Line #26 Recap/TheNostalgiaCriticS4E47


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3	'''Release:''' December 16, 2011
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5	'''Film:''' ''Film/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas'' (2000)
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7	!!This review contains examples of:
8	* ActorAllusion: Invoked in a reference to the fact that Creator/AnthonyHopkins is the film's narrator.
9	-->'''Critic as Narrator:''' But hey, she could still have some fun with me. [[Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs I'll eat her liver with fava beans and a nice chianti.]] ''(hisses)''
10	** He also refers to the Mayor (played by Jeffrey Tambor) as "the ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' guy".
11	* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Despite hating most of the humor, he admitted that the "[[FantasticRacism It’s because I’m green]], isn’t it?" line was pretty funny.
12	-->'''Critic''': Okay, ''that’s'' a good joke.
13	* [[spoiler:DoABarrelRoll]]: See ObligatoryJoke.
14	* IgnoredEpiphany: [[spoiler:Critic seems to learn at the end not to push his opinions on others, but then dismisses it as bullshit.]]
15	-->'''Critic:''' [[spoiler:Nah, I'm right, they're wrong.]]
16	-->'''Narrator:''' [[spoiler:Oh. Well... fuck you then.]]
17	* MomentKiller: Critic says this of the scene where the Grinch's heart grows three sizes, which resembles a heart attack.
18	-->'''Critic:''' Wow, way to ruin such a touching scene. Good God, for a moment there, I ''almost'' saw a subtlety!
19	* ObligatoryJoke: When the flying sled spins upside-down-to-right-side-up:
20	-->'''Critic''': Now, at the risk of sounding incredibly droll, d'oh I can't help it!
21	-->[[spoiler:'''[[VideoGame/StarFox64 Peppy Hare]]''': [[MemeticMutation Do a barrel roll]]!]]
22	* PapaWolf: Critic's traits show up once again when he goes over the Grinch's backstory.
23	* {{Pun}}: "Is it me, or are the Who's just who-rible creatures?"
24	* RhymesOnADime: 99% of the review is spoken in rhyme, as a homage to Creator/DrSeuss.
25	* SarcasmMode: When he goes over the "mistletoe butt" scene.
26	-->'''Critic:''' Dr. Seuss would be proud, this is what he intended. Mistletoe butt for Mom to get offended.
27	* ShoutOut
28	** Critic talks about how uncannily creepy the film's atmosphere is, and compares it to ''Film/FearAndLoathingInLasVegas''.
29	** Critic says that the eight-year-old Grinch looks like [[Film/Gremlins1984 Gizmo]] if he was thrown into the wash with a green crayon.
30	** And when the sun brightly shines during the climax.
31	-->'''Critic:''' So... God's in this movie. That I didn't know. Does he say...?
32	-->'''[[Film/TheTrumanShow Cristof]]:''' I am the creator of a television show.
33	* SlasherSmile: Critic, just like the Grinch, when he gets the "awful idea" to review the film.
34	* TakeThat
35	** The Critic's first lines of the review take a jab at the then-upcoming adaptation of ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lorax\|2012}}''.
36	--->'''Critic:''' Can't they see...\
37	'''Narrator:''' Said the Grump.\
38	'''Critic:''' ...that the remake is crap? I'd rather get my nuts caught in a Lorax trap. ''[beat]'' P.S. That's gonna suck, too.
39	** He also criticized the camera shots, saying that it has more [[DutchAngle Dutch angles]] than ''Film/BattlefieldEarth''.
40	** When Critic goes over the scene where the Grinch tricks the sleeping Mayor into kissing his dog's butt.
41	--->'''Critic:''' What the hell would PETA say for this little canine? Oh hell, as long as he's not wearing a [[VideoGame/SuperMario3DLand Tanooki Suit]], it's fine.
42	** Critic calls the baby Grinch a young Creator/GaryBusey.
43	** Critic says that the materialistic Whos are "as phony as Radio/GlennBeck".
44	** He also calls out the use in a giant explosion during the Grinch's rampage at the Whobilation.
45	--->'''Critic:''' There's an explosion in ''The Grinch''. Who directed this? Creator/MichaelBay?
46	* WellIntentionedExtremist: Him saying "I must stop Christmas from sucking" has some shades of this.
47	* WholePlotReference: The review is done in the style of [[WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas the original Grinch special]], which the Critic thinks is vastly superior to the newer movie.
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