How come almost every trailer or ad for a comedy features someone falling down? When I saw a movie yesterday, they played the trailer for the Lizzie McGuire movie and she fell down 4 times! Without any context, a shot of someone falling down isn't inherently funny. But I suppose there are some people who laugh at this. Reminds of when Homer was one of the judges on the Springfield Film Festival on "The Simpsons" and he thought "Man Getting Hit in the Groin By Football" was hilarous.
sorry to get off topic, but i seriously hate that fucking gag that's in like a dozen movies: where someone tries to jump and land on a bed real smooth-like, and he bounces off. or when someone tries slide across the hood of a car and ends up falling off the other side.
fuck that's unfunny.
Like in 40 Days and 40 Nights, Josh Hartnett trips, and falls. Now that is comedy
I know exactly what Ravi's talking about, I keep thinking the same thing. Its this whole klutzy but cute teenage girl thing, with Lizzy Maguire and What A Girl Wants. And every time they fall down, they pop back up with a quick 'whoosh' sound effect. The ads for What A Girl Wants tout Amanda Byne's 'flair for physical comedy,' and I can't believe I've actually written so many words on this topic already.
What's going on with this trend (Black fish out of water movies)?
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Saw the last three trailers all in a row before "Shanghai Knights" (terrible, by the way) and they all included a variation on the slang "fo, shizzle, my nizzle" term.
Just what the world needs. more movies about stuffy white people being "down". oh, that's always funny.
Quote from: IllneroJust what the world needs. more movies about stuffy white people being "down". oh, that's always funny.
Also note that it is actually a law that 75% of these movies must co-star, feature or reference Snoop Dog
i do recal one Adam Sandler falling down in a trailer we all were obsessed with last summer... :shock:
The only time falling down in a trailer actually worked was in "Kingpin" the scene where Woody Harrelson and Bill Murray are about to face off in the bowling finals and Woody's got his game face on, when he trips over the hand blower. Now, that was funny!
:: is very disapointed:: man i thought i was gonna get to talk about michael douglas's flat top hairstyle :: waves fist:: ohh well
Quote from: cbrad4di do recal one Adam Sandler falling down in a trailer we all were obsessed with last summer... :shock:
uhhh... that was satire... yeah, thats it
Yeah, but Luis Guzman falling off a chair in a PTA movie is funny. Hilary Duff falling down isn't. Sorry, that's just the way it is :)
Yeah, because that doesn't sound half elitist...
Quote from: Butterscotch Jones:: is very disapointed:: man i thought i was gonna get to talk about michael douglas's flat top hairstyle :: waves fist:: ohh well
Yeah, me too.
Julianne Moore fell over a few times in 'Evolution.'
That was kinda funny.
Danny Glover in The Royal Tenenbaums :(
no no wait, why is falling down in quotes if it wasn't about the movie
Why does Shanghai Orange always put a sad face after each post?
Hey leave him alone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Quote from: mogwaiWhy does Shanghai Orange always put a sad face after each post?
because life sucks MANNNNNNNN !!!!!!!!!
War, poverty, crime, hell all it takes is one quick look at at his avatar to remind him of poison monkeys who interfere with our ability to get our freak on.
Shanghai Orange knows that even when you want to post a harmless observation about Danny glover that their is just no getting around the fact that were all gonna die . Many of us in toothpaste related mishaps
:: takes a dramatic pause:: Bummer :cry:
:(
Quote from: tremoloslothno no wait, why is falling down in quotes if it wasn't about the movie
Not sure why I put falling down in quotes. I like "to" put rando"m" words in quotes.
Quote from: Butterscotch Jones:: takes a dramatic pause::
man.. that takes me back.
good times.
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:-D
:cry:
jeff bridges: the big lebowski. There are some funny falls: treehorns house when drugged, the board nailed to the floor....is that it?