The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
Tags: psychedelic, alternate history, romantic

Plot synopsis:
Young bachelors and best friends Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble have recently qualified as crane operators at Slate & Company. Soon to be employed, now they want dates, and little green alien The Great Gazoo, exiled to Earth by his species, offers to help, although only they can see him. Meanwhile, Wilma Slaghoople wants a normal life and activities, like bowling, despite her controlling mother Pearl, who wants her to marry smooth casino-owner Chip Rockefeller. Wilma angrily runs away to Bronto King in Bedrock. Waitress Betty O'Shale mistakes her as "caveless", and offers to share her apartment, and gets her a job.
Fred and Barney are smitten with the waitresses and invite them to a carnival, with Fred dating Betty and Barney taking Wilma. Fred wins a carnival game and gets a prize of an egg which hatches into a baby dinosaur, which he names "Dino". However, he does not really feel a connection with Betty, nor does Barney with Wilma, until both men switch dates. Wilma invites her new friends home to a birthday party for her father, Colonel Slaghoople, where all are shocked by her wealth. Fred intends to propose, but changes his mind after meeting Chip, who berates him for his low-level job at Slate & Company. Pearl dislikes the three new friends, but the Colonel accepts them, glad Wilma is happy, and privately gives her a valuable pearl necklace that once belonged to his great-grandmother. After the boys disgrace themselves at dinner, Wilma nevertheless proclaims her pride and follows them out.
Chip congratulates Fred on attracting Wilma and apologizes for his humiliation of Fred's job. He invites the four to his Rock Vegas resort as a peace offering. However, this is a plot by Chip to hope Fred gambles so Wilma dumps him, whereas Fred sees it as a chance to win big so he can impress Wilma with money like Chip's. Chip and his girlfriend Roxie are visited by two gangsters named Big Rocko and Little Rocko to collect a lot of money owed by Chip, who claims his upcoming marriage to Wilma will get him access to the Slaghoople fortune, and the gangsters consider that plan creditable, so they agree to suspend collections until after the wedding. Gazoo witnesses the entire conversation. When Barney tries to keep Fred from high-stakes poker, Chip sends Roxie to seduce Barney for an escort to an all-you-can-eat buffet.
Chip keeps Fred gambling to miss his dinner date with the others. Betty sees Barney wipe cream from Roxie's chest and misinterprets the move as a pass. Mick Jagged comforts the weeping girl, and they go on a date. Wilma breaks up with Fred over not spending any time with her. Chip warns her of burglaries and arranges that Fred loses everything before slipping Wilma's pearls in Fred's pocket and asking him to empty them. Hotel security arrests Fred for robbery. When Barney protests that Fred would do no such thing, and that Fred would not even be able to crack his own knuckles without help, Chip accuses Barney of being Fred's accomplice and has him arrested, as well. Angered that the two of them stole from her, Wilma goes back to Chip.
In prison, the men are visited by Gazoo, who earlier spied on Chip. Gazoo reveals that Chip is in severe debt to the mob, and hoped to solve both his problems by framing Fred for the robbery and plans to marry Wilma to get the Slaghooples' money. Barney slips through the bars, steals the keys, and unlocks the cell. Disguised as dancers, they accidentally run into Jagged's dressing room. Barney tells Betty he loves her, and they get back together.
Fred plans to disguise himself as Jagged in an attempt to reconcile with Wilma. Meanwhile, in the audience, Chip proposes to Wilma, but she is unresponsive. Fred then comes on stage disguised as Jagged and briefly sings to Wilma. He apologizes for his behavior earlier before proposing to her. Wilma happily accepts, rejecting Chip, and they marry in the Rock Vegas Chapel of Love, while the gangsters prepare to make Chip pay in their own manner. After the pastor proclaims them husband and wife, everyone sings "Meet the Flintstones". When Jagged sings "Viva Rock Vegas" at a party, Betty catches Wilma's tossed bouquet and kisses Barney. The newlyweds drive away with Dino and Gazoo to goodbye waves from their friends, family, and even Chip and Roxie.

Review: Harvey Korman is wasted in a throw-away role with few lines; instead of voicing Gazoo (as he did in the original cartoon), and the guy they use for Gazoo sounds like slate grinding on bedrock.Joan Collins is obnoxious enough on her own; this movie has her play a wrenching stereotypical loudmouth mother-in-law who you want to feed to the nearest T-Rex you can find.
Young dino-crane operators Fred Flintstone (Mark Addy) and Barney Rubble (Stephen Baldwin) find true love in fast-food waitresses Wilma (Kristen Johnston) and Betty (Jane Krakowski).
Don't let that happen with "Viva Rock Vegas": it is a fine little movie: fun, funny and visually rich in cartoony colors, costumes and sets.
"The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas" is one of the poorest excuses for a family film I've seen in a long time.The original remake with John Goodman was at least decent, but this flop has not only an awful cast, but awful dialogue, filming techniques, jokes...it's straight out of a made-for-TV sequel.
Only one thing: It's even worse.In this live-action prequel to the 1994 comedy hit, Fred Flintstone (Mark Addy) and wife Wilma (Kristen Johnston) go to Rock Vegas along with the Rubbles, Barney (Stephen Baldwin) and Betty (Jane Krakowski), where Wilma is pursued by playboy Chip Rockefeller (Thomas Gibson).
She did a great job in the original, and resembled and sounded like the cartoon character, where Kristen Johnston, didn't quite do it for me in the role.
(Baldwin in no way looked like Barney though - oh, well, can't be perfect, but he makes up for it with the voice and laugh).Joan Collins is also hilarious in the film, as the Filthy Rich Mother of Wilma, and again, does a better job that Elizabeth Taylor from the original.Also watch out for Alan Cumming.
I saw the 1994 live action "Flintstones" movie on video for the second time in 2000, about 4 ½ years after I first saw it, and thought it was great during my second viewing.
It's been over 2 ½ years since I last saw the first live action "Flintstones" effort, and I've finally seen this second one, which is unsurprisingly not good.The Great Gazoo is an alien who is sent to Earth by his species to learn about human mating rituals.
Mark Addy may not be bad as Fred, and I guess Stephen Baldwin isn't that bad as Barney, though I definitely preferred Rick Moranis' portrayal of the character in the first film.
At the beginning, showing Gazoo with other members of his species on a spaceship before he is sent to Earth, it already looks like this is going to be a very unfunny comedy movie, and unfortunately, that beginning sequence doesn't lie.The first live action film adaptation of "The Flintstones" was a critical failure but a box office success, whereas "The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas" was both a critical AND box office flop.
Just like its predecessor, this prequel failed to make me laugh even one time, but this second film of the two also has inferior cast performances, and maybe a slightly more boring plot as well (I'm not 100% sure about that, as it's been a while since I last watched the first film), which makes it even worse.
If you do like that movie, there's probably STILL a good chance you wouldn't like "Viva Rock Vegas"..
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000) Directed by Brian Levant (Beethoven) Starring: Mark Addy (Full Monty), Stephen Baldwin (Fled), Kristen Johnston (3rd Rock from the Sun), Jane Krakowski (Ally McBeal),Thomas Gibson (Dharma & Greg), Alan Cumming (Goldeneye), Joan Collins (Dynasty), Harvey Korman (The Original Flintstones series) Featuring voices of: Mel Blanc (Jetsons the movie), Rosie O'Donell (The Flintstones) Rated PG: Light Adult Content, One swear word.
(Yes, that can happen because that is the reason why the 1998 film "Madeline" got a PG rating) Genre(s): Family, Comedy, Romance, Based on a TV show (The Flintstones animated series of the 60's) Summary: It is basically a prequel of the 1994 underrated hit.
I know a lot of people hate this movie and it's rated ridiculously low but it has always been a favourite of mine.Bright colours and goofy pre-historic puns make it easy for the whole family to watch, and if you have to get up to do something, you won't miss any crucial plot points.There may be some casting that you didn't like but Jane Krakowski is perfect as Betty and Alan Cumming is always perfect, he plays great as Great Gazoo AND Mick Jagged ("snag m.
Although I missed this film on the silver screen, I did happen to see it on video and was thoroughly impressed.The sets and props alone were well done and all characters were convincingly played in the Hanna-Barbera cartoon style.Surprisingly enough, too many have rated and criticized this film as though it were in competition for the Oscar with heavy-hitter dramas, forgetting that, to put it quite redundantly, it's The Flintstones!Honestly now, there's no need to go overboard with the Siskel & Ebert-esque scouring of this piece and just sit back and enjoy it.
The first Flintstone film was enough of a hit to warrant a second attempt and oddly the powers that be opted for a prequel rather than a sequel.The big problem that this then creates is that there is little or no drama to be had in this film because we all know perfectly well that Fred and Wilma will end up together.Quite where the martian coming to earth to learn about courting came from I don't know, but it adds very little to the film.All that remains then is a film that feels like a straight to DVD attempt and although Mark Addy and especially Kirsten Johnston do their best, this film is pretty pointless..
I always liked the "Flintstones" cartoon and I was able to appreciate some aspects of the 1994 live-action movie.
Running as a prequel to the first film and the cartoon itself, it shows how the four main characters (Flintstones and Rubbles) met and married, after a trip to the city of Rock Vegas (the equivalent, in the movie and Flintstones world, to the city of Las Vegas, of course).
I wanted to drown that alien several times while watching the movie.If the 1994 movie had already revealed several fragilities, beginning with an all-too-adult plot for a children-oriented film, this movie completely misses any attempt to improve these faults.
Stephen Baldwin did the perfect Barney Rubble, much better then Rick Moranis played it in the 1994 Flintstones Movie.
Apparently, the studio had a hard time getting the old actors to commit to the film...so to try to get around this, the movie is supposed to be a prequel which occurred long before the Spielberg film.When the story begins, Gazoo is being punished for some unknown mistakes.
Third, once in Rock Vegas, Betty mistakenly thinks Barney is chasing another woman and she ends up being one of Mick Jagged's entourage.So was I wrong the first time?
The plot I think is stronger than the one in the 1994 movie, but slower in pace and does suffer from one or two hasty and over-familiar subplots like Chip stealing Wilma's necklace and framing Fred.
Mark Addy looks more the part of Fred than John Goodman, but I felt that he slightly underplayed, and I did find Stephen Baldwin too tall and too gormless as Barney.
The Flintstones: Viva Rock Vegas i think is a good movie but not as good as the orignal one (The Flintstones (1994) The movie is based before the original, and to me it's an idea just like the 2nd movie to Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry met Lloyd.
In this 2nd movie of the flintsones, it's based on with Fred meeting Wilma and Barney meeting Betty.
Not coincidentally, these new actors, especially Addy and Baldwin, fit their dumfounded characters perfectly.The film details the fossilized lives of best friends Fred and Barney before they marry and conceive children.
Here are a few examples:Fred complimenting Wilma in a love scene "Your eyes are like two big eyes"Wilma to her family who is disbelieving of her passion for Fred "They love me for who I amnot who I am."As bad as the original "The Flintstones" was, "The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas" is a whole lot worse.
I had the VHS of the original live action Flintstones movie as a kid and watched it many times.
Yes, the story is dumb and all the characters are idiots, but they're lovable idiots - all the actors clearly had a good time - and it's all so bright and colorful and cheery that you can't hate it.I laughed aloud at enough of the ridiculous scenes throughout the movie, such as Dino's big moment, or the prehistoric TV remote control, that I can't rate this movie any lower than a 10 out of 10.
I enjoyed this silly movie.Surprise cameo: Not exactly a "cameo," since he wasn't famous back then, but it was funny to see John Cho in an early tiny role as the valet who gets beat up by Fred and Barney..
While critics love to bash the two live-action versions of "The Flintstones" and the ratings at IMDb are surprisingly low, the first film was a huge hit in 1994 and fittingly so because it's a great movie for what it is.
The second one came out six years later in 2000 and features a different cast, which is appropriate since the story is a prequel, taking place when the four main characters are in their late teens or early twenties and romance blossoms between the couples.Although Mark Addy as Fred isn't as good as John Goodman, he's a more-than-acceptable substitute and, besides, Fred is much younger here so it's fitting.
My best friend, for example, is similar in some ways to Barney while I more fit the Fred role.The first two acts of "Viva Rock Vegas" are just as entertaining as the previous film, but there aren't as many laughs in the third act as the plot busily ties things up.
Overseeing all of these antics is the futuristic alien Gazoo, sent to Earth to oversee humans' mating rituals and having the bad luck of taking Fred and Barney as his objects of study.I was not at all expecting to like Viva Rock Vegas, but I did, and it's a joy to watch every time it comes on TV.
Alan Cumming ("I am INVINCIBLE!") seals the deal in two very different but equally hilarious roles as Gazoo and the rock star Mick Jagged.The movie is very entertaining and very funny.
THE FLINTSTONES IN VIVA ROCK VEGAS (2000) ** Mark Addy, Stephen Baldwin, Kristen Johnston, Jane Krakowski, Thomas Gibson, Joan Collins, Alan Cumming, Harvey Korman, Alex Meneses, (voices of Mel Blanc and Rosie O' Donnell).
(Dir: Brian Levant)`The Flintstones' were one of my all time favorite cartoons growing up and I certainly appreciated it years later as an uncanny Stone Age homage to `The Honeymooners' - arguably the greatest sitcom ever created - and was surprised that  a prequel was in production to the less than stellar live action adaptation a few years ago with John Goodman, Elizabeth Perkins, Rick Moranis and Rosie O' Donnell.
Go figure.Here the plot - such as it is - centers on how good buddies Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble (Addy, the portliest member of the English lads in `The Full Monty' and Baldwin playing dim) met their future spouses Wilma and Betty - nee Slaghoople and O'Shale - (Johnston, the Amazonian alien from tv's `Third Rock From The Sun' and Krakowski of `Ally McBeal').
Observations about this film:1)  Stephen Baldwin is quite possibly the ugliest man in the world.2)  Gazoo is gay.3)  Jane Krakowski's best role will always be in Allie McBeal.4)  They will never find an actor who can successfully duplicate the sound of Fred Flinstone's voice from the 1960s cartoon.5)  There is no vegetation, anywhere, in Bedrock.
"Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas" is a downright stupid movie.
Everything else is quite bad too.Fred Flintstone (Mark Addy) and Barney Rubble (Stephen Baldwin) have met the girls of their dreams, Wilma (Kristin Johnston) and Betty (Jane Krakowski).
This movie sets up a stupid back story for Wilma as a rich girl, and features a very annoying character.
Whilst Rick moranis in the Original film took a more vulnerable approach to the Role,Baldwin goes after the role in the same way as the cartoon character,getting the voice pitch perfect and depicting him as the cheerful fella that the series did.Alan cummings is also very enjoyable as the Great gazoo.These two actors should take a bow for excellent performances.Thomas Gibson is a bit over the top of the scheming villain..But the sets are Great..the film is imaginative...and quite funny in many scenes...even if the ending is a Bit predictable(ONE QUESTION...HOW DID BARNEY SHRINK SO MUCH BETWEEN THIS FILM AND THE ORIGINAL....JUST A THOUGHT)All in All...a great effort guys...Im so Happy this film was made..cause when the first one came out....it was more than just a film...it was a special event....and this film was the icing on the Cake....I GIVE IT 9 OUT OF 10......GREAT EFFORT.
I was disappointed with the 1996 film, I felt that the Betty, Wilma and Barney characters were too far away from the cartoon characters.
The Barney's character is also too big compare to the cartoon version.I can say this movie 80% perfect in the props and ideas but the story can be make better..
I've seen Viva Rock Vegas as well as the first Flintstones movie, and I actually prefer the former.
Fred was obviously thinner and arguably better looking, but was Barney any taller?This light hearted introduction to the world of the "Flinstones" very capably filled in a big gap in the original series and the previous movie (with a little (literally) alien intervention thrown in)--has anyone ever shown people in outer space visiting earth during the caveman era?Fred this time was not as good as in the prequel, but Barney and Betty were orders of magnitudes better.
Fred and Barney havn't met Wilma and Betty in this movie.
"The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas" is actually slightly more bearable than the truly horrible 1994 movie, but that really isn't saying much.
Where the previous one suffered from chronically bad casting for the Flintstones and the Rubbles (except for Elizabeth Perkins as Wilma), this benefits from Stephen Baldwin and Jane "Best reason to watch 'Ally McBeal' not called Lucy Liu" Krakowski making a far less annoying Barney and Betty than Rick Moranis and Rosie O'Donnell (the latter the only major cast member to return here, in voice mode only).
The movie also has a few nice little touches like pictures of the cartoon Fred and Barney handed out to people, and the specially modified Universal logo with the Earth only showing one continent behind the word "Univershell" ("Did anyone else see those giant letters out there?").Alan Cumming as the Great Gazoo (and a Mick Jagger-type rock star) is also one of the movie's pros...
This second live action rendition of the animated cartoon by Hanna-Barbera seems to be uncertain of whom its audience is -- there is scatological humour for the kids (and like-minded adults), romance, song-and-dance routines, a Mick Jagger impersonator -- but the whole melange didn't really mesh into a cohesive whole.The story of how Fred (Mark Addy) and the perfectly cast Barney (Stephen Baldwin) meet, woo, and eventually conquer the hearts of Wilma (Kristen Johnston) and Betty (the incomparable Jane Krakowski) is over-involved and too convoluted for small children; but the bright colours and action kept the kids at the matinee we were at quiet -- for the most part.Joan Collins as Wilma's scheming mother (and her FABULOUS costumes) was an absolute delight to the eye.
It was just clean fun with romance and comedy.This was much better than the prequel because it had much better actors including Mark Addy, Stephen Baldwin, Kristen Johnson and the ever funny Jane Krakowski with the trademark Betty Rubble laugh.
It was just clean fun with romance and comedy.This was much better than the prequel because it had much better actors including Mark Addy, Stephen Baldwin, Kristen Johnson and the ever funny Jane Krakowski with the trademark Betty Rubble laugh.
It was just clean fun with romance and comedy.This was much better than the prequel because it had much better actors including Mark Addy, Stephen Baldwin, Kristen Johnson and the ever funny Jane Krakowski with the trademark Betty Rubble laugh.
Even better was the plot, which was cleverly played out and choreographed."Flinstones In Viva Rock Vegas" deserves to be on list containing the funniest and smartest movies of the year..
Even better was the plot, which was cleverly played out and choreographed."Flinstones In Viva Rock Vegas" deserves to be on list containing the funniest and smartest movies of the year..
Basically The Great Gazoo (Alan Cumming) has come to Earth to see how humans (or should that be Neanderthals) mate, in his case, Fred Flintstone (A Knight's Tale's Mark Addy) and Barney Rubble (Stephen Baldwin).
Soon enough Fred and Barney meet and fall in love with Wilma Slaghoople (Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me's Kristen Johnston) and Betty O'Shale (30 Rock's Jane Krakowski).
The story is so clichéd.You know Fred & Wilma marry in the end just like in the cartoon.
The Flintstones: Viva Rock Vegas (2000): Dir: Brian Levant / Cast: Mark Addy, Stephen Baldwin, Kristen Johnson, Jane Krakowski, Joan Collins: No improvement over the over hyped original disappointment.
Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble become employed at the rock quarry then they meet the embarrassing Great Gazoo.
Not to mention that we never heard of Wilma meeting Betty while she was a runaway.In addition, in this movie they have Fred and Barney meeting Gazoo even before they meet the girls.