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Original Desmond 08-18-03 06:26 PM
Least PREDICTABLE Romantic Comedy ?
 
My gf and i watched a few Romantic comedies over the weekend

How to lose a guy in 10 days
A guy thing
Maid in Manhattan

all pretty decent films but all as predictable as hell

are there any Romantic comedies which aren't predictable ?

and i guess i mean post say 85 romantic comedies, the new wave since Pretty Woman

KTIK 08-18-03 06:37 PM
Chasing Amy.

Goldberg74 08-18-03 07:06 PM
Serendipity...

Oh, wait... you said least predictable... ;)

RyoHazuki 08-18-03 07:39 PM
Tromeo and Juliet

zekeburger1979 08-18-03 07:46 PM
I agree with KITK in that Chasing Amy is the least predictable.

Crocker Jarmen 08-18-03 08:14 PM
Harold and Maude

NitroJMS 08-18-03 09:47 PM
How about Greencard?

Spoiler:
Gerard Depardieu is deported in the end instead of the typical happy ending.

Simpson Purist 08-18-03 10:14 PM
Punch Drunk Love

Gutz 08-18-03 10:49 PM
I'm with Lucy

grunter 08-19-03 10:48 AM
Originally posted by zekeburger1979
I agree with KITK in that Chasing Amy is the least predictable.
Only if, by "least predictable," you mean "loses all semblance of sense and sanity in the final third."

jeffkjoe 08-19-03 12:17 PM
Here's another vote for CHASING AMY - a fresh spin on the whole genre.

PixyJunket 08-19-03 12:25 PM
Chasing Amy :up:

majorjoe23 08-19-03 12:26 PM
Before Sunrise

Numanoid 08-19-03 12:32 PM
Love Stinks!

MrN 08-19-03 12:59 PM
Originally posted by grunter
Only if, by "least predictable," you mean "loses all semblance of sense and sanity in the final third."

Well, whatever you call it, it was unpredictable.

wendersfan 08-19-03 01:17 PM
Chungking Express

inri222 08-19-03 02:34 PM
The Last American Virgin

Supermallet 08-19-03 02:53 PM
The mother of them all: Annie Hall. Other Woody Allen films could also be recommended, such as The Purple Rose of Cairo, Hannah And Her Sisters, Manhattan, etc.

Also, Chasing Amy and Punch Drunk Love are both great.

SBatL8y 08-19-03 04:20 PM
My Best Friend's Wedding

Spoiler:
Granted, the title sort of gives it away I guess. But I really thought Julia Roberts would end up getting the guy, turns out he marries Cameron Diaz like originally planned


Also, Sliding Doors

Spoiler:
With Gwyneth Paltrow. A really neat plot. It's about a women who's live-in boyfriend cheats on her. The movie is showing her life in two different ways. One - if she would have caught him, then tried to move on with her live, and eventually meeting the man of her dreams. Second - not catching him, being hurt all the time cause the way he treats her, founding out she's pregnant, but not being able to tell him. The twist is at the end. With the life that she meets the man of her dreams, she ends up dying. With the life that she lives miserably with her cheating boyfriend, she ends up finding out at the end, getting hurt, ended up in the hospital but lives. So the whole time you're loving this life of hers where she's found out and is moving on and meets the man of her dreams, but in that life she dies. Anyway, hope that makes sense. If not, rent it!

movielib 08-19-03 06:26 PM
Originally posted by SBatL8y
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Also, Sliding Doors

Spoiler:
With Gwyneth Paltrow. A really neat plot. It's about a women who's live-in boyfriend cheats on her. The movie is showing her life in two different ways. One - if she would have caught him, then tried to move on with her live, and eventually meeting the man of her dreams. Second - not catching him, being hurt all the time cause the way he treats her, founding out she's pregnant, but not being able to tell him. The twist is at the end. With the life that she meets the man of her dreams, she ends up dying. With the life that she lives miserably with her cheating boyfriend, she ends up finding out at the end, getting hurt, ended up in the hospital but lives. So the whole time you're loving this life of hers where she's found out and is moving on and meets the man of her dreams, but in that life she dies. Anyway, hope that makes sense. If not, rent it!
There is a final twist which I, of course, won't give away but
Spoiler:
it provides a happy ending after all. "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition."

That's a perfect ending for the story and fits in with everything else. I'm a big fan of this movie.

Trigger 08-19-03 06:36 PM
Originally posted by MrN
Well, whatever you call it, it was unpredictable.
If your definition of 'unpredictable' is the same as my definition of 'unrealistic' then I agree.

Trigger 08-19-03 06:37 PM
I'll put up Virtual Sexuality - great romantic comedy... kinda unpredictable. Repli-Kate wasn't bad either.

caiman 08-20-03 05:30 AM
Originally posted by Trigger
I'll put up Virtual Sexuality - great romantic comedy... kinda unpredictable. Repli-Kate wasn't bad either.
:thumbsup: Jenna Jameson was incredible!

iggystar 08-20-03 06:26 AM
Sliding Doors, very unpredictable, very good. I'll second that choice.

joeydaninja 08-20-03 07:49 AM
Two Weeks Notice was predictable, I guess.

But I didn't predict I was going to like it. Haha! :D


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