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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MicShazam

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.

Frownland

So you hate mainstream American comedy, as you rightly should. Mel Brooks is lame as ****, don't let anyone tell you otherwise. I just don't think it's fair to define the comedy film genre by its lowest points.

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Trollheart

MicShaz, have you ever watched The Odd Couple? Sixties classic comedy, Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau, the opposite of a buddy movie. Written by Neil Simon. If you watch it and don't like it, then there's no hope for you.

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MicShazam

I didn't think about it like that, but yeah, I guess that kind of ends up being the end result of how I laid it out.

Can't say I have. Most comedies I've watched have been from the 70's or newer. I'll check it out. I like the premise, at least.

BloodFoxTK

watched this last night.

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debaserr

Short but sweet "film". ;D

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Maajo

That's a good one, the kid being a total badass is/was worth the price of admission on it's own.

Last movie I saw was Justice League, not sure why so many critics are ****ting on it. It's not exactly Pulp Fiction, but it's a decent movie that kept my attention for the full two hours.

Justthefacts

Good Time

This fucking film. If someone had told me the queen vampire from Twilight would channel young Pacino in classic NYC films later on in his career, I probably would've laughed. R Pats puts in a great performance of a man that gets himself in one shitty situation after another. It's a stunning film by the two brothers who made "Heaven Knows What" and if you've seen that film, you might know what you're getting into. Minus all the drug abuse that was in Heaven Knows What though.

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