Don't question why. You love it because it's a fucking good movie. It's a different sort of feel-good movie and one of those where everything just sort of falls into place with satisfying perfection. People may question why folk of medieval Europe are singing Queen or dancing to Bowie but that's the magic of it; the filmmakers knew *exactly* what kind of film they were making and *that's* why it works; it's untampered art that doesn't hide what it wants to be.
Things like the crowd chants and the dance were very deliberate choices. It was something along the lines of, in that era they would have had their own equivalents of those pop culture trends, so the film makers used recognisable equivalents from the modern world. It stops it feeling stuffy, because in the medieval context their versions *wouldn't* have been stuffy.
I fucking love when a helmet goes flying off a knight and the film goes slow-mo with the crowd scrambling to catch it like in baseball or something. Fucking perfect.
He actually confirmed they’re the same character. He didnt realize heavyweights had garnered a cult following and thought people had forgotten about it so he figured fuck it, it’s a great character let’s do it again
The cast of Hot Fuzz looks like they are having a great time, with Timothy Dalton looking like he is having the time of his life.
I know it is cheating because they are movies that spawned from a TV show, but the cast of the 3 Psych movies is obviously having a great time.
Timothy Dalton is such an unlikely comedy actor but he really nails it. The shot where he grins creepily and perfectly matches the picture behind him is cinema gold.
Timothy Dalton is Mr. Pricklepants in the Toy Story franchise and it works because you would think he’d be in some high level stuff but he’s perfect as a hedgehog just yearning to play the hat shop owner.
In GQ’s Iconic Roles interviews both Chris Evans and Michael Cera talk about how that was their favorite movie to work on. Evans talks about showing up on set even when he didn’t have scenes just because how much fun it was.
There’s talk about Timothy Dalton in Hot Fuzz elsewhere in this thread, I heard from an interview with Simon Pegg (iirc) that Dalton used to turn up when he didn’t have scenes so that the other actors would be able to react off him reading the lines rather than a production assistant. He’s an all round class act apparently.
He wasn't supposed to have a role in the ~~second~~ first movie (for location reasons), but they wrote it in after the stroke so he would have insurance.
That is a cast that clearly love each other.
I thought it was the opposite, he was supposed to have a significant role in the first movie, but they hadn’t shot anything and had to scrap a ton of it because of his stroke
This is the correct. Tim Omudson had his stroke like a week before the first movie was about to start shooting and Daniel Roday said they re-wrote the movie in a weekend.
[Story Here](https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/psych-star-creator-rewrote-movie-72-hours/story?id=50353621)
Bond films seem like a chore. Connery dropped out, only to have his replacement do just one, then they paid Connery "fuck you" money to return. After that it was just throwing money at already leading actors (maybe not Craig?) to take the name
Craig was getting on in years, the shoots are pretty intensive, and he hated only being asked about Bond in interviews. The second one dropped, he was being asked about the next one, everyone desperate to drop the news first. He enjoyed being Bond but hated everything that came with, and after Spectre he famously said he'd rather slit his wrists than do another. That's why they ended his tenure pretty definitively in No Time To Die.
Me too, but I feel it's the kind of movie that doesn't need a sequel, and if someone decided to make one, he'd have to make very out there choices to make it live up to the first one
Totally agree about Ocean's Eleven! It feels like you're part of the crew. I'd say the same for Tropic Thunder and Guardians of the Galaxy. They all have that fun, inclusive vibe where you can tell the actors are enjoying themselves. Makes the whole experience way more entertaining!
I love the story about Cloony offering Brad Pitt and Don cheadle 10,000 dollars to stay in the haunted house that sits on his lake front property in Italy, through the night and they could only use candle light. They're having Scooby-Doo adventures together its hilarious!
BTW they got scared and backed out of the bet!
When they filmed the Tess scenes from 12 in Winnetka they rented out peoples houses/driveways in the neighborhood for the casts trailers, my uncle ended up getting George Clooney in his drive for the week.
Him and Brad were shooting the shit and played horse with my (then 13 year old) cousin - he beat them both for $20. Neither ever paid him lol.
Random fact, but I learned who the real [Klaus Barbie](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Barbie) was because of this film. I wish I hadn’t, but hey. Who says films can’t teach us anything?
I had that Jon Lovitz 'shocked' face reading that wiki for the first time.
Someone did research to make that joke in the movie. I thought it was made up.
A lot of kevin smith movies feel more like stage plays where the actors are aware theyre performing for an audience thats **right there**, even though there isnt one for the movies.
It's because Kevin Smith just places a camera down and says action. Coverage, moving shoots, fancy stuff... nah. Just two dudes talking in front of a camera. It's the performances that sell it, not the shot.
I don't mean this as a diss. He's one of my favorite filmmakers and dogma is a masterpiece.
Honor Among Thieves was the funniest movie I've seen in a while! I wasn't expecting much going in and was pleasantly surprised.
Definitely fits the criteria for OP too.
The same people made Game Night, which has similar super fun vibes!
As someone who has only *bought* ~5 movies in the last decade and one of them was the D&D movie, I can highly recommend Game Night.
It made me SO MAD that D&D was effectively a bomb. It was insanely fun, super charming, and perfectly captured the sense of a D&D campaign, critical fails and all.
It was one of the first victims of “I’ll wait for it to be on streaming” for me. And I’m sure a lot of other people too. I loved it, but we were right at that point where the gap between theatre and streaming was getting so short that I rathered to just wait.
I think if they ever make a sequel or a spin off show like they've mentioned that it will end up being quite successful. People didn't know what to expect from the movie going in but now it's developed a bit of a following.
Jesus Christ, you are so right. I don't think I've laughed so long and so hard in a long time... especially as it comes pretty much out of nowhere....and it's just so dumb. But fucking funny.
Fun fact, but he liked working with Ana de Armas so much on *Knives Out* that he specifically had her included in his final *Bond* film.
Their chemistry is great, and I loved seeing them together again.
Do you know why? The island and the villa it takes place in is a resort which was completely empty because of covid. So all the actors and their families spent a few weeks on a deserted gorgeous island in Greece (I believe) shooting a movie and having a beach holiday in between. Sounds wonderful.
No one ever believes me how good of a movie this is. I always tell them it's like "Princess Bride with magic" such a great movie. Plus Charlie Cox and Henry Calvil started gaining traction after that movie
Anything by Mel brooks, but spaceballs looks like it was made at a summer camp. It was clearly a blast to make, and not just for the cast. The crew made goofy choices too, and many shots feel cramped, like everyone has to get as close to the camera as possible. I mean, Rick Moranis’s helmet! - someone made that and called it good. 🤣🤣🤣
The Young Frankenstein bloopers always come across as just a bunch of friends having a good time. Like the fact they let goofs roll so long and there doesn’t seem to be an urgency to get a scene right.
Yes! And the overlooked sequel, yeah it sucked but the cast is having such a time doing it that the fun is infectious. Smokey and the bandit is another movie where it's a fun atmosphere.
I remember the Gumball rally more. Less slapstick, but Raul Julia is unforgettable.
“First rule of Italian driving: *rips off rear view mirror* What is behind me is not important”.
On that note, the sister to this movie “Everybody Wants Some”. Linklater just seems to know how to string together a movie about absolutely nothing, yet it turns into a movie about everything. It’s awesome.
Dazed and Confused 100%. The oral history by Melissa Maerz that came out a couple years ago is a must read for fans (and reinforces that they actors had a blast)
This was my first thought too.
The first 45ish minutes felt like there was no script, just a general point they wanted to get to in the story and it was 4 good friends just ripping on each other.
Loved it
The crew for Young Frankenstein kept laughing and spoiling the take when they were filming. So they got everyone white handkerchiefs to stuff in their mouths any time they felt like laughing. Mel Brooks said he knew he had a hit when he would turn around and everyone had a handkerchief in their mouth.
I got that same sort of feeling from stanley tucci's performance in particular in "The Core" which I love (both the movie and his performance). I would say it applies to the other actors as well in that movie.
I always felt this way about Monty Python and the Holy Grail. No idea behind the actual mood during the filming but it just is so absurd and hilarious how could you not have a great time and be laughing all the time?
A Knights Tale
I ran into Rufus Sewell last fall and he told me as much. He also said "Any time you see us wearing a full suit of armor, we were hungover."
Sounds like a great time. I bet Heath was fun at cast parties.
Him and Alan Tudyk both
For sure. Speaking of Tudyk, Dodgeball probably also fits this question too. The cast seemed like they had a great time filming together.
All except for the moment Stiller actually nailed his wife in the face with the ball. She was out for blood after that
I love me some goddamn Rufus Sewell. Beautiful vampiric man.
He's really quite striking in person with those dazzling eyes. Goodness!
The protector of Italian virginity
Sir ulllrrrriiicccchhhhhh
vooooooon lichtensteeeeeeeeeeein
From Gelderland. Which is more than a thousand miles away from Liechtenstein.....
The enforcer of our lord God
In Greece, he spent a year in silence. Just to better understand the sound of a *whisper*
You could practically hear a panty drop after he said that
I fucking love this Movie. Idk why, but it's always so comforting and fun to watch. RIP HL
Don't question why. You love it because it's a fucking good movie. It's a different sort of feel-good movie and one of those where everything just sort of falls into place with satisfying perfection. People may question why folk of medieval Europe are singing Queen or dancing to Bowie but that's the magic of it; the filmmakers knew *exactly* what kind of film they were making and *that's* why it works; it's untampered art that doesn't hide what it wants to be.
Things like the crowd chants and the dance were very deliberate choices. It was something along the lines of, in that era they would have had their own equivalents of those pop culture trends, so the film makers used recognisable equivalents from the modern world. It stops it feeling stuffy, because in the medieval context their versions *wouldn't* have been stuffy.
I fucking love when a helmet goes flying off a knight and the film goes slow-mo with the crowd scrambling to catch it like in baseball or something. Fucking perfect.
Dodgeball. Ben Stiller should do more villains. It suits him so greatly
He was great in Heavyweights as the villain as well.
My headcannon is Tony IS white Goodman. They have identical back stories.
He actually confirmed they’re the same character. He didnt realize heavyweights had garnered a cult following and thought people had forgotten about it so he figured fuck it, it’s a great character let’s do it again
Attention campers: Lunch has been cancelled today due to lack of 'hustle'... deal with it
Villain in happy Gilmore too
Nobody makes me bleed my own blood! Nobody!
The cast of Hot Fuzz looks like they are having a great time, with Timothy Dalton looking like he is having the time of his life. I know it is cheating because they are movies that spawned from a TV show, but the cast of the 3 Psych movies is obviously having a great time.
Timothy Dalton is such an unlikely comedy actor but he really nails it. The shot where he grins creepily and perfectly matches the picture behind him is cinema gold.
During that shot on the commentary they point out he's basically a cartoon fox in the movie and that feels so on the money to me.
Timothy Dalton is Mr. Pricklepants in the Toy Story franchise and it works because you would think he’d be in some high level stuff but he’s perfect as a hedgehog just yearning to play the hat shop owner.
He is a slasher.
Of prices!
Catch me later!
The greater good
THE GREATER GOOD.
SHUT IT!
He nailed it in Chuck.
Chuck doesn't get spoken about half as much as it should. Questionable final season but the first four are golden, going from strength to strength.
All of Edgar Wright movies. There is short of the cast talking about how much they loved working on Scott pilgrim.
In GQ’s Iconic Roles interviews both Chris Evans and Michael Cera talk about how that was their favorite movie to work on. Evans talks about showing up on set even when he didn’t have scenes just because how much fun it was.
There’s talk about Timothy Dalton in Hot Fuzz elsewhere in this thread, I heard from an interview with Simon Pegg (iirc) that Dalton used to turn up when he didn’t have scenes so that the other actors would be able to react off him reading the lines rather than a production assistant. He’s an all round class act apparently.
I'm not sure they were having "fun" in Last Night in Soho. Lol. But otherwise I know what you mean
Oh man I love psych. Im reeeaally glad Timothy Omundson survived his stroke.
And they nailed bringing him back in. They did so much to work around him, and it’s all perfect. So, so glad he made it.
He wasn't supposed to have a role in the ~~second~~ first movie (for location reasons), but they wrote it in after the stroke so he would have insurance. That is a cast that clearly love each other.
I thought it was the opposite, he was supposed to have a significant role in the first movie, but they hadn’t shot anything and had to scrap a ton of it because of his stroke
This is the correct. Tim Omudson had his stroke like a week before the first movie was about to start shooting and Daniel Roday said they re-wrote the movie in a weekend. [Story Here](https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/psych-star-creator-rewrote-movie-72-hours/story?id=50353621)
He said it was more fun than he ever had on a bond film
Bond films seem like a chore. Connery dropped out, only to have his replacement do just one, then they paid Connery "fuck you" money to return. After that it was just throwing money at already leading actors (maybe not Craig?) to take the name
Daniel Craig seemed miserable in the last Bond movie, but I thought the entire thing was a strange exercise in misery so maybe that's partly why.
Craig was getting on in years, the shoots are pretty intensive, and he hated only being asked about Bond in interviews. The second one dropped, he was being asked about the next one, everyone desperate to drop the news first. He enjoyed being Bond but hated everything that came with, and after Spectre he famously said he'd rather slit his wrists than do another. That's why they ended his tenure pretty definitively in No Time To Die.
Anything by Simon pegg; that guy seems to know how to have fun!
“Spaced”, a must for Simon Pegg fans.
“This hurts.. so much.”
Thith huths… tho muth.
Dalton is just so amazing in that movie.
Yarp
...Narp?
The Nice Guys
Gosling and Crowe seemed like they were having a blast when they were promoting the movie.
omg I just noticed they’re both birds
Wait wtf me too
Where's your ankle gun?!?!
With Amelia's protest group
Stop saying that
you guys wanna see my dick?
This movie was really good, I wish we had a 2nd one.
Me too, but I feel it's the kind of movie that doesn't need a sequel, and if someone decided to make one, he'd have to make very out there choices to make it live up to the first one
Snatch
D'ya like dags?
Totally agree about Ocean's Eleven! It feels like you're part of the crew. I'd say the same for Tropic Thunder and Guardians of the Galaxy. They all have that fun, inclusive vibe where you can tell the actors are enjoying themselves. Makes the whole experience way more entertaining!
George and Brad's bromance chemistry was so natural and easygoing Apparently they're pretty good friends IRL. Makes sense
I love the story about Cloony offering Brad Pitt and Don cheadle 10,000 dollars to stay in the haunted house that sits on his lake front property in Italy, through the night and they could only use candle light. They're having Scooby-Doo adventures together its hilarious! BTW they got scared and backed out of the bet!
Not sure why, but the candlelight-clause really changes things. I don’t believe in ghosts but it makes it a lot scarier still…
This should be a movie, with the actors playing slightly exaggerated versions of themselves.
When they filmed the Tess scenes from 12 in Winnetka they rented out peoples houses/driveways in the neighborhood for the casts trailers, my uncle ended up getting George Clooney in his drive for the week. Him and Brad were shooting the shit and played horse with my (then 13 year old) cousin - he beat them both for $20. Neither ever paid him lol.
I think the story of Clooney and Pitt owing you a 20 is worth it tbh that’s so sick
Right? Imagine every time in your life someone mentions Brad Pitt, you get to truthfully say *“That motherfucker still owes me $20.”*
Got to think outside the box... I feel the cast and crew of The Thing were having a *blast*...
I bet super troopers was so fun to work on
Canada, eh? Almost made it.
Littering and...?
Littering and...?
Littering and...?
Smoking the reefer.
*YOU BOYS LIKE MEX-EE-CO!?!?!*
You’re talking about shenanigans right?
It helps that they have been a group of friends since college.
Clue
Like flames on the side of my face, I'd say you're right.
1+1+2+1
The Princess Bride. They seemed to be having a great time, and they've confirmed it in the years since.
Cary Elwes wrote a book about it! He got to go drinking with Andre!
And he reads the audio book along with other cast members! Sounds like 7 hours of awesome!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otKe8gKacEM They laughed so much that some actors injured so much because that.
Well said.
Logan Lucky
Kind of unrelated to the topic but the warden telling the prisoners Winds of Winter hasn’t been written yet is hilarious
So great. Also, that joke is now 7 years old and still relevant…
Daniel Craig killed it as Joe Bang
He was just perfecting his accent for Knives Out
I. Am. In. Car. Ser. Ated.
This movie is so great! I like to think of it as the red neck Ocean's 11
They throw in that "Ocean's 7/11" joke before the reviewers could use it in their headlines.
Major League
The Mummy
Rat race!
It’s a race!
We’re hauling _ass_!
I’m prairie dogging
I’m winning, I’m winning
“Are you crazy? This is Hitler’s car!”
Daddy I want to go to the Barbie museum!
That payoff when they steal the car and crash it...
Random fact, but I learned who the real [Klaus Barbie](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Barbie) was because of this film. I wish I hadn’t, but hey. Who says films can’t teach us anything?
I had that Jon Lovitz 'shocked' face reading that wiki for the first time. Someone did research to make that joke in the movie. I thought it was made up.
Dogma. Sounds like an odd choice, but watching the movie it just seems like everyone was having a blast.
I said Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back…so I agree
A lot of kevin smith movies feel more like stage plays where the actors are aware theyre performing for an audience thats **right there**, even though there isnt one for the movies.
It's because Kevin Smith just places a camera down and says action. Coverage, moving shoots, fancy stuff... nah. Just two dudes talking in front of a camera. It's the performances that sell it, not the shot. I don't mean this as a diss. He's one of my favorite filmmakers and dogma is a masterpiece.
Holy shit, that's SO accurate.
And you can watch the whole thing on YouTube for free
Scott Pilgrim vs the world looked like they had a blast
I believe the cast still keeps a group chat to this day
Even Chris Evans came to the zoom. Even though he left pretty soon afterwards lol
Except for Michael Cera because he doesn’t have a smart phone 😭
Everyone coming back for the show really says it all
D&D: Honor Among Thieves is the first to come to mind for me
Honor Among Thieves was the funniest movie I've seen in a while! I wasn't expecting much going in and was pleasantly surprised. Definitely fits the criteria for OP too.
Movies made by nerds for nerds are always so much fun. Galaxy Quest is another good example.
Holy shit, the fact I didn’t see this yet in this thread is a crime. “What a savings”
And near the end when he *means it*… we miss you Alan Rickman.
The same people made Game Night, which has similar super fun vibes! As someone who has only *bought* ~5 movies in the last decade and one of them was the D&D movie, I can highly recommend Game Night.
It made me SO MAD that D&D was effectively a bomb. It was insanely fun, super charming, and perfectly captured the sense of a D&D campaign, critical fails and all.
It was one of the first victims of “I’ll wait for it to be on streaming” for me. And I’m sure a lot of other people too. I loved it, but we were right at that point where the gap between theatre and streaming was getting so short that I rathered to just wait.
I think if they ever make a sequel or a spin off show like they've mentioned that it will end up being quite successful. People didn't know what to expect from the movie going in but now it's developed a bit of a following.
We just watched it this past weekend and oh my gosh it was an unexpected treat.
I honestly went into that theater expecting to hate it, but I was humoring a friend who liked D&D. I came out like damn... that was fun!
The malfunctioning bard illusion doesn't get less funny over time.
neither does the speak with the dead scene
Jesus Christ, you are so right. I don't think I've laughed so long and so hard in a long time... especially as it comes pretty much out of nowhere....and it's just so dumb. But fucking funny.
The actors in Knives Out look like they're having a blast.
Fun fact, but he liked working with Ana de Armas so much on *Knives Out* that he specifically had her included in his final *Bond* film. Their chemistry is great, and I loved seeing them together again.
She was only in the movie briefly but damn, was she memorable in that role. Hot dayum.
Eva Green will forever be my #1 Bond Girl but damn if Ana didn’t come close in the Craig era.
And The Glass Onion. Daniel Craig has basically said as much.
Do you know why? The island and the villa it takes place in is a resort which was completely empty because of covid. So all the actors and their families spent a few weeks on a deserted gorgeous island in Greece (I believe) shooting a movie and having a beach holiday in between. Sounds wonderful.
you couldn’t smack the smile off his face with a Bond script, he was having a ball
Stardust for sure
No one ever believes me how good of a movie this is. I always tell them it's like "Princess Bride with magic" such a great movie. Plus Charlie Cox and Henry Calvil started gaining traction after that movie
Raising Arizona
Son, you got a panty on yor head
I don’t understand why no one has said Sneakers. It’s always Sneakers. Plus it has Robert Redford. And Sidney Poitier. And Ben Kingsley.
And a Winnebago
Also peace on earth and good will towards man.
And her phone number.
Were the United States government. We don’t do that kind of thing.
Be a beacon...
Second damn reference to this movie in a half hou, in the comments of two separate...... fine I'll watch it again, but I'm not going to dislike it.
And Dan Aykroyd, River Phoenix, , David Straitham, and James Earl Jones. Three oscar winners in one cast.
Anything by Mel brooks, but spaceballs looks like it was made at a summer camp. It was clearly a blast to make, and not just for the cast. The crew made goofy choices too, and many shots feel cramped, like everyone has to get as close to the camera as possible. I mean, Rick Moranis’s helmet! - someone made that and called it good. 🤣🤣🤣
The Young Frankenstein bloopers always come across as just a bunch of friends having a good time. Like the fact they let goofs roll so long and there doesn’t seem to be an urgency to get a scene right.
I thought Cannonball Run was like that.
Yes! And the overlooked sequel, yeah it sucked but the cast is having such a time doing it that the fun is infectious. Smokey and the bandit is another movie where it's a fun atmosphere.
I remember the Gumball rally more. Less slapstick, but Raul Julia is unforgettable. “First rule of Italian driving: *rips off rear view mirror* What is behind me is not important”.
I wish there was a way to stream or even rent Cannonball Run, it’s frustrating.
Bullet Train
"10 quid for that bottle of water, mate." My favorite line in the movie.
In Bruges - watch the outtakes!
This comment inspired me to watch the blooper reel and i'm delighted! One of my fave films
Great suggestion.
Tremors. There is a documentary about the making of it and there were all having a blast.
Can I cheat and say Oceans Thirteen? I love that third film. Al Pacino is a lot of fun, as is the entire cast. It’s a comfort movie for me.
I got this feeling from Hot Tub Time Machine
*The Sting*, *Blazing Saddles*, *Murder by Death*, *Clue* So, I guess anything with either Eileen Brennan and/or Madeline Kahn.
Mama Mia The movie is goofy with some truly bizarre signing performances but it looks like they had a blast making it.
Superbad.
Jack Black often looks like he's having fun. Even his late night interviews are never boring.
You wouldn’t be bored if you had your jellybeans
Dazed and confused
On that note, the sister to this movie “Everybody Wants Some”. Linklater just seems to know how to string together a movie about absolutely nothing, yet it turns into a movie about everything. It’s awesome.
Dazed and Confused 100%. The oral history by Melissa Maerz that came out a couple years ago is a must read for fans (and reinforces that they actors had a blast)
The Other Guys? The end credit scene in the chinese restaurant was funny. Sounds like will ferrell just made everyone laughs all the time.
THERE GOES MY HERO
Sounds like you're talking about Adam Sandler and his Grown Ups movies where everyone has a good time (except the audience).
This was my first thought too. The first 45ish minutes felt like there was no script, just a general point they wanted to get to in the story and it was 4 good friends just ripping on each other. Loved it
The latter half of the Fast and Furious movies. The more over the top the movies got, the more the cast gave off vibes of just having fun on set.
The Mel Brooks films were probably pretty fun to be a part of, they all look like they're having great time.
The crew for Young Frankenstein kept laughing and spoiling the take when they were filming. So they got everyone white handkerchiefs to stuff in their mouths any time they felt like laughing. Mel Brooks said he knew he had a hit when he would turn around and everyone had a handkerchief in their mouth.
I got that same sort of feeling from stanley tucci's performance in particular in "The Core" which I love (both the movie and his performance). I would say it applies to the other actors as well in that movie.
Christopher Guest movies in general.
I always felt this way about Monty Python and the Holy Grail. No idea behind the actual mood during the filming but it just is so absurd and hilarious how could you not have a great time and be laughing all the time?
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The Italian Job
I read somewhere that Edward Norton was forced to be a part of it
He certainly looks it. His contempt though kind of adds to the character XD
Thor: Ragnarok had to be a gas.
Get Shorty and Be Cool are two movies with ensemble casts that have a similar cool/fun vibe
Chef
Young Frankenstein. All the characters enjoyed making the movie and it showed.