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Stir Crazy or See No Evil Hear No Evil??????

posted 19 years ago by djmccreedy
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Difficult one.....but I think I would have to go with Stir Crazy. Having only JUST bought See No Evil.... on DVD I will (obviously) have to watch it many many times to give it a fair hearing. What does everyone else think? Cast your votes..............................NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[–] General_G 19 years ago

Difficult one indeed. With me it would actually have to tie! Very tough desission.

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[–] galer-2 19 years ago

Stir Crazy wins for me, just because it gets me sad to see the state Richard was in by the time he did See No Evil....

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[–] sknisley-1 18 years ago

For me See No Evil, Hear No Evil is one of the funniest movies I have ever seen, so it would have to be my choice.

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[–] WarpedRecord 18 years ago

"Stir Crazy" by a mile. I think Richard and Gene were a great pairing in all their films, but I agree with a previous poster who said that Richard's condition in this film was a bit disheartening.

[–] mattb1975 17 years ago

definately stir crazy!! it was more madcap

[–] BramOh 17 years ago

Stir Crazy no doubt but this is a close second. Too bad there's such a big quality gap between these two and their other films together.

Ooh, a lesson in not changing history from Mr. "I'm my own grandpa!"

[–] Rube8201 17 years ago

Stir Crazy was alot better

[–] SlayerCowboy69 17 years ago

Stir Crazy but See No Evil is a close second.

[–] danfixed 17 years ago

Richords Condition didnt really show to much for me in this movie.....in their next movie Another You its really hard to take how much hs health effects him.

I would choose See No Evil over Stir Crazy i think it have a better pace to the story....making it a better movie but for funny moments Stir crazy has it beat..

Both classics...aswell as Silver Streak

[–] sebastianmelmoth 17 years ago

Tough question and I have to say I still don't know which one I prefer!

I think it depends on my mood ;)

All I can say is that I tend to find that all of the really funny stuff seems to happen in the first hour of Stir Crazy, and by the later scenes (the Rodeo prison break), it turns into a gentler comedy/thriller as you follow the escape plot. Whereas with See No Evil, the comedy seems to continue closer to the end (although in that movie too, the last half-hour turns into more of a comedy thriller in Sutherland's mansion).

I guess if you work it out on gag count, for me See No Evil wins it.

But if you work it out on how funny each gag is, the (fewer) funny bits in Stir Crazy are probably a tiny bit funnier I think (does that make sense?!).

Also, love the Gene Wilder theme song in Stir Crazy!

Heck - I love both movies. Not perfect movies perhaps, but perfectly hilarious comedies!

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[–] d-simm470 17 years ago

stir crazy for me

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[–] BrandtSponseller 17 years ago

Am I the only one who likes Silver Streak as much as Stir Crazy and See No Evil, Hear No Evil?

I agree that Another You isn't quite as good, but I still enjoy it (and gave it an 8/10 on my last viewing). The other three are three of my favorite films of all time (as are a few other Gene Wilder films, who just may be my favorite actor).

[–] randycoates 17 years ago

They're both hilarious.