i hated amelie so much at the time it almost makes me suspect it's good
― difficult listening hour, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 19:14 (nine years ago) link
http://38.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3xyq2tix91qaliojo1_500.gif
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 19:18 (nine years ago) link
Well I nominated The Lady Vanishes so I guess I get the honour of causing the first Morbius tantrum in this thread
Mr & Mrs Smith may be a "genuine" romantic comedy but it's also not very good, and I voted for thirty from a shortlist of fifty so I'm quite capable of thinking of more than 5-10 romantic comedies you awful old bore
― Number None, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 19:23 (nine years ago) link
and yet you included one that... isn't... one.
Show Me Love is Fucking Amal, right? I'm p sure I haven't seen it.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 19:30 (nine years ago) link
misread that
― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 19:37 (nine years ago) link
It's got romance, it's got comedy, it's also a thriller. Who actually gives a shit?
I guess we'll just have to pray the poll can recover from the damage I've done with my disregard for the inviolable sanctity of the genre
― Number None, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 19:41 (nine years ago) link
btw i am not of the opinion that Mr & Mrs Smith should've gotten votes, just that Hitchcock doesn't belong anywhere among the greatest 50 romantic comedies in history.
Who actually gives a shit?
EXACTLY, let's ban the next motherfucker who votes in a poll.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 19:44 (nine years ago) link
feeling good about my vote for Midnight Run right now
― Daphnis Celesta, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 19:45 (nine years ago) link
yes Show Me Love is Fucking Amal idk why there are two different titles
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 19:52 (nine years ago) link
bcz no US marquee would show the original title
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 19:54 (nine years ago) link
there were def marquees in 1998.
46. Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961, dir. Blake Edwards)2 votes, 92 pointshttp://www.movieposter.com/posters/archive/main/26/MPW-13067
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 20:07 (nine years ago) link
one of those classics i've never seen
― Mordy, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 20:13 (nine years ago) link
but i have heard the song
45. Moonstruck (1987, dir. Norman Jewison)2 votes, 93 pointshttps://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSKe6X5XEf6zBshsT75lB_o_6_FG7imwPSGY397xevzzVW7rFz7
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 20:14 (nine years ago) link
song is the best thing about it, most of the film is horrible and v dated imo. party scene looks fun.
in reference to BaT that is
xp
idk if mordy meant moon river, there are darker possibilities
― difficult listening hour, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 20:16 (nine years ago) link
44. Muriel's Wedding (1994, dir. J.P. Hogan)2 votes, 94 pointshttp://www.pastposters.com/cw3/assets/product_full/(R)__MurielsWedding(teaser)3.jpg
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 20:19 (nine years ago) link
43. Love Me Tonight (1932, dir. Rouben Mamoulian)2 votes,95 pointshttp://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/dvdreviews21/a%20Rouben%20Mamoulian%20Love%20Me%20Tonight%20DVD/poster4%20Rouben%20Mamoulian%20Love%20Me%20Tonight%20DVD.jpg
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 20:22 (nine years ago) link
First of the all-time greats to show up!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGNQ7TrVDrg
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 20:25 (nine years ago) link
42. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953, dir. Howard Hawks)(3 votes, 98 pointshttp://woodstockwardrobe.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/gentlemen-prefer-blondes-poster.jpeg
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 20:26 (nine years ago) link
There's Something About Mary (1998, dir. Peter and Bobby Farrelly)3 votes, 99 pointshttp://www.pastposters.com/cw3/assets/product_expanded/(JamieR-BX)__TheresSomethingAboutMary(teaser)2.jpg
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 20:30 (nine years ago) link
er that's no. 41.
http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/video/497404/Gentlemen-Prefer-Blondes-Movie-Clip-Anyone-Here-For-Love.html
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 20:32 (nine years ago) link
Forgot to vote for Moonstuck.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 20:35 (nine years ago) link
TIE 41. Design for Living (1933, dir. Ernst Lubitsch)3 votes, 99 pointshttp://www.doctormacro.com/Images/Posters/D/Poster%20-%20Design%20for%20Living_07.jpg
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 20:36 (nine years ago) link
40. Sleepless in Seattle (1993, dir. Nora Ephron)3 votes, 106 pointshttp://www.parkcircus.com/assets/0009/5465/SLEEPLESS-QUAD.jpg
the pensive expressions on this movie poster crack me up, so insipid
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 20:41 (nine years ago) link
sleepless in seattle aged really poorly
― Mordy, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 20:45 (nine years ago) link
was it the shoulder pads
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 20:46 (nine years ago) link
you can tell they were meant to be together because they are both wearing shapeless grey outfits
it's just such a bizarre movie. iirc a huge portion of the plot relies on ppl calling into radio shows?
― Mordy, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 20:46 (nine years ago) link
yeah, Nora Ephron ahead of Lubitsch, mm hmm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlK5y5ne3Xs
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 20:47 (nine years ago) link
i've got design for living waiting for me to watch at home
― Mordy, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 20:48 (nine years ago) link
i'm pretty sure any aging that affected Sleepless' status was done by the viewers
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 20:51 (nine years ago) link
well - i guess what i mean is that for many years i was told it was a classic of the genre and then i watched it and realized it was really really bad, even by the standard of contemporaneous rom-coms
― Mordy, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 20:52 (nine years ago) link
SIS would've been approved with Edward Everett Horton and Lew Ayres as the leads.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 20:53 (nine years ago) link
All Quiet on the Screwball Front
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 20:54 (nine years ago) link
the hardly edgy Owen Gleiberman of EW gave SiS a "C" in '93
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 20:57 (nine years ago) link
i can't remember for sure but i'm pretty sure meg ryan just, like, left bill pullman with the check in a restaurant after she got him to agree she should call off their engagement and go meet a stranger at the top of the empire state building
― da croupier, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 20:58 (nine years ago) link
according to wikipedia they were eating at the rainbow room at 30 rock
― da croupier, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 20:59 (nine years ago) link
so it ripped off Love Affair
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 21:00 (nine years ago) link
well they directly reference An Affair To Remember throughout the film, which was based on Love Affair
i wish he'd said something like "well christ if you want to leave me for a widower with a kid you've never met, who knows what bullshit you'd pull with an unattached co-worker in three years" rather than "follow your heart"
― da croupier, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 21:02 (nine years ago) link
and An Affair to Remember (a rotten movie), which ripped off LA
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 21:02 (nine years ago) link
crosspost
whoa I didn't even know the rollout had started
a lot of these I haven't seen or don't feel v strongly about, but I voted for Moonstruck & Muriel's Wedding :D
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 21:03 (nine years ago) link
my fave scenes in Moonstruck were between John Mahoney and Olympia Dukakis
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 21:05 (nine years ago) link
yeah they were fantastic -- Mahoney had such a small role but so memorable!!
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 21:27 (nine years ago) link
as 'romcoms' written by John Patrick Shanley go I prefer Five Corners, where John Turturro stalks Jodie Foster and throws his mama out the window.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 21:30 (nine years ago) link
Five Corners is good, p odd movie
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 21:40 (nine years ago) link
india song is kind of funny if you approach it a certain way
Le Camion has the real yuks.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 3 September 2014 21:46 (nine years ago) link
point morbs for namedropping even more obscure duras film
― I dunno. (amateurist), Thursday, 4 September 2014 00:12 (nine years ago) link
i saw a screening featuring post-analysis by John Waters!
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 4 September 2014 00:51 (nine years ago) link
that's right, i remember reading his praise the budget-saving minimalism of le camion and bresson's lancelot du lac
― I dunno. (amateurist), Thursday, 4 September 2014 18:13 (nine years ago) link
there's a Marguerite Duras doublebill marquee shot in one of his '80s films
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 4 September 2014 18:19 (nine years ago) link
http://www.thecinetourist.net/uploads/7/0/9/9/7099213/8568482_orig.jpg
― a guy named Christian White who represents the typical white Christian (Eric H.), Thursday, 4 September 2014 18:26 (nine years ago) link
:)
― I dunno. (amateurist), Thursday, 4 September 2014 18:30 (nine years ago) link
i wish i liked john waters's films more :(
Stick to your guns. I'm f'n glad Howard Hawks bores me.
― a guy named Christian White who represents the typical white Christian (Eric H.), Thursday, 4 September 2014 18:40 (nine years ago) link
why would you be glad to be bored that seems sort of strange
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 4 September 2014 18:45 (nine years ago) link
he doesn't even hate what he hates
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 4 September 2014 18:47 (nine years ago) link
Glad that I didn't have to sit through 60+ Hawks films after the 5 or 6 (most of them acclaimed as being among his best) I watched did nothing for me.
― a guy named Christian White who represents the typical white Christian (Eric H.), Thursday, 4 September 2014 18:50 (nine years ago) link
you mean you don't like Hatari!
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 4 September 2014 18:52 (nine years ago) link
Fell asleep.
― a guy named Christian White who represents the typical white Christian (Eric H.), Thursday, 4 September 2014 18:55 (nine years ago) link
Everything I love about Gentlemen Prefer Blondes apparently has very little to do with Hawks (tho even the most recent re-watch didn't light my fire as the movie had in the past).
― a guy named Christian White who represents the typical white Christian (Eric H.), Thursday, 4 September 2014 18:56 (nine years ago) link
(Still voted for it in this poll tho I think.)
― a guy named Christian White who represents the typical white Christian (Eric H.), Thursday, 4 September 2014 18:57 (nine years ago) link
He's a jack-of-all-trades, silly... wait, that's MASTER of all. But you can't detect all his strengths in one genre.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 4 September 2014 19:00 (nine years ago) link
like me
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 4 September 2014 19:03 (nine years ago) link
Hawks is a master of jack, trade.
― a guy named Christian White who represents the typical white Christian (Eric H.), Thursday, 4 September 2014 19:18 (nine years ago) link
jeez i haven't been called "trade" since Joan Rivers was funny
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 4 September 2014 19:25 (nine years ago) link
tasteless :(
― Mordy, Thursday, 4 September 2014 19:29 (nine years ago) link
[Dennis Perrin "Gaza hospital" tweet]
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 4 September 2014 19:35 (nine years ago) link
i can't even imagine loving movies and hating howard hawks, but there you go.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Friday, 5 September 2014 16:59 (nine years ago) link
It truly is a democratic marvel of a medium.
― a guy named Christian White who represents the typical white Christian (Eric H.), Friday, 5 September 2014 19:24 (nine years ago) link
that's one way to put it.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Friday, 5 September 2014 20:14 (nine years ago) link
he's bored by men-in-groups
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 6 September 2014 02:16 (nine years ago) link
The AV Club's Fave RomComs
― pitchforkian at best (cryptosicko), Thursday, 11 February 2016 14:39 (eight years ago) link
I revised my submissions.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 22 April 2018 14:52 (six years ago) link