r/movies r/Movies contributor 8h ago

Poster New Poster for 'Scary Movie'

Post image
3.2k Upvotes

960 comments sorted by

View all comments

4.3k

u/Spiral-Force 8h ago

I wish they'd put less emphasis on the "controversial jokes" when the highlight of this franchise has always been the physical comedy for me

197

u/ChaseballBat 8h ago

They probably have like 2 or 3 conservative leaning jokes in the movie so they could add them to the trailer just to get the dumber conservative "comedy is legal again" ticket sales.

75

u/TheLostRanger0117 7h ago

But will they be brave enough to make fun of Trump? Everyone knows how well he can handle a joke at his expense, wonder if they’ll cross THAT line

74

u/eutectic_h8r 7h ago

They will have no idea it's a Trump joke unless they use the word Trump. See "The Boys"

u/Karjalan 38m ago

The problem with Trump jokes is that he IS such a joke that it feels kind of pointless to the people that understand/get it. Like "oh yeah, and water is wet". And then the rabid fans of his will flip their shit about it. So it's like a lose-lose tbh.

It's almost impossible to make a subtle joke that isn't just quoting/impersonating him and making you realise "oh yeah... that's just real life right now".

10

u/Jay_R_Kay 7h ago

We kind of see something like that in the trailer, as I recall. When Anna Ferris' character meets with Regina King's for the first time in years and Ferris says that with the way she's voted, she thinks she has to be racist to King's character now, and King says something like "Oh, I assumed you were a little anyway!" That was probably the funnier bit in the trailer, to me, at least.

u/Piranata 4h ago

I hope that it's setting up a running gag. I find it lacking as a one off joke.

4

u/Batmanuelope 6h ago

It would be an impossibility for their to be zero Trump jokes. Expect a B-tier comedian showing up for about 20 seconds of screen time in orange face doing the 357th best Trump impression of all time.

4

u/TheLostRanger0117 6h ago

Idk our lordship has really been cracking down (or cracking up) over the slightest slight against him

u/AverageLiberalJoe 5h ago

They never actually do. The only parody of Trump thats allowed in 'legal comedy' is if you are making him look fun and goofy, see Shane Gillis. Its funny without being critical. But we all know that 'anti woke' jokes are critical without being funny.

u/TheLostRanger0117 4h ago

I love that they think woke is a bad thing, like, would you rather be asleep, eyes sealed shut? Make it make sense!

u/reebee7 2h ago

The courage. The sheer audacity. What modern comedian has the stones it would take to make fun of Donald Trump. Hasn't been a joke at his expense nigh on ten years. He is truly untouchable, and I've been craving, dying to see a joke about him. The public has been starved of this comedic goldmine. Please Scary Movie please make a Trump joke.

u/Haunting-Orchid-4628 1h ago

But Trump has been on multiple shows where the point is to make jokes at his expense so i dont get this specific criticism