_"I'm doing everything I can, and stop calling me Shirley."_

Oh, boy. I know this is going to be a _very_ unpopular opinion from the looks of it; here goes, I didn't think this film was that funny. The majority of people seem to think so without a doubt and that it's 'good.' But I disagree. I probably won't be able to present reasons as to why, only that it is, although I'm not going to bother trying because it's a waste of time. I didn't find it _that_ funny, and that's that.

I realize and acknowledge that this film is likely a pioneering sort of film, in the sense that it "brought" the comedy genre "to life," so to speak, and that it did a lot for the comedy genre; that sort of thing. There are no-stop gags, one-liners, jokes, comedic moments, slapstick humor, and all of that was both subtle and in your face, and I probably didn't "get" all of them, but that's beside the point. There's no doubt this film was "revolutionary" for the comedy genre; it had to have been.

Yet I couldn't care less about that. The point was for me to find it hilarious, which seems to be the majority-held consensus, but it didn't come across as _that_ hilarious. For me, anyway. But, hey. At least most people loved the hell of this film and found it hilarious. I hope you (those people) can keep coming back to it and that you continue to find it so.

Storyline-wise, there wasn't a story. Even if there was, I probably wouldn't care less. But as far as the lack thereof of a story is concerned, we all know that doesn't matter. The point of this film was entirely the comedy. It's a shame that "even that" fell somewhat short for me. Everything happening was random and continuously thrown in your face, like being slapped as hard as possible non-stop, for eternity, leaving you with the sentiment: "Thank God this isn't the only film in history."

Of course, I don't consider this a bad film: and I completely understand that it may come across like that. But I don't. There were some bits that I thought were funny or good, like:

- The bit at the beginning with the announcers (?).

- The whole jive thing.


- The entire dance sequence. It went on for a while, too. And 'Stayin' Alive' by the Bee Gees has never sounded so good.

- "I take it black, like my men."

- When Captain Rex Kramer beat up all those people that kept increasing: hounding him and showing up out of nowhere.

- The two-glasses-on gag with Rex Kramer. That was pretty funny.

- [spoiler] Mrs. Oveur, sleeping with a horse; so random and outrageous, yet somewhat funny. [/spoiler] "I've gotta go to the airport. You can let yourself out the back door. There's juice in the refrigerator."

- "I just wanna tell you both, 'Good luck.' We're all counting on you." "I just wanna tell you both, 'Good luck.' We're all counting on you." "I just wanna tell you both, 'Good luck.' We're all counting on you."

- Pretty much Leslie Nielsen's entire performance as Dr. Rumack. Something about his demeanor did a lot, even when what he said wasn't a comedic line or one-liner.

Other thoughts:

- The dramatic tone behind the score was odd. I don't think I hate it or anything like that. It was random, that's all. It didn't go well with the tone of the film. Maybe that was the point.

- At certain times, Robert Hays looked a little like Patrick Dempsey. I thought that was interesting and worth mentioning.

- I was pleasantly surprised to see Jonathan Banks in this film. The only other film I've seen him in so far was _Beverly Hills Cop._ Of course, that's _films._

I went into this film expecting to be better and funnier than it was. As you can imagine: given the outcome, I'm a little disappointed. Good for you if you love(d) this film and find it funny. As much as most people seemed to, I didn't. It was 'just' alright. I thought _The Naked Gun_ trilogy was better.