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TheEpicFilmCo
Jan 23, 2009, 01:42 AM
Hello
For 3 months I have free DVD rental and I am looking for some ideas for DVDs to rent. I like the actor Simon Pegg and have watched Shawn of The Dead, Hot Fuzz and Run Fat Boy Run. Are there any other comedy films he is in? Can you recommend me any comedy films that I might like?
Thanks a lot.


Abstract
Jan 23, 2009, 02:17 AM
I thought Burn After Reading was pretty funny, but not laugh-out-loud funny. Otherwise......maybe Tropic Thunder? That's more of a really dumb American-style comedy. I don't mind those at all, but I know a lot of people think they're well beyond the point in their lives where they can't laugh at that stuff anymore. :o
iBlue
Jan 23, 2009, 02:21 AM
Pineapple Express. :D

It's just the first thing to come to mind.
dmr727
Jan 23, 2009, 02:23 AM
but I know a lot of people think they're well beyond the point in their lives where they can't laugh at that stuff anymore. :o

I hope I never get to that point! :)

I'm a lead farmer, motherf***er!
Abstract
Jan 23, 2009, 02:23 AM
They really don't make enough comedies anymore, not pure comedies, anyway.
Abstract
Jan 23, 2009, 02:27 AM
"I know who I am. I'm the dude playing the dude disguised as another dude." :p
iBlue
Jan 23, 2009, 02:32 AM
Oh yes, all this DUDE talk reminded me of an epic: The Big Lebowski. If you've not seen it, run, don't walk, and get it.

I was more thinking of new comedies but classics are just that. :)

There needs to be more funny films. Life sucks, we need funny!
teleromeo
Jan 23, 2009, 02:35 AM
Weekend at Bernie's is hillaric.

It's the first movie that pops in my mind.
richard.mac
Jan 23, 2009, 02:39 AM
Frat Pack comedies i.e. ones starring Will Ferrell, Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Owen and Luke Wilson, Steve Carell etc. like Wedding Crashers, Meet the Fockers, Anchorman, Dodgeball, Starsky & Hutch, Old School, Zoolander, Meet The Parents and Tropic Thunder which Abstract suggested.
FrankieTDouglas
Jan 23, 2009, 03:38 AM
Hello
For 3 months I have free DVD rental and I am looking for some ideas for DVDs to rent. I like the actor Simon Pegg and have watched Shawn of The Dead, Hot Fuzz and Run Fat Boy Run. Are there any other comedy films he is in? Can you recommend me any comedy films that I might like?
Thanks a lot.

He is also in "How to Lose Friends and Alienate People"
oscillatewildly
Jan 23, 2009, 04:21 AM
Pegg - TV series - Spaced and Big Train

Other films - Sleeper (Woody Allen) and Blazing Saddles (Mel Brooks)

Blazing Saddles - Replace Sheriff Bart (Cleavon Little) with Obama, the Governor (Mel Brooks) with Bush, and Hedley Lamarr (Harvey Korman) with Cheney :)

Cheers,
OW
Dagless
Jan 23, 2009, 06:11 AM
I can never really get into comedy films since theres little character development and its usually established too quickly so I don't find them as funny as TV shows usually. That's why I prefer Peggs films because they're really all just a continuation of Spaced :D
But anyways...
Borat made me laugh, probably too much :D
Meet the Parents, Little Nicky, quite a lot of Adam Sandler films.
Anchorman was ace.
Muriels Wedding is a bit dark but quite realistically surreal.
iSaint
Jan 23, 2009, 06:28 AM
Warning: Old School Response

Raising Arizona
Caddyshack
Beverly Hills Cop
Dr Strangelove
MASH (original movie)
Young Frankenstein
Monty Python
The Blues Brothers
Trading Places
A Fish Called Wanda
Big
Groundhog Day
Office Space
Melrose
Jan 23, 2009, 08:32 AM
The Holy Grail, What About Bob..

I don't really know that many comedies.
No1451
Jan 23, 2009, 08:35 AM
Roar too slow, agree with the guy ABOVE Melrose, Groundhog Day was funny(not fall off the couch laughing, but was a great movie), also with Melrose though, yeeha Castle Anthrax:)

Also:

Spaceballs / A Night at the Roxbury

Nothing made lately is really any good in my opinion, the amount of amusement I can get out of crap like Wedding Crashers is limited.
.Andy
Jan 23, 2009, 08:36 AM
Young Frankenstein
Definitely this. It's such a wonderful movie :).
Melrose
Jan 23, 2009, 08:41 AM
^^ I forgot about Young Frankenstein. That would also be on my top ten list.
Veldek
Jan 23, 2009, 08:44 AM
One of my favorite comedies is "Nothing To Lose" with Tim Robbins and Martin Lawrence.
Dagless
Jan 23, 2009, 09:54 AM
It's not amazing or anything but Joe Dirt left a smile on my face. Underrated feelgood comedy that.
themoonisdown09
Jan 23, 2009, 10:40 AM
Just to name a few: Wet Hot American Summer, The Big Lebowski, Office Space, Old School, Anchorman, Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
Melrose
Jan 23, 2009, 10:54 AM
...no-one mentioned The Love Guru? ??!!! :eek:

They're saying Mike Meyers is past his prime.
No1451
Jan 23, 2009, 10:57 AM
Nobody mentioned it because it was god awful.

On that note: Austin Powers *ANY*
geekgirl
Jan 23, 2009, 11:05 AM
You don't mess with the Zohan is fun, if brainless. Also old school and sort of obscure, unless you grew up with HBO in the 80's: Three O'Clock High (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000A98ZO). I had been looking for this for years, and it's finally been released on DVD.

Don't forget Spaceballs and Vacation. ;)
TheEpicFilmCo
Jan 23, 2009, 11:22 AM
Whoah. Thanks everybody. I just got back from school and there's all these replies. Thanks a lot everyone. I'll check them out.
sonictruth
Jan 23, 2009, 03:20 PM
Idiocracy just gets funnier to me every time I see it (and it's fairly rare that I'll watch a movie more than once).

It's got electrolytes!
dmr727
Jan 23, 2009, 03:22 PM
Ow! My balls!
themoonisdown09
Jan 23, 2009, 03:25 PM
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation is my all time favorite Christmas movie and one of my all time favorite comedy movies.
Mr.Noisy
Jan 23, 2009, 04:12 PM
Films I find funny:

Superbad
Harold & Kumar
or any John candy films (loved that guy god rest his soul)

Try any of the monty python films :)
Rt&Dzine
Jan 23, 2009, 04:20 PM
Another old school response ... the Stonehenge bit in - This is Spinal Tap - hilarious
iSaint
Jan 23, 2009, 06:23 PM
Films I find funny:

Superbad
Harold & Kumar
or any John candy films (loved that guy god rest his soul)

Try any of the monty python films :)

Uncle Buck is awesome...
Abstract
Jan 23, 2009, 06:27 PM
Harold and Kumar, but only because of NPH. ;)
Dale124
Jan 23, 2009, 08:24 PM
Ok, here's mine. This one was not what I expected, in fact, I wouldn't have ever watched it if I hadn't accidentally recorded it with my pvr.

Clerks 2.

It's stupid, immature, gross, etc. But I have to say, I had tears rolling down my cheeks on a couple of scenes. This is not a movie for kids, as it is very sexually charged.
Also, I should mention that after watching this one, I rented Clerks (the first one), hoping it would be as funny. Well, it certainly was NOT. In fact, it's amazing they got financing to make a second one after that first Piece of crap!!
Don't expect an Oscar contender here, but it is funny!:D
Dagless
Jan 23, 2009, 09:08 PM
Superbad

I really enjoyed that too along with 40 Year Old Virgin.
TwinCities Dan
Jan 23, 2009, 09:12 PM
Stepbrothers?
beeh
Jan 23, 2009, 09:43 PM
Stepbrothers, Superhero Movie, Tropic Thunder in that order. Tropic Thunder was the best movie, but the other two had me laughing harder more often.
beeh
Jan 23, 2009, 09:44 PM
Ow! My balls!

Stripes...loved it when I was younger.
samiwas
Jan 23, 2009, 11:54 PM
Wow...no one has said Disaster Movie!?!?! That was like the funniest freakin' movie of all time.










OK, I am really kidding. Or am I?

Yes. I am.
That-Is-Bull
Jan 24, 2009, 12:15 AM
Idiocracy, and Team America: World Police.
Melrose
Jan 24, 2009, 09:42 AM
Films I find funny:

...
or any John candy films (loved that guy god rest his soul)

Try any of the monty python films :)

Planes, Trains & Automobiles was hilarious :D I love that movie!

Has anyone seen Skid Marks? The trailer looked kind of funny but I just haven't checked it out yet..