That's the only thing in the trailer that didn't get old....and I guess the bathing beauty nun too, but that's not really Stooge related now, is it?
I didn't find the scene with the lobster in Larry's pants very appropriate for a Stooge film myself. BTW, I hope nobody thought I was suggesting that a Snookie eye poke was worth the price of admission. After all, we only need to watch the trailer to see that. As I stated before, I'm seriously on the fence about seeing this flick. I
SO want to be excited about a Stooge-related film. Yet, having said that, I feel the production of this film is totally unnecessary. How do you have a Stooges movie without a Fine or any Howards!?! It makes no sense to me. The Stooges were, indeed, real people, and not merely characters to be recast as they do with James Bond or Batman. I agree with the Seinfeld comment. A Seinfeld movie with a new cast sounds utterly absurd. Somebody else playing Jerry? To me, and many others, it's the same thing with the Stooges. Besides, how does one think you can throw together three actors and expect them to have the same chemistry as Moe, Larry and Curly? Moe, Curly and Shemp were brothers which I believe served to help the act. They knew each other intimately. Plus, they honed their act over a period of years in Vaudeville, so by the time they got to Columbia, the act was pretty fine-tuned (no pun intended). Also, while these new actors don't look as bad as I anticipated, they really aren't the right size. Sasso as Curly is too tall for me, but I digress.
I agree that this film will be a mere footnote. That said, a footnote is still a footnote. Then again,
The Brady Bunch Movie didn't manage to take anything away from the original series. In fact, it became one of the few TV-to-movie adaptations I actually enjoy (that and
The Fugitive). There are those of us old enough to recall seeing
Stoogemania in theaters back in 1985. With all its many flaws, most people today are totally unaware of it, let alone have actually seen it. I think over time, the same will happen to this new Stooges film. If one wants to find the silver lining in all this (and you have to look
REALLY hard) it's that this film may introduce some young viewer to our boys and inspire him/her to actually seek out the real deal. That's how I felt when I sat through Oliver Stone's big screen bio-pic
The Doors.
So, while this movie is totally unnecessary and a waste of time, film and money (production-wise), I don't think it's worth getting too worked-up over. As George Harrison once sang, "All things must pass." So, too, shall this film and its hype.
BTW, does anyone know how the relatives of the real Stooges feel about this movie? I'd be curious to read/hear comments from people such as Moe's kids, Joan and Paul.
