ijjysmith
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No comedies mate? (Well there's a couple I don't know on there that might be).
I see a lot of people's top 10 movie lists and they nearly always miss out comedies as if they don't count.
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No comedies mate? (Well there's a couple I don't know on there that might be).
I see a lot of people's top 10 movie lists and they nearly always miss out comedies as if they don't count.
dholliday
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comedies are fun but often not substantial, affirming or deep enough to warrant a top 10. Tho' Fear & Loathing is a comedy, that got in mine. Pulp Fiction is often in these lists and could be classed as black comedy.
But generally the most powerful impressions from film come from feelings other than laughing: they come from deep emotion, abstract thought or generally just a massive WOW.
Whistlin' Dixie
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Bar the life of brian, I can't think of a comedy that's really stuck in my mind enough to make a top 10. Probs the original Ladykillers, too.
Mr Jolly lives next door (Which is another one of my favourite all time favourites of all time) was only a telly film so can't really be counted.
Airplane and the Life of Brian nearly made it in mate, they'd be in the top twenty deffo
ijjysmith
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Cool. It's just something I've noticed in the past.
To be honest I don't think I could give you my top 10 films ever. It's like asking what you're favourite song is.
Impossible.
Yeah changes all the time, that's why I only put the ones I can watch time and time again into the list.
Jean de Floret....Watched that with an ex bird who blubbed non-stop for the last 45 minutes - couldn't get why?! I thought it was fiendish
Still, it's got the old stella artois advert music on it, which made me hanker after a few tins while watching it even more than her whinging.
One of the main reasons I love Jean de Floret and another similar film, Manon des Sources is this lady : Emmanuel Beart.
At the time she was up there with Bardot for being one of the most beautiful women on the planet !
Whistlin' Dixie
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Not into that that sort of corny, cheesy comedy, meself - It's ok, but that's all it is.
Went to see this last night. Despite a stellar cast, it was film that came across as a bit flat. Despite the fact Jonny Depp is superb in the lead as the pyscho gangster Jimmy " whitey " Bulger.
I'd wait until it comes out on general release for anyone planning to go and see it. It's just one of those films that feels as though it's been done to death imo.
TheAlmightyFloater
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Went to see Bridge of Spies last night.
Long but it doesn't really drag.
Predictable but enjoyable all the same.
Long but it doesn't really drag.
Predictable but enjoyable all the same.
Whistlin' Dixie
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Thought it was cack, meself. Depp tries to pull off a Jack Nicholson type character portrayal and fails, imo.
And I kept thinking his bessie mate in it was Matt Berry
Yeah, see where you're coming from, but I thought he kept it going, as the rest of the characters where just dull to the point of being insignificant .
Whistlin' Dixie
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The proper (Documentary) film: "Whitey - The USA vs James J Bulger" is a good watch. Shows how snide the FBI can be - even though Bulger himself was a snide.....
Philw
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Loved that film. 3.5-4 for me.
700 reviews!! Impressive!
We used to watch these in French class in school. All I remember is some girl getting her kit off. Was that Beart?
Comedies are generally looked down upon as not being worthy. Same happens for the Oscars etc. Personally I love comedy, so I feel they should get more respect, especially the ones that are more than just cheap jokes and lazy slapstick.
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