The ultimate dilemma
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October 28, 2006, 5:00 am
Filed under: Film
Filed under: Film
Which is the funniest film of all time?
- The Big Lebowski
or
- Dr Strangelove
Those are the choices, and that’s an objective fact.
I think in the end my money is on Dr Strangelove because the humour is do damned dark and I love that. But… it doesn’t have El Duderino.
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You’ve obviously never seen Bats “we’ve turned them into…. omnivores!!!”
Comment by Alastair October 28, 2006 @ 1:47 pmEl Duderino: Gentlemen, you can’t fight in here, this is the war room
Now that’s a film!
Comment by Chris November 3, 2006 @ 12:43 pmI hate to admit this publicly but I’ve never seen Dr Strangelove …
The Dude is seriously good but not sure if that film counts as the funniest one of all time.
Will give this some thought …
Comment by azahar November 3, 2006 @ 4:35 pmAfter Hours – Scorsese. A dark treat!
Comment by Edward the Bonobo November 22, 2006 @ 11:13 amOh…and “Nice marmot!”
Comment by Edward the Bonobo November 22, 2006 @ 11:13 amUm… Nog and I started watching Dr Strangelove last night and after about an hour we decided to turn it off and maybe watch the rest later. Nog had seen it before and said he remembered it as being funnier (this was about 20 years ago). I mean, it’s amusing here and there but neither of us found it particularly funny. Or is all the funny stuff in the last half hour?
Comment by azahar November 29, 2006 @ 2:20 pmNoooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sacrilege!
I can’t believe it. I won’t believe it. It’s some sort of cruel psychological game you’re playing.
Comment by Dan Goodman November 29, 2006 @ 2:26 pm[...] I know – probably an impossible question. Over at The Samovar we were given two choices and I just wanted to open up the options a bit. [...]
Pingback by funniest movie? « casa az November 29, 2006 @ 10:08 pmWhich is the funniest film of all time? The Life of Brian. Dr Strangelove comes way down my list after Only Two can Play.
Comment by alji November 30, 2006 @ 6:45 pmBoy, I like both those movies. And even though the husband and I have seen Dr. Strangelove numerous times, it still makes us laugh out loud. But the Big Lebowski is great. I love how every time you see it the car is worse and worse, until the fire. and the total fixation on the righteous need to have his rug replaced. And the dream sequence. Oh, inspired choices, those two.
But, gee. Some Like it Hot? and you didn’t put Repo Man there?
Comment by healingmagichands December 1, 2006 @ 12:11 am“It’s some sort of cruel psychological game you’re playing.”
Don’t think so. Especially as we actually made ourselves watch that last half hour and kept looking at each other hoping one of us would laugh …
Yeah okay, a chuckle here and there, but the whole thing seemed too forced to be truly funny somehow…
*runs for cover*
Comment by azahar December 1, 2006 @ 7:13 pmBah! I guess not everyone can love it, even though everyone should love it.
Haven’t seen Repo Man so I can’t comment. Some Like it Hot is great of course, but you know it had to be a dilemma so I had to choose the top two.
Comment by Dan Goodman December 5, 2006 @ 6:20 pm[...] Following on from The Ultimate Dilemma, which was considered to be a bit narrow, is the slightly less significant but wider question – which is the most over-rated film? Please use the IMDB top 250 films list to identify candidates. I’m going with (in no particular order): [...]
Pingback by The penultimate multilemma « The Samovar December 27, 2006 @ 11:24 pmTry midight run, with de niro and grodin http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095631/
and la cage aux folles http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077288/
the sting interview with reeves and mortimer http://www.sting.com/news/news.php?uid=4489
Comment by Mikey August 16, 2007 @ 7:40 pmOh and I forgot ‘the man with two brains’ with steve martin
Comment by Mikey August 16, 2007 @ 7:45 pmhere4 is the sting thingy http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=v_C4ztoJq-o
Comment by Anonymous August 17, 2007 @ 9:20 amOh yeah, Midnight Run is way better than Dr Strangelove!
*runs for cover*
Comment by azahar August 22, 2007 @ 7:05 pmNow, I have no way to make this comparison as I have not ever seen Midnight Run. 4
Comment by healingmagichands August 23, 2007 @ 6:34 pmI haven’t seen any of these films, but I have to say Mikey I had a look at the Reeves and Mortimer thing and chuckled not…
*throws tomatoes at azahar on general principles*
Comment by Dan | thesamovar August 27, 2007 @ 2:17 am*ducks*
I can’t believe you haven’t seen Midnight Run! Do something about that, would you? And then we’ll talk. Charles Grodin is deliciously deadpan and De Niro is a fab straightman. You’ll love it.
Comment by azahar August 27, 2007 @ 1:03 pmI’ll keep an eye out for it, but from the description it doesn’t sound like it could have anything on Dr Strangelove…
Comment by Dan | thesamovar August 27, 2007 @ 1:48 pmWell okay, just watch it as a film that has nothing to do with Dr Strangelove – it’s totally worth it.
Comment by azahar August 27, 2007 @ 2:42 pm