I didn't laugh once
I think this movie is a good recreation of the Frankenstein movies from the 30s/40s, and it's somewhat amusing, but not one time did I laugh at anything.
shareWe all are different in what all makes us laugh.
Much of the humor from this one is more of Gene Wilder's dry wit, and of course Mel Brooks blatant irreverence all over. I particularly laughed the first time that I saw "Puttin' on the ritz", just the ridiculousness of it all, and the completely unexpected, to me at least, Monster's singing. But we're all different, and that's why we have so many movies to enjoy.
What movies make you laugh?
The humor is almost like a carry over from vaudeville. It's suprising that Brooks fared so well in the 70s and 80s.
shareI understand. Particularly Feldman's one liners, but I like vaudeville comedy too. "Werewolf?", "There wolf", "There Castle" and "Abby's brain", could easily have been a skit on a stage in the 1920's. Not something that appeals to everyone anymore.
I know it may have been in my last post hiding like a signature line, but I'm wondering what movies in particular make you laugh? What kind of films do people who don't laugh out loud at films like this find hilarious? No wrong answers, just curious!
To throw out some random examples of comedies I've laughed at off the top of my head: Naked Gun, Bridesmaids.
shareI loved the Naked Gun, and haven't seen Bridesmaids yet. It's just interesting how we're all different in what amuses us. It makes me wonder if there's any movie that has a combination of scenes that offers something for everyone and is somewhat timeless, at least in a common culture. Like in the case of the Naked Gun, there are people that are completely turned off by the Zucker style, not me, but there are some that just are not amused by it.
It all makes me wonder if there are people that prefer and only really get laughing at topical current event stuff that would soon be dated and unfunny to anyone who didn't remember the events. Or if there are people that just enjoy seeing pratfalls and slapstick, and so forth in the elements that tend to make people laugh. And wonder is there a movie that has some little piece in it that ends up getting to almost all of us?
My kids come up to me with their phones and say, "You've got to see this video, it's hilarious." And there's somebody that runs up to the camera and shouts some catchphrase then some meme drawing is flashed on the screen and my kids fall on the floor laughing. I try let out a sympathetic chuckle and after they leave make sure the video has at least some views to make sure they don't have some sort of humor brain damage, and sure enough, the video will have 1 million views, so at least it's shared damage amongst some peer group. I wonder if we have people that will just find that stuff funny, and are we so diverse that there's nothing what we all can really laugh at?
In Young Frankenstein, I see the comedy styles of Brooks and Wilder, so different but in this case, to me, complimentary, being something that casts a pretty wide net, but obviously it's not enough to get everyone laughing.
It just makes me wonder what work out there that has something in it somewhere that gets almost everyone to at least "laugh once". That's what intrigued me about your post, the title. What work out there gets as many as possible to "laugh once"?
I loved 30 Rock. I'm sure I laughed out loud at many points, and like one of Seinfeld's dates, I'm more a "that's funny" person than a LOL person.
shareThis is the only Mel Brooks movie I ever really, truly, enjoyed. I've made it through others that were okay ("The Producers"), and there were some I really couldn't stand (among them, the ever-popular "Blazing Saddles".) I guess Brooks isn't really my cup of tea, but boy did he do a great job with "Young Frankenstein".
shareMel Brooks is one of those a person loves or hates. I wasn't a Brooks fan for a long time, but that was due to personal bias as an excuse for my own self-limitations. I wouldn't have been a Woody Allen fan except I was a fan of a friend who loved Allen. Historically, it's taken me a while to appreciate certain artists in movies, such as Nicholson, De Niro, Pacino. I'm less of a prude now, though, thank goodness. Goodness in art and in life is what matters.
shareMel Brooks is one of those a person loves or hates.
I don't love or hate him. His films have sure some truly memorable scenes and moments but they also have some annoying/unfunny filler and some memorable scenes and moments ALONE great cinema do not make. share
This is the only Mel Brooks movie I ever really, truly, enjoyed. I've made it through others that were okay ("The Producers"), and there were some I really couldn't stand (among them, the ever-popular "Blazing Saddles".) I guess Brooks isn't really my cup of tea, but boy did he do a great job with "Young Frankenstein".
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