Not A Comedy`
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dondi_v — 11 years ago(December 13, 2014 09:49 AM)
Yup, as you and everybody else has classified it
Black comedy is defined as an unusually humorous or satirical treatment of a taboo or serious subject, and maybe the classification for the movie was a reflection of its time. Today, I see it as hyperbolic but definitely non-sarcastic. -
LemonTastic — 11 years ago(December 14, 2014 04:05 AM)
I get it. You're one of those people who have to find a deeper meaning to a film.
This is a black comedy because it takes a serious subject, most times a dark subject, like this film a marriage breakdown, and adds some humour to the darkest parts. -
dondi_v — 11 years ago(December 14, 2014 05:15 PM)
Nah, unfortunately you dont.
I will give you your opinion that this is a black comedy, since you and mainstream media seem to think so (and as even I have said, an obvious reaction to a first viewing during its first release). But a recent screening has made me realize that this film is earnest (in the words of one
mainstream
review " so unremitting that we find we cannot laugh") and as such, tragic.
But seriously? " you are one of those people who have to find a deeper meaning to a film."? I find it a bit sad that while i thought we were having an intellectual debate here, picking each other's brains out, you felt the need to indulge in sarcasm, which, as defined by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, is the last refuge of modest people when their souls are invaded. -
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stanleyhetz — 9 years ago(January 25, 2017 11:11 PM)
I get it. You're one of those people who have to find a deeper meaning to a film.
This is a black comedy because it takes a serious subject, most times a dark subject, like this film a marriage breakdown, and adds some humour to the darkest parts. -
MELlSANDRE — 10 years ago(March 05, 2016 09:24 PM)
"Black comedy is defined as an unusually humorous or satirical treatment of a taboo or serious subject "
Hello?
The War of the Roses is a Black Comedy.
I do not have Attention Deficit Disor Ooooh, look at the bunny! -
daughterofolaf — 10 years ago(June 30, 2015 09:31 PM)
I have to agree that I do not see this as a comedy and I don't see it as black comedy either. There may be a couple of parts that are worth a chuckle but that's about all. This isn't reay a movie that I find easy to label but it sure doesn't fit under comedy or black comedy, in my book anyway. Towards the end it borders on being a horror movie, lol.
"It's Minnie Pearl's murder weapon." -
marilynnewman — 10 years ago(August 24, 2015 08:15 AM)
You mean like "The Loved One"? Or "The Abominable Dr. Phibes"?
I found both of those hysterical beyond belief. I haven't watched the "War of the Roses", but if it's a black comedy, they're some of my favorites. I'll have to give it a look. -
ArielBL — 10 years ago(December 07, 2015 03:51 AM)
I kinda agree.
It was supposed to be a black comedy, but missed the mark.
Turner's character was too unreasonably vicious and unhinged, making it harrowing to watch, and even a 'black comedy' needs more than a couple of wise cracks. Short on comedy, top-heavy on blackness.
The only amusing thing was when the mother gave her children sweets, philosophising that they won't crave them later in life then the kids grew up fat.
This movie appealed to disillusioned housewives. There are many, I guess.