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I have, aTomiK. They were both pretty good horror-comedys, sort of like Landis-lite. ("Deer Woman," pretty much tells you what that one is about. LOL) That series, as much as I enjoyed it, was incredibly uneven. Some episodes were mini-masterpieces, like John Carpenter's first season one, Don Coscarelli's, and Dario Argento's. A bunch were solid--those by Joe Dante, Peter Medak, Stuart Gordon and Landis. And then you have Tobe Hooper, whose two episodes were absolutely dreadful. Oh yeah, and they wound up pulling and never running Takashi Miike's one because it was way too controversial.
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1. An American Werewold In London 2. Trading Places 3. Comin To America 4. Three Amigos (I know I've seen this as a kid, but don't remember much about it...time to re-visit I guess)
Shamefully...I've never even seen Animal House...or Into The Night. I have both, so...someday....
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Just watched Three Amigos (1986). Last time i watched it was back in the 80s and i was afraid if i´d like it at all. Well, it was better than i thought but let´s face it, it´s Landis´ worst 80s film. The Amigos Martin, Chase & Short plus the villains Arau and Plana are all good and have few great moments but i just didn´t laugh enough. I also liked all three Randy Newman musical numbers but the movie is just too "nice". For once i can say that Ebert said it best "The ideas to make Three Amigos into a good comedy are here, but the madness is missing". I know that Landis had the final cut but the studio still removed few scenes. Also, they had the idea already in the early 80s and originally Martin, Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi were going to play the Three Amigos. Now that would have been madness
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Yeah I have mixed feelings about the three amigos atomik,it's fun but compared to john Landis's earlier efforts - animal house,trading places,an American werewolf in London etc. It definitely does (well in my opinion) fall well short of those efforts.
I think if people are looking for a comedy western you could do no better than blazing saddles - now that's a classic!
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I think Three Amigos is a great film - I don't think that it is anywhere near the worst film of Landis. I remember seeing this at the cinema when I was 6 and my old man was literally frothing at the mouth from laughing so hard. There are a lot of clever/subtle jokes in it too.
I love Belushi and Aykroyd but I think the casting for this movie was perfect.
Two thumbs up for me
I wish these three guys had done more movies together.
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