This is it; this is the one you have been waiting for.
Because there are so few good comedies these days, I amuse myself with the worst possible films I can find to review. There is no shortage of these, but there are some turkeys that are bigger than others. They Saved Hitler's Brain is one of the champion turkeys of films that are unintentionally funny. Lets begin with the director; he apparently was busy doing something else. The film score is easily the WORST IN THE HISTORY OF FILM! During a semi-dramatic car chase, the music is playing picking daisies in the field songs. The first 30 minutes of the movie has absolutely nothing to do with the last hour of the film, other than keeping alive Dr. Coleman, his daughter and her husband. The hilarious spy of the first 30 minutes is killed off (mercifully) along with his airhead blond assistant (who survives three bullets shot into her at point blank range, and still has the energy to save the airhead spy until he falls asleep at the wheel of his escaping car, and kills himself in a crash). I expected both of them to reenter the movie at a later time despite their untimely demise. I was literally on the floor laughing at this film after 30 minutes. I have seen better student videos. The trip to Monduras (the clever screenwriter combined Mexico with Honduras, and somehow came up with an imaginary country to go along with the imaginary plot). The actors and actresses in the film are very funny; but they think they are really acting. After arriving in Monduras, the last two of the Marx Brothers....I mean the last two characters left alive after the combover professor and the two inept US spies bite the dust, go looking for Professor Coleman. Finally, in a sleazy Mexican hotel, we find out after forty minutes, what happened to Hitler at the end of the war. His brain was saved (or most of it, anyway), and transported to Moduras , where it would have easily have been the biggest tourist attraction for the only hotel in the country (the actor actually says it is the only hotel in the country). Add a Texas oilman (so slimy), and the President of Monduras, EL Presidente Stunod (that means stupid in Italian), After an hour, you have 2 brand spanking new Nazis added to this stew of silliness. I half expected to see Charlie Chaplin bouncing the world in one of these bunkers. The two Nazis fall for a bluff (they are not good at Texas holdem), and show the prisoners Hitler's head. Yep, old Adolph is still alive. What a gas. El Presidente Stunod, is not as dumb as he seems; he helps everyone escape from the Nazis (the two scientists easily overpowered the two large Nazis because they were secretly taking Karate classes at night), During the escape, while being hotly pursued by the Nazis, the scientists and El Presidente have a discussion about which cars they will go in, and whether or not the Mets can win it all. Then they get into the car and make a getaway. Back at Hitler's digs, the Texas oil man finally comes to the realization that he is a complete idiot. The music in the movie magically improves after they fired the guy from the first 30 minutes. The removal of Hitler's head is the highlight of the film. Marty (Scorsese), you have to preserve this film; it is PRECIOUS. One last logical scene: a nazi has a loaded guy, and one of the escapees has an empty guy. The nazi somehow gets shot. That makes three incompetent Nazis in hand to hand combat and weapons usage. Thought this was finished? NOOOOO. It goes on and on. The Texas oil guy and his son come to their senses.....TOO LATE! The grinning Hitler Head watches them get eliminated. Time for Hitler and the Nazis to take a plane out of Monduras and go back to Jersey City. Will Adolph escape? Will he live to see the Producers? I will not reveal the ending, but it is aHEAD of its time.
Because there are so few good comedies these days, I amuse myself with the worst possible films I can find to review. There is no shortage of these, but there are some turkeys that are bigger than others. They Saved Hitler's Brain is one of the champion turkeys of films that are unintentionally funny. Lets begin with the director; he apparently was busy doing something else. The film score is easily the WORST IN THE HISTORY OF FILM! During a semi-dramatic car chase, the music is playing picking daisies in the field songs. The first 30 minutes of the movie has absolutely nothing to do with the last hour of the film, other than keeping alive Dr. Coleman, his daughter and her husband. The hilarious spy of the first 30 minutes is killed off (mercifully) along with his airhead blond assistant (who survives three bullets shot into her at point blank range, and still has the energy to save the airhead spy until he falls asleep at the wheel of his escaping car, and kills himself in a crash). I expected both of them to reenter the movie at a later time despite their untimely demise. I was literally on the floor laughing at this film after 30 minutes. I have seen better student videos. The trip to Monduras (the clever screenwriter combined Mexico with Honduras, and somehow came up with an imaginary country to go along with the imaginary plot). The actors and actresses in the film are very funny; but they think they are really acting. After arriving in Monduras, the last two of the Marx Brothers....I mean the last two characters left alive after the combover professor and the two inept US spies bite the dust, go looking for Professor Coleman. Finally, in a sleazy Mexican hotel, we find out after forty minutes, what happened to Hitler at the end of the war. His brain was saved (or most of it, anyway), and transported to Moduras , where it would have easily have been the biggest tourist attraction for the only hotel in the country (the actor actually says it is the only hotel in the country). Add a Texas oilman (so slimy), and the President of Monduras, EL Presidente Stunod (that means stupid in Italian), After an hour, you have 2 brand spanking new Nazis added to this stew of silliness. I half expected to see Charlie Chaplin bouncing the world in one of these bunkers. The two Nazis fall for a bluff (they are not good at Texas holdem), and show the prisoners Hitler's head. Yep, old Adolph is still alive. What a gas. El Presidente Stunod, is not as dumb as he seems; he helps everyone escape from the Nazis (the two scientists easily overpowered the two large Nazis because they were secretly taking Karate classes at night), During the escape, while being hotly pursued by the Nazis, the scientists and El Presidente have a discussion about which cars they will go in, and whether or not the Mets can win it all. Then they get into the car and make a getaway. Back at Hitler's digs, the Texas oil man finally comes to the realization that he is a complete idiot. The music in the movie magically improves after they fired the guy from the first 30 minutes. The removal of Hitler's head is the highlight of the film. Marty (Scorsese), you have to preserve this film; it is PRECIOUS. One last logical scene: a nazi has a loaded guy, and one of the escapees has an empty guy. The nazi somehow gets shot. That makes three incompetent Nazis in hand to hand combat and weapons usage. Thought this was finished? NOOOOO. It goes on and on. The Texas oil guy and his son come to their senses.....TOO LATE! The grinning Hitler Head watches them get eliminated. Time for Hitler and the Nazis to take a plane out of Monduras and go back to Jersey City. Will Adolph escape? Will he live to see the Producers? I will not reveal the ending, but it is aHEAD of its time.