Are you interested in romantic comedy movies? Some are good, some are too sappy, others, well… Romantic comedy, unlike comedy is not nearly all that subjective.
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New Releases on DVD – Top 5 Romantic Comedy New Movies of 2008
22
Jul
Are you interested in romantic comedy movies? Some are good, some are too sappy, others, well… Romantic comedy, unlike comedy is not nearly all that subjective.
Plot Summary of the Recently Released Comedy, Get Him to the Greek
25
May
Most movies these days are filmed using a mix of indoor and outdoor sets. When filming is taking place outside, generally the producers, directors and other people involved in making the movie choose to use mainly natural light of the sun while reflecting it where they want it to go. However, when inside there must be different forms of lighting used, such as fluorescent lighting and sometimes the light schemes are complicated and include people who have the sole job of doing interior lighting design. One of the movies recently released to the world is a film called, Get Him to the Greek, starring an English comedian Russell Brand and American Jonah Hill.
The movie is a comedy film and intended as something of a spinoff of the movie Forgetting Sarah Marshall, which was released a few years ago. It is not exactly a sequel to, Forgetting Sarah Marshall because although Russell Brand plays the same character, hard partying rock star, Aldous Snow of the band Infant Sorrow, the other actor starring in this film, Jonah Hill, does not retain his role from, Forgetting Sarah Marshall. While this is slightly confusing and does not actually make a whole lot of sense, it is best for the viewer to just forget this minor detail and enjoy the comedy of the movie rather than sit and poke holes in the plot, which is of course, easier for some people than it is for others.
The plot revolves around a young intern at a record label, Jonah Hill, lying a little bit in his resume to get his dream job and then landing a big assignment right away. His difficult assignment is to take rocker, Aldous Snow, who has recently rediscovered partying and drinking after a failed single release and subsequent break up with his girlfriend, from London and get him to the Greek theater in Los Angeles. While at face value, many people would assume this to be a simple movie with gross out humor and typical jokes that people would expect for summer, teenage oriented films, and many reviews have in fact, suggested that it is more of a satire on the life of many rock stars. In fact, the film is said to have an excellent message deep down which suggests that the rock star life is not nearly what many of the people in it claim it to be and can often lead to bad things.
Actually, Get Him to the Greek is one of the best reviewed comedies of the year and many people are saying it is one of the funniest movies of the 2010 movie season so far. The film has in fact, been critically acclaimed by such critics from such famous papers as the New Yorker and such famed movie critics as Richard Roeper.
While humor from producer of, Get Him to the Greek, Judd Apatow, who also produced movies like, The 40 Year Old Virgin and Knocked Up, is not for everyone, it is generally well liked and well reviewed. Anybody who is even sort of a fan of Russell Brand or previous Apatow films should probably spend the time and money to go check out, Get Him to the Greek.
By: Connor R Sullivan
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Connor R. Sullivan recently searched the internet for a Fluorescent lighting for a home remodeling job he and his wife are completing in an order to become environmentally sound. He and his wife found the perfect interior lighting design to use in the kitchen.
Various Types of Comedy Films
22
Feb
Humour plays an important role in a comedy films which usually has a happy ending with the exception of black comedy. Comedy is one of the oldest genres in film with the first silent movie being a comedy. Comedy lays emphasis on individual performers, with a number of stand-up comedians turning to films due to their popularity.
Comedy films have a very lighthearted script with the sole purpose of entertaining. However other comedy films carry a social or political message like wag the dog and man of the year.
William Shakespeare’s Much Ado about Nothing is considered to be the first comedy of manners, however the genre actually became prominent during the Restoration period. The plot of the comedy consists of an illicit affair or some other controversy or gossip. The witty dialogues of the comedy is more important than the story.
In a particular kind of comedy the main character or characters find themselves confronting an unusual situation which causes humour. Such situations may arise for example with the exchange of gender roles as in Tootsie (1982); changing age role, as in Big (1988); an individual enjoying freedom placed in a structured atmosphere as in Police Academy (1984).
A parody or spoof is a comedy film that uses sarcasm, stereotype and jeering of scenes from other films. Blazing Saddles (1974), Airplane! (1980) and Young Frankenstein (1974) are examples in this genre.
The anarchic comedy film employs meaningless and ridiculous, stream-of-consciousness humor which often satirises some kind of authority. These types of films have originated from a theatrical history of anarchic staged comedy. Prominent films in this category includes Duck Soup (1933), National Lampoon’s Animal House (1978), Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975).
Black comedy films satirises death, murder, suicide and war which are usually considered to be the prohibited subjects. Examples include Arsenic and Old Lace (1944), Monsieur Verdoux (1947), Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949), The Ladykillers (1955).
Gross-out films are of recent origin and deals with sex and toilet humour. There’s Something About Mary (1998), and American Pie (1999) are examples in this genre.
The romantic comedy revolves around the relationship between man and woman. The light-hearted romantic comedies usually shows social interactions and sexual tensions between the couple. Examples of this kind of film include It’s a Wonderful World (1939), The Shop Around the Corner (1940), Sabrina (1954), When Harry Met Sally… (1989), Pretty Woman (1990).
By: Trish Dsouza
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Trish likes to write on comedy, humour and shayari. You can read romantic shayari and funny shayari at her website shayari.in.
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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