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wp34:
My mom is a huge Stooges fan. We reluctantly took her to see the new movie today. I say reluctantly because from the trailer it didn't look very good but she really wanted to go.
I must say we were pleasantly surprised. The whole family loved it. I was almost in tears laughing at times. It helped that the theater was half full and there were a lot of people laughing along.
The Jersey Shore cameo concerned me but it worked very well the way they used it in the movie. I read somewhere that the original script had The Real World and they had to update the script once the movie was finally made.
It helped that the Stooges are supposed to be idiots. I can't stand it when they make a parody of an old show like was done with Starsky and Hutch, The Brady Bunch and Dukes of Hazzard.
Ginsu Victim:
I actually liked the way The Brady Bunch movie respected the material and poked fun at the same time.
Hoopz:
--- Quote from: Ginsu Victim on April 21, 2012, 08:09:53 pm ---I actually liked the way The Brady Bunch movie respected the material and poked fun at the same time.
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I agree. I caught a part of it again last week and enjoyed it. I dont think its as much as a parody as just taking it a little further in the story than the series was.
The Stooges commercial looked bad so its good to hear it is better than expected.
DaveMMR:
--- Quote from: wp34 on April 21, 2012, 07:52:48 pm ---It helped that the Stooges are supposed to be idiots. I can't stand it when they make a parody of an old show like was done with Starsky and Hutch, The Brady Bunch and Dukes of Hazzard.
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A lot of those "movies based on TV Shows" are usually mediocre to poor but the Brady Bunch Movies were brilliant in execution. They were clever affectionate parodies. It's when they try to play it straight (e.g. "Beverly Hillbillies") does it usually fall flat (I'll give an exception to the "Adams Family" films though).
Although, technically, "The Three Stooges" was not really a TV show - they were old theater shorts. ;)
I've heard a lot of good things too and although I may wait for the DVD, I'll definitely check it out.
Howard_Casto:
I don't think that's it. I think that you have to start with "theater worthy" franchises and most tv shows, particularly those in sitcom format, just aren't up to snuff.
I personally liked the beverly Hillbillies, but I wasn't expectign it to be much more than a glorified "made for tv" movie. Which is essentially what it was.
Starsky and Hutch failed because Owen Wilson and Ben Stiller were in it together. It's funny, they are competant actors apart, but you put them together....
The Addams Family took virtually nothing from the tv series, and in it's case I think that's a good thing. Afterall, the Munsters is practically the same show and it's made for tv movies have always been just awful.
The brady bunch just didn't work for me. It felt like the saturday night live (and other comedy troupes) parodies that were done years earlier. I thought the approach was brilliant, and it was the best possible way to do it, but you can't polish a turd.
The Dark Shadows film is going to be terrible. From what my mom tells me, that show was like the 70's version of Heroes.... a little campy, but hugely popular. I remember the failed reboot of the series in the 90's and thought it had a lot of potential... but NOT as a comedy.
I haven't seen the Stooges yet but I'm not suprised that it turned out well. Physical comedy is pretty hard to screw up and the stooges are timeless. I'll be saving it for a rainy day. You've also got to remember that the stooges have been sitting on a shelf virtually untouched since the 30's and 40's. You get a lot more creative leeway when you are dealing with an IP that is that old and unused.
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