You should watch What we do in the Shadows, the movie.

@@danpenia219 We have! It's one of our favorites, as is the TV series.

Watch Borat

most could easily be a podcast or audiobook

Nathan-DTS well, we've had the funny beat out of us, but by no one but ourselves, it's true. The consumer is just as much to blame for the kind of shoddy halfwit fare being peddled as comedy, as are the studios and content producers. We consume the shit ;-)

+Mysterious Mr OCD That's awesome! Not only is he talented, but he's humble, to boot!

Mattiloo It’s called Why be a film director?-EDGAR WRIGHT. You can find it on KZfaq

Link?

Which interview? URL please

Fluoride Jones that’s comedians for you

What happened to the dude that made this video?

@@jdrc1233 He moved on to other projects, probably as an editor given his track record.

lol I got it recommended and seriously thought it was from this year

@@afrotac2872 damn that sucks but I get it, it can be tiring to make videos this good, do you know if they’re still active in like other platforms or something?

@@Emislay right??

that's me with World's End, I am completely obsessed with it

I have watched it maybe 7 times and still love it. Thats hard to do.

​@@itsmethebesttabbyI watched world's end once, ready to love it, and it just didn't work for me the way the other two did. I'll give it another try

@@sirioussam05 it is a bit different to the other two, it has more of a focus on human nature which can make deep at points, so it does make sense that it might just not be for you while the other two are!

Mann, thats exactly me. I hate watching movies twice, but that one I did. Tbh planning to watch it another time

I just think in general a lot of trash movies are pumped out nowadays, greedy industry sadly.

Exactly! My friend always wants to watch some Adam Sandler or something, but I always tell him to fuck off because they're not funny.

@@skepticmoderate5790 Man you are missing out. Adam Sandler is an oscar-worthy actor. The issue is not with him, it's with whoever is directing him. Anderson, Safdie Brothers, hell, even some old school adam sandler movies are pretty good. But he does so many shitty movies that it genuinely overshadows his real work. THE MEYERWITZ STORIES WAS SO HILARIOUSLY HEARTBREAKING. Like I said, Oscar-worthy actor, just needs good direction

@@cgijokerman5787 i must see this, since someone is crazy enough to claim adam sandler can act. Meyerwitz you say? sure.

@@MrEddie4679 Punch-Drunk-Love, Uncut Gems and the Meyerwitz stories are Oscar worthy performances from Adam Sandler. Keep in mind, Meyerwitz is a drama/character study of emotionally abusive households. Uncut Gems is an anxiety-inducing gang drama.

Exactly. How can 6 second loops be more entertaining than a feature length comedy? Spend those 90 minutes watching vines; they're free.

actually making 6 seconds entertaining is way easier than making and hour and a half movie entertaining

+Jesus Cervantes That's 900 Vines.

Carl Siemens or about 9 ten-minute compilations.

No, that was a spoon.

Same! You clearly have great taste ✨

It's not just Scott pilgrim. Most of Edgar Wright's movies have this infinite rewatchability

edgar wright just makes his movies so insanely dense that you always find new things in them. me and my dad watch shawn of the dead every year on halloween and we always notice something new

I don’t even like ASMR and I agree with you.

It's incredible how even with all these cool framing technics Edgar fails to make his movies funny 😴😴😴

Actually.... watch "Laughing Matters" with Rowan Atkinson (1982) It explains all about visual comedy in a very entertaining form. All forms are the best forms. :)

This is by far the funniest .... kzfaq.info/get/bejne/maugfsZz0NG6fY0.html

you know what *crash* scott just left..

The third Cinderella movie 💀

Nice pun.

kill me

Blinkshinati do you prefer drowning or fire

I'll be your mustache

you're gay

Yesss I love baby driver so much

Did you know he had already thought of the music in the film for a car chase long before he wrote Baby Driver, infact he has an earlier sketch using BBC actors to the same effect years before.

Jake yeah bell bottoms he was at a concert. He’s an amazing director

@@12richy1 I think Baby Driver was an aspiration of Wright's for a while.

When the cast got the script for the first time, it came with a flash drive containing the soundtrack. Even more to the point, they all had earpieces in while filming so they were all in time

That sounds ingenious.

Or any type of movie, in that regard

Works in real life too. Turn off sound and dialogue from everyday life and realize how much of life relies on that.

those two make the film

That very brief shot sold the movie to me, big time. According to the actor Rafe Spall, the one who plays the detective on the background, his detective partner on the foreground played by Paddy Consadine actually improvised sliding back to the camera shot. Edgar Wright only told them to do something quick and witty while that camera frame stays still and rolling. Rafe was laughing off-camera after he was out of the frame due to what Paddy did, quickly sliding back in and out. Man, it still hits me hard in my funny bone.

same i laugh every time i watch it

After watching HOTD I googled Paddy's credits, I never would of realized he was one of the Andy's with out it. That man can act.

I knew something funny was coming, but I still laughed out lot because I wasn't expecting it to be like this

i think its funny when he jumpcuts a bunch of actions together when shaun does his daily routine. its inventive and not boring and it keeps up the pace

Archer almost religiously uses that. Almost every time a scene change happens during conversation it flows into a completely different conversation with that word as the blend word.

There's a Studio C skit like that, I think it's just called Channel Surfing

austin powers used that method too with the long running penis joke

@@Sarge92 Wait hold on, what's long and what's running?

It's very stylistic. Wes Anderson, Wong Kar-Wai, Wright and Tarantino are my favorite directors because of this

What?

I know I was coming to comment that exact thing

It’s such a good joke that he shouldn’t have included it in the essay. Thanks Edgar Wright

@@beezy5628 agreed. I think he didn't want to ruin the joke

That's one of the only parts of that movie I liked.

Greenhourglass i rewatched that 4 times

@@akaherb8815 just 4

I'm disappointed in your spelling.

Same here! Honestly one of the funniest scenes.

isnt that what came up in the amusing exits?

Rare Videos by Javier Vargas TV! You can watch it time after time and still find subtle jokes you missed.

Yarp!

Samulik86 naaarp

I watched it 7 times this week

Rare Videos by Javier Vargas TV! The whole Cornetto Trilogy is brilliant. 1.Shaun of the Dead 2.Hot Fuzz 3.The World's End (This is just how I'd rate it from best to worst in my opinion)

It really is, isn’t it! It’s amazing cause I never noticed it on my first watch but on rewatches, it was so fun to notice stuff like that! Edgar Wright is great with foreshadowing and honestly, it’s what makes his films so good and fun to watch!

Edgar discussed this in a video for Vanity Fair. He shot the second zombie walk on the first day of filming, because he wanted to send a message to the cast and crew that this is what they can expect. He was also peeved when a crew member (maybe the director of photography?) said this sequence will be cut. His reply? Lard in as many in-jokes as he could. And the "slipping on the blood"? An improv by Simon. If you watch that spot, you won't see any blood there to slip on.

@@BillPeschel Thanks for sharing that, that's awesome! I found the interview here for others who might be interested: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pLBglKmiltzJYIE.html

@@BillPeschel The squeak elevated the gag

And to think a lot of it is because they couldn't make a realistic shark, forcing Spielberg to improvise a video solution.

I liked the running gag with the hat.

Ikr, I was half expecting them to put it in there.

i think maybe something as funny as how he left was how he passes Knives in the background and she glances to the side to say she knows

“Player 2 has joined the game”. “Hey haven’t you got work?” “Player 2 has left the game.”

I know right that's what I thought it's my favorite scene.

Slip Scott Pilgrim in with them and you've still got the best collection of comedy movies that exist.

jmwild1 I mean as a continuation of eachother. But Scott Pilgrim vs The World is really good.

Add Paul in, then its complete.

Leon He Paul's all right, but it was missing a necessary ingredient, Edgar Wright.

Could of done without Seth Rogen and too much American humour.

It's a nod to the radio-era humor. When comedy writers deliberately wrote two radio programmes (e.g. a sports match cast and an audio drama) and the audience got to switch back and forth between the imaginary radio channels, resulted something farce.

I’d not call Ant-Man a guilty pleasure. It’s a genuinely good movie and you can clearly see Edgar’s influence on the humor and action. Imagine he directed the whole thing

So that's why Michael Pèna fast talking scene was quite familiar...it is Wright's style

If Wright is to be believed, his version of Ant Man was very different to the one that got made. He left the director/writer role after years of work so his fingerprints are on it but I really do feel like it's a missed opportunity.

The cuts and the transitions seemed so familiar to me when I first watch it, I even mentioned that it was similar to something Edgar Wright would make... And then I saw who did the screenplay! Truly a master of film and a director that all should look to for inspiration ☺️

THERE- THAT'S WHY IT'S SO FAMILIAR!! I couldn't put my finger on it!

@@LegendLength A SLASHER OF PRICES

The greater good

You got red on you.

the opening song playing in Shaun of the dead is called 'zombi'. Foreshadowing 100 right there

heavy handed or subtle?

harry lindsey whoever directs key & peele is great. they did a parody of 90's basic cable action movies and they nailed the look.

harry lindsey Even though it had a short run Key & Peele maybe one of the best duo sketch shows ever.

+Every Frame a Painting Peter Atencio directs the skits and is also directing their first movie "Keanu"

harry lindsey Sorry but i personally think key & peele are overdone. The first 2 series were pretty good with good skits, while the last series are mostly skits 3-5 minutes long. The whole 3-5 minutes they try to build a pointe, but yet at the end mostly it gets boring and the pointe lost its joke/charme. Also Peele is a way better actor then key which is visible in facial expressions and gestures. The only thing key is able to do is changing his voice to a girly like high pitched scream that gets annoying after the seconds skit. Think of meegan, slapass, make-a-wish, consequences, boxing-press-conference

+RollOnToVictory its finished?

My god. After everything he was trying to tell in the video, you just scrolled down, clicked at the comment bar and just... managed to write this? THE POINT WAS EVERY MOVIE OF HIM IS GREAT, FLAWLESS AND PERFECTED. Man god damn I'm done with this, I'm gonna go stab myself dude

@@fleetwoodsoup7443 No way you are getting so hyper about a simple comment. LMAO

​@@Progamer-fq8st that was a sarcastic approach lol. You know, to put pressure on them

It was one of, if not *the* worst, movie I've ever watched. Boring wasn't even the word.

@@WakaWaka2468 Yes I was looking for this comment lol. I have only watched Scott pilgrim, baby driver and shaun of the dead yet (of Edgar Wright). Absolutely loved shaun of the dead. Baby driver was okay, didn't like scott pilgrim. Am going to watch more, love Edgar Wright

Especially the Hot Fuzz one with how differently it plays out

@@kyledunn8205 And that's why that one's the best one.

Literally the moment when I had my first laugh attack during this video

One of the things about the genius of this is that he Write is using the tribal psychology behind “ inside joke” This running joke doesn’t get old because it makes us all connected to the situation. When those of us who have seen all of his pictures laugh. And those who are not “ part of the tribe” identify themselves as outsiders with their lack of laughs. And the “ i don’t get it ..” look . It’s genius.

@@KoriEmerson Each of the fence jumping scenes is good enough to stand on their own though, there is no previous knowledge needed to be in on the joke, they are all physical slapstick that is immediately enjoyable.

Paul sucked, it's why I stick with Edgar Wright's movies

+MNIMnoob Paul who?

Jesus Loves You Paul was a very bad 2011 film starring Simon Pegg/Nick Frost. But without Edgar Wright at the helm of directing it, the movie was really bad.

MNIMnoob Oh okay

+Sam Payeur polish my script

totally! I do improv comedy and the humor is in the spontaneity, putting that style of joke to the big screen, scripted and polished just doesn’t work.

If you want, Hollywood comedies aren't more just feature length Saturday Night Live sketches. It originates from the times when big SNL names (Chase, Ackroyd, Murray, Murphy) went to silver screen. Caddyshack, Vacation movies and others were just 80 min SNL flicks. And USA still thinks "this is the only way to make comedy".

I didn’t watch them in order and it was still funny as hell

Unfortunately all that yummy visual goodness isn't enough to make an enjoyable movie. None of the characters were likable.

Personally I disagree about the characters not being likeable. I tried to endweight my list of yummies with "emotion and storytelling", but I think its had the opposite effect and made it seem like an after-thought. I cared a _lot_ for the main group of friends, particularly Gary and Andy. The film really delves into the history of the group, and also devotes a lot of time to building on each individual as the story progresses. Conversely Shaun of the Dead had characters like, I can't remember her name but it's that actress who played Dawn in The Office. Did she add much? And characters like Shaun's mum result in emotional moments but it's just because it's his mum really; I didn't care that much about her on her own merits, it's just really funny how she's oblivious to the zombie threat. Similarly Hot Fuzz has a tonne of lovable funny characters but it's more about the humour, whereas World's End is getting me invested in their _lives_ more. Just different tastes, I think. (Feels so stupid, me criticising SotD when I love all the Wright films so much. They make most other films look like garbage. I'm just trying to say World's End really puts the work in so far as the character's backstories/personalities go, and there's certainly no shortage of emotional moments between them.)

I can see where you're coming from. I think it was the exact opposite for me as far as your feelings for SOTD/Hot Fuzz. To each their own though!

Agreed. I love the entire trilogy.

I guess becouse the other two set such a high bar

did* :(((

It's incredible how even with all these cool framing technics Edgar fails to make his movies funny 😴😴😴

@@DeterminismisFreedomHow you gonna be trying to bait people years after these comments bruh

Bait? lol Just because you can't see the truth doesn't mean I'm baiting @@gab2876

Still my favorite channel, just needs a to be revived.

I love the scene where they want to kill the witch.

I love the ending, where they set up for a climactic battle scene, and then the police just show up and stop the filming of the movie.

@@deeznoots6241 Oh yeah, they did the same gag in GoT Season 8

One of the few scenes in the film I found funny

...heeyyy

The innovators of slapstick and not only, comedy

I think they had three things that are lacking from todays film-making.

@@Dominian1 Which are? I would like to know

@@chrisanagn.3584 Skill, Vision and a lack of means.

@@Dominian1 Don't forget the fanatical devotion to the Pope

On the DVD commentary you can tell how much analysis Edgar Wright puts into every shot. Apparently he re-shot the scene where Angel is jogging and first meets Simon Skinner because it didn't match the storyboards, but then ended up using the original take because he realized that the way Dalton kept shoving Pegg toward the edge of the frame made him seem sinister.

my favourite scene in all of his movies - never gets old

Kp I know you may not see this but it was recently revealed on Twitter that it was improvised, that's why the background actor is almost laughing.

You've got a mustache. Yeah, I know.

Overrated garbage

CharliePUNKROCK Baker cynical

CharliePUNKROCK Baker what??????

it was pretty shit compared to everything else he has done and it is extremely boring after the first car scene

Zulous you're just wrong mate

unpopular opinion but its actually my favorite of Edgar Wright's films, theres just so many layers to it with comedy as funny as the others too

The first half in particular, before the inflection point, is just so spot on. Then that makes the inflection so much more surprising!

@@pdrg I was not expecting that shift lmfao

Not seen the movie but the world's end murders in Edinburgh were very famous and unsolved for a few decades.

Same, that one had me going :)

Wasn't expecting a good laugh on this vid but that one got me

The masters! I laughed so hard.

I will never NOT laugh at that as long as I live. A lot of the rest of the movie has gotten old and tired with so much reference but that whole scene from HA HA! onward always leaves me in tears

Lmao

but like, there was some legitimately hilarious stuff on vine. A lot of junk, but some pure comedy as well.

words to live by

What if I've never seen Vine, and had to even look up what it is?

@@Aeroldoth3 there's a lot of vine compilations on here so you don't feel like you missed out

@@Aeroldoth3 this generation's sense of humour do be kinda shit tho

That's why he's my favorite imo

why

yes

How did this get 176 likes -_-

Coen's?

Gambiteer The Python's?

Genius is a Powerful word But theres no reason to use it. Unless youre talking bout the Kubrik Cause theres really nothing to it Everything I do is visionary Every single frame a painting made exactly how I wanna make it

@Zeb Shah 😂dude...Epic Rap Battles of History. Alfred Hitchcock vs Steven Spielberg

@Zeb Shah purfek

@Zeb Shah The Joke ------> Your Head

@Zeb Shah r/whooosh

yeah even the trailer

Maybe it's just me but I felt like that was one of the most boring movies I've ever seen Nice seeing the non-action-character's place but a short film would be enough for that, not a whole movie..

Fabian Roland no one likes you

Yeeehaaaw

opening was great but the ending felt rushed

Lauren Coates I'm thinking how the interview scenes with the different girls in the school was oddly inventive and super effective

Lauren Coates Exactly. it's great, not only because of its remarkable script, but also for its smart editing and visual humor.

Mean Girls is so, so awful

Gasp, blasphemy

Emilie Rapport Thanks for that well thought out argument.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail is another one of those comedic masterpieces. I've always loved the scene with the killer rabbit and the Holy Hand Grenade.

I love how the guard gets killed and the other ones reaction is "oi?"

That second guard had perfect comedic timing in that scene

ENDSEEKER Ye I love how the first guard falls to the floor and the second just watches Lancelot run in to the castle, then turns to look at the guy on the ground then back at Lancelot to say "hey".

My favorite movie scene of all time. I die everytime I see it.

Hey, hey, hey your channel is amazing great finding you out here in the tube

Suck up

It's incredible how even with all these cool framing technics Edgar fails to make his movies funny 😴😴😴

that's something only somebody with Yakko Warner as their yt avatar would say

@@KosTis Thank you?

@@KosTis i’m unsure if what you said was a compliment or not LMAO

YES.

Yeah Gumball is very unique - the style, the jokes are pretty good and I like how they have just as many adult jokes as kid jokes (adult jokes as in like, something you can relate to at work, not sexual stuff).

Also the joke with the super firework, where they just change the scene to daytime for 2 seconds then back to night, genius >.

If only the story was as good as the jokes.

@@crowing3886 What story?

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jatxZpd_0JzXm4E.html Here it is

I love the spider scene, it's a cool case opening... and they close it hilariously... we all know Lois is a temperamental woman, so just to to see hal say eeek! and the kid saying, I'll say you weren't here, run, she can only ground me! lol hilarious.

The most frustrating thing for me as a Scott Pilgrim fan is I have exactly zero knowledge of film jargon. What I love about the film is always "Well like in one scene Scott forgets he has a girlfriend (I'll try to be quieter)" "Chicken is vegan?" etc. Those are two examples of scenes that i love that make zero sense to anyone that hasnt seen the movie.

Gus Thomas check kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iJx0o9Z0ytrRZI0.html

Scott pilgrim is just plainly epic

Arrested Development is a treasure

It was also probably the funniest thing in this entire video.

Arrested Development has some of the funniest zooms I've ever seen

I lose it...every single time i watch that LOL

FRANKLIN!!!

You literally just accidentally watched the Trilogy lmao

My least favorite movie by him. I just hate the whole comic book thing and not a big Cera fan.

@@marlonrando9272 Understandable, it's still got a lot of examples of what Wright does best; excellent transitions, a balance of realism and fantasy, and absolutely excellent foreshadowing.

I absolutely adore Hot Fuzz, so I should probably get around to watching the other two one of these days. They're not really in genres that are normally my cup of tea, but I might still give them a go.

Robert Faber Yeah they're both really good. You'll enjoy them :)

Hot Fuzz is my favourite one too. But Shaun and Worlds' are also great.

You could already see he was extremely talented with Spaced.

Shaun of the Dead is great, but keep expectations low for Worlds, it's quite shite.

Lmao, got that right!!

ErebosGR lmao rip

Not that scene, but most of his jokes :/

I literally came in the comments to see if anyone noticed this!

Lmao

FallaciousScotsman did you see how that was made? It was unreal. Dailies were loaded and immediately edited. Almost the whole film was created on set. The attention to detail and the finesse with which it was done was just incredible.

notorious kindof has a negative connotation linked to it...

I fucking loved Baby Driver. MAN! That movie was great.

aaaaaaaaaaand it did!

Saying that things are underrated is massively overrated

Mr Bean is a perfect example of what you’re saying

exactly this! visual/physical comedy is what often gets my mom and dad laughing the most, especially my mom who speaks less english than my dad. So when a movie incorporates ALL forms of comedy well, not just subtle/mild or straight up overdone jokes/executions of jokes that dont even land for me (and is completely lost on my parents), it can be appreciated by a much larger audience.

i love this perspective!!

WolfgangTheHusky o

Hope you have watched it already. To me shaun of the dead is his funniest movie. I loved it so fucking much watching it for the first time

Oh thank god I'm not the only one! I was like why on earth has he mentioned ryan gosling?!?! ahahaha

Ryan Gosling is the actor for the plant

@@naqeebrozenburg357 Ah right, that explains that then ahahaha

One of the best scenes of all time.

"KILL THE QUEEN" "WhAt? "

do not use the Z word

Apparently they wanted to use Rasputin by Boney M but didn't have money to buy the rights

+Jimbo Yokimbo I was thinking that.

+Jimbo Yokimbo Or for entering, his roommate launching himself onto the mattress.

+Jimbo Yokimbo That was the funniest thing in the entire movie.

+Jimbo Yokimbo ooooohhh

+Jimbo Yokimbo hey man, your pic XDDD

I wish the actual story in Scott Pilgrim weren't so shit, because it really detracts from the experience.

J H well, the story of the film was actually based from the comic book of the same name

@@Johnny-ux7yi And the comics did the story much better since they were a series of six graphic novels, which when put into a single movie made it feel kinda rushed. The "extra life" part at the end of the story felt much more important and made a lot more sense after six books worth of character development. Still I think the movie is fantastic and I don't think it could be made much better if it had to be made into a single film, it just does a lot better if you've already read the comics.

Dylan Dacus i do agree but then again film adaptations based from books and comics are always tricky because sometimes being faithful can lead to problems with the pacing as well as a significant increase of the run time. Unfortunately, audiences don’t always enjoy really long films.

@@emmmm1233 I've read the comics after seing the move and only after reading i could tell how really really really fast paced the movie is. And honestly, i started to appreciate it even more. It's condensing a lot of stuff, sure. but it still manages to be a really great adaptation.

I agree, too often people focus on his movies but he didn't become a great director overnight and Spaced is a good way to understand where he comes from, it's a bit like looking at pencil sketches to understand an artist's paintings.

otocan spaced, better than half of the american sitcoms

Have you seen the "attempt" to remake Spaced in the US? It's a sad hollow shell of a thing :(

Celyn Marshall Ah Jesus why did you make me took for it? The British original is so much better and full of light and character

yes!!

He doesn't takes requests

nicoPboss h

Perfect example indeed. Awesome cinematography. I love that movie

+My Mum Mate by they, I mean Wes and Taika; not one can be the favourite without the other

Watched it with my brother upon discoveringg "it's the same guys in hot fuzz & shaun of the dead". when that scene came, we were utterly shocked and in awe!

This is one of the worst videos on KZfaq. Feeling over facts I guess

@@raphaelrodgers7407 Oh boy

​@@FreshSqueezedLightning he's not wrong. This guy acts like what he finds funny is the objective way to to do comedy.

SAME

+Phil Latio 33.media.tumblr.com/07e08604e8356c886c8b58bcb935962b/tumblr_mmabazuEoW1rs7uego1_r1_400.gif

+Phil Latio haha yup got me too - loved the Monty Python bit earlier in the vid, but the two Andies got a genuine lol from me

+Phil Latio me too lol the Andies are my favourite Fuzz characters

Completely agree

Great point.

exactly

Good point, but it's like moving form pizza making to ice-cream and still putting a ketchup over it. It's a food too, just a bit different, right? So why are people complaining?! Same with making movies that are not really good as movies.

Basically they're not bad but they're failing to achieve to a degree that takes advantage of the medium they're moving into. Whats more I don't think SNL has been properly funny for a long time. It used to be way more dynamic and back in the Belushi days you'd have way more physical comedy in it than now. Think of Belushi's Samurai, waving that sword around. Lets look also the Blues Brothers movie, a comedy film that does NOT fail to take advantage of the possibilities of cinema. So I think this generation of skit comedy films are in fact not just an indictment of the failure to take advantage of the qualities of visual film but also an indictment of how far skit comedy on American TV has fallen from its hey day in the 70s and early 80s. I honestly don't think Will Farrell is nearly as funny as most of the original SNL cast. The legacy of those originals comes in dozens of films, from Aykroyd, Belushi, Murray, as well as with the Canadian counterpart of SCTV and its best figure John Candy. Classic films of those personalities such as the Blue Brothers, Uncle Buck, Ghostbusters, and those other great Hughs movies like Home Alone. My subjective opinion is that modern North American sketch comedy is pretty lame compared to the 70s and 80s.

I mean, Simon Pegg was in the sketch group Big Train. Nick Frost was in Man Stroke Woman. Both of them also worked for at least a short time as stand-up comics, just like lots of the actors in contemporary American big-budget comedies. I don't think you're giving those actors enough credit! If you write good material for them and direct them well, they can do amazing things.