Scene Review: Rumor Weed Musical Number scene ("LarryBoy and the Rumor Weed")

Hi, I'm the Whatsoever Critic. I review just about anything.

I've always wanted to take a scene from a movie and give my opinion on it. And I did...
-Refer to the previous blog post (fight scene from The Pebble and the Penguin).
And recently, you guys requested that I do a scene review on a certain scene from LarryBoy and the Rumor Weed,

and that's the scene where  the Rumor Weed is singing while LarryBoy tries his best to destroy her... but ends up coming up short.

So let's not waste anymore time! This is my second Scene Review!

Start of Scene:

The scene starts with the camera zooming into the most generic neighborhood that you'll ever see of the late 90s, while catchy drum-and-snapping-finger music plays.

We then cut to Mr. Nezzer still in his BBQ-grilling attire...

-Um... why?

And then we see a Rumor Weed hanging around on the picket fence, and starting her song.

Rumor Weed (singing?): "Have you heard the one about Alfred?"

-Yeah, don't get me wrong, but like I mentioned in the review for this movie, this song is more of a rap than a sing-song song. Well, at least the end credits make up for it by having a sing-song version of this song.

Rumor Weed (singing?): "A dangerous robot I'm told..."

-Oh no! She turned into a disco ball! (Yeah right...)

-And plus, what's with the changing colors? It's like every time a villain sings a song, the colors have to be distorted. Why is that? Are we to assume that the scene is on drugs or something? Well, to be fair, the color trip happens three times in this scene; however, they feel really awkward, because... I mean look!

Now once the song gets going, Mr. Nezzer and two other characters join in:

Mr. Nezzer: "We've heard the one about Alfred. It's strange..."

Pea: "Amazing!"

Carrot: "And true!"

-Question: How do these people know Alfred? It's like the whole community knows him like he's a friggin' celebrity, when he's only a manservant to LarryBoy. And while we're on the subject, half of the dialogue in this movie is about Alfred:

Junior: "Did you hear what Mr. Alfred said?"

Rumor Weed: "I'm a good friend of Albert's..."

Laura: "Alfred."

Rumor Weed: "Yeah, Alfred..."

Mr. Nezzer: "What about Alfred?"

Carrot: "He is on the library board."

Mayor Blueberry: "They've been saying some strange things about your friend Alfred. I don't believe them, but some of our citizens are getting worried."

Dad Asparagus: "Mr. Alfred is a very nice man."

Mr. Nezzer: "...I remember when Alfred helped me out with my dinner party."

One Citizen: "He helped me change a tire."

One Lady Citizen: "He carried my groceries for me."

Officer Scooter: (crying) "He helped us with our bake sale!"
-Dude, there's a difference between saving someone and a funeral. Do you mind getting a clue?
Anyway, see what I mean? That was half the dialogue of that movie! Well, to be fair, that's supposed to be the purpose: Alfred being the center of attention.

So the Rumor Weed introduces herself through the song's chorus part. Then LarryBoy shows up to try to apprehend the weed.

So what does he have as a weapon?
LarryBoy: "Alright, Alfred. I am executing Plan A!"

(LarryBoy using a weed whacker)

-(sarcasm) By the way, good job, neighbors, for keeping out of the way, so that grass doesn't get into your eyes.

FAIL
LarryBoy: "Um, I'm gonna... I'm gonna try Plan B."

Alfred: "Alright, Trying Plan B..."
-The weird part about this bit is that you can definitely tell that LarryBoy is trying to cut at the weed. But afterwards, nothing is done to the weed, other than her just giving him a look, as if to say:

"Really, man?"
-And plus... random joke in 3...2...1...

(Does this make me look fat?)

After LarryBoy leaves, the Rumor Weed tells the three neighbors about how a rumor starts.
-And no, I'm not going to indicate that they're singing, because again, they're not really singing as much as rapping the lyrics.
Mr. Nezzer: "So what is a rumor?"
Rumor Weed: "It starts as a story/Maybe it's true, maybe not/but once you repeat it, it's hard to defeat it./Now look at the mess that you got!"
Neighbors; "Uh-huh!"
-That's Rumors 101 for us.

-Now, one thing that I've noticed is that there's one point in the scene where there's three Rumor Weeds standing in different spots, instead of there being only one weed.

Now, this is my first time noticing this, even though I saw this movie a million times, but I've discovered this when pausing scenes on my iPad.
-By the way, loving the color changes yet? I'm... I'm still a little bit skeptical.

-And look at that! These neighbors are just chilling during the weed's presence, as if this is a good thing. Seriously! What is wrong with these people?! Where's LarryBoy when you need him?
LarryBoy: "I am executing Plan B!"
-Thank you!

(LarryBoy using hedge clippers)

FAIL
-And even the weed is like:

"Eh..." (her reaction)
So seeing that both Plans A and B were a fail, what does our hero react?
LarryBoy: "Alfred, I think we have a problem."
Alfred: "Yes? What's that?"
LarryBoy: "I can't stop this thing!"
-Wouldn't it be nice to have a Plan C right now?

Anyway, Alfred tells LarryBoy that he can use the sensors from his plunger ears to scan the weed to gather some data. And then we get...
-Oh, just watch and see.

Rumor Weed: "Hello? Hello? Testing one, two, three..."
-(giggling) You can totally make fun of this bit right here.
AND NOW IT'S TIME FOR A SEGMENT I'D LIKE TO CALL...
Random Jokes with Whatsoever Critic!
Joke #1:

"Hi, can I get a large pizza with extra toppings and..."
Joke #2:

"Excuse me, sir? Is your refrigerator running?"

"Uh, I guess..."

"Well, you better go catch it!"
THIS HAS BEEN...
Random Jokes with Whatsoever Critic!

So after gathering data from the scanning...

-By the way, this is like the late-90s version of iTunes, when you think about it.
-And plus, why do they have Junior Asparagus on one of the monitors?

The Fib from Outer Space incident was 2 years ago (1997-99 time period). Are they stalking him?!
...LarryBoy can't move because...
LarryBoy: "It's got me by the ear!"

-Now, this is where we get Bullshit #3.

Seeing that Bullshit #1 is the weed whacker fail,

and Bullshit #2 the hedge clippers fail... Bullshit #3 is being pulled by a weed that as twice as strong as you are.

I mean, has that weed been bench-pressing the whole time she was in the sewer?

Then the Rumor Weed continues her song, and eventually lets LarryBoy's ear go, sending him flying off-screen. Then the neighbors join in the song... as if everything is A-Okay or something.

-Really, guys?! A stranger just comes into your yard and starts saying weird stuff about a person, attacks another person (LarryBoy)... and all y'all can do is join into her delusional festivities?!

Okay, so that's a run-through of the Rumor Weed song scene from LarryBoy and the Rumor Weed. I hope you enjoyed this new segment that I'm doing so far. This was requested by you guys. So thanks guys!

Whatsoever Critic
Source: LarryBoy and the Rumor Weed

Nintendo DSi also used for circling things, pointing at things, and making notes.

Courtesy: Big Idea

Scene Review: Fight Scene from "The Pebble and the Penguin"

Hi, I'm the Whatsoever Critic. I review just about anything.

I was watching The Pebble and the Penguin on my mom's DVD player a few weeks ago, and I come across the movie's fight scene.

What would make it better than to talk about the fight scene.
Luckily, I got many requests to do something called a scene review, where you can talk about a scene, and say whether you liked it or not.
Looking back now, I may not have gone in depth with this particular scene in my review of The Pebble and the Penguin. So, today I'm here to bring you two things: an analysis of this fight scene, and then my Top 5 interesting things I found in this scene (by "interesting," I mean awkward and/or worth mentioning).
-And sorry if the DVD Player itself is in some of these pics. I was trying my hardest to get some good quality here.

So first, let's dive into my analysis!

Analysis:

So the scene starts with three kid birds flying to Drake's lair,

because they heard that the villain Drake has kidnapped Marina to be his bride.

Once the young birds get there, they see that Drake is hauling Marina deeper into his lair.

Just then, Hubie (the movie's protagonist) arrives on the scene and challenges Drake to a duel, of which Drake immediately accepts.
So the face-off begins with... Drake picking up his pecs...?
-What guy in their right mind would do that before fighting somebody?

So the two are running towards each other.
-See how Drake is leaning forward while running.

He's trying to Sonic-the-Hedgehog his way into battle.
-Also see how Hubie already has his fists up and towards his opponent. Not the best idea...

-Then we see Drake point his left elbow towards his opponent. He grabs his left wrist to pull his arm back to where the elbow is pointing forward; thus creating a 90-degree angle while he's running. Uh... I have a bad feeling about that...
As you can imagine,

Drake sends Hubie into a pillar,

knocking him out temporarily. For some reason, it takes Hubie a good while to recover from the blow.

After recovering though, Hubie steps up and goes after Drake.
Now here's where the real action happens: if you study the fighting strategies of both characters, you'll definitely know what to expect in this fight. (Now mind you, I'm no martial arts expert, but I've seen this fight scene so many times already, and I've studied many of the moves.)

-Notice that Drake- his choice of attack- uses his fists to attack his opponent and to disintegrate parts of his stairway.

-Notice that Hubie waits until after Drake makes his attack, and then he kicks Drake in the face.
The first kick to the face sends Drake to the foot of the stairs where Marina is standing. Marina tries to flee, but Drake grabs her by her ankle and tries to pull her to him.
Hubie steps in and bites Drake's foot.

-LOL. Drake's reaction to Hubie biting his foot... Hey! I can do that too!

You see?
So the fight continues. Drake is having more misses, while Hubie always meets his target. Drake, at one point, lunges at Hubie,

but Hubie delivers a powerful punch

and sends his opponent falling from the stairs with a final kick to the chest.

After that, we see Hubie and Marina reunite with each other, and then Hubie and Rocko reuniting with each other, and then...
-Somebody must have said "Deus ex machina" or something...

...because Drake ends up returning, even though he looks banged up, and his cape is all ripped to shreds. He throws a giant boulder at our heroes, causing the entire lair to collapse. And Drake dies. How?

Death by rocks crushing him... even though they don't show blood- that's a really hard way to go.

Now for my analysis...
This fight scene was very brief. However, it still provided some good action.

Now, as promised, I will give you my Top 5 interesting things in this fight scene. Before we start, I want to say that unlike my other Top 10 (or other number) lists, this one will be brief, because we've already covered some stuff. So let's get started.

5. How did Hubie get way up there on top of the tower?!

4. Drake's brute strength

3. The fight scene doesn't exceed one minute. (at least 43 seconds- I timed)

2. Marina doesn't run away when she needs to!

1. Like I said before, what guy in their right mind would pick up their pecs before a fight?

Well, I hoped you enjoyed this first-ever scene review. Stay tuned for a scene review for a certain scene in LarryBoy and the Rumor Weed... COMING SOON!
-Yeah! Watch me do a scene review on LarryBoy and the Rumor Weed! This one on this fight scene was hard, because it was awkward!

Whatsoever Critic

Source: The Pebble and the Penguin

Courtesy: Don Bluth (MGM Studios)