Okay, another two really good comedies - another two comedies that weren't on my ballot. Does my sense of humour differ from mofo that much? Or will I find out that my sense of humour is exactly matched to mofos? Only time will tell.
The Hangover is great, and I watched it again recently in a Hangover marathon, but although I remember the second pretty well (and the first is glued into my memory) I can't remember the third one at all. Obviously this was huge for Zach Galifianakis, and he's a really funny guy, but this was even bigger for Bradley Cooper, and gave him his big breakout role. You have all your personality types in one tight-knit group, and having them rediscover a night that we never witness (ala Reservoir Dogs almost) was an inspired touch. It's probably been milked dry by now, but that hasn't sullied the reputation of this massive comedic release which still brings back good memories. Go 21st Century! I thought we'd be bereft of those titles, but instead I'm getting scared for the pre 80s/90s - so now I'm rooting for older films.
The Nice Guys is a good one, and I like that fact that Ryan Gosling can play roles where he's the accident-prone, less worldly member of this detective team. Loved him in Lars and the Real Girl, which I'm starting to think won't show - which is a shame (but all the same, I didn't vote for it.) A great pair-up, in Nice Guys really - and I liked seeing Russel Crowe in a comedy (albeit as the straight guy) - but this wasn't funny enough for me to vote it in as one of the greatest ever comedies. Real quality, but all the same, I don't see it up there. Just a plain good comedy, but we've got over 100 years of comedies to choose from.
24/32 seen - and still that lonely little number, The Producers (should have been higher up) from my list. And the 1-pointer
I can relate to what you're saying here. I'm starting to think that only a handful of the rest of all of my
pre-21st Century picks on my list will make it. Oi, do I feel old! And I really like a lot of year 2000 and beyond comedies. For example:
The Hangover: I loved this one. Really funny stuff, especially the revelation brought by the photos. Liked the sequel as well. Not sure if I saw the third one or not.
The Nice Guys: Great movie! I really liked seeing Ryan Gosling playing a guy frightened out of his wits---he's got some great comic chops. Angourie Rice was a revelation as Goslings worldly-wise daughter. I've seen her in the remake of
The Beguiled and in support in the Tom Holland Spider-Man movies. But I thought she would have really blown up by now. I guess she's just picking her projects slowly. EDIT: Now I see she has a movie,
Honor Society, which looks like fun, coming out on Paramount+, which I do not have nor will ever have, so crap!
But, as before, I've only one
20th Century movie on my list that has shown up so far and only one
movie from my list to make it and that is:
Stripes #8 for me, #90 for the big list.
Still, I am having a great time seeing the differing views of people on various movies, and I've enjoyed most of the movies on the list, as I've seen most of them.
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