One of the worst feelings in the world is the moment where you realize that a movie that’s has all of the elements of a great comedy just doesn’t live up to its hype. It’s how I imagine Lindsay Lohan feels everyday of her life, except you’d have to replace hype with talent. And then take the exact opposite of it. And then square it and hit it with the hee.
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There have been various movies that I’ve seen of the comedy persuasion where I’ve been overtaken with that very feeling. And do you know what I tell myself? I say Panama, doooooooon’t fight, the feeeeeeelin’. Or even afterwards when I realized, you know what, this movie really wasn’t that funny, but because I wanted it to be that funny I have memories that were clearly a lie but also weren’t true and I tell everybody else that “yeah, you should go see that movie” even though I know that deep down they shouldn’t but they can and they will because they should so they do.
Dum dum diddday.
By the way, I love water, that cool refreshing drink.
Without further adieu, here are 5 movies that you told me were good but really blew more than Superhead holding bubbles (okay that’s not true, these movies didn’t blow – no Chippy D – but didn’t tickle my fancy like three hoes with two feathers).
1. Superbad
Never mind that this might be the gayest movie of all time in terms of high-school bromancism. There is an entire hour of this movie that was completely unnecessary. The problem with that is its right in the middle when they end up at the house party. That entire way-too-long storyline was so unnecessary and frankly retarded that it killed the flow of the movie which definitely had its moments of hilarity. I’d been told by so many people that this movie was a non-stop thrill ride of comedy adventure. After seeing it, I realized that people forced themselves to laugh because they thought they were supposed to. Kind of like deep people who go to poetry open mics where “poets” talk about the most asinine sh*t but everybody claps anyway because nobody wants to be the person who didn’t get it.
2. The Hangover
This one hurt. I WANTED The Hangover to be hilarious. I even watched it more than once and laughed on purpose. I embarrassed me. I embarrassed you. This movie wasn’t funny in a laugh out loud way. It was more funny in a what-are-they-gonna-do next way. Similar to The Farrelly Brothers movie Stuck On You. While the randomness of the baby (and where in the f*ck did they get the Baby Bjorn!!?!?!?), Mike Tyson singing Phil Collins, and the naked Chinaman did provide some WTF moments, none of them were actually funny.
3. Pineapple Express
Seth Rogen is my dude. But man was this a not funny arse movie. The trailer set me up like a big dog. The trailer made this seem like it was going to be the funniest stoner movie ever. And maybe it would be…if I ever got high. But I don’t. In fact, this is the movie version of Kid Cudi’s career. Cudi has no discernible talent for singing, rapping, or existing yet people swear by his first album which was for all accounts, a hot mess of nincomf*ckery. I wanted Pineapple Express to be funny and James Franco did make it entertaining, but after it was over, I wanted some medial marijuana for my pain and suffering.
4. Love Jones
Oh wait this isn’t funny its just WAY overrated.
4. Old School
People swear this movie was hilarious. I swear my copy wasn’t. My copy must have been different than everybody else’s because mine just wasn’t funny. Though maybe I need to give it another whirl (I won’t). I didn’t like Napolean Dynamite the first time I watched it but the second time I swore it was the greatest movie I’d ever seen in my life on a Tuesday.
5. Office Space
BEFORE I GET STONED HEAR ME OUT. I love this movie. But only because I worked in a cubicle farm. I know it’s a cult classic but really, it’s not nearly as funny as history has made it out to be. It’s reached the same status Snoop Dogg has. Snoop is more famous for being Snoop than he is for actually rapping, for which he’s just average at best. Same with this movie, it gets credit for being itself when the truth is, it’s just not THAT hilarious. I will say though that of the movies on the list it is the most funny. Um, bite me.
Alright lads, Go King Beef has spoken. What are other movies that aren’t as funny as folks make the out to be? Or even further, what are the most overrated movies you cant think of?
Talk to me.
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You so randomly sexxy.
i have no clue how you managed to get a comment up the second the joint posted. you must have been practicing on like a dummy site or something.
Duh.
so cheekie jackson: is it miss cheekie or miss jackson if we’re nasty?
*snickering.
“so cheekie jackson: is it miss cheekie or miss jackson if we’re nasty?”
Yes.
No!
was this your attempt at first…cuz you failed.
I’m not saying that because her majesty Cheekie is rightfully first. I’m mad about seeing The Hangover and Pineapple Express on this list I guess you’re entitled to your opinion, though… How is Napoleon Dynamite not on this list? Everyone hyped this movie up and I saw it on a day when I wanted to laugh, but afterwards I felt annoyed.
What is your favourite “funny” movie?
right now its a running tie between two of the most quotable comedies of the past 30 years – Coming To America and Anchorman. Both of those movies are the Jay-Z of comedies.
Coming To America and Anchorman. Both of those movies are the Jay-Z of comedies
LOL i must say those are good choices
Okay, take the journey with me…
CLUELESS! I think this movie is just laugh out loud funny. I’ve watched it over 15 times. I have memorized pretty much everyline. Okay maybe I realllllllllly dig Jane Austen and Jane Austen movie references, but this movie is just too funny. Its like the movie you really shouldn’t take seriously, but if you pay attention a little its totally making fun of the fact that you think its shallow and vapid.
Cher – Dionne and her boyfriend Murray are in this dramatic relationship. I think they’ve seen that Ike and Tina Turner movie too many times.
Okay…maybe I have overthought this movie, wait no I haven’t. Its just plain hilarious.
Thank you
Peace and Love
Naima
I specifically bought a DVD player so I can watch this movie whenever (read weekly) I want to. That movie was so hilarious because of the fact that you notice something different, yet insanely funny every time you watch it. It’s like Friday (the original with Chris Tucker). It’s the movie that gets funnier as time goes on.
With you. Throw 40YOV in that mix…and your list is complete.
right now its a running tie between two of the most quotable comedies of the past 30 years – Coming To America and Anchorman. Both of those movies are the Jay-Z of comedies.
personally, i’d substitute the 40 year old virgin for coming to america. not only is that my favorite comedy, it’s one of my five or six favorite movies altogether.
You clearly haven’t seen CTA in a while…
I thought Talladega nights was funnier than Anchorman, but Coming to America is DEFINITELY one of the funniest and best quotable comedies ever. Classic joint!
Thou speakest the truth. Though, the altering of my comedic taste through extensive interaction with 2520s all throughout school caused me to find Superbad and Pineapple Express quite funny.
I saw Napoleon Dynamite and I don’t recall laughing and also found it a bit annoying.
I enjoyed The Hangover and Superbad. I guess Superbad wasn’t so much funny as it was merely entertaining. I thought The Hangover was quite funny though.
Wait, I’m a majesty? Why no one tell me? I want folks to kiss my rings, meet Lady Gaga, and foolery like that.
Pineapple Express was shockingly violent. I could not pay attention to where it was supposed to be funny because of its wanton use of over the top violence.
I’m coming out of Lurkville *stepping out of a book*
I think Knocked up and 40 year old virgin are wayyy funnier than super bad and the hangover and super bad
but super bad and the hangover were pretty good overall with several laugh out loud moments.
What was seriously and outragously unfunny were I love you man and “funny people”
but old school and office space are my joints…and ithink they reasonate with peopel not because they are the funniest movies on earth but more because they are hilariously realistically close to the subject matter.
i especially love the scene in old school where will farrell talks about being at a lovely dinner in the olive garden and wondering what kind of panties the waitress is wearing.. LOL
but talk about underrated.. step brothers.
its so hilariously stupid and I gotta say stuck on you was mat damon’s best work..LMAO
Step Brothers is underrated. I’m still waiting for “Boats and Hoes” to drop as a single.
Yes, Step Brothers! The part where they are tryin to sleep and break out into Montell Jordan’s “This is how we do it”. I’m a Will Ferrell stan though. I can’t explain it…
I honestly didn’t think Stepbrothers was too funny the first time I saw it. The second time I saw it, I got mad at myself for not realizing how funny it was the first time.
POW!
@that Damn African
yes it gets funnier each time you watch it. Which is the true test of a movie
superbad I laughed the first time and hangover too.. but after the element panama defined as “wtf will they do next” was gone it wasnt nearly as funny.
but 40 year old virgin, knocked up, and sarah marshall are funny every time i see them.
Agreed. Everyone I know thought step brother was so funny but I could barely bring myself to laugh and I laugh at everything.
Yeah, Knocked up is my MOVIE. One of those I have to watch whenever it comes on E! Yeah, E! Ya’ll know that’s the only channel allowed to broadcast it. lol
Judd Apatow films are probaly the most racist films out there.
Just saying.
Wow I cant even believe what Im hearing. Superbad has to be one of the funniest and somewhat relate able movies of all time.
Firstly, these mf’s went in on the comedy for almost the entire movies. I wont say that much of the humor had a tremendous amount of build up but I will say that some of the dialogues (soccer scence, outside the liquor store, outside Mclovins job, etc) and some of the instantaneously funny parts ( Home Ec class, Mclovin getting punch in the face, Seth gettin hit my the car, almost the entire scene at the “old heads” house party etc) made me laugh hard as hell.
Secondly, most guys can connect/empathize withe the characters struggles. For a lot of guys in high school (Not me, sigh gotta love those half days, hope my gf from HS reads this. Ill be sure to get a humorous text) it was a quest to get “some” one that not everyone managed to finish, and all the way up through college it wasn’t jus a given that there would be alcohol on the weekend.
As for the rest of your list sure they werent that funny, and I despise Love Jones/ Jason’s Lyrics, which were equally overrated.
But hey maybe its jus me…
Superbad is one of the funniest movies ive ever seen, its been a few years since it came out and i still quote lines from time to time…..I could put the DVD in right now and still laugh. The Hangover…… another one i disagree with i found it very funny, and untill reading this post and its comments i didn’t know this many people didn’t find it funny. Pineapple express wasn’t as funny as the hangover or superbad but, i have my reason for y i think it was funny lol.Love Jones, one of my favorite movies, i love it. it reminds me of a time when a movie with a black ensemble cast didn’t come out every blue moon, unlike now smh. It didn’t “entrap” me into thinking i have to find a Darrius Lovehall type of man either……not that i dont like an intelectual man who can write me poetry lol but they might be few and far between, as im finding out now. It just shows black love from another perspective, nia long and larenz tate had great chemistry, and think it was a well written movie. I dont purchase movies that often but i own all 4 of these, and imo they were worth the money. Now ive never seen office space only heard thru word of mouth that it was hilarious. Anchorman saw it once, it was cool, maybe i need to watch it again, but i dont remember busting a gut when i saw it
“I think Knocked up and 40 year old virgin are wayyy funnier than super bad and the hangover and super bad”
“but talk about underrated.. step brothers.”
***checking outside for falling pig sh*t since shay-d-lady and i agree on something***
Knocked Up was a good movie, better than I thought it was going to be. When I saw that they were trying to make a website about celebrity nude scenes, all I could about was there is a site like that, and sure enough, they showed the Mr. Skin website. The disappointment on their faces was hilarious.
I’ve heard people say this about “Funny People” before. And I agree to an extent…it wasn’t “funny”. But that’s because it wasn’t meant to be funny…it’s not a comedy so much as it is a drama. More than anything, I think it was meant to be awkward. Blame it on the way the movie was marketed.
American Gangster had the same problem. It was marketed as shoot-em-up gangster flick, which mislead people into expecting a lot of action. It too was really a drama…a psychological profile of Frank Lucas.
Yes! Step Brothers was hilarious! When Brennan (Will Farrel) finished singing and Dale told him “You have the voice of an angel. Your voice is like a combination of Fergie and Jesus!”
I was totally feeling you on all of these movies…I thought they were just really stupid…You didn’t have to throw Love Jones in on the sly. That should be like a must see movies because it’s just that good.
First person that says Anchorman gets an e-rock thrown at their temple
if anybody were to say to me that Anchorman is overrated, i would then think that their opinion on life is invalidated. oh, i’d also feel sorry for their mother.
@ Rog & Panama
Ima have to jump in and say that Anchorman is a movie which I believe to overrated. Now hear me out before ya start reaching for whatever weapons you have concealed:
When I first watched the movie (and I will admit Im not the biggest Will Farrell fan) I kept saying to myself, there is something that I was missing which didn’t allow me to laugh at all of the humor. After watching the movie again i better understood the character of Ron Burgundy and could got a few laughs out of it.
I just think movies should be funny the first time around.
But hey maybe its jus me…
@Brklyn2Chi…It’s totally not just you. Anchorman wasn’t funny. Too many d^&k jokes and too much pure stupidity. Anchorman is indeed the quintessential “you want it to be funny but it’s just not” movie. And everyone and their mama is in it, which makes it even harder to accept that its just really not that funny.
Anyone who thinks its funny would likely also say something ridiculous like Old School wasn’t funny. Old School? Get. Real. That shit was hilarious. Ear muffs? We’re going streaking? Just stop it already.
@msbsmith-
My sentiments exactly… thanks
well just have to agree to disagree. except since i’m sexxy i trump all.
I don’t know, I thought Superbad and The Hangover were pretty funny.
Completely agree with the rest of the list though.
I’ve been doing the cubicle thing for a quite a few years now. I still don’t get why everyone swears Office Space is funny. Only thing I found funny is that I work with a dude who looks and kinda acts like Milton Waddams.
My boss acts and talks like Milton Waddams
By the way, I love water, that cool refreshing drink.
That reminded me of that joke Eddie Murphy did on Delirious when he did that impression of Elvis.
*sings* lemonaaaade
…And speaking of Eddie Murphy… I think NORBIT has to be one of the funniest movies everrrrrrrrrrrrr.
“You wanna see a Bytch go down the slide??”
“You wook wike a go-rir-ra”
“Turkey A sssss!”
Love it!
I said it down thread, but I love a movie sometimes just for its awesome terribleness, and Norbit’s on the list too.
“You’re nothing but a saddlebag-tramp-whore!”
“(screams lowly) This is a mad house A mad house!” lol
Anchorman totally has moments, “Go back to your home on Whore Island, you filthy Pirate Whore!”.
But I am totally win you on The Hangover, it was hilarious he FIRST TIME only because it’s all a surprise, but the second time around, not so much.
And on the Step Brothers tip, I have onl watched it once (#blasphemy!) but I think my fav part is a tie between, “I just heard my adult son scram rape” and “WHAT THE FCUKING FCUK?!?!” that second phrase personally got me through the last 6 weeks of undergrad and my subsequent board exams.
My all-time favortie part in Norbit was when Respushia went in the tub and said “Im about to soak in this tub. HOW YOU DOIN!?” and when Norbit was stuck in the basement, sitting on a tricycle, girl gettin on his neves and he was screaming “BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHH!!!” i think all guys go through that! lmao
I thought the ” water, that cool refreshing drink” was a shout-out to Mos Def’s New World Water…..fu@k a bank, i need a 20 year water tank!
What were you thinking about PJ? Or was this just some of your randomness?
“I thought the ” water, that cool refreshing drink” was a shout-out to Mos Def’s New World Water…..fu@k a bank, i need a 20 year water tank!”
Exactly. PJ had me listening to that whole cd this am…lol
I knew at least one other VSS would be thinking Black on Both Sides, lol! Now I have to find my copy…
it was a reference to mos def. and i was actually taking a drink of water at the time i typed that line. yes, it was that random.
Trying this from the BB while my comp updates…
I am sooooooo glad you put The Hangover. I ordered it on demand, and during the INTROS knew I wasn’t going to like it. And by the end, was mad that I had to eventually pay for it on my next cable bill.
There are different kinds of humour and TH falls under funny only if your in the middle of it in real life. I nearly got stoned (no Iran) myself for stating that on fb.
To each their own! Clearly it did well enough to spawn a sequel and a career for that Zach dude. I’ve learned my lesson though.
When there is soo much talk about how funny a movie is, it usually isn’t. Oddly, this same premise is not consistent with dramatic movies. I’ve only read 1 meh review on inception. We’re not really friends, so it doesn’t count. Lol.
This should be an interesting post.
*grabs popcorn and settles in a la MJ in Thriller. RIP.
that “zach dude” was hilarious in the hangover now….LOL
that man purse, them white jeans and the wolf pack speech have me laughing to this day…
the wolf pack speech is a winner 8 days a week. i agree.
Yeah, Zach made that movie, definitely. I need to see more of him. Like that one preview of him coughing in the preview of “Dinner for Schmucks” was hilarious. And I’m not even all that interested in seeing it (because the concept is DUMB) unless it’s with a bunch of stupid people.
I also loved Mr. Chow’s “toodle-loo mothaf*ckaaaaaaaa”, because it was so unexpected. Like, why he had to say it like that? That’s what made me giggle hysterically. The WTF-ness.
@cheekie I saw dinner for schmucks.
I hate to say I laughed, a lot. it got horrible reviews but that shyt was funny to me and it was overdone and cheesy but I liked it
4. Love JonesOh wait this isn’t funny its just WAY overrated.
Huh? What? I call muthaflippin shenanigans. I can’t even compute this statement right now. I’m just going to go to bed and try again tomorrow.
I mean…a blues for nina? Whatever happened to Larenz Tate, so fine.
Howdy
Lorenz Tate plays a fire fighter on that show “Rescue Me” with Dennis Leary.
Can I just say that one movie that doesn’t get enough recognition is Black Dynamite.
Son of a……that wasn’t supposed to be a reply. *facepalm*
Black Dynamite had me wanting to die with laughter. It was so ignant and embarrassing and right on with the blaxploitation. All I kept thinking about was how my father instilled the importance of being black and not giving in to the man (although I’m a late 80s baby I love the 70s). And everything I knew about that decade existed in that movie. COON ER Y! I loved it!
@ThatDamnAfrican
Can I just say that one movie that doesn’t get enough recognition is Black Dynamite.
If anyone says that they didnt catch laughing cramps after watching Black Dynamite, they need to be shot and killed…..Thats one of those instant classics that dont get credit like The Last Dragon.
@ I’ll Give it another try & Ms. Fiasco
Im not really sure what your complaints are about since the movie was not really that good. I would contend that it was created merely to entrap another generation of black women into some sort of false hope as to what their relationships will be like, when more than likely their relationships will instead follow a narrative more analogues to the movie Baby Boy.
Maybe its jus me..lol jus jk (mostly)
@Brklyn2Chi,
Maybe it’s my 13 y.o. self that has put Love Jones on a pedestal so to speak. Love Jones had me imagining a great life in some transitional urban neighborhood in Negronia, sipping wine on Wedn. nites w/ my other college educated ninja’s, all while making eyes at sexy unicorns whose magic sticks would just be calling my name, saying
ChrisNina, Nina…”Just like Living Single made me believe I could grow up to be a writer living in a fly brownstone in NYC (well, at least I got the writer part together).
Kinda like what hoop dreams did for a generation of Black males who forever thought they would be the next coming…
one day i’m gonna write a whole post as to why that movie is overrated. but i’m waiting until i’m ready for the Black ninjawebs to implode as 9/10 reading ninjas swear this is the movie they wish they could pattern their life around.
guess we all need role models.
guess we all need role models.
eh, it was either that or The Players Club.
Players Club is that movie!!! NOt because Lisa Raye strippin or whatever, but because it is actually funny. My brother discovered the most funny stuff going on away from the main scene like dudes dancing around and picking their noses.
“The Players Club” is the only decent thing Ice Cube has done for the world.
BTW! “Friday” is another overrated comedy
Anything that Adam Sandler touches is so ridiculously unfunny. I really don’t get his appeal. All of his movies are the same movie with the same annoying voice and syrupy sweet plots. The only film that makes me even mildly chuckle is “The Waterboy”.
hmmmmm…. (nods head)
waterboy is a classic though!
Rush hour 2 and 3…especially 3 it was horrible!
I didn’t even see 3. Even when it comes on TBS, I’m like…meh. I have NO desire. lol
And I actually enjoyed Rush Hour. Maybe it’s because Chris Tucker got bloated?
Money Talks with Charlie Sheen was a pretty funny movie with Tuck. I think it was funnier than Rush Hour all day. And it had an equal amount of action. Also the reason Tuck got bloated was because he got diagnosed with Pleurisy same disease that Bernie Mack had and also why he got bloated. Treatment requires steriods to combat the inflammation of the pleura cavity of the thorax and steroids, cortico steroids not anaboloic, make people bloated.
Rush Hour 3 was HORRIBLE!
there was a 3? was PJ in it?
ZING!
Zingers!
Yes it was! Ha! I was making myself laugh the entire time because everyone else was!
Am wierd coz i actually did love the rush hour triology but i was disappointed by hangover it wasnt as funny its way overrated
I love how you just threw Kid Cudi under the bus…ahhahah. I still haven’t seen the Hangover because I know at this point it won’t live up to the hype. My contribution: Napolean Dynamite, and Nacho Libre. I’ve mentioned them before- my co-worker swore up and down how hilarious they were. I felt like she was trying to tell me she hated me on the low. Them joints were flippin’ horrible. Oh yeah, add me to the list of folks who can’t stand Love Jones *jadakiss laugh*
word.life. and kid cudi is a total anomaly to me. he has NO talent. in fact the only good thing he’s done is “day n nite” and that was b/c of the beat. lol.
i do not understand why anybody likes him. he’s like a triple non-threat.
@PJack..have you heard his newest cut “mojo…”something(can’t remember the actual title? I was like…’da hell?. @legitimate soul, I do the jada laugh IRL too…loves it
Glad u agree w/ my picks.
I will not quit life until I hear miss t-lee do the jadakiss laugh. Fact.
Awwwww, thanks Cheekster. One day…one day
damn…thank you! (wipes tears)
I tried and i tried…but the kid sux…i luv “pursuit of happiness” but only cuz of MGMT.
@Lola
I had to realize MGMT was the only reason I liked that song too.
i do not understand why anybody likes him. he’s like a triple non-threat.
i still need someone to explain this to me. like, there are cats i don’t like, but i can understand why people think they’re the sh*t. i’m clueless with cudi. what does he actually do?
Is he really THAT bad? LOL. Maybe I’m disillusioned with hip-hop, but I don’t think he’s much WORSE than the general population of hip-hop artists available. That’s not a ringing endorsement by any means, but I don’t know if he’s NOTABLY bad, lol.
“i still need someone to explain this to me”
Yeah…I’m still trying to figure it out. I even went the stoner angle, but heyll I know folks who smoke and still don’t feel that kat.
Heyll, I’m lost.
I liked napolean dynomite..but it was overrated
when that fool went to that karate class and then decided f!ck it I aint gone learn karate im just gone by these pants and pretend.. i was to through
but it definitely wasnt the funniest Ive seen or anything but it was cool low budget joint with some hi-larious moments sprinkled in
“but it definitely wasnt the funniest Ive seen or anything but it was cool low budget joint with some hi-larious moments sprinkled in:”
If I watch an entire comedy movie and only laugh once, something is wrong.
LMAO@ Jadakiss laugh…
Agreed on Napolean Dinomite and Nacho Libre!
It took a while for someone to finally mention Napoleon Dynamite. That movie has caused me to lose more respect for people than cocaine, midget porn, broken condoms, and n*gga moments combined. That movie is instant taste invalidation. WORST.MOVIE.EVER
“That movie is instant taste invalidation.”
Agreed.
Most Overrated Movies:
1. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button : I WILL NEVER GET THOSE 3 HOURS BACK.
2. Avatar: beautiful, but yeah pocahontas with special effects
3. Juno: Okay I love Ellen Page, but yeah so overrated
4. Shutter Island: Its like every movie about a crazy person, so predictable.
5. Crash: I just wasn’t moved by this movie, sue me?
There are a lot more, but those are the most fresh in my mind.
Comedies, I’m not so sure. I don’t really find anything THAT funny, unless it has hilarious references and smart humor. I guess I’m a snob? I do laugh out loud to Dylan Moran and my friends swear he is just boring.
I have to agree with the ones on this list. Basically anything Seth Rogen is in is overrated. I thought Knocked Up was just meh. Maybe its Judd Apatow thats the problem? lol
See, I liked Juno as a story. It was very sweet. And it did have some great one-liners. What turned me off? Was the heavy-handed use. It TRIED too hard. Like, the first few minutes is nothing but a pissing contest of pithy, hippie dialogue. Like, WE GEET IT. I almost turned it off for that…but it ended up being a nice story. Plus, Michael Cera is my boyfriend who I’m not physically attracted to in the least.
Love Michael Cera. Did you see Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist? It was the same type of snarky, we’re hip and we know it, but touching too. And I will be seeing Scott Pilgrim vs. The World.
Yup, saw Nick and Norah. Liked it too. He plays the EXACT same characters, though. He does it well, but I’ve told folks my dream is to see him as a serial killer or some ish.
I really want to see Scott Pilgrim, too. I got all six volumes of the comic, and it is hilarious. Michael Cera was a great pick to play Scott. From what I’ve seen, he plays the character to the T.
I saw Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist and immediately after got my second tattoo. The tattoo isn’t related to the movie at all, but the movie just made me love New York, and being young and music and all that and I just wanted to make the most of New York that night so I went down to the Village (where a lot of that movie took place) and got a tat, lol.
And I LOVE Michael Cera in general too. NO ONE is more excited than I am to see “Scott Pilgrim VS. The World” and should that movie end up being another candidate for this list, no one will be more upset.
Michael Cera is my fake bf too – I love that sickly sweet soft-spoken white boy with a passion!!
I’ll be seeing Scott Pilgrim vs the world just because he’s in it.
Girl stop!! Avatar was frickin awesome!!! And I loVVVVVVVVED Juno!!
I wasn’t impressed with Avatar’s special effects, and story wise, it’s like James Cameron just wrote the reverse of Independence Day. I want my $13 back
Blasphemy.
Avatar isnt the first movie to recycle old movie scripts. I’m not sure why everyone harps on Avatar about that, like this was the first time in cinema history that a plot was rehashed and therefore rendered the film experience sub par. And its not that the script/plot was even bad, it was just familiar.
I think the intense hype doomed this film’s enjoyability for many simply because many folks entered the theaters biased & prepared to overanalyze instead of sitting back to be entertained.
While we had on our 3-D glasses watching the film, I wish the film had hater blockers big enough to fit it’s screen.
I know, right? People are acting like this movie INVENTED retelling the same story again. And as an English major, with an emphasis on writing, I know THERE ARE NO NEW STORIES, so give “Avatar” a break.
I personally REALLY enjoyed “Avatar”. I went in KNOWING that watching movies in 3-D gives me an insane migraine and I saw this movie in IMAX 3-D, all THREE HOURS of it, and still enjoyed myself. I needed some Advil Migraine afterward, but it was worth it, lol.
There were definitely some people who went in KNOWING they’d hate it. To those people, I ask, “What job do you have? I’m not balling enough to PURPOSELY waste $20!”
“And as an English major, with an emphasis on writing, I know THERE ARE NO NEW STORIES”
Yup, there are different theories as to what the number is, but the most popular one is that there are only SEVEN different stories.
I think James Cameron has the ability to turn hokey dialogue into a great story (like Titanic…some of dialogue in that movie is SO corny…but the story itself? Did its job). Like, Avatar was actually a good story. I did laugh at how similar it was (beat-by-beat) to Disney’s Pocohontas, but like Sobo said, you’ve seen every story before. Trust. It’s the execution that matters.
I’m with you here, Mr SoBo. I don’t know what people expected, nor do I understand how one could NOT be entertained by the movie. So what the plot was familiar. 80% of movies have familiar plots…particularly “coming of age” movies and romantic comedies. People didn’t like the movie because they didn’t want to like it. The worst anti-avatar people are the ones that are anti-C.G.I. and those who didn’t like it due to the mass of the film. Take it for what it is. Have fun.
superbad- i agree, it was so not funny. all it was the fat kid tryin to get alcohol and yelling about it the whole time. but the parts with mclovin and the cops was hilarious.
hangover was funny but i agree, sometimes i laughed cuz it felt like i was supposed to.
pineapple express was funny but i think i need to be a smoker to really appreciate it lol
i think the funniest movies are coming to america and 40 y.o. virgin
COMING TO AMERICA….having some serious Fresh Off the Boat Africans in my family makes me appreciate this movie so much. Its hilarious every time I watch it and I’ve probably have watched it like 20 times in my life.
Austin Powers. Quotable? Yeah? And that’s only because of the accents. As funny as ya’ll say? Naw. Ok, the second one was better… *shrug*
Maybe I should re-watch it? It’s been some years. Maybe that’ll be my next experiment when I’m bored.
Nah. Not worth re-watching. It’s ridiculous and a little junior high in its humor. I’m pretty sure that’s not one of those movies that grows on you. I liked them all and saw all of them in theaters. I should be ashamed, lol.
“Anchorman” and “Zoolander” are perhaps the BEST comedies ever. THOSE movies are worth re-watching.
ZOOLANDER… I was gonna say ben stiller sux but zoolander will always be classic!
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(“damn, everybodies gone and Im talking to myself”
I swear I clicked on this post solely to see if “Office Space” was on the list. Alas, it was. Your argument was sensible though so I put my stones down.
I don’t watch comedies of any kind in the theater anyways if I can avoid it. Maybe the dollar theater and that’s pushing it. Since I lose nothing from going from the movie’s 50′ screen to my 50″ screen, and very few comedies appeal to my brand of humor anyways, I don’t take any chances.
BUT, the Love Jones shot was uncalled for!
Since I lose nothing from going from the movie’s 50? screen to my 50? screen, and very few comedies appeal to my brand of humor anyways, I don’t take any chances
what does?
Action movies mostly. I’m a big time movie buff and a tech geek, so I have a fairly decent home theater setup, but for some movies you can’t replicate the theater experience at home. Especially now as directors are starting to shoot more on large film. Supposedly the next Batman film will be shot entirely in 70MM IMAX and [for someone who cares] to fully appreciate the visuals and sounds you’d need to see it without any sort of down-scaling or reformatting. For dialouge-heavy movies devoid of fancy effects and stuff, my consumer grade tv will do just fine.
Hopefully that didn’t sound terribly snobbish.
“Hopefully that didn’t sound terribly snobbish.”
-lol!
*breathing sigh of relief* I thought it was just me. Kid Cudi wares me.
And I’m sorry but I find The Hangover friggin HILARIOUS solely because of Alan. What a dip sh*t.
Co-sign on Juno and must add:
1. Dinner for Schmucks (not as funny as you thought)
2. Cable Guy (throat punch worthy)
3. Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
5. Wedding Crashers
6. There’s Something About Mary
7. Porky’s (which I had no business seeing, but high school kids took me to the movies and chose the movie)
8. Dodgeball
9. Swingers
10. Little Miss Sunshine (or was it really a drama advertised as a comdey?)
Yes, Something About Mary sucked monkey balls. I can’t stand Cameron “Skeletor” Diaz’s overrated unpretty manbodied self anyway….
FLAVA FLAV WO-OW
Dodgeball and talladega Nights? Really
wo-ow….
little miss sunshine and Juno were dramadies and as such are drama’s with comedy thrown in. .i thought they were good movies overall…
@ shay-d-lady,
Not saying I didn’t have some laughs, but they were overrated. They are cool to see on cable, but I woulda’ been p’o'd if I paid to see them in a theater. Just like with King Beef’s mention of Office Space, he doesn’t dislike the movie at all, but it is not as great as people make it seem.
YES @ Little Miss Sunshine. That movie got worse and worse as it went along. Like, I wanted to like it…it had moments…but it was SO…unorganized? Is that the word? And don’t get me wrong, indie films don’t follow the beat of no drum (more like a ukulele or something) and I love indie films, but this was just a f*ck of cluster.
Cable Guy is sooooo bad. I still call up my lil’ bro from time to time and leave that annoying “cable guuyyyyy” on his voicemail. *we have a sick sense of humor*
@legit soul
yesssssss to #6. seriously. baby batter as hair gel is THAT hilarious? e_O.
I completely agree with # 6 and 8. As for #5, I didn’t hate it but don’t remember it being all that funny, I know that I laughed at parts but is it just me or does a person’s mood also influence how funny a movie is? *shrug* I’ve found that there are movies I may have seen once and not found funny were funnier later and vice-versa.
cable guy is the correct answer!
something about mary is a great film for me only cuz it was a turning point for comedies…
Something is wrong with you sense of humor. I suggest you see a specialist.
@ Deviant,
^ e_O, Naw…you are seriously mistaken. I didn’t say I didn’t get some laughs….I thought the point was to list movies that were overrated. These movies are. They are not the funniest things ever, even though some parts might be funny. Adam Sandler fighting with Bob Barker in Happy Gilmore was hella funny, but the movie as a whole…not so much!
What was funnier than I expected:
Beerfest
Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle
I have to add that “One Crazy Summer” with John Cusack was much funnier than expected too.
lol@deviant… we all got different tastes!
I agree with you on Cable Guy, Wedding Crashers, Porky’s, and Dodgeball. I don’t agree with you on TSAM; I thought that one was kinda funny. The rest I either haven’t seen yet or don’t care to see based on the preview. I’m told that Talladega is a must see so it’s on my list.
As far as the Jamaica trip goes (per your enquiry yesterday), it was quite nice. Ten of us in a 4 story mansion villa/mansion in Hanover with no elevator (my room on the 4th floor) that was perched atop a tall hill with a nice view of the sea and downtown Montego Bay. Between the swimming (pool and sea), tennis playing, walking up the hill to the villa, and all the stair climbing, I actually lost a pound or two on vacation. I’m sure I’ll make up for it next week. I cruise from New Orleans to Cozumel with a stop in Progresso next week. I’ll finally get to see Chichen Itza. I’ll see you guys in just over a week (unless I opt to pay for wi-fi on the boat) assuming I don’t get in the way of some Mexican drug cartel’s B.S.
@ Cab, Sounds wonderufl and glad you had fun! Do it big!
See, TSAM, relied on humor that ridiculed ol’ boy….I end up feeling more bad for him than laughing (Spoiler alert: like his pipe caught in his zipper on Prom day…ouch!). Folks acted like TSAM was the best film, and it wasn’t all that when I saw it. It was funny, but not as funny as I thought.
Not Talladega Nights!! That movie did it for me! Probably in my top 3 Will Ferrel flicks. C’mon legit…sweet baby jesus, Walker and Texas Ranger, burning up in an invisible fire, shake and bake? That did nothing for you? I’m cracking up right now just thinking about it : )
Okay, k-Steez
As I remember more, Talladega Nights is funny…..for the Crystal Gail Shirt and the Mountain Lion in the car alone!
PROCLAMATION: I take back Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby and put in…”Ride” (with Malik Yoba and Melissa DeSousa). My apologies. I posted too hastily last night after getting broke off at the gym in bootcamp
I posted under the influence of fatigue.
This one hurt. I WANTED The Hangover to be hilarious. I even watched it more than once and laughed on purpose.
SPEAK THE TRUF.Thank you so much for including Hangover. I didnt get the appeal of it at all – like I was bored watching it but I wanted so badly to LOVE IT.
Also ANYTHING with Steve Carrell gets an automatic two thumbs way the frick up!!
I love Steve Carrell’s smile. He’s such a doof.
he’s like SOOO adorable that you just wanna laugh at how retarded he is!
“I love lamp!”
***vigorously nodding egghead at this entire comment***
I went to see The Hangover with no expectations. It was a Wednesday and on a whim a couple of partners and I decided to go to the show, and only saw The Hangover because it was the only movie that was starting up when we got there. It was funny because we were surprised by the jokes. It did not stand up to a second viewing though, but most comedies do not stand up to second viewings.
I hate people who try to force Office Space on me. The flare– the flaaaaare!
No. Any movie with Jennifer Aniston in it is not funny.
The Royal Tennenbaums. WTH? Yeah, I’m probably one of three black people that watched that movie. And while I’m talking about white movies— Closer. Really? This?
Nearly all Kevin Smith movies. I might get stabbed for that one, but still. I’m saying.
The Mother-effing Departed. Don’t. Like. It. Not at all. Not even after watching it again. No bueno. Boooooooo.
OMG, YES. I HATED Closer. I am in lust with Clive Owen (and that chexy voice), but that movie sucked so much ice. Like, no one knew where that movie was going. Neither did the movie. I mean, the main reasons I saw it was because of Clive Owen and I love Damien Rice’s The Blower’s Daughter.
Omg, you get 1 billion epoints for knowing Damien Rice!!!!!
^_^
Thanks, girl! Yeah, I love me some Damien Rice in general. I love how haunting his songs are. Cannonball and 9 Crimes are my sh*t!
I love Damien Rice’s The Blower’s Daughter
the blower’s daughter is definitely passes “i’ll be watching you” the number one stalker theme song
“…cant take my eyes off of you….can’t take my eyes off of you….can’t take my eyes off of you…”
lol…I still think Clay Aiken’s “Invisible” is creepier.
“the blower’s daughter is definitely passes “i’ll be watching you” the number one stalker theme song”
The Police have a lot of emo/stalker songs. “I Can’t Stand Losing You” is the “She finally made it clear she hates me with a restraining order so I’ll stop following you song song.”
The Mother-effing Departed. Don’t. Like. It. Not at all. Not even after watching it again. No bueno. Boooooooo.
oh my GAWD I loved the DEPARTED
lmao @ The Royal Tennenbaums. Wes Anderson movies are really just made for white people.
The Departed. yeah, you lost me on that one. I love Matt Damon, he can do NO wrong. I have literally seen everything he is in. Including, yes the Talented Mr. Ripley. lmao I think my top 5 favorite movies all include Matt Damon except Shawshank Redepmtion.
MATT DAMON…okay I’m done.
Oh I love Matt Damon too. Jason Bourne is the chexiest action figure to grace the silver screen in a long time. But The Departed was just a bad remake. OK maybe it wasn’t “bad” but it was WAY overrated.
Bourne movies FTW!!
I was mad he made green zone or whatever..that was wasting valuable time and resources that he couldve used for the 4th and very necessary Bourne movie. I heard him say (no Kanye feat Adam Levine) that hes probably done with them cuz he was 29 when he started and 36 by the time the 3rd one dropped. I dont care!!
also by the way: im kinda excited to see expendibles. only for swoonworthy jason statham. mmm…
You will be very happy to know that there WILL be a Bourne 4.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1194173/
Change your panties. Thank me later.
The Jason Bourne movies kick @ss. Those are the kind of movies that I didn’t know where books until my sister, who reads everything she gets her hands on, told they were. I love spy movies and how he was able to connect everything together made them worth watching. I am kinda geeked knowing that there is a 4th one coming out.
“The Royal Tennenbaums. WTH? Yeah, I’m probably one of three black people that watched that movie. And while I’m talking about white movies— Closer. Really? This?
Nearly all Kevin Smith movies. I might get stabbed for that one, but still. I’m saying.
The Mother-effing Departed. Don’t. Like. It. Not at all. Not even after watching it again. No bueno. Boooooooo.”
who raised you!!!! all of these movies (and kevin smith) are different shades of awesome.
I concur.
I cosign with Champ. All of those movies are great. The Royal Tennenbaums is a funny movie, but I might be biased because I am a Wes Anderson fan. Love his movies. I’ve been a Kevin Smith since Clerks and plus his movies have so many comic book references in them, like Mallrats and Chasing Amy.
I love The Royal Tennenbaums!
Chasing Amy speaks so much truth! Was not expecting that from a Kevin Smith movie.
Clerks is a classic in my eyes. If you’ve ever worked in a meaningless job that movie spoke to you…
“I wasn’t even supposed to be at work today!” Love it!
I still randomly quote Clerks while working at Blockbuster. Sadly, nobody gets it.
i also think that there is this wierd pressure to find a movie funny.
like if you dont find (fill in the blank) movie funny, not only are you a soulless person who climbs into people’s houses at night but you might be the devil himself.
it’s just not that serious.
i dunno. if the plot is centered around white dudes getting drunk and subsequent shenanigans..i usually dont find it funny cuz frankly thats what i went to hs with. *judgekeishabrown shrug
i use to feel like that when I wanted to fit in to the “educated black people” click in high school and college…
but I been an outkast to long to even care now. I like what i like and dislike shyt that I dont like..
simple as that. it goes for everything music, movies, people etc.
so many of the “educated” try to attach intelligence to certain things.. on some “well if your educated you should “like” this, or do this..”
im smart enough to realize that as a smart chick everything I do and like is some shyt that smart chicks do and like… LOL
“im smart enough to realize that as a smart chick everything I do and like is some shyt that smart chicks do and like… LOL”
Whoomp, there it is.
“i also think that there is this wierd pressure to find a movie funny.
like if you dont find (fill in the blank) movie funny, not only are you a soulless person who climbs into people’s houses at night but you might be the devil himself.
it’s just not that serious.”
yes it is.
As a comedy The Color Purple is overrated. Beloved and Precious are much funnier.
ok, i had to smile at this
Bwahahahaha!
Please tell me why the only memory I have of Beloved was this: We had to watch it in English class is High School and I tool that time to do Calculus instead, I choose one second to look up so I have a remote idea of what’s goin on and I see OPRAH BEING MILKED LIKE AN ANIMAL! needless to say beloved went ahead and scarred my psyche for realz
All I know about the movie is the line when Beloved hovers above Mister and says, “I want you to touch me on the inside and call my name.” I love every time. I know I shouldn’t laugh at that scene, but it slays me.
where the hell are my comments?
*blows whistle* technical foul!!!
anyway juno and little miss sunshine are dramadies so not pure comedy and I thought they were all around really good movies… not comedies
I dodgeball and talladega nights are 2 of my favs though.. as is zoolander…
Yay to you shay-d-lady! Zoolander is an effing riot, as are Dodgeball and Talladega Nights.
For the Wedding Crashers haters what gives?? Erroneous! Erroneous on both counts!
The thing about going to the movies in a theatre is that we are influenced by ‘mob mentality’. You tend to laugh when a whole bunch of other people are laughing around you. Then when you get home, the jokes aren’t nearly as funny.
When I worked at a movie theatre (another college job) I would watch the same movie over and over just to see how the audience reacts to a movie. Nerd? Why yes…I concur!
I feel that a comedy has a hard time with it’s sequels.
Barbershop, it’s okay. Barbershop 2 not so much.
Friday..classic. Next Friday..nope.
Nutty Professor..okay. Nutty Professor 2.. and so on.
tdl
Nutty Professor 2 might have been funnier.. I might need to watch it again.
What!!!! “why don’t you let me come on up there and put my beef in your taco,” Prof. Klump. Mexican Mariachi band sings, “Put my beef in your taacooooooo!” That alone was hilarious!
Nutty Professor 2 might have been funnier.. I might need to watch it again.
tdl
sorry about the double post.
YES!YES!YES!
The Hangover, Talladega Nights, Superbad, and Napoleon Dynamite were craptastic. Funny moments, yea, but funny as hell, HELL NAW! I think the people who were telling me that they were laughing through any of these films were under the influence or d*ckriding somebody under the influence.
However I did enjoy Pineapple Express and after seeing Grownups I understood what it felt like to actually laugh through an entire film (an experience I was deprived of during The Hangover). I’ve watched The Hangover quite a few times trying to see if I missed something that made it funny, but obviously i didn’t, its just wack. thanks for the confirmation.
I didn’t really lol at the Hangover, but I remember my sides hurt after I Love You Man, which I watched for the first time this week. Overall I agree with the list.
Must add: Stepbrothers – idiocy is not always funny
But I have many movies that I can barely remember but I know others think they’re hilarious and I just think they’re over-hyped. I still haven’t seen Grown Ups for fear that it was one of those over-hyped movies. What’s the verdict? Should I bother?
Austin Powers: Goldmember and Friday weren’t as funny as they could have been. I say Goldmember a couple days after it came out. Obviously that wasn’t soon enough, since a guy a few rows back said everything right before it happened. I saw Friday at a house party as soon as it came out on video, and same thing – everything got spoiled. Yup, still bitter about both.
Goldmember was an all around horrible film, but because Beyonce actually opened her mouth to speak instead of sing just made it that much worse. The sound of Beyonce talking can ruin an ice cream party.
“The sound of Beyonce talking can ruin an ice cream party.”
Ouch! Tell us how you really feel lol.
Tropical Thunder
Saw this in the movie theatre and laughed and was like this is the funniest movie ever. Then bought it on DVD and realized it was only funny because of the unexpected. I will admit Robert Downey Jr. made that damn movie, he was hilarious!!
Pineapple Express
It just wasn’t funny at all. James Franco did have some moments only because I had never seen him in a role like that but other than that ehhh
Napolean Dynamite
Fell asleep on this mess and my sister tried over and over to convince me that it was funny. She quoted that movie so freakin much that I was forced to check it out and all I got for my troubles were anxiety and confusion.
Amen on Napoleon Dynamite, but I think I was traumatized by my charges at a previous job where they demanded to watch that drivel every day. Eff Pedro and my nuggets are staying put back off. smh I’m so ashamed but they made me. The horror oh the horror!
I meant tots, not nuggets. I’m ashamed that I’m even correcting myself. Please I need help!
OMG that damn line amongst others and the Napolean Dynamite voice impersonations in general really grinds my gears!!
Thank u lawd for mentioning ND. So not funny!
On Tropic Thunder:
I thought it was alright, but not hilarious. The obvious plays at stereotypes were funny (usually), but to me, Tom Cruise’s Les Grossman character made the movie. “I’m talkin scorched Earth, muther f*cker! I WILL MASSACRE YOU!! I WILL F*CK.YOU.UP!!!” LOL
@ Asia, Agrees on “Tropic Thunder”. I realized it wasn’t the funniest movie ever, but it definitely had moments.
i think more so than movies the following people are overrated…
jack black.
adam sandler
andy samburg
also I think its kind of obvious that we would find a lot of these all 2520 comedies over rated but what about black comedies…
any suggestions on those? I cant think of any that were actually “rated” enough to qualify as “over” LOL
also I think its kind of obvious that we would find a lot of these all 2520 comedies over rated but what about black comedies…
any suggestions on those? I cant think of any that were actually “rated” enough to qualify as “over” LOL
yeah. its harder to come up with a list of black comedies that are actually funny. i mean, really, other than maybe black dynamite (which i havent seen yet) has there been a seriously funny black comedy even made in the last 10 years?
Is there any earthly reason why you haven’t seen Black Dynamite?
“jack black.”
He has one of the most uncomfortably weird faces ever. Like, I can’t even call him ugly. Just “off.”
I thought “Friday” and “Coming to America” were the agreed upon funny black comedies. I agree, they are usually not overrated, and usually underrated.
I also agree with Champ, that’s it hasn’t been a hilarious black comedy in the last 10 years on that same level. I gotta give props to Eddie Murphy, cause he cranked out some good movies for a time: 48 Hours, Coming to America, Trading Places, Harlem Nights (which was funny!) I think of Halfbaked as a “black comedy” even though it probably isn’t (stoner movie) and Halfbaked is hilarious to me.
Okay here goes my list of overrated/unfunny comedies…
Austin Powers 3 (whatever it was called)
Wedding Crashers
Anything Tyler Perry (Besides the 1st “Why did I get Married”)
Blazing Saddles (If any white guy you know talks about how funny this is just make a mental note he is racist and don’t ever question it.)
And Napolean Dynamite
Blazing Saddles is great.
Blazing Saddles is funny as hell. I’m a fan of “Plan Number 6″.
i think more so than movies the following people are overrated…
jack black.
adam sandler
andy samburg
also I think its kind of obvious that we would find a lot of these all 2520 comedies over rated but what about black comedies…
any suggestions on those? I cant think of any that were actually “rated” enough to qualify as “over” LOL
i posted this once before and it disappeared… so here it goes.. my apologies if it shows up later
also I think its kind of obvious that we would find a lot of these all 2520 comedies over rated but what about black comedies…
any suggestions on those? I cant think of any that were actually “rated” enough to qualify as “over” LOL
was thinking the saaaaame thing. and thinking i have a client meeting at 9. whyyy am i still up! lol
I would toss Vince Vaughn and Will Ferrell in with those folks. They’ve both been playing the same character for the last 10 years.
That whole idea of ‘if we toss in actors x,y, and z, then we must have comedy gold’ kills me.
But again, does “familiar” = “unfunny” really?
Does it matter if an actor seems to play the same character in every movie if the character is entertaining? Sure maybe if we’re discussing an actor’s range. But that’s not really what we’re talking about. Vince Vaughn’s characters recently have been the same guy…but it’s always funny to me.
Hell, Denzel gets type-casted like a mugg but I love most of his work, same character or not.
Familiar becomes unfunny when you get tired of it…and yeah, this extends to a majority of Hollywood for me. They find an idea that they make money on, run it into the ground and over-saturate the market. Then familiar becomes trite and rehashed.
Just because they’re good at what they do makes them unfunny? I think not.
I just watched an HBO special where Will Ferell just did a one man play of the presidency of George Bush. That man is a talented comedian. As is Vince Vaughn. If they’re in something I know I’m guaranteed to laugh.
ShadyLady,
Jack Black? He’s effortless funny. Watch him in an episode of Yo Gabba Gabba. I laughed my @ss off! I agree Adam Sandler was never funny to me. He’s obnoxious.
Jack Black was on Yo Gabba Gabba? That’s cool. I like that little show.
“also I think its kind of obvious that we would find a lot of these all 2520 comedies over rated but what about black comedies…
any suggestions on those? I cant think of any that were actually “rated” enough to qualify as “over” LOL”
This is probably the biggest connundrum in life. I mean…ninjas are HILARIOUS. Like, in this special way that is different from 2520s. Why don’t we have more hilarious movies?
That question was all kinds of rhetorical…
Even though I haven’t seen these two in any recent comedies, I would throw Robin Williams and Jim Carrey in that list. There’s nothing funny about them to me.
And I also think Jamie Foxx tries too hard, but I guess he’s not really a comedy actor anymore.
Rush Hour 2 and 3…espcially 3! It was horrible! I could even go as far and say the first one!
Hitch and Hangover were disappointments for me. “The hype” is a dangerous weapon and I’ve since decided to stay away from it, along with everything else that isn’t underrated. I find older films and indies are more to my liking:
1. Annie Hall
2. Tootsie
3. Liar Liar (Jim Carrey is ridiculous in this one, cheesy, but quite funny)
4. Borat (okay, the hype was worth it here)
5. To Be or Not To Be (had to take it back to the 40′s
6. Role Models (freakin hilarious-I prefer this to superbad or I Love You, Man any day)
Those are just a few of my favorites. I’m sure I will add Animal House and Anchorman to the list once I actually see them. *don’t shoot me*
i agree about borat. its one movie that actually stood up to the crazy level of comedic hype it received.
Borat wasn’t funnt to me at all. My mom and I were so excited to watch it but we both just sat there with a straight face the entire time. I never in my life wanted to laugh at something so much but it did nothing for me. I was so disappointed. Role models was funny though.
Yeah, Borat is one of those movies where I don’t even remember when I STOPPED laughing? It was very consistent. Which is why I was kinda disappointed in Bruno. Funny, but not as much.
And I LOVE Tootsie.
Yay for Team Tootsie!
Bruno was trying too hard to make a statement. It wasn’t natural and thus not as funny.
Couples Retreat…….this movie had some great actors cast but the writers didn’t know what to do with them.
Fully co-sign The Hangover…..some of the best parts were in the commercial.
I watched couples retreat and i wanted my money back and slap the producers just to feel better. It was complete crap.
In my opinion, “Cooley High” neva did anything to me…”Spinal Tap” was okay…and “the Simpsons movie” sucked balls (game was betta)!
oooo and ALL VIDEO GAMES TURNED INTO MOVIES…
although I still do get goosebumps but only from luving the games
“In my opinion, “Cooley High” neva did anything to me…”
But, but, it’s a Classic!
Yeah, Mama Cheekie went there. Knew some of the characters based on real life people, too. Plus, the SONG! How can you not like the song? lol
To each his own but after living in Vegas for over 3 years The Hangover is hilarious. I can say I have known folks that came to visit and lived that film out except for finding a baby, stealing Tyson’s tiger and locking a Chinamen in the truck(we locked in a 2520). What happens in vegas, stays in vegas, except herpes, that s***’ll come back with you.
There’s Something About Mary.
There were some moments that I found…astonishing, but it was blehh. I’ve done more pretending to laugh at this movie than any person ever should.
And The Big Lebowski. In its basic components, this should be hilarious, and there are wonderful nuances but, as a whole, it doesn’t quite work.
Tropic Thunder was funny but, it wasn’t damn my stomach hurts so bad funny. It also dragged on for a while some of that stuff didn’t need to be in the movie.
I really liked Tropic Thunder but I agree with this:
“It also dragged on for a while some of that stuff didn’t need to be in the movie.”
Superbad is like the anti-40 Year-Old Virgin; I had extreme expectations of the former, and it didn’t really disappoint upon first viewing but it’s pretty much unwatchable after that… there’s pretty much nothing that’s funny after McLovin gets arrested.
I had no interest in seeing 40 Year-Old Virgin and may have chuckled once or twice when I first saw it. Now, that shit is f*cking hilarious and gets funnier every time I see it.
must agree with ya on 1,2, and 3. haven’t seen 4 or 5. another movie that was so awful it put me to sleep, not one time but TWICE was roscoe jenkins’ family reunion…or something like that.
i don’t even know if that’s the actual title. that movie was terrible!
The Hangoevr was funny from start to finish to me. Zach and Mr. Chow. Lesile Chow sealed the deal.
Kid Cudi is overrated (Just like 75 % of his peers that came out in the last two years.Looking at you Aubrey. *barrage fired*) but “Pursuit of Happiness” was a good song.
More overrated comedies:*I may babble, Aliyah’s “Resolution” vid just came on MTV*
1. Sophie’s Choice. didn’t laugh once.
2. Both Nutty Prof movies. The same fart jokes over and over.
3. Harlem Nights. Def had it’s moments. I laughed a lot but this move would have funnier if it were made in 1982 and without Tommy’s no job havin a**.
4. Old School
5. I’m Bout It Comedy is not your thing Percy.
6. Kick-Ass Loved the comic but this was just wrong.
7 Animal House. Jim Belushi was much more funnier in Blues Bros.
I just saw Kick-Ass the other day…the action scenes were amazing, but the movie left me perplexed. They could have used a teenager rather than a 10 year old little girl. Funny…no
nah, having a 10-year old made the movie…..the younger the more shocking.
I get a kick out of 10 year olds acting like 10 year olds…could be the mom in me, shock me…yes. I dont want to see a kid ruthlessly murdering folks or a grown man fighting a little girl. Some things are just inappropriate. They will continue to try and ‘shock’ us just to get people to watch their movie.
@Jai, @Dee, @Carter, @Yeah So
Mark Millar, who wrote the comic the film was based on put heavy comedic undertones in both the book and the script (Hence, Cage’s character). I have no problem with watching violence (I watched “The Wild Bunch” with my pops when I was like 9.) but seeing a child doing acts of violence on the page is a little different than actually watching it on film.
Overall, it’s far from a bad movie, but I just didn’t laugh.
I didn’t think it was supposed to be funny… hmmmm. Frankly, the fact that this little kid was break ninjas off is what I enjoyed the most so NOT knowing it was SUPPOSED to be funny prolly saved me from breaking the
computertelevision screen.I just saw Kick Ass the other day. I’m still confused. Was that supposed to be a comedy? The little girl was great, though.
I’m pretty sure KICK @SS was not a comedy… it’s an action film, like the comic I imagine… It’s because of McLovin everyone assumed it was supposed to be funny and the marketers were bullsh!ttin… That movie is dope!
I giggled just a few times in Superbad, but it wasn’t nearly as funny as folks made it out to be. I really think people are starved for comedy these days – the masses would have you think that whole Judd Apatow/Seth Rogan clan is SO talented, but I have yet to really dig any of their stuff. 40 Year Old Virgin wasn’t all that funny, & Knocked Up didn’t make me laugh once.
& how dare you say Love Jones is overrated – THAT is my ish for real, LUB IT!
I did like The Hangover though – its not a flick you can watch over & over, but the first time you see it it gets you. My best 3 comedies of all time: Scary Movie #1, Dumb & Dumber, Coming to America – THOSE are great comedies…
Office Space wasn’t as funny as it was life changing!! That movie made me Slater Slide out of my 1st corporate cubicle trap & find my passion!
@Alovelydai
“Office Space wasn’t as funny as it was life changing”
My sentiments exactly!!!
LMAO…U shoulda put Napoleon Dynomite instead of Love Jones! I thought The Hangover was hilarious. Pineapple Express shoulda been # 1!!!!! It was not all that!!! Superbad sure was SUPER gay!!! Haven’t seen Old School & have no desire too & tried to watch Office Space several times & couldn’t get onto it. Now Love Jones…it wasn’t all that to me when I was younger but as I got older I could relate to it more and started loving it. #Classic
The Hangover, Anchorman, Superbad (pretty much anything with Seth Rogen), Next Friday, Friday after Next, Borat, Napoleon Dynamite, Old School (outside of Blue) are THE ABSOLUTE WORST
I go more for the actually comedies where they use humor to make you laugh not vulgar behavior (the car door hitting the baby in the Hangover did make me semi-giggle in the what the hell just happen type giggle)
Richard Pryor’s Moving, Friday, Coming to America, Im gonna get you sucka….guaranteed shyts and giggles
“Richard Pryor’s Moving, Friday, Coming to America, Im gonna get you sucka….guaranteed shyts and giggles
”
Yes indeed! When Richard Pryor kicked everybody’s ass in a rampage to get his furniture back I thought I would die laughing lol
“Richard Pryor’s Moving, Friday, Coming to America, Im gonna get you sucka….guaranteed shyts and giggles ”
yeah these are my type of movies. I guess because I grew up on them.
I <3 you just for "I'm Gonna Get You Sucka" alone… this girl Jai knows movies! #stampofapproval
@yeah—Girl, this movie right here!!! I need to have that in my collection..Chris Rock at his ‘finest’
How much for a rib?? LMFAO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNQRqAoT-2c
***sidenote…even though it is corny, Spaceballs makes me laugh still!
Combing the desert
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMfasIbOn1g
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! Comin the desert! Ok, we going out when I’m in the DMV! That sh!t was HILARIOUS!
Hold up… tell me you love Harlem Nights and I’m buying the first round! lol
I heart Harlem Nights (if not just for the cast alone). When are you coming down…2nd round on me!
***side note–VSB is cool bcuz I have met some cool people (shout out to MsEsquire77..I know she lurking. ;0)
No doubt, the cast alone made that movie a classic.
Girl Ion’t even know… it be hella random when I do visit… prolly October some time tho. I’ll definitely let you know fo’ sho’!
The fact that you can appreciate Spaceballs makes you that much more special in my book.
“We ain’t found sh#t!!”
“We’re not just doing this for money . . . we’re doing it for a sh**load-a-money!”
+! for your taste in movies.
Definitely cosign The Hangover. I don’t know if I came into it with too high of expectations or what, but I don’t remember laughing at all. And I refuse to give it a second chance.
The first time I saw Napoleon Dynomite, I said no thank you. The second time I watched it with more people and found myself forcing a laugh, the next time I just gave up.
And you trying to make people mad with that Love Jones comment. That is a classic. And we better hold on to it because now all we got is The Lottery Ticket and Tyler Perry movies.
I’m just glad that Forgeting Sarah Marshall didn’t make it to this list or I’d have to fight somebody!…
I have to go in. Like double Dutch.
First your list has glaring ommisions and I blame that on blackness.
Us black folks never want to admit that black movies suck. We know that if we voice our displeasure a black actor may never get anoher job. So we pretend to love movies that we know have almost no redeemable value. So let us hope that MGM or Columbia is not reading this comment.
The definitive list of crap black comedies…
1. The entire Friday series.
2. Any movie starring or produced by ice cube (barbershop, beautyshop, are we there yet, etc)
3. Any movie with queen latifah where she plays a street wise fast talking sistah.
4 any movie with snoop dogg in any capacity. That ninja is a black hole of funny. Exepct for the porn he produced. That was hilarious.
5. Any film starring a combination of master p, lil Romeo, Eddie griffin, Kat Williams, or mike epps. That takes care of 70 percent of urban comedy over the last 15 years.
6. Any movie with Chris rock where he’s not cb4.
i’d give your comment more credence if we didn’t have beaucoup posts where we explicitly listed overrated black movies, actors, actresses, and the reasons why tyler perry just might be the devil.
also, i know i’ve said more than once that spike lee thinks he’s more important than he actually is.
but sure, i could have created a black list and there are only 5 listed, wed have gotten to something involving snoop at least by number 2765. thing is, it’s not on anybody’s radar. hangover? it is.. woohah, i got you all in check.
the movies listed are ones people actually claim are funny. when was the last time anybody you know said, “yo, I got the hook up is actually a funny movie?”
OK.
Hangover was BEAST! I laughed myself half to death! Are you craaazy!?
Office Space also was hilarious..just thinking about that movie makes me want to laugh.
I haven’t seen the others you mentioned…but, shoutout to 40 Year Old Virgin. Hilarious!
Love Jones was overrated but still a classic.
Coming to America – She’s your queeeen to beee. a queen to be forevaaaa…to quench your royal fiiire (singing) just dayum funny all over the place!
The whole list is wrong except for #3. Pineapple Express really wasn’t all that funny. But the other were hilarious.
5 other movies I think weren’t that funny:
1. Little man
2.Napoleon Dynamite.
3.Every Scary movie after the first one
4.elf (it was sweet though)
5.Knocked up
hmm…no.
Give STEPBROTHERS with Will Farrell a gander if you haven’t already…..HILARIOUS!
co-sign everything on this list, ‘the hangover’ especially. that movie was so unfunny that i got progressively angrier as the movie went on. by the time the credits rolled i was ready to piss on the screen. (i think we actually had a conversation about the unfunnyness of each of these movies a couple months ago)
anyway, i’d like to add the following to my personal overrated list
napolean dynamite (funny, but in a soft chuckle “that was funny” way, not a laugh out loud way)
friday (ditto)
swingers (eh)
young frankenstein (funny, but not mel brooks best work)
as far as underrated comedies go
the original kings of comedy (nobody ever puts this on their “top comedies” list)
undercover brother
forgetting sarah marshall (although, i’m not really sure it’s underrated)
raising arizona
i’ll probably think of more as the day goes on
***also, i asked this upthread as a response to one of shay-d-lady’s comments, but i felt it’s worth repeating***
“yeah. its harder to come up with a list of black comedies that are actually funny. i mean, really, other than maybe black dynamite (which i havent seen yet) has there been a seriously funny black comedy even made in the last 10 years?”
I avoided Undercover Brother for a while. Finally watched and was mad that it took me so long. I thought it was going to be another Pootie Tang or something awful like that. Turns out it was funny, witty, and relevant. Who knew?
If you’re going to open up the discussion to include comedy concert movies how do you jump over the logical five or six that are superior to TOKOC? Even if there is an argument to be made about being “underrated” then how about Dave Chapelle’s “For What It’s Worth” featuring one of my favorite quotable: “…more monkey pu**y for me!!!”
And btw, I was starting to develop a man-love for you. I found VSB a few months ago and you were starting to make me forget about missing regular installments of Chuck Klosterman in Esquire. Then you drop this crap on me. You attack Love Jones, which isn’t even a comedy. This is coming out of a deprivation tank where you haven’t had news in the last two years, then going on a date with Lauren London and just when things are looking up for you, she mentions having a baby by Lil’ (or is it Little) Wayne. You’re now compromised, Champ. Things can never be the same. You can’t un-say what you said.
“If you’re going to open up the discussion to include comedy concert movies how do you jump over the logical five or six that are superior to TOKOC? Even if there is an argument to be made about being “underrated” then how about Dave Chapelle’s “For What It’s Worth” featuring one of my favorite quotable: “…more monkey pu**y for me!!!””
thing is, i’m talking about underrated…which means good sh*t that people don’t talk about that much….which eliminates all the eddie murphy/chris rock/dave chappelle sh*t…which, well, you get my point
btw, panama wrote this entry, not me. “love jones” is still overrated, though.
yeeeaaahhhhh, i read it on facebook first so it wasn’t clear who wrote. and i jumped straight into commenting. it sounded more champ than panama. so like most inner city police departments, i have to apologize about an EARLY accusation — turns out it wasn’t false, just early. my bad, sorta.
also, Raising Arizona is not funny. not laugh out loud funy. not chuckle funny. not even internally dialoged “hmmmm, that’s funny”. maybe i can see where there’s room for your position on The Hangover. but there is room to find Raising Arizona funny.
Champ, did you ever see the movies Paper Soldiers with Kevin Hart?
Champ, did you ever see the movies Paper Soldiers with Kevin Hart?
i didnt. should i?
It’s a funny, low budget movie he did in ’02. It’s pretty funny, despite the fact that it has Beanie Sigel in it. Even got Stacey Dash in it.
“the original kings of comedy (nobody ever puts this on their “top comedies” list)”
And they should. That is a comedy special I wish I’d seen live. And it’s fun to watch with others because it feels like you’re there. So much energy and the jokes still haven’t gotten old for me.
Steve Harvey was the best, followed by Bernie (IMO)
Bernie was the best for me. He killed it! “Milk and cookies” alone….
Maybe it’s because he’s so Chi, but I loved Bernie’s set the most.
That is a comedy special I wish I’d seen live. And it’s fun to watch with others because it feels like you’re there. So much energy and the jokes still haven’t gotten old for me.
i actually did when they came to pittsburgh. and, surprisingly, steve harvey was easily the funniest out of them all. he even had like 5 minutes worth of pittsburgh jokes.
“raising arizona”
“Son, you got a panty on your head!!!!!”
I love that freakin’ movie.
OMGosh! I love Raising ARIZONA!!! I don’t why that first scene when they steal that baby is HI-LARIOUS to me! I’m always like the only person ROTFLMAO
friday gets “ditto”? seriously?!
if it wasn’t for that movie:
~pres. obama would not be in office…
~boondocks would be a tv dream…
~people still smoking the wrong ish…
~ice cube would just be a rapper
~chris tucker would not have been in rush hour
~we would be in civil war w/out the movie Friday!
yea…friday is the ish… please pass the dubbie!
Was Love Jones a comedy??? I thought it was just a good movie that finally showed the gap between The Cosby Show and Good Times.
no…it wasn’t. which i said in my strikethru comment. i just wanted to take a shot at it.
the only ones i can agree with you are office space and pineapple express. they just aren’t funny to me. now old school, hangover and superbad are hilarious.
i will give you this. anchorman, talladega nights and blades of glory top all the movies you listed. and what’s the common denominator? will ferrell. which is why i have to see the other guys.
great snoop reference by the way. i never thought he was a good rapper. ever.
I’d have to say the biggest disappointment for me so far is Date Night.
*cringes* It just hurt my soul putting anything with Steve Carrel and/or Tina Fey…but I did not laugh ONCE when I saw the movie. Theater or DVD.
but Pootie Tang was HILAAAARIOUS!!!! The scene with him “singing” in the booth slayed me!
yea, date night did suck.
“*cringes* It just hurt my soul putting anything with Steve Carrel and/or Tina Fey…but I did not laugh ONCE when I saw the movie. Theater or DVD.”
I was just about to put this on my Netflix queue and then I read this and ’bout cried. I’m gonna watch it anyway…but still.
thank you for admitting that love jones wasnt all that. someone said i was too young when it first came out to appreciate it. maybe so but i watched it again when i was a little older. shit wasnt as GREAT as people tout it to be. it’s fine if it’s ur favorite movie of all time but it won’t be mine and you shouldnt be offended by that.
second time i watched hangover, i didnt know why i found it hilarious. most hilarious was that my brother used some variation of the “lone wolf” speech to propose to his wife…clearly, that wasnt in the film though so they dont get credit for making me laugh.
4. Love Jones
Oh wait this isn’t funny its just WAY overrated.
Thank you! I saw this when I was a teenager and thought it was as*ness. The only entertaining part is when Khalil Kain gets pissy about his m’effn toasted oats. The rest of it was .
One mans garbage is another mans treasure. I enjoyed all the moves you listed except for Pineapple Express. I always fall asleep 10 mins into it. And Step Bros was eh at best.
not related at all but what prompted this post was that i got Death At a Funeral on netflix and put it in last night and fell asleep. i was like, man, all those comedians, what a waste.
and why come nearly all black ensemble cast joints revolve around funerals or family reunions?
it was a remake of british movie. and by remake, i mean a carbon copy. the jokes were the same, the midget was the same actor.
surprisingly, i wished they had “blackened” it up. If Tyler Perry had gotten his hands on the rights, he would have taken it there. So on second thought, maybe the carbon copy version was better.
I share some of Panama’s opinions on the films.
Superbad – Actually, I thought this movie was pretty darn funny, until it got extremely Brokeback Mountainish. The movie almost evolved into man p0rn.
The Hangover- Had its moments, definitely not a comedy, but enjoyable to watch nonetheless.
Office Space – Funny and relatable which made it enjoyable, but not an all out knee slapper.
Something About Mary – Not sure why some love this movie, but I thought it was @$$. After seeing it several times(not by choice), it grew on me slightly.
Most Black Comedies – Just horribly forced & unfunny 95% of the time.
Most Black Comedies – Just horribly forced & unfunny 95% of the time
Please specify because the older black comedies are F!CKING hilarious…
Coming to America (duh, that’s why it’s number 1)
I’m Gonna Get You Sucka
Half Baked was GENIUS!
Hollywood Shuffle
Boomerang (Afta-BEEERRRTH)
And Harlem Night OMG how could I forget?!!!! Ugh! Classic!
I meant the newer ones.
But yes, many of the older ones are classic. I give you that.
Mmmmm… there’s something very very fulfilling in correcting you and being right. YUM! Thank so much you for this moment, I know it doesn’t happen often lol
@Yeah…So
“Hollywood Shuffle” – Robert Townsend’s Best Work!
“Boomerage” – Very funny moments in this movie!
LOL… I’mma have fun with this post today…
“You’re not ghei! He’s GHEI!” *gasp*! BWAHAHA… I love Boomerang and Stran-ge!- ha!
I can quote this movie all day “Maaarrrrrrrrrrrr-cussssssss”!
@Yeah…So
“See?….I told you they don’t stink if you take the membrane out”
@CNotes ok one more…
“We ain’t ev-eri thang on the pig from the rooter to the tooter”
@Yeah…So
LMAO!!!! Love that scene!!! One more : )
Pops: You see, you can’t stop at the mushroom shirt
Marcus: I woulda stopped at the shirt…
Pops: No, you gotta keep going (shows mushroom belt)
Marcus: Gerrod?….Did you know your pops had a mushroom belt?
Gerrod: (Dry) Yes
@CNotes
Girl I quote that scene daily! DAILY!
“You got to coo-ordinate!!!”
@Yeah…So
“You got to coo-ordinate!!!”
Classic!
‘Boomerang’ is one of those movies I never get tired of watching, no matter how many times I’ve seen it. The same with ‘The Best Man’. I love these two flicks.
Morris in the Best Man…gawwwwdddd
I really used to like Best Man until I noticed every dude I kicked-it with wanted to put that d@MN movie on… what is it with y’all and that movie? Was I supposed to get nekkid cuz Morris was on the TV screen? Veird.
“Hollywood Shuffle” – Robert Townsend’s Best Work
Tommmeee! Tommmeee! You killed-ed my brotha! He wuz my main dude, baby!
@ I’ll give it a try @CNotes
Is it bad I like Meteor Man too? I really did *sad* #don’tjudgeme
@Yeas…So
Um, no, Meteor Man was that joint when I was a kid! We used to fight over who turn it was to check it out at the library during the summer lol
“All you evil doers beware! The flyyyyin man is here!”
@I’ll give it a try
Oh my Gosh (Usher)… them costumes! BWahahahaha!
*sending a drink to CNotes* Hollywood Shuffle was very funny! I tend to forget about that one.
@legitimate_soul
Accepting and guzzling down that much needed drink. : )
I haaaaaaaaaaaaated Napoleon Dynamite. I cannot stand to look at that kid he makes my skin crawl. I’m sorry, but it’s true.
And I thought Superbad was stupid as hell.
I loved Get Him to the Greek. I thought it was hilarious. But then again I thought Hangover was hilarious too so my judgement might be impaired.
Most overrated movie of all time is Blade, followed closely by Vanilla Sky. I hate those movies with the deepest, most abiding passion. HATE.
Vanilla Sky sucked elephant testicles!!! That is all
Vanilla Sky is the TOP “I wasted my money at the show” movie EVAH.
Vanilla Sky is my most hated movie of all time. I can’t emphasize emphatically, violently, vehemently how much I detest that film. That movie sucks major unwashed @$$ with dingle berries.
Talk about false advertising.
Worst Movie Ever.
Mr SoBo
“That movie sucks major unwashed @$$ with dingle berries”
Can I borrow this line??? LOL!
Ever time I think about the time I wasted watching Vanilla Sky I wanna throat punch Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz.
And you won’t even have to even stand up and throat punch Tom.
I kind of liked that movie.
It amuses us how people co-signed the list and then defended Love Jones. With the exception of Superbad, we’ve seen all the movies on this list multiple times and laughed multiple times. This may be because we had no preconceived notions about what to expect. That and we watch Jersey Shore so our idea of “entertainment” is probably a lot different than most.
I’m sorry, but when James Franco ran out screaming “Fuuuccckk tha Police!” in Pineapple Express, iDied. That followed by asian dude saying “suck my balls, two times!” cracked me up. But then again, I’m a reformed smoker so maybe that’s why I got it.
And am I the only person who will love a comedy just for the awesome terribleness that makes it funny? I think Vampire in Brooklyn has to be on the top of my list. Me and my bff used to crack each other up going back and forth with the dialogue from that movie. Coupled w/ Eddie Murphy’s lacefront & Kadeem Hardison’s dropping limbs we were entertained.
Vampire in Brooklyn is classic. Plus Angela’s Bassett running around with the constipated face made for a good night of laughs.
Vampire in Brooklyn is classic. Plus Angela’s Bassett running around with the constipated face made for a good night of laughs
that right there
I TOTALLY forgot about this movie…it was so bad that it was good
I used to always think why is she running around all crazy like that?…run straight like the strong woman you are Angela! lol
OMG, Vampire in Brooklyn used to be my LOVE when I was a shawty. I watched it over and over. Funny thing is, I haven’t seen it in years and basically forgot the entire thing. lmao
i agree with you. vampire in brooklyn makes me laugh to no end b/c of the horrid acting.
and the 2 dolla ho speech is priceless.
Being quotable is a big part of what makes movies funny to me too. My husband and I exchange Hangover quotes all the time (lol it makes me laugh right now to think about it).
Yeah, gonna dogpile on the ‘you’re crazy for putting hangover and pineapple express on this list’ heap.
When that Asian dude flew out the trunk in Hangover….I had to stop the movie i was laughing so hard.
In PE when the cop hit James Franco…..*dead*.
my comedy white guy classic is Tommy Boy…I quote it like twice a week.
i hated Stepborthers…i don’t like “awkward comedies”
I’m sorry but I have never…ever ever…heard anyone white or black say that Office Space wasn’t funny. Pineapple Express and The Hangover are the funniest movies I’ve seen in about 5 yearsish. I would think 2 guys who are filled with humor and sarcasm would love the comedy arena but apparently not. Or maybe you’re just too intelligent and need to dumb yourself down to enjoy the simple things in life.
Or maybe you have NaySayer disease. It’s spreading wild amongst intellects, poets, artists, philosophers, etc. The need to be different and deep. Which means your deepness will not allow you to laugh at such mediocrity. C’mon Peej. You listen to Rick Ross. Stop it son.
Hey, there.
Office Space is one of my favorites, partly because it is a primarily white cast, and yet they played classic Geto Boys throughout the movie. “Damn it feels good to be a gangsta…”. I haven’t seen Pineapple Express, but I know it is funny. I love kooky caper movies and movies where you think “How the hell are they going to get out of this one.?”.
I feel the same way. I love caper movies! It’s so over the top but that’s what adds to the plot. Office space is in my top 10. I love comedies and action flicks. It’s not supposed to be truthful but entertaining and stupid humor.
Have you seen any of the Guy Ritchie movies, like Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch? I got all three of the Ocean’s Eleven movies, too. Caper movies are great.
*circling CBG lion style*…okay okay we got ish in common. Let’s say I have all three on DVD except Oceans 12 gave me the hives. lol. Caper movies are it. I’m actually a movie freak. My girlfriends and I will get babysitters and movie hop with our bags full of chinese food and mini liquor bottles on friday nights. It’s the best! We’ll see anything except romantic films.
@SFG
I’m standing by my love of The Hangover too I laughed from start to finish and I’m not a jovial m**********er at all.
I like Office Space but that could be because I’ve been mired in middle management for too long.
Anyone who doesn’t like the Hangover is a hater. That movie was so hilarious. I swear when the asian man jumped out the trunk, he had no package. I even paused the shot and still couldn’t see it. Hilarious!!
You’re such a perv. Got damn. LOL!! I love it though. Cause in that respects, I’m Mr. Me Too. I’ll pause a cartoon if I think I saw a t*ttie.
Anyway, ranking right up there with “Office Space’ is “Clerks”. Has anyone seen that movie? That shyt is fcuxing hilarious. Clerks is a funny @ss movie. If you havent seen it, you need to.
You’re such a perv. Got damn. LOL!!
She really is. But it’s sessy.
LOL…now you see why I have “90″ day rules? I know I have problems but I’m working on it with age.
so b/c i didnt find these particular movies to be AS FUNNY AS EVERYBODY CLAIMS i dont love the comedy arena? gtfoh. slow down homes. i admitted that they all have their moments. but the hype surrounding them was epic.
so in conclusion, naysay deez.
Okay so maybe I lumped you into a fictional category but I’m black and emotional about my comedies man! I still heart the King Beef though
and Michael Cera looks like a turtle.
He’s cuter than pie.
turtle pie, perhaps.
Agreed.
I enjoyed The Hangover, but mainly because the theater was packed, I was with my girls and I hadn’t been to the movies in a while. There were definitely some WTF moments as PJ mentioned, but when I saw this the second time on DVD, I actually was glad it was my FRIEND’S DVD and not mine.
The WORST case I got of a comedy that I WANTED to be funny and just WASN’T was “Hot Tub Time Machine”. Man, I wanted to see that movie. Me and some friends from work were counting down the DAYS til we could see this movie. Seriously. And we arranged to meet at the Times Square movie theater (where it’s even more expensive than other places in NYC) to see this after work one Monday. And you know what, it was awful. It had all the elements, all the actors, all the ridiculousness that should make a comedy great and it actually made me upset that it’d wasted my time. The funniest bit was the guy losing his arm. That was funny, the REST of the movie was not.
I disagree wholeheartedly with “Superbad” being on this list, because I saw it for the second time this past New Years’ Eve and almost peed myself. True, that could’ve been the non-stop drinking, but that movie was hilarious. And when I watched it again sober a week later, it was still hilarious. When I saw the movie the first time, I thought it was overrated. Not anymore.
And LOVE JONES is NOT overrated. LOVE JONES is what I wish my life could be…minus the cheating and the breakup and the moving away. I just wish I could be that cool and have cool hangouts like that and have more straight guy friends that joked around like that. Seriously, whenever I feel totally cool and grown up in NYC, I saw I’m having a “Love Jones” moment (although that movie was set in Chicago). And I don’t care if Larenz Tate is only 5’7″, he’s hot.
Preach KitKat, preach!!!
Love Jones was the first movie to show us blackfolk outside of New York, that there was a black artist set. It showed that we didn’t have to be Cosby rich and we didn’t have to live next door to Doughboy. There was a middle ground like the one I grew up in. And there were like minded black people that like other music as much as they like hip hop.
i think these kids on VSB take that for granted.
Can I just say that I love you for this comment: “there was a middle ground, like the one I grew up in…and there were like-minded black people who like other music as much as they like hip hop.”
YES! Dammit, the midwest has black people and we are deep. LOL
Hot Tub Time Machine was TRYING to be the Hangover and it failed. Miserably!! I wanted my two hours back after seeing that movie (and how they desicrated my Motley Crue songs.. but that’s neither here nor there). HTTM was SO. NOT. FUNNY. I wanted to punch the one dude in the face and I was watching a DVD of it. Really, John Cusack, THIS drivel is all you can get now?? You need a new agent. PRONTO.
The Hangover, Superbad, and Old School (YOU”RE MY BOY, BLUE!!! and singing “Dust in the wind” gets me ERRY time) were all movies that were hyped to hell and I waited until they were out of the theaters to see them. I’m glad I did.
Really??? @ Capricorn…I was going to redbox that movie this weekend (and I’m not one for wasting $1.06 ). I may have to get something else
LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!! I CANNOT handle your avatars! Like EVER!
Dont. Worse dollar and change you will have ever spent. It wasn’t funny. Like you could see where they were trying to go, but the writer forgot to take that left turn in Albequerque and ended up under the sewer. It was HORRIBLE.
I just want to know who in their right mind would ever think Hot Tub Time Machine was actually going to be funny?
The trailers and television adverts that showed ‘funny scenes’ weren’t even funny. Why did you do it to yourself? Why?
Do you know the slogan for KitKat bars?
Do you know the slogan for Trident?
Is it weird that this banter is turning me on?
LOL. jk…
i’m happy that love jones did all that for you. really i am. that doesn’t mean its the quintessential black movie as its often made out to be. now it means a lot for you. great. was it a good movie? yeah. but i really think that most of us in the thining black set attach a lot more of our selves to it b/c it was one of the few that reflected what most of us hoped to experience since we all weren’t from compton.
to that end its like alicia keys, its positive by not being negative. i just dont give points for being about something i can relate too. that makes it relatable…not necessarily the greatest movie of all time.
You might be right that I attribute a lot of personal stuff to this movie to make it better than it is (even though it IS pretty awesome). The movie is very nostalgic of all my hopes and dreams of becoming a hip Black academic/artist.
And Nia Long’s apartment? Shooooot.
And having a dude write a poem for me that he didn’t get off the internet, or play some music for me in a record store that without being homeless and/or pandering for money? ::::swoon:::::
And just all those great breast shots of Nia with no bra and “the girls” still stay up and perky?
Yep, that was my dream, lol.
And Lisa Nicole Carson was the bomb. So sad about the schizophrenia…
Can anyone name (without Googling) a black romance movie that centered around young black professionals BEFORE Love Jones came out? That didn’t involve drugs, poverty, or domestic violence?
I’m not saying it was the best anything but it did serve a purpose.
The Mack? “I-I-I- I just need a man!” LOL… hmmmm good point, but I think it’s overrated because that lovey-dovey isht is just OVERKILL… wasn’t Boomerang out before Love Jones?… tho it’s a comedy, AN AMAZING comedy… yeah, but it’s still a black love story. :-d
Hmm… If you consider Boomerang a love story, then yes. For some reason, though, the comedy trumps the romance and makes it an outlier in that category.
I know, I know… I just can’t stand Love Jones
Good point.
it did serve a purpose and that’s great. so did jimmy carter and nobody is going around calling him a great president.
Actually, I thought he was an excellent president.
One last point, then I’m done(unless i start getting a royalty check):
Every conversation sounded like it something verbatim from me and my friends. I can’t think of one unnecessary, gratuitous, nor awkward use of slang to prove it’s a black movie. It all felt real. And real is never overrated.
I’m probably the only person on the planet that doesn’t dig the new comedies anyway so I don’t feel any kind of way about your list. I do agree that I thought The Hangover was funny but not like everyone hyped it up to be. I thought Napoleon Dynamite was pretty funny too. but I’m glad I saw it on TV.Knocked Up got some chuckles out of me also. I only LOVE old Eddie Murphy flicks, a few others from my youth (80s and 90s) and thats probably about it for me.
Anything Madea is in. Lawdddddd knows I love me some Tyler Perry movies and Madea is uber extra in all of her/his coonery, but i just.can’t.laugh. :-/
How could I forget Tyler Perry? The Madea flicks are passable, but are horribly predictable. Someone has an addiction or is in an abusive relationship. Eventually they happen across a guy or girl that would normally be out of their league (or vice versa).
This person will eventually “save” the other person from said bad relationship or addiction. In the end they get married, go to church, and sing songs until the credits roll.
Lather, rinse & repeat. Oh yea, someone in there Madea will shoot (at) someone and wind up before Judge Mablean.
Also Brown>Madea.
Just saying.
I just do not get the Madea movies I am not a fan of any of them. I guess I just made a conscious decision to hate all things Madea because everyone thought it was so funny.
Brown does make me chuckle. But I refuse to watch the tv show…
Me too. I watch then for brown he is funny. The tv show is annoying.
Dis is yo grandaddddddy!
I actually always watch Tyler Perry movies when it’s TV. When I need my ignance fix, Tyler provides it. I know what I’m getting into (trite plots, characterization, etc.) so I just enjoy the foolery with foolish folks. That’s what Tyler Perry means to me.
-Superbad:
It was funny, but definitely not as funny as people made it out to be. Also had some very weird moments. I personally don’t care for sex scenes involving actual kids. That’s just weird to me.
-Hangover:
Booty flakes. And mind you, I watched this while drunk off my ass AND while on Vicodin (just had my wisdoms pulled). There were very few moments were I laughed out loud (the scene when dude was on camera humping the Tiger comes to mind).
Past that, I chuckled here and there. More than anything else the hype killed it for me. I remember people telling me this was literally the funniest movie they’d ever seen. Yea right….
-Pineapple Express:
Was flat out side-splitting funny. Don’t know what you talking bout here Panama.
-Love Jones:
Decent chick flick. Watching it with a girl might you get you some. So that alone makes it a winner.
-Old School:
Never saw it.
-Office Space:
Tried watching this twice and just never got “it.”
Other notables:
-CB4:
Definitely wasn’t as funny as I thought it’d be. Fear of a Black Hat was MUCH better. To this day, I can still watch that and laugh.
-Anything with Ben Stiller:
Dodgeball was the only genuine, top-to-bottom funny movie that I’ve see him in. Tropic Thunder was cool, but Robert Downey and Tom Cruise made that one for me.
-You Don’t Mess with the Zohan:
I can’t even begin to explain why, but this was funny as hell.
Ummm BDot…I’m going to go with being on depressants (Vicodin and alcohol) probably would have made anything un-funny…just a thought lol:) that you laughed at all while wasted is pretty remarkable.
nonetheless, hangover sucked cat teats.
I disagree. There’s no reason for anything to NOT be funny while drunk and (effectively) high.
Dear PJ,
remind me never to take movie advice from you.
The Hangover and Office Space are classic.
I cant believe you didn’t find The Hangover in the least bit funny… this further confirms that you are a robot form of a human and now I understand why you are a 3.
i never said that i didnt find hangover in the least bit funny. i specifically mentioned parts that it hought were funny. overall as a movie, i didnt find it that hilarious. it had been hyped up to me by so many people that i was ready to give it the crown of greatest comedy ever…and what i got was….the hangover.
My sole disagreement is Hangover. Maybe because I’ve lived through, and know others who have lived through, such a maniacal weekend that can ONLY happen in Las Vegas. Or MAYBE Montreal (what y’all know about that?)
But while the other choices I can understand, The Hangover is a comedy classic. I will weep at a sequel because you can’t really replicate that but its Hollywood, which apparently is Somali for “beat a good story/idea to death with sequels & reboots”
I don’t really have a favorite comedy, but I think funny people was a drama disquised as a comedy, Love Jones is vastly overated and Anchorman and Step Brothers are will Ferrell’s best two movies.
Agreed.
I actually don’t get why these movies are even lauded at all. I think it’s sorta like Seinfeld and Frasier, where a very specific whiteness is sold to us as “universal” such that we all “have” to find it funny and relate. When…not so much. This isht ain’t no different than the “so black it can’t be understood unless you black” humor in a Martin Lawrence movie (and just as unfunny).
You know what’s overrated? The use of the word “overrated.”
Damn, that was deep.
Snarf, snarf.
Can I just say that Wedding Crashers and The Break Up are my joints?
Well…they are.
The dinner scene in WC is the most hilarious! And, the gay dude who works with Jennifer Aniston’s character in The Break Up had not really the most classic lines, but his FACE was hilarious in every scene.
I can watch those movies and laugh over and over again!
Mo (VSS)
I was just getting ready to talk about my love for the movie “The Break Up”. LOL!
“Andis 38300 High Heat Press Comb”
Mine too!! I laugh every time. I’ve been told my sense of humor is off though.
First, the Anchorman is probably one of my favorite funny movies. Seriously, I find ways to quote parts of that movie throughout the day, and 60% of the time, it makes sense every time.
However, I cannot co-sign the Hangover. Granted, I was slightly
drunk off my asstipsy when I saw it, but I remember laughing heartily. And when I saw it a second time, a little tipsy again, I still laughed. I guess I have a wide range for funny ish. Now, Office Space, yeah, I laughed a little, but it not a movie I would recommend to someone looking for a good comedy.Overrated…
1. The Departed– This failed in the organized crime/undercover cop/dirty cop genre. Seriously, it doesn’t measure up at all. Not even close. The only thing I got out of it was lots gratuitous cursing that made it look like the writers had no idea WTF they were doing. Sorry, but that movie did not live up to the hype at all. Honestly, I think the day of the great organized crime/dirty cops/undercover cop movie has long gone.
I am a hard-sell when it comes to comedies (especially those released within the past 5-10 years or so). Most of them either force foolishness or are so crude that it feels like someone is standing behind me saying, “Look at how silly I’m being! LAUGH…..Gotdammit!!! (e.g. anything with Jim Carrey or American Pie “type” movies). Most of my laughs come from watching stand up comics. I LOVE when reality is made fun of!!!
But, off the top of my head, some of the movies that have manage to jerk a few (or many) tears out of CNotes are:
Meet the Parents
The Break Up
Amazon Women on the Moon
Big Daddy
National Lampoons Vacation
I can’t co-sign this list at all
Did not see the last two flicks, so I have no opinion on those
And Love Jones was okay at best…took me a while to even watch it again
this is the funniest comment i’ve read in a while. no co-sign, but two of the movies you cant speak on, so maybe you would agree but you just dont know and you somewhat agree about love jones.
Aiight so I have a real juvinile sense of humor. But some movies I found UNDERATTED were Scary Movie (think about the first time you saw this) and Sex Drive. Also KIDS is one of my favorite movies, even tho its not meant to be funny I laughed a lot.
And Im appauled that some are sayin Something about Mary and Hangover were not funny. I’ve never heard my own mother cry laughing like i did when she saw TSAM. Balls in a zipper, frank n beans, Who let the dogs out, We’re the 3 best friends anyone can have. C’mon!!
SN: I love any movies Jermey Pivin is in
@ToneCapone
“I love any movies Jermey Pivin is in”
SO…DO…I!!!! He slays me in Entourage!!!!!
Right!! If i died today, i would wanna be re-incarnated as Ari Gold.
I loved him in Old School and RocknRolla, ‘The Goods’ was aiiiiiight for a low budget comedy.
I agree on all points.
I agree with you on “Pineapple Express”, and maybe Super Bad….But you gotta love the rest of them….My overrated movie is “Death at a Funeral”..So far everyone said it was funny…I think the appropriate word is “decent”. But, I gave up on it when I saw Saldana dating another white guy, again!
p.s. We Get it Already!!!
I truly believe I am the only one who didnt like Anchorman (outside of the fight scene w/the anchors)
le sigh
No. I’ve not made it through Anchorman yet. I’ve tried to watch it, but I end up bored and changing the channel or watching something else.
You know what comedy is NOT overrated: Antoine Dodson.
Even your neighborhood HBCU is paying tribute to the instant classic. Yall knew it was coming. http://bit.ly/96K0cE
That was great!
Um… LOVE JONES was the ish!!!
O-k Go King Beef…you sometimes on point with you rlist but I have to disagree with at least two on your list: hangover ( com’on it was funny!)and office space (it was funny because it was relatable). Love Jones, if you werent around that intended audience age group at the time it came out…it possibly wont be that appealing to ya (but I still love it and Brown Suger). Now a movie I will drop the hangorver for is the movie Bachelor Party with Tom Hanks….FUNny! What ya think?
ALL….let me say it again ALL Tyler Perry plays, movies, plays, commericials, scripts, ringtones, t-shirts, mugs (you get the picture) ARE NOT FUNNY PEOPLE!!! There I said it….takes a bow and exit stage left!
Anyways..oh next post should be about things that hype up but aren’t all that (forgive me if you or Champ touch on that before).
So Panama Jackson, I still love ya dispite your silence while I watch Hangover you can past the time by doing other things….
Have a good weekend people!
- A.D.
well I haven’t seen pineapple express or superbad, so now you’ve possibly ruined it for me. I’m going to have to disagree with you on the hangover. it was funny. it was wtf funny, which as far as i’m concerned if I can see it again, know its coming, and stil find it funny, it was funny. tthe dialogue could’ve been better, but that really wasn’t the point of the movie, in my humble opinion that is. Office space was funny before I worked in a cubicle farm. and now I work in one, and now it’s a sad truth (for now) and even funnier. But i am SO with you on love jones. Most over-rated wack ass movie EVER. with wack ass poetry. womp womp woOoOomp
I feel validated! LOL I swear I thought I was the only one in the western hemisphere who didn’t find these movies funny. Hell, The Hangover was “funny” but it wasn’t as hysterical as everyone and their drunk uncle made it out to be. I watched the damn thing twice and DVR’d it to see if it would be funnier after a couple of JWB’s… the chinese dude had me in tears but who wouldn’t laugh at a nekkid chinese man? as for the rest on the list… AMEN. Office Space was just stoopid (yes, i said stoopid). maybe i need to smoke some reefer (yes i said reefer) to actually get that type of “humor”. *insert kanye shrug*
“but it wasn’t as hysterical as everyone and their drunk uncle made it out to be”
You know what, it might’ve been funnier if I was drunk.
I haven’t seen anyone say anything about Forgetting Sarah Marshall, but I thought that this was one of the funniest movies ever. Also Sweeney Todd was hilarious as well. As for unfunny movies, Sacha Baron Cohen was funny as Ali G sometimes, but when Borat and Bruno came out, I was not impressed (well maybe a little at Borat). @ Panama, as for the movies you quoted, I can agree with everything but Office Space. Oh and Anchorman is piss yourself laughing funny.
My brother swears by Soul Plane… O.O
you should disown him for that alone!
My
brotherneighbor swears by Soul Plane… (o.-) (ewink)Wow.
I only found one part of that movie comical.
The scene where Gayman was asked to fly the plane and he got excited. From the moment he was in the pool to the point he slipped and busted his @$$ was funny as hell to me.
“You want me to fly the plane?
*does african happy dance*
Oh yes, they will have a parade for me. Move. Move you b!tches. I have to fly the plane.”
lol! Gets me everytime.
Yup Gayman… He loves that sh!t- smh…
“No, Gayman, not GHEI MAN!”
So which movies DO you think are hilarious!!?!? I will quote OLD SCHOOL to the end. That mess is TOOOOOOOO FUNNY!!!
I know that “Pulp Fiction” isn’t a comedy but I laugh every time I see it!
Say what you will about Tarantino but he is a master of the random conversation. The foot massage scene, “what does Marcellus Wallace look like”, and “you shot Marvin in the face” scene are inspired!
Almost every word is a quotable…
Those are my favorite scenes from the movie.
Most definitely top 5 most quotable movie list…
“Do they speak English in What?”
i know this movie wasn’t funny, but Juno… I phucking hated that movie!
I still do not see what the hype was about. I thought everything about it was AWFUL!
-I agree with you about Superbad. The only funny art to me was McLovin
I liked “Napoleon Dynamite”
**ducking**
you people are insane putting Coming to America on this list. Now you’re just trying to be contradictory. You can’t even believe what you just wrote…you really know it’s blashepmy.
I was with you (I actually fell asleep during Superbad, and the Hangover had me wanting my $6 back **yes, that’s how much movie tickets cost in a college town*), but you had to come at Love Jones. Smdh.
I know Im late…But this list was 100% on point.
Superbad was kinda funny, but it was one of those movies where after seeing it once, i never had a desire to see it again, even when it comes on TV
The Hangover is def overrated. The only part i hysterrically laughed at was Chow jumping out the trunk. Everything else was just aight.
Pineapple Express wasnt funny to me at all.
This post has inspired me to watch Coming to America, The 40 y.o Virgin, and Step Brothers, though!!! Yesss!
Good thing, the j.o.b kept me busy, I would have died of apoplexy today!
Office space not funny? Duuuude? Duuuude?
I’ll give you Pineapple Express… but a friend of mine watched it on after “special brownies” treat and said it was EXCELLENT then…
But all the others? I give you a resounding NO!
I could’nt agree more !!
i wish I could think of more movies like this, but at the moment … i can’t Lol
Wedding Crashers left me wanting so much more. I remember my friends telling me how hilarious it was but the whole time I was just thinking “I know what just happened was supposed to be funny and I recognize that it was a joke, but I have no desire to laugh” BIG let down
O.K. out of all these posts, NOBODY has said anything about one of the most funny movies ever that almost every black person has seen. . . .COOLIE HIGH. From start to finish, that movie had me rolling because it portrayed the generation of my parents being dumb, immature, horny, teenagers.
Also must agree, LOVE JONES is complete garbage. Saw it and hated it.
Coming to America gets funnier each time you see it. “Sexual Chocolate!!!” That is CLASSIC!
Oh and the other movie that is hilarious to me, idk about ya’ll but PURPLE RAIN is the most 80′s movie of all time and that is super funny!!! “The password is ‘what’?” “Exactly!” “The password is exactly”
“naw. what” The dancing, the music, the ambieance of the whole movie is hilarious. Also another movie that shows my parents generation as horny immature halfway adults, lol.
why u gotta do Love Jones??? huh??
well… i know a movie that would be as funny as i swear it would be…
a feature film starring 50 tyson and antoine dodson! that ish will be sheer cinematic and comedic brilliance!
I will agree with you on Superbad, Pineapple Express, and even Love Jones…but I just LOVE Old School, The Hangover, and Office Space. For the longest time, Old School was my favorite comedy…now it’s a tie for first place with The Hangover. BLUE YOU’RE MY BOY…SPANISH!!
While arriving 400+ comments too late, I have nothing unique or interesting to offer other than saying that I approve this post (if you give a d*mn about that). I also have to agree that the comment about Es-In-DoubleO-Pee is the realist sh*t you’ve ever wrote. I’m GLAD to know that there are two of us that didn’t drink the kool-aid.
Love the writings of VSB 99.99% of the time…but really…Office Space…I (being considered Negro, African American or something like that on the US Census) have never identified more with a white man than I have ever with Peter Gibbons. That movie was like the unadulterated truth for anyone (race, color, culture aside) that worked in an office and hated it!
This is my rare “WTF moment” with VSB.
You’re crazy P…….The Hangover was hilarious…….
ok, Coming to America is one of the best movies of all time, PERIOD! And I agree with everything on your list except for Hangover, that ish was hilarious! Also 40-year old virgin and WEDDING CRASHERS are up there with comedies.
Napoleon Dynamite was EXTREMELY overrated, I was so annoyed by the time I finished watching that foolishness. Also Love Jones AND Love & Basketball were both way too overrated for me as well…
Totally disagree.OTHER than Superbad and Pineapple express.Those 2 movies Sucked.
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I’m mad late, but adding my comment anyway. Deal with it.
I agree with most of this list, but not The Hangover. I try to watch comedies in the theater within the first 2 weeks because I see how hype ruins them for people. After The Hangover had been on DVD for two weeks, not one single customer (at Blockbuster) said they liked it, before that everyone loved it. This happens with every hyped movie (and The Wire).
Anyhoo, the ones that I loved (that I can think of off the top of my head) that haven’t been mentioned exhaustively include:
1. Black Dynamite
2. Super Troopers
3. Liar Liar (still holds up)
4. Role Models
5. Sarah Marshall
6. Most of Kevin Smith (the references alone kill me)
7. The Arrested Development Movie (I realize it’s not out yet, but I already know I’ll die laughing)
I haven’t seen a comedy that was funny, all the way through..
OH my goodness you just expressed in words how i honestly felt.
you’re an idiot
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I LOVED the Hangover! But I agree with you about Superbad and Old School NOT FUNNY! Office Space was ok…I laughed.
I’m soooooooooo with you on The Hangover. Half of the movie, I felt like I was laughing because everyone else was. Same with Superbad.
Most of these were not all that good. Hangover was okay. Superbad was good, but not terrifically funny.
A good movie specifically comedy however is The Big Lebowski. Most comedies aren’t subtle enough to many dick jokes too much sophomoric humor (something which almost all of these have, including the ones in the comment section.) A good comedy is subtle.
to disect the humor in most of these movies you really have to have a true understanding of irony. Go on the oatmeal, he explains it there. I actuallhave a degree in comedy writing and know that superbad is genuinely theoretically funny. Of course, it takes a really good sense of dryhumor to understand most of the jokes, which can be hard for most people. I mean no disrespect, I am just speakng my mind. And if I wasn’t typing on my cellphone I would go into more detail but just look up humor in wikipedia and you might be abble to understand what im getting at.
This post is like my whole life.