Them Thar Hills

A good movie

“I have noticed that many classic movies starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are available on YouTube and since I loved these guys so much when I was a kid, I thought it would be the opportunity to rediscover their work. This short was, at the time, so popular that they would make a sequel the next year called 'Tit for Tat' (which I will probably watch soon as well). Anyway, how was the damned thing after all? Well, the first thing I thought was that there was so much going on that they could have easily extended the running time. Indeed, I was wondering how Ollie got sick, how these moonshiners were ambushed by the cops or how this couple got stranded with no gas left. Furthermore, the whole concept of having them get drunk was maybe a cheap and easy way to get some laughs but, on the ot” read more

2020: Others (341 movies items)

"Per curare la gotta di Ollio, i nostri vanno in campagna fermandosi nei pressi di un pozzo in cui un gruppo di moonshiners si è sbarazzato del whisky illegali: prevedibili le conseguenze. Comica benissimo orchestrata che parte piano e sale via via di tono fino all'epico scontro con il signor Hall a base di melassa. Nella vicenda si fa notare un modello di roulotte anni Trenta, ma rimane indimenticabile soprattutto la gag dell' "acqua ferrugginosa"."

Watched in 2019 - Movies (383 movies items)

"My rating: 7/10 (Short)"