Where are the new great romcoms like Notting Hill, Love Actually (2003), When Harry Met Sally ? Then Anchor Man (2004) and Will Ferrell-mania.Ĭomedy-adjacent films have also disappeared. (Am I getting old? No, it is society that is wrong!). I admit my weekly Zoolander reference ( orange mocha frappuccino! Mer-man *cough cough* ) is more likely than not to go unappreciated. These films were a part of the cultural zeitgeist. The second one made US$312m at the box office, so it doesn’t seem to be just me. I like Billy Crystal (can I sneak in When Harry Met Sally (1989)?), but maybe De Niro’s turn to comedy was a sign of things to come.Īustin Powers (1997) and its sequels (1999, 2002) seemed to be huge cultural touchstones, at least for me (I was nine when the first came out). Admittedly, that was also the year of Analyze This (1999).
Mystery Me n (1999) - the greatest forgotten superhero parody that ever was, and that was before superhero flicks took over. Notting Hill (1999) (okay maybe this is cheating but I laughed and I cried and I laughed and I’m leaving this in).
īulletproof (1996) (I remember nothing from Bulletproof except this scene but I still chuckle just thinking about it)Īnd it wasn’t just Sandler then. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988) has an excellent retard scene to equal even Tropic Thunder’s (2008). I cried laughing when I first watched Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982) in high school. Not just these films - I’ve thought about Disney films a lot - but even when just I write down names like Mel Brooks, Eddy Murphy and Steve Martin, it makes me smile. Bilko (1996) and Coming to America (1988).įor my cousins, replace Robin Hood Men in Tights with Spaceballs (1987). It’s always hard to know just how weird your childhood was, and through what warped prism you peer back at it, but I feel like I was brought up on Robin Hood Men in Tights (1993), Sgt.
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