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Post by Alexrd on Jun 8, 2024 16:55:30 GMT
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Post by Subtext Mining on Jun 8, 2024 19:13:17 GMT
I haven't watched television in almost 25 years.
Ingram, I somehow just knew MacGyver and Airwolf would be on your list.
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Post by eljedicolombiano on Jun 9, 2024 15:45:29 GMT
I agree with many of you in that tv shows and series leave a lot to be desired these days- too often the shows outlive their welcome and end poorly. If I where to rank them in no order
Cartoons:
Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies
Tom and Jerry
Dragon Ball
Fosters Home for Imaginary Friends
Dexters Laboratory
The Clone Wars
Rebels
TV Shows
Seinfeld
Mr Bean
That 70’s Show
Blackadder
The Three Stooges (technically movie shorts so they don’t count, but whatevs)
I may do a Seinfeld ranking of characters, episodes etc later
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Post by stampidhd280pro on Jun 9, 2024 22:10:37 GMT
What I noticed about kids TV this century so far, not that pay enough attention, is that more of it seems so generic and safe. There were shows called Billy and Mandy, Drake and Josh, Sam and Cat. Two of which are just kid sitcoms. The "quirky" stuff got cleaner, and less abrasive. Even Rugrats makes Fairly Odd Parents look like the Waltons.
Ironically, the most satisfyingly bizarre thing I've seen on kids TV this century was just called "Regular Show".
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Post by eljedicolombiano on Jun 10, 2024 19:52:26 GMT
Top Seinfeld characters
1. Kramer
2. Jerry
3. Newman
4. Frank Costanza
5. George
6. Elaine
7. Jackie Chiles
8. J. Peterman
9. Steinbrenner
10. Mr Bookman
Top Seinfeld episodes
10. The Statue
9. The Limo
8. The Switch
7. The Ticket
6. The Package
5. The Soup Nazi
4. The Label Maker
3. The Marine Biologist
2. The Barber
1. The Race
Honorable Mentions: The Sniffing Accountant, The Little Kicks, Merv Griffith Show, The Pothole, The Opposite, The Little Jerry
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Post by Subtext Mining on Jun 12, 2024 7:43:46 GMT
Oh man, I ate, breathed and slept Seinfeld in the '90s. I don't know if I could even think of top episodes, I like them all equally.
I also enjoyed a show in the late-80s on USA called Day By Day, in which one character was played by none other than Julia Louis-Dreyfus. She was a side character, kind of the wacky friend to the central family of the show. But she stole the show hands down. I remember deciding to watch her career with great interest.
Shortly after it got canceled, I caught the first few episodes of a new show called Seinfeld, and immediately became a top fan. Then they eventually brought in Elaine. I did the Leo DiCaprio point, and was so elated.
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Post by Ingram on Jul 29, 2024 10:32:06 GMT
The 2024 Summer Olympics are here...
In honor of, list your favorite Sports Films.
20. The Cutting Edge
19. Best of the Best
18. Any Given Sunday
17. By the Sword
16. Rush
15. Redbelt
14. Le Mans
13. The Black Stallion Returns
12. Chariots of Fire
11. The Great White Hope
10. Rocky III
09. Bloodsport
08. Hard Times
07. Days of Thunder
06. The Natural
05. Undisputed
04. Ferrari 03. Red Line 7000
02. The Black Stallion
01. Grand Prix
Yeah. I like fighting and auto (pod) racing.
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Post by Alexrd on Jul 30, 2024 8:41:30 GMT
I watched Ferrari a month or so ago. It was underwhelming and I can't explain why. I guess my expectations were too high...?
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Post by eljedicolombiano on Aug 3, 2024 16:25:42 GMT
Sports films aren't exactly my favorites but If I had to rank them:
6. Bend it like Beckham
5. Grand Prix
4. Ford vs Ferrari
3. The Black Stallion
2. The Natural
1. Rocky
Some similarities with Ingram
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Post by Subtext Mining on Aug 3, 2024 18:29:25 GMT
Glad to see The Natural getting some love. I saw it in the theater as a kid when it came out, and was mesmerized by it.
I haven't seen many sports movies, but here's ones I liked, that I saw in the theater.
Cool Runnings
The Natural
Karate kid
Sandlot
Waterboy
And ones I saw on dvd or tv.
42
Running Man
BMX Bandits
All the other sports movies I've seen, but am neutral about.
Major League
Field of Dreams
Bad News Bears
Caddyshack
Chariots of Fire
Talladega Nights
A League of their Own
Breakin'
Raging Bull
Rocky
And I watched the tv show Coach every week.
And love the Huey Lewis album Sports.
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Back on my BS. Seeing as how Megalopolis is reportedly 138 minutes long, it seems like an appropriate place for this list to end, even though Lucas is the only living director in this list who is actually retired. Zemeckis already has another movie coming out in November.
138 theatrical film releases by Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, John Milius, Willard Huyck, Matthew Robbins, Robert Zemeckis, Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Lawrence Kasdan, and Godfrey Reggio. Arranged into triple features, all in chronological order, DEMENTIA 138 is as follows:
Dementia 13 (1963)
You’re a Big Boy Now (1966)
Finian’s Rainbow (1968)
The Rain People (1969)
THX 1138 (1971)
Duel (1971)
The Godfather (1972)
Dillinger (1973)
Messiah of Evil (1973)
American Graffiti (1973)
The Conversation (1974)
The Sugarland Express (1974)
The Godfather Part II (1974)
The Wind and the Lion (1975)
Jaws (1975)
Star Wars: A New Hope (1977)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Big Wednesday (1978)
Corvette Summer (1978)
I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)
The Muppet Movie (1979)
More American Graffiti (1979)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
French Postcards (1979)
1941 (1979)
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Used Cars (1980)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
The Great Muppet Caper (1981)
Dragonslayer (1981)
Body Heat (1981)
One from the Heart (1982)
Conan the Barbarian (1982)
Poltergeist (1982)
E.T. the Extraterrestrial (1982)
Koyaanisqatsi (1982)
The Dark Crystal (1982)
The Outsiders (1983)
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983)
The Big Chill (1983)
Rumble Fish (1983)
Romancing the Stone (1984)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)
Best Defense (1984)
Red Dawn (1984)
The Cotton Club (1984)
Back to the Future (1985)
Silverado (1985)
The Legend of Billie Jean (1985)
The Color Purple (1985)
Labyrinth (1986)
Howard the Duck (1986)
Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
Gardens of Stone (1987)
*batteries not included (1987)
Empire of the Sun (1987)
Powaqqatsi (1988)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988)
Tucker: The Man and his Dream (1988)
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
The Accidental Tourist (1988)
Farewell to the King (1989)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Back to the Future Part II (1989)
Always (1989)
I Love You to Death (1990)
Back to the Future Part III (1990)
The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone (1990)
Flight of the Intruder (1991)
Bingo (1991)
What About Bob? (1991)
Hook (1991)
The Grand Canyon (1991)
Housesitter (1992)
Death Becomes Her (1992)
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
Jurassic Park (1993)
Schindler’s List (1993)
Forrest Gump (1994)
Wyatt Earp (1994)
Radioland Murders (1994)
French Kiss (1995)
The Indian in the Cupboard (1995)
Jack (1996)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
Contact (1997)
In & Out (1997)
The Rainmaker (1997)
Amistad (1997)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (1999)
Bowfinger (1999)
Mumford (1999)
What Lies Beneath (2000)
Cast Away (2000)
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001)
The Score (2001)
Jurassic Park III (2001)
Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (2002)
Minority Report (2002)
Naqoyqatsi (2002)
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Dreamcatcher (2003)
The Stepford Wives (2004)
The Terminal (2004)
The Polar Express (2004)
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (2005)
War of the Worlds (2005)
Munich (2005)
Death at a Funeral (2007)
Youth Without Youth (2007)
Beowulf (2007)
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
Tetro (2009)
A Christmas Carol (2009)
B’twixt Now & Sunrise (2011)
The Adventures of Tintin (2011)
War Horse (2012)
Darling Companion (2012)
Red Tails (2012)
Flight (2012)
Lincoln (2013)
Visitors (2014)
Strange Magic (2015)
Bridge of Spies (2015)
The Walk (2015)
The BFG (2016)
Allied (2016)
The Post (2017)
Ready Player One (2018)
Welcome to Marwen (2018)
West Side Story (2021)
Once Within a Time (2022)
The Fabelmans (2022)
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)
Megalopolis (2024)
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Well, I decided that Huyck's movies were really not up to par, and Kasdan was just out of place, and I found John Landis was the missing piece, for some obvious reasons. It includes the whole Beverly Hills Cop trilogy, even though he only made the third one. Why not? Lucas's weaker pet projects like More American Graffiti and Strange Magic fell to the wayside, as did Coppola's B'Twixt, and Zemeckis's straight-to-streaming releases. Neither does Schlock appear in this list. I feel overall this is the most enjoyable sequence and the most connective with most of these filmmakers all collaborating and appearing in each others movies. Dementia 138:
Dementia 13 (1963)
You’re a Big Boy Now (1966)
Finian’s Rainbow (1968)
The Rain People (1969)
THX 1138 (1971)
Duel (1971)
The Godfather (1972)
Dillinger (1973)
American Graffiti (1973)
The Conversation (1974)
The Sugarland Express (1974)
The Godfather Part II (1974)
The Wind and the Lion (1975)
Jaws (1975)
Star Wars: A New Hope (1977)
The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Big Wednesday (1978)
Corvette Summer (1978)
Animal House (1978)
I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)
The Muppet Movie (1979)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
1941 (1979)
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
The Blues Brothers (1980)
Used Cars (1980)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
The Great Muppet Caper (1981)
Dragonslayer (1981)
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
One from the Heart (1982)
Conan the Barbarian (1982)
Poltergeist (1982)
E.T. the Extraterrestrial (1982)
Koyaanisqatsi (1983)
The Dark Crystal (1982)
The Outsiders (1983)
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983)
Trading Places (1983)
Rumble Fish (1983)
Romancing the Stone (1984)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)
Red Dawn (1984)
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
The Cotton Club (1984)
Into the Night (1985)
The Goonies (1985)
Back to the Future (1985)
The Legend of Billie Jean (1985)
Spies Like Us (1985)
Clue (1985)
The Color Purple (1985)
Labyrinth (1986)
Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
¡Three Amigos! (1986)
Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
Gardens of Stone (1987)
Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)
*batteries not included (1987)
Empire of the Sun (1987)
Powaqqatsi (1988)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988)
Coming to America (1988)
Tucker: The Man and his Dream (1988)
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
Farewell to the King (1989)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Back to the Future Part II (1989)
Always (1989)
Back to the Future Part III (1990)
The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone (1990)
Flight of the Intruder (1991)
Oscar (1991)
Bingo (1991)
What About Bob? (1991)
Hook (1991)
Housesitter (1992)
Death Becomes Her (1992)
Innocent Blood (1992)
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
Jurassic Park (1993)
Schindler’s List (1993)
Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)
Forrest Gump (1994)
Radioland Murders (1994)
The Indian in the Cupboard (1995)
Jack (1996)
The Stupids (1996)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
Contact (1997)
In & Out (1997)
The Rainmaker (1997)
Amistad (1997)
Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (1999)
Bowfinger (1999)
What Lies Beneath (2000)
Cast Away (2000)
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001)
The Score (2001)
Jurassic Park III (2001)
Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (2002)
Minority Report (2002)
Naqoyqatsi (2002)
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
The Stepford Wives (2004)
The Terminal (2004)
The Polar Express (2004)
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (2005)
War of the Worlds (2005)
Munich (2005)
Death at a Funeral (2007)
Youth Without Youth (2007)
Beowulf (2007)
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
Tetro (2009)
A Christmas Carol (2009)
The Adventures of Tintin (2011)
War Horse (2012)
Red Tails (2012)
Flight (2012)
Lincoln (2013)
Visitors (2014)
Bridge of Spies (2015)
The Walk (2015)
The BFG (2016)
Allied (2016)
The Post (2017)
Ready Player One (2018)
Welcome to Marwen (2018)
West Side Story (2021)
Once Within a Time (2022)
The Fabelmans (2022)
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)
Megalopolis (2024)
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Post by Ingram on Oct 29, 2024 22:32:31 GMT
Happy Halloween, goofs.
This time last year I simply listed my favorite horror films. As a change-up, then, I thought I'd explore a Top 10 for each Monster/Sub-genre of horror, or at least some of the most common. Feel free to add however many (or few) favs to any other category not listed.
Vampires
10. Blade 199809. Byzantium 201208. Innocent Blood 199207. Interview with the Vampire 199406. Dracula 193105. Near Dark 198704. Vampires 199803. The Hunger 198302. The Lost Boys 198701. Bram Stoker's Dracula 1992
Contenders:
From Dusk Til Dawn
Lifeforce
Last Voyage of the Demeter
Werewolves
10. The Brothers Grimm 200509. I Was a Teenage Werewolf 195708. Werewolf of London 193507. Wolfen 198106. Dog Soldiers 200205. Brotherhood of the Wolf 200104. An American Werewolf in London 198103. Wolf 199402. The Howling 1981
01. The Company of Wolves 1984
Contenders:
Last Phases
Silver Bullet
Bad Moon
Zombies
10. Dawn of the Dead 200409. Army of the Dead 200108. C.H.U.D. 198407. The Return of the Living Dead 198506. Re-Animator 198505. Braindead 199204. Planet Terror 200703. Night of the Comet 198402. Creature with the Atom Brain 195501. I Walked with a Zombie 1943
Contenders:
Doom
Return of the Living Dead Part II
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Demons & Demonic Possession
10. Rawhead Rex 198609. Possession 198108. Jacob's Ladder 199007. Omen III: The Final Conflict 198106. End of Days 199905. Exorcist II: The Heretic 197704. The Keep 198303. Prince of Darkness 198702. The Exorcist 197301. The Omen 1976
Contenders:
Drag Me to Hell
The Pope's Exorcist
Pumpkinhead
Ghosts & Hauntings
10. The Wraith 1986 09. The Screaming Skull 1958
08. Poltergeist II 198607. Hausu 197706. Ghosts of Mars 200105. The Innocents 196104. The Shining 198003. Ghostbusters 198402. Poltergeist 198201. The Fog 1980
Contenders:
The Frighteners
The Haunting
Flatliners
Slashers
10. Death Proof 200709. Friday the 13th Part IV: Jason Lives 198608. Summer of 84 201807. Dementia 13 196306. Psycho II 198305. Halloween 197804. Intruder 198903. Psycho 196002. Dressed to Kill 198001. Eyes of Laura Mars 1978
Contenders:
Silent Rage
Chopping Mall
Halloween II
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Hoodlee hoo. Did u watch Megalop?
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Dementia 138 update:
With Landis now in the mix, Joe Dante's place within the story became more apparent, as the other missing piece. Milus's movies fell to the wayside, as did Jurassic Park 3 and the Beverly Hills Cop trilogy (which was impossible to justify anyway).
Dante's early work for Roger Corman is especially appropriate in a list that already includes Dementia 13, Schlock, and Jaws. Rock n Roll High School is almost too good to be true, so it beats out More American Graffiti. Howard the Duck and Willow have returned - omitting them from this list was a dumb mistake.
Reggio's Once Within a Time gets dropped for being more of a longform animated short than a movie. Walter Murch's Return to Oz is missing again. Still not sure how I feel about that... Dial of Destiny ends up being the only Disney-branded picture in the list, officially addressing the Disney sale and recognizing the end of an era. Some of my release date ordeer was also corrected. It's also arranged into double features now, instead of triple features.
DEMENTIA 138
Dementia 13 (1963)
You’re a Big Boy Now (1966)
Finian’s Rainbow (1968)
The Rain People (1969)
THX 1138 (1971)
Duel (1971)
The Godfather (1972)
Schlock (1972)
American Graffiti (1973)
The Sugarland Express (1974)
The Conversation (1974)
The Godfather Part II (1974)
Jaws (1975)
Hollywood Boulevard (1976)
Star Wars: A New Hope (1977)
The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)
Animal House (1978)
Piranha (1978)
Rock ‘n’ Roll High School (1979)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
The Muppet Movie (1979)
1941 (1979)
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
The Blues Brothers (1980)
Used Cars (1980)
The Howling (1981)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
The Great Muppet Caper (1981)
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
One from the Heart (1982)
E.T. the Extraterrestrial (1982)
Poltergeist (1982)
The Dark Crystal (1982)
The Outsiders (1983)
Koyaanisqatsi (1983)
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983)
Trading Places (1983)
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
Rumble Fish (1983)
Romancing the Stone (1984)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Gremlins (1984)
The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)
The Cotton Club (1984)
Into the Night (1985)
The Goonies (1985)
Back to the Future (1985)
Explorers (1985)
Spies Like Us (1985)
Clue (1985)
The Color Purple (1985)
Labyrinth (1986)
Howard the Duck (1986)
Amazon Women on the Moon (1986)
Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
¡Three Amigos! (1986)
Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
Gardens of Stone (1987)
Innerspace (1987)
Empire of the Sun (1987)
Powaqqatsi (1988)
Willow (1988)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988)
Coming to America (1988)
Tucker: The Man and his Dream (1988)
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
The ‘Burbs (1989)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Back to the Future Part II (1989)
Always (1989)
Back to the Future Part III (1990)
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone (1990)
Hook (1991)
Oscar (1991)
What About Bob? (1991)
Housesitter (1992)
Death Becomes Her (1992)
Innocent Blood (1992)
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
Matinee (1993)
Jurassic Park (1993)
Schindler’s List (1993)
Forrest Gump (1994)
Radioland Murders (1994)
The Indian in the Cupboard (1995)
The Stupids (1996)
Jack (1996)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
Contact (1997)
In & Out (1997)
The Rainmaker (1997)
Amistad (1997)
Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
Small Soldiers (1998)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (1999)
Bowfinger (1999)
What Lies Beneath (2000)
Cast Away (2000)
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001)
The Score (2001)
Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (2002)
Minority Report (2002)
Naqoyqatsi (2002)
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)
The Terminal (2004)
The Stepford Wives (2004)
The Polar Express (2004)
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (2005)
War of the Worlds (2005)
Munich (2005)
Death at a Funeral (2007)
Beowulf (2007)
Youth Without Youth (2007)
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
Tetro (2009)
B’twixt Now and Sunrise (2011)
The Adventures of Tintin (2011)
War Horse (2011)
Red Tails (2012)
Lincoln (2012)
Flight (2012)
Visitors (2013)
Strange Magic (2015)
Bridge of Spies (2015)
The Walk (2015)
Allied (2016)
The Post (2017)
Ready Player One (2018)
Welcome to Marwen (2018)
West Side Story (2021)
The Fabelmans (2022)
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)
Megalopolis (2024)
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Post by eljedicolombiano on Nov 21, 2024 19:38:04 GMT
I'm afraid I'm no good when it comes to Horror movies, so I'll challenge myself a bit and rank my favorite comedy films. This is a slightly hard task as it's a genre that tends to be quite cross-genre, and the recent comedies of the last 25 years or so frankly leave very little to be desired, with a few exceptions. We've mostly forgotten the art of being funny without being too vulgar.
1. Airplane!
2. Arsenic and Old Lace
3. Monkey Business
4. Trading Places
5. His Girl Friday
6. Bringing Up Baby
7. Mrs Doubtfire
8. The Pink Panther (1963)
9. Rush Hour
10. Tower Heist
11. Night at the Museum
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Post by stampidhd280pro on Nov 21, 2024 22:58:14 GMT
Comedies... phew, this is hard.
Clifford
Evil Dead 2
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Rat Race
Small Time Crooks
Crazy People
Anchorman
The Hangover
UHF
Idiocracy
Oh Brother Where Art Thou?
The Odd Couple (60s version)
Clue
My Cousin Vinny
Johnny Dangerously
8 Heads in a Duffel Bag
The Man Who Knew Too Little
Weekend at Bernie's
Harvey
The Stupids
Bowfinger
Death at a Funeral (2007 UK version)
The Producers (60s version)
Oh, i see you already got Trading Places. Sorry, I guess my comedy knowledge is pretty basic.
You may never have seen:
Bartleby
Nurse Betty
Neighbors (1981)
Boris and Natasha: The Movie
I liked the Killer Tomatoes series as a kid but I'm pretty sure those are garbage. Still feel like I'm missing something huge here.
Radioland Murders gets funnier with repeat viewings, but it starts to lose steam toward the end.
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Post by Ingram on Nov 22, 2024 10:41:10 GMT
I'm afraid I'm no good when it comes to Horror movies, so I'll challenge myself a bit and rank my favorite comedy films. This is a slightly hard task as it's a genre that tends to be quite cross-genre, and the recent comedies of the last 25 years or so frankly leave very little to be desired, with a few exceptions.
You're tellin' me...
I can't remember the last time I ever had any use for the category in naked, situational terms. I can potentially laugh at works of fantasy, sci-fi, action-adventure or horror that's been heightened with absurdity, satire or offbeat irreverence while still functioning with some sincerity as whatever its respective genre. I'm usually the one to laugh watching Lynch or Kubrick, Altman, Maddin or even Cronenberg. I'll laugh watching RoboCop or 1977's Star Wars or, say, Temple of Doom.
Or American Psycho. Or Freeway.
But comedy merely for its own sake without anything else atypical to grease the wheels? I struggle. Laughing directly at "funny things" -- gags, punchlines, overall wackiness -- for a feature length runtime is not really in my genetic makeup. As much as I'm not a rom-com guy, ever more so can I not stand 'frat boy' humor like heyday Adam Sandler movies or The Hangover bullshit (apologies to any fans present). I'll try my best here without cross-pollinating too much, keeping my selection as close as possible to the praxis of character/situational humor despite larger goings-on.
10 in no order
- The Jerk
- The Blues Brothers
- Ghostbusters - Parenthood - Election
- Broadcast News
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail - Death Becomes Her - Being There - Monkey Business
Honorable Mention: Yes, I have a soft spot for the Jim Abrahams/Leslie Nielsen/Zucker Bros. spoofs of the '80s and early '90s.
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Post by Alexrd on Nov 22, 2024 12:00:29 GMT
We've mostly forgotten the art of being funny without being too vulgar.  I don't think I can rank comedies. There are so many mediocre movies that have great funny scenes. I'll list some from the top of my head that I enjoy for the most part: Modern Times Airplane Police Academy Bean Office Space Shaolin Soccer Rush Hour 2 Death at a Funeral (2007 UK version) I only watched the US remake, but I liked it. |
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Post by Subtext Mining on Nov 22, 2024 18:38:39 GMT
Mine that nobody has mentioned yet.
Spinal Tap
After Hours
What About Bob
Groundhogs Day
Princess Bride
Pee Wee's Big Adventure
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
The Party
The Apartment
A Christmas Story
Beetlejuice
The 'Burbs
Mars Attacks
The Big Lebowski
Almost Famous
You, Me, and Everyone We Know
I Heart Huckabees
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