The Great Mouse Detective - Nostalgia Critic

this episode brought to you by bespoke post get your box of awesome today [Music] [Music] [Applause] hello I'm the Nostalgia Critic I remember it so you don't have to here's a fun fact this is one of the earliest movies I saw in the theater now that it was the absolute first I saw a couple before this but two of my earliest and favorite movie going experiences are seeing this and An American Tale in 1986. they were the perfect big screen movies to introduce to a kid because they were small characters living in a big world allowing you to embrace on the big screen a gigantic Universe you recognize but saw from a different point of view sometimes it was Grand and wonderful other times pretty damn freaky it was so much of what I wanted a movie experience to be like and it helped that it had decent characters and story too based on the book series basil at Baker Street it stars a rodent version of Sherlock Holmes because the 80s were really trying to make homes a thing again and was a modest success but doesn't get talked about as much in terms of Disney anime films and that's kind of a shame it has what might be Disney's best pairing of a hero and villain two energetic and egocentric Geniuses who obsess over destroying the other not that there haven't been better Disney heroes or Disney villains but in terms of equally matched arch in embassies like two sides of the same coin I really can't think of a duo in this anime Library better match than them it's a simple yet stylized intellectual yet action-packed cute yet dark tiny yet Grand cinematic adventure and we're gonna look it over here today over 35 years later let's take a look at the history of darkwing's table statue this is The Great Mouse Detective ah 80s Disney where if you said that's too dark your folks at that's the world we open in London during the late 1800s where a toy maker named flavorsham voiced by Ellen young gives his daughter Olivia a present you made this just for me wow you created Road and Amica just because I turned five yeah flabersham is pretty much Skynet producing Barbie so no surprise others want his talents for evil means stay in here and don't come out 80s Disney you little shits yeah no PG for rude humor here this is 80s G and all that Glory so after four-year-old me was traumatized we cut to a mouse named Dawson who just retired from the Queen's regiment I had just arrived in London lengthy surface Afghanistan that hits different that's foul Benton voicing him by the way and if you're thinking man does he sound like the sultan from Aladdin Disney thought the same thing and had him replace Douglas seal as the Sultan in future Aladdin projects which is funny for such a thin lanky guy he played Short pudgy characters quite often oh my are you all right my dear he stumbles across Olivia who says she's searching for the world where he now detective basil to help her find her kidnap father find this basil chat together perhaps we'll find a sunny day in this film too actually wait no there are no day shots in this entire movie at all God 80s Disney was the best they find Baker Street and wait for Basil's arrival as I shall have him we might have a Peter Sellers Murder by Death situation who are you Basler Baker Street my good fellow yes they were gonna go with the glasses with the slanty eyes in it but Disney said absolutely not we don't want to be confused for a cat basil is voiced by Barry Ingram and he brings an infectious amount of eccentric energy and charm to this character that could easily become annoying but instantly pulls you into the excitement of whatever he's excited about how the deuce did you know I was a doctor you found your torn cuff together with a Lambert Stitch which of course earlier surgeon uses it's also great to see a Disney lead that's full of himself overly dramatic and doesn't really change that much by the end my dad is gone and I'm all alone this is a most inopportune time most Disney leads would have to confront these flaws or they'd have them be the comic relief but it's part of what makes him so fun and memorable we recognize these flaws in ourselves at times and like that there's a character that Nelly learned to live with them but often uses it to his Advantage helping Drive himself closer to his goal of catching his Nemesis the horror of my every waking moment Professor practical evil his teeth show whatever his name is mentioned this of course leads to our introduction of Radigan voiced by Vincent Price and in my opinion this is one of the most Inseparable animated performances I've ever seen oh uh by the way I'm taking the liberty of having your daughter brought here don't me wrong there's plenty of great actors that match great animation there's a lot to be praised about that but if you're asked to you can close your eyes and imagine these actors talking in a recording booth it's not that big a stretch radigan's gestures match so well with Price's voice my mind cannot split the two I would spend many of sleep in this night if anything unfortunate were to be full this animation breathes this voice it'd be like hearing the music of Sorcerer's Apprentice without thinking of Mickey Mouse it's damn near impossible it matches so perfectly let me show you how it works as you love the case I haven't had a moment's peace of mind though frankly I expected you 15 minutes earlier the only other anime characters I can think of that work this seamlessly are Robin Williams as the genie and James Woods as Hades and sure enough all these actors the animators watched and worked in their movements slithering into every dragged out whisper and chopping into every emphasized roar oh how sweet it must be ready tonight I can hear these voices without connecting them to these characters but I can't see these characters without connecting them to these voices there's plenty of anime characters that feel alive to me but these guys just exist on a whole other plane another Too Proud to be a part of it I'm note Radigan is basically the same as basil egocentric brilliant and overly dramatic he just also happens to be in the side of evil using the toy maker for an evil plan we are about to embark on the most dude his diabolical scheme of my illustrious career also Bill glad to see you finally landed seeing how this is one of the few Disney musicals that only has one impromptu musical moment I'm glad it's a villain song [Music] confirmed widows and orphans were drowned in this G-rated universe and seeing the competition that came out that same year you can guess who one of them was I love it being called a rat in this crime world isn't insulting because someone's a snitch but because someone's literally a rat you're a man yeah that's right right a mouth I like this design is more rat like too compared to all the other mice and again kind of an interesting parallel to the competition I also had a villain with rat disguises [Music] and tosses the drunk naysayer to his packet Felicia so the top and that's that I'll go and help it either I'm something with the word that and it's already in your name what would you do decides to take the case once he finds it well serves him as he questions the motives of his fearful foe question is what would he want with a toy maker I mean what kind of toys does he make exactly oh I love it when I'm nasty his henchman or henched bat named fidget is seen outside the house so basil chases after him not for long Miss flam Hammer flavish whatever yeah it's a running joke about basil mispronouncing the last name flavorsham Emma blavisham whatever Miss flanchester whatever Miss flanger hanger whatever which I guess is cute except for the fact that he clearly pronounces it correctly later so he's just digging around with them most of the time I guess actually who am I kidding I can see him doing that okay why do Disney houses always have such classy Mouse holes there's a good deal of German music on the program it is introspective and I want to introspect fun fact that actually is basil Rathbone arguably the most famous Sherlock Holmes playing Sherlock Holmes but I am disappointed they didn't get the original actor who played Toby he delivered that line like a Rover Toby follows this into fidget to a toy shop you'd be good now we're going to find my father yeah Olivia's always one yippee away from being obnoxious but they know when to scale the cute stuff back and give it more of a bite even the toy shop is kind of unsettling like this toy reminds me they remade Dumbo and don't you know the new Disney rules there should be like 11 Disney cameos in this scene not just one [Music] did you kidnaps Olivia yeah for kids in the 80s quicksanded bags became like our biggest fears and he manages to escape with her little monster basil screams at Dawson for now watching her closely causing him to feel awful it's not entirely hopeless we'll get her back well character moments like this do add a lot of heart and urgency it shows there is a part of Basil that can get out of his own head and legit cares separating him from his criminal counterpart your Charming daughter Olivia one of my favorite theater memories is how hard everybody laughed at this one line I already have a hard enough time finding Halloween costumes every year once upon a time they lived a little boy in his 40s he lived in a scary Red Room that he should probably see somebody about seriously what's that little picture there's a melting candy lady that's weird anyway of all the packages I get dropped off at his door hands down the best box he opens every month is box of Awesome from Facebook post his box of awesome is Phil we're carefully chosen gear from the best small Brands around the world let's see what he got this month Senpai award-winning Cooper rocks glasses they create a swirling motion when set down which enriches the aroma the drinker's pleasure ho ho ho what's this it also comes with a glass bottle to mix drinks in as well as 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happily somewhere else goodbye Doug plays God of War for the first time every Friday on Twitch we have content five days a week hope to see you there [Music] basil looks over the note that fidget left behind and hopes to gather some Clues from it this is a minor thing but I really love that basil is a cartoon character that mumbles to himself pop up not that he's the first or anything but it wasn't something you saw often it's a little touch that makes him feel a bit more real this reaction could only have been triggered by the paper's extreme saturation with distillation of sodium chloride he deduces it came from a pub by the riverfront so they disguised themselves and sneak into a place called the rat trap isn't that a great name [Music] I'm always a sucker for Smoky places like this where they play poker throw punches and toss at the stage also I guess mer mice are a thing in this world that must have been a fun no for the background artist to read yeah hi I just want to make sure on page five you said draw a I didn't misread that okay we put a naked woman in Rescuers I'm used to these Mouse movies being on that note I know a percent of you watch this scene asking do I like mice now [Music] [Applause] Disney actually had a hard time pun totally intended getting this past sensors because it was deemed to risque for a G film again all the smoking drinking on screen and off-screen deaths were fine but this was pushing the limit they eventually convinced them by saying they're not human they're mice so nothing questionable is going God I think a lot of questioning was going on with people after watching the scene I know what mouse hole I wouldn't mind getting oh come on baby don't be like that [Music] how can someone so small slap that hard they locate fidget just as a brawl breaks out and they follow him to rat against hideout again has been expecting him though and I just love how childish and Petty he shows him up here oh I have expected a picture of his ass mooning them to drop down as well which on the internet yeah you can Google that of course you can they're tied to a mousetrap and radical confesses he couldn't decide what execution to give them so he decides on all of them God I love this villain first sprightly tune I've recorded especially for you I know it's technically only one song that's off the cuff in this and the others are ones that are planned out like it doesn't need to be a musical in order for them to exist with that said even the ones that could have just been phoned in are real toe tappers legendary composer Henry Mancini did all the music for this and he is so crazy talented you'll almost forget that this also has his name on it again makes his way to Mouse Buckingham Palace okay how do some of these my civilizations work well pretty Advanced actually as the toy maker creates a robot of the queen to appoint rat again as the new Royal Council [Music] has the Queen's new motor oil perfume gone to her head basil feels defeated but Dawson convinces him he can still save the day again I like it's less about him and his friends getting killed and more about somebody being smarter than him raccoons proved he's more clever than I he would never have walked into such an obvious trap but unless it was set in a leather bar or something basil finally gets an idea because I guess every last gangster was needed to take out the guards I mean I don't know they look pretty easy to take out to me nobody is there to stop him as expected this Escape is pretty inventive two don't know how I missed the MythBusters where they prove that as fact they get to the palace and stop the queen from getting eaten by Felicia aha so Biden recently saying God Save the Queen still makes no sense they show the robot is a phony and Rush ran again I kind of love this one goon who's like well she's got an umbrella I got a gun I lose that again escapes though with Olivia as a hostage hey where you are oh the girl dies howdy Dawson I don't care if she dies Disney produces kids like a childhood trauma Factory gather up those balloons they follow Ed blimp with their own balloons again I love how legit inventive this movie is the basil and rat against Mash into Big Ben I know I've mentioned this before but this is the first time an animated film has ever used CGI and it looks pretty seamless appropriately large and rather epic climax you really feel the size and weight of these gears and as basil continues to use his smarts to get out of trouble Radigan loses his patience and reveals himself for the monster he really is this whole scene is just beautifully animated edited with high adrenaline and again pretty intense for a G-rated flick [Music] Jesus thank God those women were Miser this would have been too much for kids this though Frankie make it sound more like he's gargling blood every time he's hit we're 80s Disney we can't leave the kids unscarred seriously this is right up there with some of the best action sequences in any animated Disney film it's short but it's effectively put together the game's not [Music] at Radigan falls to his death and takes basil with him resulting in a pretty decent fake out it's actually hard to figure out how he would survive that but again because he kept his cool he figured an inventive way out [Music] Dawson don't bring the balloons too close to my propeller no of course they get back safe and basil says goodbye to his friend and client just by never getting her name right I'll never forget you nor are you miss miss 80s Disney man we're late to catch our train come along Olivia let's go before they realize they never made a Scrooge McDuck joke it's the home of the famous basil of Baker Street another clan enters the home just as basil announces Dawson is his new partner isn't that right doctor yes by all means professional or romantic yes [Music] and that was The Great Mouse Detective okay it's no Beauty and the Beast but it's still pretty fun and entertaining a lot of that is centered around the hero the villain and the animation that brings them to life not to say the other elements of the film are bad by any means but there have been more what you'd expect with an anime a kid's film at the time these two characters and their Joy slash obsession with their work and with each other is really what helps it stand out the slight Edge it has with the sometimes mature imagery that never goes quite too far also adds a welcomed harshness and excitement it's just good fun with a smart hero a smart villain and a lot of inventive ingenuity I hear more and more it's growing a bit of a fan base and I'm glad to see that you've checked it out you know that only be Elementary I'm a Nostalgia guy remember it so you don't have to so soon this month for cameos for charity we're doing the center for victims of torture I've done this charity a couple times and there's a reason I literally cannot think of anything worse we've used the word torture 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Length: 20min 50sec (1250 seconds)

Published: Wed Jul 12 2023