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jeffinflorida · Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2006 12:01 am Post subject:

Elf would be a good movie to watch this time of the year.

And Porky's...

Malsol · Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 1976 Location: Lanzhou

milo baggins · Joined: 16 Dec 2006 Posts: 29 Location: China

I would recomment including movies of different types of humor. Tootsie (one of my very favorites) is an entirely different kind of humor from Naked Gun. I would probably also include something from Buster Keaton or Charlie Chaplin. Use movies from different generations.
Some of my favorite comedies? Tootsie, Groundhog Day, Clueless, Fletch, and The Purple Rose of Cairo.
And don't forget Demolition Man. Yes, it was an action flick, but also one of the funniest movies I've ever seen. (And just what was one supposed to do with the three seashells?)

Malsol · Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 1976 Location: Lanzhou

kev7161 · Joined: 06 Feb 2004 Posts: 5880 Location: Suzhou, China

I would include a "dramedy" in there as well. You know, one of those movies that has comedic elements and funny scenes, but also has dramatic areas as well. "Steel Magnolias" comes to mind as one example.

A few of my favorite comedies from year's past:

The Pink Panther (not the Steve Martin remake)
Tootsie
Airplane
The Naked Gun series

And I agree with others by including classic comedy as well. Maybe a representative comedy from each decade. Most big cities in China will have at least one DVD store where you can find classics - - if you find the DVD store that is.

brsmith15 · Joined: 12 May 2003 Posts: 1142 Location: New Hampshire USA

The funniest movie I ever saw was "Brain Donors."

jammish · Joined: 17 Nov 2005 Posts: 1704

Monty Python's Holy Grail
Life of Brian
See no Evil Hear No evil

vikdk · Joined: 25 Jun 2003 Posts: 1676

the big labowski - the graduate - Dr. strangelove

Now films like these - where comedy makes you think - well they would certainly test the Chinese sense of humour - but I doubt whether they'd be a classroom success.

MrBeijingles · Joined: 17 Sep 2005 Posts: 67 Location: Shanghai

My students LOVED "Mean Girls" and "My Best Friend's Wedding"

Shan-Shan · Joined: 28 Aug 2003 Posts: 1074 Location: electric pastures

"Big Trouble in Little China"

see if your students know what the contents of a six demon bag are...

patsy · Joined: 07 Oct 2004 Posts: 179 Location: china

Don't forget Scary move 1-4, it's great. And also, Date Movie is good.

Then you can show one episode of Desperate housewives for a more sophisticated humor.

Oh, and i just saw one "Campus pledges", is has to do a lot with the lighter side of college life.

What a great class.

prof · Joined: 25 Jun 2004 Posts: 741 Location: Boston/China

They will love Home Alone and Mrs. Doubtfire.

Surefire winners.

Malsol · Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 1976 Location: Lanzhou

prof · Joined: 25 Jun 2004 Posts: 741 Location: Boston/China

re-read my post.