Raising Arizona
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tehck — 9 years ago(July 05, 2016 05:24 PM)
The problem (for me) with Blazing Saddles and all Mel Brooks' movies is that he doesn't know when to stop. They're funny as heck for about 45 minutes, but he just keeps flogging the same horse until it dies. Holy Grail never does that; it's hilarious until the last frame.
I've seen some really funny stuff from classic Hollywood with W.C. Fields, the Marx Bros., and so on, but I've never laughed at anything like I've laughed at Holy Grail. Maybe if I'd seen Life of Brian first, I'd feel differently, but my firends and I recite lines from Holy Grail like the bible:
"Now let's not argue about who killed who . . . " (I'm laughing right now). -
THOMASSU — 12 years ago(September 11, 2013 03:36 PM)
Depends on my mood. Sometimes I laugh more at these movies (in no particular order):
Neighbors (Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi)
The Burbs
Kingpin
Dumb and dumber
The Money Pit
A serious man
Burn after reading
The big Lebowski
Ed Wood
Vacation and X-mas Vacation
Most of Woody Allen's comedies
Several John Hughes Comedies
Several Ben Stiller comedies
Several Will Ferrell comedies
Some Adam Sandler films, especially Punch drunk love
etc.
"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe" - Roy Batty, Blade Runner -
maudet — 12 years ago(October 05, 2013 06:12 PM)
Probably the only comedy I like more than this one is "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb" although this is definitely a more laugh-out-loud type of movie than Strangelove is.
There are some other great comedies that are JUST below Holy Grail, but I really think that it's the #2 comedy, right behind Strangelove. -
ElTotor — 12 years ago(October 11, 2013 09:02 AM)
There is this movie:
http://26th.abcsofdeathpart2.com/entry/m-is-for-mocking-death/
(like it if you like it)
And except this one, there are few movies closed to the holy graal.
Strange love of course, I also loved scary movie 2 (sorry), South Park Movie, and 2 french movies : Les trois frres and La cit de la peur. Don't know if you can find them in English. -
film-collector — 12 years ago(March 29, 2014 12:59 AM)
Well? If you're done watching all the movies listed (most, repeatedly) AND you still have eyesight, try catching:
His Girl Friday and The General (silent) as well as MANY Chaplin shorts.
And TRY to catch them (like most older movies) on as large a screen as possible. So many expressions are lost on the small screen.
"I think you'll just LOVE Peckerwood!" -
marousha_n — 12 years ago(April 01, 2014 11:53 AM)
Dr Strangelove
The great dictator
Fawlty Towers
Four rooms
All time favorites
http://www.imdb.com/list/uXvt09u3fO4/