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Name | Date | Lines |
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| 276.1 | i'll give it a miss | VAXWRK::STHILAIRE | raised by hermits | Thu Jul 29 1993 14:33 | 5 |
| re .0, well, you've just made up my mind, since I consider Spaceballs
to be one of the worst movies I've ever seen!! :-)
Lorna
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| 276.2 | | 11843::WOOLNER | Your dinner is in the supermarket | Thu Jul 29 1993 16:34 | 10 |
| Thanks DFW, that's *exactly* the type of review I was hoping to see on
this! For me, Mel Brooks is either very very funny or VERY unfunny; no
middle ground.
*Maybe* I'll take Alex to a matinee... (what's the rating?)... just to
see Cary Elwes. On the other hand, maybe I'll just watch my copy of
The Princess Bride - another hundred viewings of that and I might start
to get tired of it.
Leslie
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| 276.3 | Rating | QUARRY::reeves | Jon Reeves, ULTRIX compiler group | Thu Jul 29 1993 18:11 | 1 |
| The rating is PG-13 for "off-color humor".
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| 276.4 | A bit of skin | RNDHSE::WALL | Show me, don't tell me | Mon Aug 02 1993 13:15 | 5 |
|
There's a brief glimpse of naked breasts (woman getting out of a bubble
bath). But the really naughty bits are covered.
DFW
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| 276.5 | | 32905::SWEENEY | Not a client, but an agent | Thu Aug 12 1993 12:13 | 13 |
| For some kids the obsession with sex (here I mean intercourse and not
courtship) that the Robin and Marian (as well as "Rottingham") have
will be incomprehenisble.
The film is no Young Frankenstein, and I believe that's because there's
not enough material to bite into in the genre. Mel Brooks is coasting
here.
Cary Ewles is just great in the role and so are many of the others in
the cast. You wish they have more and funnier material to world with.
The promotional bits showed a arrow splitting a tree which is not in
the film anyway.
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| 276.6 | stay away in droves! | 11843::WOOLNER | Your dinner is in the supermarket | Thu Aug 12 1993 16:54 | 20 |
| Time to admit to all of you that I did take my daughter to this and
AM I EVER SORRY! What a DOG. The jokes are almost entirely of the
poo-poo ca-ca variety, interspersed with a circumcision running-gag,
tiresome men-in-tights stereotypical camping, and heavy-handed
anachronism takes. And the WORST part was the timing: it might have
been a little more bearable if the gags had been nonstop, but after
every single so-called joke there was at least a beat and a half so we
could all "get it" - ba da BOOM. Let me tell you, this was one silent
theater throughout. I may have chuckled 4 or 5 times, and a couple of
those were in disbelief that Brooks actually thought this was
entertainment.
Cary Elwes is gorgeous, but he was given nothing to work with and must
have had all his subtlety (so exquisite in "The Princess Bride")
squelched out of him by Brooks' leaden direction.
Mortified that I went against my better judgement and the excellent
first review here,
Leslie
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| 276.7 | Missing Scenes | ASDG::SCARBOROUGH | | Wed Aug 18 1993 16:12 | 12 |
|
If one wanted to try to write a letter to Mel Brooks, in this case
about his Robin Hood movie, what would be the best address to send it
too?
I was very upset, there were several scenes in his bihind the scenes
previews on Cinemax that were not in the movie. But nevertheless, I
was greatly entertained by the movie. It must be my English sense of
humor (smiles).
Carl
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| 276.8 | Library, Studio, or Directory Assistance? | DECWET::HAYNES | | Wed Aug 18 1993 22:02 | 6 |
| I don't know it offhand, but you might try a public Library in WHO'S
WHO.....
Or you could write C/O whatever actor's Guild he belongs to....
MBH
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| 276.9 | I'd recommend... | QUARRY::reeves | Jon Reeves, ULTRIX compiler group | Wed Aug 18 1993 22:07 | 5 |
| Best is if you can find out who his agent is; any of the unions he is
likely to belong to (WGA West, DGA, SAG) could probably help.
Almost as good would be to write c/o the studio that released the
movie, in this case 20th Century Fox.
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| 276.10 | Here's a thought (sort of) | 16913::MILLS_MA | To Thine own self be True | Thu Aug 19 1993 20:55 | 7 |
| Maybe the scenes that were shown on the trailers but not the movie were
another joke on Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. If I remember correctly,
the arrow splitting the other arrows in its trailer was not in the
movie either.
Marilyn
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| 276.11 | | WECARE::LYNCH | Bill Lynch | Mon Aug 30 1993 14:22 | 10 |
| Although I thought the movie was funny, one bit of miscasting struck
me: Richard Lewis as King John. Did anyone else picture Mel Brooks
himself in that role? Would have made the movie funnier, I think.
The lines as Lewis spoke them seemed ideal for Mel.
I thought the Little John/Robin fight at the bridge scene was a riot!
The satire is typical Brooks. I liked it.
-- Bill
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| 276.12 | | 5235::J_TOMAO | | Mon Aug 30 1993 14:29 | 2 |
| Mel doesn;t usually 'play the lead' he usually does smaller - slightly
larger cameo appereances.
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