Comments on: The Great Dictator Blu Ray Review

By: Lior

Lior — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 16:10:54 +0000

Chaplin’s slapstick was genius and clever. It relied on impeccable timing and performance, and it was never arbitrary. Epic Movie and its ilk are an insult to comedy, they become dated about a month after release.

I just rewatched The Gold Rush at the cinema. The film, produced in 1925, made the audience roar in laughter as if it was just made yesterday.

Also, I have to rise and defend Mel Brooks’ remake of To Be Or Not To Be. It may not be the subtlest comedy in the world (it’s Mel Brooks, after all), It’s not as zany as Blazing Saddles, for example, but it’s just as funny in my opinion.

By: Johnnyboy

Johnnyboy — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 12:49:55 +0000

I can agree that this is a good film. But i really don’t get why people find this so funny? Although it has some funny scenes (like the one in the barber shop), we shouldn’t make small things bigger. The humoeur is the kind of slapstick we have no problem disregarding in films like Epic Movie and Scary Movie. But somehow, it seems – even amongst art film lovers – we find almost everything in this film funny. I’m not saying slapstick isn’t funny, it can be. Buster Keaton is a great example of that. But many of Chaplins film have dated comedy, and I really am struggeling to like it. It would be unfair to like it just because everyone else say it’s good.

If you want to se a great satire of WW2 from that time, watch To Be or Not To Be. Not the shitty remake by Mel Brooks, but the original classic.

By: kyri

kyri — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 07:08:25 +0000

You must speak.. I can’t.. you must..

OK..

It’s Tomainia not Tomania..