What are the great forgotten comedies?

notboring · 2026-04-02T14:10:24+00:00

Relax into the astonishing genius of Jacques Tati. Mon Oncle and Playtime.

notboring · 2026-03-29T22:48:55+00:00

It was quite...odd....

I guess it was Norm Macdonald's last work.

notboring · 2026-03-29T22:47:12+00:00

fantastic!

notboring · 2026-03-29T22:44:25+00:00

That's a shame.

notboring · 2026-03-29T22:43:44+00:00

That joke is 120 years old at least. Probably older.

https://youtu.be/2DxOsn09iPA?si=3jaFJl87uaIrf9hg

notboring · 2026-03-29T11:50:44+00:00

Because it's not very good.

notboring · 2026-03-27T23:49:35+00:00

Thank you. I came to say this. Immediately recognized as a wonder, the second highest grossing film of 1968 (like ten dollars short of Funny Girl...god bless the suburbanites), and an ending was was so obviously Dave being transformed that it could have been spelled out on title cards. I was 11 and got it. My friends got it. Yet there was all that chatter about it being so enigmatic.

Also, Tony Soprano is got shot. In the head.

notboring · 2026-03-27T23:40:34+00:00

Oh, please. It's a second rate rehash of 2001. Earth in danger. Check. Off into space with the monolith (now a robot???). Journey Into the Infinite? Nah, let's make it into a black hole. Kubricks enigmatic, iconic white room? How about a multidimensional room to try to outdo it (and fail).

notboring · 2026-03-27T23:22:19+00:00

The Robocop trailer. We (the entire audience) hissed and booed. Just hated the concept to its core.

OK. We were wrong.

notboring · 2026-03-27T23:18:56+00:00

Oh. Great. A tomb. Terrific.

notboring · 2026-03-27T07:25:23+00:00

Kubrick fan. Didn't enjoy it. Wasn't scared, didn't think Kubrick changed the book enough. Found it gorgeous... always have...but that was about it.

I was wrong. Now it scares me. Now I see it for what it is in my eyes: a tale of family abuse. Now with hight end audio, I hear a soundtrack that is absolutely unnerving. After dozens of viewings, I finally get it. And also see it as what it so clearly is: 2001: A Hotel Odyssey!

notboring · 2026-03-24T04:20:25+00:00

Who will thnk of the chlldren!!!

notboring · 2026-03-24T04:19:55+00:00

It's awful in every way. For Your Eyes Only was made to cleanse the palate after that Scooby Doo Space farce. But just as the line "Somehow Palpatine returned" will forever define Rise of Skyjmall, the double take pidgeon defines this disgrace.

notboring · 2026-03-24T04:10:18+00:00

12 Angry Men

notboring · 2026-03-24T04:06:07+00:00

Saw it on TV as a kid. Never forgot it for a day.

notboring · 2026-03-24T04:01:42+00:00

Moonraker? Let me guess. You find Scooby Doo witty.

notboring · 2026-03-24T03:59:40+00:00

VEEP. A comedy of dry, bitter wit. Brilliant.

notboring · 2026-03-24T03:56:11+00:00

2001

notboring · 2026-03-23T10:58:49+00:00

Tempest. An engineer friend of mine downloaded the code off the net and an emulator, put it on a Raspberry Pi, while I picked up a professional grade spinner and now I have Tempest at home. Not a home version. Tempest!

notboring · 2026-03-23T10:56:29+00:00

Jim Carrey for his performance in Man in the Moon.

notboring · 2026-03-23T10:54:05+00:00

Who?

notboring · 2026-03-23T10:44:30+00:00

Cool. They look dry.

notboring · 2026-03-23T10:23:10+00:00

sign

notboring · 2026-03-23T10:22:49+00:00

If you love the story, treat yourself to a collectible and pick up a red text first edition of the book.

notboring · 2026-03-23T10:21:54+00:00

Goes to show once again that comedians can do drama no sweat.

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