The Classics

[mattg]

This last weekend, I caught the last hour of "Operation Petticoat" with Tony Curtis and Cary Grant. Hilarious. I would recommend it to everyone and anyone. Where are today's leading men willing to be a little silly for a good laugh?

[Eric_H]

I think Clooney, Pitt and Damon do a good job in the "Ocean's" movies. Of course they are good friends and have good rapport with one another anyway.

Obviously Tom Hanks is a great dramatic and comedic actor. I haven't enjoyed Jim Carrey's more "serious" stuff, but Will Ferrell did a nice job in "Stranger than Fiction" which was a different type of role for him, with less obvious humor. I think an up-and-comer in the mold of Hanks is Ashton Kucher. He became known for his comedy but I think he will have a good career in both types of roles.

I recently heard that Tom Cruise was teaming up with Ben Stiller to do a Hardy Boys spin-off called "The Hardy Men" where the teenage detectives are grown up, but still up to their old tricks. Should be interesting to see Cruise not take himself so seriously.

As far as classics go, Newman and Redford in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" is one of my favorites for laughs and story.

[LuciusBeebe]

This last weekend, I caught the last hour of "Operation Petticoat" with Tony Curtis and Cary Grant.

I caught that, too. Thanks AMC.

And if you think that Snickers commercial was awkward, revisit the Tony Curtis scene with Lawrence Olivier in 'Spartacus'. Run, Antoninus, run! Your hind-quarters depend on it!

edit: for Newman laughs, nothing excels Slapshot.

[matt_s]

Grumpy Old Men and Grumpier Old Men. Two of the funniest movies ever. Appeal to all ages, can be watched by all ages, and involve two of the funniest actors ever projected on the screen.

[james_t]

I always thought "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels", with Steve Martin and Michael Caine, had the feel of one of those classic comedies, just in the way the two of them played off each other. Michael Caine was classy, while Martin was just over the top.

I don't recall that it got very good reviews at the time it came out, but I heard a while back that it had actually been made into a stage production.

[LuciusBeebe]

"Ruprecht, don't take the cork off the fork."

[mattg]

Jaws. Roy Schneider was great. So were Richard Dreyfuss (Matt Hooper) and Robert Shaw (Quint). Great pacing. Great effects (for its era). Awesome.

[mattg]

"Farewell and adieu to ye fair Spanish ladies
Farewell and adieu you ladies of Spain
For we've received orders to sail back to Boston..."