Seeking Better Looking Films

Comedy, I love you. You're great. I can always count on you to make me feel better. But I am tired of seeing you as the chubby friend who never gets the girl. And that's your place in the film world. Everyone likes you but no one takes you seriously. And you know what I can't blame them. You're a fucking movie. Take that seriously. There is more to being funny. If I want bland lighting and decent jokes, I will watch television. Well, technically watch Hulu. All these comedy features look like overgrown sitcom. Yes, they maybe hilarious. But that doesn't change the fact that you don't look any different on the big screen than you do on the small screen. All that's changed is the price of the ticket. I mean have these directors ever heard of blocking. Get your characters moving around. Maybe even set them in a background that isn't a fucking wall. Seriously, I feel like half these films I could have just watched a stage play or a stand-up special. Comedy is capable of so much more. Funny Scene Funny scene. Outside of the jokes dull and lifeless though. No production design and the camera doesn't move. Now let's take a clip from Edgar Wright and Shaun of The Dead. See that's a fucking movie. You aren't watching a comedy. You are watching a film. It is an inventive, clever, and uses all that to tell a story. And oh yeah it's funny. Still don't believe. Here's Billy Wilder. Just 1961. Hilarious and you know what? Still a lot more interesting to watch than half of the good comedies out there. This is about the caliber of the jokes. Or what defines comedy. This is about comedy getting the respect it deserves. This is bigger than me and you.