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Xeybozn posted...

Is your problem more with pure comedy movies that just aren't that funny, or with movies that aren't just comedies having things other than jokes?

i don't know if i would call it a "problem" but i think it's more like "i expected to physically laugh more but didn't and ended up confused about my experience with comedies and laughter". Going into In Bruges with the mindset of "i remember this was supposed to be funny" was so inexplicably distracting because the whole time I'm thinking "that line was funny" or "that was clearly intended to be funny but i didn't find it funny" and shit like that. i don't know why i got so hung up on this but idk i guess i just wanted to laugh?

to clear up, there are still movies classified as "comedies" (Monty Python, Princess Bride, etc.) that i think are great, have humorous moments, but i wouldn't say are "consistently funny." i guess i'm equating that with the memory of me laughing or something. i kind of feel like some fucking weird alien who is trying to learn how to understand what the concept of "funny" is. because i would see moments like "oh that was amusing" or like a minor "heh" but not actually laugh and then think "would i describe this as 'funny'" the way i think of the word?

like I KNOW this might sound weird lol but whatever

and looking through stuff i've seen, i'd say my answer for "consistently funny" would be Big Lebowski, Burn After Reading and Black Dynamite. maybe Hot Fuzz. and i haven't seen Shaun of the Dead in ages. i do like Mean Girls and Clueless but i don't think they're the "consistently funny" i was thinking of. i know it's super popular but i'm pretty lukewarm on Scott Pilgrim honestly lol

a little surprised Emperor's New Groove got two mentions actually. i don't remember much about it and i saw it for the first time only like five years ago