Richmond Times- "Yu-Gi-Oh" movie worst film of 2004 [Archive]

Beat

12-30-2004, 01:35 PM

Article courtesy of Anime News Network (http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD%2FMGArticle%2FRTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031779923504&path=%21weekend&s=1045855936233)

Ouch.

Duke

12-30-2004, 01:51 PM

Oh, please, it's not that bad. You can laugh at it, and any movie that you can laugh at easily is not a bad film.

Harlan_Phoenix

12-30-2004, 03:03 PM

As long as I like it, I don't really care. It is kinda funny to read the article though.

DemonBoy

12-30-2004, 03:18 PM

Well that article has the 4Shame adaption number. Even though it kind of true it is a commercial.

IanC

12-30-2004, 03:23 PM

I actully liked the film, i really dont know why so many reviewers hated it

Lord Dalek

12-30-2004, 04:49 PM

Your point being?

Don_East

12-30-2004, 05:46 PM

That list is just ********, I mean Baby Genuises(SP?) 2 was a worst film. And their Top 10 Best Movies didn't Spider-Man 2, The Passion, or Napoleon Dynamite.

Naruffy

12-30-2004, 06:53 PM

THe list is Crap, The Movie beeted the critics expection of the first weekends box office and came in at number three when it had stiff competition that weekend. I mean Its a kids show there was nothing wrong with the movie, Most of you who hate the movie are those who follow stupid people who don't like 4kids and what they do so agree on anything they say is so. 4kids did not do nothing wrong with the movie, It had your basic theme Cards and cards and the Movie was darker than the series adaption on KWB. 4Kids asked the japanese companies to make the film because of the successs of Yugioh and like false anime fans like you Dog on it and complained why because in your words 4kids uck I'm not promoting it...right! but you still wake up to watch the hack job you say they do on SAt mornings instead right! Grow up people grow up!

rubberchicken

12-30-2004, 06:59 PM

Worse than Riddick? Man, that IS bad...

Gokou Ruri

12-30-2004, 08:38 PM

When you make a movie for an anime with no connection to the Japanese, then you know it'll bomb.

Big time.

JDNobodi

12-30-2004, 09:20 PM

Whoa, wait a minute. I'm not a big Yu-Gi-Oh fan and haven't followed the anime much, but are you guy's saying 4-kids commissioned the movie. I thought they just dubbed it.

Wanted

12-30-2004, 09:35 PM

Critics get paid to have opinions, which makes them even more bigoted.

Well, I didn't see the movie, so I have no opinion on it until they release a WS version. I guess that's my fault (that I didn't see it).

Chris Wood

12-31-2004, 12:45 AM

That's almost cool enough to make me want to read The Richmond Times. Almost.

FlyByNite77

12-31-2004, 02:42 AM

Where is Surviving Christmas? Everything I read about it was giving it 0 stars and other crap.

Hordesman

12-31-2004, 09:16 AM

Where is Surviving Christmas? Everything I read about it was giving it 0 stars and other crap.

I'm not sure many non-reviewers saw it since it ended up on DVD before Christmas. Saw Napoleon Dynamite on 1-2 worst movie lists. Mmm, didn't like it much myself. But reviews are all opinion, y'know? Even after you've studied the tech end of things...

Mmm, yeah, I enjoyed YGO fine enough. Went 3 times, between finishing the card collection and taking my YG-obsessed cousin. The big problem is the card exposition. "Shut up. I know what this card does. It does this and this and this..." Better than watching a chick flick or having a second go at Mel's holy little splatterfest, tho'. So was YGO the theatrical release I saw the most times this year? Was until Team America came out (9 times! woo!)

PowerZord

12-31-2004, 09:55 AM

I don't think it was the worst movie(Altough I havent seen it.)

There were far worse movies. I agree with Naruffy

Rae78

12-31-2004, 10:23 AM

ANN is ANNoying. They are quick to write or report negatively on a lot of things, but they loooove everything that comes from ADV. Curious, that.

Sure, the Yugioh movie sucked. But one critic's opinion is barely worth the paper it's written on. There are a lot of bad movies out there, and a thousand times more critics.

Dark Fact

12-31-2004, 01:53 PM

ANN is ANNoying. They are quick to write or report negatively on a lot of things, but they loooove everything that comes from ADV. Curious, that.

Anime News Network is good in terms of reporting the latest anime headlines. However, the people who run that site have to be biggest bunch of snobs I've ever seen. If you go to their forums, they put the exclamation point on "anime politics". Geez, anime is entertainment and the people there are taking it WAY too seriously.

As for the Yu-Gi-Oh! movie? Listen, the moment you hear "Eternity does not last forever", there is no point in even trying to make heads or tails of it. To me, it's simple "leave your brain at the lobby" entertainment.

I'm still impressed that they allowed the use of alcoholic beverages in the movie though... :anime:

IanC

12-31-2004, 03:20 PM

I'm still impressed that they allowed the use of alcoholic beverages in the movie though... :anime:
"No more white wine spritzers before bed time"

Or something to that effect

Duke

12-31-2004, 05:34 PM

Whoa, wait a minute. I'm not a big Yu-Gi-Oh fan and haven't followed the anime much, but are you guy's saying 4-kids commissioned the movie. I thought they just dubbed it.
Yep, 4Kids paid money for it to be created for the U.S. The movie in Japan was only a half-hour long and was set in the OG anime (aka the one we will never get).

Deadly Messiah

12-31-2004, 11:51 PM

Chris Wood

01-01-2005, 03:04 AM

Well, seeing how he has Van Helsing and Resident Evil Apocalypse in that list as well, this guy has no taste. And I'm surprised he didn't have Chronicles of Riddick in there since that movie kicked ass as well.

Well, let's be honest. Those were both extremely cheesy movies. Maybe they wouldn't make my ten worst list, but it's not hard to see why others might choose them.

purplehairedwonder

01-01-2005, 03:17 AM

Oh, it wasn't that bad. It was extremely cheesy, yes, but that was part of the whole enjoyment factor for me. I personally liked it.

Strollymonster

01-01-2005, 05:58 AM

"No more white wine spritzers before bed time"

Or something to that effectJust in case no one caught on, Pegasus is the Japanese Michael Jackson...

Think about it...

Dresses in a very, shall we say, fruity flair.

Has a huge estate.

Speaks in a very strange manner for a grown man (Eh, Yugi-boy?)

Invites kids from around the world to travel to his secluded island without parental supervision.

Loves cartoons and other childish activities (after all, he does manage a game company)

Steals people's souls (MJ hasn't shown us that one yet)

I can't be the only one that sees it...

Dudley

01-01-2005, 11:09 AM

Worst movies had been made than Yugi-Oh.

Dark Fact

01-01-2005, 12:10 PM

Spoontang, if we see Pegasus do the moonwalk, it'll be official! :zim:

PowerZord

01-01-2005, 01:23 PM

My local newspaper "El nuevo dia" Also placed Riddick and Resident evil as the worst of the year

Harlan_Phoenix

01-01-2005, 01:26 PM

Just in case no one caught on, Pegasus is the Japanese Michael Jackson...

Think about it...

Dresses in a very, shall we say, fruity flair.

Has a huge estate.

Speaks in a very strange manner for a grown man (Eh, Yugi-boy?)

Invites kids from around the world to travel to his secluded island without parental supervision.

Loves cartoons and other childish activities (after all, he does manage a game company)

Steals people's souls (MJ hasn't shown us that one yet)

I can't be the only one that sees it...
You are now my hero.

Duke

01-01-2005, 02:16 PM

Worst movies had been made than Yugi-Oh.
Yea, like the Japanese YGO movie!

Gokou Ruri

01-01-2005, 02:48 PM

Everything before the second series is pretty crappy. The US-made movie is horrible too.

I.. :rolleyes: acquired the movie for viewing. After about ten minutes, I threw it away and scrubbed my eyes and ears with some Lysol.

Bad voice acting, horrible plot, focus on the card game, ruining the continuity of the Kaiba x Yugi relationship.

I'd give it the worst of 2004 as well.

Chris Wood

01-01-2005, 04:14 PM

Chrono1995

01-01-2005, 04:32 PM

That list is just ********, I mean Baby Genuises(SP?) 2 was a worst film. And their Top 10 Best Movies didn't Spider-Man 2, The Passion, or Napoleon Dynamite.
I agree with you on Baby Geniuses 2, but the SP2 and The Passion were wholly mediocre. Napoleon Dynamite I enjoyed greatly, but I don't think it's the Top 10.

It also doesn't help (I'm from Richmond, by the way) that the critic hates virtually everything. He accused Return of the King to be the most overdone film of the decade, etc.

Still, I agree with Yu-Gi-Oh.

Bomby

01-02-2005, 12:17 AM

Huh. I liked it. Heck, I loved it. I saw it three times in theatres and bought it the day it was released. I even bought an extra ticket because I wanted the Shining Dragon. oo'

. . . .that says a LOT about me, huh? *geek* X)

Companies like that get all their money from poeple like me. Ah well, I'm happy with it, so that's all that matters to me.

Gokou Ruri

01-02-2005, 01:35 AM

BESD requires BEUD to work.

Upperdeck has no plans to release BEUD... so BESD is a worthless.

Dark Fact

01-02-2005, 08:49 PM

This movie is worse than Freddy Got Fingered? :eek:

Dr_Flask

01-03-2005, 11:00 AM

Yu-Gi-Oh worse movie of 2004?!
Okay, what about The Terminal w/Tom Hanks or The Polar Express w/Tom Hanks. Or how about Spanglish w/Adam Sandler, or Chasing Liberty w/ Mandy Moore. Or how bout White Chicks, The Punisher, or Blade 3(I was very disappointed), National Treasure, or I Robot... C'mon Yugioh cannot possibly be the worst film of 2004!:rolleyes:

Dudley

01-03-2005, 12:52 PM

Bad voice acting, horrible plot, focus on the card game, ruining the continuity of the Kaiba x Yugi relationship.

What, Kaiba was nice?

Gokou Ruri

01-03-2005, 02:45 PM

What's wrong with The Terminal? :sad: I thought it was a nice movie. So was Napoleon Dynamite, but mainly because Napoleon resembles this kid at my school who gets picked on a lot.

What, Kaiba was nice?
The movie takes place after Battle City from what I remember. In the original, after Battlecity, Kaiba is no longer interested in beating Yugi and he's pretty much his friend.

But in the dub he still has angst for Yugi, so I guess it fits for them.

Hordesman

01-03-2005, 03:23 PM

Bad voice acting, horrible plot, focus on the card game, ruining the continuity of the Kaiba x Yugi relationship.
:o

Just in case no one caught on, Pegasus is the Japanese Michael Jackson.I think Pegasus fancies himself more of a Cole Porter. "There's something wild about you child that's so contagious! Let's be outrageous! Let's misbehave!" Certainly he made an impression on Duke Devlin. Ohohohoho!

Edit: He's not Japanese. Pegasus is American, all out Gaijin. Bandit Keith is American too, and not the least bit nationalistic. :sweat: And Rebecca? Best of the bunch but a tad out there as well.

Gokou Ruri

01-03-2005, 08:21 PM

American, Japanese, German, Itallian, Greek, Egyptian, African, French.

Whole lotta nationalities on that show. John Claude Magnum is American too.

Dark Fact

01-04-2005, 10:10 AM

American, Japanese, German, Itallian, Greek, Egyptian, African, French.

What? No Canadian? :crying:

PowerZord

01-04-2005, 10:46 AM

I bought the YGO DVD, and I loved that movie. it's super great , Better than I thought.

Kaiba "Cut the bull about friendship!"

Gokou Ruri

01-04-2005, 02:54 PM

What? No Canadian? :crying:
They only wanted the important countries. :p j/k

Dark Fact

01-05-2005, 12:28 PM

They only wanted the important countries. :p j/k

OoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOo.............. :ack:

Duke

01-06-2005, 02:06 PM

They only wanted the important countries. :p
Yet they have French people...

dawnyoshi

01-06-2005, 02:18 PM

well, Yu-Gi-Oh indeed deserves a plce on the top 10 worst of this year...or top 5, but not 1st place. Other movies could fill that. SB2, or Cody Banks 2, are great examples of Number 1 worst films of the year.

and yes, I'm a Yu-gi-oh fan. I'm not a big snob when it comes to anime editing generally, but if it's screwing with the continuity of a story or just makes a mockery of someone's creation, I will be pissed. YGO the movie did it for me.

and geez...white wine spritzers? Give Pegasus some damn vodka 4kids. =P

Dark Fact

01-06-2005, 04:06 PM

At least they let him drink alcohol in the movie... :rolleyes:

Yash

01-07-2005, 05:45 PM

Richmond Times - you suck.

I loved the movie. Yeah, I know, it's one of those movies where you have to watch the series to get it. But because of that, you can't make fair judgement of it until you understand what they're talking about.

Also, Powerzord: Was that really in the movie? I don't remember it... it'd be cool if the DVDs had some extra goodies :D

BTW, is it in widescreen, or fullscreen? I just saw an ad run for it, it was in widescreen, but people say it's in fullscreen.

And why isn't Napoleon Dynamite on their "best" list?

Chris Wood

01-08-2005, 03:20 AM

Yeah, I know, it's one of those movies where you have to watch the series to get it. But because of that, you can't make fair judgement of it until you understand what they're talking about.

As Ebert has said (notably in his Scooby Doo review), a good movie doesn't require the audience to do outside research in order to understand it.

Duke

01-08-2005, 07:39 AM

As Ebert has said (notably in his Scooby Doo review), a good movie doesn't require the audience to do outside research in order to understand it.
The whole reason the movie was made in the first place was so that the kiddies watching would drag their parents into the theater and make major moneys. Anything extra is icing on the cake.

Gokou Ruri

01-08-2005, 02:42 PM

You'd think that since 4-Kids is good at making original stuff (TMNT) the movie should have been awesome.

Chris Wood

01-08-2005, 02:54 PM

The whole reason the movie was made in the first place was so that the kiddies watching would drag their parents into the theater and make major moneys. Anything extra is icing on the cake.

If your point is that we should not have expected anything more than a shallow merchandising vehicle, then I agree.

IanC

01-08-2005, 03:52 PM

BTW, is it in widescreen, or fullscreen? I just saw an ad run for it, it was in widescreen, but people say it's in fullscreen.

UK dvd release is W/S

Duke

01-09-2005, 01:09 AM

You'd think that since 4-Kids is good at making original stuff (TMNT) the movie should have been awesome.
The difference is that Peter Laird is in control of the story for TMNT. He has nothing to do with YGO.