Semi-remembered, kinda forgotten comedies

[kentauros]

This is for all those comedies that people will remember when you mention them, but often aren't remembered in all those other "greatest" lists. They're still great comedies, just not always thought of to mention ;)

Two come to mind first with Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Ruthless People. Y'all can just name your picks or quote a favorite scene, too, if you like. I like to do that, by the way ;)

It's hard to pick any favorite scene, the comedy throughout is so good, but I do always remember the following scene in Ruthless People:

Lt. Bender: GIVE THE BAG TO BOZO, DROP THE GUN, AND PUT YOUR HANDS IN THE AIR.
Earl Mott: Who said that?
Lt. Walters: This could very well be the stupidest person on the face of the earth. Perhaps we should shoot him.
Lt. Bender: IT'S THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Earl Mott: Really?
Lt. Bender: NO! WE'RE THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION!


:rofl:

[TZ]

1. Ruthless People is awesome!

Actually a thread mentioned another movie the other day that fits really nicely here:Raising Arizona...
:)

[kentauros]

3. Holly Hunter is one of my all-time favorite comedic actresses!

She was just brilliant in that one, and O Brother Where Art Thou :)

If only she had been offered (and taken) Jodie Foster's part in Silence of the Lambs, I might have been able to take that movie more seriously. I just couldn't accept Foster with a Southern accent; it just didn't "fit" her. Holly Hunter, on the other hand, I think could have pulled it off wonderfully :D

[Richard Steele]

2. "Ruprict! Do you want the genital cuff?"

Steve Martin's ballet-leap after that line makes
that moment one of the greatest 3 seconds worth of anything
I've ever seen in a theater.


Don't get me started on "Bachelor Party". It was so "over-the top"
that it gets lumped in with many straight-to-video B-class contemporaries,
but I have always maintained that it is a work of absurdist GENIUS.

And it's got the best soundtrack I ever found on vinyl for 99 cents
at a real record store.

[kentauros]

4. Anything with Ruprict was hilarious!

Even the little details, like the cork on his fork :P

Now, I'll have to see Bachelor Party. I know I haven't and now my interest is piqued...

[Fire Walk With Me]

5. Ruprecht had a triton.

That is so awesomely funny it still pops in my head after all these years.

Another good one, barely known, a modern-day Marx Brother's-ish film, "Brain Donors".

[Richard Steele]

8. No way! You haven't seen it? You MUST see it, before you die, I tell you!

Just don't open any of yer GOOD wine for it-
It ain't no Fellini Film, and it never tried to be.

But, as much as TRIED to be a huge assload of crap,
that film somehow was unable to escape being a WONDERFUL
caricature of life in the USA at that time.

It may appear a bit cliched today, but that's likely due
to the fact that THOUSANDS of other films have been influenced
by it in the 25 years since it was released.

It's one of the "least important" movies that ever had the biggest impact
on the "hollywood Scene" of it's day.
Everyone who ever saw it ONCE can quote a line or two from it.

It starred an ODDballish & fairly unknown young actor
who went by the name of "Tom Hanks", and I really think
you should watch it sometime.

[kentauros]

9. Okay, I'll look for it

:)

I looked it up on imdb, just for the details, not the reviews, tho the board popsts seemed to be in favor of it, despite the rating.

I'll open a bottle of cider for my viewing pleasure, then

[Richard Steele]

11. Your profile doesn't mention your age...

So, I should mention that it's not a "great movie"...
it's just the single greatest bunch of 1980's culture
ever compressed into a single film. A film that really
tried to be CRAP, but somehow captured a moment in time
and achieved crappy GREATNESS.

You wanna talk about "A MOMENT IN TIME?
Adrien Zmed: an Easter Egg in a Time Capsule,
wrapped in the ENIGMA which is "Bachelor Party"


As one minor character in the film exclaims, when told that
his friend has become engaged and is planning a Bachelor Party:
"Yeah! A REAL party...With CHICKS, and GUNS, and FIRE ENGINES!"

I reccommend that you open that cider a good hour
before you start watching the film.

When viewing this film for the first time,
the use of tightly-rolled cigarette papers containing
dried vegetable matter NOT sold legally
by any major US corporation
is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED...
KnowhutImean?

[Manifestor_of_Light]

12. Bachelor Party is great in the stupid movie genre.

The donkey that eats the pills on the buffet table and then dies, and gets hauled out by elevator, is priceless.

Truly intellectual stuff. :evilgrin: :rofl:

[texas1928]

22. The bare ass in the sun roof of the car.

That was hilarious. And the male strip club scene. Mom yanking on that hot dog.

[kentauros]

13. "Fire Engines?!" lol

Sound great already :D
Hey, I love 'stupid' movies. Everyone panned 1941 but I found it to be more like a dirty live-action cartoon

As for that "Killin' Jive" goes, I can't smoke anything. I'm good ennyway :)


Maybe I'll watch Used Cars in the meantime.......

oh, forgot to add: 47 going on 48 in two months :P

[Richardo]

6. Throw Momma From The Train

"I dreamed Louis Armstrong was trying to kill me!"

[kentauros]

7. Man, I haven't seen that movie in too long!

Time for a torrent :D

[keroro gunsou]

10. real genius

val kilmer was so damned funny in that.... plus the popcorn eruption at the end.

[kentauros]

27. Val Kilmer is pretty funny in any comedy he's been in

;)

Remember Top Secret? :D


(will have to look for Real Genius now that I've looked it up on imdb...)

[jobycom]

14. LA Story--Not as uproarious as Ruthless People, but a quirky, smart film

[MorningGlow]

15. Hooray! One of my top 10 favorite movies of all time

So I'll second that vote. :thumbsup:
"I'll have a twist of lemon!" :rofl:

[jobycom]

18. "You think with a financial statement like this you can have the duck?"

[MorningGlow]

21. "He can have ze chicken."

"You can have ze chicken."

"What about my date? I can't tell her what to order."

"Certainly you can URGE her in one direction?"

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[jobycom]

24. Ahh!! Must buy DVD! nt

[kentauros]

16. For a moment I was confusing this one with "The Lonely Guy"

as Jimmy Carter had a cameo in that one :D

I've only ever seen bits and pieces of LA Story. It has something to do with talking traffic signs, or something, right...?

[jobycom]

17. It's a quirky film, ahead of its time. There is a talking street sign, yes,

but it's minor. The film, as far as I can tell is loosely based on Shakespeare's (Who else?) "The Tempest," especially near the end. Steve Martin is chasing Victoria Tennant (his real life wife) while breaking up with a long-time girlfriend and dating a younger woman (Sarah Jessica Parker). But the whole thing is set against a romanticized version of Los Angeles and its odd culture, and it's as much about LA as the romance. For instance, there's a running gag about how no one in Los Angeles walks anywhere, and at one point Steve Martin is visiting a friend two houses away, downhill, so he gets in the car, puts it in neutral, and coasts. There's also a gag about a new French restaurant everyone is trying to visit, and they keep pronouncing it "leedeeoh," but when you see the sign it's spelled "L'Idiot." Martin tries to make a reservation, and the maitre-de (Patrick Stewart), questions him on his financial statement.

Don't think romantic comedy, it's too smart for that, and the romance is only part of the charm. It's an excellent film, way too smart for audiences at the time. It's not cynical, despite the way I described it. It's a beautiful movie, and the romance is as much about LA as about the main couple. It's completely different than Steve Martin's farces like "The Lonely Guy" and "The Jerk." Maybe a little like "All of me," but much smarter, and less traditional.

Now I've got to buy a copy of it. :)

[LynneSin]

19. PCU if only for their advise to college freshman & the Caine-Hackman Theory

Jeremy Pivan was awsome in that movie! BTW, Ted Kennedy and Arlen Specter had a cameo in it with the Senate Judicary Committee hearing on the nomination of Gutter.

Tom: What's he doin?
Droz: He's finishing his senior thesis. Pigman is trying to prove the Caine-Hackman theory. No matter what time it is, 24 hours a day, you can find a Michael Caine or Gene Hackman movie playing on TV.
Tom: That's his thesis?
Droz: Yes! That's the beauty of college these days, Tommy! You can major in Game Boy if you know how to bullshit.


Droz: Want some advice?
Tom: Well, yeah.
Droz: Well, here's all you need to know. Classes: nothing before eleven. Beer: it's your best friend, you drink a lot. Women? You're a freshman, so it's pretty much out of the question. Will you have a car?
Tom: Uh, no.
Droz: Someone on your floor will. Find them and make friends with them on the first day.

[texas1928]

23. Great movie, got it on DVD, just so I could watch it any time.

I laughed my ass off, because it was true for college, and all the different groups of people. I was considered a jock, was on the wheelchair basketball team. And our coach did not allow us to join a fraternity. But, I hung out with people like in Droz's crowd.

Best line from that movie.

"Can you blow me where the pampers is?"

[AlCzervik]

20. Rat Race.

You girls wanna buy a squirrel? They make crackerjack pets!

I wanna go to the Barbie museum!

[jobycom]

25. The Hudsucker Proxy. The forgotten masterpiece of the Coen brothers.

Finally there would be a thingamajig that would bring everyone together, even if it kept them apart spatially.

[kentauros]

26. You know? For kids!

I loved the parody of Koyaanisqatsi with the approval and manufacturing process as well as the marketing department brainstorming sessions

[Zomby Woof]

28. Drop Dead Gorgeous

Some choice lines:


Gladys Leeman: The communal wine just proves too tempting for some of them!
Iris Clark: That's why we Lutherans use grape Kool-Aid for the blood of Christ.


Crew Guy: Fuckin' beauty queens blowing chunks everywhere. I-I've never seen anything like it before, and I live in L.A.


Cop #1: The Curry girl? Oh yeah. After some careful investigatin' we determined it was a case of smokin' and drivin'.
Amber Atkins: Well yeah Tammy liked to drive her dad's thresher! She said the heavy vibrations helped clear her mind. But I know Tammy only smoked AFTER a good drive.


Becky Ann Leeman: I chose Mount Rushmore. 'Cause to live in a country where you can take an ugly old mountain and put faces on it, faces of great Americans who did so much to make our country super great. Well, that makes me Rebecca Leeman, proud to be an American.


Gladys Leeman: Hey hey, Miss Penthouse '98, close those legs, I could drive a boat show in there.



Becky Ann Leeman: I'd have good strong roots in a town like Mt. Rose, a solid Christian trunk, and long, leafy branches to provide shade for handicapped kids on a hot summer day.


Pastor: And so, dear Lord, it is with deep sadness that we turn over to you this young woman, whose dream to ride on a giant swan resulted in her death. Maybe it is your way of telling us... to buy American.

[Graybeard]

29. The Long, Long Trailer (1953)

This is a really good film and very funny. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz are outstanding and it's directed by Vincente Minnelli! (TCM played it recently.)