Some of my Favourite Comedy Movies
Here are some video clips from ten of my favourite comedy movies, I hope you enjoy them.
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This is Spinal Tap
Some of the most famous and amusing scenes include midgets trampling on the "Stonehenge" set, the amplifier that goes to eleven and a piano solo called "Lick my love pump". I love the ending of the movie in which the lead singer explains that his namesake, St Hubbins, is the patron saint of quality footwear and the lead guitarist contemplates life working in a shoe shop.
The video clip here is where the band talk about the mysterious deaths of a string of drummers. The only clue to the death of their last drummer was a speck of someone's vomit, unfortunately the culprit was never found as Scotland Yard does not have the facility to dust for vomit! When I first saw this film I was working as a fingerprint officer in New Scotland Yard so this clip particularly amused me.
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Bowfinger
One of the most amusing scenes is when Steve Martin's character is obtaining a film crew and goes to the Mexican border where illegal immigrants are running away from border control and are ushered into the back of the director's van. I also love the scene where Eddie Murphy attempts to cross a busy road having been told that the "stunt drivers" will miss him. of course there are no stunt drivers, just a very busy road full of speeding traffic.
Although much of the humour here is unsophisticated, Bowfinger is a very funny movie, with a suitably silly ending.
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Monty Python's Life of Brian
Accused of being blasphemous by Christian leaders when released, the lead character, Brian, in fact consistently says he is not the Messiah until his followers declare that only the true Messiah would deny himself. Faced with this logic Brian states for the only time that, "I am the Messiah" which results in further devotion by his unwanted followers. This is included in the video clip below.
With so many memorable moments it is difficult to choose favourite scenes. Amongst the most famous are the scenes about "What have the Romans ever done for us?", which results in a huge list including law and order, wine and aqueducts, the reverse haggling scene is another and the Roman Govenor with a speech impediment is yet another of the most popular scenes.
There are so many small moments of comedy in this film that one can find something different to laugh about each time. Personally I love the moment when Brian's mother tells a crowd that they shouldn't follow trends and that they should be individuals, to which the crowd replies in unison, "we are individuals", followed by a lone devotee who mutters, "I'm not!". Brilliant.
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Borat - Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
From start to finish this film is full of ludicrous acts and statements from Borat who is from a culture completely at odds with the western world. Some may find him offensive, but only the most sensitive, for the jokes are supposed to be on the cultural expectations of the viewer and on the foolish people he meets.
My favourite moments from the movie include when Borat turns up at a children's park in an ice cream van, with music playing. A crowd of kids run cheering towards the van only to run away screaming when a bear pokes its head out of the window. Another highlight is when Borat enters a new age church where people are speaking in tongues and leaping around in suits while the preacher spouts cliched dogma. Borat needs to do very little by the way of comedy as the antics of the churchgoers are funny enough on their own.
Another strange moment is this deleted scene below where Borat visits the cheese counter of an American supermarket.
For Borat Fans there is also a guidebook to Kazakhstan: Borat - Touristic Guidings to Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.
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The Time Bandits
Many of the Monty Python team were involved in this movie and consequently the humour bears a close resemblance to other Monty Python movies, but the sheer weirdness of this movie is impressive moving from Napoleonic France to Sherwood Forest, to ancient Greece but it is not until the bandits approach the fortress of ultimate darkness that things get to their most bizarre.
My favourite moments from this movie include when the bandits walk into an invisible barrier and one of the group says, "so that's what an invisible barrier looks like" and the ending when two characters touch a piece of concentrated evil and are instantly vapourised. This is a silly movie full of comic asides and works well for kids and adults alike.
The following video clip shows the moment when the Time Bandits perform "Me and my shadow" for Napoleon Bonaparte.
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Austin Powers
All three movies make use of visual and verbal jokes and rely heavily on sending up the James Bond series, and the character of Dr Evil is possibly one of the most memorable and ridiculous comedy characters ever created.
Some of the funniest scenes involve visual gags depending on silhouettes where, in one movie, the viewer apparently sees Austin Powers give birth to a baby whilst standing up and, in another, a string of sausages and an umbrella is pulled from his bottom.
The scene below shows Austin Powers being given back his belongings after a period of cryogenic freezing. Having denied knowledge of a Swedish Penis Pump he is the given a book entitled "Swedish Penis Pumps for beginners - that is my bag baby yeah! by Austin Powers", a cheap joke relying on a catchphrase but funny all the same.
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Austin Powers in Goldmember
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Napoleon Dynamite
This movie has become something of a cult with certain people and lines such as "you freakin' idiot" have become something of a catchphrase. This is an unusual and humourous movie with some of the most bizarre characters ever, similar to the movie "Rushmore".
Napoleon Dynamite culminates in him doing a most out of character dance, in the clip below, in order to help his friend Pedro be elected school president.
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail
This movie also makes use of the famous Monty Python style animation which adds to the surrealism of the story which is full of jokes and incidents that one may not notice on the first view.
The most famous scenes in this movie are the Knights who say "Ni" who send King Arthur on a quest for a shrubbery, the dark knight who continues to fight after losing all his limbs and French soldiers abusing King Arthur's band by saying that their fathers smelt of elderberries. However, my favourite moment is in this video clip where Robin the not-so-brave is followed by his singing minstrels into an encounter with a three-headed knight, but he ends up "chickening out and buggering off".
Monty Python and the Holy Grail has one of the daftest endings of any film when a hoard of knights charge at a castle but are prevented from storming it when they are arrested by the police who stop the movie by turning off the camera.
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Stir Crazy
There are a number of truly hilarious moments in this film including the clip below where the two stars are thrown into a jail cell full of hardened criminals. Some of the funniest moments come when Gene Wilder is abused in order to persuade him to ride in the rodeo - on one occasion he is locked in a hot, dark box for three days with no food or water and pleads for just one more day on his release.
A great film with two great comedy actors.
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The Meaning of Life
The best parts of this movie are the songs which area catchy as well as funny and through humour some thought provoking ideas are introduced. I particularly like the scene where the headmaster is attempting to teach sex education but the students won't concentrate and the answers they give are lambasted by the teacher. Eventually the teacher's wife enters to give a demonstration.
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nickupton wrote...
Yes, Spinal Tap is the best, I just bought a new copy on DVD - I only had it on VHS before.[in reply to geothermalminnie]
Posted September 06, 2009
geothermalminnie wrote...
Spinal Tap is classic. Thank you for including it!
Minnie
Posted August 20, 2009
i am the ZOHAN wrote
i think that the best 15 comedy movies ever made were:
1. yes man (jim carrey)
2. tropic thunder (ben stiller, jack black, robert downey jr.)
3. me, myself, & irene (jim carrey)
4. I, spy (eddie murphy, owen wilson)
5. zoolander (ben stiller, owen wilson)
6. you dont mess with the zohan (adam sandler, rob schneider)
7. the love guru (mike myers, jessica alba)
8. senseless (shawn wayans, david spade)
9. liar liar (jim carrey)
10. dodgeball (vince vaungh, ben stiller)
11. Dumb and dumber (jim carrey)
12. bruce almighty (jim carrey)
13. hancock (will smith)
14. bad boys (will smith, martin lawrence)
15. hot rod (andy samberg)
But the only comedy movie above i agree with is the "austin powers" movies
Posted July 04, 2009
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