After seeing the recent release of the Hangover part 2, although not watching the film as in my opinion the prequel didn't live up to the roaring almost cult obsession with it. In my opinion it just consisted of lots of one liners and cheap gags with a plot that hardly made the audience think very much about what was about to happen, rather firing 'funny' situation after situation at the audience. This lead me to think about why Hollywood has produced a new genre of comedy for those who find intellectual comedy such as that from the Cohen brothers too complicated to comprehend. Instead they have dozens of writers sat in a room spending all day creating the golden one liners which the film will later rely to place in a TV ad, probably with all the funny moments in the film placed in it. Making box office numbers soar. I believe that for a real comedy, there needs to be sustenance to the plot, and like a good film keep the audience guessing, the black comedy genre often provides us with the right mix of thrill and laughs (however dark the joke subjects may be), I believe that Independent and small budget films are often far more 'funny' and enthralling than there tacky Hollywood counterparts. I'll finish this with a list of my 5 favourite independent/low budget comedies and I urge you to watch them (you will enjoy these far more than anything released by Warner brothers in the last 10 years):
- Little Miss Sunshine
- Black Sheep
- The Cottage
- Fargo
- The Royal Tenenbaums
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