Mel Brooks' History of the World -- Part I (B00000K3CQ) |
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Customer Reviews: Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 i didn't find it funny except for one gag:
Great experience: I ordered this movie for my dad for Christmas. He and I have always been huge Mel Brooks fans and this movie has been one of our favorites through the years. Now that he's not able to get out as much, he can watch History of the World at home and laugh to his heart's content. Everytime we watch it, we discover another great one-liner we missed before. GREAT movie!!! History of the World Part 1: Irreverant movie that I first saw when it came to the theater. As it says on the cover something to offend everyone. It is just plan silly and funny. Mel Brooks is very funny. A hit-and-miss history lesson from Mel: The moment I saw the opening scene with our shaggy forefathers reaching for the sky--and then dropping their hands to masturbate--I knew this was going to be a crude & bawdy Mel Brooks comedy. The bad news: Written solely by Brooks and, of course, directed by him, any failings the movie has rests squarely on his shoulders. Being an episodic collection of moments in history, it has so many highs & lows that you're laughing out loud one minute and groaning the next. The pace tends to ramble on, making...
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