I remember when rom-coms used to be a genre that would be practically guaranteed to do good numbers, but it seems like studios are avoiding the genre now or releasing direct to streaming.

I think that most comedies today are primarily another genre, like action/adventure or horror with a bit of millennial irony on the top. I think the biggest comedy this year was The Devil Wears Prada 2; I'm not really the target audience for that one, but it is nice to see that there is a market for it, even if it's a bit of a look back on a 20 year old movie.

The last one that I saw in the theater was Asteroid City, but frankly I went just for the cinematography; I usually prefer to watch comedy at home because it's not an experience that really matters if it's on a theater screen or not.

So what was the last comedy that you went to the theater for? I'm particularly interested in people who regularly go out to movies, but also just generally curious about people's thoughts.

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[–] Zombiepirate@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The trailers looked mediocre, but everyone says it's great. I'll have to give it a watch.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

If you ever liked any Lonely Island stuff, whether on channel101 back in the day, on SNL, or one of the various movies directed by Akiva with Jorma and Andy, you'll probably enjoy this as Akiva is directing. There's nice little touches as well such as at least one joke that is only seen if you are watching with subtitles on.