Die Rückkehr der Semmelknödelbande (1979)
20KDie Rückkehr der Semmelknödelbande: Directed by Vincent McEveety. With Tim Conway, Don Knotts, Tim Matheson, Kenneth Mars. The adventures of two idiotic outlaw wannabees, Amos and Theodore.
“Donu0026#39;t watch this if you are sad. Thereu0026#39;s a strange dynamic in humor, having to do with happy endings. Happy isnu0026#39;t happy.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe standard model is two dummies who do everything wrong. As the story progresses, more and more damage is done, and the plight of the comics gets worse and worse. For some reason, their disaster makes us feel lighter. Its such a strong model that when we deviate from it, we notice.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThen, at some point, someone possibly Disney changed the formula to what we have here. The guys are stupid as usual. They destroy everything as usual. They humiliate the policeman (or other authority figure) as usual. Whatu0026#39;s new is that it all adds up to them being celebrated for some unintended good.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eFor some reason, the effect is to make us feel worse. It was only with Peter Selleru0026#39;s Jacques Clouseau that the hero was so profoundly clueless (and French, extra clueless because he was french) that the adjusted formula works. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe only value in this is the performance of Ken Mars as the tortured sheriff. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eTedu0026#39;s Evaluation — 1 of 3: You can find something better to do with this part of your life.”
