Ok, I was 6 when this came out and I haven't seen it since. Of course, it was immensely funny at the time, but having seen it recently, I was inevitably disappointed.
The film is woeful in character development, thin on script, thin on plot, and peppered with dreadful slapstick, not to mention the occasional bawdy 'Carry On' moments.
Unlike others, I didn't struggle with the international stereotypes, but with the lack of a cohesive and fluent script. Themes and scenes were barely fleshed out, and left me feeling that I could have stopped watching at any point without missing anything or caring what happened at the end.
Sadly it was only interesting to me as a period piece of the mid 60s.
The film is woeful in character development, thin on script, thin on plot, and peppered with dreadful slapstick, not to mention the occasional bawdy 'Carry On' moments.
Unlike others, I didn't struggle with the international stereotypes, but with the lack of a cohesive and fluent script. Themes and scenes were barely fleshed out, and left me feeling that I could have stopped watching at any point without missing anything or caring what happened at the end.
Sadly it was only interesting to me as a period piece of the mid 60s.