I can’t trust a person who doesn’t immediately understand the term “Joanna’s Eggs” Like, everyone on the internet gets it (save a for a few) and so anyone who doesn’t understand the reference “these are not Joanna’s Eggs”, or even just “Joanna’s eggs” alone, is just an untrustworthy person.
To this very day if me and my sister catch each other trying to steal something like a bite of food we will always slide it away and say “these are not Johana’s eggs”
McLeach by himself is a great villain, but I think what truly makes the character is him being voiced by George C. Scott. One of the greatest actors of all time, in my opinion, and he was having so much fun in this role. Also, John Candy as Wilbur was a treat. Rest in peace to both these legends.
Yeah! George C. Scott had such an amazing range as an actor, and I feel like he MADE this character what it was. You're right - it sounds like he's having a blast
I am so glad that McLeach is getting some love after all these years. The man is an ACTUAL monster! Ignoring his skills in hunting and manipulation, his quick thinking, and his ability to switch personalities on a dime, the dude managed to fight an entire BASK of SALTWATER CROCODILES with nothing but his FISTS and an UNLOADED GUN while rapidly being pushed down a river. And it's obvious that McLeach isn't a young guy either. At least in his late forties. Can you imagine how terrifying he must have been in his PRIME?!!! Eat your heart out Clayton, you've got nothing on this guy!
Yeah, he is by far Disney's most evil villain I completely agree. Not even Frollo or Scar was THIS insanely sadistic. I think he is the blueprint for Miles Quaritch in Avatar. (Go watch "Way of Water now") as well as serial killer Mick Taylor in "Wolf Creek". Also, Mecha Godzilla in Godzilla vs Kong seems to be modelled after his truck.
@@karolinakuc4783 yeah am I the only one who think Ben Mendelsohn should play him in a remake? Ben also piloted Mecha Godzilla in Ready Player One thats another fun coincidence.
"I whooped ya! I whooped ya all! You'll think twice before messin' with Percival C. McLeach!" Then he sees Joanna waving goodbye to him. He's a dead man and Joanna knows it but McLeach doesn't catch on until he looks behind him. Perfection! And he's voiced by George C Scott. The first man to refuse an Oscar purely on moral grounds and he's voicing one of the most immoral characters from Disney's golden age. Rest in peace George, you bloody legend!
the way the Marahute reacts when Cody asks about the daddy eagle breaks my heart every time; no dialog needed, just her looking down sadly and the music is enough to make one feel her pain
They allow the sad music to fill in space where she could have screeched sadly but no, a simple closed eyed expression of sadness to let the ugly truth sink in
I was surprised that Joanna was never mentioned as she is great comic relief, and in some ways responsible for that final plunge, not once but twice. Further, there is the last shot of her waving good-bye to him right before he is swept over the falls. She was a great character in her own right.
I could never understand why this film is overlooked. It’s a beautiful movie. The only complaint i have is that Cody didn’t have an Australian accent considering the setting.
No, I agree it would have been better with him having an Australian accent. I can see Mcleech being American, that makes sense, but an Australian accent would have made the boy a better rounded character.
McLeach is the best vilain since he didn't ask minions to kill the kid like Scar, he actually tried to kill it by himself with a gun, into crocodiles, that's super brutal... He also clearly killed the male eagle and mimic a sticking to the kid... He also kept the boy captive and then manipulated him to know where the nest is... Scar is a animal and male lion use to kill the younglings of others when they become the alpha, here MacLeach is human... The death of the male eagle must be recent since the eggs are fertile... Bernard & Bianca have the best love story of Disney since they love eachother since start, Bianca knows he is the bravest and the guy proofs it during the whole movie.
Even Bernard's arc of him maning up to let that boar knows he is on a long journey and needs his help with no funny business is one of the great underrated "alright yeah!" Moments. Heck he still treats the boar with respect in the little screentime he shared with him once hes up on the head and instructs him to follow the monster truck
At 18:53, you can see that McLeach tucks himself into a cannonball as he falls. This position actually makes one more likely to survive this sort of situation. So, it’s entirely possible that he never died at all.
@@Rockotarthepurplehatguy One interesting thing I noticed of McLeach falling to his death is he practically died by his own fault nearly similar to Medusa. Here is a rundown of each of their starts to ends: 1. Both become introduced with this hollier than though attitude. 2. Each captured a child over a select period of time. Based on Medusa's first ugh moment talking with Snoops over the phone yelling that he is been down at the bayou for months confirms Penny is captive for at least perhaps 3 months whereas Cody seems to be prisoner for only 2 days? 3. They've had no patience with their comedic sidekicks. Medusa smacks Snoop's hand full of small jewels because she can't be satisfied with the small goodies and McLeach kicks Joanna in the butt a couple of times if she annoys him too much Funnily enough both sidekicks have a scene of their hands getting hurt. For Snoops, it's his hands becoming smacked by Medusa's cane and for Joanna, Mcleach catches her hands in his egg tin when he thinks he stopped her from stealing his eggs 4. Both of their climaxes end on a body of water with reptilian beasts. Medusa becomes dragged by Penny on the swamp mobile where she rides her crocodiles and McLeach becomes pushed into the river to the falls by Bernard and has to fight off gators with his gun. 5. Their ends end in the water. Medusa's rope end snaps once Penny makes a sharp right tearing it off and shes flung into a chimney from the exploded riverboat and her last scene shows her avoiding her gators Brutus and Nero who she treated like garbage on the river chase snapping at her feet. While you can theorize maybe Medusa escaped them once the gators tired of her keep away, Mcleach is certainly dead from that large drop he took over the waterfall
Of course, assuming he DID survive the fall, he’ll still have a lot of broken bones from the landing, and he’ll be alone and unarmed. In the Australian Outback. Death by falling would be a mercy in comparison.
When I was a child, McLeach made such an impression on me that for many years in my nightmares I saw a terrible hunter in a similar hat, hunting children with a gun and a knife.
Have you read or at least heard of the 'Disney Chills' books (A 'Goosebumps'- esque book series in which modern kids and teens have frightening encounters with the Disney villains which DON'T end happily ever after)? Because, I came up with a fan-made back cover description for an imagined future book in that series which would involve McLeach, and would have pretty much that exact theme to it.
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I *LOVED* The Rescuers Down Under, and I wished that they continued The Rescuers, whether it would be more sequels, or a series. Honestly I would be ok with both because I just want The Rescuers to come back and continue.
idk if it's fake one or nah, but they planned third movie, sadly like comment above me says Eva passed away and they canned it, but idk if that was true
Another sequel would have been good in the 90's. Maybe early 2000's. Any later, and it would have been a bad imitation without the same charm and acting quality. Especially if Disney made it these days.
Yes. I was just thinking about these 2 recently. I re-realized that these are my top 2 favorite Disney movies from childhood. Both extremely underrated.
Mcleach is definitely the best part of the movie and he actually introduced me to an old backwoods song that I didn't even know about until I heard him sing it slightly. The song has two names one being "you get a line, I'll get a pole," and the other being the crawdad song so I thank him for introducing me to a great classic backwoods song. I also love every facial expression that McLeach has they are comedic gold every one of them. My favorite one has to be when he sees the golden feather and he smiles wickedly and that face says to me "this boy has a gold feather and he knows where she is and he's definitely going to tell me." That and his truck is definitely a sight to behold with good cgi matched perfectly with a really good and frightening score when his big monster of a truck comes into full view and his truck is definitely the definitions of beastly and all terrain in one and I love it
The Rescuers Down Under is easily one of the best Disney sequels ever made, (Pixar sequels don't count). The cinematography in this movie is absolutely fantastic.
I wouldn’t call it the best (Because even the movie has plenty flaws, like it’s 3rd act being a bit rushed), but definitely underrated. And I’m glad I didn’t feel the need to change how it’s main leads Bernard and Bianca were like in the first movie.
I actually think it's the best Disney sequel. If we consider all the others I think Winnie the pooh 2011 is good, but I prefer the first movie, Fantasia 2000 is ok, but it isn't as memorable as the first Fantasia and Ralph breaks the Internet and Frozen 2 suck ass
@@sonysfan19992: Winnie the Pooh isn't really a sequel so much as a "new entry in a longstanding series" with a story that doesn't follow chronologically from a previous movie, and the Fantasia films aren't really movies so much as compilations of short artistic scenes. If you exclude CGI movies, this movie's only competition for Disney animated theatrical releases is Jungle Book 2 and Peter Pan 2. I think we have a clear winner.
I grew up loving this movie and it's still my favorite renaissance movie from an animation standpoint. That very first shot is such a massive flex on its use of the multiplane camera to rival that morning shot in Pinocchio. And so much work and character into Marahute's animation. She moved in a real birdlike way, but she uses her bird body language to hold an entire "conversation" with Cody that a child can follow. Her "shrug" was so cute. Bernard's arc is good, Cody's competence while still clearly being a kid makes McLeach that much more menacing, Joanna is an entertaining villain sidekick, the pacing is tense and the action scenes are massive creative spectacles and wonderful payoff. Of all the movies I put on, my son loves this one the most. So it's not just nostalgia. It's just that good.
Thank you for posting this. I loved this movie. No "princess", but an intriguing story. You are so right about the vast scope of many of the scenes. I remember being drawn in by the flight of the eagle as if I were flying with her.
My animation professor was actually one of the directors of this movie, Hendel Butoy. Such an awesome guy and it was nuts to learn that he was an animator on many of my childhood movies.
This movie has such beautiful music and amazing visuals! Also I totally missed how good the villain was when I was younger! You should do a review of the first movie which also has great music! Also Bianca and Bernard are great characters and a great team! 😊
Me as a kid, crying: MOM DID CODY GO HOME TO HIS MOM, DID SHE COME AND GET HIM?? my mom: WHO IS CODY? lmfao yeah that villain was super entertaining but super freaky too, you definitely felt threatened by him and I agree his manipulation was brilliant. You definitely feel that Cody is in real danger around him.
The scene with the mice relaying the message to RAS really stands out. The mice don't say anything and aren't even on screen for very long but they're still so expressive and have personality
This movie is criminally underrated because it was barely marketed, for reasons totally uknown for me, and it was such a bizarre and ludicrous move on the part of the business. They just made a MOVIE, why the heck not get the sales from getting people to watch it???
Hmm, was it really barely-marketed? Or just overshadowed by The Little Mermaid? I remember commercials, and McDonald's put toys in Happy Meals themed for this - I had one.
I'm glad this movie is finally getting some of the recognition it deserves. Loved it as a kid. Best part for me was the side arch of seeing Bernard trying to propose to Bianca. In light of Eva and Bob passing. It feels like the best happy ending for the characters and actors involved (even tho Eva and Bob were just friends).
I saw this film on its first run and I loved it. It was hilarious and gloriously action-packed and gave us a truly good character arc where the two mains develop a relationship over a period of time as opposed to the instalove plots of many other Disney films. Upon rewatching 3 decades later, I found my love for the film hadn’t diminished a bit. It’s sad that it didn’t take off like its Renaissance counterparts but it’s worth the time to find, watch and appreciate. Thank you for this!
I think why this movie is underrated is because out of all iconic Disney animated films to be the first to get a sequel... why Rescuers? The Rescuers was a good movie but it's not as hugely popular as Dumbo or Alice In Wonderland.
so happy to see one of my childhood favs be brought up again :) as a kid i loooved the realistic way they animated the majestic eagle,,, the music and the way it flies and acts is just marvelous and unforgettable. time to rewatch it again.
Thank you! Keep up the reviews, don't burn yourself out, and keep doing what you love. Also, while it's been almost 2 decades since I've watched this, whenever a scene came up in your review, my memories came back--'Aha! I remember this scene. " (PS, Frank and the key scenes are my mother's favorite parts.)
7:34 Okay, but Cody had a mother who loved and would probably miss him and he got snatched basically in his backyard. Penny was trafficked from the city to a foreign place and used for labor. She was in that well just trying to survive 😭
Lol I didn’t think anyone would read this. I love both movies and your analysis! I felt so close to Penny. Medusa tried to breakdown her self esteem and rob her of her dream of a real loving family and yet… When she was terrified and drowning in that cave,had the diamond in her hand, she saw her friends were in trouble, and turned around to save them🥹 Penny made me want to be brave & loyal to my friends, and to believe that kindness and help (no matter how small) are always available to those that ask.
So glad someone is praising the music during the message montage scene, FINALLY! I 100% agree with you, that music gets me hyped without fail every single time
That scene walked so that the the Beacons of Gondor could run. It's strange to think that a scene dedicated to a cry for help could be so hopeful and inspiring, and probably a testament to the quality of the filmmaking that it came across that way.
had this movie on VHS when i was a kid. i think i watched it maybe 5 times that i can remember, and i loved it each time. this was my first Rescuers movie, and it would be years before i saw the original. at that point, i was also a fan of All Dogs Go to Heaven, so i couldn't but help make parallels between the 2
The feather Cody gets always made me think of those generic, banana flavored popsicles that you could split in to two separate popsicles and I always got a hankering for one whenever I watched this movie as a kid. Still kind of does, as a matter of fact.
We had this movie on VHS in our house when I was growing up and even way back then I could recognize there was something special about it. We had a quite lot of Disney VHS tapes and this was one of the more stand-out movies for me out of all of them.
You nailed it on the head when you said that this movie stands on its own. I actually saw it before the prequel, and still knew what was going on. In fact, the only reason I saw the original was because I liked this one so much and tried to rent it, but mistook the first movie for this (not that I’m complaining)
McLeach is one of my all time favorite Disney villains and this movie is also one of my favorites from Disney. It’s too bad they’re not capable of making anything good like this anymore. I basically all but hate Disney now for what they’ve become.
I prefer the story better in the first one but John Candy is in this movie so I definitely enjoy it, the animation and score were great in this and also George C Scott
I always loved this film as a kid, alongside other 90s/early 2000s 'flops' like Atlantis and Treasure Planet. As a side note I think McLeach may have been the inspiration for the design of Sniper in Team Fortress 2.
This is my favorite animated Disney movie of all time, with the Jungle Book and Mulan being 2nd and 3rd respectively. I decided to do a search on CZcams for this movie and I'm delighted to see that someone has shown it the love it deserves by making a video on it. Thank you for doing your part to make sure this movie isn't forgotten!
McLeach is my favourite Disney Animation villain, as he was more intimidating than his predecessor Madame Medusa. Medusa was generally a well written villainess, but one is more realistic, as poachers do exist in real life and are just as dangerous because majority won’t hesitate to harm people who attempt to stop them, which is what gives him that fear factor, as well as being afraid for Cody’s safety, especially later on in the movie. He’s cruel, sadistic and selfish in personality which makes him even scarier. McLeach additionally tricked the rangers into thinking Cody had fallen into crocodile infested waters and died, by tossing Cody’s backpack in so nobody would think he was kidnapped by a dangerous monster. Additionally that truck he drives, the Bushwhacker, was jaw droppingly amazing and chilling to look at, his home/hideout in the abandoned opal mines was just as sinister and empty. Also McLeach was just inches away from succeeding in his goal, and is perfectly alright with threatening Cody with weapons, including knifes and his gun, which is horrifying. Overall, everything about this character is bleak, disturbing and terrifying and I think it’s done really well to make the viewer think that’s definitely one person you wouldn’t want to meet in the Australian Outback. Nowadays, McLeach somewhat reminds me of Freddy Krueger, as they both wisecrack while being so cruel threatening and totally sadistic towards their victims, maybe that’s just me though. Hopefully with the recognition this movie is getting more recently, McLeach may get brought back into more cameos and roles in the future. It would be very cool if he was made into a boss in Kingdom Hearts for example.
The soundtrack is *vastly* improved by not having vocals. It's just a gorgeous score, and it works magnificently. Great movie, thank you for spending some time talking it up!
This was my fave rescuers movie. Everything so pretty to look at loved the villain, story was much more thoght out and planned then the fst one. it is a big shame this movie is not well known I think one of best disney movies out there. and still holds up great today.
I completely agree, this movie has influenced SEVERAL big blockbusters that came out since then. In particular two recent ones (Godzilla vs Kong and Avatar: Way of Water) seem to be taking a few clues from it. Everything from their graphics, to the music sounds similar. They also feature a relationship between a child and a gigantic creature and that gives them a truly emotionally complex and touching storyline. They also feature truly horrible villains who enjoy abusing animals. The flight scenes in Avatar clearly took some inspiration from this one, and Mecha Godzilla in Godzilla vs Kong seems to be modelled after the monstrous poacher truck.
I think you need to rewatch the first Rescuers. Medusa is by far so much worse than the hunter guy. Penny wasn't just in "a bad spot" She was essentially prayed upon and chosen specifically because of how easy it would be for her to be manipulated. Medusa knew all of Penny's weaknesses and methodically picked at them to the point she knew she had broken this poor little girls spirit. So much so that she didn't even sugar coat the fact that when the mission was over, she would never leave that boat and "have it all to herself" because as Medusa states to her "Who would want to hold a homely little girl like you?" Don't forget that Medusa was also sticking this kid down a hole that floods regularly for a diamond that she didn't care if Penny died trying to get it. Imagine how many other kids Medusa got killed this way
True. Medusa was much more manipulative, and forced Penny into extremely dangerous positions. But I still feel like Cody had it slightly worse with McLeach, since McLeach was always treating him like trash on top of trying to murder him and tricking the authorities into believing Cody was dead so that no one would come to save him.
@Rockotarthepurplehatguy if we really think about it, Cody and Penny had damn near the same level of threat. Both antagonist put the kids in danger that threatened their lives. Medusa did it to Penny on the daily to find that diamond, adding on extreme verbal and emotional abuse. Penny also didn't have anyone to come look for her like Cody, being an orphan. And Medusa planned to keep it that way by either letting Penny die in a cave, or by leaving her in a dangerous swamp by herself.
I dislike one major thing about this film: the animals in the holding pen were never rescued, at least not on camera. Sure, Cody knew where they were, but the movie just sorta forgets about them.
THANK YOU. When I was a kid, I didn't know there WAS a first rescuers, I thought this was it. This movie TERRIFIED me, but at the same time I loved it. I would watch this constantly and was so disappointed to find out that so many hadn't watched it. I'm so glad someone's actually talking about this movie!
I grew up watching this movie. I've never seen the first movie. For most of my life? I didn't even know it was a sequel. And was shocked barely anyone had seen it. I live in Australia, so it makes sense why my parents bought the tape (90's all the way). And whenever I come across a goanna in the wild, I still call them Joanna lol
I ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ both The Rescuers and The Rescuers Down Under. I haven't watched either of these movies in almost a year But today I rewatched The Rescuers in memorian of Bob NewHart who died a few days ago at the age of 94. I'm rewatch The Rescuers Down Under later this week. Both films were a staple of my child hood on VHS during The 90's
George C Scott as McCleach, Vincent Price as Professor Ratigan, Robert Loggia as Sykes from Oliver and Company, Tony Jay as Frollo and Jim Woods as Hades I think are my favorite villians The ones I didn't mention are still AWESOME though
Personally, I prefer the original 'Rescuers' - but that's just me. Anyway, I will certainly acknowledge that 'Down Under' has a lot to recommend it, with, yeah, a genuinely great villain, and some really nice animation and action. Have you considered doing a video on 'The Great Mouse Detective', if you've seen that? Personally, I think of it as being underrated in a lot of the ways you listed here for this one (not to mention, of course, the fact that it basically saved Disney's entire animation department, meaning that the Renaissance would most likely not have happened without it).
You know my friend, you make an astounding examination on my favorite disney movie sequel of all time. One of the reasons why I love it is because my name is Cody. But here's a little theory I came up with that will blow your mind. What if McLeech killed Bambi's mother, here me out. 1. He has no Australian accent, sure nether does Cody, but you get the picture. 2. It's illegal to shoot a mother deer with a fawn in most states. 3. He is smart enough to throw the Rangers off his tracks, even having enough money to move to Australia. Come on how did he get that death machine in the first place. 4. He loves seeing others suffering, animals or people. So seeing a baby deer struggle without it's mother, that leads to how blood-thirsty this guy is. Just listen to him singing on how he slaughters animals, when he takes Cody to his lair. As far as I'm concerned my friend, McLeech is suspect #1 for the murder of Bambi's mom. Sentence him to death! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 OK that's the theory, what do you think of it?
I loved this movie as a kid i remember my grandma throwing this on and me and brother would just get lost in it one of the Disney movies that we actually really got into and will always have a place in my heart brings back alot of memories and nostalgia
Every Renaissance movie is within my top 16 Disney movies (except maybe Pocahontas, which is slightly lower). This one almost cracks the top 10 of all time, it's ridiculous how underrated it is.
This was one of my favourite Disney movies as a kid, together with Aristocats! (I never cared much for the classic fairytales and princess stories, because I grew up on the German originals, so the Disney versions felt kinda off.) As an adult, and from a writing perspective, I'd agree with you on the flaws of the ending, but tbh, none of that mattered to me as a kid. My brain would just fill in the blanks to my satisfaction.
So usually I listen to these while I draw, but I ended up watching the whole thing because by golly I had forgotten how beautiful the animation for this film is--I remember renting this movie a LOT growing up and I think it did a lot to influence how I visualize sequences when I'm writing or drawing. Also I love that you mention the soundtrack being so good because the guy who did it, Bruce Broughton, also did the score for Homeward Bound (also a good movie) and the theme song for JAG--this man was basically my favorite composer as a kid without me realizing. X'D (also love how you mention McLeach looking like an evil Indiana Jones when the music for the globetrotting sequence reminded me of Indiana Jones so now I'm wondering if that was intentional) And it's been years but the "did you steal my eggs?" scene still plays regularly in my head and I still drag any big feathers I find across my neck because of this movie. :D
I wanted to create a video for this movie but, you are alive as well. Respect bro! I 100000% agree. Now I’m gonna listen the ultimate soundtrack of this to get the rare rocky Balboa feeling 👍👍👍
I actually did watch this movie before seeing the first one and I absolutely loved it. I've always said that Down Under is better than the original Rescuers and I stand by that.
This movie is a part of my life. The egg scene is my favorite scene of any Disney movie, easy. I once had a beardie named Frank. I badly sing along to Black Slacks. I constantly quote Wilbur. When I proposed to my wife, it was right after we got done watching the movie, and I kneeled during the credits, and quoted Bernard word for word. Seriously, I was jamming to Black Slacks one time at dad's, and my sister came home with her boyfriend, and she actually turned off the music, and without missing a beat, her and I replayed the whole dialogue, and her poor boyfriend didn't get the references. I think he actually thought I had a brother named Orville. This movie has been, and always will be, very special to me, and I will always randomly reference it, even if nobody gets it.
I actually watched the film recently and your opinions basically mirror mine! I was hoping we would look back on the captured animals or see a scene where Cody and his mother reunite, but those were missed opportunities for an otherwise fantastic film! It's funny how McLeach was right when we wont' see the animals ever again, though.
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Joanna stealing all of McLeach's eggs is the single most comedic scene in cinematic history and I will die on that hill.
His face when he realizes that he’s been tricked is just perfect! 😂
I can’t trust a person who doesn’t immediately understand the term “Joanna’s Eggs”
Like, everyone on the internet gets it (save a for a few) and so anyone who doesn’t understand the reference “these are not Joanna’s Eggs”, or even just “Joanna’s eggs” alone, is just an untrustworthy person.
That scene lives rent free in my head. I think if it every time i cook eggs.
My wife asking me about, "what cartoon had the lizard steal the eggs" reminded me of the movie and I've been down the rabbit hole
To this very day if me and my sister catch each other trying to steal something like a bite of food we will always slide it away and say “these are not Johana’s eggs”
McLeach by himself is a great villain, but I think what truly makes the character is him being voiced by George C. Scott. One of the greatest actors of all time, in my opinion, and he was having so much fun in this role. Also, John Candy as Wilbur was a treat. Rest in peace to both these legends.
Yeah! George C. Scott had such an amazing range as an actor, and I feel like he MADE this character what it was. You're right - it sounds like he's having a blast
And Joanna as his sidekick was absolute gold 😂
Even the voice in Dutch was magnificent. This guy just feels like the crazy basterd around the corner you know.
I am so glad that McLeach is getting some love after all these years. The man is an ACTUAL monster! Ignoring his skills in hunting and manipulation, his quick thinking, and his ability to switch personalities on a dime, the dude managed to fight an entire BASK of SALTWATER CROCODILES with nothing but his FISTS and an UNLOADED GUN while rapidly being pushed down a river. And it's obvious that McLeach isn't a young guy either. At least in his late forties. Can you imagine how terrifying he must have been in his PRIME?!!! Eat your heart out Clayton, you've got nothing on this guy!
Yeah, he is by far Disney's most evil villain I completely agree. Not even Frollo or Scar was THIS insanely sadistic. I think he is the blueprint for Miles Quaritch in Avatar. (Go watch "Way of Water now") as well as serial killer Mick Taylor in "Wolf Creek". Also, Mecha Godzilla in Godzilla vs Kong seems to be modelled after his truck.
@@joebrat6809True. Even facial features are simmilar
@@karolinakuc4783 yeah am I the only one who think Ben Mendelsohn should play him in a remake? Ben also piloted Mecha Godzilla in Ready Player One thats another fun coincidence.
When McLeach was in his prime, he went by the name Dundee, and he wasn't such a bad fellow back then
"I whooped ya! I whooped ya all! You'll think twice before messin' with Percival C. McLeach!"
Then he sees Joanna waving goodbye to him. He's a dead man and Joanna knows it but McLeach doesn't catch on until he looks behind him. Perfection!
And he's voiced by George C Scott. The first man to refuse an Oscar purely on moral grounds and he's voicing one of the most immoral characters from Disney's golden age. Rest in peace George, you bloody legend!
the way the Marahute reacts when Cody asks about the daddy eagle breaks my heart every time; no dialog needed, just her looking down sadly and the music is enough to make one feel her pain
I remember that scene so clearly and could tell how heartbroken she was. That hit me when I first watched it
They allow the sad music to fill in space where she could have screeched sadly but no, a simple closed eyed expression of sadness to let the ugly truth sink in
I was surprised that Joanna was never mentioned as she is great comic relief, and in some ways responsible for that final plunge, not once but twice. Further, there is the last shot of her waving good-bye to him right before he is swept over the falls. She was a great character in her own right.
Yeah, she kind if waves goodbye with a kind of an uh oh you're doomed expression.
Also, Joanna is a play off of "goanna" which is what Aussies call monitor lizards
Her dangling down the canyon in her harness so she can get the eagle eggs always cracks me up 😂
@@nunka34ifyFor me I always bust a gut when Cody punches her in the face through the cage! It is hilarious 😂😂
I could never understand why this film is overlooked. It’s a beautiful movie. The only complaint i have is that Cody didn’t have an Australian accent considering the setting.
Well, Belle doesn't have french accent, so it's not a problem
No, I agree it would have been better with him having an Australian accent. I can see Mcleech being American, that makes sense, but an Australian accent would have made the boy a better rounded character.
honestly i watchrd this as a kid and i LOVED it
i literally went to my mom and went: MOMMA :O WUTS DIS MOVIE CALLED :D
mom: i dunno loo
Because nobody cares about a normal kid with a normal eager fighting animal hunting. Movie is killed at the beggining its boring af
McLeach is the best vilain since he didn't ask minions to kill the kid like Scar, he actually tried to kill it by himself with a gun, into crocodiles, that's super brutal... He also clearly killed the male eagle and mimic a sticking to the kid... He also kept the boy captive and then manipulated him to know where the nest is... Scar is a animal and male lion use to kill the younglings of others when they become the alpha, here MacLeach is human... The death of the male eagle must be recent since the eggs are fertile...
Bernard & Bianca have the best love story of Disney since they love eachother since start, Bianca knows he is the bravest and the guy proofs it during the whole movie.
Even Bernard's arc of him maning up to let that boar knows he is on a long journey and needs his help with no funny business is one of the great underrated "alright yeah!" Moments. Heck he still treats the boar with respect in the little screentime he shared with him once hes up on the head and instructs him to follow the monster truck
At 18:53, you can see that McLeach tucks himself into a cannonball as he falls. This position actually makes one more likely to survive this sort of situation. So, it’s entirely possible that he never died at all.
Hmm interesting, guess we'll never know for sure though. Thanks for watching.
Honestly I think the rocks would've more than killed him by the time he hit the bottom
@@Rockotarthepurplehatguy One interesting thing I noticed of McLeach falling to his death is he practically died by his own fault nearly similar to Medusa. Here is a rundown of each of their starts to ends:
1. Both become introduced with this hollier than though attitude.
2. Each captured a child over a select period of time. Based on Medusa's first ugh moment talking with Snoops over the phone yelling that he is been down at the bayou for months confirms Penny is captive for at least perhaps 3 months whereas Cody seems to be prisoner for only 2 days?
3. They've had no patience with their comedic sidekicks. Medusa smacks Snoop's hand full of small jewels because she can't be satisfied with the small goodies and McLeach kicks Joanna in the butt a couple of times if she annoys him too much
Funnily enough both sidekicks have a scene of their hands getting hurt. For Snoops, it's his hands becoming smacked by Medusa's cane and for Joanna, Mcleach catches her hands in his egg tin when he thinks he stopped her from stealing his eggs
4. Both of their climaxes end on a body of water with reptilian beasts. Medusa becomes dragged by Penny on the swamp mobile where she rides her crocodiles and McLeach becomes pushed into the river to the falls by Bernard and has to fight off gators with his gun.
5. Their ends end in the water. Medusa's rope end snaps once Penny makes a sharp right tearing it off and shes flung into a chimney from the exploded riverboat and her last scene shows her avoiding her gators Brutus and Nero who she treated like garbage on the river chase snapping at her feet. While you can theorize maybe Medusa escaped them once the gators tired of her keep away, Mcleach is certainly dead from that large drop he took over the waterfall
For that reason alone, my headcanon is that McLeach survived the fall.
Of course, assuming he DID survive the fall, he’ll still have a lot of broken bones from the landing, and he’ll be alone and unarmed. In the Australian Outback. Death by falling would be a mercy in comparison.
When I was a child, McLeach made such an impression on me that for many years in my nightmares I saw a terrible hunter in a similar hat, hunting children with a gun and a knife.
Have you read or at least heard of the 'Disney Chills' books (A 'Goosebumps'- esque book series in which modern kids and teens have frightening encounters with the Disney villains which DON'T end happily ever after)? Because, I came up with a fan-made back cover description for an imagined future book in that series which would involve McLeach, and would have pretty much that exact theme to it.
Loved this movie as a kid. Cody freeing the eagle is a core memory. It's great to see someone else talking about it!
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Great video, sorry they blocked it. Keep up the good work!
I *LOVED* The Rescuers Down Under, and I wished that they continued The Rescuers, whether it would be more sequels, or a series. Honestly I would be ok with both because I just want The Rescuers to come back and continue.
With Eva Gabor dead, they'd need to find a good replacement for Bianca's voice
idk if it's fake one or nah, but they planned third movie, sadly like comment above me says Eva passed away and they canned it, but idk if that was true
Anyone got any story ideas?
Another sequel would have been good in the 90's. Maybe early 2000's. Any later, and it would have been a bad imitation without the same charm and acting quality. Especially if Disney made it these days.
Agreed especially because we KNOW Disney wouldn't bother with 2D animation. I do NOT want to see The Rescuers in CGI. UGH.
I'm so glad someone else appreciates this movie! I loved it as a kid. (And at the time I didn't even know the original Rescuers existed)
Sooooo under rated. I grew up loving The Rescuers. Same goes for The Great Mouse Detective.
Oh, I love The Great Mouse Detective!
And An American Tail!
Yes. I was just thinking about these 2 recently. I re-realized that these are my top 2 favorite Disney movies from childhood. Both extremely underrated.
This art style reminds me of Lilo and Stitch, the round chubby and curvy shape for characters and the world overall.
The way I personally describe it: the iron giant if it had the art style of Lilo and stitch.
I love lilo and stitch art style
It's amazing that there's another person who loves the rescuers down under. I love the film. I always get a lot of nostalgia while watching the film.
yea i love this movie
Mcleach is definitely the best part of the movie and he actually introduced me to an old backwoods song that I didn't even know about until I heard him sing it slightly. The song has two names one being "you get a line, I'll get a pole," and the other being the crawdad song so I thank him for introducing me to a great classic backwoods song. I also love every facial expression that McLeach has they are comedic gold every one of them. My favorite one has to be when he sees the golden feather and he smiles wickedly and that face says to me "this boy has a gold feather and he knows where she is and he's definitely going to tell me." That and his truck is definitely a sight to behold with good cgi matched perfectly with a really good and frightening score when his big monster of a truck comes into full view and his truck is definitely the definitions of beastly and all terrain in one and I love it
YEah, in the insanely unlikely event we get a live action remake, he could only be played by ONE man and I won't budge on this one: Ben Mendelsohn!
McLeach definitely had one of the best entrances for a Disney villain. That truck of his is menacing as hell!
The Rescuers Down Under is easily one of the best Disney sequels ever made, (Pixar sequels don't count). The cinematography in this movie is absolutely fantastic.
I wouldn’t call it the best (Because even the movie has plenty flaws, like it’s 3rd act being a bit rushed), but definitely underrated. And I’m glad I didn’t feel the need to change how it’s main leads Bernard and Bianca were like in the first movie.
@@osmanyousif7849 I said "one of the best", not "the best". No movie is perfect.
@@antwain2799 Man, The Bee Movie...
I actually think it's the best Disney sequel. If we consider all the others I think Winnie the pooh 2011 is good, but I prefer the first movie, Fantasia 2000 is ok, but it isn't as memorable as the first Fantasia and Ralph breaks the Internet and Frozen 2 suck ass
@@sonysfan19992: Winnie the Pooh isn't really a sequel so much as a "new entry in a longstanding series" with a story that doesn't follow chronologically from a previous movie, and the Fantasia films aren't really movies so much as compilations of short artistic scenes. If you exclude CGI movies, this movie's only competition for Disney animated theatrical releases is Jungle Book 2 and Peter Pan 2. I think we have a clear winner.
I grew up loving this movie and it's still my favorite renaissance movie from an animation standpoint. That very first shot is such a massive flex on its use of the multiplane camera to rival that morning shot in Pinocchio. And so much work and character into Marahute's animation. She moved in a real birdlike way, but she uses her bird body language to hold an entire "conversation" with Cody that a child can follow. Her "shrug" was so cute.
Bernard's arc is good, Cody's competence while still clearly being a kid makes McLeach that much more menacing, Joanna is an entertaining villain sidekick, the pacing is tense and the action scenes are massive creative spectacles and wonderful payoff.
Of all the movies I put on, my son loves this one the most. So it's not just nostalgia. It's just that good.
"The Rescuers Down Under" is an animated masterpiece. It's the only film I regret not seeing at the theater. Joanna, the iguana steals the movie!!
I love how the third act builds Bernard up as the hero and he saves the day
Thank you for posting this. I loved this movie. No "princess", but an intriguing story. You are so right about the vast scope of many of the scenes. I remember being drawn in by the flight of the eagle as if I were flying with her.
My animation professor was actually one of the directors of this movie, Hendel Butoy. Such an awesome guy and it was nuts to learn that he was an animator on many of my childhood movies.
This movie has such beautiful music and amazing visuals! Also I totally missed how good the villain was when I was younger! You should do a review of the first movie which also has great music! Also Bianca and Bernard are great characters and a great team! 😊
Me as a kid, crying: MOM DID CODY GO HOME TO HIS MOM, DID SHE COME AND GET HIM??
my mom: WHO IS CODY?
lmfao yeah that villain was super entertaining but super freaky too, you definitely felt threatened by him and I agree his manipulation was brilliant. You definitely feel that Cody is in real danger around him.
Finally someone who actually acknowledges how good this movie actually is, I loved it growing up, way more than the first
The scene with the mice relaying the message to RAS really stands out. The mice don't say anything and aren't even on screen for very long but they're still so expressive and have personality
The magic of truly great animation.
This movie is criminally underrated because it was barely marketed, for reasons totally uknown for me, and it was such a bizarre and ludicrous move on the part of the business. They just made a MOVIE, why the heck not get the sales from getting people to watch it???
Hmm, was it really barely-marketed? Or just overshadowed by The Little Mermaid? I remember commercials, and McDonald's put toys in Happy Meals themed for this - I had one.
@@eebgoz it was also going up against Home Alone.
The Rescuer’s Down Under used to be my favorite movie!! I’m so glad someone’s covering this.
Thank you!! The Rescuers Down Under is my favourite Disney movie of all time. It's absolutely phenomenal, I love everything about it.
I'm glad this movie is finally getting some of the recognition it deserves. Loved it as a kid. Best part for me was the side arch of seeing Bernard trying to propose to Bianca. In light of Eva and Bob passing. It feels like the best happy ending for the characters and actors involved (even tho Eva and Bob were just friends).
I do like the grand scale of things. And mcleach is probably the best part of the movie
It’s more than enough for us to love The Rescuers Down Under more than most people did for three decades.
Your videos are great, glad CZcams recommended the wreck it Ralph to me. Keep up the good work
Thanks.
@williamharding730 probably eventually, but not soon, I've got other plans currently.
McLeach may be one of, if not *the* most underrated Disney villain yet.
I saw this film on its first run and I loved it. It was hilarious and gloriously action-packed and gave us a truly good character arc where the two mains develop a relationship over a period of time as opposed to the instalove plots of many other Disney films. Upon rewatching 3 decades later, I found my love for the film hadn’t diminished a bit. It’s sad that it didn’t take off like its Renaissance counterparts but it’s worth the time to find, watch and appreciate. Thank you for this!
I think why this movie is underrated is because out of all iconic Disney animated films to be the first to get a sequel... why Rescuers? The Rescuers was a good movie but it's not as hugely popular as Dumbo or Alice In Wonderland.
My favorite scene of all time is Joanna stealing the eggs.
so happy to see one of my childhood favs be brought up again :) as a kid i loooved the realistic way they animated the majestic eagle,,, the music and the way it flies and acts is just marvelous and unforgettable. time to rewatch it again.
Thank you! Keep up the reviews, don't burn yourself out, and keep doing what you love.
Also, while it's been almost 2 decades since I've watched this, whenever a scene came up in your review, my memories came back--'Aha! I remember this scene. " (PS, Frank and the key scenes are my mother's favorite parts.)
This is up there with Mulan as my favorite Disney animated movie.
7:34 Okay, but Cody had a mother who loved and would probably miss him and he got snatched basically in his backyard.
Penny was trafficked from the city to a foreign place and used for labor. She was in that well just trying to survive 😭
Lol I didn’t think anyone would read this. I love both movies and your analysis!
I felt so close to Penny. Medusa tried to breakdown her self esteem and rob her of her dream of a real loving family and yet…
When she was terrified and drowning in that cave,had the diamond in her hand, she saw her friends were in trouble, and turned around to save them🥹
Penny made me want to be brave & loyal to my friends, and to believe that kindness and help (no matter how small) are always available to those that ask.
When I was a kid, my fav part of this movie, I liked the part when the bird got tortured at the doctors
So glad someone is praising the music during the message montage scene, FINALLY! I 100% agree with you, that music gets me hyped without fail every single time
That scene walked so that the the Beacons of Gondor could run. It's strange to think that a scene dedicated to a cry for help could be so hopeful and inspiring, and probably a testament to the quality of the filmmaking that it came across that way.
had this movie on VHS when i was a kid. i think i watched it maybe 5 times that i can remember, and i loved it each time. this was my first Rescuers movie, and it would be years before i saw the original. at that point, i was also a fan of All Dogs Go to Heaven, so i couldn't but help make parallels between the 2
The feather Cody gets always made me think of those generic, banana flavored popsicles that you could split in to two separate popsicles and I always got a hankering for one whenever I watched this movie as a kid. Still kind of does, as a matter of fact.
It would be really cool to have a treasure planet review!
I'm gonna need a compilation of McLeach photos for reaction images
We had this movie on VHS in our house when I was growing up and even way back then I could recognize there was something special about it. We had a quite lot of Disney VHS tapes and this was one of the more stand-out movies for me out of all of them.
You nailed it on the head when you said that this movie stands on its own. I actually saw it before the prequel, and still knew what was going on. In fact, the only reason I saw the original was because I liked this one so much and tried to rent it, but mistook the first movie for this (not that I’m complaining)
McLeach is one of my all time favorite Disney villains and this movie is also one of my favorites from Disney. It’s too bad they’re not capable of making anything good like this anymore. I basically all but hate Disney now for what they’ve become.
I prefer the story better in the first one but John Candy is in this movie so I definitely enjoy it, the animation and score were great in this and also George C Scott
I always loved this film as a kid, alongside other 90s/early 2000s 'flops' like Atlantis and Treasure Planet. As a side note I think McLeach may have been the inspiration for the design of Sniper in Team Fortress 2.
OH MY GOD I SAW THIS MOVIE AS A KID AND TOTALLY FORGOT ABOUT OF IT WOW NOSTALGIA BLAST
Rescuers down under has one of the best soundtracks of all Disney movies. The scene with when marhute catches Cody gives me chills every time
This is still my favorite Disney movie…. I’m happy to hear that others appreciate it 😊
This is my favorite animated Disney movie of all time, with the Jungle Book and Mulan being 2nd and 3rd respectively. I decided to do a search on CZcams for this movie and I'm delighted to see that someone has shown it the love it deserves by making a video on it. Thank you for doing your part to make sure this movie isn't forgotten!
McLeach is my favourite Disney Animation villain, as he was more intimidating than his predecessor Madame Medusa. Medusa was generally a well written villainess, but one is more realistic, as poachers do exist in real life and are just as dangerous because majority won’t hesitate to harm people who attempt to stop them, which is what gives him that fear factor, as well as being afraid for Cody’s safety, especially later on in the movie. He’s cruel, sadistic and selfish in personality which makes him even scarier. McLeach additionally tricked the rangers into thinking Cody had fallen into crocodile infested waters and died, by tossing Cody’s backpack in so nobody would think he was kidnapped by a dangerous monster.
Additionally that truck he drives, the Bushwhacker, was jaw droppingly amazing and chilling to look at, his home/hideout in the abandoned opal mines was just as sinister and empty. Also McLeach was just inches away from succeeding in his goal, and is perfectly alright with threatening Cody with weapons, including knifes and his gun, which is horrifying. Overall, everything about this character is bleak, disturbing and terrifying and I think it’s done really well to make the viewer think that’s definitely one person you wouldn’t want to meet in the Australian Outback.
Nowadays, McLeach somewhat reminds me of Freddy Krueger, as they both wisecrack while being so cruel threatening and totally sadistic towards their victims, maybe that’s just me though. Hopefully with the recognition this movie is getting more recently, McLeach may get brought back into more cameos and roles in the future. It would be very cool if he was made into a boss in Kingdom Hearts for example.
Joanna is such an icon and lives rent free in my noggin' 24/7
Loved this movie as a kid and always will! This movie deserves way more love!
The soundtrack is *vastly* improved by not having vocals. It's just a gorgeous score, and it works magnificently. Great movie, thank you for spending some time talking it up!
I remember watching this movie over and over again on my vhs player..
2:14 Cody here is wearing shorts, Cody is a little boy, Cody here is really cool in his shorts yeah he’s cool.
This was my fave rescuers movie. Everything so pretty to look at loved the villain, story was much more thoght out and planned then the fst one. it is a big shame this movie is not well known I think one of best disney movies out there. and still holds up great today.
One of my favorite Disney movies growing up, I saw this before the first one and it is still among my favs.
I completely agree, this movie has influenced SEVERAL big blockbusters that came out since then. In particular two recent ones (Godzilla vs Kong and Avatar: Way of Water) seem to be taking a few clues from it. Everything from their graphics, to the music sounds similar. They also feature a relationship between a child and a gigantic creature and that gives them a truly emotionally complex and touching storyline. They also feature truly horrible villains who enjoy abusing animals. The flight scenes in Avatar clearly took some inspiration from this one, and Mecha Godzilla in Godzilla vs Kong seems to be modelled after the monstrous poacher truck.
I did love these movies as a kid. It’s a shame no one talks about them.
I think you need to rewatch the first Rescuers.
Medusa is by far so much worse than the hunter guy.
Penny wasn't just in "a bad spot"
She was essentially prayed upon and chosen specifically because of how easy it would be for her to be manipulated.
Medusa knew all of Penny's weaknesses and methodically picked at them to the point she knew she had broken this poor little girls spirit. So much so that she didn't even sugar coat the fact that when the mission was over, she would never leave that boat and "have it all to herself" because as Medusa states to her "Who would want to hold a homely little girl like you?"
Don't forget that Medusa was also sticking this kid down a hole that floods regularly for a diamond that she didn't care if Penny died trying to get it.
Imagine how many other kids Medusa got killed this way
True. Medusa was much more manipulative, and forced Penny into extremely dangerous positions. But I still feel like Cody had it slightly worse with McLeach, since McLeach was always treating him like trash on top of trying to murder him and tricking the authorities into believing Cody was dead so that no one would come to save him.
@Rockotarthepurplehatguy if we really think about it, Cody and Penny had damn near the same level of threat. Both antagonist put the kids in danger that threatened their lives. Medusa did it to Penny on the daily to find that diamond, adding on extreme verbal and emotional abuse.
Penny also didn't have anyone to come look for her like Cody, being an orphan. And Medusa planned to keep it that way by either letting Penny die in a cave, or by leaving her in a dangerous swamp by herself.
I dislike one major thing about this film: the animals in the holding pen were never rescued, at least not on camera. Sure, Cody knew where they were, but the movie just sorta forgets about them.
At least with McLeach gone, they aren't in immediate danger anymore.
Ahhh nothing like a classic rendition of home on the range
Ok putting the Skyward Sword music over the clip of him flying on the eagle was brilliant
THANK YOU. When I was a kid, I didn't know there WAS a first rescuers, I thought this was it. This movie TERRIFIED me, but at the same time I loved it. I would watch this constantly and was so disappointed to find out that so many hadn't watched it. I'm so glad someone's actually talking about this movie!
Both Rescuers movies are *so* underrated and really deserve more praise than they get... kinda like your channel actually.
Yeah. A childhood favorite of mine. Actually saw THIS before the ORIGINAL!
The secret of this movie's animation is named Pixar. They created a system called CAPS for coloring and composting.
The music was gorgeous
Hey your really cool and I'm sad about your channel not being a thing in 2020
I grew up watching this movie. I've never seen the first movie. For most of my life? I didn't even know it was a sequel. And was shocked barely anyone had seen it.
I live in Australia, so it makes sense why my parents bought the tape (90's all the way). And whenever I come across a goanna in the wild, I still call them Joanna lol
I ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ both The Rescuers and The Rescuers Down Under. I haven't watched either of these movies in almost a year But today I rewatched The Rescuers in memorian of Bob NewHart who died a few days ago at the age of 94. I'm rewatch The Rescuers Down Under later this week. Both films were a staple of my child hood on VHS during The 90's
George C Scott as McCleach, Vincent Price as Professor Ratigan, Robert Loggia as Sykes from Oliver and Company, Tony Jay as Frollo and Jim Woods as Hades I think are my favorite villians The ones I didn't mention are still AWESOME though
I guess it was an inspiration for Thunderbird in "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them". Beautiful bird
I don’t know if MacLeach would’ve been near as menacing if he wasn’t voiced by the legendary George C Scott, he was great in the role.
Personally, I prefer the original 'Rescuers' - but that's just me. Anyway, I will certainly acknowledge that 'Down Under' has a lot to recommend it, with, yeah, a genuinely great villain, and some really nice animation and action.
Have you considered doing a video on 'The Great Mouse Detective', if you've seen that? Personally, I think of it as being underrated in a lot of the ways you listed here for this one (not to mention, of course, the fact that it basically saved Disney's entire animation department, meaning that the Renaissance would most likely not have happened without it).
I agree that this along with the Rescuers are indeed criminally underrated.
Pinocchio & this are personally my favorite of Disney
This guy was peak stranger danger i was so unsettled by him as a child. He's not a super villain he's just a malicious killer.
BRUCE BROUGHTON WROTE THE MUSIC!
THAT MUSIC REALLY GIVES IT HEART AND SOUL!
McLeach is a spot-on caricature including all the facial expressions of his voice actor, legendary George C. Scott.
You know my friend, you make an astounding examination on my favorite disney movie sequel of all time. One of the reasons why I love it is because my name is Cody. But here's a little theory I came up with that will blow your mind.
What if McLeech killed Bambi's mother, here me out.
1. He has no Australian accent, sure nether does Cody, but you get the picture.
2. It's illegal to shoot a mother deer with a fawn in most states.
3. He is smart enough to throw the Rangers off his tracks, even having enough money to move to Australia. Come on how did he get that death machine in the first place.
4. He loves seeing others suffering, animals or people. So seeing a baby deer struggle without it's mother, that leads to how blood-thirsty this guy is. Just listen to him singing on how he slaughters animals, when he takes Cody to his lair.
As far as I'm concerned my friend, McLeech is suspect #1 for the murder of Bambi's mom. Sentence him to death! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 OK that's the theory, what do you think of it?
In my opinion, it is THE most underrated movie period!
I loved this movie as a kid i remember my grandma throwing this on and me and brother would just get lost in it one of the Disney movies that we actually really got into and will always have a place in my heart brings back alot of memories and nostalgia
The best Disney movie of the Reinassance era.
Every Renaissance movie is within my top 16 Disney movies (except maybe Pocahontas, which is slightly lower). This one almost cracks the top 10 of all time, it's ridiculous how underrated it is.
Cody’s shorts are soooo cool.
This was one of my favourite Disney movies as a kid, together with Aristocats!
(I never cared much for the classic fairytales and princess stories, because I grew up on the German originals, so the Disney versions felt kinda off.)
As an adult, and from a writing perspective, I'd agree with you on the flaws of the ending, but tbh, none of that mattered to me as a kid. My brain would just fill in the blanks to my satisfaction.
So usually I listen to these while I draw, but I ended up watching the whole thing because by golly I had forgotten how beautiful the animation for this film is--I remember renting this movie a LOT growing up and I think it did a lot to influence how I visualize sequences when I'm writing or drawing.
Also I love that you mention the soundtrack being so good because the guy who did it, Bruce Broughton, also did the score for Homeward Bound (also a good movie) and the theme song for JAG--this man was basically my favorite composer as a kid without me realizing. X'D
(also love how you mention McLeach looking like an evil Indiana Jones when the music for the globetrotting sequence reminded me of Indiana Jones so now I'm wondering if that was intentional)
And it's been years but the "did you steal my eggs?" scene still plays regularly in my head and I still drag any big feathers I find across my neck because of this movie. :D
This movie is well done. I really like it. I need to watch this again.
I remembered watching this when I was younger and I was tryna Remember this movie so glad this came up on my recommendation
I wanted to create a video for this movie but, you are alive as well. Respect bro! I 100000% agree. Now I’m gonna listen the ultimate soundtrack of this to get the rare rocky Balboa feeling 👍👍👍
I actually did watch this movie before seeing the first one and I absolutely loved it. I've always said that Down Under is better than the original Rescuers and I stand by that.
14:37 I need that folder, NOW
This movie is a part of my life. The egg scene is my favorite scene of any Disney movie, easy.
I once had a beardie named Frank. I badly sing along to Black Slacks. I constantly quote Wilbur. When I proposed to my wife, it was right after we got done watching the movie, and I kneeled during the credits, and quoted Bernard word for word.
Seriously, I was jamming to Black Slacks one time at dad's, and my sister came home with her boyfriend, and she actually turned off the music, and without missing a beat, her and I replayed the whole dialogue, and her poor boyfriend didn't get the references. I think he actually thought I had a brother named Orville.
This movie has been, and always will be, very special to me, and I will always randomly reference it, even if nobody gets it.
For God's sake, I wear the same hat Bernard does!
I actually watched the film recently and your opinions basically mirror mine! I was hoping we would look back on the captured animals or see a scene where Cody and his mother reunite, but those were missed opportunities for an otherwise fantastic film! It's funny how McLeach was right when we wont' see the animals ever again, though.