Jingle All The Way: A Christmas Battle Royale
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- Опубліковано 15 тра 2024
- Jingle All the Way is a 1996 American epic about a father who must fight the greatest warriors in Minnesota to get his child an action figure. Will he be victorious? Or will Sinbad stand triumphant. Find out.
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Wanted to end the year on a whimsical Christmas tale.
Moonfall next.
Can’t wait for moonfall
There is a sequel to jingle all the way
I wish they had made Moonfall as a Christmas movie tbh
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MOONFALL LETS GO
I like how surprisingly diverse Schwarzenegger was in his movie lineup. Like, in one moment, he could play an uncaring, unfeeling being attempting to be human, and in the next he could be the T800.
Then a pregant man
C O C A I N U M
As an immigrant child in the 90s, Arnold Schwarzenegger was a hero to us immigrants, not least of all for his ability to get so many jobs despite not speaking English very well.
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@@audiovisualcringe memories that deserve to be forgotten
"I work at the Post Office, so you know I'm not stable." -Sinbad
That line is pure gold.
बिल्कुल सही कहा
Aged well
And this movie released only 10 years after the 1986 post office shooting that inspired the term 'going postal'
Pretty accurate honestly
And don't forget his other line that he actually said
7:26 "Rodney king!!! Rodney king"
This movie is the epitome of the cast being so good that we ignore the cliche plot and bad writing and effects
Eh, Sinbad’s a hit or miss in this….
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Like mail bombs?
@@osmanyousif7849 He did the best he could with what he had
This movie has exactly the plot, writing, and effects it should have. It's not the Godfather, it's a goofy Christmas movie.
I especially liked Sinbad’s rant about Christmastime subliminal advertising, that was what made him relatable to me
“We see that they(retail employees) take avid enjoyment in the suffering of their customers.”
I always knew Jingle All The Way was a documentary.
It's true this is why I always make sure to berate and scream at retail employees so they don't get too big a head!!!!! :)
@@scarlettNET work retail
@@TMreal05 Nah I actually have dignity.
@@TMreal05 Learn sarcasm.
@@girlbuu9403 Not with that profile picture.
Fun Fact: The story is based on the 1980s shopping frenzy over the Cabbage Patch dolls. However, it ended up perfectly mimicking the Tickle Me Elmo craze of Christmas 1996.
Stop touching me elmo
by any chance did someone end up in an elmo costume?
@@zbabe69 I like tickle me bender
I mean, craze toys tended to be that way prior to 2005. Online shopping and shifting release schedules for toys have made it so these kind of last-minute riots are less common.
Until Sony underproduced the PS5.
My mom worked at a Zellers during that time and she said there was literally people beating the shit out of eachother over Elmo dolls.
My favorite part about this movie was that sinbad's backstory was that when he was a kid, he wanted a gun for christmas, and someone else got the gun and they grew up successful, while sinbad got stuck being the mailman, so he doesn't want that to happen to his kid.
Truly the greatest villain origin story of any christmas movie
A toy gun*. A pretty neat one at that. That Johnny 7 One Man Army gun does a lot for an early toy
@@DiggitySlice fuckin hell i spent 20 minutes laughing at what the og comment implied
He's right though. That shit was from the 60s, but it still looks like a dope-as-hell toy for kids today.
USPS is a fine job.
We have entered an interesting point of history where the Nostalgia Critic is an important cultural touch stone critics have to reference when reviewing media.
The dude's an internet veteran. I haven't watched him in years, but every time I see a reference to him in stuff like this I have to urge to go back and watch some of his more recent stuff. I never actually do though, he's probably more annoying than I remember, and I don't want my fond memories to be tarnished.
@@beatthegreat7020 Wise. Cherish the simpler times of bat credit cards that at worst will make you cringe, instead of giving yourself skit-laden brain damage.
@@shards-of-glass-man His more recent stuff doesn't have nearly as many skits, at least from what i've watched. Truly the dark ages have ended
that's what i was thinking, we can say a lot about the guy now but he made himself a name and is an iconic character
Ew
Honestly, Arnold was perfectly cast here. He knows his way around a character can't be bargained with, can't be reasoned with, doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear and absolutely will not stop, ever, until he fulfills his duty - no matter how much physical harm and collateral damage he leaves in his wake!
Oh my god he literally just is the terminator in this movie isn't he
Haha, collateral damage
Oh like Conan the Barbarian
The fact there’s a Christmas film where a character arguably committed an act of domestic terrorism is kind of hilarious.
Die Hard
Christmas films are utterly insane
Weird how this movie keeps getting more appreciated as time goes on. Might be because it's from the age of movies where a movie could take itself 100% seriously without having to be meta about how ridiculous it is.
I mean, I kind of get it. People seem to think being intentionally silly is better then being unintentionally silly, so they have to communicate that it's on purpose through being meta or people will think they're stupid.
i loved it as a kid, and now as an adult i kind of love it even more since now i can actually relate to Arnold
that's called insecurity.
far better to just be unabashedly goofy without making excuses.
just own it.
I liked it then and I like it now.
I grew up in the 2000's and seen this movie a lot thanks to this being one of the films my mom likes to put on. I always enjoyed this one plenty of times but I was never a fan of the "demonizing the parent that works a lot" bit that I swear only went out of style because the 2008 recession happened.
The comedic timing of this film is surprisingly timeless and never fails to make me laugh to this day. A true Christmas classic at it's finest.
You're definitely not wrong. I laughed out loud at the end of the video when he had the clip of Sinbad going, "This is a SICK world we're living in."
the comedic timing is timeless?
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This movie features what is surely one of Arnold's most impressive on-screen feats. His car runs out of gas on the Hennepin Avenue bridge, and he's able to push it all the way to Mickey's Diner in downtown Saint Paul twelve miles away. The movie implies that this did not take him very much time at all - perhaps 15 or 20 minutes. We cannot rule out the possibility that Arnie's character is another Terminator sent back in time to either protect or kill young Anakin Skywalker.
Tbh I have never seen that kind of traffic on Hennepin
@@adamerickson7605 are we talking about the same Hennepin?
@@sevengeckos327 Yeah. I just don't go to the cities much
Maybe he got bored and picked it up, carried it over.
5:00 - “This is a Christmas movie where everyone is an antagonist” - best ever summary of this mean-spirited movie.
I feel that could also describe Christmas with the kranks
Rest in piece John Capitalism he surely was one of the humans of all time
That final ending clip really is my favorite part of the movie; the switcharoo of Sinbad bluffing that he's carrying around mail bombs that he mysteriously knows how to identify and hold on to, only to himself be disgusted when he discovers that someone actually sent a bomb through the mail.
That and the Turboman theme is pretty dang great.
agreed that my favorite moment of the movie too
“That was actually a bomb? This a SICK world we living with SICK people!”
I watch this movie even off of the Christmas season as a part of my "pre-9/11" nostalgia movie collection
Also apparently Arnold Schwarzenegger really enjoyed filming this movie and hanging out at the Mall of America
Cause he's a stud, and he takes no bullshit, like youuuuuuuuuuuuu. XD
I always forget people actually come to my state just to visit the mall. We'd just go there after school and hang out, thinking nothing of it
I repeatedly quote “He got two!!!!” throughout the year. Best Arnold line ever
When I was a kid, I never understood what he was saying there but then I saw the movie as an adult and it all clicked
I always quote, “ PUT THAT COOKIE DOOOWN NOOOOOWW!”
Haha I say this too
My family and me loves this movie and we constantly reference it all year
“It’s not a Two-fer”
Legit my favorite Christmas movie, I've spent my life mastering my Arnold Schwarzenegger impression. It's a movie that to me is filled with nostalgia and just a lovable another of absurdity. Thank you
And i'm sure it still sounds terrible
Say "Put that cookie down!" in your Arnold voice
There is actually a post credit scene where the wife asks, “if you went through all that hell for Jaime, I wonder what you got me”
I would like to take this opportunity to thank my 11th grade honors history teacher for playing this movie the final day before Christmas break in 2019 and opening my eyes to this masterpiece.
You a real one Mr. Hamlin
Howard Hamlin
The greatest legal mind I ever knew
Dang you just lucked out by not having to graduate in 2020
My High School Sales & Marketing teacher played Jingle All the Way to showcase supply and demand. It was right before Christmas break, but still.
Hamlin Hamlin McGuill
Christian Bale: I can play any role.
Arnold: ...Christian Bale can play any role.
Yeah Christian Bale is Batman.....but he aint Turbo Man
How dreary an existence you must have that you can't even enjoy something without thinking about something better. Like watching Die Hard and wishing it was Godfather
@@DiggitySlice godfather sucks compared to die hard lol
This and the live action Grinch movie are about the only Christmas movies that truly capture that raw, unfiltered feeling of chaos. Which makes them the only Christmas movies I can sit through and unironically enjoy.
I think Gremlins manages to hit that as well for me
@@Boalmighty and Die Hard too.
Funny enough I really enjoy the live action grinch film and I don’t know why. Probably because of the comedy (and the accidental perfect tablecloth swipe)
when he said "its turboin time" I bawled my eyes out at the beauty of it
This is the first time i've seen the meme match up to an actual quote in the movie
It's interesting to watch the lifespan of a meme unfold. This has now moved so far away from its morbius origins that it's almost unrecognizable. Memes evolve so much overtime now "vs their early 2010s origins" that if a young person were just now waking up from a year long coma and saw your comment they wouldn't understand it because they would have none of the original months old context.
It's jingle all the waying time tho
Torbius, a marvel legend story
“sinbad requiem” is genuinely so fucking raw
Man it's amazing how many Christmas Classics the 90s gave us
90's culture was real good ...
90s were way better than the unhinged dogsh!t culture we have now.
@@clamum9648 The last nuclear family .. And the best. Kids these days have never seen anyone get their azz kicked for acting stupid ^^ The covid kids are growing up and they need their face punched allot to make up for lost time.
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“The culture is actually damn good”
@@warlordofbritannia "what?" "culture?" "?"
"This is a sick world with sick people!" Is what always pops into my mind from this movie.
As I get older and watch this movie I appreciate Sinbad more. I wish him a speedy recovery
What happened to Sinbad?
@@silvy3047 He had a stroke 3 years ago and he's still recovering
If you think about it, this movie has a lot in common with The Oddyssey. Like Ulysses, Arnold wants to go back with his wife and son but fate puts every single obstacle possible in way, and like Penelope, Arnold's wife is pestered by a lecherous creep she has to politely but cleverly keep away from herself. Is really a tale old as time
I find it funny how you remember Odysseus' wife's name but not Odysseus himself, of which the Odyssey is named after.
@@shrinkydinks2585 that's because English isn't my native language, in my country we call that Greek hero "Ulises"
Feel like this Christmas movie becomes more infamous every year
Thanks to Ted! LOL after being adult I realized how outrageous/creep and (at the same time) hilarious the concept of his character is.. conquering the wives of his neighbors lol.
Ted is the rogue of the party.
Except he's a rogue played by a player who really wanted to play the bard, but wasn't allowed to by the DM, because the last time he was the bard, he married the campaign's main villain.
"They take avid enjoyment in the suffering of their customers." As a retail employee, its the most accurate movie I've ever seen.
When I used to work at Sherwin Williams, one of our sales reps came in and he looked EXACTLY like Sinbad from Jingle All The Way. I even changed his picture in my phone to Sinbad from this movie. Such great memories.
Do you mean he looked like a postman or Power Rangers villain? Both are weird as a sales rep but one is inspired and creative.
@@thunderstruck6647 😂😂😂 I cackled at this comment.
Postman, unfortunately.
Fun fact this movie is the reason why Jake Lloyd was even cast in star wars
And that’s because George Lucas wanted a experience actor
The first time I ever heard of this movie was the screen rant pitch meeting… and I can’t believe they were actually able to undersell a movie because they made this amazing experience of Cinema sound lame. Its genuinely a good watch just because of its insanity. You can tell the writers were writing what they wanted to write for a Arnold comedy, not what would actually make a good movie.
Yeah the pitch meeting did it dirty
Things that are funny for an Arnold comedy _do_ make it a good movie. Stop trying to out irony a movie that's already not taking itself seriously
I know that this movie isn't technically great or even good but its always had a special place in my heart growing up, my dad wasn't really around a lot growing up and when he was things weren't great so watching a movie was Arnold Schwarzenegger the biggest badass of all time, fighting tooth and nail just to give his son a special Christmas always made me feel warm inside
It is good though. It clears that bar with ease. It's not a masterpiece but don't try to needlessly belittle it, it's good.
Nah it's a good movie.
It’s technically perfect
It is cinema
same. i still get choked up despite being 28 and accepting ill never have a relationship with mine
I unironically adore this movie.
The vibe of this movie feels like a hungover movie exec greenlit a script meant to be a parody and critical of consumerism, but through more booze and cocaine became oddly heartwarming and nostalgic.
This movie never stops being great for my family all the scenes are surreal an iconic every time
Ah yes. The movie that gave us the unforgettable "Put that cookie down!" meme.
As someone who works in hospitality, an industry very similar to retail, I can confirm that seeing a bitchy, needy or rude customer getting upset and helpless is better than an orgasm
You have quickly become one of my favorite channels on UA-cam. Your editing is absolutely top notch and your commentary is surprisingly insightful.
Fun fact: Arnold started doing comedies because he saw Ghostbusters and loved it. He literally said "I want to be a Ghostbuster!" I think it's wholesome that rather than a cynical ploy to make more money, Arnie's motivation was literally "I want to make people laugh the way others make me laugh."
Fun Fact: He started out in comedies. _Hercules in New York_ (1970, credited as Arnold Strong 'Mr. Universe' although all his lines were dubbed), _Stay Hungry_ (1976, he won a Golden Globe for Best Acting Debut), and _The Villain_ (1979).
"I guess sometimes the greatest victories are just barely meeting the lowest of expectations" Holy shit, man. I wasn't expecting such depth from a review of a millennial holiday classic.
I need the people who made Violent Night to work their magic on this premise and ACTUALLY turn it into John Wick but it's black Friday shopping
Well people died irl during black Friday stampedes. Irl kill count lol
That moment when Sinbad body checks the Christmas present in the parade and yells, “OUTTA THE WAY, BOX!” ….. My sister and I thought that was the funniest shit we had ever seen when we were kids, and I honestly still laugh at it. Jingle All The Way is a great movie!
In my head cannon, Arnold’s character was officially cast as Turbo-Man, and is the longest running actor to play the character. Sinbad is cast as that brain guy, and the guy in the pink suit thing is kept on. They go on to make the most successful super hero trilogy of all time, being praised by critics and audiences alike. Each move is given full scores, five starts, 10/10, and 100% on every movie reviewing platform.
I can understand why people dislike this film - but for me, it's one of my personal favourites just for how wacky, crazy & all-around fun it is.
Yeah, because people think it's trying to be realistic and takes itself completely seriously
@@DiggitySlice People have forgotten that they don't have to over analyze every bit of media they consume.
@@fullmetal_3961b-but how can I enjoy something without a bunch of Twitter influencers telling me how "peak" and "goated" it is?!?!
@@fullmetal_3961 lol some people will get up in arms and bitch when they get presented with a fictional situation where they have to suspend disbelief. Sometimes they legitimately seem to imagine the writers sitting there telling them to not question anything like big brother from 1984, meanwhile all that really happened was a forgettable scene with a weird hiccup.
I was grinning my ass off all the way through this video. Great stuff and the much deserved digs at a certain critic of nostalgia were much appreciated
Being a Twin Cities native this movie always hits me right in the nostalgia feels. Since it was filmed on location, watching this movie is a bit like walking down memory lane. It’s like, “Oh yeah, the Mall of America used to look like that as a kid, didn’t it?”
i fucking love the whiplash this video gives. besides the absurd movie itself with literal murder at every corner, it constantly swaps into other genres like video game tier lists or sci-fi universe novellas. not to mention how the entire thing is formatted like a video game or novel essay where he dissects every major character/faction
I've always loved this movie for how well it captures pure unadulterated pre-2001 American culture.
The moment where Sinbad gave the cops and actual bomb used to crack me and my siblings up as kids. His reaction was perfect.🤣
8:32 the idea that Sinbad saw a package from Uncle Ted and just stored it for later use is hilarious though.
I loved this movie as a kid. We grew up very poor but my dad was my absolute hero
I still quote Sinbad on the regular:
"IT'S A SICK WORLD WE LIVIN' IN WITH SICK PEOPLE!!"
6:09 Oh great, now I know where that cookie line is from now... Now is stuck in my head for some reason.
I forgot how this movie was basically a live action cartoon. I remembered it being a goofy comedy, but dang it’s like Looney Tunes levels of nuttiness.
Man: "One thing we all agree on, is that once this season passes, none of us are ever going to think of these movies again until next November."
Me, an Afro Canadian living in French Canada: **having PTSDs of 'Home Alone' 1 & 2 and other Christmas movies re-runs that my grown a&s little brother can't stop watching in February, March and freaking JULY**
Just love how the credits scene topped it all off with revealing that Arnold/Howard this whole time forgot a gift for his _W I F E!_
“That’s so damn corny, AND I LOVE IT!”
Highly recommend watching the after-credits scene. Easily the funniest part of the whole movie.
There was a period where my mom loved quoting that final line just out of the blue.
"What did you get for *me*?"
I will always love this movie in a nonironic way. It's simplistically funny in a way movies just aren't any more. It's also a sort of perfect time capsule of 90's tropes in media and the way we were starting to think about Christmas consumerism. I'm aware it's not actually "good". But I love it.
Christmas movies are a sad reminder that there's no Christmas love for all of us in the southern hemisphere :')
I know of at least one:
"I'm Mister Green Christmas, I'm Mister Sun. I'm Mister Heat Blister, I'm Mister One Hundred and One..."
The 3 times as of now in my entire time I've been on this earth where I've seen snow in the Carolinas are like treasured memories that rival actual accomplishments
Someone should calculate how many laws Howard breaks in this one movie alone
LegalEagle has done that for some movies
Probably one of my personal Christmas favorites ever since I heard that Infamous cookie line
I saw this movie for the first time in Culinary Arts class and laughed so hard I cried. Still my favorite Christmas movie!
“Nobody likes you Booster”
- Sinbad
3:16 "The kid's a Marvel fan." *zooms into blurry Captain America* Legendary
THE BEST Christmas movie. Nobody can change my mind.
This & the grinch for me
"Equivalent to Church Scene of KINGSMEN"
DAMN THAT'S SO ACCURATE😂😂😂👍🏻
I remember unpacking Turbo Man action figures about a year ago when I worked at Wal-Mart. I couldn't believe they were real. I wish I bought one.
I'm the exact same way with this movie popping into my head during all seasons. Especially, "It really was a bomb? This is a sick world we're living in with sick people!" I think of that pretty much any time there's a gag explosion on screen.
I kinda love this movie, for all its flaws and...incomprehensible moments. Maybe with a few more rewrites it would've been a pretty smart satire of holiday commercialism, but would it really have been so memorable then? And frankly, the scenes of everyone LOSING THEIR MINDS over trying to get their hands on a Turboman doll are only SLIGHTLY crazier than the crushes to get Cabbage Patch Dolls, Tickle me Elmos, Skylanders, Hatchimals, or whatever the fad toy of the year was.
3:52 This film taking place in the same universe as The Santa Clause is now officially my headcanon.
When I was little, this was one of my absolute favorite Christmas movies. In fact, it made me really want a Turbo Man of my own, to the point where cried and begged for my parents to give me one. Eventually, my dad fished out an old Red Power Ranger toy he used to have, and that was enough to shut me up. (Apparently the giant T-Rex head on his chest didn't tip me off that it wasn't a Turbo Man.) So I have Jingle All the Way to thank for introducing me to Power Rangers, which in turn introduced me to the wonderful world of Tokusatsu. Thanks, Howard Langston!
Die Hard is the one true Christmas Movie
11:06 - That Santa warehouse is now a restaurant and wedding venue. It's quite lovely.
I loved the part Arnold said "it's Jingling time". The whole theater erupted into Christmas cheer.
Holy crap, I was just telling my girlfriend how much I loved this movie as a kid and it's such a comfort film now.
God I love this movie. I still scream "put that cookie down! Now!" At my friends and family.
I just really like Arnold Schwarzenegger movies, he's like if comfort food was an actor
This was Arnie's best comedy. Twins comes in second.
I still remember in 4th grade when my teacher put this on before the break.
Thanks Mrs. Nelson, you’re a champ
This is a movie that knows what it is. It’s a Christmas comedy starring Arnold. It never tries to be anything more and does what it does well.
That may sound like a criticism but it’s not. It’s just a good movie that doesn’t bog itself down with trying to be great.
Having only ever seen this movie while in a public school, I can definitively say it was the most surreal, dreadful, and bewildering experience a film has ever given me.
Really? This movie?
गुरु बिन माला फेरते गुरु बिन देते दान फिर भी। दोनों निष्फल है पूछो वेद पुरान।
have you only ever watched one movie, tumor man?
Jingle all the way is one of my favorite Christmas movies when compared to the rest.
With every other Christmas movie, There’s a sense of seasonal monotony and tiredness, yeah home alone is an ok movie, But it’s tired, You watch it every year and the story blends together. But there’s a sense of pure chaos and identity that underpins jingle all the way that I’ve always appreciated. This movie adds a bit of pulp to what would have otherwise been a very basic Christmas movie
As a clerk who works at the post office, we get so many hazmat packages like you wouldn't believe. So, assuming Sinbad is a City Carrier he'd be crazy enough to pull out a bomb.
This is unironically one of the best depictions of Minnesota in any piece of media.
Thanks for reminding me that this movie exists. As far as "modern" Christmas movies go, I think it scratches the itch just right.
The coffeeshop scene in Heat pales to the meeting of the minds that is Sinbad and Arnie talking in a diner
I suddenly and desperately want to see an Avenger's Endgame style clash between all my childhood Christmas movies.
A grand, jolly, and very bloody dash to retrieve the most powerful weapon in the Christmas multiverse: the cotter pin that sheared off the Polar Express's throttle.
I watched this movie for the first time last year, and it's pretty much the best Christmas movie ever made
I remember watching this movie over Christmas in Kuwait. The sheer mysticism and confusion that befell those that had never seen this movie before created a core memory.
I could watch horror films, disaster movies, apocalypse cinematics, video game adaptations, and live action remakes
but none of them make my anxiety act up as much as watching this movie showing someone's experience with Holiday shopping
I've been looking for this movie all. My. Life.
I unironically love this movie. It is way too funny
My favorite Arnold quote comes from this movie, "Put down the cookie!"
I do appreciate how Arnold looks horrified when he hears the explosion, but the mailman is just a little upset.
What a coincidence, I rewatched this last night. One of Arnold's best.
I loved the part where he jingled all over the place to save the day