27. Couple's first sex is earthshaking.
― Big Sambola & The Tailspinners (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 11 January 2013 05:09 (eleven years ago) link
28. Female lead has a 'secret' that male lead doesn't have time to listen to until it gets revealed publicly by someone the female lead used to know
― NINO CARTER, Friday, 11 January 2013 05:10 (eleven years ago) link
29. Greg Kinnear totally gets a raw deal in the love triangle
― trey songza (some dude), Friday, 11 January 2013 05:13 (eleven years ago) link
30. Asshole/Bitch fiance.
― Big Sambola & The Tailspinners (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 11 January 2013 05:13 (eleven years ago) link
31. (this is more a 'last 3 years' thing) Guy hears his woman on the toilet and it shatters his world
― NINO CARTER, Friday, 11 January 2013 05:14 (eleven years ago) link
32. if you will only pursue love blindly and irrationally, the universe will (must?) reward you with True Love
― Chris S, Friday, 11 January 2013 05:15 (eleven years ago) link
33. Kate Hudson
― Big Sambola & The Tailspinners (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 11 January 2013 05:16 (eleven years ago) link
^^^^ i was gonna say "Dane Cook" but Hollywood seems to be wising up on that and also I feared typing his name multiple times might have a Candyman-esque effect
― NINO CARTER, Friday, 11 January 2013 05:17 (eleven years ago) link
34. Hugh Grant, stammering and sputtering
― Chris S, Friday, 11 January 2013 05:17 (eleven years ago) link
34b. unless it's Hugh Grant, Charming Asshole
― Chris S, Friday, 11 January 2013 05:18 (eleven years ago) link
35. Gerard Butler
― NINO CARTER, Friday, 11 January 2013 05:19 (eleven years ago) link
36. at least one song that was played at proms in the 80s making an appearance somewhere in the film
― NINO CARTER, Friday, 11 January 2013 05:20 (eleven years ago) link
(more of a late model thing) 37. Dirty Dancing and/or John Hughes references
― Big Sambola & The Tailspinners (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 11 January 2013 05:27 (eleven years ago) link
38. lead male is musician who is struggling and writes a song for female lead at the end that wins her over
― NINO CARTER, Friday, 11 January 2013 05:28 (eleven years ago) link
^^My friend just made a microbudget romcom that hinges on that very plot device!
― Big Sambola & The Tailspinners (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 11 January 2013 05:36 (eleven years ago) link
39. following the cue of the male lead, everbody in a bar/restaurant join in an rousing acapella sing-a-long of some old Motown/early-'60s soft-pop song
― Chris S, Friday, 11 January 2013 05:59 (eleven years ago) link
40. female lead is endearingly clumsy
― Chris S, Friday, 11 January 2013 06:09 (eleven years ago) link
41. one of lead male's best friends is an unrepentant stoner and female says 'it's him or me'
― NINO CARTER, Friday, 11 January 2013 06:11 (eleven years ago) link
42. climactic scene involves female or male lead frantically running (to climactic music) to catch/stop/say whatever to whomever, while ignoring the discouragements of friends and/or family along the way (although the Best Friend/Fiance may say "Go get 'er/'im")
― Chris S, Friday, 11 January 2013 06:17 (eleven years ago) link
43. scene preceding 42. involves old man/woman earnestly imploring lead that "if you ever find him/her... DON'T LET GO LIKE I DID" *cue Motown hit and running*
― Chris S, Friday, 11 January 2013 06:23 (eleven years ago) link
44. (9/11 kinda shut down this trope) Male lead frantically rushing to airport and catching plane that is about to board to stop woman from leaving
xpost hahahahaha
― NINO CARTER, Friday, 11 January 2013 06:23 (eleven years ago) link
50. Super Mario 3
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Friday, 11 January 2013 06:27 (eleven years ago) link
46. the film is bookended by old couple relating the story to their friends/kids/etc, sometimes with off-color comments/questions interspersed throughout
― Chris S, Friday, 11 January 2013 06:29 (eleven years ago) link
47. Old couple let it slip they still bone down.
― Big Sambola & The Tailspinners (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 11 January 2013 06:31 (eleven years ago) link
^hahaha, always
― Chris S, Friday, 11 January 2013 06:32 (eleven years ago) link
48. the female lead is a bossy fusspot rom devoid of com.
― estela, Friday, 11 January 2013 06:49 (eleven years ago) link
49. Montage of leads going through a pile of their undies in search of the perfect pair for the "big date".
― Big Sambola & The Tailspinners (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 11 January 2013 07:53 (eleven years ago) link
50. Protagonists live in inexplicably lavish Manhattan apartment, despite the fact they never seem to go to work and have weeks of free time to play videogames/reminisce about classic rock/agonise over relationships
― insert witticism here (hypehat), Friday, 11 January 2013 11:31 (eleven years ago) link
51. Wearing pyjamas (and full make-up), eating icecream directly from tub
― ailsa, Friday, 11 January 2013 11:40 (eleven years ago) link
52. Female lead makes terrible faux pas at work, results in hilarity and shagging the boss rather than instant dismissal on grounds of gross incompetence.
― ailsa, Friday, 11 January 2013 11:43 (eleven years ago) link
53. Running through a hospital/shopping mall
― besides Sunny Real Estate (dog latin), Friday, 11 January 2013 11:43 (eleven years ago) link
54. Grumpy older sister
― besides Sunny Real Estate (dog latin), Friday, 11 January 2013 11:49 (eleven years ago) link
55. 30 year olds playing teenagers and/or 60 year olds playing parents of teenagers
― abanana, Friday, 11 January 2013 12:27 (eleven years ago) link
56. guy who knows everything about women and is willing to sell his services but later finds out that the one relationship problem he can fix is *record scratch*...his own
― frogbs, Friday, 11 January 2013 13:25 (eleven years ago) link
I mean uh,, can't
57. baby delivered by confused and comically inept hijacker
― non-elitist melted poo (Noodle Vague), Friday, 11 January 2013 13:26 (eleven years ago) link
58. STIs
59. home-made pube artwork sent to female lead
― non-elitist melted poo (Noodle Vague), Friday, 11 January 2013 13:27 (eleven years ago) link
60. elephants
61. somebody falling out of a hot air balloon over a senior citizens' picnic
― non-elitist melted poo (Noodle Vague), Friday, 11 January 2013 13:28 (eleven years ago) link
62. OLD LADY WHO SWEARS
― frogbs, Friday, 11 January 2013 13:28 (eleven years ago) link
63. sustained bloody violence
64. Joe Dallesandro
― non-elitist melted poo (Noodle Vague), Friday, 11 January 2013 13:29 (eleven years ago) link
65. sentimental love scene and final "i love you" moment has lots of maybes in it to denote awkwardness
― Heterocyclic ring ring (LocalGarda), Friday, 11 January 2013 13:44 (eleven years ago) link
66. during the inevitable "temporary breakup" scene the man shacks up with a much younger and more attractive woman but isn't happy deep down because she doesn't have a jar of tears or make random honking noises
― frogbs, Friday, 11 January 2013 14:11 (eleven years ago) link
67. voices warble as chance of love seems slim - declaration must happen at end of physically exerting process, exacerbating this - "i LOVE youuu, I've -gasp- ALWAYS -gasp- loved you..."
― Heterocyclic ring ring (LocalGarda), Friday, 11 January 2013 14:14 (eleven years ago) link
68. Gratuitous fart joke to appeal to "the guys"
― besides Sunny Real Estate (dog latin), Friday, 11 January 2013 14:19 (eleven years ago) link
69. during the temporary breakup the glum female lead goes to her parents' house where her slim energetic mother is painting something.
― estela, Friday, 11 January 2013 14:21 (eleven years ago) link
70. Double dates
― insert witticism here (hypehat), Friday, 11 January 2013 14:46 (eleven years ago) link
71. Main character winds up with nearly all his possessions that he's worked his entire life for destroyed; doesn't care
― frogbs, Friday, 11 January 2013 15:22 (eleven years ago) link
or is a kindergarten teacher, either way she has a luxurious manhattan loft as mentioned previously
― marcos, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 16:55 (nine years ago) link
117. Male lead is an architect
― Disagree. And im not into firey solos chief. (Phil D.), Tuesday, 10 June 2014 17:17 (nine years ago) link
118. WINE
― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Tuesday, 10 June 2014 18:02 (nine years ago) link
or doctor xp
― marcos, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 18:04 (nine years ago) link
119. Minor issue at 70-minute mark gets blown up into a relationship crisis, because that's what the screen-writing manual said to do
― mohawk ororoducer (abanana), Tuesday, 10 June 2014 18:29 (nine years ago) link
120. "wanna come in?" / "no, i'd better get home"
― rap is afraid of me (rip van wanko), Tuesday, 10 June 2014 18:44 (nine years ago) link
― Chris S, Friday, January 11, 2013 12:59 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i've never actually seen this but i am just going to assume:
39a. Cutaway to the "wrong" guy/gal: they don't know the words and are either faking it badly or looking annoyed at all the carrying-on.
― 'cause there's always been an it i can't truss (Doctor Casino), Friday, 1 December 2017 05:40 (six years ago) link
121. FEDORAS
― Infidels, Like Dylan In The Eighties (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 11 January 2019 23:03 (five years ago) link
122. Somebody is wearing sunglasses and either slides them down their nose or dramatically takes them off to get a good look at someone else.
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 16 March 2019 23:42 (five years ago) link
123. pouting
― A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 17 March 2019 03:07 (five years ago) link
Flowers in the woman’s bedroom
― calstars, Tuesday, 8 August 2023 22:14 (eight months ago) link
125. Sparse vinyl collections and entry-level turntables displayed in the residences of lead characters
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 8 August 2023 22:27 (eight months ago) link
126. Anything resembling comedy disappears in the last 30 minutes of the film.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Tuesday, 8 August 2023 22:31 (eight months ago) link
Haha I've been noticing #125 in various TV shows of the '70s and '80s: Mary Tyler Moore, Dallas, Miami Vice. Signifying that the character is kind of hip adjacent, living in the contemporary world, but not trying too hard; not some kind of geeky collector or audio freak.
― Josefa, Tuesday, 8 August 2023 22:46 (eight months ago) link
127. Therapist seems to really want to wrap up the session without really offering much help
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 8 August 2023 23:48 (eight months ago) link
128. Protagonist pours heart out in a tight close-up
CUT TO:
Dumbstruck Clerk: "Sir/Ma'am, this is a Wendy's."
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 8 August 2023 23:54 (eight months ago) link
129. Prelude showing our heroine as a little girl playing with dolls and dollhouse, possibly conducting doll wedding as a period-appropriate pop song plays on soundtrack and is crossfaded with a new cover of said song as we transition to present day and learn that girl grew up to be a beautiful fuckup.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 9 August 2023 00:06 (eight months ago) link
130. Uptempo Pop song plays under "Protagonists get their lives together" montage
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 9 August 2023 00:08 (eight months ago) link
Leaves
― calstars, Wednesday, 9 August 2023 00:24 (eight months ago) link