08-08-2021, 10:12 PM
Share your underrated comedies here. Here's a few of mine....
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
You might not think this is underrated. I know a lot of people like it. Why I am including it as I think it stands toe to toe with any of the best comedies from that era. You often here about Old School, or Wedding Crashers, or Stepbrothers, or Superbad, but you never really hear this one brought up. I won't say it's the best of all of them, but I think it belongs in the same conversation.
Strange Wilderness
This movie has an absolutely absymal critics score, and a lot of the user ratings are really harsh. But if you're looking for a stupid, laugh out loud comedy I think it's way better than people give it credit for. Steve Zahn is great. It's got a young Jonah Hill, Farva from Super Troopers, and Justin Long. I really enjoyed this. The scene at the end where they encounter Bigfoot was hysterical.
Waiting
To me this is an absolute classic. I've probably seen it close to a dozen times. It's one of the rare rentals I had from Blockbuster that I watched twice before returning. There's so many great characters and lines from this.
Hot Rod
This move was ahead of it's time. Andy Samberg made it before The Loney Island stuff took off. It definitely takes a certain type of person to appreciate it. It's so damn stupid but that's what makes it great. It also has an early in his career Danny McBride. When he tries to fight that guys and says "I've been drinking Green Tea all damn day" I lose it every time.
The Watch
I don't think a lot of people have seen this. I don't think it's as good as some of the other ones I've listed but I'm including it because it's either completely forgotten or never seen. For those that don't know, this movie's biggest downfall was that it got released right around the Tayvon Martin stuff. Obviously the studio didn't push a neighborhood watch movie. It has Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughan and Jonah Hill all in their comedic primes, shortly before the genre kind of started to die off. It's definitely worth watching if you haven't seen it.
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
You might not think this is underrated. I know a lot of people like it. Why I am including it as I think it stands toe to toe with any of the best comedies from that era. You often here about Old School, or Wedding Crashers, or Stepbrothers, or Superbad, but you never really hear this one brought up. I won't say it's the best of all of them, but I think it belongs in the same conversation.
Strange Wilderness
This movie has an absolutely absymal critics score, and a lot of the user ratings are really harsh. But if you're looking for a stupid, laugh out loud comedy I think it's way better than people give it credit for. Steve Zahn is great. It's got a young Jonah Hill, Farva from Super Troopers, and Justin Long. I really enjoyed this. The scene at the end where they encounter Bigfoot was hysterical.
Waiting
To me this is an absolute classic. I've probably seen it close to a dozen times. It's one of the rare rentals I had from Blockbuster that I watched twice before returning. There's so many great characters and lines from this.
Hot Rod
This move was ahead of it's time. Andy Samberg made it before The Loney Island stuff took off. It definitely takes a certain type of person to appreciate it. It's so damn stupid but that's what makes it great. It also has an early in his career Danny McBride. When he tries to fight that guys and says "I've been drinking Green Tea all damn day" I lose it every time.
The Watch
I don't think a lot of people have seen this. I don't think it's as good as some of the other ones I've listed but I'm including it because it's either completely forgotten or never seen. For those that don't know, this movie's biggest downfall was that it got released right around the Tayvon Martin stuff. Obviously the studio didn't push a neighborhood watch movie. It has Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughan and Jonah Hill all in their comedic primes, shortly before the genre kind of started to die off. It's definitely worth watching if you haven't seen it.
