Why aren't there comedies like this anymore?
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Young Frankenstein
homergreg — 10 years ago(January 20, 2016 07:19 PM)
What happened to good funny movies?? I often search for new to just make me laugh, and pickings are pretty slim.
Here are the most popular comedies for 2015:
http://www.imdb.com/search/title?at=0&genres=comedy&sort=moviemeter,asc&title_type=feature&year=2015,2015
Can anybody suggest anything recent that compares to Young Frankenstein or Blazing Saddles? -
FearlessOneDay — 10 years ago(March 05, 2016 12:05 PM)
Political correctness maybe. I saw this on TCM just now. It's hilarious ..and the cinematography and art direction: wow. But the scene where Madeline Kahn is raped by the monster and enjoys it (six times) because of his monster-sized unit (clearly, much bigger than Donald Trump's) would never get by PC censors today.
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homergreg — 10 years ago(March 05, 2016 01:15 PM)
You do have a point about the political correctness. Sad really, because much of the politically incorrect stuff was really social commentary, well maybe not the "Oh Sweet Mystery of Life" part. It's sad when satire needs to be politically correct. Maybe that's why good satire is so seldom seen anymore.
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SpaceMountainMike — 10 years ago(March 10, 2016 05:31 PM)
pickings are pretty slim.
He was in Blazing Saddles Hyuk hyuk
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eansBa88 — 10 years ago(March 10, 2016 11:52 PM)
Geeze, ive seen two out of the top fifty and wasnt whole heartedly impressed. Try coopers' camera(also called coopers' christmas) its got a 6.1 on imdb, but i thought it was great. Tucker and dale vs evil wasnt bad either.
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homergreg — 9 years ago(October 11, 2016 05:52 PM)
I finally checked out Tucker and Dale, it was pretty hilarious, you all are right. More of a Shawn of the Dead vibe to it. A much better parody of the slasher films than those Scary Movie installments that just got so old.
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doubl3 — 10 years ago(March 20, 2016 05:45 AM)
There are plenty comedies like this, ie not very good ones. This was certainly not a bad movie, but it's big time overrated. Almost all of the humor was the type that only pseudo-intellectuals think is funny. Not any laugh out loud funny, which is what most people like. really, there are VERY few truly funny comedies ever made. Meanwhile, there are a lot of great comedy tv shows.
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homergreg — 10 years ago(March 20, 2016 07:37 AM)
I can understand that there are plenty of people who do not enjoy this type of movie, everybody has their preferences. It would be a very dull world if everyone preferred the same things. Everyone has their own opinion of what constitutes a good comedy.
What's this whole pseudo-intellectual part though? Please explain so I can better understand what you are trying to say about those who don't share your taste in movies. -
The_TJT — 9 years ago(April 20, 2016 04:24 AM)
What's this whole pseudo-intellectual part though? Please explain
He's trying to say that people who want to appear smart like the film. That doesn't really make much sense since the humour in Young Frankenstein is not very witty or cerebral (no pun intended).
