Comedy
Noah’s Barks pages relating to the comedy genre, which concerns things that are funny or things that seemingly attempt to be funny.
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Trava: Fist Planet
‘Trava: Fist Planet’ is an OVA set in the same universe as the phenomenal movie ‘Redline.’ In it are plenty of stoner vibes and hips as wide as an actual racetrack. (read more)
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Mazinkaiser
"Crash on crash!" Vintage super robot Mazinger Z receives a fresh, diabolic coat of paint in ‘Mazinkaiser,’ an exciting, hilarious OVA. (read more)
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Redline
Wanna have a good time? ‘Redline’ is where your first and last stop should be—or would be, if it didn’t compel you to burn nitroglycerin. (read more)
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Her
The film about love in the 21st century, and what’s incredible is that it may be so for centuries more. In a society where individuals are growing increasingly distant and romance becomes more necessary for the only genuine emotional connections one can find rather than physical, Her looks at where we’re headed and where we’ve… (read more)
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Three Colors: White
Lacks the humanistic drama that made Three Colors: Blue so affecting, but Three Colors: White succeeds in its own special way with its unique sense of comedy. Thanks to the 90-minute runtime, the storyline never develops at a dull pace, but on the flipside, Karol doesn’t feel fully explored as a character. Still, the great… (read more)
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Trainspotting
Comes a little too close to glorifying drug-induced hedonism, but Trainspotting saves itself eventually when it reveals its true, satirical nature. Leans a bit too much on playful comedy and not enough on drama for me, but anyone who knows or has known people in real life that are like the characters in this movie… (read more)
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The Man Who Wasn’t There
The “series of unfortunate events” plot and dark humor through irony that’s so constant in the Coens’ writing starts to run very thin. It’s frustrating to know how every scene, how every line of The Man Who Wasn’t There will play out as soon as it begins. Ed Crane is a mediocre character, and even… (read more)
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An American Werewolf in London
I was left confused by An American Werewolf in London‘s combination of comedy and horror because it’s more underwhelming than the concept promises. First of all, the horror element isn’t affecting at all. This is a movie that’s of the horror genre by theme, not by what it attempts at the audience. Secondly, it’s just… (read more)
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Army of Darkness
AKA: Evil Dead III / Evil Dead 3 The best Evil Dead movie! While a great trilogy throughout, the movies (or rather Sam Raimi) are better at parody than they are at being creepy, so Army of Darkness benefits by becoming an all-out horror-themed slapstick-fest. It’s damn funny in its own right, and is more… (read more)
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The Hudsucker Proxy
The only reason I can think of why The Hudsucker Proxy isn’t seen as one of the better films from the Coens is because its spitfire dialogue is so fast and witty that it’s easy to miss a ton of the humor. Yeah, this is funnier than Fargo, and the set and color design is… (read more)