Comedy Movies – the Simpson Movies

Jacob Marshal asked:

Movies are always the popular means of entertainment. Specially, comedy movies are the favourite among people. There are marvelous comedy movies which got released recently and have already gained widespread popularity among the audience. Comedy movies not only make us laugh but they also contain some deeper meaning. Comedy movies initiate catharsis thereby rejuvenating the minds of the people with refreshing thoughts. Movies, whatever may be its genre, reveal some of the grave aspects of our lives and make us think about the world around us.

Comedy movies encompass a vast arena, including various sub-genres like parody, screwball, burlesque, bizarre and dark comedy. If we are to talk about the newly released comedy movies of 2007, we will be amazed to find some of the brilliant specimens of the era. Superbad which is a very recently released comedy film is widely acclaimed for the humorous elements in it. The script of the movie is written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg and its director and producers are Greg Mottola and Judd Apatow respectively. It is about high school seniors Evan (Michael Cera) and Seth (Jonah Hill), the socially-inept best friends who try to lose their virginity before the end of the school year. Other major comedy movies of 2007 include Knocked Up, The Simpson Movie, Evan Almighty, Blades of Glory, Hot Fuzz and the East of Bucharest. With better choreography and much advanced technical inputs, the comedy movies of 2007 are sure to be a hit at the box office. Blades of Glory, directed by Josh Gordon and Will Speck was released on March 30, 2007 by DreamWorks. This movie starring Will Ferrell, Jon Heder, Will Arnett, Amy Poehler, and Jenna Fischer is a superb film with subtle shades of comedy.

Evan Almighty, the sequel to the Bruce Almighty (2003) was released on June 22, 2007. It is regarded as one of the highest budgeted comedy film produced till today. In this film several visual effect companies were utilised to offer CGI for exclusive climactic flood scenes and animals. Apart from the names mentioned above, there are numerous other comedy movies which got released in the year 2007 and have proved themselves to be a great success.