How Comedy Took Over the 2000s... And Why It Died

[@DarcyWalker]

Ben Stiller owned the 2000s comedy scene and now he’s killing it with his current focus on directing

[@ActionJackson1982]

A lot of who he mentioned killed it in the 00s but these days we’re lucky to get a comedy every few years.

[@DarcyWalker]

@@ActionJackson1982 The Nice Guys is probably the closest we’re gonna get to a truly great comedy for a while

[@ActionJackson1982]

@@DarcyWalker there hasn’t been one since. Maybe Blockers from 2018 and Good Boys from 2019. No Hard Feelings was a more recent one but wasn’t funny

[@delededendboyyt]

​@@ActionJackson1982one came out literaly a month ago. It's called strays and it is a pretty fun time.

[@Oliviux78]

@@ActionJackson1982 It’s true The Nice Guys wasn’t that much of a comedy. They might have tried, but it wasn’t that great. There were funny little parts in it but it wasn’t laugh out loud hilarious like many other comedies that were mentioned by the video and by other comments on here.

[@silesiaball9505]

"Zoolander" and "Tropic thunder" are definitely two of my favourite comedies

[@professorbaxtercarelessdre1075]

Zoolander is especially quotable

[@christofferjenzen78]

That´s two movies.

[@silesiaball9505]

@@christofferjenzen78 yeah that's right I corrected it. Thanks

[@rooney0423]

​​@@professorbaxtercarelessdre1075 Anchorman too. I still quote that movie almost 20 years later.

[@professorbaxtercarelessdre1075]

@@rooney0423 to be honest i don't technically quote movies myself anymore, don't have anyone to quote to, but it is funny to think about funny lines from films like these from time to time

[@isaacs3822]

2004 was the arguably the greatest year for comedy movies of all time with Anchorman, Dodgeball, Team America, Harold and Kumar, Napoleon Dynamite, Mean Girls and Shaun of the Dead

[@jefftakesdscakes30]

Ah not white castle

[@taurinstraiter2325]

You (as well as Filmstack in his list of examples for movies getting their theatrical loss back with DVD sales) forgot about EUROTRIP (2004) for some reason! Christ, Filmstack didn't need to show Tropic Thunder for a 4th time or what as that example

[@jefftakesdscakes30]

@divinelightshine tbh 2008 had a horrible list as well

[@isaacs3822]

@divinelightshine Ahh my bad, dude! I forgot you were appointed as Guy Who Decides What’s Good. Must get exhausting having everybody come to you all the time to hear what you think

[@BrandonOfJapan]

​@isaacs3822 a man with his superior intellect could never wither in exhaustion.

[@Steeldragon493]

I would much rather return to movies like this that are dedicated to being comedies, instead of every big blockbuster movie having to be an action/comedy/drama mishmash that doesn't excel at any of those things

[@FilmStack]

Yeah I agree! A lot of the comedy in superhero / action films is safe / predictable and at times gets repetitive. They play the comedy aspect of their films too safe just as they play their entire films (and franchises) too safe

[@professorbaxtercarelessdre1075]

yeah i agree, though i like the comedy alot sometimes, personally enjoy movies like age of ultron, guardians of the galaxy 1 and 2 and thor ragnorok for their comedy, but agree sometimes they go too hard with it, i do miss full on comedies

[@chamboyette853]

I really miss those days.

[@professorbaxtercarelessdre1075]

@@chamboyette853 that's the worst part about the past, or the only bad part at least, once its gone, its gone for good

[@jumper44]

It's crazy I'm 14 and when I have kids 90s and 80s films will be so old however there my fave and I adore them

[@rooney0423]

Another big one that you didn't mention was Anchorman (2004). Endlessly quotable and still funny today. Will Ferrell was really on fire that decade.

[@ResistanceQuest]

He did mention it, actually, but yes totally agree

[@justinsantos8514]

The late 90s and 2000s comedy era was such a great time to be a smoker, all you had to do was round up the heathens, roll up a blunt or joint, throw on a comedy like 40 year old virgin, American Pie, Life, Step Brothers, Superbad, knocked up, and etc, then laugh until you're stomach hurts... What an amazing time.

[@priztucker]

At the turn of the century Ben Stiller’s “There’s Something About Mary” is what kicked it off. I think it was doing huge numbers and showed what romantic comedies could do. Also Heartbreak Kid by Ben Stiller is mad funny.

[@dk50b]

While Ben Stiller played the lead role in both of those films, they were directed and co-written by Peter and Bobby Farrelly. There's Something About Mary mixed just the right amount of their trademark raunch with romantic comedy, ending up the fourth highest grossing film of 1998.

[@EddieHenderson92]

Kicked what off exactly? 80s and 90s had even more comedy hits compared to the 2000s.

[@priztucker]

@dk50b exactly... I remember it was like unheard-of for a comedy and it kind of coined the new 2000s romantic comedy that gave the blueprint.

[@dk50b]

@@priztucker It certainly opened the door for others trying to match that combo, but I can't name one that comes close. A sure sign it will lean into cringe and cheaper laughs is the presence of Vince Vaughn. the sugar sweet variety certainly hung on, and it soon became mandatory for romcoms to involve some aspect of marriage.

[@priztucker]

@EddieHenderson92 The wave that the video is talking about. There's something about Mary had a new flare and energy to it than those before and was edgy with R rated scenes etc.

[@jleigh329]

"Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story" will always be my favorite comedy film.

[@anubusx]

At Global Gym we're better than you!!!

[@anubusx]

Did you see the original ending?

[@MellowMutant]

good choice

[@AlkoWasAlreadyTaken]

And we're getting a sequel.

[@MellowMutant]

@@AlkoWasAlreadyTaken interesting

[@nigel-Rollercam-channel]

Thank You for Smoking (2005) is one of my favorite comedies from the early 2000's and is often overlooked

[@bottombarrelbudgetfilms1854]

That and the movie where Robin Williams was president were the two movies that taught my 12 year old self to enjoy dry comedy

[@jay-1800]

I actually think the 2000’s comedy boom lasted up until around 2015. There were still great comedy movies coming out in the early 2010’s.

[@TimmyTheTinman]

I feel like Donald Trump winning the presidential election no matter what your politics are definitely divided this country and not to mention made everybody more tense, which is why the comedy genre has been badly hurt by it. Political satire has boomed, but the rest rest of comedy fell off a cliff.

[@JayJ95X]

​@@TimmyTheTinmanabsolutely this. There definitely was a culture shift mid 2010s after he was elected Even on social media, some of things I used to joke about with memes would end up getting taken down

[@jayluis189]

​@@JayJ95X Yeah, because US (blacks & Latinos) minorities got too damn sensitive. The media painted Trump as "Hitler", and made us see him as an evil person. Thus awakening our emotional & sensitive sides. Hate towards white became okay 🤔 Don't believe me? Go watch "Dear white people"

[@DingleMcDangle]

I can’t think of one single comedy movie that’s come out in the past 5 years that I remember let alone watched more than once.

[@CurtisAlfeld]

I really wish DVD and Blu-ray would regain popularity. I try to buy physical copies of movies I really like not only to support franchises and directors I like, but also because bonus features are non-existent on streaming and because it can sometimes be a pain in the ass to find some stuff. A lot of franchises are split up across multiple platforms, specific versions of films are sometimes only physical media, and some movies just aren't available to stream at all.

[@aaronnantz2289]

Yea i know i baught the old looney tunes and the old nickeloden shows on dvd and some old classics like scary movie 1 2 and 3

[@chriszuckowich6796]

I do the same thing. Having Disney plus now though I’ve definitely slowed down on what I pick up from Marvel the past couple years.

[@lebowskiunderachiever3591]

Physical media is the way to go.

[@tommylakindasorta3068]

I really don't think movie studios are afraid of getting "canceled" or whatever. They simply look at what's been successful recently and try to copy it. Sometimes they copy a formula so many times that audiences start to lose interest, which is what happened to studio comedies in the 2010s. It's all about money.

[@EddieHenderson92]

They're scared of special interest groups and liberal losers on social media for whatever reason.

[@MrIke86]

Yeah, his "canceled" explanation shows a lack of insight and imagination.

[@andreas4010]

The biggest movie of the year is a comedy

[@EddieHenderson92]

@@andreas4010 Lefty feminist trash isn't exactly risky with today's Hollywood.

[@tommylakindasorta3068]

@@EddieHenderson92 Did you just arrive in a time machine from the 1950s? Are you worried about commie pinkos, too?

[@ARCtrooperblueleader]

Being born in 1998, I loved growing up in this era.

[@GlennDavey]

Being 15 in 1998 was pretty dang good too

[@coreymcmanus4749]

It's such a crime that "the nice guys" didn't get the credit it deserved. Sure,it did from critics,but not many people saw it. That is easily the best comedy of the last decade.

[@liltree8382]

Project X is funnier

[@coreymcmanus4749]

@@liltree8382 Costaaaaaaaa! I want my fuckin gnome!!!

[@jeffersonhassan4558]

I kinda hated it though

[@jayluis189]

​​@@liltree8382 Project X was a comedy???? 😅 I watched it in High School (2012), and don't remember it being "hilarious" in ANY way. Now, "30 minutes or less" and "21 Jump Street" were HILARIOUS AF.

[@manibbygil]

We didn't even get into all of the parody movies that ruled the 2000s!... the Scary Movies, Not Another Teen Movie, Dance Flick, Epic Movie, etc.

[@SouthJerseyGirl30]

I love parody movies! I think they get looked down on and thought of as trashy. So, today, they'd just go to streaming

[@JAProductions494]

I think the reason that comedy began to die in the 2000s was because this was the decade which featured some of the absolute WORST comedies ever made (such as with all of the terrible spoof movies). Therefore, audiences were probably more hesitant to check out a new comedy in case it turned out to be utter garbage

[@andrewburgemeister6684]

Yeah, there were some shockers that came out that decade, but I think among the main reasons comedy died as a genre was when streaming became a big thing which killed off the physical media market. Back in the day a lot of comedy and mid-budget movies were made because even if they didn’t do amazing in theatres, there would be word of mouth that spread so when it came out on VHS/DVD everyone would be renting it and having their buddies over with pizza and beers to watch it, the home video rental market is where studios made huge profit margins. Now with streaming and with an international audience where comedy doesn’t necessarily translate well there’s pretty much no post-release market where studios can make $$$. But you’re right though in saying that when comedy movies got bad, they got REAL bad.

[@Oliviux78]

I just wanna say that it wasn’t just the 2000s that had the most horrific tragedies. Every single decade has had some very devastating catastrophes.

[@isaacs3822]

Really???

[@GlennDavey]

We started off this decade with a 9/11's worth of Americans dead EACH DAY for like 2 years@@isaacs3822 where's all the hilarious comedies I wonder? I'm not laughing. I don't think tragedy has anything to do with it

[@jaysonwitting4671]

@@isaacs3822 England suffered 3 terrors in 2017

[@Vibe_Enjoyer]

much of comedy is based on truth, and you cant have truth in a system that is built on lies and deception

[@DP12321]

"Truth is treason in an empire of lies."

[@awesomedallastours]

Another problem with American comedies is they often don't play well in foreign markets, especially in Asia. Great video as usual.

[@FilmStack]

Yeah good point! Comedy is so subjective and varies even more when you start looking into other countries. Some countries like Poland (we’re Polish / Canadian ) have more of a slapstick style of comedy, getting a little too goofy for me at times. They also love making fun of their government which definitely doesn’t translate well in foreign markets

[@professorbaxtercarelessdre1075]

true, being too invested or worried about what other countries will think of your movie or show really limites what you can do

[@glencurtis6052]

Which again is down to money

[@andreas4010]

​@@FilmStackplus wordplays and clever writing is incredibly hard to translate And comedy relies heavily on delivery, so any dub has a chance of being way less funny

[@srikanthsv79]

Tbh as an Indian those comedies were classic, my entire family still enjoys Rush Hour & Harold & Kumar

[@reflectsonlife]

When I think of a decade when comedies dominated, I think of the '80s. Ghostbusters, Beverly Hills Cop, Back to the Future, and Home Alone (1990) hold the top ticket sales of all time among live action Hollywood comedies globally. Literally the entire planet saw these films, either in theaters or VHS rentals (no DVDs yet). Also, "hyphenated comedies" were big in the 80s - especially action-comedies, buddy-cop comedies, and rom-coms. Since then, the animated films have dominated the comedy genre - your Shreks, Incredibles, Toy Stories, etc swept the floor with your Superbads etc. Only your Hangovers and Meet the movies rank among 21st century top earners. In the 2010s and 20s, Barbie is the top grossing comedy (of all time, actually, not adjusted for inflation), followed by at least 15 animated films (like your Mario Brothers, Legos, Despicable Mes) before you hit your Deadpools, Men in Blacks, and Hangovers. TLDR Comedy had its hey day in the 1980s, and since then it's moved into animated films and away from live action. It's not about "woke", it's about economics, global reach, and pent up demand (i.e. Barbie).

[@CurtisAlfeld]

The 80's appears to be a golden age for a lot of genres. You mentioned comedy, but action, horror, and sci-fi had some of their biggest films in the 80's.

[@KittySnicker]

I’m so sad that there are fewer comedies now. Thankfully, Strays was good. I still watch Anchorman, Dodgeball, and Talladega Nights repeatedly! I adore comedies that are goofy and random, not too raunchy but somewhat raunchy. But mostly goofy and clever and random like Anchorman.

[@Benzlisting]

Dodgeball has been one of my favorites since a kid for sure and anchorman has always been hilarious!

[@KittySnicker]

@@Benzlisting a man of culture, I see!

[@dannygandolfini4517]

i would say 2000s was the peak of comedies

[@anubusx]

Archer.

[@t.c.v.t.]

2010ish was the cap. late 90's to 2010 was the peak.

[@EddieHenderson92]

80s and 90s was the peak.

[@myliege8197]

This video explains why I have such fond memories of movies like Bruce Almighty as well as old movies like Spaceballs. I saw Jim Carrey in the theaters, but Fox channel played Spaceballs on TV. It's like people could enjoy sense of humor before all the weird political correctness and wokeism started making everybody crazy.

[@perfectallycromulent]

i think you're confused. right-wingers are antisemetic, and mel brooks is jewish. check out blazin saddles and the rest, mel brooks is a liberal who fought the nazis in WW2 and endorsed Biden in 2020.

[@artirony410]

bro if you don't think political correctness existed in the past with movies, look up the Hayes Code lol

[@salutetherank2105]

Blades of Glory is one that immediately comes to mind and is probably one that I will always come back to. Man I loved watching all these movies that my older brother had pirated from Limeware. Man those were the days.

[@reelfishstories]

This generation is too sensitive for comedies. Dramas. Biopics. Everything really.

[@florinivan6907]

Comedy by its nature requires someone being the butt of the joke. That's difficult if your goal is for no one to feel 'sad'. Its not impossible but you have to tread carefully. But this generation is only doing what was already talked about in the prior one in classrooms.The groundwork was laid in the 90s and early 2000s. It just exploded into proeminence in the 2010s. You don't as a 20 year old suddenly find everything offensive if no one told you to be like that. Its easy to blame youth but their ideas didn't spring up fully formed out of nowhere. Older adults who already viewed life like this told'em this is how they should be like. And they took it to heart ironically sometimes turning against those same older adults.

[@professorbaxtercarelessdre1075]

@@florinivan6907 indeed, i feel this definitely part of the case, i just think everything is so about being afraid to tread water and hurt anyone, which is the last thing comedy is about, that nothing can fully be funny, the kind of jokes that made people nearly vomit or wet themselves would never fly today

[@artirony410]

@@florinivan6907 "Comedy by its nature requires someone being the butt of the joke." I sort of agree with this, I think its just that you also don't need to make someone the butt of a joke because of some inherent characteristic of them (race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, disability, etc) to make something funny. If anything, I think it just proves you aren't actually that funny if you have to rely on making hacky jokes about those topics to get a laugh out of people

[@Mochachugaming]

Jesus Christ you’re probably almost the same age as me. My best years are behind me.

[@Pinkpompoms591]

OK boomer

[@voidler]

I think its overlooked that people just got bored of the style of the 2000s style of comedy. Shock and dumb comedy just got a bit played out and predictable. We knew the type of joke coming before it landed Early 2010s had a lot of duds like Get Him to the Greek, Hot Tub Tike Machine, Hangover 2 and 3, this is the End, Anchorman 2, the Dictator One of the few guys trying to do something comedically different in the 2010s found success - Taika Waititi

[@cinemapigeon4898]

Early 2010s still had a good number of very good comedies but yes by mid 2010s seemed like a lot of the genre disappeared

[@JayJ95X]

Another comment said it that it was Trump's 2016 presidency where there was a shift in what people find funny and most of the stuff from the 2000s to mid 2010s wouldn't fly anymore

[@yondie491]

Superbad = 100% best comedy of the decade. It's right up there with Zucker Brothers level of amazing comedy. Speaking of... Top Secret! is the best comedy of all-time. It's ageless because it's so incredibly well done. It's even better than Duck Soup, The Producers, Blazing Saddles, or... well... Coen Bros stuff. I will say... I find it odd that you didn't emphasize the international box office. Movies are no longer made for America only. They're often not even made for America first. They're made for the global market. From 1990 to 2015, domestic vs international basically swapped places in terms of market share. i.e. in 1990, Domestic was 2/3 of the box office. In 2015 Domestic was 1/3 of the box office. Factor in the subjective nature of humor that you spent an appropriate amount of time on and... yeah... studios won't spend the money. Understandably so. The other factor I want to personally add is an addendum to your Judd Apatow bit. You correctly labeled Apatow as the leader of comedy movies in the 2000s. He eventually stepped aside. Who replaced him? ... Paul Feig. Paul Feig has his fans, but he's no Judd Apatow. Feig is a one-trick pony, and that trick is a turd. A turd that every character points out 7 times. That's fine for an SNL skit but not okay to sustain over the course of a half dozen movies across nearly an entire decade.

[@TomGallagherSuperboyBeyond]

Was nice seeing you mention Zack and Miri. Love that movie.

[@juliansmith4153]

No hard feelings felt like a 2000s comedy

[@EddieHenderson92]

It was a little watered down and trying not to be offensive to any group.

[@aaronnantz2289]

Yea if the gebders were flopped it woukd have gottne cancled i dont understand how these younger people find comedy so offensive it was great growing up back then.

[@justinsantos8514]

It was a watered down raunchy comedy that was clearly approved by feminist.

[@ericgaskins571]

You totally forgot the movie that set it all off. Old school. In 2001. That was.the quite little comedy that started that whole will Ferrell early 2000s run.

[@GlennDavey]

Yeah for a hot minute it was like like "oh that Mugatu guy from Zoolander made a movie? and it was pretty good!"... and then BAM it was like OMG WILL FERRELL IS THE NEW JIM CARREY or whatever... especially for anyone who didn't watch SNL and didn't really know who he was before that

[@The82bstewart]

There was lots of good comedy's then that are not often talked about like.. Waiting, Miss March, The Rocker, Out Cold, Van Wilder, Old School, Beerfest, Not another teen movie, Euro trip, Road trip. just to name a few.. I'm surprised The Hangover wasnt mentioned in this video it was a big one...

[@ldawg7117]

Super troopers, too!

[@rgreenberg35]

Modern comedy: MCU Character - "He's right behind me, isn't he?"

[@draco_1876]

The mcu isn’t the only ones that do it

[@danicee]

I tend to like anything related to comedy, especially romantic comedies. Was actually rewatching some rom coms (27 Dresses, Sweet Home Alabama, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Just Friends, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, etc.) from the 2000s and I feel like the start of the pandemic marked the decline of that genre, too. Films that are being marketed as rom coms now feel dryer, the comedy is not as "edgy" or controversial which might be a good thing, but it's not as timeless..

[@ActionJackson1982]

When was the last time we had a romantic comedy let alone a good one? The last one we had was Marry Me

[@danicee]

@@ActionJackson1982 I liked "I Want You Back" with Jenny Slate and Charlie Day. What did you think of Marry Me?

[@vitali2980]

Tropic Thunder is one of my favourite movies ever

[@stillnesssolutions]

A few more tv comedies - Extras, Peep Show, Flight of the Conchords, some of the Alan Partridge stuff, Futurama, even things like The Colbert Report

[@cleverick]

3:56 - were there any women in the 00's or

[@t.c.v.t.]

Superhero movies are why. It took over as a genre in the theaters and they stopped putting big budgets behind comedies and stopped releasing them to theaters. I can't wait for superhero movies to die off completely. Putting out a superhero movie once a year or so is fine but nothing but superhero movies and having a 20 year run plan is fucking ridiculous. To think your going to plan out 20 years worth of release is the most retarded thing ever. I hope that the companies that have done nothing but pump out superhero movies because they are safe and huge cash grabs all tank and never put out films again so they can't drive the market with bullshit anymore. The other thing that is playing a hand in holding off on people making comedies now is the woke bs. Superhero movies kill comedies and woke bs is keeping them from coming back. Thankfully both these trends are finally dying and the pendulum is swing back the other way. Once it crosses the midpoint, hopefully comedies will make a comeback.

[@EddieHenderson92]

I agree, the woke movement and the left in general will lose the culture war. People are burned out on it.

[@ВладимирКруглов-к9о]

"having a 20 year run plan is fucking ridiculous. To think your going to plan out 20 years worth of release is the most retarded thing ever" - that's socialism/communism for you, bro. Plan everything in sight! The fact such approach failed every time everywhere never stops them.

[@Alexandrosvls]

Man I miss those times where comedy was the norm. Even here in Greece there were yearly 20 comedy shows and movies approximately(it’s a lot trust me) but that also declined after 2008 and became much MUCH more drama and thriller oriented. At least there are a few good comedies foreign or Greek still being made that still brings me hope. Comedies need to return to their former glory and confidence

[@TRJ2241987]

Bruno is the greatest movie I ever saw in theaters. That was an unforgettable experience as my date and I watched hundreds of people rush their families out of the theater within the first 5 minutes

[@SecretOfMonkeyIsland784]

So many great films made during this era, its very rare i get that same craving to rewatch a modern movie like i did those from the 2000's.

[@srksii]

Member me replaying for 100th time recording of Ace Ventura 2 on VHS tape...

[@papaowio1175]

Recently me and some of my friends have been doing this thing where when we meetup we sit and watch a bunch of adult comedies from the 2000s or maybe the 2010s. So far we finished stepbrothers and Ted 1 and 2

[@ibramu9975]

There were a lot of amazing comedies in this generation but none of them is as good as the rush hour trilogy

[@laurisaarinen1126]

Hell yeah, how did i forget about those? The action-comedy genre used to be my favorite as a teen, still love many of those "unlikely duo" buddy cop films and whatnot. I, Spy was another great one. Rush Hour is one of the best movie series in the genre for sure along with older ones like Lethal Weapon, Beverly Hills Cop and Bad Boys.

[@concernednewfie]

Is this a good time to mention that Death to Smoochy is the greatest movie of that Era? Robin Williams went manic in it like his early career.

[@ChocolateBar999]

RDJ got backlash for his portrayal in Tropic Thunder even back in 2008.

[@FilmStack]

Yes! But not as much as if someone were to do that same role now haha

[@ActionJackson1982]

No way in hell would you be able to do that today. Hell even Chris Lilley is getting cancelled. Don’t know about the US but almost all of his TV shows have been removed from streaming in Australia, cause he does blackface and asian face

[@EddieHenderson92]

Hollywood still had balls in 2008 and stood up to the woke liberal loser crowd.

[@_zigger_]

He's just a transпiggег

[@professorbaxtercarelessdre1075]

@@FilmStack agreed, also Dave Chappelle never really got any flak for his white face on Chappelle show, not saying that was RDJ did was acceptable, just that there's different standards for everyone and today least of all can anyone offend anyone else, especially for the sake of comedy

[@Zelielz1]

I would say the early 2000s were definitely more comic focused than the late 2000s.

[@bottombarrelbudgetfilms1854]

Talladega Nights shaped me as a child. Every 5 years i get older and appreciate it on a different layer.

[@ResistanceQuest]

"No Hard Feelings" was a solid comedy, I felt, and "Joyride" was goddam great. There is hope

[@ActionJackson1982]

Oh my god yes, have always thought 2000s comedies were great and when the 2010s came they were still around they were slowing down to now where we might get 1 or 2 a year if we’re lucky. The 00s are my favorite decade for comedy! Don’t get me wrong, 80s and 90s are great but I wouldn’t say they’re hilarious. 00s get me, grew up on them as a young 20 something. And not even funny 00 comedies who got sequels a decade or more later failed to make us laugh and love them more then the originals

[@FilmStack]

Yeah the first few years of 2010s still had good ones releasing but there was a huge drop in them over the decade. Starting to see some these days, like this year with No Hard Feelings and Bottoms which both feel like the 2000s style of comedy

[@ActionJackson1982]

@@FilmStackNo Hard Feelings wasn’t funny unfortunately. With adults only comedy I can barely remember late 2010s. The was 2018s Blockers. Good Boys a year later, but I can’t remember many off the top of my head. Like the mid 2010s still had them going and even got sequels: Ted 1&2, Daddy’s Home 1&2, Horrible Bosses 1&2, Bad Neighbors 1&2, Grown Ups 1&2, Bad Moms 1&2 and so on. But most of those sequels came out 2015-2017. This is when I noticed comedies slowly dying. We were lucky to get a few a year maybe, while the 00s dominated the theatre. Sequels to old movies were out in the early 2010s and weren’t good, that trend I think ended in 2016 with Zoolander 2. Anchorman 2, Dumb and Dumber 2.. early 2010s. Kevin Smith comedy was dying too. How many Judd Apatow movies did we get in the 2010s, 2 I think. When covid happened and we got Bill and Ted 3. Thats pretty much it, Adam Sandler movies went to Netflix. The romantic comedy was also dying, we got Marry Me but hardly many to remember. 2015-present are almost non existent in the cinema it seems. This big name comedic stars like Steve Carell even have stopped doing comedy and doing drama! I could go on and on lol

[@FilmStack]

Damn that’s unfortunate. Was planning on getting around to watching No Hard Feelings soon. Yeah maybe Good Boys was the last true R-rated 2000s comedies feel film I can think of.

[@ActionJackson1982]

@@FilmStack well you might find it funny but it had the look of a American Pie-ish type of movie with all the sexual references and such but it lacked that and just wasn’t funny. Still watch it though.

[@Sp_Oon]

Snatch is my favourite 2000s comedy movie.

[@jaredgarcia8638]

Comedies from 80s-00s were the best years for comedies. Comedies today feel.overly sanitized, and society takes itself too seriously

[@yondie491]

The only debate as to best decade should be between the 70s and 90s. I tend to go w/ either '94 or '99, but I fully acknowledge my bias. You *CAN* objectively quantify art, to a certain extent. Kinda like how 2007 was the best year for videogames. And yes, I 100% am commenting before the end of the video. Cuz that's how I like to boost engagement. You are welcome *takes bow and returns to watching video*

[@FilmStack]

Haha thanks for the comment! Yeah favourite decades for comedy are all over the place for different people, but yeah 2007 was a GREAT year for games. So many games that would go on to have many sequels started then

[@yondie491]

@@FilmStack movies are many generations older than games, so there's a lot more to choose from, but games have had a quicker rise. If we're going to make a direct comparison, I'd say Pong is Roundhay Garden Scene Birth of a Nation (in terms of codifying) is Half-Life Bioshock is Citizen Kane (in terms of "yup, this is the modern definition) So videogames hit the first jump in 26 years compared to 27 for films and the second jump in 9 years versus 16 for films. I dunno, I love analyzing this stuff, one reason I love this channel, ty for the awesomeness. Edit addition: This is also why I consider MS buying ActivisionBlizzard to be... not terribly newsworthy. It's part of the evolution of the medium. It's no different, in my eyes, to the rise of the studio system in the 20s.

[@ThatOrangeGhost]

Fun fact that Best Buy image at 9:44 is Best Buy 1099. That dvd section is now just one rack up front

[@ActionJackson1982]

Im gonna list some other stars which weren’t listed but honorable mentions as they too were coming out with many comedies in the 00s: Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson, Jason Biggs, Sean William Scott, Paul Rudd, Jason Segal, Steve Carell, Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Ashton Kutcher, Jim Carrey, Broken Lizard Crew, Adam Sandler’s SNL friends/cast like Spade, Rock, Schneider. Adam Sandler was crushing it in the 00s. Like what the hell happened in the 2010s?! Like they’re star power died and we saw less and less of them

[@FilmStack]

So many great ones we didn’t list, thanks! “Wow” - Owen Wilson

[@ActionJackson1982]

@@FilmStack no joke, I have literally a dvd/blu ray collection with a section of 2000s comedy stars. Cause they also had cameo roles in each others movies too don’t forget. The Judd Apatow crew, who ever was the lead would have a cameo in one of their other movies. Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Jack Black & Vince Vaughn would all cross over into each others movies. Dodgeball, Zoolander, Envy, Meet the Parents, Starsky and Hutch, Tropic Thunder and so on.

[@ActionJackson1982]

@@FilmStack Tom Green is another but wouldn’t say he was popular lol

[@EmersonWyrick-ec7tg]

Hot fuzz and Shaun of the dead are not only two of the funniest movies ever made but two of the best movies ever made period

[@MultiOdom]

What’s funny is that you talked about cancel culture and how things couldn’t happen today but the only poc that you showed in this video is Robert Downey Jr in black face

[@PrincessLioness]

Yeah no mention of any black comedies a very surface level video.

[@philipconte5732]

Cuz things change n junk. That’s why

[@GregHuffman1987]

step bros is superb. surprised bad santa wasnt mentioned

[@kayelltom]

On board with the essay, but why oh why do creators continue to think that stock footage is good filler for a narrative-forward video? You're killing me

[@thegoodgeneral]

Man, word of advice, make your intro at least half that length. The caveat was unnecessary and the re-direction from that makes it sound like you're going around in circles, not to mention a detailed summary makes your later points feel redundant.

[@FilmStack]

Thanks for the feedback! 😊

[@ВладимирКруглов-к9о]

Absolutely. Also need a proper ending with the summary of reasons. Watched the thing but got away empty-handed as to "why it died".

[@tannerjohnson6705]

idiocracy will remain in my top 5 favorite movies of all time

[@avidfather1864]

''Name one genre that was more prelevant during the 2000s?" Um, fantasy. Almost all of the highest grossing and most popular movies of that decade were fantasy films: Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Pirates of the Caribbean, Narnia, etc. Fantasy absolutely dominated the 2000s. Yes, superhero movies were gaining great popularity in the 2000s with Bryan Singer's X-Men films, Sam Raimi's Spider-Man films, Nolan's Batman films and the first Iron-Man. But I would say that the superhero genre only really became the dominant genre in the 2010s.

[@seanramsdell4117]

No mention of the infamous spoof movies made by Seltzer and Friedberg? :O

[@plr2473]

I disagree with the loss of sales from the loss of physical media being what makes studios less willing to take risks. Movies nowadays go on demand, then to streaming, which can secure more sales. However it is not left for the consumers to decide, but rather company execs, and they largely base what they are willing to pay down the pipeline on the opening weekend performance of a movie. So there is a lot of pressure on studios to have success immediately, and hence the the unwillingness to invest in something they don't feel will be a surefire hit. But the one thing they cant account for is how tastes shift between the time a movie budget is approved to the time it releases. Other factors also affect a movie's performance such as the competition it goes up against. actors being caught in scandals, etc.

[@yo-sefakimbey7009]

A stream is not going to provide better revenue than physical media. The loss of DVD sales has affected the way movies are made across the board, not just comedy

[@killerpinkart6173]

Blaming "woke" is so uninspired and lazy imo. Yes, there 100% is cancel culture, I agree. And yes I agree there have been some people dragged who shouldn't, and no, I don't think that's OK. If you are funny, skilled, and/or marketable....you likely won't get canceled in any real way. Some people complaining online isn't "canceled". Plenty of white comedians can drop an N bomb with no issue, because of the structure of the joke, and the quality of that joke. But most of the people I meet....the VAST majority of people who complain about wokeness are like..... "I can't call a gay guy a fa**ot without being called a bigot anymore..... thanks a LOT WOKE"

[@solidghost4525]

I love the movies from that time period. Definitely nostalgic but I think they are very funny.

[@artirony410]

how can you talk about 2000s comedies and not mention the GOAT Hot Rod

[@DabigJK]

This video was so informative Doug Judy now has a career in comedy movies

[@Oliviux78]

I guess he can’t include the movie Kick Ass because it was made in 2010.

[@glencurtis6052]

I think you've over-complicated this. Hollywood has always milked a particular genre based on 1 or 2 films successful films released close together (which is why we are currently flooded with super hero films).

[@M_D93]

It's one thing for people to be so offended by these comedies, but its another that we're so afraid of these people that we are not making any more comedies. Let's make comedy great again and whoever doesn't like it doesn't have to watch it. I don't like horror movies, but you don't see me trying to put a stop to horror movies being made. I just don't watch. Rant over.

[@StrangeBacon]

Liked the video. 2 cents: just use clips from movies & don’t worry about literal imagery (stock footage)

[@yo-sefakimbey7009]

It always feels like people miss the point when they bring up RDJ in Tropic Thunder

[@GuyLovesAnOnion]

Anchorman - Superbad - Tropic Thunder and the sleeper hit I Love You Man are amongst by faves

[@StygianStyx]

These are the people who should be in charge of movies.

[@AwkwardAuction]

Step Bros, Anchorman and Talladega Nights are Will Ferrell’s best work 🙌🏽

[@handsomeDRAC]

Anchorman, not at first though, itvgrww on me and then I loved it. Borat should be an honourable mention.

[@lemurmaniastudios]

Hot Rod is a perfect example of this. I highly recommend it if you haven't already seen it.

[@Everett-xe3eg]

I disagree that a Chris Nolan film would have been less successful without social media. Barby is the real winner of that social media experiment.

[@lilmonsta6701]

I was just thinking about thisssssss yooo

[@Father_Daniel]

So many great comedies from the 80s 90s and 2000's but these days there are hardly any comedies being made that go to the theater. I go to the movies anywhere between two and five times a month and I can count on one hand how many comedies I've seen in the past few years

[@BrandonOfJapan]

Superbad doesnt hold up as well as i thought. Rewatched it last month and mildly chuckled maybe once or twice. Its one of those movies that seems funnier in retrospect, when you experienced it at a different age. Tropic thunder and step brothers still make me endlessly gut laugh.

[@fritsfmn]

Why is simon pegg not on the list ?

[@darkestccino5405]

Oh I finally figured it out. For awhile I was confused about which decade it would be right to say was the "rise of the internet". Because internet did exist in the 90s with Web 1.0 and people did spend time on it with news spreading, but for some reason it feels way more appropriate to say that the 2000s was when it really took over culture and people lives. This video made me finally figure it out. The 90s was the rise of the internet, but the 2000s was the rise of social media.

[@t.c.v.t.]

2004/2005 is when social media became a thing everyone had. That's when it started. Before that the web was pretty boring and text/picture.

[@EddieHenderson92]

@@t.c.v.t. I would say more like 08 or 09.

[@t.c.v.t.]

@@EddieHenderson92Good for you, but seeing as you pretty much grew up in a time when there always the internet as we know today you opinion doesn't mean much. I was around before the internet being in every home was a thing and actually lived the transition unlike you so I feel i have a pretty good handle on how it went over someone that has to read about it.

[@EddieHenderson92]

@@t.c.v.t. No need to get upset, little man. The internet and social media wasn't an everyday thing for most people in 2005.

[@PicklesRTasty]

In Bruges (with a silent S) is the funniest goddamn movie ever made.

[@Sp_Oon]

In Bruges is kino

[@noticiasinmundicias]

What is it with usonians and their fetish with cancel culture? If you can't be funny without malice then you're not funny. It really is that simple. Comedy didn't die because of the so called 'cancel culture'

[@liltree8382]

Malice is funny

[@artirony410]

Yeah if you think that "comedy is dead" because people think you aren't funny for saying racial slurs in your stand up, you just weren't funny to begin with

[@zeeski7454]

Hangover is my favorite

[@brosettastone7520]

They really showed someone on an iPad while talking about MySpace 😂😂naaah young gun they was on the ol Windows XP!

[@stevekaufmann8109]

i was just thinking about this, this is the last era of great comedy movies it will never be this good again.

[@RobertJones-st3wj]

It makes me sad that we live in a world where people are too afriad to be funny or express themselves offer fear of offending people

[@kuroazrem5376]

Comedy died because of the woke mob.

[@yo-sefakimbey7009]

..or the jokes just got stale

[@laurisaarinen1126]

I feel like the 2010's were still mostly pretty good for comedy, we had the Jump Street movies, Horrible Bosses, anything with Aubrey Plaza and kind of a new style of "awkward comedy" that i really enjoyed, which also made many of 2010's comedies feel more realistic as the line delivery was more random and scenes felt more improvised (i don't really know if they were) But sure, in the big picture 2000's WAS the golden age of comedy. Zoolander might be my favorite of them all. But i also feel like Adam Sandler should be mentioned and he was in many funny movies and gets way too much hate.

[@danieltarczynski6559]

Lack of DVD sales really killed comedies. There were a lot of bad to ok comedies in the 2000’s but each studio was producing 10-15 comedies a year so you got a lot of good ones out there. Studios produced a lot of mid budget and low budget comedies because they did so well on DVD

[@staidenofanarchy]

"This couldnt be made today" if you need to be shocking or offensive to be funny, youre probably not that funny

[@parisulki729]

I'd say comedies aren't straight up dead, more like they are now in a chep-o movie category on the streaming services. Most of publicly beloved comdedians nowadays do their movies straight for streaming

[@chamboyette853]

2000s is the best decade for comedies.

[@maximilianschmid9890]

"Lord of the Rings and the Twin Towers...2001, "Live in the age of terrorism, we spit in your other face." - Cavalera...1991"