Does anyone else not laugh during movies?
01-03-04, 08:27 PM
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Does anyone else not laugh during movies?
This never really bothered me at first but now its beginning to worry me. I don't laugh at movies. Any movies. When I see comedies there are always lots of people cracking up during certain things and laughing out loud. The most I ever do is smile at a certain joke. Does anyone else not laugh at movies?
01-03-04, 09:12 PM
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My problem is that I laugh at least half a beat quicker than most of the audience in attendance. I just usually get the humor a tad faster than the average movie goer.
The audience I was with during American Wedding all LTMFAO!
The audience I was with during American Wedding all LTMFAO!
01-03-04, 09:47 PM
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I agree. I think this is odd, unless it's a cultural thing (laughing is culturally learned).
I agree. I think this is odd, unless it's a cultural thing (laughing is culturally learned).
Oh, and . . . yes, Ryo . . . you are very strange.
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01-03-04, 10:51 PM
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Out of curiosity, do you laugh at other things in life? Jokes, tv shows, funny songs, people getting hit in the crotch, etc.?
Out of curiosity, do you laugh at other things in life? Jokes, tv shows, funny songs, people getting hit in the crotch, etc.?
01-03-04, 11:07 PM
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Originally posted by DodgingCars
I agree. I think this is odd, unless it's a cultural thing (laughing is culturally learned).
I agree. I think this is odd, unless it's a cultural thing (laughing is culturally learned).
01-03-04, 11:15 PM
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Well, I find humor in things, but I don't typically laugh; When I'm with a large crowd, though, the HERD mentality elicits laughter from me. I can be at home watching Withnail & I, which is HILARIOUS, and I really enjoy it and find it funny, but I barely crack a smile.
Then I'll have something which just slays me, and I'll bust a gut. It's like it wells up. Last time that happened was when I watched Coupling: "The Giggle Loop". Maybe it was because they were laughing, and laughter is contagious.
Then I'll have something which just slays me, and I'll bust a gut. It's like it wells up. Last time that happened was when I watched Coupling: "The Giggle Loop". Maybe it was because they were laughing, and laughter is contagious.
01-04-04, 01:24 AM
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I laugh a lot at movies.
But sometimes, I like to start a laugh chorus at a movie theatre. It works like this: laugh once or twice at a line that is definitely NOT funny but sounds like it could be a reference to something, and then count the number of people who laugh with you at NOTHING.
I believe my personal best was 16, although that's disputed by my friend (with whom I compete for a laugh chorus) who said it was only 14 (thus not beating his confirmed 15 false laughs for a single film).
But sometimes, I like to start a laugh chorus at a movie theatre. It works like this: laugh once or twice at a line that is definitely NOT funny but sounds like it could be a reference to something, and then count the number of people who laugh with you at NOTHING.
I believe my personal best was 16, although that's disputed by my friend (with whom I compete for a laugh chorus) who said it was only 14 (thus not beating his confirmed 15 false laughs for a single film).
01-04-04, 01:33 AM
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I too have difficulty laughing during movies, or almost anywhere else in life. When I do laugh, it usually feels hollow and forced.
I'm not exactly sure why.
I'm not exactly sure why.
01-04-04, 02:17 AM
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I too have difficulty laughing during movies, or almost anywhere else in life. When I do laugh, it usually feels hollow and forced.
I'm not exactly sure why.
I too have difficulty laughing during movies, or almost anywhere else in life. When I do laugh, it usually feels hollow and forced.
I'm not exactly sure why.
01-04-04, 03:06 AM
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perhaps how your standards are. you find it amusing or entertaining, yet you lack the ability to show it in public. perhaps you do not want to make a scene? not sure. nothing all that bad. I would rather watch a funny film with you in the audiance then the cackling wench three rows behind me that could be heard for miles and laughs for a few minutes too long.
01-04-04, 09:51 AM
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Laughing rules. I can't imagine seeing a comedy and having no one laugh (assuming that it's a GOOD comedy, not a bad one).... I feel very sorry for those who can't just have a good, tear inducing laugh fit... good times.
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01-04-04, 09:57 AM
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I hate when people laugh at someone that isnt suppose to be funny just because say Adam Sandler or Jim Carrey maybe in the movie..... The truman Show and Punch Drunk Love come to mind
01-04-04, 12:06 PM
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RyoHazuki- Are you Japanese?
A friend whose sister lived in Japan for many years told me the Japanese love comedy films but they don't laugh in movie theaters because laughing in public is considered embarassing or dishonorable. Maybe you've been socialized to not laugh in public.
I have the opposite problem. I go see movies like Looney Tunes: Back in Action and I'm THE ONLY ONE LAUGHING.
A friend whose sister lived in Japan for many years told me the Japanese love comedy films but they don't laugh in movie theaters because laughing in public is considered embarassing or dishonorable. Maybe you've been socialized to not laugh in public.
I have the opposite problem. I go see movies like Looney Tunes: Back in Action and I'm THE ONLY ONE LAUGHING.
01-04-04, 03:34 PM
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The only time I've ever laughed during a movie was during Ghost Ship.
The end of the opening scene was the most (unintentionally) hilarious sequence I've ever seen captured on film. Terrible, terrible movie.....not as bad as LXG, though....
Come to think of it, I might have also chuckled at the Picadilly Circus scene in An American Werewolf In London. Now that's comedy!
The end of the opening scene was the most (unintentionally) hilarious sequence I've ever seen captured on film. Terrible, terrible movie.....not as bad as LXG, though....
Come to think of it, I might have also chuckled at the Picadilly Circus scene in An American Werewolf In London. Now that's comedy!
01-04-04, 03:43 PM
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Only if it's NOT FUNNY.
Actually, Laughing is not a Cultural thing.
I remember reading in some Psychology article that laughing had something to do with a lowered threat level. It is sort of meant as a system of letting others now that there is no harm in a situation and that guards can be dropped. Wish I could find the article, it explains it much better than I can. But seriously, if you have trouble laughing in front of others maybe you should "talk to someone"
My personal belief is laughter can be necessary to keeping ones sanity.
Actually, Laughing is not a Cultural thing.
I remember reading in some Psychology article that laughing had something to do with a lowered threat level. It is sort of meant as a system of letting others now that there is no harm in a situation and that guards can be dropped. Wish I could find the article, it explains it much better than I can. But seriously, if you have trouble laughing in front of others maybe you should "talk to someone"
My personal belief is laughter can be necessary to keeping ones sanity.
