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This version is So much better than the 2007 britcom

posted 11 years ago by thepotatoHasEyes
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i played both , side by side , 5 min's at a time , and while the jokes lined up , almost identical , this version had better improv delivery of the same lines. i quit comparing after twenty min's and just watched this one. hands down , funny.

NOW JUST START THE MOVIE

[–] activista 11 years ago

To be fair, I liked the original British movie and thought it was funny, so that's why I decided to check out the remake. The remake had me laughing at one point too, and I appreciate the fact that not a lot was changed from the original, and a few things were added,but nothing that took away from the basic original premise. However, I knew coming to this board that, as usual, a lot of people were going to have problems with the film simply because it has an all-black cast, instead of just regarding as a pretty decent remake of an entertaining comedy/farce (having the same actor who played in the original---Peter Dinklage---was kind of a nice nod to the original flick.) Whatever---it was nice to see a comedy film with an all-black cast that wasn't just some dumb comedy flick---it was actually funny, for one thing,and realistic to a point. Sure it was a little over the top at times, but some of those antics were straight out of the original,too.

[–] thepotatoHasEyes 11 years ago

I am slowly learning how humor is just interpretive ... whats funny to some /not funny to others ...and then there's that one person who is tho Only one laughing at the wrong moment ...but he thought (horrible gruesome injury) was funny...
After my comment , I realized that as many people would like the british version, as liked this one , they are almost identical , just slightly diff. cultural twists, -- I really paid no mind to the "all black cast"... i have seen all of those actors in so many other good projects that their color really doesnt factor in to me watching , I just like funny.
thanks for replying and glad you liked the movie

NOW JUST START THE MOVIE

[–] lordDEMAXUS 8 years ago

hey see? you can be nice, also i am sorry i am looking at your past replies, just to check if you are a nice person at heart and not a troll and seems like you are a nice person.

[–] dogwoodfan777-1 11 years ago

You're a shi**y troll.

[–] IL_Maestro 10 years ago

I watched the other one like a week ago and it was ok, I smiled couple of times and laughed at the ending scene
I watched this today, and I laughed few times more although it was almost the same
I dunno but I don't find british movies that good in Comedy, even a lot of American movies labeled as Comedy r not that good as Comedy
but I loved this one

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[–] Simon-140 8 years ago

I dunno but I don't find british movies that good in Comedy, even a lot of American movies labeled as Comedy r not that good as Comedy

I was trying to think of some good American comedies, and all I could think of was some old Steve Martin films, and "Team America." There are other comedies that make me smile, but very few that make me laugh.

In contrast, there are a handful of British films that just crack me up totally, such as Monty Python, "A Fish Called Wanda" (is that British?), "Fawlty Towers", "Borat" and "The Dictator".

Comedy is definitely the most difficult form of film. I'm not sure about now, but England used to be culturally homogenous, so their humour could be more subtle and prickly. In contrast, the U.S,, as a nation of immigrants, has always been more culturally diverse, so their comedy has had to be more obvious, and less subtle, to even get made.

I suspect that a similar line of thinking explains why U.S. films generally do better in non-English speaking countries.

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