This is a confessional. I'm a sucker for Romantic Comedies--Chick Flicks. My wife knows, and she's alright with it. So here are 5 of my favorites:
Annie Hall--Woody Allen kills me. Anyone who would cast himself as the bumbling idiot more than once is OK with me. This movie is funny, Jim Carrey. Alvey, that's Woody's character, claims that the only cultural advantage that California has over New York is thd fact that a person can turn right on a red light. Oh, and to all you vintage Disney freaks, Alvey's good friend is the guy from The Million Dollar Duck.
50 First Dates--People say I look like Adam Sandler. He's funny not handsome. Nonetheless, this movie helps me come to grips with the fact that I just might look like him. Plus as Wellz says, "It's the locale." I'm a sucker for islands. The soundtrack has some nice '80s covers.
High Fidelity--This one's based on the book by Nick Hornby, which has moments and emotions that seem to nicked straight from my life. It's all about music, arguing about what's cool and what isn't. Another nice soundtrack. Jack Black plays a sidekick music snob that makes me laugh. Jack Black is an actor I want to hate but still haven't found a reason yet.
Bringing Up Baby--This is an old film--black and white if I remember right--starring my favorite actor, Cary Grant. My wife says I have a genre of joke that I just use the crap out of, and I just realized that it's stolen from Cary Grant. This is a classic. It's a usual on best-films-of-all-time lists.
Notting Hill--Romantic Comedies would probably be a long forgotten genre if it weren't for Hugh Grant. I think I have a man crush. This movie makes me love people. Worth the price of admission if just to see his roommate and corroborate ST's claim that Julia Roberts doesn't have one of those dimples between her nose and lips.
Well, I'm keeping my posting goal and ran the last of 30 miles for the week. I'm reading a poem or 2 a week from John Berryman's Dream Songs and continuing to dive, a finger at a time, into Spanish literature. Until next time. Vis.
Saturday, February 2, 2008
The Best of My Guilty Pleasure
Posted by vis at 3:52 PM
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6 comments:
I agree with 3 of the 5, but I'm still not in love with Woody Allen's style....give me time, I tend to warm up to your weird ideas :)
Nice list- and you are much handsomer than Adam Sandler.
Hey, how come heat never tells me I'm handsomer than Adam Sandler?
That roommate in Notting Hill is sweet. We tend to like those British romantic comedies as well--About a Boy, Love Actually--and they all seem to have that wonderful Hugh Grant.
I'm glad I know you outside of this post. I have never thought of you and Adam Sandler, but you are better looking, much funnier, and a better song writer. I do remember a conversation regarding a striking likeness to you and every Jewish kid on a sitcom e.g. that kid on The Wonder Years, and Milhouse. Cheers on keeping up with your New Year's Revolutions. P.S. if you are going to have a man crush, consider that foul-mouthed Irishman Colin Farrel.
I think I remember you liking "Annie" too.
Hey Roberts - good for you man...o iko sa qauri vaka lailai. O iko sa sega ni vaka na kai viti!
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