Top 10 Comedy Movies

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Blazing Saddles (1974)
Duck Soup (1933)
Monty Python and The Holy Grail (1975)
Dr Strangelove (1964)
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Candyshack (1980)
Ghostbusters (1984)
Airplane! (1980)
A Night at the Opera (1935)
Anchorman (2004)

Sci-Fi History: A Clockwork Orange (1971)

Stanley Kubrik's film portrays a dystopian future in which Malcolm McDowell's character, Alex, displays no sense of morality or empathy. Alex loves classical music as much as rape and intense violence. The immoratlity portrayed is a reflection of the culture at large. The film mocks psychiatry and psychology while focusing on violent youth culture. Some believed the film critiqued communism, but instead examined the extremes from both the right and left.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faML0QvVb2A

Sci Fi History: 2001: A Space Odyssey

Stanley Kubrick directed this amazing sci-fi masterpiece. The film is split into four acts that follows man's evolution, which is aided by mysterious monoliths. It begins with "The Dawn of Man" featuring a bunch of protohumans learning to kill. In the second act, 21st century man discovers a monolith on the moon. Act III sends the cast to Jupiter where 2001 transforms into a horror film. The ship's computer, HAL, systematically murders the crew. One man survives into Act IV where he seemingly evolves into a higher being after an encounter with the monolith.

2001 was revolutionary. It did not feature humanoid aliens. A conspiracy on Earth program HAL to kill the astronauts 25 years before The X-Files. The special effects were cutting edge. The film influenced George Lucas and Steven Spielberg. Additionally, elements of 2001 can be seen in Blade Runner, Close Encounters, Alien, Contact, and other films and television programs.


Dawn of Man:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypEaGQb6dJk




Trailer:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6ywMnbef6Y




Theme Song:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxLacN2Dp6A

The Greatest Movie Scenes #51-60

51. Who’s on First?-The Naughty Nineties (1945): The classic baseball sketch from Abbott and Costello.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sShMA85pv8M

52. Apes to Man-2001: A Space Odyssey (1968): Thanks to Alien monoliths, mankind evolved from apes to man. In this version, tool use was the key. In real life, chimps, wasps, and octopus all use tools.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML1OZCHixR0

53. The Funeral Oration- Julius Caesar (1953): One of the great speeches in history delivered by Mark Antony. It fired the crowd up against Caesar’s assassins and changed the course of Western History.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNRoeMvzMVo

54. The filibuster-Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939): Jimmy Stewart was a Republican!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWyEc7FAMTg

55. I’m Melting/Ding Dong the witch is dead-The Wizard of Oz (1939): When I worked at Comerikkka, a really obnoxious bitch got fired. People around the office sang this song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfV_ENR5IZE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oVfBrD04oo

56. Girls don’t float-Frankenstein (1931): One of the creepiest scenes ever. A little girl throws flower petals into a pond. Frank digs it, so he decides to see if a little girl can float like the petals.

57. The Speech-The Pride of the Yankees (1942): Lou Gehrig probably played a few years with ALS. Amazing considering the high standard he set.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbNrCxqxzgo

58. What is your major malfunction Private Pyle - Full Metal Jacket (1987): Back to back Kubrick. R. Lee Ermey basically wrote his own part.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tD4q3leE5Uw

59. Here’s Johnny!- The Shining (1980): Jack makes a great psychopath.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TVooUHN7j4

60. The question- Dirty Harry (1971): Once again, Clint Eastwood teaches us how to deal with criminals. While we are at it, perhaps we could deal with the ACLU the same way.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnMLGkj91Og

Greatest Movie Scenes #96-100

96. Sadism- A Clockwork Orange (1971): Alex de Large (Malcolm McDowell) and friends go on a sadistic crime spree. The scene shocked people for its indiscriminate violence.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v90KPJ6n4Ew

97. You Came Back. Why? - Magnificent Seven (1960): Eli Wallach had beaten the Seven, but they came back despite the fact the Mexicans did not want them to return. A confused Wallach asks Yul Brynner why they bothered to come back.

98. The Enterprise-Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979): The producers wanted to show how far special effects and model building had come since 1969. So, they spend seven minutes flying to the ship. The new movie pays homage to this scene briefly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSvV2QTAcHY

99. Zed’s Dead- Pulp Fiction (1994): A very short scene that ended Pulp Fiction, but amusing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7Yp2L6c2KM

100. The Walk-Reservoir Dogs (1992): Reservoir Dogs introduced us to Quentin Tarantino and the now famous Tarantino Super Slo-Mo Walk.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLZ5AVHfnCs