It should have been so much better!
Carry On Columbus (1992) -
I'm pretty sure that as a kid I actually went to see this at the cinema.
My whole family have always been fans of the 'Carry On' series of films and having recently watched the majority of them I can say that, for the most part, they are still enjoyable, although there are a few that are a bit cringey ('Carry On Girls' (1973) and 'Carry On Loving'(1970)).
But those are nowhere near as bad as this film.
It's just stupid. Initially I thought that it was just daft, but it got so much worse. The comedy timing is off and the jokes and script weren't that good to start with.
I can't think why they let it be released when it was obviously so poorly conceived and even those writing and starring in it found it hard to be proud of it.
The concept was fine, but the delivery was appalling. The producers really had an opportunity to bring back what was something of a British institution and could have lead to a whole new collection of 'Carry On's', but failed so badly with this pantomimic, after school, childish nonsense. It's not even filmic in the way that it's made. At points I thought that I was watching a 'Chucklevision' (1987-2009) and 'The Young Ones' (1982-4) crossover.
Bad sets, scripts, photography, direction, acting and well actually I can't think of anything good.
Jim Dale was the only one giving proper 'Carry On' style and Larry Miller as The Chief was the only one that was even vaguely entertaining to watch.
I have never been sure that I've seen any of the films in the series all the way through, which is why I recently decided to watch them all and tick them off. I Thank God that I can now say that I have seen this one and I never have to watch it again. Give me 'Carry On Screaming' (1966) 'Cleo' (1964), 'Camping' (1969) and 'Don't Lose Your Head' (1967), but please never make me endure this one again.
139.83/1000.
I'm pretty sure that as a kid I actually went to see this at the cinema.
My whole family have always been fans of the 'Carry On' series of films and having recently watched the majority of them I can say that, for the most part, they are still enjoyable, although there are a few that are a bit cringey ('Carry On Girls' (1973) and 'Carry On Loving'(1970)).
But those are nowhere near as bad as this film.
It's just stupid. Initially I thought that it was just daft, but it got so much worse. The comedy timing is off and the jokes and script weren't that good to start with.
I can't think why they let it be released when it was obviously so poorly conceived and even those writing and starring in it found it hard to be proud of it.
The concept was fine, but the delivery was appalling. The producers really had an opportunity to bring back what was something of a British institution and could have lead to a whole new collection of 'Carry On's', but failed so badly with this pantomimic, after school, childish nonsense. It's not even filmic in the way that it's made. At points I thought that I was watching a 'Chucklevision' (1987-2009) and 'The Young Ones' (1982-4) crossover.
Bad sets, scripts, photography, direction, acting and well actually I can't think of anything good.
Jim Dale was the only one giving proper 'Carry On' style and Larry Miller as The Chief was the only one that was even vaguely entertaining to watch.
I have never been sure that I've seen any of the films in the series all the way through, which is why I recently decided to watch them all and tick them off. I Thank God that I can now say that I have seen this one and I never have to watch it again. Give me 'Carry On Screaming' (1966) 'Cleo' (1964), 'Camping' (1969) and 'Don't Lose Your Head' (1967), but please never make me endure this one again.
139.83/1000.
- adamjohns-42575
- 22 mar 2022