The wizard Beetlejuice Roger rabbit Weird science Porkys Twins Uncle buck The gods must be crazy Howard the duck Looks who's talking Are some I just looked up that were left off. All classics imo
Will Ferrell is definitely part of it. So was Vince Vaughn, and Ben Stiller, and Adam Sandler. Hollywood got to the point where it wouldn't make a comedy unless one of five comedians were attached to it. I'm sure Kevin Hart is currently on that list. It's stupid. They aren't developing any new talent. The 80's was the product of the late 70's with SNL. There was this huge pool of talent that was developing, and once they had an outlet they just exploded with all these great movies. Hollywood doesn't take risks anymore though. There aren't very many romantic comedies either. They're only making blockbusters.
I wish there was more young talent from our generation. I just really don't find most of the younger comedians that funny.
All that may be true to a point, but part of it is just the times we live in and that comedies are mostly made for high schoolers. Back when we were younger those were our movies, but right now I'm sure there are some comedies that are coming out that the kids of today will bring up in 3 decades with the same claims that they just don't make like they used to. Also, much of the writing and acting talents today is pushed towards TV programming, which I do believe is leaps and bounds better than it has ever been. But every decade does something a little better. 80's was movies, 90's was music, 00's reinvented video games, 10's is quality TV programming. At least, that's' my quick and dirty analysis. Of course the TV shows began improving the decade before, and there was some great music in every decade. But all in all, there are highlight moments.
Look Who's talking just doesn't belong in the same lists as the Blues Brothers or Stripes. For Fuck Sake, trim the fat.
Oh man.... triggered so hard. TV sucks today man. Especially comedies. What show that's on the air right now is as good as Friends at its peak? Or Seinfeld? Or Scrubs? Frasier? Most of whats on is reality TV now, with a few cheesy shows like Two Broke Girls and Big Bang Theory. Television is so weak right now.
Jeez bro. Some of the movies you listed I think sucked too. I was like 5 when I watched look who's talking and thought it was awesome so it has nostalgia for me.
See I think you have to stipulate whether you're talking about regular TV, or if you're talking about HBO, or if you're talking about Netflix because those are three very different things IMO.
When I say TV, I mean all 1h or less programming, be it HBO, Amazon, Netflix, or FX and AMC. The point is just that there is talent out there, doing great work, it's just shifted away from the types of comedies we have been discussing in this thread.
Yeah, but HBO/Amazon/Netflix are a whole other animal. The rules are different. They can pretty much do whatever they want, which is separate from what regular television can do. AMC and FX have made some pretty good shows though, as has USA. I enjoyed White Collar and Suits for the first few seasons.
Will Farrell is fucking hilarious. You guys are nuts. And there are a lot of great comedies today (no love for Judd Apatow?). To each their own, I suppose. However, I am a child of the 80's and obviously there is a ton of great comedy that came from that era. A lot of great mentions in this thread. No need to re-hash. Here are some that I think were left out 48 Hours Revenge of the Nerds The Golden Child Spaceballs Summer School Three O'Clock High Night Shift
