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Post by topbilled on Feb 4, 2023 3:11:45 GMT
My choice is NOTTING HILL (1999)...I've always loved this one.
How about you..?
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Post by Fading Fast on Feb 4, 2023 9:11:20 GMT
"Notting Hill" is a good one.
I like "Kate and Leopold," "Fever Pitch," "While You Where Sleeping" and the not-well-known "Raising Helen."
Not that I watch a lot of romcoms.
If, as to the title of the post, I have to go with one................"Fever Pitch."
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Post by galacticgirrrl on Feb 6, 2023 3:02:13 GMT
One vote for It Happened One Night (1934). It is so interesting to see the list of those who turned down parts. Often my reaction is, thank goodness, that never would have worked but I think many good versions could have been made in this case. Miriam Hopkins Robert Montgomery Myrna Loy Margaret Sullavann Constance Bennett Bette Davis Carole Lombard Loretta Young  If opting for something new(er)(ish)... I have to go with Stuck Between Stations (2011) even though it is not a true romcom. I like the mumblecore vibe. It was a bit of a shock when Life in Pieces became a hit TV show and Zoe Lister-Jones well known. Fever Pitch was a great book and I quite enjoyed the 1997 film. |
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Post by Fading Fast on Feb 6, 2023 8:55:52 GMT
One vote for It Happened One Night (1934). It is so interesting to see the list of those who turned down parts. Often my reaction is, thank goodness, that never would have worked but I think many good versions could have been made in this case. Miriam Hopkins Robert Montgomery Myrna Loy Margaret Sullavann Constance Bennett Bette Davis Carole Lombard Loretta Young If opting for something new(er)(ish)... I have to go with Stuck Between Stations (2011) even though it is not a true romcom. I like the mumblecore vibe. It was a bit of a shock when Life in Pieces became a hit TV show and Zoe Lister-Jones well known. Fever Pitch was a great book and I quite enjoyed the 1997 film.
I might have to hunt out a copy of "Fever Pitch," as I love reading the books from movies I enjoy. |
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Post by I Love Melvin on Feb 13, 2023 0:50:57 GMT
The recent choice of Bonnie Raitt's Just Like That for Song of the Year at the Grammy's reminded me of how much I've always liked Return to Me, a 2000 rom-com directed by Bonnie Hunt and starring David Duchovny and Minnie Driver. Both concern a heart transplant recipient being reunited with the loved one or family of the deceased. It's moving, but not as heavy as it sounds and Bonnie Hunt, whom I've enjoyed as an actress, keeps it from ever straying too far into pathos. Duchovny plays an architect whose zoologist wife was killed in an accident, leaving her heart to be donated, ultimately to Minnie Driver, who has had heart disease from an early age. Cut too....Duchovny finally consenting to his best friend setting him up on a blind date; it doesn't go well, but he finds himself attracted to the woman who waits on them (Driver). I won't spoil how it plays out; there aren't a lot of surprises but anyone interested should see it for themselves. The supporting cast (Carroll O'Connor, Jim Belushi, Bonnie Hunt and David Alan Grier) create a really charming and believable work and family dynamic.
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Post by topbilled on Feb 14, 2024 15:14:34 GMT
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Post by Fading Fast on Feb 14, 2024 18:01:06 GMT
As a movie, I agree, it's well done and, surprisingly since it's not his type of movie, it's directed by Hitchcock. Yet as to the Montgomery and Lombard relationship in the movie, I've never liked it as there is a genuine nastiness to their fighting. As actors they are outstanding, but it is not a warm-the-heart movie for me.
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Post by kims on Feb 15, 2024 6:36:44 GMT
It isn't classic era, but I'm old, I vote for SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE with Keaton and Nicholson
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