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Originally Posted by Frownland
I didn't get that impression but even then, isn't that kind of obvious? If it only focuses on comedy then that doesn't make room for interesting characters or a good plot.
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Well then, I guess we basically agree? Take movies like Hot Shots (but I do like Hot Shots, or at least I used to), for example. That kind of comedy almost never works for me. Johnny English, Naked Gun, Mel Brooks movies... I guess because I get bored with the specific type of humor before the movie is only. Zaniness and visual gags are good fun, but after a while... These movies usually feel downright tedious in the final stretch.
Then there's Adam Sandler type comedies. Usually a moment or two of melodrama, but they're about the jokes. Everything else is just a genre-skeleton to hang the jokes on. Lot's of comedies that aren't as bad as Adam Sandler movies still fall into this category.
Then you've got something like Annie Hall. Enough character development that it works dramatically, but it's still funny.
Coen movies are almost always funny to some extent, but they (mostly) also spend a lot of energy on working as a movie besides the jokes and quirky characters.
Given that the kind of all-out-"funny" comedy that I'm not too fond of is common and broadly liked, I don't think it's a given that they're usually not worth it to me.