Philadelphia Story rocks.
Zoe: We're getting him back. Jayne: What are we gonna do, clone him?
'War Stories'
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Connie Neil - Jul 14, 2010 12:17:44 pm PDT #9848 of 30000
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DebetEsse - Jul 14, 2010 12:18:53 pm PDT #9849 of 30000
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Although she was too old for the role by the time they made the movie. Much like the cast of Rent.
Vonnie K - Jul 14, 2010 12:22:43 pm PDT #9850 of 30000
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Although she was too old for the role by the time they made the movie.
Katharine Hepburn? Well, there wouldn't have been a movie without her (the role was specifically written for her, IIRC.) She handpicked Grant and Stewart, I believe. A woman of impeccable tastes.
I do hate Pretty Woman, though. I just don't see the rom in it.
In a film magazine somewhere many years ago, I read an article about how Sleeping with the Enemy can be considered an unofficial sequel to Pretty Woman. I thought that was brilliant.
javachik - Jul 14, 2010 12:23:26 pm PDT #9851 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
My loathing of "Pretty Woman" knows no bounds.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 14, 2010 12:30:34 pm PDT #9852 of 30000
"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
"Object of My Affection"...I think it's sort of a romcom and sort of a dramedy.
I'd say it's a Hopeless Romantic Comedy. I mean, they did tack on a happy ending for the lead character with Striking Extra #3, but 95% of the movie was about her forming a doomed imaginary romantic relationship with her gay roommate and then flipping out when reality intruded.
Connie Neil - Jul 14, 2010 12:30:52 pm PDT #9853 of 30000
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Julia Roberts pretty much guarantees I will avoid anything.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 14, 2010 12:32:35 pm PDT #9854 of 30000
"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
Weirdly, she and Hector Elizondo were pretty much the only redeeming features of Valentine's Day.
erikaj - Jul 14, 2010 12:37:29 pm PDT #9855 of 30000
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
Used to be fan(except PW...I hate that one.) but the new trailer for Eat, Pray, Love, is the most obnoxious thing, ever.
Glamcookie - Jul 14, 2010 12:40:04 pm PDT #9856 of 30000
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
My loathing of "Pretty Woman" knows no bounds.
java, my sistah!
Steph L. - Jul 14, 2010 1:07:14 pm PDT #9857 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I also loved Down With Love, which was just sheer ridiculousness but so much fun.
I had issues with Down with Love. I don't think it quite worked for me, and the third act was, well, ridiculous.
The third act was TOTES (are we still saying that? no one forwards me memos) ridiculous, but I think I could have dealt with it more easily if only someone other than RZ had been the lead. Feh.
That said, Ewan more than makes up for her, despite not whipping out his junk. (Does he even DO that anymore in movies? What was the last one in which he got full-frontally naked? Young Adam?)
Also, I *really* liked David Hyde Pierce in it. Especially when he goes all beatnik.