I swear, I SWEAR that the opening flying scene was the main inspiration DreamWorks had for creating the How to Train Your Dragon franchise as we know it. I'm absolutely sure of that.
+Nikita Karelins Looking back I think it was my favorite because no one broke out in stupid musical songs every 6 minutes. Even as a kid those gave me douche chills.
Of all the scenes in this film, the one that I remember the most is where the lizard is stealing eggs from the box right under her master's nose. It's just absolute perfection, despite being such a small scene with not anything major going on.
Doug literally said "how ironic is that" immediately after. So, I don't know what you were trying to achieve by writing this comment other than essentially repeating Doug.
I remember seeing this movie in theatres as a kid. Then when I got back to school and told my classmates about it, all they said was: "That movie sucks!" And not just this, they said that about every Disney animated movie that came out. And it frustrated me to no end!
As I said in Great Mouse Detective, this was one of the pillars of my childhood. Watched this one dozens of times. I never even saw the original until I was in my late teens. One of the reasons I love this movie is Cody. He is a kid hero, but he doesn't use slapstick or Home Alone tactics, has a pocket knife, and overall is written very realistically. It also helps that the animation is amazing. Marahute is amazingly animated and that scene with Cody skating along the river is breathtaking.
I think that;s the problem with this movie. The kid is more the protagonist than the mice are. The movie is more about this boy trying to save the eagle, rather than the two mice who are trying to save him. They could have just made this movie about Cody and NOT have he rescuers involved at all
@@ShinobiPXO Another thing that was better than the first movie. Cody could carry the story. I bet that Penny couldn't have done it. The only time we see her do anything to help herself is when she sends the message that reaches the Rescue Aid society, and she did try to escape a few times, but in that case, she kept failing.
I think one of my favourite things in this movie is how the mice have this underground society and how they thrive. One of my favourite scenes is the pea soup scene because it shows how the mice use their size and scale to their advantage.
Treasure Planet is also underrated and Disney is still trying to throw it under the bus for some reason. YET THE FIRST RESCUERS HAD A NAKED WOMAN AND ARE STILL NOT THROWN UNDER THE BUS!!!!
I don't hate the first one, I just dislike it, I think it's too boring for an adventure movie. I loved the second one, this is what the first should have been
Agreed! I always preferred Rescuers Downunder more than Rescuers. Mostly for the landscapes, the eagle flight scenes, the waterfall scene, etc. I just wish we got resolution on the caged animals during the midpoint of the movie.
I LOVED this movie as a little kid. Like, I was OBSESSED. I had boots I called my "Cody boots". I watched it again when was an older kid, (but still a kid) and remembered how much i loved it. I was so happy to hear you review it and really praise it. It brought me back to childhood and not the way most Disney sequels do where I think, "ooh, THAT was part of my childhood? Ew!" No. Not this movie. I'm glad this is one of my childhood movies that can be critically praised and not panned so I can enjoy it again as an adult when I want to feel nostalgic. Might just have to pop this one again after all these years. Thanks, Doug. You're awesome. ^^
I absolutely LOVED this film as a child. and it started my obsession with Australia. however my aunt's VCR ate and destroyed my copy of this movie... and I was stuck watching the much more boring first film... seeing this film from that point on became an extremely rare treat.
+Demian Rangel I don't think ANY bird is big enough to carry a boy on it's back, mostly because you have to be very lightweight in order to fly. The American Condor is a vulture that's regarded as one of the biggest birds to ever fly, and they only weigh about 33 lbs (15 kg). Compare that with a little boy that's easily 80 or 50 lbs, and you'll see why it's just utterly impossible. At least, it's impossible for a bird to carry a boy and *fly up*, I bet a bird could find a way to glide down if you'd consider that flying. Luckily animation can totally make this look great and more than a little believable.
deathlegionair True... Y'know nature has surprised us before. Maybe animals could find some way that we just can't see. It's probably just incredibly unlikely rather than entirely impossible.
Demian Rangel Adding additionally to that, there really aren't any living birds nowadays that would have the strength to do that... But there are millions of years of history before humans, and there were many giant birds and flying reptiles of all kinds. Many of which haven't been discovered. So it isn't really that a flying animal of this size and power *couldn't* exist, it's that they simply don't exist now. So there can be a level of truth to even the fictional interpretations.
No, the eagle is huge. That's one of the reasons it is so hunted. Marahute's body (minus wingspan) is about twice as big as the raptors in Jurassic Park.
@@yoboibeerus1387 plus McLeach was a cooler villain than Medusa. Also, the setting was a lot cooler. The original spent probably 75% in the swamp and this one is mostly in Australia. It just felt more epic overall
The graphics and artwork are all spectacular. Especially the flying scenes with the eagle and Wilbur. This is a really great sequel and to this day it's still one of my favorites 😁
The movie really deserves more credit. I remember watching a "making of" on TV... how the animators watched flight of eagles to learn all about it. This was great! And yes... all the voice actors really got into character. The animations and angles are superb, indeed!
This was my first disney movie I could remember from my childhood, it will always have a special place for me. Going back and watching it now, and yes it is still a legit great film.
This was one of my favorite Disney films as a kid- and it still is. Always made me mad that it never got more recognition. It was a fun adventure, beautiful visuals, the villain was awesome and Cody was one of the best child leads in a Disney film because he was likable relatable.
This film was a HUGE part of my childhood. I watched it again today because NC referenced it in his Frozen II review. BOY did I get a lot out of it, even after all these years! The flight scene at the beginning was so beautiful I actually teared up a bit. The music is fantastic, the backgrounds stunning, I laughed, I enjoyed all the characters, it was exciting, it was all around a great film. Criminally underrated is correct. It's simple in terms of story, yes, but I love it.
Slight correction. Bianca was voiced by Eva Gabor. Zsa Zsa's younger sister. This was actually Eva's last theaterrical role. She would actually pass away the same day as Bob Ross. July 4th 1995.
You forgot that this is the ONLY Disney sequel to not only be worthy of the Disney Renaissance (some of the greatest films Disney has done to date), but it is also considered part of Disney's main animated canon. Not just a direct to video, half-baked sequel like most of the others are. THIS was Disney's best sequel by far.
"The Rescuers Down Under" is the most underrated Disney classics of all time and I enjoyed this movie when I was a kid. Then as an adult, it looks impressive and it's much better than the first one which doesn't hold up. I really enjoy the new adventure about two mice are going to rescue a little boy in Australia from a meanest hunter who captures animals including obsesses of getting a huge bird. Voice acting is great including George C. Scott and John Candy portrayed their cool roles. The animation looks fantastic and that opening scene where the boy flies with the huge bird was amazing. I love that part where bird pushes the boy to the waterfall and boom, beautiful. One of the best memorable scenes in Disney. 25 years of seeing a classic Disney and it should be memorize as now. Overall, great movie to watch. Ending, beautiful.
My only gripe with the movie, is we don't get resolution on the caged animals. Also, I want this in a Kingdom Hearts game!(which probably won't happen?)
This was one of the first Disney movies i got on VHS and I've loved ever since. I didn't even the first Rescuers movie until years later. This is such an awesome adventure movie. It has beautiful visuals, good animation, good music, a great villain and likable characters, it's such a shame Disney didn't have enough faith in it.
When I was a kid I didn't even know that there was another Rescuers, I thought this was it. And what a great movie it is, I love that it's set in Australia, we don't get that often in kids movies except for Blinky Bill. The Rescuers Down Under is a great movie with great characters and plot. Aussie! Aussie! Aussie!
I know exactly why people overlook it: it's because 99% of Disney sequels are aweful, and people have learnt this. Turns out, this movie is actually good.
Of course it is - but the Disney Sequel hate PREDATES the Direct to DVD era Disney has been doing HORRIBLE sequels for a LONG time. Check out their made-for-tv movie stint during the 70s and eighties... My... GOD... -sulu stand-
The weirdest thing is that this sequel was actually released in theaters, unlike most of the crappy direct to DVD or VHS sequels, but those still get more recognition than this one for some reason...
I'm sooooooo glad nostalgia critic covered this one. this movie WAS my childhood. I wore through the tape on my VHS copy of it, I wanted to be that little boy and ride the giant eagle, and even now the opening title card just...it gets me every time. The music, the images, it's by far my favorite intro sequence of all time. This was one of the first movies where I watched it and really felt like I was doing whatever the camera was doing: flying along with the eagle, crawling with the lizard. Coming back to the title sequence, it really felt like I was flying through a field in Australia. I was actually disappointed when I saw a real eagle for the first time, because when I saw this movie at age 4 or 5 and saw how ginormous the eagle in the movie was, that was all I had to go on, so I thought that was how big they really were! I spent weeks babbling about how excited I was to see an actual eagle. this movie and it's predecessor both hold very special places in my heart, but yeah, this was one of maybe a half dozen films I've watched consistently over and over and am unashamed to admit I still watch today.
I remember watching this and I loved it when I was a kid, i'm really surprised that this was under the radar. This is one of the only disney sequels where it's actually pretty good.
I said it once and I say it a million times more - I frickin love this movie so much! I could sit down with it and watch it again and again and again and again. It's hands down one of my favorite movies of all times and somewhere in my Top 5 Disney movies.
I love this movie! I used to watch it on VHS all the time when I was a kid. So much that my mom had to replace the tape. I bought on bluray so I could share it with my cousin when he gets a little older. It's so good! I wish more people knew/remembered this movie.
Yeeeeeah you just increased my opinion of Doug by like 4164% - this is a criminally underrated movie that was set up for failure by Disney and is actually an INCREDIBLY important film in the history of animation. It was the very first animated film to be completely digitally animated and essentially pioneered the CAPS process (which, yaknow, no one knows because the marketing was completely hamstrung and it had to compete against the juggernaut that was Home Alone on its opening weekend) so essentially the entire latter half of the Disney Renaissance has this movie's DNA all over it. Not to mention, it's a pretty great adventure movie regardless. Plus, come on, that opening sequence is just breathtaking. The animation of that eagle's flight lived rent free in my head for my entire childhood based on a single viewing of the movie as a kid. I think it's my third favourite mouse-related animated feature - behind Secret of NIMH and An American Tail (Don Bluth is like, at least 50% responsible for the animation resurgence in the 80s which lead directly to the Disney Renaissance) Anyway, great vid. I'm not the BIGGEST fan of Doug's stuff (especially not anything recent) but he definitely has some good takes now and then. And you can't deny he had his own fairly large influence on the review landscape and the general internet culture in his prime.
Not only This movie shouldn’t be hidden down under (no pun intended) but this hidden gem deserves better it’s sad how under appreciated/criminally underrated masterpieces just don’t get the proper credit they deserve and seeing those gems just feels fantastic and this one is FANTASTIC. Rescuers Down Under REALLY Deserves Better
This movie is just amazing. It's funny, it's heartwarming, it's exciting, the characters are memorable, the villain is great and the animation is gorgeous! It even tops the original. If anything, this is a movie that should be used as an example of sequel writing.
I friggin loved this movie as a kid, and I still do. I thought the first one was ok, but this one is an improvement in pretty much every way, from the characters, the animation, the story, the writing, and the humor. Go watch it right now!
This was my first disney movie ever. I watched it when i was 5 on VHS. I saw this one before i saw the first one. I also had never been more interested in a villain before, than McLeach. He was so charismatic and entertaining, he is easily my favorite villain in disney. Especially since he doesnt have some over hyped motive or (Usually) catchy song to explain his character.
I know this reply is late, but considering he already did an NC video of Great Mouse Detective, I wouldn't be surprised if he eventually did Rescuers Downunder?
I owned this movie as a kid and loved it, and despite watching it a lot of times, I never even saw the first movie until much later. I was very confused at how boring the first one is by comparison.
I just recently rewatched this movie, and i remember why i love it. I also didn't realize until rewatching it that they constantly replay the same 10 seconds of the theme song over and over again during literally every action scene.
One of my favs... Also Doug failed to mention the incredible score. The music that plays during the flying scene is goose-bump tingle creating and a great deal to the overall tone and emotion to this movie. I can't understand why he didn't mention it.
I honestly don't even think I ever even saw the original Rescuers all the way through. THIS is the one I used to watch on VHS at my grandmother's house and it's the one I continue to favor to this day. A true masterpiece.
I didn't even fully KNOW about the first Rescuers movie until I was a teenager. THIS was the one I had as a kid, and I think, like many movies, I warped the tape from watching it so much. It's one of those movies I could just watch over and over again, and not because we had a limited movie library(Back when Disney Channel was a VERY premium channel, we recorded a LOT of movies to VHS). Marahute's flight was and always will be my favorite scene in the movie, besides Wilbur's time in the hospital truck(Just the entire interaction of him with the medical staff!)
When I was a kid in Adventure Club I got in a bit of a thing with a counselor about watching 'The Rescuers' vs 'The Rescuers Downunder'. I had said 'We saw that one already', when it came to watching The Rescuers while waiting for parents to pick us up.. frustrated she asked what I wanted to see and I said 'Rescuers Downunder'. And she said 'We just saw that one too' in the snappy tone of a fed up adult that didn't like a child's reasoning. Which was true. At the time I really hated the first one, and I loved the second one. These days I know what I was trying to express with my disinterest. The Downunder one is *beautiful* with great scenes, characters, dialogue, it's so much more fun to look at and experience than the first one which was ugly and had that style of animation I still abhor as an adult. I wish sometimes I could go back and explain that the first one is just a piece of shit compared to the second one and she shouldn't subject us to the lesser of them just because she's feeling snippy.
I had a few Disney movies on tape as a kid. This was one I saw all the time and I never knew it was underrated until I got older. I thought everyone saw this movie; it's fantastic! And my family still quotes McLeach to this day!
I had this on VHS as a kid, and I loved it. I didn't see the original until later. In fact, when this DIsneycember video first came out years ago, it got me to buy the DVD.
The movie didn't perform very strong as first weekend because it was the exact same weekend Home Alone came out, which took the box office by storm. I would love to see a Nostalgia Critic review on this, since I love hearing him talk about films that deserve more recognition than they receive.
I saw this in the theater when I was a kid and loved it. My parents did too. I've been on this kick of watching Disney movies lately, and about 2 months back I rented this off Amazon. Still liked it. Great movie. I did see the original Rescuers a long time ago in the theater as well, but I remember being really bored by it. To me, that one's so old it's new, so I guess I'll have to watch it soon and be disappointed by how it doesn't hold up to this one.
I thought I was the only person who didn't like the first one but LOVED this one. I watched it so many times as a kid. Even the first time we see the mice and there's all the mishaps with the soup and the ring, I remember my attention was captured.
Why does this movie gets forgettable, it was fantastic, the animation was amazing, it was definitely one of the coolest animations I've ever seen growing up, I kind of think that some of the sky scenes in the movie actually gave some inspiration for Aladdin's sky scenes. On top that, this movie was really memorable, the characters, the flying, the villain, the scenery, everything about this movie you could remember even when you've seen it only once, it's a great movie.
In my opinion, I wish this was in a Kingdom Hearts game! I can just imagine a gameplay scene where you're riding on Marahute, and trying to save Cody from going over the waterfall, while flying through speed boost rings, and fending off heartless and cocodiles who try and slow you down. And if you succeed, it'll play that iconic diving cutscene.
I swear, I SWEAR that the opening flying scene was the main inspiration DreamWorks had for creating the How to Train Your Dragon franchise as we know it. I'm absolutely sure of that.
yep
After watching that amazing trilogy. I immediately thought the same thing.
Same, I just realised the same thing a couple days ago...
Wow, that’s a stretch
besides the actual book series?
To be honest, I knew of this movie before the first one
same.
Same here. I didn't even know that it was a sequel as a kid
Neither did I. All my cousins turned away from it and I was the only one who was in love.
Me too, still haven’t seen the first one but love this one
Yup
Man, that was my favorite Disney film when I was a child.
same
Seen this movie in the theater with my dad when I was young. Great times!
@108934627685333115412 I remember watching it on VHS, with half-baked pirate Russian Dub.
+Nikita Karelins Yep yep, must have watched this one dozens of times.
I even thought the first one was the sequel at some point.
+Nikita Karelins Looking back I think it was my favorite because no one broke out in stupid musical songs every 6 minutes. Even as a kid those gave me douche chills.
Of all the scenes in this film, the one that I remember the most is where the lizard is stealing eggs from the box right under her master's nose. It's just absolute perfection, despite being such a small scene with not anything major going on.
+CMDM Studios I totally remember that one too!
+CMDM Studios Absolutelly! she was called Joanna, right? I don't even remember the name of the kid, but that lizard was hilarious af!
+CMDM Studios Remembering the line he states to Joanna upon catching her red handed... does that make the poacher a " peanut brain"
dubitataugustinus his name is jake but it makes sense because his name is said under 10 times
Pretty sure Joanna is my dogs' spirit animal.
"Why does everyone always remember the bland, forgettable one?"
Oh, the irony of that statement.
I do, it's this one
Bruh its kinda sad now a-days no one knows these exist
Well he’s not wrong.....
@@djvoldemort1 bruh
Doug literally said "how ironic is that" immediately after. So, I don't know what you were trying to achieve by writing this comment other than essentially repeating Doug.
This was one of my favorite Disney movies as a kid, still is.
Arson Bjork Same =)
This was the first movie I saw in the theater as a kid
I remember seeing this movie in theatres as a kid.
Then when I got back to school and told my classmates about it,
all they said was: "That movie sucks!" And not just this, they said that about every Disney animated movie that came out.
And it frustrated me to no end!
As I said in Great Mouse Detective, this was one of the pillars of my childhood. Watched this one dozens of times. I never even saw the original until I was in my late teens.
One of the reasons I love this movie is Cody. He is a kid hero, but he doesn't use slapstick or Home Alone tactics, has a pocket knife, and overall is written very realistically.
It also helps that the animation is amazing. Marahute is amazingly animated and that scene with Cody skating along the river is breathtaking.
I think that;s the problem with this movie. The kid is more the protagonist than the mice are. The movie is more about this boy trying to save the eagle, rather than the two mice who are trying to save him. They could have just made this movie about Cody and NOT have he rescuers involved at all
@@ShinobiPXO Interesting point.
@@ShinobiPXO Another thing that was better than the first movie. Cody could carry the story. I bet that Penny couldn't have done it. The only time we see her do anything to help herself is when she sends the message that reaches the Rescue Aid society, and she did try to escape a few times, but in that case, she kept failing.
@@ShinobiPXO The poachers name is mcleach
I think one of my favourite things in this movie is how the mice have this underground society and how they thrive. One of my favourite scenes is the pea soup scene because it shows how the mice use their size and scale to their advantage.
I loved the part near the end when Bernard gets a surge of courage and adrenaline and takes charge in order to save everyone.
This is the most underrated disney flick
Treasure Planet is also underrated and Disney is still trying to throw it under the bus for some reason. YET THE FIRST RESCUERS HAD A NAKED WOMAN AND ARE STILL NOT THROWN UNDER THE BUS!!!!
@@TheGodlikeDragon Um...she wasn't naked. Just, not modestly dressed.
This is one of the best scored movies in Disney's collection. I fucking love this movie :)
Indeed, I was very glad to see it available on iTunes 2 or years ago for a fair price. Bernard the Hero is an exciting and moving piece of music!
Oh yeah, Bruce Broughton, who also did The Last Starfighter and The Boy Who Could Fly!
+Tommy W. (MisterMortimer) Huge fan of Bruce Broughton's work. Magnificently put to use in this movie especially.
Like music score? Agreed.
+Tommy W. (MisterMortimer) I actually have the soundtrack. So good.
So am I the only one that loved *both* of The Rescuers movies as a kid?
I do like both, but the down under had the better villain ( a good example of why all poachers are are seen criminals) also I'm an Australian :).
kingkong381 I like them both in their own ways. I like the atmosphere of the first one better and I like the adventure of the second one better.
I don't hate the first one, I just dislike it, I think it's too boring for an adventure movie. I loved the second one, this is what the first should have been
I like both, but i prefer Down Under
Not alone i love both movies
I'm 100% with Doug on this one. Why doesn't this movie get more attention? It's way better than the first one.
No, for me the first one was better with a satisfactory ending
Because the first one, for all its blandness, told a complete story. This one has a lot going for it, but it leaves too many loose ends.
haha
Agreed! I always preferred Rescuers Downunder more than Rescuers.
Mostly for the landscapes, the eagle flight scenes, the waterfall scene, etc.
I just wish we got resolution on the caged animals during the midpoint of the movie.
The opening shot of this movie is so great with the zoom over the field. Man this film is golden
The most underrated movie of the Disney Renaissance era.
I completely agree
I remember this movie as a kid. I would NEVER forget about it. It is one of my childhood favourites!
Luckily my grandma bought EVERY PG movie in VHS when they came out, so when I was born I had all these movies to watch
+Federico Cappella Holy crap, that must be one (slightly) impressive collection.
Xx Helios I was born in the Y2K so, if I tried bragging about a VHS i would have been bullied at
Ahh yes PG VHS
Back when PG stood for practically G
I LOVED this movie as a little kid. Like, I was OBSESSED. I had boots I called my "Cody boots". I watched it again when was an older kid, (but still a kid) and remembered how much i loved it. I was so happy to hear you review it and really praise it. It brought me back to childhood and not the way most Disney sequels do where I think, "ooh, THAT was part of my childhood? Ew!" No. Not this movie. I'm glad this is one of my childhood movies that can be critically praised and not panned so I can enjoy it again as an adult when I want to feel nostalgic. Might just have to pop this one again after all these years. Thanks, Doug. You're awesome. ^^
I absolutely LOVED this film as a child. and it started my obsession with Australia. however my aunt's VCR ate and destroyed my copy of this movie... and I was stuck watching the much more boring first film... seeing this film from that point on became an extremely rare treat.
I always thought that eagle was huge as fuck but I guess it looks that way cause of the kids perspective?
that's what she said
+Demian Rangel I don't think ANY bird is big enough to carry a boy on it's back, mostly because you have to be very lightweight in order to fly. The American Condor is a vulture that's regarded as one of the biggest birds to ever fly, and they only weigh about 33 lbs (15 kg). Compare that with a little boy that's easily 80 or 50 lbs, and you'll see why it's just utterly impossible. At least, it's impossible for a bird to carry a boy and *fly up*, I bet a bird could find a way to glide down if you'd consider that flying.
Luckily animation can totally make this look great and more than a little believable.
deathlegionair True... Y'know nature has surprised us before. Maybe animals could find some way that we just can't see. It's probably just incredibly unlikely rather than entirely impossible.
Demian Rangel Adding additionally to that, there really aren't any living birds nowadays that would have the strength to do that... But there are millions of years of history before humans, and there were many giant birds and flying reptiles of all kinds. Many of which haven't been discovered. So it isn't really that a flying animal of this size and power *couldn't* exist, it's that they simply don't exist now. So there can be a level of truth to even the fictional interpretations.
No, the eagle is huge. That's one of the reasons it is so hunted. Marahute's body (minus wingspan) is about twice as big as the raptors in Jurassic Park.
I agree with Doug here.This movie is a whole lot better than the original.
Hands down my favorite movie sequel of all time!
Mostly because it has a better pace.
In like every way.
@@yoboibeerus1387 plus McLeach was a cooler villain than Medusa. Also, the setting was a lot cooler. The original spent probably 75% in the swamp and this one is mostly in Australia. It just felt more epic overall
The graphics and artwork are all spectacular. Especially the flying scenes with the eagle and Wilbur. This is a really great sequel and to this day it's still one of my favorites 😁
The movie really deserves more credit.
I remember watching a "making of" on TV... how the animators watched flight of eagles to learn all about it. This was great!
And yes... all the voice actors really got into character.
The animations and angles are superb, indeed!
This is one my favorite Disney movies. It really is a shame that it didn't get that big of following.
I use to watch this movie all the time as a kid because we had it on VHS. good ol' days
I saw this in theaters as a kid. It kicked ass! One of my favs.
I loved, loved, loved this movie when I was a kid! I didn't realize not a lot of people knew about it :( It's so epic!
Now I'm actually thankful to have had this movie as the film I grew up with instead of the first one.
This was my first disney movie I could remember from my childhood, it will always have a special place for me. Going back and watching it now, and yes it is still a legit great film.
This was one of my favorite Disney films as a kid- and it still is. Always made me mad that it never got more recognition. It was a fun adventure, beautiful visuals, the villain was awesome and Cody was one of the best child leads in a Disney film because he was likable relatable.
Looking back on this movie, I'm still sad we never got resolution on the caged animals during the midpoint of the movie.
I remember having the cassette for this and watching it over and over when I was a child.
One of my favourite movies
let's try and make this the next popular demand!! this move needs more attention!
Tony bergfall Like a Nostalgia Critic review?
This film was a HUGE part of my childhood. I watched it again today because NC referenced it in his Frozen II review. BOY did I get a lot out of it, even after all these years! The flight scene at the beginning was so beautiful I actually teared up a bit. The music is fantastic, the backgrounds stunning, I laughed, I enjoyed all the characters, it was exciting, it was all around a great film. Criminally underrated is correct. It's simple in terms of story, yes, but I love it.
This movie remains one of my all-time favorites from Disney. It's almost criminally underrated.
This was the film that actually introduced me to the Rescuers, and MY GOD it was an amazing one.
This was actually one of my favorite movies growing up. It had a bit of everything and did it beautifully!
This film is "Down Under" rated! :)
Ba dum, tiss!
I absolutely love the Rescuers Down Under! I was so happy when it went on Netflix because I would be able to watch it over and over again!
Slight correction. Bianca was voiced by Eva Gabor. Zsa Zsa's younger sister. This was actually Eva's last theaterrical role. She would actually pass away the same day as Bob Ross. July 4th 1995.
I loved this movie as a kid, the scenes of the boy and the bird absolutely captivated me
My favorite Disney animated movie. I saw it in theaters 3 times when I was a kid.
This was actually one of my favorites as a kid - watched the hell out of the VHS
Now this was an awesome movie, and for a Disney sequel, that's very impressive. I want to watch this again, why isn't this well known again?
i own both rescuers movies on dvd and i find myself watching this one a million times more than the first
pineapple -
Probably because this one is 1 million times better than the first.
You forgot that this is the ONLY Disney sequel to not only be worthy of the Disney Renaissance (some of the greatest films Disney has done to date), but it is also considered part of Disney's main animated canon. Not just a direct to video, half-baked sequel like most of the others are. THIS was Disney's best sequel by far.
Definitely one of the most underrated disney movies ever. Awesome movie
I love the short and the movie! I agree they are heavily underrated.
This was definitely one of my favourites! The animation and the characters always dazzled my young mind!
I loved this as a kid. In fact, I only remember this one.
"The Rescuers Down Under" is the most underrated Disney classics of all time and I enjoyed this movie when I was a kid. Then as an adult, it looks impressive and it's much better than the first one which doesn't hold up. I really enjoy the new adventure about two mice are going to rescue a little boy in Australia from a meanest hunter who captures animals including obsesses of getting a huge bird. Voice acting is great including George C. Scott and John Candy portrayed their cool roles. The animation looks fantastic and that opening scene where the boy flies with the huge bird was amazing. I love that part where bird pushes the boy to the waterfall and boom, beautiful. One of the best memorable scenes in Disney. 25 years of seeing a classic Disney and it should be memorize as now. Overall, great movie to watch. Ending, beautiful.
My only gripe with the movie, is we don't get resolution on the caged animals.
Also, I want this in a Kingdom Hearts game!(which probably won't happen?)
One of my favorite Disney movies, so underrated
This was one of the first Disney movies i got on VHS and I've loved ever since. I didn't even the first Rescuers movie until years later.
This is such an awesome adventure movie. It has beautiful visuals, good animation, good music, a great villain and likable characters, it's such a shame Disney didn't have enough faith in it.
Added this movie to my DVD collection because this review reminded me of how good it actually was. Thank you, Doug!
When I was a kid I didn't even know that there was another Rescuers, I thought this was it. And what a great movie it is, I love that it's set in Australia, we don't get that often in kids movies except for Blinky Bill. The Rescuers Down Under is a great movie with great characters and plot. Aussie! Aussie! Aussie!
You forgot one of the main reasons why it kinda fail at the box office. Because.. two words:
Home Alone!!!!
I know exactly why people overlook it: it's because 99% of Disney sequels are aweful, and people have learnt this.
Turns out, this movie is actually good.
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But this movie is older than all the awful Disney sequels...
Of course it is - but the Disney Sequel hate PREDATES the Direct to DVD era
Disney has been doing HORRIBLE sequels for a LONG time. Check out their made-for-tv movie stint during the 70s and eighties...
My... GOD... -sulu stand-
Even so, we shouldn't judge something because its a part of a bad genre
The weirdest thing is that this sequel was actually released in theaters, unlike most of the crappy direct to DVD or VHS sequels, but those still get more recognition than this one for some reason...
@@Slashser that's because people love to hate on things. We all jnow that this one was good so no one bothers to bring it up
One of my absolute favorites as a kid! Must have seen it a thousand times. Very underrated!
I'm sooooooo glad nostalgia critic covered this one. this movie WAS my childhood.
I wore through the tape on my VHS copy of it, I wanted to be that little boy and ride the giant eagle, and even now the opening title card just...it gets me every time. The music, the images, it's by far my favorite intro sequence of all time. This was one of the first movies where I watched it and really felt like I was doing whatever the camera was doing: flying along with the eagle, crawling with the lizard. Coming back to the title sequence, it really felt like I was flying through a field in Australia. I was actually disappointed when I saw a real eagle for the first time, because when I saw this movie at age 4 or 5 and saw how ginormous the eagle in the movie was, that was all I had to go on, so I thought that was how big they really were! I spent weeks babbling about how excited I was to see an actual eagle.
this movie and it's predecessor both hold very special places in my heart, but yeah, this was one of maybe a half dozen films I've watched consistently over and over and am unashamed to admit I still watch today.
Got this a few years ago in a box of old VHS tapes. Wore the thing out, watching it so often. It really is a gem.
I remember watching this and I loved it when I was a kid, i'm really surprised that this was under the radar. This is one of the only disney sequels where it's actually pretty good.
This film was one of my favourites growing up. Seriously, the opening sequence alone, even as a kid, gave me chills! So good!
Bernard’s voice actor passed away a few months ago. Thanks for everything Bob Newhart
This was probably my absolute favorite movie to rewatch over and over again during my childhood. I loved it.
I said it once and I say it a million times more - I frickin love this movie so much! I could sit down with it and watch it again and again and again and again. It's hands down one of my favorite movies of all times and somewhere in my Top 5 Disney movies.
I loved this movie when I was a kid.
Yes, I had this movie on VHS as a kid.
You're in luck, Critic; like the Iron Giant before it, Rescuers Down Under is finally getting the love and attention is deserves.
I love this movie! I used to watch it on VHS all the time when I was a kid. So much that my mom had to replace the tape.
I bought on bluray so I could share it with my cousin when he gets a little older. It's so good! I wish more people knew/remembered this movie.
Yeeeeeah you just increased my opinion of Doug by like 4164% - this is a criminally underrated movie that was set up for failure by Disney and is actually an INCREDIBLY important film in the history of animation. It was the very first animated film to be completely digitally animated and essentially pioneered the CAPS process (which, yaknow, no one knows because the marketing was completely hamstrung and it had to compete against the juggernaut that was Home Alone on its opening weekend) so essentially the entire latter half of the Disney Renaissance has this movie's DNA all over it.
Not to mention, it's a pretty great adventure movie regardless. Plus, come on, that opening sequence is just breathtaking. The animation of that eagle's flight lived rent free in my head for my entire childhood based on a single viewing of the movie as a kid. I think it's my third favourite mouse-related animated feature - behind Secret of NIMH and An American Tail (Don Bluth is like, at least 50% responsible for the animation resurgence in the 80s which lead directly to the Disney Renaissance)
Anyway, great vid. I'm not the BIGGEST fan of Doug's stuff (especially not anything recent) but he definitely has some good takes now and then. And you can't deny he had his own fairly large influence on the review landscape and the general internet culture in his prime.
Not only This movie shouldn’t be hidden down under (no pun intended) but this hidden gem deserves better it’s sad how under appreciated/criminally underrated masterpieces just don’t get the proper credit they deserve and seeing those gems just feels fantastic and this one is FANTASTIC. Rescuers Down Under REALLY Deserves Better
This movie is just amazing. It's funny, it's heartwarming, it's exciting, the characters are memorable, the villain is great and the animation is gorgeous! It even tops the original. If anything, this is a movie that should be used as an example of sequel writing.
I friggin loved this movie as a kid, and I still do. I thought the first one was ok, but this one is an improvement in pretty much every way, from the characters, the animation, the story, the writing, and the humor. Go watch it right now!
I grew up with this movie (I've still never seen the original to this day) and I loved it! It always makes me smile when I see someone talk about it.
This was my first disney movie ever. I watched it when i was 5 on VHS. I saw this one before i saw the first one.
I also had never been more interested in a villain before, than McLeach. He was so charismatic and entertaining, he is easily my favorite villain in disney. Especially since he doesnt have some over hyped motive or (Usually) catchy song to explain his character.
You really need to do a full review of this movie someday, Doug. I agree with you that it's underrated. An NC episode will help bring attention to it.
Agreed, would love to see a NC of this movie.
I know this reply is late, but considering he already did an NC video of Great Mouse Detective,
I wouldn't be surprised if he eventually did Rescuers Downunder?
I owned this movie as a kid and loved it, and despite watching it a lot of times, I never even saw the first movie until much later. I was very confused at how boring the first one is by comparison.
Same
I need to buy this and the first one because I had them but in vhs
Love this film, and Marahute is such a gorgeous eagle, love her!
Sometimes I wish she spoke she could’ve been voiced by either Julia Roberts or Susan Sarandon giving her a comforting motherly voice of wisdom
I just recently rewatched this movie, and i remember why i love it.
I also didn't realize until rewatching it that they constantly replay the same 10 seconds of the theme song over and over again during literally every action scene.
My favorite movie as a child - and just seeing this short video on it makes me want to rewatch it SO much
This is actually my favorite Disney film, probably.
Rescues Down Under was my FAVORITE! I LOVED IT!
One of my favs... Also Doug failed to mention the incredible score. The music that plays during the flying scene is goose-bump tingle creating and a great deal to the overall tone and emotion to this movie. I can't understand why he didn't mention it.
watched it as a kid and loved it!
I honestly don't even think I ever even saw the original Rescuers all the way through. THIS is the one I used to watch on VHS at my grandmother's house and it's the one I continue to favor to this day. A true masterpiece.
I didn't even fully KNOW about the first Rescuers movie until I was a teenager. THIS was the one I had as a kid, and I think, like many movies, I warped the tape from watching it so much. It's one of those movies I could just watch over and over again, and not because we had a limited movie library(Back when Disney Channel was a VERY premium channel, we recorded a LOT of movies to VHS). Marahute's flight was and always will be my favorite scene in the movie, besides Wilbur's time in the hospital truck(Just the entire interaction of him with the medical staff!)
When I was a kid in Adventure Club I got in a bit of a thing with a counselor about watching 'The Rescuers' vs 'The Rescuers Downunder'. I had said 'We saw that one already', when it came to watching The Rescuers while waiting for parents to pick us up.. frustrated she asked what I wanted to see and I said 'Rescuers Downunder'. And she said 'We just saw that one too' in the snappy tone of a fed up adult that didn't like a child's reasoning. Which was true.
At the time I really hated the first one, and I loved the second one. These days I know what I was trying to express with my disinterest. The Downunder one is *beautiful* with great scenes, characters, dialogue, it's so much more fun to look at and experience than the first one which was ugly and had that style of animation I still abhor as an adult.
I wish sometimes I could go back and explain that the first one is just a piece of shit compared to the second one and she shouldn't subject us to the lesser of them just because she's feeling snippy.
I saw this last week and the animation was wonderful. :)
I had a few Disney movies on tape as a kid. This was one I saw all the time and I never knew it was underrated until I got older. I thought everyone saw this movie; it's fantastic! And my family still quotes McLeach to this day!
Thank you...I loved this movie as a kid and miss watching it as an adult
I had this on VHS as a kid, and I loved it. I didn't see the original until later. In fact, when this DIsneycember video first came out years ago, it got me to buy the DVD.
I liked the eagle scenes, especially the feather she gives him and the bittersweetness.
When I was little I called this movie: "The boy and the eagle!" xD
The movie didn't perform very strong as first weekend because it was the exact same weekend Home Alone came out, which took the box office by storm. I would love to see a Nostalgia Critic review on this, since I love hearing him talk about films that deserve more recognition than they receive.
I saw this in the theater when I was a kid and loved it. My parents did too.
I've been on this kick of watching Disney movies lately, and about 2 months back I rented this off Amazon. Still liked it. Great movie.
I did see the original Rescuers a long time ago in the theater as well, but I remember being really bored by it. To me, that one's so old it's new, so I guess I'll have to watch it soon and be disappointed by how it doesn't hold up to this one.
Man, I love this movie so much!
I'm not going to lie, the flying scene with the eagle, the visuals and the music, it honestly makes me cry every time with just how beautiful it is.
Had it on casset as a kid...freaking loved it!
I REMEMBER THIS ONE. I ACTUALLY REMEMBER THIS MORE THAN THE ORIGINAL
I honestly don't know why some people don't remember this as well. This was a beautiful heartfelt story I shared with my kids recently
This is one of my favourite Disney movies ever. One of those films where the sequel is better than the original.
I thought I was the only person who didn't like the first one but LOVED this one. I watched it so many times as a kid. Even the first time we see the mice and there's all the mishaps with the soup and the ring, I remember my attention was captured.
Why does this movie gets forgettable, it was fantastic, the animation was amazing, it was definitely one of the coolest animations I've ever seen growing up, I kind of think that some of the sky scenes in the movie actually gave some inspiration for Aladdin's sky scenes. On top that, this movie was really memorable, the characters, the flying, the villain, the scenery, everything about this movie you could remember even when you've seen it only once, it's a great movie.
In my opinion, I wish this was in a Kingdom Hearts game!
I can just imagine a gameplay scene where you're riding on Marahute, and trying to save Cody from going over the waterfall,
while flying through speed boost rings, and fending off heartless and cocodiles who try and slow you down. And if you succeed, it'll play that iconic diving cutscene.
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