Just the other day I was watching Usual Suspects and not only was that an amazing movie but it brought up an element in movies that’s rarely used:  the use of broken language as a means to humor.  Let me rephrase that.  The use of words that you can’t understand as a means to humor.

Granted plenty of movies are filled with accents that are supposed to make you laugh.  But rarely are we encountered with a movie where the whole point of humor is for you to NOT understand what a character is saying (even though you kind of are).

So have I confused you enough?  I hope so.  Here are some funny moments in movies where you can barely understand people

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If someone were to ever write a book or article that tried to explain the 80s in depth, there would have to be an entire chapter or section devoted to John Hughes.  I just don’t think it’s even possible to leave the guy out.

If there’s anyone who understood high school life and told the story of teenagers in that time period it was certainly Hughes.  And not only just teenagers, life in general.  The guy just had a penchant for culture in that time period.

After 1990?  Well that’s a different subject.  You’ve got Curly Sue, Home Alone and then Hughes just lost it (although Dutch was awesome). Drillbit Taylor?  In any event, let’s not veer from the true subject which is his 80s genius.

Here are my top ten Hughes written movies

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If there’s one thing I’m 100% ashamed of in this world, it’s having seen 10 minutes of the movie Sex and the City.  What pains me even more is that I had to endure 10 seconds of Cynthia Nixon being taken from behind by a dude in classes.  It’s a vision that still gives me nightmares, and will probably haunt me for the rest of my life.

One thing I also noticed is that as I was watching this movie, every ounce of masculinity was being taken from me.  It’s like I wanted to paint my nails and go shopping.  I was scared, alone, and destitute.  But I quickly turned on some porn and life returned to normal.

However, if you ever want to go limp or better yet, watch your penis shrivel before your eyes, you might want to check out these 10 flicks.

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A good fight scene is not something that is easy to do.  You have to get the dubbing to be perfect.  You need athletic actors.  You need excellent choreography and you need a solid director.

So it’s one thing when you have all these ingredients.  It’s another when you think you have all these things and yet absolutely none of them are working out well.

What do you get?  You get scenes that are supposed to be amazing but wind up being incredibly unintentionally funny.

Check out these pathetic but hilarious fight scenes.

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I consider Boogie Nights to be one of my favorite movies.  It doesn’t mean that I’ve seen it 100 times, nor would I necessarily want to.  But I have to admit that from beginning to end, this movie simply rules.   Honestly there isn’t one moment in this film that isn’t worth watching.  And considering it’s well over 2 hours, that’s pretty impressive.

Also, for a movie that’s got such great drama,  you know because of the porn that it’s automatically geared up to be hilarious.  And whether it’s intentional or not (clearly I think it is) it doesn’t matter.  The comedy in this movie is simply amazing.

If had to pick great comedic moments from the film, here are 6 worth sharing.

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Ever since I saw the Mary Poppins horror trailer I’ve always been on the lookout for awesome re-cut trailers.   While I’m not sure any will match that one, or the comedy one for The Shining, there have been some great mashups out there.  You gotta love when Brokeback Mountain came out and there were dozens of Brokeback re-cuts.

And for some reason I’ve been in an 80s comedy movie kind of mood lately.  With that said I thought I’d poke around Youtube to see if there were any comedy trailers turned non-comedy that would be worth sharing.

Turns out there were 10.   Most of them are horror with a couple of action thrown in.  I hope you enjoy.

P.S.  I think The Christmas Story  and Pee Wee’s Big Adventure trailers are amazing.

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I decided to take an article out of the archives just in case any of you may have missed it in the past.   I’ve added some minor changes. 

Sometimes songs just seem to fit a movie. For example, it’s obvious that one would use the song “Singing in the Rain” in a movie where the guy is actually singing and it’s actually raining.

However, some movies play a song and you think to yourself, “Dude, what the hell is going on here?” and you just can’t fathom why the song has been used. However, after thinking about it you realize how disturbing, yet indescribably appropriate the use of that song was.

Here are my picks (in no particular order) for the 10 most out of place songs that work really well in movies

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I’m not going to lie.  This is far and away one of the most annoying lists I’ve ever had to assemble.  And the reason it was hard is because I didn’t simply take women from sports movies.  I mean, yes, I did, however you have to understand I left out a ton of them.

And I did it for a reason.  This is a list of actresses who can probably play sports well.   That included the ability to play more than one sport and look coordinated while doing so.  So bottom line, if an actress looks and throws like a girl, she’s probably not on this list.

Again, coordination plays a big factor here, so women like Hilary Swank and Geena Davis are out.   Put it this way, if the girl throws like you would with your opposite hand, then she’s not on this list.

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I happen to love movies with twists.  And what better a movie than one that involves con artists?  This wasn’t the easiest list to assemble simply because it would appear that there are tons of these movies out there.

However, there is a big difference between movies that are about cons and robberies (like Usual Suspects or Inside Man or Oceans Eleven) and movies that specifically focus on con artists or grifting.

So here are, in no particular order, 10 of the great con artist movies

*Don’t worry, there are no spoilers here.

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