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Movie Thread: Grab Some Popcorn, Enjoy The Show

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Kepler said:
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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IHON is great, but I could not stand The Philadelphia Story for some reason. It just had no point to it.
 
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If you have Netflix and elderly parents, rent Piku (Bollywood). I see too many parallels in our family.
 
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The Ridiculous 6

I laughed... a lot.

:D
 
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Gurtholfin said:
The Ridiculous 6

I laughed... a lot.

:D
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I laughed more than I should have, but those first 5 minutes or so were really painful, and I was questioning my choice to watch it. Not a great movie, but much better than I thought it would be.
 
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So we were talking about Rom coms yesterday, and on the way home from work today, out of nowhere, I just began thinking of one of my guilty pleasures, Wimbledon, with Paul Bettany and Kirsten Dunst. And just a minute ago, I turn on the TV, and it's playing on one of the HBOs, right now!

So..........I'm watching.
 
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In that regard a guilty pleasure for me is Sweet Home Alabama as in, "You brought a baby. To a bar". There's nothing deeply stimulating about it, but I like the characters and it's cute. Hell in that regard there's Clueless and Legally Blonde. Would never put them at the top of any list but if they're on I'll watch.
 
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Slap Shot said:
In that regard a guilty pleasure for me is Sweet Home Alabama as in, "You brought a baby. To a bar". There's nothing deeply stimulating about it, but I like the characters and it's cute.
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Totally agree.
 
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I still have a soft spot for My Best Friend's Wedding, even though it might be Roberts' hammiest and least flattering film. :o

It's funny to look back on Legally Blonde and realize that Reese Witherspoon is a better actress than most people give her credit for.
 
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FadeToBlack&Gold said:
I still have a soft spot for My Best Friend's Wedding, even though it might be Roberts' hammiest and least flattering film. :o

It's funny to look back on Legally Blonde and realize that Reese Witherspoon is a better actress than most people give her credit for.
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The best thing I can say about "Best Friend's" is that it wasn't HORRIBLE.

And Reese can act. She has a certain look/personality that sort of pigeonholes her, though.
 
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Elizabethtown.



"Did I miss 60B? Did I MISS 60B? DID. I. MISS. 60. B?!?"
 
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rufus said:
So we were talking about Rom coms yesterday, and on the way home from work today, out of nowhere, I just began thinking of one of my guilty pleasures, Wimbledon, with Paul Bettany and Kirsten Dunst. And just a minute ago, I turn on the TV, and it's playing on one of the HBOs, right now!

So..........I'm watching.
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I thought this was fun. I'm not a Kirsten Dunst fan, but I really enjoyed the movie.
Slap Shot said:
In that regard a guilty pleasure for me is Sweet Home Alabama as in, "You brought a baby. To a bar". There's nothing deeply stimulating about it, but I like the characters and it's cute. Hell in that regard there's Clueless and Legally Blonde. Would never put them at the top of any list but if they're on I'll watch.
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Agreed. Also, I have uttered those words in my hometown.
aparch said:
Elizabethtown.
"Did I miss 60B? Did I MISS 60B? DID. I. MISS. 60. B?!?"
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For whatever reason, I really didn't like this one. I usually have a high tolerance for Rom-Coms, but this one, I felt, was really trite.
 
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Unbroken. True story of American POWs in Japan centrally focused upon one man that survives a plane crash, several weeks at sea and then two years as a prisoner. He was singled out by the camp commander and endured brutal attacks. It's well filmed and a fascinating story but unlike Land of Milk and Honey (also directed by Angelina Jolie) this film generated hardly any emotion. I wonder if that was in part due to involvement of the Coen brothers who have rarely invoked much in their works.

Completely by accident I watched right after this The Imitation Game set around mathematicians tasked with breaking the German's enigma code. This film was far less about location and imagery than story and character. Even if small parts of the subplots were senasationalized (pure speculation I haven't read up) it was more gripping and engrossing. Could Benedict Cumberbatch be the next DDL?
 
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Slap Shot said:
Unbroken. True story of American POWs in Japan centrally focused upon one man that survives a plane crash, several weeks at sea and then two years as a prisoner. He was singled out by the camp commander and endured brutal attacks. It's well filmed and a fascinating story but unlike Land of Milk and Honey (also directed by Angelina Jolie) this film generated hardly any emotion. I wonder if that was in part due to involvement of the Coen brothers who have rarely invoked much in their works.

Completely by accident I watched right after this The Imitation Game set around mathematicians tasked with breaking the German's enigma code. This film was far less about location and imagery than story and character. Even if small parts of the subplots were senasationalized (pure speculation I haven't read up) it was more gripping and engrossing. Could Benedict Cumberbatch be the next DDL?
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Whoa, whoa, whoa....

Christian Bale is the new(er) DDL. Cumberbatch has a ways to go, IMO. Does he have potential? At this point...maybe.
 
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Bale? Meh he's had more than a few blahs in his career. Cumberbatch isn't in DDL's territory yet but he has his range (albeit far more drawn down) and I really buy into what he's doing more often than Bale.
 
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People think Christian Bale is a good actor?

To me he's Keanu Reeves. He can only play himself.
 
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JF_Gophers said:
People think Christian Bale is a good actor?

To me he's Keanu Reeves. He can only play himself.
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I don't think you could be more wrong.

The Machinist, Rescue Dawn, and The Prestige, besides the obvious Batman/American Psycho mentions. That's just for starters.
 
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I don't think you could be more wrong.

The Machinist, Rescue Dawn, and The Prestige, besides the obvious Batman/American Psycho mentions. That's just for starters.
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from that list I'd say you have terrible taste in movies. :D

We obviously don't like the same things, so disagreement makes sense.
 
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