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Old 11-28-12 | 10:44 PM
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Do they still make dark comedies?

Movies like Heathers or Fargo? What's there 2012 equivalent? Maybe I'm just missing them but I honestly can't think of any right now. Killer Joe, maybe?
Old 11-28-12 | 10:45 PM
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Seven Psychopaths for one.
Old 11-29-12 | 12:18 AM
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In Bruges (2008)
Four Lions (2010)
God Bless America
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yes.
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HOrrible bosses?
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Tyler Perry makes dark comedies.
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Yeah PopcornTreeCT..... Killer Joe. It fits the bill. In spades.
Old 11-29-12 | 07:40 AM
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Couple years old, but my first thought was "The Ice Harvest" (2005, John Cusack & Billy Bob Thornton).
Old 11-29-12 | 08:40 AM
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HOrrible bosses?
I thought that was more of a straight up comedy.
Old 11-29-12 | 08:50 AM
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Movies like Heathers or Fargo? What's there 2012 equivalent? Maybe I'm just missing them but I honestly can't think of any right now. Killer Joe, maybe?
Killer Joe definitely. I'll never look at fried chicken the same way.
Old 11-29-12 | 09:33 AM
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Movies like Heathers or Fargo? What's there 2012 equivalent? Maybe I'm just missing them but I honestly can't think of any right now. Killer Joe, maybe?
I didn't know FARGO was a considered a comedy. I liked the movie a lot but I don't think I ever laughed watching it.
Old 11-29-12 | 09:38 AM
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I didn't know FARGO was a considered a comedy. I liked the movie a lot but I don't think I ever laughed watching it.
Fargo is as much a drama as it is a comedy, but it's got a certain tone that might not resonate with everybody. Parts of it have me in hysterics. Like the interchange in the car where Buscemi challenges Stormare to converse more and he treatens to give him the silent treatment but is totally incapable of shutting up. The discomfort is half the comedy there but a lot of people wouldn't like that.
Old 11-29-12 | 09:54 AM
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I think most dark "Dramedy" type content has been turned into TV shows lately, like Breaking Bad and Shameless. Killing Them Softly looks like it might be mildly comedic. Seven Psychopaths. Get the Gringo.
Old 11-29-12 | 09:55 AM
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Not recent but Scotland, PA fits the category as well.
Old 11-29-12 | 10:01 AM
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I didn't know FARGO was a considered a comedy. I liked the movie a lot but I don't think I ever laughed watching it.
You missed out on half the fun of the movie. Did you laugh during "Raising Arizona?"
Old 11-29-12 | 10:13 AM
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Burn After Reading was equally hilarious and shocking. Especially THAT moment (Brad Pitt's dopey grin)...
Old 11-29-12 | 10:16 AM
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I'd say Observe and Report was a fairly dark comedy at times.
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Old 11-29-12 | 10:34 AM
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As long as Todd Solondz is still working, yes.
Old 11-29-12 | 10:38 AM
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Isnt there a sequel to Bad Santa in the works? That would count.
Old 11-29-12 | 10:40 AM
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Originally Posted by PopcornTreeCt
Movies like Heathers or Fargo? What's there 2012 equivalent? Maybe I'm just missing them but I honestly can't think of any right now. Killer Joe, maybe?
A few years ago, I liked the movies PLANET TERROR, 300, and PUNISHER WAR ZONE precisely because they were filled with black humor. I don't know if that's what you were looking for, though.

More recently, I considered BRIDESMAIDS and YOUNG ADULT dark comedies.
One (BRIDESMAIDS) was more successful (at making me laugh) than the other.
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Re: Do they still make dark comedies?

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As long as Todd Solondz is still working, yes.
that's for sure. Palindrones...that movie bothers me.
Old 11-29-12 | 11:58 AM
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I've always considered Pulp Fiction a comedy. The lines are hilarious.
Old 11-29-12 | 12:18 PM
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Pulp Fiction works but that movie is nearly 20 years old.
Old 11-29-12 | 12:36 PM
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Re: Do they still make dark comedies?

Originally Posted by wm lopez
I didn't know FARGO was a considered a comedy. I liked the movie a lot but I don't think I ever laughed watching it.
Every Coen Brothers movie is a comedy. Even No Country For Old Men. I rewatched that last week and forgot how much humor is beneth all the dread.


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