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New/Rented Movies: Bring Back Laserdiscs!

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Kepler said:
I'll check it out.

I think of RomComs as something specific and in all the cases I can think of, modern (post-1980). For instance, It Happened One Night (one of the GREATEST movies in history, and possibly the greatest comedy ever made) is "romantic" and is a comedy, but it's not a RomCom, IMHO. Same with Arsenic and Old Lace, Philadelphia Story, His Girl Friday, and a dozen other classic movies that were made before studios figured out it was more profitable to treat every audience as comprised of middle schoolers with ADD.

I think an essential aspect of a RomCom is its triteness. Once in a million (or twice) it works, but usually (Pretty Woman, Bridget Jones' Diary, What Women Want, etc.) it's a formulaic opiate for sad, middle-aged haus fraus who want to pretend "it could happen to them." (It can't. They're done.)
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The Apartment has some very dark elements to it, which helps make it great. And Shirley MacLaine makes for an amazing manic pixie dream girl in the film, which helps.
 
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Saw a trailer for "The Roommate" last night. Looks like a straight to DVD/streaming, poorly made remake of SWF.
 
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Rimbaud said:
The Apartment has some very dark elements to it, which helps make it great. And Shirley MacLaine makes for an amazing manic pixie dream girl in the film, which helps.
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Shirley MacLaine is one of about a hundred reasons why The Trouble with Harry is so funny.
 
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I thought Ghostbusters: The Video Game was considered the direct sequel to GB2. It had all of the real cast as voice talent and as I recall was professionally scripted.
 
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bostonewe said:
While I agree - the link you posted is to a google search for The Wave in Arizona.
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Oops!
(guess whats on MY mind 9 days away from my trip ;) )
fixed the link

I haven't seen it since I was a kid, but I remember hating the 2nd Ghostbusters.
 
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I watched She's Out of My League yesterday. Alice Eve being really hot is all I really got out of it.
 
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state of hockey said:
I watched She's Out of My League yesterday. Alice Eve being really hot is all I really got out of it.
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I haven't seen it but in this photo she looks 13. I understand that may be part of the appeal.

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bigblue_dl said:
She is A 13 ;), it may be hard to believe, but her body is even better than her face.
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Even though I decry this as the age of plastic boobs on a stick, I will admit that this Vargas girl rendering is very appealing:

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When the day comes to forcibly remove 99% of the surgically-enhanced insectoids that are hawked as today's sex symbols, she will be permitted to live.
 
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Hasn't G3 been waiting for Bill Murray for at least a decade? Would love to see it happen but I'm not holding my breath.
 
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Starting to watch Easy A right now. My only expectations are to see some decent eye candy in Emma Stone.
 
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bigblue_dl said:
Starting to watch Easy A right now. My only expectations are to see some decent eye candy in Emma Stone.
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I was gonna watch The A Team tonight after the game, but I can't handle watching a movie right now. Heard Easy A was good, though.
 
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