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Re: The funniest movie of all time
Posted: Thu November 04, 2021 5:17 pm
by Strat
I’ve been to Duluth
Re: The funniest movie of all time
Posted: Thu November 04, 2021 5:20 pm
by wease
epilogue wrote:wease wrote:B wrote:I've watched Planes, Trains, and Automobiles upwards of 50 times and never stop laughing. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation is up there too.
Fuck yeah.
Also in the John Candy subgenre goes Who’s Harry Crumb? and The Great Outdoors. Uncle Buck is good and the biggest hit, but I prefer all 3 I’ve mentioned to it.
Did you ever see Delirious?
Fuck yeah, I have. Forgot it, dammit. I prefer it to Uncle Buck, as well.
Re: The funniest movie of all time
Posted: Thu November 04, 2021 5:31 pm
by epilogue
wease wrote:epilogue wrote:wease wrote:B wrote:I've watched Planes, Trains, and Automobiles upwards of 50 times and never stop laughing. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation is up there too.
Fuck yeah.
Also in the John Candy subgenre goes Who’s Harry Crumb? and The Great Outdoors. Uncle Buck is good and the biggest hit, but I prefer all 3 I’ve mentioned to it.
Did you ever see Delirious?
Fuck yeah, I have. Forgot it, dammit. I prefer it to Uncle Buck, as well.
I love Delirious (and Crumb and Great Outdoors, too). Our COVID pod watched Delirious last year. I was the only one among us who had seen it. They all HATED it so much.
It still cracked me up, though.
Re: The funniest movie of all time
Posted: Thu November 04, 2021 5:33 pm
by DissidentRival4
not sure it's the funniest movie of all time, but i don't think I've ever laughed as hard as i did the first time i saw Ace Ventura in the theater. The freaking tutu scene almost caused me to piss my pants i was laughing so hard.
Re: The funniest movie of all time
Posted: Thu November 04, 2021 6:03 pm
by oasisfan35
DissidentRival4 wrote:not sure it's the funniest movie of all time, but i don't think I've ever laughed as hard as i did the first time i saw Ace Ventura in the theater. The freaking tutu scene almost caused me to piss my pants i was laughing so hard.
The hardest I ever laughed in a theater was the Jim Carrey taking over Steve Carell during the live broadcast scene of
Bruce Almighty.
Re: The funniest movie of all time
Posted: Thu November 04, 2021 7:23 pm
by B
The hardest I've ever laughed in a theater was probably There's Something About Mary, but I was a lot younger. I'm not sure if that movie or I have held up well.
Re: The funniest movie of all time
Posted: Thu November 04, 2021 7:40 pm
by LetMeSleep
Jorge wrote:Oh yeah that's a hilarious film you DEGENERATE
You've leapt a little there, bud. I never said it was a hilarious film I just mentioned that it was the last time I remember laughing out loud.
Amazing manipulation by both director and editor in that film.
Now, would you like to talk about
The Idiots?
edit: For clarification, both Happiness and The Idiots were painful to watch.
Re: The funniest movie of all time
Posted: Thu November 04, 2021 7:43 pm
by LetMeSleep
I don't really find Jim Carey or Will Ferrell funny. In fact, most of the films mentioned in this thread I didn't enjoy.
Stripes was good but I was a kid when I saw that last.
Re: The funniest movie of all time
Posted: Thu November 04, 2021 7:45 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: The funniest movie of all time
Posted: Thu November 04, 2021 7:45 pm
by B
LetMeSleep wrote:I can't think of many laugh out loud movies I've seen over the last decade. The last time I remember laughing in a cinema was Happiness.
I'm not sure the problem is the movies, LMS.
Re: The funniest movie of all time
Posted: Thu November 04, 2021 7:55 pm
by LetMeSleep
The Big Lebowski
Clerks
Napoleon Dynamite
Shaun of the Dead
Love Serenade
The Castle
Groundhog Day
Re: The funniest movie of all time
Posted: Thu November 04, 2021 7:57 pm
by Rangi Guy
LetMeSleep wrote:The Big Lebowski
Clerks
Napoleon Dynamite
Shaun of the Dead
Love Serenade
The Castle
Groundhog Day
Ohhhhh The Castle - that's a great pick
Re: The funniest movie of all time
Posted: Thu November 04, 2021 8:01 pm
by LetMeSleep
Hunt For The Wilderpeople was pretty funny too.
Crackerjack
Bad Eggs
Muriel's Wedding
Four Lions
Re: The funniest movie of all time
Posted: Thu November 04, 2021 8:15 pm
by B
I don't agree with most of your picks, LMS, but I'm glad you thought of some. It's good to know you've laughed since 1998.
Re: The funniest movie of all time
Posted: Thu November 04, 2021 8:17 pm
by Farmer John
What We Do in the Shadows is up there.
Re: The funniest movie of all time
Posted: Thu November 04, 2021 8:25 pm
by 50 Million Feet of Earth...
Major League (probably the most underrated)
There's Something About Mary
Spinal Tap
Revenge of the Nerds
Old School
Office Space
Airplane
Clerks
National Lampoon's Vacation
Jackass
Re: The funniest movie of all time
Posted: Fri November 05, 2021 4:02 am
by Malloy
a more recent vintage: The Nice Guys, and something older, Little Murders & A New Leaf
Re: The funniest movie of all time
Posted: Fri November 05, 2021 4:22 am
by Ello Sailor
Farmer John wrote:What We Do in the Shadows is up there.
Sonofabitch, there's another modern classic I had forgotten about.
Re: The funniest movie of all time
Posted: Fri November 05, 2021 10:56 am
by epilogue
Ello Sailor wrote:Farmer John wrote:What We Do in the Shadows is up there.
Sonofabitch, there's another modern classic I had forgotten about.
Yeah, that's a great call.
Re: The funniest movie of all time
Posted: Sat November 06, 2021 9:41 pm
by wease
epilogue wrote:wease wrote:epilogue wrote:wease wrote:B wrote:I've watched Planes, Trains, and Automobiles upwards of 50 times and never stop laughing. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation is up there too.
Fuck yeah.
Also in the John Candy subgenre goes Who’s Harry Crumb? and The Great Outdoors. Uncle Buck is good and the biggest hit, but I prefer all 3 I’ve mentioned to it.
Did you ever see Delirious?
Fuck yeah, I have. Forgot it, dammit. I prefer it to Uncle Buck, as well.
I love Delirious (and Crumb and Great Outdoors, too). Our COVID pod watched Delirious last year. I was the only one among us who had seen it. They all HATED it so much.
It still cracked me up, though.
You are a man of great taste, my friend.