| | i don't know why i enjoy british film so much.
when i watched "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" back in college, i could barely understand what many of the characters were saying let alone what was going on. i don't think it helped that i was still massively jet-lagged after my first cross-atlantic flight to the UK, but i thoroughly enjoyed this "new" genre (well new for me anyways) even more because i was experiencing the british culture all at once.
i've been a big fan of british film since. well i'm not sure if i can claim i love ALL british film but something about british humor that just gets me. there's other guy ritchie movies such as "Snatch" which was pretty decent and "layer cake" few years later was made in guy ritchies style. layer cake wasn't that great but it helped daniel craig land his james bond roll later so it was worth watching.
i think british humor, at least on film i've seen, is quite vulgar but witty. it's not your dumb and dumber or zoolander but simon pegg doesn't disappoint. in fact, i've become quite a fan of simon pegg even though i think ben stiller, will farrell and jack black are much funnier (jack black in nacho is hands down the best). i'm probably biased toward british comedy and simon pegg's "Shawn of the Dead" and "Hot Fuzz" are true laugh-out-loud, knee-slapping kind of movie for me. i've recently watched "how to lose friends and alienate people" which wasn't his best work but its still simon pegg being him.
besides the big names like simon pegg and guy ritchie i really enjoyed "Four Weddings and a Funeral", "Billy Elliot" and "Waking Ned Devine".
of course there's the classic Monty Python series. i especially recommend "Life of Brian" to all religious folks out there like me who will find it rather uncomfortable laughing out loud at jokes that are borderline sacrilegious.
i still haven't figured out why i enjoy british comedy so much and perhaps i'm one of the few americans or non-brit who actually enjoy this crap. but if you haven't seen some of these movies i say give it a shot. and let me know if you know of other great british film, comedy or not. cuz these days all i have is time and i can use some dry humor. |
| | Posted 1/29/2009 11:30 PM - 38 Views - 2 eProps - 0 comments
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