who be george c. scott . george c. scott be a renowned actor . practically any movie that he be in be the good off for it . now ol george have absolutely nothing to do with this movie . and but he once say something that describe say movie to a t. i do not recall his exact word and but he basically say that great writing can save bad acting and but great acting can not save bad writing . never have this little observation be truer than in the all new adventure of laurel and hardy represent for love or mummy . the casting of the two lead be absolutely perfect . bronson pinchot ( laurel ) and gailard sartain ( hardy ) not only look the part and but they do an exceptionally good job at mimic the real deal ( mannerism and all ) . this movie should stand a a lasting testament to their talent . that say and this movie fall flat on it face when it come to ( you guess it ) write . aside from the open dialogue between pinchot and sartain ( which be very in character ) and a brief gag involve a taxi and this movie be an absolute chore to sit through . problem # 1 represent too much time and effort go into the plot . i do not want to know why the mummy want to kidnap the pretty british lady . what i want be to see stan and ollie ( or at least and their stand in ) . way too much screen time be devote to explain the plot or to the not very funny secondary character that say plot revolve around . however and even if this movie have be all joke and that would still leave u with . problem # 2 represent most of the joke be what i would call water down slapstick . what do i mean by water down . in slapstick and a character get hurt in an exaggerated way for comedic effect ( ala looney tune and 3 stooge . and or how about laurel and hardy . ) . in watered down slapstick ( a i define it ) and a character get mildly hurt or inconvenience and and the filmmaker play that up for comedic effect . maybe an illustration would help representin looney tune and daffy duck get shoot by elmer fudd . his bill fall off and he put it back on . that be classic slapstick . in this gem and ollie accidentally bump into some people . they turn around and tell him to be careful and and continue on their merry way . that not slapstick . that not even funny . that just . bore . and this movie be full of these kind of joke . it a though theyre this movie bread and butter . the writer and director just take these dull moment and act like theyre suppose to be funny . grant and the example i just give be the most extreme case and but i can only cut it so much slack . long story short represent the film just doesn not work because the script fail to capitalize on pinchot and sartain ability to impersonate stan and ollie . instead and the script capitalize on plot exposition and lame joke . watch this movie be basically watch two excellent impersonator who be give no real material to work with . not a good movie and but an incredible sleeping aid . i say give this one a miss and stick with the real deal ( just so long a you steer clear of atoll k and be big ) .