Monday, May 19, 2008
More Mel Brooks.... It's pretty insane that I had never seen all of Young Frankenstein before.
This was probably the funniest of the 3 Brooks movies I've watched (with Shenan) in the last few weeks. Although, I have to say, I suspect that I'm never going to see another Brooks movie as funny as The Producers. We'll see. I haven't seen Blazing Saddles since I was little, so maybe I should watch that one soon. But I'm suspecting that Brooks may have peaked with his first film.
Showing posts with label Mel Brooks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mel Brooks. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Monday, May 12, 2008
Silent Movie
Friday, May 9, 2008
Oh what the hell, a little more Mel Brooks. Although no klassik, I liked this one a little more than High Anxiety. There's just something about the premise that adds a little extra joy and magic to this one. It's far from the funniest Mel Brooks movie I've seen, but it might be the most delightful.
If I do any more Brooks for my K2K, I should probably do Young Frankenstein next.
Oh what the hell, a little more Mel Brooks. Although no klassik, I liked this one a little more than High Anxiety. There's just something about the premise that adds a little extra joy and magic to this one. It's far from the funniest Mel Brooks movie I've seen, but it might be the most delightful.
If I do any more Brooks for my K2K, I should probably do Young Frankenstein next.
Monday, May 5, 2008
High Anxiety
Friday, May 2, 2008
This is so obvious I feel like an idiot. I had complained before that too many of my explorations into comedy for my K2K ended in failure. And then I would blame social/cultural differences between now and then. You know like, if the movie was from the 1940's and it wasn't funny, I could point out that overseas at the time millions of Jews were being slaughtered, so almost anything would seem funny in comparison. Watching klassik komedies, which should be the most fun part of my K2K, was starting to feel like a chore. (Meanwhile, movies like Tokyo Story and Aguirre feel like a chore going in, and end up blowing my mind).
How the fuck did it never cross my mind until last week to throw a Mel Brooks movie on my queue? I already know he can make me laugh (The Producers is, like, one of the funniest movies ever), but I haven't seen much of his filmography. I don't know why I immediately equated klassik komedies with the 1940's, but there you go. I am retarded.
I selected this one at Shenan's recommendation. It's Brooks' take on Hitchcock, which sounds like a great idea, but the results are mixed. I laughed enough that I liked this one, but it's not one of his best. I think maybe my main complaint is that the movie isn't Hitchcockian enough... A lot of the specific Hitchcock parodies are really funny, but too many of the story elements and scenes and shots don't seem to recall Hitchcock much at all. And then there is what seems to be an extended reference to Blowup, which is an almost anti-Hitchcockian film.
Still funny, though, and I'm going to add Silent Movie to my queue.
This is so obvious I feel like an idiot. I had complained before that too many of my explorations into comedy for my K2K ended in failure. And then I would blame social/cultural differences between now and then. You know like, if the movie was from the 1940's and it wasn't funny, I could point out that overseas at the time millions of Jews were being slaughtered, so almost anything would seem funny in comparison. Watching klassik komedies, which should be the most fun part of my K2K, was starting to feel like a chore. (Meanwhile, movies like Tokyo Story and Aguirre feel like a chore going in, and end up blowing my mind).
How the fuck did it never cross my mind until last week to throw a Mel Brooks movie on my queue? I already know he can make me laugh (The Producers is, like, one of the funniest movies ever), but I haven't seen much of his filmography. I don't know why I immediately equated klassik komedies with the 1940's, but there you go. I am retarded.
I selected this one at Shenan's recommendation. It's Brooks' take on Hitchcock, which sounds like a great idea, but the results are mixed. I laughed enough that I liked this one, but it's not one of his best. I think maybe my main complaint is that the movie isn't Hitchcockian enough... A lot of the specific Hitchcock parodies are really funny, but too many of the story elements and scenes and shots don't seem to recall Hitchcock much at all. And then there is what seems to be an extended reference to Blowup, which is an almost anti-Hitchcockian film.
Still funny, though, and I'm going to add Silent Movie to my queue.
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