Posted on 07/12/2014 8:34:28 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
“You know of course that we could never really be friends… Men and women can’t be friends, because the sex part always gets in the way.”
That’s from the 1989 romantic comedy, “When Harry Met Sally.” But you already knew that. It’s a famous movie and a famous line, and in the 25 years since Nora Ephron’s classic swept the box office, people still love this hilarious and heartwarming tale of true friendship melting into true love.
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Forgot to add: Who needs romantic comedies anyway? We have Jerry Springer! Yay!
As far as romantic comedies go, I also like "Kate and Leopold" and "Continental Divide."
-PJ
Looks like The Joker!
Rock and Doris, those movies probably have some interesting background stories. My mom used to call her the perpetual virgin.
Anime RomComs are the best. Some of my newer faves:
Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai
Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai
Nisekoi
Kanojo ga Flag wo Oraretara
Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru.
Every time I look through the Netflix lineup I almost puke at all the faggoty films.
If the relationship, as faggotry is, is just about sex, they should just watch a porno.
RCs need a little tension, a little bit of playing hard to get. Getting in bed right away for the obligatory naked scene removes that.
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Doris Day was the queen of romantic comedies.
See my tribute to Doris on her 90th birthday:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3140772/posts
Doris Day is a living legend, an American treasure- the likes of which we will never see again.
Over the course of her career, Day appeared in 39 films. She was ranked the biggest box-office star, the only woman on that list, for four years (1960, 1962, 1963 and 1964) ranking in the top 10 for ten years (1951–1952 and 1959–1966).
She became the top-ranking female box-office star of all time and is currently ranked sixth among the top 10 box office performers (male and female), as of 2012.
She received an Academy Award nomination for her performance in Pillow Talk, won three Henrietta Awards (World Film Favorite), received the Los Angeles Film Critics Association’s Career Achievement Award and, in 1989, received the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement in motion pictures.
Doris Day has also released 31 albums, and her songs have spent a total of 460 weeks in the Top 40 charts. She has been awarded a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and a Legend Award from the Society of Singers. In 2011, she released her 29th studio album, My Heart, which debuted at No. 9 on the UK Top 40 charts. As of January 2014, Day is the oldest living artist to score a UK Top 10 with an album featuring new material.
She could do it ALL; sing, dance, drama, comedy- you name it. If you haven’t seen her in a drama, see ‘Midnight Lace’ [the best crier in the movies] and ‘Love Me or Leave me’- both outstanding dramatic performances.
And, by the way, we may have Doris to thank for the greatest president; Ronald Reagan.
When she was dating him she encouraged him to go into politics.
(What a First Lady she would have made!)
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Nothing killed the romantic comedy, they’re still alive and well and still making serious bank sometimes.
80 years ago, there was this silly little flick that had plenty of sex but zero nudity! Starring Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert and directed by Frank Capra, it had lifted skirt, shared bed without matrimony, a blanket and a trumpet!
It Happened One NightWon the top 5 Academy Awards and is enjoyable today as then!
“Double Harness” was a really rare film for many decades, often considered lost. Always wanted to see it, due to the cast. But, it was like you said. Akin to things like “Biography of a Bachelor Girl” which came out at the very same time, also with Ann Harding. Part of that whole hoity-toity, uppercrust, stage-play fare that inundated the early-talkie era, often exuding jadedness and questionable moral tone. Another in that vein, “Our Betters,” at least countered that with a scathing condemnation of high-society immorality, although it too was a pretty unappetizing item in many ways.
The foulness of current comedy -- all fart and belch jokes, etc. -- plays a part in the decline. So does contemporary confusion about sex or gender roles. So does general stupidity (i.e. Richard Curtis, who showed some talent with the Blackadder series, but never grew up).
By the time we get to the crass and insipid “Love Actually” (2003), romance is presented as nothing more than a completely idiosyncratic spark of synergy between Romantic Partner A and Romantic Partner B. (We were mostly still into couples in those days, but obviously that too is subject to modification.) Although it tries to make up for its shallowness by weaving together multiple love stories, “Love Actually” is boring and (ironically) completely foreign to the actual human experience of falling in love. If people want their love stories to be completely individualized, they might as well write their own.
Crass and insipid!
You go, girl!
Now doubt she was an arch conservative, and what makes her chemistry with Rock Hudson so much more interesting.
Read link in post 50. :)
She’s 55. I don’t know what you want at 55. Most 55-year-olds do not look that good.
Raising hand and waving it around enthusiastically.
ottbmare,
Do you think we might be able to get our own Outlander thread running? Kind of like the “Survivor” threads?
In the meantime, those who are not familiar with the series can get an introduction on this video, which has a bit of risqué humor at the end.
http://outlandertvnews.com/2014/07/new-outlander-featurette-book-to-series/
The botched plastic surgery is worthy of ridicule.
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