Well, not everyones taste, if you in for the real MAD and UNBOUND Humor, social not so correct, you will have the time of your life. Its a 2 Hour rollercoasterride, Way better than it rep. and a real good cure after been lobotomized by the movie formerly known as Pearl Harbor.

If your in for the so called "Real Hero" Movie Stuff, well try something else. For me Spielbergs best Movie,his only with Belushi, Lee and Pickens.

Hope they have the Making of, running time over 100 Min and nearly as funny as the movie, on the Disc.

This movie is hilarious. Steven Spielberg did a GREAT job on this movie. Its has a wacky and zany plot that keeps you laughing every minute. If you like comedies, then this is the movie for you. 1941 is a must have.

More is explained in the DVD version (didn't see the laser disc one) than the 1979 release. In the original cut the characters and storylines were left looking unfinished. The film would have done better at the box office if they'd released this longer, epic version. My favorite scene is when Loomis Birkhead (Tim Matheson), while trying to impress his comely new girlfriend (Nancy Allen) is mistaken for a Jap and to prove he isn't one on stilts he gets a hard kick in the leg.

If the book EASY RIDERS, RAGING BULLS is to be believed (a fun book to read about Hollywood in the 1970's), Steven Spielberg, despite making the colossal blockbusters JAWS and CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND, envied the success John Landis found with NATIONAL LAMPOON'S ANIMAL HOUSE.
So much so that he made 1941.

I was in high school when it came out and I can't tell you how much I looked forward to seeing it: Belushi, Aykroyd, John Candy, Spielberg and huge budget of special effects. How could it NOT work?
But it didn't. I even went back to see it again, wondering if I'd just MISSED all the laughs.
The first thing I noticed was that the timing was completely off. The camera doesn't let go of anyone who screams. The characters are all buffoons. Like CADDYSHACK, the main characters are uninteresting but, unlike CADDYSHACK, the real comedians don't break out in their scenes.
Maybe Rodney Dangerfield should have been General Stillwell.

1941 has its moments. Belushi has a great entrance. Uber-dork Eddie Deezen's ventriloquist dummy spotting the Jap sub is funny. Aykroyd donning pany hose and two oranges to declare, "I'm a bug!"
Unfortunately, those moments are too few. Most of the time, I wouldn't think, "That was funny." I thought, "Wow, that looked expensive."

But I have to agree with my college roommate from years ago: "A movie can't be all bad that ends with a house falling over a cliff."

This movie just seemed like Speilberg shooting anything he thought would look good on film, Like a tank going through a paint factory. The movie was suppose to be funny, but I didn't even crack a smile the whole time I was watching it. I just saw alot of people yelling tojo and jap and John Belushi acting like an idiot.