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Spielberg's Answer to 'it's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World'

posted 12 years ago by jononfire
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Bigger, but by no means better. I love Spielberg, but....

"Believe not what you only wish to believe, but that which truth demands."

[–] seahawk3133 12 years ago

Comparing this piece of garbage to A Mad, Mad, Mad World is like saying the Patridge Family's 1st album was their answer to the Beatles' St. Pepper

[–] jononfire 12 years ago

Well, I wouldn't go that far. Effective comic situations need at least to convince us of the remote possibility of their happening. IAMMMMW, in the forced humor that it relentlessly pursues, doesn't allow for that. And don't worry, I wouldn't slur Sergeant Pepper in any way.

[–] gribfritz2 12 years ago

Funny. I had thoughts of It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World while watching this. I was basically thinking that there were a ton of characters in both films, but this one is just plain confusing (I'm guessing it's because there were many small parts beefed up after certain actors signed on which completely ruined the story balance).

[–] Etherdave 11 years ago

Not a bad comparison, and I think few, if any would seriously dispute that Kramer's film is the better, probably by far. But there are many similarities, and it would be hard to believe that it did not at least provide some kind of inspiration to Spielberg.

[–] j-lebbing3-1 10 years ago

It`s more like Spielberg's Answer to 'The Russians Are Coming', because i saw many things in that movie that reminded me of 1941.
It starts with a russian submarine who stranded on the island Gloucester.
Go see the movie, and compare 1941 with that film.
It has a lot in common.

"Films are home movies of your past".

[–] Dan_Garten 9 years ago

Yeah.