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Fun movies only.
We've been on "Exceptionally original film making" for a while. I think we've tapped the best movies out of it.
I've noticed something. People want to vote for and nominate serious movies. But people want to show up for and watch and come back to fun movies. So let's just make fun manditory.
We might as well make this list large. I'm confident we want to stay on this for a while. Especially hitting the movies we haven't seen in a while would be good. So reach deep into your memory. What movies were just properly fun.
So let's start nominating. Mine will be in the thread.
Here are my nominations:
Beerfest
Forest Gump
Minority Report
Independence Day
Airplane
Naked Gun
Shanghai Noon
Stranger than Fiction
Dumb and Dumber
Anchorman
Hot Rod
The Other Guys
The Rundown
Shanghai Knights
Rush Hour
Rush Hour 2
Pineapple Express
Tropic Thunder
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Last Crusade
Hot Fuzz
Shaun of the Dead
The Nice Guys
European Vacation
Animal House
Caddy Shack
Stripes (1981)
Revenge of the Nerds
Tucker and Dale vs Evil
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Without a Paddle
Evolution (2001)
Private School (1983)
Blame it on Rio (1984)
Black Sheep (1996)
Black Sheep (2006)
Tommy Boy
Joe Dirt
Ghostbusters II
Zombieland
I think three kinds of films manage to be fun:
That is to say I think the topic is more broad than just comedy by a little bit. For non-comedies it just comes down to how they choose to execute it. 50% of it is pacing. 50% of it is what's emphisized. The thrill of a unique situation, or the unbearable weight of a unique sitation. At the end of the day we just know what is a fun action movie. I think almost the entire 80s is just solid fun.