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
equally weighted, thought i voted for Shop Around The Corner but musta spaced it
bold means i liked it more than most
A Fish Called WandaAll Night LongAll Of MeBefore SunriseBull DurhamBut I'm A CheerleaderDefending Your LifeEasy AFriends With BenefitsHigh FidelityKnight And DayManhattan Murder MysteryMarried To The MobMr. & Mrs. SmithPygmalionRaising ArizonaRoxanneSplashThe 40-Year-Old VirginThe African QueenThe Princess BrideThe Sure ThingThe Thin ManUnfaithfully Yours (1948)When Harry Met Sally...
― da croupier, Wednesday, 3 September 2014 02:24 (nine years ago) link
oh and it was the brangelina mr mrs smith, though i forgot to specify
― da croupier, Wednesday, 3 September 2014 02:25 (nine years ago) link
Romance dead, comedy dying--not my favourite genre.
1. The Heartbreak Kid2. Broadcast News3. Breakfast at Tiffany’s4. Roman Holiday5. The Paper Chase6. The Graduate7. Annie Hall8. Married to the Mob9. The Wedding Singer10. Ninotchka11. Tootsie12. Woman of the Year
― clemenza, Wednesday, 3 September 2014 04:39 (nine years ago) link
My Man GodfreyHolidayShe's All ThatCity LightsThe Shop Around The CornerEasy AMidnight The Awful TruthHis Girl FridayScott Pilgrim Vs The WorldEasy LivingThe Lady VanishesClaire's KneeTwentieth CenturyAmelieRoman HolidayA Matter Of Life And Death The 39 StepsThe Palm Beach StoryBringing Up Baby
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, 3 September 2014 06:27 (nine years ago) link
Here's mine:
1. The Philadelphia Story2. Fucking Åmål (aka Show Me Love)3. Muriel's Wedding4. Clueless5. The Seagull's Laughter6. Groundhog Day7. How to Marry a Millionaire8. The Wedding Banquet9. Four Weddings And A Funeral10. Safety Not Guaranteed11. The Incredibly True Adventure Of Two Girls In Love12. Monkey Business13. Romancing The Stone14. Addicted To Love15. The Lady Eve16. Love And Other Disasters17. American Pie18. The Shop Around The Corner19. Happy Accidents20. Pillow Talk21. The Perks Of Being A Wallflower22. Trick23. As Good As It Gets24. There's Something About Mary25. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes26. When Harry Met Sally...27. The Tao Of Steve28. Green Card29. Bridget Jones's Diary30. Irma la Douce
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 3 September 2014 06:31 (nine years ago) link