MC Inventory: Best Comedy since 2000?

[dreamdead]

So I'm getting excited for The World's End, and am curious what film you all would single out as being the best comedy since 2000. From Wes Anderson fare to Edgar Wright to the Apatow industry to one-offs like The Muppets, what and why?

[Winston*]

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

[Russ]

Four Lions
Sordid Lives
Kung Fu Hustle
A Town Called Panic
The Emperor's New Groove
Team America: World Police
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan


And even tho IMDb classifies it as a fantasy/mystery/romance/thriller, I would add Survive Style 5+.

EDIT: Oops, if only one title, then I'd probably have to say Kung Fu Hustle

[Ezee E]

Step Brothers has me laughing the most.

[Rock]

Hot Fuzz and In The Loop for me. The former is packed to the brim with layers of good jokes, and is a loving tribute to and effective parody of a variety of genres (primarily action, which it actually pulls off pretty well). The latter has some of the sharpest comic dialogue in recent years and is a smart but not overbearing political satire.

[slqrick]

High Fidelity.

Love the soundtrack, great cast, and it struck a chord with me when I saw it in college around '04.

[chrisnu]

How about Another Year.

[Grouchy]

Hot Fuzz and In The Loop for me. The former is packed to the brim with layers of good jokes, and is a loving tribute to and effective parody of a variety of genres (primarily action, which it actually pulls off pretty well). The latter has some of the sharpest comic dialogue in recent years and is a smart but not overbearing political satire.
Well, this, agreed, word by word.

[Watashi]

How about Another Year.

Uh...

[Thirdmango]

Hot Fuzz is my favorite movie ever so that one would have to top the list.

[B-side]

A Serious Man.

[Skitch]

Grandma's Boy
Cecil B. Demented
Galaxy Quest
Super Troopers
Waiting
Kung Pow! Enter The Fist

[Raiders]

Not all original to the thread, but hey...

Wes Anderson's (insert film)
Dogtooth (?)
A Serious Man
Bridesmaids
Kung Fu Hustle
I Heart Huckabees
Pineapple Express
Hot Fuzz
Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic (cheating, perhaps)

[D_Davis]

Borat

Never laughed harder.

2nd - Napoleon Dynamite

[baby doll]

Aki Kaurismäki's The Man Without a Past because it's delightful and the soundtrack kicks fucking ass.

[Spinal]

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forever

[Sycophant]

Shaolin Soccer
Hot Fuzz
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
The Royal Tenenbaums/The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou/The Darjeeling Limited/Moonrise Kingdom
Bridesmaids
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle

I feel like I'm forgetting something significant.

Also feel like I'm declining to list some things that could very well be labeled comedies (like A Serious Man, my favorite non-Anderson American film of this century), but I primarily think of comedy lists as things that really, really make me laugh (Anderson is maybe on here more because his movies are the best and I don't want anyone thinking for a second I don't think so).

[Yxklyx]

Soul Kitchen
The Hangover
This is the End
Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle

[Boner M]

Wow, not one mention of Punch-Drunk Love yet. :|

[ledfloyd]

I hesitate to classify things like Moonrise Kingdom and Punch-Drunk Love (and A Serious Man) as straight comedies. Perhaps erroneously. Probably because they aren't as laugh heavy as a lot of comedies, despite being funny.

In Bruges and Shaun of the Dead are probably the comedies I've watched the most. In the Loop might be the hardest I've laughed. I love me some British humor. On the non-British end of things Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is probably up there.

[eternity]

Wet Hot American Summer, easily.

[Q & T]

Wet Hot American Summer, easily.

Seconded.

[Neclord]

Hot Fuzz would probably be my choice, it just destroyed me in theaters. Many of my other contenders have already been listed, but one of my picks so far unmentioned is Sideways, which I found riotous.

[Dead & Messed Up]

Not all original to the thread, but hey...

A Serious Man
Bridesmaids
Kung Fu Hustle
Pineapple Express
Hot Fuzz (cheating, perhaps)

I feel like Raiders and I would get along IRL.

[Bandy Greensacks]

Songs from the Second Floor
You, the Living
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
The Royal Tenenbaums
Funky Forest: The First Contact
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
Bad Santa

They all made me laugh while remaining interesting on a technical and artistic level. Well... with the possible exception of Bad Santa, which is too consistently funny not to list.

[Morris Schæffer]

Bad Santa, Hot Fuzz, Road Trip and American Pie 2 and Sideways.

[Dukefrukem]

Not all original to the thread, but hey...

Wes Anderson's (insert film)
Dogtooth (?)
A Serious Man
Bridesmaids
Kung Fu Hustle
I Heart Huckabees
Pineapple Express
Hot Fuzz
Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic (cheating, perhaps)

Agree with this list the most. It has my three requirments:

1. Pineapple Express
2. Life Aquatic
3. Kung fu Hustle

Gravey: Hot Fuzz + I <3 Huckabees and every other Wes Anderson film.

The only exception: A Serious Man- did you actually laugh out loud during that movie? To a dark comedy?

[Dukefrukem]

I feel like Raiders and I would get along IRL.

Bah.

[bac0n]

I wanna second Sideways. I swear, I laugh harder every time I watch it.

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World also kills me every time.

[Raiders]

The only exception: A Serious Man- did you actually laugh out loud during that movie? To a dark comedy?

Multiple times. It isn't that dark, it's more absurdist. I also wasn't listing based on how much I laughed.

[Grouchy]

Kung Fu Hustle, In Bruges and Bad Santa would make my list as well. The last one is so underloved.

[Dukefrukem]

I wanna second Sideways. I swear, I laugh harder every time I watch it.

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World also kills me every time.

Yeh Scott Pilgrim is pretty great too. The editing is swift and enjoyable.

[dreamdead]

Harold and Kumar go to White Castle has great trenchant and observational humor about race and class--and I like how Harold doesn't feel compelled to settle with someone of his race, which is fairly unique for these types of films (especially after Better Luck Tomorrow's insular sense of compatibility). However, the film also has battleshits--the coverage of that moment felt like gross-out humor to little purpose.

I fail to see how that can top anyone's list. So many glorious moments--Kumar marrying the weed--were spectacular but were undermined by silliness. And I realize that anyone can pull the "it's just a stoner movie, man" card, but I'm curious now about whether the sequel explores and deepens the race/class angles or whether it slips into battleshits silliness moments... Thoughts from those who've seen both?

[Rock]

Harold and Kumar go to White Castle has great trenchant and observational humor about race and class--and I like how Harold doesn't feel compelled to settle with someone of his race, which is fairly unique for these types of films (especially after Better Luck Tomorrow's insular sense of compatibility). However, the film also has battleshits--the coverage of that moment felt like gross-out humor to little purpose.

I fail to see how that can top anyone's list. So many glorious moments--Kumar marrying the weed--were spectacular but were undermined by silliness. And I realize that anyone can pull the "it's just a stoner movie, man" card, but I'm curious now about whether the sequel explores and deepens the race/class angles or whether it slips into battleshits silliness moments... Thoughts from those who've seen both?

I haven't seen the sequel, but I'm with you on the first film. I thought the racial/cultural humour was very well handled, as was the relationship between Harold and Kumar (Cho and Penn have really great chemistry), but it tried too hard to be silly at times (the Neil Patrick Harris cameo felt really strained - maybe it's because I saw the film only this year and he's risen back to prominence now, but it didn't work for me at all).

[Dukefrukem]

I guess I should finally see Harold and Kumar go to White Castle.

[Skitch]

I guess I should finally see Harold and Kumar go to White Castle.

It definitely deserves mention in this list, but its much funnier to watch when not sober, otherwise its like being the sober guy at the bar.

[Raiders]

Harold and Kumar go to White Castle has great trenchant and observational humor about race and class--and I like how Harold doesn't feel compelled to settle with someone of his race, which is fairly unique for these types of films (especially after Better Luck Tomorrow's insular sense of compatibility). However, the film also has battleshits--the coverage of that moment felt like gross-out humor to little purpose.

I fail to see how that can top anyone's list. So many glorious moments--Kumar marrying the weed--were spectacular but were undermined by silliness. And I realize that anyone can pull the "it's just a stoner movie, man" card, but I'm curious now about whether the sequel explores and deepens the race/class angles or whether it slips into battleshits silliness moments... Thoughts from those who've seen both?

Some movies exist to just be silly and funny.

[Sycophant]

Not every single joke in H&K works for me, necessarily, but I like that it marries its class and race observations and humor with outright silliness.

Haven't seen the second. The third was alright. Much more about just issues with life process stuff more than concerning itself with the original's ideas.

I've never been un-sober when watching H&K and it's been really damn funny every time.

[Dead & Messed Up]

I remember the second film's best element being Rob Corddry as an inept government agent that exemplified the worst of the Bush administration (much moreso than Bush, who's treated kindly in the final act of the film). There's a memorably gross bit where he wipes his ass with due process, and I liked a scene involving grape soda that played against and to stereotypes.

[MadMan]

I thought about this, and then I realized that most of it not all of my choices based on my rankings from Criticker were of movies that can also be considered dramas, horror films, action movies, satire, and fantasy. So eh I don't know if were are considering true comedy or movies that are funny but fill different genres. And no I'm not going back through the thread to find out if this was already raised.

[MadMan]

Also Harold and Kumar 2 is the best one in the series. NPH high on shrooms alone had me laughing for a good 20 minutes. The first one may have tackled racism but the second tackles how fucked up our nation has become since 9-11. The third movie is solid but I'm not sure a rewatch would be as kind to it compared to the first one, which I've seen plenty of times and the second one which I've viewed again on Comedy Central.

[wil-san]

Kung Fu Hustle, In Bruges and Bad Santa would make my list as well. The last one is so underloved.

I love it dearly! It doesn't even have to be Christmas for me to bust it out either. It's up there with Planes, Trains as far as cream-of-the-crop holiday films go.

I didn't see Zoolander mentioned. It's quite silly but it always cheers me up.

[Stay Puft]

Zoolander and Shaolin Soccer would be up there for me. I also loved H&K at the time but the sequels didn't do as much for me. In the Loop is a good one, has some great performances and a tight script. Also love A Serious Man, amazing dialogue (mere surmise, sir), amazing images (Gopnik struggling during his bar mitzvah, and the close-up reaction shot of his friend, stoned out of his mind), amazing everything. The first ten minutes of A Town Called Panic might be the hardest I've laughed ever.

For an offbeat choice, Birdsong. I don't know that anybody else I saw it with would classify it as such, but I'm convinced that's exactly what Serra was doing. I was giggling like a maniac the whole time.

[Stay Puft]

Oh and how could I forget: Everything from Hitoshi Matsumoto. One of my favorite comedians. Symbol is non-stop gut-busting laughs for me, and the last ten minutes of Big Man Japan rival the first ten of A Town Called Panic, if not surpass it. I'm talking tears streaming down my face and unable to breathe.

[Spinal]

I love A Town Called Panic. It gets funnier every time I watch it.