Not full of the Lolz

[hildigunnur]

I tried to watch Mel Brook's History of the World Part I today and that film is seriously unfunny. I watched about an hour of it and I only managed to crack a smile over the dude selling the columns in the Roman part. I knew it was a silly film but it was more stupid than silly. And what was up with those faggot comments? Well, I just wasted my

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[dangerous_47]

I guess it's different what people find funny. Because I find that flick seriously funny. It's slapstick humor from like what they 80's or something. I love that stuff. XD Not to say I don't find Monty Python funny as well, they are hilarious. But mel Brook's is usually hilarious as well.

Have you seen Silent Movie? XD To me it's way funny. But it's silent like almost through out. Except one word... coming from someone you never expected would be the one to speak up. lmao.

And The Producers. The old one, the one the musical is based on. lol. That one rocks. lol. It has Gene Wilder. XD I love him.

[hildigunnur]

There are several reasons why I didn't like that film but the gist of it is that for the most part, I don't like slapstick.

I saw Silent Movie years and years ago and I kind of recall liking it but then again I kind of recalled I'd liked History of the World Part I as well.

Never saw the original Producers.

[dangerous_47]

Fair enough.

You'll probably not like it then either.

[trazan]

The original Producers is better than the remake. I had trouble seeing the remake, since Gene Wilder did a much better job at playing the neurotic Leo Bloom, IMO.
Wombat

[elseinane]

I adore it. The musical version of the Inquisition is just classic.

[chickadilly]

I like it too! But I kind of think Mel Brooks is an aquired taste. Seems people either love him or hate him.

[hildigunnur]

It seems to be so.

[hildigunnur]

Interesting. It was after few minutes of the Inquisition I got up and turned the film off.

[gmth]

I have never quite understood Mel Brooks's appeal. My son loves Spaceballs, but I think it's just stupid. I had to turn Blazing Saddles off halfway through. The only funny thing I think he's ever done is the 2000 Year Old Man series.

[hildigunnur]

I remembering finding Spaceballs very funny when i was about ten or so but I saw again few years ago and like with History of the World, I gave up when I hadn't even cracked a smile.

[trazan]

I still enjoy Blazing Saddles, although maybe not quite as much as I used too, as well as Young Frankenstein.
Haven't seen History of the World Part I since the 80's though, and it's been at least a decade since I saw Silent Movie. I have a fear that it's not as funny as I thought it was.
Wombat

[vampyran]

:O *is shocked* I think it is one of the most funny movies ever! :D I love it! :D

But you know, each to its own :P

[hildigunnur]

Yeah, each to his own. :)

[vampyran]

well, if you are "hvorukyn" then it is "its" :P

One shouldn't write comments when hardly awake :P

[kamion]

at last someone who agrees with me on that Mel Brooks movie,
I know when I the first MB I saw was High Anxiety and thought it very funny.
History of the World however, although with the same sort of gags, went on and on so much clueless and harping upon cliches about history, that it irritated the hell out of me.

When poking fun about history one should take the trouble to take notice
of what really happened, Monty Python knows its history before building the gag, even nmore, the best programs on history themes are made by Monty Python members,
Mel Brooks showed only to have listened to the wandering cliche thoughts.

[hildigunnur]

I think that's on the nose.