SpaceGazelle wrote:

Or The Producers, Monty Python, Dr.Strangelove...

We agree.

...

Blimey.

Aye, I'm a big fan of the 'burbs too. And the Money Pit.

Jaco wrote:

SpaceGazelle wrote:

Or The Producers, Monty Python, Dr.Strangelove...

We agree. ... Blimey.

We agree on lots of things! Although we don't apparently agree on agreeing.

Could add Wes Anderson stuff in there as well.

Diluted Dante wrote:

Jaco wrote:

No, there are definitely fewer decent comedies around now. I watch heaps of films, new and old, so it's not like I'm looking through rose-tinted glasses here. I can't think of a single comedy from the last 15 years that holds up against Blazing Saddles, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels or Planes Trains & Automobiles (for instance)...

So 2003 to now? Anchorman Shaun of the Dead Hot Fuzz Borat Little Miss Sunshine Zombieland Role Models Dodgeball Team America The Other Guys Four Lions And especially for Gav, In The Loop.

Anchorman = passable
Shaun of the Dead / Hot Fuzz / Borat / Zombieland / Dodgeball = funny, but no classic
Role Models = not seen it
Team America = just not funny
The Other Guys = passable, but not great
Four Lion = okay

Little Miss Sunshine = yeah, I'll give you that. Superb film.

Don't think anyone has mentioned it yet, but 'Drop Dead Gorgeous' has to be mentioned too. Even if just for the vomiting scene.

First time I've seen Tucker & Dale mentioned in this chat, was a good one.  

Also: Lego Batman, I enjoyed that.

nostalgia is a hell of a drug

Comedy is a weird one cos it can be a suffix or the whole thing. I am generally just thinking of films that are funny, as opposed to out and out comedy films, because I think the production market for flat out comedy has been deflated somewhat by TV comedy.

Heck, I'd stick a film like Adaptation. in a list of comedies because I think it's hilarious, even though it doesn't really attempt to be a comedy quite often. But it's written well, and very funny, even if it's more conceptual humour than gag/punchline.

Every film I listed is intentionally funny at least, even if it's black comedy.

I certainly am.

Big up the man Tempestora with The List of Hits!

Jaco wrote:

Must. Not. Bite. At. TLJ. Jibes... Gnnnnnnn...

Some light spoilers below.
 

I don't reeeeeally want to start the whole thing up again but I watched TLJ for the first time since release the other day and I think it is genuinely a great film. Flawed sure but which Star Wars is perfect. Okay maybe the first two but still.

Having already seen it once meant that the slightly iffy stuff that surprised on first viewing (Leia moment, some of the dodgy dialogue lines, the heavy handed elements of Canto Bight, Finn's story not continuing from the first much, the action beats aimed at the fans of the prequels) didn't really get to me in a negative way and I was able to enjoy it for all the good story stuff it does without caring that it wasn't quite what I wanted after Awakens. 

And it really does some great Star Wars story stuff. Every bit with Kylo and Rey is great in how it muddies the light/dark pull of the force, the way it defuses the typical Star Wars masculine heroics is great (Poe mansplaining to Holdo and also expecting to be told everything because he's a man hero, Finn taking ownership of Rose's plan, the fact that their standard heroic actions is what ruins the Rebels plan which would have worked), most of the comedy is great (Porgs much love, caretakers is wonderful physical comedy, the "I don't want to do this right now""me either" force meld moment, the "I've seen your daily routine, you're not busy" line, Adrian Edmonson and Hux, space iron), how it manages to completely wipe midiclorians from the face of the Star Wars universe and return the force to everyone, adding more muddiness to how the world of Star Wars runs with the Benicio Del Toro character (also great) and how the universe profits from the Rebels fighting the Empire, that it realised the shit from the first film that didn't matter and wouldn't have made for an interesting film and also how to fill in what had been set up from FA (Who could Rey's parents be that would have been interesting other than nobodies?, Snoke not being expanded upon because Kylo was always going to be the better villain, Luke's reasons for hiding himself away) and finally there's some absolutely stunning visuals (opening space battle, dark side tunnel mirror thing, hyperspace blast, Snoke throne room fight).


Star Wars was a massive part of my childhood but I don't really hold any of it to some great perfection standard where I'll flip my shit if it's not the way I want it (hallllooooooooooo angry internet nerds who hate women). I'm not trying to convince anyone that they have to like it either. I certainly was hoping for a different film initially. But I'm really glad that Disney actually said "fuck it" and let someone do whatever they wanted and made something that was interesting and also so divisive because if it was just another safe but fun Force Awakens type film then I think even more people would have been disappointed. 

Although the biggest disappointment is that with FA being Han's film and TLJ being Luke's film then ep 9 was probably going to be Leia's film and I think there could have been some really great stuff with that. Especially having scenes with Kylo and her and all that would entail. It's a shame we'll never get to see that.

I'm sorry Hair, I hope I haven't ruined your Christmas.

Bird Box

Apocalypse horror with bullock .. I enjoyed it although it stretches credibility at certain points

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Popstar is tonight's viewing then, it's on Netflix.  Will open my Dark Matter rum.

I quite like some of the popstar songs