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What's the Most Enjoyable Serious Film You Find HILARIOUS?
I know FIGHT CLUB is meant as a dark comedy. When I first saw it I was mesmerized by it's darkness and violence but I watch it now and laugh til I cry. It is so funny. GREAT FILM!
What's your favorite serious movie that you think is really (ENJOYABLY) funny?
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Titanic. Transporter. Turbulence 3:Twisted Metal.
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Originally Posted by amsalpemkcus
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Do you really like this film and find it humorous? Or do you just think it is bad or schlock and laugh at it because it's so inane?
We are looking for GOOD films that you find funny even though they aren't really supposed to be a rib tickler.
Yeah, I don't think this thread will be a long one.
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Originally Posted by LilWolfChokingOnCigs68
Titanic. Transporter. Turbulence 3:Twisted Metal.
Do you really like these films and find them humorous? Or do you just think they are bad or schlock and laugh at them because they are so inane?
We are looking for GOOD films that you find funny even though they aren't really supposed to be a rib tickler.
Yeah, I don't think this thread will be a long one.
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Originally Posted by LilWolfChokingOnCigs68
Titanic.
That's odd. The first time I saw Titanic (on DVD with my GF), I was extremely happy we weren't in a theatre, because as the boat started going down, something about the camera angles, something, made both of us burst out laughing.
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Originally Posted by AKcrab
That's odd. The first time I saw Titanic (on DVD with my GF), I was extremely happy we weren't in a theatre, because as the boat started going down, something about the camera angles, something, made both of us burst out laughing.
That was just the pot brownies kickin' in.
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Originally Posted by BlueSky
That was just the pot brownies kickin' in.
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Originally Posted by mojo2
Do you really like these films and find them humorous? Or do you just think they are bad or schlock and laugh at them because they are so inane?
We are looking for GOOD films that you find funny even though they aren't really supposed to be a rib tickler.
Yeah, I don't think this thread will be a long one.
Titanic was supposed to be a drama/love story but the acting and dialogue was so sappy and awful I thought it was more of a comedy. Transporter was supposed to be an action flick but it was so utterly ridiculous and over the top I thought it was more of a comedy. Turbulence 3: Twisted Metal was supposed to be a thriller/action movie/goth/rock movie but it was so cheap and B-quality it was more of a comedy.
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Originally Posted by AKcrab
That's odd. The first time I saw Titanic (on DVD with my GF), I was extremely happy we weren't in a theatre, because as the boat started going down, something about the camera angles, something, made both of us burst out laughing.
EXACTLY the kind of response I'm hoping for! 
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Originally Posted by TubaMuffins
blackhawk down
Interesting. Care to share...?
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Originally Posted by DeathMan
The Natural
Ghostbusters
I'm interested in knowing more about why these may have struck you that way.
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Originally Posted by LilWolfChokingOnCigs68
Titanic was supposed to be a drama/love story but the acting and dialogue was so sappy and awful I thought it was more of a comedy. Transporter was supposed to be an action flick but it was so utterly ridiculous and over the top I thought it was more of a comedy. Turbulence 3: Twisted Metal was supposed to be a thriller/action movie/goth/rock movie but it was so cheap and B-quality it was more of a comedy.
Those are good examples of laughable films. I'm more interested in films you LIKED that werern't supposed to find funny but wound up laughing at. You enjoyed it but found it funny when it wasn't supposed to be.
For example. If the climax scene of FIGHT CLUB when Marla is escorted to see the main character in the high rise, I LOVED the scene and it isn't really funny but it made me laugh til I cried. The improbability of what had just happened before she arrived and her reaction to it, was NOT funny. Yet, it was so dry that the humor comes through, I think, ONLY after you've seen it several times.
It is a great film and MANY of the scenes are funny like this to me NOW. But when I watched the film the first two dozen or so times it was more that I was in awe of the movie and the telling of the story.
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Pretty much anything staring Kevin Costner.
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Originally Posted by AKcrab
That's odd. The first time I saw Titanic (on DVD with my GF), I was extremely happy we weren't in a theatre, because as the boat started going down, something about the camera angles, something, made both of us burst out laughing.
That reminds me of one day in church when the organist was softly playing behind the Pastor's sermon and it sounded like the music from a Saturday Night creature feature horror flick and though the service was serious and moving, I could BARELY contain my laughter. It was sooooooo funny I had to leave the building sooner than anyone else in order to keep from making a spectacle of myself.
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Originally Posted by Montezuma58
Pretty much anything staring Kevin Costner.
Ahh, so that means you love his films but also find them funny when they aren't meant to be?
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Originally Posted by mojo2
Interesting. Care to share...?
i dont know why i find it funny, it really isnt. there's only one scene that i do find funny, i like the rest of the movie. It's when two characters (been a long time since ive seen the movie), are crouched behind a building corner, they see a Somalian running and shoot him, it's horrible but I burst out laughing every time, I'm ashamed to say so. But i still like the movie
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Behind Enemy lines was supposed to be pretty serious/actiony but near the end when the action just gets completely crazy and over the top... I laughed a lot...
Uhh... other than that, I hate movies. I cried when I saw the CGI in Spiderman 2... my friend beside me said he couldn't tell between the actors and CGI... I was shocked.
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They think before they shoot. Pure comedy.
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Originally Posted by mojo2
Do you really like this film and find it humorous? Or do you just think it is bad or schlock and laugh at it because it's so inane?
We are looking for GOOD films that you find funny even though they aren't really supposed to be a rib tickler.
Yeah, I don't think this thread will be a long one.
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Originally Posted by nredman
American Psycho
I agree! Great movie but I also had to laugh a lot - especially about the business card discussion.
Dawn Of The Dead (2004)
I always laugh when watching Zombie movies. Well, most are supposed to be funny but I don't think DOTD (2004) was meant to be funny, at least not like the original.
Sin City
I laughed for the same reasons as above - extreme, unrealistic violence always makes me laugh.
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Originally Posted by badidea
I agree! Great movie but I also had to laugh a lot - especially about the business card discussion.
Dawn Of The Dead (2004)
I always laugh when watching Zombie movies. Well, most are supposed to be funny but I don't think DOTD (2004) was meant to be funny, at least not like the original.
Sin City
I laughed for the same reasons as above - extreme, unrealistic violence always makes me laugh.
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Originally Posted by nredman
American Psycho
2nded.
I may add
- Donnie Darko
- Conspiracy Theory
- Sexy Beast
I would not say the scenes that made me laugh weren't supposed to be funny, but these films were not comedy in the first line, I guess.
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i'd go with American Psycho and Sexy Beast - both bizarrely funny.
Also Ichi the Killer in a similar vain to what badidea said about extreme, unrealistic violence.
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Obviously Ghostbusters is just a comedy. I threw that in cause I just watched it again, and laughed the whole way through.
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The Natural is a serious movie with good comedy in it. I thought thats what we were talking about. Not movies that are so bad they make you laugh. The example was Fight Club. A dark comedy, but more dark than comedy, maybe. The Natural is a Drama, but has lots of funny lines in it. Robert Redford knows how deliver a funny line, just like Clint Eastwood. Very serious movies, serious charachters, more than a couple funny lines.
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Originally Posted by badidea
I agree! Great movie but I also had to laugh a lot - especially about the business card discussion.
Dawn Of The Dead (2004)
I always laugh when watching Zombie movies. Well, most are supposed to be funny but I don't think DOTD (2004) was meant to be funny, at least not like the original.
Sin City
I laughed for the same reasons as above - extreme, unrealistic violence always makes me laugh.
way to steal my two movies...
The original Dawn of the Dead is excellent too, and hilarious at times.
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The scene in Sin City where the hot parole officer is in the dungeon surrounded by severed heads and she screams that he made her watch him eat the flesh off her hand, I laughed and was disturbed at the same time.
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Originally Posted by DeathMan
Obviously Ghostbusters is just a comedy. I threw that in cause I just watched it again, and laughed the whole way through.
"I'm glad you're feeling better. You still look very pale though."
The Natural is a serious movie with good comedy in it. I thought thats what we were talking about. Not movies that are so bad they make you laugh. The example was Fight Club. A dark comedy, but more dark than comedy, maybe. The Natural is a Drama, but has lots of funny lines in it. Robert Redford knows how deliver a funny line, just like Clint Eastwood. Very serious movies, serious charachters, more than a couple funny lines.
DeathMan, YOU nailed the intent of the OP, methinks.
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Originally Posted by sek929
The scene in Sin City where the hot parole officer is in the dungeon surrounded by severed heads and she screams that he made her watch him eat the flesh off her hand, I laughed and was disturbed at the same time.
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wow... hardcore. loved the movie to death, but only laughed at what was supposed to be funny. i have that movie poster but it's slightly different: the bottom pic on mine is of the girl character on the boardwalk.
i found Fahrenheit 9/11 humorous. it made a good point in the first 10-15 minutes but what was presented after that was quite laughable.
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Originally Posted by Salty
Behind Enemy lines was supposed to be pretty serious/actiony but near the end when the action just gets completely crazy and over the top... I laughed a lot...
Uhh... other than that, I hate movies. I cried when I saw the CGI in Spiderman 2... my friend beside me said he couldn't tell between the actors and CGI... I was shocked.
Spider-man 2 was golden. You cried at the CGI? Yeesh. Instead of being a CGI snob, you should've just sat there, soaked it in, and enjoyed the 2nd best comic book movie EVAR (now right behind Batman Begins)!
Name one movie where the CGI is 100% lifelike.
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I die laughing every time I hear that line.
This was on TV the other day. I can't get over how stupid that movie is. My girlfriend LOVES it, though. I can't stand Patrick Swayze, man.
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This was on TV the other day. I can't get over how stupid that movie is. My girlfriend LOVES it, though. I can't stand Patrick Swayze, man.
I appreciate the man's work. The wild, animal Swayze of Roadhouse. The sensitive Swayze of Ghost. Or that Dirty Dancing bad-apple my father forbids me to see.
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I appreciate the man's work. The wild, animal Swayze of Roadhouse. The sensitive Swayze of Ghost. Or that Dirty Dancing bad-apple my father forbids me to see.
Don't forget the Drag Queen Swayze in "To Wong Foo..."
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Originally Posted by teknopimp
wow... hardcore. loved the movie to death, but only laughed at what was supposed to be funny. i have that movie poster but it's slightly different: the bottom pic on mine is of the girl character on the boardwalk.
i found Fahrenheit 9/11 humorous. it made a good point in the first 10-15 minutes but what was presented after that was quite laughable.
Yeah i don't know but at the end i couldn't help but just laugh. Everything went from crazy to insane. It's definitely one of my favourite movies though.
Ass to ass.
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Spider-man 2 was golden. You cried at the CGI? Yeesh. Instead of being a CGI snob, you should've just sat there, soaked it in, and enjoyed the 2nd best comic book movie EVAR (now right behind Batman Begins)!
I don't see how it's "CGI snobbery" to expect a movie's hero not to look like a crappy Bryce drawing. It's no different than if they had the Lizard be a guy in a costume and you could see the zipper running down his chest the whole time. If it's not convincing, it's not convincing.
Besides that, Spider-Man 2 was better than Spider-Man, but that's not saying a whole lot. They were both dumb and had scenery-chewing cardboard villains. And Mary Jane — how unlikable can a love interest be? The second-best comic book movie is called X-Men.
Originally Posted by jonasmac
Name one movie where the CGI is 100% lifelike.
I couldn't tell the difference between CGI and robots in Jurassic Park. Other movies that used CGI very effectively include Lord of the Rings, Gladiator and Terminator 2 (yes, that movie knew its limitations and worked within them).
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