Well....I'm speechless...words fail me, Dads Army.....I will never get those two hours of my life back....fatuous unfunny indescribably puerile drivel.....Its an insult to the intelligence and to the men who were in the home guard. The TV series was funny largely because it was satirical and had characters who were totally out of their depth but doing their best.
I remember watching the TV series with my parents, who lived trough those times and loved the show. I know of people who were in the home guard who loved it because they said it was a wonderful exaggeration and parody of the reality and futility of the struggle and the people involved. This film makes them out to be imbeciles.
It is not worth spending time on detailed analysis, but suffice to say the writers understood nothing of what made the original so clever and successful. It really is one the worst films i have ever paid to see.
I remember watching the TV series with my parents, who lived trough those times and loved the show. I know of people who were in the home guard who loved it because they said it was a wonderful exaggeration and parody of the reality and futility of the struggle and the people involved. This film makes them out to be imbeciles.
It is not worth spending time on detailed analysis, but suffice to say the writers understood nothing of what made the original so clever and successful. It really is one the worst films i have ever paid to see.