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Which classic has stood the test of time?
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The Dennis System
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Was Ace Ventura ever really a classic?
Your lacking sense of humor for this thread should give you a clue.
The_Hitcher89
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Neither
Both are still good, but I don't find them nearly as funny as I used to. How much of that is down to seeing each of them like 6+ times, nobody knows.
Both are still good, but I don't find them nearly as funny as I used to. How much of that is down to seeing each of them like 6+ times, nobody knows.
LanceVance
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Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
sick burn I am so roasted
uhhuh..
anyways austin powers holds up better imo
Ace Ventura is just Jim Carrey's oddities, and once those become old hat there isn't much else.
Soodanim
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Pretty much.
Scully Scully Scoo
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Both are top draw, comedy doesnt really age
Even if you took all the comedic factor out of both movies (assuming either the audience has moved on from the humor of the times or have seen the movie over and over the again to the point where listening to the same jokes are old and don't illicit laughter), Austin Powers would hold up better as a Fish out of water movie with a "spy" setting, better than Ace Ventura's attempt at being a "detective" movie.
Discotheque
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austin powers for sure.
wayne's world and austin powers 1 and 2 were god-level. then mike meyers dived into a toilet.
for carrey i'd say truman show and eternal sunshine are his best.
wayne's world and austin powers 1 and 2 were god-level. then mike meyers dived into a toilet.
for carrey i'd say truman show and eternal sunshine are his best.
What about Shriek though?
it is if Austin Powers is
-duskdoll-
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Neither
Lord of the Rings
Lord of the Rings
Bobby Roberts
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Neither Ace Ventura or Austin Powers has really "aged" all that well, but they're both goofy/ridiculous enough (and in Austin's case, is a spoof of old shit already) that the agelessness is all about whether the gags work still.
Austin Powers has the better gags.
I don't know if I'd consider either of those movies "classic" in any way, though.
Austin Powers has the better gags.
I don't know if I'd consider either of those movies "classic" in any way, though.
snoopeasystreet
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I think both their sequels have aged a bit better but maybe I'm crazy.
wanderingprostheyltite
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The answer is Kingpin.
Hell yeah! Black Sheep too.
Both of those movies are ageless classics. I love that Comedy Central has introduced them to a younger audience. A ton of kids my brother's age (19) love these movies thanks to TV re-runs.
hardcastlemccormick
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Neither are classics. Cute comedies, but they don't stand up to the likes of Airplane or The Naked Gun.
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