The corniest film you inexplicably love
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I enjoyed it more the first time around when it was called It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.
I enjoyed it more the first time around when it was called It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.
I thought about mentioning that, but decided it was too obvious.
I really enjoy the two Mr Bean films
Three of my favourites:
Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension
Johnny Dangerously
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension
Johnny Dangerously
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
To this day I STILL don't understand why the "Why is there a watermelon there?" scene is supposed to be so damned funny. I don't get it at all.
It's a non-sequitur gag in a tense situation. Absurdist humour. Simple.To this day I STILL don't understand why the "Why is there a watermelon there?" scene is supposed to be so damned funny. I don't get it at all.
What Jack Wolfe said, plus the fact that it's so random. The behind-the-scenes explanation was that the studio people really had no idea what Buckaroo Banzai was supposed to be, and kept sending back notes with the dailies on changes they wanted made. The watermelon bit was added in to see if they'd ask about it. When they didn't, the director knew the studio had stopped looking over his shoulder, and he could get on with making the movie.To this day I STILL don't understand why the "Why is there a watermelon there?" scene is supposed to be so damned funny. I don't get it at all.
A movie I really enjoyed ( but may not be considered corny) is The Burbs. Tom Hanks is fantastic
Yep I enjoyed it too, not seen it for ages mind.
A John Candy movie called Armed and Dangerous. Or Planes, trains, and Automobiles. Or Uncle Buck.
Any John Candy movie, really
Any John Candy movie, really
Has anyone mentioned the Carry On movies?
who you calling a John Candy movie "corny"?
Have you seen Armed and Dangerous?
Brain bleach on aisle five.
Wasn’t that Peter Ustinov on the bridge?
This film was made with the cooperation of J Edgar Hoover's FBI so I think you can all guess just how realistic it is. That being said, it's Jimmy Stewart at his most earnest and I can't help but love it. It even features a voice cameo by an uncredited Adam West as a radio operator.
If you like old black and white movies, I recommend The Treasure of the Sierra Madre ( Humphrey Bogart, Walter Brennan), Harvey, all James Cagney movies (including the musical Yankee Doodle Dandy), All Edward G. Robinson movies, and the Thin Man movies.
Also, ALL of the Laurel and Hardy shows, the Marx Brothers, and The Three Stooges
Also, ALL of the Laurel and Hardy shows, the Marx Brothers, and The Three Stooges