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SponConSerdTent t1_j077tdy wrote

Reply to comment by FastWalkingShortGuy in Adam Sandler wins the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor by ZylonBane

Happy Gilmore and Billy Madison are classics, Sandler also was amazing on Saturday Night Live. The dude is legitimately a comedy great.

I prefer comics like George Carlin with some edge to them, but Sandler's goofiness is a purer form of comedy in my eyes.

The movies Click and Spanglish were two of the worst movies I've ever seen, but I don't think you should count the flops against people. Comedy is a genre full of flops, it's really hard to tell which movies are going to be classics until the decades go by.

I don't think anyone making Tommy Boy thought "this is going to be one of the best comedy movies of all time."

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BadMedAdvice t1_j08j46q wrote

Click had so much potential, though. I wouldn't even count that against him. Think it's just that it tried to push a message, and be a proper comedy at the same time. Didn't really commit to either adequately.

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SponConSerdTent t1_j08k19y wrote

Sorry To Bother You was a movie that did both, I would call it a dark comedy. Really depends on what message and how cliche it is.

"You never get wasted time back" is about as cliche as it gets.

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BadMedAdvice t1_j08ksk6 wrote

Well, and it didn't really commit to that message. Nor did it commit to being funny. It tried to span drama and humor equally... And it tripped in the middle. It could have been a good drama with some funny moments. It could have been a good comedy with a message behind it. Instead, it was neither.

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SponConSerdTent t1_j08mv18 wrote

I agree. Also Sandler's goofy shtick doesn't work well with dark themes. A different actor/writer could have done it justice.

The movie would work much better as a dark comedy, but Sandler doesn't really do those. Also think the movie would have been much more effective at the message if they didn't end up taking it all back in the end- like if I'm remembering correctly he ends up going back in time and gets to fix all his mistakes, completely defeating the purpose of the message in the first place.

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