classthe_king wrote:Cube23 wrote:EminemBase wrote:^ I agree about 'Transformers' but not Superbad.
That's instantly one of the best comedies of all time. It's easy to look at it from an outside eye with a bunch of preconceptions as if it's just another silly teen comedy.
It's fucking superb. So many subtle moments interwoven throughout. It's up there with the Python movies for me now in terms of laugh out loud consistency. It's fantastic. It might have a stupid backdrop / theme but it's still a masterclass in comedy.
I have to disagree there on Superbad. It was just a bunch of punchlines thrown into a dialogue. I'd pay money to see teenagers who actually talked like that and delivered punchlines that much. I thought that it was the most overrated comedie I've ever seen until I saw The Hangover.
A fantastic comedy for me is something that has just perfect timing on the moments or the dialogue is what makes it funny, as it's not forced to be funny with punchlines. A perfect comedy for me is Anchorman, Tommy Boy, The Holy Grail, Caddyshack, etc.
No movie has ever made me laugh as much as Talledaga Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
I was so excited for Talledaga Nights. I thought that Will Ferrell was going to make a comeback to actually being funny in that. The previews made me even more excited.. But I just didn't find it funny. John C. Reilly is much funnier than Ferrell in that and Step Brothers. I haven't watched Ricky Bobby in awhile, so maybe I should give it another chance. But I have watched Step Brothers a few times and Reilly really outdoes him in every scene.
Also: An underrated classic comedy is Beetlejuice. It isn't thrown around much in the pure comedy genre much, but I find myself cracking up everytime I watch it. I just thought I'd throw that out since I'm watching it now
