Beetlejuice- Is that Robin Thicke or Michael Keaton?

Beetlejuice is on ABC Family right now so I figured I'd write about it.  Remember when Alec Baldwin was young and hot?  Now he looks more like his brother, Daniel Baldwin.  But his eyes are like two ice cold pools.

I love Beetlejuice because it's Tim Burton, but it's a more commercial Tim Burton so it's not too out there.  Plus it was before Helena Bonham Carter and Johnny Depp became his muses which is refreshing because that's getting annoying.  And I love Johnny Depp.  One of the reviews on imdb says, "It may take two or three viewings to warm up to Beetlejuice".  I think that's totally not true.  I've always loved Beetlejuice from the first time to the 50th time right now.  Even watching it right now I just found another joke I didn't understand when I watched it as a kid.

I mean how perfect is it that limbo is this complicated bureaucracy like the DMV where all you have is a handbook that reads likes an engineering textbook.  That sounds like exactly what limbo would be; it's not hell so it's not full of fire and torture, but it's full of petty annoyances that you wouldn't find in heaven.  Plus the fact that you're stuck in a house just watching things changing around you and if you go outside a giant sand-snake might eat you.  You're trapped.  That's what limbo is all about.

Beetlejuice is more clever than people give it credit for.  It might just be a stupid movie that ABC Family decides to play close to Halloween, but I think it's better than that.

I love everyone in this movie.  Michael Keaton=comedy genius.  Geena Davis is always fantastic.  Winona Ryder is pre-shoplifting incident so she's still cool.  Catherine O'Hara is perfection.  I already talked about Alec Baldwin's eyes.  And Jeffrey Jones is no longer cool since the whole child porn thing (he RUINED Ferris Bueller's Day Off).      

Plus it has.........Robert Gouleeeeeeeeeeeet

AND Beetlejuice looks like............

Funny-o-meter: 7/10 because it's mostly very dark humor, not laugh out loud humor which I prefer.    

 

Ghostbusters- Da da NAH NAH NAH NAH nananananan

There is no Dana.  Only Zuul.

Halloween will be here soon, kiddies, and I've been watching lots of scary movies.  Did I just say "kiddies"? When did I become the crypt keeper?  Law school must have aged me 8,000 years in two months.

Today I watched Ghostbusters and I said to myself, "Hey isn't that on this list?" And it is.  I do not live under a rock so I have obviously seen Ghostbusters at least a dozen times before today.  When I was little I thought the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man was called "State Puff".  I very vaguely remember watching the cartoon as well (probably annoyingly because my brother watched it).  Actually I think I saw the cartoon first and then when I saw the movie I was like, um why isn't Slimer hanging out with them the entire movie?  They don't even officially call him Slimer.  Slimer deserves more credit than he gets.  He's a class act. He's the real star.  
Oh god remember Ecto Cooler Hi-C?  I just threw up in my mouth a little bit because a local bar serves Ecto Cooler fish bowls that are so sickly sweet you die.  Actually I just found out that the bar is closing...probably has something to do with the Ecto Cooler fish bowls.

I ain't afraid of no ghosts!

So is Ghostbusters funny?  It's not as funny as I remember it being.  It has incredible one liners like "Cats and dogs living together...Mass hysteria", "This man has no dick", and "Ray when somebody asks you if you're a God you say you're a God!".  Most of it was ad-libbed, especially by comedy genius, Bill Murray.  I love ad-libbed stuff.

I'd say it's about a 7/10 on the Funnyometer.
The funniest part of this movie is how terrible the effects are.  They must have looked so cool in the 80s.
Maybe Ivan Reitman should pull a George Lucas.  

Silver Streak- This is a comedy?

Uhhh I think AFI made a mistake....this isn't a comedy; it's actually a thriller or an action movie.  Seems like just because Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor are in it, they decided it deserves to be called a comedy.  However, there's maybe like one legitimately funny scene and then sprinkles of comedic lines throughout the rest of the movie.  I would therefore not expect it to be on this list.

Yes, Richard Pryor's character is funny but he doesn't show up until like an hour into the movie.  I found myself bored just waiting for him to show up because Gene Wilder's character is really straight-laced and normal.  I found myself going, "Isn't Richard Pryor supposed to be in this movie?".  Until he appears there is really no comedy at all.  

So what is the one funny scene you ask?  In order to evade the cops, Richard Pryor makes Gene Wilder dress in black face using shoe polish.  It is really racist but really funny.  However, I don't think it's worth getting through the rest of the movie just to see this scene.  I'd say skip Silver Streak unless you're into action movies with train crashes and shoot-outs.  

Another thing, this movie requires a lot of suspension of belief.  The situations are extremely unlikely; almost impossible, so if that's something that annoys you, again I say skip Silver Streak.  Usually I can accept a movie as it is and not worry about truth in reality but even I was like what the hell.

However, the best part of this movie is that it was the beginning of Wilder and Pryor's comedy relationship so at least something good came out of it.  

Funny-o-meter: 1/10.  One point for the blackface scene.    

Blazing Saddles- Hey where the white women at?

I'm getting lazy and just using quotes from the movie as a title.  Forgive me. 

Much like Woody Allen, you either like Mel Brooks or you don't.  Site gags and puns happen to be among my favorite types of comedy so I of course love Mel Brooks.  If you're looking for something intellectual and layered, I don't suggest Blazing Saddles.  Mel Brooks puts everything out there on the table which you can either sit back and enjoy or find annoying and inappropriate.  If you don't like Mel Brooks then there is nothing I can say that would make you want to watch Blazing Saddles.  If you do like Mel Brooks then Blazing Saddles is arguably his best parody.  

And if you don't know if you like Mel Brooks or not, I bet you a million dollars that you've seen Robin Hood: Men in Tights because it used to be on like ABC family every weekend (before they got the rights to Harry Potter, I'm assuming).  If you found that funny, then you will love Blazing Saddles.

If you're still not convinced, do you like fart jokes?  If yes, then you'll like Blazing Saddles.  If you don't like fart jokes, then go watch Garden State in your mom's basement you loser.  (disclaimer: I do like Garden State).  

Remember Richard Pryor?  He co-wrote this movie.  That should be enough for you to check it out.  

Funny-0-meter: 9/10 

Can't wait to rewatch Young Frankenstein. 

The Jerk- Don't Trust Whitey

If you've taken away any message from the classic yet canceled too soon TV-show, Freaks and Geeks it should be this: If your girlfriend doesn't think The Jerk is funny you should break up with her.  If you haven't seen the classic yet canceled too soon TV-show, Freaks and Geeks, what are you doing with your life?  It's on netflix watch instantly so put down the hot dog (Happy National Hot Dog Day!) and watch Seth Rogen, James Franco, and Jason Segel bro out before they hit the big time.

I don't think I need to waste my time telling you how funny Steve Martin is.  And if you're not following him on twitter, put down the hot dog (Happy National Hot Dog Day!) and follow him on twitter:  https://twitter.com/SteveMartinToGo.

The Jerk is a classic comedy that everyone needs to see at least once.  It's funny and so random and clever and well you get the idea.

Funny-o-meter: 9/10

If you still need convincing, just watch the classic cans scene:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXRM3lFRwRI

When Harry Met Sally- Have fun storming the castle! Whoops wrong movie.

Did you know that Billy Crystal was the voice of John Adams on Liberty's Kids? Now that show was entertaining AND informative.  I just found my way out of an imdb blackhole which is similar to a wikipedia blackhole except at least you're only following a linear pattern of TV and movies. On wikipedia you can get from like Barack Obama to ice fishing.  FYI you can get from Billy Crystal to Kevin Bacon in two degrees (thanks imdb!).    

When Harry Met Sally is such a feel good comedy, I can just picture droves of white women popping on this DVD on a lonely Friday night while simultaneously ingesting a bottle of wine and a gallon of ice cream.  Rob Reiner is the best.

 But is this romantic comedy funny?  Yes it is.  Billy Crystal could just stand there and I'd find him funny.  It's weird for him to be a romantic lead but you get over it quickly.  I hope I always find Billy Crystal funny unlike Robin Williams (RIP :( )  
 But Billy Crystal doesn't carry the whole movie; Meg Ryan is funny too playing his opposite.  I don't particularly like Meg Ryan as an actress but I found her endearing and charming in this classic movie.  

Everybody should probably see it once before they die.  

Funny-o-meter: 6/10 

Blog confessions:
I really just want to re-watch Veronica Mars but The Jerk came in the mail and I know that's gonna be funny so I'm excited.  So be excited about Steve Martin.  

Also, I hate arial font but I feel like I haven't used it yet so I need some diversity.  
And I hate seafood.

End of confessions. 

Bye. 

Annie Hall- I think what we got on our hands is a dead shark

Shhh I'm gonna tell you guys a secret.  The only Woody Allen movies I've seen are Antz and Everyone Says I Love You.  I watched Antz because I thought it was gonna be like A Bug's Life and my 7 year old mind was not prepared for totalitarianism and utopian societies (or Sharon Stone's voice eckkk *shivers*).  I watched Everyone Says I Love You because Edward Norton is in it and I had a very pronounced Edward Norton loving phase.  Who hasn't had an Edward Norton loving phase?     

Actually I lied, I've also seen Midnight in Paris.  Really, i just haven't seen any of his classics like...dun dun dun......Annie Hall. 

I really liked Annie Hall.  It's like one long conversation that happens to be a movie.  The average shot is like 15 seconds long but they all have constant movement so the story pushes along really quickly like Woody Allen's wit.  I don't think he stops talking at all throughout the entire movie but what else would you expect?  Diane Keaton is of course wonderful but again, what else would you expect?  It's hard to keep up with Woody Allen but she does it seamlessly.  Also, Christopher Walken is in it very briefly but memorably, and even Jeff Goldblum pops up and I swear looking at him you can just tell he's going to be in a movie about dinosaurs in 20 years.  You're like, that guy's gonna be sitting on the back of a Jurassic Park jeep with his shirt ripped open for no reason.  
   
Woody Allen's comedy has a really specific feel to it, so you'll either love it or hate it.  You'll either find him really witty and endearing or super annoying and whiny.  I happen to find his style witty and endearing.  

Well this is the first of 5 Woody Allen movies on this list so I can't ramble on about him for too long without taking all my material for the next ones.  

But Annie Hall is a very good movie, and funny if you're the kind of person that likes Woody Allen.  And if you aren't, then may I suggest Step Brothers?  
  
Funny-o-meter: 7/10 

It Happened One Night- One of Hitler's favorite films

It was allegedly one of Hitler's favorite films.  

If you're worried about bad words in movies, here is the parent's guide for profanity from imdb: 
"Very mild expletives, phrases like "Shut up" are as bad as it gets."
So if the phrase "Shut up" offends you, I'd steer clear from this movie.  

This was another homework movie for my road films class so I've already seen it and I didn't really have any desire to see it again.  Don't get me wrong, it's a perfectly fine comedy; I'd just rather spend my time watching Tootsie (yes).  

This was the first movie to win the five big prizes at the Academy Awards which is really interesting because it's a comedy and comedy usually doesn't get the respect it deserves.  The lead actress didn't even show up because she thought she wasn't going to win.  She thought it was the worst movie she ever made but she was super wrong obviously since a 22 year old in 2013 is still writing about it almost 80 years later.  Wow. That's a lifetime.   

Yes, this movie is funny.  Clark Gable talks really fast and there's a lot of slapstick going on which is clearly comedy gold.  I don't think it deserves to be #8 but whatever, I didn't make this list.  

Funny-o-meter: 7/10 

Everyone go watch Tootsie.  

Tootsie- I don't have a joke, despite the plot.

So before I watched this movie, I saw this video of Dustin Hoffman that's been floating around the internet which is really quite sad but his message is really beautiful and important.  He starts bringing it home around 2:00.



Also, netflix sent me a broken DVD so I had to ask them to send a new one which was super annoying because I was all pumped up to watch Dustin Hoffman validate feminism after watching that youtube video.  

Tootsie is a comedy obviously since it's number 2 on this list, (apparently AFI thinks cross-dressing is really funny, i.e. Mrs. Doubtfire, Some Like It Hot, and Victor/Victoria) but it's so much more.  It's smart; it's heartfelt; it's genuine; and it's a little absurd.  But all the pieces come together in such a beautiful way.  I mean Liz Lemon did say that they always use Tootsie as an example in screenwriting classes for a reason...it's good (RIP 30 Rock).   

But I don't have a single thing to make fun of about this movie.  I loved it.  

Funny-o-meter: 8/10 simply because it isn't all about comedy.    

Moonstruck- Have you accepted Cher as your lord and savior?

I'll make this brief. 
Cher is everything.  
The end. 

Funny-o-meter: 5/10 
It's not laugh out loud funny.
Cher is obviously amazing (she won an Oscar and beat Meryl), Nick Cage was still a weirdo back then (that's high praise), and overbearing Italian families are always comedy gold.  It didn't really make me laugh, but there's still humor there (does that make sense?).  

I told you I'd be brief.   Watch this movie for Cher.   

Cher <3 <3 <3 <3 

And just for fun, here's Andy Samberg and Nick Cage on SNL. 
http://www.videobash.com/video_show/nicolas-cage-vs-nicolas-cage-on-snl-246147

His Girl Friday- Took me from Friday until Tuesday to finish it

Oh my god.  His Girl Friday might be my least favorite so far.  Even the handsome Cary Grant couldn't save this movie for me.    
It's like the director was like, "Hey!  You know what's super funny?  People talking really fast over each other for 2 hours".  And everyone was like "Fuck yeah let's do it!".  

I refuse to like this movie just because it's a classic.  Maybe I just know nothing about movies, but it's pretty high up on this list so I expected a lot more laughs.  I found it off-putting and annoying.  They thought that really fast overlapping dialogue would sound more realistic when really it just sounds like every movie from the 1940s.  They all talked really fast in movies.  But in His Girl Friday, everything happens way too fast to the point where it's distracting and annoying.  Most of this movie is the two main characters running around a room answering different telephones and then talking really loudly over each other.  That might be funny for like a one scene.  But not for an entire movie, especially when that's the only gag they have.  

I don't have it in me to make some joke about this movie because I feel like it added 10 years to my life.  It feels like it dragged me down.  That means it's probably time for Mrs. Doubtfire.  Like they say smoking takes years off your life, watching His Girl Friday was like chain-smoking 3 packs of menthols.     

Funny-o-meter: 1/10 in my personal opinion.  You might find it funny.  Let me know if you do because I want to meet such a person.    

There's no way it's funnier than movies like Animal House.  I'm starting to think the rankings are arbitrary.  
Granted, it's hard to compare different styles of comedy, but I didn't laugh once during His Girl Friday and it's number 19.  

Duck Soup- Marx Brothers? I hardly know her

My only experiences with the Marx Brothers are parodies of their work and seeing the I Love Lucy episode that Harpo Marx guest starred on.  Everybody knows the mirror gag:



So I was a little apprehensive of this movie because it's so old and a lot of movies don't stand the test of time (1933).  It's so old that I typed 1993 first out of habit.  Now that was a great year for movies (i.e. Hocus Pocus).  

But I was pleasantly surprised.  

Duck Soup has more laughs in a minute than Jim Carrey's gotten in the past 10 years (To be fair, I did enjoy "Yes Man").  The plot is a political satire but it doesn't really matter what the plot is; as Groucho put it, they were just "four jews trying to get a laugh" (citation: wikipedia so you know it's legit).  It's zany.  It's kooky.  But most importantly in regards to this blog, it's funny.  It isn't some formulaic movie that's predictable and safe.  It is really just four guys running around and making puns for an hour and a half.  And I was okay with that. 

Mussolini banned this film in Italy because he thought it was making fun of him (citation: imdb trivia section so you know it's legit).  What more could you ask of a movie than to be banned by a fascist dictator?  That's the mark of good comedy if you ask me. 

It's on netflix if you're interested.  But be prepared to get some shitty recommendations (citation: personal experience).       

Funny-o-meter: 8/10.  

Bibliography

Lost in America- Julie Hagerty, Old Navy jeans hawker

This movie was a homework assignment when I took a film class about road movies so I've already seen it.  I remember it was free on-demand and I watched it after I watched Sideways which was a really weird transition.  That was one class I didn't mind doing homework for....except I didn't watch Mad Max 2 but I don't think I missed much.  

Lost in America has been described as Easy Rider for yuppies, which coincidentally was another homework movie for that class.  I love Dennis Hopper but that movie was insane.  But I buy the description.  It's about two people trying to shake up the status quo and be free.  Except the hippies blow up and the yuppies end up right back where they started from (spoiler alert?).  Did you know they were going to make an Easy Rider 2?  I guess they didn't die in the fiery car crash  afterall.  I feel okay spoiling Easy Rider because it's been out for like 40 years, people.  It's on youtube.  But if you haven't seen Easy Rider yet you're probably not going to see Easy Rider.  I only watched it because it was homework.  
   
Enough about homework....was this movie funny?  Yes it is funny.  Albert Brooks is like Woody Allen meets Mel Brooks meets Jerry Seinfeld meets Larry David and Julie Hagerty has a funny voice.  Hello Joyce?  I mean just check her out in those Old Navy commercials these days (that's really sad actually).  Julie Hagerty's classic role in Airplane has been reduced to selling colored jeans.  I still love Old Navy though.  Just Friends would have been on this list if it was made a little bit later.  Just kidding, despite being hilarious, Just Friends is a terrible movie.  


 Road movies are all about the journey that the characters take not just physically but emotionally and mentally.  I really like road movies so I'm glad to see a lot of them made the list.  

However, I usually don't enjoy movies where things just go progressively more wrong to the point where you're just sitting there feeling embarrassed.  I don't like feeling secondhand embarrassment.  For example, I hate Dinner For Schmucks because Paul Rudd's life just gets continuously messed up by Steve Carell and it isn't really funny.  When a comedy is done right, you're laughing and feeling embarrassed for the character.  If you're not laughing, the movie just becomes awkward and sad.  I felt that at times during this movie, however overall it's still a good comedy.  

Funny-o-meter: 6/10. I suggest you watch Sideways on a separate day.   

Bull Durham- Ugh.

Did you guys know that in 2000, both Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon voted for Nader?  The things you learn on wikipedia.  I also totally forgot that they broke up like 4 years ago :( they met during this movie.

But I digress.

Bull Durham is a little bit funny.  Susan Sarandon is a head bitch which appeals to the feminist in me while Kevin Costner is like in his peak of handsomeness which appeals to the I need a strong man with green eyes to save me part of me.  He looks like a freaking Disney prince in this movie.  

Did you know that Tim Robbins was in Howard the Duck?

Bull Durham is a little bit funny.

Not a lot of bit funny.
Just a little bit.
But hey, it is #97, so it's no Tootsie.

Did you know that Susan Sarandon called Pope Benedict a nazi?

Funny-o-meter: 4/10
The Sandlot is better.  Field Of Dreams is better.  Major League is better.  Ed is better.  Just kidding, Ed is fucking nuts.  We actually had Ed on VHS....

Fargo- An hour and a half of funny accents

I don't mind dark comedy but I'm missing the comedy part of this movie.  The Minnesota accents are funny, you betcha.  But there is nothing else funny about this movie, don't cha know.  Yah. Okay.

This is the second Coen Brothers movie on this list and yet again I need to make a plea for The Big Lebowski.  Fargo is not funny.  The Big Lebowski is stranger and funnier than Fargo.  Even O Brother Where Art Thou is funnier than Fargo.  Why is AFI doing this to me?   Fuck it, I'm just gonna watch The Big Lebowski.

I love the Coen Brothers.  There is no doubt that they know how to make a movie.  But Fargo isn't funny.
I can appreciate the subtle humor of the ridiculous situations that happen in Fargo.  But it's not funny.

Now everybody go watch Burn After Reading:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrjHNBqzrPw


   Funny-o-meter: 1/10...
   1
   0
   Negative a billion
   Don't talk about it anymore, please.

There's Something About Mary- Franks and beannnssss

I. Love. There's Something About Mary.  I bought it at FYE when I was like 13 because I was in a Matt Dillon loving phase.  Actually I'm still in that phase.  Dallas Winston <3 <3 <3 <3 <3.  Stay Gold, Ponyboy.  Just look at that:   

Anyway, this movie is wildly inappropriate but hilarious.  I love everything Ben Stiller has ever done, from Heavyweights to Reality Bites to Tropic Thunder. Attention campers, lunch has been canceled today due to lack of hustle.  Deal with it.   

I don't really like Cameron Diaz very much but she's very good in this movie.  And she got to date Matt Dillon because of this movie...bitch.  

If you haven't seen this movie, you should.  Especially if you like dick jokes (who doesn't).  I don't usually like such lowbrow comedy but I love There's Something About Mary.  

And just in case you start watching it and get worried:   http://www.doesthedogdie.com/9
No, the dog doesn't die.  He just gets electrocuted, drugged, and thrown out of a window. So funny? Yeah I guess.  

Funny-o-meter: 8/10

The Odd Couple- Before they were grumpy old men they were grumpy young men

It literally took me 5 separate sittings to get through this movie.  I kept falling asleep after watching like 10 minutes of Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthou bickering back and forth.  Ugh.  Was this comedy in the 60s? I don't think I have the attention span for 1960s humor.  I'm a 90s bitch (I Love It).     

It's almost like a bottle movie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bottle_episode).  Like 90% of the movie takes place on the same apartment set with only the two main characters which is really boring.  It's like the bottle episode of Breaking Bad, The Fly.  The Fly is like a metaphor for Walter White's life.  If he can't kill one fly then he can't control a single thing in his life.  In this movie, being trapped in the apartment amplifies the tension between these two characters that are complete opposites living together.  So I get why most of the movie takes place on one set but it's also kind of lame.  And this movie is also based on a play, so the limited scenery makes sense.  However, maybe this should have stayed a play because I was not a fan.  

Everybody knows the music from this movie.  Even if you think you don't, I guarantee that you do.  It has been stuck in my head for about a week now.  Kudos to this film for creating iconic music but I don't think it was funny.     

I'm not doubting that Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthou make a good team since they made like 10 movies together.  However, I think comedy-wise, this movie doesn't stand the test of time.  Or maybe my upbringing as a millenial has stunted my comedic understanding.  I just hate when people in movies don't have cell phones.  

Funny-o-meter- 1/10 
I didn't laugh once.

Maybe The Odd Couple II was better? It came out in 1998, a perfect year for movies (Dr. Dolittle, Babe, and I Still Know What You Did Last Summer)   

Animal House- Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?

Since I am graduating college tomorrow, I figured I'd post about the wonderful, classy, intellectual movie Animal House.  

I have seen Animal House too many times to count.  It's one of my favorite movies in my DVD collection.  I even bought a "College" t-shirt when I was like 15.  I thought I was so cool.  Too cool.  And then I was too embarrassed to actually wear it in college where it actually made sense lol.
     
Finally, a movie on this list makes perfect sense.  This movie is actually incredibly funny, not just funny for a critically acclaimed movie.  It's just plain old funny from beginning to end.      

If you haven't seen Animal House, kindly punch yourself in the face right now and then go to your nearest DVD provider and buy it.  Or just go on Amazon.  Remember Blockbuster?  Actually it's on Youtube so just watch it on there.   

ATTENTION: KEVIN BACON IS IN THIS MOVIE. 

I'm a zit, get it?  The people with punched faces won't get that one because it's from the movie.  
Seriously, if you haven't seen Animal House I'm putting you on double secret probation. But you won't get that either.  I'm surrounded by idiots.  And if don't know that line from The Lion King you can punch yourself in the face again.  

OTIS, MY MAN!   

Funny-o-meter: 10/10 (It's just as good as Mrs. Doubtfire).  

RIP John Belushi.  It's a shame we're stuck with your stupid brother, Jim.  

A Fish Called Wanda- Starring that Activia lady and John Cleese

How did Jamie Lee Curtis go from being the sex symbol of this movie to doing Activia commercials?  All i could think of while watching this movie was yogurt.  

John Cleese wrote this movie so obviously it's hilarious in very silly Monty Python-esque ways.  There aren't any coconut clappers, messages from God, or songs about the Grim Reaper.  It's much more subdued but still very goofy.  If you like Monty Python, you'll like this movie.  

Animal lovers should refer to this website: http://www.doesthedogdie.com/
Does the dog die?  SPOILER ALERT: Yes, 3 dogs are killed.  And a lot of fish, including Wanda.
I love dogs and I still laughed because it's done in a really funny and ironic way.  Very Monty Python.  

Gotta say, I love when the problems in old movies could have been solved today with a simple text message or facebook post.  It's amazing what people had to go through before cell phones lol.  Like I remember my friends had to call me from their house phone before they left to tell me they were on their way.  Crazy.  In conclusion, technology is great.  


This movie is still not funnier than Step Brothers.




Is this Step Brothers joke getting old?  My apologies.  


Funny-o-meter: 8/10 :) 

Raising Arizona- Before stealing the Declaration of Independence, Nick Cage stole a baby.

I've had the Bowling for Soup song, Val Kilmer, stuck in my head all day because it mentions Raising Arizona.  It's really annoying.

I love the Coen Brothers.  They don't make laugh out loud movies, but rather surreal like what the hell just happened funny movies.  They're so random...I don't know how they come up with this crazy stuff.

  I don't know why Fargo and Raising Arizona are on this list but The Big Lebowski isn't.  The dude is way funnier than both of those movies combined.  Yes Fargo is more critically acclaimed but The Big Lebowski has like full fledged cult status.  I mean just think about Lebowski Fest.  It's like it's own subculture.  Are there Fargo Fests? Not that I'm aware of.  That would be a pretty cool name for a Fest though.  

Anyway in this movie, I wish Nick Cage would have said just once, "......I'm gonna steal Nathan Arizona's baby" in like a closeup really dramatic shot.  But le sigh it was the 80s and National Treasure wasn't a thing yet....I'm gonna steal the declaration of independence.

This movie is funny but The Big Lebowski is funnier.  And so is Step Brothers.






Funny-o-meter: 7/10

Why isn't To Wong Foo on this list?

Why?

Beverly Hills Cop- Remember when Eddie Murphy was amazing?

I present you with my favorite scene from Beverly Hills Cop.  I've already seen Beverly Hills Cop but I watched it again just for fun, and so should you.    

A little back story: I first saw this movie on TV when I was like 8 or something like that.  I had no idea that "Judge" could also be a name, so I thought that Judge Reinhold was just like a judge who did crazy buddy cop movies with Eddie Murphy on the side in between trials.  And I believed that for longer than I'd like to admit.  Luckily I figured it out before I watched Arrested Development because that would have been confusing.  Mockkkkk Triiallll with J. Reinholddddd.  I would have been like, yeah he's a judge so where's the joke?     

Anyway, I love this movie.  I love Eddie Murphy.  Why isn't he doing movies like this anymore?  Why did he think Norbit was a good idea?  Another back story, one time my mom was going to the store and I told her to bring me back a treat, and she brought home a Norbit DVD.  That's right, I fucking own Norbit.  Norbit is the only Eddie Murphy movie I own.  That is such a crime.  

Why didn't he bounce back after the Black Crusaders canceled his Oscar?  That was a 30 Rock reference.  Okay this post is getting way too referential.  You guys probably don't even watch any of these TV shows.  

And now the only people using this movie in any way are like high school girl's volleyball teams who warm-up to the Crazy Frog version of  Axel's theme song.  You know what I mean. Do do do Do Do do do do. Do DO DO do do do do.  That baby was made on like a synth in some guys basement probably.  

Everybody do me a favor and watch Beverly Hills Cop.  Let's appreciate this masterpiece.  Let's appreciate Eddie Murphy before he makes The Haunted Mansion 2 or Dr. Doolittle 7. 

Funny-o-meter: 9/10 only because I'm pretty sure Mrs. Doubtfire is the only movie on this list that will get a perfect 10/10 from me.  

Do do DO DO do do do.  Do DO DO do do do do

Running Tally- I'll cross off once I've reviewed it :)

#	MOVIE	YEAR
1	SOME LIKE IT HOT	1959
2	TOOTSIE	1982
3	DR. STRANGELOVE OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB	1964
4	ANNIE HALL	1977
5	DUCK SOUP	1933
6	BLAZING SADDLES	1974
7	M*A*S*H	1970
8	IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT	1934
9	THE GRADUATE	1967
10	AIRPLANE!	1980
11	THE PRODUCERS	1968
12	A NIGHT AT THE OPERA	1935
13	YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN	1974
14	BRINGING UP BABY	1938
15	THE PHILADELPHIA STORY	1940
16	SINGIN' IN THE RAIN	1952
17	THE ODD COUPLE	1968
18	THE GENERAL	1927
19	HIS GIRL FRIDAY	1940
20	THE APARTMENT	1960
21	A FISH CALLED WANDA	1988
22	ADAM'S RIB	1949
23	WHEN HARRY MET SALLYÉ	1989
24	BORN YESTERDAY	1950
25	THE GOLD RUSH	1925
26	BEING THERE	1979
27	THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY	1998
28	GHOSTBUSTERS	1984
29	THIS IS SPINAL TAP	1984
30	ARSENIC AND OLD LACE	1944
31	RAISING ARIZONA	1987
32	THE THIN MAN	1934
33	MODERN TIMES	1936
34	GROUNDHOG DAY	1993
35	HARVEY	1950
36	NATIONAL LAMPOON'S ANIMAL HOUSE	1978
37	THE GREAT DICTATOR	1940
38	CITY LIGHTS	1931
39	SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS	1941
40	IT'S A MAD MAD MAD MAD WORLD	1963
41	MOONSTRUCK	1987
42	BIG	1988
43	AMERICAN GRAFFITI	1973
44	MY MAN GODFREY	1936
45	HAROLD AND MAUDE	1972
46	MANHATTAN	1979
47	SHAMPOO	1975
48	A SHOT IN THE DARK	1964
49	TO BE OR NOT TO BE	1942
50	CAT BALLOU	1965
51	THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH	1955
52	NINOTCHKA	1939
53	ARTHUR	1981
54	THE MIRACLE OF MORGAN'S CREEK	1944
55	THE LADY EVE	1941
56	ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN	1948
57	DINER	1982
58	IT'S A GIFT	1934
59	A DAY AT THE RACES	1937
60	TOPPER	1937
61	WHAT'S UP, DOC?	1972
62	SHERLOCK, JR.	1924
63	BEVERLY HILLS COP	1984
64	BROADCAST NEWS	1987
65	HORSE FEATHERS	1932
66	TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN	1969
67	MRS. DOUBTFIRE	1993
68	THE AWFUL TRUTH	1937
69	BANANAS	1971
70	MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN	1936
71	CADDYSHACK	1980
72	MR. BLANDINGS BUILDS HIS DREAM HOUSE	1948
73	MONKEY BUSINESS	1931
74	9 TO 5	1980
75	SHE DONE HIM WRONG	1933
76	VICTOR/VICTORIA	1982
77	THE PALM BEACH STORY	1942
78	ROAD TO MOROCCO	1942
79	THE FRESHMAN	1925
80	SLEEPER	1973
81	THE NAVIGATOR	1924
82	PRIVATE BENJAMIN	1980
83	FATHER OF THE BRIDE	1950
84	LOST IN AMERICA	1985
85	DINNER AT EIGHT	1933
86	CITY SLICKERS	1991
87	FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH	1982
88	BEETLEJUICE	1988
89	THE JERK	1979
90	WOMAN OF THE YEAR	1942
91	THE HEARTBREAK KID	1972
92	BALL OF FIRE	1941
93	FARGO	1996
94	AUNTIE MAME	1958
95	SILVER STREAK	1976
96	SONS OF THE DESERT	1933
97	BULL DURHAM	1988
98	THE COURT JESTER	1956
99	THE NUTTY PROFESSOR	1963
100	GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM	1987