The HOLY GRAIL!?!? No one even brought that up British comedy troupe Monty Python were near the peak of their popularity when they decided to shoot a film parodying King Arthur's quest to find the Holy Grail during a break between seasons of their BBC sketch show. Their first film, 1971's And Now for Something Completely Different, was merely a collection of sketches. This time around, they aimed far higher and stuck to a single premise. The result was an absolute masterpiece that immediately attracted a fiercely devoted plot. It even lead to a Broadway musical adaptation in 2005.
Anchorman has received far more attention over the years, but we're glad our readers agree that Step Bothers is the ultimate Will Ferrell/Adam McKay movie. It's a film about two moronic guys in their mid-40s that are forced to live together when their parents marry each other. They begin as mortal enemies, but quickly become best friends. Rumors circulated years ago that a sequel was in the works. We're all hoping it comes together at some point. STEP BROTHERS
The Hollywood Western as on its last legs in 1974 when Mel Brooks decided to create this spoof, which took all the cliches from the genre and totally subverted them. Cleavon Little plays a black sheriff in an all-white town that's being pushed away to make room for a new line of train tracks. No attempt whatsoever is made to be historical, and it even feature a cameo by Count Basie playing himself and a gag about Adolf Hitler. More importantly, it's relentlessly silly. There's been talk of transforming it into a Broadway play like The Producers and Young Frankenstein, but so far it hasn't happened. Maybe this one is best left as a movie.
Seth Rogen and his writing partner Evan Goldberg wrote this script when they were teenagers, but when they finally had enough to juice in Hollywood to make it a reality they were too old to star in it themselves. They brought in Michael Cera and Jonah Hill to play two high school best friends that go through one insane night while trying to lose their virginity. At the time, nobody could have predicted that Jonah Hill would one day be nominated for an Academy Award in a Martin Scorsese film. It also launched the career of Emma Stone.
I think the 40 year old virgin needs to be top 10 of all time. Steve Carell was transformed into a movie star when he landed the lead role in this Judd Apatow film about a lovable loser whose buddies pledge to get him laid when they discover he's a virgin. It was one of the biggest surprise hits of the year, basically setting up nearly every major comedy that's come in the last decade. It also showed the writers of The Office how to turn Michael Scott into a more sympathetic character, something they struggled with in Season One.
