HUMOR??
-
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.
-
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
even though all of the others were up there as well. -
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
Fortement Dconseill
cheers
Ahmad -
favourite_martian — 18 years ago(June 14, 2007 01:39 AM)
I do speak french and live an France and listen to genuine French accent all day long(I am not French)and this phoney accent by Perrier is not at all pleasingmany actors do the French accent in such a delightful way that it becomes the highlight of the moviefor example in Annie Hallthis unknown actor just says a line (pointing towards his pen*s)"What (am I gonna do)do I do with this, chrie?" and even the french were rolling with laughterbut such a sterotypical production with great names as Alec Guiness, MAggie Smith, Sellers etcreduced to a third rate theatricalthat was really unbearable
Ahmad -
j_w_pepper — 18 years ago(June 25, 2007 06:27 AM)
that was really unbearable
Now I'm not saying everybody has to love this movie and its humour, which does take getting used to, though I do. However, it seems obvious to me that this is really meant to be a phony French accent just the type of "funny" French accent that they usually show in the type of movies that this film is spoofing. Likewise, Peter Sellers' accent is not intended to be a true Chinese accent, but the kind of accent that Hollywood producers think people would expect from a cartoon-character "Chinaman" speaking English. In objecting to the accent being fake, you are overlooking the fact that this is done on purpose, which is to expose the shallowness of Hollywood's way of dealing with non-native English speakers and running them just for laughs. -
Stink_Face — 17 years ago(December 10, 2008 06:19 AM)
j_w_pepper - You shouldn't even HAVE to explain points like this to Martian guy above, they're obviously lacking in the necesary faculties to understand simple notions like this by themselves.
Despite the high cost of living, it remains popular. -
TheGuyWithTheFeet — 12 years ago(October 14, 2013 02:17 PM)
but such a sterotypical production with great names as Alec Guiness, MAggie Smith, Sellers etcreduced to a third rate theatricalthat was really unbearable
Yeah, a script by Neil Simon. How could they cast these legends in a movie with a script written by such a hack.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Simon#Awards
I knew I was going to love this movie when the first scene had me cracking up. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this movie.