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| inlareviewer |
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Marc wrote: Anybody see 500 DAYS OF SUMMER?
Not yet, though it sounds pretty fresh. Am very fond of Mr. Gordon-Levitt and Ms. Deschanel, and it would be nice to see an anti-romantic romance actually come off.
Heck, still haven't seen Away We Go, though am also very fond of John Krasinksi and Maya Rudolph. It's been a trying summer. Aren't they all?
Am still trying to figure out how come Ralph Fiennes keeps showing up in movies that I really dig or more, such as In Bruges and now Hurt Locker. I think he's reading my mail or sump'n. |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 12:43 pm |
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| Who's La Belle Anne? |
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| Befade |
| Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 12:44 pm |
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| Going to in a few days. Reviews have been good. |
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| inlareviewer |
| Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 12:45 pm |
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| La Belle Anne is the beautiful Ms. Hathaway. |
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| Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 12:47 pm |
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What can I say? I'm with Inla on the merits of Meryl Streep. I won't go into a long back up now, only to say that a really good actor is not judged by how much personal charisma he or she may have off camera or stage but by the job he or she does on.
I have a lot of work to do today but I'll try to get back later.
I also am curious about something. If you guys don't like, dare I say, hate Sleepless in Seattle and You've Got Mail, is there a rom-com you do like? No frat boy comedies allowed.
PS. I agree with Inla again, that the source material may have hindered YGM. |
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| Joe Vitus |
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inlareviewer wrote: La Belle Anne is the beautiful Ms. Hathaway.
Thanks. Can she sing? |
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Marj wrote: What can I say? I'm with Inla on the merits of Meryl Streep. I won't go into a long back up now, only to say that a really good actor is not judged by how much personal charisma he or she may have off camera or stage but by the job he or she does on.
I have a lot of work to do today but I'll try to get back later.
I also am curious about something. If you guys don't like, dare I say, hate Sleepless in Seattle and You've Got Mail, is there a rom-com you do like? No frat boy comedies allowed.
PS. I agree with Inla again, that the source material may have hindered YGM.
Roman Holiday. My Man Godfrey. His Girl Friday. The Lady Eve. Pat and Mike. You know? The good ones? |
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| Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 12:56 pm |
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Anne Hathaway sings quite well. She was enchanting as Lili in the Encores! Carnival of a half-decade or so ago, most effective doing "What More Do I Need?" at the Hollywood Bowl's Sondheim 75th birthday celebration, and she's about to play Garland, so there'd better be some pipe-age there.
Marj wrote: What can I say? I'm with Inla on the merits of Meryl Streep. I won't go into a long back up now, only to say that a really good actor is not judged by how much personal charisma he or she may have off camera or stage but by the job he or she does on.
I have a lot of work to do today but I'll try to get back later.
I also am curious about something. If you guys don't like, dare I say, hate Sleepless in Seattle and You've Got Mail, is there a rom-com you do like? No frat boy comedies allowed.
PS. I agree with Inla again, that the source material may have hindered YGM.
My favorite rom-com in fact is The Shop Around the Corner, also The Philadelphia Story. And, as popcorn-commercial-formulaic as they are, I had a good time at One Fine Day and Sleepless.
Ooooohhh, Roman Holiday. There's another one. Sublime. And The Lady Eve is deathless. I wouldn't consider My Man Godfrey a rom-com as much as a screwball with a romance at its center, ditto Bringing Up Baby. |
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| Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 12:58 pm |
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Marj wrote: If you guys don't like, dare I say, hate Sleepless in Seattle and You've Got Mail, is there a rom-com you do like? No frat boy comedies allowed.
PS. I agree with Inla again, that the source material may have hindered YGM.
How does the Ephron-penned-but-happily-Reiner-directed When Harry Met Sally... sound? Or It Happened One Night? Not to mention Annie Hall, The Philadelphia Story, Bringing Up Baby, The Apartment?
The most recent rom-com I absolutely love is one I've mentioned several times here: Definitely, Maybe, starring Ryan Reynolds, Abigail Breslin, Isla Fisher, Rachel Weisz, and Elizabeth Banks. A real palate-cleanser for Nora Ephron overload. |
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| Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 1:01 pm |
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| Thanks, Inlare. I'm not familiar with her singing, and I was freaking out for a moment there. Can't tell you how excited I am about a good movie version of Carousel. (A friend hates it, buthas only seen/herd the original movie/soundtrack. He doesn't believe me when I tell him he doesn't really know the show.) |
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| Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 1:02 pm |
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| Does My Beautiful Laundrette count as a romantic comedy? |
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| Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 1:04 pm |
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I just hope Mr. Jackman doesn't miss the boat and fail to stage the prologue as dumb show under the credits. He's apparently very intent on getting it right, so that's hopeful.
The Apartment. Now that's a romantic comedy that never fails to rivet, even when I perversely put on the French language soundtrack.
Back to Current Films, has anybody seen the Sandra Bullock/Ryan Reynolds movie whose title escapes? It looked like it might be pert. That Ugly Truth thing with Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler is another story. I was invited to a screening, and a friend who worked on the publicity told me it would make me pull my hair out, and it's thin enough already. |
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| The Proposal is the Bullock-Reynolds item. It sounds tolerable, but I'm annoyed that he got more press out of that and the Johansson marriage than for Definitely, Maybe, which is really a gem. Have you seen it? |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 1:15 pm |
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inlareviewer wrote: I just hope Mr. Jackman doesn't miss the boat and fail to stage the prologue as dumb show under the credits. He's apparently very intent on getting it right, so that's hopeful.
Under the credits? Why hide it? Play the scene, go to black, title card "Carousel" and move to next scene.
He does sound like he cares to get it right. Makes me very happy. |
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Wow. You've all taken on my challenge with gusto. And surprise! I agree with each and every one of your selections. Don't know if The Apartment is a rom-com but that's just nit picking. It's one of my favorites so who cares!
Btw, remember a few years ago, I spoke of the opening minutes of Goodfellas as the most intelligent opening few moments of I film I'd ever seen. I now also give that honor to The Philadelphia Story, as well. But in this case no words are spoken; it's silent but for the music. It's a few moments and a few beats of music that give us all the back story we need to know. Brilliant.
I ought to amend my agreement with all of Billy's and Inla's. I love all of the classics. It's the newer rom-coms I just cannot sidle up to.
And Joe, Anne Hathaway can sing. She's not a great singer but she is good. |
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