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Comedy movies with sad, serious themes
#18748260 - 08/23/13 05:48 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Take these following two for example. (I've seen this in many others though)
 
They both appear to be comedies from the trailers, but when you actually watch them, they have serious dark themes that are so boringly serious it's not funny. It tries to genuinely make you feel for the characters like in a serious drama all while trying to be a normal comedy movie at the same time. In the end, it's just a mediocre drama with about 2 laughs per hour.
So, what's up with these, huh?
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Re: Comedy movies with sad, serious themes [Re: Synthe] 1
#18748264 - 08/23/13 05:49 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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"Burn after Reading"
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Re: Comedy movies with sad, serious themes [Re: NWlight] 1
#18748321 - 08/23/13 06:06 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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"Funny People," that movie with adam sandler and seth rogan about standup is the exact meaning of tragic comedy.
Literally: Half the movie is comedy (good) the other half is depressing cancer shit 
good movie, but its a damn roller coaster
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Re: Comedy movies with sad, serious themes [Re: Psilosopherr]
#18748331 - 08/23/13 06:08 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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"Click" with sander. Shit made me cry
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Re: Comedy movies with sad, serious themes [Re: memes]
#18755424 - 08/25/13 02:38 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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NWlight said: "Burn after Reading"
great tragic comedy

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rbalzer said: "Funny People," that movie with adam sandler and seth rogan about standup is the exact meaning of tragic comedy.
Literally: Half the movie is comedy (good) the other half is depressing cancer shit 
good movie, but its a damn roller coaster
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Nobody read my OP before posting
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Re: Comedy movies with sad, serious themes [Re: Synthe] 1
#18755590 - 08/25/13 03:15 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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sure i did
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Re: Comedy movies with sad, serious themes [Re: Psilosopherr] 1
#18755679 - 08/25/13 03:38 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Those movies you posted in OP are just bad.
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Re: Comedy movies with sad, serious themes [Re: pwnasaurus]
#18755682 - 08/25/13 03:39 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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pwnasaurus said: Those movies you posted in OP are just bad.
yeah i saw niether
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Re: Comedy movies with sad, serious themes [Re: Synthe]
#18755689 - 08/25/13 03:40 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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I hate it when comedies aren't funny. A while ago I watched some movie with Sean Penn pretending to be a clergyman, I gave up after not laughing once in the first hour.
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"Sideways" is good
"God bless america" is also good
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Grrr I hate this too. You're all set to watch a funny from the comedy section to have some laughs and then about half-way though the movie you've forgotten that it's even supposed to be a comedy because you still haven't found the funny bits yet.
It's like nowadays if a serious drama is about a weird situation or has some quirky characters then it's suddenly a comedy. Like that Robin Williams one, don't remember what it was called but damn it was so depressing. It was about his confused kid who killed himself jacking off while strangling himself. I suppose some might find some humour in it but even if you like sick humour, it's not even that kind of humour. It's just a story about a father's grief. Yet it came under comedy and was described as a comedy.
That's just one example because it's the most recent, but there have been many more films that have been labelled as comedies that when we came to watch them they were very obviously not. Some might have been good films in their own right but not what we were looking for.
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Re: Comedy movies with sad, serious themes [Re: Eukaryote11]
#18755929 - 08/25/13 04:46 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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ugh yeah movies like that make me more sad than happy honestly. because i always think of real life scenarios and how fucked up they would actually be. i dont know how they label some movies as comedy.
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Re: Comedy movies with sad, serious themes [Re: Eukaryote11]
#18755931 - 08/25/13 04:46 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Eukaryote11 said: Grrr I hate this too. You're all set to watch a funny from the comedy section to have some laughs and then about half-way though the movie you've forgotten that it's even supposed to be a comedy because you still haven't found the funny bits yet.
It's like nowadays if a serious drama is about a weird situation or has some quirky characters then it's suddenly a comedy. Like that Robin Williams one, don't remember what it was called but damn it was so depressing. It was about his confused kid who killed himself jacking off while strangling himself. I suppose some might find some humour in it but even if you like sick humour, it's not even that kind of humour. It's just a story about a father's grief. Yet it came under comedy and was described as a comedy.
That's just one example because it's the most recent, but there have been many more films that have been labelled as comedies that when we came to watch them they were very obviously not. Some might have been good films in their own right but not what we were looking for.
Worlds best dad?
Uhhh.. I don't think that was supposed to be a comedy at all? I watched it on netflix a while back and I didn't go into it expecting a comedy .
As for OP I got nothing, I only really devote my time to watch movies that I know are REALLY good. There's just so many good movies I haven't seen yet.
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Re: Comedy movies with sad, serious themes [Re: Legend]
#18755939 - 08/25/13 04:47 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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pwnasaurus said: Those movies you posted in OP are just bad.
That was the entire point of my post.
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Eukaryote11 said: Grrr I hate this too. You're all set to watch a funny from the comedy section to have some laughs and then about half-way though the movie you've forgotten that it's even supposed to be a comedy because you still haven't found the funny bits yet.

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Legend said: ugh yeah movies like that make me more sad than happy honestly. because i always think of real life scenarios and how fucked up they would actually be. i dont know how they label some movies as comedy.
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Re: Comedy movies with sad, serious themes [Re: Lizard Eyes]
#18755944 - 08/25/13 04:49 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Looks like a Pineapple Express clone but it just fucking sucked. So did Pineapple Express but at least it didn't suck as badly as Leaves of Grass.
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Re: Comedy movies with sad, serious themes [Re: abltsandwich]
#18755959 - 08/25/13 04:51 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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idk about that man, pineapple express is one of the few stoner flicks that actually filled most of my personal criteria. most stoner flicks suck. so yeah it may not have been the best movie ever, it's better than any in it's class.
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Re: Comedy movies with sad, serious themes [Re: Legend]
#18755978 - 08/25/13 04:55 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Idiocracy
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Re: Comedy movies with sad, serious themes [Re: Legend]
#18755982 - 08/25/13 04:57 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Pineapple Express was fucking stupid on every level.
I should also note that I pretty much hate comedies in general and only watch them when forced.
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Re: Comedy movies with sad, serious themes [Re: abltsandwich]
#18756061 - 08/25/13 05:16 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Special
with Micheal rapporat or the big red headed comedian guy also a great 'serious' comedy.
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Re: Comedy movies with sad, serious themes [Re: Lizard Eyes]
#18756067 - 08/25/13 05:18 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Lizard Eyes said: Worlds best dad?
Uhhh.. I don't think that was supposed to be a comedy at all? I watched it on netflix a while back and I didn't go into it expecting a comedy
Never used Netflix before, wouldn't know about that.
I can't remember what movie review website I read it off of (wasn't IMDB but it was one of the popular ones), whoever described it as a "ground breaking comedy" had to be trolling.
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Re: Comedy movies with sad, serious themes [Re: Eukaryote11]
#18756343 - 08/25/13 06:16 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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wristcutter: A love story has some pretty dark humor
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Re: Comedy movies with sad, serious themes [Re: kinkaku]
#18756397 - 08/25/13 06:29 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Hey I liked that one.
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Re: Comedy movies with sad, serious themes [Re: abltsandwich]
#18757790 - 08/25/13 11:33 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Damn, all I watch is comedies
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Re: Comedy movies with sad, serious themes [Re: Psilosopherr]
#18757798 - 08/25/13 11:35 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Tradgi-comedy, and Black Comedy are the best.
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Re: Comedy movies with sad, serious themes [Re: akira_akuma]
#18757824 - 08/25/13 11:40 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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akira_akuma said: Tradgi-comedy, and Black Comedy are the best.
by black comedy do you mean "Friday"
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Re: Comedy movies with sad, serious themes [Re: NWlight]
#18757827 - 08/25/13 11:41 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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LOL, no, but Blacksploitation films are hilarious too, foo!
Black Comedy is not quite about tragedy but about the darker things in life.
see the LadyKillers for an example.
(fuck the new one with Tom Shmanks.)
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Re: Comedy movies with sad, serious themes [Re: NWlight]
#18757828 - 08/25/13 11:41 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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NWlight said:
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akira_akuma said: Tradgi-comedy, and Black Comedy are the best.
by black comedy do you mean "Friday"
Black comedy is pretty much crime related.
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Re: Comedy movies with sad, serious themes [Re: akira_akuma]
#18757837 - 08/25/13 11:42 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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akira_akuma said: LOL, no, but Blacksploitation films are hilarious too, foo!
sorry I just got a new roommate whos Mexican but the thinks hes black. we've been listening to lots of hip hop and watching BET
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Re: Comedy movies with sad, serious themes [Re: NWlight]
#18757851 - 08/25/13 11:45 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Blackexploitations the good ones anyway are like
Undercover Brother or Black Dynamite
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Re: Comedy movies with sad, serious themes [Re: NWlight]
#18757887 - 08/25/13 11:51 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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NWlight said:
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akira_akuma said: LOL, no, but Blacksploitation films are hilarious too, foo!
sorry I just got a new roommate whos Mexican but the thinks hes black. we've been listening to lots of hip hop and watching BET
that's just where my mind goes
seriously, poor you.
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Re: Comedy movies with sad, serious themes [Re: akira_akuma]
#18757910 - 08/25/13 11:55 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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it's chill i'm getting cultured.
money and bitches are way more important than I thought they were man, I've been in the dark for so long
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Re: Comedy movies with sad, serious themes [Re: NWlight]
#18758000 - 08/26/13 12:19 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Rubber.
It's about a tire that goes on a murderous rampage by telekinetically blowing things up.
Anyone else like I Heart Huckabees? I was real stoned the first time I saw that and I looooved it.
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Re: Comedy movies with sad, serious themes [Re: pirate-blues]
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Also Special.
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A lonely metermaid has a psychotic reaction to his medication and becomes convinced he's a superhero. A very select group of people in life are truly gifted. Special is a movie about everyone else.
I cannot recommend it enough, it's also on netflix.
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Re: Comedy movies with sad, serious themes [Re: pirate-blues]
#18758136 - 08/26/13 01:05 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Wristcutters: A true love story. Great, funny movie but very dark and drab.
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Re: Comedy movies with sad, serious themes [Re: memes]
#18758167 - 08/26/13 01:12 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Failed attempt to troll viewers into thinking there is a plot. You will most likely find this in any big named comedy movie.
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Re: Comedy movies with sad, serious themes [Re: philopian_tube]
#18758175 - 08/26/13 01:14 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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philopian_tube said: Failed attempt to troll viewers into thinking there is a plot.
you mean, shitty movies?
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Re: Comedy movies with sad, serious themes [Re: akira_akuma]
#18758267 - 08/26/13 01:55 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Those comedy movies that always seem to have bold red lettering for the title on a blue sky background, with the faces of the characters dotted around? They must be made by the same company or something, they always have the same feel about them. High/moderate budget but really crude juvenile high-school age humour and a 'plot' that leaves you wondering what the point was at all.
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Re: Comedy movies with sad, serious themes [Re: Eukaryote11]
#18758276 - 08/26/13 01:58 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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let me be the third to recommend wristcutters. Yes, it sounds gay. But really, it's a solid but weird movie. Which can be hard to pull off, so its almost a semi rare gem of a movie
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Re: Comedy movies with sad, serious themes [Re: Psilosopherr]
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"Funny people" fits ops title to the T, go watch it!
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Re: Comedy movies with sad, serious themes [Re: Soulidarity]
#18758291 - 08/26/13 02:04 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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RIGHT?!
that movie needs to be watched by the OP. so he can understand how perfectly it fits.
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Re: Comedy movies with sad, serious themes [Re: Psilosopherr]
#18758298 - 08/26/13 02:07 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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also I dont know if this has been said yet but the movie super its so funny and dark
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Re: Comedy movies with sad, serious themes [Re: kinkaku]
#18758300 - 08/26/13 02:10 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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ha, i just google imaged super the movie. Just because it appears to be a low budget (or old) superhero spoof makes it appealing to me.
And after the Watchmen, I really enjoy pondering realistic superheros.
im picky as hell with movies and The Watchmen is very worth watching.
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Re: Comedy movies with sad, serious themes [Re: Psilosopherr]
#18758305 - 08/26/13 02:15 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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rbalzer said: ha, i just google imaged super the movie. Just because it appears to be a low budget (or old) superhero spoof makes it appealing to me.
And after the Watchmen, I really enjoy pondering realistic superheros.
im picky as hell with movies and The Watchmen is very worth watching.
jesus dont even get me started haha Dr. manhatten and the comedian are the greatest. I'm talking from a comic book stand point but the movie was good to
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Re: Comedy movies with sad, serious themes [Re: kinkaku]
#18758308 - 08/26/13 02:17 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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kinkaku said:
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rbalzer said: ha, i just google imaged super the movie. Just because it appears to be a low budget (or old) superhero spoof makes it appealing to me.
And after the Watchmen, I really enjoy pondering realistic superheros.
im picky as hell with movies and The Watchmen is very worth watching.
jesus dont even get me started haha Dr. manhatten and the comedian are the greatest. I'm talking from a comic book stand point but the movie was good to
The movie definitely made me desire to read the actual books or graphic novel whatever. But I've never ever seen them in a store or anything.
You'd think the movie would've inspired a re-printing.
But honestly i didn't look hard at all
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Re: Comedy movies with sad, serious themes [Re: Psilosopherr]
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rbalzer said:
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kinkaku said:
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rbalzer said: ha, i just google imaged super the movie. Just because it appears to be a low budget (or old) superhero spoof makes it appealing to me.
And after the Watchmen, I really enjoy pondering realistic superheros.
im picky as hell with movies and The Watchmen is very worth watching.
jesus dont even get me started haha Dr. manhatten and the comedian are the greatest. I'm talking from a comic book stand point but the movie was good to
The movie definitely made me desire to read the actual books or graphic novel whatever. But I've never ever seen them in a store or anything.
You'd think the movie would've inspired a re-printing.
But honestly i didn't look hard at all 
ya i have a small collection of comic books and the watchmen was in there.
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