I find it simultaneously amusing and disturbing that Yahoo's movies are consistently torn apart by critics who cite what
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amyseller — 21 years ago(August 28, 2004 10:37 PM)
THANK YOU!!! I love this movie! I don't remember how I heard about it or how many times I have seen it since 88 but I LOOOVE the quirkiness of it. My husband just recorded it on DVR for me today and I started watching it, wondering if I would think it was as funny as I used to and I heartily laughed all the way through, again! I wish I knew more detail about the history of science because I know there must be many more great gems thrown into the movie that I haven't noticed yet (on the way to the assylum in the cart Einstein meets Rutherford who actually discovered how to split the atomwhat a crack-up!). Sure Marie Curie is a single young scientist and Einstein "discovers" many other theories attibuted to other scientists but the tongue in cheek "history" that is created for this movie is what (I think) makes the movie so fun to watch! Like others under other Young Einstein posts I love the art direction, the acting, the comedic timing and the overall outrageousness of it all. Sure, people either "get it" or they don't but I think that when nearly any movie is watched for what it is there will be more appreciation for it. The more I see this movie the more details I notice and and the more I love it. When it comes to this movie, if you love dry, silly & intricate humor then you'll "get it".
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adrianajesperson — 20 years ago(June 21, 2005 07:03 PM)
WELL I WILL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF SOMEONE WHO IS CONSISTANT IN THERE CRITICISM OF YAHOO SERIOUS' HUMOR. IT STINKS, IS REDICULouS AND IS EQUALLY AS ANNOYING AS ANYTHING SEEN ON THE THREE STOOGES, LORELL AND HARDY, THE MARKS BROTHERS' FILMS AND ANY OTHER TYPE OF SLAPSTICK HUMOR. are you happy.
Watching white moon face
The stars never feel anger
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rootieboy — 20 years ago(July 18, 2005 11:12 PM)
Yeah it is Rediculous and resembles that of the Marks Brothers. Good of you to make those comments. Cause i love Young Einstien. It gives me a break from all of this boring normal comedy. Sometimes I feel like being stupid and I watch this movie feeling smarter in the end knowing that Einstien was a complete goof. Thanks to Yahoo Serious I can Rat my hair and Say, WOW! and still pull chicks. If you ask me he is genial!
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vmelkon — 19 years ago(January 28, 2007 02:54 AM)
If that's what they are saying, yes, it is pretty inconsistent of them.
And there are so many Hollywood movies that are packed with CGI and are boring otherwise. Yahoo's work aims at being silly and succeeds in that regards. -
Geckowall3 — 18 years ago(October 12, 2007 06:37 AM)
Yahoo Serious made a GREAT MOVIE, with this flick. I love it. I have long been a fan of Albert Einstein, what is often not noticed about this Great Scientist was his quirkiness and excellent sense of humour. I love how that sense of humour and quirky fun was captured in this movie. The soundtrack is also pretty awesome.
Also Yahoo Serious was cuter & hotter than anything in this wonderful movie. Does anyone remember "Einstein goes to America", (think that was the title?) I can't seem to find it on the movie boards. -
Promontorium — 18 years ago(November 01, 2007 12:36 AM)
"Young Einstein" Rocked the world. You can't argue with a $100 million gross. You can't, so shut up. The movie was awesome. It was surreal. It was beautiful and unique. It stands on it own merits as a celebration of music, love, self-determinism, and morality. It was a product of Yahoo Serious, and it was wonderful. No matter what he made later on. There is still this movie. Which among almost no other comedies has had a profound and positive affect on my life and who I became as an adult.
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Promontorium — 18 years ago(January 22, 2008 02:59 AM)
I wasn't refering to the development and production of the film, I was refering to the story. The story was inspiring to me. The faith in being good, and right, and never quitting, no matter how many jerks try to sh!t on you.
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kronosq — 14 years ago(June 21, 2011 03:44 AM)
The Three Stooges were actually quite subversive, and also a lot more creative and trademarkable with their style. There was an art to what they did, and it created a cult following that has lasted all of these years.
Young Einstein just made no sense. It wasn't about the slapstick or the silliness, just that it was completely nonsensical. That is why so few people like it. -
feather_jammed_gears — 14 years ago(August 10, 2011 07:00 PM)
"trademarkable"
WTF are you talking about?
"actually quite subversive, and also a lot more creativeand it created a cult following that has lasted all of these years"
You just described Yahoo Serious and THIS movie. Way to lose your own argument.
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homestar_is_cool — 14 years ago(February 12, 2012 01:25 PM)
I dunno. I don't think that slamming your movie full of cheap shots and lame jokes (trust me - I've seen many a subversive comedy, from "Sunset Blvd." to "Annie Hall" to "Life of Brian") makes it immediately subversive.
It's painfully obvious that Yahoo is making a satire. The reason why most good satires work is that they're subtle in their delivery. Yahoo, on the other hand, is slamming you on the head with a frying pan, screaming out what he's satirizing and why he thinks he's so clever for satirizing that.
I know what he's satirizing in all three of his films:
Young Einstein - historically-incorrect biopics
Reckless Kelly - Hollywood's holier-than-thou attitude (or Hollywood in general)
Mr. Accident - corporations running the world; Capra-esque storytelling
All of those things have to be satirized. In a way, he's like Tim and Eric in that they all like to satirize "unimportant" topics. At the same time, he's more obvious than Tim and Eric. His intentions are spelled out by means of expository dialogue. His comedy feels more like a standard '90s comedy film than it does try to make itself consecrated from the rest of Hollywood. Yahoo is more like a Hollywood cash-in on Tim and Eric than an actual unique talent.
Tim and Eric are cohesive. Tim and Eric hide their intentions by means of sticking to formula filmmaking (while making fun of it). Tim and Eric make their own reality, where anything can happen (hello, Cinco!)
And same goes for Yahoo vs. Tom Green. Yahoo is painfully obvious in an obnoxious way. Tom Green pulls out every stop to make you laugh. Tom knows that satire isn't exactly a kid's favorite thing to watch, so he made a satire for older audiences. Older, sarcastic, Internet-savvy audiences. Yahoo made satire for the mainstream. Yahoo's doing it for the money. Heidecker, Wareheim, and Green all do it to make people laugh.
Also, granted that he filmed "Young Einstein" in terms of filming several short films over the course of three years rather than writing a cohesive script (with all of his satire intact), it doesn't help his case. He made all of those short films to earn more money for his short films. He calls it "innovative." I call it stupid because he's not in a Peter Jackson position where he has made a product so unique that people aren't willing to fund it, but that he's just made something way too run of the mill while promising many people that it will change the world forever.
I do wish the best of luck to Yahoo and his new movie, if he ever finishes it.