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Incredibly overrated

posted 16 years ago by SimonForte
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A lot of respectable lists and institutions have this as one of the greatest comedies of all time. Please.

I didn't laugh out loud once at this movie. Sure it may make you crack a smile here and there, but lets remember one thing...

A lot of respectable lists and institutions have this as one of the greatest comedies of all time.

It just isn't that funny. Maybe it is because it hasn't withstood the test of time, or maybe standards were lower back then. Who knows. But if that is the case, then its time to take it off those lists. Are we just keeping that title because it was funny at the time? There have been so many movies, on all different comedic levels that have surpassed this. It was just so disappointing to watch because of the hype(wierd for a movie out about 50 years ago).

[–] muppetmollystargleek 11 years ago

First time I watched this, I was alone. Second time, it was showing in an old movie house and there were a LOT of people there.

Energy. A crowd gives it energy. In fact, I think on the first test screening of this Billy Wilder was asked to change it because the laughs weren't coming; he refused. When the film was then presented to a large audience, the theater was an uproar of laughter. :)

I don't know. I found Jackie funny, at least; "I'll THROW UP!" hehe, just the way he said that line. XD

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[–] dingduder 11 years ago

Oh yes , compared to Adam Sandler's comedic masterpieces it's not funny at all..

[–] rogueforte 11 years ago

To a certain extent, the OP is right. Compared with, say, the Marx brothers best, this isn't very funny. But it is entertaining and watchable, in the romantic comedy way, and there are some great action with the gangster sequences. So, it's an entertaining movie that is a classic, particularly when it was released in 1959. It just hasn't aged all that well. For a lot of people, one viewing is plenty.

For a superior men-in-drag movie, I agree that Tootsie is much funnier than SLIH. Dustin Hoffman can pull it off better than Lemmon or Curtis.

[–] hansenmv2002 11 years ago

I found this on a list of movies to watch/discuss for a film class. WOW. "Ok" is being gracious. Curtis is horrible - i've never gotten MM as being some "Cultural Icon" - this did NOT help.

All girl bands? Seriously? Dated is charitable - a 50s flick set in the 20s - THAT is the definition of dated.

Could barely watch it first time thru - 2nd time --- i started to skim - before it popped out of the DVD player. Oops.

It's on TCM fairly often - no wonder i never watched.

ALL the lists - this is WGA #9 - i can agree with most of the others...

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[–] coolbrett 10 years ago

Serious people wouldn't enjoy this movie. To enjoy it you've gotta be laid-back and be open to a bit of fun. If you over analyse and judge it it's no wonder you didn't like it. I liked it because I found their energy infectious, so it was a joy watching it, which made me more prone to laugh than I usually would. Today's humour is a lot different to the humour usually going around in the 50s/60s. I usually hate older generation movies, but I watched this with an open mind and tried to enjoy it, and I did, once I got used to the style. Maybe I'll enjoy more 50s/60s movies now.

[–] hansenmv2002 10 years ago

I've always been a Bogart junkie - High Sierra is one of my alltime favs.

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[–] rtodd110 10 years ago

Older movies hold more weight because they are the original ideas that countless movies borrow from now a days

It happens in every genre

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