Best movie of this year hands down!

Absolutely brilliant

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

. . . as anyone who's been burned by Canadiayapper "lemons" will immediately recognize that the lopsided, ramshackle wagon transporting this deplorable "Our Gang" bunch of juvenile delinquents (starting at 7:45 of this 20-minute episode) could only have originated in the so-called nation of Canadia (aka, America's Northern Threat). Cars, trucks, and SUVs that are total duds are called "lemons," of course, because that sounds slightly more benign than the original Bad Car Epithet: lemming (after Canadia's National Rodent, famous solely for stampeding off cliffs in great herds). Whether you call Our Gang's BEAR SHOOTERS wagon a lemon or a lemming, this 1930 live-action short will remind everyone of what they exclaimed when they drew the short straw and purchased that one vehicle from Hell: "This Junker must have been slapped together in Canadia!" As the Miscreants running Canadia Today are plunging ahead with their plot to bury all of that alleged nation's Nuclear Waste along the Great Lakes shoreline a few yards from our American Homeland, Leader Trump can kill THREE birds with one nuke by flattening Canadia's largest Vehicle "Assembly" Plant. This will A)keep Canadia from dumping their radioactive garbage next to OUR drinking water, B)Lessen the number of Lemmings on U.S. Highways, and C)Leave North Korea shaking in their hip waders.

This Hal Roach comedy short, Bear Shooters, is the ninety-eighth in the "Our Gang/Little Rascals" series and the tenth talkie. In this one, Spud can't go on a hunting trip with Jackie, Farina, and Chubby because he has to watch little brother Wheezer who has coughing jags. He tries to palm him off to sister Mary Ann who only agrees if she's allowed to go on the trip. So off they all go into the woods...I liked the gag of Wheezer accidentally getting Limburger cheese spread on him by Chubby and some of the reaction shots that entailed but otherwise, I thought this was one of the more underwhelming shorts in the series. The climax involving what happens at the end wasn't as hilarious as I had hoped so on that note, Bear Shooters is worth a look at least once.

Bear Shooters (1930) *** (out of 4) The gang decides to go campy and once out there they run into a crazed gorilla who they mistake for a bear. What the gang doesn't know is that they're camping on a criminal's hideout. This is certainly one of the better films from this early period and one that thankfully added a music score to help move things along. There are countless funny scenes here with all the children really getting to shine at one point or another. Perhaps I'm just a sucker for movies with gorillas as I've yet to figure out why so many older films featured them but I thought the ending had some hilarious moments. When the kids capture the "bear" and start shooting him with everything they can get their hands on, this comes off very funny. Another great gag is Chubby and his limburger cheese that he greases Wheezer with. Farina also has a nice little scene where he's fishing and Pete might steal the show with his reaction to the cheese.

This is an early sound Our Gang comedy featuring Jackie Cooper, Farina, Spud, Mary Ann, Wheezer and Chubby among others. By the way, Chubby is probably the oldest of the gang in this film, as he had a serious medical condition that stunted his growth and made him so fat--and he died just a few years later as a result of his glandular condition. I always feel a bit sad about that when I see him in films--especially since he was 16 at the time he did this film, though he looked about 8 or 10.The film begins with the gang planning on going on an outing to kill a bear! The problem is that Jackie has to stay home and watch Wheezer, so they are forced to bring this little pest along for the outing. The wagon they use is amazing to look at--you'll just need to see it to understand. There happen to be some poachers about and in order to scare off the kids, they dress up in a gorilla suit and chase them--talk about contrived!!! However, what was NOT expected was the gang's reaction. These kids were NOT wimps, so they set about to catch the gorilla instead of running! This is a cute but pretty average film from the series. Worth seeing, but not exactly a must-see.