I know, I know, shouldn’t “comedy” or “laughs” be the key to great comedy. I say NAY! NAY INDEED! There’s more to a great comedy than simply making someone laugh. Let me count the ways. 4. Volume of Laughs – The amount of laughs over the course of the movie are very important. You can’t [...]
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Hate to have to say it #4: Lets Debate What Makes A Comedy A Comedy
Posted: July 19, 2011 in Hate to Have to Say It, MoviesTags: Comedy, Comedy Rankings, Comedy Rules
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Hate to Have to Say it #2: Don’t Flashback WITHIN the same movie!
Posted: January 21, 2011 in Hate to Have to Say It, MoviesTags: Film, Flashbacks, Movies, Sixth Sense
Have you ever seen The Sixth Sense? If your answer is no, and you don’t know what happens, stop reading this post right now, close the internet, don’t talk to anyone, come to my house and I am going to show it to you and stare at you the entire time. I’m assuming that if [...]
Hate to Have to Say it #1: True Grit was not THAT good
Posted: January 6, 2011 in Hate to Have to Say It, Movies, New Releases, ReviewsTags: Coen Brothers, Hailee Steinfeld, Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, No Country For Old Men, True Grit, Winter's Bone
Preface: I liked True Grit. Ok, the preface is over. That’s all I have to say in the preface. That being said… True Grit (the Coen Brothers/Jeff Bridges version, mind you) was not THAT good. Let me just throw out some of the hyperbole i’ve been hearing all over the place: ~Great Movie ~8.4 on [...]
