Bad Comedy Films
Bad Comedy Films
Cruel_Sandwich
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/30/05
#1Bad Comedy Films
Posted: 1/10/07 at 5:04pm
Do any of you share my problem with bad comedy films? The worst ones will make you cringe in such discomfort and embarassment for the actors, directors, and writers who are trying so hard and getting nowhere on their quest for laughs?
AUSTIN POWERS IN GOLDMEMBER comes to mind when thinking of this. Especially the "Oh...his FA-ther" scene. It's so lame that just reading the IMDb quotes section for the conclusion to Mike Myers' trilogy is making me dry-heave.
#2re: Bad Comedy Films
Posted: 1/10/07 at 5:18pm
I'm sorry, but Austin Powers in Goldmember is definitely my favorite of the three films. I thought it was definitely the funniest.
I really thought that The Cable Guy was just bad. As was Juwanna Man (Don't ask WH I saw that). But most really bad comedy films that I've seen I've blocked out of my mind. I've seen a ton, though.
"I can't figure out what kind of life this is, comedy or tragedy, I just know it's showbiz. And what if I don't agree with the lines I have to read? They don't pay me enough, the way I see it."
#2re: Bad Comedy Films
Posted: 1/10/07 at 5:22pmAny Amanda Bynes movie.
One time, Patti LuPone punched me in the face...
It was awesome. - theaterkid1015
It was awesome. - theaterkid1015
#3re: Bad Comedy Films
Posted: 1/10/07 at 5:35pmYeah, Cruel, there's WAY worse out there: anything with the Wayans....
WalkOn
Broadway Star Joined: 8/7/06
#4re: Bad Comedy Films
Posted: 1/10/07 at 5:44pm
THE SWEETEST THING
I asked for my money back.
Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart; and you'll never walk alone.
#5re: Bad Comedy Films
Posted: 1/10/07 at 5:47pm
The entire Scary Movie/Date Movie/Spoof movie series is atrocious.
#6re: Bad Comedy Films
Posted: 1/10/07 at 5:55pmAny National Lampoons affiliated movie not starring Chevy Chase comes to mind.
#7re: Bad Comedy Films
Posted: 1/10/07 at 6:00pmI didn't find Strangers with candy to be funny.
"If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don't want to do it." -Stephen Colbert
#8re: Bad Comedy Films
Posted: 1/10/07 at 6:03pmI thought of Austin Powers (all three) the moment that I saw this thread
There wouldn't be lights bright enough!
#9re: Bad Comedy Films
Posted: 1/10/07 at 6:08pm
Oh, I forgot about Wayans movies. Definitely the worst by far.
Did anyone see "Major Payne"?
One time, Patti LuPone punched me in the face...
It was awesome. - theaterkid1015
It was awesome. - theaterkid1015
#10re: Bad Comedy Films
Posted: 1/10/07 at 6:13pm
I LOVED "Major Payne"
My vote would go to "Bewitched" **snoooore**
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#11re: Bad Comedy Films
Posted: 1/10/07 at 6:26pm
Austin Powers is funny when you hit it on the right day - overplayed, yes, but funny.
I have to second the votes on the Wayans movies - White Chicks was five of the most painful minutes of my life (yes, I ONLY managed five minutes - that's how atrocious it was). Comparatively Austin Powers is Casablanca, Gone With the Wind, The Wizard of Oz and Citizen Kane rolled into one.
Hi, Shirley Temple Pudding.
#12re: Bad Comedy Films
Posted: 1/10/07 at 6:29pmThat one about Napolean.
I have NEVER met Cheyenne Jackson. I have never hung out with him in his dressing room, he did not tweet me, he never bought me a beverage, and he mostly certainly didn't tickle me. . .that is all.
#13re: Bad Comedy Films
Posted: 1/10/07 at 6:30pm
I LOVED "Major Payne"
Really?
Really?
One time, Patti LuPone punched me in the face...
It was awesome. - theaterkid1015
It was awesome. - theaterkid1015
#14re: Bad Comedy Films
Posted: 1/10/07 at 6:32pm
I thought of Wayans too, but I couldn't say that I'd watched any of them because...I haven't, really.
The Wedding Date. Romantic comedy. Not that cute. Kinda dull.
"I can't figure out what kind of life this is, comedy or tragedy, I just know it's showbiz. And what if I don't agree with the lines I have to read? They don't pay me enough, the way I see it."
#15re: Bad Comedy Films
Posted: 1/10/07 at 6:51pmWhy does anyone let the Wayans do movies? This is why I think I should go into celebrity representation...I would *never* allow them to do Little Man. Ugh, I shudder at the mere thought of that movie.
#16re: Bad Comedy Films
Posted: 1/10/07 at 6:53pm
Man of the House.
Horrible, horrible movie.
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Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#17re: Bad Comedy Films
Posted: 1/10/07 at 8:05pm
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Cruel_Sandwich
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/30/05
#18re: Bad Comedy Films
Posted: 1/10/07 at 9:00pmBut which Man of the House? The Tommy Lee Jones/Cedric the Entertainer film or the Johnathan Taylor Thomas/Chevy Chase film?
#19re: Bad Comedy Films
Posted: 1/10/07 at 9:02pmFor me, Cruel, the former. I love Tommy Lee Jones so I saw it in the theater. I regret it majorly. Oh well, it wasn't my eight bucks.
"I can't figure out what kind of life this is, comedy or tragedy, I just know it's showbiz. And what if I don't agree with the lines I have to read? They don't pay me enough, the way I see it."
#20re: Bad Comedy Films
Posted: 1/10/07 at 9:38pmdid i mention BENCHWARMERS? geez ...
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broadwaystar2b
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/28/04
#22re: Bad Comedy Films
Posted: 1/10/07 at 9:48pm
Gigli is a genre of its own. Oi.
Updated On: 1/10/07 at 09:48 PM
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#24re: Bad Comedy Films
Posted: 1/11/07 at 5:53amNot Another Teen Movie made me ILL.
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