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Comedy?

posted 14 years ago by fatpie42
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Sorry, but I didn't think of this as a comedy. Sure there were some points that were funny, but I found most of laughs were in regards to the over the top effects. The movie, though admittedly having tongue firmly in cheek, was relatively serious in its approach. I mean, put it this way: Was "Fight Club" a comedy?

The DVD I bought has a quote saying "funniest horror-comedy since Shaun Of The Dead". It's quite a bizarre comparison. I'd recently seen Return Of The Living Dead and Re-Animator which are much more of a similar style, but even those are much more obviously "comedies" than Sliver.

[–] weirdoe 14 years ago

i completely agree. i was gonna post a similar topic.
this is not a comedy. and odd funny moment but approach is
pretty serious. also, comparison to "shaun of the dead" is
retarded.

[–] tsw453 14 years ago

It was kind of like a smaller version of Tremors.

[–] talonwolf1 14 years ago

I agree with you. I had high expectations (being a huge fan of horror-comedy), but this movie left me incredibly disappointed. The only part I got to being amused was the cow scene. Even then, it was nothin more than a smirk. At the end of the day, this is a horror-comedy without the comedy, and with very little horror.

I was also fooled by the comparison to Shaun of the Dead... It's nothing remotely like Shaun of the Dead in its sense of humour. Mainly for it has none...

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[–] Strawberry_Typhoon 12 years ago

It's definitely, and unquestionably a horror/comedy, but it's not traditional, slapstick comedy as much as it is dry humor. Nathan Fillion is the master of this type of humor, and you either like it, or you don't.

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[–] killdawabbittn 14 years ago

I think it is one of the most brilliant comedies in movies and yet it got my heart. There are so many things about this wonderful movie.
It made me love E. Banks so much more and I think Nathan Fillion should be the next Harrison Ford.

The writing is just amazing..
This move reminded me of the Scream classic.
I was happy to see that the mindless aliens couldn't defeat human intelligence and love.
I am amazed that I liked this so much.
Gregg Henry was so funny. It seemed so real even with the comedy going on.
This along with the Ivisible has made me really like E. Banks. And I didn't before.

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[–] StrontiumAE 14 years ago

Watching it now... and its so blatantly a comedy. Come on guys, did the question even need to be asked?

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[–] mizsuz 14 years ago

I disagree with the OP. This movie is genius. The comedy is in the parody (of 50's horror) that takes itself seriously.

Didn't you see Attack of the Killer Tomatoes? The original The Blob?

I loved that the comedy in this was as subtle as it was over the top, and that there was as much comedy in the details as there was in anything blatant, probably more so.

And I liked that, as a cheesy B monster movie it works. There are scenes in this movie that make my skin crawl.

This movie is a classic, in the way of B movie cult classics.

[–] billie_wongt4 14 years ago

Agreed. This was a genius piece of film making. I loved it from beginning to end and couldn't stop laughing. I really dislike the in-your-face 'humour' that's being pushed on us nowadays. This was quirky, cute and perfect. Only one person didn't get the humour when we watched this with friends..but she's not considered the best, nor the brightest.

[–] hillbillyfisherman 14 years ago

If you don't see the comedy you weren't paying attention. It's in the mannerisms of the characters for the most part. Which is how Nathan Fillion Acts, he takes a character and puts his own sense of humor and irony into it.

*spoilers below*

The build up to the inevitable conclusion with the grenade and then him eventually "dropping" it twice had me rolling. this movie was funny.

"Is it dead?"-David Della Rocco

[–] dalldorfw 12 years ago

"I disagree with the OP. This movie is genius. The comedy is in the parody (of 50's horror) that takes itself seriously.

Didn't you see Attack of the Killer Tomatoes? The original The Blob?"

Did you see 'Attack of the Killer Tomatoes'? If you did, you would realize that is not from the '50's and it is not serious.

[–] Unicorn-9 14 years ago

"I mean, put it this way: Was "Fight Club" a comedy?"

Um, yes.

"Fight Club" is a pretty classic Rom-Com: boy gets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl back while destroying the financial basis of Western civilisation.

[–] BobCH88 12 years ago

wow, anyone who can't figure out that a movie about killer slugs is a comedy is pretty clueless.
It's not meant to be American Pie with killer slugs you doofus. There are other styles of comedy that aren't totally obvious and that was the point of this flick.

[–] therefdotcom 12 years ago

i needed 2 tries to get into this, but the second time around i loved it and laughed my a5s off. this one is for sure a cult classic. especially if you are getting some of the many many maaaaaany homages to classic horror movies. the nightmare on elm street bath tub scene homage alone is worth watching the whole movie.

"laugh and the world laughs with you. Weep and you weep alone." - Dae-su Oh

[–] shrugs 12 years ago

Fight Club is satire, Slither is comedy. Really, it even plays it's gruesomeness for laughs first, horror second.

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