Aquaman [DCEU] – Directed by James Wan (filmed, Warner, accuracy)
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That wasn't where the humorous parts of Jaws were.
For instance, the scene where Quint and Hooper are doing war-story bonding by comparing scars. Brody thinks for a moment about mentioning the only scar he has--an appendectomy scar--and thinks better about mentioning it. That was funny.
Or the classic scene of "We're gonna need a bigger boat." It wasn't delivered as a quip or sarcasm. It was a bleat, one of those moments when someone is faced with something completely out of his experience and his brain climbs out of his scull and yammers the first thing it can think of.
We weren't speaking specifically of humorous moments, we were talking about moments of sarcasm that to either of us we may find funny. The Character Matt Harpor had quite a number of lines using sarcasm that I found humorous, but being I haven't seen the movie and don't keep a library of lines in my mind, I can't give examples nor care to go look them up at the moment. More often than not the sarcastic lines were delivered in a whisper, as so often people do, it's understated. Brody also had a tendency to be sarcastic. Witty sarcasm to me is very funny, not everyone can deliver it naturally.
Jon Stewart, Steve Carrel, Bill Murray, Seinfeld, Larry David, and also Dave Chappelle uses it to a large degree, these are all people who come to mind come to mind. Call it deadpan, dry humor to be more technical. I'm not talking about the in your face parts that were in movies like Deadpool, I'm talking the humour where some people probably were scratching their heads.
Sarcasm has its place, but it seems that it is the only form of humor that super hero movies use. Too much of a good thing can go bad.
JAWS is very funny in parts. None of it is sarcastic. Same with RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK or ALIENS or APOCALYPSE NOW or STAR WARS.
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We weren't speaking specifically of humorous moments, we were talking about moments of sarcasm that to either of us we may find funny.
I think Mark S was speaking of humorous moments that are not moments of sarcasm.
Sarcasm is damned hard to do well; it takes a very high degree of intelligence.
Most people who try it, including writers, aren't nearly as smart as they think they are, and therefore their attempts at sarcasm aren't nearly as funny as they think they are.
I think Mark S was speaking of humorous moments that are not moments of sarcasm.
Sarcasm is damned hard to do well; it takes a very high degree of intelligence.
Most people who try it, including writers, aren't nearly as smart as they think they are, and therefore their attempts at sarcasm aren't nearly as funny as they think they are.
And I said to him that there were moments of sarcasm in the movie used by some characters namely the ones I mentioned, Dryfus' character for one was very sarcastic.
Basically, I think we all agree to some degree in its use.
And I said to him that there were moments of sarcasm in the movie used by some characters namely the ones I mentioned, Dryfus' character for one was very sarcastic.
And Hooper's sarcasm was never funny--nor was it intended to be.
Hooper was written to be a jerk (in fact, in the novel he seduced Brody's wife and was eaten by the shark along with Quint). They softened him in the movie and let him survive, but his sarcasm was still acerbic rather than funny.
And Hooper's sarcasm was never funny--nor was it intended to be.
Hooper was written to be a jerk (in fact, in the novel he seduced Brody's wife and was eaten by the shark along with Quint). They softened him in the movie and let him survive, but his sarcasm was still acerbic rather than funny.
Then I guess differ on our views of what humor encompasses, as his sarcastic remarks were humorous to many of us viewing in. Yes he was a jerk, I didn't like him at all, but, some of his remarks were sarcastically funny. You can be an evil arsetwat and still say funny things ya know.
"When Hooper comes into town, a bearded, bespectacled shark expert from a Woods Hole-like institute, he’s both a truth-teller and a jester—a merry mensch who’s nothing like the smooth operator in the book. Dreyfuss has rarely gotten the credit he deserves for his skill at insinuating speedy comic rhythms into seemingly intractable material. Much of the film’s humor comes from his powers of awareness—including his awareness of himself as an unlikely adventurer. And when Brody and Hooper partner up with Quint, Shaw’s alcohol-fueled Ahab, the actors and Spielberg and Gottlieb really get some odd-trio rhythms going".
OUTSTANDING new trailer for Aquaman. MUCH better than the other one we got. If you don't get the whole point of the movie, I don't know what to tell you. I can't wait. "Badassss!"
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