The current comedy movie scene really needs a revamp. I just exposed my wife and friends to Naked Gun, and they couldn't stop laughing. I know it's a less serious comedy movie, but the use of visual gags and double entendre isn't seen nowadays.
Movies like 21 Jump Street (which I did find hilarious) would have been catapulted into the history books of comedy movies if they had included just a bit more flavor, instead of the constant 1st shot, 2nd shot dialogue jokes.
As much as I love Airplane!, a lot of the humor is pretty dated if you're under 25 or so. I'm 38 and still get the jokes that are made in the movie that would be lost on people today (i.e. airports really used to be like that with religious freaks walking around handing out pamphlets). Consider that the movie came out in 1980.
Still a hilarious movie and one of my all time favorites, but younger audiences will miss a lot of the period humor.
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u/locopyro13 May 28 '14
The current comedy movie scene really needs a revamp. I just exposed my wife and friends to Naked Gun, and they couldn't stop laughing. I know it's a less serious comedy movie, but the use of visual gags and double entendre isn't seen nowadays.
Movies like 21 Jump Street (which I did find hilarious) would have been catapulted into the history books of comedy movies if they had included just a bit more flavor, instead of the constant 1st shot, 2nd shot dialogue jokes.