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so knives out was a really fun movie. loved the running joke of the family not knowing where marta was from. and i feel like this will be a pretty quotable movie.
that said, daniel craig is a more convincing southerner in logan lucky, as well as a more entertaining scene chewer, so if you liked him in knives out but haven't seen logan lucky, you should fix that.
that said, daniel craig is a more convincing southerner in logan lucky, as well as a more entertaining scene chewer, so if you liked him in knives out but haven't seen logan lucky, you should fix that.
Dark Star Boogie
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Saw Knives Out and Parasite in the last 48 hours.
Knives Out was fun, but man Parasite was incredible.
Knives Out was fun, but man Parasite was incredible.
David A.
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kvetcha
Chet Hanks' Filmography Buff
Need to make time for this. December's tough with all my Christmas movies in addition to the rest of my backlog.
ayayrawn
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Agreed
sarcasticfairyprincess
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Question for y'all. I'm struggling to come up with the name of my favorite genre of movies. Sounds stupid, I know. I know I like comedies, but I like a specific subset of comedies and I can't think of the proper term. I like films like the Jerk, Young Frankenstein, Airplane, Blazing Saddles, Little Shop of Horrors, Holy Grail, etc. What's the right word for those types of movies?
Max Sterling
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Absurdist Comedy, I believe.
Phaneronic
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GOOD. Uh, if that's your list then I should probably watch Jerk because everything else you listed is one of my favorite movies.
I don't really know if there is a term that clearly connects Little Shop of Horrors with Blazing Saddles...
Phaneronic
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Again, hung up on Little Shop of Horrors because it has the same vibe but I wouldn't call it a spoof, and using the word spoof in this context might erroneously lead someone to include something like Scary Movie, which wouldn't quite be in line...
sarcasticfairyprincess
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This sounds about right.
Satirical absurdist comedies?
But like you can make the connection because they both are weird and zany and funny as hell. But yes, watch the Jerk! It's my favorite movie of all time.GOOD. Uh, if that's your list then I should probably watch Jerk because everything else you listed is one of my favorite movies.
siremobunny
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screwball comedies...though a lot of the ones you listed earlier would fall in the spoof/satire genre
Bull Shannon
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You could say "Mel Brooks / Zucker Brothers," or "70s spoofs" and that'd cover a lot of ground, I'd say. Screwball tends to evoke the 40s/50s fast-talking comedies for this cat.
Oh hell to the yeah!
gaporter
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I watched the 2018 version of The Grinch last night and, while it's fine enough for small children I guess, I don't think it did the story justice at all. The Jim Carrey film isn't perfect but it's a 100 times more interesting and has a lot of personality to it. This new one just felt really soulless and it seemed way too cute and cheery of a movie for an adaptation of a story where the main character's defining trait is that he's a mean misanthrope.