Julie, I thought of Force of Nature too.
Something New-- yeah any movie where one half of the couple to be is waiting for the other one overcome their issues, or manically dragging them out, both are irritating.
This money, it is too much. You should have some small refund.
Niska ,'War Stories'
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§ ita § - Jan 20, 2009 6:54:29 pm PST #9581 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jessica - Jan 21, 2009 3:55:29 am PST #9582 of 10000
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Except maybe Sandra Bullock's character contained too much dpeth for the stereoptype.
In which case Annie Hall really shouldn't be on the list either. The whole point of the relationship is that she leaves him because Alvy won't stop treating her like a MPDG.
Fred Pete - Jan 21, 2009 7:44:35 am PST #9583 of 10000
Ann, that's a ferret.
I'm going to disagree. If MPDG is the woman who, with no apparent motivation, storms into the overly stuffy male lead's life to turn that life upside down, Hepburn's character in Bringing Up Baby qualifies. Not because of how Hepburn plays her. But because the script never tells us why this woman wants anything to do with this scientist.
Those involved turn the script into a very funny movie. No denying that. But you have to suspend some disbelief because Susan's motivation is pretty thin to nonexistent.
Calli - Jan 21, 2009 9:17:42 am PST #9584 of 10000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
But because the script never tells us why this woman wants anything to do with this scientist.
Because he was played by Cary Freakin' Grant. OK, that may be a tad meta. Still, I have to admit that question never crossed my mind before. I may have a thing for the repressed scientist hottie type, though.
Connie Neil - Jan 21, 2009 9:32:47 am PST #9585 of 10000
brillig
I couldn't watch Bringing Up Baby, despite all the wonderful things I heard about it. The ditz character is too painful to watch. I Love Lucy hurts to watch, because I hate Lucy Ricardo so much.
Tom Scola - Jan 21, 2009 9:35:49 am PST #9586 of 10000
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
What Calli said. It wasn't mentioned explicitly in the script, but KH sold it.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 21, 2009 9:37:29 am PST #9587 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I'm picturing Susan Vance looking around and saying to herself "Now, where's a fuddy-duddy I can liven up? Aha, a museum! Splendid!"
megan walker - Jan 21, 2009 9:42:22 am PST #9588 of 10000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I couldn't watch Bringing Up Baby, despite all the wonderful things I heard about it. The ditz character is too painful to watch.
This. I love, love, love screwball comedies. But I really don't like Bringing Up Baby.
Connie Neil - Jan 21, 2009 10:06:29 am PST #9589 of 10000
brillig
I love Gracie Allen, the ditz' ditz, but she always gives the impression of a razor sharp wit underneath the fluff. Lucy Ricardo is just a needy child who wants a Daddy.
Fred Pete - Jan 21, 2009 11:12:40 am PST #9590 of 10000
Ann, that's a ferret.
Georgia Engel (Georgette from The Mary Tyler Moore Show) pulled off the "I'm only playing a ditz" bit wonderfully in the old Dean Martin roasts. She'd say that the writers had some "zingers" for her to say about the celebrity. She'd then deliver a pretty mild joke, then apologize to the celebrity with something far wittier and more biting than what the writers supposedly gave her.