Oh, eff Grand Canyon and pretty much all rom-coms. I was pretty meh on Sliding Doors (not a Gwyneth fan at all), but I agree with Hec on her hair being all kinds of adorable in it. I even took a picture of her to the salon to get the cut, but it didn't turn out half as cute at Gwyneth's. I need her stylist from that time to call me!

Movie that lots of people hate that I just love: Mulholland Drive. And not just cause it has hot women making out, though that certainly didn't hurt.

I didn't care for Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Too gross and I felt like the clues they found/solved would/should have been way earlier. They weren't so out there IMO. I did not read the book.

My in-laws saw a production of Shrew where it was made clear that Kate and Petruchio (in the end) were playing the other characters in order to get the money, and that Kate didn't believe a word she was saying.

I love Lost in Translation, Magnolia, Trainspotting and American Beauty. I generally don't like Rom Coms.

I saw (but didn't hear) Leap Year on the flight to Venice. It looked okay, but Amy Adams played a ditzy, clumsy, incompotent woman, and I just don't beieve Amy Adams in that role.

Several years ago, a local theatre did a gender-neutral concert-style production of 1776 which had a female John Adams and a male Abigail which got rave reviews. If I had heard about the production before the last week it was running, I would have made sure to have seen it.

I've seen multiple productions of Taming of the Shrew that made Kate and Petruccio likable and sympathetic, so it's very possible, even within Shakespeare's original text.

I've seen multiple productions of Taming of the Shrew that made Kate and Petruccio likable and sympathetic, so it's very possible, even within Shakespeare's original text

It's not making them likable that's the problem, it's getting away from the message that good women are doormats.

Jonathan Miller did a Taming for the BBC with John Cleese as Petruchio. I really liked that version. I can't remember who Kate was off the top of my head though. Cleese was quite good, as he generally is in serious roles.

I liked the atypical-for-Meg Ryan Addicted to Love. Bitterness helps.

That movie was awesome.

Creepy stalker rom-com for the win!

I think more romantic comedies need guns and stuff blowing up. Or the unlikely pairing of creepy stalkers. You know. Mix it up a little, people! Otherwise it's all blah-blah-blah, whatevercakes.

it's getting away from the message that good women are doormats.

Yeah. The speech Petruchio makes Katherina perform near the end is pretty vile. I can't recall how the BBC remake version dealt with that, actually.

it's getting away from the message that good women are doormats.

Yeah, Kate was no doormat in the all-women production we saw.