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Pursued (2004)
the overall sarcastic theme is friggin hilarious in this movie
I thought it was funny as hell. I kept thinking "when was the last time a corporate headhunter chased me down offering me a CEO job"? That overall recurring theme was great. You know you have the skills when someone goes to such an extent to offer you a high paying executive job at a major up and coming company. I especially got a laugh at the scene when Christian Slater was smoking a cigarrette next to an oxygen tank while forging a signature on the computer. I'm sure that was a poke at counterfitters (and probably one in particular) and what happens when things come full circle. Great movie.
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
quite possibly the best black and white movie i've ever seen
I think the idiom "Bogarting something" probably originated from this movie. I still laugh my ass off everytime someone says that. I think that there is a little bit of that "grapes of wrath" humor in it as well. Only instead of the humor being at the diner with the moving truck in the background, the whole movie is about the move. I also liked the scene where Bogart was begging for money at the beginning and the guy wearing sunglasses in the all white suit gave him money multiple times. The second time he was getting his shoes shined while reading "the news". And the third time he said he'd recognized him from before. Great stuff.
Sweatshop (2009)
heroin printing vs. hard work and grace
I loved when the man with the hammer made from an anvil clobbered that woman's face through the metal screen and all of the blood splashed through to the other side. That was hilarious. That wins my wet T-Shirt contest humor award. Also the fact that a black guy isn't the very first victim in the movie makes it original. The soundtrack at the very end in the club was great too. I didn't think it would be much different from any other horror film until a few minutes into it. I was surprised. When the drunk guy tried to have sex with the already mangled, barely alive woman i couldn't stop laughing.