You can like Men in Tights - just because I think it's a seriously flawed screenplay doesn't mean you can't enjoy it. I have a handful of truly awful films that I love, even with their flaws. Hell, some I love because of their flaws, and some I love because of what they tried to do.
While I like Spaceballs, it's funniest and best gag is lifted from a Warner Brothers cartoon. Unless I enjoy it a lot more on a rewatch, it's not a film I plan to ever own.
Life of Brian is a good parody/film in its own right. There's enough Christian mythos around that you can't help but get some of the jokes, though I know that non-christians who saw it often wondered what other people were laughing about in some scenes. That said, I know theologians who said they killed themselves laughing at bits where the general audience were quiet. Apparently there's a tonne of extra laughs to be had if you've seriously studied religion.
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Date: 2008-08-31 08:01 am (UTC)While I like Spaceballs, it's funniest and best gag is lifted from a Warner Brothers cartoon. Unless I enjoy it a lot more on a rewatch, it's not a film I plan to ever own.
Life of Brian is a good parody/film in its own right. There's enough Christian mythos around that you can't help but get some of the jokes, though I know that non-christians who saw it often wondered what other people were laughing about in some scenes. That said, I know theologians who said they killed themselves laughing at bits where the general audience were quiet. Apparently there's a tonne of extra laughs to be had if you've seriously studied religion.
Now that is good writing.