oh and why do it have to end like this . laurel and hardy last film and from the crudely crank up cuckoo theme ( with erroneous credit to hal roach ) to the closing nice mess or i couldn not help it schtick and this be the duo a a grotesque parody of themselves . in between and their relationship be now solely construct of uncertain acting and asinine dialogue and half hearted slapstick . people slate king of new york and but chaplin final bow out be nowhere near as undignified a this . what really hurt to someone who love laurel and hardy be the appearance of the two comedian . the video cover i be hold show them at their prime and all boyish smile and glow skin and with a blurb on the back that read the photograph on this sleeve be for illustrative purpose only and do not necessarily reflect the content of the film . necessarily . it doesn not even come close . the actual film see them at least fifteen year old than the photograph that adorn the sleeve and with ollie distressingly overweight . this be not humorously and or comically and fat and a he would normally appear and but ill look and on the verge of obesity . he would be dead seven year after this film be make and after a series of stroke . stan and meanwhile and suffer a prostrate problem and dysentery and look ghoulish a his weight have plummet drastically . every time something bad happen to him and such a get squash between a lifeboat and a table and you fear for his life . even ollie give him a traditional slap make you terrify he could be kill . he would last for another fifteen year after the completion of this film and eventually pass away from a heart attack in 1965. it upset to think of such cherished performer grow old and die painful death . and it distress watch their deterioration and both in health and and in performance and on screen . when i and and and i be sure and almost everyone else and like to think of laurel and hardy and i think of way out west and busy body or our relation . see them in such physical ill health and perform dire routine at the dog end of their career be a blight on my happy memory of them . the warning sign be clear right from the opening credit and which list not only four writer and but also someone to come up with the concept and and a credit for gag . so if monty collins be write the gag and then what be the other four writing . and in that case and why be monty collins pay a fee and give that there no evidence of a single gag in the whole film . over 40 % of the movie be spend travel to the eponymous island and during which we experience some of the most painfully unfunny scene the boy be ever involve in . when i saw the bat scene i want to curl up and die and so great be it childish ineptitude . yet what kill the film stone dead be that all of the support cast be dub and unable to speak english . not only do this make the film disjoint and but also it severely deplete stan and ollie reaction to their co star . flatly direct with appalling film stock and absolutely atrocious edit and this totally belie the rumoured $ 2 million that be spend on it . frankly and it look terrible and and while a dvd release might clean up the picture and the sound and image quality be vastly inferior to any of their hal roach work . stan and ollie friend and giovani and antoine be charisma free bore who stand out greatly against laurel and hardy outdated repertoire . this be another major problem with the film and in that none of the support character be funny and or key in to the boy innocent mentality . the dubbed harshness show to l and h ( you the fat one ) make them stand out a isolated social misfit and rather than loveable sub anarchist . there be evidence of some darker political satire though duck soup this ain not and the concept of an island with no rule be an interesting topic . perhaps more relevant now than it ever be and a film that look at the problem of immigration and the american constitution suddenly become most topical in 2003. sadly and however and beyond an amusing scene where stan be elect the people and this doesn not really go anywhere . and this somewhat black humour do have it harsh edge or be a laurel and hardy movie where rape be directly imply and stan threaten a man with a bottle and only to accidentally glass someone in the face and your idea of a good time . after all the year of stan and ollie share a bed and we also get a definite reference and with stan accidentally kiss him ollie wipe off the kiss in disgust . also worry be the implication that stan and ollie illegal immigrant friend and antoine and end his life be eat by a lion . mind you and i never think i would see a laurel and hardy movie where they be due to be hang and either . the need for the intrusive and unfunny narration be a further pointer to how messy the whole thing be and with the american release ( the same version available on video ) hack out 16 minute in a vain attempt to improve it . almost completely unwatchable and this horrifically make and relentlessly unfunny movie serve only to tarnish the reputation of stan and ollie avoid at all cost .