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List Price: $14.98 Our Price: $12.99 You Save: $1.99 Features • Anamorphic • Closed-captioned • Color • Widescreen • NTSC In Theaters : August, 1969 DVD Release : 02 September, 2003 |
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| ♥♥♥♥♥ | I'm sorta fond of "The Love God"... |
| I was diggin' through the used DVDs section at my favorite used-movies-and-music joint the other day when I came across this title. I got curious when I read the movie's title along the DVD case's spine (why the question mark after the title? I'd find out soon 'nuff), then I got curiouser (?!) when I saw Don Knotts on the cover as a would-be Hugh Hefner decked out in one of Liberace's hand-me-downs, surrounded by a quartet of groovy-lookin' bimbettes. Then came the deal-sealer, one of the greatest movie tag lines ever:
"So many women... not enough man." Needless to say, I wasn't about to pass up the opportunity I was holdin' in my hot little hands! But in all seriousness, when I read the movie's brief breakdown on the back of the DVD case, I knew I hadda give "The Love God?" a spin in my aging player (we're talkin' late 90s DVD technology here). Don Knotts as the young (heh) owner of a financially troubled bird-watching magazine who becomes a victim of circumstance, which is set up by the movie's rather shallow flower-power-era message on naughty magazines and American freedom of expression? Sounds groovy, man. 'Course, the whole Don-Knotts-as-a-victim-of-circumstance angle is a perfect showcase for his over-the-top array of deer-caught-in-the-headlights facial expressions... which he breaks out quite often in the course of the film, especially during the two "Bird-Call Song" church sequences, and when dealing with the mob-connected "investor" character. Some times his reactions worked quite well here, like when he's in court being tried for publishing smut, and he starts to take notice of alla the women in the gallery falling for what the prosecutor calls his "seductive bedroom eyes". Most of the time, however, his expressions look just plain silly and downright dumb. Course, it kinda makes me wonder what sorts of faces he makes when he's, er, "getting romantic" as it were... Also a bit off-putting were a few bits of weirdness here, there, and everywhere. For starters: the melding of this somewhat amusing story set in the era of free love with the Technicolor hues one associates more with movies from the 1940s and 50s made for an odd combo. And the "trademark" caricature of Don Knotts' character that pops up at his mag's Manhattan publishing offices and a Playboy Club-like venue hardly resembles the guy at all! Speakin' of the club: one of the movie's low points occurs here with quite possibly the worst "tribute" tune I've ever fast-forwarded through, featuring the titular "sex symbol" wearing a new "mod" outfit with each cutaway to a different angle. Anyhoo, if you're looking for a little something that really showcases Don Knotts' greatest "talents", and produces more'n a few laughs... I recommend you check out a few "Herbie" movies, or a few of "Three's Company's" later episodes, and save "The Love God?" for a rainy day. Late |
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