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The 10 Most Irreplaceable Performances in Comedy Films
Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 12:31 am
by Cail
According to Cracked.
No movie has ever been rescued harder than Eddie Murphy rescued The Golden Child. It's the story of The Chosen One entering a secret world of Tibetan mysticism to rescue a magic boy (played by a girl). The Golden Child script is so simple and racist that its daughter married a black man just to piss it off. Obese people make up better stories when their doctor asks them what they've been eating. The special effects are embarrassing enough to make modeling clay suicidal, and there are more clever plot twists on a dildo's storage instructions. The Golden Child is more disrespectful to Tibet than the People's Liberation Army of China.
Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 1:25 pm
by dANdeLION
Alan Rickman in Galaxy Quest and Leslie Nielsen in Airplane are my favorites.
Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 3:00 pm
by Fist and Faith
Dudley Moore in Arthur is as good as it gets.
Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 9:09 pm
by dlbpharmd
Fred Willard was hilarious in Best in Show.
Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 2:00 am
by Mr. Broken
Chris Tucker in Friday.
Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 2:13 am
by Worm of Despite
dlbpharmd wrote:Fred Willard was hilarious in Best in Show.
Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2010 9:23 pm
by lucimay
Lord Foul wrote:dlbpharmd wrote:Fred Willard was hilarious in Best in Show.
yessss!
Re: The 10 Most Irreplaceable Performances in Comedy Films
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 9:38 am
by drew
Cail wrote:According to Cracked.
No movie has ever been rescued harder than Eddie Murphy rescued The Golden Child. It's the story of The Chosen One entering a secret world of Tibetan mysticism to rescue a magic boy (played by a girl). The Golden Child script is so simple and racist that its daughter married a black man just to piss it off. Obese people make up better stories when their doctor asks them what they've been eating. The special effects are embarrassing enough to make modeling clay suicidal, and there are more clever plot twists on a dildo's storage instructions. The Golden Child is more disrespectful to Tibet than the People's Liberation Army of China.
I Loved Golden Child.
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 10:15 am
by TheFallen
___ wrote:Alan Rickman in Galaxy Quest and Leslie Nielsen in Airplane are my favorites.
HUUUGE love for Leslie Nielsen in
Airplane - sublime buffoonery with a deadpan delivery. He'll be much missed. Lloyd Bridges was damn funny in the same movie....
He sure picked a bad week to quit sniffing glue.
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 10:51 am
by lorin
Peter Sellers in Pink Panther
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 12:28 pm
by Cail
Michael Keaton's manic performance in Night Shift.
Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 3:57 am
by jelerak
Jamie Kennedy in Malibu's Most Wanted
Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 5:24 pm
by deer of the dawn
Cail wrote:Michael Keaton's manic performance in Night Shift.
I was going to mention that, because it was such a forgettable film, but I think the first time I saw MK and he made quite an impression.
Rowan Atkinson in
Mr Bean's Holiday (even if you hate Mr Bean, give this a chance!)
All-time #1 would have to be: Belushi and Aykroyd in
The Blues Brothers
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 1:10 pm
by Cagliostro
The cast of Fear Of A Black Hat. The three leads are just perfect, encapturing a lot of the rap scene of the time. Especially impressive is Larry B Scott who played Lamar Latrelle in the Revenge of the Nerds movie on to playing such a badass. It took me a very long time to realize it was the same guy.
I also really liked the manager they had through the majority of the film, and even Kurt Loder gets a good moment or two just being himself.
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 6:17 am
by sgt.null
one of my favorite comedies of all time is
Planes, Trains and Automobiles. both Martin and Candy are pitch perfect. I can't imagine anyone else playing either part.
my favorite scene
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 12:19 pm
by peter
Not getting it here. Are we looking for comrdic performances that have rescued films that would otherwise have been complete shit no matter who had taken the role that the said comedian took..........(deep breath)......... or just great comedic performances per se.
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 12:27 pm
by I'm Murrin
Seems from the article that it's great comedy performances that, if they had been done by anyone else, would have been terrible.
Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2012 11:38 am
by peter
The performances themselves?
Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 3:52 pm
by ItisWritten
peter wrote:The performances themselves?
If THAT actor in THAT role in THAT movie did not happen, the movie would not have been the same, whether it sucked or not.
Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 4:27 pm
by Obi-Wan Nihilo
Kevin Kline in A Fish Called Wanda. Probably would have been a good movie without him, but he made it into something extraordinary.