03-27-2009, 12:51 PM
<!--quoteo(post=25338:date=Mar 27 2009, 07:22 AM:name=veryzer)-->QUOTE (veryzer @ Mar 27 2009, 07:22 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=25319:date=Mar 26 2009, 11:38 PM:name=rok)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rok @ Mar 26 2009, 11:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->So, not a single diminutive Jew in the cast? And why exactly does this need to be given the full length movie treatment? I could see a biopic on these guys, because their lives were quite interesting, but a slapstick comedy loosely based on the old shorts? Completely unnecessary.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
but this is the farrely brothers. i can picture them making a movie where the stooges are alive in present times, kind of like "the brady bunch" movies. could be funny.
having said that, i never never liked the stooges. never found them the slightest bit funny.
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The first Brady Bunch movie was pretty funny, but the joke got old and stale after that. The thing with that idea was that the original show was already unintentionally funny, and the movie capitalized on that, while the Stooges clearly are a different animal. Anyway, the Farrellys have been hit or miss since Mary IMO, so my expectations are extremely low. As far as a great cast somehow saving a bad idea, I can think of several movies with unbelievable casts that turned out to be massive piles of poop.
And yeah, the Stooges are one of the more overrated comedians in history, and the slapstick is way overdone, but I can't deny that they made me chuckle from time to time as a younger man. They just don't hold up, the older you get.
but this is the farrely brothers. i can picture them making a movie where the stooges are alive in present times, kind of like "the brady bunch" movies. could be funny.
having said that, i never never liked the stooges. never found them the slightest bit funny.
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The first Brady Bunch movie was pretty funny, but the joke got old and stale after that. The thing with that idea was that the original show was already unintentionally funny, and the movie capitalized on that, while the Stooges clearly are a different animal. Anyway, the Farrellys have been hit or miss since Mary IMO, so my expectations are extremely low. As far as a great cast somehow saving a bad idea, I can think of several movies with unbelievable casts that turned out to be massive piles of poop.
And yeah, the Stooges are one of the more overrated comedians in history, and the slapstick is way overdone, but I can't deny that they made me chuckle from time to time as a younger man. They just don't hold up, the older you get.