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The All New Adventures of Laurel and Hardy: For Love or Mummy
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F. Murray Abraham ,
Lara Bye ,
Timo Chaplin ,
Josh Cheny , and
Susan Danford
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Laurel and Hardy Collection, Vol. 2 (A Haunting we Will Go / Dancing Masters / Bullfighters)
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Laurel & Hardy II (Way Out West / Block-Heads / Chickens Come Home)
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Laurel & Hardy - Air Raid Wardens / Nothing but Trouble
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Laurel & Hardy (Sons of the Desert/The Music Box/Another Fine Mess/Busy Bodies/County Hospital)
ASIN: B00007K01P
Release Date: 2003-01-14 |
Customer Reviews:
good-natured tribute.......2007-07-08
Just scroll down. Read the hate filled tantrum of the enraged Laurel and Hardy fan who brags about "hating everyone" while disgustingly using the victims of 911 in a twisted tirade against customers whose children like this movie. That is just one bizarre example of the excessive negativity that has plagued Laurel and Hardy fandom for decades.
Numerous Laurel and Hardy fans have traditionally hated many of the films starring Stan and Ollie. Consider THE BIG NOISE. Excessively negative fans hate it. NOTHING BUT TROUBLE? Hated. THE JITTER BUGS? Hated. THE AIR RAID WARDENS? Hated. THE DANCING MASTERS? Hated. UTOPIA? Hated. A HAUNTING WE WILL GO? Hated. THE BULLFIGHTERS? Hated. It's not surprising then that they hate this children's movie featuring fictional relatives of Laurel and Hardy.
Even the mere suggestion of children having fun watching this movie is hated. The previous post, with its disgusting comments about the tragedy of 911, demonstrates that hatred. It also shows how ugly some Laurel and Hardy fans can be. Sick remarks about 911 aren't even considered off limits. Such negativity demonstrates why good-natured Laurel and Hardy tributes deserve some credit.
Laurel and Hardy comics and cartoons filled me with joy as a child. They didn't fill me with hate. They were respectful, good-natured, and uplifting. This movie is another respectful and good-natured tribute, but it never had a chance of uplifting the spirits of the negatively inclined fans. Laurel and Hardy themselves ultimately couldn't even do that. The Boy's final feature films have been the objects of excessive hatred for years.
Here's another grave-robbing mess they've gotten us into.........2006-06-05
I don't normally do this, but before I started writing this review I actually scrolled down and read a few other "opinions". The obvious one star ratings made me have a little faith left in humanity, but the amount of five star ratings made me hate everyone all over again.
And what is the REASON this insulting, possible legacy tarnishing catastrophe got five stars from these dim-bulbs? "It's a fun movie for kids." This is written on EVERY five star review (is it the same mouth-breather or what?) So, by THAT reckoning, re-making 911 but replacing the suicide bombers by cute fluffy animals, who put a furry paw over their eyes when they're about to crash, followed by a slide-whistle soundtracking the towers collapsing would be OK, too? 'Cos you know, that would be "harmless fun for kids to watch at Halloween time" too. Pffffff.
Anyway, I don't think I need to explain WHY this is so bad. Laurel and Hardy were too genuine one-offs. Genius entertainers who merged eye-watering slapstick with spot-on visual gags, with perfect timing and execution. These two hacks think that if they DRESS like Laurel and Hardy and try and SOUND like them, then the same big laughs will come thick and fast.
They don't. Not once. Not ever. Imitation may be the highest form of flattery in some aspects, but this is an insult, a cheap cash-in on a famous name. Don't be tempted, don't be fooled.
If people really ARE on the look-out for something to make their kids laugh, then show them the real Laurel and Hardy films. People falling through roofs and getting hit with ladders will ALWAYS be funny, especially if it's the two REAL masters at work. Show the kids Laurel and Hardy's "The Music Box", and leave this disgrace gathering dust where it belongs.
The_Curmudgeon_Hates_You@yahoo.co.uk
fun HALLOWEEN movie for kids.......2005-12-15
The New Adventures of Laurel and Hardy: For Love or Mummy is a safe and enjoyable movie to show the kids in your life at Halloween. One reviewer suggests that a movie starring the "REAL" Laurel and Hardy would be better HALLOWEEN entertainment for kids, but most "REAL" Laurel and Hardy fans consider Laurel and Hardy's A-Haunting We Will Go to be "garbage" and despise the animated Laurel and Hardy's encounter with Scooby Doo too. These Scrooges completely miss the fact that Laurel and Hardy related projects like these provide fun for the littlest Laurel and Hardy fans who desire some spooky entertainment for Halloween. I guess the purists would rather have kids watch Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein instead.
What's the point?.......2005-11-28
One of the most pointless endeavors in recent memory is this 1998 attempt to recreate the Laurel & Hardy partnership. Bronson Pinchot (PERFECT STRANGERS, BEVERLY HILLS COP) and Gailard Sartain (FRIED GREEN TOMATOES, ALI), cast as the nephews of the original Stan and Ollie, help museum curator F. Murray Abraham (was this the only role available to the Academy Award winner?) track down a reanimated 3,000-year-old mummy. Pinchot and especially Sartain seem to relish the opportunity to replicate the two comedy legends, but co-directors Larry Harmon (the man behind the BOZO'S CIRCUS franchise) and John Cherry (the auteur behind the ERNEST movies) don't offer them much assistance.
Perhaps the most disheartening thing about this whole enterprise (aside from Larry Harmon's egomaniacal "cameo" in the film) is the fact that I've actually seen this DVD filed among legitimate Laurel & Hardy movies at outlets like Virgin and Tower Records. And as for showing this to kids...why don't you show them a REAL Laurel & Hardy movie?
fun for the kids.......2005-11-01
It's too bad that so many Laurel and Hardy fans can't take this for what it is: harmless fun for kids to watch at Halloween time. I went into this knowing it was aimed at little kids and involved the "nephews" of Laurel and Hardy, a rampaging mummy, the director of Ernest, Bozo the clown, and "cousin Balkie". I found it to be cute and kids love it. That makes it OK in my book.
Customer Reviews:
good-natured tribute.......2007-07-08
Just scroll down. Read the hate filled tantrum of the enraged Laurel and Hardy fan who brags about "hating everyone" while disgustingly using the victims of 911 in a twisted tirade against customers whose children like this movie. That is just one bizarre example of the excessive negativity that has plagued Laurel and Hardy fandom for decades.
Numerous Laurel and Hardy fans have traditionally hated many of the films starring Stan and Ollie. Consider THE BIG NOISE. Excessively negative fans hate it. NOTHING BUT TROUBLE? Hated. THE JITTER BUGS? Hated. THE AIR RAID WARDENS? Hated. THE DANCING MASTERS? Hated. UTOPIA? Hated. A HAUNTING WE WILL GO? Hated. THE BULLFIGHTERS? Hated. It's not surprising then that they hate this children's movie featuring fictional relatives of Laurel and Hardy.
Even the mere suggestion of children having fun watching this movie is hated. The previous post, with its disgusting comments about the tragedy of 911, demonstrates that hatred. It also shows how ugly some Laurel and Hardy fans can be. Sick remarks about 911 aren't even considered off limits. Such negativity demonstrates why good-natured Laurel and Hardy tributes deserve some credit.
Laurel and Hardy comics and cartoons filled me with joy as a child. They didn't fill me with hate. They were respectful, good-natured, and uplifting. This movie is another respectful and good-natured tribute, but it never had a chance of uplifting the spirits of the negatively inclined fans. Laurel and Hardy themselves ultimately couldn't even do that. The Boy's final feature films have been the objects of excessive hatred for years.
Here's another grave-robbing mess they've gotten us into.........2006-06-05
I don't normally do this, but before I started writing this review I actually scrolled down and read a few other "opinions". The obvious one star ratings made me have a little faith left in humanity, but the amount of five star ratings made me hate everyone all over again.
And what is the REASON this insulting, possible legacy tarnishing catastrophe got five stars from these dim-bulbs? "It's a fun movie for kids." This is written on EVERY five star review (is it the same mouth-breather or what?) So, by THAT reckoning, re-making 911 but replacing the suicide bombers by cute fluffy animals, who put a furry paw over their eyes when they're about to crash, followed by a slide-whistle soundtracking the towers collapsing would be OK, too? 'Cos you know, that would be "harmless fun for kids to watch at Halloween time" too. Pffffff.
Anyway, I don't think I need to explain WHY this is so bad. Laurel and Hardy were too genuine one-offs. Genius entertainers who merged eye-watering slapstick with spot-on visual gags, with perfect timing and execution. These two hacks think that if they DRESS like Laurel and Hardy and try and SOUND like them, then the same big laughs will come thick and fast.
They don't. Not once. Not ever. Imitation may be the highest form of flattery in some aspects, but this is an insult, a cheap cash-in on a famous name. Don't be tempted, don't be fooled.
If people really ARE on the look-out for something to make their kids laugh, then show them the real Laurel and Hardy films. People falling through roofs and getting hit with ladders will ALWAYS be funny, especially if it's the two REAL masters at work. Show the kids Laurel and Hardy's "The Music Box", and leave this disgrace gathering dust where it belongs.
The_Curmudgeon_Hates_You@yahoo.co.uk
fun HALLOWEEN movie for kids.......2005-12-15
The New Adventures of Laurel and Hardy: For Love or Mummy is a safe and enjoyable movie to show the kids in your life at Halloween. One reviewer suggests that a movie starring the "REAL" Laurel and Hardy would be better HALLOWEEN entertainment for kids, but most "REAL" Laurel and Hardy fans consider Laurel and Hardy's A-Haunting We Will Go to be "garbage" and despise the animated Laurel and Hardy's encounter with Scooby Doo too. These Scrooges completely miss the fact that Laurel and Hardy related projects like these provide fun for the littlest Laurel and Hardy fans who desire some spooky entertainment for Halloween. I guess the purists would rather have kids watch Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein instead.
What's the point?.......2005-11-28
One of the most pointless endeavors in recent memory is this 1998 attempt to recreate the Laurel & Hardy partnership. Bronson Pinchot (PERFECT STRANGERS, BEVERLY HILLS COP) and Gailard Sartain (FRIED GREEN TOMATOES, ALI), cast as the nephews of the original Stan and Ollie, help museum curator F. Murray Abraham (was this the only role available to the Academy Award winner?) track down a reanimated 3,000-year-old mummy. Pinchot and especially Sartain seem to relish the opportunity to replicate the two comedy legends, but co-directors Larry Harmon (the man behind the BOZO'S CIRCUS franchise) and John Cherry (the auteur behind the ERNEST movies) don't offer them much assistance.
Perhaps the most disheartening thing about this whole enterprise (aside from Larry Harmon's egomaniacal "cameo" in the film) is the fact that I've actually seen this DVD filed among legitimate Laurel & Hardy movies at outlets like Virgin and Tower Records. And as for showing this to kids...why don't you show them a REAL Laurel & Hardy movie?
fun for the kids.......2005-11-01
It's too bad that so many Laurel and Hardy fans can't take this for what it is: harmless fun for kids to watch at Halloween time. I went into this knowing it was aimed at little kids and involved the "nephews" of Laurel and Hardy, a rampaging mummy, the director of Ernest, Bozo the clown, and "cousin Balkie". I found it to be cute and kids love it. That makes it OK in my book.
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All New Adventures of Laurel and Hardy: For Love of Mummy
Starring:
F. Murray Abraham ,
Bronson Pinchot , and
Gailard Sartain
Director:
Larry Harmon , and
John Cherry
Manufacturer: Monarch Video
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B00008G4HC
Release Date: 2000-01-18 |
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