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sorry to say this but,

posted 17 years ago by harvey_kimber
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Usually i like older films that have remakes, but this sucks.

It's not even funny like the 1998 one.

Eddie Murphy was quite a character. In this Doctor Dolittle film the animals don't even talk.

I'd put one out of 10 maybe even 1,000 stars for this film.

[–] AlbertTheFlasher 17 years ago

It was no wonder Hollywood almost went bankrupt in the late 60s. They kept on grinding out long, big-budgeted children's movies such as this and they were flopping at the box office. I can just picture a child struggling to stay awake in his/her seat while watching this in a theatre.

[–] cameo-kirby 17 years ago

You ain't kidding-I was "a child struggling to stay awake" in a theatre back in 1967. I had loved the books and was really disappointed. Incredibly we were taken out of school on a field trip to go see this over-hyped mess. The entire audience was kids and teachers -in a huge downtown Chicago theatre- bored out of our skulls.

[–] livetolaugh 16 years ago

I loved this movie as a child. I would watch it over and over again. To me, it's a classic. I now watch it all the time with my little brothers who are 7 and 9 and they love it.

[–] Magus1986 11 years ago

I must disagree. I was one of those kids at the Michael Todd theater on a field trip back in 1967. I loved it. Beautiful film to watch on a huge screen with (then) state-of-the-art sound. Most of my classmates liked it too.

[–] lroy77 10 years ago

Okay, you don't like the plot, the singing sucks, and what not?

But the English countryside is breathtaking in of itself. Not even the remake can equal that.

[–] tomtkh 16 years ago

If you like the Eddie Murphy version of Dr. Doolittle, then you are a HOPELESS CASE. His version was GARBAGE. You can't appreciate this 1967 classic because you are what Hollywood thrives on, and the rest of us are subjected to GARBAGE in theatres like all of Eddie Murphy's movies.

[–] MystMoonstruck 11 years ago

If you like the Eddie Murphy version of Dr. Doolittle, then you are a HOPELESS CASE. His version was GARBAGE. You can't appreciate this 1967 classic because you are what Hollywood thrives on, and the rest of us are subjected to GARBAGE in theatres like all of Eddie Murphy's movies.

I second you on that! I missed that word in my other denouncements. I used "nasty", "repulsive" and~hmmmm~another I don't recall at the moment. "GARBAGE" capped is the perfect description for those abyssmal, totally humorless pieces of trash! People who took children to those should be ashamed of themselves! I watched the first one cringingly then, for the others, got enough of a warning from the trailers. UCK={

It's so sad what movies have descended to. I used to try to see as many as possible. But, for the past couple of decades, I haven't found much worth watching. Murphy's "comedies" are definitely in the pits.

This musical is what it should be: a sweet, gentle, funny, tune-filled fantasy filled with wonderful sights, including fantastic sets, including the courtroom. How can ANYONE find this film boring?! I would imagine my sister and I would have been at a true test age for the quality of the film; I was in my mid-teens, and she was about 1 1/2 years younger. WE LOVED IT! If we had had the money, I'm sure we would have gone back many more times to see it.

We also loved many other musicals. She was particularly fond of "Thoroughly Modern Milly", and I loved "Hello, Dolly". We once sat through five showings of "Tommy" and three of "The Little Prince" (in the days when they didn't clear out the theater between showings). About the only musical I can think of that she saw and was disappointed in was "Star". When I saw it years later, I had to agree; it was OK but not quite something I'd want to watch again.

However, "Doctor Dolittle" we completely agreed on. I bought the soundtrack, and, every morning as we got ready for school, we listened to it and sang along. What wonderful memories!

EM'S DOCTOR STINKS!

*** The trouble with reality is there is no background music. ***

[–] Barbara-4 16 years ago

Polynesia speaks English all the time.

The other animals do talk... it's just that they talk the way they really would talk, if they could talk, in animal language! Makes a heckuva lot more sense than a dog or a rat speaking perfect English!

I'm watching it now, and I must say Anthony Newley is getting on my nerves. Just exuding arrogance!

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[–] harvey_kimber 15 years ago

Guys, it doesn't matter. I could be arguing for a LONG time, but bluntly if animals talk in the second one, that realistically makes it more funny. You guys' mind must be twisted if you have something good about the 1967 version making it more funny..