People have a messed up sense of what comprises of humour. Yeah, I’m talking of the times when you sit down to watch a movie tagged “comedy” and 5 minutes into the trap my expression’s close to (O.o), also known as the WTF!?! Forget the immediate urge to assault oneself for not having read the tags more clearly, but forgive me, I was looking for humour, not an opportunity to conduct in-depth research into what the “feel” of a movie is by deciphering people’s so called reviews. The reviews are a class apart! People tend to assume they are highly regarded critics who know exactly what the Director, Producer, Actors and the rest of the con artists have been up to. Massive references to past works and the Director’s talent leaves me wondering if these critics even have an idea as to who the hell gives a damn!
Anyways. Back to why I’m here cribbing about something as obscure as a comedy – I spent a good whole day downloading the movie and after a hard day’s work (yes, I do work hard. No, its not in porn.) I just wanted to kick back and enjoy a good laugh. There are literally hundreds of movies out there rated as hits (IMDB, of course) while not providing an iota of entertainment. You see, I’ve stumbled upon a little known cache of the talkies that are boring as dirt but are marketed as “comedy”, albeit with an artistic twist. I know art – it evokes emotion. However, if art labeled comedy ends up evoking an emotion to smash the director’s head through plate glass, its suddenly a sub genre called “drama”.
Reminds me of my Dad who wanted to be melodramatic with us as kids decided to make up his own joke, on the fly, and with a moral at the end to boot. Yup, he would definitely know what “Comedy, Drama” in a single movie means. Point is he trailed off… The ‘joke’ wasn’t funny. Hell, I lost my appetite at the dinner table ‘cos his joke had a bum who got helped out by some sweet lady (both of them old – a prerequisite in case of dramatic comedy!). I still have no idea what sort of impact he wanted to have on his kids, but then on my brother and I bolted each time he decided to tell us a joke.
Dear director, screenplay artist, story writer of this inane flick which you consider funny drama – it isn't funny. And if I wanted drama, I’d just call my girlfriend fat. I need neither. Also, I’m not some mindless hick who has no appreciation for the finer things in life – I just prefer I wasn’t ambushed with drama when I’m looking for Comedy! Ah well, I’d be more pissed but I just realized I got a pirated copy. Long live P2P, life is too full of crap to be shelling out money for it 
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