Mara Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 Reason for this thread - my husband recently pulled out his VHS copy of "The Champ", the classic movie with Jon Voight, Faye Dunaway, and yes, Ricky Schroeder. It almost always makes the top ten list whenever anyone's talking about tearjerker films. The first time I saw it I was 11 or so. It was in the theater, and yes, I bawled my eyes out. In all subsequent viewings, however, I cannot. Stop. Laughing during the two scenes in the movie when a giggle-fit could not be more inappropriate. (Jailhouse scene and final scene). We are talking full-on breathless laughter here. Am I the only sick and twisted person who has this reaction? My husband thinks I am. . . I also have watched the last half of "Love Story" a couple of times and I have the same response, but I think that's only because it's so goddamn cheesy and Ali McGraw is such a crappy actress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
circumstantial tree Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 I've not seen either film. I never liked "Ricky" Shroeder, as a child or man. Mara, what is going on that is supposed to be serious? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khan Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 I guess I will have to see those parts again..I barely remember the movie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mara Posted June 25, 2010 Author Share Posted June 25, 2010 QUOTE (circumstantial tree @ Jun 25 2010, 10:43 AM) I've not seen either film. I never liked "Ricky" Shroeder, as a child or man. Mara, what is going on that is supposed to be serious? You can probably YouTube the final scene. Voight comes out of retirement for one final boxing match. He wins, but his body gives out and he dies on the trainer's table. Ricky Schroeder as his son keeps poking at him, tugging his hands, saying, "Champ, wake up! Time to go home now! Wake up, Champ!" Very heartfelt and very tearjerker-ish in the first viewing. And according to me, at least, extremely funny every time after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Some Half-Forgotten Stranger Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 Oh that's nothing just that your soul has blackened and your heart has turned as hard as stone.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theredtamasrule Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 QUOTE (Some Half-Forgotten Stranger @ Jun 25 2010, 04:02 PM) Oh that's nothing just that your soul has blackened and your heart has turned as hard as stone.. Yeah. Nothing funnier than a kid's dad dying right in front of him. I would expect nothing less from a goddess of death but laughter at a poor kids tears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ya_Big_Tree Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 Horror movies and slasher films tend to make me burst into laughter at the theatre... or cheer on the killer for more BLOOOOD!!! Bad movies trying to be serious make me laugh too. I remember watching Catwoman with my friend when it was in the theatre.... bloody awful film. Anyways... the scene where the cat gives her CPR, we both totally lost it. People were telling us to shut up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mara Posted June 26, 2010 Author Share Posted June 26, 2010 QUOTE (theredtamasrule @ Jun 25 2010, 05:29 PM) QUOTE (Some Half-Forgotten Stranger @ Jun 25 2010, 04:02 PM) Oh that's nothing just that your soul has blackened and your heart has turned as hard as stone.. Yeah. Nothing funnier than a kid's dad dying right in front of him. I would expect nothing less from a goddess of death but laughter at a poor kids tears. Hey, I cried like a baby the first time I saw it! I can't explain why subsequent viewing produced the opposite reaction. And YBT, I took a Japanese History class in college. We watched film footage of someone committing hara-kiri - and it was NOT a staged reenactment either. The whole class pretty much responded with a fit of nervous laughter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedro2112 Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 This thread reminds me of the scene in Naked Gun where Leslie Neilson and Lisa Presley come out of the theater, arm in arm, laughing heartily.... as they walk down the street, the shot reveals they just came from seeing Platoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 QUOTE (pedro2112 @ Jun 26 2010, 01:02 PM) This thread reminds me of the scene in Naked Gun where Leslie Neilson and Lisa Presley come out of the theater, arm in arm, laughing heartily.... as they walk down the street, the shot reveals they just came from seeing Platoon. that's what i was thinking too. the "oh god!!! oh god !!! what's in the box?!!" brad pitt scene in 7 was bad...it felt more like a lampoon than him portraying distress & desperation. i wanted to laugh but was too busy thinking, "damn, he sucks" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ya_Big_Tree Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 QUOTE (JohnnyBlaze @ Jun 26 2010, 06:47 AM) the "oh god!!! oh god !!! what's in the box?!!" brad pitt scene in 7 was bad...it felt more like a lampoon than him portraying distress & desperation. i wanted to laugh but was too busy thinking, "damn, he sucks" Me and my friends actually have a running joke. "What's in the box? What's in the box?" from that scene. It might be nervous fits of laughter... I know I laugh sometimes when I look at morgue photos. For some reason I have always found corpses to be funny looking... they look like they are smirking at a joke the rest of us doesn't get. I know thats just rigor mortis but still... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen of Megadon Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 QUOTE (Mara @ Jun 25 2010, 11:12 AM) QUOTE (circumstantial tree @ Jun 25 2010, 10:43 AM) I've not seen either film. I never liked "Ricky" Shroeder, as a child or man. Mara, what is going on that is supposed to be serious? You can probably YouTube the final scene. Voight comes out of retirement for one final boxing match. He wins, but his body gives out and he dies on the trainer's table. Ricky Schroeder as his son keeps poking at him, tugging his hands, saying, "Champ, wake up! Time to go home now! Wake up, Champ!" Very heartfelt and very tearjerker-ish in the first viewing. And according to me, at least, extremely funny every time after that. just READING the account of it I want to cry all over again! I wanted to defend you on how it probably seems cheesy to you now, but when you described the last scene it became crystal clear in my mind...and it still tugs my heart! Sorry Mara, you are, evidently, twisted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mara Posted June 26, 2010 Author Share Posted June 26, 2010 QUOTE (Queen of Megadon @ Jun 26 2010, 12:17 PM) QUOTE (Mara @ Jun 25 2010, 11:12 AM) QUOTE (circumstantial tree @ Jun 25 2010, 10:43 AM) I've not seen either film. I never liked "Ricky" Shroeder, as a child or man. Mara, what is going on that is supposed to be serious? You can probably YouTube the final scene. Voight comes out of retirement for one final boxing match. He wins, but his body gives out and he dies on the trainer's table. Ricky Schroeder as his son keeps poking at him, tugging his hands, saying, "Champ, wake up! Time to go home now! Wake up, Champ!" Very heartfelt and very tearjerker-ish in the first viewing. And according to me, at least, extremely funny every time after that. just READING the account of it I want to cry all over again! I wanted to defend you on how it probably seems cheesy to you now, but when you described the last scene it became crystal clear in my mind...and it still tugs my heart! Sorry Mara, you are, evidently, twisted I've known for a long time that I'm twisted! No worries, though. I don't laugh at real - life somber situations, even out of nervousness. So there's a shred of normalcy in there somewhere! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaine mac Roth Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 I've not actually seen The champ so I can't comment on those particular scenes. However, I do remember going to see Silence of the Lambs with a friend and having her being quite irritated at me sniggering all the way through the film. nothing to do with the acting or anything, I honestly found it very amusing and came out of the cionema thinking I had watched a black comedy. What does that say about me? On the other hand, Alfred Hitchcock intended Psycho to be a black comedy as well so I could be in good company there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
circumstantial tree Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 The Exorcist II, The Heretic has some unintentional comedy in it. Seeing Richard Burton riding the back of a giant locust was kinda hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ya_Big_Tree Posted June 26, 2010 Share Posted June 26, 2010 QUOTE (circumstantial tree @ Jun 26 2010, 03:11 PM) The Exorcist II, The Heretic has some unintentional comedy in it. Seeing Richard Burton riding the back of a giant locust was kinda hilarious. Sometimes I feel like Beetlejuice when it comes to the Exorcist. "I've seen the Exorcist about 167 times and it keeps getting funnier every time I see it!" Cause ya... that's me. I just laugh and laugh at that movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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