Never actually seen the first two Evil Dead movies, should probably rectify that.
Holy crap, RECTIFY THIS NOW.
― emil.y, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 15:39 (twelve years ago) link
otm about Bananas being his funniest
I think only two WAs made my ballot.
― hot and brothered (Eric H.), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 15:40 (twelve years ago) link
i can't remember now ... were any of the other Evil Dead films on the poll? i've only seen the 1st one ... which (to get all Morbz-style pedantic here) is a horror/slasher film and not a comedy, though it's funny in the way that all over-the-top gorefest movies are funny.
― kurwa mać (Polish for "long life") (Eisbaer), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 15:41 (twelve years ago) link
Evil Dead 2 will probably place
― Number None, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 15:42 (twelve years ago) link
100% agree.
xpost
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 15:43 (twelve years ago) link
I put four WA's on my ballot. I fully expect one to show, two to def not.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 15:44 (twelve years ago) link
x-post The first is definitely the least funny of the 3 iirc.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 15:44 (twelve years ago) link
#93
LOST IN AMERICA
Albert Brooks1979United States(256 pts, 7 votes, 1 first place)
I think Lost in America made me laugh more uncontrollably than any film in the '80s. ― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, May 17, 2005 2:25 PM (6 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Fave scene from "Lost in America": "Twenty-two! Twenty-two! Twenty-two! SHIT!"― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Tuesday, May 16, 2006 5:58 PM (5 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lost in america is one of my favourite films! "the CORE of the nest-egg!?!"― mark s, Wednesday, September 28, 2011 4:48 AM (5 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
S/D: Albert Brooks, the neurotic American Ozu
― (he did what!) (Austerity Ponies), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 15:45 (twelve years ago) link
I've seen a ton of woody allen but none made my ballot. I guess if I rewatched take the money & run or sleeper they might've had a chance. my fave allen movies don't seem like comedies to me (stardust memories, purple rose of cairo, crimes & misdemeanors), or maybe I just value the non-comedic aspects of them. I guess that doesn't make much sense when I've got stuff like barton fink and bitter moon on my ballot tho.
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 15:45 (twelve years ago) link
also I am allergic to albert brooks
ed 3 otm re: albert brooks imo
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 15:48 (twelve years ago) link
lol lost in america is def. and exactly the kind of post-1950s film that i could see appealing to Morbz. (i didn't vote for the fucking thing [lol also allergic to albert brooks], but its making the Top 100 doesn't make me cringe like swingers does.)
― kurwa mać (Polish for "long life") (Eisbaer), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 15:48 (twelve years ago) link
total shutouts for Buster Keaton, WC Fields and Jerry Lewis, obv. Chaplin too?
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 15:52 (twelve years ago) link
there are still 92 films to get to ... it's a little premature to say that any film is not gonna make, dontcha think?!?
― kurwa mać (Polish for "long life") (Eisbaer), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 15:53 (twelve years ago) link
King of Comedy? (Jerry Lewis)
― Mark G, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 15:54 (twelve years ago) link
i'd be surprised if buster keaton was shutout
― Mordy, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 15:54 (twelve years ago) link
I could see lewis getting shut out, would be shocked if keaton, fields, or chaplin got shutout
if chaplin doesn't place it'll be due to vote splitting but that would be like the marx bros not placing
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 15:54 (twelve years ago) link
lost in america is such a weird, minimalist, ruthless movie; i remember it as only having like five scenes, and it ends in such brutal collapse. shoulda been higher.
― the "intenterface" (difficult listening hour), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 15:55 (twelve years ago) link
#92
THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY
Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly1998United States(258 pts, 11 votes)
The only funny thing about Something About Mary was that cameo, the strange "Ok what in the holy fuck" feeling you get when you realize that Mary's wonderful, charming, kind boyfriend Brett she's been talking up the whole fucking movie like some kind of imbecile yet is now leaving for...Ben Stiller??? is Brett Favre. Also he sings and dances in the credits. Not quite enough to make the film worthwhile, I still want those 2 hours back, but pretty awesome anyway.― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Thursday, December 29, 2005 9:39 AM (6 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
"There's Something About Mary" is redeemed somewhat by the Jonathan Richman theme song.― St. Nicholas (Nick A.), Friday, August 6, 2004 11:04 AM (7 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
"There's something about Mary. I can't put my finger on it, but I think it might be her tits."― Harold Media (kenan), Friday, August 6, 2004 11:24 AM (7 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
the secret lies here:just prior to a party this evening, I had a wank. Then I went to the party and not only chatted up an attractive girl, but managed to chat her up so well that the possibly more attractive guys who came over to try and move in on my position were completely ignored. After the party, she came up to me and asked for my number. Why did this work? I didn't give a muthafuck and I thank the wank for that. ― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Sunday, October 24, 2004 3:13 AM (7 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Were you actually inspired by "There's Something About Mary", or is this wank-before-you-meet-her a common technique?― Tuomas (Tuomas), Sunday, October 24, 2004 3:16 AM (7 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Best scene/moment in 'There's Something About Mary'
― (he did what!) (Austerity Ponies), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 15:55 (twelve years ago) link
lol forgot lewis was in king of comedy, and it's on my ballot
not really a true lewis film tho, it would be like julie andrews placing in the musical poll for S.O.B.
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 15:56 (twelve years ago) link
Kingpin's funnier.
― hot and brothered (Eric H.), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 15:56 (twelve years ago) link
oh god dammit, I forgot to put Sleeper on my ballot
― THIS TRADE SERVES ZERO FOOTBALL PURPOSE (DJP), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 15:56 (twelve years ago) link
Lewis could get shut out. I didn't give Nutty Professor a vote on my ballot (well, not the Lewis version anyway).
― hot and brothered (Eric H.), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 15:58 (twelve years ago) link
fuck a farrelly bros
― kurwa mać (Polish for "long life") (Eisbaer), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 15:58 (twelve years ago) link
There's Something About Mary is like The Hangover or w/e for me where everyone sees it and the it's the big blockbuster comedy of the year but it doesn't even strike me as especially great as a cheesy studio comedy
voted for Dumb & Dumber though
― internet somebody (some dude), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 15:58 (twelve years ago) link
I stanned for them a little when they went mi**lebrow, much like the rest of Film Comment's target demo. But Mary is filled with not funny things.
― hot and brothered (Eric H.), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 16:00 (twelve years ago) link
Jonathan Richman as greek chorus is pretty inherently funny though
― internet somebody (some dude), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 16:01 (twelve years ago) link
i have fond memories of stuff matt dillon did, but i have no desire to revisit Mary really.
― da croupier, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 16:02 (twelve years ago) link
never knew Lewis and Scorsese were married.
it's a little premature to say that any film is not gonna make
No, bcz about 80% of the voters have not seen a Fields or Lewis film, and never will.
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 16:02 (twelve years ago) link
what, only you can judge films without seeing them?
― da croupier, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 16:03 (twelve years ago) link
haha shut up Morbs
― THIS TRADE SERVES ZERO FOOTBALL PURPOSE (DJP), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 16:03 (twelve years ago) link
<I>Is</I> there a famous WC Fields film?
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 16:03 (twelve years ago) link
(will be performing HTML pratfalls all day)
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 16:04 (twelve years ago) link
I could see the bank dick placing
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 16:04 (twelve years ago) link
you know how ilx loves dick joeks
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 16:05 (twelve years ago) link
i don't know what this 'never will' stuff is. i'm one of the whippersnappers who voted for a bunch of microwaved modern comedies but i absolutely want to someday see all the oldies morbs scolds us for not knowing, and imagine i will enjoy most or all of them.
― internet somebody (some dude), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 16:05 (twelve years ago) link
lol at me having a quote in support of swingers. i would probably not rep for it today. but i haven't seen it in a million years.
i don't think i voted for any of these so far? probably should have voted for singin' in the rain though.
― future worm food (n/a), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 16:05 (twelve years ago) link
approve of results so far. except for Swingers, which is straight obnoxious garbage.
― the sir edmund hillary of sitting through pauly shore films (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 16:05 (twelve years ago) link
Had this been a top 100 ballot I bet I would have run out of modern kicks and included more "that was fun, bet it blew minds in 1943, glad this movie is in the smithsonian"-type films
― da croupier, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 16:06 (twelve years ago) link
#89 (3-WAY-TIE)
TROUBLE IN PARADISE
Ernst Lubitsch1932United States(259 pts, 6 votes)
i watched trouble in paradise with a girl over the holiday break and she squealed joyously through most of it.kind of a keeper, that one.― do you want me to share what i know w/ you or not? (forksclovetofu), Monday, January 2, 2012 6:15 PM (2 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
trouble in paradise is indeed the best film ever, b&w or not. are we having a 1930s movie poll soon?― :| (....), Wednesday, January 5, 2005 3:10 PM (7 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
hi dere, I like this movie.― Remy IS THE Snush (x Jeremy), Saturday, January 15, 2005 1:35 AM (7 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
be sure to watch the RESTORED version of Trouble in Paradise, with Miriam Hopkins shitting in a sink― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Monday, March 5, 2012 2:53 PM (3 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
trouble in paradise
― (he did what!) (Austerity Ponies), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 16:06 (twelve years ago) link
TONSILS!
― the "intenterface" (difficult listening hour), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 16:08 (twelve years ago) link
Harland Williams is the funniest thing in There's Something About Mary, and he's in it for all of, what, three minutes?
― jpattzlovevampz 2 hours ago (Phil D.), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 16:08 (twelve years ago) link
ah i remember harland williams. i voted for half baked!
― internet somebody (some dude), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 16:08 (twelve years ago) link
― the "intenterface" (difficult listening hour), Tuesday, March 27, 2012 11:55 AM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
^ this. Although I wouldn't call "And I eat shit?" a brutal collapse necessarily, but yeah, a dashing of his dreams.
― Dancing with Mr. T (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 16:09 (twelve years ago) link
^phil otm! 7 its all abt 7. 7 chipmunks swingin on a branch eatin lots of sunflowers on my uncles ranch, you know that old tale from the sea!
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 16:10 (twelve years ago) link
also, Morbz seems to grasp some basic math principles -- i.e., if the "handful" of old-timey film stans cram the top of their ballots with keaton, chaplin, wc fields and jerry lewis films and the old-timey fans aren't massively underrepresented vis-a-vis the non-old-timey fans then there's still a good chance that certain of their films could make the Top 100.
― kurwa mać (Polish for "long life") (Eisbaer), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 16:10 (twelve years ago) link
seems to need to grasp some basic math principles, i meant
― kurwa mać (Polish for "long life") (Eisbaer), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 16:11 (twelve years ago) link
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, March 27, 2012 11:52 AM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Jeez, Morbz, all you had to do was put The Errand Boy in your top 10 like I did.
― Dancing with Mr. T (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 16:11 (twelve years ago) link
6 votes for Trouble in Paradise = average 43 points! I suspect that'll be hard to beat.
xp or not, that is a good point.
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 16:12 (twelve years ago) link
TIP might've been my #1 (I don't remember).
Either way it's perfect.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 16:13 (twelve years ago) link