Kung Fu Hustle!
Posted on 12/30/2018 7:54:33 AM PST by Leaning Right
BBC Culture polled 253 film critics from 52 countries to determine the funniest films ever made.
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I like most of the movies subtitled on this thread.
I went to the theatre late on Monday morning to see The Gods Must Be Crazy. It was sold our for weeks in Sacramento on two screens back in the day.
I chuckles a few times and thought, well that was just OK.
My lady friend du jour wanted to se it and there were post viewing benefits to my advantage. So went with her again. Nice blouse, oh my.
The place was packed and we roared thru out the movie. I was soar from laughing.
My point? Different setting, different audience, packed house. laughter can be contagious. So all this subjective. Is Blazing better than Young Frank? Depends on what you want. My wife grew dup in Philippines, different frame of reference and cultural references. But she loves slap antilock. Loves things like America’s Best Home Vids, people falling and running into things. I like stand up. She doesn’t. We rarely like the same movies.
Animal House is and will always be a classic for several reasons. And “even” women enjoy this insight to what pigs and attention whores young men can be for female attention and bragging rights. No movie captured it better. Got invited to toga for just bringing the movie up one time. Good weekend.
The Addams Family
The Mouse That Roared
Big Trouble in Little China
Bull Durham
Clerks
Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex...
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum
Galaxy Quest
Groundhog Day
High Spirits
Home Alone
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Kentucky Fried Movie
Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
Love at First Bite
Mister Roberts
My New Partner
National Lampoon’s Vacation
Noises Off... (1992)
One, Two, Three (1961)
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Police Academy 1
Porky’s 1
The President’s Analyst
Raising Arizona
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe (1972) +
The Return of the Tall Blond Man (1974)
Ruthless People
Sex with a Smile (1976)
Soapdish
What’s Up, Tiger Lily?
Whisky Galore
Nicely Played!
The Big Lebowski.
"Airplane" is there of course, but where is "Blazing Saddles"?
Never seen most of the rest of them.
Kung Fu Hustle!
Some of my faves, in no particular order, many watched again & again:
Caddy Shack
Animal House
Napoleon Dynamite
Young Frankenstein
The Jerk
Office Space
The Princess Bride
Trading Places
Best in Show
Ghostbusters
Raising Arizona
Tootsie
Groundhog Day (RIP, Harold Ramis!)
Stripes (Didn’t make the list...)
Meatballs (Didn’t make the list...)
Think that is the movie where they steal the neighbors Thunderbird, go get gas in a filthy trash bucket, etc.
Was laughing with tears streaming as they tried to pour the gas in.
Some of those I haven’t seen but the ones I have, I agree with you.
I saw one recently which I thought was funny as all get out. It was titled “Kick Ass”. That little girl killing those thugs was funny to watch.
The only thing I objected to was having her use profanity. Mainly because I don’t think 12 years old actresses should be saying those things.
“I must make a skeleton meatier, using a crowbar covered in lettuce”.
Lost Skeleton of Cadavra was hilarious.
My wife loves Napoleon. Opposites attract, I guess...
Agreed — just saw it again for the nnth time. Continuous laughs beginning to end.
“Mainly because I don’t think 12 years old actresses should be saying those things.”
Then don’t ever watch, ‘Leon: The Professional’ which was Natalie Portman’s debut movie around that age. She was training as an assassin!
It’s actually quite a good movie. Kind of gory in parts, but you can see it coming and close your eyes. I did! ;)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110413/
Raising Arizona 1987
It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World 1963
Ghostbreakers with Hope and Paulette Goddard. It was on the list I was going to submit.
It insults everyone and everything. And it's a pirate movie!
I tell people it's my favorite movie of all time and I always get the same thing. “Never heard of it.”
Major Payne was great as was Mars Attack.
“My wife loves Napoleon. Opposites attract, I guess...”
Yep. You either get it, or you don’t. Beau thinks it’s dumb; I find it utterly charming! CHARMING, I say! :)
Ghostbusters
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