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Agreed - The opening of A Shot in the Dark stands out to me. I think I mentioned tracking shots with various films/directors. The tracking shot that opens A Shot in the Dark is just as great cinematically as any of them — just a comical take as makes you eyewitnesses while going room-to-room to people tiptoeing and sneaking around for liaisons during the night.
I’m not sure the end result was a comedy though. Dr Strangelove was conceived as a stone cold serious look at the threat of nuclear war but it didn’t end up that way.
You ever see his later film Blind Date? There was a similar scene in that, with little intricacies that either paid off later or were payoffs of earlier scenes in several quick cut shots.
that's why whether something is a comedy is all in the conception. i don't know how he came to be attached to Strangelove, but nothing isn't funny to Terry Southern, except maybe the DTs. life is hilarious, comedy is the abstraction of that - whether a vaudeville crossover or a how-to manual for the end of the world.
Bruce Willis and Kim Basinger are set up on a blind date. Hilarity ensues thanks to intentional misdirection from Phil Hartman. The plot also thickens with some help from jealous ex-boyfriend John Larroquette, and the inimitable William Daniels gets to stretch his comedy legs as well. Fun for everyone except Lakers fans.
He bought the book rights with the idea of making a straight thriller but when writing it he found that he kept having to remove so many things because the idea of MAD was so insane and paradoxical that it made his script funny when it was supposed to be serious. That’s how he stumbled into the idea of a comedy and called in Terry Southern. I’m not sure where conception starts exactly though.
i'm comfortable thinking there's a big "if you don't laugh, you'll never stop crying" to Kubrick's themes. his lack of a real sense of humor actually magnified the work of those who found the funny in his stories (Southern, Sellers, Malcolm McDowell, Jaaaack, Lee Ermey & Vincent D'Onofrio) and make it no coincidence that those convergences resulted in his best work
It's this type of high praise that baits me into watching a movie... then I get let down...
Some Like It Hot is the best comedy of all time.
Ilov80s said:
Indeed, it's 100% subjective, that's what this draft has shown us.Chris B. said:
great stuff!Bracie Smathers said:
It's just okay for me. But it does have the best costuming. Orry-Kelly at his finest.Bracie Smathers said:
I don't know why but you don't need an excuse for classic comedy scenes.
6 Categories to go - I think Nick will be back later this week and should have his two. There's a good battle shaping up for Bronze.
I understand net value - I'm saying I don't know how Hags and I are sitting at net value of 0 but still in 3rd place. I just find it unusual (if it keeps up).
I think it isn't totally unusual because it means you aren't having big swings of value. It might be a little high but I wouldn't be totally surprised. This is such a random placement in categories of picks that the value is wildly inconsistent. I would guess that the picks aren't far off across the board rather than having a few +10's and then some -10's. I also am guessing there are quite a few people with very high negative values (we are one at -18 and have been in the 20's most of the draft).
I saw Kumerica posted and got a little excited for the next reveal.....although he is in the bottom of judges for Team GallStein. Maybe he can shoot for an improvement...hahhaha
Which version was this. I watched the one from the 70's not long ago and man, does that thing stumble to the (awesome) finish.
Ugh, I guess Judge Kumerica has it in for Team GallStein as he is dropping is ppc rating quite a bit here. It is down to 4.25 ppc after four categories. It didn't even help our negative value score as we drafted it in the 16th spot for the category.
Nobody can say of him again that he never hurt a fly.
Jeff Goldblum has though.
No I have not. I have no doubt about that. We picked it as the last choice in the category so I wasn't expecting a whole lot but I still think it is a better sci-fi movie than where it placed. Also, my comments were full tongue in cheek as well. I have realized the movie draft is crazily all over the place and impossible to judge. I am just happy judges went away from critics scores and actually started rating them based on their personal connections...….I think @Kumerica's approach is awesome. Unfortunately team GallStein and Kumerica don't mesh on the connections of movies...hahahaha
Don't get me wrong, I loved this movie and practically wore out the VHS back in the day. but, after the rewatch, I couldn't quite rank it highly among these other 15 films. Still, it is great. I'm (sorta) sorry I didn't explain in my write-up, but I just felt like posting the vid, which some old friends made back in the 90s, for entertainment purposes.
I watched the 50s version. The spreadsheet did not specify so I went with the original.
Just for fun, I went back through the conversation that @Gally and I had about which movie to pick for this category, and we had kicked around several others. I can't access the spreadsheet at work so I'm not sure off the top of my head if any of these were picked, but here are some of our other considerations. Gotta think at least one of them could have scored more than two but I'll put it to the judge:
I’m probably in the minority but I think the original is much better (although the change into the Fly in the remake is more realistic). The ending of that one will just always stick with me.
scene of all-time.
