Death At A Funeral

F1nut
F1nut Posts: 50,746
edited April 2008 in Music & Movies
For those that can appreciate British comedy and a bit of whackiness, check out this movie. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
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  • muncybob
    muncybob Posts: 3,065
    edited April 2008
    Agreed!! For me it was one on the better comedies I've seen in awhile.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,746
    edited April 2008
    Hell yeah! Much better than that crap Liberalwood puts out as comedy.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

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  • kuntasensei
    kuntasensei Posts: 3,263
    edited April 2008
    Good to hear. Gonna' watch this in 1080p on the 100" screen tonight. WHEE!!! I watched the first 3 minutes, but then my copy of Cloverfield came in and I had to watch that instead.
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  • MrNightly
    MrNightly Posts: 3,370
    edited April 2008
    Eh,

    It was hyped up too much to me as the funniest comedy ever... I just didn't think it was that funny. I did laugh a few times, but maybe it's just me.

    I think I wanted it to be better than it was. Worthy of rental in my book, but not a buy.

    Your mileage my vary of course :)
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  • kuntasensei
    kuntasensei Posts: 3,263
    edited April 2008
    Watched it... LOVED IT! Any movie with a midget in it = instant classic! Heh...

    Alan Tudyk on drugs made the movie though. Every scene he was in cracked me up.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,746
    edited April 2008
    Everything's so fu(kin' green. :D
    Political Correctness'.........defined

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  • strider
    strider Posts: 2,568
    edited April 2008
    We watched this last night. It was slow to start, but once it got going it was great. Funniest newer release I've seen in a while.
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  • Early B.
    Early B. Posts: 7,900
    edited April 2008
    You lost me at the oxymoron "British comedy."

    When I was young, Benny Hill was the only Brit worth laughing at. Nothing good since then has come out of not-so Great Britian.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,746
    edited April 2008
    So Brad, did you actually watch this one?
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

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  • SwedePolk
    SwedePolk Posts: 22
    edited April 2008
    Fawlty Towers, Monty Python's collected works and John Cleese in general are cornerstones of British Comedy. Very good stuff.
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  • Ron Temple
    Ron Temple Posts: 3,212
    edited April 2008
    Watched it last night and liked it. I laughed hard in the appropriate places. As stated, it took a little while to get in stride. My only complaint is that I think they just missed it. The actors just didn't quite have the chemistry. In comedy, timing, facial expression, underplay/overplay need to be spot on. The material was there, just not quite insync. Looking at the gag reel, I can see why. These "serious" brit actors couldn't stop cracking up and every scene needed a series of takes that might have left the best stuff on the cutting room floor.

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