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Re: Gangster movie comedies/parodies
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04/30/06 12:20 PM
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Originally posted by Don Andrew: Mafia!
Great parody. Haha sorrt dude but Mafia! flat out sucked. They tried way to hard to be funny and it was just stupid.
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Re: Gangster movie comedies/parodies
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05/15/06 10:05 PM
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Originally posted by finsnasty84: [quote]Originally posted by Don Andrew: [b] Mafia!
Great parody. Haha sorrt dude but Mafia! flat out sucked. They tried way to hard to be funny and it was just stupid. [/b][/quote]I liked Mafia. I thought the writers did a good job of working in a lot of good little references from a number of different movies as well as some original humor and it made a decent package. You really can't expect much out of spoof film but I thought this one was pretty good.
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Re: Gangster movie comedies/parodies
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05/16/06 05:41 PM
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"Johnny Dangerously" - highly amusing and rather Beckettian in spirit.
"Wise Guys" - probably the best of the whole bunch. Actually not bad when treated seriously, either.
"Bugsy Malone" - rather dull and doltish, but still better than such horrendous drivel as "Mafia!"...
"Analyze This / That" - weak and highly overrated, but it's there.
"The Gang that Couldn't Shoot Straight" - I'm not sure I even saw this, though I wouldn't mind.
"Prizzi's Honor" - I think I was 4 when I saw this; not even a single frame remains in my memory.
"Spluvy" (? - I may be quoting the title incorrectly) - US mob versus the insane reality of the then-communist Czechoslovakia.
"Oscar" - Sly Stallone's failure; I really remember little from it now. Perhaps I just wanted to forget it.
"Married to the Mob" - as in the above case, I remember very little, but it was a comedy... sort of...
"My Blue Heaven" - weak, badly written, stale "Goodfellas" knockoff, with a traditionally horrible Steve Martin playing, essentially, Henry Hill (this one was allegedly based on Henry's "funny" adventures in witness protection).
There was some production whose title I cannot recall now - I believe it was similar to "Mickey Blue Eyes", but it involved gangsters smuggling exotic animals...? It *could* have been "The Freshman", which also involves exotic animals, but I don't think so - I believe it was a B comedy from the 90s, without a trace of Marlon Brando (possibly a knockoff of "The Freshman").
Speaking of "Mickey...", not even the great James Caan could save *that* film from the horrors committed by that abomination known as Hugh "Divine" Grant...
I was told that "Gigli" was supposed to be a mob comedy, but I certainly do not intend to try for a seance of *this* title.
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