Leave it to us Brits, eh?
Nice try, have a cookie for that, but in the end. This is the End failed miserably like 90% of other American comedies. You just don't get subtlety or comedic timing. American comedies are about as subtle as a brick through the window.
What a foolish thing to say.
Ok, so you didn't find this film funny, but to say that "90% of American comedies" failed miserably is absurd.
What about Robert Altman's M.A.S.H, the films of Blake Edwards? Classics such as Laurel and Hardy, The Three Stooges, Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd? Mel Brooks, The Airplane! movies, The Naked Gun movies, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Beverly Hills Cop, The Simpsons Movie, Cheech and Chong, Stir Crazy, Tropic Thunder, The films of Kevin Smith and Bill Murray?
I could go on an list more films, actors and directors from America whose comedy is witty, nuanced, subtle, has international appeal, has stood the test of time and is, most importantly funny.
We Brits have given the world some really dumb stinkers in the name of comedy; The Harry Hill Movie, The Keith Lemon Movie, Dad's Army- The Movie (even ardent fans of the TV Series disliked it), The later 'Carry On' films (which relied on sordid smut and cheap innuendo to get cheap laughs), The Fat Slags (based on the Viz Comic characters).
For every "Monty Python's Life of Brian" or "Shaun of the Dead" you get a "Mutiny on the Buses" or "Sex Lives of the Potato Men", So don't imagine for a second that it is only the Americans who can be "as subtle as a brick through the window".
Tropic Thunder.
Tropic Thunder!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tropic Thunder?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
Huh???????????
I could use Tropic Thunder as a litmus test to decide whose opinion I would completely ignore.
Tropic Thunder!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh the humanity.
Honestly, come on.
This is getting old. Don't you knobs have something better to do? Chat about your gay comedians, nihilism, or rebellious hooligans? Maybe something fun, I don't know...the BBC?
To those of you jumping on the bandwagon, it's a clearly ridiculous exaggeration and tiresome generalization. Ugggghhhhhh
Maybe something fun, I don't know...the BBC?
imdb can be so depressing ..............
of course, since Peter Sellers (British) was brilliant & most everything else about Dr. Strangelove (American) was equally, both sides can take credit
ps: saying "British comedy peaked with Monty Python" may well be true and is certainly no insult. The real question is whether it peaked with Peter Sellers in Dr. Strangelove.
I can't believe I'm actually responding to one of these stupid threads but what hilarious British movies are you referring to? Shawn of the Dead? Hot Fuzz? Monty Python? Doesn't really seem like the Brits make a lot of international comedies.
shareDog Soldiers
Severed
Death at a Funeral (the first one)
Human Traffic
Cockneys Vs Zombies
In Bruges
Inbetweeners the Movie
The boat that rocked (known as 'Pirate Radio' in the US)
24hr Party People
It's all gone Pete Tong
Attack the Block
Shawn of the Dead
Withnail & I
Doghouse
Borat
British movies' do go international, just not to the United States. US theaters rarely show Britcoms because they reckon much of the comedy would fly over people's heads, that is a decision made by Americans for Americans. Blame your distributors for treating you like you are stupid.
You don't know sh!t, Jon Snow!
Every single movie on that list sucks with the exception of Shawn of the Dead....
shareWhat? In Bruges was hilarious. Withnail and I and Death at a Funeral was good. Hot Fuzz was great and also don't forget A Fish Called Wanda.
I guess there are good and bad comedies all around from any country.
Did this thread need to...
shareYes because England just puts out loads of funny movies. Especially in the last 20 years.... Idiot.
"I always pretend to root for Gryffindors but secretly, I love my Slytherin boys" -Karen from W&G
STFU.nobody wants 2 hrs of irony
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