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Post by JangoB on Jul 3, 2024 15:07:15 GMT
And if so, what is it? The question is obviously a tough one but I think I actually have an answer. At least that's the first thing that comes to mind: the train painting gag from "Top Secret!". I mean, I could mention a hundred gags from that same movie (which I do think is one of the funniest ever, if not the funniest) but that specific one just strikes me as genius. I'll post the video just for the hell of it but I urge anyone who hasn't seen the movie to go watch it and experience the gag within the piece itself  |
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Post by bigmilko on Jul 3, 2024 15:25:49 GMT
Keeping the Top Secret! hype train going. The Underwater Bar Fight is probably top tier for me. Just the sheer impracticality of a western bar fight underwater, and the way it just keeps escalating is just absurdly my favorite thing ever
Of course there are way too many bits Id love to mention (Tic Tac Toe especially). The whole movie is just such a perfect gem
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Post by pacinoyes on Jul 3, 2024 15:59:15 GMT
Actually for me it's a LITERAL joke the movie tells so it's a bit different:
I always wonder if Robert Towne knew this joke or invented it for the movie........the joke is now probably offensive, like the movies title (to some), like the movies director (to some), like I am to some (um)........but it is a joke that has resonance within the movie itself too - as the people who are pushed to the margins - LITERALLY - to the outside of the movie frame at the very end............the movies LAST LINE is not "Forget it Jake it's Chinatown".......the last words you hear are "Get Off The Street" ..........damn right.........
Also one of film's great introductions, and Nicholson is just so much fun here.........
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Post by The_Cake_of_Roth on Jul 4, 2024 8:39:46 GMT
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Post by stephen on Jul 4, 2024 16:06:55 GMT
I wouldn't say it's my favourite one, but the first one that pops in my head is a little moment from Tropic Thunder (a film full of brilliant comedic moments). It's right after Les Grossman (Tom Cruise) absolutely rains down "an ungodly fucking firestorm" down on the Flaming Dragon cartel that holds Tugg Speedman hostage. Grossman absolutely verbally demolishes Flaming Dragon over the phone in a glorious rant that only someone of Cruise's intense wattage can attain. But the cherry on top of this moment -- the way he flips the phone back to McConaughey, goes back to his desk, but then says to his assistant: "Can you, uh, find out who that was?" That bit gets me every fucking time.
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