Matilda - The Cinema Snob
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ก.ย. 2024
- The Cinema Snob is back, and it is worth the wait, as the Snob reviews the forgotten 1978 comedy Matilda, starring Elliott Gould who manages a boxing kangaroo, and the film is from the producer of The Godfather!
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Fun fact: This film is currently on the Criterion Channel. This is why I love the Criterion Channel.
Seconded! The Saturday Matinees program is one of the service’s most delightful and underrated for mixing nutty B-movies like this with classic blockbusters, animation, and foreign flicks for kids.
Not only did I do my homework by watching all four hours of 1982, I went back in for extra credit by rewatching 1981!!
In all honesty it was for selfish reasons though, as I'm trying my best to be Lloyd approved!!
Extra credit achieved.
This movie makes "Kangaroo Jack" look like a masterpiece.
This was the prequel.
Kangaroo jack was so bad that my sister went to the hospital afterwards from asthma related issues, sure it had nothing to do with the movie but i blame it anyway because of how bad it was
She's fine though.
@@trentnunyabiz6204 Are you sure that it wasn't because of the movie?
@@trentnunyabiz6204 Smart-ass cinematic Kangaroos are known asthma triggers in some people.😀
Just when I think I've seen every insane "This Exists" movie premise under the sun, here comes Brad out of the shadows to unveil some new horror previously thought lost to the sands of time.
Also this why Tekken add a boxing Kangaroo in the fighting roster.
When you said the Poseidon Adventure and Mrs Harris goes to Paris. I immediately thought of Troy McClure and you might remember him some such films as The Revenge of Abraham Lincoln and P is for Psycho.
LOL that's a good point, I can definitely see that.
You say, "From Albert S. Ruddy, the Oscar winning producer of THE GODFATHER."... No one will believe you!
You say, "From Albert S. Ruddy, the Razzie nominated producer and co-writer of CANNONBALL RUN II"... They'll believe that in a heartbeat!
Damn , Robert Mitchum and Elliott Gould smoking out to get through this sounds like a great episode for Season 2 of The Offer. I love that Mitchum took roles like this. He's been a favorite since childhood
Mitchum was the King of Cool !
I was gonna make a Tekken reference, but the Snob was cultured enough to make it for me.
Plus, he made A Hippity Hopper reference.
@@Launchpad05Looney Tunes references are always welcome.
I honestly can't look at a movie shot of the Brooklyn Bridge from the 70s, without thinking of Lucio Fulci's official sequel to Dawn of the Dead , Zombie 2.
Why couldn't they have found a way to have Matilda boxing a zombie??
Now that would have made for a compelling, financially successful, and Academy award-winning movie!!
That movie does not leave you once you watch it
Welcome back Snob. Also, does anyone wanna see this remade but played straight?
Only if Matilda isn’t CGI and is still a creepy looking costume
Oh my gosh! I read about this movie in a book called "The Golden Turkey Awards"! Pre internet (published 1980), this was my first introduction to the art of making fun of bad movies.
Read that book back in the day so I knew Matilda about but have never stumbled across it on video or TV. But it is easier to find than "Dog of Norway."
Did anyone involved in the production stop to think how ludicrous and scary the kangaroo costume looked? Or we can assume everyone was coked out of their minds?
I'd say yes
That and the fact that Evans produced the godfather and other previous successes
9:47 Phillip Marlowe meets Phillip Marlowe. I vaguely remember seeing this movie as a small child. I don't remember if it was at the theater or on TV.
If only Dick Powell and Humphrey Bogart could be digitally added for a true Marlowe-ception!
The prequel to 'Kangaroo Jack' was WEEEEIIIIRRRRD. Now let's see if 'Dot & The Kangaroo' will appear on the show.
welcome back Brad. I thought The Exorcist was the scariest movie to come out of the 70’s, wow was I wrong.
THANK YOU!! Thank you for doing what The Nostalgia critic doesn't do anymore........review BAD movies!! At least SOMEBODY still does these!!
I always find it a bit ironic that the Nostalgia Critic's whole shtick is that he remins you of forgotten movies from your childhood but he almost exclusively covers relatively modern movies (including ones still regularly airing on TV like Shrek) or super famous movies no one has forgotten like Austin Powers. I miss when he reviewed movies that are either almost completelyy forgotten or everyone thinks was some fever dream from their childhood like this.
@@arthas640 it’s about the guaranteed income & views when you have employees. Especially now that TH-cam’s algorithm, and by extension the sponsors, punish reviews about older or niche movies.
For example: Deat Meat rarely reviews classic horror anymore, because they don’t get pushed by the algorithm and end up getting way, way, less views. The first week views for *the first colour Dracula movie* & Blackula were less than 1/4th the views compared to the mediocre “Escape Room.”
@@arthas640 TBF his thing is about movies one is nostalgic for (ie older movies). Shrek came out about 2 decades ago so it’d count. Some of the newer stuff has to do with sequels off of stuff that came out from decades ago (Jurassic Park franchise) or Marvel which base base on older stuff
Also even then he does do reviews of older stuff still. He did the one about the mouse mother seeking medicine to heal her sick child. Also did the Brave Little Toaster not that long ago either (I think)
As in, 'bad movies that you never knew existed'.
Are we sure people haven’t forgotten the Austin Powers movies? At least I have yet to find a fellow American who knows how to pronounce the name Basil correctly.
Could you imagine a crossover 80s sequel Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice & Matilda? Ultimate Snob right there
The actor/stuntman in the kangaroo suit, Gary Morgan, played another boxing kangaroo in the 1994 direct-to-video movie "Storybook", as Pouch. The big difference is that Pouch is an anthropomorphic talking kangaroo, so it greatly decreases the uncanny valley compared to Matilda.
Is that Grown Up Roger Jr. From Tekken?
OMG!!!!
Still more convincing than Kangaroo Jack.
I really did come here because I thought it was 1998. Matilda
Same.
i haven’t watched the cinema snob since thee whole change thee channel shit, but as a devoted elliott gould fan i couldn’t finish this and thought “brad probably covered this.”
glad to see thee posters haven’t changed.
0:11- Not only that, but for the past month and a half, I rewatched your 1982 in Film episode, as well as rewatching your previous 2 trailer episodes. I love those videos, because they also gave me great recommendations to films I haven't seen before, like Dressed to Kill, The Final Countdown, Excalibur, Blow Out, Swamp Thing, Porky's, and more.
3:47- No wonder he was replaced in this scene by Ian McDiarmid in the 2004 DVD release.
5:20- Or it's in the same universe as The Devil and Max Devlin, the 1981 Elliott Gould movie where Bill Cosby played The Devil.
10:50- Speaking of space, this is reminding me of The Mandalorian's modified N-1 starfighter, which has a little glass dome for Grogu to sit inside.
11:27- I wish this WAS Mr. Mom. At least you'll be talking about THAT film next year in your 1983 in Film episode.
11:47- This IS in the same universe as The Devil and Max Devlin.
13:24- Ha, I was also thinking that.
15:27- Did the gangsters shout "YOU ARE TEARING ME APART, MATILDA!"?
19:26- You should probably review Rickey 1 when Creed III comes out.
21:04- I was also thinking us Gus when you announced on Twitter that you'd be reviewing a movie about a boxing kangaroo.
I am so glad that Lionel Stander went on to play "Max" on "Hart to Hart" the year after this. He, Harry Guardino, and Clive Revill must have really needed paychecks. Revill starred as the final "Columbo" villain the same year....acting is a crazy line of work!
He was awesome in that episode. He was a bad guy but charismatic as hell.
Welcome Back Snob, Hope your Summer Break was Relaxing & Fun, You more then Deserved IT!!😃😎
It is Excellent to have you Back! 😃
Man, this sequel to Warriors of Virtue is somehow worse than the first.
The talent evolved in this film is bananas good WTF
This is the Boxing cash in on "Gus"
"please drink more booze !!
Mitchum isn't here to pass a joint !!"
I'm DEAD !! 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
*THE RETURN OF THE KING*
I was very close to put this movie as a request for midnight screenings, glad to see it as a Snob episode
Fun fact: There was a formal promotional tie-in with McDonald's for this movie, centered around the sundaes, sort of a precursor to the arrival of the Happy Meal the following year (with their charter promotion being one with Star Trek: The Motion Picture).
When it comes to comedies and animal sidekicks i think im gonna have to go with monkeys. Both Dunston (Dunston Checks In) and Clyde (Every Which Way But Loose) has the edge over this Kangaroo. Still fun though and thanks for lifting it to my attention Snob.
Clyde for the win.
They have the advantage of being real animals.
Clyde was good because the movie didn't revolve around him. Most other monkey movies try to use the monkey(s) to carry the film and they usually suck
Those are apes, monkeys have tails.
Dogs are great too, like Turner & Hootch, Old Yeller, Lassie, Dog (2022), I am Legend (kind of a buddy dog movie), White Fang, K-9, or about 5000 different animated movies and shows.
I didn't know there was another Matilda movie that's a Kangaroo. Anyways I'm glad to have another Brad movie review!
Welcome back and thank you for another batshit crazy ‘70s movie that I can’t believe exists. Right up there with Wacko!
16:50 awwww, I was so expecting "a heart of Gould" here.
I saw this on tv some time in the mid-80's. There's not to remember but I recalled the gangster's plot to chop the tail off.
The boxing kangaroo had found its place in history. She'll be right mate, She'll be right.
if they make Matilda in recent years, they will have a child co-protagonist
There was more people in the audience for the big fight than at the big fight for Rocky.
I'm still waiting for a movie with an animal in a human costume. Doesn't anyone think outside the box?!
I love how the police walk up and arrest the kangaroo...like they could take a kangaroo. A Kangaroo would wreck their sh*t.
Lol awh yes. This is a good Monday indeed :3 cinema snob is still around! :D
I like to think that this film, "Gus", "Ed", the "Air Bud" films and "Most Valuable Primate" all exist in the same universe.
I saw the kangaroo and had to just pause this for a sold minute to contemplate what I just saw
The walrus from tusk wasn't this disturbing omgosh
Finally he is back
Ever since I first read about this movie's existence and bought it on VHS, I have been wanting to see the Snob cover this one. And the wait was definitely worth it.
"They're high as shit"
Colour me... not even close to shocked. You couldn't even see shocked from here.
Welcome back Cinema Snob (Brad)!
Whst nasty bait and switch. I loved it
19:25 A "Ricky 1" reference. Love it.
The making of Heaven’s Gate would make a great movie
I didn't realize there was a whole genre of films about animals that play sports that are normally only played by humans.
Its kinda the greatest movie ever.... As long as the Snob is talking over it.
believe it or not..........
Miss u
Man I'm disappointed that I didn't get to see a man uppercut a real kangaroo.
4:58 I think this is the first time I have ever seen an actor literally phoning in a performance.
Mara Wilson looks different in this version
6:46 ROGER, THE GOD!
Were the multiple boom-mic/studio lights incidents another one of those aspect ratio issues when converting from big screen to VHS?
70s: "A man taking an adventure of a woman? Nah! It will be fine."
At least it's not trying to push THE MESSAGE'. #CriticalDrinker
I was wondering when Brad would review this one. I actually bought it on Amazon video.
I had forgotten this. I saw it at the theater when I was seven.
So, this movie about a boxing Kangaroo ends with it having a baby. Didn't know that the 1982 Arcade Game Kangaroo I played on MAME had a movie prequel. 😉😂🤣 But on a serious note, glad to see you back to being the Cinema Snob. Miss this character.
Combine the 2 Matilda's in a gritty reboot
So this is where Tekken's Roger comes from?
Roger Jr. is gonna be pissed that his dad has been making a shitty movie instead of taking care of his family. No wonder his wife left him for a boxing velociraptor.
As I recall, this film played Radio City Music Hall for its NYC run. Just imagine that huge screen showing this to very few customers.
The book is actually not bad, reading like a Westlake gangster comedy.
Well this was a weird one yet better than some of the movies I have seen on this channel. Welcome back Snob!!!
It took me a second looking at the thumbnail to realize he wasn't actually reviewing the Mara Wilson movie.
4:46 - Am I the only one who was sure that was Ernest Borgnine?
Somehow the puppet of Monguito, the argentinian E.T. looks a little better now.
15:39 Boom-mike, top center.
Yeah, but he also produced Cannonball Run II, Speed Zone and Ladybugs
Classic rookie mistake regarding the lights and boom showing. It’s not an example of bad/lazy filmmaking, on the contrary it’s just the shoddy telecine was full frame, rather than (as it should have been) matted. The DVD is correctly matted (as it would have been when projected theatrically). Hope that helps.
I know that the Snob didn't mention it but for those who do want to see Matilda in HD, the only place to find it is on The Criterion Channel. I was quite surprised to find it there too. See it before it eventually leaves the site.
I love you, Snobby 😘
I was hoping the kangaroo went all Great White Hype at the end there, taking the one good punch then totally destroying the guy.
“Let’s just say this one didn’t win as many Oscars”
You’re kidding!
It was nominated for a "Golden Turkey Award" in the category "Worst film you never saw."
Another movie that serves as evidence of Hollywood being on drugs was 1974's Mr. Sycamore, starring Jason Robards Jr, Sandy Dennis and Jean Simmons (and I don't mean the lead singer of KISS). Maybe you should review that one, Snob.
I for one am glad they didn't punch a real kangaroo for our amusement.
So happy to see a new Snob episode!
God I would've put in so many Hell House references if I were in your place, Snob.
*Clive Revill watching back footage of Matilda* I DO NOT ACCEPT THIS!!! I DO NOT ACCEPT THIS!!
Hundreds and hundreds of Oscars and still there isn't one for keeping a straight face!
Man this Kangaroo Jack movie is way better than the remake
The ambush scene feels like the DP made an on-set judgement call.
For the next movie, I recommend You Only Live Twice.
yay my Monday routine is back.
Great review! The movie seems totally plausible, but maybe not as convincing as the heart wrenching Calamari Wrestler
*mentions Tekken 2* Now this is a great video
Is it me or does the Kangaroo look like one of the warriors from Warriors of Virtue?
Can you review Bride of Chucky when season 2 of the Chucky TV series drops?
Serious Q: Has there ever been a movie about a kangaroo that wasn’t terrible?
Kangaroo Jack?
@@jeremyusreevu237 I had that one specifically in mind. (Come to think of it, IS there another kangaroo movie?) Just to be clear, I haven’t actually seen either film, I’m just going off of general reputation.
@@Kylopod There was a live-action kid's TV series "Skippy the Bush Kangaroo" 1968-1970. Have no idea of its overall quality, but saw a short clip that had Skippy returning a soldier's salute.
"Tank Girl" also had mutated Rasta style Kangaroos one of which was played by Ice-T. Can't handle the movie myself but hear some people like it.
Very weird typecasting fact - the guy in the Matilda suit, stuntman Gary Morgan, would play another boxing kangaroo in an extremely mediocre 1994 direct-to-video fantasy movie named Storybook.
There's both Left Behind, the Nicholas Cage one and also Killjoy. So it's either a killer clown or Nicholas Cage who is crazy like a drunken clown. Both are on Freevee, take your pick!
So, the whole thing turned into a half-assed parody of The Godfather with them planning to chop of the roo's tail instead of the horse's head?
The Zucker Brothers they ain't.
The laugh track joke got me
What the hell is that costume I'm trynaa eat🤧😫... I'll have to watch later🤧😖😅
Yay he’s back😁😁
So this is how I discover there's a boxing film called Ricky I, uh? Sounds fitting.
I learned about 'Ricky 1' from The AVGN.
Cinema Snob is back in this bitch with new episodes! Yay!😃😎
I wanna see Matilda vs Matilda the Kangaroo
10:10
I gotta ask, have you, Brad. Or anybody else out there ever seen a lighting fixture, that blatenly featured in the shot??
Or were you kidding and it's supposed to be there?
Maybe it has to do with aspect ratio?
Did everyone take Acid before?
This fascinates me, there's got to be an explanation!
Please let me know. Thanks.