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Sleeper (1973,  PG)
Sleeper
classic woody allen, very funny indeed, more physical stuff here, as he bumbles about in the future, great phisical jokes and many great one liners, a first of many.
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975,  PG)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
hilarious the boys go big screen and bring scetch after scetch, of brilliance, very funny indeed
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Fargo (1996,  R)
Fargo
best film from the coen brothers, william h macy stars as a car salesman up t his neck in det, who then hires steve bushimi and peter stormore to kidnapp his wife, so he will get the ransom money, but through a murder commited by bushimi, frances mcdormond as a pregnant cop, is brought into the fold, who then makes her way to macy, who car was in the possession of bushimi, like a lot of coen brother films, this has great wit, and dialogue, only the coens can do properly, as a thriller this not convincing, simply because, its one of the most funniest films around, black comedy, top of its game, i hated this when first watched it, but then realised who the coens are, and watched it as a black comedy, genius, everyone is great, macy as the guy in deep over his head, this where i discovered the guy, mcdormond as the cop, v funny, and of course bushimi, hes got this down really fine, a great setting, looks very cold, and an outcome that is typical coen, great dialgue toull be quoting all year, and in my personal top 5, please check this out
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The King of Comedy (1983,  PG)
The King of Comedy
another scorsese,de niro collaberation, after mean streets, taxi driver, newyork newyork, and raging bull, a little less known than the others, but a fulm thats in my top 5.
de niro plays rupert pumpkin, a wannabee stand up comedian and a obsessed autograph hunter, spending his nights out side the jerry lanford show( just think of the letterman show, and you get what i mean) he sees a oportunity to slip in to the limo of the host, played by jerry lewis, to self promote himself and get a spot on the show, jerry politly agreeing with the man but cant get away fast enough. rupert then goes to the offices of jerry, but is told he needs to do some gigs around newyork so they can see the act, he doesent see the sence in this so finds it a bit rude, he makes a tape of him performing, but when that is rejected, he falls on one last plan, kidnapp jerry for a ransom, a spot on a show. theres a good structure to this, we see scenes with the two, where there friends, and scenes where there not, so a lot of the stuff is in ruperts mind. deniro and lewis are great, lewis not doing his nutty proffessr thing its different but good, deniro is great as well, and his rutine at the end, a great stand up scene, and anm ending which if you get the film, youll be thinking well did he dident he, in my top 5 aoff all time, and very funy like fargo watch it as a comedy, its really amusing, and with todays celebrity reality tv culture, a film ahead of its time
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Dr. Strangelove Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964,  PG)
Dr. Strangelove Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
best film of the 60s, and stanley kubricks masterpiece, set during the cold war, a nuclear attack is put into operation, due to a mad militery general, played by sterlin hayden, and, a new device called the doomsday machine in russia, and its up to the goverment to stop one of the aircrafts reaching russia, and dropping nuclear bombs, peter sellers plays 3 roles here, dr strangelove him self, a raf officer, and the president of the u.s,a., and hes on fine form, also great performances from george c scott, and slimm pickings, this film is a very funny black comedy, and a very good anti war film, its about the end of the world, and shot in great black and white, with all the great kubrick trademarks
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This Is Spinal Tap (1984,  R)
This Is Spinal Tap
very funny indeed, and feelsc really real, these guys are hilarious, a great inprovised film, this could be 3 hours long, its comedy will never dull, some people mistake this for a documentary. i can see why. scene after scene of great dialogue, and situations, check out them getting lost on route to the stage, and stonehenge, amazing
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Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979,  R)
Monty Python's Life of Brian
people mistake this for jesus christ, and get in a hissy fit, its not its brian hes not the messia hes a very naughty boy
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Groundhog Day (1993,  PG)
Groundhog Day
bill murrey on top form here, reliving the same day over and over, i like the structure to this as there really isntone at least not a conventional one, just when you think its going all formula, due to the circumstances, your right at the start again, and then maybe the end, then back to the middle again, thats great, yes it all pans out in the end, but getting there is fun
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Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987,  R)
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Airplane! (1980,  PG)
Airplane!
not a gag a minute, much more than that, every frame, filled with gags, superb dialogue, very funny dialogue, and dont call me shirley

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