I'll also watch about 50% of what Sandra Bullock does in the genre.
Add Reese Witherspoon to this for me. I even like her in crap like "Sweet Home Alabama".
I don't think I ever really loved the typical romantic comedy, but when I was younger I really sought out emotionally wrenching honest films about adults (one of my favorite movies, to this day, is "Shoot the Moon"). Not so much anymore. Now I want a good mystery, and some chills and thrills. Which is difficult because I also do not abide well with plot holes or things that don't make sense.
So the list of movies I'm seeing these days is short, and the list of movies I really love, shorter still.
Oh, the last great rom-com I saw was probably Duplicity. I have no idea why that failed in Box Office -- I thought that was just terrific (it might be my Clive-shaped blindspot talking though.)
JZ and I liked that too. Though a bit more of a caper movie/rom com hybrid.
I liked the atypical-for-Meg Ryan
Addicted to Love.
Bitterness helps.
Is Sliding Doors a rom-com?
I liked Sandra in the Lake House with Keeanu. That movie was better than I expected and I didn't plan on watching it. It just rolled up on cable.
Most of the rom-com's I love are decidedly non-traditional: Grosse Point Blanke (as has been mentioned), Shaun of the Dead, Groundhog Day, Bull Durham.
Steve Martin had a nice mini-run of those before he decided to do family films: as Vonnie mentioned, Roxanne, but also All of Me and LA Story.
(one of my favorite movies, to this day, is "Shoot the Moon").
That is a
great
movie. Sort of paired in my mind with
Ordinary People
for painful, raw drama that's still very engaging to watch. That scene where Diane Keaton breaks down in the tub singing the Beatles in French? Albert Finney's totally mad assault to break back into the house? The ending? Everything with poor Dana Hill (the daughter)? (She died young of diabetes.)
Disney is working on a Gargoyles movie, except that it's NOT based on the Disney cartoon Gargoyles.
Favorite rom-com is
Moonstruck.
I like Nicolas Cage, and there's opera.
I liked Sandra in the Lake House with Keeanu.
I find this one melancholic and lovely. It's a remake of a Korean flick, actually -- the original is also quite watchable.
Addicted to Love.
HA! I agree. 'Cause Meg Ryan's character is a complete psycho and Matt Broderick is a creepy stalker, and the film acutally acknowledges that. The happy ending is kind of hard to buy because of that. My guess is that they'd do each other in within a month.
Sliding Doors -- yeap, I think it'd qualify.
Oh, I loved
Sliding Doors.
I forgot about that movie. I also have a weird love for
The Mexican,
which is only sort of a romantic comedy, but it really worked for me.
Groundhog Day is about romance and Phil's journey, but mostly about Phil's journey. Do most rom-com's deal with only one person's growth? I thought both usually grow.
"10 Things I Hate About You" is a rom com that stays in my heart.
