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In Reply to: Films that surprised you....made you do a 180?.... posted by Mrs. Piggy on October 15, 2002 at 18:53:10:

Romances and romantic comedies are not my first choice in films. I expect them to be dumb, sappy and manipulative. And they are for the most part but some turn out to be pretty darn good.

Who's Eating Glbert Grape? - Great quirky film
Shakespeare in Love - witty script and superb acting by everyone except Mr. Afleck
The Bumblebee Flies Anyway - Uplifting story and the beginning of my ongoing vicarious romance with Rachael Leigh Cook
Fried Green Tomatoes- Wonderful story told in flashback
Kate and Leopold- Cute and well written. The lead actor (the Aussie who played Wolverine in X-Men) is impossibly handsome but I think Meg is looking the worse for wear nowadays. My wife has her own vicarious screen romance now.
Wedding Planner - I liked it, what can I say. I think JLo has alot of potential as an actress and it shows here with her energetic and fun performance, especially when contrasted with Mat MaCuany's (sic) flat and wooden one.
Legally Blonde- A real surprise. Very funny with a very satisfying ending. A blonde who is bred for, trained for and fully expected to fulfil her role as superfluous eye candy shows everyone up. Reese Witherspoon is great (and fills the eye candy portion of the role well too). Made me check out her other films....Election was particularly good.

Thanks,
Rob

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I enjoyed Gilbert Grape.... - Mrs. Piggy 14:29:12 10/16/02 (1)
but not as a love story, more as a life/family story. I agree with you--it is a fine movie.
I was looking forward to Leagally blond--I enjoyed election tremendously--but I turned it off at the beauty salon "CUTSIE MUSIC AND DANCE SEQUENCE."
Good movie IMHO, don't have cutsie music or dance sequences (unless it is a musical) and conversely bad movies, again IMHO, do have cutsie dance or music sequences. I know, I know my opinion is not in the mainstream--the movie viewing public seem to enjoy paying and sitting through them.
*Look at Gilbert Grape as an example--no "CMS"
:)
mp
- A way of adding time to a film? - dado5 16:35:34 10/16/02 (0)
  No other way of explaining it really.
  Another movie with my fave actress Rachael Cook, She's All That, was punctuated by an inane group dance sequence that did nothing but burn screen time. It was a cute pygmalion update but it was hampered by this scene as well as liberal profanity.
  I did not think of Gilbert Grape as a love story either. I was including it as a film that, were it not for my wife, I would probably never have watched. Same with Fried Green Tomatoes. In general though it is Romance/Romantic Comedy films that I most endure in the name of spousal solidarity.
  You should finish Legally Blonde someday....you can always FF through the 'Bend & Snap' number.
  
  Thanks,
  Rob
My Life as a Dog.... - gware 07:04:04 10/16/02 (4)
By Swedish Director of "Who's Eating Gilbert Grape", Lasse Halstrom
and a much better film IMHO
Also liked "Next Stop, Wonderland Station", a kind of low key romantic comedy with Bossa Nova soundtrack, that's the Japanese title, not sure of the US release name
Both films 180 degrees surprised me from what critics had written and what I expected of them, way cool
David Lynch's Mulholland Drive was a 360 degree spin, brave, accomplished and ambitious piece of filmmaking, loved it!
Eric
Tokyo
- Other really good Lynch films... - Mrs. Piggy 14:40:29 10/16/02 (1)
  the elephant man
  blue velvet
  twin peaks fire walk with me
  wild at heart (really got into this one--very weird and dramatic)
  mp
  - David Lynch
  - Thanks again for the recommendation Mrs Piggy.. - gware 16:39:10 10/16/02 (0)
    Seen 'em all and think Wild at Heart is one of Nic Cages best films ever, he seems to so fit the character of "Sailor" it's almost like he's just being himself, just very relaxed in that role I thought
    Laura Derns best film too
    Twin Peaks I never got much into the TV series, and so the movie kinda went over my head
    I HATED Lost Highway, I thought that totally missed the mark
    Eric
    Tokyo
- Good to know about Mull Dr.... - Mrs. Piggy 14:30:56 10/16/02 (0)
  I just bought it on an impulse--planning to check it out this weekend.
  mp
- Good film... (nt) - Victor Khomenko 08:29:18 10/16/02 (0)
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