The Plague that is growing amongst modern movies...

As a matter of fact, acting plays a HUGE role in comedy. A really good joke can be god awful if it's not delivered correctly so believe it or not, the ability to act is even more crucial in comedy and satire than it is in drama. Because at least in a drama bad acting can become ironically funny, but trying to be funny and failing to do so is just sad and painful and watch.

...Even if every human on earth hated the Coherence movie, it wouldn't alter my opinion on how I felt towards it. Most people hated the movie "North", but I do like it.

I personally love a wacky comedy pulled off well. But it all comes down to the talent of the performers. If the actors are cringeworthy to watch or simply don't put any effort in at all, I won't have fun either.

A great example of a movie with exaggerated characters and dialogue I still found myself invested in is The Birdcage. Robin Williams, Nathan Lane and Hank Azaria perfectly balance the line of absurdity and believability. Lane's character getting emotionally hysterical never becomes too much, instead I'm just laughing at how he delivers the material.

Question, I assume you mean the OP when you say she, how do you know the OP is a she? Or am I misreading that.

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I rather have a comedy like "Meet The Parents" instead of "Elf" because the Meet the Parent one doesn't remove me from the film. However both are categorized as comedies. See what I mean?

I think I get what you mean, and I can't stand it too
I know it's very hard for you to explain it and that's why I cannot elaborate more...

[quote Speaking of time travel films, I just seen a couple of lemons: Coherence and Timecrimes. Have you seen those?

I love Coherence! What didn't you like? I actually think Coherence is one of the best independent low budget movies. You could literally shoot that movie for almost no cost, but yet it's amazing. (In my opinion at least) Did not see Timecrimes because I don't watch movies that aren't in english. It's a pet peeve of mine. Hate me for it if you must but I hate missing out on details cause I have to read subtitles, so I don't bother with it.


Thanks for the link. I'll give it a whirl.


To name a few time travel movies I like>

Time Lapse. (give that a go if you haven't seen it) Butterfly Effect, Frequency, (obviously) Terminator, (obviously) Donnie Darko, Safety Not Guaranteed.

Yes I am in fact a guy lol. I thought the user name CoolhandLuke might give it away, but to fix any misconception I am a male.



Even if every human on earth hated the Coherence movie, it wouldn't alter my opinion on how I felt towards it. Most people hated the movie "North", but I do like it.

I personally love a wacky comedy pulled off well. But it all comes down to the talent of the performers. If the actors are cringeworthy to watch or simply don't put any effort in at all, I won't have fun either.

A great example of a movie with exaggerated characters and dialogue I still found myself invested in is The Birdcage. Robin Williams, Nathan Lane and Hank Azaria perfectly balance the line of absurdity and believability. Lane's character getting emotionally hysterical never becomes too much, instead I'm just laughing at how he delivers the material.

Butterfly Effect is great, but only if you watch the original ending (not the theatrical one). Predestination is really fantastic.

Since when did most comedies have believable dialogue? The very fact of being a comedy would suggest you're not seeing a slice of real life, as in a serious drama, but you're watching something for amusement so there's not a real need for totally believability. Though perhaps it's lazy writing that you're noticing and in that case I'd say yup there's a lot of lazy writing in movies/TV these days.

I just watched Miss Sloane (2016) and I though it had really fakey contrived sounding, written dialogue. Here's a prime example and bear in mind this is suppose to be a hard hitting realistic drama about the inner workings of political lobbyist.

Yup Jim Carrey certainly has a style of hyper exaggeration in his comedies. I like him BTW. But then there's always been very exaggerated performances/characters in comedies. I mean Jerry Lewis and The Three Stooges are two prime examples.