D3: The Mighty Ducks (1996)

Yo, there's no way for me to review this film without saying, take your *insert ethnicity + "ass" here* to see this film,like now. You have to see it in order to know what you're really messing with.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

The first "Mighty Ducks" film uses drama/emotion regarding the passion of youth hockey to create a fun movie. "D2" piles on the humor to create an even better sequel. "D3", however, tries to combine the two approaches, but ends up coming across as "just okay" on both of them.For a basic plot summary, "D3" sees the Ducks handed from Coach Gordon Bombay (Emilio Estevez) to Eden Hall, a prestigious prep school giving the entire team full-ride scholarships. When new coach Ted Orion (Jeffrey Nordling) doesn't seem to working out all that well, as well as countless feuds with the established varsity team, the Ducks (as always led by Charlie Conway (Joshua Jackson)) must make some difficult decisions regarding their future.The reason why this movie is "okay" while the others are a cut above, is that "D3" is essentially a carbon copy of its two predecessor. It uses the same basic dramatic formula of the first movie, while many of the jokes come straight out of "D2". Basically, the franchise had worn out its creative juices. Disney movies like this always walk the fine line between "heartwarming & fun" and "incredibly cheesy & dumb". While the first two walked the line perfectly, this one falls off into the latter category."D3" isn't a terrible movie, but it just can't capture the gusto of the previous efforts. I probably shouldn't complain too much, as these movies are essentially made for kids (and those kids will still love this one), but as an adult and factoring in the nostalgia factor, this is the one where, for the first time in the entire franchise, I thought "this is starting to get stupid".

***************** SPOILERS !!!!!!!!! *********************Where's the hockey ? The hardly is any, it's just a series of gags and pranks, Charlie sulking, dating a girl and getting a grip from Bombay, Orian on the hot seat and then one final game vs the seniors. Why ? What for ? They're part of the same school, why should this game be a big deal anyway ? Then the Warriors become the Ducks ? Usually those games are set in pre- season but the biggest disappointment is that there is no structured story. The fact that there is little to no hockey makes this very disappointing because at their age, the game is much more serious and yet they look like cartoons. You can't play that cartoon card every time and it shows and that's the biggest mistake.Plus, the hockey sequences are poorly filmed, you don't know what's going on on the ice, who's doing at what spot, it's a headache. Bombay shouldn't have been in the movie, Jackson's puberty voice makes him sound cheesy and he hardly puts much effort in his acting, Goldberg is the funniest of all, Averman who used to be the funny-haha character isn't much fun, and basically what bothers me in this movie is there is no more team fraternity. Where's the chemistry, the bonding ? The focus was the team and Bombay of course, but in Ducks 3, Charlie is the focus and it doesn't work. Any kid will hop on the bandwagon but looking back I'm sure they'll find D3 the least interesting of the bunch.

Starting with the good things, it is nicely filmed with crisp cinematography and nice scenery. The soundtrack is great, and Jeffrey Nordling steps into the coach's shoes with enthusiasm with Emilio Estevez making a brief appearance. The Mighty Ducks themselves are performed with real spirit also and the few ice hockey scenes are well choreographed. However, where the film is lacking is in the plot, the plot weren't the greatest in the first two films but here it was really predictable and uninspired coupled with uneven pacing. And while I liked the scripting in the first two, it is fairly weak here. Joss Ackland's role is rather cartoonish, more to do with how the character was written rather than acted, and the direction is nothing special. Overall, merely average and worth seeing, but there are a few components here that make it the weakest of the franchise. 5/10 Bethany Cox

People say this movie is bad, it hasn't got the meat that the two other sequels had, and that is somewhat also true, but in some way also a little untrue, let me emphasize.This is the ending to the trilogy, and with being the ending it has got to have something that we all can relate to if we have seen the others,the movie could almost be a complete failure but isn't really, the reasons it isn't are here.1. Cast members all return or at least most of the cast members, and even Hans revisited which was one of my favorite in the first movie. 2. It still is about the game, this movie was made to represent a decade of hockey and it does. 3. there aren't other reasons but his one is the biggest, the ending shot where Emilio walks out of the screen is perfect, it is how to end a decade, and he does it so well, that is the biggest reason without that shot it would've lost all magic, or and of course the last shot from the first movie.Other then that i haven't much more to say, the money shot was the ending with Emilio and that was how I truly got pulled together and how the ending fitted perfect to a decade of hockey, goo all Ducks fly away now, and thrive to find another place, cool edition because of ending...!!!