Is it me, or are movies not funny anymore?

[Dis]

I am kind of worried I'm losing my sense of humour (go ahead and make the joke I never had one). But it just seemed like movies in the 80's and 90's were funnier than movies today.

Or perhaps it's because movies are geared towards a younger audience these days.

So I'm looking at the previews to this movie Grandmas Boy. Granted, I haven't seen this movie. But usually the previews/trailors show the funniest parts of the movie. But in this case, I didn't laugh at the trailor at all. What's up with that? This isn't the only movie. There's a couple other recent movies that didn't look funny at all either.

Maybe it's just a bad spell. So go ahead and recommend me some funny movies that came out in 2005.

[Nostromo]

I saw the 40 year old virgin recently and it has a couple of good jokes.

[Dis]

Wedding Crashers is the movie they are advertising now (for DVD). It doesn't look funny either.

Yeah I kept meaning to see 40 year old virgin. Though I'm not sure I want to see a movie about myself. . Okay I'm not really a virgin, but I'm not that far off. But I like Steve Carrell alot.

[Urban Ranger]

Some movies are funny, some aren't.

[Asher]

Some posts are insightful, some aren't.

[Snotty]

funny movies I have enjoyed recently - 40 yr old virgin, wedding crashers, and especially bad santa

I was playing computer, having a smoke and a drink at the time, if I had watched them in the cinema I would have enjoyed myself much less

[asleepathewheel]

saw 40 year old virgin on New Year's. laughed a bit.
saw wedding crashers at the theater, laughed a lot.

anything with either ben stiller or vince vaughn is almost guaranteed to make me laugh.

[Axxaer]

Re: Is it me, or are movies not funny anymore?

Originally posted by Dis
I am kind of worried I'm losing my sense of humour (go ahead and make the joke I never had one). But it just seemed like movies in the 80's and 90's were funnier than movies today.

Or perhaps it's because movies are geared towards a younger audience these days.

So I'm looking at the previews to this movie Grandmas Boy. Granted, I haven't seen this movie. But usually the previews/trailors show the funniest parts of the movie. But in this case, I didn't laugh at the trailor at all. What's up with that? This isn't the only movie. There's a couple other recent movies that didn't look funny at all either.

Maybe it's just a bad spell. So go ahead and recommend me some funny movies that came out in 2005.

If you're counting movies such as those by Monty Python, then most movies these days don't stand a chance imo.

[JohnT]

Re: Is it me, or are movies not funny anymore?

Originally posted by Dis
I am kind of worried I'm losing my sense of humour (go ahead and make the joke I never had one). But it just seemed like movies in the 80's and 90's were funnier than movies today.

Or perhaps it's because movies are geared towards a younger audience these days.

So I'm looking at the previews to this movie Grandmas Boy. Granted, I haven't seen this movie. But usually the previews/trailors show the funniest parts of the movie. But in this case, I didn't laugh at the trailor at all. What's up with that? This isn't the only movie. There's a couple other recent movies that didn't look funny at all either.

Maybe it's just a bad spell. So go ahead and recommend me some funny movies that came out in 2005.

I went to go see "Wedding Crashers" and "40 year-old Virgin" this summer.

2 movies, $14 in tickets, 4 laughs. I could've given my four year-old a couple of No-Doze and had a more amusing time.

[JohnT]

And how the hell Ben Stiller has a career as anything other than a small-town news reporter, I will never understand.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by nostromo
I saw the 40 year old virgin recently and it has a couple of good jokes.

Great flick! I laughed my ass off!

[Urban Ranger]

Re: Re: Is it me, or are movies not funny anymore?

Originally posted by JohnT
2 movies, $14 in tickets, 4 laughs. I could've given my four year-old a couple of No-Doze and had a more amusing time.

Child abuser!

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Asher
Some posts are insightful, some aren't.

This thread got some strange echoes.

[Dr Strangelove]

Re: Re: Is it me, or are movies not funny anymore?

Originally posted by JohnT


I went to go see "Wedding Crashers" and "40 year-old Virgin" this summer.

2 movies, $14 in tickets, 4 laughs. I could've given my four year-old a couple of No-Doze and had a more amusing time.

Interesting. What exactly happens when you give your kid No-Doze?

[Chemical Ollie]

There's an 80's Bratpack revival on Swedish TV4 at the moment.

Molly Ringwald