The Three Stooges
2012 Directed by Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
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Just Say Moe.
While trying to save their childhood orphanage, Moe, Larry, and Curly inadvertently stumble into a murder plot and wind up starring in a reality TV show.
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On behalf of a two year old child, this gets a star. Plus my rating.
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Funny through accumulation; cf. Tashlin's claim via Godard that Son of Paleface had 2,857 gags. I deeply regret not keeping score.
No one remakes mean into sweet like Farrelly Bros.
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I'm still pretty much a twelve year old boy, which means that watching three guys knock the shit out of each other is my idea of funny, and no one ever did it better than the Three Stooges.
I don't count Shemp. Fuck Shemp. He was lame.
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A genuine curio, from the opening (aborted) musical number to the closing (bizarre) don't-try-this-at-home warning, not just un-ironic - despite stray mentions of Facebook and Twitter - but totally committed to its somewhat unworthy icons and the unfashionable business of slapstick; probably not since Blake Edwards has there been such relish in intricately-worked pratfalls (remember the arrow? the hammer-head in the bucket? you will!) and the Stooges might be manic versions of Clouseau, equally oblivious and self-sufficient (and triumphant in the world, despite their obvious shortcomings). Also links up with an old-school working-class gruffness that recalls Outside Providence, so maybe it's deceptively personal for the Farrellys - but I know I laughed half-a-dozen times, which is half-a-dozen more than Ted. "That's a snowman." "Oithworms!" "Heineken maneuver." "Nah, that doesn't sound peculiar. This sounds peculiar!"
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Sadly, the farrelly brothers have hit rock bottom.
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A sweet old-school comedy, full of jokes (remember when movies had jokes?) and cartoony slapstick well-executed. A surprisingly fun outing that well exceeded my expectations.
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I am not that familiar with the original Three Stooges, I had obviously heard of them and seen clips which i did find amusing. But i did suspect that the particular brand of comedy would be come tedious over a full length feature. Which this film at time did confirm for me, but did also tickle me at times.
The story separated in to 3 acts or episodes as called in the film in which i found is in reference to how the originals short films were packaged for TV. Adopting a similar story to The Blues Brothers, the Stooges have lived in an orphanage their whole lives and they must leave to earn money to save said Orphanage. The…
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Funny through accumulation; cf. Tashlin's claim via Godard that Son of Paleface had 2,857 gags. I deeply regret not keeping score.
No one remakes mean into sweet like Farrelly Bros.
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Transporting that sort of manic, cartoonish, sound-embellished violence to the modern era, where we view ourselves as being much more sophisticated, was always going to be tricky but this somehow works.
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A few funny bits but all too real looking to be slapstick.
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Withstanding these kind of movies is a skill I seem to have lost.. Not sure if that is a bad thing.
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Not an unexpected delight, but definitely unexpected. Larry David does not have a cameo but is a legitimate supporting character as are six of the members of "Jersey Shore". Not always funny but, for the most part, surprising and sometimes, once or twice, oddly charming.
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really, really funny tribute to the 3 stooges.
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Mildly entertaining. Completely unnecessary.
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"Are these guys suppose to be funny?" Is what I asked myself throughout this whole film. Because they are not funny at all. This film annoyed me in so many ways possible that it really drove me crazy. I will give credit that the actors playing the 3 stooges are actually good potraying the 3 idiots. But still (of course), they annoyed the F*ck out of me. It has unfunny jokes, an awful plot and definitly the worst ending of 2012 in film. They bring in something that they never mention and act like they mentioned it about an hour ago. Its just and Awful, Awful movie.