I don't understand why they keep calling most of drama movies as a comedy !!
come on guys, did someone laugh !?
I don't believe there are any funny scene in this movie !
even if there is one or two , should they call it comedy ?. I don't think so.
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I laughed my ass off, more than any movie I have seen recently. Were we watching the same movie?
It's crap in the "Something About Mary" and "American Pie" genre that doesn't qualify as comedy. Someone doesn't have to get hit in the crotch to make me laugh.
"He was running around like a rooster in a barnyard full of ducks."--Pat Novak
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Too many people refuse to view entertainment in general that doesn't sock them between the eyes with vulgarity or even the slightest bit of subtlety.
You hand, Jack Skellington is a perfect examle. "The Nightmare Before Christmas" as just chock full of interesting comments about the human condition, not to mention lots of sly comedy, but relatively speaking did not reach a large audience because they were required to think.
I don't want to come across as too high-minded here, because there is some pretty funny silly stuff out there, but it doesn't resort to the most base of human emotions in order to get a laugh.
If a few more people would see films like "The Rum Diary" and chose to turn their intellect lever in the "on" setting, I believe they would appreciate shows such as these much more. It always amazes me how true stories, or in this case, films bases on true stories, are often the most entertaining. Few writers can dream up the sort of stories, including comedies, that nature provides to us each and every day.
Hats of to the Rum Diary.
"He was running around like a rooster in a barnyard full of ducks."--Pat Novak
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Jesus man, get off your horse. You give HST fans a bad name with that uppity high brow crap. The guy made a valid (perhaps not to the mind of the know-it-all on a first name basis with "Hunter" type such as yourself) and simple point and you've turned it into "there's no helping you!"
You seem the type who loves any opportunity to spout off his vast knowledge of Hunter S Thompson rather than actually reading what the guy wrote. He never once mentioned that Rum Diary and Fear and Loathing weren't "different", which seems to be the main point of contention that you blindly ran with.
He simply stated that he was able to enjoy Fear and Loathing while knowing nothing about HST.
Furthermore, Fear and Loathing and Rum Diary really aren't that different from each other. Especially the movies. They both involve a drunken/drugged journalist who goes on a crazy adventure and meets lots of interesting characters.
And before you go on a wild rampage against me, I've seen both movies and read both books and understand the concept of "Gonzo".
This was better than both Fear and Loathing and Where the Buffalo Roam in my opinion.
Don't mean to be harsh, but you ripped into that guy for no apparent reason at all.
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Not sure what movie you were watching, but this one was hilarious. So many iconic scenes & great lines. Guess you're more into the sort of comedy Will Farrell & Jack Black peddle. I'm still at a loss for an explanation as to why those men are considered to be funny by anyone over 12.
share"is this the clap"? "it is a standing ovation"
"how could you drink 190 mini bottles of alcohol"? "they weren't complimentary"?
Hilarious movie!!
Yep, this is a comedy and there were some hilarious lines in it.
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Farce is not always laugh out loud funny.
shareof course it's a comedy.
the chase scenes, burning of the cops face, driving sitting in the lap of the other guy bobbing up and down "try to look normal"
"i avoid alcohol....when i can"
had me in stitches. if you didn't laugh on those i'm sorry.
not an out and out comedy for sure but it was definitely more a comedy than a drama.
Definitely not. But it was dreadful.
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most unfunny "Comedy" I've seen in a long time.When there's no more room in hell, The dead will walk the earth...
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