Carry On Columbus (1992)

Awesome Movie

Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

I guess I should probably mention some backstory on this film series. The "Carry On" series was a long running British movie franchise that started in the 1950's and (as best to my knowledge) featured unrelated comedies with the same actors. Sound familiar? It would be easy to say that this was just a Monty Python wannabe...except that it actually came out before Monty Python. It doesn't matter, because Monty Python is by far the superior series. I didn't know much about these films other than that they made jokes about naked women.That is in fact what I got. Wait, there was also this really annoying character who was obviously a gay stereotype. Almost every joke about him was that he was gay. I guess this film just holds up poorly. I'm surprised at how bad the production values of this film are. It was made in the 1990's, but it looks more like it was made in the 1970's. Maybe I just got a bad version. It seemed like there wasn't much of an attempt to make jokes of any kind. There was the occasional laugh, but that was it. I'm amazed that this was the first movie in the series in fourteen years! "Carry On Emanuelle" may have been bad enough to end this franchise for awhile, but this entry killed it off for good. I guess it's hard to judge as this is the first "Carry On" movie I've seen, but it seems like a waste of time or bad even by their own standards. *1/2

Some movies can be so bad that they are funny. The trouble with this movie is that it tries desperately to be funny but isn't. Many looked forward to seeing a new Carry on movie but despite a very good and talented cast this movie is very hard to sit through. Its hard to say why it doesn't work but its probably because the genre has out lived its used by date. The old carry on movies had a loyal and faithful audience but they belonged to another time. These days we can watch them and they bring back sweet memories of sitting in an old theatre (like the Grosovenor in Melbourne)and licking on your Dixi ice cream. It is rather nice that the gay characters don't do the silly hinting and that Julian Clary can be quite open. He seems to be the only performer who seems to get a laugh. Thankfully most people support gay rights and same sex relationships are simply a life style choice. "Carry on Columbus" really is a terrible mess and there are no laughs.

I have seen all of the Carry on Films and I remember only not enjoying a couple of them. That would be Columbus & Emmanuelle. I know a lot of people hated England as well. I liked that one. After Sid James left, there was something missing. This movie probably should have not been made. These films worked in the 50's, 60's & part of the 70's. The film looks like a cheap production. It's like something you would see on TV. Jim Dale plays Christopher Columbus and he goes out exploring and there are people out to stop him. Before the voyage starts we have a couple of stupid and wrong scenes. We see a bunch of Christians dressed as Klansman in black Klan outfits discussing how to get rid of Jewish people. That scene is stupid, wrong and unfunny. There is also a scene where Columbus recruits prisoners for his voyage and there is gate keeper that is gay. What a wimp. Gay characters are not funny. He is a total sissy. There is one good scene early on as Sara Crowe who plays Fatima. She does a nice dance in a harem outfit for her boss, the Sultan. She is assigned to sabotage the mission of Columbus. She gets on board dressed as a man. She and other try and try to stop his voyage. Fatima falls for Chris and she tells him of the plan to mutiny. They are ready to hang him when they spot land. They decide to move forward. They go a shore and meet some people that show them the cave that has treasure. Before they enter Fatima strips down to her harem outfit. Very nice! They find a small treasure and trick the King and Queen from keeping it. Chris ends up getting it on with Fatima in the final scene.There is not a lot of good things to say about this film. There are also a few bare butts that were not needed. I think giving this film a 4/10 is a gift.

... and that's probably only because there are comedians from my era in it and not because it's actually any good. Then again, NONE of the series was any good, so I fail to see how this can be thought any worse than its predecessors. The usual round of quips that are so obvious that you can see them coming a mile off, corny gags that only a simpleton would find funny for more than a nanosecond, and tired and tame sexual innuendo. It also unfortunately features many of our most respected comedians making complete fools of themselves - and not in a good way. "Carry on... " came back after all those years and it still didn't change a bit. Not really worth the bother.