I thought the funniest part was when Schmidt wrote his first letter to Ndugu and got really worked up about being replaced at his job. It was the hardest I've laughed during a movie in a while.
When Cameron was in Egypt's land; Let my Cameron go. - Ferris Bueller's Day Off
The family dinner scene. Anyone notice when Duncan is cutting something on his plate that flies off into his lap and he looks around to see if anyone notices? I keep wondering if that just happened serendipitously, or if it required several takes to get it right.
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Definitely the part when he tells Ndugu he probably wants to cash his cheque so he'll finish his letter and the waterbed scene. He gets in it so awkwardly! Excellent.
shareI laughed at that part of the letter, too ~ something like: "I'll finish this because you probably want to run to the bank to cash this check and get something to eat." So clueless!
shareOne of the funniest moments for me was the fight between Schmidt and Ray Nichols.
After discovering Ray Nichols’ old love letters to Helen, our man Schmidt is CONSUMED with rage! And when he bounds from the motor-home to “throw down” with Nichols we fear the worst, but their ‘fight’ amounts to little more than Schmidt feebly windmill-ing Ray into an embarrassed submission.
Hilarious
"Stick with me baby, and you'll be fartin' thru silk."
I laughed the hardest at any scene featuring Dermot Mulroney's Randall.
"...and by every day, I mean EVERY DAY!"
GOT-damn hysterical!
Lots of funny moments in this great movie. One I laughed at that hasn't been mentioned is when Schmidt is listening to the Indian (or "Native American, as they prefer to be called") tell him about the travails of Native Americans. He's sucking away on that giant Slurpee with a looked of rapt bemusement on his face -- "Those people really got the shaft!" -- or something to that effect.
I also like the way he starts out the letter to Ndugu after his wife has died -- "I hope you're sitting down when you read this."
Another cool thing about the opening is that we are so conditioned to countdowns, that you almost expect SOMETHING to happen when the second hand ticks to 12, even if it's just a jump cut to another scene. Instead, the clock goes tick, tick, tick, tick to 12 -- and then keeps right on ticking. NOTHING happens -- just like his life up to that point.
They got a real raw deal. Just a raw deal.
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Another cool thing about the opening is that we are so conditioned to countdowns, that you almost expect SOMETHING to happen when the second hand ticks to 12, even if it's just a jump cut to another scene. Instead, the clock goes tick, tick, tick, tick to 12 -- and then keeps right on ticking. NOTHING happens -- just like his life up to that point.
Thanks, mjz. Great spot, and too subtle for me on first viewing. Masterly movie-making.
When Roberta (Kathy Bates) mentions her hysterectomy, literally 5 minutes after meeting Schmidt, I thought it was hilarious! Hilarious because yes, I have met people like her in real life.
TMI, folks. TMI.
the lady's singing at the wedding. "I'll be in love with you" think it's called.
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