This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.

Not even bad in a good way

Best movie ever!

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

A compilation of gags,pratfalls,physical comedy, funny dialogue song and dance makes this Laurel & Hardy adventure all the more entertaining. There's a tickling scene as a fight for a deed to a gold mine ensues resulting in an infectious laughing from Stanley. The only mystery about this movie with all their clumsiness is how did they pick the lock on the security gate? The block and tackle scene is also memorable as things fall in reverse as the Mule is airlifted but that you'll have to witness for yourself. Ollie receives most of the abuse in the department of physical comedy falling into deep puddles and getting his head stuck in a floor. Seeing is believing and I believe that this comedy is one of their best!

"Way out West" (1937) is probably not only one of the most popular Laurel & Hardy movies, but also one of their best productions. Directed by James W. Horne and written by Charley Chase's brother James Parrot and long-time Laurel & Hardy collaborator Hal Roach, "Way out West" belongs to the golden age of the eternal couple of comedy.In this movie, we have all the typical elements of slapstick. When we first see the backside of the house in which "Fin", James Finlayson's character, lives, we realize that there is a barrel. Therefore, there can be no doubt that Ollie will sooner or later fall into it. Also the nice slanting roof of the little house in the backyard seems to be determined for Ollie to break through it. However, that the donkey would end up on the balcony of the second floor, is not predictable. Anyway, the partial predictability of the comic acts do not diminish them. It is a shibboleth for real original comic that the repetition of acts does not become boring. When Stan and Ollie walk through the pond, we know in advance that Ollie will strand in there. We know that it is only a question of time until he will sink into an abyss, although the pond is only a few inches deep. Quite the opposite is true with predictability: If the expected acts would happen, we would be disappointed.Watching the early productions of the "Boys", the question of the primordiality of the Comic-Strip of the Slapstick as art-forms raises. To my knowledge, this question has never been answered. Actually, the characteristic elements of the Comic-Strip are all to be found in the American Slapstick movies, f.ex. reduction and hyperbola ad absurdum. When Stan stops holding the rope by which he wanted to elevate Ollie up to the roof, Ollie does not just fall on the ground, but so deep that there will be a whole in the ground which looks like a crater. When Ollie is stuck with his head in the floor of Finlayson's building and Stan tries to pull him out, Ollie's head stretched like made of rubber. Also, the Slapstick heroes always survive accidents which would usually be lethal - exactly as the Comic-heroes do. Since the Comic-strip came up in his modern form only in the 30ies, but since the Slapstick already belongs already to the first achievements of early American silent movies, it must be concluded that the Comic-strip is an abstraction from Slapstick and not vice versa. Although Slapstick originates in Vaudeville theater, both Comic-strip and Slapstick are to be considered genuine American achievements.

In childhood this was one of my favourite Laurel & Hardy films, and seen with the eyes of an adult it is still packed with an incredible amount of funny moments. L&H arrive in a wild western town to deliver the deeds of a gold mine to Mary Roberts (Rosina Lawrence) a young girl working as a scullery maid for wily saloon owner Mickey Finn (James Finlayson) and showgirl Lola (Sharon Lynn). Finn and Lola trick the boys into handing the deeds over to them and, once they discover the duplicity, the duo are determined to retrieve it.For a full-length feature, it is surprising how well-paced the film is - especially in the first forty minutes (things go downhill a little in the last 20 minutes, although there are still laughs to be had). There are any number of not only funny but classic scenes, such as the pair's impromptu dance to The Avalon Boys song and their duet on Trail of the Lonesome Pine (which would reach the top of the charts long after the boys had both died), Stan's hysterics as Lola tries to wrestle the deeds from him, Ollie's frustrated attempts to emulate Stan's thumb trick, and Stan finding he quite enjoys the taste of Ollie's hat, etc.This is arguably one of Laurel & Hardy's greatest films and is essential viewing for anyone interested in vintage Hollywood comedy.

Way Out West (1937) *** (out of 4) Laurel and Hardy head out west to deliver a gold deed to Mary Roberts (Rosina Lawrence), which was left to her by her deceased father. Upon arriving in town the two men run into issues with the Sheriff and are eventually duped into giving the deed to the wrong woman by a conniving couple (Sharon Lynn, James Finlayson) who have control over Mary. Once they realize their mistake, it's up to Laurel and Hardy to break into the house and try to recover the claim.Way Out West isn't the duo's greatest film but it still manages to keep the viewer entertained, due in large part to Laurel and Hardy's natural charm that can keep a smile on anyone's face. I'm not sure what it was about the Old West but it seemed every comedian from the 1920's through the 1950's had to go there at least once in their career. Even with the short running time of 65-minutes I couldn't help but think this film would have been better served as a short but the lightening pace more than makes up for that.There are several key scenes that most Laurel and Hardy fans rank among their favorite.The most famous scene is where Hardy begins singing "On the Trail of the Lonesome Pine", only to be interrupted by Laurel. Another memorable scene occurs in the bedroom where villain Sharon Lynn tickles Laurel into handing over the deed. As with most Laurel and Hardy shorts or features, the ending is left for a madhouse with various object being broken, Hardy falling through roofs and floors and the manic direction by James M. Horne keeps all of this well timed and played out.