We've done action movies, horror, comedies - time for that most maligned of cinematic subgenres to have its day. Everything centering around two people in love + comedy joeks is eligible, from Lubitsch to Apatow. We'll keep this thread open for couple weeks and then we'll do the standard voting/ballots thing. Vote for however many you want, I'll figure out some weighted scoring based on what people submit.
SEND YOUR BALLOTS TO: audiobot at yahoo dot com
BALLOTS DUE: August 24th, 5pm PST
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 16:31 (ten years ago) link
is this a poll for "worst" or "best"
― marcos, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 16:35 (ten years ago) link
what do you think, smartypants?
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 16:35 (ten years ago) link
Are the following eligible:
Shaun of the DeadThe Princess Bride
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 16:36 (ten years ago) link
xp lol i'm serious, w/ the thread title and how maligned the genre is, it was an innocent question
― marcos, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 16:36 (ten years ago) link
I would imagine whatev you think counts counts. Just concentrate on pre-1950 and you'll be fine.
All the Before crapfests will outpoll the complete works of Mitchell Leisen here, so I doubt I can stand to participate.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 16:38 (ten years ago) link
the Before crapfests aren't comedy tho right?
― i'm elf-ein lusophonic (imago), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 16:38 (ten years ago) link
my favourite movie of all time is a romantic comedy, btw (That Obscure Object Of Desire)
― i'm elf-ein lusophonic (imago), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 16:39 (ten years ago) link
the latter yes, the former ... uh I know I've seen this movie and yet I have absolutely zero memory of there being a romantic plot in it at all so I'm gonna say no.
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 16:40 (ten years ago) link
Before movies are not eligible, no joeks
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 16:41 (ten years ago) link
you not allowing non-sexual romance then? pegg/frost work that bro dynamic like it's got money hanging on it (which it does)
― i'm elf-ein lusophonic (imago), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 16:41 (ten years ago) link
absolutely zero memory of there being a romantic plot in it at all so I'm gonna say no.
It's quite a major part of it! But you're the boss.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 16:41 (ten years ago) link
Like the whole film is basically about Shaun getting his girlfriend back.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 16:42 (ten years ago) link
ah man did i miss the chance to do a "romance" poll? ah well...enjoy debating whether movies are funny enough to qualify!
― da croupier, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 16:42 (ten years ago) link
Bringing Up Baby, btw
― i'm elf-ein lusophonic (imago), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 16:42 (ten years ago) link
^if this isn't top 3 you all fucking suck
― i'm elf-ein lusophonic (imago), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 16:43 (ten years ago) link
it's a Zom-Rom-Com iirc. I wouldn't vote for it, but it definitely counts
― Number None, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 16:45 (ten years ago) link
Not going to vote in this at all (lack of familiarity - will be watching the results), but I would like to pile on outis for disqualifying Shawn of the Dead.
― how's life, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 16:45 (ten years ago) link
no one should tell other people what movies can or cannot make them laugh and make them cry
― da croupier, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 16:46 (ten years ago) link
also using comedy as a weapon to keep out the movies that spend more time on feels than pratfalls for shame
― da croupier, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 16:47 (ten years ago) link
ok fine Shaun of the Dead counts what do I care. movie made v little impression on me.
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 16:54 (ten years ago) link
non-sexual romance
idk what this is, or whether or not its a common enough subject to warrant inclusion
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 16:55 (ten years ago) link
Do the Thin Man movies count as romcoms, you think? I think so. No?
― Welcome to my spooooooky carnival! Hope I don't... blow your mind! (Phil D.), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 16:55 (ten years ago) link
i feel pratfalls
the problem is i wd probably like to vote for cukor's Holiday but haven't seen it in maybe 15 years. so now i have to watch it in the next 12 days, along w/ 20 other titles i will think of.
Nick and Nora are married, which kills romance QED
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 16:57 (ten years ago) link
(j/k)
If you haven't seen this already, you probably can't--but you should.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsNTe9vdTGE
― clemenza, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 16:59 (ten years ago) link
just let peoples hearts want what they want, and have faith in a happy ending poll-wise - telling people they're wrong about what's a romantic comedy feels like something the guy left seething at the altar does
lotta laugh lines in before sunrise imo
― da croupier, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 16:59 (ten years ago) link
I don't have much interest in being genre police/bad guy tbh
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 17:00 (ten years ago) link
i'm only submitting a ballot if you promise to let hearts run free, and be jerry orbach at the end of dirty dancing not jerry orbach in the middle of dirty dancing
― da croupier, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 17:04 (ten years ago) link
vote for whatever you want you big baby
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 17:12 (ten years ago) link
nobody puts big baby in a corner!
nominations:
When Harry Met Sally...The Sure ThingEasy ASay Anything...The Shop Around The CornerSplashRoxanneThe Princess BrideThe 40-Year-Old VirginKnocked UpCluelessMoonstruckThe Thin ManThe Lady EveHigh FidelityFour Weddings And A FuneralHitchArthurGroundhog DayFriends With BenefitsBull DurhamManhattan Murder MysteryUnfaithfully YoursSinglesSo I Married An Ax Murderer
― da croupier, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 17:16 (ten years ago) link
Before SunriseBefore SunsetDefending Your LifePygmalion
― da croupier, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 17:17 (ten years ago) link
well I'll just get these out of the way (some Leisen in there for Morbz)
Midnight Easy LivingRemember The NightBall of FireIt Happened One NightHis Girl FridayBringing Up BabyMy Favorite Wife The Awful TruthThe Palm Beach StoryMy Man GodfreyHolidayTwentieth CenturyNinotchkaThe Philadelphia StoryThe Lady VanishesBorn YesterdayIt Should Happen To You
― Number None, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 17:18 (ten years ago) link
The African QueenDate NightUp All NightThey Came Together
― da croupier, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 17:21 (ten years ago) link
good list nn
Americas sweethearts.
― Come and Heave a Ho (darraghmac), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 17:22 (ten years ago) link
woops, Up All Night should be All Night Long (Streisand/Hackman)
― da croupier, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 17:22 (ten years ago) link
heh, i seem to remember that whatever romance is in The Lady Vanishesis there bcz it "has to be"
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 17:23 (ten years ago) link
All Of Me
― da croupier, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 17:24 (ten years ago) link
some of these noms might be pushing it but..
hannah and her sistersas good as it gets tootsiea matter of life and death flirtingameliemetropolitanswingers manhattan annie hall beautiful girlsthe tall guy pretty in pink
― piscesx, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 17:24 (ten years ago) link
The Naked Gun
for this our hill, and these are our beans
― da croupier, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 17:26 (ten years ago) link
the fabulous baker boysraising arizona
― piscesx, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 17:27 (ten years ago) link
Roman HolidayBreakfast at Tiffany'sThe GraduateThe Heartbreak KidBroadcast NewsMarried to the Mob
― clemenza, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 17:28 (ten years ago) link
ooh Married To The Mob; SO under rated.
― piscesx, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 17:29 (ten years ago) link
Lots of Hitchcock movies could double as rom-coms, so in that spirit:
The 39 StepsNorth by Northwest
― Welcome to my spooooooky carnival! Hope I don't... blow your mind! (Phil D.), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 17:29 (ten years ago) link
oh man can't believe i forgot raising arizona and married to the mob yes
wouldn't vote for it now but back when my romantic ideal was a little more toxic i totally would have gone to bat for who's afraid of virginia woolf
― da croupier, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 17:29 (ten years ago) link
true romance
― piscesx, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 17:30 (ten years ago) link
Something Wild's good, but I like Married better--especially on the comedy end of it.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 17:30 (ten years ago) link
Tried to get my wife to watch Something Wild a year or two ago and lemme tell ya, years of manic pixie dream girls since has not made melanie griffith's character/performance fresher
― da croupier, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 17:32 (ten years ago) link
NxNW is tooootally a romcom yeah
― i'm elf-ein lusophonic (imago), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 17:32 (ten years ago) link
(that sounds sarcastic, it isn't)
after hoursinto the night
― piscesx, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 17:32 (ten years ago) link
50s/60s seem kinda like a fallow period for this genre on the whole, no?
has no one said the Apartment yet wtf
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 17:33 (ten years ago) link
into the night
I could talk for hours about this movie
not that's good - it's actually p bad - but it fascinates me
Working Girl will probably make my ballot.
― Cindy Operahouse (WilliamC), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 17:33 (ten years ago) link
xxp
so could Mark Kermode! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wr-CGHH6Ys0
― piscesx, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 17:34 (ten years ago) link
nominating Ghostbusters because there's definitely a great rom-com inside of it, all the murray/weaver interactions
― da croupier, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 17:35 (ten years ago) link
nominating Ghostbusters because there's definitely a great rom-com inside of it, all the murray/weaver interactions it will piss off Morbz
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 17:41 (ten years ago) link
Some Like it Hot count, or too madcap?
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 17:53 (ten years ago) link
13 going on 30
― marcos, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 17:54 (ten years ago) link
my wife loves that movie. i've sat through so many of these
the five-year engagement
depressing thread
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 18:01 (ten years ago) link
Midnight Easy LivingIt Happened One NightHis Girl FridayMy Favorite Wife The Awful TruthThe Palm Beach StoryMy Man GodfreyCharadeMarried to the Mob
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 18:01 (ten years ago) link
don't worry I'm sure someone will come along and nominate some Marx Brothers movies
xp
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 18:01 (ten years ago) link
the great modern H'wood romantic comedy is Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 18:02 (ten years ago) link
...and it's not even that good!
― i'm elf-ein lusophonic (imago), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 18:05 (ten years ago) link
change your heart.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 18:06 (ten years ago) link
agree w Morbz on that one
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 18:07 (ten years ago) link
is that a comedy? that movie is so sad.
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 18:09 (ten years ago) link
bell, book and candle
― Mordy, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 18:09 (ten years ago) link
sabrina (1954)little shop of horrorsintolerable crueltyharold and maude
― Mordy, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 18:13 (ten years ago) link
is Lolita a romantic comedy? Sparks fly between Humbert and Quilty.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 18:13 (ten years ago) link
lots of comedies are sad if viewed from a plot/theme angle xxxp
Annie Hall is one of the few romantic comedies where the principal couple is irrevocably broken at the end.
also, one I didn't see til the last year: Design for Living
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 18:14 (ten years ago) link
i'm not sure about
to have and have not (1944)
but since it's probably my favorite movie of all time i'm gonna nom it
― Mordy, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 18:14 (ten years ago) link
<3 <3 <3 design for living
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 18:14 (ten years ago) link
DoL is a 3-way comedy!
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 18:15 (ten years ago) link
THAHN is not only allowed imo but wd prob be in my top 3
― i'm elf-ein lusophonic (imago), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 18:21 (ten years ago) link
it's romantic and it's definitely funny
― Mordy, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 18:22 (ten years ago) link
& also awesome
― i'm elf-ein lusophonic (imago), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 18:22 (ten years ago) link
Oh I got a British one! *everyone runs screaming*
...Gregory's Girl
― i'm elf-ein lusophonic (imago), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 18:23 (ten years ago) link
What about Stolen Kisses/Baisers Voles?
― MrDasher, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 18:23 (ten years ago) link
Smiles of a Summer Night count?
― jmm, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 18:26 (ten years ago) link
I have no idea what any of the last 6 posts are referring to
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 18:27 (ten years ago) link
mos def xp
yes, but IT'S NOT A COMEDY! You could say the same about The Big Sleep
plenty of other Hawks movies at hand
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 18:27 (ten years ago) link
I guess THAHN is more of a suspense movie & war film than comedy, but when I saw it on the big screen the audience was cheering throughout p much
― i'm elf-ein lusophonic (imago), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 18:29 (ten years ago) link
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 18:32 (ten years ago) link
We gonna allow Pierrot Le Fou?
― i'm elf-ein lusophonic (imago), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 18:35 (ten years ago) link
She's All That
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 18:36 (ten years ago) link
10 things i hate about you
― Mordy, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 18:40 (ten years ago) link
I Know Where I'm Going!
― Number None, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 18:48 (ten years ago) link
sans soleil is a romantic comedy when you think about it
― noballs (wins), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 18:48 (ten years ago) link
mother and son
teenage mutant ninja turtles II: legend of the ooze
― noballs (wins), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 18:49 (ten years ago) link
sicko
scarface: the shame of a nation
:D
― i'm elf-ein lusophonic (imago), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 18:50 (ten years ago) link
some musicals:
pitch perfectenchantedsouth pacific (?)camelot (surely)my fairy ladygrease
― Mordy, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 18:53 (ten years ago) link
I hope Holiday gets a lot of mentions. It's a special movie, my favorite Grant-Hepburn pairing.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 18:54 (ten years ago) link
south pacific (?)camelot (surely)my fair ladygrease
these are all p much safely filmed records of Broadway musicals w/ little cinematic respect, full stop
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 18:57 (ten years ago) link
Grease is the only one of those I would stan for and even that is mostly down to the songs and Travolta's ridiculous line readings
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 18:58 (ten years ago) link
TampopoTo Be Or Not To Be
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 18:58 (ten years ago) link
my fair lady + grease are both classic. camelot + south pacific are terrible but still i love.
― Mordy, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 19:00 (ten years ago) link
lol Tampopo - I remember renting that as a teenager (it was one of the few Japanese films at the local "underground" video store) and being v confused.
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 19:04 (ten years ago) link
In the Realm of the Senses
― You are exactly why people root for the apes (Eric H.), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 19:07 (ten years ago) link
yes, we know you'd rather have yr libido lopped off than watch a well-crafted comedy, honeybunch
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 19:09 (ten years ago) link
cntrl+f, "shop around th..."
alright good job everyone.
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 19:30 (ten years ago) link
― jmm, Tuesday, August 12, 2014 6:26 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark
It better. that whole bedroom bit always comes to mind when i think of the high points of rom-coms.
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 19:31 (ten years ago) link
da croup nominated 'shop around the corner' way upthread.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 19:34 (ten years ago) link
man 1989 was a big year for iconic romantic movies with an ellipsis in the title
― da croupier, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 19:47 (ten years ago) link
I offer Cukor's The Marrying Kind starring Judy Holliday and Aldo Ray
(even tho there's a wrenching death in it)
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 19:48 (ten years ago) link
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Tuesday, August 12, 2014 7:34 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark
Yeah, I opened the tread to immediately check and found that everyone had done their jobs.
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 20:48 (ten years ago) link
L.A. StoryAdam's Rib (wait, they're married. is this still allowed?)Once AroundEveryone Says I Love YouEnough SaidTrouble in ParadiseFor Scent-imental Reasons
― You know something? He *did* say "well, yeah" a lot. (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 21:04 (ten years ago) link
Enough Said
haha the whole reason I started this thread was because I saw this and was reminded of/thinking about how many horrible generic titles there are for this genre (Anything Goes! Whatever Works! Enough Said!) but rather than just start a thread about that I remembered that we'd never gotten around to a proper poll and so
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 21:09 (ten years ago) link
Good timing: eight consecutive Cary Grant romantic comedies tomorrow on TCM.
― Cindy Operahouse (WilliamC), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 21:18 (ten years ago) link
you can do with Doris Day what ya want
is there a decent romantic comedy about two men? from Europe maybe? the film of Paul Rudnick's Jeffrey has a few big laughs, but it's not upper-echelon.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 21:23 (ten years ago) link
btw AFI's #1 was City Lights. I'm not sure if no one here suggested it bcz the woman is 'just' The Blind Girl.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 21:27 (ten years ago) link
City Lights (xpost)Desk SetLove in the Afternoon
― alanbatman (abanana), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 21:31 (ten years ago) link
oh fine, i'll do it then
Never Been KissedNotting Hill
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 21:32 (ten years ago) link
Where do we stand on Rohmer? Claire's Knee or Love/Chloe in the Afternoon?
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 21:33 (ten years ago) link
A Summer's Tale
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 21:35 (ten years ago) link
SuperbadScott Pilgrim vs the WorldCeleste and Jesse Forever
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 21:42 (ten years ago) link
superbad is far from 'romantic'
― i'm elf-ein lusophonic (imago), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 21:43 (ten years ago) link
it's bromantic
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 21:44 (ten years ago) link
if only Morbz could bear to watch Jonah Hill's fat ugly mug, he just might find that decent romantic comedy about two men that he's been looking for
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 21:45 (ten years ago) link
At Evan's house, Seth and Evan reconcile and declare their friendship for each other. The next morning, they go to the mall to buy stuff for college. They meet Jules and Becca, where they then reconcile with them. Seth takes Jules to buy eye cover up for her bruise while Evan makes arrangements for a date with Becca and look for a comforter.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 21:46 (ten years ago) link
But I mean, Οὖτις's call. I'm just trying to nominate stuff that seems to fit that hasn't been mentioned.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 21:47 (ten years ago) link
Unless this works differently from ILM polls. I don't always get ILE tbh.
I'm only going to vote for what I consider to be of the genre, regardless of what is nommed. So the Before films are right out.
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 21:53 (ten years ago) link
Bromantic comedies
lethal weaponbeverly hills copmidnight run thunderbolt and lightfootin bruges
― piscesx, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 21:53 (ten years ago) link
Crazy, Stupid, Love.
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 21:54 (ten years ago) link
yeah I don't really care what people nominate/vote for, everybody follow Gukbe's example
Superbad is different from those other films piscesx in that the two male leads actually affectionately spoon each other. That, and whether or not they really love each other is the central plot driver. altho they do end up with their respective girls at the end
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 21:55 (ten years ago) link
i didn't nom before midnight but thought sunrise/sunset were full of laugh lines and are obv about romance, which is all the genre boundaries i need
― da croupier, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 21:56 (ten years ago) link
I like The Wedding Singer a lot--this time, more for the romance than the comedy, although some of it really makes me laugh, like his mopey Cure song.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 21:57 (ten years ago) link
Buscemi's bit is the best
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 21:58 (ten years ago) link
NO LESSONS
Eddie Murphy goes so far as to say he loves Judge Reinhold in beverly hills cop and there's a lot of 'i love yous' going back and forth through the whole thing. no spooning though!
― piscesx, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 22:01 (ten years ago) link
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Excellent choice
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 22:03 (ten years ago) link
is there a decent romantic comedy about two men?
My Bodyguard
― You know something? He *did* say "well, yeah" a lot. (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 22:04 (ten years ago) link
pygmalion streets ahead of mfl
the artist
― Come and Heave a Ho (darraghmac), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 22:06 (ten years ago) link
Netflix has Sophie's Choice as a romantic comedy. Honest question: Is this accurate?
― Pete Scholtes, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 22:07 (ten years ago) link
Look Who's TalkingBridget Jones's DiaryEarth Girls Are EasyStranger Than FictionMusic & Lyrics
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 22:23 (ten years ago) link
I don't think it'll make my ballot, but Music & Lyrics is about as good as a contempo romcom as one could hope for.
― You know something? He *did* say "well, yeah" a lot. (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 22:24 (ten years ago) link
I watched it on a plane or something and a few bits stuck with me which is more than I'd've expected. IIRC both male and female leads have kind of believable, interesting problems they're working on, not just vague "baggage" from a past relationship that they need to "get over," and whether they get together or not has to do with more than just lame misunderstandings or w/e. I don't really know the genre that well though, so I could be super way off.
Just watched Look Who's Talking recently and was, to my surprise, charmed to pieces by Alley & Travolta. The baby voiceovers were amusing but not really what kept me around.
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 22:28 (ten years ago) link
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is a sorta romantic comedy about two men (?)
― i'm elf-ein lusophonic (imago), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 22:31 (ten years ago) link
kung fu hustle
― Come and Heave a Ho (darraghmac), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 22:33 (ten years ago) link
kung fu hustle is a comedy about buddhism
― i'm elf-ein lusophonic (imago), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 22:34 (ten years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_film
― noballs (wins), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 22:34 (ten years ago) link
buddhy film
― i'm elf-ein lusophonic (imago), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 22:35 (ten years ago) link
but I'm sure if we strain enough we can come up with an entirely female-free poll xp
― noballs (wins), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 22:36 (ten years ago) link
It's been a while since I saw Albert Brooks' Modern Romance--does that work, or is it too acerbic? I can't even remember if it's just about breaking up, or if there's any getting-back-together. Defending Your Life belongs, though.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 22:40 (ten years ago) link
Acerbic's the wrong word for Albert Brooks; pathetic, maybe.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 22:41 (ten years ago) link
Yes! Modern Romance belongs (as does Defending Your Life).
― You know something? He *did* say "well, yeah" a lot. (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 22:41 (ten years ago) link
i will definitely vote for defending your life
how about...
crossing delancey
― Mordy, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 22:46 (ten years ago) link
I haven't seen it, but I do recall the existence of this:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fe/RomanticComedyPoster.jpg
― You know something? He *did* say "well, yeah" a lot. (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 22:48 (ten years ago) link
I really liked Crossing Delancey at the time--watched it at least three times.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 22:48 (ten years ago) link
the man with two brains?
― Mordy, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 22:49 (ten years ago) link
Grosse Pointe Blank
― Number None, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 22:52 (ten years ago) link
God, this is so not my genre. Does Thundercrack! count?
― emil.y, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 22:53 (ten years ago) link
love grosse pointe blank
― Mordy, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 22:56 (ten years ago) link
can i nominate permanent board bans for anybody who votes for Shaun of the Dead?
― The aim of Rooney is spot correct (Daphnis Celesta), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 22:57 (ten years ago) link
kung fu hustle is an everything about everything
― Come and Heave a Ho (darraghmac), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 23:01 (ten years ago) link
both posts true tbf
― i'm elf-ein lusophonic (imago), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 23:01 (ten years ago) link
you can take the girls and laughs outve a Buddhist movie sure but then it'd just be a catholic movie
― Come and Heave a Ho (darraghmac), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 23:03 (ten years ago) link
Safety Not GuaranteedSleepless In SeattleSixteen CandlesMy Best Friend's WeddingLove ActuallyThere's Something About Mary
― uxorious gazumping (monotony), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 23:23 (ten years ago) link
oh my god, i can't believe we were just talking about her and now... :'(http://www.thewrap.com/lauren-bacall-legendary-actress-and-model-dead-at-89/
― Mordy, Wednesday, 13 August 2014 00:10 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, Οὖτις OTM about Superbad so I guess I could withdraw its nomination as a 'troo' romantic comedy.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Wednesday, 13 August 2014 00:48 (ten years ago) link
in the midst of this cary grant marathon on tcm. the bachelor and the bobby-soxer on now.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 13 August 2014 20:51 (ten years ago) link
don't have any noms yet, might poke around online this weekend and figure out where I'm at
definitely voting When Harry Met Sally and I'm showing up on results day with a big fat perm
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 13 August 2014 21:13 (ten years ago) link
seems like a good genre to have a worst of ballot too [so i can vote for fool's gold]
― Mordy, Wednesday, 13 August 2014 21:16 (ten years ago) link
27 goddamn Dresses has to be in the worst
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 13 August 2014 21:19 (ten years ago) link
I doubt there would be enough consensus re: worst to tally the results
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 13 August 2014 21:20 (ten years ago) link
what's that one where David Duchovny has the heart transplant from a dead guy
or the one where Keanu and some bimbo share a cabin but they're each there on different years
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 13 August 2014 21:21 (ten years ago) link
i saw Superbad, it was OK cept for too much Rogen/Hader cops. it wd not be in my top 1,000 in this genre if it qualified tho.
Veg reminding me why i shd never click on this thread again
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 13 August 2014 21:22 (ten years ago) link
i think the keanu one wasn't a comedy iirc?
― Mordy, Wednesday, 13 August 2014 21:22 (ten years ago) link
but this keanu one was:
something's gotta give
also i guess?
as good as it gets
― Mordy, Wednesday, 13 August 2014 21:23 (ten years ago) link
YOU DONT GET TO TELL ME HOW TO WATCH
― Come and Heave a Ho (darraghmac), Wednesday, 13 August 2014 21:23 (ten years ago) link
(not that the second one had keanu, just that the first one reminded me of it)
morbs otm re superbad cops
pretty woman
― Mordy, Wednesday, 13 August 2014 21:24 (ten years ago) link
enchanted
― Come and Heave a Ho (darraghmac), Wednesday, 13 August 2014 21:25 (ten years ago) link
ok yer trolling we get it xp
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 13 August 2014 21:26 (ten years ago) link
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NDloO81u2jk/UUhZhLjHRnI/AAAAAAAACL0/FpihbmPNyoU/s320/url.gif
― Mordy, Wednesday, 13 August 2014 21:26 (ten years ago) link
Shakes is it Lake House that you're thinking of?
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 13 August 2014 21:26 (ten years ago) link
Zelig
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 13 August 2014 21:27 (ten years ago) link
yes the Lake House I think so (I did not actually see this movie FULL DISCLOSURE)
can't believe Morbz watched Jonah Hill's face for more than 5 minutesxp
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 13 August 2014 21:28 (ten years ago) link
Lake House was v v v dumb
also not v funny
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 13 August 2014 21:29 (ten years ago) link
The Lake House was supposed to be a comedy? I never saw it, but the ads made it look achingly sincere.
― You know something? He *did* say "well, yeah" a lot. (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 13 August 2014 21:30 (ten years ago) link
it wasn't
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 13 August 2014 21:31 (ten years ago) link
is clueless a rom com?
― Mordy, Wednesday, 13 August 2014 21:31 (ten years ago) link
i reckon so
that's a top 5 for me
― Mordy, Wednesday, 13 August 2014 21:32 (ten years ago) link
yeah I guess those two I cited didn't have joeks and are "romantic dramas"
ok how about Sex and the City II
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 13 August 2014 21:33 (ten years ago) link
are all Jane Austen adaps ROMANTIC COMEDIES?
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 13 August 2014 21:35 (ten years ago) link
Shakey, I reviewed Moneyball and watched This Is the End.
how about Murmur of the Heart (mother-son romcom)?
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 13 August 2014 21:37 (ten years ago) link
clueless is definitely a romantic comedy! most austen adaptations would qualify; she's an important forebear.
lol xp
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 13 August 2014 21:37 (ten years ago) link
what's the over under on morbs storming out of this thread in a huff
(not saying I want you to leave btw <3)
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 13 August 2014 21:38 (ten years ago) link
shakey, how many spots do we get on our ballots?
― Mordy, Wednesday, 13 August 2014 21:42 (ten years ago) link
In a minute-and-a-huff, I think.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 13 August 2014 21:43 (ten years ago) link
hahah nice one clemenza
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 13 August 2014 21:45 (ten years ago) link
However many u want
I'll work out the point ranking system later.
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 13 August 2014 21:46 (ten years ago) link
clemenza beat me to that post, which is reason enough to storm out
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 13 August 2014 21:53 (ten years ago) link
All these troll-posts, and nobody has nominated Life is Beautiful yet?
(I will vote for LiB, btw. The rom-com sections are great)
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 13 August 2014 21:59 (ten years ago) link
i'm not sure i buy LiB as a rom com
― Mordy, Wednesday, 13 August 2014 22:01 (ten years ago) link
my coworkers and I just had a Clueless/I hope not sporadically' moment so yes I will be voting for tha
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 13 August 2014 22:02 (ten years ago) link
t
i quote clueless every day. every. day. everytime i'm in a car with my sister we do the "hello, that was a stop sign?" "i totally paused!" exchange.
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 13 August 2014 22:04 (ten years ago) link
<3
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 13 August 2014 22:07 (ten years ago) link
Here's a few nominations:
Trick
Addicted to Love
Fucking Åmål (aka Show Me Love)
Happy Accidents
Irma la Douce
How to Marry a Millionaire
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Monkey Business
The Seagull's Laughter
The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love
The Tao of Steve
The Wedding Banquet
Love and Other Disasters
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 13 August 2014 22:25 (ten years ago) link
clueless is perfect
― Atp Fin (wins), Wednesday, 13 August 2014 22:29 (ten years ago) link
speaking of which, I'll nominate I could never be your woman
― Atp Fin (wins), Wednesday, 13 August 2014 22:30 (ten years ago) link
if anyone suggests any of my rom com noms are trolling this will turn into a horror thread v quickly
― Come and Heave a Ho (darraghmac), Wednesday, 13 August 2014 22:31 (ten years ago) link
But I'm A CheerleaderAmerican PiePat And MikeGentlemen Prefer BlondesGreen Card
― da croupier, Wednesday, 13 August 2014 22:50 (ten years ago) link
Pat and Mike's good--and Woman of the Year, too.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 13 August 2014 22:52 (ten years ago) link
Hal Hartley's Trust
― da croupier, Wednesday, 13 August 2014 22:54 (ten years ago) link
Shakespeare In Love
GOING THERE
― da croupier, Wednesday, 13 August 2014 22:57 (ten years ago) link
"going there" as in bringing up shakespeare in love, sadly there is no romcom named Going There
...yet.
― da croupier, Wednesday, 13 August 2014 22:58 (ten years ago) link
have we nommed Groundhog Day?
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 13 August 2014 22:58 (ten years ago) link
will vote trust!
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 13 August 2014 23:01 (ten years ago) link
i nom'd groundhog day
can't believe i've nominated three movies where someone's in love with andie mcdowell
― da croupier, Wednesday, 13 August 2014 23:02 (ten years ago) link
lol
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 13 August 2014 23:02 (ten years ago) link
and I hate andie mcdowell but I love that movie
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 13 August 2014 23:03 (ten years ago) link
who the hell needs 27 years to find a way to convince andie mcbraindamaged to fuck you
― and what, Wednesday, August 6, 2008 3:08 PM (6 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 13 August 2014 23:03 (ten years ago) link
mr. & mrs. smith
the brangelina one, haven't seen the hitchcock/lombard one
― da croupier, Wednesday, 13 August 2014 23:04 (ten years ago) link
KNIGHT AND DAY
― da croupier, Wednesday, 13 August 2014 23:05 (ten years ago) link
saw knight and day AND twilight: eclipse during my honeymoon, great time for violent romance in the theaters
― da croupier, Wednesday, 13 August 2014 23:06 (ten years ago) link
all I remember about Knight and Day is that the most palpable chemisty in the movie was btwn Cruise and an incidental male supporting character
― Simon H., Wednesday, 13 August 2014 23:08 (ten years ago) link
shut your mouth, that movie is mad romantic
mouth-foamingly mad romantic
― da croupier, Wednesday, 13 August 2014 23:08 (ten years ago) link
i have never seen knight and day
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 13 August 2014 23:12 (ten years ago) link
but this is coming from the gentleman who nommed shakespeare in love so I'm not sure how much attention I should be paying here
here I thought you guys were talking about that movie with Heath Ledger in Arthur drag.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 13 August 2014 23:16 (ten years ago) link
hey i'm just nomming any movie i have warm thoughts for even if i haven't seen it since high school. all i've seen from SiL recently is the Ben Affleck "HUZZAH!" scene.
Knight And Day is highly recommended if you want to see Tom Cruise play a Manic Pixie Dream Secret Agent who turns Cameron Diaz's world upside down. I did!
― da croupier, Wednesday, 13 August 2014 23:18 (ten years ago) link
hmm maybe I *do* want to see that
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 13 August 2014 23:19 (ten years ago) link
It's like Charade on uppers
― da croupier, Wednesday, 13 August 2014 23:19 (ten years ago) link
if I watch this and it sucks I'm never listening to you again
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 13 August 2014 23:25 (ten years ago) link
i'm trying to imagine what kind of person would want to see a tom cruise romantic action comedy described as "charade on uppers" and NOT like Knight And Day, so you should be fine
did you see the Wolverine? Same director, KaD is more whimsical but not dissimilar in its absurdity
― da croupier, Wednesday, 13 August 2014 23:34 (ten years ago) link
I haven't seen Wolverine yet, I've been kind of afraid
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 13 August 2014 23:35 (ten years ago) link
watch the train fight sequence on youtube, if your reaction is "lol wut i'm entertained" see KaD if you're like "well this is just embarrassing" then you should wait for a classier tom cruise action romcom
― da croupier, Wednesday, 13 August 2014 23:37 (ten years ago) link
http://youtu.be/5nC8r3RWL3Q
― da croupier, Wednesday, 13 August 2014 23:38 (ten years ago) link
KaD is horrible just fyi
― Simon H., Wednesday, 13 August 2014 23:42 (ten years ago) link
SOLD
xpost sorry Simon you're too late
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 13 August 2014 23:43 (ten years ago) link
Wall-E, maybe? Wiki calls it "science fiction romantic comedy."
― jmm, Thursday, 14 August 2014 00:29 (ten years ago) link
Wasn't considering voting in this one until you just reminded me of WALL-E.
― You are exactly why people root for the apes (Eric H.), Thursday, 14 August 2014 00:31 (ten years ago) link
is le regle du jeu a rom-com?
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Thursday, 14 August 2014 00:32 (ten years ago) link
Renoir might think so.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 14 August 2014 00:44 (ten years ago) link
If there's a Worst Of ballot, I would like to direct everyone to see A Good Year.
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Thursday, 14 August 2014 03:02 (ten years ago) link
Nothing could be worse than the Kutcher/Heigl Killers. Trust me on this one.
― Simon H., Thursday, 14 August 2014 03:03 (ten years ago) link
By which I mean I'm pretty sure I've seen every bad Hollywood romcom made between about 2008 to 2012 and I'm fairly confident that was the most dismal, half-assed of them all.
― Simon H., Thursday, 14 August 2014 03:24 (ten years ago) link
Killers was terrible but in a really generically bad way. A Good Year is astonishing in its ineptness. I didn't know anything about it other than Ridley Scott/Russell Crowe when I foolishly wandered in, and it took a whole 30 minutes before I realised it was a "comedy".
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Thursday, 14 August 2014 03:32 (ten years ago) link
I was told that A Good Year was an excellent candidate for the nightly bad-movie viewing sessions at the video store I used to work at, but we never got around to it. The trailer is amazing, though.
― Simon H., Thursday, 14 August 2014 03:35 (ten years ago) link
Regle du Jeu might be too harsh for rom-com... It doesn't provide romantic satisfaction.
― jmm, Thursday, 14 August 2014 03:37 (ten years ago) link
When Russell Crowe has to rent a Smart Car (HAHA) and then there's a fast-motion "stuck in the parking lot" bit I was like, "oh, this is supposed to be funny, despite the fact that nobody involved is funny."
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Thursday, 14 August 2014 03:37 (ten years ago) link
Is it an essential feature of romantic comedy that it have a happy ending?
― jmm, Thursday, 14 August 2014 03:41 (ten years ago) link
Roman Holiday, at least, would seem to contradict that (or at least be the exception to prove the rule)
― Simon H., Thursday, 14 August 2014 03:48 (ten years ago) link
see, Groundhog Day is NOT a romantic comedy, because the romance is PART of it but not the entire point.
L'Atalante (one of the ten greatest narrative features ever btw) has lots of funny stuff in it, but tho it may be a comedy in the Shakespearean sense I just don't think it fits here.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 14 August 2014 03:58 (ten years ago) link
basically you could just repost the fucking comedies poll, except for the Marx Bros films before Thalberg put all those fucking boy tenors/girl sopranos in em.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 14 August 2014 04:00 (ten years ago) link
someone pass the smelling salts, morbs is having one of his "spells"
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 14 August 2014 04:08 (ten years ago) link
I don't think a happy ending is necessary. The Break-Up functions like a romantic comedy but obviously doesn't end that way. Annie Hall as well. I guess I'd say the definition, for me, would be "a comedy about romance".
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Thursday, 14 August 2014 04:09 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, I guess my definition is something like "comedies about romance, represented romantically," which for me excludes Annie Hall and will tend to promote happy outcomes. But heartbreak can be romantic(ized) as well, sure.
― jmm, Thursday, 14 August 2014 04:31 (ten years ago) link
"comedies about romance, represented romantically," which for me excludes Annie Hall
stumped there
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 14 August 2014 04:48 (ten years ago) link
yeah how does that exclude AH?
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 14 August 2014 04:52 (ten years ago) link
Even if someone dares to nominate something outside the box, its not like the poll will slippery slope into perverts putting Beethoven and Leon The Professional in the Top 10. I'm sure genre norms are safe.
― da croupier, Thursday, 14 August 2014 04:57 (ten years ago) link
Flirting With Disaster
― slam dunk, Thursday, 14 August 2014 05:02 (ten years ago) link
Sorry, not trying to police anyone's ballots. I'm just curious about the genre and what its limits might be.
Annie Hall definitely romanticizes a relationship, so yeah, my def'n won't exclude it. I guess I'm stuck on its being a failed relationship, whereas rom-coms typically are highly optimistic and affirmative. But yeah, no point in making that a binding rule.
― jmm, Thursday, 14 August 2014 05:07 (ten years ago) link
'Failed' being debatable, I suppose. A relationship that was not happily ever after, I mean.
― jmm, Thursday, 14 August 2014 05:22 (ten years ago) link
morbs otm, without genre policing this is gonna be a shitshow. to the argument that 'the movies that everyone agrees are romantic comedies will do the best anyway,' it should be pointed out that the classic rock poll just named The Cars the best classic rock album ever. at this rate i see fucking Shaun of the Dead walking this
― een, Thursday, 14 August 2014 05:24 (ten years ago) link
That's a pretty solid album tho
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Thursday, 14 August 2014 05:26 (ten years ago) link
my point is that it's a definitive New Wave album (and New Wave exactly dne Classic Rock). other people obv think it's close enough, but the disagreement about its genre didn't prevent it from getting the top spot. idk why this poll should be different if anything goes.
― een, Thursday, 14 August 2014 05:44 (ten years ago) link
a more realistic example would be the Before movies: i could totally see them winning, but to what extent are they actually attempting comedy?
― een, Thursday, 14 August 2014 05:47 (ten years ago) link
so we gotta make rules to keep ilx polls from being overrun by the tastes of "other" people? fuck that fascist noise
― da croupier, Thursday, 14 August 2014 05:52 (ten years ago) link
it'd be one thing if there was some clear rule, but we're talking about taste here, not numbers. anybody pulling some "nuh-uh, it's not funny/romantic enough for me, you can't vote for it" shit is clearly the billy zane in titanic, not the leo
― da croupier, Thursday, 14 August 2014 05:58 (ten years ago) link
That reminds me to nominate titanic
― Atp Fin (wins), Thursday, 14 August 2014 05:59 (ten years ago) link
hey man, you should listen to Billy Zane, he's a cool dude.
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Thursday, 14 August 2014 06:41 (ten years ago) link
life is a romantic comedy
― Come and Heave a Ho (darraghmac), Thursday, 14 August 2014 07:06 (ten years ago) link
I think it was just platonic between Eddie murphy & Martin Lawrence actually
― Atp Fin (wins), Thursday, 14 August 2014 09:49 (ten years ago) link
Saw that Before Midnight doesn't appear to have been nominated so I'm doing it now.
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 14 August 2014 10:25 (ten years ago) link
The Wedded Bliss computer dating agency aims to bring together the lonely hearts of Much-Snoggin-in-the-Green. Its owner, Sidney Bliss, has enough complications in his own love life, but still produces a pamphlet called "The Wit to Woo". The strange collection of hopefuls lead to some outlandish matches, and jealousies are bound to lead to trouble.
― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Thursday, 14 August 2014 10:41 (ten years ago) link
Albert Steptoe and his son Harold are junk dealers, complete with horse and cart to tour the neighbourhood. They also live amicably together at the junk yard. But Harold, who likes the bright lights in the West End of London, meets a stripper. Fine, but he marries her and takes her home Albert, of course, is furious and tries every trick he knows to drive the new bride from his household.
― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Thursday, 14 August 2014 10:43 (ten years ago) link
Carry On Loving is about as unromantic as possible
― The aim of Rooney is spot correct (Daphnis Celesta), Thursday, 14 August 2014 10:57 (ten years ago) link
http://www.blessthishouse.net/film_files/bthlgposter.jpg
― piscesx, Thursday, 14 August 2014 11:07 (ten years ago) link
― Atp Fin (wins),
I couldn't stop laughing at the ending
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 14 August 2014 11:42 (ten years ago) link
― xyzzzz__, 14. elokuuta 2014 13:25
I noticed that Before Sunrise and Before Sunset are nominated too, can someone explain how exactly these rate as "comedies"? Just because they have a few funny moments doesn't mean they belong to that category. Texas Chainsaw Massacre has funny moments too.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 14 August 2014 12:29 (ten years ago) link
this is not important enough to 'police' just use yr head
the Befores ARE romcoms, just increasingly bad ones
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 14 August 2014 12:33 (ten years ago) link
Tuomas bringing the scare quotes
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 14 August 2014 12:35 (ten years ago) link
I'm using my head and I still don't understand how they're comedies?
(xpost)
― Tuomas, Thursday, 14 August 2014 12:36 (ten years ago) link
Both Wikipedia and IMDb call them romantic dramas.
"categories strain, crack and sometimes break, under their burden - step out of the space provided"
― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Thursday, 14 August 2014 12:39 (ten years ago) link
I mean, if we want to have general romantic movie poll, I'm all for it! But if this gonna be a romcom poll, the "com" part should count too.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 14 August 2014 12:39 (ten years ago) link
Linklater unsure
Or like when I’m making Before Sunrise or -Set, I guess they’re technically romantic comedies maybe, but I don’t acknowledge the genre stuff too much.
― Number None, Thursday, 14 August 2014 12:40 (ten years ago) link
"because it comes up so short against Trouble in Paradise"
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 14 August 2014 12:43 (ten years ago) link
TCM brings the "rom" AND the "com."
― You are exactly why people root for the apes (Eric H.), Thursday, 14 August 2014 12:49 (ten years ago) link
Okay, here's my list of nominations then:
IrreversibleLa StradaAuditionChinatownThe Piano TeacherDetour
They sure made me laugh!
― Tuomas, Thursday, 14 August 2014 12:51 (ten years ago) link
you can just play the clip of Jake's Chinaman joke
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 14 August 2014 12:52 (ten years ago) link
Daddy Long LegsThe Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
― Mordy, Thursday, 14 August 2014 13:14 (ten years ago) link
man you are really bringin' the second-tier oldies
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 14 August 2014 14:15 (ten years ago) link
i just watched bachelor and bobby-soxer last night. it was fantastic!
― Mordy, Thursday, 14 August 2014 14:16 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lfv1Jx3_PRs
― Mordy, Thursday, 14 August 2014 14:17 (ten years ago) link
hoodoo? you do! do what? remind me of a man.
Alone. Love Wastes Andy Hardy
― You are exactly why people root for the apes (Eric H.), Thursday, 14 August 2014 14:21 (ten years ago) link
Oh so the thread title actually refers to this thread
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 14 August 2014 14:31 (ten years ago) link
What's Up DocA New LeafChilly Scenes of WinterPillow TalkA Fish Called WandaPunch-Drunk Love
― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Thursday, 14 August 2014 15:20 (ten years ago) link
is there a single genuine lol in Before Midnight? i mean there's some funny stuff in Before Sunrise but.. BM is as funny as Salo iirc.possibly less so.
― piscesx, Thursday, 14 August 2014 15:25 (ten years ago) link
that reminds me
Salo
― Number None, Thursday, 14 August 2014 15:48 (ten years ago) link
I think of the 'Before...' films as 'Romantic', don't see that much more comedy in one of the 'Before...' series than the others. What Linklater does though (which is highlighted more than ever by Boyhood) is to see how Hollywood treats a genre and then proceeds to, not exactly subvert it, but certainly start with it as a base, do things with it that it wouldn't normally. The 'Before...' films are in a conversation with Rom Coms.
Just feel it should be on the poll.
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 14 August 2014 16:03 (ten years ago) link
my wife asked if there were any homo-rom-coms in the nominations
I can't think of any, apart from "But I'm a Cheerleader" I guess? (which is a terrible movie)
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 14 August 2014 16:04 (ten years ago) link
saw wedding banquet and 2 girls in love nom'd
― da croupier, Thursday, 14 August 2014 16:05 (ten years ago) link
I mentioned Jeffrey which is not good enough imho
Design for Living is about a menage a trois but not explicitly gay (tho it couldn't be)
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 14 August 2014 16:08 (ten years ago) link
I Love You Phillip Morris?
haven't seen it
― Number None, Thursday, 14 August 2014 16:10 (ten years ago) link
I would call Before Midnight melodrama. The previous films are RC enough.
― jmm, Thursday, 14 August 2014 16:19 (ten years ago) link
I kinda liked Philip Morris despite two bad, simpering performances at its heart
― Atp Fin (wins), Thursday, 14 August 2014 16:21 (ten years ago) link
Weekend I thought was an actually good film tho I doubt many here would agree
― Atp Fin (wins), Thursday, 14 August 2014 16:22 (ten years ago) link
think there's some space between "comedy" in the broader Shakespearean sense and modern expectations of actual lols. comedies don't need to be full of one-liners to lie inside the broader definition, and if a poll comes down to arguing about what films are genuinely "funny" in 2014 then it's kinda doomed before it begins. if nominations need policing at all then the edge cases shd be blatantly silly imo
― The aim of Rooney is spot correct (Daphnis Celesta), Thursday, 14 August 2014 16:24 (ten years ago) link
I liked Philip Morris for its two excellent performances and OK script construction.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 14 August 2014 16:25 (ten years ago) link
I mean, I don't think you can like a romcom if you dislike the performances
Oh ok I liked the performances then
― Atp Fin (wins), Thursday, 14 August 2014 16:27 (ten years ago) link
winner
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 14 August 2014 16:30 (ten years ago) link
I nominated Trick also, which is very much a homo romcom.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 14 August 2014 16:37 (ten years ago) link
yeah, Jim Carrey is one of the 5 best US film actors of the last 20 years, quite easily
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 14 August 2014 16:37 (ten years ago) link
my sarcasm detector is broken
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 14 August 2014 16:41 (ten years ago) link
immediate response is to say "no way" but then i started running thru possible candidates in my head :/
― The aim of Rooney is spot correct (Daphnis Celesta), Thursday, 14 August 2014 16:41 (ten years ago) link
I like him a lot! I just remember his performance there as the point I lost patience with "Jim Carrey has a lump in his throat"
But I guess I remember wrong cause I liked the film QED
― Atp Fin (wins), Thursday, 14 August 2014 16:47 (ten years ago) link
2 Days in New York50 First DatesAmerican Pie 2Dan in Real LifeJust MarriedNick and Norah's Infinite PlaylistRomancing the StoneSilver Linings PlaybookThe Americanization of EmilyTwo Weeks NoticeWanderlustWe're the MillersWoo
― Pete Scholtes, Thursday, 14 August 2014 20:05 (ten years ago) link
The Americanization of Emily was both James Garner's and Julie Andrews's favorite movie they did, if I recall correctly.
I may be completely alone in the world in my love of Woo (semi-Bringing Up Baby update), but I'm a sucker for both date-gone-wrong movies and beautifully executed slapstick, and Jada Pinkett Smith is comic force.
― Pete Scholtes, Thursday, 14 August 2014 20:12 (ten years ago) link
Oh, and classic L.L. Cool J cameo.
― Pete Scholtes, Thursday, 14 August 2014 20:13 (ten years ago) link
that is a terrifying list Pete
― Number None, Thursday, 14 August 2014 20:23 (ten years ago) link
back to the future I and III; II is oddly an anti-romcom, like proto-todd solondz.
― Philip Nunez, Thursday, 14 August 2014 20:32 (ten years ago) link
was gonna say, almost every one of those makes me want to claw my eyes out
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 14 August 2014 20:36 (ten years ago) link
yes, let's stick w/ Nick & Nora from The Thin Man even if theyre married
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 14 August 2014 20:37 (ten years ago) link
Hey, it's a romantic comedy poll, you hit what you head for!
― Pete Scholtes, Thursday, 14 August 2014 20:40 (ten years ago) link
But really? Nobody loves any of that? Amazing...
Scott pilgrim so
― Come and Heave a Ho (darraghmac), Thursday, 14 August 2014 20:41 (ten years ago) link
You've Got Mail is a better film than both Sleepless in Seattle and When Harry Met Sally but hasn't been mentioned yet.
― koogs, Thursday, 14 August 2014 20:43 (ten years ago) link
rong
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 14 August 2014 20:45 (ten years ago) link
I have never seen Americanization of Emily -- i'm waiting on it from the library -- but the fact that Paddy Blowhard Chayefsky wrote it does not fill me with hope.
I'm OK w/ Scott Pilgrim! He has all those fights for her! It's better than the Befores, and probably Breakfast at Tiffany's!
You've Got Mail is a remake of Shop Around the Corner, so why bother. (It's bad enough that I've seen even one of that Meg-Nora trilfartogy.)
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 14 August 2014 20:47 (ten years ago) link
What's interesting to me is the scarcity of movies that find ways to make love, in an actual developing relationship, both funny and the center of a plot. Even Shrek doesn't quite count (there's more buddy movie there than couple movie). To me, The Big Sleep is more of a rom-com than The Thin Man, but there aren't many movies (that I've seen) fitting this ideal that haven't already been mentioned...
It's also funny to me that Sleepless in Seattle, a movie I loathe where they don't even meet until the end, is considered the Ur-film of this genre.
― Pete Scholtes, Thursday, 14 August 2014 20:55 (ten years ago) link
the genre is "romantic comedy" and not "love comedy" i guess. the former is a lot easier to narratize
― The aim of Rooney is spot correct (Daphnis Celesta), Thursday, 14 August 2014 21:02 (ten years ago) link
how that reflects or informs or distorts people's actual lived experience and relationships is a nicely tangly question
― The aim of Rooney is spot correct (Daphnis Celesta), Thursday, 14 August 2014 21:03 (ten years ago) link
I guess 2 Days in New York is basically Meet the Parents but I love both; more romance in 2 Days.
― Pete Scholtes, Thursday, 14 August 2014 21:07 (ten years ago) link
Something's Gotta Give. Rom-coms must happen in these kind of houses, apparently.
― Pete Scholtes, Thursday, 14 August 2014 21:10 (ten years ago) link
Woman of the Year
― Pete Scholtes, Thursday, 14 August 2014 21:14 (ten years ago) link
Something's Gotta Give counts but it's ghastly despite how good Keanu-Diane are.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 14 August 2014 21:16 (ten years ago) link
something can be funny w/out being a comedy, and v.v.
Elaine May's New Leaf is kind of a travesty of a romantic comedy, as Matthau's trying to kill her most of the time. (ditto Heartbreak Kid, and that everyone but Grodin knows his pursuit of Cybill Shepherd is 100% desperation)
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 14 August 2014 21:20 (ten years ago) link
btw "travesty" is not always pejorative, something at least one editor in my life seemed not to have known
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 14 August 2014 21:21 (ten years ago) link
Something's Gotta Give is horrible and Diane Keaton was horrifying in it
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 14 August 2014 21:32 (ten years ago) link
Oh no! I watched the thing through my fingers but Keaton acted as if she were in a real movie. I'll tell you what's a travesty -- its woman director and cowriter was so convention bound that she couldn't conceive an ending in which she and Keanu stayed together.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 14 August 2014 21:36 (ten years ago) link
we were clearly watching different movies
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 14 August 2014 21:36 (ten years ago) link
Carnal Knowledge
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 14 August 2014 21:47 (ten years ago) link
xp: I think you're right that these movies distort how we see relationships, but even more maybe how we define romance in movies? I realize this is highly individual. To me, The Breakfast Club is more romantic than Sixteen Candles (real relationships sparking across social lines, etc.), and Turner & Hooch (romance with the vet, not the dog, the latter of whom humanizes him to loosen up and fall in love with the vet) is slightly more romantic in a breezy way than any of the other Hanks romance movies here.
xp: Yeah, original Heartbreak Kid is satire of self-loathing "romance." Remake punishes character by having him marry Cybill Shepherd figure first.
― Pete Scholtes, Thursday, 14 August 2014 21:58 (ten years ago) link
It's Complicated (ducks)
― Pete Scholtes, Thursday, 14 August 2014 22:03 (ten years ago) link
you're not, alas
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Friday, 15 August 2014 00:26 (ten years ago) link
jesus, Pete
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 15 August 2014 00:31 (ten years ago) link
Ducks are complicated; Jesus nearly so.
― You are exactly why people root for the apes (Eric H.), Friday, 15 August 2014 00:54 (ten years ago) link
"10"? certainly over Arthur, as D Moore vehicles go
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Friday, 15 August 2014 01:00 (ten years ago) link
It counts. I saw it for the first time three weeks ago and couldn't get past or see through Bo Derek's corn rows.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 15 August 2014 01:01 (ten years ago) link
Are musicals specifically excluded? Only think one person nominated any?
If not, Love Me Tonight is hereby nominated.
― You are exactly why people root for the apes (Eric H.), Friday, 15 August 2014 01:03 (ten years ago) link
good choice!
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Friday, 15 August 2014 01:09 (ten years ago) link
I dont see why musicals should be specifically excluded
― Οὖτις, Friday, 15 August 2014 02:17 (ten years ago) link
Well, the thing is, nearly all 'classic' Broadway musicals are romantic comedies (save the notable tragedies like Carousel, West Side Story) but the emphasis is on the score -- that's why their books usually suck.
But no one goes around singing stuff from Love Me Tonight -- it's the dialogue/plotting that's foregrounded.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Friday, 15 August 2014 02:23 (ten years ago) link
You've Got Mail is a remake of Shop Around the Corner, so why bother.
These two movies are actually quite different! In She's Got Mail the "they like each other as pen pals but hate each other in real life" thing is pretty much the whole plot, whereas The Shop Around the Corner has other subplots too, and is more of an ensemble piece. So it's well worth watching both of them, seeing one doesn't really spoil the other.
― Tuomas, Friday, 15 August 2014 07:03 (ten years ago) link
think there's some space between "comedy" in the broader Shakespearean sense and modern expectations of actual lols. comedies don't need to be full of one-liners to lie inside the broader definition, and if a poll comes down to arguing about what films are genuinely "funny" in 2014 then it's kinda doomed before it begins. if nominations need policing at all then the edge cases shd be blatantly silly imo― The aim of Rooney is spot correct (Daphnis Celesta), Thursday, 14 August 2014 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
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Remins me that the Joss Whedon filmed Much Ado About Nothing is another nom.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 15 August 2014 08:28 (ten years ago) link
Hello dolly
― Mordy, Friday, 15 August 2014 12:02 (ten years ago) link
if we're allowing remakes and lit adaptations then
pride and prejudice emmasense and sensibility howard's end
etc etc
actually the BBC version of Pride.. is properly hillarious and swooningly romantic in equal measure. can't comment on the recent film as i haven't seen it.
― piscesx, Friday, 15 August 2014 12:39 (ten years ago) link
Howards End not a comedy, the other 3 are
Olivier/G Garson P&P from 1940
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Friday, 15 August 2014 14:06 (ten years ago) link
the best of Wilder's after The Apartment: A Foreign Affair, maybe? It sure as hell ain't Sabrina.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Friday, 15 August 2014 14:15 (ten years ago) link
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― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 15 August 2014 00:31 (15 hours ago) Permalink
Is this a response to posting "It's Complicated"?
― Pete Scholtes, Friday, 15 August 2014 16:30 (ten years ago) link
lemme check
― Atp Fin (wins), Friday, 15 August 2014 16:36 (ten years ago) link
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― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, August 15, 2014 1:31 AM (16 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yep
(sigh) I had just posted a bunch of other stuff.
― Pete Scholtes, Friday, 15 August 2014 16:46 (ten years ago) link
can we fast forward to the point where the ilx film crankster sophisticates decide they can't bear to talk about movies w/ us peons and storm out? it's so unenjoyable reading the same biggety put-downs of other ppl's taste.
― Mordy, Friday, 15 August 2014 16:51 (ten years ago) link
get HER!
Branagh Much Ado > Whedon Much Ado
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Friday, 15 August 2014 16:56 (ten years ago) link
is her (2013) a romcom?
― Mordy, Friday, 15 August 2014 17:00 (ten years ago) link
(jokes)
Can we fast forward to the point where ILX finally mounts a decent argument for 27 Dresses?
― You are exactly why people root for the apes (Eric H.), Friday, 15 August 2014 17:02 (ten years ago) link
(oh, and I nominate Her.)
i think no one has nominated 27 dresses except as the worst?
― Mordy, Friday, 15 August 2014 17:04 (ten years ago) link
Can we fast forward to the point where someone finally nominates 27 Dresses?
― You are exactly why people root for the apes (Eric H.), Friday, 15 August 2014 17:06 (ten years ago) link
it sounds like you have feels for the film. why don't you nom it?
― Mordy, Friday, 15 August 2014 17:10 (ten years ago) link
can I nom Muriel's Wedding please?
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 15 August 2014 17:13 (ten years ago) link
27 Dresses probably the best of the Heigl-era. She's got good chemistry with Marsden.
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Friday, 15 August 2014 17:45 (ten years ago) link
more Irene Dunne
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Friday, 15 August 2014 18:14 (ten years ago) link
in his book James Harvey discusses the Astaire-Rogers musicals, particularly The Gay Divorcee, as RCs. Which makes sense, since as a kid I preferred the nonmusical scenes in those films.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Friday, 15 August 2014 20:23 (ten years ago) link
betsy drake is a riot in every girl should be married. cary grant gets some funny lines, but it's really a vehicle for her. and then i guess they got married a year later?
every girl should be married
― Mordy, Saturday, 16 August 2014 02:03 (ten years ago) link
you just did whatchamacallit to that Grant TCM day -- tivoed? -- and are going thru the midnight-6am stuff one at a time.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 16 August 2014 05:28 (ten years ago) link
Theodora Goes Wild
otm xp
― Mordy, Saturday, 16 August 2014 05:28 (ten years ago) link
Lubitsch's Heaven Can Wait
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 16 August 2014 05:48 (ten years ago) link
NOT the Beatty/Buck Henry one
modern romantic comedies need songs like this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdHbEnTBzKs
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 16 August 2014 05:56 (ten years ago) link
Shampoo
funny as a toothache like but there it is.
― piscesx, Saturday, 16 August 2014 12:32 (ten years ago) link
seconding Theodora Goes Wild
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 16 August 2014 12:43 (ten years ago) link
I guess I agree that Superbad is more of a friendship/bro-mantic movie but I was confused because Easy A had been nominated. I love that movie but I don't really feel that the love story is any more central to the plot of that movie than it is to Superbad.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Saturday, 16 August 2014 13:36 (ten years ago) link
If it does count, though, Easy A might be top 5 for me.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Saturday, 16 August 2014 13:37 (ten years ago) link
I don't remember anything about the romantic plot in Easy A. The action in that movie is all elsewhere.
― jmm, Saturday, 16 August 2014 14:00 (ten years ago) link
yeah if we're going to stretch definitions I personally would prefer to err on the side of "light romantic films with a few lols" rather than "comedies with a tacked-on love interest" cause, yknow, we already had a comedy poll & probably won't have a romance poll, but ymmv
― Hogan's Bluff (wins), Saturday, 16 August 2014 14:04 (ten years ago) link
Branagh Much Ado > Whedon Much Ado― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Friday, August 15, 2014 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
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Branagh is thrash!
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 16 August 2014 16:23 (ten years ago) link
All I remember about the Branaugh one is him walking around a fountain with a big dumb smile on his face.
― You are exactly why people root for the apes (Eric H.), Saturday, 16 August 2014 17:26 (ten years ago) link
KEANU
― difficult listening hour, Saturday, 16 August 2014 17:36 (ten years ago) link
I love the concept and ephemerality of Whedon's version and it's not bogged by Branagh's hammy work (it does need Emma Thompson though).
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 16 August 2014 17:37 (ten years ago) link
Denzel and Keanu are the acting standouts
anyway, given the liberality i have my #1 choice, a Sturges w/ sufficient all-American VULGARITY
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a4/Miracle_morgan_creek.jpg
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 17 August 2014 08:04 (ten years ago) link
I have never heard of this movie
― Οὖτις, Monday, 18 August 2014 15:45 (ten years ago) link
it's my favorite of PS, a lot of people overlook it bcz it's not on that boxed set that came out in the last decade.
basically, smalltown schlub reluctantly rides to the rescue when the girl he's worshipped unrequitedly gets knocked up by a departing soldier she was too drunk to remember. yes, this came out in 1944.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Monday, 18 August 2014 15:57 (ten years ago) link
Bracken is too hysterical for me but it's Demarest's best work.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 18 August 2014 15:58 (ten years ago) link
lol, look at that poster, hysteria is the order of the day
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Monday, 18 August 2014 16:00 (ten years ago) link
btw i would kill for an 18x12 version of that
36x24 better still
yeah, the Bracken movies will never be my favourite Sturges because I basically can't stand him
― Number None, Monday, 18 August 2014 16:01 (ten years ago) link
I think TCM shows this once or twice a year? You used to be able to get an email alert from them when they scheduled it, but I can't find that function on their site anymore.
― Cindy Operahouse (WilliamC), Monday, 18 August 2014 16:03 (ten years ago) link
So, there are people who *don't* have TCMs schedule in their daily bookmarks?
― MaudAddam (cryptosicko), Monday, 18 August 2014 16:05 (ten years ago) link
TCM is different and not as good over here :(
― Number None, Monday, 18 August 2014 16:07 (ten years ago) link
Miracle is really the only movie i would watch on Christmas Eve, over The Apartment and Bad Santa
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Monday, 18 August 2014 16:08 (ten years ago) link
what no Die Hard
― Οὖτις, Monday, 18 August 2014 16:09 (ten years ago) link
Hmm, looking closer -- some movies on TCM have upcoming scheduling and a "remind me" function, but some don't. Bummer.
― Cindy Operahouse (WilliamC), Monday, 18 August 2014 16:10 (ten years ago) link
Winking is srsly uglier than duckface.
― You are exactly why people root for the apes (Eric H.), Monday, 18 August 2014 16:12 (ten years ago) link
(Best holiday movies would be a dece movie genre poll too, btw.)
― You are exactly why people root for the apes (Eric H.), Monday, 18 August 2014 16:13 (ten years ago) link
http://www.thedailygouge.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/OBAMA-WINKING.jpg
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Monday, 18 August 2014 16:14 (ten years ago) link
it's my favorite of PS, a lot of people overlook it bcz it's not on that boxed set that came out in the last decade.basically, smalltown schlub reluctantly rides to the rescue when the girl he's worshipped unrequitedly gets knocked up by a departing soldier she was too drunk to remember. yes, this came out in 1944.
When I read this at 1st I misread which part of the sentence "unrequitedly" was modifying & was like what the hell does it mean to unrequitedly get knocked up
― Hogan's Bluff (wins), Monday, 18 August 2014 16:16 (ten years ago) link
well that's a different movie
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Monday, 18 August 2014 16:23 (ten years ago) link
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/08/12/article-2025319-001B598800000258-132_468x544.jpg
― Οὖτις, Monday, 18 August 2014 16:23 (ten years ago) link
5 DAYS TO GET THOSE BALLOTS TOGETHER PEOPLE
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 19 August 2014 18:04 (ten years ago) link
can we plz get a full list of noms to peruse?
― Mordy, Tuesday, 19 August 2014 18:06 (ten years ago) link
I'm officially not nominating Begin Again.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 19 August 2014 18:12 (ten years ago) link
Bumbling (and not in a Hugh Grant kinda way) my way through a top 20 right now. Too many gaps in my viewing, or just things I haven't seen in years. I *did* PVR It Happened One Night off TCM yesterday, which I'd been wanting to see again anyway.
― MaudAddam (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 19 August 2014 18:37 (ten years ago) link
every single person who has debated whether someone else's choice should qualify is bradley cooper in wedding crashers
― da croupier, Tuesday, 19 August 2014 18:38 (ten years ago) link
consenting adults can love whatever movie they choose, eyes on your own hearts people
― da croupier, Tuesday, 19 August 2014 18:39 (ten years ago) link
yeah I kinda hope they die
― duff paddy (darraghmac), Tuesday, 19 August 2014 18:39 (ten years ago) link
easy a has numerous romantic scenes with penn badgley and the climax ends with her getting her "jake ryan" moment NAMED AS SUCH so if it's not romcom enough for you well then DONT VOTE FOR IT.
― da croupier, Tuesday, 19 August 2014 18:42 (ten years ago) link
who, consenting adults? xp
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 19 August 2014 18:43 (ten years ago) link
references to '80s high school movies in recent movies = good job growing up
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 19 August 2014 18:44 (ten years ago) link
^ bradley cooper in wedding crashers
― da croupier, Tuesday, 19 August 2014 18:45 (ten years ago) link
XP anyone, everyone, particular anyone advocating for bracken
― duff paddy (darraghmac), Tuesday, 19 August 2014 18:46 (ten years ago) link
Bracken haters hate comedy!
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 19 August 2014 18:49 (ten years ago) link
outrageous
― duff paddy (darraghmac), Tuesday, 19 August 2014 18:58 (ten years ago) link
Nominations list:
10 Things I Hate About You13 Going On 302 Days In New York50 First DatesAmerican Pie 2Dan In Real LifeJust MarriedNick And Norah's Infinite PlaylistRomancing The StoneSilver Linings PlaybookThe Americanization Of EmilyTwo Weeks NoticeWanderlustWe're The MillersWooA Summer's TaleAddicted To LoveAfter HoursInto The NightAll Of MeAmericas SweetheartsBefore SunriseBefore SunsetDefending Your LifePygmalionBringing Up BabyBut I'm A CheerleaderAmerican PiePat And MikeGentlemen Prefer BlondesGreen CardCity LightsDesk SetLove In The AfternoonClaire's KneeCrazy, Stupid, LoveCrossing DelanceyDaddy Long LegsThe Bachelor And The Bobby-SoxerDesign For LivingEternal Sunshine Of The Spotless MindFlirting With DisasterForgetting Sarah MarshallFucking Åmål (Aka Show Me Love)Gregory's GirlGrosse Pointe BlankHannah And Her SistersAs Good As It Gets TootsieA Matter Of Life And Death FlirtingAmelieMetropolitanSwingers Manhattan Annie Hall Beautiful GirlsThe Tall Guy Pretty In PinkHappy AccidentsHeaven Can WaitHolidayHow To Marry A MillionaireI Know Where I'm Going!In The Realm Of The SensesIrma La DouceKnight And DayL.A. StoryAdam's Rib (Wait, They're Married. Is This Still Allowed?)Once AroundEveryone Says I Love YouEnough SaidTrouble In ParadiseFor Scent-Imental ReasonsLook Who's TalkingBridget Jones's DiaryEarth Girls Are EasyStranger Than FictionMusic & LyricsLove And Other DisastersLove/Chloe In The AfternoonMidnight Easy LivingIt Happened One NightHis Girl FridayMy Favorite Wife The Awful TruthThe Palm Beach StoryMy Man GodfreyCharadeMarried To The MobMidnight Easy LivingRemember The NightBall Of FireIt Happened One NightHis Girl FridayBringing Up BabyMy Favorite Wife The Awful TruthThe Palm Beach StoryMy Man GodfreyHolidayTwentieth CenturyNinotchkaThe Philadelphia StoryThe Lady VanishesBorn YesterdayIt Should Happen To YouMonkey BusinessMother And SonMr. & Mrs. SmithMuriel's WeddingNever Been KissedNotting HillPierrot Le FouPitch PerfectEnchantedSouth Pacific (?)Camelot (Surely)My Fairy LadyGreasePride And Prejudice EmmaSense And Sensibility Howard's EndRoman HolidayBreakfast At Tiffany'sThe GraduateThe Heartbreak KidBroadcast NewsMarried To The MobSabrina (1954)Little Shop Of HorrorsIntolerable CrueltyHarold And MaudeSafety Not GuaranteedSleepless In SeattleSixteen CandlesMy Best Friend's WeddingLove ActuallyThere's Something About MaryShakespeare In LoveShampooShaun Of The DeadThe Princess BrideShe's All ThatSmiles Of A Summer NightSome Like It HotSomething’s WildSomething's Gotta GiveSuperbadScott Pilgrim Vs The WorldCeleste And Jesse ForeverTampopoTo Be Or Not To BeThe 39 StepsNorth By NorthwestThe African QueenDate NightAll Night LongThey Came TogetherThe Fabulous Baker BoysRaising ArizonaThe Five-Year EngagementThe Incredibly True Adventure Of Two Girls In LoveThe Man With Two BrainsThe Marrying KindThe Miracle Of Morgan’s CreekThe Perks Of Being A WallflowerThe Seagull's LaughterThe Tao Of SteveThe Wedding BanquetThe Wedding SingerTheodora Goes WildTo Have And Have NotTrickTrue RomanceTrustWhat's Up DocA New LeafChilly Scenes Of WinterPillow TalkA Fish Called WandaPunch-Drunk LoveWhen Harry Met Sally...The Sure ThingEasy ASay Anything...The Shop Around The CornerSplashRoxanneThe Princess BrideThe 40-Year-Old VirginKnocked UpCluelessMoonstruckThe Thin ManThe Lady EveHigh FidelityFour Weddings And A FuneralHitchArthurGroundhog DayFriends With BenefitsBull DurhamManhattan Murder MysteryUnfaithfully YoursSinglesSo I Married An Ax MurdererWorking GirlZelig
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 20 August 2014 20:25 (ten years ago) link
uh sorted alphabetically:
10 Things I Hate About You13 Going On 302 Days In New York50 First DatesA Fish Called WandaA Matter Of Life And Death A New LeafA Summer's TaleAdam's Rib (Wait, They're Married. Is This Still Allowed?)Addicted To LoveAfter HoursAll Night LongAll Of MeAmelieAmerican PieAmerican Pie 2Americas SweetheartsAnnie Hall ArthurAs Good As It Gets Ball Of FireBeautiful GirlsBefore SunriseBefore SunsetBorn YesterdayBreakfast At Tiffany'sBridget Jones's DiaryBringing Up BabyBringing Up BabyBroadcast NewsBull DurhamBut I'm A CheerleaderCamelot (Surely)Celeste And Jesse ForeverCharadeChilly Scenes Of WinterCity LightsClaire's KneeCluelessCrazy, Stupid, LoveCrossing DelanceyDaddy Long LegsDan In Real LifeDate NightDefending Your LifeDesign For LivingDesk SetEarth Girls Are EasyEasy AEasy LivingEasy LivingEmmaEnchantedEnough SaidEternal Sunshine Of The Spotless MindEveryone Says I Love YouFlirtingFlirting With DisasterFor Scent-Imental ReasonsForgetting Sarah MarshallFour Weddings And A FuneralFriends With BenefitsFucking Åmål (Aka Show Me Love)Gentlemen Prefer BlondesGreaseGreen CardGregory's GirlGrosse Pointe BlankGroundhog DayHannah And Her SistersHappy AccidentsHarold And MaudeHeaven Can WaitHigh FidelityHis Girl FridayHis Girl FridayHitchHolidayHolidayHow To Marry A MillionaireHoward's EndI Know Where I'm Going!In The Realm Of The SensesInto The NightIntolerable CrueltyIrma La DouceIt Happened One NightIt Happened One NightIt Should Happen To YouJust MarriedKnight And DayKnocked UpL.A. StoryLittle Shop Of HorrorsLook Who's TalkingLove ActuallyLove And Other DisastersLove In The AfternoonLove/Chloe In The AfternoonManhattan Manhattan Murder MysteryMarried To The MobMarried To The MobMetropolitanMidnight Midnight Monkey BusinessMoonstruckMother And SonMr. & Mrs. SmithMuriel's WeddingMusic & LyricsMy Best Friend's WeddingMy Fairy LadyMy Favorite Wife My Favorite Wife My Man GodfreyMy Man GodfreyNever Been KissedNick And Norah's Infinite PlaylistNinotchkaNorth By NorthwestNotting HillOnce AroundPat And MikePierrot Le FouPillow TalkPitch PerfectPretty In PinkPride And Prejudice Punch-Drunk LovePygmalionRaising ArizonaRemember The NightRoman HolidayRomancing The StoneRoxanneSabrina (1954)Safety Not GuaranteedSay Anything...Scott Pilgrim Vs The WorldSense And Sensibility Shakespeare In LoveShampooShaun Of The DeadShe's All ThatSilver Linings PlaybookSinglesSixteen CandlesSleepless In SeattleSmiles Of A Summer NightSo I Married An Ax MurdererSome Like It HotSomething’s WildSomething's Gotta GiveSouth Pacific (?)SplashStranger Than FictionSuperbadSwingers TampopoThe 39 StepsThe 40-Year-Old VirginThe African QueenThe Americanization Of EmilyThe Awful TruthThe Awful TruthThe Bachelor And The Bobby-SoxerThe Fabulous Baker BoysThe Five-Year EngagementThe GraduateThe Heartbreak KidThe Incredibly True Adventure Of Two Girls In LoveThe Lady EveThe Lady VanishesThe Man With Two BrainsThe Marrying KindThe Miracle Of Morgan’s CreekThe Palm Beach StoryThe Palm Beach StoryThe Perks Of Being A WallflowerThe Philadelphia StoryThe Princess BrideThe Princess BrideThe Seagull's LaughterThe Shop Around The CornerThe Sure ThingThe Tall Guy The Tao Of SteveThe Thin ManThe Wedding BanquetThe Wedding SingerTheodora Goes WildThere's Something About MaryThey Came TogetherTo Be Or Not To BeTo Have And Have NotTootsieTrickTrouble In ParadiseTrue RomanceTrustTwentieth CenturyTwo Weeks NoticeUnfaithfully YoursWanderlustWe're The MillersWhat's Up DocWhen Harry Met Sally...WooWorking GirlZelig
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 20 August 2014 20:26 (ten years ago) link
only one ballot so far...
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 20 August 2014 20:27 (ten years ago) link
kung fu hustle?
― duff paddy (darraghmac), Wednesday, 20 August 2014 20:32 (ten years ago) link
i should have nominated the last days of disco
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 20 August 2014 20:35 (ten years ago) link
North By Northwest and To Have and Have Not are silly misclassifications, but whatev
you are not limited to nominations i dont believe
LDoD trumps most of what's been mentioned of recent vintage, ditto Damsels in Distress.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 20 August 2014 20:37 (ten years ago) link
missing from that master list and definitely mentioned:
I Love You Philip MorrisLove Me TonightThe Gay Divorcee
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 20 August 2014 20:40 (ten years ago) link
people named a lot of shit in this thread, I explicitly said I wasn't gonna police anything
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 20 August 2014 20:40 (ten years ago) link
also i thought of another gay male one
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/22/TaxiZumKlo.jpg
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 20 August 2014 20:41 (ten years ago) link
bah, saw the Damsels in Distress nom before sending in my ballot. i couldn't bother to parse genres really so i voted for whatever looked good to me and docked it a few points if it didn't quite seem rom commy enough
― Mordy, Wednesday, 20 August 2014 20:42 (ten years ago) link
and a lady-lady classic
http://images.moviepostershop.com/go-fish-movie-poster-1994-1010397628.jpg
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 20 August 2014 20:42 (ten years ago) link
One or two of us nominated Woman of the Year.
― clemenza, Thursday, 21 August 2014 05:21 (ten years ago) link
Let me add The Paper Chase, too.
― clemenza, Thursday, 21 August 2014 05:22 (ten years ago) link
10 Things I Hate abt You will own this I hope
― niels, Thursday, 21 August 2014 06:52 (ten years ago) link
3 ballots in - votey vote vote folks
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 21 August 2014 15:30 (ten years ago) link
There was a romantic plot in Zelig?
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Thursday, 21 August 2014 16:28 (ten years ago) link
therapist falls for Zelig
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 21 August 2014 16:30 (ten years ago) link
"Please, no more pancakes."
People, the romantic plot should be the *foreground* of the film. Or the foreskin in Taxi zum Klo.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 21 August 2014 16:30 (ten years ago) link
3 days left to do this?? god damn..
― piscesx, Thursday, 21 August 2014 18:31 (ten years ago) link
get to work
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 21 August 2014 18:38 (ten years ago) link
4 ballots in
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 21 August 2014 21:19 (ten years ago) link
my nominations roundly ignored, hmp
― a spectrum is taunting ur OP (wins), Thursday, 21 August 2014 21:22 (ten years ago) link
look scrolling through this thread and c+p'ing every single thing people nominated (some of which were clearly jokes) was a pain in the ass sorry if I missed something it was not intentional
vote for whatever you want
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 21 August 2014 21:25 (ten years ago) link
oh don't worry: you'll get mine this weekend.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 21 August 2014 21:29 (ten years ago) link
just sent mine
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Thursday, 21 August 2014 21:34 (ten years ago) link
no that's fair xp, I'm not sure I'll have time to vote anyway and most of my noms were jokes.
― a spectrum is taunting ur OP (wins), Thursday, 21 August 2014 21:35 (ten years ago) link
deservedly hailed in Harvey book as best Loy-Powell comedy (plus Harlow-Tracy)
http://themave.com/Powell/powloy/films/libeled1.jpg
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Friday, 22 August 2014 12:37 (ten years ago) link
get them votes in
― Οὖτις, Friday, 22 August 2014 17:08 (ten years ago) link
6 ballots in now - starting to worry that ILX is neither funny nor romantic >:(
― Οὖτις, Friday, 22 August 2014 19:57 (ten years ago) link
I will be turning in a ballot but it might be at the 11th hour so don't think I don't love you comedically, romantically
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 22 August 2014 19:58 (ten years ago) link
accompanying pic is lol
http://news.yahoo.com/st-louis-area-cop-thinks-protesters-put-down-173237961.html
― Οὖτις, Friday, 22 August 2014 20:04 (ten years ago) link
haha wrong thread whoops
― Οὖτις, Friday, 22 August 2014 20:05 (ten years ago) link
Damn, forgot to nominate "Convention City"
― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Friday, 22 August 2014 22:58 (ten years ago) link
i like Joan Blondell, dont know that one tho
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 23 August 2014 01:15 (ten years ago) link
I'll do a ballot, probably tomorrow, but def before the deadline.
― Cindy Operahouse (WilliamC), Saturday, 23 August 2014 01:25 (ten years ago) link
Can I rescind my ballot only to decide I liked it after all then chase it down at an airport and send it in at the last possible second?
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Saturday, 23 August 2014 03:48 (ten years ago) link
We need some subpolls for this one, like the 10 best meet cutes.
― and in his absence, she (Lee626), Saturday, 23 August 2014 05:37 (ten years ago) link
no
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 23 August 2014 05:45 (ten years ago) link
I agree with Morbs. Grant and Hepburn on the golf course would walk it so there's no point.
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Saturday, 23 August 2014 06:20 (ten years ago) link
Votey vote vote
― Οὖτις, Sunday, 24 August 2014 02:32 (ten years ago) link
OK, I slapped together a ballot.
― Cindy Operahouse (WilliamC), Sunday, 24 August 2014 03:01 (ten years ago) link
voted!
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 24 August 2014 03:43 (ten years ago) link
sent!
― da croupier, Sunday, 24 August 2014 06:34 (ten years ago) link
I sent a list of 50
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/516fFxr8qzL._SX342_.jpg
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 24 August 2014 15:55 (ten years ago) link
Ooh just beating out mordy's ballot of 40
― Οὖτις, Sunday, 24 August 2014 16:16 (ten years ago) link
Y'all remembered to specify the 1936 version of My Man Godfrey, didn't you?
― MaudAddam (cryptosicko), Sunday, 24 August 2014 16:19 (ten years ago) link
i like Joan Blondell, dont know that one tho― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius
Nobody does, it's been a lost film forever
― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Sunday, 24 August 2014 16:28 (ten years ago) link
we'll trust Shakey doesnt think anyone wd vote for the George Gobel one
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 24 August 2014 16:43 (ten years ago) link
I didnt even know there was another version
― Οὖτις, Sunday, 24 August 2014 17:02 (ten years ago) link
I missed deadline -- I was watching a movie.
Shakey! Can I still get it in by tomorrow morning??
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 25 August 2014 03:00 (ten years ago) link
Oh, I thought this was just the nominating thread, I didn't realize we were voting already! Is it still possible to send a ballot, if I send it today?
― Tuomas, Monday, 25 August 2014 08:59 (ten years ago) link
tsk tsk
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Monday, 25 August 2014 11:24 (ten years ago) link
― da croupier,
I know what you mean but she's a little older and even without knowing what happens in the second half she gives the impression of being dangerous? idk She's never come off like proto-Zooey Deschanel.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 25 August 2014 12:55 (ten years ago) link
Alfred you voted for it twice
― Οὖτις, Monday, 25 August 2014 15:42 (ten years ago) link
sure!
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 25 August 2014 15:43 (ten years ago) link
14 ballots total, so I'll keep voting open for a little while in case there are some stragglers also how could we do this poll w out lol Tuomas
― Οὖτις, Monday, 25 August 2014 15:43 (ten years ago) link
I would've voted for a certain Mitchell Leisen film twice too
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 25 August 2014 15:46 (ten years ago) link
feeling bad that I forgot to mention Nights of Cabiria in this thread/get it on the noms list
― Οὖτις, Monday, 25 August 2014 15:58 (ten years ago) link
Alfred when did you first see something wild and when did you last see it? Would it have even occurred to you how someone might see it with fresh eyes today? Cuz the Zooey is there, even if demme goes deeper into who'd "turn your world upside down"
― da croupier, Monday, 25 August 2014 16:05 (ten years ago) link
Nights of Cabiria is a TRAGEDY, goddammit! wtf, full enrollment needed in genre school.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Monday, 25 August 2014 16:06 (ten years ago) link
something wild is a movie that opens with melanie griffith meeting a stuffy (allegedly) married dude in a diner, whimsically throwing his wallet out of the car before handcuffing him to a bed for some wild sex. melanie griffith. it shouldn't be THAT hard to imagine how it wouldn't be a great first impression for someone in 2014.
― da croupier, Monday, 25 August 2014 16:12 (ten years ago) link
cuz ppl like their wallets more in 2014?
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Monday, 25 August 2014 16:27 (ten years ago) link
Nights of Cabiria is a TRAGEDY, goddammit!
but it's funny! and about romance. albeit more than one. and she's alone at the end. but still
― Οὖτις, Monday, 25 August 2014 16:28 (ten years ago) link
funny sequences and/or Masina's funny face /= comedy
for you they made it into Sweet Charity
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Monday, 25 August 2014 16:32 (ten years ago) link
which I also considered voting for
― Οὖτις, Monday, 25 August 2014 16:33 (ten years ago) link
but I like the original more
I also discounted Twentieth Century bcz it's about the Lombard and Barrymore characters, and they are not fucking each other or trying to.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Monday, 25 August 2014 16:43 (ten years ago) link
1994 my first viewing, and, yeah, it was after several years of Griffith sexpot roles like Working Girl and Shining Through, so it was far easier to accept her. But even from the pod of a newbie she's older than the average Manic Pixie Girl. She emits a danger that the Zooeys don't.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 25 August 2014 17:12 (ten years ago) link
I've got a ballot in the making. Only had to add about 5 titles that weren't on the master list.
― It's Autumn Sunrise (Eric H.), Monday, 25 August 2014 17:26 (ten years ago) link
hurry up laggards!
― Οὖτις, Monday, 25 August 2014 17:31 (ten years ago) link
But even from the pod of a newbie she's older than the average Manic Pixie Girl. She emits a danger that the Zooeys don't.
the fact that she was hovering around 30 doesn't make the shtick fresher, and you're really overrating the danger emittance in the first act
― da croupier, Monday, 25 August 2014 17:46 (ten years ago) link
pssshht, Tuomas won't look at this thread again until Thursday.
― Cindy Operahouse (WilliamC), Monday, 25 August 2014 17:46 (ten years ago) link
nobody's mentioned About Last Night.... which was the first "date movie" i actually watched while on a date
― and in his absence, she (Lee626), Monday, 25 August 2014 17:48 (ten years ago) link
is there a number limit on the ballots?
― rob, Monday, 25 August 2014 18:01 (ten years ago) link
well the longest ballot so far is Morbz' with 50. I adjusted the scoring/point weighting to accomodate that (which didn't really change the results much) but I'd say that's the upper limit now.
― Οὖτις, Monday, 25 August 2014 18:02 (ten years ago) link
Ballot sent.
― It's Autumn Sunrise (Eric H.), Monday, 25 August 2014 18:36 (ten years ago) link
nobody's mentioned About Last Night....
when you say "romantic comedy" you're really saying "David Mamet"
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Monday, 25 August 2014 18:41 (ten years ago) link
I did find Mamet's casting of Al Pacino/Helen Mirren as a couple in "Spector" p funny
― Οὖτις, Monday, 25 August 2014 18:45 (ten years ago) link
now i'm fretting whether Rob Lowe was the Herbert Marshall or Melvyn Douglas of the '80s
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Monday, 25 August 2014 18:49 (ten years ago) link
16 ballots now. any more last minute contenders besides tuomas?
― Οὖτις, Monday, 25 August 2014 18:56 (ten years ago) link
The David Manners, Morbs.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 25 August 2014 19:08 (ten years ago) link
I would say Cesar Romero, cept that might be Freddie Prinze Jr.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Monday, 25 August 2014 19:13 (ten years ago) link
Sent my ballot.
― Tuomas, Monday, 25 August 2014 21:26 (ten years ago) link
any other stragglers out there...?
― Οὖτις, Monday, 25 August 2014 21:28 (ten years ago) link
allright unless there are any objections I'm gonna close balloting - 17 voters.
― Οὖτις, Monday, 25 August 2014 22:28 (ten years ago) link
that seems like way less ballots than the action and comedies polls I guess ILX just doesn't feel the LUV
― Οὖτις, Monday, 25 August 2014 22:30 (ten years ago) link
or ILM thinks Radiohead has more laffs and romance.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 25 August 2014 22:37 (ten years ago) link
or people didn't wanna fuck with subgenre police
― da croupier, Monday, 25 August 2014 22:49 (ten years ago) link
arrest this man
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 25 August 2014 22:52 (ten years ago) link
His Meg Ryan hairdo is making me feel ill
― Randall "Humble" Pie (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 25 August 2014 22:55 (ten years ago) link
I'll concede that someone who's endured 500 Days of Summer's Hall & Oates sequence has less patience for this shit, but there's enough going on in SW -- the use of locations, soundtrack, use of non-actors and the supporting cast -- to mitigate The Scent of Manic Pixiness. A large part of what makes the movie work for me is how I never know how I'm supposed to feel about Charlie and Lulu's hookup, Charlie going along with Lulu, Lulu herself. Cuz of all the stuff I mentioned, the ground feels like it's continuously churning. Few Manic Pixie movies even bother.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 25 August 2014 23:02 (ten years ago) link
shit can i still send a ballot? balls.
― piscesx, Tuesday, 26 August 2014 00:58 (ten years ago) link
no, Οὖτις's in charge of the poll.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 26 August 2014 01:06 (ten years ago) link
shit just sent a ballot :/
oh well if it counts it counts, if not .. my own daft fault doh
― piscesx, Tuesday, 26 August 2014 01:10 (ten years ago) link
I'll include it dont worry
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 26 August 2014 01:15 (ten years ago) link
ahh you're a good man.
― piscesx, Tuesday, 26 August 2014 01:17 (ten years ago) link
this will probably be at least as bad as the general comedy poll
Jonathan Demme knows nothing abt yr Manic Pixie Shit, and the guy who wrote the script -- w/out looking, im gonna say E Max Frye? and that he never had another credit in the same ballpark? -- was also too old to.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 26 August 2014 02:16 (ten years ago) link
omg, that guy has written the Carell-Tatum wrestling-psycho drama
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 26 August 2014 02:17 (ten years ago) link
and it's his first theatrical feature in 14 years
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 26 August 2014 02:19 (ten years ago) link
i just sent a way late ballot sorry! looking forward to rollout whether it gets in or not.
― difficult listening hour, Tuesday, 26 August 2014 02:34 (ten years ago) link
Laggards I say!
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 26 August 2014 02:37 (ten years ago) link
put them in the iron maiden!
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 26 August 2014 02:44 (ten years ago) link
Make 'em watch Maid in Manhattan.
― Cindy Operahouse (WilliamC), Tuesday, 26 August 2014 03:57 (ten years ago) link
haha
― piscesx, Tuesday, 26 August 2014 04:14 (ten years ago) link
I think some people (like me) might've gotten confused by the title of this thread, because it says "The Romantic Comedies Poll Nominations and Discussion Thread", with no mention of voting, or a deadline. I thought there'd be a separate thread for voting, as is usually the case with ILX ballot polls.
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 26 August 2014 10:54 (ten years ago) link
Can send a ballot tonight if that's ok.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 26 August 2014 11:30 (ten years ago) link
new ILX ballot wardens
http://trueclassics.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/great_mcginty.jpg
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 26 August 2014 12:28 (ten years ago) link
I thought there'd be a separate thread for voting
yeah well this has never made sense to me (what is there to discuss in a voting thread - that you voted?) and as Romantic Comedies Poll Dictator For Life I have dispensed with this unnecessary step
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 26 August 2014 15:34 (ten years ago) link
hurry it up xyzzzzz
If I knew there'd be extra time, I coulda watched some of my choices!
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 26 August 2014 15:45 (ten years ago) link
you still can, you just can't change your vote
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 26 August 2014 15:49 (ten years ago) link
Sorry btw, can't, actually needed time to remind myself etc etc.
Look forward to the countdown.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 26 August 2014 22:14 (ten years ago) link
you are fired from this thread
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 26 August 2014 22:20 (ten years ago) link
VOTING CLOSED
RESULTS TOMORROW
Damn! Didn't realise that the voting phase had even begun. Oh well, interested in the results.
― uxorious gazumping (monotony), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 02:07 (ten years ago) link
Brief but relevant: http://blogs.indiewire.com/bent/when-harry-met-adam-and-steve-the-problems-in-creating-a-good-queer-rom-com-20140825
― It's Autumn Sunrise (Eric H.), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 02:14 (ten years ago) link
oh man, i have seen some painful stinkers in that realm.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 04:01 (ten years ago) link
I finally saw My Man Godfrey for the first time today and I love it so fucking much. I am ashamed it took me this long to enjoy but will i ever enjoy another movie as much? DOUBTFULhttps://i.makeagif.com/media/9-23-2015/hAf7-p.gif
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 15 December 2024 23:39 (one week ago) link