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Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult [VHS]

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Like Charlie Sheen in "Hotshots" and Cary Elwes in "Robin Hood, Men in Tights", the key to a successful spoof is to have the cast keep a straight face throughout all the jokes. Leslie is the king at that. The three naked guns are (along with the Austin Powers movies and Blazing saddles) the best spoofs ever made. All of Leslies others (Spy Hard, Dracula, dead and loving it, Wrongfully accused and the abominable Mr Magoo) don't even come close. 33 1/3 is my least favourite Naked Gun movie and I still watch it all the time. They are all absolutely Hillarious. Watch out for the Sperm bank scene. It is one of the funniest scenes on film.

Naked Gun is one of the few series that was never short on laughs or gags as time and sequels went on. Leslie is again Frank Dremond, now a retired cop making brownies. But Police Squad calls him back for help. It seems terrorists (lead by the infamous Papsmeir!) is planning on blowing up the Academy Awards, not a bad idea if you think about it, but they must be stopped.

The Sperm bank and prison scenes had me howling with laughter, and Anna Nicole Smith had me howling like a wolf in heat. Also catch Raquel Welch at the awards giving an introduction with Leslie Neilsen disguised as Phil Donahue.

This film rocks from beginning to end.

OMG, this movie is beyond belief and funnier than life itself. Leslie Nielson really perfected the role as Frank Drebin. I didn't care for the sequences that were about Frank's wife, Jane. However, Frank himself was unbelievable, especially at the academy awards, where he made a giant spectacle of himself. I really laughed when he ran off stage, saw tanya, and when she tried to seduce him, you should've seen the look on his face when he saw that she had a......well I can't say. You'd have to see for yourself. It was hilarious. This movie is timeless, and priceless. This belongs in the collection of any true comedy fan.

This, I think, is the best work of comedy ever made. Some of the jokes are a stretch, though, but most work. And when they do, they are absolutely laugh out loud fall out of your seat roll on the ground funny. This I think is the best naked gun movie of the bunch, full of one liners, puns and prat falls, this movie will make you laugh, I swear. The only problem is that a couple of the jokes are too disgusting, like when Tanya (I think that was her name) turns out to be a hermaphridite. That was just odd. The ending was a little dry of jokes, but basically it was all good. The starting scenes with Frank's dream and when he wakes up are brilliant. My favorite scene: Frank in the sperm bank, one of the funniest scenes on film. I strongly suggest you buy this one and the other two. This is the best because it didn't have any jokes lifted from the TV series it was based on, Police Squad! like the other two movies.

Now THIS movie is the Naked Gun of all Naked Gun movies. This movie has no really bad, miserable, disturbing, or disgusting jokes that plagued the first two movies, just pure, 100% funny and wholesome jokes that are hilarious. And to put the icing on the cake, several celebritites star-spackle the film, making this Naked Gun movie one of the best spoofs I've ever seen.

Watch this movie. You will not regret it.

The Naked Guns' all have a kind of humor about them that I have grown to love and respect. No matter how silly a scene is there is always a seriousness about the way the jokes are being presented that to me is a more classy style than acting entirely goofy for 90 minutes or so. For example, in the hillarious Sperm Bank scene in Naked Gun 33 1/3 Frank(Leslie Nielson)is told by the woman working at the desk that Frank would need to take a number. Naturally Frank asks whether it has to be between 1 and 10 and she just, I believe, hands him the ticket with his number. The Naked Gun style of comedy is much more subtle than other comedies like Ace Ventura. You really have to think for a second or two before you bust out laughing in some of the scenes. I'm a fan of laughing at what people say and do and not so much a fan of Saturday Night Live type comedy where you laugh at funny people's expressions and/or body movements instead of funny writing or circumstances. That style of poker faced comedy that is typical of Naked Gun combined with one-liners like,"Like a midget at a urinal, I was going to have to stay on my toes," is what makes for great entertainment. The plot seems to determine the jokes in Naked Gun 33 1/3 instead of the jokes determining the plot. I love Naked Gun 33 1/3 and highly suggest that you give this great if maybe not classic comedy a chance.

i've seen this movie maybe 6 times now and every time i see it i can't stop laughing, you have to be dead if you don't like the naked gun trilogy, a must have, that's for sure

The Gang is back, and that spells bad news for both bad guys, and the neighborhood in general. Frank is at his worst self, and the scene in which he singlehandedly destroys the Academy Awards Night is out of this world.

Leslie Nielsen is a comic genius. Raquel Welch and Pia Zadora's cameo roles only add to the comedy.

A must see movie.

The two previous "Naked Gun" movies were two of the funniest slapstick comedy movies ever made. On the outside, there was no reason to think that this third installment would be any different. Unfortunately, it was.

Through much of the movie, you get the feeling the writers were having to reach for some of the gags. Many of the jokes and sight gags this time around felt forced and contrived, whereas in the previous two movies they just flowed right on through. This is not to say that the movie isn't a laugh riot, you just won't laugh as hard this time.

Leslie Nielsen is back as Lt. Frank Drebin, who is now retired and married to Jane (Priscilla Presley). Home life doesn't really suit this bumbling detective. A visit from his old Police Squad buddies gets Frank back into the game, which causes Jane to leave him and go off on a "Thelma and Louise" trip.

Although this movie was meant to be the last "Naked Gun" when it was made in 1994, it's fate was sealed the next year when O.J. Simpson was arrested for murder. Though never a major star in any of the three movies, he was as much a part of them as any of the others.

If you are a "Naked Gun" fan, then you will want to add this movie to complete your collection. If you have never seen one of these movies before, don't start with this one. It is not as good as the other two and you will be disappointed.

I love the Naked Gun series. All 3 movies have a certain charm and wit to them that just isn't matched in other satire series.

The first Naked Gun movie is probably one of the funniest movies I have ever seen hands down. The second was good but for some reason it just never seemed to come into its own. This one is a strange movie in that only one of the original writers (David Zucker) did the script while the other two were just producers this time around. It has parts that are better then the second one but other parts that just aren't funny as they want to be. It's a strange movie in that you will find parts that were well done and creative but then you will see things that are just stretching and well to put it plainly, just not funny.

The story continues right where the second left us. Frank Dreben and Jane finaly tie the knot and settle down to become a family. Dreben has to give up his police job as he promised. Of course things aren't as easy as that, the couple seems to be having some marital problems as Jane wants a kid and for some reason Frank just can't make it happen. To make matters worse Ed and Nordburg need Frank to come back for one more mission and when Jane finds out she leaves him. Dreben winds up going into prison undercover to find out the plans of the would be terrorist who wants to target the Oscars with a bomb that will go off once the evelope is opened revealing the best actor.

The opening and ending sequences are the best part of the movie. We have an Untouchables spoof at the start which was quite amusing and in classic Naked Gun humor and we have the whole situation at the Oscars that will remind you a bit of the baseball sequence at the end of the first movie. This alone ranks this better then the second movie but its everything in between that slows the movie down and makes it a little boring at times. Frank in Jail, Jane running away in a Thelma and Louise type spoof, a visit to the sperm hospital.. all fill up the middle and while they have their slight chuckles they are no where near the humor and wit and non stop laughs that we had previously. The second one still seemed to flow correctly within the series, popping out situations and running gags that were constant. This one just seems to be missing that extra umph to put it over the top.

The movie is fun and enjoyable though and a worthy addition to the Naked Gun series. Leslie Nielson still has it and probably always will. He plays his character flawlessly and as you would expect. There are a lot of cameos in this one like Weird Al and Vanna White and Mary Lou to name a few that make for some interseting moments. The rest of the cast from the previous are intact except there is no mayor or commish this time to call the shots.

When I first saw the movie in theaters I didn't laugh as much as I should have but after seeing it again on DVD I found myself laughing at things that probably were just over my head when I saw it 10 years ago.

Bottomline, Its not as good as the first and has its moments with being on the same level as 2 1/2 but overall its a great way to end a great series and I do recomend this to everyone, but I would also say buy the other two as well to get the full flavor. This on its own just won't work as well if you have not seen the others to reference to and get the complete picture of how this series works. This definitely could have been better and perhaps if the original 3 writers did it it would have been but its still quite amusing at points and gets a big A for effort.