Re: Movie Thread: Grab Some Popcorn, Enjoy The Show
IMHO Sean Bean nails it in Legends.
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Movie Thread: Grab Some Popcorn, Enjoy The Show
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MissThundercat
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Re: Movie Thread: Grab Some Popcorn, Enjoy The Show
Groundhog Day. Today's the day for it....
Rita: [Phil has described several people in the diner] What about me, Phil? Do you know me too?
Phil: I know all about you. You like producing, but you hope for more than Channel 9 Pittsburgh.
Rita: Well, everyone knows that!
Phil: You like boats, but not the ocean. You go to a lake in the summer with your family up in the mountains. There's a long wooden dock and a boathouse with boards missing from the roof, and a place you used to crawl underneath to be alone. You're a sucker for French poetry and rhinestones. You're very generous. You're kind to strangers and children, and when you stand in the snow you look like an angel.
Rita: [in wonder] How are you doing this?
Phil: I told you. I wake up every day, right here, right in Punxsutawney, and it's always February 2nd, and there's nothing I can do about it.
Groundhog Day. Today's the day for it....
Rita: [Phil has described several people in the diner] What about me, Phil? Do you know me too?
Phil: I know all about you. You like producing, but you hope for more than Channel 9 Pittsburgh.
Rita: Well, everyone knows that!
Phil: You like boats, but not the ocean. You go to a lake in the summer with your family up in the mountains. There's a long wooden dock and a boathouse with boards missing from the roof, and a place you used to crawl underneath to be alone. You're a sucker for French poetry and rhinestones. You're very generous. You're kind to strangers and children, and when you stand in the snow you look like an angel.
Rita: [in wonder] How are you doing this?
Phil: I told you. I wake up every day, right here, right in Punxsutawney, and it's always February 2nd, and there's nothing I can do about it.
Kepler
Si certus es dubita
Re: Movie Thread: Grab Some Popcorn, Enjoy The Show
Grading of all RomComs in history:
Groundhog Day: A
Fifty First Dates: B+
When Harry Met Sally: B
all others: F
Note: RomComs begin in 1970. Prior to that directors and writers were competent enough to make great movies that also happened to involve romance and comedy. For example:
Bringing Up Baby: A+
The Philadelphia Story: A+
His Girl Friday: A+
It Happened One Night: A+
Grading of all RomComs in history:
Groundhog Day: A
Fifty First Dates: B+
When Harry Met Sally: B
all others: F
Note: RomComs begin in 1970. Prior to that directors and writers were competent enough to make great movies that also happened to involve romance and comedy. For example:
Bringing Up Baby: A+
The Philadelphia Story: A+
His Girl Friday: A+
It Happened One Night: A+
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ScoobyDoo
NPC
Re: Movie Thread: Grab Some Popcorn, Enjoy The Show
You've obviously never seen The Sure Thing. A+.
You've obviously never seen The Sure Thing. A+.
Kepler
Si certus es dubita
Re: Movie Thread: Grab Some Popcorn, Enjoy The Show
You replied before I added my footnote.
I have not, however seen The Sure Thing. I take it I should?
You replied before I added my footnote.
I have not, however seen The Sure Thing. I take it I should?
ScoobyDoo
NPC
Re: Movie Thread: Grab Some Popcorn, Enjoy The Show
I edited. My comment about The Sure Thing still applies.
I edited. My comment about The Sure Thing still applies.
Kepler
Si certus es dubita
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You replied before I edited my reply.
You replied before I edited my reply.
ScoobyDoo
NPC
Re: Movie Thread: Grab Some Popcorn, Enjoy The Show
The Sure Thing is Rob Reiner's second film. First Rom Com. It built the house that When Harry Met Sally is built on. When Harry Met Sally might be the best rom com of all time.
The Sure Thing is Rob Reiner's second film. First Rom Com. It built the house that When Harry Met Sally is built on. When Harry Met Sally might be the best rom com of all time.
JF_Gophers
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I'm surprised you don't like things like Jerry Maguire, Pretty Woman, Roxanne, etc.
I absolutely loved Roxanne. Much more than the rest listed.
I'm surprised you don't like things like Jerry Maguire, Pretty Woman, Roxanne, etc.
I absolutely loved Roxanne. Much more than the rest listed.
ScoobyDoo
NPC
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The problem is all the modern ones pretty much blow compared to the (4) old movies Kep listed. Those 4 are the gold standard. That being said When Harry Met Sally and The Sure Thing will always be my two modern faves. The ones you list are ok but not my cup of tea I guess.
The problem is all the modern ones pretty much blow compared to the (4) old movies Kep listed. Those 4 are the gold standard. That being said When Harry Met Sally and The Sure Thing will always be my two modern faves. The ones you list are ok but not my cup of tea I guess.
Kepler
Si certus es dubita
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Roxanne was good, you're right, I forgot that. Call it a B minus.
Jerry Maguire was execrable. Pretty Woman was insipid.
Roxanne was good, you're right, I forgot that. Call it a B minus.
Jerry Maguire was execrable. Pretty Woman was insipid.
Kepler
Si certus es dubita
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While true, it's an unfair competition, because like I said those movies weren't rom coms, they burst the bounds of all genres -- they are "Film Unlimited" to paraphrase Harold Bloom's wonderful expression about Hamlet.
There deserves to be a RomCom niche, it just makes Stugeon's Law look optimistic. There are other genres that are 99% crap too: action movies, for example.
While true, it's an unfair competition, because like I said those movies weren't rom coms, they burst the bounds of all genres -- they are "Film Unlimited" to paraphrase Harold Bloom's wonderful expression about Hamlet.
There deserves to be a RomCom niche, it just makes Stugeon's Law look optimistic. There are other genres that are 99% crap too: action movies, for example.
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The Sure Thing is a funny movie. A little surprised you haven't seen that one. It wouldn't shock me that thirty-somethings haven't seen it, but it seems like it would have been in your wheelhouse.
JF_Gophers
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I feel like we need to have a thread dedicated to our top movies. Like top 27 or something.
I feel like we need to have a thread dedicated to our top movies. Like top 27 or something.
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I don't know if that's necessarily true. I really liked Jennifer Lawrence in Silver Linings Playbook, which candidly is one of the few watchable De Niro movies of the last decade. And, of course, The Princess Bride makes any list I compile of favorite romcom movies.
Kepler
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Well, TPB is a "Tale of True Love and High Adventure," so it doesn't really count as a RomCom.
In all honesty, though, I would argue that The Princess Bride is very close in spirit to the old screen classics. The book, in particular, is an homage to the screen adventure stories that had true love as one of many threads.
But TPB is the opposite of a RomCom. A RomCom answers the question, "how do you find love?" TPB, like Haddaway, answers the question, "what is love?"
* Not featured in movie. If you have read the book, can you remember them without cheating? I could not remember the snake.
Well, TPB is a "Tale of True Love and High Adventure," so it doesn't really count as a RomCom.
In all honesty, though, I would argue that The Princess Bride is very close in spirit to the old screen classics. The book, in particular, is an homage to the screen adventure stories that had true love as one of many threads.
But TPB is the opposite of a RomCom. A RomCom answers the question, "how do you find love?" TPB, like Haddaway, answers the question, "what is love?"
* Not featured in movie. If you have read the book, can you remember them without cheating? I could not remember the snake.
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ScoobyDoo
NPC
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I found Silver Linings Playbook to be the biggest fraud ever made. It was so over the top unbelievable it made me want to puke.
The Princess Bride is in a category all by itself. Wonderful film.
I found Silver Linings Playbook to be the biggest fraud ever made. It was so over the top unbelievable it made me want to puke.
The Princess Bride is in a category all by itself. Wonderful film.
mookie1995
there's a good buck in that racket.
dxmnkd316
Lucia Apologist
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Agreed on 50FD (never would have guessed you would like an Adam Sandler movie
) and His Girl Friday.
Though I'm also partial to Love Actually, 10 Things I Hate About You, and a few others.
Agreed on 50FD (never would have guessed you would like an Adam Sandler movie
) and His Girl Friday. Though I'm also partial to Love Actually, 10 Things I Hate About You, and a few others.
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