# Two movie recommedations needed - action/disaster & high school comedy **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 31, 2012, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-movie-recommedations-needed-action-disaster-high-school-comedy/617387 "2012-03-31T15:29:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![puddleglum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puddleglum/32/137_2.png) [@puddleglum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puddleglum)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-movie-recommedations-needed-action-disaster-high-school-comedy/617387/21 "2012-04-02T18:40:40Z")
_Better off Dead_ is very funny, it is more absurdist than most of the others listed. _Independence Day_ has alot of stuff blowing up in it. _StarShip Troopers_ might be something you both can like. ---
**Author:** ![manx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@manx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manx)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-movie-recommedations-needed-action-disaster-high-school-comedy/617387/22 "2012-04-02T19:01:07Z")
Thanks for recommending The Trotsky, **Boyo Jim**. I watched it this afternoon and loved it! ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-movie-recommedations-needed-action-disaster-high-school-comedy/617387/23 "2012-04-02T23:03:24Z")
> [@manx](#): > > Thanks for recommending The Trotsky, **Boyo Jim**. I watched it this afternoon and loved it! You’re welcome. Spread the word. Up the Revolution! ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-movie-recommedations-needed-action-disaster-high-school-comedy/617387/24 "2012-04-03T02:01:02Z")
I would assume you’ve seen [Real Genius](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089886/)? That’s college, but it’s brilliant. For summer, since someone else suggested the very funny Summer School, how about [Wet Hot American Summer](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0243655/)? [Meatballs?](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079540/) Not always school-related, but in the general age range: [Valley Girl](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086525/) [Rock ‘n’ Roll High School](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079813/) [American Graffiti](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069704/) [I Wanna Hold Your Hand](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077714/) [The Last American Virgin](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084234/) (terrible title, but it really is good) Does your gf like martial arts/police/gangster/shootout/us vs. them/HOLY SHIT! action movies? If so, you must seek out [The Raid: Redemption](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1899353/), which, having just seen it, practically jumping in my seat every few seconds in breathless anticipation, awe, thrills, horror, suspense, and OHMYGOD!!!ness, it’s an incredibly bloody and violent, exciting and unbelievably wild ride. I love John Woo movies, but oh lord, this makes John Woo look like a schoolmarm. It is subtitled though. ---
**Author:** ![Jennmonkye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/278dde/32.png) [@Jennmonkye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennmonkye)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-movie-recommedations-needed-action-disaster-high-school-comedy/617387/25 "2012-04-03T02:11:28Z")
For the high school genre, these are some of my (and my husband’s) favorites that aren’t already on the list: _Tucker and Dale vs. evil_ (more high school/horror/comedy cross over, but hilarious) \*The New Kid \*_17 Again_ (which we accidentally watched and instantly became one of our most quotable movies ever) ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-movie-recommedations-needed-action-disaster-high-school-comedy/617387/26 "2012-04-03T02:45:38Z")
One action/disaster movie not yet mentioned is _The Day After Tomorrow_. LA destroyed by tornadoes; New York inundated and then frozen. And a truly awful movie, too boot. ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-movie-recommedations-needed-action-disaster-high-school-comedy/617387/27 "2012-04-03T02:52:05Z")
Not a high school comedy, but a grad school comedy: [The Last Supper.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113613/) ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-movie-recommedations-needed-action-disaster-high-school-comedy/617387/28 "2012-04-03T02:56:01Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > I would assume you’ve seen [Real Genius](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089886/)? That’s college, but it’s brilliant. Yes, yes, a thousand times yes. “They’re beauticians!?” “…not yet!” > [@](#): > > For summer, since someone else suggested the very funny Summer School, how about [Wet Hot American Summer](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0243655/)? [Meatballs?](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079540/) How about [One Crazy Summer](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091680/), starring Jon Cusak. Oh! Also, in the action genre, let me put forth “Speed” (which surely she’s seen?), “Con Air,” and “Demolition Man” (the greatest movie of our time, nay, all time). ---
**Author:** ![Indyellen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/indyellen/32/4176_2.png) [@Indyellen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indyellen)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-movie-recommedations-needed-action-disaster-high-school-comedy/617387/29 "2012-04-03T16:39:15Z")
For the teen (dark) comedy, I highly recommend [Drop Dead Gorgeous](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0157503/). It’s a mockumentary about a beauty pageant in Minnesota. Brilliant stuff. All of my action flick suggestions have been listed. ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-movie-recommedations-needed-action-disaster-high-school-comedy/617387/30 "2012-04-03T17:41:51Z")
Action: I second _Con Air_. Adding _Face Off_, _True Lies_ Teen: _The Goonies Mean Girls Thumbsucker What A Girl Wants_ (I love this movie and I don’t care who knows it) _Don’t Tell Mom The Babysitter’s Dead_ (really dated, but lots of fun) ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-movie-recommedations-needed-action-disaster-high-school-comedy/617387/31 "2012-04-03T17:48:01Z")
> [@jali](#): > > Action: > I second _Con Air_. > Adding _Face Off_, _True Lies_… Personally, I think _True Lies_ is too good to be on a list of terrible action films. The other two, however… yeah baby! For a bonus, the worst film in recent memory (possibly of modern times), though it’s quite a stretch to call it an action film… _The Wicker Man_, the remake with Nick Cage. Hilariously, hysterically, roll on the floor awful. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-movie-recommedations-needed-action-disaster-high-school-comedy/617387.md?page=1)