just saw the commercial......Steve Martin? Inspector Jacques Clouseau? I haven't seen the movie, and being one who IDOLIZES Peter Sellers, and considering the "type" of humor Sellers does so well(invented?), I can't see Martin pulling this one off, sorry.
Any thoughts?
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Added to the list of "why'd they bother remaking this?". Seems utterly pointless, and Martin, as much as I've enjoyed him, simply can't hold a candle to Sellers.
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Completely. As out of place as Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka.
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didn't see that for EXACTLY these same reasons! I have to say I get more out of the original Willy Wonka the older I get (I swear that movie was meant for adults, just got lured into the theatre
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I saw the trailer for this abomination.
This is one movie I will avoid like the plague!
I love Inspector Clouseau!
Love love love that character.
Hollywood, just let some things end.
Funny, I was wondering why I never see the Pather movies on TV anymore, except for the occasional first one which isn't very good because Sellers isn't really in it too much, so I got a few from the library a few weeks ago.
LOL!!
Now I know.
He pretty much calls Cato a "little yellow bastard" a hundred times.
There's no way that would make it on TV now.
(even though Cato is the smart one and Clouseau is the buffoon)
Another funny, I hadn't watched any of the movies since my daughter was born over 6 years ago.
One day when she got old enough I started playing a game where we try to sneakup on each other and yell "Attack!" right before one of us ...um...attacks the other.
I never knew where that came from until a rewatched the the movies.
Although she *is* learning karate, hopefully it won't progress to the point it where it did in the movies.
This is one movie I will avoid like the plague!
I love Inspector Clouseau!
Love love love that character.
Hollywood, just let some things end.
Funny, I was wondering why I never see the Pather movies on TV anymore, except for the occasional first one which isn't very good because Sellers isn't really in it too much, so I got a few from the library a few weeks ago.
LOL!!
Now I know.
He pretty much calls Cato a "little yellow bastard" a hundred times.
There's no way that would make it on TV now.
(even though Cato is the smart one and Clouseau is the buffoon)
Another funny, I hadn't watched any of the movies since my daughter was born over 6 years ago.
One day when she got old enough I started playing a game where we try to sneakup on each other and yell "Attack!" right before one of us ...um...attacks the other.
I never knew where that came from until a rewatched the the movies.Although she *is* learning karate, hopefully it won't progress to the point it where it did in the movies.
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Not now Kato!!!
inspectorclouseau.com/lines.html
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Clouseau: Does yer dewg bite?
Inn Keeper: No
Clouseau: Nice dewggy (bends down to pet a dachshund - it snarls and bites him)
I thought you said yer dewg did not bite!
Inn Keeper: Zat... iz not my dog!
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-Why don't you get out of those wet
clothes? You could catch pneumonia.
-Yes, I know that.
I will do as soon as I get home,
provided that idiot Cato
does not attack me first.
- Why don't you just tell him not to?
- Believe me, it's not that easy.
l have given him instructions to attack me
wherever and whenever possible,
and it has now become a matter of pride
with him to try to outsmart me.
l guarantee that at this very minute,
his fiendish little yellow brain
is plotting some new ambush.
clothes? You could catch pneumonia.
-Yes, I know that.
I will do as soon as I get home,
provided that idiot Cato
does not attack me first.
- Why don't you just tell him not to?
- Believe me, it's not that easy.
l have given him instructions to attack me
wherever and whenever possible,
and it has now become a matter of pride
with him to try to outsmart me.
l guarantee that at this very minute,
his fiendish little yellow brain
is plotting some new ambush.
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OMG!The Esmer wrote:Not now Kato!!!
inspectorclouseau.com/lines.html
Clouseau: Does yer dewg bite?
Inn Keeper: No
Clouseau: Nice dewggy (bends down to pet a dachshund - it snarls and bites him)
I thought you said yer dewg did not bite!
Inn Keeper: Zat... iz not my dog!
My cheeks hurt from laughing so hard!!
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It's funny, 'cause there are very, very few really good remakes, but they keep churning 'em out because they keep making money.
And Martin's been in a ton of them....
Father of the Bride
Little Shop of Horrors
Cheaper by the Dozen
The Out-of-Towners
Sgt. Bilko
And Martin's been in a ton of them....
Father of the Bride
Little Shop of Horrors
Cheaper by the Dozen
The Out-of-Towners
Sgt. Bilko
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He's a whore.Cail wrote:It's funny, 'cause there are very, very few really good remakes, but they keep churning 'em out because they keep making money.
And Martin's been in a ton of them....
Father of the Bride
Little Shop of Horrors
Cheaper by the Dozen
The Out-of-Towners
Sgt. Bilko
When was the last time he was funny?
The Jerk.
And Young Frank......no that was Wilder
So...The Jerk.
What was that?
1979?
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I agree, he's a whore, but I loved Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, My Blue Heaven, and of course, Three Amigos!
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OK, I forgot about the Three Amigos!.Cail wrote:I agree, he's a whore, but I loved Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, My Blue Heaven, and of course, Three Amigos!Lucky Day wrote:In a way, each of us has an El Guapo to face. For some, shyness might be their El Guapo. For others, a lack of education might be their El Guapo. For us, El Guapo is a big, dangerous man who wants to kill us. But as sure as my name is Lucky Day, the people of Santa Poco can conquer their own personal El Guapo, who also happens to be *the actual* El Guapo!
He did make me laugh in that one.
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That's what's frustrating about him, he's not a bad actor at all.
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I can't remember which film it was, but Dreyfus had gone mad and was threatening to vaporize something with a BFG mounted in a castle. Sellers shows up in knight's armor and hilarity ensued.
I'll have to grab them from Blockbuster and watch them again.
I'll have to grab them from Blockbuster and watch them again.
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I'm in line with everyone's comments about Steve Martin. His work on Saturday Night Live was classic, but his style often gets lost in the translation to film.
This remake must rank as one of the most pointless of all time. Martin really wants to set himself up for comparison to Sellers in a role that Sellers owns totally? Martin is either very brave or very dumb to do this.
This remake must rank as one of the most pointless of all time. Martin really wants to set himself up for comparison to Sellers in a role that Sellers owns totally? Martin is either very brave or very dumb to do this.
That was The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976). Had to look it up, as I always got the films confused with each other.Cail wrote:I can't remember which film it was, but Dreyfus had gone mad and was threatening to vaporize something with a BFG mounted in a castle. Sellers shows up in knight's armor and hilarity ensued.
Agree with you there. I felt that way about the subsequent Panther films as well. Peter Sellers individually as Clouseau was better than the films. It's been years since I last watched the Panther films, and I'm not sure how I would respond to them now. Any scenes with Clouseau and Kato, and between Clouseau and Dreyfus, are classic, and I'll always cherish them, but I don't really feel motivated to see all those films again in their entirety. Well, maybe if I caught them on late night TV or something.Loremaster wrote:I think Peter Sellers is a great comedian, but I didn't find the Pink Panther that funny. It's a good movie, don't get me wrong, just a bit flat.