A Sea Of Red

This is a spinoff of the movie thread (see what I did there?). LUconn mentioned The Hangover looking really funny. So it got me wondering, what do people regard as the funniest movie they've ever seen? I have a horrible memory, and a movie won't come to mind unless someone mentions it, so I'll have a hard time thinking of what my answer would be. But I'm curious......

What do you consider to be the funniest movie, or best comedy, you've ever seen?

My all time favorite is Old School

Three-way tie at the top for me: Dumb and Dumber, Office Space and The Big Lebowski.

I would say Dumb & Dumber..........there are just so many quotable lines from that movie.

Fletch...Caddyshack....Airplane

It's gonna depend on generation stuff here. You're gonna see these answers:

Animal House
Caddyshack
Dumb & Dumber
Old School/Anchorman

the burbs

I think I might have mentioned this on here before, but I just do not think Oldschool is funny. The Dan Band's version of "Total Eclipse Of The Heart" and "Lady" practically has me crying every time I watch the wedding scene in that movie but everything after that is just, meh.

I think I'd have to say Airplane then Coming to America.

LUconn wrote:I think I might have mentioned this on here before, but I just do not think Oldschool is funny. The Dan Band's version of "Total Eclipse Of The Heart" and "Lady" practically has me crying every time I watch the wedding scene in that movie but everything after that is just, meh.

I think I'd have to say Airplane then Coming to America.

i may have too...its really not that funny...

Put me down as another who does not find Old School funny.......also, Semi Pro........what a waste of money.

I do like Tommy Boy & Billy Madison.

Also have to thrown in National Lampoons Vacation, European Vacation, Christmas Vacation, & Vegas Vacation.

All Mel Brooks movies: Blazin Saddles, History of the World Part I, Young Frankenstein. Even High Anxiety was halfway decent. SpaceBalls has it's moments.

Non Mel Brooks movies: Friday was pretty funny. Airplane, CaddyShack, Blues Brothers

Not Another Teen Movie is really funny too. I like a good Spoof movie. I'm Gonna Get you Sucka and Hollywood Shuffle were great from the 80's. Keenan Ivory Wayans did Sucka and Robert Townsend did Suffle. Eddie Murphy Raw is hilarious but the subject matter and language might be a little offensive (understatement of the decade).

i thought the first scary movie was very funny. not a fan of will ferrell movies other than semi pro and kicking and screaming.

I couldnt even finish semi pro...maybe I should give it another chance and the first half hour was bad only to make the rest look awesome

Hold My Own wrote:I couldnt even finish semi pro...maybe I should give it another chance and the first half hour was bad only to make the rest look awesome

It doesn't get any better. Don't waste your time.

Malibu's Most Wanted or Waterboy

I put Anchorman and Wedding Crashers above Old School on my list from that group of actors.

The Cable Guy

1st team:

Holy Grail
Caddyshack


2nd team:

History of the World, Part 1
Monty Python's Meaning of Life

Honorable Mention:

Friday
Dumb & Dumber


Live Concert:

Raw
Ron White

Great call on 'not another teen movie' Scar...of all the 'spoof' movies, I think that one is the best.

Other favorites of mine:

-Tommy Boy
-Coming to America
-Happy Gilmore/Billy Madison
-Half Baked
-Office Space

I'm sure I'm forgetting some good ones, but those were the first to pop in my head.

Grizzly Man, hands down.

Also, Not Another Teen Movie was hysterical.

A few that havn't been mentioned:

This is Spinal Tap............... "But these go to eleven..................................... That's one louder."

All the Naked Gun movies. I crack up just seeing a picture of Leslie Nielson, and the charactor of Nordburt is the only thing funny about OJ.

The Jerk is a personal favorite, although I'll admit it's not for everyone.

Having said all that, I have to pick a more mainstream choice as funniest............... Anchorman.

I think Airplane and Caddyshack are the "Holy Grail" of the competition...

Funniest recent movies (as in, 90s and beyond), probably Dumb & Dumber, and Billy Madison...

Vacation & Christmas Vacation are great... If you want the best in black humor, you have to get Dr. Strangelove...

RagingTireFire wrote:Grizzly Man, hands down.

I take it you mean that as a joke...

Ed Dantes wrote:

RagingTireFire wrote:Grizzly Man, hands down.

I take it you mean that as a joke...

Actually, I found it funny too; and the ending was..................shall we say...........................fitting?
The only real tragedy IMHO was him getting his girlfriend eaten too.