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Blue beetle (2023)
Blue beetle (2023)
2023 | Action, Adventure
7
7.3 (7 Ratings)
Movie Rating
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Bit cliché (0 more)
Ok Super Hero Film
Yet another Super Hero Film of a character you've probably never heard of. Bit more of a comic element to it. Although predictable the family element of the film brings the most humour to it. The SFX look good with some cool action scenes. Maybe not in the A Team category of Super Hero's it's fun enough.
  
The equalizer  3 (2023)
The equalizer 3 (2023)
2023 | Thriller
7
7.5 (2 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Good fight scenes (0 more)
Finale was a bit quick (0 more)
A fitting end
A decent end to the Equalizer trilogy set mainly in a small Italian town. More violent and brutal, bloody than the first two films. Quite funny in places as well. You know what to expect and it doesn't fail to deliver. The finale was a bit quicker than expected but otherwise an enjoyable film.
  
A Christmas Story (1983)
A Christmas Story (1983)
1983 | Comedy, Drama, Family
I remember watching this movie with my grandparents when I was a kid. We all enjoyed it and laughed so much at things like the leg lamp, Ralphie saying the big bomb swear word, and so much more. It's become a tradition in our house to watch it every Christmas season because it's funny and full of heart as well. It's a wonderful classic.
  
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David McK (3562 KP) rated Bean (1997) in Movies

Jan 15, 2021 (Updated Jul 18, 2024)  
Bean (1997)
Bean (1997)
1997 | Comedy
4
6.8 (6 Ratings)
Movie Rating
The first of Rowan Atkinson's Mr Bean (currently) 2 big screen outings, where the one man disaster zone of Mr Bean is sent to America to deliver the painting Whistler's Mother to an American art gallery, who are expecting an illustrious art critic to arrive with the same.

I've just never found Mr Bean all that funny, and this does little to change my mind.
  
Drive-away dolls (2024)
Drive-away dolls (2024)
2024 | Comedy, Crime
9
9.0 (1 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Margaret qualley (1 more)
Geradine viswanthan
Watched today this is a funny roadtrip movie about two lesbians and what they find in the trunk of their car no spoilers as to what that is but I couldn't stop laughing at the discovery. This is the first time that ethan cohen has directed a movie without Joel his brother. Anyway good movie but maynot be for everyone's taste
  
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Young Frankenstein (1974)
1974 | Classics, Comedy, Horror

"The next movie would probably be Young Frankenstein. I remember going to see that as a kid. Because I loved all the Universal horror films, but I had only seem them on TV, like on Creature Double Feature on Friday afternoons. By that point I loved Gene Wilder, because I made the connection like, “Oh, that guy was in Willy Wonka. Now he’s in Young Frankenstein.” So that movie blew me away. And even to this day, I watch it all the time. It’s such an incredible movie because it’s really, really funny, with such incredible performances, but it’s so beautifully made. Nobody would spend the time now to make a comedy that well. Visually and technically, it’s so incredible. It doesn’t date; it holds up. Peter Boyle’s perfect, and Madeline Kahn and Gene Wilder, and everybody. It’s just an incredible movie. It really captured the feel of those Universal films, like Bride of Frankenstein, yet it is really funny. It’s something that almost never works. You know, kind of look at the Munsters on TV, and the Addams family, where you could get into it and they have the art direction there and everyone’s funny, but it almost never works. It’s almost always a disaster, and that film is just so perfect. I think the fact that people were brave enough back then to release black-and-white movies."

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Jojo Rabbit (2019)
Jojo Rabbit (2019)
2019 | Comedy, Drama, War
Jojo Rabbit- alot of people told me that their liked this movie. From the trailer it looked reallly good. So when i watched it yesterday, i didnt love it, i liked it kinda. Let me explain...

The subject of Nazis and Hitler is a touchy one to say the least, but it's also a subject that is ripe for satire, and one of the many aspects that stands out here, is how Taika Waititi has managed to craft a film that is absolutely hilarious, but never undermines how horrible this part of history was. So the fact that Taika made Hitler funny was kinda weird, strange and also didnt feel right. But at the same time Taika did a excellent job playing Hitler. Its just strange and out of chacter to see hitler funny. Other than that the movie is good.

The plot: Jojo is a lonely German boy who discovers that his single mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their attic. Aided only by his imaginary friend -- Adolf Hitler -- Jojo must confront his blind nationalism as World War II continues to rage on.

The cast is good, the plot is good, like i said its just strange, wired, out of charcter to see hitler funny. The film never shows the darkside of WWII. So thats good. Jojo Rabbit is a good dark comedy film.
  
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ClareR (5906 KP) rated Sunny in Books

Mar 21, 2022  
Sunny
Sunny
Sukh Ojla | 2022 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry, Humor & Comedy, Romance
9
9.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
How I wish I could have known Sunny when I was in my thirties - or even now, if I’m honest! I read this book on The Pigeonhole, and I looked forward to opening each stave every day. It was one of those books that I just didn’t want to end. I mean, what happens after the last page?

Sunny feels the weight of expectation on her shoulders. She knows that her parents want her to get married, but she only seems to meet men who are wrong for her. I think a lot of this is because of her distinct lack of self-confidence and her poor body image. She calls herself fat constantly, she doesn’t seem to like herself very much, and puts herself across as the life and soul of every party to her friends, whilst hating the way that they use her. Actually, I don’t think that a lot of her friends are deserving of her friendship at all.

This book is a journey to self-acceptance for Sunny, and I was very happy to be on that journey with her. It’s funny and sad in equal measure. You can definitely tell that a comedian wrote this. Some of the observations were really funny, and the timing was perfect.

It’s a touching, funny novel, and one I’d recommend without hesitation.
  
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Kristy H (1252 KP) rated Yes Please in Books

Feb 1, 2018  
Yes Please
Yes Please
Amy Poehler | 2015 | Biography
6
7.5 (24 Ratings)
Book Rating
I wasn't sure how to feel about this book. In some ways, I appreciated that it was more serious than some of the other "funny people" memoirs going around. I am not a huge fan of books written by silly people full of silly things that pretend to tell the story of their life. What's the point? At least Amy makes an attempt to write a memoir, chronicling bits and pieces of her life and actually detailing true thoughts and feelings about things, rather than just jokey things that have no meaning. I found myself sort of rushing through some of the silly lists and spending more time on the actual writing, though some of the funny bits were good - fake acceptance speeches and the like.

The problem is that the book jumps around a lot and never really delves too much into anything. Not wanting to cover her divorce - okay, I get that. There is a really sweet chapter on her sons, which was lovely. You get a rough chronicle of how she became a kid from New England who wound up in New York by way of Chicago. But there's not a lot of detail. I also, selfishly, wish there had been more Tina Fey.

I enjoy that you get the impression that Amy is a deep person with deep thoughts - and isn't even perhaps always nice. She's not afraid to tell stories that don't necessarily flatter her. You get an idea of her as multifaceted person - actress, writer, mom, etc., and not just someone who tells funny stories. There are also some good stories that feature celebrities, which you are always looking for in a celebrity memoir. Finally, there's a fun bit annotated with notes by Parcs & Rec creator Mike Schur. He and Amy talk about a holiday gift Mike gave all his family and friends containing every email, text, and phone message he received during the Red Sox's successful World Series run in 2004. I was left thinking I want to read *that* book.

Anyway, the book just felt a little flat to me, as if it was missing something. It was a little disjointed in its presentation and content. Because it jumps the line between serious and funny, you're left without a full idea of who Amy is, but yet it's not funny enough to just make you laugh and forget all the other flaws.