30 Days of Movies Meme - Day 8

I really must remember to post these before midnight :P

8. Comedy movie that still makes you cry with laughter?

You know, I'm not a huge watcher of comedy movies. Or rather, I've fallen out of the habit since every "comedy" these days seems to involve the crudest sort of comedy and I mean crude, not just rude. So mostly I give movies that proclaim themselves as comedies a wide berth. Thus most of my faves are from earlier eras.

I will watch practically all the Carry On movies and will giggle helplessly. (I'm not a fan of some of the very later ones or Carry On Screaming). My favourites are Carry On Up The Kyber, Carry On Spying, Carry On Cabby, Carry On Doctor and Carry On Cruising. Sure, some of their jokes are very basic but whereas today it's crude, then it was just rude - and more importantly, it was funny :) Also, Kenneth Williams has one of the best lines ever - "Infamy, Infamy - they've all got it in for me!" (From Carry On Cleo)

Also Laurel and Hardy's "The Music Box". It's not a full length movie but I think it counts, it was made for the cinema :) And I cry with laughter at that every.single.time. Priceless stuff. I must find that staircase someday and take pictures, it still exists :) The comedy isn't sophisticated but it's done so very, very well that you can't help but laugh :)

Lastly, and slightly more modern era (1973!) I have a very soft spot for "What's Up Doc?", the Barbra Streisand/Ryan O'Neal screwball comedy. There are some bits that are still comedy gold and will have me helplessly gigglefitting. Take the chase scene for instance. I defy you not to snigger at the 2 minute sequence involving the pane of glass.....

30 Days of Movies Meme - Day 9

9. What movie is the most over-rated? (i.e. that one movie everyone claims is a classic but you just don't get it?)

I've never seen "Citizen Kane" because I'm very afraid it won't live up to the hype, so much does everyone bang on about it being the Best! Movie! Evah! Feh.

I'm going to get glared at for this but top of my list of movies I HAVE watched is "The Princess Bride". I just can't stand it. I've watched it twice. Once in disbelief and ever growing boredom and once when pickled out of my head. The second time was nice, think I slept through some of it :P

As much as I love Tarantino, 'm going to have to mention Resevoir Dogs here too. A good film, to be sure, fantastic debut, but really, people? All that hype for that?? Pulp Fiction was way better, so was Kill Bill (I, II not so much).

Most of Kubrick's work makes me feel the same way, too, to be honest. Although in the interests of full disclosure, I don't think I've ever managed to actually sit through one of his films :P