Crwthod
A lot more amusing than I thought it would be.
ChicRawIdol
A brilliant film that helped define a genre
Merolliv
I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.
Benas Mcloughlin
Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.
Dr Jacques COULARDEAU
The first and essential element is the set of actors and first of all Rowan Atkinson. That is pure English comedy based on totally anachronistic and crazy situations, on witty puns that nearly or most of the time have to do with what is generally under the belt of most people but that is floating on top of the mind of these comedians. It is supposed to make you laugh and nothing else and it ridicules all historical characters and situations: Elizabeth I, Queen Victoria, Georges VI or some other Prince of Wales, the First World War, Robin Hood and I guess they avoided Peter Pan because he might only be marginally historical, though Pitt Junior is a real hit, definitely under the belt at the level of the comforter, if you see what I mean. It even turns upside down the famous Christmas Carol. As for the Time Machine it is completely twisted around in all directions, back and forth for sure, to make a sort of self-centered social climbing, politically opportunistic remake of Back to the Future more than the Time Machine, but the principle is the same. So Sir Edmund Blackadder finishing King Edmund I is at least hilarious. H.G. Wells is betrayed since for him you cannot change the past and Zemeckis is betrayed just the same since you are not supposed to use your time travelling to recuperate some personal advantage from it. I must say though this type of comedy is light maybe slightly too light, but it is good indeed.Dr Jacques COULARDEAU, University Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne, University Paris 8 Saint Denis, University Paris 12 Créteil, CEGID
operation_winkle
This movie is quite fun, as you see all the cast reunited (Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Hugh Laurie, Tim McInnerny, Stephen Fry, Miranda Richardson). It was also great to see Rik Mayall and Patsy Burne make a return. However, I felt that there was something lacking, something that the TV series had that made it so special. The jokes (like the clotted cream one) seemed a bit forced at times to me.However, Blackadder Back and Forth wasn't bad. I really enjoyed both Darlings at the Battle of Waterloo; however I was really disappointed by the Duke of Wellington in this scene. Not a single BAAAH! out of him. (Dual and Duality is one of the funniest TV episodes I have ever seen.) I also liked how Baldrick's underpants wiped out the dinosaurs.The only bit of history that Blackadder and Baldrick didn't change!
Chris-4712
Even though a lot of people on this forum seem to think this is rubbish i think this is a great blackadder ( although not as good as the TV series i admit ), It is funny and tries to incorporate a family audience to blackadder, I saw the film @ the Dome when i was just 10 and i was laughing my head off. There are a phew mistakes with crew visible but it is a nice short film to end the blackadder series.The crew all seem to have had a great time making the film and it was a good send off after the killing off the characters in series 4, it shows them all as very good friends and Rowan Atkinson @ his cunning best.
Basil_the_rat
Absolutely great stuff, I mean allright so the entire thing is filmed so it looks like a tv-commercial, but it's still great. It has that theatre quality, and a rather great script. (as usual the Queen Eliz I part is hugely overplayed) Could see it over and over again. Is it on DVD?
