Up Pompeii - 1971
Up Pompeii (1971)
Not A Great Example Of British Humour, 26 February 2005
This is the film version of a well remembered British Sitcom . I say well remembered and not classic because the nudge nudge wink wink unsophisticated humour had become very outdated by the 1980s . Compare UP POMPEII with BLACKADDER ( Notably the second series ) to see where I'm coming from
Basing a film on a popular TV show can also lead to another problem : Make it similar to the original and it looks like a half hour episode stretched beyond a natural length - Change the format and characters are you're watching something unrecognisable , something the film version of GEORGE AND MILDRED suffers from . As it stands this movie feels like an overlong half hour episode from the show which means the central plot ( An assassination bid ) lacks focus . It's also British humour at its most unsophisticated with characters having names like Ammonia , Ludicrous Sextus, Scrubber and Erotica . Sad that no one thought up Biggus Dickus . There's some T&A that the original BBC show wouldn't have been able to get away with but apart from that there's little of note
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