'Classic' comedies that DO NOT hold up.....*shots fired*

[MartyMcFly]

Lets talk about some comedies that you loved at one point...and many even cite as classic...but really don't hold up on rewatch.

Should be an interesting debate to get us ready for the September all-time poll

For me, I'm throwing out ANIMAL HOUSE and COMING TO AMERICA........

Yeah, I watched Coming To America today. The first half is still hilarious.....but the second half is rough. They almost completely dispatch the fish-out-of-water gag that was so well done and turn into little more than an odd twist on some pretty common romantic comedy tropes.

Still an all-time great comedic performance from Murphy though

Animal house holds up less because every damn movie that came after it copied it to one degree or another

 

[Shogun]

Mallrats, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
I think Clerks would hold up but I haven't seen it in a while

 

[Kill Dat Noize]

Anchorman like most Will Ferrel movies would have better worked as an SNL skit and not a full length feature film.

That movie is literally just a bunch inter-related skits held together by a loose narrative.

 

[StraxStrax]

The Hangover holds up but it's a one time viewing and it has to be with some other people also watching (and maybe beer).

 

[kp404]

I'll use Coli smilies to go through my Anchorman watching experience.

First time watching:
Second time watching:
Third time watching:

Nope...shyt is still fresh and as fun as the first time I watched it

Reading through this thread some of ya'll are picking shyt you never liked at all...

 

[kp404]

Anchorman like most Will Ferrel movies would have better worked as an SNL skit and not a full length feature film.

That movie is literally just a bunch inter-related skits held together by a loose narrative.

This Anchorman hate is ridiculous and WIll Ferrell comedies are classics...Anchorman, Other Guys, Talladega Nights, and Step Brothers are untouchable classics And The Campaign was good too

 

[Smackdown625]

the Austin Powers series

 

[kp404]

the Austin Powers series

Good point. I used to watch those 3 movies damn near every chance I got when I was a kid, but now, I never check for them...the 1st one is the only one that I still laugh hard at in some scenes (Dr. Evil and Scott going to the therapist is a classic scene)

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

anchorman is just way overrated is all. has a few funny scenes but i never saw it as a classic. step brothers is way funnier.

 

[Ethnic Vagina Finder]

Anything with Adam Sandler.

Happy Gilmore is still a classic

 

[Trapped]

Happy Gilmore is still a classic

The only movie I give Sandler the credit for that he's even remotely funny. Everything else is trash.

 

[Batter Up]

the Austin Powers series

This.

Tried watching the first one the other day and came to the conclusion that everything Mike Myers has ever done with the exception of Waynes World has been trash that's catered to lames.

 

[CouldntBeMeTho]

Mallrats, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
I think Clerks would hold up but I haven't seen it in a while

feelings are being caught already...

 

[MartyMcFly]

This.

Tried watching the first one the other day and came to the conclusion that everything Mike Myers has ever done with the exception of Waynes World has been trash that's catered to lames.

That first one holds up to me breh

 

[jadillac]

most anything I liked still holds up well to me, but I dont lay claim to liking a bunch of stuff to begin with

I've never seen many of the movies being posted in here.