Blaze (he/him)@feddit.org to movies@lemm.eeEnglish · 2 months agoWhat’s a movie nobody can convince you is good?message-squaremessage-square335fedilinkarrow-up1102arrow-down15
arrow-up197arrow-down1message-squareWhat’s a movie nobody can convince you is good?Blaze (he/him)@feddit.org to movies@lemm.eeEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square335fedilink
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minus-squareCatZoomies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoFair point, was curious if there was a reason beyond what I suspected. I love his comedy, but my opinion of course. Totally okay for you to have your own preference and recognise you don’t find that style funny at all.
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minus-squareEndymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoYes, but Chevy Chase is also kind of scum as a human being, so it comes through in his comedy. I haven’t heard anything bad about Nielsen off-camera.
minus-squareusernamefactory@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoI have to agree, his delivery really doesn’t work for me. It feels like he’s elbowing me in the ribs with every gag. That said, it’s not enough to spoil Airplane for me. Airplane is a masterpiece.
minus-squareEndymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoThe whole thing is that he was a dramatic actor who was hired to be the deadpan in Airplane, and then realized he genuinely preferred comedies.
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Fair point, was curious if there was a reason beyond what I suspected. I love his comedy, but my opinion of course. Totally okay for you to have your own preference and recognise you don’t find that style funny at all.
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Have you seen Fletch?
Yes, but Chevy Chase is also kind of scum as a human being, so it comes through in his comedy. I haven’t heard anything bad about Nielsen off-camera.
I have to agree, his delivery really doesn’t work for me. It feels like he’s elbowing me in the ribs with every gag.
That said, it’s not enough to spoil Airplane for me. Airplane is a masterpiece.
The whole thing is that he was a dramatic actor who was hired to be the deadpan in Airplane, and then realized he genuinely preferred comedies.