This movie was not bad, but it could have been a bit better if they had tried to make one type of movie and stuck with it. The main problem with this movie is that at times it is a sentimental comedy, a total screwball comedy, and even a dark comedy with elements that were not comedy at all. Another problem is that at times the amigos played by comedy legends Steve Martin, Chevy Chase and Martin Short do not even have the best lines in the movie. No the guy with some of the best lines in this film is the guy playing the bad guy EL Guapa. His best coming when he talks about the piñatas with his underling. The story at times gets a bit to much too as the Germans and such were a bit much. Still, the film is not a total loss as there are some funny things going on like the ride through the desert where they are in need of water and Chevy is gargling his seemingly do it just to be a jerk for no real reason. After that there is a scene that is one of the problems as their is a singing bush and this just does not seem to fit into the movie at all up to this point as it seems more fitting of an "Airplane" type movie or something that has not been as serious. Up to that point there are funny scenes that are a bit goofy, but nothing involving something that strange. If they could have been more consistent with the comedy and the way the movie flowed it might have been rather good, as it stands it is a not so bad movie that has some flashes of really good comedy.
Review of Three Amigos!
Three Amigos!
(1986)
Three comedic greats just do not make that great of a comedy movie.
10 December 2009