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Excellent, Without a doubt!!

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

In its 1972 review of "What's Up Doc?" TIME magazine noted that film (a comedy) was made by a man without any apparent sense of humor. In the four subsequent years as evidenced by "Nickelodeon", the director failed to acquire one. In the 1976 film the characters are flat and childish but for the child actor, the plot plodding and episodic and the comedy mechanical and witless.

Nickelodeon is best to be for fans enjoyed . Enjoyed, and it will do. fortunes do! as it is about the early days of the movies. It's not a chronicle of one or two movie people, but all of them. It was a time in "the states" it was exploration, excitement and graphic art...bold bright flickering crazy strokes...they were madness, genius, fear, boldness. And truth .And lies. (Nickelodeon 1976) " What you're doing is giving them tiny pieces of time that they never forget"

This is a light-hearted movie, with some funny slapstick moments. Has great period detail but could've done with a bit more depth of character.There are two versions of this movie on the DVD release (the one I have). The director's cut is apparently a few minutes longer than the theatrical release but I couldn't tell any difference between them. So the main difference is that the director's cut is in black and white while the other version is in colour. I'm not sure which I prefer. The black and white makes sense since the film is about the early days of American cinema, but the colour version looks great too; especially when they're out filming in the countryside.The ending, which portrays the premiere of DW Griffith's 'Birth of a Nation,' seems to be a lament for the demise of movies as purely fun entertainment and their transformation into serious works of art.

Comedy is an art. It is NOT a lot of people perpetually stumbling, falling, or being knocked down. The main character should be somehow sympathetic despite major character flaws (vain, arrogant but cowardly; preternaturally naive but brave; etc.) In this turkey, two main characters have no personality. They are inadequately introduced, and there is little we know about them except they are exceptionally inept, at everything they try. One can't even sneeze without falling off his chair.The story is tedious. The color photography and period clothing uninteresting.Except for Tatum O'Neil (who IS interesting), the cast, all playing empty stereotypes, seems to be just hanging around, doing one scene with one style of acting, and their next with another. I believe they were just marking time waiting for their next stumble.Too bad. The time period and the topic have the potential for a great historical comedy