1941

Dale Sams · March 12 2013, 01:01 AM

"Horry-Wood!"

"I'm a bug!"

Wow, what a horrible, horrible movie. Though it is fun to play "Hey! I know that actor!"

Mutenroshi · March 12 2013, 01:45 AM

SchwEnt · March 12 2013, 02:36 AM

I never though it was that bad. I had several good laughs.
Still find it funnier than what passes for comedy in movies today.

Ar-Pharazon · March 12 2013, 02:47 AM

Not quite up there with Blues Brothers or Animal House, but I agree, tons better than 95% of today's crap.

I own the DVD. Haven't watched it in a while.

Nerys Myk · March 12 2013, 02:55 AM

I liked parts of it. Saw it on the same day as The Jerk. I recall my then girlfriend thought 1941 was funnier.

Tosk · March 12 2013, 03:53 AM

I love 1941, and I make no apologies for it.

My favorite sequence is the dance-off/fight scene. Dance choreography and fight choreography all rolled into one? Awesome.

CorporalCaptain · March 12 2013, 04:32 AM

I like it a helluva lot better than ET, and I really laughed my ass off in parts of it.

Dale Sams · March 12 2013, 06:04 AM

Tosk wrote:

I love 1941, and I make no apologies for it.

My favorite sequence is the dance-off/fight scene. Dance choreography and fight choreography all rolled into one? Awesome.

I liked most of the sub stuff with my favorite part being when Toshiro Mifune says "Good shooting sailor!" to the guy who hasn't even loaded his gun yet, and the guy does a little bow.

scotpens · March 12 2013, 06:11 AM

1941 was overproduced, overhyped, unfunny and just plain DUMB. It was Steven Spielberg's Howard the Duck. Or you could say Howard the Duck was George Lucas' 1941. Works either way.

YMMV.

M'Sharak · March 12 2013, 08:34 AM

Dale Sams wrote:

Wow, what a horrible, horrible movie.

Eh, it's uneven, but hardly horrible. I still enjoy most of it.

Tosk wrote:

My favorite sequence is the dance-off/fight scene. Dance choreography and fight choreography all rolled into one? Awesome.

Absolutely. That's great fun and beautifully executed, with good music, too.

Captaindemotion · March 12 2013, 12:27 PM

It's been years since I've seen it but when I last saw it, it made me laugh. I don't know if it still would or not but I suspect that it's certainly better than its reputation.

Australis · March 12 2013, 01:14 PM

I like it, it's not great, but... it's a zany cartoon/comic book of a movie, and works mostly on that level.

Dale Sams · March 12 2013, 03:57 PM

Take out the Tim Matheson stuff, make Belushi an off-screen prescence until the end making it a 'big reveal' ...take out all that Godawful screaming (people going AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH isn't funny)...and you've got a much tighter movie.

Believe me, I'm usually very easy to please. Hell, I liked Neighbors and Always.

Davros · March 13 2013, 01:09 AM

A highly underrated movie. I love it.

CorporalCaptain · March 13 2013, 05:41 AM

Dale Sams wrote:

make Belushi an off-screen prescence until the end making it a 'big reveal'

No. No way.

March 12 2013, 01:01 AM	#1
Dale Sams Captain	1941 "Horry-Wood!" "I'm a bug!" Wow, what a horrible, horrible movie. Though it is fun to play "Hey! I know that actor!"

March 12 2013, 01:45 AM	#2
Mutenroshi 亀仙人 - 武天老師 Location: Mutenroshi	Re: 1941 __________________ Let There Be Rock! Jack Beauregard: "You shine like the door of a whorehouse!" *Nobody:* "I like folks to see me."

March 12 2013, 02:36 AM	#3
SchwEnt Fleet Captain	Re: 1941 I never though it was that bad. I had several good laughs. Still find it funnier than what passes for comedy in movies today.

March 12 2013, 02:47 AM	#4
Ar-Pharazon Admiral of the Rear	Re: 1941 Not quite up there with Blues Brothers or Animal House, but I agree, tons better than 95% of today's crap. I own the DVD. Haven't watched it in a while. __________________ Rimmer, on what period of history to live in- “Well, It’d be the 19th century for me, one of Napoleon’s marshals. The chance to march across Europe with the greatest general of all time and kill Belgians” - (White Hole).

March 12 2013, 02:55 AM	#5
Nerys Myk Admiral Location: House of Kang, now with ridges	Re: 1941 I liked parts of it. Saw it on the same day as The Jerk. I recall my then girlfriend thought 1941 was funnier. __________________ Nerys Myk's Midnight In Never Land A novel of Dark Fantasy @ Amazon.com

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March 12 2013, 03:53 AM	#6
Tosk Rear Admiral Location: On the run.	Re: 1941 I love 1941, and I make no apologies for it. My favorite sequence is the dance-off/fight scene. Dance choreography and fight choreography all rolled into one? Awesome.

March 12 2013, 04:32 AM	#7
CorporalCaptain Vice Admiral Location: In pre-production	Re: 1941 I like it a helluva lot better than ET, and I really laughed my ass off in parts of it. __________________ John

March 12 2013, 06:11 AM	#9
scotpens Rear Admiral Location: Los Angeles, CA	Re: 1941 1941 was overproduced, overhyped, unfunny and just plain DUMB. It was Steven Spielberg's Howard the Duck. Or you could say Howard the Duck was George Lucas' 1941. Works either way. YMMV. __________________ “All the universe or nothingness. Which shall it be, Passworthy? Which shall it be?”

March 12 2013, 12:27 PM	#11
Captaindemotion Vice Admiral Location: Ireland	Re: 1941 It's been years since I've seen it but when I last saw it, it made me laugh. I don't know if it still would or not but I suspect that it's certainly better than its reputation. __________________ Hodor!!!!!!!

March 12 2013, 01:14 PM	#12
Australis Writer Location: The Electric Age	Re: 1941 I like it, it's not great, but... it's a zany cartoon/comic book of a movie, and works mostly on that level. __________________ I will not accept tyranny, any tyranny, even that of Heaven - Terry Pratchett. Always choose cognac over cocaine. -- Jon Lord

March 12 2013, 03:57 PM	#13
Dale Sams Captain	Re: 1941 Take out the Tim Matheson stuff, make Belushi an off-screen prescence until the end making it a 'big reveal' ...take out all that Godawful screaming (people going AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH isn't funny)...and you've got a much tighter movie. Believe me, I'm usually very easy to please. Hell, I liked Neighbors and Always.

March 13 2013, 01:09 AM	#14
Davros Fleet Admiral Location: Kaled bunker, Skaro	Re: 1941 A highly underrated movie. I love it. __________________ "With great power comes great responsibility"-Uncle Ben Parker