Movies (and occasionally face slaps) (Part 1)

Yeah, I caught that first thing. Pretty surprising.

Never even heard of the #2 movie on the rolling stone list

Forgetting Sarah Marshall has to be up there, as does 22 Jump Street.

And even though I havenā€™t seen it recently, Hangover absolutely has to be top 10. One of the best theatre experiences Iā€™ve ever had and it was an absolute revelation at the time.

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Mario movie trailer going live now

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Visually, looks fantastic. Sounds great, too.

Odd transition from the Bowser scene to Mario in that trailer. Meaning zero transition.

If you like Tai Westā€™s retro-homage horror shtick I will recommend The House of the Devil. Pacing is a little off but I had fun with it.

Bodies, Bodies, Bodies was outstanding! Love seeing the cozy mystery genre adapted for a new generation. Def going to ship my mom a copy when this comes out on DVD.

I basically like Pete Davidson? I feel like Iā€™m supposed to hate him for some dumb online reason but Iā€™m entertained whenever heā€™s on the screen. The world needs solid one-note character actors.

Nintendo is being cowardly and craven by not giving us Mario with the goofy voice. Iā€™m sorry, the one with Bob Hoskins and Dennis Leary is the only legit Mario movie.

Dennis Hopper. He probably had a toothpick in his mouth, making him hard to recognize.

Dā€™oh. Yes, of course. What a cast, honestly.

I only count the animated show. Thereā€™s no better bowser voice

Better than Dennis Hopper?

I got to 31 and had to stop to bitch about this exact thing. I knew it would be top ten for sure, just not positive where.

I rewatched Idiocracy lately and it really doesnā€™t have that many laughs. Good on you for predicting people would get dumber, but its well overrated imo.
Definitely not a top 5 comedy of the last 20 years.

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I generally agree, but the House of Representinā€™ was a fantastic gag.

The Dr. Lexus scene is an all-time great. As is the presidentā€™s state of the union when the teleprompter starts simply ā€œshit.ā€

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Instantly memorable comedy scenes (will obviously miss a ton, but just doing this otoh):

Anchorman: sex panther

Forgetting Sarah Marshall: male nudity/breakup

40 year old virgin: waxing scene

Superbad: mclovin ID

22 Jump street: Ice T finds out about the relationship

Macgruber: getting the team together

Popstar: Bin Laden

Team America: Matt Damon

Step Brothers: did we just become best friends

Funny people: backstage with the comedians

Plenty of others like zoolander where I canā€™t choose or nothing is coming up immediately

Gasoline fight in Zoolander absolutely slayed me.

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Looks like Avatar is heading for a 3rd week in a row in the box office top ten, just in case anybody was worried that James Cameronā€™s movies havenā€™t made enough money yet. Itā€™s kind of ridiculous how successful all of his movies have been.

Idiotocracy had some great gags, but the full-on social Darwinism kinda turned me off.

That was my first thought, then changed to the first runway bit, then couldnā€™t decide.

Yeah, now you got me thinking. The gasoline fight was definitely when I laughed the hardest, but maybe the walkoff is more iconic?