09-10-2009, 09:18 PM
I watched Observe and Report the other day, and I came to a realization that I have been forming in my mind for quite some time:
I hate dark comedies.
Dark comedy, black comedy, black humor, whatever-the-fucked you call it, I hate it. They are these movies that are like "humor films" but have themes of drug abuse, rape, murder, gore, broken homes, disabilities, etc. So basically, you are watching a movie about bi-polar disorder, but they want you to laugh when the fucker sets himself on fire and leaps from a 30 story rooftop while yelling "Flame on!".
That didn't really happen in this movie, but there is a lot of disturbing shit. Like at one point, after a (admittedly) hilarious scene, a guy gets shot at point blank range with a .45 caliber handgun and blood goes everywhere. I believe film makers call this "shock value". I call it "stupid fucking bullshit". Unless the object of such a technique is to ruin my appetite and make me want to cry.
I just don't get it. When is daterape ever funny? When is someone going all Columbine in the middle of a mall funny? Or is the humor thrown in to lighten the blow of the depressing and disturbing shit? Even still, it doesn't work. It's just dumb. Not a good combination at all. The movie had good points and it had very bad, depressing points. The only other movie I've ever seen like this was Natural Born Killers, which I didn't finish because it disgusted the fuck out of me. If I wasn't 20 minutes late for Observe and Report, and if I had caught on that it was a dark comedy sooner, I would have watched something else.
On da flip side: Pineapple Express was hilarious, awesome, albeit a little long.
I hate dark comedies.
Dark comedy, black comedy, black humor, whatever-the-fucked you call it, I hate it. They are these movies that are like "humor films" but have themes of drug abuse, rape, murder, gore, broken homes, disabilities, etc. So basically, you are watching a movie about bi-polar disorder, but they want you to laugh when the fucker sets himself on fire and leaps from a 30 story rooftop while yelling "Flame on!".
That didn't really happen in this movie, but there is a lot of disturbing shit. Like at one point, after a (admittedly) hilarious scene, a guy gets shot at point blank range with a .45 caliber handgun and blood goes everywhere. I believe film makers call this "shock value". I call it "stupid fucking bullshit". Unless the object of such a technique is to ruin my appetite and make me want to cry.
I just don't get it. When is daterape ever funny? When is someone going all Columbine in the middle of a mall funny? Or is the humor thrown in to lighten the blow of the depressing and disturbing shit? Even still, it doesn't work. It's just dumb. Not a good combination at all. The movie had good points and it had very bad, depressing points. The only other movie I've ever seen like this was Natural Born Killers, which I didn't finish because it disgusted the fuck out of me. If I wasn't 20 minutes late for Observe and Report, and if I had caught on that it was a dark comedy sooner, I would have watched something else.
On da flip side: Pineapple Express was hilarious, awesome, albeit a little long.
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