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Mr. Blandings Dream House = The Money Pit

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Posted by petew on July 31, 1999 at 17:00:41

In Reply to: Remakes - WHY? posted by bjjb on July 29, 1999 at 07:16:25:

Here's a case where both films are quite good. Cary Grant as Mr. Blandings is the master comic actor, and (forgive me) the fellow who plays his bemused friend is a wonderful foil.

But I have to hand it to Tom Hanks, the only actor in the "Money Pit" worth watching, who is simply brilliant. This has to be one of the funniest modern-day slapstick comedies. I must have seen the kitchen scene a dozen times -- I just love it, and the stairs reminds me of Buster Keaton, and the bathtub...it's all good. I wish they would just cut out everything but the Tom Hanks scenes.

Given a choice though, I'd have to go with Mr. Blandings. I just love the kind of movies made back then--yep, it's really korny, and the ending is so dated that it's actually very funny in today's context. I don't need to get all pumped up with special effects--a good script, a good cast and a director who gets out of the way is all you really need.

Hey, did you see the Fox network is doing the best of the Film Noir series this month? I love black and white suspense film. Really gets you in the right mood to enjoy the drama.

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