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Summary: The Gods Must be Crazy
Review: This was one of the best movies I have seen. Watch the scenes in the background, lest you miss a good shot, though!
I highly recommend it. But a good sense of humor is requisite.
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Summary: What's Good for the Big Screen Has Got to Be Good for DVD!
Review: I saw The Gods Must Be Crazy in a packed theater in Beverly Hills in 1985. It was the only place playing the film in all of Southern California, so people were converging on that theater from all over the area. A friend visiting from Alabama had heard about the movie back home, but it wasn't playing anywhere in Mobile, so he wanted to take advantage of his trip to California. I'd never heard of the film, but I trusted my friend's taste, so we went. Man, was I glad I did! That's actually one of my most memorable moviegoing experiences. The film was a hoot! I have rarely heard a packed theater laugh so loud and so long and so passionately. I think we were all responding to the movie's off-slant sensibility--which was so different from the American comedies of the 1980s. My brother tells me that this is one of the most-rented movies at Blockbuster. So... don't you think that it might be worth the studio's while to release it on DVD?
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Summary: I was taken by a faulty VHS sent to me
Review: I ordered "The Gods Must Be Crazy" through Amazon.com. We have seen this video several times and thought it would be great to have a copy of this classic movie in our library. So we ordered it through Amazon.com. We played it and only about 80% of the video played and that was the end of the tape on the reel. So the last 20% was missing. It stopped immediately after the bushman had tranquilized the leader of the gang while he was sleeping in the corridor where the school teacher and the students were held hostage (end of tape on the reel) I have tried to get in contact with the third party that sent the VHS but I get no response. Even though I rated the movie as a 5 star but the copy of the VHS that I received as a "0". Very disappointing after I paid for a copy that was to be in excellent condition.
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Summary: The Absolute Ultimate in Funniness!!
Review: I have never in my life laughed so hard as I did when I saw this movie back in the 80's...and it's STILL hysterically funny every time I watch it. No matter how many times you watch it, it makes you laugh. And I dont mean just giggle or chuckle...it's one of those rare ones that all you have to do is think about something in it that made you laugh and it starts again (the laughter). A MUST SEE MOVIE!!
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Summary: Heavy duty humor !
Review: When I saw this movie, I lived in Atlanta. It ran there for well over a year, because the crowds were so good for it and returning to see it several times. Be ready for some slapstick visual comedy that really keeps your full attention. The first 10-15 or so minutes are slow and a sort of set-up for the rest, and you think you must be in the wrong movie, but then it goes into high gear and never stops. I laughed so hard my stomach hurt the next day. Some of the unusual things that happen in the movie you would never expect. There are scenes I will never forget. Not everybody enjoys it as much as I did, but if you're expecting sophistication, forget it! This is for those who like a good "belly-laugh".
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Summary: You Either Like It or You Don't
Review: I can't remember the last time I laughed so much ! I loaned it to some friends and when I called them to see how they were doing with the movie, they were laughing so much and so hard that they could not talk on the phone. But I loaned it to my brother, who has a nice sense of humor, and he did not like it. I think it's awesome.
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Summary: Beautiful madness!
Review: These two films justify the phrase "sophisticated slapstick." They may contain a few cliches, but if so they are so uniquely presented that they become precedent-setters. The cultural aspect is also divinely inspired, and the ingenious use of animals makes the recipe complete. In short, these are fabulously entertaining works of art, and if they were on DVD I would purchase them in an instant. I might even consider buying two copies at once . . .
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Summary: Offbeat amusement
Review: I think one reason "The Gods Must Be Crazy" became such a hit at one time is because its setting and characters are quite different from any we've seen coming from Hollywood. It tells the story of a Bushman in the Kalahari who decides to rid his idyllic tribe of the one thing that causes them strife - a coke bottle tossed from a passing airplane. He sets off to throw it off the edge of the world, and instead finds himself in prison for shooting a goat. He is rescued by a bumbling naturalist and his mechanic sidekick, who then set out to save a schoolteacher and her class from a group of terrorists. The obvious message is that the "primitive" Bushmen are much more civilized in their own way than anyone the modern world. Some critics may complain of this idealized, paternalistic view of the Bushmen. Looking at the film now, this seems a rather strange comedy in its use of sped-up footage, silent-movie cornball music, and cheaply dubbed-over voices that barely match the lips of the speakers. A lot of the gags, like the naturalist rolling his car up and down a hill while a baboon looks on, fall pretty flat, but the movie picks up steam towards the end, and the African scenery is interesting as well. Worth seeing once.
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Summary: A GREAT MOVIE
Review: THE GODS MUST BE CRAZY AND THE GODS MUST BE CRAZY 2 IS TWO OF THE MOST ENJOYABLE MOVIES I HAVE EVER SEEN. MY HUSBAND AN MYSELF
WATCH IT OVER AND OVER AND ENJOY IT EACH TIME. WE WOULD LOVE
TO SEE THEM MAKE THE GODS MUST BE CRAZY 3.
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Summary: One of my all time favorites
Review: This is a great movie! Not only is it brilliantly funny, but I can watch it with my kids and not have to ask them to leave the room or explain anything to them. I really cannot understand why we can't buy a new copy of either VHS or DVD, but when I can I will!
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