# Unintentional Humor in Movies... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 13, 2008, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentional-humor-in-movies/437511 "2008-02-13T22:15:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2008, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentional-humor-in-movies/437511/41 "2008-02-16T05:37:20Z")
There was that scene in Mel Gibson’s \*Hamlet \*where he says “Oh, what an ass am I.” I’ve always wondered if the butt shot in that scene was intentional. Then I saw it again after his antisemitic rant and thought that, yeah, he was still an ass. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2008, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentional-humor-in-movies/437511/42 "2008-02-17T16:49:50Z")
I watched parts of Die Hard 3 last night. The one where Hans Gruber’s brother is sending Bruce Willis all over Manhattan for various nefarious purposes. At one point, Bruce commandeers a fancy car and calls his precinct captain on the fancy in-car cell phone. Which fails at a critical juncture and Bruce hangs up, saying “Crappy cellular phones.” Meanwhile, I’m looking at the movie and its reliance on pay phones and police radios and thinking “Where are all the cell phones?” I didn’t think the movie was _that_ old, but in the time since it appeared, we’ve gone from cell phones == luxury item to cell phone == inseperable companion. ---
**Author:** ![stratosphear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@stratosphear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stratosphear)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2008, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentional-humor-in-movies/437511/43 "2008-02-17T17:57:50Z")
[QUOTE=Finagle] I watched parts of Die Hard 3 last night. [/QUOTE] One line in that movie that cracks me up every time I see it is where he’s trying to fire the pistol on the boat and it’s not working, the bad guy takes it from him, flicks the safety off and proceeds to shoot him in the leg. He then comments, “See, now THAT works!” Comedy gold, unintentional or otherwise. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2008, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentional-humor-in-movies/437511/44 "2008-02-17T18:07:09Z")
[QUOTE=Terminus Est] :smack: So that’s why Indiana Jones knew what the Holy Grail looked like! [/QUOTE] You mean the Ark of the Covenant? The Holy Grail is a cup. ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2008, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentional-humor-in-movies/437511/45 "2008-02-17T18:38:19Z")
[QUOTE=DSYoungEsq] You mean the Ark of the Covenant? The Holy Grail is a cup. [/QUOTE] Indy picks a simple wooden cup from the midst of several ornate goblets because it looks like “the cup of a carpenter.” ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2008, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentional-humor-in-movies/437511/46 "2008-02-17T19:18:22Z")
[QUOTE=wring] Am I the only one who cheered when Steven Segal was sucked out of the airplane in _Executive Decision_? [/QUOTE] No. No, you aren’t. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentional-humor-in-movies/437511/47 "2008-02-18T01:32:21Z")
[QUOTE=Finagle] I watched parts of Die Hard 3 last night. The one where Hans Gruber’s brother is sending Bruce Willis all over Manhattan for various nefarious purposes. At one point, Bruce commandeers a fancy car and calls his precinct captain on the fancy in-car cell phone. Which fails at a critical juncture and Bruce hangs up, saying “Crappy cellular phones.” Meanwhile, I’m looking at the movie and its reliance on pay phones and police radios and thinking “Where are all the cell phones?” I didn’t think the movie was _that_ old, but in the time since it appeared, we’ve gone from cell phones == luxury item to cell phone == inseperable companion. [/QUOTE] I’m watching _Cast Away_, released 5 years later (2000) and Tom Hanks gives his wife a _pager_ for Christmas. Talk about buying right on the cutting edge of obsolescence. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentional-humor-in-movies/437511/48 "2008-02-18T02:27:25Z")
[QUOTE=wring] Am I the only one who cheered when Steven Segal was sucked out of the airplane in _Executive Decision_? [/QUOTE] I thought that’s what we were supposed to do. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentional-humor-in-movies/437511/49 "2008-02-26T04:26:12Z")
Spock’s funeral in _The Wrath Of Khan_. I remember how the entire audience burst out laughing when Scotty played the bagpipes. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentional-humor-in-movies/437511/50 "2008-02-26T04:33:36Z")
Diary of the Dead. The entire movie. I’m not sure if it was intended or not, but if it wasn’t…the whole movie is my submission. ---
**Author:** ![Scubaqueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentional-humor-in-movies/437511/51 "2008-02-26T04:56:41Z")
[sheena](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheena_(film)) 'nuff said. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Critical1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentional-humor-in-movies/437511/52 "2008-02-26T05:02:35Z")
mine would also be an entire movie, in its entirety (wtf is that a word?) Reefer Maddness its possibly the greatest unintentional satire ever [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentional-humor-in-movies/437511.md?page=2)