Post by: gunug on July 19, 2010, 02:35:04 AM
At around Minute 8:00 or so of this video you see a real good image of Theodore Bikil as the Submarine Captain, standing in the cockpit. I didn't see the shot of him drumming his fingers but it is possibly in there or maybe we should all rent the movie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXXGep9RB34
Given the climate of "peaceful coexistence" between Russian and the united states maybe we shouldn't ask the cat for it's papers after all!
Anyone else have a funny scene from an old "summer" movie then tell us about what you liked!
Post by: krissel on July 19, 2010, 11:29:42 PM
Anyway, I don't remember the finger drumming scene...
As to my recollections of a funny scene... well, I'm
Post by: gunug on July 20, 2010, 09:31:18 AM
Post by: dboh on July 20, 2010, 05:29:37 PM
Post by: gunug on July 21, 2010, 12:24:07 PM
What I was "really" after I can't think of an example of: a general, not comic, motion picture where humor wins out! I guess the "summer" part of it isn't really pertinent just so we watch it in the summer!
Post by: Jack W on July 21, 2010, 03:15:40 PM
Dr. Strangelove is one of my all-time favorite movies.
I have it on DVD and play it at least 2 times per year.
It is loadedb with satire and humor.
Jack
Post by: Xairbusdriver on July 21, 2010, 03:53:54 PM
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It is loadedb with satire and humor.
OK, tell me the truth, how many of you caught the clever play on letters in Jack's reply to dboh?! 
Post by: dboh on July 21, 2010, 05:24:57 PM
QUOTE(gunug @ Jul 21 2010, 01:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
What I was "really" after I can't think of an example of: a general, not comic, motion picture where humor wins out! I guess the "summer" part of it isn't really pertinent just so we watch it in the summer!
Do you mean "ha ha" humor or the wry, sardonic kind? For instance, I think Clockwork Orange is far from funny, but Kubrick does manage to make a mockery of both law-and-order types and nanny-staters. All of the toadying after Alex's "rescue" was pretty humorous. (And we thought smarmy politicians were an American exclusive!)
Post by: kimmer on July 21, 2010, 11:26:48 PM
- Arsenic and Old Lace
- Cat Ballou
- Foul Play
- Miss Congeniality
- My Cousin Vinny
- Oscar
- Shaun the Sheep: "Off the Baa!", "A Wooly Good Time" & "Little Sheep of Horrors"
- Stardust
- Wallace & Gromit: "A Close Shave," "A Grand Day Out" and "The Wrong Trousers"
- What's Up, Doc?
However the all time best happy movie for summer, fall, winter or spring:
Princess Bride
Post by: dboh on July 22, 2010, 07:01:01 AM
I'm going to have to get both of these movies from my library. It'll be a great way to ward off the heat!
Post by: Xairbusdriver on July 22, 2010, 11:44:22 AM
But "humor" is a very subjective thing. We each have our own definitions and "funny bone(s)." "I may not be able to define it, but I know it when I see [or hear] it."
Post by: gunug on July 22, 2010, 03:29:11 PM
Post by: Xairbusdriver on July 22, 2010, 04:47:46 PM
Post by: gunug on July 24, 2010, 06:44:44 AM
Youtube Listings on the Gods Must Be Crazy!
The Wiki page probably explains the movie better than I could: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gods_Must_Be_Crazy
Post by: gunug on August 09, 2010, 01:25:17 PM
I have recently concluded that what I'm looking for most often in an entertaining movie is something like a Cary Grant like sensibility. . .remember Charade and the funny dialog in the middle of a murder mystery. Marvelous! This is probably some better hidden character trait that I shouldn't reveal!
Post by: kimmer on August 10, 2010, 01:34:40 PM
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Post by: Highmac on August 12, 2010, 12:03:07 PM
UK’s first colour channel was launched in 1967.
Post by: Xairbusdriver on August 12, 2010, 06:22:59 PM
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UK’s first colour channel was launched in 1967
Have they managed to get the spelling corrected yet? 
Post by: gunug on August 12, 2010, 07:30:05 PM
I think "aluminum" isn't quit "al-u-men-knee-um" especially when it comes around to using it for barbieQ and aluminum foil hats to protect one from alien influences! 
Post by: Highmac on August 13, 2010, 12:57:11 AM
Post by: krissel on August 13, 2010, 01:01:40 AM
After that I kept expecting to be surprised by other movies in the same way but none did it quite like that.
Post by: Xairbusdriver on August 13, 2010, 03:22:01 PM
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After that I kept expecting to be surprised
How quickly the generations become jaded... 
We seem unable to be happy without constant amusement and new "experiences." 
Post by: kimmer on August 13, 2010, 05:42:00 PM
QUOTE(krissel @ Aug 12 2010, 10:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I'll never forget the first time I saw "The Wizard of Oz" on a color TV (1969, I think). When Dorothy came out of the house and everything around her was in color my eyes must have popped. I remember saying excitedly over and over, "It's in color, it's in color!"
I didn't see "The Wizard of Oz" in color until the early 1980's. I was stunned. LOL! There have been several movies that have been surprises to me. Mac saw them in the theater as he grew up, but my family seldom had the money for movies, so my whole experience with these movies was from TV broadcasts. Recently we watched "How to Marry A Millionaire" and I was stunned to see it was in color.
Post by: Paddy on August 13, 2010, 10:48:41 PM
Anyway, one of my favorite funny movies is Four Weddings and a Funeral. I also loved A Fish Called Wanda. And just about all of the Monty Python movies.
When I was little, I thought "Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines" was absolutely hysterical. I haven't seen it in eons - don't know if I'd still find it funny. A few years ago, I got the DVD of Peter Sellers' "The Party" - another movie I'd thought was hilarious when I was much younger and found it nowhere near as funny as I did when I was a kid. One's funny bone definitely changes over time.
Post by: gunug on August 13, 2010, 11:42:16 PM
Post by: krissel on August 21, 2010, 02:13:58 AM
http://thewizardofoz.info/faq12.html#17