Name some comedy movies not talked about much...

[ZOOYUKA]

I recently watched Tapeheads on Netflix. I thought it was pretty funny.

 

[ShawnD1]

I think half of you people are trolling.

:hmm:

No kidding. someone on the first page said oceans 11. That's not a comedy. It's a piece of shit with a nice soundtrack.

 

[SphinxnihpS]

The Adjuster

Spun - Simply fantastic story about a bunch of meth heads. Mickey Roark gives the performance of his life, and yes I have seen The Wrestler- blows that out of the water!

Elling

Arsenic and Old Lace - The most mainstream of my recommendations, but due to it's age, probably very few of you have even heard of it, so here it is. Just terrific!

Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe? - The truest marriage gone wrong film ever made, it is both powerful and hilarious, and both Liz Taylor and Richard Burton give the performances of their lives, probably because they had the same knockdown drag out fights in their real lives and reliving them was simple.

 

[KGB]

"SOB"

Look it up.

 

[palswim]

It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World

My wife and I just finished watching that last night!

People talked about it lots when it first showed, though (1960s).

 

[Krynj]

Outside Providence. a little Farrelly bros gem overlooked by most.

Alec Baldwin = genius.

Heard lots of good things about it. I love Baldwin, so I'll have to check it out soon.

 

[SphinxnihpS]

I just saw Micmacs recently. Was WAY better then i expected. I still laugh to myself when i think of him pretending to clean his teeth in the window. I own City of Lost Children which i love. Amelie' is also great and quirky.

But yeah Alien Resurrection should be strucken from the records lol What was he thinking.

If you think about AR, it starts out not so bad. You certainly can not complain about the cast. Winona Ryder was actually quite terrific. Brad Dourif is always terrific! Ron Perlman is always terrific! Dominique Pinon is always awesome!

The shots were gorgeous through the first half.

Somewhere along the line, and probably due to the director's use of very expensive sets, elaborate camera cranes and dollies, and at the time very expensive CGI, budgets were trimmed and the film was forced to wrap before the director got the story he wanted, leaving the editors to cobble together what was done.

A lot of it feels like Hollywood executive interference caused the problems. I just don't see Caro/Jeunet putting this film out as it was by choice.

I also feel the writers left out too much sci and included too much fi.

The end of the film is the biggest botched abortion in a sci-fi history choc full of abortions.

 

[SphinxnihpS]

My wife and I just finished watching that last night!

People talked about it lots when it first showed, though (1960s).

Yeah it's one of the top comedies of all time and ran on syndicated TV from time to time for decades. Great movie, but undeserving of this thread.

 

[SphinxnihpS]

I think half of you people are trolling.

:hmm:

No I just think they don't read.

 

[zinfamous]

Here's a recent one that precisely 18 people have seen:

The Extra Man

hilarious. Kevin Kline plays one of the most brilliantly hilarious characters that I have recently encountered.

available on Netflix streaming.

 

[SMOGZINN]

Cashback - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460740/

I second Cashback, and if you liked it you should check out Wristcutters: A Love Story

www.imdb.com/title/tt0477139/

 

[BrokenVisage]

The Grand
Grandma's Boy
Kingpin
Zombieland
Down Periscope

 

[Krynj]

I second Cashback, and if you liked it you should check out Wristcutters: A Love Story

www.imdb.com/title/tt0477139/

I saw Cashback years ago, and don't remember it being a comedy. Wristcutters however, is pretty funny, in that strange/dark comedy kind of way.

 

[Perknose]

Not much talked about? I'll give you not much talked about . . . and hilarious:

Putney Swope

"Great drug-fuelled and flawed social commentary."




Greaser's Palace

"A parable based on the life of Christ. This ain't your father's Bible story, full of references about the destruction of the world through massive constipation and a New Mexican setting."



Baxter

"Fascinating and filled with malicious humor."​

 

[Perknose]

Fixored.

 

[Wyndru]

Johnny Dangerously

 

[SphinxnihpS]

Not much talked about? I'll give you not much talked about . . . and hilarious:

"Great drug-fuelled and flawed social commentary."

"A parable based on the life of Christ. This ain't your father's Bible story, full of references about the destruction of the world through massive constipation and a New Mexican setting."

"Fascinating and filled with malicious humor."
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Those look interesting. I will check them out.

 

[zinfamous]

I saw Cashback years ago, and don't remember it being a comedy.

same.

but it's definitely worth it for the awesome boobage.

good flick altogether, really.

 

[Fritzo]

Kingpin is one of my all time favorite movies.

I have no idea how Fido didn't become more popular. That movie was awesome!

 

[joesmoke]

Read before burning. ...self ownage.

oops, been listening to a mixtape called burn after rolling with a similar cover. self owned.

also, spun weirded me out. i know its a part of life, but extreme cruelty to women always leaves me with mixed feelings about a movie.

 

[SirStev0]

Not much talked about? I'll give you not much talked about . . . and hilarious:

"Great drug-fuelled and flawed social commentary."

"A parable based on the life of Christ. This ain't your father's Bible story, full of references about the destruction of the world through massive constipation and a New Mexican setting."

"Fascinating and filled with malicious humor."
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Come on don't leave me hanging.



I really like Death to Smoochy. Slipped under a lot of people's radar.

 

[Perknose]

Come on don't leave me hanging.

See above. Putney Swope added.

 

[Perknose]

I'd add:

The Triplets of Belleville

Two that are somewhat better known, but not necessarily by all:

Repo Men

Buckaroo Banzai

The All-Star Blockbuster Comedy of its day:

It's a Mad Mad Mad World

And pretty much any WC Fields or Marx Brothers flick that you haven't yet seen.

 

[Mloot]

Arsenic and Old Lace is one of my favorites, as well.

 

[classy]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0188863/

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