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Summary: One of the Funniest movies i have ever seen
Review: First watched this movie, borrowing from a Library.
Though it is a old movie by now, liked it so much that watched for 6-7 times and planning to buy the DVD.
discovered that master director speilberg had a master comedy film on his list.
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Summary: A Great Slap Stick Movie
Review: 1941 really is one of those movies you love or hate and you hate to love. It really is a movie with no plot and character development. It has a ton of crazy and wild characters that are very memorable. The story really isn't important because there really isn't one.1941 is a movie that takes place on Dec. 13, 1941 in L.A., Cal. The U.S. people are worried about another attack from the Japanese. Off the coast of L.A. is a Japanese U-Boat with the dumbest crew ever and one Nazi on it. They end up there off the coast because they are lost and their instruments won't work. Back on shore you have tank crew with characters played by Dan Akroyd, John Candy and Treat Williams in it who are out defending the city. You have John Belushi patroling the skies as Wild Bill and plenty of othe memorable characters living there daily lives in this war time. Like I said it really is hard to try to tell you the plot because there are so many chatacters and so many things going on at one time. There are plenty of cameos and funny antics in the movie. I like watching spoof movies like this and it's funny to see it come from Steven Spielberg because he's made some of the best dramas of all-time. If you were to see Schindler's List, The Color Purple, and Saving Private Ryan and then you were to see 1941, there is no way you'd think Spielberg did it. I was disapointed in the movie for the roles of John Belushi and Dan Akroyd. Because there are so many characters in the movie it's hard for anybody to get a ton of time on camera. At the time this movie was made these guys were both pretty popular from SNL and I think Spielberg really could have ran with them. I was disappointed with the DVD quality of the picture. It doesn't look any better than any of the previous versions I've seen of 1941. The bonus features however are great and the price for the movie is well worth that alone. 1941 really is a fun movie. It's fun to see a guy like Spielberg do a spoof like this. Just him making fun of Jaws is great. It's not that bad of a movie and I really am glad I own it.
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Summary: It Was Alright!
Review: 1941 is not Steven Spielberg's best movie but it has it's moments and is a cute movie and has a huge cast that includes John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Tim Matheson, Treat Williams, Robert Stack, John Candy and Michael McKean. The plot is a little uneven but has a great cast and some funny scenes that make it worth watching at least once and probably worth buying on DVD or video if you are fans of these actors. Since I'm an SNL fan I'm thinking of collecting the movies that have actors who are or were part of the SNL cast and I might buy the 1941 DVD but I would probably buy a used DVD.
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Summary: A fiasco, and an absolute must see
Review: Here is why you need to see this movie:
1. It's amazing to look at--the period detail, the widescreen cinematography, the obviously loving (and expensive) re-creation of another era.
2. The worst acting of any movie ever. The timing is so off, the acting so broad, the delivery so bizarre...it is like watching a movie that just landed here from another planet, where the idea of comedy is different from our own on Earth.
3. The worst script of the 1970s (including TV movies). Is it possible anyone in this cast read this script (can you IMAGINE how it must read on paper?!). Scenes go on and come to nothing. The "characters," and their relation to each other, are so bizarre, so devoid of motivation and any depth whatsoever, it seems like it MUST have been intentional, like some kind of post-modern experiment.
4. It contains no laughs. Even boobie-movies from the early 80s were funnier. Because there are no comic "straight men", and everyone is so, uh, "wacky" it just isn't funny. Again, the comic set pieces (two guys on a ferris wheel wathcing for a Japanese sub, girl who only likes sex in airplanes, etc) are from some kind of alternate universe. What is any of this inspired by? What is it poking fun of? Who is this comedy aimed at? 12 year old veterans?
5. It is terrible...spectacularly, awesomely bad. Bad in the way only really, really big-budget movies can be bad. You will not believe your eyes and ears. And after seeing it, you can get a cup of coffee and curl up and read these positive (!) reviews on this website, and wonder what movie called "1941" these people actually watched....because it simply cannot be the movie on this DVD.
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Summary: Simply Awful
Review: What a waste of talent. I don't even want to give this movie onestar. Surprised this bomb is still in print, it's truly a dawg. I picked it up in the library, I saw John Belushi and Dan Ackroyd, figured it would be good. Wrong.It is bad as it can get. Spielberg tried to use slapstick. It's continiously not funny.To think of all the stunts and wrecks and all the money that wasted making this film, and there are people starving. I just could not wait until it would end, and it seemed like it would never end. Animal House, the blues brothers and even neighbors it is not. Don't waste your evening.
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Summary: Good comedy, but too long
Review: The premise for this movie is simple enough: a Japanese submarine, two weeks after the attack at Pearl Harbor, seeks to destroy the will of the American populace by destroying Hollywood. However, they get a little lost. The Americans, in the meantime, are dealing with anti-Japanese hysteria, insane fighter pilots, well-meaning (but destructive) tankers, and riots between Army soldiers and Navy sailors. The movie is quite funny, but it's just too long. Comedies shouldn't last for more than an hour and half, two hours at the most, but 1941 drags on for nearly 3 hours. By that time, all the jokes have been told, and it seems that the characters have resorted to filler.
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Summary: Get A Life and Laugh, People!!!
Review: The public response to 1941 is the epitome of examples in how differently people see movies, yet it is also a prime example of how viewers tend to agree with the vast majority. My response to those who are members of the latter...think for yourselves! Just because the critics and your friends hated it does not mean you will, too! 1941 is without a doubt the definitive cult film, loved and hated by millions...more of the latter, unfortunately. But for those who love it, they truly do LOVE! Like Spielberg himself says in the documentary "It's a small, twisted crowd that appreciates '1941'." I'm proud to be a part of that core group as I am able to notice, understand and appreciate the jokes director Spielberg, producer John Milius and writers Bob Zemeckis and Bob Gale spewed forth into this film while I'm now living such a disgustingly politically-correct environment like our own. Racist? Hardly...merely a pie in the face of the Statue of Liberty (as Speilberg calls it) and a Stooges poke in the eye to the American social environment of the 40's. Funny? Absolutely! Who can't laugh at Eddie Deezen, Murray Hamilton and the dummy on the runaway ferris wheel? Who can't laugh at Ned Beatty blowing up his own house with a anti-tank mortar? And who can't appreciate and simply gawk at what is still some of the greatest miniature effects ever put onto film?? A.D. Flowers was a genius in this department! My advice to those naysayers is this...free your minds of the contemporary P.C. clutter poisoning our world these days for 2-1/2 hours and watch this painfully UNDERRATED movie once again. You'll be surprised as to how much more you'll appreciate it. Even Spielberg himself loves it again!
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Summary: Anything Goes
Review: Steven Spielberg's 1941 had a lot of potential, before it hit theaters, in 1979. It was excutive produced by John Milius, who wrote the screenplay for Apocalypse Now, its own script came from the team of Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, who would go on to greater success with Back To The Future and its sequels. The film also had a large all star cast, with both "old time" and so called "new Hollywood" represented. Unfortunately, the film didn't win very many viewers over. I was interested whether or not I would still feel lukewarm about it myself, after all these years, in between viewings. Set in Los Angeles, just days after Japan launched the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, and plunged the U.S. into World War II. It is a time of fear, panic, and uncertainity. Folks are convinced that Japan is planning a full scale invasion. General Stillwell (Robert Stack) is ready for anything as the citizens let loose to defend a nation. Based on many different stories documented later, the film is a hodgepodge of those events. Fashioned after the comedy epics of the 50's and 60's, like It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World, that's what 1941 tried to be. After all these years some of the more confusing stuff now makes better sense. Thanks to some restored footage not seen in the theatrical version. Some of it still falls flat but it's not as bad. Part of the problem is that they tried to throw "everything up in the air" to see what worked. As I said, it's not all that bad if you take it as is. The Collector's Edition DVD lifts its best bonus material from the laserdisc release. The 103 minute documentary, produced by Spielberg documentarian Laurent Bouzereau includes most of the primary crew but none of the surviving cast. Hmmm...It's still a fine retrospective though. You'll also see home movies and on set footage shot by Spielberg, outtakes, deleted scenes, storyboards, photos, theatrical trailers and other marketing materials. The most interesting extra though, was reading the often scathing reviews offered by some of the critcs back then. Spielberg and company acknowledge 1941 may not be their finest hour--and while I agree--I also think this restored version is still worth a look with a *** and a half star rating.
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Summary: 1941
Review: This is the absolute worst movie I ever saw.
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Summary: Long sentences punctuated with laughter...
Review: I would need to compare this new Director's cut DVD with the originally released version, but it seems as if the fat has been reapplied to a lean steak. I found my attention wandering often, and imagined I saw the seams where unnecessary elements were reinstated, to the viewer's detriment. Having said that, the film is still enjoyable, and the humor often works well when it appears. Large scale production and well-filmed miniatures combine for a spectacular visual feast. A fun film to watch with a group, so you can chat up the slow parts and magnify your laughter when the slapstick hits the fan.
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