There’s a reason that the comedy section in a movie rental store, such as Hollywood Video or Blockbuster Video, is one of the largest sections in the place. That’s because people undeniably like to laugh and like to be entertained with incredibly funny stuff. People like to come home from a long day of work and throw in a light-hearted DVD that will let them shed the stresses of the day and zone out into a world of jokes where everything works out in the end. There are some movies that aren’t considered comedies that still make people laugh, but generally speaking, comedy is its own specific genre.
Will Ferrell is one of the premier comedy actors who have made some several movies with some ridiculously funny stuff in them. One of his best is called “Stepbrothers”. In it he is a forty year old man who acts like a little teenager. He’s never left the house and lives with his mother. When his mother marries another man, Ferrell’s character and his mother move in with this man and his grown adult son who also exhibits youthful immaturity. The hilarity begins quickly and at every turn.
Adam Sandler is another comedian who has been in several movies containing funny stuff. In fact, Sandler has created an empire based on his humor. He owns his own production company called, Happy Madison. That name comes from two movies he made early on in his career: “Billy Madison” and “Happy Gilmore”. These two movies are now considered classics in comedy. Sandler has also been in a movie called “Funny People”, but ironically, the movie was not exceedingly funny.
One of the top comedy actors right now is a bearded man named Zach Galifianakis. He was recently in a comedy movie called “The Hangover”. In it, Galifianakis played the dim-witted brother of a woman about to get married. Galifianakis’s character goes along on a Las Vegas bachelor party with the groom and his friends Needless to say, some very crazy things happen. The guys wake up in the morning and must retrace their steps to find the groom, who has gone missing. The movie got good reviews and now that it is out on DVD, the movie-renting public is eating it up. Perhaps it’s not quite Oscar material, but it sure is good as a source of funny stuff.
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