Crocodile Dundee: An 80s Classic That Doesn't Get Enough Love
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- Опубліковано 2 бер 2024
- People may not realize it now, but Crocodile Dundee is one of the most profitable films ever made. It was shot for only 8 million dollars in Australian currency and made $336 million at the global box office, which is equal to about $800 million now. It was the second highest-grossing film of 1986, after Top Gun. It led to an American fascination with Australia that was memorably lampooned on one of the best Simpsons episodes ever, and it got two sequels, one of which, Crocodile Dundee 2, was another huge blockbuster. But, more than forty years later, it seems lost to time, as it's never really talked about in the way most massive movies of the era are. In this video we dig into the backstory behind the film and holds up now.
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I've watch some young reactors watch Crocodile Dundee and they all love it. Saying all they want to do is hang out with Dundee. I think the jokes are still fine. They're based on innocence. I think society hasn't aged well. No one I knew in the 80s cared if you were gay or whore a dress. Dundee grew up out side of society. From His innocent point of view a guy dressing up like a woman would not make sense. If you looked at our world as a true outsider a lot of stuff would not make sense. That is Dundee's ever a lasting charm. I when from 15 to 25 in the 80s. The perfect age for the 80s. I lived in Toronto and Dundee played for months in the theatre in 86. Crocodile Dundee was the topping on a cake for me as I fell in love with Australian movies from 1981- 86 with Gallipoli, The Road Warrior, The Man From Snowy River, The Year of Living Dangerously. I love Dundee 2 as much as the first one. The Dundee soundtrack is so iconic to me.
Yeah I agree. Dundee has no malice. He's naive.
@@JoBloOriginals How is he not knowing that this was a guy constitute homphobia? Just because you make fun of something doesn't mean you hate it. Quite the opposite. I just can't hear it anymore. Please don't go woke man I love your content.
I agree with you bro
@@EbonyPope👍
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one of my favourite gags is when he looks at his friends watch and then looks up at the sun and says the time to her.
I don't think the world was prepared for the humour and charm of crocodile Dundee. Paul Hogan became an overnight Australian super hero without the super powers. It was a very important movie of the 80s. We are presented with a very unique type of action hero who you just can't help but to love due to his toughness and sense of humour. What a gem of a film and what a great character. An absolute 80 classic.
I'm 57 and saw this film when it was released. I LOVE Crocodile Dundee, warts and all. Now I have to watch it again; I haven't seen it in probably 25 years.
This was the epitome of the 80s movie culture classic
or "culture clash classic"
@@judsongaiden9878 it was the 80s and the character of a outback crocodile man was something new, Steve Irwin would not be in American tv for at least two decades later!
Born in 1980, I loved this movie and still love this movie.
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Also how is he not knowing that this was a guy constitute homphobia? Just because you make fun of something doesn't mean you hate it. Quite the opposite. I just can't hear it anymore.
Same
"Hey you! The one with the hat. She doesn't love Richard!"
Why not?
Dundee is up there with Beverly Hills Cop. Bonafide classic and personal favourite. The 2nd Dundee film is also a great follow up.
Crocodile Dundee is one of my favorite movies of the 80s i have it on VHS and I'm proud of it.
And also do a video on Used Cars i would like to see that happen Joblo You guys are awesome.
One of the best comedies of the 80s watched it all the time on HBO
I was an 80s kid. I can't tell you how much i enjoyed sharing this movie with my son who grew up when Bey's Transformers were a big deal at the box office. He loved it.
Loved the theme song to this movie too.
The whole score is pretty memorable
"That’s not a noif! 😃"
Mate.. Australians don't speak like that. Fucking wanker
Some info from an Australian that will make some scenes make more sense:
The scene where the kangaroos are being shot and he calls the dead roo Skip. In the '70's in Australia there was a kids TV show called Skippy, think Lassie, but with a eastern grey kangaroo instead of a dog. It was pretty bad, but its what we had.
The subway where he walks over the crowd: When sheep are in a pen at shearing time the sheep dogs need to go up and down the pens to keep the sheep moving. They take a short cut by running along the backs of the sheep.
What's that Skip?
Eh, Charlie the Wonder Dog is a downright classic.
@@aaronleverton4221and the Pissweak Kids
@@kevinquinn7645 Somebody fell down a well.
A twist on a "fish out of water" tale. Always a fun watch!
He kept Subaru in business for awhile. With that all wheel outback drive mate
Aussie born in 1980 here. I'm glad you appreciate Crocodile Dundee. The first film especially is a unique gem. It definitely was a different time, people could laugh at pretty much anything and we did... I still do! I get why you'd say the "Homophobic" content etc. doesn't really add anything but, for us, it gave us laughs. You probably also don't want to get "cancelled" 😆 Honestly though, self deprecating humour was more common back then and I think it helped to keep people just a bit humble. I honestly feel bad for those who can't have a laugh at themselves from time to time.
Oh and your Aussie accent wasn't terrible... for an American. All the best! 👍😎
One of my favourites, guaranteed to always make you laugh.
Maybe not enough love today, but it sure got it back when it first came out.
this movie is so charming to me, i love it.
"That's a knife."
Yup straight up love these movies
2:20 As an 8-year-old, I would have watched 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' in the theater, but Dundee 2 was on HBO a lot throughout '88 and '89 (so was the first one). And that was back when HBO had their ultra-rad, ultra-stylish promo that got you psyched up to the max no matter what you were watching!
2:44 That guy was in 'The Warriors' and 'Next of Kin'. You just know there had to have been some people who told him he could never be an actor because of his lazy left eye. They told Peter Falk the same thing due to his glass right eye (he lost his eye to cancer at the age of three). Gotta love it when artistes stick it to the naysayers. Sylvester Stallone did that too. His issue was paralysis on the left side of his face due to an injury he suffered at birth.
6:01 Hub McCann would've.
A total 80's classic. It holds up every well. Extremely profitable movie/series.
This channel overhears my conversations or something. So very, very frequently have I mentioned looking for movies to watch on the weekend (or just had watched) that I have not seen for a long enough time to want to see again and usually within 24-48 hours I see a post of some kind for it, here. This one, included. I should start keeping track. It's quite uncanny.
*Now that I've watched the video, i completely agree with you, it is a movie of it's time: excellent and lots of fun to watch.
Not gonna lie the third movie always been a guilty pleasure of mine
I saw the third movie ( _Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles_ ) in a pre-release screening on the Paramount lot. I hated it. The script was absolutely godawful. The cast were fine, including Hogan; the one time they let him do a scene with no dialogue (the "hat spider" scene), it was hilarious and everyone in the theater laughed like it was the good old days. The rest of the movie was pretty grim.
I love it the same way i love beverly hills cop 3. They are both the super silly step brother to the original movies and sometimes that hits the spot.
@@codyscards6698 Yeah, _BHC3_ is a pretty good comparison, actually.
This movie is still one of my favorite nostalgia trips, despite its flaws.
Most times movies from one's childhood end up disappointing upon revisiting them. Crocodile Dundee never disappoints.
One of the best movies ever
This is a great movie and the sequel is fantastic. Great good natured comedy adventures with fantastic casts and the beautiful Aussie locations along with the contrast to the wild 80's New York setting. Paul Hogan was already a household name here because of his TV shows and he made the leap to the big screen in spectacular fashion with these films. Absolute classics! Would definitely recommend this. At our school we actually got sat down in class to watch the first one at the time and then went on a school trip to go see the second one when it came out. Good times! Excellent video guys! Cheers from Melbourne!
Love this movie so much. I was 15 when it came out and it made us all so proud that the world was finally taking notice of Australia. Hoges had already been a household name in Australia for a decade by this stage and we all loved his success. He lost a bit of his shine when he left Noelene for Linda Kozlowski, but we still love him. Having said that, he should have stopped after the second film.
This is an awesome movie, and still holds up great today. The soundtrack was also pretty great. I don't think the problem is with the movie being a product of it's time - I think society these days has an issue about taking things way to seriously / narrowly for the sake of appearing to be morally/ethically superior than all the other dingleberries on social media.
Crocodile Dundee is an awesome character and movie(s). I was also a fan of Paul Hogan's take on the American western when he did, "Lightning Jack" with Cuba Gooding Jr. and Beverly D'Angelo.
One of the top five 80s flicks that can suck you right back into your childhood. Great vid!
Watch it as a kid and quote it all the time. My kids haven’t seen it and know quite a few lines. I use “nah needs garlic” all the time. I know that’s from the second movie. Me a my brothers wore the vhs tapes on one and two.
6:20 Mick farting to psyche out the goons has always made me laugh. 😂
I watched that soooo much as a kid. Good times
The first two Dundee films are a lot of fun. I wish they hadn't waited so long for the third one; the magic was definitely gone by that point and it took itself a little too seriously from what I can recall.
Great movie, and imo aged very well. Also, did anyone else think the beginning of this video was an ad?
I absolutely loved this movie back in the day. I had it recorded from the TV into a VHS tape, and I saw it until the tape was totally worn.
I saw all 3 movies in the theater. And I just watched all 3 in a row a week ago on channel 990, MeTV.
Crocodile Dundee gets a LOT of love, Crocodile Dundee II doesn't get enough love. It's a solid sequel, and classic itself. Good follow up. may not be as quotable, but it's worth a watch and more. the 3rd dundee, FORGET IT.
I’m one of her few that liked part 2 better.
Watched these movies with my kids a few years back and it is still great. Couldn't find any real issues and we need more issues like this today.
Literally JUST watched this with my 12 year old. They loved it!
We love this film over here in the UK
To this day, my family will joke occasionally when we have a dinner and say something "needs gaaahlic"
Loved this movie!
This is my Mom's fav movie and we've watched it together dozens of times
Never fails to entertain
Still an awesome movie
The one thing you should have included was Hogan's Oscars monologue. It out-Gervaised Ricky Gervais, pre-Gervais, and was bloody hilarious.
Yup, Chris, you did it again. Good one.
Also saw this as a kid in the cinema. It was a big hit back in Australia too, as you might expect. We loved it, even if (or possibly because) we knew Hogan was playing a caricature of ourselves.
Speaking of caricatures, I have no idea if its accurate, but that scene in the subway with an otherwise street-wise public coming together for a sentimental cause, strikes me as very New York.
Righto, I'm off now to watch some of Hogan's oldest sketch comedy work from the 70s.
This is one of my, what should I watch for a feel good movie. This is one of them, Ive rewatched it countless times over the decades. When I saw it for the first time, I didnt know what a bidet was either, being from a farm in Saskatchewan, those things never existed
Crocodile Dundee II always felt like two separate movies when I was the kid
Still love it. As do my teenage kids
Sorry, I'm too drunk to comment cogently but I was fully alive when this came out (in NZ), never saw it, have never seen it but the cultural impact was massive; combined with Greg Norman in Golf, and Australia 1 the Americas Cup. The jolt of Aussie identity on Hollywood made fortunes all over the world.
still love this movie, must've watched it dozens of times
If ya gots issues with the film, don't watch it. It's your lose. This is a funny series that I enjoyed in my young adult era.
God bless
Love this! Absolutely agree! Crocodile Dundee doesn’t get enough love!
Classic movie love it
My uncle took me and my cousins to see it on the Saturday afternoon it opened. It was good but that was it for me. It was just good. I only saw it a few times on TV since then and, it was still good but nothing more. Good's good, I guess.
Those few scenes actually add to the movie.. comedy. It is light hearted. Nothing mean.
Can't forget about Lighting Jack!
That was silly fun.
Rockin Super Mario 64 End Credits! Dude i rock out to that on spotify!
Skippy was a television show in Australia from the 1960s.
Inside joke for Aussies.
I saw this in the Netherlands where they don’t bother dubbing films…
…So I started laughing around half a second before the rest of the audience.
I’m actually a big fan of part two, they exchange the romantic comedy vibes for more action.
In Australia in the late 70's there was a kids tv show that revolved around an incredibly smart kangaroo called Skippy. That's why Hogan says "Thanks Skippy." in the C.D.
And we can buy kangaroo meat in the supermarket. Sometimes jokingly referred to as things like 'skippy burgers'.
Absolutely love this film
I always thought that the portrayal of aborigines in these movies was based on real experiences. I mean they are shown as modern people yet still in touch with their culture. Great sense of humour and deep knowledge of their country. I loved the way they poked fun at the bad guys in the second movie using their biases against them. I found them really cool.
Have the first two on dvd
Awesome Vid!
Thank You very much for Your Work! Greetings from Germany
It's one of those films that is completely dependent on the central character (and actor) to carry the film. Superman (Christopher Reeve) is another example.
Great movie
Yup, it's a classiC 💯💯💯
It’s a rare film that can best be called CHARMING!
Thanks for this. I still love this movie. But FYI, if you look closely, you can clearly see he kisses Donk on his left cheek.
I don't care what they tell you at school, The Crocodile Dundee was and is a good movie.
Before Steve, Crocodile dundee was the Australian everyone imitated. Crikey!
In Australia, NOBODY drinks Fosters.
Always looking for a good time!
I can honestly say I never knew there was a 3rd one.
There are 4!
There are 3 but you can ignore the third. There’s also the Very Excellent Mr Dundee but it’s not a sequel (or very good)
The third had Mick in L.A. and was released sometime between 1997 and 2001 I believe. 🤔
All these classics getting covered is making me realise how amazing the Expandables sequels should of been.. mick Dundee himself would of been a perfect fit
Nothing problematic about the movies just people these days who find issues with everything, these are classics.
Linda Kozlowski:
YOWZA🔥
In the second one, he meets a guy who's planing to jump off a building and he goes "I'll just wait till you're finished", now some people might find jokes about suicide in poor taste, but mick consoles the guy and manages to convince him not to go through with it
It’s got enough love. Was an ok 80s flick
At the time Crocodile Dundee was released it seemed to be popular in films to make New York look completely inhospitable. Hogan offered a much more nuanced look at the city, showing it could be a nice place and even offering some jabs at the wealthy while highlighting everyday people.
Its one of the few films i will always watch when its on, great film and 2 get a lot of hate but isn't that bad
Another bit of useless trivia but I've been watching the TV series Miami Vice and noticed at least four actors from Crocodile Dundee and two actors from Crocodile Dundee 2 were on the show.
I think mentioning one time some things don't age well is enough. People need to stop being so fxxking sensitive.
interestingly just caught the sequel to this a few days ago-one of the disappointing ones for sure, but the original caught me by surprise last summer when i watched it for the first time. still holds up especially the ending, kinda close to the one to 'Serendipity' which I'm sure it inspired.
I want that sheath
1 and 2 are the best 🤠🤣
Mick Taylor from Wolf Creek knocked him off mate😁
I have all 3 of DVD
He named the decoy kangaroo "Skippy" after the Australian t.v show Skippy the Bush Kangaroo that ran from 1968 to 1970.
What's interesting is that in the modern eye, yes parts of these films could be considered problematic, but not even much. As explained, there's no actual nastyness behind them, just the honest naivety of the character. A mature disucssion can easily find that conclusion.
But some people claim that the fact that discussion exists is allegedy a huge problem. The same people that, these days, react with any positive representation of Indigenous Australians as 'woke'.
So, stuff 'em.
Knives are Bad...UmKay...
What's the Australian term for flip-flops?
Thongs
Go aheads