Incredibly overrated
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dukie172 — 17 years ago(August 07, 2008 04:32 PM)
Personally, when I watch old comedies, I don't get the same reaction as comedies nowadays. It's not because they're not as funny. It's because they're funny in their own way. Everything isn't a punchline in the older comedies. A lot of it has to do with the reactions, story line, and developing characters. In other words, the goal wasn't just to be funny. It was also to have a great story too. Look at a movie like Blazing Saddles (which I love btw). The story is pretty weak, but it has a lot of great lines in it that are hilarious. Some Like It Hot on the other hand doesn't have as many of those one-liners (though there are some good ones). To make it easier to understand, you have to put it in perspective of literary comedy. In literature, comedies are defined as having a happy ending along with a character that is funny is some way. For example, Rip Van Winkle, while not hilarious would be defined a comedy. Okthis is getting to be too much.
The point isdon't judge it by the amount of laughs it gets. Judge it by how much you enjoy the movie as a whole. Like most Billy Wilder films (including my personal favorite: The Apartment), it's not simply a comedy. It's also a love story and action/suspense film. It's just a complete film. -
scotbpens — 16 years ago(December 26, 2009 11:55 AM)
. . . But I feel like my list would have to many similar examples, like early bill murray movies, or Mel Brooks films.
Comparing Mel Brooks' movies with
Some Like it Hot
is apples and oranges. They're very different types of comedy. As for Bill Murray, I've always found him mildly amusing at best, and that's when he has good material to work with.
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Red_Dust — 16 years ago(March 24, 2010 10:45 PM)
Not only that, but someone not laughing out loud at this movie does not mean they have bad taste in comedies. That is one of the most ignorant conclusions I have ever read.
What is also ignorant is you saying that this movie is overrated and arguing about it not being funny. You were coming off as pretentious in your post. Just because YOU think it's not funny, doesn't mean that this movie is not funny. It just means that MAYBE other things make you laugh, or that you just don't get the humor.
There have been movies/shows that I don't find funny but the majority of people tend to. I'm not going to post on their boards saying,"This is overrated", because I know damn well that an opinion is just an opinion. If I think something is overrated, that doesn't make it fact.
That being said, I'm not going to argue against you for thinking this movie is not funny. Not everyone can like the same thing. Two people with different opinions can argue forever about something and it's just a waste of time. I respect that you don't think it's funny. What I don't respect is you thinking your opinion is fact. -
rck_n_rll — 15 years ago(September 09, 2010 04:39 PM)
Maybe you just have a different sense of humor. A lot of people find this movie funny, including myself. You don't and I'm sure you're not alone. It sounds to me like you just don't prefer older movies, and once again, I'm sure you aren't alone. Sorry, but you sound like a snob. Next.
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SimonForte — 17 years ago(September 09, 2008 11:55 AM)
You take your own opinion way too seriously, pal. Get over yourself.
Last Films
Some Like It Hot 7.5/10
Raising Arizona 8/10
At least I don't feel the need to post ratings for movies I have seen recently like anyone cares what you think of Raising Arizona
And no, I have no respect for hollywood institutions. But let let me clue you in son, a lot of people don't. -
SimonForte — 17 years ago(September 22, 2008 06:22 AM)
"Call me a loser, tell me to get out of my parent's basement, please, anything but insult my movie ratings!"
Oh, there is nothing wrong with your ratings. I just don't know why you think anyone cares about your opinion. Hmmm. subatomic gave dark city an 8.5 Maybe I should check that movie out -
aciolino — 17 years ago(August 27, 2008 08:31 AM)
It is truly a pity that you are unable to "get" the humor in this film. I suspect you are quite young (relative to me, at least) and were raised on what passed for comedy on television from the 70's onward which, by many, was a giant step backward in the evolutionary chain of comedy.
I can't convince you of the film's "funny-ness," but I will relate this story: when I saw the film when it was released I was but six years old. I was with my parents and extended family. I remember not getting any of the humor, but what I do remember vividly is the overwhelming reaction of the sold out audiencepeople having trouble breathing from laughing so hard and long; laughter so loud and prolonged that people were always asking, "what did he say?" because much of the next line was inaudible. I have not been in a theater with that kind of audience reaction since. (the Marx Brothers came close in the early 70's when their films were revived at houses in NYC).
You can take that for what it's worth.
Tell me the last time you experienced this in a movie theater, where the laughter of the audience consistently drowned out the dialogue.