how im gonna make up something universal, doesnt even make any sense: IT"S THE TOP 100 COMEDY FILMS RESULTS THREAD

xpost Don't do that.

Sullivan's Travels was the lowest Sturges on my ballot. Slightly overrated i feel but still a classic obviously

Yeah, but I still wouldn't fuck you with Bea Arthur's decaying dick.

Tempting offer tho.

#94 (3-WAY-TIE)

MANHATTAN

Woody Allen
1979
United States
(255 pts, 7 votes)

i watched woody allen's Manhattan four times last week and every time i saw something new.

(this is not supposed to be shocking or sarcastic)
― poortheatre, Thursday, July 19, 2007 1:47 AM (4 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

And speaking of old and prestige pieces, nobody's mentioned Woody Allen, who certainly counts as an auteur. And of course his best films were done in the 70's (Annie Hall, Manhattan).
― Sean, Wednesday, October 10, 2001 7:00 PM (10 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i feel like woody allen in manhattan, and you are all diane keaton after the trip to the museum, talking about yr academy of the overrated.
― chev rivera (stevie), Tuesday, January 18, 2011 7:11 AM (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I hate Woody Allen, he's a fuckhead.
― Ally, Wednesday, October 24, 2001 7:00 PM (10 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Top Woody Allen films

i like the scene in manhattan where woody+mariel are in the grocery store but woody's so worked up about diane keaton's pretensions (+ in love w/ diane keaton) that he doesn't even look at any of the shelves and his 17-year-old girlfriend has to do all the shopping. i didn't notice it until like viewing fifty and it's so sad/lol.

"on my prom night, i must've gone round this spot fifty times. if i had been with a girl, it would have been an incredible experience."

i didn't vote for this though, unfairly, because i've watched it Too Much.

Probably the reason I didn't vote for it either.

I had 3 WA on my ballot but Manhattan wasn't one of them even though I love it a lot.

I like Manhattan a lot, but it's the first movie to show up here that I have trouble considering a comedy.

Here are the Woody Allen movies I've seen in their entirety: Zelig, Love & Death, Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex.

He just was never a thing I was interested in. You'd think with a buttload of Jewish Noo Yawk relatives, some of whom work in The Biz, I would be, but no.

manhattan is woody's best film, even over annie hall ... but it isn't his funniest (that honor belongs to bananas).

Bananas was one mine. As was one of the ones that Phil listed.

i still placed manhattan (and annie hall) much higher on my ballot than bananas, though.

i think i put three WAs but one of them is #1.

Yeah I put Annie Hall a lot higher too. I trouble ranking mine though. After the fist five it was almost entirely arbitrary.

Voted for Army of Darkness - I wanted at least one Bruce Campbell film in my list. Great/hammy slapstick, great A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court/Gulliver's Travels riffs, great visual gags (mix of skeletons tied on horses and Harryhausen stop-motion animation). Bit of a nostalgic pick, too - it's a film I watched a bunch of times w/friends at uni. Never actually seen the first two Evil Dead movies, should probably rectify that.

i wish that they put broadway danny rose on this poll ... it's my favorite 1980s woody joint, plus it's funnier than manhattan.

I'm pretty sure I only put 2 (maybe 3?) WA films on my ballot. I love a lot of his stuff, but I generally prefer the less overtly-comedic stuff.

Never actually seen the first two Evil Dead movies, should probably rectify that.

Holy crap, RECTIFY THIS NOW.

otm about Bananas being his funniest

I think only two WAs made my ballot.

i can't remember now ... were any of the other Evil Dead films on the poll? i've only seen the 1st one ... which (to get all Morbz-style pedantic here) is a horror/slasher film and not a comedy, though it's funny in the way that all over-the-top gorefest movies are funny.

Evil Dead 2 will probably place

100% agree.

xpost

I put four WA's on my ballot. I fully expect one to show, two to def not.

x-post The first is definitely the least funny of the 3 iirc.

#93

LOST IN AMERICA

Albert Brooks
1979
United States
(256 pts, 7 votes, 1 first place)

I think Lost in America made me laugh more uncontrollably than any film in the '80s.
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, May 17, 2005 2:25 PM (6 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Fave scene from "Lost in America": "Twenty-two! Twenty-two! Twenty-two! SHIT!"
― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Tuesday, May 16, 2006 5:58 PM (5 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lost in america is one of my favourite films! "the CORE of the nest-egg!?!"
― mark s, Wednesday, September 28, 2011 4:48 AM (5 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

S/D: Albert Brooks, the neurotic American Ozu

I've seen a ton of woody allen but none made my ballot. I guess if I rewatched take the money & run or sleeper they might've had a chance. my fave allen movies don't seem like comedies to me (stardust memories, purple rose of cairo, crimes & misdemeanors), or maybe I just value the non-comedic aspects of them. I guess that doesn't make much sense when I've got stuff like barton fink and bitter moon on my ballot tho.

also I am allergic to albert brooks

ed 3 otm re: albert brooks imo

lol lost in america is def. and exactly the kind of post-1950s film that i could see appealing to Morbz. (i didn't vote for the fucking thing [lol also allergic to albert brooks], but its making the Top 100 doesn't make me cringe like swingers does.)

total shutouts for Buster Keaton, WC Fields and Jerry Lewis, obv. Chaplin too?

there are still 92 films to get to ... it's a little premature to say that any film is not gonna make, dontcha think?!?

King of Comedy? (Jerry Lewis)

i'd be surprised if buster keaton was shutout

I could see lewis getting shut out, would be shocked if keaton, fields, or chaplin got shutout

if chaplin doesn't place it'll be due to vote splitting but that would be like the marx bros not placing

lost in america is such a weird, minimalist, ruthless movie; i remember it as only having like five scenes, and it ends in such brutal collapse. shoulda been higher.

#92

THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY

Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
1998
United States
(258 pts, 11 votes)

The only funny thing about Something About Mary was that cameo, the strange "Ok what in the holy fuck" feeling you get when you realize that Mary's wonderful, charming, kind boyfriend Brett she's been talking up the whole fucking movie like some kind of imbecile yet is now leaving for...Ben Stiller??? is Brett Favre. Also he sings and dances in the credits. Not quite enough to make the film worthwhile, I still want those 2 hours back, but pretty awesome anyway.
― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Thursday, December 29, 2005 9:39 AM (6 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

"There's Something About Mary" is redeemed somewhat by the Jonathan Richman theme song.
― St. Nicholas (Nick A.), Friday, August 6, 2004 11:04 AM (7 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

"There's something about Mary. I can't put my finger on it, but I think it might be her tits."
― Harold Media (kenan), Friday, August 6, 2004 11:24 AM (7 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the secret lies here:
just prior to a party this evening, I had a wank. Then I went to the party and not only chatted up an attractive girl, but managed to chat her up so well that the possibly more attractive guys who came over to try and move in on my position were completely ignored. After the party, she came up to me and asked for my number. Why did this work? I didn't give a muthafuck and I thank the wank for that.
― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Sunday, October 24, 2004 3:13 AM (7 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Were you actually inspired by "There's Something About Mary", or is this wank-before-you-meet-her a common technique?
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Sunday, October 24, 2004 3:16 AM (7 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Best scene/moment in 'There's Something About Mary'

lol forgot lewis was in king of comedy, and it's on my ballot

not really a true lewis film tho, it would be like julie andrews placing in the musical poll for S.O.B.

Kingpin's funnier.

oh god dammit, I forgot to put Sleeper on my ballot

Lewis could get shut out. I didn't give Nutty Professor a vote on my ballot (well, not the Lewis version anyway).

fuck a farrelly bros

There's Something About Mary is like The Hangover or w/e for me where everyone sees it and the it's the big blockbuster comedy of the year but it doesn't even strike me as especially great as a cheesy studio comedy

voted for Dumb & Dumber though

I stanned for them a little when they went mi**lebrow, much like the rest of Film Comment's target demo. But Mary is filled with not funny things.

Jonathan Richman as greek chorus is pretty inherently funny though

i have fond memories of stuff matt dillon did, but i have no desire to revisit Mary really.

not really a true lewis film tho, it would be like julie andrews placing in the musical poll for S.O.B.

never knew Lewis and Scorsese were married.

it's a little premature to say that any film is not gonna make

No, bcz about 80% of the voters have not seen a Fields or Lewis film, and never will.

what, only you can judge films without seeing them?

haha shut up Morbs