Having been a fan of Stan & Ollie for many a year, I have picked up on the fact made by a lot of people from whatever source, that the later features were of a lower standard in relation to their earlier shorts. I had previously seen "Utopia/Atoll K" their last film, which was not only pretty lousy, but they both looked soooooo unwell. A sad finale.
I had subconsciously avoided these in the past. However, I have also been in possession for some time of 2x3 disc box sets of these films and throwing caution to the wind, I decided to watch one the other day. The 20th Century Fox production "Great Guns." I have to say, I was pleasantly surprised at the standard of both the film generally, and L&H themselves. Slightly less slapstick, but more comic dialogue. Certainly Stan was just starting to go a little green around the gills so to speak (even in a black and white film!), but they both still "had it in them!"
The beautiful thing was....... seeing them in what was for me...... a new film. A real pleasure.
I have 5 more to see. The next one in the series is "A Haunting We Will Go." Fingers crossed it will be as good as Great Guns.......... or maybe you know otherwise.....!
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I had subconsciously avoided these in the past. However, I have also been in possession for some time of 2x3 disc box sets of these films and throwing caution to the wind, I decided to watch one the other day. The 20th Century Fox production "Great Guns." I have to say, I was pleasantly surprised at the standard of both the film generally, and L&H themselves. Slightly less slapstick, but more comic dialogue. Certainly Stan was just starting to go a little green around the gills so to speak (even in a black and white film!), but they both still "had it in them!"
The beautiful thing was....... seeing them in what was for me...... a new film. A real pleasure.
I have 5 more to see. The next one in the series is "A Haunting We Will Go." Fingers crossed it will be as good as Great Guns.......... or maybe you know otherwise.....!
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