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Post by angilasman on Dec 18, 2010 19:31:53 GMT -5
^I know!
As a matter of fact that's what brought on my watching of the films: I'm going to watch Animal Crackers, Monkey Business, Horse Feathers, and Duck Soup in the marathon so I'm watching all the other films beforehand.
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Post by angilasman on Dec 21, 2010 10:58:47 GMT -5
A Night at the Opera
The big one. The most famous. Their comeback film that solidified their place in history.
Of course, I think A Day at the Races is a bit funnier. Oh, don't get me wrong: this film is much tighter and is technically the better film - but to me it doesn't generate as many belly-laughs. I think my favorite moment is before the finale when the brothers (and Allan Jones) show up at Gotlieb's office, basically giving him an ultimatum before they unleash Bugs Bunny style revenge on his ass.
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Post by mrcleveland on Dec 27, 2010 10:19:03 GMT -5
I think "Duck Soup" would have to be my favorite Marx Brothers Film! The next one would be "A Night at the Opera"
Speaking of what...I was bored and I asked "There's two Queen Albums named after Marx Brothers Films (A Night at the Opera and A Day at the Races) and someone put "The Wizard of OZ" with "Dark Side of the Moon"...so why not mash the two albums/movies together"?
Well...I did have vids for them...but since YT was being stupid, I killed my account and I can't find a place to upload the vid right now, so to avoid complications of rights, I blogged on Queen sites where I found out how to use Queen's songs with the Marx Brothers movies....
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Post by angilasman on Dec 27, 2010 15:27:58 GMT -5
The Let us Cling Together/A Day at the Races one ends up as oddly uplifting!
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Post by GProopdog on Dec 27, 2010 16:16:47 GMT -5
I always thought (IMO anyway) that from Monkey Business to Night at the Opera, the Marx Brothers were *untouchable* comedy wise. Four absolutely perfect movies.
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Post by mrmeadows on Dec 27, 2010 19:15:44 GMT -5
I always thought (IMO anyway) that from Monkey Business to Night at the Opera, the Marx Brothers were *untouchable* comedy wise. Four absolutely perfect movies. I would throw in Animal Crackers ahead of Monkey Business (so five perfect movies), but yes.
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Post by angilasman on Dec 27, 2010 19:40:08 GMT -5
^and I'd extend it to A Day at the Races!
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Post by GProopdog on Dec 27, 2010 20:46:48 GMT -5
Agreed on Animal Crackers.
Day at the Races? Meh, it was *good*, but to me, not as good as Opera/Soup/Business/Feathers/Crackers.
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Post by mrmeadows on Dec 28, 2010 14:34:02 GMT -5
Yeah, I actually don't find Day at the Races as memorable as the others. A few good individual bits here and there, but overall it doesn't make me laugh all that much. (Hard to get past the blackface musical sequence, too.) Also, not sure if you've ever seen this, but it's amusing. Agree with most of it, except for--again--their evaluation of Night of the Opera vs. Day at the Races: www.avclub.com/articles/the-marx-brothers,42903/ I also concur with their take on Night at Casablanca. Far from their best work, but certainly passable. Definitely the best "post-Races" flick they did.
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Post by GProopdog on Dec 28, 2010 15:03:35 GMT -5
I always thought Night at Casablanca got a bad rap. mrmeadows is right in that it's far from their best work, but it's certainly not a terrible movie by any means.
From what I understand, the only reason they *made* NaC was to help pay off Chico's gambling debts, is this true or not?
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Post by angilasman on Dec 28, 2010 15:52:16 GMT -5
Day at the Races? Meh, it was *good*, but to me, not as good as Opera/Soup/Business/Feathers/Crackers. I like Opera, but Races makes me howl with laughter.
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Post by mrmeadows on Dec 28, 2010 16:24:01 GMT -5
From what I understand, the only reason they *made* NaC was to help pay off Chico's gambling debts, is this true or not? I believe there is truth to that. At least, it's true that Chico was a gambling addict. NaC is worth watching just for the hard-cut reveal of Harpo ferociously taking an axe to the cables of a stuck elevator car. One of my all time favorite Marx Bros. sight gags.
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Post by GProopdog on Dec 28, 2010 16:43:57 GMT -5
Now that I think about it, I think the "black sheep" movie Love Happy was the one that was basically just to pay off Chico's gambling debts.
I dunno for sure, I've heard that rumor plastered on both of those movies.
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Post by angilasman on Dec 28, 2010 21:25:41 GMT -5
^I beleive Groucho said the same for both films... but whether it was the absolute truth is another matter. Speaking of Groucho, here's what I got at the American Greetings shop for $1 today:
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Post by GProopdog on Dec 28, 2010 23:27:21 GMT -5
That looks awesome....too bad the "U" in his name looks like a "V".
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