Why the bad ranking?
It's so funny seriously, what is wrong with people?
shareThey haven't made a movie like this in a while. This was more in the style of Airplane and went over people's heads. People nowadays prefer movies like Date Movie or Superhero Movie or Epic Movie etc etc etc. For further research on this topic, you should watch a documentary called Idiocracy about the future of the world we live in.
shareAirplane is a masterpiece in comparison to this film, every film you listed (barring Idiocracy and Airplane) is also crappy, but this one is crappy in a different way.
This was satire done poorly, I only had a mild chuckle at a few scenes which is not enough to make a comedy worth it to me. A good 80% of the movie actually pissed me off, with its nudge nudge to the audience at how many silly tropes were on display.
Just because the films you listed make money doesn't mean that they are what everyone wants a comedy to be.
I also assume listing Idiocracy as a documentary is a joke...
I also assume listing Idiocracy as a documentary is a joke...
Your opinion lost any weight it may have carried after you felt the need to express that there is the slightest possibility it wasn't a joke.
This is the problem. Jokes need to be very clearly stated as such to audiences today. People just don't have the capacity to recognize one for themselves. share
Are you saying he should have known that the complete stranger on the internet was making a joke?
The same internet that is filled with misinformation?
Are you suggesting that all the misinformation on the interweb is just sarcasm?
I think it's just safe to assume that the person was wrong. If the other person was just making a joke he should have had a little more context behind it.
It's not okay, in that context, to think he was seriously listing Idiocracy as a documentary. People like that need their jokes to be extremely obvious to get them. This is why stupid sitcoms are so successful. They say, "This is a joke!" And then the audience laughs, "Ha ha ha! I like jokes!"
shareAre you suggesting that all the misinformation (from strangers) on the interweb is just sarcasm?
(still asking, b/c this makes your argument severely flawed).
No. Not all misinformation is just sarcasm. The Idiocracy comment clearly was. My argument about mainstream TV jokes being spoon fed to the point of dependency is sound and unbreakable.
shareIt definitely took some inspiration from the likes of Airplane, Naked Gun and Hotshots; parodying, self-referential, irreverent and machine-gun-style joke telling. Some jokes didn't land, but overall it deserves higher than its current ranking, and the level of scorn from some posters isn't really justifiable. It was slightly different than that particular comedy gang's usual shtick and experimentation and new ideas should be encouraged in a world of constant sequels, remakes, and adaptations.
Highlights for me:
The frame narrative was a great device in this instance and was used to good effect. Broke the movie up, moved the plot along, made for some great commentary.
Amy Poehler was fantastic, really showed why she is the funniest woman in Hollywood.
Good to see Max Greenfield has seemingly been accepted into that dominating crew of comedy actors. Seems like both he and New Girl co-star Jake Johnson are doing well in the industry lately, and deservedly so!
I'd give it around 6.5-7.
Ranking is such a horrible word.
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