Recommend a Romantic Comedy to Me

[Izzy Black]

Go.

[Qrazy]

Go.

A particularly good one or?

[MadMan]

Does When Harry Meet Sally count? If so, that would be my rec.

[Boner M]

Directed by Chantal Akerman!

http://i.neoseeker.com/boxshots/TW92aWVzL0NvbWVkeQ==/a_couch_in_new_york_frontcover _large_4AW2ok8fjRZhygq.jpg

[Izzy Black]

Does When Harry Meet Sally count? If so, that would be my rec.

I've seen it. I'd like one I haven't seen before.

And yes, a good one preferably. Well, good is relative here. If you like it, then it's worth recommending. I realize romcoms come in greater degree of guilty pleasure. I don't need Shakespeare. I just want to be entertained.

[Winston*]

Not sure if Kate Hudson and Gerard Butler have made a movie together yet, but if they have that's my rec.

[Izzy Black]

Directed by Chantal Akerman!

http://i.neoseeker.com/boxshots/TW92aWVzL0NvbWVkeQ==/a_couch_in_new_york_frontcover _large_4AW2ok8fjRZhygq.jpg

Holy god. That looks awful.

[Izzy Black]

Not sure if Kate Hudson and Gerard Butler have made a movie together yet, but if they have that's my rec.

wat

[Qrazy]

Alexander Mackendrick's Don't Make Waves.

http://pics.filmaffinity.com/Don_t_Make_Waves-711459909-large.jpg

[Izzy Black]

"New York tourist Tony Curtis falls asleep on a Southern California beach on his first night in the West and wakes up to The New Phantasmagoria--catamarans, surfers (including a dog), bodybuilders, acrobats, motorcycle chicken races, a nut fishing in the shallows . . . and Sharon Tate as a skydiver named Malibu who gives Curtis the rapture of artificial respiration when he is conked on the head by a flying surfboard. This is the '60s American Dream: youth and beauty and money and sex in Southern California. Go west, all men."

Damn. Sounds involved.

[Raiders]

While You Were Sleeping

[Izzy Black]

While You Were Sleeping

Seen this one. Got any others?

[Raiders]

Seen this one. Got any others?
I found Serendipity to be very enjoyable in the same manner most John Cusack comedies are.

[Biff Justice]

The Lady Eve. The best romantic comedy ever made in my humble opinion.

[soitgoes...]

I'm not sure how strict you're defining romantic comedy, but either Love Affair, or the Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator or either of the Sasanatieng films in my signature.

[Izzy Black]

I found Serendipity to be very enjoyable in the same manner most John Cusack comedies are.


The Lady Eve. The best romantic comedy ever made in my humble opinion.
^^ I've seen both. The latter is quite good.

Lesson learned so far is that I've seen too many romcoms.

[Qrazy]

Well you haven't seen Don't Make Waves so why not watch that one. It's quite good although I must confess a weakness for most things Mackendrick.

[Izzy Black]

I'm not sure how strict you're defining romantic comedy, but either Love Affair, or the Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator or either of the Sasanatieng films in my signature.

Yeah I'm thinking Love Affair doesn't quite fit the bill. Need something lighter.

[Izzy Black]

Well you haven't seen Don't Make Waves so why not watch that one. It's quite good although I must confess a weakness for most things Mackendrick.

So far, it's the best I've got, so I might. I'm just a little daunted by the plot is all, so I'm still fishing.

[Izzy Black]

Thanks everyone BTW. You all get my eternal love.

[Qrazy]

So far, it's the best I've got, so I might. I'm just a little daunted by the plot is all, so I'm still fishing.

Don't let the plot worry you. It delivers.

[soitgoes...]

Yeah I'm thinking Love Affair doesn't quite fit the bill. Need something lighter.

Not just Love Affair, Love Affair, or the Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator. One title. One film. I wouldn't recommend Love Affair.

[EyesWideOpen]

Love Actually is one of my favs.

[Kurosawa Fan]

The Philadelphia Story
My Man Godfrey
The Shop Around the Corner (more romance than comedy, but still fantastic)
To Be or Not to Be (more comedy than romance, but still fantastic)

[TripZone]

The Heartbreak Kid (May)
The Pirate (Minnelli)
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (Minnelli)
Design for Living
Adam's Rib
Barcelona (Stillman)
L'Depart (Skol)
Hard to Handle (LeRoy)
The Iceman Cometh (Yiu-leung) -also action and totally absurd fun
Laughter (d'Abbadie d'Arrast)
Me and My Gal (Walsh)
The Strawberry Blonde (Walsh)
The Great Garrick (Whale)
How Do You Know (James L Brooks) -unfairly dismissed
My Left Eye Sees Ghosts (Johnnie To)
Atame! (Almods)
The Triumph of Love (Peploe) -strikes me as very you, Izzy

[Boner M]

Ooh, I know: Olmi's Il Posto and The Crush (latter's a bonus feature(tte) on the former's Criterion edition). Romantic coming-of-age comedies, albeit.

Also Albert Brooks' Modern Romance, but you've probably already seen it.

[B-side]

The Heartbreak Kid (May)
Le Depart (Skolimowski)


Yeah, these.

[Qrazy]

Adam's Rib


I found this to be very tedious, shut it off about halfway through.

Love on a Diet is a somewhat fun To romcom also, speaking of those.

[Irish]

- Roman Holiday
- An Affair to Remember
- Desk Set
- The Apartment
- The Sure Thing
- Can't Buy Me Love (1987)
- Clueless
- Le Mari de la Coiffeuse (The Hairdresser's Husband)
- Amelie
- Love Actually
- About a Boy
- High Fidelity
- The Proposal

[TripZone]

I found this to be very tedious, shut it off about halfway through.

You're tedious. You're halfway through.

[B-side]

Clueless is wonderful. Am I automatically a member of the gay community if I say I pretty much grew up with that movie?

[Irish]

Clueless is wonderful. Am I automatically a member of the gay community if I say I pretty much grew up with that movie?

Haha. Way back when they first became popular, the very first DvD I ever bought was Clueless. I am an absolute sucker for the "Emma" storyline.

It's a great movie. Of course, I never told anyone anything about this.

[B-side]

Haha. Way back when they first became popular, the very first DvD I ever bought was Clueless. I am an absolute sucker for the "Emma" storyline.

It's a great movie. Of course, I never told anyone anything about this.

Breckin Meyer's character used to break my little adolescent heart.

[amberlita]

French Kiss is my favorite. Actually, City Lights, but it seems a stretch to call that a romantic comedy.

Also...

Gross Pointe Blank
Forget Paris
10 Things I Hate About You

and a gadzillion others. Third the Clueless and Amelie recommendations, though again I would hesitate to label the latter as a romantic comedy (not that I have an alternative label, mind you).

[Irish]

Breckin Meyer's character used to break my little adolescent heart.

Had to look him up, but I knew who you were talking about before I confirmed it. :P

[MadMan]

I know straight males who love Clueless, so I highly doubt liking it makes you gay :P

Also I wished I had come up with more answers to the OP's question beforehand. Oh well...

[transmogrifier]

Can I cancel the recommendations for Love Actually? Horrible, terrible, mind-numbingly awful movie. And it spawned the likes of New Year's Eve and Valentine's Day.

Best romantic comedies:

When Harry Met Sally
Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind
About a Boy (kinda)
Down With Love
The Wedding Singer
Everyone Says I Love You
Tin Cup
The Truth About Cats and Dogs
The American President
The Purple Rose of Cairo
The Young Girls of Rochefort
A Matter of Life and Death

[kuehnepips]

Now, this thread really scared me.

[Gizmo]

Along Came Polly? It's got a ferret.

[Skitch]

Choke
Heathers
True Romance
A Life Less Ordinary

[Dukefrukem]

Best romantic comedies:

Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind


:lol:

[Irish]

Can I cancel the recommendations for Love Actually?

Hell no. Not after suggesting complete shite like Wedding Singer and Tin Cup. Jesus.

[Fezzik]

Most of the ones I hold in really high regard have already been mentioned, but I'll pipe up with Notting Hill. I think its got a great sense of humor and a British sensibility about it.

And anytime Hugh Grant is being self-deprecating, I enjoy it :)

[Spinal]

Only Human
The Names of Love

[Pop Trash]

How Do You Know wasn't very good.

[DavidSeven]

If you're looking for something completely silly and schmaltzy, try My Sassy Girl (Korean original). It was remade as an American film that I believe went DTV.

[MadMan]

Hell no. Not after suggesting complete shite like Wedding Singer and Tin Cup. Jesus.Wedding Singer was funny enough to be solid, and Tin Cup is a movie I love because I'm a golf fan plus I like Kevin Costner (Reno Russo being in Tin Cup is a plus).

[Yxklyx]

So what defines a Romantic Comedy? Films like Groundhog Day and Being John Malkovich cannot be considered?

[transmogrifier]

Hell no. Not after suggesting complete shite like Wedding Singer and Tin Cup. Jesus.

Those two movies are like the pinnacle of cinematic craft compared to the vapid, moronic, totally idiotic Love Actually. But, you know, whatever floats your boat. If you liked that, you'll love The Holiday. Go nuts.

[transmogrifier]

So what defines a Romantic Comedy? Films like Groundhog Day and Being John Malkovich cannot be considered?

I'd say its basically any comedy centred around the courtship and pairing (or reuniting) of a central couple. Which is why I recommended About a Boy only with "kind of", because while it does pair Hugh Grant and Rachel Weisz, she doesn't enter until halfway through, and the movie is mainly about him and the kid. But still, it's pretty much the perfect mainstream comedy, so on the list it goes.

[transmogrifier]

:lol:

It's a comedy about a couple eventually coming to terms with their relationship. Overruled!

[Derek]

Ooooh, trans accidentally reminded me of one of the best. Cukor's Holiday.

Also, most anything by Lubitsch particularly Trouble in Paradise, Design for Living and The Shop Around the Corner.

Mitchell Leisen's Midnight is also great...co-written by Billy Wilder.

For Sturges, I'd add The Palm Beach Story, which I like more than The Lady Eve.

I Was a Male War Bride is underrated as far as Hawks' comedies go.

[MadMan]

So what defines a Romantic Comedy? Films like Groundhog Day and Being John Malkovich cannot be considered?I haven't seen Being John Malkovich, but I'm pretty sure that Groundhog's Day is a rom-com. The Princess Bride also certainly applies here.

[Izzy Black]

Don't let the plot worry you. It delivers.

Yeah, so. I watched this. I liked it. Congrats too Qrazy for not disappointing.

[Izzy Black]

Not just Love Affair, Love Affair, or the Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator. One title. One film. I wouldn't recommend Love Affair.

Yeah I was abbreviating. I've seen this film.


Love Actually is one of my favs.

It's OK in my book.

[Izzy Black]

The Heartbreak Kid (May)
The Pirate (Minnelli)
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (Minnelli)
Design for Living
Adam's Rib
Barcelona (Stillman)
L'Depart (Skol)
Hard to Handle (LeRoy)
The Iceman Cometh (Yiu-leung) -also action and totally absurd fun
Laughter (d'Abbadie d'Arrast)
Me and My Gal (Walsh)
The Strawberry Blonde (Walsh)
The Great Garrick (Whale)
How Do You Know (James L Brooks) -unfairly dismissed
My Left Eye Sees Ghosts (Johnnie To)
Atame! (Almods)
The Triumph of Love (Peploe) -strikes me as very you, Izzy

Wow, thanks Trip.

[QUOTE=TripZone;410281]The Triumph of Love (Peploe) -strikes me as very you, Izzy

Why's that? Looks pretty good from the IMDB. I might watch this one tonight.

[Izzy Black]

Ooh, I know: Olmi's Il Posto and The Crush (latter's a bonus feature(tte) on the former's Criterion edition). Romantic coming-of-age comedies, albeit.

Also Albert Brooks' Modern Romance, but you've probably already seen it.


Seen these. :-)

[Watashi]

Is Israfel trying to woo a lady or something?

Does WALL-E count?

[Izzy Black]

Or I'm trying to get a man to woo me :-)

[TripZone]

Why's that? Looks pretty good from the IMDB. I might watch this one tonight.

I get the feeling you have a penchant for female-directed period things, like Armstrong's great Little Woman, and possibly Coppola's Marie Antoinette??

The opening credits are particularly neat, as are the fourth wall-breaking flourishes.

(watched Hanna yet?!)

[Izzy Black]

I get the feeling you have a penchant for female-directed period things, like Armstrong's great Little Woman, and possibly Coppola's Marie Antoinette??

Perhaps, perhaps.


The opening credits are particularly neat, as are the fourth wall-breaking flourishes.

(watched Hanna yet?!)

I shall see Hanna immediately if not soon.

[TripZone]

Cool. Report back :)

[Qrazy]

Yeah, so. I watched this. I liked it. Congrats too Qrazy for not disappointing.

w00t.

[Boner M]

All these single sentence Izzy posts are really intimidating, you just know a BIG FUCKOFF ESSAY's waiting to break out at any minute.

#notthatthatsabadthingmindyou

[megladon8]

The Philadelphia Story
My Man Godfrey
The Shop Around the Corner (more romance than comedy, but still fantastic)
To Be or Not to Be (more comedy than romance, but still fantastic)
Arsenic and Old Lace


Great list, here.

[Kurosawa Fan]

Great list, here.

http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/000/681/what-you-did-there-i-see-it.thumbnail.jpg

[TripZone]

Herzog in a wig.

[TripZone]

well?

[Qrazy]

well?

He watched my film and liked it, therefore I rule. The end.

[Izzy Black]

Cool. Report back :)

So I saw Hanna and of course I loved it (you seem to know my taste rather well). I'm already a big Joe Wright fan so that much was stacked in its favor going in, but this film was very different from his other films and I really liked that. He proves to be an audacious stylist in a way that his Hollywood success might not've really anticipated. I really appreciated its eclectic, off-kilter energy, bringing to mind a kind of Assayas-esque aesthetic vibe (I'm thinking along the lines of Boarding Gate and Demonlover here). Wright retains his knack for beautiful pictorial compositions though, particularly in the first act (giving rise to a rather clinical approach to the action sequences throughout). I also really liked the fairy tale allusions here, and the film's coming-of-age engagement with that literature.

Thanks for the rec Trip.

[Izzy Black]

She watched my film and liked it, therefore I rule. The end.

Jerk.

[Qrazy]

Jerk.

Are you really? Pics or it didn't happen.

[dmk]

chilly scenes of winter

[TripZone]

Thanks for the rec Trip.

Glad you loved it, was pretty much a given, but you wanted to see it well before my urging here. I was curious about what you thought Triumph of Love!