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Fun Stuff => ENJOY => Topic started by: Ikrik on 28 Sep 2009, 21:34
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So I was looking through my PS3's collection of movies and I realized something that really irks me. I have a big collection of horror, classics, and action films. I have this really wide and pretty satisfying collection of movies with one noteable exception. I have almost no funny or light films. So I need some recommendations. Things that are light and enjoyable, "popcorn flicks", and comedies. Be warned about comedies though, I can't stand stupid comedy and don't like any comedians. So if you can throw some suggestions my way that would be absolutely awesome. Thanks guys
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Real Genius. It's a classic 80's nerd movie. It's a little stupid, but it's got some really witty stuff in there. Also:
Little Miss Sunshine (of of the funniest movies I've ever seen)
Blues Brothers (classic)
Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (prefer this to Snatch, personally)
Big Trouble (based on a Dave Barry novel, and that's all you need to know)
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Schindler's List
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Down With Love
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Schindler's List
I see what you did there
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Some Like It Hot: definitely rewards repeat viewings, since that's the best way to appreciate just how perfectly constructed and performed it is.
Dr Strangelove: Slim Pickens riding a bomb and Sterling Hayden telling you all about how he needs to safeguard his bodily fluids from Communism.
Black Cat, White Cat: proves that romantic comedies can be great when they involve more coked-up Roma mob bosses and general absurdity and less Hugh Grant.
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear: it's pretty much essential.
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Yes. Add Shaun of The Dead too.
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The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear: it's pretty much essential.
Oh fuck if we're going this route then Airplane is as mandatory as it gets.
Also, Young Frankenstein and Robin Hood: Men in Tights.
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Also, Young Frankenstein and Robin Hood: Men in Tights.
Hell to the muthafuckin yes. Peter Boyle: up there in the awesometrosphere.
Wait, does not liking comedians mean you don't like Robin Williams? Because that would make you a bad person. :x
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I'm pretty sure it means the exact opposite actually.
Young Frankenstein is brilliant, but Men In Tights over Blazing Saddles? Really?
And how the fuck did I forget Kind Hearts And Coronets, the best film Alec Guinness ever made. "I shot an arrow in the air... She fell to earth in Berkeley Square."
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Hot Fuzz.
One of my favorite movies ever.
Because shit just got real.
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Young Frankenstein is brilliant, but Men In Tights over Blazing Saddles? Really?
He said he hated "stupid" humor, and he probably wouldn't take kindly to the cowboys-eating-beans scene.
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Ah, good point. Blowing up Mongo Looney Tunes style probably wouldn't go down well either.
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Ah but damn I love that movie. "What's a dazzling urbanite like you doing in a rustic setting like this?"
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Thanks guys, these have been really great.
I'll clarify what I mean by "stupid" humor. I'll point at just about everything that Ben Stiller does. I'll also point out that I'm not a fan of gross-out humor. I understand why people find it funny but as a viewer I always feel that if they resort to gross-out humor they're insulting my intelligence. Some of the comedies that I really, really enjoy are: City Slickers, Groundhog Day, Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and Who Framed Roger Rabbit. I'm more of a fan of written humor as opposed to slapstick and gross-out.
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Yeah then Blazing Saddles is not right or you. The other two though, definitely.
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The Whole Nine Yards
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THE PRINCESS BRIDE (I am all but convinced that there exists no greater movie)
The Hudsucker Proxy (Coen brothers at their lightest)
Young Frankenstein (seconded - I'm not so much a fan of the other Mel Brook's films, but this one shoots right up to the top)
Waking Ned Devine
The Full Monty
Waiting for Guffman/Best in Show/A Mighty Wind
The Three Amigos
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A second recommendation for Dr. Strangelove. A hands down brilliant movie and quite possibly one of the best comedies I've ever seen.