I've seen a couple over the years: Robin Hood, Twelve Chairs, Blazing Saddles, and most recently Spaceballs. I found them all funny, theoretically, but they rarely got an open laugh out of me. It seems like most of the time this is just because the comedic timing makes every joke or funny bit land very awkwardly, or with just a bit too much space to leave room for any subtlety or reward for the watcher.
I feel like I remember the few I saw as a kid being funnier at that time. Is it just because my brain has been attention-poisoned with the rapid fire wit of modern comedic television?
There's jokes that work when you're in a crowd to get a laugh. I think most of the jokes/bits in Brooks' movies falls into this. Alone I chuckle, together we laugh.
Yeah watching dumb cartoons with my nieces really ups my personal laugh factor. Alone I might smile or chuckle at a few jokes. When a couple kids are laughing super hard it is infectious.
It's like when I saw star wars 9 because I took my nephews to see it as a treat. I had fun. Shut my brain off. Laughed at the little robot surgeon guy. Ate popcorn. Had a good time. Then I got on the internet and everyone was howling like baboons. Jesus christ folks, it's a kids movie. Watch it with some kids.
pointing out that modern blockbusters are all written at a child's level just makes the fanboys even more mad.
Yeah I still laugh at that dude who was like "Dune is a great example of how you could make an adult star wars movie" and it's like... my dude... they already make those movies they just aren't called 'star wars'