i hate christopher guest

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rich hall is not funnier than anyone, much

I still feel a little bit traumatized by sniglets. They were just painful in a way I'm at a loss to describe?

true. he's popular in the u.k. for some inexplicable reason, no?

I regard Sniglets as one of those things you had to accept while growing up at the time and place that I did. Like Mark Russell, aka the demon lord of hell, as we've discussed elsewhere.

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OTM

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(I seem to remember he did take an active interest in his position, when in London, before his right to sit in the Lords was removed)

I like him, seems like a nice enough fellow...

When IIRC he voted for the removal of his position.

Guest was a bit humorless/insufferable in recent NY Times profile.

the ensemble/cast makes his movies IMO, but then I'm an SCTV fan.

He said in an interview once he makes a much better living in the UK because British stand-up comedy is so dreadful he looks better in comparison.

also, search "Overdose Heaven"

^^^cosign

hstencil, i agree, just wanted to derail the thread into a sniglet discussion

the films are long, uneven TV sketches, and the "doc" style is the suckiest thing about them.

i've realized after rewatching all of them that this is spinal tap is the only "christopher guest" movie i really love...and it's directed by rob reiner lol

oh no

hahahahaha

wikipedia's page on parker posey doesn't have a "personal life" section does that mean i might still marry her

lol @ sniglet discussion upthread

"rich hall is not funny, period."

true. he's popular in the u.k. for some inexplicable reason, no?

― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, November 13, 2006 10:59 PM (5 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Rich Hall being popular in the UK is almost as mystifying to me as that one guy from Fun Lovin' Criminals being popular there or FLC being popular there in general.

x-post - DHL you might have a shot. It's funny that I said I didn't like her much anymore yesterday as I now realize she's in three of the movies that made my ballot. I guess I just think that her schtick is kind of old at this point.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TixwF_ywN4A

i haven't seen her in anything for a long time i don't think; i will retreat to my 90s dreamworld. i was going to say in the other thread that one thing guffman has over BiS for me is that parker posey is not an evil monster in it and it is generally more fun to like parker posey (even tho mrs. busybee is a nightmare masterpiece) but then i remembered that i have no problem whatsoever with dazed and confused so never mind.

"Mouthsounds" sounds revolting.
And isn't any sound you make with your mouth a mouthsound?

the films are long, uneven TV sketches, and the "doc" style is the suckiest thing about them.

― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, March 28, 2012 4:06 PM (20 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm

what drives me crazy is that he's so LAZY about the style, like he never takes advantage of the 'doc mode' to do anything funny in a cinematic way, like spinal tap did. lazy!!!

but obv that doesn't matter to 99.5% of the ppl who get yuks out of them

those shitheads

Dr. M, I just posted my complete ballot on FB in case, you know, you want to go read something that'll most likely make you lose your lunch. ;)

but obv that doesn't matter to 99.5% of the ppl who get yuks out of them

who should pity who

*sigh*

i'm so invested in hopeless causes like aesthetic beauty, goddamn me

i don't have an opinion on ppl who like cg's films, but i do think the movies themselves can be pretty mediocre

I don't have an opinion on ppl bcz of their artistic likes and dislikes since I figured out I didn't like most indie rock fans (c. 1990)

lol

I just realized that Posey is in FOUR of the movies on my list, not three. That's a lot of Parker Posey.

Waiting for Guffman is still one of my favorite movies of all time. The rest have been a case of diminishing returns, all of which I wish I liked more than I do.

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Don't think Tap is especially more "cinematic" than Guffman either.

^^ above two posters = not bastard people

ENBB is a beautifully wrapped, glossy, sweet smelling show.

:)

The rest of ppl itt = ass-faced bastards ppl.

i remember being really bothered by that scene in guffman where dude locks himself in his bathroom and then all of the sudden we're in there with him and it made no sense how the camera got in there

I've seen Guffman and Best in Show like a billion times each

i remember being really bothered by that scene in guffman where dude locks himself in his bathroom and then all of the sudden we're in there with him and it made no sense how the camera got in there

― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Wednesday, March 28, 2012 6:37 PM (33 minutes ago) Bookmark

I think it was just a fake bathroom that the movie crew built on the set but I'm not sure

good one.

I like best in Show, but but was very underwhelmed by Guffman and Mighty Wind.

Probably my favorite comedic filmmaker next to Albert Brooks. Whoever called him "toothless" early on must not have much ability to sense what is going on, with the possible exception of A Might Wind.

Guffman is probably my favorite, though.

anybody see his HBO thing Family Tree?

I was expecting it to be a B and it was B-. I don't know why this needs to be a mockumentary tbh. This show could've worked as a droll, "regular" sitcom without the "Watchout for that boom mic!" clunkiness that's the genre's staple; that and the tiresome improv energy that happens in some scenes. I'm tired of the false "That was inappropriate!" moments in comedies because a) they rarely happen in real life like they do in improv-based comedies b) when they do happen people don't react like improv actors trying to keep a scene going. If someone mentions masturbation at a dinner table full of strangers it's going to be awkward in a way that isn't "HEY-OH -- c'mon, c'mon keep the scene alive, keep it alive" improv. The hallmark of mockumentary improv acting that drives me nuts is you'll have one person acting bizarre, in a way that would get them ostracized IRL right away, but because this is improv everyone plays along, trying to *listen* and "say yes to their offer!" and all the cliches in improv that don't get extended to real life.

Guest is better than all of the people that ripped him off but there's still a bunch of devices and conventions that are exhausted. Victim of his own influence. Bring back "Cheers"

The conventions of mockumentaries ensure that the pacing of the jokes is fairly slow. The humor usually requires that the characters be quirky and dense beyond all reason, but somehow seem real and recognizable. This puts a premium on a highly nuanced line delivery. Guest is ok at this, but he can't seem to get it to really take off and fly. Fred Willard and Caherine O'Hara, as noted in a post above, are true masters at it.

I've just noticed that Christopher Guest plays the young policeman who finds Charles Bronson after he's been shot in the leg in Central Park and is told to forget he ever saw anything it by Vincent Gardenia.

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...in Death Wish, that is.

in response, Guest's policeman yelled "I hate you, and I hate your ASS FACE!"

He played a cop in The Hot Rock as well.

Didn't realize for the longest time that he was the 'strange and interesting plant' dude in Little Shop of Horrors.

he is the best person ever for that