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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 17,334 |
| | Posted: | | | | Romantic Comedy Marathon
What with this Sunday being Valentine's Day I decided to have a 4-day marathon of Romantic Comedies. It was of course my wife (girlfriend at the time) that first got me watching Romantic Comedies. And I have been enjoying them every since. But even to this day (just over 14 years after my wife passed away) I still think of her every time I watch one. | | | | Pete |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 17,334 |
| | Posted: | | | |  The ProposalStars:Sandra Bullock as Margaret Tate Ryan Reynolds as Andrew Paxton Mary Steenburgen as Grace Paxton Craig T. Nelson as Joe Paxton Betty White as Grandma Annie Plot:Sandra Bullock is at her funniest in the fresh, laugh-out-loud romantic comedy The Proposal. On the verge of being deported and losing the high-powered job she lives for, the controlling Margaret announces she's engaged to her unsuspecting, put-upon assistant Andrew (Ryan Reynolds). After proposing a few demands of his own, the mismatched couple heads to Alaska where they have four short days to convince his quirky family and a very skeptical immigration agent that their charade is real. Featuring a star-studded supporting cast, including Mary Steenburgen, Craig T. Nelson and the delightfully inappropriate Betty White, this madcap comedy will have you saying "yes" to The Proposal again and again. My Thoughts:This movie here is the main reason I wanted to start my marathon a little early this weekend. As I am a fan of both Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds, I been really looking forward to this movie since the first time I saw the trailer for it. Going into this one the hardest part for me was not having my hopes up too high. And I think I managed that as I found I enjoyed this movie very much. I think the funniest scene in the entire movie was the shower/running into each other naked scene. Basically the only scene I actually laughed at in the movie. But I do believe a romantic comedy isn't so much about actual laugh out loud moments. More about a lighthearted look at falling in love. Sure... the ending is predictable. But once again I believe that is to be expected with romantic comedies as they are not about the ending... going in we expect the ending... it is about the journey of how they get to that point. Over-all looking at this movie I just find a fun story. I enjoyed both Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds in this one. Though I do think they wasted the talents of Betty White. They could have done a better job on her character. Though it was kinda funny seeing her dancing and chanting in the woods. My Rating: 4/5 | | | | Pete | | | | Last edited: by Addicted2DVD |
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| Registered: February 10, 2009 | | Posts: 37 |
| | Posted: | | | | If you are asking for suggestions on a good Romantic comedy, then I would suggest Paris, Je Taime. It is a fun little movie that has 20 different directors, that wrote and directed 20 short stories/movies, that all take place in paris. Granted some of the stories are sad, some happy, some a little dark, and some just downright funny. If you haven't seen it, then think about giving that a look. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 17,334 |
| | Posted: | | | | Thanks. There is no way I will be able to get it in time for this marathon... but I will keep it in mind for the next time I do something like this.  | | | | Pete |
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| | Posted: | | | |  Love Potion #9Stars:Tate Donovan as Paul Sandra Bullock as Diane Mary Mara as Marisa Dale Midkiff as Gary Hillary Bailey Smith as Sally Plot:In this charming romantic comedy, a brilliant but lonely biochemist (Tate Donovan) gets a mysterious potion from a gypsy who guarantees it will turn his life around. After showing it to his co-worker (Sandra Bullock), a shy animal psychobiologist, they achieve amazing amorous results in a chimpanzee experiment. Now the only way to see if it works on humans is to test it on themselves. My Thoughts:After that last movie I felt like watching another Sandra Bullock movie. And this is the only other one I have in my collection I never seen before. I found it to be a decent movie... though there really nothing special about this one. There was something about Tate Donovan I didn't care for... which makes it a little hard to enjoy something like this since you don't care for one of the main 2 of the movie. Other then that... the story even though fun... is a bit out there. I did like Sandra Bullock in it though. My Rating: 3/5 | | | | Pete |
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| Registered: March 20, 2007 | | Posts: 81 |
| | Posted: | | | | To stay with Sandra Bullock, While You Were Sleeping perhaps? | | |
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body,
but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming: 'WOW What a Ride!!! |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 1,414 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Gendji: Quote:
To stay with Sandra Bullock, While You Were Sleeping perhaps? Second that recommendation. | | | | "This movie has warped my fragile little mind." |
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| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Gendji: Quote:
To stay with Sandra Bullock, While You Were Sleeping perhaps? That one is definitely on my list for the weekend. But decided to split it up a little. | | | | Pete |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 17,334 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting ajm: Quote:
My fav romcom would be When Harry Met Sally.
And while not quite a romcom, more romthr I do like Legal Eagles Don't have that one (either of them) but thanks for the suggestions!  | | | | Pete |
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| | Posted: | | | |  50 First DatesStars:Adam Sandler as Henry Roth Drew Barrymore as Lucy Whitmore Rob Schneider as Ula Sean Astin as Doug Whitmore Lusia Strus as Alexa Plot:Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore star together for the first time since The Wedding Singer in one of the funniest romantic comedies in years. Henry Roth (Sandler) lives an enviable life in a Hawaiian paradise, spending every night with a beautiful tourist in search of an island fling. It's a sweet life with no strings attached...until he meets Lucy (Barrymore). He and Lucy hit it off from the get-go, but the next day she acts like she doesn't know him. Has his karma come around to kick him in the butt or what? Actually, Lucy has short-term memory loss, so every night all memory of her day is erased. But a man in love will go to any lengths to win over the girl of his dreams, and if that means having to find imaginative ways of doing it over again every day, then Henry's up for the challenge. Rob Schneider (Big Daddy) and Sean Astin (The Lord of the Rings trilogy) co-star in 50 FIRST DATES, which will win you over every time you watch it! My Thoughts:I know of a lot of people that dislike Adam Sandler... but I personally have always enjoyed his movies. I also have enjoyed Drew Barrymore in most the stuff I have seen her in... so when I saw this one in the bargain bin of the local Wal-mart I was pretty quick to grab it. I know I have seen this one once before when it was first released... but really don't remember much about it. But I was pretty sure it was one I enjoyed. After watching it today I realized yes I did enjoy this movie... Very much so... even more then I remembered! It is definitely a more mature comedy then a lot of other Adam Sandler movies. Drew Barrymore was great as the cute and sweet girl next door with no short term memory. I also loved how they ended this movie. They opted to make it more realistic instead of trying to pull off some sort of miracle cure for Lucy. Was there anything I didn't like about this movie? Sure... there is the walrus vomit joke which would have fit in many Sandler movies... but just didn't belong in this one... then there was Lucy singing the Beach Boy Song with a terrible (hopefully fake) singing voice. And lastly I didn't care much for Lucy's brother. But all that is really minor... and didn't ruin my enjoyment of the movie much... if at all. I would say even if you do not usually enjoy Adam Sandler movies... give this one a chance... you may be surprised. My Rating: 4.5/5 | | | | Pete |
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| | Posted: | | | | "Notting Hill" has to be one of them. | | | | Marty - Registered July 10, 2004, User since 2002. |
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| | Posted: | | | | My would have proposed "The Proposal" as I've seen it a few weeks ago and I liked it very much. (Best movie of this kind since a long time) Another good one is "Dan in Real Life". I like your Marathons very much, even if I'm not always reading the whole thread.  Btw, sorry to hear that you still haven't found a new partner.  First thought as I've seen the thread name was that you fell in love.  | | | | Last edited: by VirusPil |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 17,804 |
| | Posted: | | | | Pete, did you ever take Bollywood movies into consideration? You can see beautiful people and landscapes, heart-warming funny stories and a lot of music! e.g.: Hum Tum Region 2 Released: 24.04.2006 Anamorphic 2.35:1 One 2 Ka 4 Region 2 Released: 15.05.2006 Anamorphic 2.35:1 Om Shanti Om: Special Edition Region 2 Released: 30.05.2008 Anamorphic 2.35:1 | | | | Thorsten | | | | Last edited: by kahless |
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| | Posted: | | | | Quoting kahless: Quote:
Pete, did you ever take Bollywood movies into consideration? You can see beautiful people and landscapes, heart-warming funny stories and a lot of music!
And that last part is the main reason I haven't!  All my friends (online and off) think I am completely nuts because I don't like music. And yes I mean all music. I don't own a single CD... don't own a stereo (not even a simple radio)... or anything like that. In most movies I tend to just ignore the music (background music is easy for me to ignore... in the story a little harder. And yes... I know everyone... I am weird.  | | | | Pete |
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