yes.
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 13:39 (twelve years ago) link
i didn't vote so i can bitch about everything
― red is hungry green is jawless (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 13:41 (twelve years ago) link
http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k497/animalsbeingdicks/abd-200.gif
― hot and brothered (Eric H.), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 13:42 (twelve years ago) link
YAY!
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 13:42 (twelve years ago) link
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3sgMptoFy1I/TTnIIBQ-siI/AAAAAAAAADk/52IANrU1AMA/s1600/lion.jpg
― THIS TRADE SERVES ZERO FOOTBALL PURPOSE (DJP), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 13:43 (twelve years ago) link
# 100
SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN
Stanley Donen1952United States(249 pts, 8 votes)
My girlfriend finally forced me to watch this. I've been really interested in it for quite a while. It's one of those rare films that seems to have no detractors. I'd just been putting it off due to my previous experience with musicals. Anyway, I went into this not really knowing how I'd feel, and found myself stunned on more than one occassion. I realize that my attitude towards musicals has been as condescending as most peoples' towards horror movies, and though I don't think I'll ever be a true connoisseur of the genre, I gotta admit - this movie kicks some serious ass.― Anthony (Anthony F), Tuesday, January 18, 2005 10:31 AM (7 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Yeah, I'm pretty much in the same boat--I hate musicals, but I love "Singin' In The Rain". I think it's the same reason that I like the Busby-Berkeley films as well--they utilize the medium very well, and they're more formalistic cinematic works than standard musicals, which tend to be theatrical pieces captured on film.The only other musical I like is Godard's anti-musical, "A Woman Is a Woman".
― jay blanchard (jay blanchard), Tuesday, January 18, 2005 10:37 AM (7 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I've liked "Singin'" fine since I was a kid, but Donald O'Connor grates occasionally, as does Kelly's robotic smile in closeup. Also, the score is composed mostly of songs that were mostly 10-30 years old at the time...Among the MGM musicals, there are a number I like better -- Meet Me in St Louis, Gigi, The Band Wagon -- all Vincente Minnelli, all more sophisticated. He utilized the medium damn well (in his non-musicals too).
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, January 18, 2005 12:07 PM (7 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Singin' in the Rain
― (he did what!) (Austerity Ponies), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 13:43 (twelve years ago) link
That reminds me, I need to rewatch this
― THIS TRADE SERVES ZERO FOOTBALL PURPOSE (DJP), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 13:46 (twelve years ago) link
Debbie Reynolds danced til her feet bled in "Good Morning"! And Gene Kelly was kind of mean to her. Fred Astaire taught her some moves <3
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 13:46 (twelve years ago) link
Donald O'Connor grates occasionally
The not particularly veiled insinuation that his character is Don's professional fluffer gets me through some of the muggier stretches.
― hot and brothered (Eric H.), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 13:46 (twelve years ago) link
― THIS TRADE SERVES ZERO FOOTBALL PURPOSE (DJP), Tuesday, March 27, 2012 9:46 AM (39 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― internet somebody (some dude), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 13:46 (twelve years ago) link
I looooooooooove this movie!
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 13:47 (twelve years ago) link
(my #2 on my ballot, I really wanted this to place higher)
― THIS TRADE SERVES ZERO FOOTBALL PURPOSE (DJP), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 13:47 (twelve years ago) link
omg Eric hahaha
#9 on my ballot. Could've made it for the first Gene Kelly/Debbie Reynolds scene in the car alone.
― jpattzlovevampz 2 hours ago (Phil D.), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 13:50 (twelve years ago) link
I have never seen it. ._.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 13:51 (twelve years ago) link
HEY GUYS A FEW STATS ABT THIS POLL:
* 75 ballots were submitted* 663 movies received votes* 3,170 votes were cast* 88,441 points were awarded
If anything is in the top 100, it did very well.
― (he did what!) (Austerity Ponies), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 13:52 (twelve years ago) link
One of my favorite things I noticed last time is that the jazz club dance scene with Cyd Charisse, she dances with her knees bent a lot of the time, so as not to be taller than Gene.
Damn she was a fine lady.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 13:52 (twelve years ago) link
ILXORS NEED TO SEE THIS MOVIE
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 13:53 (twelve years ago) link
I remember the longest part of our class discussion about SitR was whether or not Don was manly or fey.
― hot and brothered (Eric H.), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 13:54 (twelve years ago) link
SITR is a thoroughly enjoyable and joyful movie.
(Oops, already slipping out of character.)
― Mary Steamvirgin (Deric W. Haircare), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 13:54 (twelve years ago) link
AP you should get a mod to copy those stats into the opening post of thread
― THIS TRADE SERVES ZERO FOOTBALL PURPOSE (DJP), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 13:55 (twelve years ago) link
singin in the rain is just one of the greatest movies ever imho
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 13:56 (twelve years ago) link
xpost Yeah, and the slippery cat gif too.
― hot and brothered (Eric H.), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 13:56 (twelve years ago) link
donald o'connor rules. pure vaudeville.
Also every line out of Jean Hagen's mouth in this movie is pure, unadulterated gold. I think my favorite is how articulately, after all her other linguistic clumsiness, she tells the studio head, "I . . . can . . . sue."
― jpattzlovevampz 2 hours ago (Phil D.), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 13:57 (twelve years ago) link
Donald O'Connor's eyes look 'shopped.
― hot and brothered (Eric H.), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 13:57 (twelve years ago) link
Given those stats, I'm beginning to doubt that my number one (admittedly a slightly strategic vote) won't make it into the top 100. My number two absolutely will, though, so I'm cool.
― Mary Steamvirgin (Deric W. Haircare), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 13:57 (twelve years ago) link
# 99
SWINGERS
Doug Liman1996United States(250 pts, 9 votes, 1 first place)
I'm not nuts about the movie, ESPECIALLY the Tarantino references, which always make me cringe. Also, it really looks like crap. But Vince Vaughn is a great movie star in it.― slutsky (slutsky), Wednesday, May 21, 2003 7:21 PM (8 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I understand why people hate it, but I think it's pretty damn funny. It helps if you are in college.― NA. (Nick A.), Wednesday, May 21, 2003 6:06 AM (8 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
even Heather Graham looks pasty and sickly hereI'm trying to think of a movie where Heather Graham DIDN'T look pasty and sickly...― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, May 21, 2003 8:18 PM (8 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
vince vaghan has half a thumb missing. true.― piscesboy, Thursday, May 22, 2003 6:40 AM (8 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Swingers (the movie) - Classic or Dud?
― (he did what!) (Austerity Ponies), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 14:00 (twelve years ago) link
Woo, results! Almost certain bugger all of mine will place, but hey ho.
― emil.y, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 14:00 (twelve years ago) link
Swingers was one of those movies I voted for like "I know it won't place, but there was a time when it gave me a lot of laughs" so I guess I'm pleasantly surprised to see that I helped it make the cut.
― internet somebody (some dude), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 14:01 (twelve years ago) link
glad (though not surprised) that SitR placed, though i thought that it would place higher than it did.
― kurwa mać (Polish for "long life") (Eisbaer), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 14:01 (twelve years ago) link
When clips from Swingers show up in that Hulu promo, I get cognitive dissonance from how young and fresh Vince Vaughn was for that brief moment. He aged as fast as Tony Curtis.
― hot and brothered (Eric H.), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 14:01 (twelve years ago) link
it was always bizarre to me that Vince Vaughn became famous by being hilarious in this movie, and then spent the next 5-7 years doing barely any comedy before he finally remembered what he's good at
― internet somebody (some dude), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 14:03 (twelve years ago) link
still haven't seen singing in the rain, prolly because it's called singing in the rain.
my tastes in comedy are wildly divergent from the rest of the universe so I'm going to spend a lot of time stifling myself itt. I will say that swingers sucks tho.
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 14:03 (twelve years ago) link
haha ya totally xp
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 14:03 (twelve years ago) link
Haven't seen it since 1996. Not sure I want to, but I remember liking it back then.
― hot and brothered (Eric H.), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 14:04 (twelve years ago) link
Saw it once, immediately forgot it. Never would've crossed my mind to vote for it.
― jpattzlovevampz 2 hours ago (Phil D.), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 14:05 (twelve years ago) link
If memory serves, there's more dancing in Swingers than in Singin in the Rain.
― hot and brothered (Eric H.), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 14:06 (twelve years ago) link
i liked it well enough in 1996, though i'd imagine that it hasn't aged well.
― kurwa mać (Polish for "long life") (Eisbaer), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 14:06 (twelve years ago) link
also tainted b/c of the neo-swing wank that it inspired.
― kurwa mać (Polish for "long life") (Eisbaer), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 14:07 (twelve years ago) link
^^^
― jpattzlovevampz 2 hours ago (Phil D.), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 14:07 (twelve years ago) link
I understand why people hate it, but I think it's pretty damn funny. It helps if you are in college high school.
― NA. (Nick A.), Wednesday, May 21, 2003 6:06 AM (8 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
is me basically
― internet somebody (some dude), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 14:08 (twelve years ago) link
Never saw it. I probably should. I like everything else of Liman's that I've seen, and Made was all right.
― Mary Steamvirgin (Deric W. Haircare), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 14:09 (twelve years ago) link
I haven't seen Swingers since it came out. No desire to watch it again. meh.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 14:09 (twelve years ago) link
i feel like a lot of people havent seen it since it came out
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 14:11 (twelve years ago) link
all the ppl who voted for it
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 14:12 (twelve years ago) link
i love swingers. yes it's probably aged badly but im ok w/ it being a relic from the mid 90s
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 14:12 (twelve years ago) link
i saw it many times in the 5 years after it came out, probably only once or twice in the last 10
― internet somebody (some dude), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 14:13 (twelve years ago) link
why rewatch swingers when we can get the same effect in 1/20th the time by playing youtubes of guy fieri and brian setzer simultaneously
― jesus christ (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 14:13 (twelve years ago) link
jess OTM
― kurwa mać (Polish for "long life") (Eisbaer), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 14:13 (twelve years ago) link
i haven't seen Harvey in ages but i kinda wish i voted for it.
― ferrante's inferranteno (some dude), Thursday, 5 April 2012 15:58 (twelve years ago) link
you didnt laugh ONCE??
― piscesx, Thursday, 5 April 2012 16:01 (twelve years ago) link
part of me thinks that Airplane requires non-grownup brain. And I don't mean that in a condescending way, I just think you sort of have to just relax with it. I get so much childish glee out of that movie...and for years I did NOT get it at all. But I think it was because I was looking for something more than the lines that are delivered. But that's really all it is.
meh, it's not for everyone. but I love it.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 5 April 2012 16:04 (twelve years ago) link
It is kind of a mood thing when you see these films as an adult. I had a painful experience trying to get a Z-A-Z neophyte to watch The Naked Gun, and a year or so later came across Hot Shots! on TV with them and they started laughing their ass off.
― da croupier, Thursday, 5 April 2012 16:54 (twelve years ago) link
One of the weird things there is Leslie Nielsen goes from Serious Actor before Airplane, to Airplane, to 8 more years of Serious Actor and also a 6-episode series called Police Squad, to Naked Gun, and then he makes the switch and it's Repossessed / Surf Ninja / Dead and Loving It ad infinitum.
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 5 April 2012 17:21 (twelve years ago) link
ya - there was def some of the time/place effect mentioned WAY upthread in effect with Nielson.
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 5 April 2012 17:40 (twelve years ago) link
I still have to go back and watch Police Squad, I got it for Mr Veg for Christmas and have yet to see it.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 5 April 2012 17:54 (twelve years ago) link
It is sooo good, better than Flying High or Naked Gun
― ┗|∵|┓ (sic), Friday, 6 April 2012 01:08 (twelve years ago) link
Mr Veg said the other day when I was watching Naked Gun that it kinda annoys him, bc Nielsen in that is aware of the camera and pulls his jokes, whereas in Police Squad he didn't. I still enjoyed NG though anyway, I'm not too uptight to laugh at all the silly jokes like I was as a teenager, lol
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 6 April 2012 01:16 (twelve years ago) link
Awesome that my #1 vote won :-)
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 6 April 2012 08:37 (twelve years ago) link
Leslie Nielsen isn't trying to be "wacky" in Police Squad!, which is why the effect is brilliant, while the NG movies pretty much suck.
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Friday, 6 April 2012 11:51 (twelve years ago) link
Police Squaad >> Naked Gun agreed. a lot of that i found to be due to his sidekick who is some sidesplitting dude in the show but the totally unfunny George Kennedy in the films.
― piscesx, Friday, 6 April 2012 12:07 (twelve years ago) link
xpost TV > Movies
― get me bloodied (Eric H.), Friday, 6 April 2012 12:09 (twelve years ago) link
fuck that anti-george kennedy talk
― da croupier, Friday, 6 April 2012 12:10 (twelve years ago) link
ZAZ's moviemaking "skills" make all their work TV
George is funnier in Cool Hand Luke and Modern Romance.
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Friday, 6 April 2012 12:12 (twelve years ago) link
yeah I love George Kennedy in Cool Hand Luke but he felt weirdly out of place in Naked Gun
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 6 April 2012 16:04 (twelve years ago) link
For yer fella Britishes: Repo Chick is on tonight
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 7 April 2012 11:14 (twelve years ago) link
Watched "Mean Girls" again, and yeah, I should have voted for it.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Saturday, 7 April 2012 16:06 (twelve years ago) link
morbs - can you suggest any further godfrey cambridge to check out? i saw cotton comes to harlem the other day and enjoyed it a lot.
― I accidentally sonned your dome (stevie), Sunday, 8 April 2012 16:07 (twelve years ago) link
watermelon man?
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Sunday, 8 April 2012 18:49 (twelve years ago) link
:(
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSXoSeXslZ4&feature=player_embedded#!
― piscesx, Friday, 25 May 2012 00:42 (twelve years ago) link
amazing footage...
― Sisig Steve (stevie), Saturday, 26 May 2012 07:55 (twelve years ago) link
WGA's top 101 funniest screenplays:
http://www.wga.org/content/default.aspx?id=5949
― thread of getting sw0le and lena jokes (Eric H.), Thursday, 12 November 2015 17:35 (eight years ago) link
Very usual suspectsish + recency bias; 3 in top 20 predate Mel Brooks... and silent comedies had screenplays too, often. This is most ridiculous tho:
95. The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek (1944)96. All About Eve (1950)
yeah, about 80 places behind When Harry Met Sally… PIFFLE.
morbs - can you suggest any further godfrey cambridge to check out?
Answering 3-yo questions is my specialty! Hollywood really didn't know what to do with him, and he didn't live long enough to sell out, unfortunately. Of what I've seen, Cotton Comes to Harlem and his brilliant monologue near the beginning of The President's Analyst are essential. Bye Bye Braverman, Watermelon Man have their moments.
And there's always his comedy LPs (might be on Spotify?).
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 12 November 2015 17:49 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, All About Eve being 85 slots behind Animal House (much less behind The Hangover and Wedding Crashers) has me feeling like Max the old sour puss.
― thread of getting sw0le and lena jokes (Eric H.), Thursday, 12 November 2015 18:08 (eight years ago) link
pro screenwriters voting with box office, nuthin to see here
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 12 November 2015 18:10 (eight years ago) link
just wondering if The Miracle of Morgan's Creek has been seen by any more of you since it got FOUR FUCKING VOTES
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 7 August 2016 19:01 (eight years ago) link
I saw it, it was WONDERFUL (I didn't vote in this poll but it led me to seek out a bunch of great movies I'd never seen before, including, last week, Working Girl)
― An artsy picture, but you know, she was a model. Really successful. (stevie), Monday, 8 August 2016 10:24 (eight years ago) link
(You took "Working Girl" away with you from this poll?)
― Mark G, Monday, 8 August 2016 12:01 (eight years ago) link
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek sounds like some mid-'80s direct-to-video snoozefest starring Wilford Brimley as a grizzled prospector who learns the true meaning of Christmas. No thanks!
― Lyle Lovitz (Old Lunch), Monday, 8 August 2016 12:44 (eight years ago) link
pretty sure 'the miracle of morgan's creek' is the slogan for a mid-tier craft bourbon distiller
― pokemon go speed run (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 8 August 2016 12:52 (eight years ago) link
l@OL
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Monday, 8 August 2016 12:55 (eight years ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a4/Miracle_morgan_creek.jpg
This is what they did before comedy, then?
― Andrew Farrell, Monday, 8 August 2016 13:15 (eight years ago) link
Is it not in this poll? I knew of it but had never seen it before, was inspired to by this poll (or whichever poll it appeared in) and finally got around to watching it the week before last. And it's great - really well paced, with some great performances and a smart ending.
Miracle was one of the few movies missing from a Sturges DVD box set I got a bunch of years back. It's really good! Not my favourite Sturges but Right Up There.
― An artsy picture, but you know, she was a model. Really successful. (stevie), Monday, 8 August 2016 13:18 (eight years ago) link
I really should watch some Preston Sturges stuff sometime. Did Turner ever get around to colorizing any of them?
― Lyle Lovitz (Old Lunch), Monday, 8 August 2016 13:37 (eight years ago) link
^^^ expert troll, surgical precision
― An artsy picture, but you know, she was a model. Really successful. (stevie), Monday, 8 August 2016 13:46 (eight years ago) link
I'm loath to break with the tradition of my four year troll roll itt and the precedent nominations thread.
― Lyle Lovitz (Old Lunch), Monday, 8 August 2016 13:51 (eight years ago) link
#283 - 77 pts - 2 votes - 1 first place: OSS 117: Cairo nest of spiesAww. Wondering who the #1 voter was.
― the european nikon is here (grauschleier), Sunday, 11 September 2016 10:44 (eight years ago) link
someone who has seen one comedy film
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 11 September 2016 11:37 (eight years ago) link
this Lebowski shit has got to stop
also wrong Wilder-Lemmon film on top
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170820-the-25-greatest-comedies-of-all-time
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170821-the-100-greatest-comedies-of-all-time
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 22 August 2017 14:09 (seven years ago) link
I didn't realize that Gene Wilder directed Grumpy Old Men, but I agree.
― Gravy Zebra (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 22 August 2017 14:22 (seven years ago) link
If this were held today, which high finishers drop way down on the list? I'd guess Annie Hall, Lebowsky, Rushmore, Superbad, South Park.... what moves up, and what newcomers make the list?
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 22 October 2020 17:24 (three years ago) link
I don't think the backlash against Lebowski has really grown since 2012?
Lady Bird is the only new comedy that I'd be confident would place reasonably high. What might get a look in:
BooksmartCrazy Rich AsiansThe Death of StalinThe FavouriteHail, CaesarHunt for the WildepeopleInside Llewyn DavisKnives OutSpy
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 22 October 2020 17:42 (three years ago) link
Don't know how much support it would get, but Appropriate Behaviour is easily the best post-2012 comedy I've seen.
― Langdon Alger Stole the Highlights (cryptosicko), Thursday, 22 October 2020 18:24 (three years ago) link
#283 - 77 pts - 2 votes - 1 first place: OSS 117: Cairo nest of spiesAww. Wondering who the #1 voter was.― the european nikon is here (grauschleier), Sunday, September 11, 2016 5:44 AM (four years ago) bookmarkflaglinksomeone who has seen one comedy film― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Sunday, September 11, 2016 6:37 AM (four years ago) bookmarkflaglink
― the european nikon is here (grauschleier), Sunday, September 11, 2016 5:44 AM (four years ago) bookmarkflaglink
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Sunday, September 11, 2016 6:37 AM (four years ago) bookmarkflaglink
Quality years-later Morbz drive-by zing, RIP
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 22 October 2020 18:39 (three years ago) link
Never forget
― Gab B. Nebsit (wins), Thursday, 22 October 2020 18:42 (three years ago) link
Really, he was just all-time at those.
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 22 October 2020 19:01 (three years ago) link
otm
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 22 October 2020 19:04 (three years ago) link