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Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

It would be easy for me to say that 'The Three Amigos' goes no place fast if I believed for a moment that it intended to do anything fast. In fact, the movie is so lacadaisy that I think even the stars were checking their watches.The movie has all the earmarks of what could have been. It stars Steve Martin, Chevy Chase and Martin Short whose brilliant individual work on 'Saturday Night Live' is completely missed here. They play The Three Amigos; a comedy team whose recent box office receipts has caused the studio to hand them their walking papers.Meanwhile down in Mexico a woman sees one of their movies and thinks they are the real deal. She sends a fractured telegram hiring them to save their village from banditos and being in need of work they oblige. Unfortunately they misread the cry for help and think that they are being called to do a publicity show which leads to a long (and I do mean long) series of misunderstandings until very late in the film when they begin to realize that the banditos aren't kidding around.Steve Martin whom I liked in some of his more critically panned films like the underrated 'The Man With Two Brains' seems too in on the joke. Martin Short does almost nothing and Chevy Chase gets one or two moments right and then stands to the side of the screen looking on at the moment.Maybe the problem is that the film feels too safe. We get the feeling that Martin, Chase and Short are in on the joke and that kills the spontaneity of the comedy. The Three Amigos have a trademark gesture which ends with them thrusting their hips forward and coughing. That's not funny because it feels rehearsed. I like it when comedians don't play the moment for laughs. Watch Gene Wilder in 'Young Frankenstein' when he is trying to figure out how to work the revolving bookcase and you'll see what I mean.

Underrated John Landis comedy with fun music. Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, and Martin Short star as three silent film stars who are asked to defend a Mexican town from bandits. A plot reminiscent of The Magnificent Seven. It's such a fun light-hearted movie I don't see why it has so many detractors. Perhaps the humor isn't crude enough. This is certainly one of Landis' least vulgar comedies. To me the movie has an old-school kind of charm about it. It's full of lots of great sight gags, memorable lines, and cute Randy Newman songs. It moves at a nice pace and seems to enjoy its story instead of overloading you with one "bit" after another. So give it a shot if you like Landis' work or the work of the three stars. It's one of my favorite 80s comedies.

The fish out of water premise rarely works, and here, it doesn't bring justice. Three Amigos is a dry, mediocre comedy that has one central joke, its more than capable leads in goofy, flamboyant outfits. The film somehow thinks the key to its success is dressing up the three main characters and hoping people will find the antics funny just because the characters look funny.I'm here to say it isn't, but of course I don't speak for everyone. The film is cheery, wholesome, but all too dry. There isn't enough desperation with the characters because much of the film they're spent with cocky, boastful attitudes and not realizing the trouble they've gotten themselves into. The story concerns "The Three Amigos," a silent movie comedy team featuring Lucky Day (Martin), Dusty Bottoms (Chase), and Ned Nederlander (Short). The three are famous for their plethora of films together and their utterly fashionable costumes. When they request a raise to continue doing films, they are sent packing and helpless.Before we're introduced to them we see Carmen (Martinez), the daughter of a village leader in Santo Poco, Mexico. When seeing a film with "The Three Amigos" she sends them a telegram believing they are real crime-fighters. So, immediately, The Amigos get a telegram and are off to save the town of Santo Poco. Or so they think. They believe it's a new job opportunity. In reality they have to try and run the legendary El Guapo (Arau) out of town.The premise sounds acceptable and fun, but the real tragedy is Three Amigos never fully knows what it wants to do. Is this satire, homage, or a shameless parody of the western genre? At times it seems to want to put a satirical spin on the western genre. For example, dressing in those utterly goofy costumes and trash-talking the opponents before opening fire. At other times it seems like it wants to pay a tongue in cheek homage to the cheesy style of some westerns. For example, the fake, Technicolor backgrounds like a cheap play. And if the writing had been polished a bit more involving more jokes instead of dead air, it could come off as a David Zucker, Leslie Nielsen type spoof.The talent here is taken for granted. Steve Martin gets a lot of screen time, it seems Chevy Chase is left with the recycled odds and ends from other successful screenplays as he fumbles in search of his own time, and Martin Short isn't given much to perform with either.Three Amigos has heart, but not comedy. It's one of those comedies that thinks it's being funny, when really, its one note joke has gotten old after a few minutes and we've been expecting some more cutting edge ones for a while. Randy Newman's musical numbers provide fun and smiles, Landis's directing is above average, yet you'd find superior in his other works like The Blues Brothers and National Lampoon's Animal House, but the dry setup, the under-used talents, and the flimsy script make Three Amigos a missed opportunity.Starring: Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, Martin Short, Patricia Martinez, and Alfonso Arau. Directed by: John Landis.

Three Amigos is definitely one of the funniest films of all time! I have created a facebook page for Amigo Fest! coming soon to Virginia! LIKE us on Facebook to receive updates and info on the upcoming fest! Amigo Fest will be a celebration of all things Three Amigos! It will include costumes, games & a viewing of the film at a local "cantina" in Charlottesville, VA! In the same vein as the successful Lebowskifests, it will be a party not to miss. Would I say there will be a plethora of pinatas? Perhaps. A "My Little Buttercup" sing-a-long? Who knows? A lot of tequila (it's like beer)? Absolutely! Join the community and maybe we'll see you there!