In every rom com ever

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99. a lake house

fit and working again, Saturday, 12 January 2013 22:21 (eleven years ago) link

100. Actor shoots hoops/Actress does yoga...narrative pushed along by dialog during these activities.

Big Sambola & The Tailspinners (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 12 January 2013 22:29 (eleven years ago) link

101. Sound on soundtrack that is famous iconic pop song but this version is a cover from a no-name act

NINO CARTER, Saturday, 12 January 2013 23:32 (eleven years ago) link

102. Soundtrack cribbed from "Deliah After Dark" playlists.

Big Sambola & The Tailspinners (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 12 January 2013 23:43 (eleven years ago) link

103. montage cutting back and forth between her and him both discussing each other with their gfs/bros

Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 13 January 2013 08:36 (eleven years ago) link

104. (spoken through tears) "I dnn't know what I want anymore!"

Big Sambola & The Tailspinners (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 13 January 2013 16:56 (eleven years ago) link

"I DON'T", even.

Big Sambola & The Tailspinners (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 13 January 2013 16:57 (eleven years ago) link

105. someone is a chef

autistic boy is surprisingly good at basketball (silby), Sunday, 13 January 2013 17:13 (eleven years ago) link

lol

some dude, Sunday, 13 January 2013 17:16 (eleven years ago) link

106. (Nu-era trope) Old, washed-up celeb makes cameo as themself and makes fun of their real life persona

NINO CARTER, Sunday, 13 January 2013 17:39 (eleven years ago) link

107. Kaizo Mario World

Allen (etaeoe), Sunday, 13 January 2013 17:53 (eleven years ago) link

is there a joke I'm missing with these posts ^^^

NINO CARTER, Sunday, 13 January 2013 17:53 (eleven years ago) link

I'm assuming "rom" is like a rom file, like what you download to play pirated video games? Seems like a reach though.

Doctor Casino, Sunday, 13 January 2013 20:21 (eleven years ago) link

108. www.doperoms.com

Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 13 January 2013 23:04 (eleven years ago) link

109. apple product placement

abanana, Sunday, 13 January 2013 23:18 (eleven years ago) link

110. best friend unusually interested in getting other friend laid.

NINO CARTER, Sunday, 13 January 2013 23:30 (eleven years ago) link

that's not what besties do? welp, i guess i don't need to make any friends after all.

s.clover, Monday, 14 January 2013 01:28 (eleven years ago) link

I'm talking more like movies like American Pie where Stiffler seems like he'll die if his other friends don't put their Ps in a V

NINO CARTER, Monday, 14 January 2013 01:45 (eleven years ago) link

tbf though one of the characters does reference that in that movie!

NINO CARTER, Monday, 14 January 2013 01:45 (eleven years ago) link

one year passes...

112. Female lead concludes on-stage rehearsal of either theater scene or music number. From shadows of auditorium, a slow-clap and "Bravo!" from either long-lost friend/relative or evil love interest. Female lead's eyes search the darkness for source.

pplains, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 15:22 (nine years ago) link

113. Male lead runs through airport to reconcile with female lead before she boards a plane

marcos, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 15:40 (nine years ago) link

114. Female lead wants to get married but can't discuss the topic with boyfriend, waits endlessly until he "pops the question"

marcos, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 15:41 (nine years ago) link

96. Actress keeps bra on during sex scene.

― Big Sambola & The Tailspinners (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, January 12, 2013 4:05 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol

marcos, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 15:42 (nine years ago) link

glad to see that stalking has already been mentioned

La Lechera, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 16:40 (nine years ago) link

115. Male and female leads always of the same ethnicity

Οὖτις, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 16:46 (nine years ago) link

.............white?

marcos, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 16:53 (nine years ago) link

lemme guess

marcos, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 16:54 (nine years ago) link

116. Female lead works in marketing/publishing/media industry

marcos, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 16:54 (nine 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

three years pass...

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, 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

one year passes...

121. FEDORAS

Infidels, Like Dylan In The Eighties (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 11 January 2019 23:03 (five years ago) link

two months pass...

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

four years pass...

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

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."

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


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