Best Pink Panther movie
-
AnotherSchmoe — 19 years ago(June 22, 2006 01:11 PM)
However, the funniest one for me is probably Revenge of the Pink Panther, the one where Dreyfuss becomes totally insane and holds the world ransom. I must have seen it a billion times.
That is "The Pink Panther Strikes Again". -
BallsJr — 19 years ago(September 20, 2006 06:44 AM)
I'd rate A Shot in the Dark as definitely the best overall (of what I've seen.) I first saw it as a 15 year old when I was generally more interested in crass t'n'a films (if you get the drift) and it just blew me away! Hilarious film with all the great qualities of what a classic comedy should be. No wonder it's still loved - I really hope my kids grow up to adore it too!
On a side note, I am a little surpised people don't rate the first as highly as I do while not a patch on the 2nd and possibly later ones, it's still a great film and I would place it highly in my PP list. (NB. I haven't seen them all so don't want to rate just yet.)
Cheers -
Olga_baikova — 20 years ago(February 28, 2006 06:17 AM)
Very hard to choose. I would choose The Return Of The Pink Panther because it was the first one in the series I saw and from then on I got stuck with the Pink Panthers and Peter Sellers, also for the excellent fight scenes.
So my list is:
1.The Return Of The Pink Panther
2.A Shot In The Dark
3.The Pink Panther Strikes Again
4.The Pink Panther
5.Revenge Of The Pink Panther
Btw, why not got and vote for your favourite Sellers movie at
http://www.petersellersappreciationsociety.com/ -
monsterman865 — 19 years ago(April 27, 2006 09:42 PM)
My favorite is A Shot In The Dark, which is where everything we have come to assocciate with the Pink Panther really came into being. I love everything about it.
The best part of waking up is Satan in your cup. -
lpcp11 — 19 years ago(September 22, 2006 04:20 PM)
- Shot in the Dark
- Return
- Strikes
- Pink Panther
- Revenge
A classic line from A Shot in the Dark
Clouseau: "Then I submit, Inspector Ballon, that you arrived home, found Miguel with Maria Gambrelli, and killed him in a rit of fealous jage".
-
selecao_1098 — 19 years ago(September 29, 2006 04:10 AM)
Could'nt stand Revenge at all. Horrible, made me sad to be honest.
- A shot in the dark
- The pink panther strikes again
- Return of the pink panther
- The pink panther
.
.
.
. - Revenge of the pink panther
Don't get me wrong, I am a huge fan, but revenge is just plain horrible.
-
aretwo_d2 — 19 years ago(October 16, 2006 10:46 PM)
Ok I've been reading these posts and i'm quite surprised. Even though I know it all comes down to your own particular taste, seeing the 70's movies compared to the 2 classics of the 60's, is really starting to bug me. Sure, The Pink Panther has a far different style of humor than any of the others, I wouldn't expect to see it listed worse than #2 by anyone over the age of 12. I thought there were more sophisticated people on here than that. If all you want is over-the-top slap stick, then go with revenge, return and strikes again. In the Pink Panther, you actually get very little slap stick, other than the infamous falling off the globe, and a few other examples, it is a much more straight kind of humor. With A shot in the dark, you get a little bit more slap stick, i.e. him falling in the pond, damaging the pool table, and also added a almost childish run on joke gag, getting hauled off to prison 4 times. All and all, I rank the first two about the same, a shot in the dark is given bonus points for its opening scene with the song shadows of paris, the cartoon opening credits are far superior to those used in pink panther, and the Hawaiian, Spanish Tapas, and Russian Cossack scenes, and for the finale (if you can manage to surprise the audience when they already know the ending, then its a classic Anyone seen Elvira Madigan?)
The Pink Panther, of course had the only great story line from any entry in the series, that and the song and dance # sung in italian is very sexy. Like i said about the humor, its more adult, there is more subtleness to it, and almost parody like, or satire like. It is making fun of Inspector Cluoseu, without actually using slap-stick gags (in addition to a few slap stick here and there)
When I first saw all of the movies in jr. high, i thought they were all hilarious, with the one exception, trail of the panther. Having grown up now, i recognize Revenge, Return, and Pink panther strikes again, are far inferior, and I have actually found an appreciation for Trail of the Pink Panther, despite its using only archive footage of peter sellers. Haven't any of you seen Trail, all but one of you seem to have neglected mentioning it when i watched it recently i was dying to think of where i knew the TV reporter from then it dawned on me PATSIE!! FROM ABSOLUTELY fABULOUS!!!!
here it is:
*1. The Pink Panther
*1. A Shot in the Dark
*3. Trail of the Pink Panther
*3. The one where he fails to notice the bank robbery going on right behind him as he tickets an organ grinder and his monkey.
*5. The other two
*5. The other two- denotes a tie
Note: there is a huge gap between 1, and 3.
- denotes a tie
-
White_Thunder — 19 years ago(November 29, 2006 07:58 AM)
Funniest PP films for me >
1-Pink Panther Strikes Again
2-The Return of the Pink Panther
3-A Shot in the Dark
4-Revenge of the Pink Panther
5-The Pink Panther- I'm sorry but the first movie was just way too boring and Sellers hadn't perfected his roll yet and played it too serious. -
arnomation — 19 years ago(February 23, 2007 08:37 PM)
- Strikes Again
was definitely the best and funniest from start to finish. - Return
was almost as good. - Shot in the Dark
was pretty good. Had some funny moments but Sellers hadn't found the character yet and the Kato scenes weren't that good yet. - Revenge
tried really hard to be good but just didn't do anything for me. - The Pink Panther
was just not funny, to the point of being bad and the pacing was poor and the fact that Clouseau's wife is having an affair with the jewel thief is just stupid.
- Strikes Again
-
Flexnez — 19 years ago(March 13, 2007 08:28 PM)
Well, if you expected the Pink Panther to be a Clouseau-movie, surely you were disappointed, as the main character was not Coluseau, but Charles Litton. Actually, the detective was to be played by Peter Ustinov, but he resigned just before it was to be recorded. Sellers was a last minute solution. That does not imply that he was bad, but, unlike the other movies, the script was not created to suit him.
-
kev-dowling180 — 19 years ago(March 22, 2007 12:09 PM)
A heated debate indeed folks. Always makes me smile when people are so passionate about movies.
I like all of the main five pink panther films and can't understand why anyone would want to knock any of them. Its difficult for me to seperate them but if i had to the order of preference would be -- The Return of the Pink Panther.
- A Shot in the Dark.
- The Pink Panther Strikes Again.
- The Pink Panther.
- The Revenge of the Pink Panther.
I actually saw the "new" Pink Panther movie starring Steve Martin last summer on a plane when going to the states. It was a movie that i wouldn't have touched with a barge pole under normal circumstances but as i was a captive audience so to speak i gave it a go. There were a few isolated laugh out loud moments, but the plot was awful and it just didn't work.
-
daronimo — 18 years ago(April 05, 2007 04:19 AM)
Well of course it is a totally subjective question, and you will get a totally subjective answer but my preference of the Peter Sellers Inspector Clouseau films is in this order:
- A Shot in the Dark - 5/5 (the rewrite of the Harry Kurnitz play/the one with the nudist camp)
- The Pink Panther Strikes Again - 4.5/5 (the one where Dreyfuss attempts to take over the world)
- The Pink Panther - 4/5 (the one with Sir Charles Litton is having affair with Clouseau's wife & tries to steal the eponymous diamond)
- Return of the Pink Panther - 4/5 (the one where the diamond is again stolen with Christopher Plummer as Sir Litton)
- Revenge of the Pink Panther - 3/5 (the one where Clouseau is "killed" and goes to Hong Kong)
- Trail of the Pink Panther - 2.5 (the one with all the out-takes, pretending to be a movie)
Okay then the other films are "Inspector Clouseau", "Curse of the Pink Panther", "Son of the Pink Panther" and the 2006 Steve Martin reboot "The Pink Panther". I haven't watched any of them (only parts of "Curse" or "Son") so I can't make a complete statement. However "Curse" seems okay if completely uninspired. "Son" is absolutely horrendous which is why I couldn't watch it all. "Inspector Clouseau" seems an intriguing curio with Alan Arkin taking over the role and made in the gap between "A Shot in the Dark" and "Return" by other hands. From what I have seen (the trailers and some preview stuff) and heard about the new movie I don't think I want to ever watch it Steve Martin was always a totally up-himself git that was completely unfunny so I'm sure it will be dreadful.