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hunky Scots male lead
Roger Livesey. *siiiiiiigh* I have had a raging crush on him for... going on 25 years now.
He's a Powell & Pressburger regular -- he is also terrific in A Matter of Life and Death (which is like my favourite movie EVEEEERR) and Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (although in the latter, I had a bigger crush on Anton Walbrook.)
I was watching the David Suchet Murder on the Orient Express last night, and found it interesting how the Princess Dragamirov was portrayed so differently in that version than Wendy Hiller's performance, who was better with the aristocratic tone, but her princess was much frailer than the TV version (don't know if that was due to her health or just the way the character was written).
What?!? No one mentioned Bridget Jones Diary as a great modern romcom? I love it--although the sequel sucked and I pretend it doesn't exist. I actually have a soft spot for 13 Going on 30. I like the underlying message that to have real love you have to work on who you want to be in the world and that's the important thing. Oh, and I liked Enchanted bunches.
Favorite rom-coms of the last 30 years or so:
Amélie, Bella Martha, Clueless, The Cutting Edge, French Kiss, Green Card, Groundhog Day, Moonstruck, Pretty Woman, Say Anything, Sweet Home Alabama, While You Were Sleeping, Working Girl, Year of the Comet
I don't know if we can be friends anymore, megan, since I hate half of those movies.
I am sure we can get over it long enough to enjoy seeing "Psycho" with the SF Symphony accompanyment this Saturday!! I am "Psyched"!!
Mmph. While You Were Sleeping. Very much so.
I do hate Pretty Woman, though. I just don't see the rom in it.
Mentioning Enchanted reminded me of a rom-com I liked, but it's a TV movie. Lucky 7. I suspect I need to file that under "guilty pleasure" though.
Sorry, I'm a total sap for most romantics comedies. There's no earthly reason anyone should like Green Card or Year of the Comet, but there you go.
Note: I would put most screwball comedies over any of the recent films. Except, of course, Bringing Up Baby.
Philadelphia Story rocks.
Although she was too old for the role by the time they made the movie. Much like the cast of Rent.