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My brother has always loved this film, and so I was delighted to find it on DVD to give him for Christmas.
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I realize this is only my thoughts but I believe this picture comes in 2nd or 3rd for their work. Snow White Meets the 3 Stooges was the best of the ones I have seen. There wasn't so much of there tv days stupidity that some people may be crazy enough to call slapstick. However,The makers of the films I have seen, should have had the intelegence to make them while the orrigional Curlie was still with us.
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I will have to agree with some of the reviewers about The Three Stooges Meet Hercules. It was one of their funniest from the 1960s! 90 minutes of classic slapstick as they turn the pages of ancient Greek history. I highly recommend this. Whenever there is nothing that great on TV I will turn on the THREE STOOGES!
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Of the few feature films The Three Stooges made, this is without a shadow of a doubt their very best. Along with the Stooges usual slapstick their is also a well written adventure. The DeRita period may not be at the same level as the classic Curly and Shemp periods, but it is certainly much better than the much despised and hated with a passion Joe Besser period. Now quit reading this review and buy this DVD numbskull!!!
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Not that it's saying much, considering the type of material they were given to work with in the DeRita era, but this is probably the best starring feature they did. Most of the DeRita features have very weak scripts and really embarrassing cringe-worthy childish storylines, something that generally only children and nostalgic aging Boomers actually like, but there are a handful of them that have pretty good scripts and supporting casts, such as this one. It was also directed by the wonderful Ed Bernds, which might account for the surprisingly positive change in direction, going from bad kiddy fare to a movie that, while not nearly at the same level as classics like 'Hoi Polloi' or 'Brideless Groom,' can still be watched multiple times and be enjoyed by non-Boomers and people over the age of ten. Under Bernds's direction, they look and act decades younger! Sure there are some moments (like the scene with the hokey-looking Cyclops) that do seem geared to the kiddy matinee audience, but overall it's something that flows along seamlessly, a great plot that can be enjoyed by people of all ages. It doesn't even have the same dated quality as 'The Outlaws Is Coming!,' their other best DeRita feature, making it even stronger. Even DeRita isn't as teeth-gratingly annoying as he usually is; he's tolerable so long as he stays in the background and is taken in small doses. This picture also has their longtime supporting player Emil Sitka, which is always a good thing; another supporting player I really enjoyed was Samson Burke as Hercules. He was so hilariously hammy! And though there isn't that much slapstick in here (due to all of the parents who thought their kids would imitate their violent antics), it does feature in more than usual, complete with sound effects. Probably the only thing I can find to really find fault with here is how Moe does a number of Curlyisms. It's as embarrassing and cringe-worthy as it always is when he tries to imitate his (by that time deceased) baby brother's trademark noises and mannerisms.
The only extra besides basics like scene selection is a self-congratulatory preview for the colorised DVDs that Columbia had released around this time. Why wasn't an actual trailer for this movie included in lieu of that? Although this shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone, given how no-frills their other Stooge DVDs are, barely any hint that they're DVDs and not video cassettes. Overall, it's one of the few DeRita features I would recommend instead of urging people to steer well clear of.
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