donnie Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 Just me but I really don't find any of these American comedies funny in the slightest. American humour is shite to be blunt. Silly, really silly. Not many good comedy films from america. In fact can't think of any other then bad santa. Love that movie. UK comedy shits all over American comedy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 i thought old school was better than anchorman some yank comedy is ok, apatow stuff mainly but they now churn out so much stuff that it dilutes it id say over the last few years - role models, 40 year old virgin, knocked up, dodge ball, wedding crashers, i love you man, pineapple express, this is the end, tropic thinder were all pretty good sandler stuff is wank, stiller isnt much better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunRickyRun Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 Watched The Conversation last night. Fantastic film with Gene Hackman at his absolute peak. Don't know why this has passed me by for so long. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaForever1970 Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 Excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 I've never seen Anchorman I feel a part of my life may be incomplete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 I recently bought the Aliens box set on Blu-Ray. I've never watched any of them properly before. Sat down and watched them all fully engrossed. I thought that Alien3 was the best one. The dank and dinginess of it gives it an atmosphere that none of the others have. Although Alien gets extra marks for those white knickers Sigourney Weaver wears. Interesting. Can't say I've ever seen somebody go for 3. The first two are both very highly regarded in the own right as two very different types of film, but 3 seems to fall short to most people. Oh, while I'm here, don't even bother watching Alien Resurrection. Appalling. Yeah me neither. But the depression, the despair, the atmosphere, they all make it a really good film for me. Alien is comfortably... COMFORTABLY, the best of the franchise. Imo of course I liked Alien far more than Aliens. Wasn't impressed with Aliens at all. It was still about 23.4 times better than Alien Resurrection though. Even though it's part of the box set I didn't even feel it warranted any kind of mention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 i thought old school was better than anchorman Agreed, by a long way. Also when American Pie first came out thought it was brilliant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted July 26, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted July 26, 2013 Alien is comfortably... COMFORTABLY, the best of the franchise. Imo of course I liked Alien far more than Aliens. Wasn't impressed with Aliens at all. It was still about 23.4 times better than Alien Resurrection though. Even though it's part of the box set I didn't even feel it warranted any kind of mention. I'd go with 23.8 times better myself (I feel the same though. I've got the boxset. Watched the first 3 numerous times. Only ever seen resurrection once) Yeah I think Aliens is weaker than many people make out. I still enjoy it. But it fits perfectly into that genre of 80's action movies. As far as they go, it's the mutt's nuts. But that genre as a whole is always going to be a bit cheesy and "throwaway", if you like. Entertaining, sure. But I'd struggle to pick any movie from that sort of genre that I'd describe as real quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted July 26, 2013 Moderator Share Posted July 26, 2013 I've never seen Anchorman I feel a part of my life may be incomplete Probably depends on whether you like Will Ferrell or not. If you do then your life is very much incomplete. Plus it has a lot of quotable lines. An annoying amount if you ask people who don't like the film Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Am i just one of the minority that does not find SImon Pegg at all funny? Surely Only a minority find him funny. You're in the majority. Simon Pegg must die. His name appearing in any American comedy instantly means it's terrible. Shawn of the Dead was funny. He's been living off that since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Anchorman is too quotable. The best quotes (mild spoilers) That escalated fast. Works 60% of the time, all the time. I love lamp I'm gonna punch you in the ovaries San Diego, it means a whales vagina. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 I don't understand the love for "Anchorman"... I thought it was profoundly not funny. And I like stupid comedies. When they're funny. Agreed. YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS. not just me. One of biggest loads of crap Ive ever watched and I have seen rubbish in my time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Comedies are not funny for everyone. I'm sure there are like 4 people in the world who didn't laugh at Aeroplane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meath_Villan Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Comedies are not funny for everyone. I'm sure there are like 4 people in the world who didn't laugh at Aeroplane. Surely you can't be serious? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 (edited) So much blasphemy in this thread regarding Aliens I will bite my tongue Edited July 26, 2013 by AshVilla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted July 26, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted July 26, 2013 I've never seen Anchorman I feel a part of my life may be incomplete Probably depends on whether you like Will Ferrell or not. If you do then your life is very much incomplete. Plus it has a lot of quotable lines. An annoying amount if you ask people who don't like the film I love it and I still think there's an annoying amount Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted July 26, 2013 Moderator Share Posted July 26, 2013 Comedies are not funny for everyone. I'm sure there are like 4 people in the world who didn't laugh at Aeroplane.I'd say there's more than 4 of us. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 I've never seen Anchorman I feel a part of my life may be incomplete Probably depends on whether you like Will Ferrell or not. If you do then your life is very much incomplete. Plus it has a lot of quotable lines. An annoying amount if you ask people who don't like the film He really is an annoying actor though. think funniest things I saw him in is films where he is only in it for a cameo like Wedding Crashers or Starsky and Hutch. most of his characters are all the same anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaForever1970 Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 So much blasphemy in this thread regarding Aliens I will bite my tongue Nuke em from orbit, its the only way to be sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted July 26, 2013 Moderator Share Posted July 26, 2013 He really is an annoying actor though. think funniest things I saw him in is films where he is only in it for a cameo like Wedding Crashers or Starsky and Hutch. most of his characters are all the same anywayYou should watch 'Everything Must Go'. He plays a straight role. I like when actors do something outside their norm as it's usually quite good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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