I'm a sucker for a good romance movie, and I am no longer afraid to admit it. Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Under the Tuscan Sun, French Kiss especially, and even You've Got Mail (based on an old Jimmy Stewart movie, don'tcha know). French Kiss might be my favorite, all because of Kevin Kline. How did he not get more romantic leading roles? Was it that Phoebe Cates, or that damned piano? Could it have been the Muppets?
I get in the mood to watch them quite often lately (though I have worn out the Austen films). They're good brain-needs-downtime fillers, and probably help supply the emotion my life is lacking. There are so many crap ones out there, though, that make the good ones look bad, since they're ridiculously lumped into the same category. I have tried to wait out movies like Raising Helen and My Best Friend's Wedding and, most recently, Little Black Book, hoping for some kind of redemption moment, and all I get is my skin separating into its individual layers.
Today I watched, for the first time ever, The Cutting Edge. For some reason I totally love D.B. Sweeney now (just today!), yet didn't back in the day. This movie screams, however, NO ONE INVOLVED WITH THIS FILM HAS EVER SEEN SKATING IN REAL LIFE, AND THEY ARE NOT CERTAIN IT TRULY EXISTS. But DeeBee definitely had it going on, and he made the cheesy edits worthwhile.
13 Going on 30 I liked for real. And I want to see Music and Lyrics because it's so clearly a take on Duran Duran.
And I won't call them chick flicks, either, because I think that's silly. If women ran the entertainment business, there would be no such moniker. I'm not going to start insisting people spell women "womyn" or anything. But still.
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Oh, DB is so adorable!! Pointless trivia: For the longest time Trent insisted that the name D.B. Sweeney belonged to an actress. I'm like, oh no, believe you me, I know this one. :)
I went through a love affair with "Only You" in 1994. Cute floppy-haired Downey Jr., pretty music, gorgeous Italian scenery. Another one to check out on a rainy day ...
P.S. My login word below is "ifeeste." What a great word. Ifeeste!
okay, you would probably hate any movie i would like
so i won't even bother suggesting any
and yet..., since you like pride and prejudice, have you seen bride and prejuice?
it is a mix of western and bollywood (i do love bollywood, so that is another caveat, though since it is a mix, it isn't full on)
the female lead-who is like the biggest movie star in the biggest movie/film industry in the world is just gorgeous and i was fascinated with how her look changes from scene to scene-acting, make-up, and hair
my word verification was iusbrft. they are coming up with cool sounding ones. it also looked neat in wavy green
I find your failure to mention "Amelie" quite troubling.
:)
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