HUMOR??
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floridagirl47 — 13 years ago(September 23, 2012 09:56 PM)
Yours is an old post, but I have to say I agree with you. The humor is very dry and very subtle, but I thought it was hilarious the first time I saw it and just as funny watching it again tonight. I have seen this film several times It is not a movie you can watch while doing something else you have to give it full attention. Peter Sellers is the standout and Alec Guinness is especially funny in a different sort of part for him. My daughter and I still yell out, "Use your pronouns, dammit," as Truman Capote constantly corrected Sellers. Now you have piqued my interest I will have to see Clue and compare.
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uvl — 12 years ago(May 19, 2013 09:39 AM)
floridagirl47 said: "It is not a movie you can watch while doing something else " Really? Really?? This implies that you sometimes watch movies while doing other things. Frustrates me that so many folks these days use movies and music as background noise for other activities.
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floridagirl47 — 12 years ago(May 22, 2013 08:09 PM)
You automatically jumped to that conclusion no big surprise "these days." People are quick to judge and attack. I don't half-watch movies, but I know people that do, and it frustrates me too, especially when they didn't like a movie but weren't really paying attention. I made that statement to warn others I thought that was obvious.
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trampfan — 19 years ago(March 11, 2007 09:43 PM)
This movie is one of my all time faves. The humor is dry and requires a little off mind. If you like Airplane and naked Gun, you may like it. If not, try a little mindless humor like Larry The cable Guy. Maybe more your speed.
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jnic7594 — 12 years ago(July 04, 2013 09:01 AM)
Good grief. What the heck is wrong with you people that you don't understand what a difference of opinion is? One of you says those that don't like this should stoop to Larry the Cable Guy (in other words those that don't like it are idiots), then you assume someone that doesn't like it is just looking for a reason not to like it. We ALL have different tastes, and yes, this is a different type of comedy that doesn't appeal to everyone. I went into it excited to watch itwasn't looking for any reason not to like it. I thought it had a great cast and sounded good from the reviews I read. I still didn't care for it. Was it horrible? Nojust not my type of film. Sheesh people.
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onepotato2 — 16 years ago(July 21, 2009 11:11 PM)
This movie is one of my all time faves. The humor is dry and requires a little off mind.
by - trampfan on Sun Mar 11 2007 21:43:38
No, the humor is puerile and obvious. Seven-year-old boys would groan over these knee-slappers. -
unstrung-harp — 19 years ago(April 03, 2007 05:01 PM)
I suppose the things that were supposed to be funny to the audience I just thought were stupid. An example would be when the one couple is being shown their room and the butler says something about a fire burning in their room and when they open their door there is a fire in the middle of their bed. Thats a little odd to me.
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jacqi3 — 17 years ago(July 20, 2008 11:04 AM)
Haha! I love this movie. I have to admit though it's a little before my time with the jokes but still I get them! I watched it with my mum and thought it was brilliant.
Not all movies appeal to everyone, I guess this is one that some of us younger generations just don't get or like. shrug -
who-dey — 18 years ago(April 18, 2007 03:12 PM)
I just purchased this movie off of ebay.I am a little disappointed over the lack of bonus material. The only thing it has is a little commentary by Neil Simon. I would have liked to have seen deleted scenes or some bloopers or even a few comments from the actors.
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alfiee — 18 years ago(May 27, 2007 08:02 AM)
I first saw this movie on HBO in the late 70's and even today, I still don't get tired of watching it. The "humor" in the movie is the absurity of the plot itself and watching this group of master detectives try and outdo each
other to solve the mystery. It has all the elements of a "whodunit" book
and with so many possible plot twists, one never can actually be sure of what
is going on. Peter Sellers, in my view, really was the star of this movie
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favourite_martian — 18 years ago(June 12, 2007 08:09 AM)
MindybizI am in 100% agreement with youi rented the movie after reading great reviewsbut its completely bogusfrankly the first scene in which the blind butler pastes stamps on the table instead of putting them on the envelopes set the tones for the banality that this movie embodiesthen there is this bad French accent done by Mr. Perrierbad bad bad chinese accenteverything is stereotypedand pretty badlyI saw only the first 20 minutes and was so disgusted by the superfaciality that decided not to proceed any further
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Ahmad
I knew I was going to love this movie when the first scene had me cracking up. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this movie.