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Redundant and unnecessary.

Highly Overrated But Still Good

Did you people see the same film I saw?

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

The basic story is already covered above and I won't repeat- how a fishing equipment salesman and top expert and top-selling author on fishing, who has never fished in his life and even hates anything fishy, is made to enter a competition. But where is the motive? Especially of Abigail? She from time-zero is bent on separating the hero from his fiancée and even go as far as to seduce him. Why? They are not old acquaintances, and in fact have met for the first time, and under not to pleasant circumstances, and that goes both the ways. And why Easy Mueller, her friend and boss is equally helpful, in breaking Roger's engagement and making it with Abigail? She had been in fact almost helping Abigail to visit Roger's cabin at midnight obviously to seduce him ("I don't know when I will be back"). Nowhere in the movie I could get even an iota of a hint. Abigail could have fallen in love at a later stage, but her attempt at seducing him started from the very beginning. The persons instrumental in the nomination of Roger were these two girls, not his boss, who had been fed the idea by them. I would have assumed it was for publicity, but in that case they won't have dared to go ahead, once they knew the facts. It simply doesn't make sense. A comedy should have a story too, it can't be an airy- tale with 3 out of 3 chance catches and no tale.

From where I was sitting this "one-note-joke" definitely had a lot more going against it than it did have going for it.Yes. I do fully realize that this "boy-meets-girl" comedy was an undeniable product of the early 1960s - But, all the same, as far as an "adult" oriented farce goes, its outright sexual naivety (on top of its lame attempts at cuteness) reduced it to the calibre of being a mediocre Disney production.Containing way too many "you-got-the-wrong-idea" situations, this contrived comedy was more irritating than it was funny.Not only that, but I found that the characters were played by actors (such as Rock Hudson and Paula Prentiss) who were about 10 years too old for their parts. And this made the whole story even less believable, in the long run.Besides all of the above complaints, this picture (which contained some really irksome, half-wit banter) ran on for far too long at 122 minutes.Man's Favorite Sport's story centres around Abercrombie & Fitch employee, Roger Willoughby, who (though he's apparently an "expert" on the sport of fishing) has never fished in his entire life (but nobody knows this).Through a chance meeting with Abigail Page, co-owner of the Wakapoogee Lake lodge, Roger reluctantly finds himself entered into the lodge's fishing tournament.And from this point onwards this film's story gets more and more bogged down by inane stupidity with each passing minute.Thrown into this mundane mix is the story's token-Indian, Johnny Screaming Eagle, whose sole mission is to nickel & dime anyone (and everyone) out of their money.Ha! Ha! So funny, I forgot to laugh!

This movie is one of the finest comic films in my opinion and not surprisingly made by the super genius, Howard Hawks. The story is about Roger Willoughby who is a famous fishing expert having written a book about it, but ironically never fished in his life. The movie centres around a fishing competition where Roger has to participate thanks to his eccentric boss (the great John McGiver) who got convinced by Abigail Page (Paula Prentiss), PR exec at a rest house where the fishing competition takes place. What happens afterwards are a series of funny incidents, all sure to make you feel cheerful & rolling in laughter. Some comic scenes are very clever and very funny (I can't seem to find such funny movies these days), especially scenes of Roger trying to actually fish and those involving Mr. Phipps (Roger's client who learned fishing from him but never wanted to pay for $1,5 for it). Totally enjoyed the beautiful story and the lovable characters. I fell in love with Paula Prentiss, she's such a marvellous beauty... and so funny too. Her character exudes naiveté at the same time subtle evil vibes throughout. I can't even begin to compare her with some of the female comic actors in the business today. Rock Hudson is a perfect fit to the 'phoney' Roger and does a neat job till the end. Other characters Hawks builds are equally hilarious... I have a huge, long playlist and little time for movies, but I know for sure I am going to watch this movie again & again when I really want to cheer up. Love it! if you enjoy clever humour, with a light heart of course, this movie will certainly make you happy too. Go for it!

I remember watching this movie as a kid on a rainy Saturday or Sunday afternoon (along with others like "Father Goose") and finally bought the DVD last month. My wife, who is just three years younger than me had never heard of it. We watched it last Friday night and she loved it as much as I always have. It's just a light hearted, funny, feel good movie and a joy to watch. Yes, it is dated and yes, the sets are glaringly fake, but after a few minutes you forget about all of that and are pulled into the story and the fun that this movie is. A day or two later we watched "The Sweetest Thing" after someone recommended it to us. Both movies are romantic comedies, one from the 60's, one from the 2000's, and there the similarities end. In "Mans Favorite Sport?" the two main characters hesitate before kissing one another because it's such a big step. In "The Sweetest Thing" the main characters dance around a Chinese restaurant singing about mens penises. In "Man's Favorite Sport?" the raciest thing you see is Maria Percy's bare back when her zipper breaks, in "The Sweetest Thing" one of the characters takes a dress to the dry cleaner to try to get a semen stain out of it. The difference in decades and movie making, and societal mores, couldn't have been more apparent. Did I hate "The Sweetest Thing"? No, I actually found many parts of it funny though not the parts mentioned above. It's just that the romantic comedy has changed dramatically over the years, and not for the better. I'm not saying that we could ever go back, if "Man's Favorite Sport?" opened in theaters today I don't think it would make much money. We've become too jaded and hardened for that. 1964 was a different time, and this movie is a product of that time. And I highly recommend it, for everyone. It's two hours better spent then on most of what Hollywood is putting out today, I can promise you that. At the risk of sounding like an old fart (and I'm not, I'm in my early 50's), they just don't make movies like this anymore and while maybe that's as it should be, then again, maybe it isn't...