18 ballots, with 183 movies received votes. We will be counting down the top 50 (as above that the point spread narrows considerably and there are an awful lot of ties).
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 15:38 (nine years ago) link
50. The Lady Vanishes (1938, dir. Alfred Hitchcock)3 votes, 88 pointshttp://hitchcock.tv/mov/lady_vanishes/images/ladyv.jpg
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 15:41 (nine years ago) link
it's always nice to start with genre fraud
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 15:42 (nine years ago) link
is michael related to vanessa?
― Mordy, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 15:43 (nine years ago) link
49. Harold and Maude (1971, dir. Hal Ashby)2 votes, 89 pointshttp://www.movieposterstudio.com/pimg/HaroldAndMaude_GBQ.jpg
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 15:43 (nine years ago) link
was surprised this got so few votes tbh :(
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 15:44 (nine years ago) link
It just wouldn't occur to me to consider this (The Lady Vanishes) an RC. (Can't bring myself to use the term romcom, for the same reason I hate "sci-fi.")
― Cindy Operahouse (WilliamC), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 15:45 (nine years ago) link
Love Harold and Maude--or at least, I loved it in my early 20s (haven't revisited since)--but I can understand it not coming to mind when one thinks "romantic comedy" (it didn't make my admittedly genre-strict ballot).
― MaudAddam (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 15:46 (nine years ago) link
Amelie (2001, dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet)3 votes, 90 pointshttp://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/84/8f/76/848f76ac6999832430324ad0c67337b5.jpg
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 15:47 (nine years ago) link
yes, Michael Redgrave was the (bisexual) father of Lynn and Vanessa.
People who can't THINK of/haven't seen more than 5-10 true romantic comedies have to pull this shit with comedy-thrillers. Fucking amateur hour.
Those next two, otoh, i just hate on the merits.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 15:48 (nine years ago) link
btw Hitch did make at least one genuine RC
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/26/Smith_moviep.jpg/220px-Smith_moviep.jpg
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 15:50 (nine years ago) link
Amelie is terrible garbage, I'll grant you that
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 15:50 (nine years ago) link
i'm not sure if i remembered to vote for harold + maude but i def would have
― Mordy, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 15:52 (nine years ago) link
fab soundtrack too
idk what Morbz has against it, I ranked it pretty high on my ballot. its idiosyncrasies and gags/editing make up for its more maudlin (*rimshot*) notes.
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 16:01 (nine years ago) link
most significant now for being stripped for parts by Wes Anderson
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 16:08 (nine years ago) link
is that to be held against it
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 16:12 (nine years ago) link
What later directors take from a picture is never a reason to diss the original. In case that's what you were doing.
xp
― Cindy Operahouse (WilliamC), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 16:12 (nine years ago) link
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, August 27, 2014 11:50 AM
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 16:30 (nine years ago) link
i like the part where she listens to the city orgasming
― Mordy, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 16:33 (nine years ago) link
^^I saw it in the theater w/both of my parents. A.W.K.W.A.R.D.
― I Don't Wanna Ice Bucket With You (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 17:04 (nine years ago) link
47. Show Me Love (1998, dir. Lukas Moodysson)2 votes, 91 pointshttp://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTM5Nzc4NDkzMl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwNDU5Mjc4._V1_SX640_SY720_.jpg
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 19:10 (nine years ago) link
i hated amelie so much at the time it almost makes me suspect it's good
― difficult listening hour, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 19:14 (nine years ago) link
http://38.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3xyq2tix91qaliojo1_500.gif
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 19:18 (nine years ago) link
Well I nominated The Lady Vanishes so I guess I get the honour of causing the first Morbius tantrum in this thread
Mr & Mrs Smith may be a "genuine" romantic comedy but it's also not very good, and I voted for thirty from a shortlist of fifty so I'm quite capable of thinking of more than 5-10 romantic comedies you awful old bore
― Number None, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 19:23 (nine years ago) link
and yet you included one that... isn't... one.
Show Me Love is Fucking Amal, right? I'm p sure I haven't seen it.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 19:30 (nine years ago) link
misread that
― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 19:37 (nine years ago) link
It's got romance, it's got comedy, it's also a thriller. Who actually gives a shit?
I guess we'll just have to pray the poll can recover from the damage I've done with my disregard for the inviolable sanctity of the genre
― Number None, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 19:41 (nine years ago) link
btw i am not of the opinion that Mr & Mrs Smith should've gotten votes, just that Hitchcock doesn't belong anywhere among the greatest 50 romantic comedies in history.
Who actually gives a shit?
EXACTLY, let's ban the next motherfucker who votes in a poll.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 19:44 (nine years ago) link
feeling good about my vote for Midnight Run right now
― Daphnis Celesta, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 19:45 (nine years ago) link
yes Show Me Love is Fucking Amal idk why there are two different titles
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 19:52 (nine years ago) link
bcz no US marquee would show the original title
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 19:54 (nine years ago) link
there were def marquees in 1998.
46. Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961, dir. Blake Edwards)2 votes, 92 pointshttp://www.movieposter.com/posters/archive/main/26/MPW-13067
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 20:07 (nine years ago) link
one of those classics i've never seen
― Mordy, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 20:13 (nine years ago) link
but i have heard the song
45. Moonstruck (1987, dir. Norman Jewison)2 votes, 93 pointshttps://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSKe6X5XEf6zBshsT75lB_o_6_FG7imwPSGY397xevzzVW7rFz7
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 20:14 (nine years ago) link
song is the best thing about it, most of the film is horrible and v dated imo. party scene looks fun.
in reference to BaT that is
idk if mordy meant moon river, there are darker possibilities
― difficult listening hour, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 20:16 (nine years ago) link
44. Muriel's Wedding (1994, dir. J.P. Hogan)2 votes, 94 pointshttp://www.pastposters.com/cw3/assets/product_full/(R)__MurielsWedding(teaser)3.jpg
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 20:19 (nine years ago) link
43. Love Me Tonight (1932, dir. Rouben Mamoulian)2 votes,95 pointshttp://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/dvdreviews21/a%20Rouben%20Mamoulian%20Love%20Me%20Tonight%20DVD/poster4%20Rouben%20Mamoulian%20Love%20Me%20Tonight%20DVD.jpg
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 20:22 (nine years ago) link
First of the all-time greats to show up!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGNQ7TrVDrg
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 20:25 (nine years ago) link
42. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953, dir. Howard Hawks)(3 votes, 98 pointshttp://woodstockwardrobe.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/gentlemen-prefer-blondes-poster.jpeg
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 20:26 (nine years ago) link
There's Something About Mary (1998, dir. Peter and Bobby Farrelly)3 votes, 99 pointshttp://www.pastposters.com/cw3/assets/product_expanded/(JamieR-BX)__TheresSomethingAboutMary(teaser)2.jpg
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 20:30 (nine years ago) link
er that's no. 41.
http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/video/497404/Gentlemen-Prefer-Blondes-Movie-Clip-Anyone-Here-For-Love.html
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 20:32 (nine years ago) link
Forgot to vote for Moonstuck.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 20:35 (nine years ago) link
TIE 41. Design for Living (1933, dir. Ernst Lubitsch)3 votes, 99 pointshttp://www.doctormacro.com/Images/Posters/D/Poster%20-%20Design%20for%20Living_07.jpg
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 20:36 (nine years ago) link
40. Sleepless in Seattle (1993, dir. Nora Ephron)3 votes, 106 pointshttp://www.parkcircus.com/assets/0009/5465/SLEEPLESS-QUAD.jpg
the pensive expressions on this movie poster crack me up, so insipid
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 20:41 (nine years ago) link
Morbs is still waiting for his Wiener King.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 3 September 2014 20:32 (nine years ago) link
you'd think morbz would be thrilled ilx voted a woody allen #1 even after the earlier hullabaloo
― Mordy, Wednesday, 3 September 2014 20:39 (nine years ago) link
we're dealing with a poll where 9 people voted for the #1 pick and 7 voted for #10 so I wouldn't bother reading too deeply into the tea leaves re: a big comedy director's best picture winner taking the top spot― da croupier, Wednesday, September 3, 2014 3:30 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― da croupier, Wednesday, September 3, 2014 3:30 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
good point.
by earthbound i guess i just mean... it's an amusing character study. sometimes very amusing. but compared to a lot of other films on the list it seems very conventional, complacent even.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 3 September 2014 20:40 (nine years ago) link
but you know taste etc.
but i think it'd be hard for me to understand someone who would put it in the league of something like "his girl friday" which on the level of performance and pacing is such a miracle.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 3 September 2014 20:41 (nine years ago) link
but what da croupier said, really
but compared to a lot of other films on the list it seems very conventional
This seems like a surprising thing to say about Annie Hall but I'll admit that there's a lot I haven't seen on the list.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Wednesday, 3 September 2014 20:44 (nine years ago) link
not conventional compared to motherfucking When Harry Met Sally
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 3 September 2014 20:48 (nine years ago) link
yeah I don't really get calling it conventional - its structure and pacing is p unusual
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 3 September 2014 20:48 (nine years ago) link
but compared to a lot of other films on the list it seems very conventional, complacent even.
http://585579096.r.lightningbase-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/0749852143.gif
― a guy named Christian White who represents the typical white Christian (Eric H.), Wednesday, 3 September 2014 20:51 (nine years ago) link
comfort yourself that Groundhog Day didn't win, a great comedy THAT IS NOT A ROMANTIC COMEDY
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 3 September 2014 20:52 (nine years ago) link
And fwiw (not much) I don't put Annie Hall in the same league as His Girl Friday.
― a guy named Christian White who represents the typical white Christian (Eric H.), Wednesday, 3 September 2014 20:52 (nine years ago) link
the fact that it's about a couple that split and move on to plausibly more momentous relationships also seems less than conventional for a rom-com
― da croupier, Wednesday, 3 September 2014 20:54 (nine years ago) link
it's an anti-romcom bc the misanthrope doesn't get the girl at the end, he just gets to be miserable, desperately trying to figure out how to recreate magic that is permanently gone from his life
― Mordy, Wednesday, 3 September 2014 20:55 (nine years ago) link
When I saw Annie Hall on release, it definitely felt like no film I'd ever seen before. I was 16, mind you, and everything seemed new, but Annie Hall still feels unique 37 years later.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 3 September 2014 21:00 (nine years ago) link
yeah i guess you're right. it just feels kind of uninspired compared to some of the other films on the list, but looking at the full list i suppose it doesn't qualify as 'conventional'
sry
― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 3 September 2014 21:04 (nine years ago) link
and then came India Song xp
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 3 September 2014 21:04 (nine years ago) link
To reiterate, "uninspired" in a list that includes When Harry Met Sally ...
― a guy named Christian White who represents the typical white Christian (Eric H.), Wednesday, 3 September 2014 21:06 (nine years ago) link
india song is kind of funny if you approach it a certain way
― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 3 September 2014 21:06 (nine years ago) link
xpost
sure fine
I'd have no objections to calling Annie Hall mundane in practically any other context. But this list ... I mean, girls, Lisa, boys kiss girls!
― a guy named Christian White who represents the typical white Christian (Eric H.), Wednesday, 3 September 2014 21:10 (nine years ago) link
I would have liked India Song a lot better if there'd been two or three scenes involving lobsters and/or this guy.
http://media.cinemasquid.com/screenshots/1ad421b6-c0b1-49dc-ba96-2c302d6d001b/annie-hall-blu-ray-screenshot-0004929-I-824.jpg
― clemenza, Wednesday, 3 September 2014 21:13 (nine years ago) link
http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/y2glIlm0rGs/hqdefault.jpg
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 3 September 2014 21:45 (nine years ago) link
Le Camion has the real yuks.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 3 September 2014 21:46 (nine years ago) link
point morbs for namedropping even more obscure duras film
― I dunno. (amateurist), Thursday, 4 September 2014 00:12 (nine years ago) link
i saw a screening featuring post-analysis by John Waters!
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 4 September 2014 00:51 (nine years ago) link
that's right, i remember reading his praise the budget-saving minimalism of le camion and bresson's lancelot du lac
― I dunno. (amateurist), Thursday, 4 September 2014 18:13 (nine years ago) link
there's a Marguerite Duras doublebill marquee shot in one of his '80s films
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 4 September 2014 18:19 (nine years ago) link
http://www.thecinetourist.net/uploads/7/0/9/9/7099213/8568482_orig.jpg
― a guy named Christian White who represents the typical white Christian (Eric H.), Thursday, 4 September 2014 18:26 (nine years ago) link
:)
― I dunno. (amateurist), Thursday, 4 September 2014 18:30 (nine years ago) link
i wish i liked john waters's films more :(
Stick to your guns. I'm f'n glad Howard Hawks bores me.
― a guy named Christian White who represents the typical white Christian (Eric H.), Thursday, 4 September 2014 18:40 (nine years ago) link
why would you be glad to be bored that seems sort of strange
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 4 September 2014 18:45 (nine years ago) link
he doesn't even hate what he hates
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 4 September 2014 18:47 (nine years ago) link
Glad that I didn't have to sit through 60+ Hawks films after the 5 or 6 (most of them acclaimed as being among his best) I watched did nothing for me.
― a guy named Christian White who represents the typical white Christian (Eric H.), Thursday, 4 September 2014 18:50 (nine years ago) link
you mean you don't like Hatari!
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 4 September 2014 18:52 (nine years ago) link
Fell asleep.
― a guy named Christian White who represents the typical white Christian (Eric H.), Thursday, 4 September 2014 18:55 (nine years ago) link
Everything I love about Gentlemen Prefer Blondes apparently has very little to do with Hawks (tho even the most recent re-watch didn't light my fire as the movie had in the past).
― a guy named Christian White who represents the typical white Christian (Eric H.), Thursday, 4 September 2014 18:56 (nine years ago) link
(Still voted for it in this poll tho I think.)
― a guy named Christian White who represents the typical white Christian (Eric H.), Thursday, 4 September 2014 18:57 (nine years ago) link
He's a jack-of-all-trades, silly... wait, that's MASTER of all. But you can't detect all his strengths in one genre.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 4 September 2014 19:00 (nine years ago) link
like me
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 4 September 2014 19:03 (nine years ago) link
Hawks is a master of jack, trade.
― a guy named Christian White who represents the typical white Christian (Eric H.), Thursday, 4 September 2014 19:18 (nine years ago) link
jeez i haven't been called "trade" since Joan Rivers was funny
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 4 September 2014 19:25 (nine years ago) link
tasteless :(
― Mordy, Thursday, 4 September 2014 19:29 (nine years ago) link
[Dennis Perrin "Gaza hospital" tweet]
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 4 September 2014 19:35 (nine years ago) link
i can't even imagine loving movies and hating howard hawks, but there you go.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Friday, 5 September 2014 16:59 (nine years ago) link
It truly is a democratic marvel of a medium.
― a guy named Christian White who represents the typical white Christian (Eric H.), Friday, 5 September 2014 19:24 (nine years ago) link
that's one way to put it.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Friday, 5 September 2014 20:14 (nine years ago) link
he's bored by men-in-groups
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 6 September 2014 02:16 (nine years ago) link
The AV Club's Fave RomComs
― pitchforkian at best (cryptosicko), Thursday, 11 February 2016 14:39 (eight years ago) link
I revised my submissions.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 22 April 2018 14:52 (five years ago) link