's Belonging To Duke Reviews TV And The Rest Of the Week Belonging To Duke Reviews Xtra, If This Works Out Then I'll Pick A Day For Duke Reviews Comics And Gaming...

So, With That Said, When We Stopped We Left Off On Robin Hood, So That Means That The Next Film Is The Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh...

And I Will Tell You Right Now That This One Will Be An Emotional One For Me Because Winnie The Pooh Was One Of My Mom's And My Favorite Movies When I Was Growing Up, So Watching This And Other Pooh Stuff On Duke Reviews Xtra Will Be A Little Hard On Me...

Either Way Though, Let's Dive Into The Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh...

The Film Starts With The Narrator (Voiced By Bagheera From Jungle Book) Telling Us About A Boy Named Christopher Robin And His Toy Animals (One Of Them Being A Bear Called Winnie The Pooh) Who Had Adventures In A Place Called The Hundred Acre Wood, Which Leads To Our First Song...

youtube

And It's A Great Song Which Not Only Introduces The Characters But Sets Up The Stories...

Yes, I Said Stories Because All 3 Stories Were Originally Shorts Before Disney Combined Them Into A Full Length Movie...

But Still It Leads To Our First Story, Winnie The Pooh And The Honey Tree...

In This Story And After We Get Our Next Song...

youtube

Which Is A Great Song...

Pooh Discovers He's Out Of Honey So He Tries To Get Some From A Beehive, Which Leads To Our Next Song...

youtube

(Start At 0:52, End At 1:35)

But After Falling Off Of The Tree (Mainly Thanks To A Branch That Breaks) He Goes To Ask Christopher Robin To Help Him...

Using Mud In An Attempt To Fool The Bees That He's A Little Black Rain Cloud, Christopher Robin Gives Him A Balloon And Lifts Him Up, Which Leads To Our Next Song...

youtube

(Start At 0:26, End At 1:29)

Which Again Is A Good Song As Well As One Of The More Memorable Ones...

But Of Course, The Plan Goes Wrong, Forcing Pooh To Go To Plan B, Ask Rabbit For Honey, But Despite Eating Every Drop Of Rabbit's Honey, He Gets Stuck In Rabbit's Rabbit Hole....

Stuck For Days And Days, Pooh Eventually Starts To Budge Which Leads To Our Next Song...

youtube

Fired Out Of The Hole Like A Man Blasted Out Of A Cannon, Pooh Lands Inside Of A Honey Tree Where He Starts Devouring Honey Which Is Where The First Story Ends And The Second Story, Titled Winnie The Pooh And The Blustery Day Begins With Our First Song...

youtube

And This Is Probably The Only Song, I Don't Like As It's Not As Memorable As The Other Songs...

Anyway After Singing That Pooh Goes To See Piglet Only For Piglet To Get Caught In The Wind, Leaving It Up To Pooh To Save Him, But In The Process Both Of Them End Up At Owl's House, But Even Owl's House Comes Under Attack From The Wind As The Tree Holding Owl's House Falls Over, Leaving Owl Homeless...

With Eeyore Going Off To Find Owl A New House, Pooh Heads Home As The Blustery Day Becomes A Blustery Night As Pooh Starts Hearing Noises...

Going To Take A Look Outside When He Hears A Noise, Pooh Ends Up Getting Bounced On By Tigger Who He Explains Who He Is In Song...

youtube

But When Tigger Tries Some Honey, He Tells Pooh About Hephalumps And Woozles, Creatures Who Steal Honey, This Leads Pooh To Protect His Honey But In The Process He Falls Asleep And Has A Nightmare...

youtube

However, When Pooh Wakes Up He Discovers That His House Has Started To Flood Due To Rain That's Going On Outside, Which Leads To Our Next Song...

youtube

(Start At 0:23, End At 1:39)

With Christopher Robin Getting Piglet's Letter, Owl Sets Off To Find Them, But When He Does, He Finds Piglet And Pooh Together, Eventually Going Over A Waterfall, They Find Themselves Arriving Near Christopher Robin Who Declares Pooh A Hero For Saving Piglet...

Throwing A Hero Party For Pooh Once The Water Has Cleared, Eeyore Interrupts Declaring That He's Found A New House For Owl, However We Discover That The Place He's Chosen Is Piglet's House...

With Piglet Deciding To Give His House To Owl, He Decides To Live With Pooh, Leading Christopher Robin To Make The One Hero Party Into A 2 Hero Party Leading To The Final Song Which Ends Our Second Story And Leads Into The 3rd Story, Winnie The Pooh And Tigger Too

Which Has Tigger Bouncing Everyone In The Hundred Acre Wood To The Point To The Point They're Tired Of It (But It's Mainly Rabbit That's Tired Of It) To The Point They Come Up With A Plan To UnBounce Tigger By Ditching Him In The Middle Of The Woods So He'll Get Lost...

But Once They Get Out Of The Woods, Tigger Finds His Way Out...

A Few Months Pass And It's Winter And Tigger Goes To Have Fun With Roo By Climbing Trees But Unfortunately The Tree They Climbed Is Way Too High...

With Pooh And Piglet Finding The 2, They Go To Get Help, Roo Finds His Way Down But Tigger Is Too Scared To Either Climb Or Bounce Down, Swearing To Never Bounce Again If He Gets Down, The Narrator Helps Him Down...

Rabbit Keeps Tigger To His Word And He Walks Off Sadly, But Everyone Admits They Like The Bouncy Tigger Better And Rabbit Says Screw It, Tigger Can Bounce Again And The Story Ends With A Reprise Of The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers...

It's Then Here We Get An Epilogue Which Is Delved More On In The Direct To DVD Movie, Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search For Christopher Robin Or In The Reboot (Which Came Out A Few Years Ago And Is Also A Film We'll Be Looking At On Duke Reviews Xtra) Called Christopher Robin, Before Our Film Ends...

But Before I Give My Overall Opinion Of The Movie, I'd Like To Mention A Short Called Winnie The Pooh And A Day For Eeyore Which Is A Short I Wish They'd Add To This Movie...

As Despite Having Some Different Voices For Characters, It Feels Like It Belongs In This Movie...

But The Film Overall Was Pretty Good And With Songs By The Sherman Brothers That Are Still Memorable To This Day, How Can You Go Wrong? It's A Great Animated Movie And I Say See It...

Till Next Time, This Is Duke, Signing Off

#disney #disney animated films #disnerd #the many adventures of winnie the pooh #paul winchell #sterling holloway

0 notes

dukereviewsmovies · 3 years

Text

Duke Reviews: Mortal Kombat 2021

Hello, I'm Andrew Leduc And Welcome To Duke Reviews Where Today I'm Looking At The 2021 Mortal Kombat Movie...

Now, I Bet You're Asking Me, Andrew, Why Are You Reviewing This And Not The Original Mortal Kombat Movie And It's Sequel, Mortal Kombat Annihilation? Because I Don't Need A Frying Pan To Hit Me Over The Head To Know For A Fact That Both Of Those Films Are Horrible...

Where This Film Knows How To Handle The Game It's Taking On, Of Course, Some People Will Disagree With Me On This But Intend To Prove Those Haters Wrong Today...

So, With That Said, Let's Dive Into Mortal Kombat 2021...

Expect Spoilers From Here On Out...

The Movie Starts At The Home Of Hanzo Hasashi In Japan In The Year 1617, Where Hanzo Goes To Get 2 Buckets Of Water For His Wife, But Before He Goes, He Tells Her That He Loves Her Very Much...

However As Hanzo Gets Water, His Family Is Visited By Hanzo's Nemisis, Bi-Han, Whose Group Known As The Lin Kuei (Who Controls The Power Of Ice) Is Out To Annihilate Every Member Of Hanzo's Group, The Shirai Ryu From Existence And With Hanzo Being The Last One...He Makes Himself A Good Target...

So, Yeah, Bi-Han Kills Hanzo's Wife And Eldest Son By Freezing Them To Death, Which Leads Hanzo To Create A Makeshift Weapon (Out Of A Blade His Wife Used For Gardening And Some Rope) So He Can Fight The Warriors Of The Lin Kuei Before Fighting Bi-Han Himself Only To Get Killed During The Fight...

But Before Hanzo Dies, He Hears The Cries Of His Baby Daughter But In Attempting To Go To The Baby He Dies...

But That Doesn't Stop A God Named Raiden From Showing Up And Taking The Baby Himself To Find The Kid A New Home, Which Not Only Leads To A Title Card And Brief Star Wars Like Intro Revealing That There Is A Tournament That Decides The Fate Of Earth And Earth Has Lost 9 Of Them And Should It Lose One More, Then Earth Will Be Invaded By A Realm Called Outworld...

However, An Ancient Prophecy Has Revealed That A New Group Of Champions Led By Hanzo's Ancestor Will Tip The Balance For Earth...

Which Leads Up To Now, Where Hanzo's 21st Century Relative Who Now Goes By Cole Young Is Boxing For Money For His Family...

Now, Very Briefly, Let's Talk About Cole Who Is A New Character For This Movie And Is Not In The Video Game...

This Has Fans Debating That The Main Focus Should Have Been A Character From The Game, Namely Johnny Cage Instead Of A New Character To Which I Unfortunately Disagree With As Going With A New Character Works Better In The Movie's Favor...

Think About It, If They Had Made A Character From The Game The Main Focus It Would Come With Expectations That The Fanbase Expects For Characters Of This Game Adding To The Other Expectations For The Other Characters That Are From The Game That Are In This Movie...

Where A New Character Not Only Gives Us A Fresh Set Of Eyes To Look At This World, But A Way To Put Us Not Only Into The Movie But Into This World...

Unfortunately, Cole Loses The Fight But It's Enough To Impress A Guy Named Jax (Played By Jimmy Olsen From Supergirl) Who A Tattoo On Cole Only For His Daughter To Reveal That It's Not A Tattoo But A Birthmark Which He's Had Since He Was Born...

Meanwhile In Outworld, The Ruler Of This Realm, Shang Tsung...

Yes, That Guy,..

Tells Bi-Han Who Has Now Become...

Sub-Zero...

That The Prophecy Is Upon Them And He Wants Him To Go To Earth To Eliminate The Champions, Which Leads Sub-Zero To Attack Cole And His Family While They're Getting Dinner At A Restaurant...

Luckily Though, They Are Saved By Jax Who Reveals He Has A Tattoo Like Cole Does And That He's Been Chosen To Fight But Before Jax Can Tell Him Anymore They're Confronted By Sub-Zero Who Attacks Their Car, But Before Jax Goes To Fight Sub-Zero He Tells Cole To Go To Gary, Indiana...

This An Action Movie, Not A Musical!

Anyway, He Tells Cole To Go There And Find Sonya Blade Who Will Have More Information About Everything...

So, With Cole Taking His Family To Safety, Jax Goes To Fight Sub-Zero Only For Sub-Zero To Freeze Jax's Arms And Rip Them The Hell Off...

Jax Falls To The Ground Which Leads Sub-Zero To Believe Jax Is Dead But We'll See Jax Later...

After Dropping His Family Off, Cole Goes To See Sonya Blade Who Not Only Reveals That People With Markings Like The Ones Cole And Jax Have Have Been Chosen To Fight For Earth In A Tournament Known As Mortal Kombat, But Also That She Has A Mercenary Named Kano Who Killed A Champion That Sonya Was After Only To Get The Marking Himself...

But Before Sonya Can Give More Information, They're Attacked By Reptile, A Minion Of Shang Tsung But He Defeated By Kano Who Breaks Free During The Fight...

Before He Leaves, Kano Mentions Raiden's Temple, (A Place Where Champions Have Gone To Train For The Tournament) So Sonya Makes A Deal With Kano To Take Them There For 3 Million Dollars (Despite Not Having It) And He Does...

Travelling To The Middle Of The Desert, We Get A Small Fight Between Kano And Sonya, Before They Run Into Liu Kang (Played By The Black Ranger From The Power Rangers Reboot) Who Takes Them To Raiden's Temple To See Raiden Himself Who's Not Exactly Pleased With What He Has To Work With...

But Beggars Can't Be Choosers As Outworld Comes To Them Forcing Liu Kang And His Cousin, Kung Lao To Deal With The Intruders But Raiden Interpheres As Shang Tsung, Sub-Zero And Another Minion, Mileena Arrive...

However Despite Ordering His Minions To Kill The Champions, Raiden Creates An Electric Force Field Preventing Them From Entering...

Yeah, Go Cry To Your Mama, Shang Tsung...

So, As Both Kano And Cole Begin Training For Their Arcana (Which Is Their Inner Power), Sonya Discovers That Jax Is Alive And That As Sub-Zero Froze His Arms He Also Cauterised Jax's Wounds And All It's Going To Take Now Is Time...

Which I Think Is Liu Kang's Way Of Saying "We Can Rebuild Him, We Have The Technology"...

And So, Jax Becomes The Six Million Dollar Jax...

Well, I Guess Six Million Dollars Doesn't Buy What It Used To Buy...

With Very Little Success Of Getting Their Arcana On Their First Day, Everyone Has Dinner Only For Kung Lao To Start Insulting Kano Which Leads to Him Getting His Arcana Of Shooting A Laser From His Eye...

But Unlike Kano, Cole Is Having A Hard Time Getting His Arcana And With Time Running Out He Needs To Get It....Fast....

This Leads Raiden To Send Cole Home Despite Telling Him The Truth About Hanzo And How He Was He Was Hoping That The Power Of His Bloodline Would Be Strong Enough For Cole To Get His Arcana...

Meanwhile In Outworld, Shang Tsung Prepares His Minions, Millena, Nitara, Kabal And General Reiko For An Attack On Raiden's Temple...

But How Will They Lower Raiden's Force Field?

Well, Unfortunately, Kabal Knows Kano And Goes Off To Convince Him To Join Shang Tsung's Team And Guess What? He Accepts.,,

So, Yeah, Kano Brings Down The Shield Allowing Shang Tsung And His Minions To Attack The Temple While Cole Is Attempting To Protect His Family From Freaking Goro!

And Holy Shit, Did They Give Goro An Update!

But As The Fights Happen We Get Lines From The Game Including "Finish Him!" And "Flawless Victory" Kung Lao Kills Nitara Only For Shang Tsung To Kill Kung Lao, Jax's Arms Finally Look Like They're Worth Six Million Dollars And Transform Into Badass Robotic Arms Intead Of Wimpy Ones

And Cole Gains His Arcana (Of Transforming Into Kinetic Armor And Weapon Creation) To Save His Family From Goro Which Leads To The Most Gruesome Death In This Movie...

But Despite Cole Returning To The Temple To Help, Raiden Gets The Team Out By Taking Them To The Void, Which Is A Space Between Earthrealm And OutWorld To Come Up With A Plan

And Their Plan Is Very Simple...

Jax Fights Reiko ( Reiko Gets His Head Smashed In By Jax), Sonya Fights Kano (Kano Has An Ironic Death And Sonya Gains His Mark, Becoming A Champion) And Liu And Cole Fight Both Mileena And Kabal (Kabal Dies By Liu's Fire Dragon Ability And Mileena Gets Blasted By Sonya When She Shows Up)

They Had Intended Taking Sub-Zero Together But When He Shows Cole A Bracelet That Belonged To Cole's Daughter, He's Like "I Have Your Family, Come Get Me Bitch!"

So, Cole Enters A Portal To Face Sub-Zero Alone, Well...Not Really...

Using A Blade That Belonged To Hanzo During The Fight, Cole Summons The Spirit Of Hanzo To Fight With Him...,

But He's Not Hanzo Anymore, Oh, No....He's...

Scorpion!

And He's Like...

So, Yeah, Scorpion Kills Sub-Zero By Burning The Bastard With Fire Breath Before Returning To Help And Cole Saves His Family....

But As Raiden And His Team Arrive, Shang Tsung Also Arrives Saying That Death Is Just Another Portal And Next Time, He Will Come With Armies Before Leaving

However, Though They Won This Battle, The Fight Is Not Over By Any Means As Raiden Assembles A New List Of Champions For The Team To Recruit...

Packing Up His Locker At The Wrestling Ring, Cole Tells His Agent That He's Going To Hollywood As We Look At A Poster That Tells Us Johnny Cage Will Be In The Sequel...

This Movie Was...Pretty Damn Epic!

How This Isn't One Of The Best Video Game Movie Adaptations Ever I Will Never Know, I Guess It Just Comes Down To People Are Idiots And Don't Know What The Hell They're Talking About...

"The Story Is Confusing" If The Story Is Confusing Then You Don't Belong Reviewing Movies Cause You Have No Idea What A Good Movie Is!, "The Movie Has Horrible Writing" Have You Even Seen The Original Mortal Kombat Movie? That And Annihilation Have Worse Writing Than This Movie! "We Should Have Had Johnny Cage Instead Of Cole" We're Getting Him In The Sequel, Give The Writers A Freaking Break And Stop Being Critical Pricks!

So, Yeah, It's Obvious That This Has Become My Favorite Video Game Movie And I Say Don't Listen To People Like Angry Joe Or Hack The Movies Who Don't Know What They're Talking About And Go See This Movie

Till Next Time, This Is Duke, Signing Off

#Mortal Kombat #warner bros

4 notes · View notes

dukereviewsmovies · 3 years

Text

Duke's Holiday Reviews: The Small One

Hello, I'm Andrew Leduc And Welcome Back To Duke's Holiday Reviews...

Where Today We Look At A Classic Disney Short That I Think Everyone Should Watch Over This Holiday Season, The Small One...

No Synopsis Today As This Review Is Short Enough Today,..

The Story Is About A Boy Named Boy Apparently, (Played By Sean Marshall, Who You May Recognize From A Certain Movie With A Cartoon Dragon...

That's Right, It's Pete From Pete's Dragon)

Who Is Forced To Give Up His Best Friend, A Donkey Named Small One, Who Is Considered Too Old And Too Weak By His Father...

Promising To Find Small One A Good Home, They Head Into Town Where He Tries To Sell Him For One Piece Of Silver But Nobody Will Buy Him, Even An Auctioneer Won't Sell Him Because He Considers Him To Be A Joke...

But When It's Nightfall, A Man Comes Up To The Boy Asking To Buy Small One To Help His Wife And Him Get To Bethlehem...

And I Think You Know Where It Goes From There...

Yes, This Is One Of Those Stories About The Donkey Who Carried Mary And Joseph To Bethlehem, And...I've Watched It Every Year Since I Was A Child...

It's A Touching Story With Art By Don Bluth, That Will Tug At Your Heartstrings This Holiday Season...

Till Next Time, This Is Duke, Signing Off...

#The Small One #don bluth #Disney #Disney Shorts #christmas specials #christmas

1 note · View note

dukereviewsmovies · 3 years

Text

Duke's Holiday Reviews: Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas

Hello, I'm Andrew Leduc And Welcome Back To Duke's Holiday Reviews..

Well, There's No Doubt About It, The First Remake Of The Grinch Is A Holiday Classic, Jim Carrey's Hilarious And The Sets Are Imaginative, Yes, Everyone Loves It, Through And Through, But The Critics.... On Something Called The Internet Do Not!

Now, Please Don't Ask Why, No One Quite Knows The Reason, Perhaps It's Because They Have No Lives To Brag About, Perhaps It's Because Their Shoes Are Too Tight, But I Think The Most Likely Reason Of All It's Because Their Brains Are 2 Sizes Too Small...

Ok, Screw Rhyming From Here On Out, What Is Wrong With You People!?!

The Grinch Is One Of The Perfect Remakes As Far As I'm Concerned, But It As Bad As Every Moron On The Internet Believes It To Be?

Let's Find Out As We Watch How The Grinch Stole Christmas...

Our Tale Starts Inside Of A Snowflake Which Leads Us To The Town Of Whoville, Where The Whos...

Who Look The Way Whos Should Look In This Reviewers Opinion...

Are Preparing For Christmas As We Come Across Cindy Lou Who (Played By Taylor Momsen Before She Went Insane And Her Taste In Style Got Thrown Out The Window) And Her Father, Lou Lou Who...

Everyone Of Course, Except The Grinch (Played By Jim Carrey) Who Soon Finds He Has Visitors In The Form Of Drew And Stu Lou Who And Their 2 Girlfriends Who Want The Brothers To Knock On The Grinch's Door...

But When They Do, They're All Scared Off By An Animatronic Controlled By The Grinch's Dog, Max...

Realizing He Could Use A Little Social Interaction, The Grinch Heads Down To Whoville With Max Where He Causes Some Trouble With The Mail But He's Soon Confronted By Cindy Lou, Who He Scares Into A Pile Of Boxes But He Saves Her With A Little Push From Max...

But Not Wanting To Look Like The Good Guy He Wraps Her In Wrapping Paper...

Eventually Finding Cindy Lou, Lou Takes Cindy Home To Her Mother (Played By SNL's Molly Shannon) Who Is Putting Up Christmas Lights As Her Neighbor, Martha May Whovier (Played By Christine Baranski) Puts Up Hers.,,

As Cindy Gets Ready For Bed, She Sings One Of The Only 2 Songs In This Movie...

youtube

And All I'll Say Is It's Better Than Anything That Comes Out Of Taylor Momsen's Mouth Nowadays, Seriously, Taylor, You Call That Crud You Sing Music?

This Message Brought To You By The Taylor Momsen Get A Life Foundation

Returning To His Lair, We Get A Couple Of Funny Scenes With The Grinch Before We Cut Back To Cindy Lou Who Is Visits 2 Biddys (One Of Them Played By Frau Farbissina) Martha May, The Mayor (Played By Jeffrey Tambor) And His Right Hand Guy (Played By The Ice Cream Man) Who Tell Cindy The Origin Of The Grinch...

Yeah, Seems That The Biddys Raised The Grinch From When He Was A Baby To When He Was A Child (Played By Timmy From Passions RIP) And He Hated Christmas Even Then...

But When He Fell For Martha May, He Finally Got Into The Christmas Spirit, However, When He Was Bullied By The Mayor, He Shaved His....Beard?...(I Never Considered It A Beard But...) Everyone Laughed At The Grinch To The Point He Went On A Rampage And Ran Off To Crumpit...

The Next Day, The Holiday Whobilation Begins As Everyone Votes For A Holiday Cheermiester, This Leads Cindy To Vote For The Grinch At The Mayor's Behest But With Cindy's Words Touching The Town, The Mayor Says Screw It But When The Grinch Doesn't Show He'll Wear The Crown By Default...

So, Cindy Goes Up To Crumpit To Tell The Grinch That He Won To Which He Has Mixed Reactions To, And By That I Mean He's Glad Alot Of People Lost But He Still Doesn't Want To Go...

But After A Long Funny Scene Of Him Figuring Out What To Do, The Grinch Eventually Shows As He Lands In Martha May Whovier's Boobs First...

To Which Some People May Go...

youtube

But I Go...

Despite The Grinch Wanting His Award, He Goes Through All The Contests Before They Get To A Gift Exchange Where The Grinch,..Gets A Razor... As The Mayor Proposes To Martha May...

To Which..,You Can Probably Guess What Happens From There....

The Grinch Goes On A Rampage In Whoville Before Heading Back To Crumpit And The Town Blames Cindy Lou Despite Her Just Wanting Everyone To Spend Christmas Together...

With Tomorrow Being Christmas, The Grinch Decides To Stop Christmas From Coming By Disguising Himself As Santa Claus And Max As His Reindeer, Leading To Our Last Song...

youtube

And...While Carrey Is No Thurl Ravenscroft He Does It Well, But Hey, Anything Is Better Than That Dumb Grinch Rap In The Illumination Animated Grinch Movie...

Seriously, Illumination, What The Hell!?!

Going Down To Whoville, He Starts Swiping Gifts Starting At The Lou Who's Where He Swipes Everything But When He Goes To Swipe The Tree, He's Caught By Cindy Lou, Who He Tells A Fake Story Before Getting Her Water And Sending Her Back To Bed...

With Everything Swiped At The Lou Who's He Moves Onto The Other Whos Houses Including The Mayor Who He Gives A Interesting Gift Which Makes The Me Too Movement And Myself Laugh, Despite Other People Asking "Really, You Had To Go There?"

With Everything Swiped He Takes Everything To The Tip Top Of Mount Crumpit To Dump It, But Before He Does He Goes To Listen As The Town Cries Boo Hoo...

To Which They Do At First, With The Mayor Blaming Cindy Lou For Ruining Christmas But Lou Stands Up For His Daughter Saying He's Glad The Grinch Stole Christmas As It's Not About The Gifts, Contests Or Fancy Lights But About Family...

Hearing The Whos Sing, The Grinch Puzzles Until He Realizes Christmas Doesn't Come From A Store, But Means A Little Bit More To Which His Heart Grows 3 Sizes...

And I Do Got To Admit This Scene Is Hysterical...

But With The Sleigh Starting To Move, The Grinch Goes To Get It But Is Unable To, But Seeing Cindy Lou On Top Of The Sleigh As She Didn't Want Him To Be Alone On Christmas...

The Grinch Manages To Lift Up The Sleigh So Him And Cindy Lou Can Take It Down To Whoville Despite Losing Their Brake, But With The Help Of Martha May, Lou And Cindy's Mom, They Manage To Stop It...

With The Grinch Apologizing, He's Let Off Easy Before Martha May Refuses The Mayor's Marriage Proposal From Earlier As She Loves The Grinch...

So, As The Town And The Grinch Sing, They Head To Crumpit Afterwards For Their Feast As The Grinch Carves The Roast Beast...

And That's How The Grinch Stole Christmas And I Ask Again, How Is This Movie Horrible?

Carrey Is Hilarious As The Grinch, The Makeup On The Whos Are What Whos Look Like In My Opinion, The Sets Are Fantastic With Some Still Up At Universal...

Why People Complain About Weird Angles And The Film Being Smokey Is Completely Ridiculous, And The Reason The Whos Are Corrupt And Materialistic Is A Mirror Reflection Of Us At This Time Of Year, So It Makes Sense To Make The Whos That Way...

So, Yeah, Despite Internet Critics Hating It So Much, I Love The Film And I Honestly Say Don't Listen To Those Morons And See It...

Till Next Time, This Is Duke, Signing Off...

#How The Grinch Stole Christmas #Jim Carrey #Taylor Momsen #Molly Shannon #christine baranski #dr seuss

1 note · View note

dukereviewsmovies · 3 years

Text

Duke's Holiday Reviews: The Nightmare Before Christmas

Hello, I'm Andrew Leduc And Welcome To Duke's Holiday Reviews...

Yes, I'm Back With Reviews For The Holiday Season, And What Better Way To Make Up For Not Having Alot Of Halloween Reviews This Year Than The Halloween Christmas Hybrid That Is The Nightmare Before Christmas...

No Synopsis For This Review Let's Dive Into The Nightmare Before Christmas...

After We Get A Brief Introduction From A Narrator (Who Is In No Way Patrick Stewart) Before We Cut To Our First Song...

youtube

And Who Doesn't Sing Or Play This Song Every Halloween?

It's A Great Song And I Honestly Love It...

As Sally (Voiced By Delia Deetz From Beetlejuice) Escapes The Clutches Of Her Creator, Dr. Finkelstien (Voiced By Uncle Lewis From Christmas Vacation) Jack (Voiced By Jerry From Fright Night) Manages To Escape His Horde Of Fans So He Can Sulk In The Graveyard About How Everything Is The Same Every Halloween, Which Leads To Our Next Song...

youtube

And It's Another Good Song...

It Let's The Audience How Jack Feels As He Sings While Also Showing Us What Powers He Has As Both A Skeleton And As The Pumpkin King...

Watching The Entire Scene, Sally Grabs Some Deadly Night Shade Before Returning To Dr. Finkelstien For Repairs While Jack Walks Endlessly Through The Forest With His Ghost Dog, Zero...

The Next Day, The Mayor (Voiced By Otho! From Beetlejuice) Discovers That Jack Is Gone As Jack Himself Discovers A Row Of Doors For Different Holidays, Eventually Jack Becomes Interested In A Door Shaped Like A Christmas Tree...

Opening It Jack Falls In It And Travels To Christmas Town Where We Get Our Next Song...

youtube

And What Can I Honestly Say About This Song?

It's A Good Song And Like This Is Halloween It's A Song You Only Think About At Christmas...

With The Mayor Sounding A Red Alert For All Of Halloweentown, It's Quickly Called Off When Jack Returns In Something That The Penguin From Batman Returns Would Most Likely Drive...

Calling For A Town Meeting That Night, Sally Deals With Finkelstien Early By Placing The Deadly Nightshade Into His Soup, Masking It With Frog's Breath Which Puts Him To Sleep So She Can Go To The Meeting...

There, Jack Tells The People Of Halloween About Christmas Town...

youtube

And It's Ok...

While It's A Good Song, It's Not One Of My Favorites So...

The Next Morning, Finkelstien Locks Sally Up For Knocking Him Out As Jack Arrives To Borrow Equipment For Him To Begin Some Experiments On Christmas...

Escaping Her Chambers In Finkelstien's Laboratory, Sally Gives Jack A Present Only To Have A Vision After Picking A Flower Which Shows Her That Jack's Vision Of Christmas Will Only Lead To His Death And Destruction...

The Next Morning Leads Us To Our Next Song...

youtube

(Start At 0:22)

And Again It's Just Ok...

It's An Interesting Song, But Again It's Not One Of My Favorites When It Comes To This Movie...

Jack Gives Everyone A Task To Do For Christmas But The Biggest Task He Leaves To Zombie Trick Or Treaters, Lock Shock And Barrel (Ps. One Of Them Is Voiced By Pee Wee Herman)

Who He Gives The Task Of Bringing Santa Claus To Him On The Condition That They Don't Tell Their Boss, Oogie Boogie Which They Agree (As They Cross Their Fingers Behind Their Backs)..

This Leads Us To Our Next Song...

youtube

And, It's A Good Song...

I Love How They Say They're Going To Do All These Things To Santa Once They Have Him Only To See Them Not Do Anything When The Time Comes...

As Jack Hires Sally To Make His Santa Claus Outfit, She Tells Jack About Her Vision, But He Is Too Focused On Christmas To Listen To Anything Sally Has To Say...

Anyway, It Leads Into Our Next Song...

youtube

And, What Can I Say About This Song?

It's Basically The Song Everyone Thinks Of When They Think Of This Movie...

And It's A Great Song Because That's What The Filmmakers Were Doing When They Were Making This Movie: Making A Christmas Classic...

With Santa Claus Captured, Lock Shock And Barrel Take Santa To See Jack As He's Being Fitted In His Santa Claus Costume Only To Take Him To See Our Villain Of The Movie, Oogie Boogie Afterward, Which Leads To Our Next Song...

youtube

And It's Quickly Become One Of The Great Disney Villain Songs (Even Though I Don't Really See Oogie Boogie As A Disney Villain But His Own Separate Entity)

The Song Is Well Written And Is Very Well Sung By Ken Page, Who Honestly Owns This Role As Much As Sarandon Is Jack...

Everyone Celebrates Jack Prepares To Take Off But Sally Creates A Fog With Some Fog Juice Which Almost Ruins Jack's Flight...

But With Zero's Nose Shining Bright, Jack Pulls The Sleigh Through Which Leads Sally To Hope That Her Vision Doesn't Come True As She Sings Our Next Song....

youtube

And This Is Probably The Only Song In The Film I Don't Like...

It's Dull, It's Dreary And It Slows Down The Film To The Point I Just Want To See Jack Start Delivering Toys...

And Speaking Of Jack Delivering Toys, He Does Just That And..,It Doesn't Go The Way He Wanted...

In Fact, It Scares The Kids And Adults So Much It Leads To The Police Bringing In The Military To Stop Jack...

This Leads Sally To Try To Get Santa Out Of Oogie Boogie's Lair Only To Get Kidnapped Herself As Jack Gets Blown Out Of The Sky By The Military...

As Everything Starts To Calm In The Mortal Realm, Zero Finds Jack Which Leads To Our Next Song...

youtube

Managing To Return To Halloweentown In Time To Save Sally And Santa From Oogie, It Leads To A Final Battle Between Jack And Oogie Which Ends With Jack Tearing Oogie's Sack Body Off Causing His Bugs To Be Destroyed..,

Though Tell You The Truth, I Kind Of Prefer One Of The Alternate Endings To Oogie Over This One...

This Ending Reveals Oogie To Be Finkelstien Who Hates Jack Because Of The Fact That Sally Loves Him Over Finkelstien, I Felt It Made More Sense And It Would Have Been A Better Explanation For Oogie's Comeback In Kingdom Hearts Rather Than "Oh, Maleficent Brought Him Back"...

With Jack Giving Santa His Hat Back, He Takes Off As Jack And Sally Are Saved By The Mayor With Help From Lock Shock And Barrel...

Also If They Became Good Guys At The End Of This, Why Did They Become Bad Guys Again In Kingdom Hearts?

Anyway, Everyone Celebrates Jack's Return As It Starts Snowing On Halloweentown Which Leads To One Final Song Between Jack And Sally Which Leads The 2 To Admit They Like Each Other As Our Movie Ends...

And That's The Nightmare Before Christmas And What Can Honestly Be Said About It That Hasn't Already Been Said.,.

The Songs Are Great, The Characters And Sets Are Well Made, And I Honestly Love It, So, I Can't Say This Enough But See It Now If You Haven't...

Surprise Review Later This Week, But Till Then, This Is Duke, Signing Off...

#the nightmare before xmas #disney #disney animated films #halloween reviews #halloween #christmas movies #disnerd #Christmas #Christmas Reviews #chris sarandon #catherine ohara #Ken Page #Glen Shaddix #paul reubens #Spotify #Youtube

1 note · View note

dukereviewsmovies · 3 years

Text

Duke Reviews: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street

Hello, I'm Andrew Leduc And Welcome To Duke Reviews Where I Want To Apologize For Not Finishing Duke's Monsterween This Year...

Alot Has Happened In My Life Since I Disappeared, My Mom The One Person Who Believed In Me And My Reviews Passed Away Due To Organ Failure And Possibly Leukemia, Leaving My Whole Life In Question To The Point That I Don't Know If I'm Going To Continue Doing This Or Not...

But Until It's Figured Out And Handled, The Show Must Go On As It's What My Mom Would Have Wanted So, Slowly I Am Going To Return To Doing Duke Reviews...

But I Am Going To Release Them On My Time And Do Whatever I Want Not Just Something On One Subject So For Now Our Look At Disney Is Over...

But Lately I Have Been Watching Some Musicals, So To End Duke's Monsterween Right, We're Going To Look At Horror Related Musical But Since I Don't Own Rocky Horror And I'm Definitely Not Ready To Dive Into Phantom Yet, Let's End Monsterween With Tim Burton And Sweeney Todd...

With Music By Stephen Sondheim, This Film Is About A Former Barber Named Benjamin Barker Returning Home To London After Spending Time In Jail On A False Charge Only To Find That His Wife Is Dead And His Daughter Is Living With The Man Who Had Him Arrested...

This Leads Barker To Become Sweeney Todd And Go Down A Path Of Revenge Against The Man Who Wronged Him...

So, Let's Watch Sweeney Todd And See How Tim Burton Handles The Musical Genre..

So After A Bloody Opening...

youtube

We Open At The London Bridge On A Boat As We Meet Our Supporting Protagonist, Antony (Played By Jamie Campbell Bower) Who Is With Our Main Protagonist Benjamin Barker (Played By Johnny Depp) As We Get Our First Song There's No Place Like London

Where As They Arrive Into The Port, Benjamin Tells Antony His Backstory...

youtube

(Start At 2:24, End At 3:56)

As The 2 Separate, Barker Heads Into Town Until He Reaches Mrs. Lovett's Pie Shop Where He Meets The Owner Herself, Mrs. Lovett (Played By Helena Bonham Carter) Who Sings Our Next Song The Worst Pies In London

But Despite Me Having No Problem With Bonham Carter, She's Still Not As Good As The Original Mrs. Lovett, Angela Lansbury Who Actually Recently Celebrated Her Birthday...

Happy Belated Birthday, Angela!

Feeling Bad For Barker When He Eats Her Rotten Pie, Lovett Takes Barker Up To Her Apartment Where He Asks If That Room Upstairs Is For Rent But She Tells Him No But That's Mainly Because No One Will Go Near It Because It's Haunted Which Leads Her To Tell A Story...

youtube

(Start At 0:39, End At 3:13)

With Lovett Figuring Out Who He Is, Barker Asks Where His Wife Is Only For Lovett To Tell Him That His Wife Is Dead And His Daughter Is With The Man Who Arranged For His Arrest, Judge Turpin (Played By The Late Alan Rickman)

This Leads Barker To Decide To Change His Name To Sweeney Todd And Have His Revenge On Turpin...

Going Upstairs, He Finds His Old Shaving Equipment Which Leads To Our Next Song, My Friends

Which Is One Of My Favorite Songs In The Musical And Depp Pulls It Off Well...

Meanwhile, On The Other Side Of Town, Antony Spies On Barker's Daughter Johanna And After Learning Her Name From A Homeless Woman, He Instantly Falls In Love With Her To The Point He Starts Singing A Love Song...

But His Interest Is Spotted By Her Caretaker, Judge Turpin Who While Nice At First Ends Up Having His Right Hand Man, Beedle Bamford (Played By Peter Petigrew)...

I Guess Once A Rat Always A Rat...

Beat The Hell Out Of Antony With His Cane Before Sending Him On His Way, Which Leads Antony To Swear To Save Johanna From The Clutches Of The Evil Turpin...

Travelling To The Town Square, Barker And Lovett Watch A Show Run By Kid Named Toby...

Thank God It's A Kid Here As In The Show It's Usually A Guy Who Plays This Role When Actually It Should Be A Kid Playing This Role...

Who Is Attempting To Sell A Miracle Elixar Created By A Man Named Pirelli Which Is Guaranteed To Grow Back Hair, But When Sweeney And Lovett To Be Nothing But Pee (I Refuse To Say P***) And Ink, Pirelli (Played By Borat) Himself Comes Out To Confront Them...

youtube

(Start At 3:05, End At 7:39)

After The Contest A Guy Who I'm Laying 10 To 1 Is Giles From Buffy's Ancestor (Because He's Played By The Same Guy) And Beedle Bamford Himself Offer Todd Congratulations As They Promise To Visit His New Barber Shop Above Mrs. Lovett's Shop By The End Of The Week...

Days Later, Johanna Tosses Antony A Key To Her Room, Before We Cut Back To Sweeney And Lovett As They Wait For Bamford To Visit With Todd's Patience Starting To Run Out Which Leads To Our Next Song...

Afterwards, Antony Drops In To Tell Todd About His Plans With Johanna And Asks If He Can Hide Her There In The Shop Until He Can Get A Coach Which Will Take Them Away From London Forever To Which He Agrees...

But As Antony Leaves, Pirelli Arrives To Talk With Todd While Lovett Takes His Assistant Toby Into His Shop To Give Him One Of Her Pies Which Surprisingly He Likes...

Entering His Shop, Pirelli Reveals His Name Is Really Davey Collins And That He Knows Who Todd Really Is Mainly Because He Used To Work For Him Years Ago...

With Collins Blackmailing Him, Todd Decides To Kill Him By Bashing Him With A Teapot Before Hiding Him In A Case As Toby Comes In Looking For Pirelli...

But Telling Toby To Tell Mrs Lovett To Open A Bottle Of Gin On Him, Toby Leaves So Todd Can Finish Off Pirelli By Slitting His Throat...

Meanwhile At The Courthouse, Beedle Bamford Talks With Judge Turpin Who Has Decided To Marry Johanna In An Effort To Shield Her From "The Evils Of The World"...

But With Johanna Showing Reluctance To Turpin, It Leads To Our Next Song...

As Lovett Comes Up For Todd To Show Her That He Killed Pirelli And To Tell Her That He Intends To Kill Toby But Mrs Lovett Convinces Him To Spare Toby's Life As She Wanted To Hire Someone To Help Her Run The Shop...

Noticing That Turpin And Beedle Bamford Are Coming He Tells Mrs. Lovett To Get Out, So He Can Prepare For Turpin Who Eventually Enters, Leading To Our Next Song...

youtube

(End At 4:06)

But As Todd Is About To Kill Turpin, Antony Enters Which Causes Turpin To Storm Out Promising That He Will Never Be Back Again Which Leads To Our Next Song And One Of My Favorites, Epiphany And Depp Seriously Nails This Song...

It Was Like It Was Made For Him As He Expresses Every Emotion That Sweeney Is Feeling At This Particular Moment Perfectly...

Going Downstairs, They Plan To Get Rid Of Pirelli's Body As Toby Sleeps Off The Booze But Mrs. Lovett Comes Up With A Better Plan Leading To Our Next Song...

And This Song Is Just Devious With It's Rhymes...

Returning Home, Judge Turpin Decides To Teach Johanna Some Respect By Having Beedle Bamford Throw Her Into Fogg's Asylum...

Don't Do That, A Nun Told Me A Girl Got Raped There Only Be Born With The Bastard Son Of 100 Maniacs...

This Leads To A Reprise Of Johanna Between Todd And Antony Who Walks In The Streets While Todd Kills People While Shaving Them, Practicing For The Day That Turpin Returns...

While Downstairs, Mrs Lovett And Toby Feed People Her New Pies Made Out Of People...

Leading To Our Next Song...

The Next Day, Lovett, Toby And Todd Go Down To The Park Where Lovett Talks About Her Buisness Despite Sweeney's Mind Being On The Judge Either Way Though It Leads To Our Next Song...

youtube

(Start At 0:47, End At 3:26)

And I Swear, Throughout This Song Johnny Depp Only Has One Expression, To The Point You're Begging For Him To Blink Or Something.,..

Eventually Antony Drops By To Tell Sweeney What Turpin Did With Johanna, This Leads Him To Suggest That Antony Pose As A Wig Maker's Apprentice In An Attempt To Bust Her Out Of The Asylum...

Afterwards, Todd Has Toby Deliver A Letter To Turpin About Antony And Johanna In An Effort To Lure Him To His Parlor So He Can Kill Him...

Later That Evening, Toby Returns To Mrs Lovett After Delivering The Letter To Turpin, Leading To Probably The Most Well Known Song From This Musical, Not While I'm Around...

I Mainly Say That Because Every Singer From Michael Ball To Josh Groban Has Most Likely Done This Song...

Discovering That Mrs Lovett Has Pirelli's Coin Purse, Toby Is About To Go To Beedle Bamford So He Can Arrest Todd But Convincing Him To Hold Off Doing That, Lovett Takes Him Down To The Pie Room Telling Him To Eat As Many Pies As He Wants While She Runs An Errand...

And By That She Means, Tell Todd What Toby Said So He Can Kill Him But Before He Can Do That, Beedle Bamford Shows Up Complaining About The Smell From Their Chimney, Which Leads Todd To Offer Him A Free Shave Which Bamford Takes Despite Wanting To Do His Civic Duties First...

So, As Todd Kills Beedle And Scaring Toby After The Body Falls Into The Pie Room, Antony Saves Johanna From Fogg's Asylum While Todd And Lovett Look For Toby Who Has Run Off Into The Sewers To Hide From Them...

Taking Johanna To Todd's Shop, She Hides In The Box Where Todd Had Pirelli's Body As The Old Beggar Woman Who Talked With Antony Earlier Enters Looking For Beedle Only To Be Confronted By Todd Who Kills Her As Turpin Is Arriving...

youtube

With The Somewhat Dead Turpin Scaring Lovett, Sweeney Enters Telling Her To Open The Oven Door And When She Does, Todd Makes A Discovery About The Old Beggar Woman He Killed, It Turns Out That She Was His Beloved Wife....

youtube

(Start At 0:23, End At 1:56)

As Todd Holds His Wife's Dead Body, Toby Comes Out Of The Sewers, Grabbing One Of Todd's Razors Before Going Behind Him To Slit Todd's Throat Killing Him Once And For All, Ending Our Film

And That's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street And Tim Burton Makes A Good Musical...

The Film Is A Visual Wonder, The Cast Does Well In Their Roles, The Songs Are Well Transfered From Stage To Screen And The Effects And Camera Work In This Movie Are Very Well Done All In All I Say It's One Of Burton's Best And I Say See It...

Till Next Time, This Is Duke, Signing Off...

#sweeney todd the demon barber of fleet street #johnny depp #Helena Bonham Carter #Sasha Baron Cohen #Alan Rickman #Timothy Spall #stephen sondheim

0 notes

dukereviewsmovies · 4 years

Text

Duke's Monsterween: Friday The 13th

Hello, I'm Andrew Leduc And Welcome Back To Duke's Monsterween...

Where Today We're Starting A New Franchise With Friday The 13th...

No Introduction Today, Let's Watch Friday The 13th...

The Film Starts At Camp Crystal Lake In 1958, Where 2 Teenage Camp Councillors Go Up To The Barn After A Campfire Song To Attempt To Have Sex Only To Be Confronted By An Unseen Person Who Stabs The 2 Of Them Before The Opening Credits Roll...

Years Later, A Teen Named Annie Phillips Asks For Directions To Camp Crystal Lake, With A Truck Driver Named Enos Knows The Way And Offers Her A Lift But Not Before Running Into Crazy Ralph Who Tells Her...

While Driving, Enos Tells Her About The Incidents That Have Happened At Camp Crystal Lake (Which Includes A Young Boy Drowning, The 2 Councillors From Earlier, A Bunch Of Fires And An Incident Of Water Poisoning) And Says That If She Was Wise, She'd Quit Now...

But With Annie Having No Intention Of Quitting, Enos Instead Drops Her Off At The Cemetery...

What The Hell, She'll Be There Soon Anyway...

Meanwhile, 3 More Teens Named Ned Rubenstein, Marcie Stanler And Jack Burrell...

You Know, The Actor Who Plays Jack Looks Familiar, So Familiar In Fact It's Bugging Me...

I'm Never Going To Get This Out Of My Head Until I Figure It Out, I Need To Go For A Drive...

youtube

(End At 2:55)

Now I Know Who That Is...That's Kevin Bacon!...

Yeah, I Knew That Was Kevin Bacon All Along And That Was Just A Scene From Footloose But I Had You Fooled For A Minute Though Didn't I?

Anyway, Marcie, Jack And Ned Arrive At Camp Crystal Lake And Meet The New Owner, Steve Christie Who's There With Another Councillor Alice Hardy As He Puts The 4 Of Them To Work To Spruce Up Camp Crystal Lake So They Can Open It...

As They Work We Meet 2 Other Councilors, Bill Brown And Brenda Jones (Who To Me Looks Like 80's Carrie Fisher) Who Are Also Working On The Camp While Steve Goes Into Town To Stock Up On Supplies...

Back On The Road, Annie Gets A Ride To Camp By An Unseen Person, But When They Pass The Entrance To The Camp, Annie Jumps Out Of The Car...

youtube

(Start At 0:40, End At 2:10)

With Some Of The Councilors Going For A Swim While The Others Work On The Rafts, Marcie Notice That Ned Is Drowning Which Leads Jack And Brenda To Go Rescue Him But When Brenda Attempts To Do CPR, Ned Wakes Up And Kisses Brenda Revealing That He Was Faking..

Later In The Day, Alice Gets Dinner Ready Only To Discover There's A Snake In The Drawer...

Well, I Guess A Snake In A Drawer Is Better Than A Snake In Your Boot...

Either Way, Jack Kills It As Ned Is Playing AroundOnly For The Camp To Get A Visit From An Officer Who's Looking For Crazy Ralph But Having Not Seen Him Around, The Officer Leaves...

Only For Annie To Discover Him A Few Minutes Later...

As Ned And Marcie Walk Along The Lake, Ned Goes The Other Way Only To Notice Someone In Brown Slacks And A Brown Plaid Shirt Standing Outside Of Ned And Marcie's Cabin...

With Ned Going In, Jack And Marcie Hear Thunder And Lightning And Decide To Go Into Ned And Marcie's Cabin Where They Have Sex In The Bunk Bed Not Noticing That Above Them Is Ned Who Is Dead...

With Marcie Going To The Bathroom Afterwards, Jack Goes To Have A Cigarette Only To Be Killed By The Killer Who's Underneath The Bed...

Meanwhile In The Bathroom, Marcie Hears A Noise (Believing It To Be Jack) But When She Attempts To Leave The Bathroom After Talking To Herself In The Mirror, She Hears A Noise From The Shower Room...

youtube

(End At 0:41)

Back In Alice's Cabin, Brenda Gets Bored And Decides To Play A Game Of Strip Monopoly But Just As The Game Starts To Get Good...

At Least For Me, I Was Kinda Hoping Brenda's Boobs Would Be Better Than Marcie's...

Brenda Realizes She Forgot To Shut The Windows In Her Cabin And Decides To Call It A Night...

But When She Attempts To Go To Bed, She Hears A Child Like Voice And Decides To Look Where It's Coming From With The Outdoor Lights, Revealing To Brenda That She's In The Archery Range, Brenda Is Trapped By The Killer Who Kills Her Off Screen...

Hey, I Agree This Death Kinda Sucks, I Mean I Had A Joke Planned Where It Was Revealed That Malcolm Merlyn From Arrow Killed Brenda...

As Bill Returns After A Jaunt Outside, Alice Tells Him That He Heard Screaming Which Sounded Like Brenda, Looking In Brenda's Cabin They Discover The Axe That Killed Marcie...

Finding No One Around They Believe It To Be Some Kind Of Prank, But When They Get To Steve's Office, They Discover That The Phone Lines Have Been Cut...

They Attempt To Take Jack's Car Into Town But It Won't Start Which Leaves Them Very Little Choice But To Wait For Steve To Return...

But, Steve's Not Coming Back As After He Got Dinner At The Diner In Town, He Was Killed By An Unknown Person That He Recognized At The Gates Of The Camp...

With The Killer Going After The Power, Bill Goes To Turn On The Power As Alice Stays In The Cabin, But Becoming Concerned After A While Alice Decides To Go Out Only To Discover Bill Dead, Pinned To Her Door By Several Arrows...

As Alice Runs Inside, Screaming As She Barricades The Door, Brenda' s Corpse Is Thrown Through The Window A Few Minutes Later...

Hearing A Car, Alice Heads Out, Hoping It's Steve But Instead She Finds...Betsy Palmer?...

youtube

(End At 0:49)

As They Look At The Horror That Is Brenda's Dead Body, Mrs Voorhees Stars Criticizing Steve For Opening The Camp As She Tells Alice The Story Of How Her Son, Jason Drowned At The Camp In 1957...

Saying That She Was The Camp's Cook And How Jason Drowned In The Lake After The 2 Councillors Left To Go Have Sex...

Well, It's No Wonder As One Of The Councilors Was Freddy Kruger (Who We'll Be Looking At Next Week So, Stay Tuned)

Revealing That Today Is Jason's Birthday, Mrs. Voorhees Is Revealed To Be The Killer As She Pulls Out A Hunting Knife To Attack Alice, Which Leads To A Lengthy Chase Between Mrs. Voorhees And Alice Which Ends At The Lake...

youtube

(Start At 1:03, End At 1:25)

Taking A Boat Out On The Lake, Alice Waits For Police To Arrive But As The Police Arrive, Alice Is Attacked By Jason, Who Pulls Her Under...

But Our Shock That Whole Sequence With Jason Was Just A Dream Despite Alice Believing That It Was Real...

But Anyway, That Was Friday The 13th And It Was Pretty Good...

While I Originally Hated The Film For Not Having Jason In It, I've Kind Of Gotten Used To It Over The Years, I Like Mrs. Voorhees Though I Still Prefer Jason...

Either Way, I Say See It...

Till Next Time, This Is Duke, Signing Off...

youtube

#Friday The 13th #kevin bacon #betsy palmer #jason voorhees #camp crystal lake #halloween #horror #movie review

1 note · View note

dukereviewsmovies · 4 years

Text

Duke's Monsterween: Killer Klowns From Outer Space

Hello, I'm Andrew Leduc And Welcome Back To Duke's Monsterween...

Where Today We Are Doing A Surprise Review As The Next Movie In The Halloween Franchise We're Looking At Is Halloween 4, Which Is The Start Of What Is Known As The Thorn Trilogy And I Think I'd Be Better Covering All 3 Of Those Movies Next Year...

So, Instead We're Doing We're Doing The Cult Classic Which Has Recently Become One Of My Favorite Horror Movies..

(With Thanks To Dead Meat's James A. Janisse For Reviewing It Which Got Me Interested In The Film In The First Place)

Killer Klowns From Outer Space...

No Synopsis Today As I Don't Know How To Really Describe This Film, It's One Of Those Movies You Have To See To Believe...

Anyway, Let's Dive On Into Killer Klowns From Outer Space...

The Film Starts At Make-Out Point, Where We Meet 2 Of Our 3 Protagonists, Mike Tobacco (Played By Grant Cramer)...

And His Girlfriend, Debbie Stone (Played By Suzanne Snyder)...

Who Are Only 2 Of The Couples Making Out That Are Interrupted By Mike's Friends (And 2 Of The Best Characters Of The Movie) The Terenzi Brothers (Played By Michael S. Siegel And Peter Licassi) Who Are There To Sell Some Ice Cream To The Folks...

While Also Attempting To Get Their Dates To MakeOut With Them Of Which They Have No Luck Whatsoever...

With The Terenzi Brothers Leaving When Their Dates Want To Go Home, Mike And Debbie Go Back To Kissing Only To Stop When They See A Shooting Star...

But Unbeknownst To Them, Farmer Gene Greene (Played By Royal Dano)...

Who, Walt Disney Saw Years Ago In A Television Production As Abraham Lincoln, Which Led Him Years Later To Cast Dano As The Voice Of Abraham Lincoln In The Disneyland Attraction, Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln...

youtube

There's Also The Fact That Gene's Dog Is Named Pooh Bear Which Is Another Disney Reference...

But As I Was Saying, Unbeknownst To Mike And Debbie, Farmer Gene Greene And His Dog, Pooh Bear Saw The Star And Decides To Go Check It Out Only To Discover A Circus Tent In The Middle Of Knowhere...

As Gene Looks For An Entrance Or Ticket Booth, Pooh Gets Captured By A Net Which Leads Gene To Attempt To "Tear Down The Tent With His Bare Hands!"....

But When He's Unable To Punch Through The Tent, He Goes To Tear Down The Ropes Only To Get Electrocuted, This Is When We Get The First Appearance Of One Of The Killer Klowns Named Jumbo Who Does Something To Gene...

Which I'm Not Going To Reveal Till Later...

Before We Catch Up With Mike And Debbie, Who Are Arriving At The Circus Tent Themselves And Manage To Get Inside To See That The Place Is "Basically Like Clowns R Us"...

But They Soon Discover That This Is No Fun House As They Discover The Ship's Main Reactor, This Leads Debbie To Think That They're Inside Of What Was The Shooting Star...

They Come To Another Room Filled With Cotton Candy But With The Way It's Hanging It Leads Debbie To Believe That Nobody Hangs Cotton Candy Like This, Scoffing It Off, Mike Takes A Piece And Discovers The Body Of Farmer Gene Greene Inside Dead...

As A Clown Named Rudy Enters With Another Thing Of Cotton Candy, Mike Takes Another Piece And Finds A Friend Of His Named Joe Lombardo Inside Dead

Accidentally Dropping Something, They're Followed By Rudy Who Fires A Gun Filled With Popcorn At Them...

Don't Ask!

This Leads Another Clown Named Spike To Create A Live Balloon Animal Dog To Chase After Them But Luckily Mike And Debbie Get Away Before They Catch Them

With The Clowns Making Their Way Into Town, Mike And Debbie Go To Debbie's Ex, Dave (Played By John Allen Nelson), Who's A Police Officer And Tell Him The Whole Story...

But While Dave Is Willing To Look Into It, His Partner, Officer Mooney (Played By Rupert Thorne From Batman: The Animated Series) Believes It To Be Just A Prank Concocted By Mike And The Terenzi Brothers

As The Clowns Start Turning People Into Cotton Candy Cocoons Including A Guy Watching One Clown's Puppet Show...

youtube

2 Unidentified People Inside Of A Pharmacy, A Hot Babe Who Is Cocconed When 3 Clowns (Make That 4) Deliver A Pizza...

youtube

And A Woman Who Gets Cocconed When A Clown Delivers Candy...

Dave Decides To Take Debbie Home While He And Mike Investigate The Tent, Only Problem Is When They Get To The Area Where The Tent Was, It's Not There, This Leads Dave To Arrest Mike For Falsifying A Police Report...

But When Dave Discovers A Car At Make-Out Point That's Been Cotton Candied, He Starts Believing Mike's Story A Little

Meanwhile, We Get To One Of My Favourite Kills Of The Entire Movie,When This Clown Shorty Knocks This Guy's Block Off...

youtube

(End At 1:38)

As Mooney Starts Getting Phone Calls About Killer Clowns, Which Starts To Make Him Believe That The Whole Town Is In On The Terenzi Brothers Prank...

We Get A Bit Of A Hocus Pocus Moment Where One Clown Attack A Guy Driving On The Road Only To Cause Him To Crash His Car On The Bridge While Debbie Takes A Censored Shower..

youtube

(Start At 4:21, End At 4:25)

As The Leftover Popcorn From Her Clothes Starts To Move Toward The Dirty Clothes Bin...

Meanwhile, A Clown Uses Shadow Puppets To Devour People At A Bus Stop..,

To Which I Should Mention Quickly That The 2 Guys That Directed This Movie The Chiodo Brothers Also Did That Nightmare Scene In Pee Wee's Big Adventure Where Pee Wee's Bike Is Being Opperated On By Clowns...

With Dave Seeing The Entire Incident With Mike, He Calls Mooney And Tells Him To Call For Help But This Just Has Mooney Believing That Dave Is Out To Break Him Down And Drive Him Out Of The Police Force...

To Which I Say...

This Forces Dave To Go Back To The Police Station To Call For Help While Mike Teams Up The Terenzi Brothers (Who Are Luckily Nearby) To Warn People To Get Off The Streets...

But When He Tells The Terenzi Brothers His Story, They Don't Exactly Buy It, This Forces Mike To Make Up A Story That Debbie Has Roommates With Big Boobs Who Love Ice Cream To Which They're Like "What Are We Waiting For?"

(Imitating Tv Announcer) We'll Be Back With Those Darn Terenzis In Just A Second...

Back At The Police Station, Mooney Finally Meets A Clown Who He Locks In A Cell With 2 Guys He Arrested Earlier, Either Way, He Kills Mooney With A Party Favor While Cotton Candying The 2 Guys In The Cell Which Dave Discovers Later...

Along With The Clown Who's Turned Mooney Into His Own Personal Ventriloquist Dummy...

Luckily Though, Dave Manages To Find The Clowns Weaknesses When He Accidentally Pops The Clown's Nose With His Gun, Causing It To Explode Into Dust...

But While Dave Calls For Help Out Of State, The Terenzi Brothers And Mike Find More Clowns Gathering Up Cocoons With The Help Of A Parade Float Of Their Own Design...

And Don't Ask How Many Bodies They Gather Up Because There's Too Many In This Scene To Count...

As Mike And The Terenzi Brothers Drive Off Before They're Captured, Debbie Discovers That The Alien Popcorn Has Transformed Into..Well...See For Yourself...

youtube

(Start At 0:15, End At 1:56)

Taking The Balloon Debbie's Inside To Their Car As Mike And The Terenzi Brothers Pull Up, They Follow Them In A Chase Scene, But They Stop When They See Dave Right Behind Them...

With Dave Taking Over Driving, Mike Has No Clue Where The Clowns Are Now That They Lost Them But Dave Has An Inkling Simply Stating, "If You Were A Clown Where Would You Hide?"

This Leads Them To The Old Amusement Park, Where The Clowns Are Throwing Acid Pies At An Elderly Security Guard...

Mike, Dave And The Terenzi Brothers Go Inside The Clowns Funhouse Where They Walk Around Only For The Terenzi Brothers To Be Separated From Mike And Dave And Fall Into A Ball Pit Where 2 Big Breasted Clown Girls Are Waiting For Them...

Do They Look Like Debbie's Roommates?

Finding Their Way Back To The Cotton Candy Cocoon Room, Mike And Dave Save Debbie Only To Be Confronted By 2 Clowns Who Follow Them For A While Before Dave Shoots Their Noses Causing Them To Explode...

We Get A Few Scenes With Mike, Debbie And Dave In Various Rooms On The Ship As They're Followed By Clowns Before They Come Across A Door And Then Another Door...

When They Eventually Find The Right Door, It Leads Them Where They're Confronted By Dozens Of Clowns Who Are Coming After Them As They Climb A Huge Stage That Looks Like A Cake...

Maybe They Should Deal With Them The Same Way Wakko Warner Deals With Clowns...

youtube

Luckily They Won't Have To As The Terenzi Brothers Pull A Great And Powerful Is Routine To Trick The Clowns So, Mike, Dave And Debbie Can Get To Their Ice Cream Truck..

But They're About To Have Bigger Problems As...

youtube

(End At 0:40)

Klownzilla!!!!!!!

In Fact, Klownzilla Is So Mad That He Lifts Up The Terenzi Brother's Truck And Throws It With Them Inside Causing The Truck To Explode...

This Leads Dave To Tell Mike And Debbie To Git While He Finishes Off Klownzilla By Popping His Nose, Which Not Only Blows Up Klownzilla But Whole Damn Tent!

As A Clown Car Lands In Front Of Mike And Debbie, We Discover That Not Only Did Dave Survive The Explosion Of The Ship, But The Terenzi Brothers Survived The Explosion Of Their Truck Too...

Now, I Liked The Terenzi Brothers, They Were Funny Characters, They Had Funny Lines, But I'm Sorry...

There Is No Way In Hell They Could Have Survived That Explosion!

Despite Some People Saying, "Well, If Indiana Jones Can Survive A Nuclear Explosion In A Fridge Then The Terenzi Brothers Can Survive An Explosion In A Freezer"...

No! No! That's Bullshit!

The Reason Indiana Jones Survived Was Because The Fridge Was Lead-Lined, Where Here There Is No Scientific Explanation Of Their Survival Whatsoever...

With Debbie Dumping Mike For Dave (I Guess As Dave Is Kissing Her On Her Head) They Wonder If They're Really Gone Only For Them To Get Pies Thrown In Their Faces...

Hoping That Those Are Not Acid Pies As I'd Like To See These Characters In A Sequel Someday...

This Film Is Pretty Good...

The Story And Characters Are Interesting, The Clowns Are Well Designed And The Kills Are Very Interesting...

So Whether You're A Fan Of The Horror Genre Or Not, This Is One Film I Definitely Suggest To See...

Tune In This Sunday As We Visit Camp Crystal Lake...

But Till Then, This Is Duke, Signing Off...

#killer klowns from outer space #grant cramer #suzanne snyder #John Allen Nelson #john vernon #Royal Dano #Michael S Siegel #Peter Licassi #The Chiodo Brothers

4 notes · View notes

dukereviewsmovies · 4 years

Text

Duke's Monsterween: Halloween 2

Hello, I'm Andrew Leduc And Welcome Back To Duke's Monsterween..

Where We Continue Our Look At The Halloween Movies By Talking About The First Sequel In This Series, Halloween 2...

Continuing Where The Original Left Off, This Movie Sees Michael Killing The Nurses And Doctors In The Hospital Where Laurie Strode (Played By Jamie Lee Curtis) Is Staying After Her Traumatic Attack Earlier That Night...

Will Loomis Be Able To Save Laurie Before It's Too Late? And Will New Information Revealed About Michael Be Able To Save Laurie's Life?...

Let's Find Out As We Watch Halloween 2...

The Film Starts At The Very Ending Of The Original Halloween Movie, Loomis Shoots Michael Off Of The Front Balcony And Michael Disappears. Only This Time, Loomis Goes Out Front Only To Be Confronted By A Neighbor Who Didn't Like The Noise...

This Leads To The Opening Credits, And By God, What Did They Do To The Halloween Theme!?!

I Realize It Was The 80s When This Came Out But I'm Sorry, This Synthesized Version Of The Halloween Theme Doesn't Work For Me And At Times, I Feel It Ruins The Mood Of The Story...

After That, Michael Briefly Takes Shelter In The Home Of An Elderly Couple To Grab A Butcher's Knife So He Can Kill A Teenage Girl Living Next Door...

Meanwhile At The Doyle House, Laurie Is Being Taken To The Hospital While Loomis Continues His Pursuit Of Michael With The Help Of Sheriff Brackett...

But Upon Learning That Michael Killed His Daughter, Annie, Brackett Goes Off Duty To Inform His Wife Of Annie's Death, Leaving Loomis With Deputy Gary Hunt...

At The Hospital, A Paramedic Named Jimmy (Played By Lance Guest) Becomes Attracted To Laurie...

youtube

(Start At 1:02, End At 1:08)

Funny Fact: One Of The Original Michael Myers' From The First Movie, Nick Castle Directed The Last Starfighter Starring Lance Guest...

youtube

While Talking With Laurie, Jimmy Tells Her That It Was Michael Myers That Attacked Her...

Meanwhile On The Street, Michael Discovers Laurie's Location Through A Newscast And Makes His Way To The Hospital, Where He Cuts The Phone Lines And Disables The Cars As He Searches The Halls For Laurie...

With The Phone Lines Down, A Nurse Goes To Get The Head Of Security, Mr. Garrett To Fix It Down In The Supply Room But He Unfortunately Runs Into Michael Who Places A Hammer Claw In His Head..

Back At The Myers House, Loomis And Hunt Arrive To See An Angry Mob Throwing Rocks At Windows And Shouting As Laurie Is Having A Dream Of Herself As A Young Girl Arguing With Her Mother Only For Her Mom To Say She's Not Her Mom...

The Dream Continues As Young Laurie Is At A Hospital To Visit A Boy Who's A Few Years Older Than Her Who Turns Around When Laurie Enters The Room...

In Another Part Of The Hospital, An Ambulance Driver Named Budd Hits On His Girlfriend, A Nurse Named Karen And Convinces Her To Meet Him In The Therapy Room. There The 2 Have Sex In The Therapy Pool Only For Michael To Show Up To Turn Up The Heat!

But With Karen Thinking That It's Too Hot, Budd Goes To Turn It Down Only For Him To Be Strangled By Michael, Who Afterwards Drowns Karen While Her Face Starts Peeling Off...

Going Down To Haddonfield Elementarty, Loomis And Hunt Discover A Crayon Drawing Of Judith Myers With A Butcher Knife Holding It And The Word Samhain Written On The Blackboard In Blood...

Met By Nurse Chambers From The First Movie She Tells Loomis That They Want Loomis To Return To The Hospital Immediately Saying That The Governor Has Gotten Involved And That The Administrator Of The Sanitarium Wants The Situation Swept Under The Rug As Quickly As Possible...

But Loomis Is Like...

But Unfortunately A Federal Marshall Is There To Make Sure Loomis Comes Quietly...

While Driving Off, Marion Reveals To Loomis That Laurie Strode Is The Biological Sister To Both Michael And Judith Myers...

A Fact That Should Have Remained In The New Halloween Movies...

And That She Was Adopted By The Strode Family After Her Parents Died In 1965...

Realizing That Myers Has Come Back To Kill Laurie, Loomis Pulls A Gun On The Federal Marshall And Tells Him To Take Him Back To Haddonfield...

Returning To Laurie's Room, Jimmy Finds Laurie In A Catatonic State And Tells The Nurse Who Goes To Get The Doctor Only To Discover That The Doctor Has Been Killed By Michael Who Placed A Needle In His Eye...

But Unfortunately Michael Is Still In The Room And Kills The Nurse With A Needle Filled With Air, Which In Turn Gives Her An Aneurysm..

Wondering About The Nurse, Jimmy And Another Nurse Go Off To Find Her So Michael Myers Can Enter The Room To Supposedly Kill Laurie With A Scalpel But When He Pulls Back The Sheet He Discovers That Laurie Is Gone...

This Begins The Final Chase Between Laurie And Michael Which I Could Go Over But I'm Not...

Discovering That Laurie Is Gone, Jimmy Searches On His Own But When He Discovers The Body Of The Head Nurse, He Slips On Her Blood On The Ground And Gets Knocked Out...

Oh, Come On! This Is A Halloween Movie, Not A Home Alone Movie! Lose The Comedy!

With A Nurse Finding Laurie, Michael Comes From Behind The Nurse And Stabs Her In The Back With A Scalpel As Laurie Continues Running...

Eventually Going Outside, Jimmy Arrives To Help Laurie Escape But He Sadly Passes Out, Forcing Laurie To Hide Elsewhere.,

youtube

With Loomis Arriving At The Hospital, Laurie Calls For Help But He Cannot Hear Her, Luckily Though She Makes It To The Door So Loomis Can Open Fire On Michael But As Chambers Goes To Get Help, Michael Kills The Marshall And He Continues To Go After Loomis And Laurie...

Running Out Of Bullets, Michael Stabs Loomis As Laurie Grabs Another Gun And Shoots Him In The Eyes...

But Despite Being Injured, Loomis Gets Up And Orders Laurie To Leave The Room, So He Can Use The Gas In The Room And His Lighter To Blow Them Up...

Michael Walks Out But Collapses A Couple Minutes Afterward...

At Daybreak, Laurie Is Loaded Onto An Ambulance Being Driven To Safety As She Has Visions Of Michael's Immolated Body, Ending This Movie...

And That's Halloween 2, And It's Okay...

The Story Is Great, The Characters Are More Interesting Than They Are In The Original, Both Jamie Lee Curtis And Donald Pleasence Do Well In Their Roles, And The Kills Are Pretty Good, But I Wish They Had Done A Score More Like The Original Instead Of Doing A Synthesized Score Which To Me, Isn't Very Memorable...

I Mean The Halloween Theme From This Movie, Isn't As Memorable As Friday The 13th Part 3..

But Despite That, I Say See It...

You Know, Next Time We're Going To Be Looking At Halloween 4: The Return Of Michael Myers Which Starts The Thorn Trilogy Of The Halloween Movies...

So, With That Said I Think It Would Be Best To Hold Off And Do 4 Next Year, But Then If I'm Doing That What Do I Do Next Time?

Guess You'll Have To Find Out, Surprise Review On The Next Episode, Till Then, This Is Duke, Signing Off...

#Halloween 2 #jamie lee curtis #donald pleasence #lance guest #Halloween #horror movies #80s Slaher Movies #Halloween Reviews #SoundCloud

0 notes

dukereviewsmovies · 4 years

Text

Duke's Monsterween: Halloween

Hello, I'm Andrew Leduc And Welcome To Duke Reviews Where We Are Continuing Duke's Monsterween...

Where This Week We Are Looking At John Carpenter's Classic Slasher Movie, Halloween...

This Film Sees An Escaped Mental Patient Named Michael Myers Returning To His Hometown Of Haddonfield, Illinois To Kill Teens (One Of Them Being Laurie Strode Played By Jamie Lee Curtis) On Halloween Night...

We'll Be Looking At 3 Movies From This Series Every Monsterween Until We Run Out...

There Will Also Be A 2 Exceptions From These Reviews 1. I Will Not Be Looking At Halloween 3, It Doesn't Have Michael Myers In It And It's In A Different Timeline, So It's Not Worth My Time...

And 2, I Will Not Be Looking At The Rob Zombie Remakes Because Rob Zombie's Movies Are Nothing But Garbage And He Is As Bad Of A Filmmaker As Uwe Boll Or Ralph Bakshi...

So, With That Said, Let's Dive Into John Carpenter's Halloween...

The Film Starts With A Flashback Years Earlier Where We See A Young Michael Myers Murder His Sister, Judith Naked In Her Bedroom After Having Sex With Her Boyfriend On Halloween Night...

Years Later In 1978, Michael Is Being Transferred To Smith's Grove Sanitarium By A Nurse Named Marian Chambers And His Doctor/Psychologist, Samuel Loomis (Played By Donald Pleasence)...

But When A Breakout Happens At The Sanitarium, Michael Attacks Marian In The Car, She Escapes But In Doing So, Michael Steals The Van And Gets Away...

Cutting To The Next Day In Haddonfield, Illinois We Meet Laurie Strode, Played By Jamie Lee Curtis Talks With A Kid She's Babysitting On Halloween Night, Tommy Doyle...

Who Will Be Played By Ant-Man In Another Movie...

And Is Afraid To Go Near The Myers House Because It Is Supposedly Haunted But Either Way, Laurie's Dad Is Selling The Place So, She Leaves A Key For Him There, Not Knowing That Someone Is Inside The Myers House Watching Her...

And Not Just There But While She's In Class Too..

Telling Her Friends, Annie Brackett And Lynda Van Der Klok About This, They Just Either Dismiss It Or Make Fun Of It In Annie's Case...

Meanwhile, Dr. Loomis Talks With A Colleague Of His Named Dr. Wynn (Who Will Be More Prominent In The 6th Film) Before Driving Off To Go Look For Michael...

While Driving, Loomis Discovers A Repair Truck With A Dead Mechanic Who Michael Stole Clothes From...

This Leads To A Bunch Of Scenes That Are Just...

youtube

Filler, Fake Scares Or Michael Stalking Laurie Before Loomis Arrives In Haddonfield To Discover That Michael Has Stolen His Sister Judith's Gravestone, Proving That Michael's Home...

Meeting With Sheriff Brackett, They Head To The Myers House Which Leads To One Of The Best Quotes Of This Entire Movie...

youtube

(Start At 2:43, End At 3:11)

With Brackett Still Doubtful Of Michael's Danger, He Patrols The Streets While Loomis Stays At The House, To Wait For Michael To Return...

But At That Same Time, Laurie Is Babysitting Tommy Doyle While Annie Babysits Lindsey Wallace Which Leads To More Filler And Michael Stalking Annie...

But Eventually When Annie Puts On Another Pair Of Clothes After An Accident, Michael Is Caught By The Wallace's Dog Lester, Which Leads To Michael Killing Him

Chill, PETA, Chill! I Don't Think They Actually Killed A Dog!

But One Will Say Is That, I Agree With Monstervision Movie Host Joe Bob Briggs When He Talked About Another Dog Killing In Friday The 13th Part 2 That "You Can Kill As Many People As You Want To In A Film Like This, But You Should Never Kill A Pet As It Will Only Upset People"

And All I Can Say Is, You're Speaking To The Choir, Joe Bob, You're Speaking To The Choir...

After That Annie Gets A Phone Call From Her Boyfriend Paul Saying That His Parents Are Gone, So Seeing That As An Opportunity To Get Some, She Drops Lindsey Off With Laurie And Goes To Take Off...

But When She Goes To Start The Car, Michael's There Waiting To Kill Her By Strangulation Before Ending It By Slicing Her Throat...

As Michael Carries Annie's Lifeless Corpse Into The Wallace House, We Get A Sort Of Funny Moment When Loomis Scares Some Kids Away From The Myers House...

It's Nice To See A Little Humor In Serious Character Like Loomis...

Before Lynda Visits The Wallace House With Her Boyfriend Bob, But Discovering That The House Is Empty And That Lindsey Is With Laurie, They Go Upstairs To Pork Each Other...

Where Afterwards Bob Goes To Get A Beer And Says 4 Words No One Should Ever Say In A Horror Movie "I'll Be Right Back"

youtube

(Start At 1:23, End At 1:34)

Only To Be Killed By Michael Who Stabs Bob And Leaves Him To Hang Only So Michael Can Play Dress Up For Lynda So We Get The Hottest Scene In This Movie...

In Fact, When Actress PJ Soles (Lynda) Saw This Movie For The First Time At The Egyptian Theatre And This Scene Happened, The Person Behind Her Yelled "Hot Damn! You Bet Your Ass I Do!"

youtube

And To That Person Whoever It Was, I Salute You, Sir...

Not Liking The Fact That Bob Is Saying Nothing, Lynda Goes To Call Laurie Only To Be Strangled To Death By Michael As Laurie Hears Over The Phone...

As Loomis Notices Nurse Chambers Van Is Parked Across The Street, Laurie Goes Across The Street To The Wallace House To Discover The Dead Bodies Of Annie, Lynda And Bob Which Leads To Laurie's First Confrontation With Michael...

youtube

(Start At 1:24)

Once Inside The Doyle House, Laurie Orders The Kids To Lock Themselves In The Closet While She Deals With Michael, She Manages To Incapacitate Him With A Needle But Not For Long But It Was Long Enough Time To Tell The Kids To Get Help...

Reawakening, Michael Chases Laurie Upstairs Where She Attempts To Hide In A Bedroom Closet, Using A Wire Hanger As A Weapon, Laurie Stabs Michael And Grabs His Knife To Supposedly Kill Him, But Despite That, Michael Is Still Alive.,,

Seeing Tommy And Lindsey Running Out Of The House, Loomis Goes To Investigate While Michael Strangles Laurie Who Removes Michael's Mask Causing Him To Let Go To Find A New Mask...

This Gives Loomis Enough Time To Shoot Him Six Times, Causing Michael To Go Over The Balcony To His Supposed Death...

But When Loomis Looks Over The Balcony, Michael Is Gone As Laurie Begins To Win With Michael's Ominous Breathing Being Heard Over A Montage Of Locations...

And That's Halloween, One Of The First Slasher Movies Ever And It's Okay...

Don't Get Me Wrong, It's Good Film, But All The Exposition, Filler, Fake Scares And Scenes Of Michael Stalking Various People Can Get Boring To The Point You Just Want The Killing To Begin...

Some People See It As Creating Atmosphere And Making Us Care About These Characters...

But Despite Me Agreeing With The Creating Atmosphere Thing, Why Should We Give A Damn About These Characters When They're Basically Lambs To The Slaughter?...

Yes, I Liked Lynda But I Didn't Care For Her Because I Knew One Way Or Another She'd End Up Dead...

And The Sooner Writers Realize That And The Fact That Not Every Horror Needs To Be Over The Top With Blood And Guts The Better Horror Movies Will Be...

But Despite That, I Did Enjoy The Movie And I Do Say See It...

Till Next Time, This Is Duke, Signing Off...

#Halloween #jamie lee curtis #donald pleasence #Horror Movies #Halloween Movies #Movie Reviews

1 note · View note

dukereviewsmovies · 4 years

Text

Duke's Monsterween: The Mummy (1931)

Hello, I'm Andrew Leduc And Welcome To Duke Reviews Where We Are Continuing Duke's Monsterween...

Where Today We Finish This Year's Dive Into The Universal Monsters By Talking About The Mummy...

This Film (Which Is Basically Egyptian Dracula) Sees Archeologists Uncovering The Tomb Of The High Priest Imhotep (Played By Boris Karloff) For The Museum They Work For...

But Unfortunately One Of The Archeologists Accidentally Reads From The Scroll Of Toth, And Brings The Mummy To Life To Find His Beloved Princess, Anck-Sen-Amon...

Will He Find Her?

Let's Find Out As We Watch The Mummy...

The Film Starts In Egypt, Where 2 Archeologists, Sir Joseph Whemple (Played By Arthur Byron), His Friend, Dr. Mueller (Played By Edward Van Sloan) And An Unnamed Assistant Open The Sarcophagus Of The High Priest IHOP...

I Mean Imhotep (Love You Mom)...

They Also Translate A Box Found With Imhotep Which Reads "Death, Eternal Punishment For Anyone Who Opens This Casket"..,

With Mueller Going Outside To Talk With Whemple, They Tell The Assistant Not To Open The Casket While They're Out Talking, But Said Assistant Is An Idiot And Opens The Casket To Discover The Scroll Of Toth...

Accidentally Unraveling It, The Assistant Reads From It And Brings Imhotep Back To Life...

youtube

(Start At 2:27)

Fast Forwarding To A Few Years Later, The Son Of Whemple, Frank (Played By David Manners) And A Professor Named Pearson Are Visited By An Egyptian Named Ardath Bey (Who Is Really The Mummy) Who Shows Them Where To Dig To Find The Tomb Of The Princess Anck-Sen-Amon...

Eventually Finding It, They Take It Back To Their Museum, Joseph Meets Ardath And Let's Him Stay For A Few More Minutes. While There, He Casts A Spell To Summon The Reincarnation Of Anck-Sen-Amon, Helen Grosvenor (Played By Zita Johann) To The Museum...

youtube

(Start At 0:19, End At 2:25)

Taking Helen To Their House, Joseph Hears Her Speaking The Language Of The Evil Society That Is Ancient Egypt!

Calling Dr. Mueller, Who Knows Helen, Joseph Tells Mueller About Helen, Imhotep And Ardath Bey As Frank Fills Helen In On What Happened Which Leads To Them Falling In Love At First Sight...

Summoning Frank To His Office, They Tell Him About A Security Guard That Died At The Museum In An Effort To Steal A Scroll From Ardath That Happened To Be The Scroll Of Toth, Which Leads Them To Rethink Their Theories Of The Mummy Of Imhotep Being Stolen..,

Seeing Ardath Bey With Helen, They Hide The Scroll Believing Him To Be The Mummy...

youtube

(End At 5:00)

But When Joseph Does, Imhotep Casts A Spell Which Kills Joseph So His Assistant Called The Nubian Can Get The Scroll And Leave Ashes Behind To Make Mueller And Frank Think That The Scroll Was Burnt...

But They Soon Discover That It Wasn't And That Imhotep Killed Joesph With The Help Of The Nubian...

Meanwhile, Helen Takes Her Dog For A Walk Only To Visit Bey Who Ends Up Giving Her A History Lesson...

youtube

(End At 2:51)

With Helen Returning From Her Walk She Tells Frank That Her Dog Was Murdered By A White Cat...

Which We Don't See To Keep PETA Off This Movie's Ass...

And After Telling Her About Ardath Bey, She Begs Frank To Protect Her From Bey...

They Take Her Back To Frank's Mansion So They Can Take Better Care Of Her But Eventually Helen Goes To Ardath As He Attempts To Kill Frank,..

Luckily The Charm That Was Around Helen's Door Saves His Life But With This, Mueller Knows Bey's Plan To Kill Helen And Transform Her Into A Living Mummy Like Him..

youtube

(Start At 6:12, End At 9:27)

This Film Is Okay...

The Story Is Interesting But I Wish It Was Like The Other Mummy Movies And Had A Mummy Actually In It Instead Of Just Having The Mummy At The Beginning And The Rest Just Being Boris Karloff As Boris Karloff...

But Still The Film Is Entertaining Despite Having Similarities To Dracula And Because Of That I Say See It...

Tune In Next Week As We Look At Movies About The Night When He Came Home...

#The Mummy #boris karloff #zita johann #david manners #edward van sloan #Universal Monsters #Halloween Movies #Halloween #SoundCloud

0 notes

dukereviewsmovies · 4 years

Text

Duke's Monsterween: Frankenstein

Hello I'm Andrew Leduc And Welcome Back To Duke's Monsterween...

Where That Thunder Has Something To Do With What We're Reviewing Today, I Am In Fact Talking About The Fact That I Am Reviewing Frankenstein On Today's Show...

Directed By James Whale, This Movie Tells The Story Of Henry Frankenstein (Played By Colin Clive) A Young Scientist Who Creates A Hideous Sapient Creature Out Of Old Dead Bodies In A Science Experiment But When Said Creature Escapes, Will Henry Destroy It Before It Kills Anyone?

No, But Let's Find Out As We Watch Frankenstein...

The Film Starts With An Introduction By Edward Van Sloan Who Plays Henry's College Professor, Dr. Waldman In The Film That The Film May Be A Little Scary For Some Viewers...

youtube

(Start 0:06)

After The Credits Roll We Meet Henry Frankenstein And His Assistant, Fritz (Not Igor) (Played By Dwight Frye) Who Are Waiting For A Funeral To End So, They Can Steal The Body For Henry's Secret Experiment...

Looking For A Brain Now, He Tries A Dead Body That's Hanging From The Gallows But Henry..If You Come Close, I'll Tell You A Secret, Come Here, Come Here, A Little Closer...

He's Dead!!!!!!

Of Course, That Brain Would Never Work! A Genius Could Tell You That That Brain Would Never Work And That You Would Have To Go Elsewhere!, So Why Bother Even Showing Us This Scene When It's...

Needing A New Brain, Fritz Goes To Goldstadf Medical College Where Henry's College Professor, Dr. Waldman Is Ending A Lecture On The Difference Between The Human Brain And The Criminal Brain...

After The Class Is Over, Fritz Sneaks In And Grabs The Regular Brain Only To End Up Letting It Fall Out Of His Hands, Leading Fritz To Take The Criminal Brain...

Meanwhile, Henry's Fiancé, Elizabeth (Played By Mae Clarke) Meets With Henry's Best Friend, Victor Moritz (Played By John Boles) To Tell Him That She's Worried About Victor Despite Getting A Letter From Him...

You Know, Elizabeth...Henry's A Grown Man, He Can Take Care Of Himself...

Yes, He Has Some Secrets Involving His Experiments But I Think These Secrets Will Only Strengthen Your Relationship With Him..,

Promising To Talk To Dr. Waldman About Henry And His Experiments To See What He Knows, Victor Takes Off, Only For Elizabeth To Decide To Come With...

OK, She's Becoming Very Clingy...

They Talk With Dr. Waldman And Ask Him Why Henry Left The University Which Leads Waldman To Tell Them That Despite His Theories On Electrobiology And Chemical Galvanisim Were Far In Advance Of The Universities Theories, His Demands When It Came To Bodies Were Unreasonable..

Victor Laughs At The Notion Of The University Unable To Give Him Animal Bodies For His Experiment, But, Waldman Sets The Record Straight That It's HUMAN Life, Henry Is Interested In. Asking Waldman To Come With Them To Bring Henry Home, He Refuses At First, But Decides To Help For Elizabeth's Sake...

Later That Night At Henry's Lab In Goldstadt, Fritz And Henry Prepare Everything So Henry Can Bring The Body To Life, But When Elizabeth, Waldman, And Victor Show Up, Henry Lets Them In Briefly To Give Them Shelter From The Rain...

Henry Tells Elizabeth He's Fine And Let Him Have At Least Tonight But She Acts Clingy Again And Won't Let Him...

With Victor Calling Him Crazy, Henry Decides To Let Them Up To Show Them What He's Up To...

youtube

(End At 5:03)

The Next Day, Victor And Elizabeth Tell Henry's Father, Baron Frankenstein That Victor Is Fine But...The Father Believes That Victor Is Having An Affair With Another Woman...

What Is Wrong With This Family?!? The Fiancé Is Clingy As Hell And The Dad Believes His Son Is Having An Affair, Can't Henry Just Work On His Experiments Without His Family Being So Nosy?!

But Aside From That, I Will Admit The Dad Is One Of The Funniest Characters In This Movie..

Meanwhile At Henry's Lab, Henry And Dr. Waldman Talk While They Wait For The Monster To Arrive As Waldman Believes The Monster Is Dangerous Because They Stole An Abnormal Brain, But Despite Knowing That Fact Victor Isn't As Concerned Right Now....

This Eventually Leads To The First Reveal Of The Monster (Played By Boris Karloff)...

youtube

(End At 2:41)

youtube

(End At 0:35)

With Fritz Becoming The Monster's Personal Tormentor, The Monster Kills Fritz And Breaks Out Of His Chains, But Luckily, Frankenstein And Waldman Shut The Door Before He Can Escape...

Getting A Sedative, They Release The Monster Who Attacks Frankenstein So Waldman Can Give Him The Sedative...

Victor Arrives To Tell Him That Elizabeth And His Father Are Coming, So The 3 Of Them Hide The Monster Just As Elizabeth And The Baron Arrive...

Finding Henry A Complete Mess, They Decide To Take Him Home With Waldman Promising To Destroy The Monster And To Save The Notes Of His Work, But While Attempting To Destroy The Monster, He Wakes Up, Kills Waldman And Escapes Into The Countryside...

A Few Days Later, It's The Day Of Henry's Wedding And Elizabeth Is A Wreck As She Has A Sort Of Psychic Feeling That Something's Going To Go Wrong With The Wedding Or Henry...

But Just As Henry Is Talking With Elizabeth He's Pulled Out By Victor, Who Tells Him That Dr. Waldman Is Dead And The Monster Is Loose On The Countryside Or Should I Say Loose In The Mansion?...

Victor And Henry Search All Over The Mansion For The Monster With No Sign But When They Hear Elizabeth Screaming They Go To Check On Her Only To Find Her Lying Down On The Bed In Shock...

When The Town Hears About The Monster Drowning A Little Girl, They Form Search Parties To Find The Monster...

But Let's Be Honest They're Really Angry Mobs...

Eventually Though The Monster Runs Into His Creator..

youtube

With The Monster Going Into The Windmill, It Leads To The Final Showdown Between Frankenstein And His Creator...

youtube

(Start At 1:28, End At 3:59)

Now, We All Know What Comes Next, We've All Seen Bride Of Frankenstein And Know That The Film Continues From The Windmill...

But Whale Thought This Was Going To Be The Only Frankenstein Film In History So He Made An Ending To This Film Which I Now Call The Alternate Ending Where Henry Survived The Fall From The Mill With Elizabeth Nursing Him Back To Health...

With The Both Of Them Living Crazily Ever After...

This Film Is Okay...

I Enjoy Both Boris Karloff And Colin Clive's Performances As Dr. Frankenstein And The Monster And The Set Pieces And Designs Were Pretty Awesome For The Time, Some Of The Other Actors In The Film Were Pretty Good Too...

But The Only One I Have A Problem With Is Mae Clarke As Elizabeth Who Was Nothing But A Clingy Nutcase Who Couldn't Live Without Henry For 10 Seconds...

I'm Glad They Recasted Her With Valerie Hobson For The Sequel As She Was Still Clingy But Acted More Like What A Fiancé Or Wife Should Act Like...

This One I Definitely Say To See...

Till Next Time, This Is Duke, Signing Off...

#Frankenstien #Colin Clive #boris karloff #Mae Clarke #Edward Van Sloan #Dwight Frye #James Whale #Universal Monsters #halloween #horror review #SoundCloud

1 note · View note

dukereviewsmovies · 4 years

Text

Duke's Monsterween: Dracula

Hello, I'm Andrew Leduc (Imitating Dracula) And Velcome, Velcome My Children To Duke's Monsterween (Laughs Evily)

(Imitating Dracula) Ah, Listen To Them, Children Of The Night, Vhat Music They Make...

Ok, I'm Not Going To Do That Accent Throughout This Entire Review...

But Still It's October, Baby! One Of My Favorite Times Of The Year, And What Better Way To Kick Off Monsterween Than 3 Days Of Universal Monster Movies, Starting With Dracula...

This Film Sees Dracula (Played By Bela Lugosi) Traveling From Transylvania To England To Prey On Young, Socialite Women And The Only Person Standing In His Way Is Dr. Abraham Van Helsing, Will He Stop The Evil Count?

Let's Find Out As We Watch Dracula...

The Film Starts Along The Mountains Of Transylvania Where A Carriage With A Solicitor Named Renfield (Played By Dwight Frye) Is On His Way To An Inn In A Nearby Village But He Can't Stay As He's Going To Borgo Pass To Meet A Carriage...

youtube

(Start At 0:51, End At 2:03)

Leaving Despite The Villagers Warning, One Of Them Gives Renfield A Crucifix Before He Leaves Afterwards We Cut Briefly To Castle Dracula As We Meet Dracula Himself...

Before Cutting To Borgo Pass Where The Carriage Drops Renfield Off Only For Him To Be Picked Up By Another Carriage Driven By A Mysterious Driver Who Turns Into A Bat The Next Time Renfield Sees Him...

Arriving At Castle Dracula, Renfield Walks Into This Big Lobby With A Huge Stairway Where He Sees Dracula...

youtube

(End At 3:52)

Taking Renfield To His Room, He Shows Dracula Papers That Will Give Him The Lease On Vargas Carfax Abbey Before Telling Renfield That He Has Chartered A Ship That Will Take Them To England Tomorrow Night...

Leaving Afterward, Renfield Opens A Window Only To See Dracula As A Bat. Hypnotizing Him, Dracula Then Bites Him Turning Him Into His Servant...

A Few Nights Later On Board The Ship, The Vesta, Dracula Feeds On The Crew, Killing All Of Them. The Next Morning When The Ship Arrives In England, The People At The Dock Find The Entire Crew Dead With Renfield Being The Only Survivor..,

With The Police Believing Renfield To Be Mad, They Send Him To Dr. Seward's Sanitorium Where...

Some Nights Later At A London Theatre Dracula Meets Dr. Seward Who Is With His Daughter Lucy (Played By Helen Chandler) Her Fiancé John Harker (Played By David Manners) And A Family Friend Lucy Weston (Played By Frances Dade) Who Are In A Box Seated Area Watching An Opera...

youtube

(Start At 2:50, End At 4:07)

With Lucy Fascinated With Count Dracula...

He Visits Her As She's Getting Ready For Bed, Disguising Himself As A Bat, He Hypnotizes Her To Sleep So He Can Bite Her And Feast On Her Blood...

Lucy Dies On Autopsy Table Days Later After A String Of Transfusions Are Given To Her And 2 Marks On Her Throat Are Found...

When Renfield Starts Eating Spiders And Flies The Doctors Including Doctor Seward Visit Professor Abraham Van Helsing (Played By Edward Van Sloan) Who Analyzes Renfield's Blood And Discovers That They Are Dealing With A Vampire

But Despite The Doctors Believing That The Vampire Is A Myth, Van Helsing Promises To Bring Them Proof That This Myth Is A Reality...

Allowing Van Helsing To Talk With Renfield, He Lashes Out At Van Helsing Before Being Asked To Be Sent Away As His Cries Might Disturb Mina's Dreams.

Hearing A Wolf Howling, Van Helsing Knows That Renfield Knows What The Wolf Is And Shows Him A Piece Of Wolfsbane, Lashing Out Again At Van Helsing, He Tells Him That He Knows Too Much To Live And If They Don't Send Him Away, They'll Answer For What Happens To Mina..

That Night, Dracula Visits Mina And Bites Her Leaving Neck Marks Similar To Those On Lucy, Telling Van Helsing About A Dream In Which She Was Visited By A Stranger With Red Eyes And A White Livid Face, Van Helsing Discovers The Marks On Her Throat...

But Just As They Do That Dracula Drops In For A Visit...

youtube

(Start At 0:27, End At 4:21)

Realizing That Dracula Is Their Vampire After That Scene, Mina Leaves Her Room To Meet Dracula In The Garden Where He Wraps His Cape Around Her And Attacks Her...

As Renfield Who Has Escaped His Cell Talks With Seward, Van Helsing And Harker About How They Should Heed Van Helsing's Warnings As It's Mina's Only Hope...

Well, I May Know Someone Else Who Could Help...

But When Dracula (Who Is Now A Bat) Catches Renfield Talking With Them He Panics Saying That He Didn't Say Anything And He's Loyal To Him...

Keeping His Mouth Shut After That, A Nurse Enters Afterward Saying That She's Found Mina In The Garden Supposedly Dead, But She's Alive Only Further Under His Influence..

The Next Morning, The Newspapers Report About A Mystetious Woman In White Who Has Been Luring Children From The Park With Chocolate And Biting Them...

Oh, I Wouldn't Worry About That, 2 Children Placed Her In An Oven And Killed Her This Morning Before Eating Her Gingerbread House...

But Recognizing The Woman To Be Lucy Who Has Risen From The Dead As A Vampire, Mina Breaks Off Her Engagement To Harker, Afraid She May Hurt Him If She's A Vampire...

Believing That The Stuff Van Helsing Has Been Telling Mina To Be Garbage, John Tells Steward That He's Taking Mina To London Tonight Or He'll Get The Police To Arrest Them...

How Are You Going To Do That, Dumbass?!?

She's Her Father And You're Her Fiancé, I Believe He's Legally Responsible For Her Until You're Married, So Slow Your Roll And Shut The Hell Up!

Eventually Getting John To Calm Down As Van Helsing Tells The Nurse To Keep A Wreath Of Wolfsbane Around Her Neck And Take Care Of Her While She's Sleeping...

Confronted By Renfield Who Has Escaped His Cell Again, Steward Calls A Guard To Take Him Back To His Cell But Not Before Renfield Can Tell Them How Dracula Convinced Renfield To Allow Him To Enter The Sanitorium...

youtube

(End At 1:30)

Realizing Dracula Is In The House...

Dracula's In The House....

Seward And Martin Take Renfield Someplace Where He'll Never Escape Again, While Van Helsing Is Confronted By Dracula...

youtube

(Start At 0:05, End At 2:20)

Visiting Mina On The Terrace, Harker Starts Noticing Changes In Her As She Tells Him That She Loves The Night And Fog, Eventually When A Bat (Which Is Actually Dracula) Flies Over Mina, She Tries To Attack Harker, But Luckily Van Helsing Shows Up Just In Time To Save Him...

This Leads Mina To Confess About What Dracula Has Done To Her...

Later That Night, Dracula Hypnotizes Mina's Nurse To Remove The Wolfsbane Wreath So He Can Enter The Room, While Harker And Van Helsing See Renfield Headed Toward Carfax Abbey, So They Follow...

youtube

(Start At 0:14, End At 4:59)

With John Reunited With Mina, He Discovers That She's Back To Normal, So They Decide To Leave To Live Happily Ever After While Van Helsing Stays Only To Be Arrested By The Police For Dracula And Renfield's Deaths In Dracula's Daughter...

But That's A Review For Another Time...

Anyway, This Film Is Pretty Good But Without Music In It, It Can Get Boring At Times...

The Story Is Very Well Written And Both Bela Lugosi, Dwight Frye And Edward Van Sloan Do Well In Their Roles As Dracula, Renfield And Van Helsing But There Were Times When I Ended Up Falling Asleep Because It Didn't Have Music...

And Yes, I Did Watch The Version Of The Movie With Music By Phillip Glass And The Kronos Quartet And I Will Say It's Better But Because It's From This Century It Gets Weird At Times...

So, Yeah, I'd Choose The Original Version Without Sound Over The One With Music, And Despite Falling Asleep I Would Say See It...

Be Sure To Tune In On Tuesday As We Look At The Original Monster Movie, Frankenstein...

Till Then, This Is Duke, Signing Off...

#dracula #Universal Monsters #bela lugosi #dwight frye #helen chandler #David Manners #edward van sloan #bram stoker #tod browning #SoundCloud #Spotify

2 notes · View notes

dukereviewsmovies · 4 years

Text

Monsterween Update

Hey, Everyone, Andrew Leduc Here, And It's The First Of October And Monsterween Is Now In Full Swing, So, I Thought I'd Give You Guys An Update Of What's Going Down This Monsterween...

Starting On Sunday And Continuing On Tuesday And Thursday, We Will Be Looking At 3 Movies Connected To A Certain Horror Series Each Week In October...

Which We Will Be Continuing Every Year Until The Series That I'm Looking At Runs Out Of Movies

So, What Series Are We Going To Be Looking At This Year?...Drumroll

This Week We'll Be Looking At...

The Universal Monsters!

And In The Upcoming Weeks We'll Be Looking At Halloween, Friday The 13th And...A Nightmare On Elm Street...

But While That Is Happening On Duke Reviews, On Duke Reviews Xtra On Monday, Wednesday And Friday We'll Be Looking At The Scooby Doo Series Before Continuing Our Look At Disney, By Looking At Some Halloween Related Content Released By The Company...

Including Hocus Pocus...

And A Few Disney Channel Original Movies Including The Halloweentown Movies...

Don't Look Under The Bed...

And Phantom Of The Megaplex...

And I'll Try To Include A Few Top 10s As Well, Like I Did Last Year, But There Won't Be Any Guarantee On Those...

So, With That Said I'm Going To Wrap This Up, By Saying Till Sunday, This Is Duke, Signing Off...

#Halloween #a nightmare on elm street #friday the 13th #universal monsters #Disney Channel Original Movies #hocus pocus #disney #Disney +

3 notes · View notes

dukereviewsmovies · 4 years

Text

Duke Reviews: Robin Hood

Hello, I'm Andrew Leduc And Welcome To Duke Reviews Where We Are Continuing Our Look At Disney...

youtube

By Talking About Disney's 21st Animated Feature, Robin Hood...

No Synopsis Today, Let's Dive On Into Robin Hood...

We Start With The Opening Of A Book As We Meet Our Narrator, Allan-A-Dale (Who's Not Only Voiced By Roger Miller But Is A Rooster)...

Who (After Singing Our Intro Song, Which You Just Heard) Introduces The Tale Of Robin Hood (Voiced By Brian Bedford) And Little John (Voiced By Oh, What A Shocker, Phil Harris) With Our Next Song...

youtube

(Start At 0:13)

And It's A Good Song, Probably One Of The Most Memorable Of This Movie...

Anyway, One Day While Robin And John Are In A Tree, A Royal Coach With Prince John (Voiced By Peter Ustinov) And Sir Hiss (Voiced By Terry Thomas) Passes Through Sherwood....

So, Knowing That The Carriage Is Laiden With Riches, They Decide To Disguise Themselves As Fortune Tellers In An Attempt To Rob John Of His Gold...

youtube

Placing A Bounty On Robin And John's Heads, John Makes The Sheriff Of Nottingham (Voiced By Pat Buttram) His Personal Tax Collector, Taxing Everyone In Nottingham Including A Famiy Of Rabbits...

But Luckily, Robin Gets Back Some Of Their Money And Even Gives A Little Rabbit Named Skippy, His Hat And Archery Kit Of His Own For His Birthday...

Going Out To Test It, Skippy Ends Up Firing An Arrow Into The Grounds Of Maid Marian's Castle. Sneaking Inside, Skippy And The Children Meet Maid Marian (Voiced By Monica Evans) And Lady Cluck (Voiced By Madame Morrible From Wicked)...

There, Marian Reveals That Her And Robin Were Childhood Sweethearts But She Has Not Seen Robin For Years, But Despite That, Cluck Tells Her Not To Give Up On Her Love For Robin...

Visiting Robin In Sherwood, Friar Tuck Tells Him That Prince John Is Hosting An Archery Tournament And That The Main Prize Is A Kiss From Maid Marian So With Robin Disguising Himself As A Stork He Enters The Tournament While Little John Disguises Himself As The Duke Of Chutney To Get Near Prince John...

youtube

But As The Old Saying Goes "Fool Me Once, Shame On Me But Fool Me Twice, Shame On You" And Robin's Identity Gets Discovered By Prince John Who Has Him Arrested To Be Sentenced To Execution, Despite Maid Marian's Pleas...

But When Little John Threatens Prince John, It Leads To A Fight Between Prince John's Soliders And The Townspeople, All Of Which Escape To Sherwood Forest....

Later That Night, Robin And Maid Marian Fall In Love Again As Our Next Song Plays...

youtube

And It's All Right...

It's Not Very Memorable, In Fact I'm Not Even Sure I Would Call It A Song. But Still If You Like It I Guess It's All Right...

Meanwhile, The Townsfolk Hold A Troubadour Festival Leading To Our Next Song...

youtube

And It's A Good Song, I Absolutely Enjoy It And I Can't Help But Dance To It Every Time I Hear It...

Hearing The Music From His Castle, Prince John Is Enraged To The Point That He Raises The Taxes So Badly That Half Of The Townsfolk Who Couldn't Afford To Pay Went To Jail, This Leads To Our Next Song...

youtube

(Start At 1:53)

And It's Okay...

While Again Not Very Memorable, It's Just Not My Favorite Song Of This Movie..

It Gets Even Worse When The Sheriff Of Nottingham Takes A Coin From Friar Tuck's Church, He Lashes Out At The Sheriff For Taking From The Church, Which Leads To Tuck Being Arrested For Attacking A Lawman, Interphering With His Legal Duties And High Treason To The Crown...

And Knowing That Tuck Is In League With Robin Hood, Prince John Orders Friar Tuck To Be Hung, Knowing That Robin Will Come And Rescue Him...

However, When They Learn Of John's Plot, They Decide To Sneak In At Night So, Little John Can Get The Prisoners Out While Robin Steals All Of Prince John's Money But When Hiss Spots Robin Fleeing Chaos Insues..

youtube

Little John And Skippy Fear That Robin Is Lost But He Eventually Surfaces Safely After Using A Reed As A Breathing Tube As Prince John Sucks His Thumb When He Realizes He Burnt Down His Mother's Castle...

Shortly Afterwards, King Richard Returns To England And Places His Brother And Sir Hiss Under Arrest As He Allows Maid Marian To Marry Robin Hood, Turning That Outlaw Into An In-Law...

youtube

Now There's Something I Wish I Didn't See, Anyway, That's Robin Hood And It's Okay

While Not Really A Bad Film, It Does Have It's Moments And Good Songs, It's Just That Of All The Films In What I Like To Call The Silver Age Of Disney Animation, It's Just Not My Favorite Of The Bunch...

But I Will State That If There Was A Film That Is Like The Status Of Our Nation Now, This Is It...

People Are Sick And Dying Due To Coronavirus And Our Government Is Overtaxing Us All, While The Phoney King Of Washington Sits On His Throne, Sucking His Thumb And Crying Out For His Mom...

Anyway, Either Way I Say See It...

Now Next Week On Duke Reviews, We Are Not Continuing Our Look At Disney, Why? Because This Thursday Is The Beginning Of October And You Know What That Means....

It's Monsterween Time...

But Don't Worry, We'll Be Back In November With A Couple More Disney Reviews Before Moving Into Duke's Holiday Reviews In December

But, Till Then, This Is Duke, Signing Off...

#Robin Hood #Brian Bedford #Monica Evans #phil harris #roger miller #peter ustinov #Carole Shelley #Pat Buttram #john fiedler #disney animation #disney animated movies #disney #disney+#Youtube #Spotify

0 notes