Funniest Films
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Topic: Funniest Films
Posted By: Atavachron
Subject: Funniest Films
Date Posted: July 10 2012 at 02:04
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After voting please discuss your favorite comedies. What makes a great funny movie?; is it the writing as with Python or Neil Simon, or is it more performance like in Spinal Tap or Fast Times? And is there a difference between 'Funniest' and 'Best comedy' ? Choosing a Woody Allen is hard as there are so many good ones; I listed Annie Hall as a fallback but would personally pick Crimes & Misdemeanors or Zelig over Annie. Ben Stiller like him or not has undoubtedly done some high-quality work, and the Python is a matter of taste. |
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: July 10 2012 at 02:55
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Young Frankenstein - Brooks, Wilder, Feldman - what's not to laugh at? ------------- What? |
Posted By: Sagichim
Date Posted: July 10 2012 at 03:12
| Monty Python is a classic! love it. |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: July 10 2012 at 06:14
| After Hours. One of my absolute favourite movies and the best thing Scorsese ever did. |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: July 10 2012 at 06:14
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Went with Holy Grail, with Frankenstein just behind. ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: smartpatrol
Date Posted: July 10 2012 at 08:48
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Date Posted: July 10 2012 at 08:52
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Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: July 10 2012 at 08:57
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Voted for Spinal Tap. I would ordinarily vote for Python, as I think they're incredible, but the Holy Grail just hasn't aged that well for me. Their best work was on the Flying Circus TV shows. But as far as laugh-out-loud funny goes, Spinal Tap gets me every time. So does Young Frankenstein (Put... the candle... back!). The Big Lebowski is laugh out loud funny too. ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: zappaholic
Date Posted: July 10 2012 at 18:56
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A very tough call, but I'm going with the Pythons. ------------- "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- H.L. Mencken |
Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: July 10 2012 at 18:58
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I am not a huge fan of most of these, but After Hours is absolute genius. One of the funniest films ever.
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Posted By: geneyesontle
Date Posted: July 10 2012 at 19:21
Yes, but the problem is that I haven't saw the other movies. But Holy Grail is classic. ------------- Poseidon wants to Acquire the Taste of the Fragile Lamb - Derek Adrian Gabriel Anderson, singer of the band Geneyesontle |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: July 10 2012 at 19:45
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My favorite funny movies are Plunkett & Macleane and the American version of The Ladykillers.
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Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: July 10 2012 at 19:59
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Posted By: The Bearded Bard
Date Posted: July 10 2012 at 20:04
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Posted By: timothy leary
Date Posted: July 11 2012 at 10:53
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Blazing Saddles Caddy Shack
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Posted By: Smurph
Date Posted: July 11 2012 at 11:00
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I love MP so I voted for Holy Grail... but Life of Brain is their best work and Meaning of Life I like more than holy grail as well. ------------- http://pseudosentai.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - http://pseudosentai.bandcamp.com/ wtf |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: July 11 2012 at 11:05
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Tropic Thunder was a film I didn't enjoy or find funny at all. Apart from Rob Downey. Thought it was awful. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: July 11 2012 at 11:07
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Posted By: frippism
Date Posted: July 11 2012 at 11:19
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Holy Grail ftw. ------------- There be dragons |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: July 11 2012 at 12:30
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Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: July 11 2012 at 12:51
I'd have to agree with thsi, really bad film. Voted for Python. ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: The Bearded Bard
Date Posted: July 11 2012 at 15:44
Life of Brian is also good, but I think it's too well thought out. It's not silly enough IMO. Meaning of Life was a slight return to the sillyness of HG, I feel, but because it lacks a cohesive story, and therefore resembles Flying Circus too much, I rank it last of their three feature films, behind HG and LoB.
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: July 11 2012 at 17:48
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Tropic Thunder is one of the best comedies in years, you probably need to see it a second time. I agree Meaning of Life is great, didn't like Life of Brian as much for some reason. |
Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: July 11 2012 at 18:15
Life of Brian is my favorite of the Python movies. Like it even better than Holy Grail. Still voted for the Python chaps. ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: July 11 2012 at 18:17
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Not fair to have any Python in there, as it wins by default. So I voted Spinal Tap. Although really, UHF. |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: July 11 2012 at 18:21
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Posted By: Morningrise
Date Posted: July 11 2012 at 18:40
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From the list I like/love, depending on each case, Spinal Tap, Holy Grail, Young Frankenstein, Annie Hall and Meet The Parents/Fockers
Haven't seen: Return Of The Pink Panther, After Hours
Dislike:
Tropic Thunder: It wasn't terrible, but it certainly failed to meet my expectations. Some parts were funny but for the most part of it I felt like it dragged on for too long
Fast Times At Ridgemont High :I can't understand the hype with this movie. Definitely not funny at all. Maybe it hasn't aged well. The same happens to me with Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Broderick is great but the movie is just, meh.
For college movies of the 80's I'd stay with The Last American Virgin all the way. Much more funny and with a great unexpected ending for this type of films.
Be Kind, Rewind: The idea was great, but again, the movie failed miserably to meet my expectations. Jack Black usually manages to have that effect on me (Year One was utter crap)
Some of my favorites are:
Zelig
Clerks Groundhog Day Naked Gun/Airplane! (I can laugh just by seeing Leslie Nielsen's face) Happiness (I wouldn't consider it a comedy, but it does have a lot of dark humour in it)
Voted Annie Hall so it could get its first vote.
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: July 11 2012 at 18:43
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Zelig is amazing. I know many don't like it and I can kind of understand why, but it's just so masterful and of course hilarious. |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: July 11 2012 at 18:46
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wow the Masters of Parliament are killing |
Posted By: Morningrise
Date Posted: July 11 2012 at 18:47
| Ohh add Anchorman to my list. |
Posted By: manofmystery
Date Posted: July 11 2012 at 19:38
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Holy Grail is in my top 5 all-time favorite movies so that's where my vote went. Caddyshack is still the greatest film ever made and Bill Murray is the one true god. The other comedy in my top 5 would be Blues Brothers which is just a masterpiece of cinema, comedy or not. Also have a great love for the other Python films, Stripes, Ghostbusters, Naked Gun, MST3K: The Movie, Blazing Saddles, Spaceballs... hell pretty much ever Mel Brooks' movie, Dirty Work, Talladega Nights, The Jerk, Animal House, Wrongfully Accused, Fish Called Wanda, Fierce Creatures, Run Ronnie Run, Kentucky Fried Movie, Groundhog Day, Kingpin, Dumb and Dumber, and I'm sure there are a ton I'm forgetting.
As for the others on this list:
This is Spinal Tap - I want to like this movie a lot more than I actually do. Everytime I watch it it just seems so slow.
Tropic Thunder - Really funny, actually, except for Tom Cruise's absolutely awful acting.
Young Frankenstein - a classic
Fast Times - Have never seen it, actually. Need to get past my sean penn hate and watch it one of these days.
Annie Hall - I generally do not like woody allen.
Return of the Pink Panther - still need to see all of the original Pink Panther films (will continue to skip the remakes)
Meet the Parents - a fairly amusing film
The last two I haven't seen. -------------  Time always wins. |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: July 11 2012 at 19:49
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Posted By: Flyingsod
Date Posted: July 11 2012 at 20:14
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I just don't know how to vote here. I remember absolutely loving some of these gems. Now I watch em and they are kinda dumb or silly. Holy Grail being the shining example of that. So Do I vote for how much I loved the movie when I loved it most or what I think of them now... I just won't vote. I would like to thank you for not adding an Adam Sandler movie though, his movies bore me to death. ------------- This space intentionally left blank |
Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: July 11 2012 at 20:21
Really? I thought Cruise was the only funny thing about the movie. -------------
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Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: July 11 2012 at 21:02
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I haven't seen Return of the Pink Panther yet, and as it's the only one which could probably best Young Frankenstein for me I'll refrain from voting until I have. Python would come in a fairly close third place.
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Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: July 11 2012 at 21:40
this is the truth |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: July 11 2012 at 21:56
One of my favorite movies  Some other absurd classics: Guest House Paradiso (absolutely hilarious!!) Hot Shots I & II Top Secret! UHF Up In Smoke (Cheech and Chong) Jane Austen's Mafia Baseketball High School High Spy Hard Super Troopers Loaded Weapon 1 Ace Ventura (both) Big Lebowski Braindead MASH Shaun of the Dead ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: July 11 2012 at 23:26
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Posted By: The Truth
Date Posted: July 11 2012 at 23:36
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Python was an obvious vote for me but here's a shout out to one of the funniest movies of all time in my book, Spaceballs! ------------- http://blindpoetrecords.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: July 11 2012 at 23:46
I think my favorite so far of the Panther series is A Shot in the Dark, and my favorite Sellers is probably...The Party. The opening scene alone has me rolling on the ground every time.  ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Salty_Jon" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: July 11 2012 at 23:51
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Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: July 12 2012 at 00:01
That, but most specifically, his praise-worthy efforts to continue playing his horn for such a long time. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Salty_Jon" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Eria Tarka
Date Posted: July 12 2012 at 00:53
| Looks like I'm the only one voting Be Kind Rewind so far, Jack Black's hilarious in it! |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: July 12 2012 at 00:59
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^ I loved that one |
Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: July 12 2012 at 01:15
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Something about Mary 40 year old virgin Office Space Mystery Men....which I seem to be the only one who ever liked it. I mean come on. The villain was Casanova Frankenstein ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow">  https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: July 12 2012 at 02:08
| I liked the original animated Office Space |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: July 12 2012 at 02:10
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Kingpin was okay, it's got moments but has too much stupid plotting |
Posted By: manofmystery
Date Posted: July 12 2012 at 15:40
Yeah, but you also bought into Herman Cain
 . Tom Cruise has never been good at his job. Terrible actor in general.
I knew there were a bunch of films I forgot, those are a few. Also, this reminded me: I left out Hot Fuzz, which I actually put ahead of Shaun of the Dead. ------------- Time always wins. |
Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: July 12 2012 at 20:51
| "Blazing Saddles" is the funniest movie ever made. As for Woody Allen, the nod goes to "Stardust Memories". |
Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: July 14 2012 at 23:32
Monty Python followed by Spinal Tap. A personal favourite of mine is Grandma's Boy. I'll never forget the first time I watched that one. Also, The Big Lebowski should be on here.  ------------- 
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: July 15 2012 at 00:28
| ^ never saw Lebowski, been meaning to-- and I almost included What About Bob? |
Posted By: tamijo
Date Posted: July 15 2012 at 00:39
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail Think its the funniest i'we ever seen------------- Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: July 15 2012 at 01:00
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Holy Grail may be the finest comedy ever written, but IMO Spinal Tap is funnier |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: July 15 2012 at 01:11
I don't like any of these.  ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: July 15 2012 at 01:12
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^ I tried to cover a range of eras and styles, but I only put 10 so it was limited |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: July 15 2012 at 01:34
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my other favorite Woody Allen's must be mentioned as they are so friggin good. Not all his films are made equal and he definitely had a bad period between about '95 and '03, but below are him at his peak as a writer/filmographer and absolute must-sees for any Allen fan; A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy Zelig Broadway Danny Rose Hanna and Her Sisters Radio Days Crimes and Misdemeanors Husbands and Wives |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: July 15 2012 at 04:07
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If it had been The Life of Brian, I would have voted for that as I think it is the best Python film and is better than all the others here. I think that both YF and Spinal Tap are better so I go for Spinal Tap but by a short whisker and I will change my mind again tomorrow ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: July 15 2012 at 04:11
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Oh, and I do like The Sleeper as far as Woody films are concerned ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: July 15 2012 at 04:56
I think it has moments of pure genius: Its hard not to vote for Holy Grail here, but my real favorites are The Jerk (Steve Martin) Life of Brian
The Party (Peter Sellers) Anchorman The Spongebob Squarepants Movie Dumb and Dumber And Ågget är Löst! I laughed a lot when I saw Meet the Parents but hated Meet the Fockers. Love Annie Hall as well.
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Posted By: geneyesontle
Date Posted: July 15 2012 at 08:02
This movie is funny. ------------- Poseidon wants to Acquire the Taste of the Fragile Lamb - Derek Adrian Gabriel Anderson, singer of the band Geneyesontle |
Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: July 16 2012 at 10:42
I liked the gay monk trailer more. But yeah, some people just have it in for anything with Ben Stiller. Also, the movie was the first time I didn't hate Tom Cruise. ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow"> https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: July 16 2012 at 14:08
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From the list: Spinal Tap But one of my fave must be The Gods Must Be Crazy And I really found funny the first part of the first Crocodile Dundee, the outback part.. Hated the second part of the movie... It was a bit like Tarzan In NY The first 48 Hours was also hilarious... the only movie where Eddie Murphy made me laugh ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: July 16 2012 at 14:14
Lord that is a tedious film. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: rdtprog
Date Posted: July 16 2012 at 14:30
Great movie!, but i don't know if it was really funny, or maybe a dark humour, the final scene is something funny, but it was very dark movie, like coming from our personal nightmare. To me Woody Allen's movie were funny and so good at the beginning of his career. I enjoy very much the dark humour of the brothers Cohen. The movie that i found the funniest is by far this one : The Royal Tenenbaums http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Royal_Tenenbaums" rel="nofollow - |
Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: July 17 2012 at 12:53
| Monty Python, hands down from this list. |
Posted By: Sheavy
Date Posted: July 17 2012 at 21:52
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Posted By: Sheavy
Date Posted: July 17 2012 at 21:59
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: July 17 2012 at 22:13
have you seen the outtakes?-- they couldn't stop laughing through most of this scene |
Posted By: Flyingsod
Date Posted: July 17 2012 at 22:13
Mmm sorry to put you in my compnay but I loved Mystery Men. Imo its the highest level of spoofing. A super hero who digs as his super power... " God gave me a gift. I shovel well. I shovel very well" hehee ------------- This space intentionally left blank |