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  • germdoc
    Veteran Member
    • Nov 2003
    • 3567
    • Omaha, NE
    • BT3000--the gray ghost
    #1

    This is an outrage!!

    New 3 Stooges movie with Sean Penn, Jim Carrey and Benicio Del Toro (huh?)...

    http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/20...stooges-movie/

    What are these guys thinking? Note to Farrelly brothers: Curly was FAT. Moe was a surly JERK--Sean Penn mighta been better for this one. Larry was balding and had CURLY HAIR. And they were all very JEWISH.

    They need very good physical comedians who look something like the part. Being Jewish would be helpful.

    Here are my nominations:

    For Curly, either Jack Black or Drew Carey.

    For Larry, Owen Wilson or Will Ferrell.

    For Moe, Adam Sandler or Ben Stiller.

    Any other thoughts?
    Jeff


    “Doctors are men who prescribe medicines of which they know little, to cure diseases of which they know less, in human beings of whom they know nothing”--Voltaire
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    • cgallery
      Veteran Member
      • Sep 2004
      • 4503
      • Milwaukee, WI
      • BT3K
      #2
      Originally posted by germdoc
      Any other thoughts?
      Too bad you can't "short" a movie like you "short" a stock.

      Because this movie would be a sure thing.

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        • Pappy
          The Full Monte
          • Dec 2002
          • 10481
          • San Marcos, TX, USA.
          • BT3000 (x2)
          #3
          Classics can be redone, sometimes with success and even improvement. When its status as a classic or icon is because of the actors, not the story, LEAVE IT ALONE!
          Don, aka Pappy,

          Wise men talk because they have something to say,
          Fools because they have to say something.
          Plato

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            • germdoc
              Veteran Member
              • Nov 2003
              • 3567
              • Omaha, NE
              • BT3000--the gray ghost
              #4
              Originally posted by Pappy
              Classics can be redone, sometimes with success and even improvement. When its status as a classic or icon is because of the actors, not the story, LEAVE IT ALONE!
              That may be true, but remember there have been 4 "Curlies"--the first was Shemp, not Curly, and Shemp took over again after Curly had his stroke. Curly was the best, but Shemp was a pretty good second in my book.

              I have read and reread a biography of the stooges that was ghostwritten with Moe. It makes me teary-eyed every time I read it. They were very talented vaudevillians, hard-working, hard-living, and kept us laughing in spite of our problems. Wish they were still around!

              Jeff


              “Doctors are men who prescribe medicines of which they know little, to cure diseases of which they know less, in human beings of whom they know nothing”--Voltaire

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                • MilDoc
                  #5
                  Gotta agree. Penn, Carey, and whoever? No way.

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                    • crokett
                      The Full Monte
                      • Jan 2003
                      • 10627
                      • Mebane, NC, USA.
                      • Ryobi BT3000
                      #6
                      Originally posted by germdoc
                      What are these guys thinking? Note to Farrelly brothers: Curly was FAT. Moe was a surly JERK--Sean Penn mighta been better for this one. Larry was balding and had CURLY HAIR. And they were all very JEWISH.
                      Jim Carrey is gaining 40lbs for the role. Benicio Del Toro has played several characters who were surly jerks. He was also pretty funny in 'Snatch'. Balding is an easy fix.

                      I can't help ya on the Jewish part.
                      David

                      The chief cause of failure in this life is giving up what you want most for what you want at the moment.

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                        • BobSch
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                          • Aug 2004
                          • 4385
                          • Minneapolis, MN, USA.
                          • BT3100
                          #7
                          Originally posted by Pappy
                          Classics can be redone, sometimes with success and even improvement. When its status as a classic or icon is because of the actors, not the story, LEAVE IT ALONE!
                          Amen. This is going to be a worse trainwreck than Steve Martin trying to fill Peter Seller's shoes in the Pink Panther.
                          Bob

                          Bad decisions make good stories.

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                            • stocktr8er
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                              • Jan 2007
                              • 63
                              • Midland, TX
                              • BT3000
                              #8
                              Who said you can't short a movie.

                              Here is the "Holliwood Stock Exchange"

                              http://www.hsx.com/
                              Curtis

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                                • L. D. Jeffries
                                  Senior Member
                                  • Dec 2005
                                  • 747
                                  • Russell, NY, USA.
                                  • Ryobi BT3000
                                  #9
                                  Amen to all that believe it will "bomb" No way can anyone or any script out do the "real" Stooges! Just like Laurel & Hardy! Just not replaceable. Do I wish they all were back; you better believe it!
                                  RuffSawn
                                  Nothin' smells better than fresh sawdust!

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                                    • Hellrazor
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                                      • Dec 2003
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                                      • Abyss, PA
                                      • Ridgid R4512
                                      #10
                                      Some days I think I work with the 3 Stooges. But then I remember I could laugh at them instead of grumble

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                                        • JoeyGee
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                                          • Nov 2005
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                                          • BT3100-1
                                          #11
                                          Am I the only male on the planet that just doesn't "get" the Stooges? I'm all for dumb and slapstick humor, but I just never found them funny.

                                          Now, the Marx Brothers on the other hand...
                                          Joe

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                                            • jcjrsmith
                                              Established Member
                                              • Dec 2002
                                              • 354
                                              • Mechanicsburg, PA, USA.
                                              • Ryobi BT3000
                                              #12
                                              A couple of years ago a made-for-TV movie about the LIFE of the Three Stooges was made, and it was pretty good. Michael Chiklis (sp) (The Commish, Fantastic 4) played Curly and did a great job.

                                              If this new movie was about Larry, Curly, Moe, Shemp, Joe, Curly Joe, et al - you know, a BIOGRAPHY - it might be worth seeing. But trying to recreate the spirit of the Stooges with new people? Fuhgeddaboudit!!!
                                              Jerry in PA
                                              ...Can't sleep, clown will eat me...
                                              http://home.comcast.net/~jcjrsmith2

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                                                • atgcpaul
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                                                  • Aug 2003
                                                  • 4055
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                                                  • Grizzly 1023SLX
                                                  #13
                                                  Originally posted by jcjrsmith
                                                  A couple of years ago a made-for-TV movie about the LIFE of the Three Stooges was made, and it was pretty good. Michael Chiklis (sp) (The Commish, Fantastic 4) played Curly and did a great job.

                                                  If this new movie was about Larry, Curly, Moe, Shemp, Joe, Curly Joe, et al - you know, a BIOGRAPHY - it might be worth seeing. But trying to recreate the spirit of the Stooges with new people? Fuhgeddaboudit!!!
                                                  That was a good movie.

                                                  I'm a big Stooge fan. I tried out a lot of that stuff on my little sister.

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                                                    • BobSch
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                                                      • Aug 2004
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                                                      • BT3100
                                                      #14
                                                      Originally posted by atgcpaul
                                                      I'm a big Stooge fan. I tried out a lot of that stuff on my little sister.
                                                      Recently? Or long enough ago that she's talking to you again?

                                                      (Another Stooges fan.)
                                                      Bob

                                                      Bad decisions make good stories.

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                                                        • Len
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                                                          • Sep 2007
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                                                          • Cary, NC
                                                          • BT3000
                                                          #15
                                                          Actually, I think the 'bad guy' robots in "Short Circuit" did the Stooge's pretty well after 'Number 5' reprogrammed them.

                                                          Len

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