I only watched the new one for Jon but really enjoyed it, unexpectedly. I think Chevy Chase is a buffoon. I watched the old one in the run-up to the new one and it was good but yeah it wouldn’t have worked with a nice guy.
Thanks, Melissa - Now that you mention it, I would definitely describe Chase's humour in general as buffoonish. That's a very apt description. That's probably also why the new movie didn't work that well for me - I was expecting more buffoonery.
I was perhaps a bit hard on the new version. But I think it's much more influenced by the Chase portrayals than you might think. Hamm's Fletch is a bit goofy, which is in line with the previous movies rather than the book's character. Also, one of the key points in Confess, Fletch - the Lakers hat - is from the Chase character. The book character had no interest in the sports team.
That being said, I've not read Confess, Fletch. But it is even remotely like the first book, then the movie version leans much closer to the Chase movies than the books.
I only watched the new one for Jon but really enjoyed it, unexpectedly. I think Chevy Chase is a buffoon. I watched the old one in the run-up to the new one and it was good but yeah it wouldn’t have worked with a nice guy.
Thanks, Melissa - Now that you mention it, I would definitely describe Chase's humour in general as buffoonish. That's a very apt description. That's probably also why the new movie didn't work that well for me - I was expecting more buffoonery.
Maybe I was too hard on it!
I was perhaps a bit hard on the new version. But I think it's much more influenced by the Chase portrayals than you might think. Hamm's Fletch is a bit goofy, which is in line with the previous movies rather than the book's character. Also, one of the key points in Confess, Fletch - the Lakers hat - is from the Chase character. The book character had no interest in the sports team.
That being said, I've not read Confess, Fletch. But it is even remotely like the first book, then the movie version leans much closer to the Chase movies than the books.