The Bubble, a satirical dark comedy movies written and directed by Judd Apatow, was recently published on Netflix. At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, a bunch of selfish actors strive to finish the newest instalment of a long-running action film franchise. Despite having an all-star ensemble, including Karen Gillan, Pedro Pascal, and Fred Armisen, The Bubble failed to impress many critics. There are, thankfully, far better films that poke fun at Hollywood and its erratic behaviour. They are listed below.
1. Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
Director- Kevin Smith
The sequel to Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back is a road trip adventure. Dante and Randal’s lives are abruptly empty when they acquire a restraining order to stop the punchy Jay and his hetero life-mate. Silent Bob, from selling drugs in front of the Quick Stop convenience store. Their friend Brodie informs them that a film based on their likenesses is in the works. They find a new sense of purpose. They went out to acquire the huge movie money they deserve. Maybe put an end to people slandering them on the Internet after seeing one of the founders of the Bluntman and Chronic, Holden McNeil.
They pick up the rules of the road from a hitchhiking George Carlin. They travel with a group of stunning jewel thieves. Also, arouse the wrath of a hapless wildlife marshal for rescuing an orangutan named Suzanne. Suzanne, Jay, and Silent Bob’s good names will be decided in a showdown involving the police, jewel thieves, and Bluntman and Chronic filmmakers.
2. Tropic Thunder (2008)
Director- Ben Stiller
Damien Cockburn assembles an A-list of prima donna actors—Tugg Speedman, Jeff Portnoy, and Kirk Lazarus. To turn the true memoirs of the burned-out veteran “Four Leaf” Tayback into a Vietnam epic. However, with the picture already behind schedule and the producer threatening to terminate the project. The ambitious filmmaker throws the ensemble into the impenetrable Vietnamese jungle to add a splash of reality. Unaware that the entire territory is controlled by a heavily armed heroin-producing gang. For the first time in a long time, the show’s stars will have to step up and collaborate in the midst of a spectacular improvisation extravaganza with live ammo.
3. Barton Fink (1991)
Director(s)- Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Barton Fink, the idealistic novelist of the proletariat and self-pitying 1940s New York dramatist, is enticed to sparkling Hollywood to create scripts for eccentric Jack Lipnick’s Capitol Pictures in the aftermath of his early but obvious theatrical triumph on Broadway. Fink’s first screenplay, however, turns out to be a Wallace Beery wrestling film, and he soon suffers from writer’s block. Now, huddled in front of his silent Underwood typewriter at the filthy, run-down Hotel Earle, Barton realises that his only chance of meeting the deadline is to draw inspiration from the hulking insurance salesman next door, Charlie Meadows, and the modest secretary, Audrey Taylor. Meanwhile, the crushing grip of artistic bankruptcy grows tighter.
4. Adaptation. (2002)
Director- Spike Jonze
Kaufman is attempting to adapt Susan Orlean’s The Orchid Thief, which does not have an obvious dramatic thread and is primarily a book about orchids. At the same time, he is going through a mid-life crisis, which is exacerbated by the presence of his twin brother Donald, who is less brilliant but happier than Charlie and dreams of making a fortune writing movies. Susan Orlean is also seen conducting research for the book, as well as John Laroche, a colourful orchid hunter with whom Susan interviews and later falls in love. These tales finally converge, with unexpected outcomes.
5. The Player (1992)
Director- Robert Altman
Griffin Mill is a studio executive who approves or rejects feature film pitches. He, now finds his life endangered by an anonymous screenwriter whose idea he previously rejected, with his career on the line and the possibility of being replaced by a competing upstart looming. Griffin is caught up in a labyrinth of blackmail and murder, and he needs to get out of the police investigation he started. But he must also keep an eye on his back, since in Hollywood, someone will always step in to take your spot.
6. Cecil B. Demented (2000)
Director- John Waters
Cecil B. Demented, a guerrilla filmmaker from Baltimore, leads a group of cinema revolutionaries in kidnapping Honey Whitlock, a spiteful and ageing big-budget froth star. Cecil wants her to star in his film, a scathing critique of Hollywood shot during blitzkrieg raids on a cinema, a Maryland Film Commission press conference, and the set of a “Forrest Gump” sequel. He requires celibacy, and the cast and crew use sexual energy to help the production. Cecil needs the help of pornographic, kung-fu, and drive-in audiences to escape a family-values coalition, unhappy Teamsters, and the police.
7. Hail, Caeser ! (2016)
Director(s)- Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Eddie Mannix is the fixer, also known as the property protection head, at the famed Hollywood studio Capitol Pictures, where he deals with anything that affects performers, scenery, legal issues, or scandal press. – In 1951, Lockheaed offers him a ten-year contract, but he refuses to leave his dream factory. Creating the Bible Caesar, hail! Star Baird Whitlock is kidnapped to a beach home by a communist collective, primarily made up of writers demanding fair remuneration through a ransom, after being approved by a contentious ecumenical gathering. While sent on a false planned date with an actress, Western star Hobie Doyle, who was instructed by the studio owner to fill in as star in main part in a romantic non-action film, proves useful.
Ultimately, this article displays a list of dark comedies so you can pick one out and watch it tonight.
