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Movie Notes: Ten Must-Haves in Any Romantic Comedy

Started by webomatica · 10 months ago

I've seen too many movies, specifically romantic comedies (rom-coms), and have noticed some glaring similarities. Here's my list of cliches to watch for the next time you're soaking in a chick flick: ... Continue reading »

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Dave
2 years ago

This is why, for me, Audrey Hepburn's "Roman Holiday" will ALWAYS be one of the absolute greatest Romantic Comedies (can I include it in that genre?). Talk about avoiding the #10 deathtrap on your list.

As much as I love the Romantic Comedy, the cliches are tiresome. I recently saw Wedding Crashers...it was funny, but talk about ludicrous premise.

I also enjoyed The 40 Year Old Virgin b/c while it followed a lot of the above cliches. It totally went hog wild with #10 and that whole "Age of Aquarius" musical number at the end. If you're gonna go with the formula, at least rock the forumla as best you can.

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webomatica
2 years ago

Roman Holiday is one of my favorites, too. Maybe the key to an interesting Romantic Comedy is one that follows a lot of these cliches but does the opposite of some of them...

Or really follows any cliche to an extreme, so that it becomes satire!

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mike
2 years ago

Am I on crack or did you just categorize "casablanca" and "breakfast at tiffany's" as romantic comedies?

or are you just seeing if anyone is paying attention?

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webomatica
2 years ago

Well, yeah, Casablanca I threw in there becuse I wanted to mention Nazis. Got a little carried away there.

Breakfast at Tiffany's I think is debateable if your sense of humor is very dark.

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Jackie
2 years ago

This list is very true in terms of formula. I'm a Sandler Junkie. Drew plays is sweet and different in every movie. My fav of her's Never been kissed with that fine ass Michael Vartan

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engtech
2 years ago

Have you seen Stranger than Fiction?

There is a good part where they try to figure out if it's a romantic comedy or a romantic tragedy.

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webomatica
2 years ago

No eng I haven't seen it - is that the new one with will ferrel? At the very least, I'll add it to my netflix cue for when it todes come out on DVD. I heard some good things about it.

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