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Did anyone ever see "Personal Best" with Mariel Hemingway. That movie could get you laid
--PMR
11/30 |
Great list! But I really miss "Serendipity" starring John Cusak and the always so beautiful Kate Beckinsdale.
--DH
10/08 |
wtf?
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09/13 |
Breakfast at Tiffany's?
Amelie?
--SPL
08/25 |
the list should include a few more horror flicks, cuz those sure make me grab my sweeties arm. and whats up with all the black and whites? while I like 'em I sure as heck couldnt pay my better half to watch 'em.
--mh
02/12 |
Great list, thank you. A few comments, some suggestions.
Ironically, I can't get behind either the quintessential date movie "Annie Hall," or "Manhattan." One is, as you say, a post-mortem. The other too cynical, even after Woody runs back to Mariel. For Woody date movie material, I'd suggest "Sleeper" waaay before these.
You undersold "Edward Scissorhands" as adolescent angst 101. Goodness, it's a metaphor for a type of fated, futile love affair beset by the ugliness of the world. But, yes, maybe too sad, even with the wonderousness of octogenarian Wynona dancing in the snow in the final scene?
I'd add Hitchcock "Vertigo," or maybe better, "North by Northwest." Obvious, perhaps; but you can't top the sex-play dialogue Grant and Marie Saint have over cocktails in the dining car.
Preston Sturges's "The Lady Eve" with Stanwyck and Fonda. Sexual relations as an elaborate con, but Barabara clearly fools herself she's playing top from the bottom, when the reverse is true.
The original "Swept Away," from Wertmuller.
And, respectfully, what's the John Cusack fixation? John hasn't had a real deal role since "The Grifters."
Finally, a little known Burt Reynold's-Dyan Cannon movie, "Shamus," set in New York when both were still hot and could play a straight role (as in not caricatured). This, during Burt's "Deliverance" period. He's a low-rent detective, she's priviledged but frustrated. You must find it if only for the pool table scenes - Burt makes a bed of a billiards table in his crappy Queens studio. Sexy, touching and unsentimental, and a historical look at what was once swinging New York.
--HTD
07/06 |
New to your site. Interesting and potentially helpful content. Just checked out "The 50 Best Date Movies".
Come on.
You included "Triplets of Belleville" and left out "9 and 1/2 Weeks"? I'm shocked and appalled. The former is practically an abstinence pill and the latter has "sexy time" written all over it. WTF?
--BRB
05/24 |
i'm all about the getaway and, strangely, the elephant man.
--AM
05/23 |
Wow-an affair to remember is not on the list. Amazing.
--mgt
05/22 |
I totally agree with your inclusion of Cinema Paradiso. However, it should be noted that one should see the regular version that showed in the theaters, and NOT the Director's Cut. I repeat - do NOT watch the Director's Cut. It includes 45 minutes of completely unnecessary extra footage that totally ruins an otherwise wonderful movie.
--JP
05/20 |
City of Angles did it for me back in the day.
The secene were they finaly hook up to Angel
--JOM
05/19 |
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