Funniest scene(s) in the movie - Monkey Shines (1988) Discussion

[–] theviewfrombox5 18 years ago

Pretty much the entire thing... it seemed like while I was watching it with friends, every time we'd say something like "omg He should totally (enter ridiculous action here)", jokingly, it would HAPPEN. Like grabbing the monkey with his teeth and killing it. Whoops, spoiler for the god-awful movie.

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[–] Kain27 17 years ago

The movie was indeed unintentionally funny! I found myself laughing through most of it. Though i think what topped me off was the part where he got hit by the car and the bricks? in his bag went flying in the air haha. I just love how the camera shots were taken during that scene.........priceless.

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[–] RobBase086-1 16 years ago

What can you expect 80's movies were made to be cheesy but they can be very good and entertaining to watch though.

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[–] brackster 16 years ago

I just want to add that movies today are no less cheesy.

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[–] RobBase086-1 16 years ago

Well they are not as good or cheesy as the movies in the 80's I hate to say it but it is true though.

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[–] brackster 16 years ago

When I say cheesy I guess I'm referring more to technical aspects like schizophrenic editing, bad cgi, and cartoonish violence. And keeping to the topic of the movie, the ideas for horror films are completely uninspired. It's sad when the Saw movies are the biggest horror films out there. I stopped watching after part 2 because I realized that the gimmick was only good for maybe one movie. But yeah, I mostly agree with what you're saying.

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[–] RobBase086-1 16 years ago

The problem with todays horror movies is that they do not have the same psychological effect like it once did in the 70's and early to mid 80's. Plus, you also have to remember the MPAA which decides the ratings on the movies for the viewing audience.

They just try to make the movies PG-13 now to water down the violence for teenagers to go in and watch the movies. That is why and some of todays effects I do not think are as good as the old original way of how they made horror movies 20 or 30 years ago to be honest with you.

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[–] lamerchand15 17 years ago

The whole idea of the film, the way it was filmed, the roles given....just about everything starting from the beginning of the film with the closeups of the monkey to the bird pecking at the guys eyes and the nurse being a bitch about it.....i cried i laughed so hard

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[–] Odedmullet 17 years ago

the sex scene in the barn, too funny. I wonder if chris reeve got that kinda treatment

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[–] GiantSquid 17 years ago

definately the part I pissed my pants over is when the carers bird is killed and she screams 'YOU killed my Bogiiiiiiiiiiiiiiie!"

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[–] oolafriend-2 17 years ago

The monkey tryign to set the girl on fire was hysterical! The little fake money hand just kept poking her with the match.

However, for its time it wasn't funny.

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[–] bgil_1186 17 years ago

When he bit into the monkey's neck and flung it side to side, hitting it against the wheelchair. I'm an animal person, so normally scenes like these would make me look away or feel disgusted. This was just too funny though...it was so fake looking and comical!

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[–] MessianicMonkeyman 15 years ago

Just watched, sorry, suffered through this film. I agree, when he bit the monkey I just started rolling on the couch laughing.

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[–] Chris_Oblivion 17 years ago

Funniest part for me, was where the monkey pissed on Allen.. And he creases his face up with hatred and says: "You're slime!"

But most of the film is as funny as anything I've ever seen!

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[–] Lou_500 16 years ago

Probably the scene near the end where he grabs it by the neck and starts tossing it around in his jaws like a dog.

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[–] seekup101 16 years ago

when he bit her and flung her around was the funniest by far

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[–] DsignR-1 16 years ago

oh lord, these posts are hilarious. the funniest scenes were when Allan went into "crazy monkey rage". such as:

1) when Allan finds out about the evil doctor and his cheating girlfriend, then bites his own lip, and then Ella licks the blood (eww)

2) when Allan's mom's giving him a bath (how embarrasing) and he starts cursing her out one minute and he's warning her about Ella coming back to the house the next. "Mother please don't make me angry I can't control it!"

3) when Allan's mom slaps him and then beats on him after he says "You don't give a *beep* about me or anybody else...you deserve whatever you get...I hate you... Mother, Mother!"

4) the part at the end where Ella acts as if she's gonna cut Allan with the blade, any of the sequences where Geoffrey's trying to stick Ella with the needle, and when Allan call's Ella a *beep* face then trys to trick her, Ella trying to set Mel on fire, Allan's teeth growing as he calls Ella slime, then of course the death of Ella.

I swear there are parts of this movie were I almost pissed myself from laughing.

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[–] marjokla 16 years ago

My favorite funny scene... Allan's attempts to revive an unconscious Mel by repeatedly ramming her with his motorized wheelchair.

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[–] jslyuan 16 years ago

just saw this last night on IFC, absolutely hysterical. another great part was allan being fed the obedience treats by ella.

can't make this stuff up

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[–] jef36 16 years ago

Yah, the crazy monkey rage parts are the best. I also gotta mention the part where the monkey injects jeff with the tranquilizer and gets all goofy.

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[–] koyasu_kudou 16 years ago

Let's not forget when Ella turned the lights down and put on soft music like a really, really creepy date; knowing that her new "bf" was paralyzed and couldn't escape while she got fresh with him.

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[–] jenk1376 16 years ago

everytime the camera zoomed in on ella's face made me laugh. and in the opening credits at the begining of the movie said. Introducing "Boo" as "Ella", i alsost died laughing.

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[–] Felidia_Featherbottom 16 years ago

My favorite part is definitely when Alan calls Ella "f-ck face" and says something like, "we can do this all night!"

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[–] king_of_staunton 15 years ago

The bit when the telephone wire manged to hold a motorised wheelchair back! Yeah, alright!

Funny on two levels- as if a flimsy telephone could restrict a motorised wheelchair which is designed to transport heavy human beings.

Also, he's in a wheelchair and is stuck!

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[–] BERSERKERpoetry 14 years ago

I pretty much took the whole movie seriously, but that monkey death scene... I laughed and laughed. The way he just kept shaking it back and forth and back and forth...

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[–] RiskeyD 14 years ago

This movie is and always was a dark comedy. I guess no one let you all in on the joke. The humor is grim and intended.

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[–] BERSERKERpoetry 14 years ago

I think it's the uneven approach that confuses people. Way more than half of the film is a straightforward drama about a man getting used to his disability. The actual dark comedy content is only about 25% of the story.

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[–] balthazar_bee 8 years ago

I quite like this movie -- but then I like virtually all of Romero's output -- and I think you've nailed it. What you call the "uneven approach" is actually one of the director's greatest assets; namely, he's a deft hand with horror and comedy, sometimes simultaneously.

Many folks hereabouts are confusing these tonal disparities with signs of directorial incompetence, which is absolutely not the case. Monkey Shines works as a straight-up thriller, but it has some rather huge laughs as well ("You killed my Bogie!" being my favourite).

Any film that manages to establish a primate as a credible and frightening villain, make me laugh repeatedly, and raise genuine emotion (while wisely not taking it too far) like when Ella embraces her "pet" as the music swells...well, that movie is a helluva lot more interesting than whatever pap is being churned out at the increasingly banal multiplex.

Plus, this joint has got John Pankow and Stan Tucci.

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