What was the hardest you've ever laughed in a movie theater?

'high fidelity', when todd louiso hit tim robbins across the face with a phone and his teeth broke apart and went flying and they all started beating on robbins, billy batts style.

the rest of the movie wasn't nearly as funny

I can't remember laughing harder than I laughed the other week at the backwards writing "It's so sad, Mr Fletcher's illiterate" sequence in Be Kind Rewind.

under-the-table handjob in Wedding Crashers

Borat, naked fighting scene. Saw it in a huge packed auditorium, and fuck me it was like a carnival atmosphere in there, I've never experienced anything like it at the pictures before.

Probably when I saw the trailer for National Treasure 2.

I saw a screening of Dirty Work before they cut a lot of stuff out of it and that was pretty funny.

Otherwise, maybe the "America, Fuck Yeah!" song scene from Team America: World Police (before it became a meme, of course, back when it was real and raw and MINE). Most of that movie was really boring though.

during 'in the mood for love', at a sad, serious moment, there was a typo in the subtitles so one of the characters said, 'oh, i didn't thunk of that,' and my husband and i lost for the entire rest of the movie, it was terrible trying to laugh silently, we were in a small cinema filled with very intent people.

Actually, maybe it was Uncle Fucker in Southpark, specifically the fart tap-dance sequence.

First Austin Powers movie, the toilet-stall fight with Tom Arnold providing encouragement. Laughed/cried so hard that one of my contact lenses came out.

Before that, probably "Kentucky Fried Movie."

dumb and dumber

i don't care what anyone says that movie is american classic

wayne's world 'spew into this' scene

team america world police (rly stoned)

latebloomer you are right about Dumb and Dumber, earlier this week I was thinking about the "Kick his ass, Sea Bass!" part and searched YouTube for it and found the whole diner scene thing and enjoyed watching it again very much yes thank you!

kill and kill again

south park movie comes a close second, especially the satan & saddam scenes

when trinity died in matrix revolutions some random dude yelled "NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!" that's probably the most recent genuine haw I think?

Other than that it would be when we all went to go see Car 54 at the midnight dollar theater in high school and basically just yukked it up the whole time since we were the only people there. I think. if there were other people they left before the end.

being john malkovich, when malkovich goes inside his own head

Opening few minutes of Naked Gun, 1988. Turned up at the Odeon in Liverpool with a friend who, like me, had grown up with Zucker-Abrahams on video and was a fan of Police Squad, thinking "there won't be many there". Not only was it on screen #1 but the place was packed and the whole thing was received like the Second Coming.

Borat, naked fighting scene. Saw it in a huge packed auditorium, and fuck me it was like a carnival atmosphere in there, I've never experienced anything like it at the pictures before.

-- chap, Thursday, April 3, 2008 8:20 PM (31 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

yessss

the "milk was a bad choice" line in Anchorman. the movie doesn't really stand up to repeat viewings but that line still slays me.

June 1980. Empire Strikes Back had been out for a month and by then everyone had seen it and for me there wasn't much in the way of other must-see summer movies. I really wanted to go see The Blues Brothers but I couldn't convince my dad to drive me up to Newport Beach to see it. There was this mysterious movie called Airplane! that had just opened that Friday and it was playing at the local Laguna theater. Supposed to be a comedy of some sort.

Complete uninterrupted pandemonium for all 88 minutes. I'd never seen anything like it (and haven't since)... I laughed so hard I couldn't eat afterward because my stomach hurt so much. People in the audience (the theater was about three-quarters full) were sobbing from laughing so hard.

before borat started the theater showed its stock opening w/voices talking abt film represented as flickering lights in the dark and someone yelled right in time w/the light voices isss niiiice! and it began - the audience was primed

Oh man, "Uncle Fucker" a close second for me.

When that Deadhead in Freaks And Geeks says she wishes she could un-hear American Beauty just so she can hear it again. That's how I feel about "Uncle Fucker."

"Borat". Not the wrestling, but the part where he insists on buying a car with a pussy magnet.

Maybe it stood out because I was the only one laughing, and I naturally laugh VERY LOUDLY and with much gusto. It was in the recent "Count of Monte Cristo" when the old man skillmaster is telling Edmond where his treasure is stashed. "But you must promise to spend your money for good!" the old man says. Then Edmond says "NO! I WILL SPEND THE MONEY ON REVENGE!"

ahahahahaha holy fucking shit

Elvis: 'there is only one riverrrrrrrr!'

Oh holy fucking god:

Fernand: Monte Cristo!
Edmond: King's to you, Fernand.
Fernand: Edmond? How did you...
Edmond: How did I escape? With difficulty. How did I plan this moment? With pleasure!
Fernand: So you've taken Mercedes.
Edmond: And everything else. Except your life.
Fernand: Why are you doing this?
Edmond: [pauses, remembering what Fernand said when he asked why he betrayed him] It's complicated. Let's just say it's vengeance from the life that you stole from me.

OH ZINGAH

South Park the movie, probably. Also, the first Jackass movie. More recently: 40 year old virgin, Talladega Nights, Borat.

i laughed really fucking hard at talladega nights

the sunday breakfast scene with the duvet in TRAINSPOTTING @ the ODEON in central london takes some beating.

I laughed so often during Sweeney Todd that Charlotte elbowed me in the ribs and whispered, "Stop laughing. They'll think you're psychotic."

Also, when I was 15 and watching Meet the Parents in the theater. I fell into the aisle.

I've told this story before but it's still funny to me so I'll repeat it here:

I went to see Mission to Mars with my brother on his birthday, which happened to be the opening weekend. If you haven't seen the movie, which is terrible, towards the end (after a bunch of bullshit involving M&M's, Van Halen and Gary Sinise wearing lots of eyeliner) the protagonists discover the infamous Face on Mars and enter a door through the side. Inside is a holographic Martian humanoid who shows them images of the destruction of Mars and the subsequent seeding of Earth with DNA (conveniently illustrated with single-celled organisms evolving into dinosaurs evolving into buffalo and all that shit).

Then the holographic Martian SHEDS A TEAR, presumably for his glorious civilization going down the crapper. At this point the theater is very quiet, until suddenly I hear my brother crying out "HA!" and the entire audience bursts out laughing at this retarded movie. It was awesome.

Other than that it would be when we all went to go see Car 54 at the midnight dollar theater in high school and basically just yukked it up the whole time since we were the only people there. I think. if there were other people they left before the end.

LOL i went to see this movie in the theater with my dad and sister and we were the only people there. my dad and sister left like a half-hour in and i stayed and watched the rest of it by myself

another vote for "uncle fucker"

Maybe the reason I didn't think most of these movies were funny (save 'Airplane1') is I saw them at home, all alone.

i laughed really fucking hard at talladega nights

-- BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, April 3, 2008 8:13 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Link
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good question!

i don't know the answer for me.

probably meet the parents airport seen w/ the lady with chopsticks in her hair or in one of the jackasses

i definitely died about 20 times in jackass 2, especially the boxing glove thing

home alone was also a laugh riot i remember

I laughed pretty damn hard during some movie once.

the "milk was a bad choice" line in Anchorman. the movie doesn't really stand up to repeat viewings but that line still slays me.

-- latebloomer, Thursday, April 3, 2008 7:54 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Link

so otm. also, i say this all the time.

i definitely died about 20 times in jackass 2, especially the boxing glove thing

-- s1ocki, Thursday, April 3, 2008 9:22 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

otm

the "milk was a bad choice" line in Anchorman. the movie doesn't really stand up to repeat viewings but that line still slays me.

-- latebloomer, Thursday, April 3, 2008 7:54 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Link

great line, but i hated the movie the first time i saw it in theatres and then it came out on dvd and i watched it at a friend's and loved it and watched it 5 billion times after. def top 5 material of the decade for me

first austin powers movie...inexplicably, when he pulls out a camera with a HUGE lens while spying on someone...i had the giggles bad.

i felt beaten to a pulp after jackass 2 because i was either laughing hysterically or wincing the entire time...

When I was in high school, my asshole friend and I went to see Die Hard 2 for $1 and we made a point to make stupid, loud delayed-reaction laughs about 3 seconds too late after every stupid Bruce Willis one-liner.

It pissed off the crowd, but amused us to no end.

I don't remember. Maybe at The Three Fatties?

The "Daniel Day-Lewis gets religion" scene in "There Will be Blood."

I'm glad his Yosemite Sam face wasn't for naught!

Naked Gun 2½ but I'd swallowed a big lump of dope an hour before and it kicked in as the movie started.

I'm so abashed that I refer to you knuckleheads as a bunch of stoners.

at Speed Levitch in The Cruise on a day when I woke up totally wanting to kill myself.

whenever I saw a clip of it, and in Waking Life, I just wanted to kill HIM.

Morbs I ain't proud I'm just reporting the facts.

there's a reaction shot of Oliver Hardy at the end of Sons of the Desert that usually slays me... also Laurel's laughing fit in Way Out West.

(yes they show these in theaters)

Borat, naked fighting scene. Saw it in a huge packed auditorium, and fuck me it was like a carnival atmosphere in there, I've never experienced anything like it at the pictures before.

-- chap, Thursday, April 3, 2008 8:20 PM (31 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

yessss

-- jhøshea, Friday, 4 April 2008 00:53 (14 hours ago)

--sssssssss

either that scene in borat or superbad, but i can't remember which scene in superbad hit me hardest.

or, i swear to you, the shipping news which is an ugly pretentious slow ridiculous grind of a movie but, please believe, is one of the funniest movies i've ever seen. saw it with a girlfriend and it wasn't packed, everyone was taking this POS really seriously. there's a scene where the town hoar played by cate blanchett drives her car off a pier and drowns, they pull her out with a crane, and there's a SUDDEN ZOOM on her face, her tongue is all blue and lolling out to the side. my gf and i just lost it. i can't really explain why this is funny but it was.

the Nic Cage remake of the Wicker Man probably caused my most recent uncontrollable laughter in a movie theatre

i was lolling pretty hard at the knocked up shrooms scene

I think it was the introduction of "Operation: Human Shield" and "Operation: Get Behind The Darkies" in the South Park movie that really made me lose my shit.

Actually American Pie would probably be one of the films I laughed hardest at. It wasn't amazing, but I saw it in a packed theater and went expecting nothing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6i2WRreARo

I still think the opening bit with "I think he's watching some kind of illegal channel!" is great.

i pretty much laughed straight through 'best in show'

Not in a theater, but when I first saw "The Producers" (Wilder/Mostel, of course) on vhs and the big musical number 'Springtime for Hitler' came on I was about incapacitated.

For an actual in the theater laugh, probably this scene from Bad Santa:

Bad Santa - "I beat up some kids today, but for a purpose. I think I've really turned a corner."

Bad Elf - "You need therapy. Many, many years of intensive therapy."

maybe flirting with disaster? or maybe something in sean of the dead. I never see funny movies in the theater

actually in reality it was probably a fish called wanda, which isn't funny at all to me now, but was when I was 15

"Shut your fucking face uncle fucker!"

I was 17 tho.

- the hitman scene in Mulholland Drive

- the Marvin scene in Pulp Fiction

- the scene where the big guy trips while running up the stairs, shoots self, in Out of Sight

- The Big Lebowski: the driving with the joint scene / the scene with the Malibu police chief (triggered by the coffee mug throw / Walter biting the nihilist's ear off and spitting it up in the air in slow motion

- the Jack Black dog punt in Anchorman

the day a friend and I ditched work to get stoned and see Unleashed (aka Danny the Dog). Saw it later sober; did not laugh as hard or often.

i died laughing in a lot of the movies mentioned up thread, but did not see them in the theater.

"Shut your fucking face uncle fucker!"

I was 17 tho.

this was my experience also

of last 10 years, the cow scene in Me Myself & Irene.

It was a scene in one of the following movies:

Kingpin (the "love scene" with the landlord with Simon & Garfunkel--preceded by him throwing the hot tea in the guy's eyes AGAIN)
There's Something About Mary (the beat-up scene followed by the you know what scene)
School of Rock (can't remember a particular scene, but I laughed a lot when I saw this)
Bad Santa (endless hilarity, but probably the scene where he starts drunkenly kicking the shit out of the animals or the high school kids)

"Shut your fucking face uncle fucker!"

I was 17 tho.

this was my experience also

-- Millsner, Friday, 4 April 2008 19:59

The farting duet was sublime.

Two movies have gotten close to the Airplane! insanity I described above...

1993. Brand new print of His Girl Friday showing at the UCLA film archives. Of course, everyone there had a working knowledge of Howard Hawks, romantic comedies, etc. but the audience decided to just loosen up and go with it instead of being detached film snobs. From the restaurant scene onwards we were howling.

2004. Tried to go see The Village (yeah, I know I know) but it was sold out. Hey someone said Harold And Kumar was funny. Ummm holy shit yeah!

The farting duet was sublime.

-- Bodrick III, Friday, April 4, 2008 3:39 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Link

"HEY WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?"

ILX really likes some Borat huh?

I tried to watch Borat like a week or two ago and turned it off halfway through. Really dumb movie.

Steve Carell reading the news in God Almighty

Bruce Almighty, even

Airplane!

also the hardest i've ever heard an audience laugh in my life. it was non-stop.

This thread makes me really want to rewatch Airplane.

The gay, carefree male models having a jolly, picturesque gasoline fight in "Zoolander."

Also the Walk-Off, same movie.

Hot Shots Part Deux and Superbad.

the scene with the Malibu police chief (triggered by the coffee mug throw - and the way it hits him, oh yeah i totally i fell out of my crappy theatre seat at that

and yeah that scene in 'flirting with disaster' near the end where the cop (?) is on acid and running through the desert yelling something like "i can run like the wiiind!" oh but i didn't see that in the theatre

Timothy Dalton's reaction to having his face impaled in Hot Fuzz. I was definitely laughing harder than anyone else in the theater.

omg totally forgot walk hard

fuc all yall haters

Probably the "shadows in the tent" scene in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me.

Waiting for Guffman I remember not being able to breathe by the time Eugene Levy sang "Jeanie with Light Brown Hair" It's not as funny to me now, but the first 1/2 hour of that movie was hilarious the first time I saw it.

i loled a lot during a screening of 'i know who killed me'

naked scene in borat killed, especially since it was a crowded movie theater in small-ish town montana, and some ppl were uncomfortable

dumb and dumber

ace ventura 1 and 2 (crawling out of the rhino's ass, especially)

anytime my high school buddies and i saw a movie on a saturday afternoon and heckled

'the big lebowski' when it came out, pretty much from the first minute.

actually in reality it was probably a fish called wanda, which isn't funny at all to me now, but was when I was 15

i know humor is all personal preference, can't be argued, etc etc, but plz don't make me feel old for loving this silliness, executed at such a high level of expertise. I think the non-15-yr-olds are calling it "farce." :)

I pretty much laughed non-stop, to the point of pain, through the South Park movie in 1999.

^

Probably Borat naked scence for me as well. I was just watching Ali G clips on youtube last week and seriously lost it. I haven't laughed that hard in a really long time. It hurt.

South Park for me as well.