http://www.threestooges.net/filmography/episode/136http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044909/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1FACgS95I4wWatch A MISSED FORTUNE in the link above
Next time I review a remake, which I will be doing a lot of, I am going to make it a policy to watch the original earlier in the week. It will give me an excuse to watch more Stooge stuff, and perhaps have more to say with a fresher comparison.
I really like HEALTHY, WEALTHY, AND DUMB; the film A MISSED FORTUNE is remaking, and the latter ain't bad either. A little lower on energy than the original, but hey, during the original they were entering their Curly prime. Here, they are older, dependable veterans with Shemp, kind of like watching Big Papi these days. Yeah, he ain't putting up '04 - '07 numbers, but he's still damn good (insert whatever other older athlete is more relevant to you in this scenario).
The first five minutes of the original is all time classic stuff, and it's done very well here, too. Love the way the camera slowly zooms in on Moe's face as he has the spoon stuck in his mouth, glue slowly dripping down. Watching Moe shove a cloth filled with gasoline down Shemp's throat and then hammering it down to add an exclamation point is also very funny stuff.
As for the girls? They're serviceable. I'm not as down on Nanette Bordeaux as you guys, though intellectually, I can understand where you're coming from. Her broken English is a bit fascinating to me. This one lacks the brunette of the original stating how lonely she is in that way that makes me want to give her all my savings, and Suzanne Ridgeway, for most of her Stooge career, does what she is most known for...,being a pretty gal who does not utter lines. Really, would it have been so hard to give her some line to say?
Pretty much a straight remake of the original is the bottom line. I guess I'll add it's always nice to see Vernon and that this was edited a Hell of a lot better than PEST MAN WINS. You know, no clumsy pie fight footage we've seen a million times that spans decades. I like this one, but I'll still take the original.
8/10