If you never did serve in the Swiss Army, you probably won't understandhalf the jokes… and then the movie is just plain boring.

This comedy is decidedly Swiss. You have to know the Swiss Army tounderstand it.

I loved it, but I did serve. (I recognized myself most in the characterof Korporal Wyss…) Most of my friends who are not Swiss or managed toworm out of military training didn't think it fun… not because it wasinaccurate, but because they didn't understand the context.

2) The fact that this movie has been entitled to the most successful moviein Switzerland's film history makes me shake my head! It's true, butpitiful at the same time. A flick about the Swiss army could be a gooddeal better.

The story sounds interesting, at the beginning: Antonio Carrera(Michael Koch) gets forced to absolve his military training by the armywhile he is in the church, wedding his love Laura Moretti (MiaAegerter).

The Acting in some way doesn't really differ from just a few recruitsgetting drunk and stoned in the reality. Melanie Winiger plays her roleas the strong Michelle Bluntschi mediocre, personally i found herrather annoying.

The storyline contains a comedy combined with a romance, which does notwork as expected. The romance-part is too trashy, and the comedy-partis not funny at all, it's just a cheap try and does not changethroughout the whole movie whatsoever. It's funny for preadolescent12-13 year olds, but not for such as those who search an entertainingcomedy. The humor is weak except for some shots.

Dope? Cool! Stealing? Cool! If you want a proper comedy about the SwissRS, make sure you did not absolve your military training yet, and eventhen don't expect too much!

I'll give it 4 out of 10 stars, because Marco Rima is quite funnyduring his screen time. Not a hell of a lot screen time though

3) I am swiss and I really liked the movie. Maybe it’s because I’m a girland I didn’t have to go to the military.

I think the movie is funny and there are many parts that really can betrue. What I didn’t like too much is the acting of some actresses.Actually of just one actress. She’s better off just singing…

Michael Koch was great and I hope he’s gonna be seen in other upcomingmovies. Melanie Winiger (ex Miss Switzerland) did a great job, just toosad she didn’t get successful in Hollywood. But I hope we’re gonna seemore of her acting. Marco Rima was great as usual. He’s a realcomedian! All in all I really love the movie, I think it’s worthwatching it. Unfortunately I doubt it will ever be shown in an Englishspeaking country (but maybe they’ll have English subtitles on theDVD)…

4) .. Switzerland has never had such a big movie-budget as at the moment,and still can't make any really good movies? ah yes right, they justdon't know how (yet)! for every conscript from Switzerland who has donehis military service or every girl who has had a boyfriend who did it(or done it herself), this movie is OK! (hence the 5 point vote).. somebits are funny, because they really took every cliché and overdrew them(the pacifist from the french speaking part of Switzerland forexample). the different dialects of Switzerland also have a big part inthis set up, and this of course works great in swiss-German.

but as a movie for anybody else? .. no way! i would be astonished ifanybody from outside Switzerland (non-swiss) could really have a goodlaugh..

so much for the story.

acting: oh well.. i've seen worse, but no Oscar-worthy performances.imagery/technical: they are getting there. it's OK, but some betterfilters would made it visually more appealing.

5) I really don't see why so many people are slamming this movie for itsadmittedly formulaic style. its a teen comedy, why are you expectingedgy scripts and high class thespians? its a piece of light reliefintended to amuse for a couple of hours!

the film itself may not have the most original of premises and DUH itsnot realistic that failing to reply to your call up for militaryservice probably won't have you taken away from your bride on thewedding day – its called a plot device, yeah? the fact remains that itis a genuinely funny movie that certainly matches eurotrip or Americanpie for sheer quirkiness. it has some moments that don't perhaps gel sowell but overall its a good film that will provide you with a fewproper laugh-out-loud moments. Don't watch it and expect it to changeyour life, but do expect it to challenge your stereotypes of chocolatecuckoos cheese and neutrality. Switzerland is still very much a"traditional" society where women aren't as well respected as men andthere is a bit of gender inequality and this is highlighted. themilitary is seen by many swiss people as a period where they have toturn up yeah, but the weekends are a huge excuse for gettingdrunk/stoned with your squad-mates and this film shows this admirably.

Great cinema no. Funny? hell yes.

6) I have no idea why the Swiss themselves seem to dislike the film. Iwork in the industry, and when saw this, I was very pleasantlysurprised. I only understood the subtitles, as is the case for almostall foreign films with me, and this was by far one of the funniest.

So, I'm not really doing a fair comparison to Hollywood films. But if Iwas, I'd say it was somewhere between Eurotrip meets American pie interms of quality and comedic value. In terms of Swiss films, its by thefar the best and only Swiss film I've ever seen.

Its the closest I've ever been to the Swiss army, but from what Iunderstand, its a joke. And this film makes a great parody of it. Plusthere is a token romance in it, Romeo and Juliet style, very tense.

7) Well, AWFUL is just the first name. This movie is a cliché-ridden pieceof junk. A high school comedy setup in a military training camp. I’msorry I had to give this 1 star which it did not deserve.

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Just about everything is totally forced, unconvincing and unrealistic.The HEPO (military police) will not come to get you if you don’t makeyour appearance, especially not on your wedding day. The actors werepretty embarrassed during this scene, because the scene didn’t work asit was so highly unlikely. You can sense it in their voices. Even ifthey were not such bad actors, they wouldn’t have been able to save thescene.

Next the guy has to exercise in his wedding suit. No, there was no timeto get him an uniform first. Man, this is great cinematography! I willremember this scene for the rest of my life.

There are also GIRLS in the camp–exciting–one of’em even a model,though not looking that great–and the baddest actress I’ve ever seen.I doubt in Hollywood they would let her say a single line in a B movie.

Okay girls in the military! Now this is getting fun. The girls are evenplaced on the same floor, so we can sneak to their room at night! Inreality they would be placed in a different building a quarter mileaway, separated by two fences with barbed wire.

There are tanks available we can use for a fun ride in our spare time,of which we have plenty. No, the tanks are not locked, and the ignitionkeys are inserted. No one will notice the engine sounds, especially notat night.

There is a bunch of sex scenes and references and all are below thewaste line. We need those so the sexually obsessed Germans will likethe movie as well. Switzerland is too small a market for any featurefilm. Well done!

One sex scene takes place in the kitchen. Surely, none of thosefacilities are ever locked. The military routines are as sloppy as theycan get.

In the end of the brainless flick, the mafia hit men are about the takerevenge on the poor guy trying to shoot him! Because he deserted hisfiancée! Sure I buy that, the Italians are that way–a jealous bunch(not).

The bad guys attempt to do this in open daylight with two dozeneyewitnesses. Not at night in a dark alley. Again, military traininggrounds (where there is shooting with live ammo) are open to thepublic, anyone can freely drive or walk in there. There are no suchthings as guards or fences.

The deed however is prevented by the good captain timely launching arocket into the Italians’ car. The explosion knocks the hit men and theenraged fiancée off their feet. No one in 40 feet distance is hurt whenthe car is blown to smithereens. It’s a COMEDY, remember.

Okay. It’s a comedy, I got that, and I can live with that. No realismneeded. Filmmakers can easily get way with this if it is hilariously,side splitting funny, or entertaining, interesting, challenging.Unfortunately it is none of those. It’s just embarrassing. A rip-offfrom brainless American comedies. The latter are at least doneprofessionally, with no amateur actors.

It is pretty boring and predictable, a waste of time and energy,especially to those sitting through the entire movie as I unfortunatelydid. Yawn.

As Switzerland is a very small country and their strong point is for surenot culture I was very surprised in a positive way of this movie. Thismoviehas a original love story, is never boring and has a lot of sense ofhumor.Especially when they make fun of the army. In the movie is the swiss armybut of course it could be the army of any country. Another positivesurprisefor me was actress Melanie Winiger. As former Miss Switzerland everybodythought that can’t work but she did a very good work and I think somebodyshould inform Jerry Bruckheimer. Melanie would be great in one of hisactionmovies. The only negative point of this movie is the terrible title butotherwise this movie is really worth to watch.

9) The main problem with "…Charlie.." is, that’ it is a cynical movie toits bones. It is funny, it is smart, but it’s also a product of somecoke-sniffing talents in Switzerland. This ain’t no real movie with nosoul. It’s a product. A very good product indeed.

If you have fun watching it, that’s OK, so did I.

But the people who produced this movie did not want to produce a goodmovie, they wanted to get in the business, to make money, to touchwomen, they could never never never never touch.

It’s awful to watch a movie like "Achtung…" in comparison to a movielike "Festen" or "Angst essen Seele auf" but it’s better than nothing.

Or… no… "nothing" could be better than this soulless, heartlesscynical piece of success.

People without heart and soul, please stop making movies.

Thank You

10) This film makes "American Pie" a sophisticated movie! No further commentneeded. Humor is cheap, dialogues are stupid and the cast is awkward. Everycliché is used several times without any original twist. And far the worst,the movie turns out to be more catholic than the Pope. It’s so sad.

In this film appear a young Gina Lollobrigida, not at the maximum of herplaying ability.

The film, that now have a great historical value, was first boycotted andthen censored and retired from the distribution for many years by theitalian cattolic government, because the partisans near Genova was quiteallof Communist or Socialist ideology, so they think that the film can beusedas a form of propaganda.

Using a good B/W the film show the city of the immediate post-war period,with some clip taken from documentaries of the time, and the mountainterritory near Genova.

This films is well done and very thrilling and features some very goodGerman actors like Katharina Thalbach, Heinz Hoenig, Hannelore Elsner andmovie veteran Hans-Christian Blech, but the plot itself – a frighteningfiction back in 1990 – seems a bit old-fashioned these days. Days havepassed and genetic engineering has progressed, so the horror utopia behindthis story has been overtaken by reality already. But don’t care about thisand enjoy this well-made German cyber thriller from the last century!

2) Mouganis was great, hard to believe this was only his second film. He’s across between Tom Hanks and Corey Feldman (although Feldman’s betterlooking!). A delightful yarn that wasn’t too tightly spun. The cliche’sgot a little tired as the film wore on, but all in all it was worth thewait.

3) this movie is also named "the road to a Greek wedding" it took me awhile to find it in IMDb. i found by looking in the names of everyactor of dir. i so finally found the one who make the silence of thelamb and found it

i think it will be useful to make the link/connection between the namesfor future use it’s a nice movie , a part of the the fat Greek movies,trying to enjoy the success of the fat Greek wedding. it’s niceefforts but not enough, the Greek habits look wired and it’s ugly wayto show them like that.

some times is better not to do something better then to do somethingugly like this

"Achilles" is a true delight for the eyes, a masterpiece in both the formand the content. It is an original way of presenting the story of Achilles,the mythical Greek warrior, but more generally of telling the story of aman, tortured by a love he does not want to acknowledge until he can nolonger hide from it. And in the end, isn’t that what makes Achilles sohuman, and thus so everlasting, rather than his heroic deeds in battle? Amust. Don’t miss it.

2) This short movie is neither about mythology nor warriors. It’s aboutlove.

It’s hard to believe it actually made it’s way into a presentation herein Brazil, I was really impressed by it back in 98 when I saw it. Cameacross a copy of it last year and still was amazed.

And in it’s eleven minutes you can watch a full and rich show ofstop-motion technique merged with an excellent art direction whichbrings you back to the "classic era" with the Greek beauty patterns.

The puppets are extremely well sculpted and the movie presents itselflike an ancient arena theater, with great light/shadow effects and ofcourse, Greek drama. All of this combined makes Achilles one of themost charming short movies I’ve ever seen.

3) I met Barry Purves at an animation festival in Poole, Dorset, England in1999. He gave a terrific lecture and showed some of his best pieces ofworkincluding ‘Achilles’ which I consider to be his masterpiece in jointplacewith ‘Gilbert & Sullivan – the very models’.'Achilles’ is just an astounding piece of animation which also works as apiece of drama, a love story and a prime example of a master working athiscraft. The story centres on Achilles and his relationship with his lover,Petroclus, during the trojan war. The scenes are played out throughmontageas well as action sequences and tableaus, culminating in the untimelydeathsof the two heroes. Never before has an historical homosexual relationshipbeen so delicately portrayed without prejudice or judgement. Consideringthis is animation, that is a tremendous feat. Astonishingstuff!

2) Shekhar and Birsingh are bosom pals. They come to stay at a small chawl where an angry woman confronts them. But when their hatred turns into love and oneness they form a sister-brother relationship, willing to lay down their lives for each other. On the other side, there are two lovers –Ravi and Rita. Shekhar and Birsingh are also strangely related to Rita.

• Contrary to common belief, the long staircase in this film is NOT the same one used in Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy’s Oscar-winning short, The Music Box (1932). It is, however, in the same Silver Lake district of Los Angeles, about two miles away.

• Revealing mistakes: At the end, when the Stooges slide down the stairway in fast motion, some people can be seen at the bottom, wondering what was going on. When they realize that a film is being shot, they try running out of the camera’s line of sight.
• Revealing mistakes: You can see the split in the ice block before it breaks over Curly’s head.

Vernon Dent is the main "victim" in this Three Stooges a short. He's apoor guy whose just trying to celebrate his birthday but every time hetries to bring home the birthday cake for himself and party guests, theStooges give him a face full of it.

The boys wind up catering his party – don't ask how – and we get morememorable scenes, such as Curly's having a sofa spring stuck to theseat of his pants…..and what happens every time he tries to dance, orCurly pretending he's a barber shaving a block of ice – and talking toit! It was funny material decades ago, and it's still funny.

Moe and Larry also contribute in their customary entertaining fashion,but this really highlight's Curly in his prime.

2) An Ache in Every Stake (1941) stars Moe, Larry, and Curly as ice mendelivering frozen water to hot people.

Curly said it best when he said, "Why don’t you just get an electric iceboxthat does away with work, worry, and bother?" Curly’s hilarious turkeystuffing/preparation bit is in this! Two potatoes diced! Can of peas!Pinch the salt! Loaf of bread well soaked!

Larry also is funny breathing in natural gas…I almost fellover!

They end up ruining two cakes of the judge (Vernon Dent) and destroying thejudge’s birthday party dinner.

This is one of my favorite stooge shorts that is right up there with ThreeLittle Beers! Watch for it on TV or Columbia Home Video.

3) Just to correct one thing that was mentioned in a couple of the otherreviews here. In this one, Vernon Dent is not a judge. He’s merely aguy trying to get home with his birthday cake in one piece. The onewhere he’s a judge is the remake made with Shemp where, as usual,Columbia spliced two stories in order to get one, "An Ache In EverySteak" with "A Plumbing We Will Go". With that said and done…this iswithout any doubt one of their very best comedies ever. It’s right upthere with "Men In Black" from 1934. The one thing I never hear thoughfrom other admirers of the boys is how their shorts never really seemdated or old fashioned. As much as I enjoy Abbott & Costello, they seemstuck in the 1940’s and WWII. The Stooges are timeless because they hitthe nerve in all of us and I’ve seen people who don’t even understandEnglish or some of the contemporary references laugh unceasingly attheir antics. If that’s not a testimonial to greatness, I don’t knowwhat is. Just watch this one and don’t be drinking anything while doingso or it might come out your nose.

4) This short begins hilariously, and builds to the riotous ending. Itcontainsseveral well-known scenes, including the "ice-block down the stairs"piece,and Curly shaving the ice with great patter included. These stairs werealsoused in a wonderful Laurel and Hardy short involving a piano, and, asusual,Vernon Dent is hilarious as a pompous judge.

5) This is the funniest stooge short, Moe, Larry and curly deliver ice to awoman then she is upset because she doesn’t have a cake for her husband sothe stooges bake a cake and also make a turkey. The funniest part is whencurly shaves the ice and he’s talking to it and everything itsgreat.

6) This comment should put to rest the controversy of the "Ache in EveryStake" steps and the "Music Box" steps. The hilly area of Silver Lake,where both films were made contains a group of these staircases allaround town. All of them are publicly owned, although there are privatehomes that can only be accessed by the stairs. The "Ache in EveryStake" steps are located between 2257 and 2258 Fair Oak View Terrace.About a mile away on the other side of the hill are the "Music Box"stairs. They are located between 923 and 937 Vendome Street. Bothhouses in both films are not at the top of each respective staircase.They are both studio sets. In addition, both films have differentplots. The Stooge film moves faster, while the L&H is more surreal.

7) "An Ache in Every Stake" is a classic Three Stooges comedy directed byDel Lord. As icemen for the Zero Ice & Coal Co., and eventually aschefs/servers at a birthday party, the Stooges cause nothing but a lotof havoc. And that's exactly what we Stooge fans all love to see!

Here are my favorite highlights from "An Ache in Every Stake" (don'tread any further until after you have seen this comedy). First of all,who could forget the classic mishaps the Stooges create when trying todeliver blocks of ice up a lengthy outdoor staircase? Curly hasabsolutely no culinary skill, as proved when he stuffs a turkey andshaves a block of ice. Curly winds up with a spring on the back of histrousers as he dances with a party guest (Symona Boniface). When Larrydeflates the birthday cake, Moe decides to fill it up with gas; whenthe man of the house (Vernon Dent) blows out the candles, the cakeexplodes!

With a supporting cast that includes Vernon Dent, Symona Boniface, BessFlowers, Gino Corrado, and Bud Jamison, "An Ache in Every Stake" is agreat Three Stooges short. To my knowledge, it may be the only Stoogefilm in which Larry comments on Moe's ingenuity twice by saying, "Whata brain."

The Three Stooges have, for years, been summarily dismissed as inferiordespite their continued popularity over several generations. Some havestated that their longevity alone is enough to earn respect. "An AcheEveryStake" is just one solid example of the Stooges at their best, offeringproof that they are more than merely a succession of blatant slapstickgags.Based on the same premise as Laurel and Hardy’s long lost silent "HatsOff"(1927) and their Oscar winning "The Music Box" (1932), "An Ache in EveryStake" features the Stooges as ice men who must deliver blocks of ice to ahome that rests atop a long flight of stairs. By the time they reach thetop of the stairs, the ice has melted in the hot sun. After this premise,the Stooges somehow stumble into preparing dinner as servants to a wealthycouple (during the wartime help shortage, such things were not sofar-fetched). Within its two reels, "An Ache in Every Stake" offers someofthe Stooges top gags from their arsenal of burlesque and vaudevillechestnuts, as well as perhaps their most energetic performances. It iscertainly a prime example of an unfairly underrated comedy team. Now thatMoe, Larry, and Curly have become a part of pop culture, it is recommendedthat highbrow critics give their work a second look. Films such as thishave withstood the test of time because of the real talent and creativitythat went into them. When approached open-mindedly, without thepretentiousprejudices that some film scholars choose to embrace, The Three Stoogescanbe considered among the most delightful comedy teams of theirtime.

9) The Three Stooges has always been some of the many actors that I haveloved. I love just about every one of the shorts that they have made. Ilove all six of the Stooges (Curly, Shemp, Moe, Larry, Joe, and CurlyJoe)! All of the shorts are hilarious and also star many other greatactors and actresses which a lot of them was in many of the shorts! InMy opinion The Three Stooges is some of the greatest actors ever and isthe all time funniest comedy team!

This is one of My favorite Three Stooges shorts. Its very funny. VernonDent is very good in this one. There are two other Three Stooges shortssimilar like this one called They Stooge to Conga with Curly andListen, Judge with Shemp and they are arguably funnier than this!Symona Boniface, Gino Corrado, Bess Flowers, Bud Jamison, BlanchePayson, and Victor Travers are all in this short! This is a very funnyone and I strongly recommended it!

all Credts to the director, LAL JOSE, who has come up with such a boldfilm, unless typical Malayalam movie, the movie has an innovative wayof story telling, the grief of the father becomes our grief, Lal Josewho has always given the hunch that he will once be the best inindustry is again showing the glimpses of his genius. Scenes from NewsChannel, inter-cuts etc., increases the pace of the movie,.the climaxis unconventional and brave and is an exception compared to anyMalayalam movie. surprisingly no rape scene is shown but the intensityof the tragedy is felt. i remember Amen, ( a German film,which revolvesaround the German atrocities and in Nazi camps, with out even showing asingle torture scene, the movie succeeds in making us feel empty)introduction song of Hari, can be termed unnecessary, but he rest arevery good, and are shot beautifully. their prayer song, and all othersongs in the movie, are too good, and its is the lyrics by VaayalarSharathchandra Verma stands out.

the screen play by Babu Janardhanan is brilliant, so is the camera byManoj Pillai, who really deserved an award. Salim Kumar is exceptionaland can be ranked as one of the best in Malayalam Film industry. in thelast scene where he enters the police jeep, by uttering the words" onewho knows everything is a judge, thats why we call him a judge" isexceptional. all supporting cast plays their part perfectly. and myopinion is that state award and national award for best actor should goto Salim Kumar, his performance is far too good compared to Mohan Lal'sin " Thanmathra". may be the jury was too scared to ignore Mohan Lal,as he is the superstar. and this is un-doubtfully the best movie of theYear, unfortunately it went to "thanmathra", lal Jose also deserved toget the best director award. All the departments in the film.,director, screen play,editing, acting, music, everything scores andmakes this film, unforgettable experience. watch this film, i canguarantee it will put a dagger in to your conscience.

2) Wealthy industrialist Yashpal Nanda is widowed, and lives with his daughter, Nisha, and two sons, Vijay, and Arjun. He gets Nisha married to Nilesh, while Vijay gets married to Madhu, and Yashpal is on the look-out for a suitable bride for Arjun. Arjun makes the task easy for him when he introduces a young woman by the name of Pooja. Yashpal is overjoyed and happy with Arjun’s choice and cannot wait for them to get married. The Nanda family’s world gets turned upside down when Nisha and then Vijay pass away suddenly, leaving the family devastated. Then Yashpal, too, suddenly passes away. The police arrive on the scene to arrest Arjun for murder. The question to be asked is are the Nandas a victim of fate, or are they targets of a conspiracy?

2) Not even Manisha as the errand girl of the mountains and Govinda as therace car driver could save this film. Every one acted really badly.Paresh Rawal should never do villainous roles. If I can predict everynext plot twist or scene then why watch the film? The suspense/surprisewas non-existent, music bad, and there was nothing to keep me engagedafter the first 50 minutes. Even the trademark Govinda dances wereabsent. The music was bad. There was a large woman chasing afterGovinda for the first 30 minutes or so. Why was Manisha running errandsfor the whole town? Well, Johny Lever was OK – that has to count forsomething. The 50 minutes I spent on this film were utterly wasted.