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Seen any good comedies lately?
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ConfusingJazz
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silver said:Looking for a few laughs
I am hurting inside
Go see Kung Fu Hustle, it was damn good.
If you feel like going out to the movies, Kung Fu Hustle and Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy are quality entertainment waiting to happen.
For video, I recently watched the Criterion DVD release of Hopscotch (1980) staring Walter Matthau and Glenda Jackson.
I have the feeling I've raved about this on here before, so I won't go into too much detail. Suffice to say it's an extremely funny spy comedy that doesn't devolve into the slapstick of, say, Our Man Flint or Austin Powers. Walter Matthau is a CIA field agent whose asshole boss (Ned Beatty) has just busted him down to a desk job. Matthau takes this as his cue to retire, goes to Austria to meet up with ex-agent and current lover Jackson, and proceeds to write his memoirs - hiis scandalous, chock full 'o top secret info, highly embarrassing tell-all memoirs that he's mailing to all the major governments one chapter at a time. Cue Matthau leading hapless CIA agents (including his young protege, played by Sam Watterson) on a wild goose chase, with a hearty dash of fun romance thrown in; he and Jackson have terrific chemistry.
I had no idea what to expect going in, but Hopscotch turned out to be absolutely terrific. Highly recommended!
FnordChan
For video, I recently watched the Criterion DVD release of Hopscotch (1980) staring Walter Matthau and Glenda Jackson.
I have the feeling I've raved about this on here before, so I won't go into too much detail. Suffice to say it's an extremely funny spy comedy that doesn't devolve into the slapstick of, say, Our Man Flint or Austin Powers. Walter Matthau is a CIA field agent whose asshole boss (Ned Beatty) has just busted him down to a desk job. Matthau takes this as his cue to retire, goes to Austria to meet up with ex-agent and current lover Jackson, and proceeds to write his memoirs - hiis scandalous, chock full 'o top secret info, highly embarrassing tell-all memoirs that he's mailing to all the major governments one chapter at a time. Cue Matthau leading hapless CIA agents (including his young protege, played by Sam Watterson) on a wild goose chase, with a hearty dash of fun romance thrown in; he and Jackson have terrific chemistry.
I had no idea what to expect going in, but Hopscotch turned out to be absolutely terrific. Highly recommended!
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