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Are comedy movies dead?
Kavik:
I'm struggling to remember any movie I've ever found legitimately funny. I remember laughing a lot during Super Bad, but I'm not sure I would still find it as funny since that was 13 years ago. I think TV shows generally lend themselves to comedy better. Something about the 1.5-2 hour narrative structure isn't very conducive to comedy IMO, maybe because it require too much sustained sense-making for the story to be coherent. My memory could also just be shot, and I'm unable to think of anything else. Regardless, definitely nothing in the last 5 years stands out.
As far as recent TV series go, The Righteous Gemstones was really funny, but that's because I grew up in the Bible Belt, so I can see how spot on the parody is.
Maybe I'm just like Stan in South Park and hate everything.
Shapey Fiend:
Mid budget comedies and dramas have gotten pretty thin on the ground in cinemas. Everything is either a 200 million dollar movie or a 5 million dollar movie.
I'm terrible at remembering what movies I've seen but comedies (or movies that were funny in part) I've seen recently would be Another Round, The Kid Detective, Shiva Baby, The King of Staten Island, Minari, The 40-Year-Old Version, The Art of Self Defence, I Care A Lot, Death to 2020, Promising Young Woman, Brittany Runs A Marathon.
Been watching a lot of Mike Leighs older comedy movies lately. Secrets & Lies is fiyah.
phinix:
If I want to watch some good comedy, I play one of old movies with Chevy Chase.
That was funny.
Darthbaggins:
--- Quote from: phinix on Wed, 14 July 2021, 10:42:49 ---If I want to watch some good comedy, I play one of old movies with Chavy Chase.
That was funny.
--- End quote ---
Caddy Shack, Blazing Saddles and SpaceBalls are my go to if I need a good laugh - current "Comedies" are meh but most of it has been swarmed by TV since it works better as a small sampling vs a 2hr forced chucklefest.
noisyturtle:
--- Quote from: Darthbaggins on Thu, 15 July 2021, 07:15:53 ---
--- Quote from: phinix on Wed, 14 July 2021, 10:42:49 ---If I want to watch some good comedy, I play one of old movies with Chavy Chase.
That was funny.
--- End quote ---
Caddy Shack, Blazing Saddles and SpaceBalls are my go to if I need a good laugh - current "Comedies" are meh but most of it has been swarmed by TV since it works better as a small sampling vs a 2hr forced chucklefest.
--- End quote ---
I love The Man Who Knew Too Little
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