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Post by weaser on Aug 26, 2006 23:50:54 GMT
1ASITD 2TPP63 3TPPSA 4Ret oTPP 5Rev otPP 6TPP06 7ToTPP 8Sot PP 9CotPP 10IC
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Post by Clouseau on Aug 30, 2006 15:43:06 GMT
you know, not that it'll make any bearing on the poll results of this thread, but i just happened to think that it might be interesting to compare the IMDB user rankings of each of the films, just for the heck of it... here's how it comes out...
1. ASITD (7.6) 2. TPP63 (7.2) 3. TPPSA (6.9) 4. RetOTPP (6.8) 5. RevOTPP (6.3) 6. IC (4.9) & TPP06 (4.9) - tied 8. TotPP (4.5) 9. CotPP (4.1) 10. SotPP (3.4)
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Post by pinkadilly on Sept 6, 2006 18:22:10 GMT
i voted for Return, but it was a hard choice.
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Post by Clouseau on Sept 6, 2006 19:06:46 GMT
Clouseau, PANTHER 2006 is better than EVERYTHING ELSE? eh, no... i said ASITD was the best, followed by RetOTPP...
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Post by Charla Dreyfus on Sept 27, 2006 21:46:16 GMT
The Pink Panther Strikes Again. It was the first movie in the series that I watched, and the one in which Dreyfus really shined, at the peak of his insanity. The plot was so fun in its absurdness, and wacky even for a PP film.
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Post by Clouseau on Feb 2, 2007 21:13:21 GMT
well since i shared the IMDB rankings some time ago, i thought it might be interesting to get another perspective... here are the rankings from RottenTomatoes (showing how "fresh" each one is): 1. ASITD (100%) - 2. TPP63 (88%) 3. RetOTPP (87%) 4. TPPSA (80%) and RevOTPP (80%) - tied6. TotPP (27%) 7. TPP06 (24%) 8. CotPP (23%) 9. SotPP (19%) unfortunately, there were not enough reviews for IC to give it a ranking, so it's not on the list...
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Post by georgelytton on Feb 8, 2007 12:42:44 GMT
Why aren't there any more reviews? I'm sure there are other members who haven't voted.
Well?
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Post by Clouseau on Feb 8, 2007 18:21:53 GMT
Why aren't there any more reviews? I'm sure there are other members who haven't voted. Well? good question... i have no idea... i'd like to know why we don't even have more reviews in our own reviews section here on TPMB!
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Post by Dreyfus on May 31, 2007 11:03:47 GMT
Well Film4 has been showing a lot of the Panther films recently so I think it's time for a re-ranking.
1. The Pink Panther Strikes Again 2. The Return of the Pink Panther 3. The Revenge of the Pink Panther 4. The Pink Panther (1963) 5. A Shot in the Dark 6. Inspector Clouseau 7. Curse of the Pink Panther 8. Trail of the Pink Panther 9. The Pink Panther (2006) 10. Son of the Pink Panther
Trail used to be my least favourite but when rewatching it a few times, I realise it's not as abd as I remember.
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Post by thecolonel93 on Jul 10, 2007 21:09:39 GMT
My ranking would be...
1. A Shot in the Dark 2. The Pink Panther (1963) 3. The Return of The Pink Panther / The Pink Panther Strikes Again (tie)
These four are among my very favorite comedies ever made and rank high on my list of favorite films of all time.
4. Revenge of The Pink Panther 5. Inspector Clouseau
These are both routine formula films lacking the spark that made the top four so good, but are both still full of moments I greatly enjoy and are still welcome additions to the series.
6. Trail of The Pink Panther / Son of The Pink Panther / Curse of The Pink Panther / The Pink Panther (2006) (four-way tie)
All four are disappointments to me.
TRAIL has some wonderful Sellers outtakes and at least two great scenes with Joe Dunne doubling as Clouseau 18 months after Mr. Sellers' death that make me cry with laughter to this day. Burt Kwouk and Graham Stark's onscreen remarks about Clouseau are also very heartfelt and remain a fitting tribute to Mr. Sellers. I also love the closing montage. Sadly, I find Mr. Lom's new scenes devoid of laughter without Mr. Sellers to play off of (I do not fault the actor so much as Mr. Edwards in this instance), seeing David Niven so frail is painful, the dubbing of various characters (especially Clouseau) varies from excellent to dreadful, Richard Mulligan is nowhere near as amusing as the editing of his scene in the trailer led me to expect, and Robert Loggia and Joanna Lumley are wasted in a film that really has no purpose to exist except as a set-up for the next entry. The loss of RETURN outtakes and the seeming inability to incorporate the REVENGE outtakes really hurt this film.
CURSE is a dreadfully uneven film. I may be the only Panther fan not to find Roger Moore's Sellers impersonation the least bit likable. I would have preferred a clean break with the past and proper focus on Clifton Sleigh as the main character. The reliance on Lom, Maranne, Kwouk, Korman, etc. never seems to set up how the series was to change geographically with new characters as it was intended. Mr. Wass has no chemistry whatsoever with Herbert Lom, yet comes off great in his scenes with William Hootkins as The Notoriously Unreliable French Taxi Driver and Michael Elphick as Chief Vigilla. He also excels in the great scene with the blow-up doll floating above the bed in an unappreciated nod to THE EXORCIST. Sadly, Wass' big recreation of Harold Lloyd's clock climbing scene falls miserably flat as if Edwards lacked the time to stage the sequence right and what looks like a very funny scene with Wass falling in Niven's pool is cut away and only glimpsed in a long shot. Had Edwards restructured the film to focus on his new characters with ample time to develop Leslie Ash as a sexy female Cato and given Robert Wagner more screen time, this might have worked.
SON has a great casting choice in Roberto Benigni, but I fear Mr. Edwards bit off more than he could chew in trying to get this film off the ground. The cloak and dagger Middle Eastern subplot is terribly jumbled and MGM's butchering of the film leaves little more than a series of oddly short scenes that fail to communicate laughs or continuity effectively. There are a few amusing moments, but nothing that approaches CURSE at its best (albeit few) scenes. Jennifer Edwards, who excels at light comic roles such as in S.O.B. and the short-lived JULIE sitcom, seems awkward in several of her line readings here which is truly a shame. The insistence on keeping Mr. Sellers' old co-stars around hurts this film as it did CURSE. The series regulars never gell with the new leading man and whenever they or Mr. Sellers are invoked, the film's focus becomes obscured and all humor is drained as the films do little more than remind us of the loss of the series' star. Of course, the difficult production of CURSE and dreadful post-production cutting of SON make it difficult to judge what might have been. The original trailer for SON (not included on the VHS or DVD) gave us a glimpse of the genuinely funny destruction of the Langois farm (only Blake Edwards can shoot an explosion that makes people laugh even when seen out of context) that is likely forever lost to time.
THE PINK PANTHER (2006) is a film I prefer to think of by its working title, BIRTH OF THE PINK PANTHER. Where to begin? This could have been so much worse (Mike Myers, Chris Tucker, Dana Carvey, Jim Carrey, Robin Williams, and Martin Lawrence were all approached to play Clouseau by the original producer, Ivan Reitman) and it should have been so much better (Kevin Kline as Clouseau...possibly even Kevin Spacey). Despite his tremendous box office clout, Shawn Levy was a poor choice for director. This may be an unfair statement as yet again, Bruce Markoe (the man who butchered SON to a series of mystifyingly short scenes running under 90 minutes minus the titles) was allowed to repeat the same mistake here. The seemingly endless reshoots only add to the confusion and really make this film play even more like a series of highlights than TRAIL did. The Paris scenery is nice but the rule that no scene be longer than 1:30 (yes, I'm kidding...just) makes it feel like stock footage. The decision to place Steve Martin in nearly every scene also hurts the film as does the awkward loss of Mr. Kline's framing the story as scripted by Len Blum five years before the film was released. Martin successfully avoids aping Mr. Sellers but only at the expense of channeling Mel Blanc's Elmer Fudd. A fact which sinks his characterization in all but a few scenes (the bit with Roger Rees' vases and a short--what else--scene with Emily Mortimer about sexual politics in the office). Kevin Kline and Jean Reno are wasted. Kristen Chenoweth and Emily Mortimer's scenes were largely cut (especially Kristen) during an eleventh hour decision to turn the very PG-13 comedy into something family-friendly. Chris Beck's score overuses the classic Mancini theme to the point that it is unintentionally funny. Lilly Kilvert comes across best with consistently gorgeous sets and will hopefully be back for the sequel. The Clive Owen cameo falls flat due to timing (Daniel Craig was already Bond when the film was finally released...Owen's bit paled when compared with the hilarious Pierce Brosnan routine Mr. Martin originally scripted) and more kid-friendly trimming which cost the film the pay-off with the glass cutter that was so prevalent in the trailer and TV spots. Beyonce is largely wooden and never seems to be anything more than eye candy. The DVD also trims the scene of Kline getting caught in Martin's office...a fact I have never seen noted elsewhere (but this isn't a complaint in this instance as it is funnier than in the theatrical cut...if only I could similarly cut or reshoot Martin's over the top reaction to being shocked by the light bulb...). This could have been worse and is another fascinating failure, in my view, as much as CURSE, SON, and the largely pointless TRAIL. The series has no where to go but up...I hope.
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Post by claude on Aug 21, 2007 20:48:21 GMT
1. The Return Of The Pink Panther 2. The Pink Panther (1963) 3. Son Of The Pink Panther 4. A Shot In The Dark 5. The Pink Panther (2006) 6. The Revenge Of The Pink Panther 7. The Pink Panther Strikes Again 8. Trail Of The Pink Panther 9. Curse Of The Pink Panther
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Post by pinkadilly on Aug 22, 2007 19:16:33 GMT
wow! im surprised to see you ranked Son so high!
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Post by claude on Aug 23, 2007 21:47:06 GMT
Why? Is not not that well liked around here?
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Post by pinkadilly on Aug 24, 2007 4:59:19 GMT
well i dunno, but most people around here at least rank it somewhere below TPPSA and ASITD! but if you like it that much, thats cool - it just surprised me, is all!
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Post by in-the-pink on Aug 29, 2007 4:59:34 GMT
I voted for Return of the Pink Panther
I gotta think about it before I rank them all though
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