It’s just sight gag after sight gag. I kept waiting for it to get better, but it never did. It’s like a live-action Woody Woodpecker cartoon, which was fine when I was 7, but is shallow and boring now.
Why is everyone raving about it? What am I missing?
Your highlights are my highlights as well, fwiw.
I liked the Buster Keaton stuff, too. They were at most 9 minutes long.
Oh, you should watch Keaton’s movies!
The General and Sherlock Jr are my (and I think most people’s) favourites.
Chaplin’s Modern Times is similarly wonderful.