The Pagemaster - Nostalgia Critic

[@proudsaiyanprince2651]

It's sad that you say it's boring because this is the movie that opened my mind to the wonderful world of books at a young age and the theme to this film still gives me emotional shivers down my spine. I can still hear Christopher Loyd's whisper of "Look to the books." whenever I'm having a really hard time with something. This film is a underappreciated gem.

[@leolordful]

Damn, I hear it too.

[@johngoetzinger1605]

What a bundle of sticks.

[@morningowl43]

@@johngoetzinger1605oh look! A homophobic comment disguised as being “clever” directed towards a 7 year old comment 🤡

[@badasscomedy5126]

It would be if it tried harder

[@chefbreccia2642]

Christopher Lloyd, Whoopi Goldberg, Leonard Nimoy, and Patrick Stewart. Was this a movie or a Star Trek reunion?

[@zoewr5428]

A dissapointing Star Trek reunion in animation with no plot that is...

[@walkerchisholm5257]

Frank Welker did the screams for Spock in Star Trek III.

[@garthdavis2502]

@@walkerchisholm5257 Now that's a fun fact.

[@OfficerFriendly2006]

who did christopher lloyd play in star trek.

[@hulkfan97]

@@OfficerFriendly2006 he was a Klingon in Search for Spock

[@Radratpup]

I distinctly remember being afraid of libraries BECAUSE of this movie as a kid so really it did the opposite of its intended purpose

[@HBHaga]

Nah, you want to be terrified of libraries try watching Something Wicked This Way Comes while running a high fever.

[@HBHaga]

I tend to watch movies when I get sick, sometime I choose poorly.

[@floatingbooks4058]

HBHaga one time i watched that weirdass anti drugs animation with the cartoon characters. In its entirety while I had a fever

[@HBHaga]

Sounds like that might have gotten a bit trippy. I made the mistake of watching the House on Haunted Hill remake while running a 105.

[@azura-moonstar]

HBHaga hey that movie is awesome, loved it as a kid was the first horror movie i liked.

[@hoodwynk1389]

The Mr Hyde part freaked me the hell out, as a kid

[@rachelsquire7246]

DAHLicious Wafflez same

[@Tigrion]

yup that and the dragon part ^_^

[@ProfessorUniverse95]

My brother screamed

[@maryhawkins3089]

Scarred me and my brother , for sure.

[@jjj9640]

Sounds about right.

[@VegetaSoup]

I actually loved this movie as a kid, to the point it was one of my favorite movies. I mean, it was flawed, I won't doubt that, but it has a special place in my heart and fueled my imagination and love for reading.

[@valerietheodore1688]

Ditto

[@benjackson7872]

Same. It has flaws but at the same time it’s enjoyable. Rich does show signs of development towards the end of the movie.

[@KSundstrom2]

Me too! It was one of my favorites. Contrary to what this guy says, I for one was more interested in reading after I first watched it. I actually just looked up a full version and it sucked me right back in at the age of 27. It's certainly entertaining in my book (hah!)

[@terranova1203]

Same here.

[@jjj9640]

I hope my little brother can say that when he grows up. He likes the movie too, he even watched it on his last birthday. P.S.: 4:08 That means its working.

[@DanSolo0119]

I beg to differ. I remember that after I saw this movie, I wanted to read Treasure Island. This movie, as well as The NeverEnding Story, actually encouraged me to read because I was actually curious about the stories mentioned

[@KyleRayner12]

As creepy as Lloyd is in this, at least he isn't boring. (Side note: Patrick Stewart? Christopher Lloyd? Leonard Nimoy? Whoopi Goldberg? How the hell did this movie get an all-star cast?!)

[@franohmsford7548]

An all-star trek cast! Captain Picard, Cmdr Kruge, Mr Spock and Guinan!

[@walkerchisholm5257]

Don’t forget Frank Welker’s in this to. Also he’s Megatron.😊

[@Pinka13]

Correction: An all Star TREK cast!

[@borisammerlaan7408]

But no mention of the voice actor GOD, Frank Welker, playing Horror? Sheesh.

[@patdornoff9383]

both nimoy and lloyd have played master xehanort in the kingdom hearts games

[@vmi02raven]

"The kids' section is actually the porn section. We get a lot of complaints." LMAO!!!!

[@ElijahRichards25]

Always heard that as "The cute section is actually the porno section. We get a lot of complaints."

[@한남자다니엘]

Kinda dark if you think about it as cheeze pizza

[@SolstaceWinters]

I actually rather enjoyed Pagemaster as a kid. I didn't see it as "glossing over" each of those literary classics so much as it was "giving you a taste" of the stories. Did what you see in Moby Dick make you curious about the how's and why's? Well go read the book and find out the rest of it. That sort of thing. I think, for the most part, I'd still enjoy this movie (granted it's been a while), but that ol' Gameboy game... UGH.

[@lukef2098]

I actually rather ejected prognnetersasakidfontsesaslifesygrvins

[@deuce5546]

That's like me making a movie for kids to wanna learn history and show a bunch of dead people. "Wanna know what happened to them and when? Look up the Vietnam War." Like Doug says here, the moral falls flat because the mc is already a bookworm from starters, his whole life is what he reads in books. I get that it's more about the things book teach you, such as courage, but if he was already a nerdy kid he would have read those books and learnt that lesson ANYWAY. The reason why Neverending Story works here and Pagemaster doesnt is that the main kid was an average kid, so that anyone could relate to him, I cant relate to this stuck up statistics kid. But even besides that, the whole movie is boring as hell, I distinctly remember changing the channel whenever they aired this, and it's not that the plot is boring, it has a lot of off colors, it's paced like a turtle and it's a drag to watch, not even the climax picks up the pace a little. It's a snoozefest.

[@patrickzalatoris3206]

Even the scene where a rapid dog came out of SH hounds of the baskervilles, it's one of the best sherlock novels, sure the movie didn't expand on the fictional novel characters that much, maybe it's best they shouldn't have, if kids got interested in them from the scenes of the movie, they would want to read the books to learn more

[@orangeslash1667]

@@patrickzalatoris3206 The good news is that 20th Century Fox would get better with better with Animation with Anastasia. Even the animation in this film feels Don Bluth-ish. The bad news is that they would also get worse with Titian A.E.

[@moviemaniac2159]

Interesting how films like this, "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" and "Van Helsing" portray Mr. Hyde as a literal monster, while in the original book, Hyde was just an evil man.

[@benjaminschiel3339]

Well Mister hyde was first not even a bad guy. he was a guy that don't forced himselfe into the social moral and norm Dr jackel force himselfe his whole life. The other Side of him, that life his life under non moral lifetime slip slowy into Evil. Also you can argument that Special " The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" basical copy the incretibly Hulk.

[@TheMoose126]

@@benjaminschiel3339 I have no idea how I was able to understand that post, it was hard to get through, but I got through it..

[@James.B.Russell]

Yeah I remember the Incretibly Hulk. One of my favorite characters

[@femoman]

And it was even more complex than that, in a way that NO adaptation has ever gotten right: Jekyll is just as vile and evil minded as Hyde, but he represses his dark urges, and then later learns to split off these urges into the uninhibited Hyde identity, whom he lets loose to wreak havoc and do what he wants to purge himself of his guilt, and then clean up after him as Jekyll to atone for it.

[@pipedream2556]

​@@femomanyeah it's just a second identity with a disguise he could turn on and off eith what amounts to a magic potion, right? Hyde doing bad things and not reflecting poorly on Jekyll's reputation was exactly what he wanted when he made that potion!

[@legoC97]

Anyone else begun to feel nostalgic for old Nostalgia Critic episodes?

[@biomassregional6vlogstv]

Hear hear

[@naedanger123]

I don’t often get the urge to revisit classic NC/AVGN, but when I do it’s a week long binge

[@TheMOVIEMANIAC13]

@@naedanger123same

[@axelnilsson5124]

Ironic

[@AP-wn3uw]

I liked this movie as a kid. Glad to see from the comments that I wasn't the only one. For what ever reason this movie actually inspired me to read more.

[@clericofchaos1]

eh, I liked it. the animation was good, it had some good voice actors, and I was already a reader so I got all the references.

[@ClintonomoBay]

clericofchaos1 i feel like the colors, aside from the paint falling everywhere, were very dull and muted throughout the film.

[@clericofchaos1]

lol still looks better than most cartoons today.

[@wompwomp9946]

clericofchaos1 My ma bought a bootleg of this on the street and we all loved it lol

[@vladimirblagojevic5937]

agreed. :-) i saw it so many years ago, i thought i dreamed or imagined it

[@mistydemorrow4955]

The Dr. Jeckle and Mr. Hyde part suprised me, in a bad way. I hate scary things.

[@cofeespear4992]

As someone who was a boring bookworm with no friends as a kid this actually was a enjoyable movie for me as a kid

[@marinerman]

@4:38: "I need an adult!" I AM AN ADUULLLT!!!

[@amanibob1416]

marinerman "He, he'll be missed!"

[@elizabethtrudgill9900]

No! No you're not.

[@jordandill7863]

A NEED AN ADULTIER ADULT

[@emilysiegert5481]

I know everyone has a different perspective, but for me personally this movie still goes as hard nearly 30 years later as it did when it first came out. I love the animation, the story, the heckin' book puns, the soundtrack. Everything about this movie is memorable for me. A true underappreciated gem that fills me with a sense of childlike wonderment every time I watch it.

[@FarhanaK]

When you get nostalgia from a nostalgia critic video....

[@thatguynamedskyy6756]

it's like a 4th wall break inside a 4th wall break! that's like 16 walls!

[@felynecomrade]

...that's from something, I know I've heard that before...

[@Jesut01]

I think that sounds like a line from the "Nostalgia Critic Anthem" song

[@SaiyanJedi66]

...guys...it's deadpool XD the line was from deadpool

[@lookbovine]

When you’ve read that comment under the last dozen NC videos... you puke all yourself without getting up...

[@michaelcorbalis9860]

What kind of library only lets you take out 2 books?!

[@tristanhartup4936]

One that tries to create some last-minute conflict storywise

[@Eszra]

Used to be limits long ago. I remember that as a kid in the 90s

[@AirQuotes]

I remember those days you had a limit of 5 at my local library. I also remember people in my school crying because the newest harry potter at the time (goblet of fire) were sold out and they couldn't read it. I went to the library the day of its release and just checked it out thinking my classmates were so dumb. Libraries are so underrated

[@giuseppeianniello1998]

The Screenplay Library, apparently

[@ButterPecan37]

All the libraries around where I live you can only take out 2 or 3 books

[@Gaia_BentosZX5]

When Sonic Sez is more credible than Ted Turner, you've done something wrong.

[@optillian4182]

GaiaX5 And that's no good.

[@optillian4182]

Keith Pixton No.

[@jayblade2000]

that's NO good!

[@sargeantreyna2286]

True

[@PerovNigma]

"You wanna... *curl up with a good book*?" That's pretty hilarious! XD

[@zoewr5428]

Ikr

[@biomassregional6vlogstv]

Yes^^

[@iuffcgpuu]

I always get this warm feeling when watching Nostalgia Critic videos. It's like, there can be all this sad shit happening both in the world and in my personal life, but when I open a NC video I know that I will be happy. It's such an amazing series (idk if "series" is the right word) and I'm so glad that I stumbled upon it couple years ago.

[@justinmoegling8710]

Stale Meme totally

[@Hinapen1]

I really like The Pagemaster. I was that overly cautious kid growing up. So it was really cool to see someone like me learn how to overcome those fears.

[@heavenscharm4641]

This movie is like a fever dream that I have very vague memories of.

[@Guitarzan502]

I had an actual fever dream of this movie and that is all I could remember of it for the longest time.

[@BramAPoe]

Actually I loved the Pagemaster to be honest..... Well done Doug, you've actually made me nostalgic!

[@markcasadevall9509]

me too. I remember the same place when I saw it. I especially remember the ending and the jekyll and hyde part.

[@williamkarbala5718]

Christopher loyd looks more like Leon Trotsky than Lenin.

[@Sh0tgunJust1ce]

He can pair up with the real Lenin lookalike in Julian Glover from For Your Eyes Only.

[@slashermaster28]

Like others have pointed out, I think the reason they gloss over a lot of plot elements is to get people interested in finding out the context behind those scenes. They show the most exciting stuff to make you wonder what led to it. And before anyone says that's a terrible approach, that's literally what movie trailers and TV show ads are for. They show you specific scenes to get you hyped up. In fact, sometimes they'll even show clips that aren't in the final product to mislead the audience and catch them by surprise when they see how the film actually plays out. And if you read some of the comments, you'll notice a lot of people read these books because the film didn't spoil those stories for them but made them look exciting by showing some of the more exciting moments/plot points. I just notice quite a few people saying that just showing one plot point without context isn't a valid way to get people interested in something when, again, that's literally what ads do. Another apt comparison, imagine if the plot summary on the back of a book told you every single plot point. What's the point in even reading it when you know exactly what happens at the end? You see where I'm coming from? Before you say it makes no sense for a film to take that approach, keep in mind this isn't an adaptation of a book. It's an original film that uses those other books are a basis for the worlds the main lead has to go through. If this was an adaptation of all three of those stories, sure, then the lack of context would be a valid complaint, but again, it's not.

[@gam3rtim352]

For a second I really thought the green demon dog said Zuul.

[@zoewr5428]

yup

[@bradhodges4521]

Lol i did too

[@GreekShinobi223]

You know that's a shitty Ghostbusters joke right?

[@radiocoffee7700]

"I'm afraid you can only check out two." ...Why?

[@shwahgamer]

Yeah that is a really dumb rule for a guy who is trying to get kids to read more.

[@CrudeConduct666]

Have you been to a library? That was a pretty common rule

[@takigan]

@@CrudeConduct666 Right? It was 2 with practically every library I ever dealt with until college. I remember asking my college librarian "So, 2 books right?" and he was like "2?! Nah man, you can check out up to 10. 20 if you have a referral from a professor". I remember thinking my whole life up until that point had been bullshit.

[@UltimateGamerCC]

@@takigan it was probably that way for PUBLIC libraries, not the ones that Colleges tend to have, they know their students arent gonna go far with those books, while Public libraries had a problem with ppl checking them out, but forgetting to check them back in. also it was probably for the movie to cause a bit of a dramatic moment, albeit poorly done.

[@DrDolan2000]

Bullshit reason

[@deltaprime3509]

Guilty pleasure.

[@AirQuotes]

DeltaPrime350 Not even a guilty pleasure for me I'll happily admit I love this film.

[@bisine]

mriee same

[@terranova1203]

Same here.

[@scotshabalam2432]

But it's basically a watered down version of Never Ending Story!

[@davidtaylor5262]

Seeing again makes me feel like a little kid again back when things were so simple I miss those days

[@jekblom123]

Wait a minute. Christopher Lloyd didn't frozen this time! HE USUALLY GETS FROZEN, TODAY!!

[@genuinesaucy]

"I'm a book, honey, I can read." Actually some pretty good sass.

[@Mad-Hatter-ison]

I do admit: it was thanks to this film way back when I was a kid and it aired on Cartoon Network that I was interested in Jekyll and Hyde Haven't got the chance to read until I was a Highschool senior and fell in love with it. The characters, the setting, the moral, and the conflicted issue and motive of Jekyll's experiment that is semi relatable to this day of how we all live on fragile reputation.

[@AirQuotes]

wow now this is an old episode I love this film btw

[@AeroRanger100]

"Thus, I give up a spear!" (Oh, sh*t, that did nothing) *SPLASH* Freakin' gold right there.

[@1997residente]

Let's pray Dafne Keen,Millie Bobby Brown and the other Kids actors in the World won't suffer what culkin had to.

[@mikeperry7335]

1997residente they already did with those stupid ass names

[@davidtaylor5262]

Seeing this again makes me feel like a little kid again back when things were so simple I miss those days

[@xgray2012]

David Taylor I'd say Reading Rainbow is better. That's just my opinion.

[@sascachuhuan]

Collect all library cards to see the real ending of the video

[@LeMasterofSwords]

sascachuhuan PBG?

[@user-yr7to6ix9k]

having fun isn't hard, when you have a library card

[@sascachuhuan]

kyle wolman No, i actually played the game myself as a kid and i gave up trying to find that fucking card

[@sillygrl23]

Oh yeah, I know what you are talking about, I got that game for my birthday, those things were impossible to find.

[@applescruff88]

Collecting all the library cards didn't give you shit. Just a congrats in the credits. :(

[@warlock984]

"What's this, a boy has come here to take shelter from a storm and doesn't want to check out a book? He must not like books enough and needs to be taught to face his fears!" That's what went through my mind as I watched this review.

[@slimkt]

It's funny that Doug called this unmemorable because I spent quite some time looking for this movie because I loved the animation as a kid. The first time I saw this movie, I begged my parents to take me to the library to find Strange Case of Jekyll and Hyde because that scene was so vivid in my mind. Still a guilty pleasure I happily return to every once in a while.

[@PhoenixHealing]

Oh my god the Evil Reading Rainbow bit almost made me spew out my water all over the place 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@chubbyninja89]

I just find it funny.

[@Harrian2014]

That part where Mr Hyde reveals his face always scared me when I was little. When that bit was coming I would fast forward through it

[@TheRoloSound]

actually, by only teasing these books and characters, it encourages you to go out and read more about them. It's actually explained well by the page master himself. Read and experience the stories for yourself rather than expecting the movie to spell them out for you. Explore the worlds within these books and you may find a connection to reading you never thought you could have. Pagemaster is not a guilty pleasure of mine, it's just a pleasure. It's dark, adventurous, goofy, and fantastical. Except for every scene before and after the library... those are just terrible

[@AlphaOmega1237]

I understand the idea but I doubt it works in practice. I'm into reading and this movie doesn't make me want to read about any of the characters.

[@supermariofan03]

How does that excuse the characters based on said novels being underdeveloped? Be a movie first, then be an inspiration for kids to read.

[@TheRoloSound]

@@supermariofan03 I don't know, I would be inclined to agree with you, but the overwhelming amount of comments referring to how much people enjoyed this movie as a kid (and even now) kind of proves to me that this movie did exactly what it intended to do. There are movies with incredibly diverse and fleshed out characters, there are visually interesting movies, and some movies that do both wonderfully (all having the ability to carry a message while being entertaining). This movie did a fair job showing the base traits of characters from various novels, especially with the short amount of time each character was on screen. At the same time, the animation was breathtaking and really sucked you into the genres being portrayed. Putting too much focus on fleshing out these characters we only really get a glimpse at would defeat the purpose of the film. I wouldn't go so far to say this movie is a masterpiece, but it is fascinating if nothing else, especially for a 90's film about reading. It holds a special place in my childhood as well as the childhoods of many others. Trying to put it under the microscope of (fancy voice) 'Serious Critique' shows (in my opinion) a lack of understanding for what this movie is trying (and succeeds) to be: a film to convince children, through exciting/beautiful visuals and a glimpse into various novels, that exploring fiction is a worthwhile endeavor.

[@supermariofan03]

TheRoloSound Look if you like this movie, more power to you. But considering that you admitted the movie didn’t flesh out these characters, it contradicts your point of the movie trying to get the kids to read these literature novels. Why not, oh I don’t know, have these characters along with Culkin and the books on this grand epic journey?! Add some intriguing dialogue moments to further flesh them out that will most definitely have kids be like “Wow. I want to read Jekyll and Hyde. I want to read Moby Dick.” Having these characters appear for only a few minutes and just get them the fuck out would only drive kids further away from said novels and just go back to more grinding on Final Fantasy VI. Oh and by the way, you might want to do your research. The movie “succeeded”? That’s not what the overall box office results and critic reviews tell me.

[@TheRoloSound]

@@supermariofan03 My point is that the movie has no need to "flesh out" the characters from these novels. If you watched the movie, then you would know that these characters are (in a way) confined to their stories. Bringing them along the journey defeats the premise. The point is not to follow these characters through the story. The point is to have Culkin and the books (as well as the audience) catch a glimpse of those characters within their respective stories. It is meant as a metaphor: Culkin gets lost in the library and begins skimming through random books based on which section of the library he is in. The number of people in the comments who attribute either their beginning or continued interest in reading fiction to this movie contradicts the notion that this movie had no effect. Finally, I guess I need to address the last thing you said. I never once said that this movie did well at the box office, nor did I claim that critics loved it. I said that the movie succeeded in what it was trying to accomplish. In clearer terms, "The final product matches the filmmaker's vision for it." This movie introduced Jekyll and Hyde, Moby Dick, and Treasure Island to me as a kid, which is more than I can say for many of the adults in my life at that age, and did it in an easy-to-digest, colorful, and creative way. Again, this movie has its flaws. It isn't a critically great movie, but none of that even matters. What matters is that the filmmaker's vision reached the audience it was intended for. Otherwise, we wouldn't be having this discussion. It was fun visiting a comment thread I started 3 years ago, but I think I may have said all I can from my perspective. It was nice meeting you.

[@EvanFAF]

Boring movie but damn the animation is unexpectedly good.

[@EvanFAF]

For me it was, although I'm willing to hear what you get out of it, because I really want to like this movie.

[@genesistoomega]

Well, what I got out of it was the atmosphere. It conveyed the horror of the horror part really well and the adventure of the adventure part well too. It inspired me to go and read the books from those sections and discover for myself why they were such great literary classics. I actually like how it only vaguely glossed over each individual book from those sections, and told more with the animation than it did with the dialogue and story telling, because they would say what the book was and give you a snippet of story from it to get you hooked in sometimes an entirely visual manor. But the images that it gave me were striking enough to stay in my imagination after the film was over. The fantasy section however, I feel was completely wasted. As far as dumb 90's movies go, this ain't the worst, and the visuals and atmosphere (mostly) are its main draw.

[@ИльяГлазков-т6п]

8:39 Fantasy: Hello there, mister... Jekyll: Doctor. Kaecilius: Mister Doctor?

[@tristanhartup4936]

It's Strange

[@romolus7255]

Tristan Hartup maybe, who am i to judge

[@jareththegoblinking3191]

The wifi password. We're not savages

[@christopherdamron697]

docter who?

[@alexlong9107]

no who's on third

[@kylecarson5723]

you killed the whole movie when he says how the hell did he get these statistics without reading books, not like the internet existed.

[@lunayoshi]

Yeah, it existed, but there was virtually NO WAY you'd be able to access it if you're that young. His parents would have had to do all the work for him, and they sound like they don't approve of him getting all those statistics and thus wouldn't want him looking them up, so he'd be screwed.

[@JJtoutcourt]

(I know this comment is old) existed ?? man, 1994 ! nobody even knew what the internet was back then.

[@jeremykegley1669]

@@JJtoutcourt The internet existed back then, but there were very few people that had it! Heck I didn't use internet even in 97' unless i went to the library! I didn't use it ti'll about HS in 98-2002!

[@JJtoutcourt]

@@jeremykegley1669 and even then, I suppose you're american ?

[@jeremykegley1669]

@@JJtoutcourt Yeah! But like i said the internet even in USA wasn't popular yet!

[@ladanodion2826]

I actually liked this film. I just remember I watched it and I really liked it

[@superstarultra28]

I always love the Critic's expressions during Christopher Lloyd's introduction!

[@biomassregional6vlogstv]

Yep, it is the reason why Lloyd is such a great talented actor for doing so incredibly well, even in movies like this one

[@BrandontheBeldam2993]

You can imagine how lonely the librarian must feel..you never feel lonely surrounded by books . But the way he reacts to Richie, it’s like no one has set foot in the library in weeks and he was excited to have someone come in. A little too excited though.. I wish we got to learn more about the librarian and whether he was keeping kids locked in a room like in an Are you afraid of the Dark tale.

[@Wandervenn]

The Pagemaster was one of those movies that really stuck with me as a child. I loved the characters and the way they interacted with the storybook worlds really boosted my imagination. i would read books and pretend the world around me was transforming. Libraries took on an extra magic to them. so yeah .. gotta disagree with you here Critic. perhaps you just had to be that kind of kid. Not a kid who needed to be told to read, but one who already loved to. You find yourself closer to the main character who struggles to socialize and embracing the storybook scenes

[@Thorn_Mitchell]

This was my favorite non-vampire movie as a kid. I watched it ALL the time. This video may actually make me want to rewatch the movie!

[@thomascholowsky1236]

16:21 I can only imagine what that creepy librarian did to his unconscious body.

[@darctanz]

Pagemaster was one of the best movies I had when I was a kid. It really did make me want to read more.

[@LuxasVTUBER]

Can I BOOK this movie?

[@half-lifescientist1991]

No

[@Manganra7]

I have the book?

[@blackjack9612]

i distinctly remember this movie being one of my favorites as a kid. i have a dvd of it somewhere

[@princesspoopsicle8694]

Aside from the Fantasy section scene, I loved this movie as a kid! It actually made me read Moby Dick and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde because I was curious about their stories. I get that it's not for everyone, but it introduced me to new kinds of stories that I wouldn't have read as a kid (and introduced me to my love of horror - the genre, not the book).

[@biomassregional6vlogstv]

16:58 Plot Twist--The Pagemaster came with Rich through the gateway and took over the book-keeper's body to watch over him as a perv/Inspirational guidance teacher

[@greymorning8389]

I loved this film when I was a child. I watched it like a million times. And I also read a lot. Coincidence?May be.

[@scifigeek14]

Pagemaster was one of my fave movies as a kid. I actually remembered it so much as an adult that I was able to find it again as a college kid and find it online. And, maybe it was my NOSTALGIA at play but I enjoyed it just as much. :)

[@_NIKOS9_NIKOS]

Last time I was this early Samurai Jack had only 4 seasons

[@manuelalbertoromero9528]

Now it has a 5th season...WITH BLOOD!!!

[@lordaizen66]

i came to this fro a samurai jack video

[@NoOne-py5or]

so anytime before a month ago?

[@TheOneLichemperor]

Watchaa!

[@optillian4182]

This video was made in 2009. *Am I old yet?*

[@dragonheart1236]

Optillian were all old, friend

[@optillian4182]

*we're

[@Bittergamer1886]

Fuck. I'm 21 now, which means this came out when I was 13. And I remember watching it as it came out, too. Damn, the Critic's always been there for me.

[@futoijosei]

I graduated high school in 2009

[@amvlegended]

I loved this movie as a kids, like seriously my mom used to say I ran around telling everyone I had gotten the page master for my birthday. It still holds a special place in my heart.

[@stevethebarbarian9876]

Oh my god, I loved Pagemaster. Just the name makes me smile, watching the clips, even in the midst of it getting torn to shreds by NC, just put me in a much better mood.

[@giovanniorellana2200]

I was frozen today! LOL

[@BaronVonQuiply]

Let it go.

[@missmoxie9188]

No you got to say it right I was FROZEN TODAY!!!!!!

[@TimberNightSong]

Conceal, don't feel, don't let them know . . . well now they know.

[@RegretfulGreedler]

Awh, I used to love Pagemaster. Jekyll and Hyde and the Hunchback of Notre-Dame ended up becoming two of my all-time favourite novels, so to see them both referenced in the same scene still makes me excited.

[@sirmlan]

Old school Nostalgia Critic in 360p. *thumbs up* (Edit: I'm sarcastic)

[@JasTheFagge]

360p was the 1080p of 2009

[@imasiontist653]

Just Laura I still have to watch in 144p

[@asra-5180]

Mister Torgue High-Five Flexington haha!

[@imasiontist653]

Marco Fantasy AND HALF OF THE TIME IT BUFFERS!

[@thomasalvarez6456]

I think your kind had gone extinct..........

[@ric3poversace477]

When I was a kid I used to call this movie "the exit!" Lol!

[@aii5748]

I really liked this movie as a kid and I've never forgotten about it. It was scary, creepy, and had awesome visuals and aesthetics. The story was boring, yeah. But I just enjoyed looking at it & listening to it. It makes me want to go on an adventure.

[@TheGodshatter]

This will always be one of my top favorite movies ever. I saw it in theaters and own it still to this day! I'll never forget this movie! Ever!

[@obairna2285]

7:19 there's a difference between reading things that encourage your pre-existing state of mind and reading stories that bring you on adventures in your mind and maybe teach you something about the world

[@josephhensley3634]

4:53 The moment when I understood the joke in TFS Cell Vs Sonic

[@Megramia288]

I think this is one of those difference age things; I loved this movie and now really wanna watch it again and show it to my daughter.

[@madzod0076]

this movie is holy to me. Its beautiful and fun to watch, atleast for me.

[@bentheherod3373]

Wow 5 more days would have been the 8 year anniversary of this getting taken down

[@sparco956]

"Hello there mister-uh" "Doctor" Kaisillius: "Mr Doctor?!" "It's Strange" Kaisillius: "Perhaps".

[@julieporter7805]

"TAKE A LOOK!!! IT'S IN A BOOK!!! A READING RAINBOW!!!" "Books, books we like jokes about books!" He needs to be booked for those ir-read-eemable puns! 😒 The Knight's Story? I think he's supposed to be St. George. Get it, St. George and the Dragon?

[@The_PokeSaurus]

The part where the been stock grows out of the dragon's mouth is cool!

[@MacGuffinExMachina]

I actually liked this. I loved Culkin growing up. I was a neurotic kid that was scared of everything. I loved the idea of becoming a cartoon and escaping into books. It could have been better, looking back, but it wasn't that bad.

[@thomasbalvers010]

Everyone else: Protecting this movie with their love for it (that's sweet, actually) Me: Still yelling ZUUL! every time a dog shows up as an antagonist

[@ericbeall7675]

I used to love this movie as a kid. I bet if I went back and watched it I would be nostalgic for it no matter how bad it is considered to be on the internet.

[@mackpines]

“I farted! Give it a good whiff boys!” I died at that line! 😂😂😂😂

[@mjgamerfox6557]

14:11 that line reminds me of the boss of stan from American Dad. wich that charactor is voice by Patrick Stewart.

[@CesarACastillo]

Not only do I remember The Pagemaster it is one of my all time favorite movies as a kid. My favorite character had to be Horror. I'd always mimic that scene where he explains the jist of how his books work. My mom would always yell at me to keep it down when I did the blood curdling scream he does right before he holds up a flower to signify he was murdered in a horror slasher book.

[@Jarethjr]

I actually loved this movie growing up lol- it inspired me to become a author oddly enough I wanted to make my own little world that people could explore

[@alexjewett7455]

6:08 wizard: I'm Gandalf's less impressive cousin, randalf.

[@julieporter7805]

I agree with many others. I loved this movie because I am a bookworm. The literary cameos remind me of the series, Wishbone where they give you a bit of the story so you can read it for yourself. That said the review is hilarious and is one of my favorites. I actually have a beautifully illustrated novelization of this movie. "The only way he could have gotten that information by reading books!" True, but as the book I am reading now The Marvelous Adventures of Gwendolyn Gray says there is a difference between books and stories. Rich probably only read Non-Fiction books and journals that confirmed his statistics and fears.

[@ChangetheCircumstances]

it's funny cause from a critical standpoint i perfectly understand how many failures this movie has and yet it was one of my favorite movies as a kid. i don't know why but i watched it all the time and the jekyll and hyde scene was always my favorite version of it as a kid. still don't know why but i've just always loved this movie

[@cbohnstedt4477]

9:05 Well that confirms it. Doug was bitten by a radioactive horse at some point.

[@nickwerner7983]

I can whinny! (9:06) I can count! Look at me, Shrek. I’m trotting!

[@UnMondeDeGeeks]

I think the main issue of this movie is the final message, like Richard took his helmet off and ride this very dangerous ramp, with NO ONE around, and clearly it is show as a positive thing by the movie, and I was like, no, not at all, it's a very dangerous thing to do, please don't do that, wear a protection and don't do that kind of stuff alone ! And even the parents, like, the father is disappointed because his son is scared of the high, yeah, that kind of things can happen, it's called a phobia, go see a therapist, don't force your son to climb that ladder and just complain after, like, what kind of father are you ? Also, I find it ood that Richard knows how to ride a bike, I mean, if he's scared of just climbing a ladder, how did he learn to ride a bike, which is implying a lot, or at least some, falls. I mean, a lot of people gets hurt, or even die while using a bike, so why isn't he's scared ? Then another thing, when richard enter the librairy, he's totally soaked, and when he recover his body, he's all dry, but the movie clearly shows that his body was waiting for him (his soul ?) all along. So, we can deduce that some times have passed, like, two hours, maybe three. And before he gets home, there's this little scene where we can see the mother who becomes worried like "maybe we should call the police", hum, yeah maybe, like you send your son to get some nails, and severals hours have passed and he's still not there, well, maybe you should have looked for him a fucking hour ago ?! I don't know, calling the shop, getting outside to see if someone has seen him ? And if you already have done all that, you shouldn't even ask about calling, it should be obvious !

[@Frechel724]

I loved this movie when I was kid. I recently watched it and it brought back a lot good memories. Personally this movie will always have a place in my heart. Also, the video game for the SNES was cool too.

[@UncrossedZeus]

"Oh shit that did nothing." God that may be one of my favorite NC interjections of a ll time.

[@ScottaHemi440]

i remember this movie D: the kid has like the dorkiest bike ever XD

[@ThomasGilbert-ym9sb]

To be fair, The Pagemaster was the first live-action/animated film produced by 20th Century Fox.

[@ThomasGilbert-ym9sb]

If your name is Patrick Stuart, it is not appropriate to request to be called Wesley.

[@zoosmellpooplord4303]

For a second I thought I was in the past lol

[@autumbreeze1129]

You know, thinking about it this morning, something occurred to me. Did Doctor Jekyll KNOW he was drinking the potion that turns him into Mr. Hyde? I mean, really think about it. He poured it into extremely fancy glasses and even offered it to Adventure without a second thought. Doctor Jekyll would never share that potion willingly with anyone else. Was this at the point in the story of Jekyll and Hyde where Jekyll has become aware Hyde is another personality and activity avoiding taking the potion willingly? Was Jekyll tricked in that scene by Hyde, who secretly swapped one of Jekyll's drinks with the potion to ensure he could get out again. Jekyll seems genuinely scared when he screams as the potion starts taking effect, so maybe he genuinely wasn't aware what he'd poured into those glasses was the potion

[@echo5entertainment169]

ah a reupload of nostalgia critic. today is a good day. On youtube at least.

[@angusng816]

The Pagemaster (1994) Box Office: $22.9 million

[@mjdragonmaster6559]

I watched this a while ago, and I kid you not I forgot what this review was about

[@pixelsnbits629]

The “Nice aaaass” at the end absolutely KILLED ME. Lmfaooo

[@robynhood42]

i never watched the movie but i used to have my mom read the book all the time to me when i was little.... and i dont remember a damn thing that happened in it but the pictures were pretty

[@dumbfrog6999]

I had forgotten about this, but then I remembered how as a kid, the Jekyll scene had actually terrified me! It was pure nightmare fuel for me back then.