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Doug's 1st Movie [VHS]

5 star:		(9)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(13)

 

 

I used to watch the show Doug on Nickelodeon religiously as a little kid. At the time I was entertained by its charm and honest humor, but later on in life I realized some thing truly special about the show: all the things Doug went through as a teenager, I went through too. The show really did showcase a lot of real life situations through its characters. That was probably what the real joy of the show was.

Then things went wrong. Disney bought it.

What got changed? Patty gets a lesbian hair-do (I seriously thought at first she had suffered from leukemia and was regrowing her hair). Roger is rich (why?!?!? why make the school bully rich?). Skeeter gets cheeky (literally). Smash Adams is a clown. The Beets leave. Their grade jumps around from what it originally was in the TV show. Finally...there is no longer that honesty that I saw in the original show. There is no great metaphor for life, just the typical whacky adventures that have become so redundant. In the end all we get is a dried-up moral we've seen before. If I want that, I'll catch an after-school special. Or any thing else the Disney company has done.

I realize there was a reason Nickelodeon never made a Doug movie. It just wouldn't work. It was fine as a TV series back on Nickelodeon, then it was nabbed and butchered, and now we have this horrid hour and a half travesty on its name. This is truly a sad day for animation...

I saw this at the movies one day, and I can't believe that Disney turned my favorite Nick show into THIS!!!
Disney changed the charachers' looks and personalities...(Patty became a girly-girl who forgot who to kick a 'beetball' , Connie got skinny, etc...) Oh, and the monster that lives in Lucky-Duck lake is lame! He looks like he's related to Barney!
I'd rather watck NICK Doug, because it has better quality that Disney's Doug!

This was the worst Disney movie I have seen so far. I usually enjoy the cartoon, but this movie had none of the program's charm and wit. It stole many ideas from old movies, especially the situation with the Lucky Duck Lake Monster. It was an all around horrible movie, and I reccomend you not see or buy it. I was terribly dissappointed with the creators of this movie.

This is nonetheless a good tv show, a better cartoon then almost any of the ones out there today. Sure Nick's Doug was better but Disney's Doug is still a good show. I am glad they let the characters evolve a little more rather then just kill the series off with the Nick version. For any Doug fan I recommend watching this movie. It brings back childhood memories. I remember seeing it with my friends in the theatre when I was 10. Good times indeed. I only wish they would put the Disney series on DVD because I would like to own the entire series and not just the Nick seasons.

When on Nickalodean a while back, Doug was an amazing and popular cartoon that was impressive by any standard. It didn't need anything special but the classic kid with the imagination. When it went to Disney, the magic was gone forever. The show was no longer entertaining, but a pathetic cry for attention. It tried to be too independant and unrealistic as far as plots go. Then, they decided to kill Doug off once and for all. How? They made a movie. It was uninteresting, annoying, unrealistic, and the monster looked like a Barney on crack or something. Thanks a lot, Disney. You ruined yet another great thing.

I saw this movie, it went okey. Then it goes to other story & goes back & forth. I got mixup & dizzy. The movie talk about this story then to the moster, then back too? AHHHH!!!

This other movie that shood be seen by MST3000. I wounder they understand this movie.

I loved this movie. I'm very upset that they no longer make it because that means alot of people wont be able to see it! It was great. You don't have to be a close follower of the show to like it. Doug and his pal Skeeter have always thought that there was something living in the polluted Lucky Duck Lake. But when they actually find the monster that lives there, it turns out to be more than they can handel. Patty, Doug's love intrest, is always hanging around with an upper classman who works with her on decorating for the valentines day dance. When Doug tries to tell Patty about the monster, she accuses him of lying. Whats worse is that Mr. Bluff, the owner of Doug's hometown, Bluffington, wants to capture the monster so that there is no proof that he has polluted Lucky Duck Lake. Now doug has to save his monster friend, get Patty back on his side, and save the day! You would love it if you saw it. I hope a store near you has a copy that hasn't been sold yet because you don't want to miss this!

When I went to see Dougs 1st Movie in the theatre I hated it. The begining was ok. But the middle and the end of the movie was horrible. If you have not seen Doug's 1st Movie yet I stongly hope you don't.

The whole cast is bland & boring and so is the story itself. It's like watching the Captain Planet show. The female mayor does little-to-nothing to help Doug and the lake monster or even stopping the villain for that matter. The lake monster is bland & forgettable at best. It's like a very long bad episode:too long for it's own good. It has a ton of stupid moments like dressing the lake monster as a girl. How can anyone not see that the girl is really the lake monster? It also has weird plot points. The only likeable cast member in the whole film is the Robot Nanny. The animation itself is not great but pretty good. I give this film a 1 out of 10.

The VHS I bought was nice and cheap. Shipping was decent. It was true to the description that it was never opened and still wrapped, it even still had a sticker coupon on the front for like a dollar off Easy Mac or something that expired in 2001.

The movie itself is not great. It REALLY IS nothing like the old Nickelodeon Doug we all love. It feels empty and the characters are different and there's really no heart.

I still welcome it into my collection.