Hard Luck

Loses steam at times, but it's pretty funny.

The stunt work was good but most of the gags weren't funny.

'87 version, the legendary final gag is a silly dad joke so I'm not too mad I missed it. I liked the black comedy about suicide and it's funny in itself how wildly divergent the plot is but it's still pretty minor. Roberts doesn't show up until the end so Buster seems weirdly alone for most of it. Not a bad thing but gives it an odd vibe.

it's got a couple laughs here and there, but it's more unfunny than funny. it gets a few extra points for being neither funny nor boring, and has the benefit of being a two-reeler so it doesn't overstay it's welcome.

It meanders all over the place, but it's fun overall and features some creative gags. I'm glad I didn't know the ending in advance--it really is a good laugh.

the second half is a jumbled mess with an aristocratic stench that leaves one longing for chaplin, but on the other hand there's the dark and brilliant suicide riffs of the first half, with the subsequent fish gag highlighting the character flaw that likely got him into this state in the first place. the window/tea gag stands out and, most importantly, the legendary epilogue, thankfully rescued from believed oblivion in the ‘80s: https://i.imgur.com/2ktAv27.gifv

Hard luck indeed. He can't even kill himself without blowing it somehow. Buster Keaten fare for the true fan, but nothing incredible here.

The first 10 minutes or so with Buster trying but failing to kill himself is surprisingly dark. After that it becomes a more standard short with Buster first trying his hand on hunting and than saving a girl from a bandit, which it is still amusing but subpar compared to what Buster directed so far.

Wasn't expecting Buster Keaton to try his hand at suicide. Starts out surprisingly dark but ends up featuring more of Keaton's attempts at heroics. Nothing special, but enjoyable enough.

This one wasn't really doing it for me. Even at 20 minutes it seemed too slow and long for its own good, and it's not incredibly funny. The exception is the long-lost finale, which is hilarious.

I've mentioned it before, but the beginnings and ends of these Keaton shorts are drastically different. Some good parts, some a little overdone. I had hopes we'd finish the armadillo excursion, though.

Há 100 anos Má Sorte estreava nos EUA. Tem uma estrutura bem estranha para um curta, na primeira e melhor parte há diversas tentativas de suicídio, na segunda há toda uma comoção em torno de caçadas e na última é o típico mocinho versus bandido, parecem 3 curtas distintos em um, mas mesmo parecendo peculiar ainda é um deleite. Plus: Keaton, super fit, em trajes de banho! Box Obras-primas do Cinema Buster Keaton.

Buster is very unlucky in this short film. He looses everything he has, and tries (unlucky and funny) to kill himself. With some freak chance he is hired to hunt down some animal for zoo, and few gags inwolving him fishing and hunting are shown. In third part he meets a bandit, and tries to save a pretty girl from him. Plot is very loose, but i liked a few gags. Also i think this short offers couple original filming and editing details never used by Buster before.

I thought the whole schtick of this short was "guy tries to kill himself but fails comically every time" (I prefer Harold Lloyd's version of this trope: "Never Weaken" released the same year), but unfortunately it lasts only 5 minutes, the rest being wacky shenanigans, some of them pretty well choreographed, others just meh

Funny little Keaton short with no real plot to speak of, just loosely related gags culminating in the one at the end that got him the most laughs in his career and was previously lost to the world.

10.15 Erkan

This one's an odd, somewhat absurdist series of random skits that barely hangs together as a real short. Does it work? Yeah ... kind of. It's Keaton.

Has some moments, but underwhelming for a Keaton. It doesn't really tie together at all, and there's no real spectacular scene. The first five minutes, of Keaton continually trying to kill himself and failing in amusing ways, is the best.

Some funny setups--loved the fish gag--but is overall a mishmash of oddities that don't really fit together.