# Movies that may actually be comedies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 9, 2013, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-may-actually-be-comedies/660568 "2013-06-09T17:41:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-may-actually-be-comedies/660568/22 "2013-06-10T19:28:55Z")
**2012** was a lot more enjoyable when I started viewing it as a live-action cartoon and not a sincere attempt at a movie. ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-may-actually-be-comedies/660568/23 "2013-06-10T20:12:35Z")
I liked _The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly_ a lot better when I realized that it was an extremely straight-faced comedy. ---
**Author:** ![DirkGntly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DirkGntly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DirkGntly)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-may-actually-be-comedies/660568/24 "2013-06-10T20:15:29Z")
**The Cabin in the Woods** I thought it was hilarious. Although, it was written by Joss Whedon, so it probably was intended to be viewed with a tongue firmly planted in one’s cheek. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-may-actually-be-comedies/660568/25 "2013-06-10T20:38:49Z")
I think the **The Purge** works better as a dark comedy than a action/horror film. ---
**Author:** ![AlohaBear32](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e47774/32.png) [@AlohaBear32](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlohaBear32)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-may-actually-be-comedies/660568/26 "2013-06-10T20:48:11Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > I don’t know if it was intended this way, but I’ve always thought “Falling Down” (1993) was a fun black comedy. To be honest, I did as well. I mean had some “uncomfortable” parts like the Neo Nazi guy, but all in all I thought it was a dark comedy. The convince store part and the part with the Rocket launcher have me laughing to this day. How about Sling Blade? Was it ever considered more comedic than drama? And also Fargo as well. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-may-actually-be-comedies/660568/28 "2013-06-10T21:43:48Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > I forgot to mention my other candidate, for black comedy: > > Fargo I’m sure that, like most **Coen Brothers** films, the black comedy is entirely intentional. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-may-actually-be-comedies/660568/29 "2013-06-10T22:16:47Z")
> [@AlohaBear32](#): > > To be honest, I did as well. I mean had some “uncomfortable” parts like the Neo Nazi guy, but all in all I thought it was a dark comedy. The convince store part and the part with the Rocket launcher have me laughing to this day. Or the scene in the fast food restaurant where Michael Douglass’s character holds up the awful looking breakfast sandwich and asks if anyone can tell him what’s wrong with it and the little kid raises his hand. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-may-actually-be-comedies/660568/30 "2013-06-10T22:37:01Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > I forgot to mention my other candidate, for black comedy: > > Fargo That was SUPPOSED to be black comedy. “Poltergeist” wasn’t. Yes, that movie bordered on being comedy to me. It wasn’t scary at all. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-may-actually-be-comedies/660568/31 "2013-06-10T22:41:21Z")
> [@DirkGntly](#): > > **The Cabin in the Woods** > I thought it was hilarious. Although, it was written by Joss Whedon, so it probably was intended to be viewed with a tongue firmly planted in one’s cheek. It is definitely squarely in the middle of the comedy-horror genre IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-may-actually-be-comedies/660568/32 "2013-06-11T00:51:16Z")
> [@Rocketeer](#): > > I liked _The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly_ a lot better when I realized that it was an extremely straight-faced comedy. I think I completely agree. I believe Leone’s approach to filmmaking is: “Life sucks. And life is funny. Let me show you some life.” ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-may-actually-be-comedies/660568/33 "2013-06-11T01:06:53Z")
> [@DirkGntly](#): > > **The Cabin in the Woods** > I thought it was hilarious. Although, it was written by Joss Whedon, so it probably was intended to be viewed with a tongue firmly planted in one’s cheek. Oh, yeah. That was supposed to be funny. For sure. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_A.Robrin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sam_a.robrin/32/14497_2.png) [@Sam\_A.Robrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_A.Robrin)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-may-actually-be-comedies/660568/34 "2013-06-11T03:09:16Z")
I was waiting for years for Woody Allen to come forth and admit that _Interiors_ was intended as satire. Or for Ingmar Bergman to say he thought so. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-may-actually-be-comedies/660568/35 "2013-06-11T03:53:26Z")
Well, now that you all think I’m dumber than a bag of hammers… I somehow missed the first paragraph of the OP, the part about unintentional inept comedy. For the record: I do in fact understand that _Fargo_ is intentional black comedy. I suggested it for this list because I’ve talked to several people who didn’t find it funny, thought it was straight drama. Made me wonder if Fargo’s humor was more subtle than I thought it was. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-may-actually-be-comedies/660568/36 "2013-06-11T06:18:38Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > Well, now that you all think I’m dumber than a bag of hammers… > > I somehow missed the first paragraph of the OP, the part about unintentional inept comedy. > > For the record: I do in fact understand that _Fargo_ is intentional black comedy. > I suggested it for this list because I’ve talked to several people who didn’t find it funny, thought it was straight drama. Made me wonder if Fargo’s humor was more subtle than I thought it was. > > Thank you for your understanding and cooperation. I think if people don’t get that **Fargo** is a dark comedy then they don’t understand what dark comedy is, or the Coen brothers. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-may-actually-be-comedies/660568/37 "2013-06-11T06:34:45Z")
> [@Accidental\_Martyr](#): > > I think if people don’t get that **Fargo** is a dark comedy then they don’t understand what dark comedy is, or the Coen brothers. 🙂 Viewing _Fargo_, such people would be out of their element. (Yeah, I know- wrong CB film reference) ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-may-actually-be-comedies/660568/38 "2013-06-11T06:55:38Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > Viewing _Fargo_, such people would be out of their element. > (Yeah, I know- wrong CB film reference) Any CB reference is a good reference. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-may-actually-be-comedies/660568/39 "2013-06-11T14:03:24Z")
I used to have a yearly Bad Film Festival, and am still collecting Bad Films in the hopes of having others. I agree with the OP that Shyamalan’s \*The Happening is Hilarious – we watched it that way with our daughter. But I think many of his other efforts are, too. (Which is sad, because he really is an exceptionally good filmmmaker, otherwise). Another of my choices for this is **10,000 B.C.** – a movie tha’s so bad that, even if you buy the initial ludicrous premise and allow for it, it’s ytill incredibly bad. Only I think they were serious. The movie that comes closest to the OP’s requirements is, I think, George Pal’s **Doc Savage – Man of Bronze**. It’s impossible to watch this movie with a straight face, or to take it at all seriously. (In the credits at the end, they spell “John Philip Sousa” – they use a LOT of Sousa marches – with the “USA” printed in Red, White and Blue). Look this one up ([http://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play;\_ylt=A2KLqIWQLbdRHH4A8Br7w8QF;\_ylu=X3oDMTBrc3VyamVwBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDdmlkBHZ0aWQD?p=Doc+Savage+Man+of+Bronze+Youtube&vid=752fed2fa638b1a59490ec15a6454274&l=1%3A41%3A00&turl=http%3A%2F%2Fts4.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DV.4821664457493175%26pid%3D15.1&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.veoh.com%2Fwatch%2Fv19005270EAnwfaFD%3Fh1%3DDoc%2BSavage%2BThe%2BMan%2Bof%2BBronze&tit=Doc+Savage+The+Man+of+Bronze&c=16&sigr=12bh7nt48&age=0&&tt=b](http://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play;_ylt=A2KLqIWQLbdRHH4A8Br7w8QF;_ylu=X3oDMTBrc3VyamVwBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDdmlkBHZ0aWQD?p=Doc+Savage+Man+of+Bronze+Youtube&vid=752fed2fa638b1a59490ec15a6454274&l=1%3A41%3A00&turl=http%3A%2F%2Fts4.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DV.4821664457493175%26pid%3D15.1&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.veoh.com%2Fwatch%2Fv19005270EAnwfaFD%3Fh1%3DDoc%2BSavage%2BThe%2BMan%2Bof%2BBronze&tit=Doc+Savage+The+Man+of+Bronze&c=16&sigr=12bh7nt48&age=0&&tt=b) ) It’s a pity that this is the last film by fantasy film great Pal. Yet he apparently really though that he was making a pretty “straight” adventure film, and was reviving the 1930s adventure flicks that eventually lead to Indiana Jones. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-may-actually-be-comedies/660568/40 "2013-06-11T18:40:48Z")
That reminds me, _This Island Earth_ was hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Maiira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-may-actually-be-comedies/660568/41 "2013-06-11T20:09:17Z")
**American Psycho** , though that might have been intentional. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-may-actually-be-comedies/660568/42 "2013-06-11T20:39:51Z")
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