This movie is worth WAY more than a 4.7 star rating!
I just can't believe that this film could be rated this low.
This has got to be one of Mel Brook's and Leslie Neilsen's BEST WORK!
This is a comedic MASTERPIECE!!
Be more reasonable you guys!!
I found this to be much more funnier than "History of the World: Part 1"
at least.
All that I have to say is that this movie deserved much more rating than that, is really funny and I don't get tired of watching it.
share4.7 (nowadays 4.8) is just stupid. There are only people no sense of humour in IMDB. I admit it definitely is not the funniest crazy-comedy out there. It stands no chance to Monty Python movies and is not near as funny as Top Secret or Airplane!. Most of the jokes are dull and at times movie is kinda boring, but I still think it's pretty charming and it definitely makes me smile every time I watch it. I think 6.0 wouldn't be so bad, I myself would probably give it 7/10.
shareI thought it was way better than Airplane and Hot Shots etc.
shareFor the same reasons you mentioned, I gave it a 4.
You said:
definitely is not the funniest crazy-comedy
stands no chance to Monty Python
not near as funny as Top Secret or Airplane
Most of the jokes are dull
movie is kinda boring
I'll also add:
too many times trying to make fun of other movies overdoing european accents.
Leslie Nielsen (in my opinion) had passed his comedic prime with naked gun 2.5.
Compared to Mel Brooks' classics (YF, BS, HOTWP1, and even spaceballs), it is very low quality.
Even Harvey Korman (RIP) was under par here, and he's good in everything he does.
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I can't believe movies like Mr. Deeds, She's All That, and several other mediocre comedies have higher ratings than this. DDaLI isn't Mel Brooks's best by a long shot, but there are some hilarious scenes, and the movie is fun throughout even when you aren't laughing hysterically.
Oh, no, I'm not tired. But my finger is!
Excellent movie, at least 7...
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Last week, I followed a lecture about Dracula. He mentioned all the Dracula film versions/interpretations and... Dead And Loving It! I was surprised :D The lecturer (a serious Dracula-connoisseur) said he liked that comedy picture very much, and that it's a good parody and loyal to the original story.
I saw the whole movie (on tv) last year, not expecting very much, certainly when -in advance of watching it- I looked it up on imdb and saw the very low rating. But during the movie I really asked myself, this is not that bad, why does it has such a low rating (there are MUCH worse comedies!). I found it very funny, a bit silly, but hey that's Mel Brooks' style :p
I think it's quite difficult to make a good parody about Dracula and, well, I think Brooks succeeded, there just is no better Dracula-parody than this :)
So, I really don't understand why it's rated so low... Is it because of people who dislike Nielsen or don't like Brooks' comedy or ...??
In order to really fully appreciate this movie you need to see just about every other Dracula movie produced before it... then it's an even bigger laugh riot!
shareI saw this when I was 10 and found it hysterical. I hope that when I finally get ahold of it I'll laugh just as much. It's Mell Brooks, so I'm gonna assume I will.
shareThis was one of my favorite movies growing up, so I was pretty disappointed to discover it only had a 5/10 rating. Maybe a bit of my nostalgia plays into my liking for it, but I thought it was a very enjoyabel movie, especially if you're with friends on a late Saturday night.
I'd say it's deserving of a 7/10.
I give it a solid 4.
It's such a shame so many people have to claw their way at films that aren't spectacular.
This movie is fantastic! Like pretty everything else Mel Brooks does.
shareBy IMDB standards this movie should be at around 5.5 or something.
Keep rating 10's!
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Dracula: Dead And Loving It - 6
The Great Outdoors - 7
The Incredible Hulk - 7
i gave 10 and it's my favourite!!i'm crazy for mel brooks's humor i love him and so this movie!!!!!!
shareI give it a 6.5. It does not not deserve a 4 or lower.
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I love Mel Brooks. However I only give this one 5/10. It has got nothing on movies such as Silent Movie, High Anxiety and Young Frankenstein. Heck, the bean eating scene in Blazing saddles is more funny than this whole movie.
Mel's movies have always had a mix of subtle and silly humor. The humor in this movie just feels stupid. It feels more like one of those "x movie" movies, where the makers manage to take the comedy style that the Zucker brothers & Jim Abrahams and Mel Brooks created and make it totally vapid and unfunny.
Even Leslie Nielsen, who excelled as Frank Drebin in Police Squad and the Naked Gun movies, isn't very funny here.
Life Stinks and Men in Tights are not as funny as earlier Mel Brooks movies, but at least they feel like Mel Brooks movies. This movies doesn't have that Mel Brooks feel.
Still a lot better than the imitators ("x movie" movies), but seeing how Mel's earlier movies were, this is a letdown.