Its Pretty Wack How They Just Dont Make Comedies Anymore

[En Sabah Nur]

most comedy doesn’t age. Nothing wrong with that

Classic comedies stay classic just like music

Old School isn't a Ferrell movie. He wasn't the main guy. Anchorman aged horribly. I loved that shyt back in the day. Now it's

And Elf falls into the "kids" section OP mentioned. It's all right.

I watched Anchorman earlier this week and cracked up the whole time

 

[MenacingMonk]

Classic comedies stay classic just like music

I watched Anchorman earlier this week and cracked up the whole time

Comedy is a subjective topic.

 

[HipHopStan]

What really left me feeling a certain way is how spoof films have pretty much completely died off. Seltzer and Friedberg killed the genre dead.

You'd be hard pressed to find someone born after 1999 who knows of any Mel Brooks films, any Naked Gun films, and maybe even Airplane.

 

[ShaDynasty]

There hasn't been a true classic comedy film in maybe 10 years now.

 

[Copy Ninja]

Comedy ain't dead but it's certainly missing the politically incorrect humor it used to have.

You can't use certain words now like 'retard' like they did in 'Something About Mary' or use stereotypes like that FBI character did in 'Harold and Kumar'

 

[KalKal]

What really left me feeling a certain way is how spoof films have pretty much completely died off. Seltzer and Friedberg killed the genre dead.
It's a shame, too, because those parody movies of the 70s, 80s and 90s were classic.

Blazing Saddles is one of the funniest movies EVER made. You could NEVER make a flick like that in today's sensitive era. That's probably the biggest reason why comedy is dead now. Too many people get offended so easily now.

Imagine Revenge of the Nerds dropping in 2020

I was born in the 70's , and I have an unpopular opinion on this:
If you've never seen Blazing Saddles, it's not funny AT ALL if you watch it for the first time right now. I didn't see Blazing Saddles until the 90's and the only laughs I got out of it were the "Bugs' Bunny"-style antics (e.g. Mungo).

I grew up watching "Airplane!", so that movie pretty much defined my idea of what a "comedy" movie should be. To me, Blazing Saddles is nothing compared to Airplane!. I think you really had to "be there" (as in, old enough to watch the movie first run) to get it.

And it's not like I don't appreciate Mel Brooks. I can watch these scenes from "History of the World Part 1" and laugh out loud at every clip:



I'm actually watching this and actively trying not to laugh, and I can't help myself.
When I watch scenes from Blazing Saddles, I just groan now.

 

[MartyMcFly]

Such a bullshyt excuse, usually made by people who can't be funny beyond the shock value.

Booksmart
Game Night
Spy
Death of Stalin
Popstar
What We do in the Shadows
Nice Guys

They still make comedies, though it's true mass audiences have kinda stopped showing up.

Once again, put your money where your mouths are. Plenty of comedies come out. Whether an audience shows up for them is a different story. I'd add Girls Trip to this list as well. It's probably the most recent comedy that was a straight up hit.

 

[MartyMcFly]

I'm talking about his prime performances bruh. Read next time homie.

Also his caliber of comedy. He was hilarious at one point.

Wasn't most of his prime filled with Rush Hour tho? He did Friday, then fifth element and then money talks...then it was nothing but rush hour from 98 on. If his prime is 96-01, the majority of that is rush hour flicks

 

[CrimsonTider]

Classic comedies stay classic just like music

I watched Anchorman earlier this week and cracked up the whole time

Nope

 

[KalKal]

bytching about about formulaic comedy and then wanting Chris Tucker? That man did nothing new after RUSH HOUR in 1998

Which, to be honest, was basically "The character from Money Talks becomes a cop in a crossover Kung-Fu movie". I'm not really complaining, but that's kind of what it is.

 

[MartyMcFly]

Classic comedies stay classic just like music

I watched Anchorman earlier this week and cracked up the whole time

All subjective homie. If I play a classic rap album or r&b album or even rock album for a teenager now or maybe someone in their early 20s, there's a chance they won't like it or even see the big deal. Devoid of context, some stuff just loses its meaning.

Animal House is renowned as a classic. But if you watch it now, it's hard to see why it was groundbreaking because everything it did has been copied time after time after time. So someone watching it for the first time in 2020 probably won't see it in the same light as someone 20, 30, or 40 years ago

 

[MartyMcFly]

Which, to be honest, was basically "The character from Money Talks becomes a cop in a crossover Kung-Fu movie". I'm not really complaining, but that's kind of what it is.

Both characters just derivative of Eddie Murphy's 80s persona. Money Talks is just "What if Axel Foley wasn't a cop?" Rush Hour is "What if Axel Foley worked in LA with Jackie Chan?"

 

[KalKal]

Both characters just derivative of Eddie Murphy's 80s persona. Money Talks is just "What if Axel Foley wasn't a cop?" Rush Hour is "What if Axel Foley worked in LA with Jackie Chan?"

I kind of feel like Eddie Murphy's characters were more "self aware" and less "zany", but I haven't seen Beverly Hills Cop in a long time so I might be wrong.

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

Wasn't most of his prime filled with Rush Hour tho? He did Friday, then fifth element and then money talks...then it was nothing but rush hour from 98 on. If his prime is 96-01, the majority of that is rush hour flicks

I'm talking about his talent level bruh. These days dudes don't have the talent of a Williams a Murphy a Tucker etc.
In his prime he was hilarious and we don't have hilarious cats like that anymore. If y'all wanna rewrite history and say he was just an average comedic actor then that's another thread.

 

[MartyMcFly]

I'm talking about his talent level bruh. These days dudes don't have the talent of a Williams a Murphy a Tucker etc.
In his prime he was hilarious and we don't have hilarious cats like that anymore. If y'all wanna rewrite history and say he was just an average comedic actor then that's another thread.

not saying he was average. just saying he made the same movie for most of his prime

I agree with you its not a lot of comedians on that level anymore but that's a broad critique of the comedic landscape while also a sign of the times. comedy changes from decade to decade and a guy like Kevin Hart, who is funny in his own right, is just a different flavor than Chris or Eddie or Richard or Jerry or Lenny or Red, just like they were all different from one another even if they had similarities