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FOT Community => General Discussion => Topic started by: Gilly on September 12, 2008, 06:36:48 PM
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Has anybody seen a decent laugh out loud comedy lately? Because, I haven't. I'm resorting to watching the bottom of the barrel 80's teen comedies (I watched Private School last night on Netflix...) to get my comedy fix and I'm ashamed to admit that I even resorted to watching Drillbit Taylor a few weeks ago. The genre is in a sad state right now, don't you think?
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It's hard find anything that ain't middlin' (looking at you W Ferrell). I know I can always resort to my Strangers with Candy or UK Office or and It's Always Sunny... DVDs, but I'd love to see a new series or movie that makes me laugh.
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I laughed pretty hard at Forgetting Sarah Marshall. I like Apatow stoner comedies, what can I say?
Haven't seen Drillbit Taylor, but I don't really want to because Owen Wilson really, really bugs me*
*unless, for some strange reason, Wes Anderson is his director. He killed as Eli in RT. The "General Custer" line gets me every time.
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I also actually liked Forgetting Sarah Marshall. But Drillbit Taylor is horrible.
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A lot of major critics have trashed it, but I think Burn After Reading is the funniest movie I've seen all year. It's the best kind of comedy: stupid people who think they're smart, running around and fudging things up. I can't wait to see it again.
My grade: A-
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How about Baby Mama? I laughed but not that much and that's about what I've come to expect from a comedy (not dramedy) these days.
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I watched Baby Mama the other day, and I thought it was funny in spots, but otherwise very bland. Amy Poehler is great though.
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I thought Baby Mama stunk. Aside from a few good lines from Dax Shepherd, Steve Maritn, & Amy Poehler, I feel like every single joke was in the trailers.
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Burn After Reading wasnt bad it had its moments.
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i kinda have to agree
ever comedy i saw this summer was disappointing.
and i saw forgetting sarah marshall two weeks after being dumped, i think a lot of the funny was lost on me.
the dracula puppet musical was amazing though, i'd pay just to see that.
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Did anybody see stepbrothers? I'm very sick of Will Ferrell's schtick, but the trailer made me cackle.
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I just got back from Burn After Reading. I loved it. It was slow at the beginning, but once everything was established, it was just what I wanted out of a Coen brothers comedy. I guess it was just about what I expected too, but so what, I wasn't let down at all, and it made my day.
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I thought Burn After Reading was great too.
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the house bunny was awesome. i'd fuck the shit out of anna faris. she's hot and funny too. i hope she likes hot tubs.
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the house bunny was awesome. i'd fuck the shit out of anna faris. she's hot and funny too. i hope she likes hot tubs.
Rad, man!
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what about TV series? I've been catching up on my Arrested Development and I always go back to Trailer Park Boys when I'm sick of everything. I could watch that shit ALL DAY.
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I recently saw Year of the Dog. It may have flown under some people's radars. It's quite smart, funny, and also touching.
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I recently saw Year of the Dog. It may have flown under some people's radars. It's quite smart, funny, and also touching.
I thought it was really underrated. Molly Shannon is great in it and it's certain a very touching, sad movie.
I think TV shows are always the best to revisit. Each year (especially during Summer and Christmas break), I watch the entire Seinfeld series, all the Simpsons DVDs, Freaks & Geeks, It's Always Sunny, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and Arrested Development. Then there's always Upright Citizens Brigade, Kids in the Hall, etc.
There are still comedies I can always rewatch (Wet Hot American Summer, Pee Wee's Big Adventure, The Jerk).
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Maybe there's another thread for this one but I thought Hamlet 2 was really good.
Steve Coogan's performance was simultaneously hilarious and toe curling (in part because I often struggle to answer the question, "what if I do suck as an artist")
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A lot of major critics have trashed it, but I think Burn After Reading is the funniest movie I've seen all year. It's the best kind of comedy: stupid people who think they're smart, running around and fudging things up. I can't wait to see it again.
My grade: A-
The critical rap on Burn After Reading seems to be that it's enjoyable but forgettable. I had the same exerience with Intolerable Cruelty (The Coen Brother's movie with Clooney, Catherine Zeta Jones and B-Bob Thornton). I know I enjoyed the heck out of it, but in retrospect, I can't tell you what the plot was. So I should probably see Burn After Reading, and then immediately go see it again so I can remember what happened.
It's perhaps more of a dramady than comedy, but I like Weeds . Kevin Nealon's character cracks me up ... he's an idiot, but an idiot with a few savant-ish areas in which he excels, which is sort of an interesting twist on the Will Ferrel formula