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What's the most horribly aged comedy film of the 2000's?
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Crackhappy lemmy.world Crackhappy@lemmy.world
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Sweet! What's mine say?

Dude! What's mind say?!?

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Nurse_Robot lemmy.world Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-12
#53 · Quote Reply

I feel like 50 First Dates doesn't hold up

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Lowca piefed.social Lowca@piefed.social
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#54 · Quote Reply

The thing is, the movie itself is fine. It is self contained satire that never tries to pass itself off as more than an absurd joke. It's that everyone is citing it as prophetic or relevant that's the issue. Ironically, the people that can only process real events through their favorite fiction aren't nearly as smart as they think they are.

XKCD 603 has never been more relevant than this

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LordCrom lemmy.world LordCrom@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-10-23
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Having forgotten pretty much everything about Ace Ventura: Pet Detective I tried to watch it with my nephews and immediately had to turn it off lol

Yeah, this did not age wellwhere the bad guy is intra conversion trans.

Not a good look now.,

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LordCrom lemmy.world LordCrom@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-10-23
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Blazing Saddles? For the time,it was genius....is the blatant racism still funny.... I would say yes because Mel brooks forces you to evaluate it and then laugh or don't laugh.

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YerbaYerba lemmy.zip YerbaYerba@lemmy.zip
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Blazing Saddles? For the time,it was genius....is the blatant racism still funny.... I would say yes because Mel brooks forces you to evaluate it and then laugh or don't laugh.

Wrong century

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adarza lemmy.ca adarza@lemmy.ca
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Everything Rob Schieder started in. None were very well liked even when they were fresh, but things like "Big Stan", in which his pipsqueak convict character has to go on a karate-kid-style journey to learn martial arts from David Carrodine in order to fend off rapists before he heads off to prison is kind of a case study in a whole genre that could be called 'damn, you really thought that was ...

he's the one that hasn't aged well. gone off the deep end, he has. antivax, transphobe, trumpette, pimps for moms for liberty.. you name it. actually got pulled from the stage in Regina (ca) during an event two years ago, in the middle of his routine, due to piss-poor taste and 'inappropriate' (to say the least) content. src

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HocEnimVeni lemmy.world HocEnimVeni@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-13
#59 · Quote Reply

Dude! What's mind say?!?

Sweet!.. What does MINE say?!

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FinjaminPoach lemmy.world FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-11-12
#60 · (edited) Quote Reply

I nominate "Dude, Where's My Car?". I thought this was screamingly funny when it came out. It was the movie everyone quoted until "Napoleon Dynamite" came out. I tried rewatching it maybe a year or two ago and it's aged like milk. Too much of the comedy relies on unhealthy stereotypes & tropes.
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gastroglizzy piefed.social gastroglizzy@piefed.social
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#61 · Quote Reply

I'm a dude, playing a dude, disguised as another dude!

"What do you mean 'you people'?"

"What do you mean 'you people'?"

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Blubber28 lemmy.world Blubber28@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-13
#62 · Quote Reply

Two that come to mind to me are Click and That's my Boy. Both Adam Sandler movies of course. The first one is very queerphobic and sexist, and the second one is a story about pedophilia. Still surprised they managed to get Christopher Walken for Click tbh...

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corsicanguppy lemmy.ca corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-12
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I feel like 50 First Dates doesn't hold up

Heretic!

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corsicanguppy lemmy.ca corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-12
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I nominate "Dude, Where's My Car?". I thought this was screamingly funny when it came out. It was the movie everyone quoted until "Napoleon Dynamite" came out. I tried rewatching it maybe a year or two ago and it's aged like milk. Too much of the comedy relies on unhealthy stereotypes & tropes.

I got free-ticket coupons when the film melted in the middle of (an inconsequential scene in) Shaft. We chose to see Dude, Where's My car?. I still want my money back.

It's got two very quotable bits, but the rest I didn't like in the slightest. Both leads have done better work!

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square lemmy.zip square@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2026-04-21
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Blazing Saddles? For the time,it was genius....is the blatant racism still funny.... I would say yes because Mel brooks forces you to evaluate it and then laugh or don't laugh.

The black sheriff isn't the butt of the jokes, the dumb fuck racists are. However, there are some gay jokes toward the end, but they aren't too mean.

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corsicanguppy lemmy.ca corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-12
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I really want a sequel where the ex girlfriend is fresh out of prison. I don't even care about the plot, I just need her to suffer

Hartnett and Sossamon? Such chemistry.

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Crackhappy lemmy.world Crackhappy@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-09
#67 · Quote Reply

Sweet!.. What does MINE say?!

DUDE!!! what does MINE SAY?

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GreyEyedGhost piefed.ca GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca
Joined: 2025-11-30
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The black sheriff isn't the butt of the jokes, the dumb fuck racists are. However, there are some gay jokes toward the end, but they aren't too mean.

One of the most legitimate uses of the n-word in media is to make racist idiots look even worse. And the people of the land scene is pure gold.

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square lemmy.zip square@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2026-04-21
#69 · Quote Reply

One of the most legitimate uses of the n-word in media is to make racist idiots look even worse. And the people of the land scene is pure gold.

If I remember correctly, the "you know, morons" line was ad-libbed and Cleavon's laugh was genuine.

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missingno fedia.io missingno@fedia.io
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The idiots weren't well-meaning with hearts of gold. They enjoyed guys actually getting kicked in the balls, gladiator games, and extreme objectification of women.

That's little more than cartoonish at worst. No one in the film is truly evil the way that real world oligarchs are evil.

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spicystraw lemmy.world spicystraw@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-01
#71 · Quote Reply

Shallow Hal is a pretty good contender

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Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In lemmy.world Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-18
#72 · Quote Reply

It's also pro eugenicist anti-poor nonsense.

Idiocracy is not at all positive about selective human breeding.

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Mirror Giraffe piefed.social MirrorGiraffe@piefed.social
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#73 · Quote Reply

I nominate "Dude, Where's My Car?". I thought this was screamingly funny when it came out. It was the movie everyone quoted until "Napoleon Dynamite" came out. I tried rewatching it maybe a year or two ago and it's aged like milk. Too much of the comedy relies on unhealthy stereotypes & tropes.

Meanwhile Napoleon is like a fine wine.

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lime! feddit.nu lime@feddit.nu
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#74 · Quote Reply

Two that come to mind to me are Click and That's my Boy. Both Adam Sandler movies of course. The first one is very queerphobic and sexist, and the second one is a story about pedophilia. Still surprised they managed to get Christopher Walken for Click tbh...

sandler basically makes movies as an excuse to take paid vacations with people he likes. he pays well.

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Mrkawfee lemmy.world Mrkawfee@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-01
#75 · Quote Reply

I rewatched Napoleon Dynamite last week and it holds up well IMO. So, not that.

Bow to your Sensei!

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Mrkawfee lemmy.world Mrkawfee@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-01
#76 · Quote Reply

Anything with Adam Sandler

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Infrapink thebrainbin.org Infrapink@thebrainbin.org
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DUDE!!! what does MINE SAY?

SWEET! WHAT ABOUT MINE?!

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ExtremeUnicorn feddit.org ExtremeUnicorn@feddit.org
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Having forgotten pretty much everything about Ace Ventura: Pet Detective I tried to watch it with my nephews and immediately had to turn it off lol

Immediately?

Is there anything bad about it until the very end when he gets the clue about the chief?

Also, there still are people like that. It's just unfortunate that it's the main character.

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steeznson lemmy.world steeznson@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-10-06
#79 · Quote Reply

Little Man

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fodor lemmy.zip fodor@lemmy.zip
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Aqarius lemmy.world Aqarius@lemmy.world
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I recall quite liking the parody film, Unfastened Coins It's a non-serious exploration of the sinking of the Titanic, told in an over the top conspiratorial tone with nonsensical theories and conclusions, similar to Loose Change

Man, I haven't thought of maddox in years!

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daggermoon piefed.world daggermoon@piefed.world
Joined: 2026-03-01
#82 · Quote Reply

I nominate "Dude, Where's My Car?". I thought this was screamingly funny when it came out. It was the movie everyone quoted until "Napoleon Dynamite" came out. I tried rewatching it maybe a year or two ago and it's aged like milk. Too much of the comedy relies on unhealthy stereotypes & tropes.

I watched it a couple years back. I thought it was funny.

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daggermoon piefed.world daggermoon@piefed.world
Joined: 2026-03-01
#83 · Quote Reply

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Today I learned.

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Goldholz lemmy.blahaj.zone Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2023-12-12
#84 · Quote Reply

7 Dwarfs - The Forrest is not enought

In german there is a joke being done i think 3 times:

"Holt den Jäger!" (Get the Hunter!)
a black Person walks in
"Den Jäger, nicht den Nxxxx!" (The Hunter, Not the N-Word)

Yeaaaah...do i need to elaborate? 2006...what a different time of society, especially in germany.

Then there is basicly all of the Star Trek Parodies "(T)Raumschiff Suprise" by Michael Bully Herbig
As well as the "Schuh des Manithu" Movie.

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CorrectAlias piefed.blahaj.zone CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone
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#85 · Quote Reply

I haven't thought of it in years but i suspect me myself and irene might have some questionable parts. I highly recommend the first few episodes of "dead like me" though. Perfectly captures the y2k/bondi blue imac g3 aesthetic.

Dead like me is great. I wish they had the chance to completely finish the story.

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ExLisper lemmy.curiana.net ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net
Joined: 2025-03-22
#86 · (edited) Quote Reply

Anything with Adam Sandler

Even Punch-Drunk Love?

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Lumisal lemmy.world Lumisal@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-03-16
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It's also pro eugenicist anti-poor nonsense.

Aren't the wealthy in Idiocracy also, well, idiots?

I thought the thing was everyone was an idiot

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Technoworcester feddit.uk Technoworcester@feddit.uk
Joined: 2025-06-03
#88 · Quote Reply

Shallow Hal is a pretty good contender

Dear god. Never seen that, watched the trailer just now and can't imagine that ever being funny.

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SwissArmyKazoo lemmy.world SwissArmyKazoo@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-06-01
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Anything with Adam Sandler

Primarily because he's about as funny as a erectile dysfunction

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SwissArmyKazoo lemmy.world SwissArmyKazoo@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-06-01
#90 · Quote Reply

Blazing Saddles? For the time,it was genius....is the blatant racism still funny.... I would say yes because Mel brooks forces you to evaluate it and then laugh or don't laugh.

Breaking news: man doesn't understand commentary of racial oppression in history.

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SwissArmyKazoo lemmy.world SwissArmyKazoo@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-06-01
#91 · Quote Reply

I rewatched Napoleon Dynamite last week and it holds up well IMO. So, not that.

Nothing left for me to do but dance.

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o0evillusion0o sh.itjust.works o0evillusion0o@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-02-23
#92 · Quote Reply

Primarily because he's about as funny as a erectile dysfunction

He's at his most hilarious when he sings with the squeaky voice 🙄

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SourDragon lemmy.world SourDragon@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-07-21
#93 · (edited) Quote Reply

still hilarious, also the only actual good black face ever used

There's an episode of an old sitcom called Gimme A Break I would recommend. A white kid did blackface in front a bunch of black people, and the hard-r n-word was spoken uncensored by Nell Carter.

The DC character Amanda Waller was modeled after her both physically and force of will, iirc.

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prole lemmy.blahaj.zone prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2024-06-11
#94 · (edited) Quote Reply

He's at his most hilarious when he sings with the squeaky voice 🙄

Someone completely ruined the band Alt+j for me years ago by pointing out that the singer's voice sounds like Adam Sandler doing that goofy squeaky voice. Now I cannot unhear it. Every time I hear a song by them it makes me lol.

Now I've passed this onto you, and whoever reads this. You've now been cursed as well.

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Anti_Iridium lemmy.world Anti_Iridium@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-26
#95 · Quote Reply

I rewatched Napoleon Dynamite last week and it holds up well IMO. So, not that.

I hadn't seen it until this year; it held up well, but the peak for me was the jumpcuts while they talk about Pedro's bike

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Anachu leminal.space Anachu@leminal.space
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#96 · Quote Reply

It's also pro eugenicist anti-poor nonsense.

I tried watching it after hearing about it here a few times... I was shocked at how it's basically just a comedy for rich white conservatives. If anything its message is supportive of fascism; the whole premise is that poor people are stupid and rich people are smart, and humanity 500 years in the future has gotten stupider because the rich people failed to control the poors and got "great replaced" by stupid poor people...

why anyone on Lemmy thinks it's good is beyond me

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hansolo lemmy.today hansolo@lemmy.today
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#97 · Quote Reply

I nominate "Dude, Where's My Car?". I thought this was screamingly funny when it came out. It was the movie everyone quoted until "Napoleon Dynamite" came out. I tried rewatching it maybe a year or two ago and it's aged like milk. Too much of the comedy relies on unhealthy stereotypes & tropes.

It actually holds up better when you interpret the guy walking out of, and back onto the closet, without either of them aware, in one of the first scenes, as demonstrating the theme of the movie.

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hansolo lemmy.today hansolo@lemmy.today
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#98 · Quote Reply

Bring It On, which is surprising.

Just a little too much casual rape dismissed as "digits slip."

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RememberTheApollo_ lemmy.world RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-26
#99 · (edited) Quote Reply

Eurotrip - the whole dvd.

I clicked through rewatching some of it and it’s generically raunchy, like it was trying to outcompete the American Pie movie for sex references and topless women.

Edit: It can be very depressing in winter.

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AmidFuror fedia.io AmidFuror@fedia.io
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That's little more than cartoonish at worst. No one in the film is truly evil the way that real world oligarchs are evil.

I apologize for punching down. The little man is a victim of his circumstances and can take no real responsibility for anything.

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kestrel7_7 lemmy.world kestrel7_7@lemmy.world
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Main exception being physical comedy. Some of those old silent films are hilarious, and just as funny now as when they came out 😂

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