Laurel And Hardy Movie (2018)

[High Voltage]

I watched it yesterday. It's a sweet film, and a sad film, and it is funny (a real testament to the original material). The two main actor's performances are fantastic, and the film hinges on their meticulous impersonation of Laurel and Hardy. There's not a lot of a story here, so it is all about these two characters, their relationship and what's going on for them internally, and that is conveyed wonderfully throughout.

I forgot it was Googan very quickly, which is a good thing because I tend to find him unbearable. He was wonderful in this, as was John C Reilly.

Nina Arianda and Shirley Henderson had a lot less to do, but did a great deal with it.

Rufus Jones playing the oily promoter is also very entertaining.

Pretty much what he says.

A great film about, and featuring, two funny gentlemen. And they were two, funny, gentle, men

 

[Poot]

I enjoyed this. I liked the way that it was in many ways a love story between them, and also between Stan and his wife. (I wanted to be her. She was great). It was really all about loyalty.

 

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16 years after Ollie's death and Stan was still writing for them

 

[Orang Utan]

Did anyone else see the BBC4 version of the story? It came out a few years ago - the guy who plays Bishop Len Brennan in Father Ted played Stan

 

[D'wards]

On Graham Norton the other day Coogan said that no one under 40 really knows or cares about L&H.

Damn shame that. I'm 44 when I was a lad and they showed them a lot on telly, alongside Norman Wisdom, Harold Lloyd, Marx brothers and Abbot and Costello. And that stuff was well old even 35 years ago.

I haven't noticed any of their films on the main channels for years now.

I heard an interview with Greta Gerwig where she said she takes her 7 year old stepson to watch Laurel and Hardy on these Saturday morning cinema showings for kids in New York
She said they shreik at the films and absolutely love them, when they are a captive audience.
Friends of mine with kids say they flat refuse to watch Black and White films on telly nowadays

 

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That echoes a recent thought of mine. I wonder if the younger cinema audience will care much for the film and also the Americans?

 

[Reno]

That echoes a recent thought of mine. I wonder if the younger cinema audience will care much for the film and also the Americans?

It doesn't strike me as the type of film which is made for a younger audience, so why should it need to appeal to them ?

 

[skyscraper101]

I'm 37 and want to see this. Not so much because I was a fan of Laurel & Hardy, but I like Coogan and Jeff Pope was involved who adapted Philomena which I also liked.

Also, I'm sick of all the never ending splew of films made for kids, big budget blockbusters, and CGI fest comic book character adaptations dominating the cinema. This looks like the kind of film I would actually pay to watch on the big screen.

 

[skyscraper101]

If anyone is looking for a cheap cinema ticket and you have an Odeon nearby, I've just used a good groupon deal here.

Odeon Tickets and £10 Chili credit from Groupon for £5.99 - hotukdeals

 

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Soon after posting this morning, I was chatting to a new young male member of staff; he had no idea who Laurel and Hardy were, but he did try to explain 4DX to me.
i am concerned because I think the film deserves a much wider audience than a few middle aged Brits and I suspect that the majority of people who go to the cinema
these days tend to be on the younger side.

 

[skyscraper101]

I'd have thought Laurel and Hardy were ingrained into mainstream culture. Even if you've never watched any of their films (which I don't think I have), they are fairly iconic 20th Century entertainers. I used to watch the cartoon version when I was a kid.

 

[Reno]

I'd have thought Laurel and Hardy were ingrained into mainstream culture. Even if you've never watched any of their films (which I don't think I have), they are fairly iconic 20th Century entertainers. I used to watch the cartoon version when I was a kid.

Even the 20th century was almost a couple of decades ago. There are people who are adults, who weren't even born then.

I grew up in the 70s when their comedies would be on the telly. I didn't actively have to search them out, they were prime time viewing. I don't know where young people would find out about Laurel & Hardy now and I doubt they would be interested. I recently talked to a women in her 30s and mentioned Marilyn Monroe. She's culturally fairly literate but she'd never seen a film of her's and Monroe was probably the most iconic female star of the 20th century.

I can't see a young audience flocking to this, but when a film is aimed at an older audience, they can become quite successful because there is so little that's aimed at them. The only snag is that they are more likely to succeed if they are aimed at a female audience because older women ware more likely to go to the cinema then older men.

 

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I'd have thought Laurel and Hardy were ingrained into mainstream culture. Even if you've never watched any of their films (which I don't think I have), they are fairly iconic 20th Century entertainers. I used to watch the cartoon version when I was a kid.

Clearly not mainstream version.
cartoon version....no. sounds so so wrong.

 

[xenon]

42. As a kid I had a perhaps odd aversion to old films. Especially black and white but also I think it was the sound quality. I don't think I've ever seen a L&H film all the way through. I used to watch and enjoy the cartoon though. Hearing the interview and review on Kermode and Mayo's podcast, reminded they had some great lines. We were supposed to share that drink... My half was on the bottom. etc.

Maybe I'll see it.

 

[Baronage-Phase]

On Graham Norton the other day Coogan said that no one under 40 really knows or cares about L&H.

Damn shame that. I'm 44 when I was a lad and they showed them a lot on telly, alongside Norman Wisdom, Harold Lloyd, Marx brothers and Abbot and Costello. And that stuff was well old even 35 years ago.

I haven't noticed any of their films on the main channels for years now.

I heard an interview with Greta Gerwig where she said she takes her 7 year old stepson to watch Laurel and Hardy on these Saturday morning cinema showings for kids in New York
She said they shreik at the films and absolutely love them, when they are a captive audience.
Friends of mine with kids say they flat refuse to watch Black and White films on telly nowadays

True.
I also remember the little rascals.
Loved all the old silent funnies too.

 

[Reno]

Looks like a few people remember Laurel & Hardy after all, it’s a smash at the UK box office:

'Stan & Ollie' edges out 'The Favourite' at UK box office with £2.4m debut

 

[19sixtysix]

I saw it this afternoon with my Dad (88). He liked it very much and thought they got their mannerisms very well. He would like to point out that they played the Glasgow Empire to a full house.

I wonder if they'll be new "Stan and Ollie" film. Maybe there's some old scripts waiting to be made.

 

[Orang Utan]

I remember Laurel & Hardy being a staple of weekend TV, possibly before or after things like Swap Shop and Saturday Superstore. The cartoon was on kids' telly. I had assumed, as a kid, that they did the voices for that too, but on reflection, probably not.
Harold Lloyd was all over weekend telly too. And things like Abbott & Costello and Scared Stiff. Loads of Westerns too. We were spoiled, in hindsight!

 

[Orang Utan]

Just found out that the independent cinema a few hundred yards from my house that i never go to ( ) is showing it, so will go see it this week.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

6pm every week night on bbc2 used to have Laurel and Hardy & Harold Lloyd, sometimes Charlie Chaplin. I used to watch loads of that stuff. Harold Lloyds was a big fave of mine.

My son got into it all too through the Paul Merton documentaries on slapstick.

 

[gaijingirl]

His name is Harold Lloyd - dada dada dada dada da da - Harold Lloyd... used to love Harold Lloyd.

 

[Orang Utan]

6pm every week night on bbc2 used to have Laurel and Hardy & Harold Lloyd, sometimes Charlie Chaplin. I used to watch loads of that stuff. Harold Lloyds was a big fave of mine.

My son got into it all too through the Paul Merton documentaries on slapstick.

I think we're about the same age, so you are probably remembering it better than me

 

[Nanker Phelge]

I think we're about the same age, so you are probably remembering it better than me

There was always stuff at weekends too. BBC used to fill space with old slapstick shorts and Loony Tunes, but often they wouldn't be listed, they would just appear.

During the school holidays there would be old stuff on everyday, along with Flash Gordon. I used to watch it all with my Grandad Ted.

 

[Orang Utan]

Champion The Wonder Horse!
Wasn't as good as Lassie. It just ran about.

 

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Shouldn't this thread be called Stan and Ollie?

 

[cybershot]

Saw it this evening, lovely film.

 

[D'wards]

Pretty much all their stuff is on dear ol' YouTube

 

[D'wards]

Whilst we're reminiscing about lovely telly of our youth, this is a good website. You can look at what was on the BBC any day ever.

BBC One London - 1 January 1969 - BBC Genome

 

[Idris2002]

It was Flash Gordon and Charlie Chaplin on Saturday morning RTE. For some reason I only remember watching them in my mum's cousins' place.

Just thought I'd chip that in as we're sharing memories of old movies. I get what people say about the youth of today - my niece won't watch a Bond flick unless it's Daniel Craig.

Reno - re: Marilyn, she gets cited a lot these days as "the star who wasn't size zero" but I was watching a bit of the Seven Year Itch with my sister over Xmas, and she said "she was tiny, no way was she a size 16". Maybe even that isn't enough to connect with the YOT.

Anyway, I'm really looking forward to STAN AND OLLIE.