Say, remember my four clues for my mystery review that I'm going to have here? You know...
1. A person with an inanimate object
2. Expecting the unexpected, but getting something else...
3. S***'s going down!
4. Guy in yellow
Well, today those things will be present in this review. You'll see, because they'll be italicized and bold in the text. However, I will confess about one of the hints...
Guy in yellow... AND PURPLE!
Let's dive into the LarryBoy vs. the Milk Money Bandit scene from LarryBoy and the Rumor Weed!
DISCLAIMER: I already a review of this movie, so if you haven't read it yet, feel free to check that out before or after reading his blog post.
Beginning of the Scene:
Here we have two peas walking home from a movie theater.
Pea #1: "That was a lousy movie!"
-By the way, this scene had to be recycled from the opening scene from LarryBoy and the Fib from Outer Space, because both opening scenes are identical, except that this time around, the film at the theater sucked big time for the peas. Yeah, that would be my reaction too when I finished seeing a bad movie at a theater. Taken 3, Tammy... they were shit.
Anyway, all is okay, sort of... as the peas talk about the movie they just saw. But a shadow stalks them at every corner (almost).
-I mean, this dude isn't even trying to look like he's stalking these two kids.
Sure, he may be lurking in the shadows, but come on. I betcha one of the kids may have still seen him from their peripheral vision at some point! Then again, the kids aren't paying attention to their surroundings.
The pair then stops and one of them makes a reference to the Fib from Outer Space video:
Pea #2: "Hey, do you remember what we saw the last time we were here?"
-(mimicking that Pea) Yeah, we got to make a reference to the Fib incident, because... it's been about a year or so since that shit went down.
The two kids stare at the night sky momentarily, until their stalker comes out of nowhere and asks for money.
-This is a moment of expecting the unexpected, but getting something else. You know... the kids thought they were remembering the Fib incident (thanks to the movie's idea of recycling plots from past videos), but instead of an alien falling from the sky, they get a bandit demanding for spare change of all things.
Pea #2: (by the way, this is Percy Pea. I looked it up) "We're not supposed to talk to strangers. And no, I don't have any extra money."
But the bandit doesn't buy it, but instead intimidates the kids.
Milk Money Bandit: "Oh, really? Well how about... a dollar and twenty-eight cents?"
Percy Pea: "Wha...? How did you know I had that?"
-Now for the next part of this scene, how much you want to bet that this is considered stalking of a child?
Milk Money Bandit: "I've been watching you, kid! Every Monday morning, your mom gives you a dollar and twenty-eight cents... and I want it!"
-So, not only was he stalking these kids, but he's just a lazy bastard that he chooses to steal $1.28 over a gaming console or whatever else is expensive. What a prick! Preying on people smaller than him...
So the bandit steals the money...
-...uh... he steals the money off-screen...
...and he taunts the kids from the rooftop.
Milk Money Bandit: "Ha ha! See you later, boys! I hope you like water with your lunches!"
-This guy shouldn't live. He's that bad, guys.
-But don't worry, guys. Things get interesting...
Suddenly, we see the bandit see something emerge from a billboard.
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-Even the shadows on LarryBoy's face look pretty awesome. Good job, Big Idea.
LarryBoy: "I believe you have something that belongs to those boys."
-S***'s going down! (Told ya!)
Milk Money Bandit: "Who are you?"
LarryBoy: "I'm LarryBoy."
-Now this part was the most anticipating. Now I know that this is like a LarryBoy alternative to Batman saying his name to a crook, but it definitely fits the atmosphere of this scene. There's so much emotion put into this scene that I wouldn't be doing this review if there was none.
-True story: I remember when I was eleven, and I used to watch this movie over and over. One of the reasons why is because I looked forward to this scene with LarryBoy and the Milk Money Bandit. It was that good.
So LarryBoy attacks the Milk Money Bandit with one plunger ear, and has the bad guy dangle from the edge of the rooftop.
-Now one pretty interesting thing about this scene was something that I've found when pausing it at one point, when LarryBoy is about to attack with his plunger ear. Yeah, this was something that I came across and didn't expect something like that/ It's like his eyes were missing pupils for a second. But, I won't go too deep into this absurdity just yet; that would be for another blog post.
-Next, there's one second in the attack bit where it looks like the Milk Money Bandit was fighting back, but gives in. The bandit can be seen kicking LarryBoy in the chest until he's being dangled from the rooftop.
Milk Money Bandit: "What are you gonna do?"
LarryBoy: "It's not nice to take people's milk money."
-You hear that, bandit? You shouldn't have been a pussy by stealing from people that are smaller than you.
Then LarryBoy turns the Milk Money Bandit upside-down, and...
-...is it me, or is that bandit getting some strain in his head. If you were to time how long it takes from the moment LarryBoy turns him upside-down to when he turns him right-side-up again, you can see that it took 22.90 seconds that bandit was upside-down that whole time. That's a huge headache, but he deserved it.
The kids are looking up at the rooftop to see what is going on.
Milk Money Bandit: "Take it easy! Don't get crazy!"
-Um, crazy is stealing from a pair of kids, asshole.
-And plus, LarryBoy doesn't need to "take it easy," because he's bringing you to justice... asshole.
Eventually, LarryBoy shakes the bad guy, until the kids' money falls out of his pockets and onto the ground.
LarryBoy turns him right-side-up afterwards.
Milk Money Bandit: "I ain't feelin' so good..."
-No shit, Sherlock.
LarryBoy then takes him behind a billboard to drop him off into a police car, startling Officer Scooter.
-By the way... A person with an inanimate object. An anthropomorphic gourd holding a flower. Ha! All of my hints revealed!
-And plus, this is a good angle to shoot this bit. The billboard. The setup. Awesome.
Officer Scooter: "It's the Milk Money Bandit. We've been looking for you for months."
-How is this bandit that hard to capture? He steals the lamest things. He stalks children. And the movie itself makes him too obvious a bad guy. How can authorities miss somebody like him for that long? You'd think the police would have wanted posters for this guy!
Officer Scooter: "Thanks, LarryBoy!"
The scene ends with the officer thanking LarryBoy, even though the superhero isn't around anymore.
And that was one of the most epic scenes of the LarryBoy universe.
I think Big Idea outdid himself in 1999. I think they did a bang-up job on the animation, the music, and the theatrics. Sure, some of the stuff may seem like a parody of superheroes like Batman, but hey! LarryBoy is much more enjoyable to watch than Batman.
-And I'm not lying when I say that LarryBoy is my all-time favorite superhero. Enough said.
Whatsoever Critic
Source: LarryBoy and the Rumor Weed
Courtesy: Big Idea Entertainment
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