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* TakeThat: The Critic takes a potshot at ''Creator/PewDiePie'' when he offers the viewer a high hive, even calling them bro. He then says "If you actually do it, I will be concerned about you."
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* TakeThat: The Critic takes a potshot at ''Creator/PewDiePie'' when he offers the viewer a high hive, even calling them bro. He then says "If you actually do it, I will be concerned about you."
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* QuestionableCasting: InUniverse, this is the Critic's biggest complaint about the film -- it's not that Eddie Murphy is not funny (though he made good movies few and far in between), it's just that he's ill-fitted to star in a horror-comedy flick.
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* WTHCastingAgency: InUniverse, this is the Critic's biggest complaint about the film -- it's not that Eddie Murphy is not funny (though he made good movies few and far in between), it's just that he's ill-fitted to star in a horror-comedy flick.
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* FollowTheLeader: The Critic acknowledges the film's origins in Disney attempting to ride on the wave of the popularity of ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl'' by creating another movie based on a theme park ride, only for it to fare poorly in comparison.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Most of the review is less about what he's known for than things like strange casting and movie cliches; his real driving complaint is that he ''loves'' the source material and doesn't think the movie lives up to it.
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* BaitAndSwitch: InUniverse, Music/KanyeWest (Malcolm) as [[WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}} Goliath]] says "I'm stoned by day, and batshit-crazy monster by night… [[TakeThat also i'm apparently in a movie]]."
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* BaitAndSwitch: InUniverse, Music/KanyeWest (Malcolm) as [[WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}} [[Characters/{{Gargoyles}} Goliath]] says "I'm stoned by day, and batshit-crazy monster by night… [[TakeThat also i'm apparently in a movie]]."
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* BaitAndSwitch: InUniverse, Music/KanyeWest (Malcolm) as Goliath [[WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}} Goliath]] says "I'm stoned by day, and batshit-crazy monster by night… [[TakeThat also i'm apparently in a movie]]."
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* BaitAndSwitch: InUniverse, Music/KanyeWest (Malcolm) as Goliath says "I'm stoned by day, and batshit-crazy monster by night… [[TakeThat also i'm apparently in a movie."movie]]."
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* BaitAndSwitch: InUniverse, Kanye West Music/KanyeWest (Malcolm) as Goliath says "I'm stoned by day, and batshit-crazy monster by night… also i'm apparently in a movie."
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* TrailerSpoof: The two halves of the review are divided with a "trailer" for a ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' live-action adaptation with just as much blatant miscasting as this film, starring Music/KanyeWest (Malcolm) as Goliath, Creator/EllenDeGeneres (Tamara) as Elisa Maza and Creator/KevinCostner (Doug) as Xanatos.
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* TrailerSpoof: The two halves of the review are divided with a "trailer" for a ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' live-action adaptation with just as much blatant miscasting as this film, starring Music/KanyeWest Kanye West (Malcolm) as Goliath, Creator/EllenDeGeneres (Tamara) as Elisa Maza and Creator/KevinCostner (Doug) as Xanatos.
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* CastingGag: Doug once again plays Zod, a role he hasn't reprised since 2013.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Most of the review is less about what he's known for than things like strange casting and movie cliches; his real driving complaint is that he ''loves'' the source material and doesn't think the movie lives up to it.
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* FollowTheLeader: The Critic acknowledges the film's origins in Disney attempting to ride on the wave of the popularity of ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl'' by creating another movie based on a theme park ride, only for it to fare poorly in comparison.
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* ActorAllusion: InUniverse, the Critic recognizes Ramsley as Terence Stamp, who also did [[Film/SupermanII General Zod]].
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* ActorAllusion: InUniverse, the Critic recognizes Ramsley as Terence Stamp, Creator/TerenceStamp, who also did [[Film/SupermanII General Zod]].
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* FollowTheLeader: The Critic acknowledges the film's origins in Disney attempting to ride on the wave of the popularity of ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl'' by creating another movie based on a theme park ride, only for it to fare poorly in comparison.
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* CastingGag: Doug once again plays Zod, a role he hasn't reprised since 2013.
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* FollowTheLeader: The Critic acknowledges the film's origins in Disney attempting to ride on the wave of the popularity of the first ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' film by creating another movie based on a theme park ride, only for it to fare poorly in comparison.
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* FollowTheLeader: The Critic acknowledges the film's origins in Disney attempting to ride on the wave of the popularity of the first ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' film ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl'' by creating another movie based on a theme park ride, only for it to fare poorly in comparison.
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* ThePreciousPreciousCar: Critic pokes fun at how blatantly this is [[TropeTelegraphing telegraphed]], and also at how meager the pay-off is (by the time the car gets damaged, he's already moved on to caring more about his family).
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* WTHCastingAgency: InUniverse, this is the Critic's biggest complaint about the film -- it's not that Eddie Murphy is not funny (though he made good movies few and far in between), it's just that he'll ill-fitted to star in a horror-comedy flick.
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* ActorAllusion: InUniverse, the Critic recognizes Ramsley as Terence Stamp, who also did [[Film/SupermanII General Zod]].
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** According to the Critic, Creator/EddieMurphy's role as Jim Evers makes as much sense as Creator/WillFerrell as Franchise/{{Batman}} (as he appears in (from ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy''), Creator/SarahSilverman in ''[[Film/SophiesChoice Sophie]]'', or even Creator/PierceBrosnan as one of the three possible dads from ''[[Film/MammaMia]]''...''Film/MammaMia''... which he just reviewed [[Recap/TheNostalgiaCriticS8E4 a fortnight ago]].
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* CastingGag: Doug once again plays Zod, a role he hasn't reprised since 2013.
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'''Release:''' March 3, 2015
'''Focus:''' ''Film/TheHauntedMansion''
'''Tagline:''' General Zod is in the film... ''and it still sucks''??? Oh yeah, because when I think ''Haunted Mansion'', my first thought is Creator/EddieMurphy!
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** According to the Critic, Creator/EddieMurphy's role as Jim Evers makes as much sense as Creator/WillFerrell as Franchise/{{Batman}} (as he appears in ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy''), Creator/SarahSilverman in ''[[Film/SophiesChoice Sophie]]'', or even Creator/PierceBrosnan as one of the three possible dads from ''[[Film/MammaMia]]''... which he just reviewed [[Recap/TheNostalgiaCriticS8E4 a fortnight ago]].
** Also, he compares the film's plot (a neglectful black father trying to prove his love for his family) to that of ''[[Film/GhostDad Ghost]] [[Recap/TheNostalgiaCriticS7E4 Dad]]''.
* FollowTheLeader: The Critic acknowledges the film's origins in Disney attempting to ride on the wave of the popularity of the first ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' film by creating another movie based on a theme park ride, only for it to fare poorly in comparison.
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'''Tagline:''' General Zod is in the film... ''and it still sucks''??? Oh yeah, because when I think ''Haunted Mansion'', my first thought is Creator/EddieMurphy!
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** According to the Critic, Creator/EddieMurphy's role as Jim Evers makes as much sense as Creator/WillFerrell as Franchise/{{Batman}} (as he appears in ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy''), Creator/SarahSilverman in ''[[Film/SophiesChoice Sophie]]'', or even Creator/PierceBrosnan as one of the three possible dads from ''[[Film/MammaMia]]''... which he just reviewed [[Recap/TheNostalgiaCriticS8E4 a fortnight ago]].
** Also, he compares the film's plot (a neglectful black father trying to prove his love for his family) to that of ''[[Film/GhostDad Ghost]] [[Recap/TheNostalgiaCriticS7E4 Dad]]''.
* FollowTheLeader: The Critic acknowledges the film's origins in Disney attempting to ride on the wave of the popularity of the first ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' film by creating another movie based on a theme park ride, only for it to fare poorly in comparison.
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'''Release:''' February 17, 2015
'''Film:''' ''Film/MammaMia''
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