Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Good Comedies of 2008

By Tally Redfields

In 2008 The major movie companies brought movie lovers over 350 films. Out of all these movies, some where around sixty or seventy fit into the comedy genre. Here are some of the best funny movies produced in 2008.

GET SMART: Maxwell Smart, as agent 86, is at it again, can you believe it? would you believe..? The evil organization (KAOS) vs the good guys (CONTROL), the shoe phone, and all the classic quotes. It is is a fun look back at the world of KAOS and CONTROL.

MADAGASCAR: ESCAPE 2 AFRICA: As I'm sure you know, this is the sequel to the highly acclaimed Madagascar. Our four animal stars are ready to go back to New York's famous Central Park Zoo, which is the only home they know. With things going wrong again, due to the Penguins, they are heading off to their true homeland, Africa.

ROLE MODELS: Danny (Paul Rudd) and Wheeler (William Scott) who sell energy drinks, are going to see some hard jail time after destroying the company vehicle while binging. The only way to avoid going to prison is by doing communuty service. The catch is they will have to work as mentors with difficult children in a community service program. Let the fun begin.

TROPIC THUNDER: Starting with an incredible cast we find ourselves watching a parody of recent war movies. In order to inspire the over rated cast of actors to make a first rate war movie, the desperate director into the wild, and leaves them on thier own. The plan is to scare them into producing a war classic, that will be recorded on hidden cameras. Unbelievabley, as the director walks over a land mine and is blown apart, the crew is left on its own, and they think there acting, but the bullets flying are actually real. Jack Black, Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr., and Tom Cruise star.

ZACK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO: The bills aren't getting paid and Zack and Miri, roomies who have been friends since grade school, need to come up with some cash soon. Their solution? Oh, thats easy, make a dirty movie. As one can expect this is a perfect enviornment for a funny film.

STEP BROTHERS: Two forty year old child adults, who each live with their single parents, find themselves having to share a room because their parents marry, you have one crazy situation. Casting John Reilly and Will Ferrell acting as these two idiots, and this has the makings for a funny movie. This movie is a best bet for a good time this year.

PINEAPPLE EXPRESS: Heavy pot smoker Dale Denton in a stroke of bad luck, has seen a bad police officer, and a big time dealer, commit a killing. They see him witness the crime. Sure that he has been spotted, he drops his joint of pineapple express, and takes off. This joint is such a unique type of weed, that the bad guys can. The game is on, as Dale and his dealer Saul are on the run.

HAMLET 2: Unsucessful actor Dana Marshz now finds himself teaching theater classes at the high school to uninspired high schoolers. The school loses a building due to destruction, so the powers to be feel the acting classes will be what is dropped. Fully inspired, he plans to save the program by producing Hamlet 2, a new version of the classic, which he put to paper himself.

FORGETTING SAHRAH MARSHALL: Grief stricken from a break up with Sarah, a television actor, Peter (Jason Segal) decides to escape to Hawaii to recover from his depression. As one might expect, upon checking into the resort, the first thing he sees is sarah and her new boyfriend, a rock star super stud. This movie has all the ingredients of a thoughtful romantic comedy.

Thesw films, and thousands more, are availiable to buy, get as a rental, or you can even down load movies right onto your hard drive. Dowloading movies from internet vendors has fast become one of the most popular ways for aquiring movies. Look on the internet to locate websites to start getting free downloads. This is one of the best opportunities to build a massive collection of movies.

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