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Tuesday, April 11, 2006

STUPID OR HUMOROUS, THAT IS THE QUESTION

I’m no movie buff, but I appreciate a good movie. Like most males, I suspect, I like watching high-speed chases, things blowing up and the occasional, but usually fleeting, ‘skin.’

Sometimes I watch movies for all the wrong reasons. Like, I watched The Dukes of Hazzard just to see Jessica Simpson in all her long-legged, blond-haired glory. I’ll also admit to watching The Rundown just to peep out Rosario Dawson. Bad Company found its way into my DVD player thanks to Kerry Washington, [wsup D] and Deliver Us From Eva was watched over & over by yours truly, thanks to the very lovely Gabrielle Union. *Drool..*

Don’t get me wrong – beautiful women aren’t the sole incentive for watching movies. Hardly. I appreciate movies with a good plot, good acting, good sound & visual effects…. in short, a movie that’s convincing enough. Most importantly, it has to be unpredictable. I’d much rather watch a movie that leaves me hanging or ends up with the bad guy winning, just to keep me thinking about it a while longer. I thrive on the unpredictable, what can I say.

I still remember the day I learned that WWF wrestling was all an act – I was crushed. I loved that show back in the day when it came on KBC & I felt like a dummy for having been so emotionally entangled in it. Then, movie tapes started coming out with the Director’s Cut/The Making of those movies that further enhanced the realization that it was all fake, all of it. That pretty much did it for me; since then I’ve always watched movies with undisguised skepticism, looking for the faults in them.

There was one genre of movies that I never lost faith in though – comedy. I love funny movies. And not just the funny ones, but the stupid-funny ones too. Now, I know lots of people don’t like stupid movies and I don’t blame them coz really, all you get from them movies is mindless mirth, but I’ll settle for just that. These days I seldom get those moments when I laugh so hard that tears start streaming. Back in the day, especially in high school, that was like an everyday occurrence. People around me seem to be getting stiffer by the day. I know life sometimes sucks; there are a lot of really serious issues going on that warrant our attention and support, I know. But at the same time, life is too damn short and too damn interesting to be too serious all the time.

So when I’m solo or want to be solo I rent my funny/stupid funny movies and laugh, and suddenly the world seems a whole lot brighter. Hmmm, let me think of and list for y’all some of my top funny movies, in no particular order. The quotes that stood out for me in those movies are in parentheses.

- Napoleon Dynamite [“Freaking Idiot!”]
- Super Troopers [“Miaow!”]
- Big Daddy [“In my restaurant never order BLT.”]
- Me, Myself & Irene [“Ever notice your kids have a year-round tan?”]
- Scary Movie, all 3 [“The hood always got your back!”]
- Not Another Teen Movie [“Do you think I sleep with every guy who writes me a letter? No! I give them hand jobs.”]
- Malibu’s Most Wanted [“Don’t be hatin’!”]
- Austin Powers, all [“Do you know of my father’s where. About. S?”]
- Bedazzled [“Just think of me as a computer virus.”]
- Bad Santa ["F*ck me Santa! F*ck me Santa!”]
- The Waterboy [“Let's kick some names and take some ass!”]
- There’s Something About Mary [“Who needs him? I've got a vibrator!”]
- Coming To America [“We got an insect problem, but you boys from Africa are used to that.”]
- Bad Boys II [“My ass still hurts from what you did to it.”]
- The Mask ["Most of the men in this town think monogamy is some kind of wood."]
- Meet The Parents, both of them [“Trust me, Greg, when you start having little Fockers running around, you'll feel the need for this type of security!”]
- Next Friday [“You got knocked the f*ck out!”]

The list is endless, needless to say. Feel free to contribute, or recommend, some of your funny ones. Yours truly needs all the laughter he can get. And so do you.

**Scary Movie 4 comes out this coming weekend. Can hardly wait!**

30 comments:

Anonymous said...

Just checking >d - I know what you mean about movies - I love me a James Bond, not for the storyline, but the gadgets and SFX, dude any day... And any other High adrenalin movie is my cuppa tea - toss them girlie movies to the bin why dont you! And like you i love a movie that leaves me thinking What was that? not one that you already know what is coming in the next four scenes before the writer did, punks.

And stupid funny movies are so fun - Meet the fockers/parents/ Birdcage was a classic.. er.. I cant think of any now, but you remember lines from movies. Ouch, I cant think of one.

Hope you are not pretending to work like me - and your week is certainly going smoothly.

By the way, have you watched any Ice Age - I havent but so feel like doing that right now, so I can laugh so hard and forget about stuff...
I love animated movies too btw

CiikuMrsBabes said...

Hey >d®,
First off, I cant believe you put Coming to America in the same class/genre as Scary Movie... lol.. thats just crazy.... and not allowed......
Coming to America is a classic....

Prince Akeem: It is my twenty-first birthday. Do you think perhaps just once I might use the bathroom by myself?

Oha: Most amusing, sir. Wipers!

LOL.....

LOL.....

Ok.... seriously now... Have you watched [Airplane].... classic old comedy... as in LMAO kinda movie......

I'll be back...

|d®| said...

Wsup G. Unfortunately this is one of the weeks that I actually work, but I like it that way coz the days blow by. It's bad enough coming to work already so it really sucks when they day just drags along!

Yo, I love animated movies! I've watched the 1st Ice Age & want to watch the 2nd but haven't had a chance to yet. I like cartoons period, my faves being Looney Tunes. Too bad they stopped making them, coz they are hilarious. I have a ton of Looney Tunes episodes on DVD, actually.

Good to know you a little better G.!

|d®| said...

>Buff: "My son works?!"
Yeah, I never tire of that movie. Like when the Rev. is saying something like:
"...from the What's Going Down episode of That's My Mama... " that just about kills me.

Airplane? Never did watch it but you know I will, with it coming so highly recommended from so reliable a source! :)

Msanii_XL said...

Austin poweres kills me everytime i watch.

@Movie Buff airplane is way to funny

40 year old virgin quotes for days this pandre guy was on fiyah [This is bullshit every time I make a sale you go crying to Paula, how about, how about Jesse Jackson, oh Jesse he needs a call ]

all this time cat has unmistakeable thick indian accent

[Oh, turban now! Do you see any fucking turban here? Do I talk like a turban guy? Do I say 'Hey Jay, you want a slurpee? You wanna slurpee?' Fuck you, okay? I was born in Brooklyn, Brooklyn, okay? My accent is a fucking Brooklyn accent, okay? Okay? ]

Anchorman [Last time I looked in the dictionary, my name's Ron Burgundy. What's your name]

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Anonymous said...

Speakin of animated movies, "Team America: World Police" Took me a min to watch this, but once i did, I was mad I waited so long. "Darkah Darkah Mohammed Jihad" "it's not about suckin my dick, it's about the principle, it's about trust"... (wat principle??? lmao) Whole 9 yards always gets me to laugh too...Shaft, Kings of comedy, no doubt. "Who the F is him? Him downstairs" "Didn't I tell ur boy he couldn't have no milk n cookies?" N the list is long on this one.

Well, break time, cuz u know when we break, we break!!!! (Bernie Mac)
Holla!

Anonymous said...

I could quote 40 Year Old Virgin for days... The Indian guy always saying go F*ck a Goat.. What was with that?? LMAO. I'm a sucker for stupid funny movies. I recently re-watched Kung Pao, a spoof of Chinese movies, with the Evil Bad guy who changes his name to Betty. If you haven't watched this please make a point of doing so. Half Baked, "What part of Jamaica are you from?" to which Dave Chapelle's character replies.. "Right by the Beach" Austin Powers, It's a Hard Knock Life the Dr. Evil remix...I will have to return with my list of must watch Comedies. This topic is vast and deserves my undivided attention. LOL!

CiikuMrsBabes said...

ok... Im back with the mutha of all comedies...

HAROLD AND KUMAR GO TO WHITE CASTLE!

No other movie has shindad this one in dumbness.... WHY EVEN LIE????

Road trip to white castle anyone????

|d®| said...

>Msanii: I don't even know how I neglected to put The Virgin up there!

>D: Why did I know Shaft would be somewhere in your list? :)
Yeah, the Kings of Comedy is a riot. Diddy has one of his own, 2 DVDs long, that's off the richter. Seen it yet?

>CK: Wsup girl. LOL @ "F*ck a Goat." Forgotten about that one. How about when he was talking about a breast feeling like a bag of sand?! Or when he was practicing 'peripherals?'
And don't even get on the Austin Powers tip, talking about Do we shag now or shag later? Too funny!

>Buff: Ha ha, Harold & Kumar is off the chain! I'm sure CK would concur here. Funny what the munchies can make one do, huh?! And count me in on the White Castle excursion!

Anonymous said...

Amen to Harold n Kumar...that ish had me roflmao at 1am!!! I'm soooo in on the trip to White Castle! Just dont get our car stolen!

|d®| said...

Monty Python, huh? I'll check it out, thanks.

Anonymous said...

Harro-
"That's not wat they call it where I'm from"..."Yall cant watch, i dont care..." "By not speakin of that which we cannot speak, didn't you just speak of it????" "Toshiba, Fujitsu"

U get it...I can't even remember them all....Thanks for an afternoon of comedic relief. Vive le Scary Movie 4!!!!!!!!!!

|d®| said...

Kobe?

Trust me, the pleasure is all mine.

I can go on and on about it but that's an unspoken topic. Wait, did I just speak of the unspoken? It's unheard of. Wait, did I just hear the unheard of?

Herro? Is it me you're rooking for?

Fujitsu Yamaha Honda Sushi Hayabusa. Mitsubishi Suzuki Hoshitoshi Nissan Yamamoto. Fujitsu.

Belgian. Purple nurple. Catatonic. Wrong foot. Mr. President, duck. Zombie. Balls to the face. Body bath. UN.

OK D, I better stop. It's too late to be thinking of things this funny!

Anonymous said...

I believe that you would have a ball hanging out with Nick as for me, comedies have never really been my thing but I do love sitcoms.Enjoy the movie!

Spidey/Tato said...

Finally i meet a blogger who digs spoof comedies like i do: SCARY MOVIES AND NOT ANOTHER TEEN MOVIE-rock solid(had done a post on spoof movies-guys still odnt get them)

@acolyte shame on u for not introducing me earlier

1.I saw the preview of scary movie 4: ati attack by the i-pods and there is a Grudge scene where Cindi is bein shaved in the armpits by the grudge ghost ROFTLMAO
2.Me myself and Irene: the line that knocked me when Carey saw some woman carryin some anti-yeast mediactio and he screamed "looks like someone is baking in the oven and it looks like some sour dough!" ouch!
3.Kijana have u watched "Date Movie" its the equal equivalent of scary movie to Romantic Movies...the do justice to Meet the parents and fockers. i think the spoofs of this year are Scary movie 4 and date movie!!!!!!!!!
4.who cares if im bloggin on ur blog right as long as we're on the same wavelength right?
5.Verdict on Naked Gun? which brings me back to movie buff-anything with leslie nielsen is priceless from naked gun...back to airplane...wrongfully accused

DAmn you'll gonna make me break down cheap comedies:

-chevy chase and national lampoons vacations
-steve martin in roseanne
-steve martin,chevy chase martin short in 3 amigos
-david spade in Tommy Boy
-austin powers 1-3 yeah baby do i make u horny do i?
-van wilder
-martin sheen in Hot Shots 1 and 2
-mafia-spoof on mafia movies
(check out my blog a lil self promotion doesnt hurt)

6.last but not least WWF: trust me hart to hart foundation/legion of doom/mr perfect never looked the same again..ati all a stage show..sijawahi...and the way we'd time royal rumble and etc...

7. i will be back

Spidey/Tato said...

bigs opppsy meant charlie sheen not martin. his brother was also funny emilio estevez in Loaded weapon

Anonymous said...

Don't worry, we'll make our own tripod....with four legs. lmao!!! I'm gonna plan to watch it again...I need another good laugh.

Lionel Richie is my hero!!!!
"Please tell me you didn't catch anything"..."You hurt my feelings..."

Spidey/Tato said...

damn it, kid, i havent watched it yet: can u say "still in keyna" manze the neearest camera copy i get....hata those 9 in 1 dvd's lazima

|d®| said...

>Aco: Trust me, the movie was off the chain. The writers of the script must be insane - or as stupid as Marlon Wayans!

>Couch 'tato: Thanks for coming through, and for your help in adding to my 'movies to watch' list!
Date Movie - how could I have forgotten about that one?
How about David Spade in Joe Dirt? Or in Dickie Roberts? ["This is nucking futs!"]
Van Wilder - check. This same dude in 'Waiting' is hilarious too. That movie will forever change your eating out experience!

>D: You won't believe this, but I watched it again! My lil cuz wanted to see it so I took him - thoroughly enjoyed it again! How about:
"My tongue has been known to wiggle uncontrollably.."

>Nick: LOL @ the 9-in-1s. Kenyans are so slick it's nothing short of amazing!
Sorry man. It's worth waiting for tho. I'm sure the 'street versions' of the movie will hit city streets in a few!

Spidey/Tato said...

-David spade has a new movie wit rob schneider(i forgot him as well) called benchwarmers also lookin out for that

enyewe Joe Deer-tay(that was the pronounciation right!) oh yeah and dickie roberts LOL squared

Date Movie was the BOMB! many guys didnt click the orgasmic part in the restaurant was:
-not only a reply to do u want pork?
-but a spoof of meg ryan in when harry met sally

Shaggy said...

Am feeling you dawg on all those.

G. Union is some piece of art and to know she recently separated and no jamaa is hitting it like constantly is mind boggling.

Be good man.

Anonymous said...

Hope u enjoyed the EEE-Card...lmao!

|d®| said...

>Nick: I GOTTA see The Benchwarmers movie, thanks for reminding me. The dude from Napoleon Dynamite is in it too!

>BJ: Faw shaw, Gabrielle is at the top of my sexy celebrity list. She just exudes this... this... aura, if that's what it is, that's absolutely intoxicating. To me, that is.

>D: Got it, thanks. Wish it was longer, tho it was hilarious, short as it was. Hmmm, I wonder how I could make that my screen-saver.....

Anonymous said...

Guess Kerry doesn't hold a flicker to GU then huh????

|d®| said...

>D: I'd like to think of it as - as typically male an example as this might be - having to choose between a Benz or a Beamer. A Mustang or a Corvette. An STi or an Evo. Boxers or briefs.

Very different, yet each will meet the need.

Anonymous said...

Boxers n briefs shouldn't be put in such a context of comparison cuz that's not even an option.....Boxers alllllll the way!!!!!

|d®| said...

True, boxers rule. I can't b-ball or jog too well with them on tho so I have to switch, as ..er... confining as their alternatives might be.

Anonymous said...

ditto acolyte concerning sitcoms. currently loving 'Everybody Hates Chris'.

as for funny movies, i totally enjoy Steve Martin's goofiness...

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