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Best Comedy Movies 2008!

27 Jul


Let’s start by explaining the art of comedy and what what kind of comedy we refer to in this article. We all know the commercial type of comedy, amusing to almost everyone, often exercised with slipping behind sofas, overexplicit jokes and punch-lines based on a script that has been reviewed, edited and reviewed again. There is absolutely nothing wrong with it and with comedians like Jim Carrey and Jerry Seinfeld (after Seinfeld series) backing it up, what else can you do but laugh.

However what we are talking about when referring to Best Comedy Movies 2008, that we’ve had the delight of seeing a lot of in 2008, is the slightly more sophisticated comedy. Still goofy, by all means, but not limited to practical jokes or simplified by a too tight script. The comedy in it self is perhaps not always something that makes you laugh out loud or re-capping it to your friends, but rather makes you smile and remember the characters and story in it self. Less is about one funny actor, or theme and more is about the genius and flawfulness of the movie.

3 comedy movies of 2008 that fit perfectly to this category are:

- Son of Rambow – a comedy adventure to be fare and a story of two very different boys in old England who come together in filming Rambo First Blood. Brilliant story, great characters and actors and a lot of laughs. A must-see!

- Be Kind Rewind – Jack Black and Mos Def in a brotherly and slightly awkward duo, trying to film their own versions of hit movies like Ghost Busters, Driving Miss Daisy and Lion King, after accidentally destroying all video tapes in their video store. Genius effects and meaningless plot, nonetheless a blast to watch.

- Semi Pro – Will Ferrell at his best. As the owner and coach of a basketball team, Will’s character JAckie Moon is a self-centered grown up baby who still lives on a one hit wonder called Love Me Sexy. It’s original and although it’s redundant at times, the story shows of uniqueness and superb dialogues.

For a top 10 listing of the best comedy movies 2008 visit TotallyTop10.com.

By: Sven Salmonsson

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Frighteningly Funny – Horror and Comedy Movies

10 Jul


There are many horror fanatics that just love scary and frightening movies but there are also plenty of movie lovers that enjoy good laughs and funny humour. That’s when horror films and comedy movies collide with each other to create frighteningly funny movies. There are a lot of funny or comedy horror movies around whether they are spoofs or just witty characters that were created in the film.

The horror and comedy spoofs everyone knows are the Scary Movie series. They turn the horror movies from Saw, haunted houses, Exorcist, The Ring, Scream, and clips from many other horror films and turn them into a comedy spoof. Other spoofs or horror comedies that are popular include Young Frankenstein which starred Gene Wilder and Peter Boyle which was about a spoof on Frankenstein. It truly was the Scariest comedy of all time!

Now there are plenty of horror films that are still funny and do not have to be turned into a spoof just to get laughs. They are the horror movies with witty remarks and clever humour. This is evident in the Leprechaun and the Childs Play series. Both the Leprechaun and Chucky have witty humour and clever remarks. It’s even evident with Chucky and his bride, Jennifer as they both argue with each other in Bride of Chucky and Seed of Chucky. Freddy Krueger is another character that is highly popular, and even Freddy makes his clever comments now and then.

Other popular thrillers that have laughs are popular titles such as Shaun of the Dead which is still filled with horror and gore and still is able to get some good laughs as Shaun and his friends are up against the zombies. Army of Darkness is another great older horror film filled with great horror and clever humour as Ash gets the crew ready to fight against the evil dead. There are plenty of other horror films that involve humour if spoofs are not your type, don’t forget Creepshow and An American Werewolf in London also fall into this category.

By: Mike Romano

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Blockbuster

05 Jul


A movie that has achieved great popularity is called a ‘blockbuster’. This term originates from the theater industry, because when a very successful play is released, all other competing theaters on the block are busted and taken out of business. Ever since 1995, the movie industry categorizes a given production as a blockbuster if it makes more than $100,000,000 in ticket sales. Jaws was the first movie that went beyond the $100,000,000 mark. From that moment after, movie producers and directors decided to start creating pictures that will have a more mass appeal and will be watched by the widest audience possible. They started to release high budget productions and rely extensively on advertisements. The beginning of the blockbuster era happened when Steven Spielberg and George Lucas released the first episode of Start Wars in 1977. Of course, there is a lot of risk associated with blockbusters, because one can never be sure that the given movie will be successful and accepted by the audience. There are a lot of movies that went for blockbuster status, but turned out to be a complete flop.

Sometimes even lower budget movies are labeled as blockbusters. This happens when a low budget movie exceeds the expectations. For example, Fried Green Tomatoes was worth $13,000,000 to make, but then it earned about $80,000,000 at the box office. The same goes out for ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’, ‘Fahrenheit 9/11′, ‘The Blair Witch Project’.

There is a list with the top blockbuster movies, arranged by the money earned from ticket sales, not including the earnings from video rentals, DVD sales, or TV broadcasts. All amounts are in USD and the blockbuster list doesn’t take inflation into account. Because of the inflation factor, ticket prices have increased and this favors the most recent films. That’s why this list should serve only as a guide. The top five blockbuster movies currently are: Titanic, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s/Sorcerer’s Stone, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.

Titanic still holds the number one blockbuster spot of all time, with total earnings of $1,845,034,188. Titanic was a production of 20th Century Fox / Paramount and was released back in 1997. Titanic also shares the record for most Oscar awards with Ben-Hur (1959) and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003).

For extensive information on the top 4 companies in the online DVD Rental business, check out http://www.rental-reviews360.com. It contains a review of the service provided by Netflix, QwikFliks, Intelliflix and Blockbuster, plus there is a chart with a comparison between them.

By: Cedric Price

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