Match Cut Directors Consensus -- Marx Brothers

[Ezee E]

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RULES & RESULTS (http://match-cut.org/showthread.php?t=426&page=5)

Eligible Films:
Humor Risk (1921), previewed once and never released; thought to be lost
The Cocoanuts (1929), released by Paramount Pictures
Animal Crackers (1930), released by Paramount
The House That Shadows Built (1931), released by Paramount (short subject)
Monkey Business (1931), released by Paramount
Horse Feathers (1932), released by Paramount
Duck Soup (1933), released by Paramount
A Night at the Opera (1935), released by MGM
A Day at the Races (1937), released by MGM
Room Service (1938), released by RKO Radio Pictures
At the Circus (1939), released by MGM
Go West (1940), released by MGM
The Big Store (1941), released by MGM
A Night in Casablanca (1946), released by United Artists
Love Happy (1949), released by United Artists
The Story of Mankind (1957), released by Warner Brothers

Sure, it doesn't make sense, but they'd most likely never be looked at otherwise.

[soitgoes...]

Monkey Business (1931) - 5.0
Horse Feathers (1932) - 5.0
Duck Soup (1933) - 8.0
A Night at the Opera (1935) - 8.0

[Philosophe_rouge]

Animal Crackers (1930) 8.5
Monkey Business (1931) 4
Horse Feathers (1932) 8
Duck Soup (1933) 10
A Night at the Opera (1935) 8
A Day at the Races (1937) 7.5

[B-side]

Duck Soup- 9

[Spinal]

Duck Soup - 7.5
A Night at the Opera - 7

[Watashi]

Duck Soup - 7.0

[soitgoes...]

Sure, it doesn't make sense, but they'd most likely never be looked at otherwise.For the most part this might be true, but Leo McCarey definitely could hold his own for an individual consensus.

[Mysterious Dude]

The Cocoanuts - 6
Animal Crackers - 6
Monkey Business - 6
Horse Feathers - 7
Duck Soup - 9
A Night at the Opera - 7.5
A Day at the Races - 7.5
Go West - 7.5

[Boner M]

Duck Soup - 7.5

[ledfloyd]

For the most part this might be true, but Leo McCarey definitely could hold his own for an individual consensus.
yep, definitely deserving.

alot of these films are mixed together in my head and it's been awhile.

two i've seen recently:

duck soup - 10
a night at the opera - 8

[Sven]

The Cocoanuts (1929) - 7
Animal Crackers (1930) - 10
Monkey Business (1931) - 8
Horse Feathers (1932) - 7
Duck Soup (1933) - 10
A Night at the Opera (1935) - 9
A Day at the Races (1937) - 10
Room Service (1938) - 4
Go West (1940) - 7.5
The Big Store (1941) - 8
A Night in Casablanca (1946) - 7.5

[origami_mustache]

The Cocoanuts - 6
Animal Crackers - 9
Monkey Business - 7.5
Horse Feathers - 9
Duck Soup - 10
A Night at the Opera - 9
A Day at the Races - 7.5

[Teh Sausage]

Animal Crackers (1930) - 8.0
Monkey Business (1931) - 7.5
Horse Feathers (1932) - 9.0
Duck Soup (1933) - 9.5
A Day at the Races (1937) - 7.0

Probably. It's been ages.

[Melville]

Animal Crackers - 8.5
Horse Feathers - 6.5
Duck Soup - 9
A Night at the Opera - 4

[Ezee E]

Animal Crackers - 7
Monkey Business - 7
Duck Soup - 9
A Night at the Opera - 9
A Day at the Races - 8
A Night in Casablanca - 8

[Raiders]

I do this against my better judgment...

The Cocoanuts (1929) 5.0
Animal Crackers (1930) 7.0
Monkey Business (1931) 6.5
Horse Feathers (1932) 7.5
Duck Soup (1933) 8.0
A Night at the Opera (1935) 7.5
A Day at the Races (1937) 7.0
A Night in Casablanca (1946) 5.5

[Grouchy]

Animal Crackers - 7
Monkey Business - 7
Duck Soup - 10
A Night at the Opera - 9
A Day at the Races - 8
Room Service - 8
A Night in Casablanca - 7

[Yxklyx]

Animal Crackers - 5
Monkey Business - 6
Duck Soup - 7
A Night at the Opera - 6

[Sven]

I do this against my better judgment...

Your better judgment is wrong.

[Gizmo]

Monkey Business (1931) 6
Duck Soup (1933) 7.5
A Night at the Opera (1935) 6
The Big Store (1941) 5

[thefourthwall]

Animal Crackers (1930) -- 9
Monkey Business (1931) -- 7
Duck Soup (1933) -- 9.5
A Night at the Opera (1935) -- 8.5
A Day at the Races (1937) -- 7.5
A Night in Casablanca (1946) -- 7

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

Duck Soup - 9

[Spaceman Spiff]

Animal Crackers (1930) 8.0
Horse Feathers (1932) 8.5
Duck Soup (1933) 10.0
A Night at the Opera (1935) 8.0
A Day at the Races (1937) 7.0

Je suis Groucho Marxiste.

Dylan and Indy are my other heroes.

[NickGlass]

Horse Feathers: 5.0
Duck Soup: 9.0
A Night at the Opera: 8.0
A Day at the Races: 6.0
A Night in Casablanca: 7.0

[SirNewt]

The Cocoanuts - 6
Animal Crackers - 10
Monkey Business - 7
The Horse Feathers - 8
Duck Soup - 10
A Night at the Opera - 9
A Day at the Races - 6
Room Service - 3
At The Circus - 7
Go West - 3
The Big Store - 1
A Night in Casablanca - 4

EDIT: Damn! I just need 2 and 5.

[dreamdead]

Duck Soup (1933) - 8.5
A Night at the Opera (1935) - 8.5

[Weeping_Guitar]

Duck Soup (1933) - 6
A Night at the Opera (1935) - 6

[Ezee E]

RESULTS:
1. Duck Soup - 8.75 (24)
2. Animal Crackers - 7.92 (13)
3. A Night at the Opera - 7.72 (18)
4. A Day at the Races - 7.42 (12)
5. Horse Feathers - 7.32 (11)
6. A Night in Casablanca - 6.57 (7)
7. Monkey Business - 6.5 (13)
8. The Cocoanuts - 6 (5)

-Room Service - 5 (3)
-At the Circus - 7 (1)
-Go West - 6 (3)
-The Big Store - 4.67 (3)

= 7.59

-"Groucho" was outdone by SirNewt.
-Raiders' judgement is wrong.
-Kurosawa Fan has never seen a Marx Brothers movie?

[monolith94]

The marx brothers exist beyond mere ratings.

[Ezee E]

The marx brothers exist beyond mere ratings.
True story.

But where are your scores

[monolith94]

How could one score something that is beyond ratings? The truth is, most of em I've been watching since I was a little kid; it's thus impossible for me to pin down my feelings on the Marx brothers to any one number.

[Mysterious Dude]

The Marx Brothers strike me almost as television humor. It'd be like rating individual episodes of Family Guy. They're all basically the same.

[Spaceman Spiff]

The Marx Brothers strike me almost as television humor. It'd be like rating individual episodes of Family Guy. They're all basically the same.

This is such blasphemy. I don't even think you actually think this.

[Mysterious Dude]

This is such blasphemy. I don't even think you actually think this.
I don't find their level of comedy to be very sophisticated or meaningful. The individual gags are funny, but I have a hard time remembering which ones are in which films.

[SirNewt]

Whooohooooo!

My first shout out in a director's consensus. Too bad it's not actually a director.