This movie wasn't funny…
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rizdek — 21 years ago(February 24, 2005 06:02 PM)
To tedious_toad-1 Wow, everyone is entitled to his/her own opinion, but if this movie didn't even make you laugh oncetoo bad for you. I have watched both AFCW and Fierce Creatures many many times, and laugh heartily every time. It's a great matchup of characters, and the script is good.
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AL_Chillatigerwivvanilla — 20 years ago(April 27, 2005 05:57 PM)
I understand that everybody's got different tastes of humour, but to not laugh once, to not even manage a half-hearted smile throughout the entire movie, you'd need to be in a catatonic state or dead. I laughed so hard when I watched this on ITV the other night that it hurt (even though I've seen it many times before).
Kevin Kline deserved his oscar and all the other performances were great, not to mention the hilarious and riotous script, the perfect timing etc.
Maybe you prefer darker comedy and I understand that the special edition DVD has deleted/alternate scenes which makes the comedy darker.
I'm game. I like any sort of comedy but this is one of my favourites. The mixture of British and American humour was perfect and JLC was beautiful as ever. -
coventrycitynil — 19 years ago(April 23, 2006 09:05 AM)
You obviously dont appriciate good comedy, let me guess, you laugh at stupid humour like that displayed in such tripe as 'Scary Movie' or gross out comedy like 'American Pie' (dont get me wrong, i like American Pie, its funny in its own way)
But Wanda contains real comedy.
How could you not laugh at John Cleese's exasperation when Ken is trying to tell him what hotel they have gone to, but just cant get the words out.
Watching John try and remain calm, but fail miserably just echos Basil Fawlty:
Archie: "plenty of time"
Ken: "the Ca..the Ca..the C..the C"
Archie: "OH COME ON!!, sorry, no rush"
This IS a very funny movie.
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Metathesiophobia — 19 years ago(May 05, 2006 12:34 AM)
Actually I agree with you. And please no one tell me that I don't have a sense of humour because I've laughed through a lot of films, but this simply didn't work for me. In fact, now that I think about neither did any of the Python movies. I think the reason is because back in the day these jokes were fresh and original and really well done but nowadays they've been copied so many times they seem clichd and unoriginal compared to what's currently in the mainstream media. Or maybe it's just not my kind of humour. Either way, the movie wasn't my cup of tea.
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drmd3000 — 19 years ago(May 25, 2006 08:19 AM)
Guys, as much as you are appalled by tedious toad-1's reaction, I am here to support his 2004 decision to drop us all a line. It's a scream in a vacuum, but nonethelessI didn't think this film was top-notch. I did smile a couple of times, especially toward the end, where the action picked up. The rest of the gags with people walking in on the naked Cleese, the stalking Otto these are all mainstays of theater and TV comedy that have been done and redone even before 1988. Kline overacted horribly. Generally I like him, but, man, he was a clown in this one (in a bad way). I was amazed to find out it won Oscors. I don't get the movie. Sorry, guys. Just not funny and stale.
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norman4990 — 19 years ago(June 13, 2006 07:18 PM)
The first half-hour wasn't that funny, but it gets really good after that and anyone who didn't think it was funny must seriously have an IQ of 70 or something.
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