Comedy.. Maybe a Pirates of the Caribbean movie don't recall which one or Serenity (the Firefly movie) not exactly a comedy but I laughed myself silly a couple times.
Comedy.. Maybe a Pirates of the Caribbean movie don't recall which one or Serenity (the Firefly movie) not exactly a comedy but I laughed myself silly a couple times.
Hmmm, I think Bernie with Jack Black so 11 years ago? I think I've only been to the theater 3 times in the last 8-9 years.
It has been a while. Ever since "comedy" became synonymous with cringe, I lost interest. Making fun of people, people stuck in bad situations with everyone laughing at them, people who are stupid and we laugh at them...its just not funny to me. The Office basically ruined comedy for me. Plus, I only pay money to go to the theater occasionally, so comedy usually loses out to action or a kids movie. (Sing 2 made me LOL and cry, deal with it)
hina04887 said:In reply to Folgers :
The first Scary Movie, but I was somewhere between 11-14 when that came out.
now i work on [paddling my canoe]
Yay, canoes in New threads!!!
I just never got the point of the movie theater. Even when I was a kid.
"Big screen!!! Amazing sound!!!" Yea, meet ridiculous snack prices and scores of loud annoying people. Combine with no refunds if the movie sucked or the best parts were all in the trailer, and I'll stay at home and stream or sail the seven seas in comfort for far less money.
Up in smoke....?
Deadpool 2 made me smile
There was a faire pirate who made me grin too.
As I understand, the problem with fewer intelligent comedies is the push for movies to have international appeal. Comedy is very cultural. Wit and word play are ESPECIALLY cultural. So you've got to make them really cheap and quick for a good return on investment. Much easier to sell an action movie with lots of 'splosions to China.
Liar liar.
"I've had better. I've had better?"
Free Guy. Wife and I laughed way too much.
Beer Baron said:As I understand, the problem with fewer intelligent comedies is the push for movies to have international appeal. Comedy is very cultural. Wit and word play are ESPECIALLY cultural. So you've got to make them really cheap and quick for a good return on investment. Much easier to sell an action movie with lots of 'splosions to China.
Which is why if you want GOOD comedy, you have to go back to the stand ups and seeing them live.
In just the last two years, because I can't remember all the openers, I've seen Dave Attell, Pablo Fransisco, Brian Regan, Mark Normand, Louis CK, Bert Kreischer, Jim Jefferies, etc.
This thread makes me sad. We've lost the ability to laugh at ourselves!
SV reX said:This thread makes me sad. We've lost the ability to laugh at ourselves!
I told my kids this morning that we've effectively culturally Balkanized to the point comedy doesn't translate broadly enough to make comedy marketable. That both makes me sad and concerns me, too.
In reply to stroker :
I disagree as my previous post states. Certain media outlets try to make people think it's not OK to laugh.
Go see a live comic, anyone who is willing to get up in front of people and try to make them laugh, and listen to the reaction of the crowd. The Twitter mob is NOT representative of America as a whole.
z31maniac said:In reply to stroker :
I disagree as my previous post states. Certain media outlets try to make people think it's not OK to laugh.
Go see a live comic, anyone who is willing to get up in front of people and try to make them laugh, and listen to the reaction of the crowd. The Twitter mob is NOT representative of America as a whole.
We're going to have to agree to disagree then. My point of asking about movie theaters is looking at a national audience, not a room of 100 people. You could argue Dave Chappelle is the proof of your point, but I'd (personally) disagree as the guy leaves me completely cold. I've never laughed at him ever. If you look at the trend since the late 70's/80's in movies I don't think you can dispute the trend is not good--the previous posts cite maybe (maybe) a dozen recent films in the last 30 years, which coincides with the spread of the internet pretty closely...
stroker said:z31maniac said:In reply to stroker :
I disagree as my previous post states. Certain media outlets try to make people think it's not OK to laugh.
Go see a live comic, anyone who is willing to get up in front of people and try to make them laugh, and listen to the reaction of the crowd. The Twitter mob is NOT representative of America as a whole.
We're going to have to agree to disagree then. My point of asking about movie theaters is looking at a national audience, not a room of 100 people. You could argue Dave Chappelle is the proof of your point, but I'd (personally) disagree as the guy leaves me completely cold. I've never laughed at him ever. If you look at the trend since the late 70's/80's in movies I don't think you can dispute the trend is not good--the previous posts cite maybe (maybe) a dozen recent films in the last 30 years, which coincides with the spread of the internet pretty closely...
That's fair enough. Everyone doesn't enjoy everything. And that's whats great about choice, don't like it don't buy/listen/tune in.
I may be misreading your posts wrong, but it seems as though you're taking the position of "X isn't specifically for me, so everything is bad."
z31maniac said:I may be misreading your posts wrong, but it seems as though you're taking the position of "X isn't specifically for me, so everything is bad."
I didn't want my post to read that way at all, but I feared it might. Again, Hollywood used to product "universal" comedies that have withstood time and are considered Classic. My point to the thread is that I can't see too many motion picture comedies in the last 30 years fitting either description, and based on the thread posts it doesn't sound to me like anyone else can, either.
z31maniac said:Which is why if you want GOOD comedy, you have to go back to the stand ups and seeing them live.
In just the last two years, because I can't remember all the openers, I've seen Dave Attell, Pablo Fransisco, Brian Regan, Mark Normand, Louis CK, Bert Kreischer, Jim Jefferies, etc.
We saw Tig Notaro live the other week. Planning to get tickets to see Bill Burr.
Cars. Been a while since a real movie out, Cars 3 was the best one.
I always wanted to see Avatar in 3D.
stroker said:z31maniac said:I may be misreading your posts wrong, but it seems as though you're taking the position of "X isn't specifically for me, so everything is bad."I didn't want my post to read that way at all, but I feared it might. Again, Hollywood used to product "universal" comedies that have withstood time and are considered Classic. My point to the thread is that I can't see too many motion picture comedies in the last 30 years fitting either description, and based on the thread posts it doesn't sound to me like anyone else can, either.
I still think you're taking a very narrow view of it. For example, Blazing Saddles wasn't made for everyone, but it was still made. And that was 1974, so nearly 50 years ago.
stroker said:I didn't want my post to read that way at all, but I feared it might. Again, Hollywood used to product "universal" comedies that have withstood time and are considered Classic. My point to the thread is that I can't see too many motion picture comedies in the last 30 years fitting either description, and based on the thread posts it doesn't sound to me like anyone else can, either.
Were they really universal though? Could you take National Lampoon's Christmas and have it play for audiences in China and India?
I don't think the issue is people being too PC or unable to laugh at ourselves or anything. I think it's beancounters looking at what's going to safely bring in the return on investment.
You probably are right that the internet has kind of killed the comedy movie, but not because PC culture or anything. Rather because comedy is cultural and ties you into a bit of a niche, they're being made on lower budgets for streaming services.
Beer Baron said:z31maniac said:Which is why if you want GOOD comedy, you have to go back to the stand ups and seeing them live.
In just the last two years, because I can't remember all the openers, I've seen Dave Attell, Pablo Fransisco, Brian Regan, Mark Normand, Louis CK, Bert Kreischer, Jim Jefferies, etc.We saw Tig Notaro live the other week. Planning to get tickets to see Bill Burr.
She is great! Burr is one of the few comics I haven't see live yet that I would love to. Burr, Segura, Bargatze, are a few I haven't been able to see live yet. Getting to see Attell was awesome, he's so filthy and hilarious.
We were really looking forward to seeing Saget next week. But as we all know now....
Free Guy, but got a soft spot for Ryan Reynolds movies anyways. I liked it because it didn't have all of the raunch of Deadpool or Hitman's Bodyguard, but still had some hilarious moments!
I have recently spent a lot of time on YouTube watching Dry Bar. Stand up comics performing in Utah.
It's amazing how funny some good comics can be when the crutch of drunkenness and foul language is taken away. Im not a prude, and am a bit loose with my language sometimes, but comics who can do it clean are real artists.
I've spent many hours enjoying some really solid laughs.
In reply to SV reX :
Being crude doesn't make you funny. Being clean doesn't make you boring.
They are unrelated concepts.
In reply to Duke :
Totally agree.
Some of the best comics on Dry Bar are the minority comics who have to stand to the Mormon audience and address the elephant in the room. Utterly fantastic!
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