5. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, 1997Mike Myers how he has never been seen before and never will be again - most likely. Written and performed by him and directed by Jay Roach, the parody of the early Bond films sees charming spy Austin Powers frozen in the 60s to be unfrozen 30 years later to chase his nemesis Dr. Evil who wants to take over the world. Original and crazy-daft comedy, there to not be taken seriously. Oh behave!
(picture source: haven4gamerz.com/)
4. Dumb & Dumber, 1994
The Farrelly brothers wrote and directed this crazy slapstick comedy with gross-out humour. Wacky duo Lloyd (Jim Carry) and Harry (Jeff Daniels) are sent on an adventure after their friend Mary's (Lauren Holly) husband has been kidnapped. They find a briefcase full of money and end up being chased by the kidnappers. A lot of nutty, loony fun which saw a devoted cult following and launched successful carreers for the directors and Jim Carrey.
4. Dumb & Dumber, 1994
The Farrelly brothers wrote and directed this crazy slapstick comedy with gross-out humour. Wacky duo Lloyd (Jim Carry) and Harry (Jeff Daniels) are sent on an adventure after their friend Mary's (Lauren Holly) husband has been kidnapped. They find a briefcase full of money and end up being chased by the kidnappers. A lot of nutty, loony fun which saw a devoted cult following and launched successful carreers for the directors and Jim Carrey.
This British zombie comedy film hit a new cord with its audience. Directed by Edgar Wright, starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, and written by Pegg and Wright, the plot ia about a young man (Pegg) who deals with everyday life problems with his loved ones, friends and family, but then finds himself fighting zombies that are taking over his city and destroying society. A different kind of comedy, that very much goes along the line of Danny Boyle's post-apocalyptic sci-fi film 28 Days Later.(picture source: allmoviephoto.com)
2. Airplane!, 1980
This American comedy film directed and written by the Zucker brothers and Jim Abrahams is a spoof of 50s B-movies and 70s disaster films. After the flight crew fall ill Ted Striker (Robert Hays), a traumatized ex-fighter pilot, has to conquer his fear of flying and land the plane quickly and in poor weather. It introduced the audience to Leslie Nielsen as a comedy actor and also starred Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Lorna Patterson. And in this day and age of the Final Destination films, it is still more than relevant.
(posted by aheutohmaluko on 19th December 2006)
1. Monty Python's Life of Brian, 1979
The Monty Python team, consisting of Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin, made a controversial parody which tells the story of Brian Cohen (Graham Chapman), a young jewish man born when and where non-other than Jesus Christ was and is hence mistaken for the Messiah. When it came out it caused a lot of furore and protest but quickley won its fans back. Funded by ex-Beatle George Harrison, it established itself as a cult film and made comedy history. Controversy is just what made out Monty Python's series and films and their legacy.
(posted by vasova on 5th September 2006)
This American comedy film directed and written by the Zucker brothers and Jim Abrahams is a spoof of 50s B-movies and 70s disaster films. After the flight crew fall ill Ted Striker (Robert Hays), a traumatized ex-fighter pilot, has to conquer his fear of flying and land the plane quickly and in poor weather. It introduced the audience to Leslie Nielsen as a comedy actor and also starred Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Lorna Patterson. And in this day and age of the Final Destination films, it is still more than relevant.
(posted by aheutohmaluko on 19th December 2006)
1. Monty Python's Life of Brian, 1979
The Monty Python team, consisting of Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin, made a controversial parody which tells the story of Brian Cohen (Graham Chapman), a young jewish man born when and where non-other than Jesus Christ was and is hence mistaken for the Messiah. When it came out it caused a lot of furore and protest but quickley won its fans back. Funded by ex-Beatle George Harrison, it established itself as a cult film and made comedy history. Controversy is just what made out Monty Python's series and films and their legacy.
(posted by vasova on 5th September 2006)
1 comment:
I agree with you so much Sonja, Airplane is so underwatched and underated!
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