I really enjoyed this movie, and honestly, I'm surprised people are ranking it so low. I'm not sure why, but it seems like goofy comedies don't do well anymore. If Austin Powers or The Naked Gun come out today, would they get trashed? Maybe they would have back then if we'd had the Internet (well, it was around for Austin Powers, but no so much social media). At any rate, I liked Holmes & Watson waaay more than Talledega Nights or Step Brothers. Maybe I just like the Sherlock subject matter more. Really, it's about the same level of comedy as The Naked Gun; silly jokes, a bit of poking fun at current ideas, and a reference to another famous movie (without being just a parody fest like some that have been compared to Naked Gun). But like Naked Gun, it still had a decent plot with a bumbling detective who figured it out in the end. I also loved the diagrammatic explanations seen from Sherlock's perspective, just like in BBC's Sherlock series. Anyway, if you enjoy any of the silly comedies from the 80s or 90s, don't pass this one off!
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Sammy's Super T-Shirt
(1978)
Fantastic
19 August 2006
I'm so happy to learn the title of this movie. I remember it being shown to our elementary school in the 80s when we'd a have special movie day in the gymnasium where all grades got to watch. I thought I recalled it being a projected movie, but if it was a TV movie, then it must have just been something one of the teachers recorded and played back on the "giant silver top loading VCR." Same as a poster up above, I wasn't even sure I had really seen this or imagined it. The movies that stick in my mind from elementary school viewings are Seventh Voyage of Sinbad, Disney's Ichabod Crane, the Pippi Longstocking movies (I had no idea as a child that she was poorly dubbed) and now that I know the name, Sammy's Super T-shirt.
Mr. Bean: The Animated Series
(2002–2019)
A fantastic series!
5 April 2006
I absolutely love this cartoon. I love the live action series as well, and I'm delighted that this animated version captures the essence of the originals.
I'll start off by saying the animation style is brilliant. Very refreshing. Kind of a retro style with regards to the simplified backgrounds. Really nice colours. The trees are like the ones in Looney Tunes or Pink Panther cartoons. The characters are superbly drawn, capturing the rubbery facial expressions of Rowan Atkinson. I like the heavy outlines on the characters to set them off from the backgrounds, and I find it amusing that their feet aren't attached to their legs, lol. I'm a graphic designer and I'm a sucker for the retro style artwork. And I'm a sucker for anything truly British in nature.
Like the live action series, there isn't much talking. But I think it's wonderful that Rowan Atkinson supplies what mumblings there is for Mr.Bean. And you've got to love his horrid landlady Mrs.Wicket when she yells "BEAN" at the top of her lungs. (She makes him do all the house and yard work and her grocery shopping; does she give him a break on the rent?!) The plots are terrific. Most of them are imaginable as plots that could have been done for the live action series. Mr.Bean buys a new sofa, Mr.Bean loses his ship-in-a-bottle, Mr.Bean irritates a mime... problems he causes, but then resolves in in an outlandish way, and sometimes with a bit of vindictiveness. Sure, there are a few that are a bit more "cartoony" like when burglars steal all the teddy bears, or Mr.Bean's nemesis tenant invents a robot, but that's the beauty of animation, and they never carry it too outlandishly far.
Oh, and the music. Howard Goodall's theme is marvelous. I have it in my head all of the time. The one from the live action series was never singable! Goodall even provides piano music for it at his website. If only I could read sheet music. Or had a piano....
The DVDs have some nice behind the scenes on the making of this series. The work and care they put into every aspect really shows through. Months of work for an 11 minute episode, 52 episodes in all! I highly recommend this show. It has a hilarious subtlety, and a lovely charm I haven't seen since the Wallace & Gromit movie. But don't get me wrong, I like things like Family Guy and Simpsons as well, so there's room for everything!
I'll start off by saying the animation style is brilliant. Very refreshing. Kind of a retro style with regards to the simplified backgrounds. Really nice colours. The trees are like the ones in Looney Tunes or Pink Panther cartoons. The characters are superbly drawn, capturing the rubbery facial expressions of Rowan Atkinson. I like the heavy outlines on the characters to set them off from the backgrounds, and I find it amusing that their feet aren't attached to their legs, lol. I'm a graphic designer and I'm a sucker for the retro style artwork. And I'm a sucker for anything truly British in nature.
Like the live action series, there isn't much talking. But I think it's wonderful that Rowan Atkinson supplies what mumblings there is for Mr.Bean. And you've got to love his horrid landlady Mrs.Wicket when she yells "BEAN" at the top of her lungs. (She makes him do all the house and yard work and her grocery shopping; does she give him a break on the rent?!) The plots are terrific. Most of them are imaginable as plots that could have been done for the live action series. Mr.Bean buys a new sofa, Mr.Bean loses his ship-in-a-bottle, Mr.Bean irritates a mime... problems he causes, but then resolves in in an outlandish way, and sometimes with a bit of vindictiveness. Sure, there are a few that are a bit more "cartoony" like when burglars steal all the teddy bears, or Mr.Bean's nemesis tenant invents a robot, but that's the beauty of animation, and they never carry it too outlandishly far.
Oh, and the music. Howard Goodall's theme is marvelous. I have it in my head all of the time. The one from the live action series was never singable! Goodall even provides piano music for it at his website. If only I could read sheet music. Or had a piano....
The DVDs have some nice behind the scenes on the making of this series. The work and care they put into every aspect really shows through. Months of work for an 11 minute episode, 52 episodes in all! I highly recommend this show. It has a hilarious subtlety, and a lovely charm I haven't seen since the Wallace & Gromit movie. But don't get me wrong, I like things like Family Guy and Simpsons as well, so there's room for everything!
Bizarre
(1979–1986)
Funny, but we never got the nudity!
30 July 2005
I remember watching this show with my brother when we were little, and we thought it was hilarious, although I'm sure a lot of stuff went over our heads. To this day I always recall a journal entry my brother had to write when he was in grade 2, and it said something like, "My favourite TV show is Bizarre." lol, what must his teacher have thought! I don't remember that much about it, but I do recall the silent t-shirt sketches, where John Byner and a woman would take off layers of shirts revealing their "conversation" ironed on in letters. I remember my mom telling us that in the US, these sketches would end up with bare breasts, but here in Canada we didn't get to see that. I wasn't sure it was true, but reading all these posts here about nude bits, I guess it was! The other sketch I remember had something to do with John Byner down in a hole wearing fake legs so it looked like he was doing crazy pretzel yoga, and farting (prime stuff when you're nine years old!), and of course I remember Super Dave Osbourne.
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