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Unwatched Comedy Marathon
I have been in the mood for some good comedies lately. I felt reluctant to calling this marathon a Weekend Movie Marathon as usual because... for one I may be starting it much sooner possibly later today. And for another reason... If I don't start it soon... it may go beyond the weekend as I want to fit in a bunch of movies from that huge package I am getting... and that may possibly not get here in time for a weekend marathon so I may have to go beyond the weekend.
What I am doing... as I am sure you figured out... is watching comedy movies from my HUGE unwatched pile. Now... that could mean that I never seen the movie before. Or it could just be that I haven't seen it since getting the movie on DVD.
I am figuring on going fairly loose on the Comedy Genre. I will be adding in Comedy-Horrors, Action-Comedies or what have you... but the comedy should be a pretty big part of the movie.
In between each of the movies I will be watching a stand-up routine from a set I got this past Christmas...
Laughing Out Loud: America's Funniest Comedians
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When you want to experience the finest standup comedy, you go to a club. Now you can enjoy the same laughs from the biggest names in comedy in the comfort of your own home.
"Laughing Out Loud" is quality entertainment that will have you rolling in your seat.
Includes:
Carrot Top * Louie Anderson * Diane Ford * Richard Belzer * Cheech Marin * Caroline Rhea * Bobby Collins * Jim Carrey * Richard Lewis * Tim Allen * D. L. Hughley * Jason Alexander * Rhonda Shear * Bruce Bannin * Jeff Altman * John Fox * Norm MacDonald * Paul Rodriguez * Chris Rock * Jeff Foxworthy * Adam Sandler * Janeane Garofalo * The Legendary Wid * Steve McGrew * Daryl Hammond * Ray Romano * Bobby Collins * John Mulrooney * Laura Kightlinger * Tom Arnold * Marty Putz * Dennis Wolfberg * Bob Zaney * Jenny Jones * Drew Carey * Jerry Seinfeld * Brad Garrett * Kelsey Grammer * Adam Sandler * Max Alexander * John Caponera * John Ferrantino * Judy Tenuta * Carol Leifer * Jeff Foxworthy * Rosie O'Donnell
I am considering making this an ongoing thread until I have seen every one of the Stand-Up routines in the above set. Which is also a reason for not making this a Weekend Marathon.
My Unwatched Comedy Collection:
NOTE: For the most part the genre is coming from DVD Profiler's online database. I/we may or may not agree with some of these. If you spot something that don't seem right please let me know so I can decide to remove it or not.
- Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
- Africa Screams
- American Dreamz
- Bad Boys II
- Big
- The Break-Up
- Bride of Chucky
- Bridget Jones's Diary
- Bridget Jones: Edge of Reason
- Bring It On
- Bringing Down the House
- Broken Flowers
- The Cable Guy
- Coach
- Corky Romano
- Dazed and Confused
- Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo
- The Devil Wears Prada
- Double Take
- Dr. T and the Women
- Elizabethtown
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- An Everlasting Piece
- Family Man
- Father's Little Dividend
- Feeling Minnesota
- A Fish Called Wanda
- The Flying Deuces
- Haiku Tunnel
- Hot Fuzz
- The Hotel New Hampshire
- How High
- Hunk
- I Love You, Man
- The Inspector General
- Jack and the Beanstalk (Abbott & Costello)
- Jackass Number Two
- Just Married
- Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
- Knockaround Guys
- Knocked Up
- A League of Their Own
- License to Wed
- Love Actually
- The Love God?
- A Mighty Wind
- My Big Fat Greek Wedding
- My Chauffeur
- My Tutor
- Open Season
- Orange County
- The Over the Hill Gang
- The Over the Hill Gang Rides Again
- The Pom Pom Girls
- Private Buckaroo
- Punch-Drunk Love
- Rat Race
- Reckless + Wild
- The Reluctant Astronaut
- Riding in Cars with Boys
- Robin Hood: Men in Tights
- Rumor Has It
- RV
- The Sandlot
- The Sandlot 2
- Saving Silverman
- Seed of Chucky
- Shallow Hal
- Showtime
- South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
- Tomboy
- The Toy
- Trial and Error
- The Van
- The Wedding Date
- Weekend Pass
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Big, A League of Their Own and My Big Fat Greek Wedding made me smile just seeing them on the list.
Big and Turner & Hooch are a couple of DVDs my niece and nephews ask to watch every time I baby sit. They love them.
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Of those I never seen My Big Fat Greek Wedding. But I always enjoyed Big and A League of Their Own. :)
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You must watch A Fish Called Wanda! It could open a whole new world for you... :P
Alfie is funny at times, but it's more of a drama. And a hard one at times. I might get to it for my British marathon so keep an eye out.
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Thanks for the Heads Up... sounds like Alfie is not right for this marathon. Will remove it from the list :)
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The Chucky movies are comedies? Somehow I never thought of them as such. I also never thought of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind as a comedy...despite the presence of Jim Carrey. Of course, I've never seen it so I could be wrong.
I have a book of movie reviews by Roger Ebert in which he collected all reviews of movies he absolutely hated. In the introduction he talks about one specific film which inspired the title of the book (and which was a line he used in the review)..."Your movie sucks." The movie he was talking about is on your list...Deuce Bigalow, Male Gigolo...or was it a sequel he was talking about? I can't recall right now. I'm sure both are awful to the bone.
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Comedy is a funny genre... ;)
What I mean is "funny" as in "peculiar". It doesn't actually have to be funny (ha ha, funny, this time!). But anything ironic, whimsical, irreverent and satirical can fit in the comedy genre in it's broadest terms.
Romantic Comedies are usually more Romantic than Comedy, but they are still distinct from Romantic Dramas because they have a healthy dose of wish-fulfillment fantasy about them.
So absolutely Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. And Chucky eases into the same genre as the Evil Deads; horrors that delight somewhat in the horrific acts, and consider being scared as part of the fun, can be considered Comedy at a stretch. It at least distinguishes between stone cold serious stuff like Alien, The Shining, etc.
Alfie is a comedy in a certain perspective, but I highlighted it before because I'm sure Pete is after films with a bloody good laugh!
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I would love to see your review of the South Park movie. Although I doubt that you will enjoy it very much. It's a great movie, but it is also part of your least favorite genre: Musical.
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Roger...
The last 2 movies of the Chucky series was much more heavy on Comedy. I have seen them before. I kinda teetered on whether or not to keep them listed... but decided why not. There is enough there for a laugh.
Jon...
Thanks for clearing up Sunshine of the Spotless Mind for me... I never seen it... was going by DVD Profiler.
Tom...
Musical? uh-oh! :P Actually I noticed that in profiler... but was hoping it was a small portion of the movie. I never watched the series... so not sure if I will like it or not.
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Musical? uh-oh! :P Actually I noticed that in profiler... but was hoping it was a small portion of the movie.
It's about as much as a decent Disney movie (maybe a little more). Actually it pays homage a lot to Disney movie musicals. The first song for example is very reminiscent of the first song in "Beauty and the Beast" (Stan walking through the town similar to Belle). "Up There" sung by Satan in South Park is very much like "Part of Your World" in "The Little Mermaid".
I never watched the series... so not sure if I will like it or not.
The movie was made early in the series' run. At that point it was a real highlight and it still holds up. The series itself is not a musical though.
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I agree with Jon..you must watch A Fish Called Wanda.
and Hot Fuzz
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The Van is a fun one Pete, unless it's not the one I think of :hmmmm:
Just to be sure the one I think of is with Stuart Goetz, Deborah White, Danny DeVito and Connie Hoffman.
theatrical poster
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Yup that is the one... though the only Connie I have listed is Connie Lisa Marie as Sally is that an alternate name? It is a part of a boxset I made manual profiles for... made by scratch going by the credits... so I wouldn't know if it was. As I am not familiar with the name anyway. :P
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This is an alias she had used only two times, once in this film and the other time for her two apparition in Starsky and Hutch. Of course it isn't always evident since she used 4 different names (Connie Lisa Marie two times, Connie Hoffman two times, Constance Marie once, and Connie Marie Hoffman once). But since most of the name are variation of her complete one, I choose the easiest one who is Connie Hoffman.
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Thanks for the info :)
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Title: The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course: Special Edition
Year: 2002
Director: John Stainton
Rating: PG
Length: 89 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround, Spanish: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
Stars:
Steve Irwin
Terri Irwin
Magda Szubanski
David Wenham
Lachy Hulme
Aden Young
Plot:
Steve Irwin makes his big-screen debut with his most perilous adventure yet! To save a very large crocodile from poachers, Steve and his wife Terri set out on a death-defying journey through the outback to nab the big fella and relocate him to a safe river. But what they don't know is that the angry reptile has swallowed a top-secret U.S. satellite beacon, making them all targets of American special agents. Crikey!
Extras:
Scene Access
Feature Trailers
Deleted Scenes
Featurettes
Gallery
Production Notes
Interactive Games
Music Videos
Closed Captioned
"Croc Track" pop-up trivia
My Thoughts:
I never watched Steve Irwin on the Discovery Channel... but I did know who he was. The movie isn't bad.. it is silly.. and entertaining... but far from the best comedy I ever seen. Still it had enough chuckles for me to enjoy watching it. Though it isn't one I could see watching often. It has a pretty nice DVD release... with a good selection of bonus features.
My Rating:
Out of a Possible 5
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Stand-Up Break:
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Carrot Top
My Thoughts:
As I said in the opening post. Between each movie I will be watching one stand-up routine between each movie out of the Laugh Out Loud: America's Funniest Comedians DVD set I got for Christmas. This is a 5 disc set. And I want to watch the entire set through-out this thread. So I figured instead of jumping around... picking and choosing who I know and like... I would just watch them in order. Well the set starts with Carrot Top.
Going into this set I wasn't sure what to expect. If each comedian got a full hour... or if it was more a clip type thing or what. At least going by this one they are fairly short clips... as Carrot Top was only 7 min long. Not that I am complaining... as Carrot Top was never a favorite of mine. Sure he is worth a few laughs... but mostly I just think he looks and acts like an idiot. But I still got a couple chuckles out of this 7 min clip.
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I'm sure 5 minutes with him must looks like hours... What a scary picture, you probably imagined yourself watching an horror movie while listening this :laugh:
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:laugh: Actually I would say more idiotic then scary... but yeah. :P
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The guy certainly put an abrupt end at your weekend of comedy :whistle:
Don't let him win :training:
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Nothing stopped... this really isn't a weekend thing. It is more of an ongoing thing till I finish that stand-up set. Watching here and there as mood hits.
Some reason the past couple weeks I haven't been too much in the mood for movies... though I do hope to watch some more this weekend.
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Title: Bad News Bears: Special Collector's Edition
Year: 2005
Director: Richard Linklater
Rating: PG-13
Length: 113 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, English: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround, French: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo
Subtitles: English, Spanish
Stars:
Billy Bob Thornton
Greg Kinnear
Marcia Gay Harden
Sammi Kane Kraft
Ridge Canipe
Brandon Craggs
Plot:
Billy Bob Thornton delivers a wickedly funny performance in this hilarious hit from the director of School of Rock. Morris Buttermaker (Thornton), former pro ballplayer-turned-exterminator, expects to make some easy money coaching a struggling Little League team called the Bears. What he gets is a ragtag group of inept players who transform the field of dreams into the stuff of nightmares! Taunted by an arrogant rival coach (Greg Kinnear), pressured by his new employer (Marcia Gay Harden), and challenged by the Bears, Buttermaker must somehow step up to the plate and help his players become something they never imagined they could be: a team.
Extras:
Scene Access
Audio Commentary
Feature Trailers
Bonus Trailers
Deleted Scenes
Featurettes
Production Notes
Outtakes/Bloopers
Closed Captioned
My Thoughts:
It has been years since I saw the original Bad News Bears... so I really can't compare this one with that. But I enjoyed watching this one. I thought Billy Bob Thornton was perfect for their coach. I wouldn't say this movie is hilarious... but it had some funny parts. Though for the most part it was more of a smile on your face while watching fun movie.
My Rating:
Out of a Possible 5
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Stand-Up Break:
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Louie Anderson
My Thoughts:
I used to like Louie Anderson... but for some reason I grew tired of him. This little short break was extremely so... as it was only about a one minute clip. So apparently he didn't rate too much for this set either. Though I am surprised Carrot Top got so much more time then he did.
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Title: Starsky & Hutch
Year: 2004
Director: Todd Phillips
Rating: PG-13
Length: 100 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.40:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
Stars:
Ben Stiller
Owen Wilson
Snoop Dogg
Fred Williamson
Vince Vaughn
Juliette Lewis
Plot:
HERE COMES THE FUZZ! Starsky takes the wheel, Hutch rides shotgun and comedy runs wild in this hilarious twist on the landmark buddy-cop TV show.
Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson bring a playful chemistry to the roles of undercover detectives Starsky and Hutch. Todd Phillips (Old School, Road Trip) directs this '70s groove in which our guys are stripped of their badges, duped by a drug kingpin (Vince Vaughn) and totally ripped off in a disco contest. So, yeah, they got some scores to settle. Snoop Dogg is in fly funkadelic mode as urban coolster Huggy Bear. And Juliette Lewis and others make for nonstop fun. If inducing laughter is a crime, they're all guilty as charged!
Extras:
Scene Access
Audio Commentary
Feature Trailers
Bonus Trailers
Deleted Scenes
Featurettes
Outtakes/Bloopers
Closed Captioned
My Thoughts:
Felt like a little action/comedy next. And I wanted to give this one a go because I recently blind bought the season 1 set of the TV Series... which I watched the first disc of so far and enjoyed. The series don't have nearly the amount of comedy in it that the movie does. Though it is more of a being silly style of comedy then a laugh out loud type. I found that I enjoyed the movie... but really expected a little more from it. I liked both Ben Stiller & Owen Wilson in the title roles. And I don't think I could imagine anyone doing Huggy Bear better then Snoop Dogg. I mean he hit the role just right going by the few episodes of the series I seen so far. It is a fun watch... but it could have been done better. Maybe doing it more like the series... and taking it more seriously would have helped... I don't know.
My Rating:
Out of a Possible 5
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Stand-Up Break:
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Diane Ford
My Thoughts:
This is a comedian that I never seen before today. They gave her a nice sized clip... she got 7 min. She was alright... I cracked a few smiles... but no real laugh out loud moments here. Kinda like you heard it all before.
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I just noticed this at the bottom the page Diary of a DVD Addict Blog.
You're quite the blogger aren't you. :tease:
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I need to give up and remove the link. I just can't seem to get myself into doing the whole blog thing.
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Title: Bring It On: Collector's Edition
Year: 2000
Director: Peyton Reed
Rating: PG-13
Length: 99 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, English: DTS: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround
Subtitles: English, Trivia
Stars:
Kirsten Dunst
Eliza Dushku
Jesse Bradford
Gabrielle Union
Clare Kramer
Nicole Bilderback
Plot:
The Toro cheerleading squad has spirit, spunk, sass and a killer routine that's sure to land them the national championship trophy for the sixth year in a row. But for newly-elected team captain, Torrance (Kirsten Dunst), the Toros' road to cheer glory stumbles when she discovers their perfectly choreographed routines were stolen from a hot hip-hop squad across town. Now the squad must scramble to find a new routine to compete in this year's competition.
Extras:
Scene Access
Audio Commentary
Feature Trailers
Bonus Trailers
Deleted Scenes
Featurettes
Production Notes
Music Videos
DVD-ROM Content
Booklet
NOTE:
This is the first time I ever seen this movie. I figured this would fit this marathon going by the genres in DVD Profiler. In this case... after watching the movie I am not so sure I would normally include this movie in a comedy marathon. The comedy is really barely there. This movie doesn't set out to be funny as it's main goal.
My Thoughts:
OK... this is not normally my thing. I am not what one would call a music fan. And there is definitely a lot in this movie. But I knew this going in. When my friend offered to send me this one... the main reason for saying yes was because of 2 things....
1. Kirsten Dunst
2. Eliza Dushku
And I definitely enjoyed watching these two girls (as well as many others) dance around in short skirts and bikinis. So that was definitely enough for me to not only stick it out... but get some enjoyment from it. Besides that... the main storyline is entertaining as well. I liked both Kirsten Dunst and Eliza Dushku's characters in this movie... it was fun to watch them in such a different type of movie then I am used to seeing them in. I don't know how often I could possibly watch this movie... but I can see myself watching it again with a reason (fitting into marathons and such).
My Rating:
Out of a Possible 5
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