Congo - Nostalgia Critic
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- čas přidán 30. 05. 2015
- Doug takes a look at the 1995 film Congo.
Originally aired on November 4, 2009.
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Did she honestly think the guy sent her to the Congo for anything other than the diamonds? The boss was pretty clear about what he wanted
I understand the hungry hungry hippos joke, but to be fair hippos are some of the most dangerous animals in earth
And they are incredibly territorial
they don't have to eat them to kill them and hippos have been known to capsize any boat that gets to close to them
Just imagine how dangerous the hippos are that are 'on' the earth...sorry couldn't help myself. Honestly though, yeah the hippos wouldn't be trying to eat them, they are herbivores. But they will capsize and bull rush people that get to near them. This movie is well, stupid.
Dallas Upchurch i didnt know hippos lived underground
Dallas Upchurch
Its weird how hippoes, koalas, and dolphins are often treated as more friendly and less dangerous than they actually are. Koalas are tempermental, nasty, bacteria laden drug addicts who would sooner sink their claws into you than cuddle. Dolphins are sadistic, nymphomaniac, bloodthirsty savages who enjoy watching their prey suffer. Hippoes are extremely aggressive, strong enough to bite a crocodile in two, and kill more people than lions and crocodiles in Africa. Why do we act like they're such gentle and friendly creatures....?
Could've been a much better movie if it had been about Ernie Hudson and Bruce Campbell using lasers to fight Tim Curry's army of super-apes (They called him mad! Insane! Wendell!)
Would have made for an entertaining B Movie
Sounds like a so-crazy-it-might-just-work concept and I'm here for it, I wish we had that movie!
That sounds AMAZING!!!!
👌🏽
Well, who's mad now? Who's insane now? Hmm. HMMMMMNNNNN!!!!
we need tim curry month
Yes?
readalot Agreed!
Hell yeah.
I read moth and yes to both
Tanith B Yes! That would be amazing!
I actually meet Ernie Hudson at a Con once and he told me this was his favourite role he ever played
Billy Waring Yeah, if only Bruce Campbell, Tim Curry, AND Ernie Hudson could've been 3 of the main heroes, this movie could've been a classic, instead of being forgettable. Plus, they had diamond fueled laser guns too. Just imagine Ernie Hudson firing a laser gun with Tim Curry AND Bruce Campbell! It's one of the coolest things that could've happened, but didn't!! Damn man, what a HUGELY missed opportunity.
I believe it. He’s a real treat to watch him in this, obviously having a ton of fun
He is absolutely incredible in this role. He's just the coolest thing ever in this movie.
Michael Fields He was cool in this film, but my favorite role he’s ever played was fucking Atticus from Infinity Train. Atticus was amazing.
I think everyone had fun with it.
I always assumed Tim Curry and Ernie Hudson agreed to do this just so they could do those voices.
i think tim curry only picks movies that let him do funny voices
@@ripleyandweeds1288 Not always (ex. he speaks with hi regular voice in Stories From My Childhood) but it certainly makes for high-quality entertainment when he does. 😆
@Ligma Entire Ass For damn sure he is! :)
Lol Tim Curry also did a funny accent in Batman Beyond as Mutro Bota or whatever his name is the last remaining member or the society of assassins
Amy probably did die in the end, considering she was raised in captivity & at no point does the film indicate she received any survival training. Animals raised by humans typically can't be released because they never learn how to survive in the wild.
IronMaidenLeigh Yeah, you're probably right.
Antonio Miguel Not a great example, as Ceasar and all of his group had boosted intelligence.
IronMaidenLeigh Read the book to find out what happened to her.
IronMaidenLeigh If I may, she survived, joined the herd, bred, taught her child to sign and the last they saw of her she was taking her child away from the humans.
GamerDame some animals can like freshwater sawfish and sharks
Tim Curry isn’t playing a fruit cake. He’s playing a sesame seed cake.
STAHP EATING ME SESAME CAKE
@@amadeusagripino6862 that is for DESSERT! THIS TEA PARTY IS RUINED!
I just realized Tim Curry's character was named Herkimer! Herkimer diamonds are a variety of quartz mined from a particular quarry, and known for its clarity.
That's actually neat
I don't know about diamonds, so its news to me.
Jontron has something to say about it.
Dan Aykroyd would like some
@@MrTubeStuck ayyy crystal skull vodka reference
@@enigmaticbeing666MY VODKA! I WANT MY VODKA!!
Interesting choice by Tim Curry to use a sort of Russian/general Slavic accent considering Romanian is a Latin language resembling Italian and Spanish. :D
Well despite the fact that she doomed an entire company for being greedy and selfish........keep in mind, the guy who asked for the diamond very selfishly is also Charlie's Dad, the same Charlie that got killed by those mutated looking apes. He didn't even show any concern for his own freaking son!! Best dad of the year right there, gold star!!
I just finished reading the book “Congo” and came here to rewatch the Channel Awesome movie review. You see the potential in Micheal Crichton’s novels to be adapted into great movies, like Jurassic Park. Condensing and shifting plot and characters from novel to script is difficult, but it can be done. Steven Spielberg made an amazing masterpiece of cinema that can stand independent of the source material as a timeless classic. Then you see catastrophes like this
This movie lacks the intelligence and subtlety from the book that the movie Jurassic Park still managed to communicate. Scientific jargon and explanation needs to be compressed, but not to the point of talking down to the audience. The intelligent and probable elements of the novels that allows itself to be taken so seriously is suddenly a hokey b movie
By the way, Tim Curry’s character is not in the book... AT ALL 😂 not even in the slightest. Neither is Peter’s sidekick. I think they added them because the movie would have been very boring without ‘em. Peter and Karen aren’t interesting enough characters to carry an entire movie. Tim Curry makes this movie
yeah i read it myself now long ago and i was waiting for that diamond laser gun at the end....it wasn't in the book.
I have never understood why Hollywood doesn’t remake bad films
One more cool thing: Laura Linney's delivery of the line "Put them on the endangered species list!" just before she unloads the laser on the albino gorillas.
Bruce Campbell, Bruce Campbell, Bruce Campbell, Bruce Campbell, Bruce Campbell. Five guys that have just been cured of impotence, you're welcome.
Be thankful he's not Candyman.
Wait, wait, wait... wait...
A horror movie where the black guy survived? I mean I know it's stupid to think they'd kill Ernie Hudson, but it's still a surprise.
Marcus Allen this isn't a horror movie
Marcus Allen This ain't a black guy...is ERNIE HUDSON!
Jurassic world did it
A surprise to be sure, but a welcomed one.
Ernie Hudson is a national treasure 😎
STOP eating my sesame cake!!!
Dat is for dessert! Dis tea party's ruined!
HA, I read that just as that line finished off this video!! XD!
I made it mySELF!!
Fortner Films 7:54 - 8:07 I wanna make a Major Payne joke so bad lmao 😂😂😂
No. I fucking *love* sesame cake.
whatever that is.
STOP EATING MY SESAME CAKE...NOOO
That is for DESERT! This tea party is ruined!
What? NoOoOoO...
0:56 "It's in the theater next store."
I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed that.
Tim Curry is always amazing in everything
Fun fact: that sign language and voice thing actually exists today. It turns sign language into speech.
How I haven't seen one yet from news?
@@joshuawaldorf9559 idk
Laura Linney is like a composite of every hot teacher ever.
Ernie Hudson can make anything cool! Ghostbusting, going on jungle expeditions, can’t really go wrong with him!
Hunting down a gang killing ghost dude...look up his filmography, you'll get it.
@John Cosgrove Correct
"Shit on Amy, shit on Amy's face" Gets me everytime :D
+Bernard Skripek Fuck Amy...Fuck Amy for hours...
+Shawnee Longbow Amy love you loooooooong time.
Gamemaster64 lol...
Comedy is weird.
I think i almost burst a lung from laughing so hard.
Not sure if its been pointed out, but the "Tickle Amy" thing is meant in reference to Koko the gorilla, a captive gorilla taught sign language that often ask to be tickled by people. Robbin Williams use to tell a joke about how when he visited her, she kept asking him to tickle her and tried to get him to go into her sleeping area with him.
R.I.P. Koko and Robin Williams. I hope there's lots of happiness and kittens for you guys in Heaven.
I was thinking about where I remembered Tim Curry from and I remembered him from The Wild Thornberrys! He was Nigel. I always think he looks like Jeremy Irons.
He does? Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.
17:06:"Hey look! A pool! Let's jump in! AGGRHHH!!!" LOL!!!
XD "Try to land in one of Michael Crichton's theme park movies!" "Yeah, they usually do well!"
The look on critics face at 6:11 always gets me
when they asked Bruce Campbell if he regretted doing this movie his response was no the check cleared
"Hey look, a pool!"
"Let's jump in!"
*Jumps into lava*
"AAAAHHHHHGGGG!!!"
That kills me.
We should say that to sharkboy
"That's your Penis"
XD REALLY? DUDE! Mess up joke there! XD
17:06
My dog in minecraft:
I died laughing.
18:09 "Aw look, you can see Amy burning to death in the volcanoes lava."
*Screeching*
"Look at her melt." XD
4:36 Ah Tim Curry, making shitty movies just a little bit less shitty!
I love when the Critic snarks that Tim Curry's accent is "orgasming" at that...thing (I already forgot what it was and don't care).
He says it like Curry's accent doesn't orgasm at EVERYTHING XD
"Calm down guy, the answer to everything isn't shouting at TV screens." ... -cough- ... Doug, you technically do that for a living... granted its a camera, but still.
I do it for free... ok I'm the one sounding pathetic now.
You know, this really could have been a good movie. In fact, it could have almost been like a Pulp Action film. It's got the exotic locale complete with isolationist people, a Great White Hunter, diamond mines, a talking animal sidekick, killer apes, a laser gun, and a volcano. You know where they messed up? NOT making Bruce Campbell the hero! I mean look at the guy! He looks like he was genetically engineered to punch Nazis!
Well, we have BJ Blazkowicz from Wolfenstein for that.
"Genetically engineered to punch Nazis." Can I steal that?
Not unless you cut the budget on this big time....Hollywood money dont see Bruce as a lead. Many Producers/directors have said they wanted Bruce in a lead role but Execs laugh them out of the room. Sam Raimi so wanted him to be a Spidey villian but each time he was denied
why cant that stuffed animal amy be a recurring charachter XD
Well, she did make one appearance in NC's Tank Girl review and that was it.
Aaron Stever ok cool, thnxs
"hey look a flaming lava pit, let's jump in AAAAHHHH!!"
Bruh the voices Doug does are hilarious I been on a NC marathon and they all hella funny even the old ones
Me too and I agree!
Stop eating my sesame cake!!!
lol!
Synister Shreds "That is for DESERT!!!!! This tea party is ruined!!!" XD
Synister Shreds Just like "I WAS FROZEN TODAY!!!", that line never gets old. :D
I MADE IT MYSELF
I’ve loved this movie since childhood, and always found the mutant apes to be pretty frightening looking... didn’t find the special effects bad at all. Just... 90’s chic
The year was 2015:
The Critic returned to monke before everyone else
That's actually was aired at 2009
Earnie Hudson is such a likeable guy, whenever I see him in a movie - it cheers me up a little :)
Fuck it, I’ll try to find this movie and watch it.
At 0:55, could it possible mean "It's at the theater next door" rather than "It's at the theater next store"? Great review anyway!
Great to see you here Star Geek.
+Timothy Verheyn Jr. i saw that too sheesh. in fact a lot more people probably spotted it
You watch these too! Awesome! XD
I was thinking the same thing, like was this video edited by the same program that puts subtitles on CZcams videos
@Judson Joist Based on his numerous spelling errors on his Nostalgic Fuck Ups vids, he seems to be his own editor (and not a very good one).
Besides the sesame cake line, my other favorite in this is "DID YOU GET THE DIAMONDS?!" - mostly thanks to this review.
Hippos are very aggressive irl, so it makes sense that they'd attack the boat.
8:05 STOP eating my sesame cake! Lol 😂😂😂😂😂
Damn, looking at this almost a decade later and that Tickle Me Amy skit is fucking hilarious. “Shit on Amy. Shit on Amy’s face. Give Amy golden shower.” 😂😂😂😂😂
"He does look like a gift horse" How dare you! Tim Curry is beautiful!
That guy is just jealous Tim Curry still has hair lol
@@HostaMahogey Damn, that's cold!
Too bad Bruce Campbell dies so early. I would've loved to have seen him battle Tim Curry in this for the title of "Hammiest Actor."
When 'talking Amy" wanted a spanking, I lost it. I almost coughed up a lung I was laughing SO hard......THEN that damn coffee cake scene? What are tryin' to do, kill me????
The Ape Costumes actually look great and realistic.
Right?!
I want a Tickle Me Amy doll.
Amy love you looooooooooooong tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiime.
same here
Awesome Inspector what?
T I C K L E
M E
You don't want that.
Notice how in all these adventure movies the tomb/cave/ancient chamber that the heroes find in the climax always conveniently collapses at the end? Not just Congo, but Raiders of the Lost Ark (at the beginning), The Last Crusade, the 2001 Tomb Raider...I could go on lol.
It's a guilty pleasure movie for me.
And the hippo scene would really happen. They're not evil, just one of the most territorial animals ever. They will attack and kill anything that swims in their waters. People die all the time, as well as other animals.
Please can we get more guns like that one in more movies? That was genuinely one of the coolest things I've ever seen. Someone must've had to write the entire movie around that gun.
17:07 “hey look a pool, let’s jump in, DAAAHHHH!!!”
Lady, why did you ever presume he sent you there for any reason other than the diamond? He wasn’t exactly subtle either in his desire for the diamond or his belief that Charlie was dead.
Congo is one of my favorites.. I watched it at Ieast once a day during ApriI 2014 for 30 Days of Congo... I'm going to do it again in a few months for the 25th anniversary
Did you do it?
This was one of my favorite movies as a kid. Re-watched it recently... That shit was terrible. But Tim Curry and Bruce Campbell!
And Ernie Hudson!
I'm 34 years old and this movie is still one of my ALL TIME FUCKING FAVORITES
Started the audio book of Congo this week and wanted a refresher of what the movie was like. Nothing like it appears to be the case.
Tim Curry was at his best in the Command and Conquer series...
Your like a mix between Cinema Sins and Mystery Science Theater
I actually had no idea that Amy was a person in Gorilla costume. I thought Amy was a real Gorilla until I saw your review a few years ago Nostalgia Critic and The Albino Ape Costumes of The Killer Gorillas were pretty convincing too in my opinion.
They pass a lot of these old movies on the Spanish networks so even though I was born in 2000 these movies are still nostalgic
They actually sold an Amy plush when this movie was released. There was also a tie in with Taco Bell that had collectible Congo cups like Jurrastic Park did 2yrs earlier. And a toy line They thought the movie was going to be a big hit but it flopped pretty bad. We owned the Amy plush it didn't talk though unfortunately lol. IM pretty sure my mom still has it in a box with all my other childhood toys. I saw the movie when I was 13 or so on HBO and enjoyed it I didn't think it was that bad but I haven't seen it as an adult so don't know how id feel about it now.
Also, the title card was very appropriate. Loved your version of hear, speak, and especially see no evil.
1:54 NOOOO BRUCE CAMBELL!
The screenwriter for this film also wrote the screenplays for Moonstruck and Doubt (as well as the play Doubt). How's that for a career deviation?
Don't forget that he also wrote We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story.
The only thing that would have made that laser gun cooler; if it was Ernie Hudson using it.
Busting make him feel good?
His face at 10:06 is just priceless
Though I don't consider this film a good movie, I can't bring myself to hate it. The book it's based on is one of my favorite books of all time and I love seeing where they got it right, and where they got it wrong.
Fun fact, the pilot that flies them into the jungle is Jimmy Buffett
This movie sucks, but I will give it credit for the gun, Bruce Campbell, Ernie Hudson and not killing off Ernie Hudson. Plus it made me want some sesame cakes :)
Your profile pic looks so happy about how much this movie sucks.
Considering he's such a well known a liked actor... has Tim Curry ever been in a good movie?
The Hunt For Red October, Ferngully, and many others.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
@@ejl423 I said “good movie”. Not a trendy movie.
How funny, I was thinking of Tim Curry today lol 😂
This was my first Nostalgia Critic I ever saw
2:46 Hi Casper!
What are you doing here?
***** classic NC running joke. he used Casper for timing and exposition til Phealous killed him off
Undertaker9711 Killed off would be kind compared to what the poor little guy went through...
GriffinPilgrim yea good point
This was always one of my favourite reviews xD Thanks for uploading :)
Glasse tickle amy
Love your videos.
am i the only one that loves this underrated film
2:25 We'll just have to settle with a TV series! Actually, that sounds awesome.
Amy was hilarious. "Ugly woman!" "Bad gorillas!"
Is it weird that I actually like this movie. I even re-watched it recently.
Just so you know, the phrase is next door not "Next Store".
6:20 He's thinking "I'm going to Hell for making this joke."
You think killing Bryan Cranston off in Godzilla was a bad idea? Bruce Campbell has the words “Main Character” on his birthright.
As bad as the movie is,I feel bad for it because of all the talent that it has,for example in the teaser it says
From producer Kathleen Kennedy-ET:The Extra Terrestrial
From director Frank Marshall-Arachnophobia
From Screenwriters John Patrick Stanley-Alive
Based on the book by the author of Jurassic Park
They could have made something really exiting and fun,but it turns out it wasn’t a good win for them.
Ernie Hudson is sooooo cool... Oh yeah.
"Have some!"
*2 seconds later*
"Stop eating my sesame cake!"
Can this dude make up his mind?
15:58 NOOOO TIM CURRY!
Yeah that sucked I had to look away. Saddest Tim Curry character death though? Nope, The Beast in Stories From My Childhood is still the winner in my eyes. He's the only man who can take something as ridiculous as "dying of loneliness" and manage to make it heart-breaking.
That bit at around 5:55 is probably one of the best things I've ever seen in your reviews.
Tickle me Amy made me piss myself... Laughing of course.
I actually asked Ernie about this movie and he said this was some of his best work
This film is based on Michel Crighton's novel of the same name, and now I see strong plot similarities with his later novel and movie adaptation, Jurassic Park. An evil corporation (there were rival corporations in the novel, just like in Jurassic Park); scientist protagonists motivated by a love of the animals they study; funding necessary for them to further their enthusiasm; hidden secrets of the funders; greedy local antagonists, both external and internal to the group; an exotic setting where the animals can run amok; animals themselves being uncontrollable monsters; animals being uncontrollable monsters as a result of human interference (in Congo the gorillas were human hybrids, even though humans cannot breed with gorillas, in Jurassic park the 'dinosaurs' were genetically engineered clones); the animal expert defusing a tense situation with monsters by essentially doing nothing; the list goes on. I remember reading Jurassic Park and the Lost world when they came out in the 90s, but I had no idea he had simply reworked old wine into new bottles.
Shower Amy In Coconut Cream Pie
GODDAMMIT DONKEY KONG!
Thanks, brain!
I hereby shall projectile vomit in your face
13:08
It’s Hungry Hungry Hippos!!! 🦛🦛🦛
Why does the symbol of the city of Zinge remind me of someone? Bill Cipher: "Have you seen my top hat?" Did you look in the attic in the shack?"
And at the end of the day, we all learned a valuable lesson: bullets are ineffective against antagonists, so everyone should carry around laser rifles (which are much more effective).
17:24 Did you get the diamond!?!?!?
"They to land in one of Michael Crichton's Theme Park movies, yeah, those usually do well", lol, that's a laugh XD
Oh, no, I mean the films are some of the best (except for JPIII, that is "one big pile of shit" and wasn't even based on a Michael Crichton book), by "that's a laugh" I mean, yeah, if you dinosaurs escaping and eating people "doing well".
0:46 This is more appropriate now then ever before.
TIMING!
Amy keeps signing “Thank you.” not “Good.” Good is signed with both hands. The dominant signing hand should move palm off of the chin and land palm upward, placed on the palm of the not dominant hand. Also her grammar is off.