I grew up with the Stooges (not just the ones in my own house). I’ve not seen this movie, but have seen the trailers, and the bit these “actors” did on WWE last week. These people are posers, nothing more. They do NOT have the original Stooges down “pat”, but are pale imitations. Yet again Hollyweird has taken from the past that which should have been left alone. Just as they did with “True Grit”, Hollyweird has destroyed Icons that should not have been “recreated”.
I, too, grew up with the stooges (as you may be able to tell by my screen name) and have a poster of them on my wall as I type this.
I laughed my a** off during this movie, ‘till tears came to my eyes. So did the rest of the audience which was made up of about 75% husbands and wives my age, and 25% families with kids from about 8-17. Everyone was having a good time.
The guys did a great job and the guy playing Moe, sounded like Moe.
Come on, people, it’s the 3 Stooges (2012). If you liked the 3 Stooges when you were kids, want a good time, a lot of laughs and an hour and a half to escape from the rest of the world, I highly recommend the movie.
As someone who has actually seen the movie, I can tell you you couldn’t be more wrong. But most people talking about things they haven’t seen or done generally are.
I have no idea what they did on WWE, nor do I care, as I’m sure it was just a promotional stunt for the movie cobbled together to get it in front of the WWE audience.
The movie itself was very fun, and frankly far better than I expected it to be. That said, I am sure the cutting room floor of this movie was filled with jokes, sight gags and other scenes that were filmed but never made it to the finished product, because they were too tastelsess, crude, offensive, or flat out not funny.
I was genuinely surprised how well a job they did with this movie, I fully expected to go in and see my childhood memories of this franchised ripped apart as Hollywood has done with so many modernizations. I laughed out loud many times at this movie, as did my kids and the rest of the audience.
In terms of what made it to the finished product, the actors did a spectacular job with mannerisms, visuals etc of the original 3. About the only real weakness might have been Moe didn’t visually look more like Moe, Curly and Larry were supurb. However the actor playing Moe’s mannerisms, vocalization and carrying of the character were spot on.
Believe me, I walked into that theater fully expecting to be disappointed, I left about an hour and a half later, having laughed out loud time and again, having truly enjoyed myself.
I am not going to say its an Oscar Nominee, but what made it to the actual theatrical release was a pretty respectful rendition of a classic franchise. I have no reservations telling folks to go see the movie, if you enjoy the classic shorts you will enjoy the movie.