a Harold & Kumar probably belongs on here - but which one?
xp hah I was going to say there was at least less BroComedy than I was fearing - removing Danny McBride from history seems to unshockingly have a salutory effect.
― Andrew Farrell, Monday, 11 July 2016 17:03 (seven years ago) link
i see oldlunch, you like yr film comedies as tv sketches draaaaaged out to feature length
thank you Lorne
― helpless before THRILLARY (Dr Morbius), Monday, 11 July 2016 17:04 (seven years ago) link
My omissions--either of which would have gotten my vote over anything here--are Ratatouille and The Way Way Back, but I'm assuming they didn't consider animation of the non-puppet-sex variety (though Team America isn't even the best puppet-sex movie of the last 16 years) or even see TWWB (since very few people did).
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Monday, 11 July 2016 17:04 (seven years ago) link
The Edgar Wrights are very different movies, you might be confused by the accents?
xp my "it's not great but I love it" missing would be Blades of Glory.
― Andrew Farrell, Monday, 11 July 2016 17:05 (seven years ago) link
biggest omissions are Eternal Sunshine (Morbz otm) and This is the End imo
I've seen all three movies AF, they are v similar in cast, tone, structure, joeks, etc.
― Οὖτις, Monday, 11 July 2016 17:10 (seven years ago) link
oh Kung Fu Hustle should be on here too, for sure
― Οὖτις, Monday, 11 July 2016 17:11 (seven years ago) link
― helpless before THRILLARY (Dr Morbius), Monday, July 11, 2016 12:04 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Lorne (or, more accurately, the Lonely Island dudes) only figured out a workable formula in the past decade. Which involves, notably, making something that resembles an actual movie rather than exhaustively riffing on something that barely worked in five-minute increments.
― Night Jorts (Old Lunch), Monday, 11 July 2016 17:13 (seven years ago) link
I liked all of these:
2. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)4. Best In Show (2000)5. Shaun Of The Dead (2004)7. Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy (2004)8. High Fidelity (2000)9. Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World (2010)10. Borat: Cultural Learnings Of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation Of Kazakhstan (2006)11. Superbad (2007)13. Hot Fuzz (2007)14. Bridesmaids (2011)15. Team America: World Police (2004)16. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)18. Mean Girls (2004)20. The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005)28. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)32. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)35. Kung Fu Hustle (2004)36. A Mighty Wind (2003)37. School Of Rock (2003)38. I Heart Huckabees (2004)40. Zoolander (2001)41. Ocean’s Eleven (2001)42. Knocked Up (2007)46. Bad Santa (2003)48. Josie And The Pussycats (2001)
voting Kiss Kiss Bang Bang because it's awesome and underrated
― volumetric god rays (DJP), Monday, 11 July 2016 17:15 (seven years ago) link
(although I probably should vote Kung Fu Hustle or Josie)
― volumetric god rays (DJP), Monday, 11 July 2016 17:17 (seven years ago) link
WHAS is a good #1 pick but all of these would get a thumbs up from me.
1. Wet Hot American Summer (2001)2. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)3. In The Loop (2009)5. Shaun Of The Dead (2004)6. Frances Ha (2012)8. High Fidelity (2000)10. Borat: Cultural Learnings Of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation Of Kazakhstan (2006)13. Hot Fuzz (2007)17. In Bruges (2008)27. Idiocracy (2006)28. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)29. The Informant! (2009)31. The World’s End (2013)35. Kung Fu Hustle (2004)46. Bad Santa (2003)
― nomar, Monday, 11 July 2016 17:25 (seven years ago) link
oh sorry missed that KFH is up there my bad
― Οὖτις, Monday, 11 July 2016 17:25 (seven years ago) link
good call above on Pineapple Express being omitted. I definitely have a strong bias towards some of these films after having watched them on cable 9,000 times, hence my top ten from this list would be:
2. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)3. In The Loop (2009)4. Best In Show (2000)5. Shaun Of The Dead (2004)7. Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy (2004)14. Bridesmaids (2011)17. In Bruges (2008)18. Mean Girls (2004)28. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)40. Zoolander (2001)
really hated to cut Hot Fuzz there. speaking of which, my #1 would be Shaun of the Dead.
― evol j, Monday, 11 July 2016 17:25 (seven years ago) link
i like all of the edgar wright films i've seen but SOTD is pretty clearly the funniest and the tightest film, narratively speaking.
― nomar, Monday, 11 July 2016 17:29 (seven years ago) link
No Wedding Crashers?
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Monday, 11 July 2016 17:30 (seven years ago) link
frances ha is a pretty damn good movie i think. also i enjoyed its humor, i was thinking it would be more dour than it was.
― nomar, Monday, 11 July 2016 17:31 (seven years ago) link
I guess I should probably finally watch Kung Fu Hustle and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Monday, 11 July 2016 17:47 (seven years ago) link
they might be overhyped at this point but I love both of them to death
― http://porno (DJP), Monday, 11 July 2016 17:48 (seven years ago) link
KFH has so many memorable aspects and the Ax Gang is super dope. the knife/snake scene is probably the funniest scene of any scene in any of these films (possible competition from the Tim Robbins murder fantasy in High Fidelity)
― nomar, Monday, 11 July 2016 18:18 (seven years ago) link
Seen 41, haven't heard of two.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 11 July 2016 18:29 (seven years ago) link
I think the hardest I've laughed at a movie made in the last 15 years was that one scene about ten minutes into The Other Guys. Too bad the rest of the movie didn't measure up.
― Night Jorts (Old Lunch), Monday, 11 July 2016 18:37 (seven years ago) link
12:08 East of Bucharest, guys.
― Frederik B, Monday, 11 July 2016 18:40 (seven years ago) link
the only times I laugh at movies are during rematches of The Naked Gun
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 11 July 2016 18:52 (seven years ago) link
sounds kinky
― momtest (map), Monday, 11 July 2016 18:53 (seven years ago) link
I guess the indifferently received sequels really damaged The Hangover's cultural standing (I always thought it was terrible but it was a pretty big deal at the time)
first Jump Street should probably be on there
Elf for sure
never actually watched the movie version of The Trip, but I'm sure it's better than half this list
― Number None, Monday, 11 July 2016 18:55 (seven years ago) link
surprised Super Troopers isn't on here
and yeah 21 Jump Street is a good call. I couldn't believe how funny that one was. (22 was good too but...yeah)
― frogbs, Monday, 11 July 2016 18:58 (seven years ago) link
v likely I Heart Huckabees is one of the 5 best here
(RIP Russell)
― helpless before THRILLARY (Dr Morbius), Monday, 11 July 2016 19:00 (seven years ago) link
and you people deserve Jonah Hill and Rogenthing.
― helpless before THRILLARY (Dr Morbius), Monday, 11 July 2016 19:01 (seven years ago) link
I'm by no means averse to Brit comedy but I thought The Trip was very dull.
great call on Super Troopers, that's finely distilled idiocy right there.
― evol j, Monday, 11 July 2016 19:02 (seven years ago) link
anyway I voted for Step Brothers :)
― Number None, Monday, 11 July 2016 19:04 (seven years ago) link
Also, I haven't seen them, but I've only heard good things about the Magic Mike films - seems like an odd omission.
― 'they pelted us with rocks and garbage' (Doctor Casino), Monday, 11 July 2016 19:09 (seven years ago) link
I... do not think the Magic Mike films are comedies
― http://porno (DJP), Monday, 11 July 2016 19:14 (seven years ago) link
i'd say the second very much is, in the Shakespearean sense!
― helpless before THRILLARY (Dr Morbius), Monday, 11 July 2016 19:15 (seven years ago) link
also Step Brothers fans, really, don't watch 12:08 or Offside, there's no point.
― helpless before THRILLARY (Dr Morbius), Monday, 11 July 2016 19:16 (seven years ago) link
I haven't seen them so my perception is 100% based on the promo material and secondhand accounts
― http://porno (DJP), Monday, 11 July 2016 19:16 (seven years ago) link
go back to the Jerry Lewis thread Morbs
there's nothing for you here
― Number None, Monday, 11 July 2016 19:20 (seven years ago) link
but Jerry Lewis is kinda like Adam Sandler, except funny.
― helpless before THRILLARY (Dr Morbius), Monday, 11 July 2016 19:21 (seven years ago) link
I loved the Trip. Several on here and suggested by some I would not consider comedies (including, possibly, the Trip). The way I see it is if I leave a movie with a general sense of melancholy or sadness, a la Lost in Translation (which is basically just a lighter remake of non-comedy In the Mood for Love) or Eternal Sunshine or even Royal Tenenbnums/Grand Budapest Hotel, I dunno if I think of them as comedies. List def. needs Pineapple Express/This is the End, or Harold and Kumar or a few others. Love that What We Do In The Shadows is here, that movie was hilarious.
Nice to see The Informant! on here. I'd read the book, so the tonally different movie was a really pleasant surprise.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 11 July 2016 19:29 (seven years ago) link
categorizing the ones I haven't seen...
very little interest:13. Hot Fuzz (2007)15. Team America: World Police (2004)23. Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007) 30. Young Adult (2011)
maybe if it's on tv:18. Mean Girls (2004)22. Burn After Reading (2008)48. Josie And The Pussycats (2001)
possible rental:43. State And Main (2000)47. Force Majeure (2014)49. Songs From The Second Floor (2000)
? look these up on imdb:44. The Color Wheel (2011)45. 12:08 East Of Bucharest (2006)
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 11 July 2016 19:34 (seven years ago) link
I liked Step Brothers and Outside
Offside I mean.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 11 July 2016 19:35 (seven years ago) link
If animation is ok, then how is the LEGO Movie not on here?
― Frederik B, Monday, 11 July 2016 19:37 (seven years ago) link
very few romantic comedies on there but I'd also have Enough Said on my personal list
and Adventureland
― Number None, Monday, 11 July 2016 19:39 (seven years ago) link
Songs From The Second Floor
Remains one of my favorite films, Bergman by way of Month Python. I saw it blind at Toronto International fest back in I guess 1999 or 2000, and it totally took me by surprise, so much so that I caught a second screening just to watch the audience react to it.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 11 July 2016 19:44 (seven years ago) link
Roy Andersson needs more explosive diarrhea gags
― helpless before THRILLARY (Dr Morbius), Monday, 11 July 2016 19:47 (seven years ago) link
apparently, his last one was originally titled A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Shitting on Adam Sandler, but Roy got cold feet
― Number None, Monday, 11 July 2016 19:52 (seven years ago) link
i wish I'd seen You the Living in a theater just for the tablecloth scene.
― JoeStork, Monday, 11 July 2016 19:58 (seven years ago) link
Hot Fuzz is my favorite movie on the list, but Bad Santa was probably the one that made me laugh the hardest. Decisions, decisions...
― frogbs, Monday, 11 July 2016 20:03 (seven years ago) link
Movie that made me laugh the hardest in recent years (and which I omitted in my earlier list of omissions, much to my shame): Appropriate Behaviour.
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Monday, 11 July 2016 20:14 (seven years ago) link
Young Adult is p great tbh, and I am far from a Reitman stan
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Monday, 11 July 2016 20:28 (seven years ago) link
It's good. Best Charlize Theron work though.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 11 July 2016 20:30 (seven years ago) link
I feel like the absurdist, gags-upon-gags sort of comedy in the lineage of Airplane! & Mel Brooks has been missing from contemporary cinema since at least the Anchorman/Step Brothers days and it makes me sad. I love that garbage. No emphasis on story or character, no attempt at biting satire, just an endless buffet of escalating dumb jokes
― feed me with your chips (zchyrs), Tuesday, January 16, 2024 10:06 AM (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
If you need a reminder of why this genre was likely rendered permanently radioactive, do a quick google for 'Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer'.
― Great-Tasting Burger Perceptions (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 16 January 2024 20:25 (four months ago) link
i see WHAS noted as a cult comedy by americans and i note once again that 'cult' in this context means "no jokes and no good line reads and no good performances' and honestly that's fine i spose
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Tuesday, 16 January 2024 20:27 (four months ago) link
That can sucks its own dick, dude.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 16 January 2024 20:30 (four months ago) link
which movie called Wet Hot American Summer did you watch that had no jokes?
― waste of compute (One Eye Open), Tuesday, 16 January 2024 21:56 (four months ago) link
britishes and Irishers don't get Withnail and I either.
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 16 January 2024 22:06 (four months ago) link
correct
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Tuesday, 16 January 2024 22:09 (four months ago) link
every performance in Wet Hot American Summer is amazing wtf
― frogbs, Tuesday, 16 January 2024 22:13 (four months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6YR1EvOS78
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 16 January 2024 22:14 (four months ago) link
I've seen a few British comedies. Brave flex there, darraghmac.
― Wack Snyder (Eric H.), Tuesday, 16 January 2024 22:24 (four months ago) link
xps fair point on Friedburg & Seltzer, those guys have a lot to answer for :(
― feed me with your chips (zchyrs), Tuesday, 16 January 2024 22:28 (four months ago) link
I started watching Barb & Star a while back and recall liking it, so it's due for a revisit. I'll put Theater Camp on the list too
― feed me with your chips (zchyrs), Tuesday, 16 January 2024 22:32 (four months ago) link
can we maybe pull back on calling ppl british as a reflex
historically we have shot ppl for it and im not sure laziness will be accepted as an excuse if i start
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Wednesday, 17 January 2024 18:12 (four months ago) link
Stop the presses, a new title emerges:
First poster for ‘RICKY STANICKY’, starring Zac Efron and John Cena.Releasing March 7 on Prime Video. pic.twitter.com/RyEm9SWvso— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) January 26, 2024
― badpee pooper (Eric H.), Friday, 26 January 2024 16:08 (four months ago) link
The writing credits are as long as a Kanye track's.
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 26 January 2024 16:14 (four months ago) link
Academy Award-winning director Peter Farrelly!
― The SoyBoy West Coast (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 26 January 2024 18:16 (four months ago) link
Perhaps Eric assumed that, much like every US funnyman turns out to be Canadian, British comedies are secretly entirely made by Irish people?
― Daniel_Rf, Saturday, 27 January 2024 06:41 (four months ago) link
an interesting thought- apart from graham linehan ironically who everyone thinks is irish but is actually from anywhere else
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Saturday, 27 January 2024 12:17 (four months ago) link