Like most people, I really enjoyed this the first time I saw it. It was a "good, solid comedy with some melodramatic moments and action all mixed in effectively," I put in my notes back then. "Jack Palance steals the show," I added. "It's just a fun movie to watch."
Well, some 5-7 years later, at a look on the DVD, this film lost a lot of its appeal to me. I guess I changed; I know the film didn't. It just appeared so blatantly secular in everything, it became ridiculous. Billy Crystal - and this is typical of all his comedies - and his buddies look at the world in an extreme worldly manner.
In between the laughs in this movie are the guys (Crystal, Daniel Stern and Bruno Kirby) expressing their viewpoints on life, marriage, happiness, relationships and "the secret to life,"as it's literally put in this film. Even though it's a comedy, and some of the viewpoints are said strictly for laughs, this is an angry film with these men always mad, always confused, bickering, swearing at each other, etc. That loudness mixed with the profanity just doesn't make this a funny movie any longer. The sequel is far better.
In here, all you have is a warped look at life from people who don't have a clue about what it's all about....but think they do.
Well, some 5-7 years later, at a look on the DVD, this film lost a lot of its appeal to me. I guess I changed; I know the film didn't. It just appeared so blatantly secular in everything, it became ridiculous. Billy Crystal - and this is typical of all his comedies - and his buddies look at the world in an extreme worldly manner.
In between the laughs in this movie are the guys (Crystal, Daniel Stern and Bruno Kirby) expressing their viewpoints on life, marriage, happiness, relationships and "the secret to life,"as it's literally put in this film. Even though it's a comedy, and some of the viewpoints are said strictly for laughs, this is an angry film with these men always mad, always confused, bickering, swearing at each other, etc. That loudness mixed with the profanity just doesn't make this a funny movie any longer. The sequel is far better.
In here, all you have is a warped look at life from people who don't have a clue about what it's all about....but think they do.