At least the Peach knows when to pull out. Yak yak yak.
What is it humans find so funny about guys taking a chop to the balls? Bad Santa, the film we kick the Xmas season off with, has a triple ball-busting scene between a drunk Santa, his dwarf partner and a kid. Every year, Nearest and I laugh our stupid heads off over this mess of a scene. I mean, he’s whooping like he does when Gene Hackman nearly kills the monster in Young Frankenstein.
This film wasn’t made by women. It was made by men. Men seem to think it’s absolutely kick-you-in-the-crotch hilarious when another guy gets it in the nuts.
I suppose it’s like the instinct that makes a zebra goes for the other stud’s groin — “You ain’t breedin’ any of MY mares, Hengst!“ But how does it explain that I’m laughing so hard, too?
Then again, if you want to make me happy, pick high concept and low brow. I’veseen The Seven Samurai more times than I can count, and before you say that’s a classic, guess what people say about The Samurai Genre? I have a friend I used to watch awful b-movies with, both of us ridiculing them; that was more than half the fun. We even had a class of film we called BTIDTO — better than it deserves to be. Yes, I’ve seen I Spit On Your Grave and From Dusk till Dawn and judged ‘em BTIDTO (yes, I have THE crap movie acount, kind of the Tracfone of payment plans: MVLIB).
But when we were in a movie rental store, and I said, “Where’s the B-movies? My friend here is the Queen of Crap Taste,” I thought she was going to kill me. Hey! Be proud of Your Bad Taste! Who’s with me? Anybody? Hello?
LOL! Well, a good kick in the nuts does render a guy defenseless and is something very funny to watch them howl in pain and squeak.
Bad B-Movies? hn…Each from the “a Scary Movie” bad enough to laugh 2 hours straight!
I think it’s the ironic juxtaposition between the vaunted Male Physical Superiority and their exclusive adornment with a soft, squishy ouch generator that’s, you should pardon the expression, hanging right out there.
Schlock movies are the best. Old, badly dubbed Chinese kung-fu movies have given Miss Jane some transcendent experiences.
I have no idea why nut shots make me kill myself with laughter. My roommate too, and he’s a guy. I’ve seen him lose it watching Robot Chicken when they decide to give it to various characters right where it hurts most.
I’m a huge fan of B-movies. The worse they are the more I like ‘em. Even better, I like to review them. I’ve seen some really baaaaaad ones in my time.
HMMMM! Peach fans and bad movies? A taste for the satirical? People so smart they don’t think it can hurt their brains or their reputations to watch movies that are the taste equivalent of molten cheese? A conundrum….
Kicked in the dangly bits, not particularly funny off hand, but at times…
Bad movies. My DH and I have a special category of movies, called Good Bad Movie Night Movies. You know, the ones that are so bad they’re good, or you like them in spite of yourself, or all those movies that the critics just didn’t get, and of course those movies that KNOW that they are silly, over the top or whatever. One of our favorites in the category is Big Trouble in Little China.
I guess my favorite bad movie at the moment is U-571. After getting over being indignant about all the MANY inaccuracies, it’s fun to look at it as a massive collection of U-boat sight gags, and just laugh at it!
Anybody seen Murphy’s War? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067458/ You can trace the careers of the raggedy U-boat crew in the medals they wear on their old shirts (well, if y’ou’re OCD like me and know that sort of thing). Peter O’Toole uses his own native accent! And some scary bi-plane stunts.
I haven’t, and perhaps I should. I’m not the world’s greatest authority on the subject, but I might be able to.read them. OCD? Blame the Brigade of the American Revolution– it’s all their fault! :-)
That’s not the gang with the stuffed alligator in the Hessian uniform, is it? The one with Great Ju-Ju? And the stein?