could watch Alice Brady + Eugene Pallette in a sitcom.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 2 September 2014 16:16 (nine years ago) link
i don't get 40 year old virgin rating so high. I mean, I liked it but jeez
this is on cable all the time so I feel like I've seen it (well, parts of it) an awful lot. the pacing of it is really great, the only false note is really the sappy bit at the end when he crashes through the billboard on his bike, it's just unnecessary. otherwise the ensemble cast makes it, all of the supporting characters add depth to it.
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 2 September 2014 16:21 (nine years ago) link
it got 8 votes where the movies before and after got 6, so it's more of a general thumbs up than a BEST MOVIE EVER thing
― da croupier, Tuesday, 2 September 2014 16:23 (nine years ago) link
yeah the action chase sequence at the end of 40yo is really pro forma but great ensemble, and i appreciate how they get at the pathos of carell's haplessness without suggesting he's an unspoiled dreamboat or something.
― da croupier, Tuesday, 2 September 2014 16:25 (nine years ago) link
Forgetting Sarah Marshall > 40yo Virgin imo but I didn't vote so eh.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Tuesday, 2 September 2014 16:34 (nine years ago) link
Don't love any of these top 10ers, but whatever keeps the path clear for Annie Hall's fine with me.
― a guy named Christian White who represents the typical white Christian (Eric H.), Tuesday, 2 September 2014 16:53 (nine years ago) link
" 6. Tootsie (1982, dir. Sydney Pollack)7 votes, 291 pointshttp://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51u5ri0vVFL._SS500_.jpg"
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 2 September 2014 17:18 (nine years ago) link
" 5. The Lady Eve (1941, dir. Preston Sturges)7 votes, 1 no. 1 vote, 312 pointshttp://www.filmposters.com/images/posters/11676.jpg"
The Lady Eve my #1.
Tootsie I've written enough about.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 2 September 2014 17:20 (nine years ago) link
4. His Girl Friday (1940, dir. Howard Hawks)8 votes, 349 pointshttp://api.ning.com/files/sITKNS7bAwnFFKy*LoC-iuL9fbcUHr0D7Pchah-UnIST85dTVHSLWrcq-QLFKbcudKAvbHXZkyGsREiGTxb6N1HD-3GkowCp/hisgirlfriday.jpg?width=721
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 2 September 2014 17:23 (nine years ago) link
3. Clueless (1995, dir. Amy Heckerling)9 votes, 359 pointshttp://www.timelessmoviemagic.co.uk/ekmps/shops/fozzy/images/clueless-original-uk-quad-poster-alicia-silverstone-95-2655-p.jpg
the cellphone jokes in this movie don't even register as jokes anymore
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 2 September 2014 17:24 (nine years ago) link
they remind me of the CD longbox joke in Defending Your Life
Sex. Clothes.Is There Popularity.A Problem Here?
― Malibu Stasi (WilliamC), Tuesday, 2 September 2014 17:26 (nine years ago) link
is Dr. Nadir screaming in a restroom stall?
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 2 September 2014 17:27 (nine years ago) link
i need a mood bump after this, so i'm off to chemo.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 2 September 2014 17:28 (nine years ago) link
2. Groundhog Day (1993, dir. Harold Ramis)9 votes, 1 no. 1 vote, 382 pointshttp://www.timelessmoviemagic.co.uk/ekmps/shops/fozzy/images/clueless-original-uk-quad-poster-alicia-silverstone-95-2655-p.jpg
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 2 September 2014 17:39 (nine years ago) link
haha whoops
2. Groundhog Day (1993, dir. Harold Ramis)9 votes, 1 no. 1 vote, 382 pointshttp://glance.matia.gr/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/groundhog_day-poster.jpg
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 2 September 2014 17:40 (nine years ago) link
1. Annie Hall (1977, dir. Woody Allen)9 votes, 3 no. 1 vote, 382 pointshttp://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rNPEt6EFg7I/UAC1j4RNg2I/AAAAAAAATHU/4riyZK9gI04/s1600/Annie%2BHall%2Bposter%2B2.jpg
1.Annie Hall2.Groundhog Day3.Clueless4.His Girl Friday5.The Lady Eve6.Tootsie7.When Harry Met Sally...8.My Man Godfrey9.The 40-Year Old Virgin10.The Shop Around The Corner11.Roman Holiday12.The Palm Beach Story12.The Philadelphia Story13.Bringing Up Baby14.The Princess Bride14.The Apartment15.Manhattan16.Defending Your Life17.Trouble in Paradise17.All Of Me18.The Graduate19.Some Like It Hot20.City Lights21.It Happened One Night22.Ninotchka23.Say Anything...24.Midnight25.10 Things I Hate About You26.Holiday27.Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind28.Raising Arizona29.Smiles of a Summer Night30.Twentieth Century31.A Matter Of Life And Death32.Bull Durham32.Forgetting Sarah Marshall32.Roxanne33.The Thin Man34.Scott Pilgrim Vs The World34.Broadcast News34.High Fidelity35.Working Girl36.The Miracle of Morgan's Creek37.Something Wild37.Pierrot Le Fou38.I Know Where I'm Going!38.Enough Said39.The Awful Truth40.Sleepless In Seattle41.Design For Living41.There’s Something About Mary42.Gentlemen Prefer Blondes43.Love Me Tonight44.Muriel's Wedding45.Moonstruck46.Breakfast at Tiffany’s47.Fucking Åmål (Aka Show Me Love)48.Amelie49.Harold And Maude50.The Lady Vanishes
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 2 September 2014 17:42 (nine years ago) link
will someone defend When Harry Met Sally? I'm curious.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 2 September 2014 17:43 (nine years ago) link
Morbz must be bummed about Knocked Up not placing
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 2 September 2014 17:46 (nine years ago) link
clueless really should be that high
― difficult listening hour, Tuesday, 2 September 2014 17:48 (nine years ago) link
always kinda amazed that Rob was brazen enough to steal the faked-orgasm joke from his own dad
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 2 September 2014 17:50 (nine years ago) link
does Annie wear those poster clothes in the movie? Is it a still from an unused scene?
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 2 September 2014 17:54 (nine years ago) link
Surprised only half voted for the #1.
― a guy named Christian White who represents the typical white Christian (Eric H.), Tuesday, 2 September 2014 17:56 (nine years ago) link
I will defend WHMS on the basis that I've watched it a million times and I still love it, but I think I'm too close to it to give any kind of critical analysis
baby fish mouth
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 2 September 2014 17:57 (nine years ago) link
i just realized the thread title is a hitchhiker's guide reference -- was that a prompt to include the hobbit/deschanel version on the poll?the couples documentary segments are really good framing/punctuation marks in harry+sally.
― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 2 September 2014 17:59 (nine years ago) link
otm, saw it recently and it held up despite the fact that a billy crystal/meg ryan/rob reiner/nora ephron collab would sound like slow death just a few years later
though i gotta say i think bruno kirby and carrie fisher have the best meet-cute in the movie
― da croupier, Tuesday, 2 September 2014 18:02 (nine years ago) link
bruno & carrie are my favorite thing about the movie - especially bruno
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 2 September 2014 18:10 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ihaku9B92yk
― da croupier, Tuesday, 2 September 2014 18:11 (nine years ago) link
Kinda have the urge to revisit Forget Paris, a semi-forgotten tonally similar thing Billy Crystal directed and starred in with Debra Winger in the mid-90s. the family rented it once at the time, didn't hate it but haven't even heard about it since
― da croupier, Tuesday, 2 September 2014 18:15 (nine years ago) link
never gone near Mr saturday night though
― da croupier, Tuesday, 2 September 2014 18:16 (nine years ago) link
I think WHMS kinda set the template for the modern romcom, but it's more emotionally subdued than most of the movies that followed (except for the "running to confess my true love" finale, which was a bit OTT even then, but I'm willing to forgive it because at least Sally isn't about to move to another country and Harry doesn't catch her at the airport as her flight is about to leave or anything), Crystal and Ryan have genuine chemistry, the "old folks reminiscing of their relationship" gimmick gives the movie a nice groundedness (something that wasn't used in most of its imitators), and in general the movie hits all the genre's sweet spots while featuring few of its more irritating cliches.
The only thing I don't like about it was "can [straight] men and women really be friends" debate that's both in the movie and was also sprung by it in the real world, because the idea that they can't is some essentialist bullshit. (Though to be fair to the movie, it never flat out states men and women in general can't be friends, just that these two can't.)
So yeah, if you like modern romcoms, I don't see any reason not to dig WHMS, because it has all that's good about them, and if you don't like the genre, well, what are you doing in this poll anyway?
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 2 September 2014 18:56 (nine years ago) link
I can't get past how uncharming Meg Ryan is, but I'm alone in thinking so: her appeal escapes me.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 2 September 2014 18:58 (nine years ago) link
as a hetero man I cosign this sentiment
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 2 September 2014 18:59 (nine years ago) link
everything about this movie rubs me the wrong way - the cheap appropriation of superior material, the grating leads, the cloyingly pat resolution
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 2 September 2014 19:01 (nine years ago) link
if someone already had a masters in woody studies when it came out i can definitely see that being annoying
― da croupier, Tuesday, 2 September 2014 19:02 (nine years ago) link
the cheap appropriation of superior material
Huh? Isn't it done from an original screenplay?
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 2 September 2014 19:03 (nine years ago) link
there's a very strange meg ryan romcom where she plays a biker from the future sent to kill her ex. that one might be a good watch for harry haters?
― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 2 September 2014 19:03 (nine years ago) link
that does sound p entertaining
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 2 September 2014 19:04 (nine years ago) link
idk what to tell you Tuomas the film p obviously lifts its tone, style, setting, themes, and comic delivery almost entirely from Woody Allen (and this key bit from Reiner's dad as noted upthread: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=sxgnJVhKxxU#t=143)
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 2 September 2014 19:10 (nine years ago) link
but y'know minus the Jewy-ness and intellectual posturing and curdled mysanthropy
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 2 September 2014 19:11 (nine years ago) link
yeah when i was a kid i think i just assumed that all movies set in manhattan had jazz piano and modest title cards and shit
― da croupier, Tuesday, 2 September 2014 19:13 (nine years ago) link
delivery of "and I think jazz is STUPID" in that clip >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the entirety of WHMS
xp
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 2 September 2014 19:13 (nine years ago) link
my sister went through a phase in the late nineties when she watched Forget Paris a lot.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 2 September 2014 19:14 (nine years ago) link
"I will defend WHMS on the basis that I've watched it a million times"
i see, Chauncey
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 3 September 2014 02:05 (nine years ago) link
Chauncey von Poopandfart?
― a guy named Christian White who represents the typical white Christian (Eric H.), Wednesday, 3 September 2014 02:06 (nine years ago) link
answers i arrived at
The Miracle of Morgan's CreekTrouble in ParadiseThe Shop Around the CornerMy Man GodfreyLove Me TonightHis Girl FridayThe ApartmentThe Lady EveAnnie HallEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Palm Beach StoryBringing Up BabySmiles of a Summer NightThe Gay DivorceeCity LightsIt Happened One NightA Summer's TaleThe Awful TruthLibeled LadyAdam's Rib
ManhattanNinotchkaUnfaithfully Yours (1948)The Marrying KindThe Philadelphia StoryAll of MePillow TalkSay Anything...To Be or Not to BeHeaven Can Wait (1943)
Seven ChancesMidnightChristmas in JulyDesign for LivingCluny BrownThe Nutty Professor (1963)Easy LivingThe Last Days of DiscoHolidayTaxi zum Klo Remember the NightThe Thin ManTampopoIt Should Happen to YouA Fish Called WandaKiss Me StupidBall of FirePygmalion"10"Theodora Goes Wild
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 3 September 2014 02:14 (nine years ago) link