Change Your Image
elgatoenfuego
Reviews
D2: The Mighty Ducks (1994)
Bombay Blows It Big-Time
Mostly a good , solid movie, marred only by 2 sub-par plot lines. The whole Kenan thread was a bit ridiculous - I'm not sure you can add a player mid-Olympics, even the junior Olympics, but even if you could, has he ever ice-skated in his life? Maybe, but it's never even asked - but the only big problem I had with the thing was the stupid knuckle-puck. As a hockey fan, it was a moronic addition that would've been best left on the cutting room floor. Even with the ludicrous nature of the movie, this was a little bit out there. Much, much worse, however, was the giant disaster that was Gordon Bombay's coaching. First of all, he got a big head coaching a junior USA hockey team that had trouble winning a tournament without Canada (and I don't remember Sweden, Finland, Slovakia, or the Czech. Republic being represented either), so it was such an easy schedule that they should have swept, but they lost a few games and had trouble with freakin' Iceland in the finals. Weak. Here's a suggestion, you sexist blowhard: play your best goalie. I don't care that she's a woman, WHY WAS JULIE SITTING IN FAVOR OF GOLDBERG!?!? Goldberg didn't even practice in the offseason. He obviously was the goalie because he was the fattest kid on the team, not the best choice as a goalie. Now, that's fine last year, when it's just a regional thing meant to be fun and teach sportsmanship, but you're in the big leagues now (said/written mostly tongue-in-cheek), you have to play your best goalie, which was clearly Julie "The Cat." My buddy and I were talking about this, and agreed that the "secret weapon" status is exclusively the domain of a one-trick-pony type. In that case, Knuckle-puck Kenan could've been a nice option if you really wanted a secret weapon. (I almost titled this review "D2 Review" for the rhyming, but decided on the alliteration instead. I think I made the right choice.)
D3: The Mighty Ducks (1996)
D3: The Mighty Ducks
Okay, I have one problem with this movie: when you win the world championship in the Olympics then go to college, guess what? You get to skip JV and advance straight to varsity. Especially if nearly the whole Olympic squad goes to the same school. Seriously, they have something to prove to the college coach? Um, watch some game tape of them winning the WORLD FREAKIN' CHAMPIONSHIP! Also, you're fired. Obviously this is a completely ridiculous movie franchise - shenanigans and tomfoolery are the very bedrock of the franchise - but I still can't get past that hang-up. It's even worse than the knuckle-puck from D2 (every hockey fan hates the knuckle-puck).