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Seriously can there be justice in it?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0383010/

Wrong. Very wrong.

So wrong.....

with Johnny Depp and Sean Penn apparently.............

Well, as long as they're remaking Clue...

They're destroying everything good and decent. :(

Speaking of which, whatever happened with that Monopoly movie that was in the works?

Speaking of which, whatever happened with that Monopoly movie that was in the works?

Still in the works. 2011 is the time frame.....

It does sound like trying to make a souffle rise a second time. The Three Stooges belonged to the 40's and 50's. They were funny then and the originals were superb. Johnny Depp is a fine actor but he isn't really suited for slapstick comedy. And as for "Dead Man Walking" and "Mystic River" Sean Penn.....what a waste that would be.

Speaking of which, whatever happened with that Monopoly movie that was in the works?

What kind of a movie you can make from Monopoly?

That sounds terrible. Johnny Depp might do alright with the slapstick, he did OK with it the Pirates movies, but Sean Penn ..why? Didn't they see him explaining Chris Rock's jokes at the Oscars? The man's a black hole for funny.

Still in the works. 2011 is the time frame.....

I can't wait. I'm totally seeing it opening night.

What kind of a movie you can make from Monopoly?

A bad one?

Seriously can there be justice in it?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0383010/

:eek:

Any new 3 stooges movie will fail. It will insult the originals as an obvious derivative work with 1/10th the classic humor and a heaping helping of the usual garbage that passes for "comedy" today.

Any new 3 stooges movie will fail. It will insult the originals as an obvious derivative work with 1/10th the classic humor and a heaping helping of the usual garbage that passes for "comedy" today.

The original Three Stooges was garbage, so, this is by extension, going to be worse than garbage.

The original Three Stooges was garbage, so, this is by extension, going to be worse than garbage.

Bah. Old-school slapstick at its best. The 3 stooges, the Marx brothers, and the "Road To..." films with Bing Crosby and Bob Hope are all excellent comedy.

The original Three Stooges was garbage, so, this is by extension, going to be worse than garbage.

Well of course a female would think that the Three Stooges was garbage, and males (like myself) will hail them as one of the worlds greatest comedic act of all time.

I can't find clear enough information on whether this is a biopic or not. The Three Stooges isn't a premise, it's an act, so that lends to my confusion. There is no Three Stooges "continuity" so to speak. Each of their shorts had a different premise/setting and no real relation to the others except, of course, for the act-the basic personality of the members and the slapstick interaction.

The Farley brothers clearly are heavily influenced by The Three Stooges, so if anything it will really be a labor of love on at least some level. Whether that translates into something watchable is a different story.

If it's a biopic, that's a different thing. That's kind of an interesting story to tell.

Well of course a female would think that the Three Stooges was garbage, and males (like myself) will hail them as one of the worlds greatest comedic act of all time.
*Ahem*

Not all females are so lacking in comedic taste. :p

Hollywood will eat itself. Johny Depp is very good at slapstick in Benny and Joon where he play a character who models himself on Buster Keaton. He would probably have made as good a job of Chaplin as Robert Downey Jr. Sean Penn has only ever been funny by being in films with Madonna, that are so bad that laugh is all you can do.

As an act the original Three Stooges could only sustain short films, slapstick in my opinion cannot carry a full length film.

Seriously can there be justice in it?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0383010/

I don't think I approve. Though, I would like to see the rebirth of the sight gag and a pie fight scene might please me enough to offset my misgivings.

Well of course a female would think that the Three Stooges was garbage, and males (like myself) will hail them as one of the worlds greatest comedic act of all time.
hence the johnny depp hiring. what else would get women to go see a 3 stooges movie? *shudder*

although its listed as a 2009 movie but depp and penn are listed as rumored actors. im not holding my breath on this one.

How the hell does this:

http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/famecrawler/2008/09/01-07/Johnny_Depp_6.jpg

translate into this:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1e/Horowitzmosesphoto.jpg/200px-Horowitzmosesphoto.jpg

? I've always been in awe of Depp's versatility, but if he pulls this off, I will be astounded.

How the hell does this:

http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/famecrawler/2008/09/01-07/Johnny_Depp_6.jpg

translate into this:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1e/Horowitzmosesphoto.jpg/200px-Horowitzmosesphoto.jpg

? I've always been in awe of Depp's versatility, but if he pulls this off, I will be astounded.
does it really matter?

depp is the best actor of his generation and quite a nice piece of eye candy. if they can get him to do this movie his participation may be enough to get me to go see it.

if he can make a movie based on a ride at disneyland something worth watching he can do it to the 3 stooges too.

This doesn't make any sense. How is Shia Leboeuf not involved in this movie? I thought he was the one tasked by Hollywood to assassinate each and every one of my childhood memories. I don't believe these rumors until I see Shia.

...if he can make a movie based on a ride at disneyland something worth watching he can do it to the 3 stooges too.

They have a Fear and Loathing ride at Disneyland? I may have to risk travelling through bat country to try it.

Seriously can there be justice in it?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0383010/
If it's a biography.... maybe.
If it's supposed to be "A Three Stooges Movie", then no. Just no.

Well of course a female would think that the Three Stooges was garbage, and males (like myself) will hail them as one of the worlds greatest comedic act of all time.
Anyone who hails the Three Stooges as the greatest anything needs their head examined. There is much better comedy and slapstick out there (Rik Mayall comes to mind).

Bah. Old-school slapstick at its best. The 3 stooges, the Marx brothers, and the "Road To..." films with Bing Crosby and Bob Hope are all excellent comedy.

You cannot put the Three Stooges and their unintelligent buffoonery in the same class as the witty and intelligent Marx brothers or Crosby and Hope. The one thing is simply not like the others, it's like putting the baying of hyenas in the same class as an oratorio - doesn't work.

You cannot put the Three Stooges and their unintelligent buffoonery in the same class as the witty and intelligent Marx brothers or Crosby and Hope. The one thing is simply not like the others, it's like putting the baying of hyenas in the same class as an oratorio - doesn't work.

I beg to differ:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWildAW4jsk

I beg to differ:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWildAW4jsk

Then we must agree to disagree.

Then we must agree to disagree.

Agreed.

*swats you with pies*

Agreed.

*swats you with pies*

Mmm, banana cream pie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNNZGj4Dsfg

This is why everyone loves Curly, but hate the guy that replaced him. Stemp..Hemp...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNNZGj4Dsfg

This is why everyone loves Curly, but hate the guy that replaced him. Stemp..Hemp...

Schemp?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNNZGj4Dsfg

This is why everyone loves Curly, but hate the guy that replaced him. Stemp..Hemp...

Curly replaced Shemp, then Shemp re-replaced Curly.

Then Joe replaced Shemp, then Curly Joe replaced Curly, then Larry Fine had a stroke and that was the end of the stooges.

Then Joe replaced Shemp, then Curly Joe replaced Curly, then Larry Fine had a stroke and that was the end of the stooges.

They all had strokes. Often more than one. What the hell were they eating?!? :eek:

Then Joe replaced Shemp, then Curly Joe replaced Curly, then Larry Fine had a stroke and that was the end of the stooges.

Joe was the George Lazenby of Stooges...

Joe was the George Lazenby of Stooges...

Ow!

Then Joe replaced Shemp, then Curly Joe replaced Curly, then Larry Fine had a stroke and that was the end of the stooges.

I just read the Wiki page on The Three Stooges, it seems like Moe Howard didn't give up on the Three Stooges until he had a stroke himself and died.

I just read the Wiki page on The Three Stooges, it seems like Moe Howard didn't give up on the Three Stooges until he had a stroke himself and died.
He may not have given up on them, but according to the Stooges' bio page, after Fine's stroke, the Stooges never got together as a comedy team again.

http://www.threestooges.com/

He may not have given up on them, but according to the Stooges' bio page, after Fine's stroke, the Stooges never got together as a comedy team again.

http://www.threestooges.com/

Eh true, but if you go to the Wiki Page, there was one final Three Stooges team.

Moe Howard, Emil Sitka, and Curly Joe DeRita 1975

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Stooges#Final_years

Eh true, but if you go to the Wiki Page, there was one final Three Stooges team.

Moe Howard, Emil Sitka, and Curly Joe DeRita 1975

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Stooges#Final_years
Well, if I had to go with the official 3 stooges site, or wiki, I would believe the official site when they said Sitka was discussed but they never got together. Even your source said he never appeared on film with them.

Release Date: 20 November 2009

What?

They don't even know who's in it.

I can see Johnny playing Moe.

but I'm having a hard time seeing Penn playing any stooge...

and what of Curly/Shemp? Jack Black Perhaps?

I can see Johnny playing Moe.

but I'm having a hard time seeing Penn playing any stooge...

and what of Curly/Shemp? Jack Black Perhaps?

The problem with an established comedian, especially one with a developed shtick, performing as someone with such a notable and popular shtick is that it's hard to separate the two, that it would be Jack Black as Curly, or a very Jack Black Curly (not different than an impression like Mel Gibson in Lethal Weapon).

You can have a comedian who really tries to commit to the portrayal, like with Jim Carrey as Andy Kaufman, but it's rare and difficult. Which is why you have not necessarily comedians but 'actor's actors' playing Moe and Larry.

I've never found the three stooges funny at all, I can't for the life of me see why anyone would want to remake something that terrible to begin with.