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Confession time: I don't really like the movie Animal House very much.
I realize that this isn't the most shocking confession of all time but as a person who prides herself on having a pretty decent sense of humor, I kind of feel like I should like that movie more than I do. It is a classic after all and I know some people completely love it. I was watching a special on Bravo the other night that proclaimed Animal House as the funniest movie of all time and I just had to shrug, because I remember laughing a few times while watching it but it certainly doesn't crack my top ten of funny movies*.
So, how about you? What is your favorite funny movie? What is an allegedly funny movie that you just don't get or like?
* The top ten would include (in no particular order): Airplane!, Blazing Saddles, Spaceballs, Dodgeball, 40-year old Virgin, Rat Race, Ocean's 11 (George Clooney version), and at least one Monty Python (maybe Holy Grail?)
I realize that this isn't the most shocking confession of all time but as a person who prides herself on having a pretty decent sense of humor, I kind of feel like I should like that movie more than I do. It is a classic after all and I know some people completely love it. I was watching a special on Bravo the other night that proclaimed Animal House as the funniest movie of all time and I just had to shrug, because I remember laughing a few times while watching it but it certainly doesn't crack my top ten of funny movies*.
So, how about you? What is your favorite funny movie? What is an allegedly funny movie that you just don't get or like?
* The top ten would include (in no particular order): Airplane!, Blazing Saddles, Spaceballs, Dodgeball, 40-year old Virgin, Rat Race, Ocean's 11 (George Clooney version), and at least one Monty Python (maybe Holy Grail?)
posted by Mrs.Robinson at
1:20 PM
9 Comments:
say it wth me:
life.
of.
brian.
and -- the big lebowski.
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Chris, at 8:46 PM
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kel, at 5:24 PM
Okay, so that mysterious comment deleted above was from me. I deleted it because I didn't read your post closely enough. Reading directions, such a pain!
Two movies I did NOT think were sooo funny:
Meet the Parents. Yes, I know, I'm crazy.
Most Adam Sandler movies. Yes, yes, I know.
Say Anything. Or was that just supposed to be romantic? Anyway, I didn't think it was either.
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kel, at 5:34 PM
Yes, I realize that I listed three movies under the two movie category. Chalk it up to jet lag, please. I was briefly a math teacher. Can you see why it didn't stick?
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kel, at 5:35 PM
My Top Five: (in no particular order) Tommy Boy, So I Married an Axe Murderer, Along Came Polly ("I just sharted."), Wedding Singer and Dumb and Dumber.
On the not funny front, personally, I never found Schindler's List to be that funny, but I guess that's just me.
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Sars, at 6:47 PM
I forgot Old School. "Earmuffs."
I looooovvvvve Vince Vaughn!!!
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Sars, at 8:00 PM
I may have to remove Rat Race. I just watched it again last weekend and it doesn't hold up quite as well as I remembered.
I will second the Vince Vaughn love and hope that it will hold through when I go see The Break-Up this weekend.
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Mrs.Robinson, at 10:30 AM
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Jo, at 8:16 PM
Mine (in no particular order and subject to change with my mood as evidenced by the fact that I changed my mind as soon as I posted this originally and had to delete it and start again):
1. Office Space
2. Waking Ned Devine
3. Best In Show/A Mighty Wind/Waiting for Guffman
4. Maverick
5. Elf
6. Groundhog Day
7. School of Rock
8. Ocean’s Eleven
9. Funny Farm
10.Vince Vaughn
And my mother's:
1. Funny Farm
2. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
3. Mrs. Doubtfire
4. National Lampoon’s Vacation
5. Planes, Trains, & Automobiles
6. Waking Ned Devine
7. Father of the Bride
8. Fun with Dick & Jane
9. Best In Show
10. The Out-of-Towners
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Jo, at 8:19 PM
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