Xander ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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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.
2001: A Post Odyssey
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.
I've read about it, but we sadly don't get BBCA on cable anymore.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Plus, a Marine calling other Marines "soldier?!?" Dude.
What do they call each other? "Marine"? Is it only the Army who refer to each other as "soldier"?
Well, the Navy calls its people "sailor," so I believe Marines are tinkers and the Coast Guard is full of tailors.
[edited to prove I'm not illiterate. Marines call each other Marines, IIRC. They're kind of -- cultish that way.]
[I have no idea what Coast Guard people call themselves.]