Having just rewatched it again for the umpteenth time, it's still one of the greatest comedy films of all time. Full of laughs. Just about every scene has a laugh out loud moment. A classic.
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it's okay, but not nearly as funny as Blazing saddles.

I consider Young Frankenstein one of the best comedies of all time. It is clever, tells a great story that holds up on its own outside of the jokes alone and has great performances, production values and direction. Though there are quite a few movies that I have had more belly laughs from, Young Frankenstein is nearly unbeatable as a great comedy.
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Moviebuff? No, lol (facepalm)
You are very, very wrong.

You need to change the word "definitely" to "in my opinion."

I recon this is miles ahead of Blazing Saddles and hasn't aged like BS has. This films is genuinely laugh-out-loud funny to me and Mel Brooks best film. I honestly didn't expect to laugh so much in this as I watch BS again recently and was disappointed, but YF is even more brilliant than I remember it.

I know I'm in the minority, but I find High Anxiety to be leaps and bounds funnier than Young Frankenstein. BTW, the OP never came back. Typical.

I'm not sure what the big deal is either, though I definitely enjoyed the film a hundred times more this time round than I did a few years ago. The film is sort of scene by scene, with no timing between the actual scene edits. I feel like I'm watching a feature length series of sketches at some points.
I do think this film is gorgeous to look at, though. Every light has a star on it (I guess they used some filter) and Gene Wilder is absolutely glowing throughout.

Young Frankenstein
had its moments of great gags and subverting Horror conventions through parody, but for me
Blazing Saddles
did a better job as a comedy and subverting conventions in general.
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YF is funny and charming - but could have been so much funnier.
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It is a good comedy but more than that a very enjoyable film, satire, parody, call it what you will. That's what makes it one of the best for me.

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Taste in comedy varies. For instance i thought Blazing saddles was hilarious, but this i find only mildly funny.

I stand by my response 2 years ago. This is one of the funniest movies of all time. Anyone who doesn't agree has a poor sense of humor. It's not your faults. True sense of humor requires wisdom, thoughtfulness, and perspective. Most of you don't have this. I'd blame your parents.

I agree with the OP. I watched it again to see why everyone loved it and I wasn't impressed. I love how Gene Wilder acts so seriously all the time. He's a great actor even when the comedy is a farce.

Oh, I completely get the expectations being too high thing. Forrest Gump for instance, was so hailed, so glorified that by the time I finally saw it, I was completely underwhelmed. In contrast, if you go in with NO or very low expectations, sometimes you can really appreciate a flick that you may have disregarded (the Nathan Fillion movie, Slither comes to mind).
Of course our enjoyment of something can be influenced by the opinions of others. That's human nature.

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I think it is a parody, not satire. And how many movies can actually generate a laugh? I mean a real laugh out loud laugh. YF has such strong gags that it gets me even when I know what's coming to this day after dozens of viewings. I'm just trying to remember them in my head and I'm up to 10 jokes/gags. I like and have watched lots of movies. Some of the funniest movies I've seen recently are The Hangover and Zombieland. They're funny, and I would recommend them, but they're not in the league of YF. And can "funniness" be quantified? It is more a collective opinion by repeat viewers for comedies, as opposed to dramas being more critic/award driven.s
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That's what I thought the first time I saw 'Young Frankenstein'. But for my own surprise, I found it a lot funnier the second time that I saw it.
Perhaps the reason why I didn't find 'Young Frankenstein' THAT funny the 1st time around is because I went to see it with a lot of expectations since this movie is considered one of the finest comedies ever. Therefore the "hype" played against the movie itself. But the 2nd time around I knew already what to expect, so I could enjoy it for what it is.
Besides the first time I didn't caught several in-jokes and homages to the old Frankenstein movies because I had only watched 'Frankenstein' but not 'Bride of Frankenstein' nor 'Son of Frankenstein'.
The 2nd time around I found it funnier because I had already watched those movies, therefore those "cryptic" in-jokes, now makes sense completely.
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Yes, "Kind Hearts and Coronets" is hilarious in witty way.

While you can have your own opinion and argue opinions back and forth, in order to be "one of the funniest comedies of all time" if one relies on popular opinion, then by that measure it is, indeed, one of the funniest comedies of all time.

I think your all beep nuts! this is absolutely one of the funniest movies of all time!

One of the funniest movies I have ever seen was Kind Hearts and Coronets. It didn't have one "laugh out loud" moment in it, but it was absolutely brillant. Very dry comedy.
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I disagree but then again I almost never laugh out loud when I see a comedy. The ones that do succeed and keep succeeding when I rewatch the film mostly end up being one of my favorites.
so that would mean that Young Frankenstein is definatly in it for me (I liked it better than Blazing Saddles as well)

Actually, I like this one better than Blazing Saddles and I laughed pretty hard at that one. YF is not just the homagethat's the icing on the cake that helps set up the humour.
One thing I like about Young Frankenstein more than Blazing Saddles is that YF has a more coherent plot. Everything fits together whereas, in Blazing Saddles, they threw everything at the screen and hoped it would stick. And stick most of it did, but the ending still loses a lot of steam once they explode the fourth wall off the set. Contrast that with YF where all of the sexual tension and innuendo and comparisons between Frankenstein and his creation are sent up in one big blast of "Oh, Sweet Mystery of Life".
It doesn't make Blazing Saddles terrible in comparison to YF or anybody who doesn't like YF some kind of idiot, but it also doesn't mean that, just because someone comes on here and says they didn't laugh (or didn't laugh much), YF isn't a classic or funny comedy.
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