Narora

Have you ever noticed how the number of comedy movies is decreasing? Is it because society has lost all of its humor? Or is it just because the comedy we once knew has been distorted into something we find stupid?

This weekend while returning my last week movie, Memento (2000), I decided to pick up another movie that I could watch with my family. I was in the mood for a comedy movie so I wanted to get suggestions on some of the latest movies. It was funny how I ended up meeting the same guy as last week who suggested I watch Memento. We began talking about the movie and how we both felt about it, which is when I asked him about some recent comedy movie that he thought would be good. I couldn't believe how long it took us to find one, which got me thinking about the comedy movies of today. I realized that most comedy movies are based on the stupidity of people of society. When someone falls, we laugh, when someone gets hit by a bus, we laugh. Are we taking the stupidity to far? It seems like most comedy movies of today are not as funny as they use to be.

I use to be a fan of comedy movies, but now looking at the 09/10 line up I am very disappointed at what we have come to. These are just some of the movies I have seen, which I felt do not even deserve to be placed in the comedy section of any store:

-Superbad (It was just bad)
-The land of the lost
-Year One
-Grad Night
-Baby Geniuses
-The whole "American Pie" series
-A whole lot more.....

From some reason the comedy movies of today are either romantic comedies like, Valentines Day or stupid comedies like, Superbad.
It has been a long time since I have seen a very good comedy movie. In my opinion you can tell if a comedy movie is good when you have the leave the room because your face is turning red. The most recent good comedy movie I have seen would have to be Hangover, just because it was something I could somewhat relate to. While talking to the employee at Blockbuster he told me about a comedy movie that people have been renting out quite frequently. He told me to check it out and give him a review. The movie was called "The goods" starring Jeremy Piven, who is known for his appearance in the TV series "Entourage,” which is one of my favorite shows. The movie on the other hand was horrible... It was basically about a guy who is good at selling cars and how is hired by a car agency to help them sell cars. The comedy in this movie was plain stupid and plot in my opinion was too simple to drag on for 1 hour and 50 min. This movie was great example of the kind of comedy movies that have been coming out for the past year and it seems like no one is man enough to tell them to stop. I cannot tell you how the movie ended seeing as I fell asleep half way through, but one thing I can say is that if comedy movies keep coming out the way they are, the genre "comedy" will no longer exist.