Comedies
someone challenged me in my last fff post. i said i was sick of will ferrell movies. karyrogers commented, "You don't like Will Ferrell, ok, cool. What's your idea of an enjoyable comedy? Name a few." first, i never said i disliked will ferrell. i said i am sick of the same stupid movie year after year. this was the same with adam sandler back in the day. adam sandler grew in his choices of movies, going to movies like spanglish (one of my favorite movies), reign over me, and punch-drunk love. looking at the list of recent will ferrell movies, he plays a dumb/border line retarded guy who is accident prone. he does this well but the 10th time you see it, there is no humor in it. if he wants to continue this trend, do bit parts that aren't the main character. after all he was brilliant in movies like jay and silent bob strike back, old school, and zoolander.
second, the list of comedies is so big. it is hard to pick what would be good comedies to list. however, i will entertain you.
1. airplane! - this is a classic site gag movie, not to mention the play on words dialogue. this was the first movie that leslie neilson left the serious acting roles. who can forget the lines in that movie. "Ted Striker: Surely you can't be serious. Rumack: I am serious... and don't call me Shirley. " the following movies using this genre start to suck. they just copied a movie to failure in my opinion.
2. blazing saddles and young frankenstein - i don't need to say anymore.
3. office space - i shouldn't have to say anything here. this is a brilliant movie that satires the modern office environment.
4. the big lebowski - again, i don't need to say anymore.
5. swingers - the movie that introduced us to jon favreau, he was around before but never really had a following. it is a darker comedy but wonderful. who can forget the incident where he keeps leaving messages on the heather graham's answering machine. "That was so money!"
6. clerks - the introduction of kevin smith. kevin smith has had some flops but this started out a brilliant career. it led to movies like mallrats (love ben affleck in this, the stink palm), dogma (the buddy jesus), and chasing amy.
7. 40 year old virgin - this movie is a classic in modern times. the awkwardness of the movie creates great comedic situations.
8. best in show - christopher guest is a brilliant writer/director. he sets up a movie with scenes and actors then lets them improv. this is the best improv movie around. the opening scene of the married people in counseling with their dog is so damn funny.
there are more that could be on the list but i cut it short or it would be a long ass list. i debated whether or not to put the jerk on this list, it is the only movie steve martin did that was funny. it didn't meet the repeatable movie test though. my repeatable movie test is can i stop channel surfing when it is on and watch it til the end (first on this list is animal house).
- miss wolfe



