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Best movie of this year hands down!

A waste of 90 minutes of my life

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Turner Classic Movie historian Ben Mankiewicz cites this Laurel and Hardy short as their last silent film. The opening title card states it's 'the dramatic story of a goat', and I guess you could call it that if you want, for me it was just funny. After the Boys make their acquaintance with said goat outside a pastry shop, the animal is immediately befriended by Stan with one of the tasty morsels, thereby making a friend for life, or at least the twenty minutes or so of this picture.Having just watched their 1928 silent "Habeas Corpus", I noted a gag they repeated here when Ollie falls into a huge hole in the street filled with water trying to outrun the goat. I thought it might have been the same location used, but this time the street corner building was occupied by a shop whereas in the earlier film it was just a large drab structure. I suppose it could have been urban renewal.Following the boys to their room in a hotel, the goat becomes an unwanted guest, with constant attempts by the landlord to figure out what all the noise is about. Edgar Kennedy was the perfect foil for these kind of roles, and his effort to proclaim his establishment as a respectable hotel leads to a sight gag of a sailor following one of the tenants to her room down the hall. That was probably pretty risqué stuff for 1929 but it slipped by to the amusement of this viewer.I'm not enough of a Laurel and Hardy student to know if this was one of their better silent efforts, but it was amusing in most respects. If made today, I don't think the PETA folks would have taken kindly to the way the boys manhandled the goat getting him to take a bath, but it didn't look like the animal minded too much. Somewhere along the way it rewrote the rule book on reproductive anatomy, since the short ended with three cute but tiny goats emerging from under a cabinet. Not baaaad.

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are the most famous comedy duo in history, and deservedly so, so I am happy to see any of their films. A goat manages to snap its rope and escape and the shop owner assumes it has been stolen and tells a policeman. The goat runs towards Stan and Ollie eating ring doughnuts, and a boy thinks that they are the ones that stole it, and the goat keeps following them till Ollie falls into a deep puddle. The goat has followed them for two days, all the way to a hotel room in St. Paul with the Landlord (Edgar Kennedy) sleeping right underneath, and when the goat is being noisy Ollie reminds Stan that they will be thrown out if they bother the Landlord. Ollie tries to relieve his aching foot, but he ends up taking the shoe and sock off and massaging Stan's foot, and the Landlord is bothered when Stan tries to knock a piece of wallpaper that the goat pulls off back in place. They hide the goat under the bed, and the before the Landlord goes back to his room, he reminds them it's a respectable hotel, as a woman and a sailor walk by the door. Just when he gets in bed Stan gets out again to do some exercise with his stretch bands on the door, which wakes the Landlord again, but he catches Ollie demonstrating how to do it quietly. After the Landlord leaves, the boys notice a stink, and they know they have to wash the goat, and getting the tub and water ready they tread on a pin and a mousetrap. Stan makes Ollie accidentally poor water on the floor, and water leaks through a hole in the Landlord's ceiling, and is almost woken by the fuss of getting the goat washed. A Neighbour (Charlie Hall) interrupts them knocking on the wrong door, and the Landlord is awake ringing the police reporting a murder will happen, then goes to deal with the boys. Ollie throws the tub water on Stan for annoying him, and manages to soak the Landlord instead, so a little water fight starts, and the Neighbour joins as well. The Landlord gets the Policeman (Harry Bernard) that comes to investigate the report, and he spots the goat, assuming that the Landlord stole it, so he takes him away, and Ollie says he never wants to see a goat again, but the film ends with three baby goats coming under the door. Also starring Charley Young as Mr. Caribeau. Filled with good slapstick and all classic comedy you want from a black and white silent film, it may a little grainy at times, but it is an enjoyable film. Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy were number 7 on The Comedians' Comedian. Worth watching!

This was Laurel and Hardy's last silent film for Roach Studios. However, since the public had a real thirst for "talkies", this same short was re-made by the team just a few years later with only a few small plot changes. LAUGHING GRAVY was essentially the same plot except that Stan and Ollie were trying to hide a cute puppy from their grouchy landlord--not a goat like in ANGORA LOVE. This whole goat angle is the worst part of the film. While you could understand the boys wanting to keep a cute little dog (after all, it is snowy outside), why exactly they bring a goat home is just contrived and pointless. According to the plot, the goat followed them home and so they got tired of shooing it away and kept it. Huh?! This just doesn't make any sense--if it had been a giraffe or a cow, would they have done the same thing?! Apart from being an unconvincing plot, the movie itself is pure Laurel and Hardy, with a familiar plot and familiar roles for the comedians. This film features quite a few laughs, but unfortunately isn't one of their better films to wrap up their silent careers. This aspect of their careers just seems to have ended with a whimper.

No this is not an Ed Wood movie. "Angora Love" is Stan Laurel's and Oliver Hardy's last silent movie. The end of an era! In the '20's Laurel & Hardy left a real mark on the silent movie genre with movies that are still popular and being watched and aired regularly, this present day.It's a shame that this movie is however not among their best.The premise of the movie sounds good and is good. The boys team up with a goat this time, which of course leads them into trouble and for us some hilarious situations to watch. It however at the same time is extremely silly and just totally unbelievable to watch the boys doing comedy stuff with a goat. Most of the jokes in the movie still work good but the movie just however never gets truly hilarious or memorable. The comedy and story really feels lacking at times and is mostly too simple and predictable.Of course still good and fun enough to watch for the fans but still a slightly disappointing last silent Laurel & Hardy entry.7/10http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/