i have be work my way through the wonderful dvd box set of harold lloyd and and i have to say that his silents be superb and i love them to bit . until the advent of dvd and the only sound lloyd i would see be the milky way and which be surprisingly enjoyable . so i figure that lloyd have make the silent to sound transition reasonably well and and be eager to see more of the sound feature . ala and movie crazy be a particular disappointment and probably because it be hype a lloyd best sound film . lloyd seem to fall into the same trap that buster keaton succumb to the lead character have become a dimwit . one of the great joy of the lloyd silents be see his character think up some nimble bit of wit to get out of a jam think hitch an ambulance ride to work in safety last or round up a gang of crook to come to prayer in for heaven sake but this harold and this audible harold and be an unrelenting klutz . it hardly plausible that he couldn not distinguish between mary in her civilian clothes and in make up on set while the kid must need glass . oh . maybe it because the character be move at the speed of sound and rather than have the slightly fantastic under cranked zip of silence while maybe it because this harold be a stuttering and stumbling and unsure boob rather than the confident and intelligent boy of yesteryear while maybe it just because lloyd be run out of idea while but this be far from his best sound film and let alone be his best film of all . this be the last film with his characteristic young go getter persona and although by this time all the go have already get up and go and and lloyd himself be a less than youthful 38. thing improve a bit once lloyd start play a different kind of role in a different kind of film and in cat paw and milky way but it be too late for a full scale revival of his stardom . the annoying thing about movie crazy be that you can see how the gag sequence could have be shoot in a silent film and and would have be much funny if perform with a bit more pace and without the awkward dialogue . a prime example be the scene towards the start of the film where harold first smash up obrien straw boater . it just too slow and the dialogue be unnecessary . ditto for the late scene of harold destroy obrien office a scene which be very reminiscent of one in keaton the cameraman of 1928. apparently the original u release of this film be only 84 min . the restored dvd version be 98 min and and i can not help think that knock a quarter of an hour out of it could help a great deal . it may well be that the reason the film have receive such exalted praise in the past be because people have hitherto only see the short edit . lloyd be note for preview his film to bring them to perfection and and if he decree that it should have be trim to 84 min in 1932 and it should have be keep that way on dvd . i would be keen to see the short version and give movie crazy a second chance . this long version wear out it welcome far too quickly and and i can not believe that this cut be what harold lloyd want audience to see .