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Why all the negativity?

posted 16 years ago by edo9125
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I don't get it why all the hate.

Its definitely not an oscar caliber film but neither were the Peter Sellers' ones. In fact none of those was even that good, people liked them because of Sellers not the films themselves. That was proven when Alan Arkin played the character.

How is this movie any worse than any Adam Sandler movie, it just isn't. A movie like this was made so people can escape for an hour or two and just laugh, so I don't get the hostility if you want art rent a film by Truffaut or Fellini.

If you don't think its funny, I get that. Everybody is different and entitled to their opinions but most of the angry people who are on this board haven't seen it! How can you have an opinion on something you haven't seen. That make no sense.

Don't act like Steve Martin ruined the Pink Panther reputation. This franchise sold out long ago with Alan Arkin, Roberto Benigni as Clouseau Jr. and Blake Edward editing old outakes of Peters Sellers who had died almost three years earlier to cash in one more time for The Trail of the Pink Panther. If anything Steve Martin brought some credibility back to this series.

Again, this movie wasn't amazing, but I wasn't expecting it to be. I just wanted to sit down for a two hours and watch some comedy and thats it!

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[–] joebagtas1987 16 years ago

wow "artistic compromise" ...

either the people on this board are huge hardcore pink panther fans or they are just part of the imdb trend that likes to be whiny for the sake of it.

[–] DirectorsCut19 16 years ago

@joebagtas1987:

"Either the people on this board are huge hardcore Pink panther fans or they are just part of the imdb trend that likes to be whiny for the sake of it".

It's definitely the latter joe, and it's quite sad. Pathetic, I would even say.

Heck, Sellers did the Panther films just to get a quick buck, and they were still funny classics. Martin's version in '06 was entertaining, and this one looks entertaining as well.

So for those who enjoy the Sellers films and don't like Martin's take (even if you DIDN'T see it and hate it for no reason), just re-watch the Sellers films on DVD and stay off this board.

That's all you have to do, no rocket science required.

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[–] wallacesawyer 16 years ago

I've only seen two of the originals, and the latest Steve Martin ones. Steve's are better films, as I've only seen TRAIL and CURSE. I may see the actual Sellers ones eventually.

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[–] aciolino 16 years ago

The negativity comes from the perception that Peter Sellers was a comic genius, that his creation of Clouseau was a brilliant collaboration of director, actor and writers, that the original experience of seeing Sellers original on the big screen (particularly the first two) is still powerful in many minds, and that Martin is a hack, who was last funny in 1975, and who has made a fortune off past comic geniuses original creations (Tracy, Silvers, Webb, Sellers) and that he is a monster egomaniac without the least sense of propriety or self respect.

But that's just the perception.

[–] choyt19 16 years ago

Webb? As in Jack Webb? Dan Aykroyd did Dragnet, not Martin.

I'm not here to defend this film as some unsung comic gem ('cause it's certainly not). I laughed a few times, but the script could've been a lot funnier given the talent involved.

I've seen far worse, though.

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[–] rneil95 16 years ago

Well, edo9125, I agree with you wholeheartedly. However, I can garuntee that not many people will agree with you. But that's okay, like you said, everyone is entitled to their own opinions.

I don't read the script. The script reads me.

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[–] getnag 15 years ago

I for one liked this movie a lot. It was hilarious. I know it wasn't the most intelligent comedy around....but why does every comedy has to be that way?

Like someone says in a movie...People should stop analyzing the pixels on the screen and start enjoying the movie.

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[–] bigbluecheese 15 years ago

Because people are snobs?

[–] streetlegal 15 years ago

I was pleasantly surprised by this film, just watched it today and it was pretty funny.

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[–] SteveH2002 13 years ago

The movie wasn't great but it was ok and a perfectly entertaining flick. I'd definately pay to see a third film. Martin brings a lot of good natured charm to the role. I personally think a lot of jaded folks on imdb (especially the ones who spend waaaaaaay to much time on the boards) look for easy targets to spit their venum. Light-weight family fare like "The Pink Panther 2" fits the bill as an easy target for at-home, internet critics who feel empowered cluttering a board with negativity.

... and 20 months later.

I just watched the film (the dvd is warm out of the dvd tray) and agree - this was an alright movie, laughed more often than I thought I would.

The professional critics, I see, weren't too crazy about PP2, either. It may be that my tastes are too low brow. It may be that some feel Peter Sellers was so perfect as Inspector Clouseau any non-Sellers Clouseau film is going to get dinged in comparison. I'm a big fan of Peter Sellers, Blake Edwards and love all their collaborations. PP2 isn't as good as Sellers/Edwards at their best, but it also isn't as bad as them at their worst. And Martin does bring good-natured charm to the role.

[–] jjvz1989-224-63907 13 years ago

I Myself unfortunately saw this in cinemas, it is not funny it is aimed at children however the original two, the pink panther and a shot in the dark, was intelligent and well written, we won't talk about the rest, to me personally there can be no other Dreyfuss other than Herbert Lom, one of my favourite scenes although not in the two movies mentioned above but rather in the trail of the pink panther when he starts laughing about Clouseau being dead and the interviewer thinks he is crying.

Steve Martin's series did not have that magical moments where one can recall a scene in it's entirety, you have over acting to the max and exaggeration (and please don't bring up The Pink Panther Strikes Again, it is like this specific series best forgotten.). Yeah I do agree greed was behind longevity of the series studio greed starting with 1968's Inspector Clouseau and continuing with 1975's the return of the Pink Panther and subsequently ending with The Curse of the Pink Panther and then restarting with the early 00's, The Son of the Pink Panther was made out of Blake Edwards' greed and the return of Clouseau dues to Peter Seller's personal greed which would continue through to till his death when he was prepping the romance of the pink panther.

I must admit not all was bad in this movie like all of them, the animated intro was perfect. I must admit I agree with someone else in this forum we need a Clouseau reboot with Sascha Baron Cohen.