This new review again comes from Shawn Francis, this time he's taking a look at the Farrelly Brothers' latest 'comedy', a re-booting of sorts of the Classic Three Stooges. This film sounds as bas as it looks but did Shawn enjoy it? find out after the jump....
I
remember being a staunch fan of the stooges when I was a child, then
I grew up and hated them, then 2012 came around and I saw a trailer
for a modern day feature film. Like movies based on anything H.P
Lovecraft wrote, it’s not possible to make a Three Stooges, or a
Laurel and Hardy, or even an Abbott and Costello movie with a present
day setting. To further complicate matters, a movie on any of those
comedy troupes from early 20th century should never be
attempted in the first place. Aside from the era they were famous in,
the actors themselves are another contributing factor as to why they
endure to this day, and to get modern counterparts to act like them
is, well, blasphemy, to put it humorously and mildly.
And,
blasphemy, it is when I learned the Farrelly Brothers were behind
this new movie. Didn’t have a clue until I saw their names in the
ending credits.
Honestly,
however, I was sort of into the movie in the beginning, when they
were at the orphanage. See the movie chronicles their life so to
speak. We see them cruelly dropped off in a duffel bag at the
doorsteps of an orphanage in the countryside, where this sullen, rude
and borderline abusive nun finds them. From there we follow them into
their teens and eventually into adulthood as they show us how much of
being a stooge is in their genes.
The
orphanage is going to be shuttered and only a great deal of money
will prevent that. This is when the boys decide to venture into the
unknowing world to see if they can come up with thousands of dollars
in thirty days.
As I
said before the concept that is the Stooges set in a 21st
century world just doesn’t look right, neither does the actors
portraying them. Incidentally, modern actors portraying stooges in
drag is holy hell scary to look at it, especially Curly.
There
were a modicum of comic touches that made me chuckle, particularly
the “shoot-out” at the hospital, with the “guns” being babies
from the infant ward, and Moe getting on a reality series where his
other roommates are the kids from the Jersey Shore. I have to admit
it was fun and satisfying watching genuine “stooge violence”
being perpetrated on that cast.
I
had the Blu-Ray/DVD Combo and the standard DVD has no special
features and no trailers. You can buy it as a standalone DVD, but I
have no idea if that version has any features. The blu-ray, however,
has some features, but since I don’t have a blu-ray player I
couldn’t watch them. All I want to do right now is forget this
movie even exists.
My
recommendation, if you’re a staunch Stooges fan, stay away from
this movie, and hold the original shorts dear to your heart. And pray
Hollywood doesn’t try this shit again.
Favorite
line: “Let’s go start a brush fire and whiz it out.”
Written by Shawn Francis
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