Romantic Comedies

[Yippee]

Hey Ladies,
I thought it would be interesting to see the what movies help with LIWitis. The past couple of months, I''ve rented a bunch of romantic comedies and it''s really helped my LIWitis. So, what are your favorite movies to help you through this time?

 

[CNYHopeful]

I LOOOOOOOOVE romantic comedies!!!!!

*While You Were Sleeping
*The Princess Bride
*My Best Friend''s Wedding
*Love Actually
*Father of the Bride
*Serendipity
*Say Anything... just to start off

Oh, and also any Jane Austin-inspired film:
*Pride & Prejudice
*Little Women
*Sense & Sensibility, etc.

 

[~*Alexis*~]

How to lose a guy in 10 days--I love that movie!!

 

[CheshireSmile]

When Harry Met Sally is always a classic, definitely one of my very favorite movies

 

[Dreamgirl]

Good thread!

So my favorites are:

The Notebook (favorite movie of all time but not a comedy)
Sleepless In Seattle
Serendipity
My Best Friend's Wedding
When Harry Met Sally
You've Got Mail (is a cute movie)

And what about you Yippee? You didn't say....

 

[mrscushion]

I loooooove Jane Austen movies. I have watched both the Keira Knightley U.S. version and the BBC TV mini-series of Pride and Prejudice soooo many times!!! They''re my go-to entertainment in times of LIW need!

 

[misskitty]

I just bought Stranger Than Fiction on dvd because I''ve been renting it so much. It''s adorable, and the scene where he buys her "flowers" makes me weepy.

 

[Lexie]

Romantic comedies are one of my guilty pleasures

I pretty much love all of the movies mentioned thus far, so I''ll add a few of my favorites that haven''t been mentioned quite yet:

- 10 Things I Hate About You
- Forgetting Sarah Marshall
- The Holiday
- The Sweetest Thing
- Two Weeks Notice
- Only You
- The Cutting Edge
- Fools Rush In
- The Wedding Date
- Simply Irresistible

 

[musey]

Definitely While You Were Sleeping, Love Actually and The Holiday!!

 

[Yippee]

Oops, I forgot to include mine!
Loving the lists, ladies!

Sleepless in Seattle, The Holiday, Runaway Bride, How to Lose A Guy In 10 Days, any old Cary Grant movie, Hello Dolly!

 

[Winks_Elf]

A Walk In The Clouds! Great cast, very romantic.

 

[sammyj]

I love my romantic comedies! Here are my favourites:

The Holiday
27 Dresses
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Lars and the Real Girl
Juno
Wedding Crashers
Elizabethtown

Yippee...which ones have you watched in the past couple of months? Any favourites that haven''t been mentioned yet??

 

[Yippee]

I saw Emma last night and that was really good.

Around Chrismas I saw "While You Were Sleeping" and "Love Actually". Anyone watch older classic movies like the old black and white ones on TCM? There were a couple on there more recently, but I didn''t catch the names. Good stuff!

 

[Dreamgirl]

Date: 1/8/2009 3:37:11 PM
Author: sammyj

Wedding Crashers

Oh yeah! I totally forgot about that movie

 

[chiapet]

This is not a romantic comedy but how about "Ever After" with Drew Barrymore. Sooo romantic!

 

[Prinny]

oooh I love romantic comedies!!! Here''s my list:

* Because I said so
*You''ve got mail
*13 going on 30
*The wedding planner
*Along came polly
*My best friend''s wedding
*27 dresses
*She''s all that
*Pretty Woman (don''t know if this counts)
*Sweet home alabama
*How to lose a guy in 10 days
*Maid in manhattan
*Never been kissed
*Serendipity
*One fine day
*16 candles
*Roxanne
*It could happen to you

 

[AmberGretchen]

I''m a big fan of Keeping the Faith and My Big Fat Greek Wedding (although the latter might *almost* make you not want to get married...)

 

[wishinpink]

You should all watch PENELOPE!!!!! It''s awesome!

 

[AllieGator]

The only chick flicks i really like are Love Actually and You''ve Got Mail. Oh, and I think you can count Mamma Mia on that list. I think I''ve watched that about 50 times since I got it.

 

[Amanda.Rx]

Love Actually. Best movie EVER!

 

[gryffindor]

Some that haven''t been mentioned yet that I love:

Legally Blonde
Bridget Jones Diary

 

[tarepanda]

I love Love Actually as well . . . and Hitch - don''t think that''s been mentioned yet.

 

[gryffindor]

Hitch is a good one, a little unusual since the main characters are men like in Wedding Crashers.

That reminds me, I''m going to add the following:

The Wedding Singer
Mona Lisa Smile (more romance than comedy)
Notting Hill

 

[trillionaire]

Love Jones
Brown Sugar
As good as it gets
something''s got to give
meet the parents
the color purple
hav plenty

 

[LaraOnline]

"Sex and Death'' is quite good. Stars an incredibly good-looking blonde guy, and Winona Ryder
He''s a ladies man who does a lot of ''hit and runs'' on girls.... and she is a poet philosopher who seduces men she perceives as having carried out crimes against women, slipping them a drug which puts them into a coma indefinitely...

It doesn''t directly address LIW-itis, but it is a good take on the ''battle of the sexes...

I just saw it for the first time last night. I tend to respond ''at a very deep level''

to most things, so even popular culture movies can somehow annoy me inadvertently... this one does not take itself seriously at all, and it''s very silly, and funny, and actually, in a way, quite deep for a silly movie!

 

[CNYHopeful]

I saw Sense and Sensibility tonight. Good times!

 

[mariewest]

Has anyone seen Bride Wars yet? I just saw it today and it is really cute. It is obviously a comedy but I really like Anne Hathaway and Kate Hudson. Anyways, I think it brings up a lot of good points about the planning aspect of the wedding. I would recommend it to any LIW.

I also agree with any films based on Jane Austen. She is one of my favorite authors and directors have adapted her books to movies in different ways very well.

 

[Winks_Elf]

We watched Arsenic & Old Lace with Cary Grant last night...it was so funny and romantic at the same time. The romance part of it was only a sideline though. Still, a great movie.

 

[Lexie]

Hm.. according to this article that was written about a month ago, a study by a university in Edinburgh has claimed that watching romantic comedies can spoil your love life.

What do y'all think?

 

[CNYHopeful]

Wow, that''s an interesting point, Lexie. I recall my dad used to complain that romance novels and chick flicks spoiled real romance. I asked him why, and he said because it creates an imaginary obsession with someone other than your actual spouse. On one hand, I can see the point and understand where some people might be predisposed to such fantasies. Such an obsession can lead one to then look at their SO or husband and be disappointed that "he doesn''t do this" or "doesn''t do that" like in the fantasy.

However, I love my SO more than I like chick flicks, and I''m not going to use drama to fill a future void in my relationship with a fantastical notion of imaginary love. Ultimately, they just make ya feel warm and fuzzy inside and can see the real life love in a greater light, darnit!

Thanks for sharing!