Shrek is rated above The Producers.
'Nuff said.
Exactly. Bless you! Not to mention Arthur rated above The Producers, and The Wedding Singer at #7 and Groundhog Day somewhere in the 30s? And no Bringing Up Baby or To Be Or Not To Be or The Lady Eve?
Simon: Captain... why did you come back for us? Mal: You're on my crew. Simon: Yeah, but you don't even like me. Why'd you come back? Mal: You're on my crew. Why we still talking about this?
'Safe'
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JZ - Jun 02, 2006 10:42:44 am PDT #1998 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Hayden - Jun 02, 2006 10:44:35 am PDT #1999 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I did point DH at your request for Altman submissions -- he wrote a really good piece a while back for an Altman blogathon, that could very easily be tweaked for publication. He's currently writing about 80-zillion other things, but I'll nudge him again to email you if he has time.
Thanks! That would be great. I'd love to get you to write for us, too, though. Think of it as a long post!
Um, because comedies are supposed to be funny?
Sorry, I know the Internet doesn't carry smells, but my sentence was soaked in sarcasm.
megan walker - Jun 02, 2006 10:45:39 am PDT #2000 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Yeah, the lack of screwballs is what gets me.
There are lots of good movies on that list. The order is just way out of whack. Basing myself on the criteria of funny, from their list my top 10 would be something like (in no particular order): This is Spinal Tap, The Princess Bride, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Best In Show, The Producers, Caddyshack, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Trading Places, Young Frankenstein, Stripes.
Frankenbuddha - Jun 02, 2006 10:46:44 am PDT #2001 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
2001: A Post Odyssey
Jessica - Jun 02, 2006 11:00:07 am PDT #2002 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Apropos of nothing - Corwood, have you been watching The Thick of It on BBCA? It's like The Office, but with the cranky dry wit turned up to eleven. I've only seen the pilot so far, and I practically broke something laughing.
Hayden - Jun 02, 2006 11:04:37 am PDT #2003 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I've read about it, but we sadly don't get BBCA on cable anymore.
Jessica - Jun 02, 2006 11:09:06 am PDT #2004 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Oh, too bad -- it's fucking brilliant, and I think it'd be right up your alley. Hopefully there will be region 1 DVDs out soon.
Hayden - Jun 02, 2006 11:13:27 am PDT #2005 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
It sure sounds perfect. I'll keep my eyes peeled for those DVDs. Or, at the very least, I'll hope that PBS picks up the series.
Volans - Jun 02, 2006 11:31:07 am PDT #2006 of 10001
move out and draw fire
We just watched Doom. It wasn't completely unamusing. Unfortunately, occasionally Karl Urban actually acted, which threw the quality of the rest of the movie into stark contrast.
Plus, a Marine calling other Marines "soldier?!?" Dude.
Kathy A - Jun 02, 2006 11:33:34 am PDT #2007 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Unfortunately, occasionally Karl Urban actually acted, which threw the quality of the rest of the movie into stark contrast.
Hee!! He's the only reason I would consider watching that movie (same with the Riddick flick). At least Bourne Supremacy had other things going for it in addition to Karl Urban.