You, Sir and Madame, are not romantic

[meganbmoore]

 From crumpeteer, 10 romantic movies that really arent.

Half (or so) I haven't seen.  Two I have and had issues with myself.  The others I remember liking when I saw them long ago, but suspect I'd have problems with now.

Comments

[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

"Love means never having to say you're sorry"? What IS that? If anything love means having to say you're sorry more than usual. And Sleepless in Seattle has always seemed like a creepy premise to me.

This is why I generally hate American chick flicks.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

Sleepless in Seattle I've never seen or been interested in. And I completely agree about that line. I'm sure it's supposed to be read as "love means knowing you'll be forgiven" but it comes across more as "love means you can get away with whatever you want, and if they object, they don't love you."

I have issues with most chick flicks myself...or US media in general where romance is centric.

[smillaraaq.livejournal.com]

Ugh. I don't think I've ever seen a Meg Ryan movie that didn't make me want to hit people, starting with whoever forced me to watch a Meg Ryan movie and ending with the entire cast and crew, with Meg herself for the grand finale.

"City of Angels" would probably be the least painful of the lot that I've suffered through -- not that it didn't suck mightily for the most part, but it had two great redeeming features: (1) Andre Braugher and (2) Meg's character dies horribly.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

Oddly, I like Meg Ryan well enough, I just don't like her movies.

Never made myself watch City of Angels. I remember my brother loving it, though.

[smillaraaq.livejournal.com]

COA is an American remake of the classic "Wings of Desire"; there aren't a lot of plot similarities beyond some of the basic conceits about angels. WOD is a lovely, slow mood piece, COA is...another fairly basic Meg Ryan chick flick, only the love story is tarted up here with supernatural elements.