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6.8?

posted 12 years ago by JEyler1183
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Ruthless People is being constantly played on cinemax. There are very few films that hold up today just as they did when they first premiered in July of 1986. I saw this at the movies in the summer of 1986. The entire crowd was laughing non-stop. I had to go see it again a few weeks later just to catch all the jokes. Of course a movie ticket only cost $2.50 then. This film and Running Scared (1986) are two films that deserve at least an 8 or higher from imdb. Too bad they don't make films like these two anymore. The jokes were funny in '86 and they are just as funny in '12. Man, I miss the 80's. Good times!

[–] alexracer 12 years ago

glad you like it , one of the best comedy movies ever made for sure

Yeah I think rating is too low, must be all those modern audience who like Michael Bay stuff and cannot apreciate this kind of movies

[–] chrysalis1814 12 years ago

It really should at LEAST be a 7!

[–] MovieMusings 11 years ago

I think a 6.8 is pretty good for an outrageous comedy. I don't mean that disrespectfully, it's easily among my favourite 80s comedies. But I tend to expect that pushing the needle north of 7.0 requires some seriousness.

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[–] R_Kane (15828) 3 years ago

Why the fuck would you think that? You realize that comedy is much harder to do than drama, right? Oh . . . wait a minute . . .

[–] MovieMusings 11 years ago

[–] R_Kane (15828) 4 years ago

You have to be serious (and often pretentious and dull) to win an Oscar. The ratings on IMDb are people’s choice. If you had said a film must be a Tragedy, in the classical sense, then I MIGHT see your point. Tragedy shows Man at his greatest and most noble. Damn few serious (not funny) films are tragedies; Ghandi, Titanic, Shakespeare in love: dramas, not Tragedies. Comedy shows Man at his most vile and unlikeable. If it makes you laugh, it’s a Comedy.

Not for nothing, ANY actor will tell you that playing Comedy is MUCH harder than playing Tragedy, or drama, or melodrama.

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[–] RobbieCalifornia 9 years ago

Comedies don't get a rating over 7? It has to be a serious movie to get even a 7.1?

That makes no sense whatsoever.

[–] info-550-296928 7 years ago

I just saw this movie first time today, absolutely brilliant! One of the best 80s comedies for sure!

[–] R_Kane (15828) 6 years ago

One of the best comedies of ANY era, period. Some Like It Hot, the best comedy thus far, is older.

[–] info-550-296928 7 years ago

I just saw this movie first time today, absolutely brilliant! One of the best 80s comedies for sure!