Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

I was totally surprised at how great this film.You could feel your paranoia rise as the film went on and as you gradually learned the details of the real situation.

One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

Now I know why my dad watches every day. So do I. Wholesome healthy funny TV.

Who was Opies Mother? She is never mentioned and I can't find any information online either. A require field is missing- yeah, just like a political poll. You people are not nice. You probably don't have the answer anyway, just like the republicans.

As a child I probably watched most of the episodes 7 or 8 times. I'm older and maybe a little jaded by now. The show seems too 'nice' to me.But it occurred to me that changing the premises and the characters to be more modern makes it watchable again. My premise is that it's still a comedy but Andy is a corrupt lawman who runs a county for the mob and each episode is his testimony at his RICO/murder trial. So he's trying to spin the events as innocently as possible. --Opie is actually Andy's 18 year old, 6'5"/300 lbs. brain damaged thug son.(Sonny Corleone's temper with Fredo's brain.) --Barney, is Andy's twitchy hit-man / bodyguard (that's why his pistol is always going off 'accidentally'). --Aunt Bea, Andy's frumpy gay Uncle Burt. --Floyd (a.k.a.- The Barber) Andy's eyes and ears on the street, handles the bookmaking / loan sharking. --Andy's various girlfriends are actually undercover FBI/ATF agents (Where do they go? They just disappear, who tipped Andy off? Maybe Ellie Walker saw something and had to flee and change her identity). --Thelma Lou-Barney's loyal girlfriend disappeared after Season 5. Barney's on death row at the end of Season 5 after Thelma Lou turns on him and entered witness protection. So the way to look at each episode as not being as innocent and charming as it seems. It's 'Justified' without Hugo Award winning actor Nick Searcy to carry the cast. Nick. Searcy. PS-Like I said, I really do love the show but since I know every plot and gag by heart, I can enjoy it on different levels.

The power of this show's influence says something: more than three decades after it went off the air and went syndicated,this show still inspires a faithful amount of following. And while maybe the core viewer fan-ship rests among Babyboomers,I think that anyone who has fatigue from current television can get into this one.You know the story: laid-back Sheriff Andy Taylor(Andy Griffith,somewhat fresh off a Broadway,stand-up and movie career)is the sheriff of restful Mayberry,North CArolina. He raises his young,likable son Opie(Ronny Howard,before he was a director named Ron)with the help of matronly and pleasant Aunt Bee(Frances Beaver). His deputy is loserish authority-addict Barney Fife(Don KNotts,R.I.P.,who made quite the career playing variations off this character),and there's hardly ever a true legal unrest to speak of. Still,that doesn't mean there aren't conflicts that need resolving,and Sheriff Taylor is (mostly)up for the challenge.A great stable of side characters,including Gomer(JIm Nabors,pre-USMC),Floyd the Barber,Goober,Howard the Drunk,Thelma Lou,Betty and the DArlings(A rustic,pre-Hee Haw singing group)filled out this show marvelously. The true legacy of any television program is how long after the fans are able to still come back and watch reruns of shows that they've seen before,sometimes NUMEROUS times. That being the case,this show's legacy is firmly implanted in the American landscape. CAtch on TVland,Hallmark or locally and see for yourself.