C-Dic, there's a funny quote from the simpsons (or maybe it's family guy, whatever, not important) that I always bring up when people are saying how great british humor is...
Homer (after Bart asked him about a joke that was in a show they were watching) - British humor is a lot more complex and intelegent then our american humor son, that's why you may not get it.
Bart - That mans wearing a dress...
British humor is often associated with dry humor, however, it's also associated with off the wall characters and plots, so who knows.
Oh yeah, Shawn of the Dead kicks hardcore ass. But as Windancer said, all of you Grandma's and Grandpa's who get offended by everything better watch out for the notorious "N" word. Don't want to shit your pants and have a stroke because of the horrible racism that's blatantly abundant in the movie because of that word.
lol! That quote sounds just about right BF. Now, people come on! Why do we complicated ourselves with what's funny and what's not? British humor isn't complicated a joke is a joke. I mean come on! Haven't you ever heard a joke and don't understand the punchline, but later after thinking about it suddenly it hits you? That's how humor works sometimes. British humor is not difference.
Here is an example of British humor which isn't offensive, but quite funny (a little long but wait for the punchline):
http://www.tech-sol.net/humor/people137.htm
btw-I'm an American and love Shaun of the Dead. So is not restricted to the British. 😛
Originally posted by Cinemaddiction
As usual, no takers on what "British Humor" is.
I don't think their is such a thing: We have Phython surrealism - drawn from Dada which was French and we have slapstick - drawn from music hall tradition. Which frankly I'm not that proud of as hitting someone in the face with a fish doesn't amuse me.
I suggest you ignore all posts that cite "British humor" as I do.
And Assault on precinct 13 is a KILLER movie you ass.
Originally posted by dean7879
u must of raised a smile when ed said 'whats up niggas'!
That, yes, because it was totally out of left field. I also "got" the "Kill the Queen" quip which everyone else in my theatre apparenly missed, and the record throwing segment. The whole fascination with Shaun's mom was just a little too forced to be suggestively funny, IMO.
Originally posted by Mr Zero
I suggest you ignore all posts that cite "British humor" as I do.And Assault on precinct 13 is a KILLER movie you ass.
I've somewhat come to realize what everyone is getting at with "British Humor", as varied as I have read it to be, so although my little enquires went unread, I got it on my own.
As for "Assault of Precinct 13", it's natural that you would like it, if you share similar tastes with Q.T. No problem there.
I just watched the movie myself, and it was as amateur as it gets. It was plodding, predictable, totally lacking the "suspense" everyone claims it to have. Should I go on? It was nothing more than 'Night of the Living dead" with a street gang and a Vin Diesel/Riddick-esque character who goes from antagonist to hero.
Stupid, stupid movie, IMO. Not to mention dated as hell.
Originally posted by Cinemaddiction
just watched the movie myself, and it was as amateur as it gets. It was plodding, predictable, totally lacking the "suspense" everyone claims it to have. Should I go on? It was nothing more than 'Night of the Living dead" with a street gang and a Vin Diesel/Riddick-esque character who goes from antagonist to hero.
yeah i agree but i still found it an enjoyable film, despite all the negatives
Im British! I hate the movie!
I would also like to explain my interpretation of British humour.
Which is not f***ing funny. We do have some corkers, Blackadder, Open all hours etc, but British humour is apparently all *** jokes.
A brilliant example being - Carry on Camping and the rest of the Carry On films. There not funny.
assault on precinct 13 was an excellent movie, everything was done so well imo.
as for shaun, no the movie was nothing special, but it beat the hell out of most recent american comedies, and it was genuinely funny (if a little dated as cinemaddiction said). just depends on your sense of humour i think.
I loved Shaun of the Dead! I saw it just for the humor because it wasn't scary at all. As for story, predictability, etc, it's a comedy. IMO, a comedy doesn't need a good story or anything. That wasn't what they were goin' for.
I loved the part when
Spoiler:😆
that guy with the glasses stepped in front of the window and the zombies broke through. They tried pulling him back in and ripped his legs off. They started hitting the zombies with the severed legs.
I hated Scary Movie though. Not much of it was funny, just filled with dicks through people's ears and trimming womanhood with hedgeclippers. I didn't even want to see Scary Movie 2 after that. Scary Movie 3 was alright.
Originally posted by eggmayo
Im British! I hate the movie!I would also like to explain my interpretation of British humour.
Which is not f***ing funny. We do have some corkers, Blackadder, Open all hours etc, but British humour is apparently all *** jokes.A brilliant example being - Carry on Camping and the rest of the Carry On films. There not funny.
ure crazy!! the carry on films are hilarious...there are way more funny british comedys than blackadder and open all hours....
carry on films are genious 😠 😠