Rate the Slapstick/Screwball Comedy Above You

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  • OffSheGoes35
    OffSheGoes35 Posts: 3,517
    I've just been googling movie titles along with the words "screwball comedy" to see if a review has deemed the movie worthy of being a screwball comedy. That way I can blame a specific person if someone challenges the validity of a movie. ;)
    I'm having a hard time confirming that Wet Hot American Summer is indeed a screwball comedy, so I would say prepare for someone with a stick up their butt to raise hell. :smiley:
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,880
    OffSheGoes35 said:
    I've just been googling movie titles along with the words "screwball comedy" to see if a review has deemed the movie worthy of being a screwball comedy. That way I can blame a specific person if someone challenges the validity of a movie. ;)
    I'm having a hard time confirming that Wet Hot American Summer is indeed a screwball comedy, so I would say prepare for someone with a stick up their butt to raise hell. :smiley:
    I googled and it would appear screwball is a subgenre of romantic comedies.....hhmmm.

    Well, you are the OP, so however you want to define/re-define is up to you.
    Not sure that WHAS "satirizes the traditional love story"  (wiki), although there is some romance going on there.
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • OffSheGoes35
    OffSheGoes35 Posts: 3,517
    Yeah, the definition left a bad taste in my mouth. How about "Slapstick Comedy"? The definition is more palatable and just about all of the movies already rated apply.
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,880
    You own it!
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  • Hobbes
    Hobbes Pacific Northwest Posts: 6,438
    Screwball! Change it back. :angry: 

    Let's not overthink this.

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  • OffSheGoes35
    OffSheGoes35 Posts: 3,517
    Hobbes, do you want to rate a subgenre of romantic comedies?

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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,571
    I told you all from the beginning you were going off track.
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • OffSheGoes35
    OffSheGoes35 Posts: 3,517
    I changed the title and added a definition in the original post. We're good to go!
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  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    The only slapstick I can think of that I like are the Marx Brothers.

    Yes, I am an old fuck.
  • Renfield
    Renfield NYC NY Posts: 1,054
    Does this get us back on track?
    Young Frankenstein

    (Slapstick is not my favorite genre)
  • Hobbes
    Hobbes Pacific Northwest Posts: 6,438
    hedonist said:
    The only slapstick I can think of that I like are the Marx Brothers.

    Yes, I am an old fuck.
    Marx Brothers were a bunch of screwballs.

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  • Malroth
    Malroth broken down chevrolet Posts: 2,558
    What am I rating!?

    Naked Gun
    The worst of times..they don't phase me,
    even if I look and act really crazy.
  • MayDay10
    MayDay10 Posts: 11,862
    Naked Gun:  9.5.  Classic with a lot of things/moments/scenes that I think of in everyday life.


    The Jerk
  • ed243421
    ed243421 Posts: 7,741
    10


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    MANSFIELD 9-15-98
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    EV SOLO BOSTON 8-01-08
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  • Hobbes
    Hobbes Pacific Northwest Posts: 6,438
    10!

    Some that were skipped:

    Crazy People
    Wet Hot American Summer
    Young Frankenstein

    Take your pick.
  • Hobbes
    Hobbes Pacific Northwest Posts: 6,438
    Ha! My 10 rating was for The Jerk but Blazing Saddles is a 10 as well.
  • ed243421
    ed243421 Posts: 7,741

    The whole world will be different soon... - EV
    RED ROCKS 6-19-95
    AUGUSTA 9-26-96
    MANSFIELD 9-15-98
    BOSTON 9-29-04
    BOSTON 5-25-06
    MANSFIELD 6-30-08
    EV SOLO BOSTON 8-01-08
    BOSTON 5-17-10
    EV SOLO BOSTON 6-16-11
    PJ20 9-3-11
    PJ20 9-4-11
    WRIGLEY 7-19-13
    WORCESTER 10-15-13
    WORCESTER 10-16-13
    HARTFORD 10-25-13









  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,599
    Young Frankenstein gets an 8.  Great movie.

    Airplane
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,880
    9.5

    Stepbrothers
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  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    9.5!

    Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?

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