Funko Action Figure: Jingle All the Way - Turbo Man - Jingle All the Way - Collectable Toy - Gift Idea - Official Merchandise - for Boys, Girls, Kids & Adults - Movies Fans
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Funko Action Figure: Jingle All the Way - Turbo Man - Jingle All the Way - Collectable Toy - Gift Idea - Official Merchandise - for Boys, Girls, Kids & Adults - Movies Fans
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Based on the top selling Christmas toy from the classic Christmas film Jingle All The Way, this deluxe 13. worldwide but received generally negative reviews from critics, though the humor and Sinbad and Schwarzenegger's performances received some praise.
His son, Jamie, who wishes he would pay more attention to him, wants only one thing for Christmas, a Turbo Man action figure with all the accessories. They assure that this figure will be much more screen-accurate like the one that led to Sinbad and Schwarzenegger on a massive holiday toy hunt. The story replaces the Kids and the Rangers toys with an ultra-cool TurboMan action figure equipped with the shiniest plastic around and five different phrases.
Desperate not to disappoint his family again, Howard embarks on an epic city-wide quest to find the toy everyone's looking for.
But, Arnold does play a pretty funny dad in the script and it is pretty entertaining seeing him go through so much misadventures in his quest for the toy, wondering if he will ever get to fulfill the promise.These figures will be even better than the one from the movie, however, because this 13-and-a-half inch figure will now be fully posable whereas the figure seen in the movie was stationary. Howard Langston (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is a workaholic mattress salesman, who does not find time for his wife, Liz (Rita Wilson), and his young son, Jamie (Jake Lloyd) - especially when compared to next door "superdad" divorcee, Ted Maltin (Phil Hartman), who continually puts Howard in a bad light.
Forget the sappy messages you see in Christmas movies, it doesn't matter what you did, what illegal things you performed, how many assaults you have committed, as long as you get that gosh-darn toy for your child in Christmas, it will all be forgiven. This film is a chance to chuckle at ourselves and the insanity we leap into with enthusiasm annually. Neil Jeffries of Empire disagreed, feeling Schwarzenegger to be "wooden" and Sinbad to be "trying desperately to be funnier than his hat" but praised Lloyd as the "saving grace" of the film. If you don't get "the" toy (or, in this day and age, - "the" gadget), you are destined to be an outcast.But before he can recognize his father, Jamie is chased around the parade by Myron who is dressed as Turbo-Man's arch enemy Dementor having caught and tied up the real actor (Richard Moll) while Howard does his best to keep up, though with little skill in controlling the Turbo-Man equipment. Whether he's bodybuilding in the gym or obliterating baddies on screen, Arnold Schwarzenegger has been delighting audiences for decades. Touched by Myron's undying dedication to his own son, Jamie gives the doll to him, and tells Howard that he does not need the doll since his father is "the Real Turbo Man". His performance as the disgruntled mailman just matches him perfectly, and his determination to get the doll is just as bad. When Howard misses his son Jamie's karate practice, he makes peace by promising him a Turbo Man action figure for Christmas.
I'm not at all saying the family element is overdone in this film, it is actually done quite the perfect amount, but in terms of the conflicts within that part of the story- I just think it could have been done a bit better. In retaliation, Howard starts to steal the Turbo-Man doll Ted bought for his son, Johnny, but can't bring himself to do it. Satires that fooled everyone, from the audience to the actors playing in the film are toughest to find. The family cliches are just annoying, because this film is so unique otherwise, and it feels they serve no other purpose than to continue the plot.Like I said, maybe I'm reading too much into it, or, perhaps, the movie does, indeed, have a deeper meaning. I would argue that the unlikely pairing of Sinbad and Arnie works extremely well and is probably the key to the film's success. This was because Ted's reindeer charged at Howard and caused him to set the living room carpet on fire. In a post-credits scene, Howard finishes decorating their Christmas tree later that night by putting the star on top.
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