Funniest movie of the last five years. Go.

[Red Five 40852]

After a few minutes of thought, I’m going with Popstar. Also, I can’t think of anything I would slot #2. And that’s not because Popstar was that funny. I just can’t think of anything else.

 

Alternate topic: what happened to funny movies?

[Macanudo 12976]

My vote is for anything Amy Shumer has done over this period.

 

 

Just kidding. 

[Red Five 40852]

I probably should have specified, funniest comedies. Because Independence Day 2 was hilarious but that wasn’t by design.

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

The Interview.

22 Jump Street is a close second.

[Baboontyme 2810]

Wow. Step Brothers is 10 years old.

[wutang75 444]

Spy is up there for me, Statham is awesome.


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[Brisketexan 105095]

Clearly, it's the Revenant.

[DanRydell 799]

It’s a rough period for comedies so the funniest is probably Deadpool.

For pure comedies, funniest is probably Bad Moms or Blockers.

The best movie that falls under the comedy umbrella, but not necessarily the straight-up funniest, is The Big Sick.

[kingkoopa6 8347]

The Internship, The World's End

[Patrick Bateman 3911]

A few comedies of the last 5 years:

 

This is the End

Neighbors

The Nice Guys

Spy is pretty funny.

Jump Street sequel (not as good as first)

For me... .Deadpool.

Thor:  Ragnarok is pretty funny and Guardians of the Galaxy is damn funny.

And The Grand Budapest Hotel while not uproarious is really good if WA is your thing.

Edited June 21, 2018 by Patrick Bateman

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

2 minutes ago, Patrick Bateman said:

A few comedies of the last 5 years:

 

 

The Nice Guys

 

 

For me... .Deadpool.

 

And The Grand Budapest Hotel while not uproarious is really good if WA is your thing.

All of these are just good clean fun to watch....................

[Surly Bevo 24908]

Maybe a bit of a stretch on category but I,Tonya.

[SizzleChest 8283]

Wow, it's been a shitty half decade for comedies.

[Dbeasy 15047]

I really liked The Nice Guys, partially because any 70’s theme immediately causes me to start laughing. But it was pretty funny too.

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

Just now, Surly Bevo said:

Maybe a bit of a stretch on category but I,Tonya.

I thought that was damned good, and could have been a bad flop, but I laughed at a lot of it.  It's funny, but it's just a really well done movie.

[Mo Horn 8832]

I don't remember the last full movie where i laughed hard. Several have been fun, but not where i laughed so hard i couldn't breath. The last movie i did that at was Django Unchained during the scene about the hoods. Nearly fell out of my chair at the theater. 

[Red Five 40852]

The Internship? Bad Moms? Jesus guys.

Not exactly Ghostbusters, Trading Places, Vacation, Airplane, Caddyshack, Fletch.... (1980-1985 off the top of my head).

[Underdog 28612]

Game Night

Need to give Spy a watch, not a McCarthy fan but have heard/read good things about her and this movie. 

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

1 minute ago, Red Five said:

The Internship? Bad Moms? Jesus guys.

Not exactly Ghostbusters, Trading Places, Vacation, Airplane, Caddyshack, Fletch.... (1980-1985 off the top of my head).

It's kind of a down decade. 

[bularry1 23]

Neighbors is the only one I can think of.

[RPM 26318]

The Nice Guys would be near the top of the list. Spy was surprisingly good for a Melissa McCarthy flick.

[HiggyBaby 2529]

Dry 5 year stretch but looking back it's easily We're the Millers

 

[Sbbruin 21842]

43 minutes ago, Baboontyme said:

Wow. Step Brothers is 10 years old.

And would be at the top of my list if we were talking about the last 10 years.  My son and I quote it almost daily (which my wife hates and can't believe I let him watch when he was 12).  He bought me this shirt, which I am going to be wearing on my sail out to Catalina tomorrow.

[C-Man 27214]

This is the End is fucking greatness. Of those mentioned, I thought the first Neighbors was pretty good as was 22 Jump Street. Deadpool and The Big Sick are better movies but I wouldn't classify those as straight comedies. Oh, I liked Nice Guys too.

Edited June 21, 2018 by C-Man
Nice Guys addition

[Rimbo 25920]

Gonna have to go with Deadpool here.

The opening credits alone are funnier than anything e.g. Adam Sandler ever did.

[Dbeasy 15047]

Game Night
Need to give Spy a watch, not a McCarthy fan but have heard/read good things about her and this movie. 

It’s a two watcher for many people. First time can be weak, like many comedies.

[gecko 1104]

Horrible Bosses (both of them).

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

4 minutes ago, Rimbo said:

Gonna have to go with Deadpool here.

The opening credits alone are funnier than anything e.g. Adam Sandler ever did.

I took a shit this morning that was funnier than anything Sandler has done in the last decade.

[Rimbo 25920]

3 minutes ago, Cheeseweasel said:

I took a shit this morning that was funnier than anything Sandler has done in the last decade.

Eh, I dunno, have had some pretty hilarious shits. Farts are funny, man.

[futureman 22453]

52 minutes ago, kingkoopa6 said:

The Internship, The World's End

both of these are strong.  the job interview scene in “the internship” is some funny, funny shit.  and anything from the cornetto trilogy is gold.  

44 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:

I really liked The Nice Guys, partially because any 70’s theme immediately causes me to start laughing. But it was pretty funny too.

another good one.  gosling surprised me with how good he is at comedy. 

[henrygandorf 29189]

38 minutes ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

It's kind of a down decade industry.

fixed.

[Red Five 40852]

We’re the Millers gets in just under the wire. August 2013. Horrible Bosses was 2011.

[DanRydell 799]

It’s tough to justify funding a comedy that will gross $40m when you can churn out a dogshit Transformers movie that will make $200m in China.

[henrygandorf 29189]

56 minutes ago, Red Five said:

The Internship? Bad Moms? Jesus guys.

Not exactly Ghostbusters, Trading Places, Vacation, Airplane, Caddyshack, Fletch.... (1980-1985 off the top of my head).

we also don't have some comedic genius types that were running around in the 80's.  bill murray, chevy chase, eddie murphy, john candy, dan aykroyd, steve martin, plus plenty of other guys like michael keaton and tom hanks that had great range and were hilarious in comedies.

if you asked people today to name the funniest actors, you'd probably hear some say will ferrell and even sandler - both of whom are 10-15 years past their primes. 

i don't even know who the funniest comedic actors are today.  bateman and sudeikis are probably a good start, but they're no spring chickens.  ryan reynolds can be funny when he wants.  i still maintain that ryan gosling could be the funniest working movie actor if he decided to go that way.  like the year wilt led the league in assists just to show he could.  the big short may not have been straight comedy, but was one of the more entertaining movies of the past 5 years.

[Red Five 40852]

You may be on to something HG. Evidently the best comedy of the last five years is The Nice Guys and doesn’t star comedians.

[GotThatFire 166]

Tusk

 

If you have not heard of or seen this movie, just go get it and pop it in. Don't read about it. Don't watch trailers. You'd be doing yourself a disservice. It's one of those WTF movies

[NIUHuskies 504]

Girls Trip was probably the funniest for pure comedy. Then, Deadpool number 2

[Loco 3752]

 

[jimmyjazz 45899]

This thread is depressing.  Comedies took a turn for the worse with franchises like The Hangover and Bad Moms.

The world needs another Harold Ramis.

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

26 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

we also don't have some comedic genius types that were running around in the 80's.  bill murray, chevy chase, eddie murphy, john candy, dan aykroyd, steve martin, plus plenty of other guys like michael keaton and tom hanks that had great range and were hilarious in comedies.

if you asked people today to name the funniest actors, you'd probably hear some say will ferrell and even sandler - both of whom are 10-15 years past their primes. 

i don't even know who the funniest comedic actors are today.  bateman and sudeikis are probably a good start, but they're no spring chickens.  ryan reynolds can be funny when he wants.  i still maintain that ryan gosling could be the funniest working movie actor if he decided to go that way.  like the year wilt led the league in assists just to show he could.  the big short may not have been straight comedy, but was one of the more entertaining movies of the past 5 years.

Good point. Add to the fact that Hollywood would prefer a reboot/remake/sequel to original comedy &, the cards are stacked against anything decent coming out.

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4976]

The scene in 22 Jump Street where Channing Tatum's character finds out Jonah Hill was banging the chief's daughter is probably the hardest I've ever laughed in a theater.

[Patrick Bateman 3911]

The last half of aughts were a fantastic decade for comedy.  The teens have been more of an action decade..... It goes in waves and also comedies tend to have more cult classic type arcs.  Animal House or Caddyshack weren't considered hilarious all time comedies in their initial runs.

Ask the question in 2002 or 2003 and you'd have the same struggle.  Some real good movies but there was a transition in comedy going on from Jim Carrey/Farrelly Brothers stuff to some new voices.  Comedians don't really age well.... they have their time and then folks get tired of their schtick.  

 

Edited June 21, 2018 by Patrick Bateman

[HoustonFrog 368]

We're the Millers would be my #1

Nice Guys and Spy would be the next tier

Non-comedies like GotG, Thor, Big Short, Big Sick would make up next tier. 

[Ray Cranham 32]

Masterminds

[henrygandorf 29189]

20 minutes ago, Patrick Bateman said:

The last half of aughts were a fantastic decade for comedy.  The teens have been more of an action decade..... It goes in waves and also comedies tend to have more cult classic type arcs.  Animal House or Caddyshack weren't considered hilarious all time comedies in their initial runs.

Ask the question in 2002 or 2003 and you'd have the same struggle.  Some real good movies but there was a transition in comedy going on from Jim Carrey/Farrelly Brothers stuff to some new voices.  Comedians don't really age well.... they have their time and then folks get tired of their schtick.  

 

eh, animal house was a smash hit.  caddyshack was a bit of a letdown as a follow up.  at least according to the nat'l lampoon doc.

[workswithseed 2102]

I died laughing at Thor ragnorak. I can't think of anything else that has made me laugh that laugh. 

[Patrick Bateman 3911]

7 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

eh, animal house was a smash hit.  caddyshack was a bit of a letdown as a follow up.  at least according to the nat'l lampoon doc.

My bad then.... Trying to do from memory.  The Big Lebowski and Dazed were also two films which didn't catch on at the box office.

 

[PRONG HORN 3141]

52 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

This thread is depressing.  Comedies took a turn for the worse with franchises like The Hangover and Bad Moms.

The world needs another Harold Ramis.

 

Maybe comedies took a turn for the worse when the people who buy tickets (youth) were no longer laughing at what used to be funny.  

[jimmyjazz 45899]

I don't know if that's the explanation.  I've recently shown my HS kids most of the greats out of the SNL crew (Stripes, Caddyshack, Animal House, etc.) and they think they're hilarious.  Plus, my son likes tits.  I'm thinking about going with Porky's next.

[GotThatFire 166]

 For real though I’m going to need at least one of y’all to watch   Tusk   and then get back to me