By 1945 the Three Stooges had a successful formula: they unwittingly saved the day, solved someone else's problem, or rescued damsels in distress. Along the way they were usually beaten up by the bad guys, abused by ugly women, and inadvertently caused all kinds of mayhem. Moe was the stubborn, violent leader, Larry played the straight man, and Curly was the clown. The formula didn't vary too much, and many of their 1930s and 1940s short subjects were outrageously funny.
"Rockin in the Rockies" doesn't use the Stooges formula. Moe appears as a straight man, with Larry and Curly as a team. It just doesn't work very well. The scene is a western ranch somewhere, with lots of musical acts thrown in. There's very little Stooges-type humor in the film, and the boys just don't have their usual dynamic energy. Larry in particular looks way out of place in his role.
I suppose a big fan of the Stooges would enjoy this movie just for historical purposes, but others may be really disappointed. The film's not nearly as bad as "Snow White and the Three Stooges", but then almost no films are that bad.
"Rockin in the Rockies" doesn't use the Stooges formula. Moe appears as a straight man, with Larry and Curly as a team. It just doesn't work very well. The scene is a western ranch somewhere, with lots of musical acts thrown in. There's very little Stooges-type humor in the film, and the boys just don't have their usual dynamic energy. Larry in particular looks way out of place in his role.
I suppose a big fan of the Stooges would enjoy this movie just for historical purposes, but others may be really disappointed. The film's not nearly as bad as "Snow White and the Three Stooges", but then almost no films are that bad.