What type digs romantic comedies.........

[BlackOp]

Who are these people......I'm beginning to think (ha) that I walk amongst aliens...or vise-versa.;) : Paying $9.00 to be hypnotized by Matthew McConaughey's teeth. I have read you can see them from space...........

[Jack Flak]

S; F

[BlackOp]

S; F

By S-F...I assume that means "suburban failure".:devil: Its sad that people pay to watch this drivel in hopes of "feeling" something. My feet hitting the pavement is all the reminder I need........

[LucrativeSid]

I like them if they are actually good. I have nothing against the genre itself. My girlfriend is the same way. She's Te dominant. Comedies and romantic comedies are often cheap and predictable, so most of them suck ass.

[BlackOp]

I like them if they are actually good. I have nothing against the genre itself. My girlfriend is the same way. She's Te dominant. Comedies and romantic comedies are often cheap and predictable, so most of them suck ass.

I'm down with good comedy......the hardest genre to produce. Seeing Mcconaughey on a beach and a random coconut falls on his head just doesnt register. An anvil...well, thats another story. Woody Allen had his "RC" moments...but there was an undertow of discourse.

[colmena]

I have a guilty pleasure for teen-romantic dramas. So long as they're well acted.


Romantic comedies.... If you don't like Ernst Lubitsch, there's something wrong with you. Same goes for Groundhog Day, A Matter of Life and Death, It Happened One Night etc. Good ones are out there, you just need to filter out the crap.

Even a half decent one is better than 97% of action movies, in my opinion.

The Shop Around the Corner (1940) (http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0033045/)
Heaven Can Wait (1943) (http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0035979/)
Groundhog Day (1993) (http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0107048/)
It Happened One Night (1934) (http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0025316/)
A Matter of Life and Death (1946) (http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0038733/)

Criticker - Ernst Lubitsch (http://www.criticker.com/?pl=43427)

[bluebell]

I usually enjoy British ones. Hollywood ones, eh, not so much.

[LeetoLydia]

I enjoy most romantic-comedies

[miked277]

honestly most genres have potential. most movies these days really are either the 100th incarnation of the type of movie and so have worn somewhat thin for the older among us or they are just plain poorly/sloppliy made.

having said that, i have enjoyed the occasional romantic comedy or two.

[Kora]

If there's more comedy than romance, and it's not so bad acted... In fact, it's like any other genre.
I have to say that I enjoyed very much Bridget Jones and Love Actually.

[cafe]

I like several of them.

[Samuel De Mazarin]

I like them if they are actually good. I have nothing against the genre itself. My girlfriend is the same way. She's Te dominant. Comedies and romantic comedies are often cheap and predictable, so most of them suck ass.

Yes, fellow ENTP... it's true... why shut ourselves off to an entire genre?

I usually enjoy British ones. Hollywood ones, eh, not so much.

Hmmmmm.... I've not watched many Brit rom-coms... any suggestions?

I'm surprised you haven't found any Hollywood ones to your liking... there are so many good ones... my favorite American rom-com has to be "You've Got Mail"...

[Little Linguist]

Okay, here's my subjective (gimme a break, I'm an ENFP) viewpoint:

If romantic comedies are lame, ewwwwwwwwwwwwww!

IF they are actually funny - and there are very few of them - YAY!!!

Here's my opinion: Comedies of any sort - particularly romantic comedies - either really, really, really ROCK or they really, really, really BLOW. There's really nothing in between. :yes:

[disregard]

I do.

[colmena]

Hmmmmm.... I've not watched many Brit rom-coms... any suggestions?



Some Voices.

But you'll never get to see it.

:(


One of my favourite films.

[booyalab]

I usually enjoy British ones. Hollywood ones, eh, not so much.

like Hugh Grant/Colin Firth-style? I really liked Colin Firth in this 1989 movie I saw called Apartment Zero but I think all the romantic comedies I've seen him in were terrible. Hugh Grant just sucks.


Let's see.....I liked Princess Bride and Groundhog Day when I saw them as a kid, of course. As Good as it Gets, Annie Hall and When Harry Met Sally were good. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Human Nature and Before Sunrise are great. Sleepless in Seattle has the great "where's the cat?" line of dialogue.

But I can't stand most of the romantic comedies that are generally considered to be the best. Bridget Jones, Shakespeare in Love (HORRIBLE), Serendipity, Moulin Rouge, Notting Hill, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Legally Blonde, Pretty Woman, etc. = yuck

[colmena]

I really enjoyed Notting Hill.

[helen]

Sleepless in Seattle is kinda cute. . .

[scantilyclad]

i like several romantic comedies.

[Samuel De Mazarin]

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind . . . .

Moulin Rouge
I never considered these romantic comedies... the former certainly isn't a comedy in the least... it's more a drama/love story/experimental and the latter's an outright musical...


"As Good As It Gets" was great....

[EffEmDoubleyou]

I wouldn't slander the entire genre based on a few dumb movies. I think romantic comedies are the same as any other genre...if it's a good movie, I think it will appeal to all types. No movies starring Mr. Allrightallrightallright count as "good movies".

[Uberfuhrer]

I like certain romantic comedies, but I'm not fond of the genre as a whole.

[Hmm]

What type digs romantic comedies..........

Meeeeeeee! :wubbie:

(well, most of them)

[heart]

It really depends on my mood.

[AscendingFlame]

I totally love romantic comedies. Yes, there are always some that suck, but in general, yes, I totally love that genre.

[LucrativeSid]

Samuel, Love Actually was pretty good in my opinion. One of the best romantic comedies I've ever seen. (It's British. You asked.)

In general, I like any movie that is touching, inspiring, motivating, or thought provoking. I don't really expect to laugh when I watch comedies, but sometimes I am surprised.

[Samuel De Mazarin]

Samuel, Love Actually was pretty good in my opinion. One of the best romantic comedies I've ever seen. (It's British. You asked.)

In general, I like any movie that is touching, inspiring, motivating, or thought provoking.

Ahh.... heard of that... I'll put that on my list!

[Cality]

Me, when I am bored and have nothing else to do... :blush::D

[murkrow]

I LOVE ROMANTIC COMEDIES.

[murkrow]

Samuel, Love Actually was pretty good in my opinion. One of the best romantic comedies I've ever seen. (It's British. You asked.)

In general, I like any movie that is touching, inspiring, motivating, or thought provoking. I don't really expect to laugh when I watch comedies, but sometimes I am surprised.

Shitty movie.

[dnivera]

I like them.

27 Dresses was good. So was 50 First Dates.

They're unrealistic, but a light and funny escape from real life. No guy in real life is ever as romantic as they come in Rom-Coms.

[Hmm]

I like them.

27 Dresses was good. So was 50 First Dates.

They're unrealistic, but a light and funny escape from real life. No guy in real life is ever as romantic as they come in Rom-Coms.

This.

Romantic comedies are like porn for women.

[entropie]

This.

Romantic comedies are like porn for women.

Oh dear... your words made me melt away :wubbie:

[EffEmDoubleyou]

I'll second the nomination for Love Actually, despite Murkow's terse review :D In fact, the film's writer/director, Richard Curtis, may be as close as we have to an "auteur" for romantic comedies. He also wrote Four Weddings And A Funeral, which is stellar, and Notting Hill, which is pretty good. He and Hugh Grant (a criminally underrated actor) seem to bring out the best in each other. For better or for worse, Curtis was also a writer for the Mr. Bean and Black Adder TV series.

[Colors]

Gotta side with Murkrow on Love Actually.

Evaluated separatedly, the separate storylines vary from horribly awful to cute- together, the movie doesn't have any time to go deeply into any of them or build them past shallow ground, resulting in a poor movie overall.

Examples-Horribly awful: Kid goes to America and gets a threesome (was this a cut scene from a different movie?)
Merely awful: Best man/Kiera Knightley. So the way to deal with your husband's best friend having obsessive want for you is to kiss him. Because if just feels so great to be loved. I admit having not been in this situation before, but I fail to believe this is a good way to deal with this sort of problem.
Okay: Hugh Grant, prime minister has the hots for an underling. Cute, but not that romantic by any stretch of the imagination. Hugh Grant also poorly convinces as a prime minister.
Cute: Liam Neeson and his son (manage to narrowly escape annoying precocious movie kid syndrome)
I also thought the Alan Rickman/Emma Thompson storyline resolution was left mostly unexplored, which disappointed me because I adore the actors.

I love You've Got Mail too! And have watched it a ridiculos amount of time from when it replays on television.

Pertaining to the OP, the person I know who loves romantic comedies the most is a male InFJ. Unfortunately, I've seen his favorite one (My Sassy Girl) and this like of romantic comedies seems to stem from a zen for the "strong woman" stereotype from such movies. These "strong" women would be more correctly described as "emotionally unstable/insecure" or sometimes even "batshit crazy" in real-life. (And their "sensitive men" are more accurately condescending wimps.)

This representation of an unhealthy relationship as something to root for is a worrisome . At least you can ignore the lack of any mental connection/getting-to-know-each-other-period problem.

[animenagai]

i agree that F's would like them more than T's but i don't agree on the S part. INFJ's for example are supreme romantics. it's the F function that's governing this attraction.

[entropie]

i agree that F's would like them more than T's but i don't agree on the S part. INFJ's for example are supreme romantics. it's the F function that's governing this attraction.

INFJ are supreme romantics ? ouh dear that would turn my view on the world upside down

[animenagai]

INFJ are supreme romantics ? ouh dear that would turn my view on the world upside down

my bad. Enfj's.

For the ENFJ, love means flowers, poetry, candlelight dinners --- in other words, romance with a capital R

from ENFJ - The Sage (http://www.geocities.com/lifexplore/enfj.htm)

[Hmm]

Gotta side with Murkrow on Love Actually.

Me too. It kinda bored me but I enjoyed hearing all the British accents. :D

[entropie]

I sooouuu sooouusspected that xD

[sketcheasy]

romantic comedies are guilty pleasures. sometimes i wish i had a girlfriend to share them with but in good time. trying not to rush these things.

but yeah guys can enjoy them too.

[colmena]

I'll second the nomination for Love Actually, despite Murkow's terse review :D In fact, the film's writer/director, Richard Curtis, may be as close as we have to an "auteur" for romantic comedies. He also wrote Four Weddings And A Funeral, which is stellar, and Notting Hill, which is pretty good. He and Hugh Grant (a criminally underrated actor) seem to bring out the best in each other. For better or for worse, Curtis was also a writer for the Mr. Bean and Black Adder TV series.

I found neither heart nor humour in "Love Actually". And it didn't really feel very solid. ('though I loved the gospel choir at the beginning).

I still think Curtis is brilliant. He won the nation's hearts with The Vicar of Dibley, which I prefer to Blackadder and Bean.

[PinkPiranha]

my bad. Enfj's.


You know, I've heard that we're impossible romantics, but frankly aside from the idealism and living out the elaborate fantasies we make up, the candy-flowers-cardboard cut-out love thing just strikes me as boring and unoriginal. In fact, it may kill my attraction. I got a supercharger core from an ISTP which I loved, and a Valentine from an ENTP that was Neruda's sheep standing over a lamb chop. Morbid AND sweet! Got me right in the heart parts.

[PinkPiranha]

I found neither heart nor humour in "Love Actually". And it didn't really feel very solid.

I still think Curtis is brilliant, though. He won the nation's hearts with The Vicar of Dibley, which I prefer to Blackadder and Bean.

Oh my goodness. "Sausages in scarlet pimpernel sauce! Pimpernels in scarlet sausage sauce! etc" lol too funny.

[Maabus1999]

I like them.

27 Dresses was good. So was 50 First Dates.

They're unrealistic, but a light and funny escape from real life. No guy in real life is ever as romantic as they come in Rom-Coms.

Constantly? No. Can some beat moments? Don't see why not? Problem is most guys forget this after the honeymoon period and don't maintain their relationship the write way. Hint guys: After you marry, you shouldn't stop dating your wife (twice a month w/o kids, once a month with kids minimum is a good). Ok, I'm derailing this thread with the INTJ "fix the relationship to be perfect" side. Ciao.

[animenagai]

You know, I've heard that we're impossible romantics, but frankly aside from the idealism and living out the elaborate fantasies we make up, the candy-flowers-cardboard cut-out love thing just strikes me as boring and unoriginal. In fact, it may kill my attraction. I got a supercharger core from an ISTP which I loved, and a Valentine from an ENTP that was Neruda's sheep standing over a lamb chop. Morbid AND sweet! Got me right in the heart parts.

i think when the writer talked about candy and stuff, it was more of a metaphor for romance than anything. N types want creativity, so yeah, i agree that flowers etc. get cliche. i'm an NF myself, so i think i know where you're coming from (that's what she said :shock:).

[entropie]

You know, I've heard that we're impossible romantics, but frankly aside from the idealism and living out the elaborate fantasies we make up, the candy-flowers-cardboard cut-out love thing just strikes me as boring and unoriginal. In fact, it may kill my attraction. I got a supercharger core from an ISTP which I loved, and a Valentine from an ENTP that was Neruda's sheep standing over a lamb chop. Morbid AND sweet! Got me right in the heart parts.


I tend to agree, the one eNFj girl I know, just is too old to still have time for romance :D

[EffEmDoubleyou]

I found neither heart nor humour in "Love Actually". And it didn't really feel very solid. ('though I loved the gospel choir at the beginning).

I still think Curtis is brilliant. He won the nation's hearts with The Vicar of Dibley, which I prefer to Blackadder and Bean.

I thought the storylines in Love Actually varied from bad (the guy voyaging to America) to charming (the movie stand-ins) to romantic (Hugh Grant and the delicious dish playing his underling) to sublime (Colin Firth and the Portugese girl) to laugh out loud funny (Bill Nighy as the aging rocker). Yeah, it's uneven, but it's so good natured and the best parts are brilliant. I also have a weakness for Christmas-themed movies.

[colmena]

Sorry to dent Christmas fuzzies. I can overlook things if Christmas fuzzies are being gotten.

[Uytuun]

romantic comedies are guilty pleasures.

Yup, most of the time (especially with the really soppy ones), it's not even something I'd like for myself, but it's still nice to get carried away by the film and live the emotions.

[animenagai]

this has been sort of bugging me. for the record entropie, all NF's are romantic in general. i don't know how that kinda slipped my mind. i was looking for a specific quote on ENFJ's so i was a bit sidetracked/confused.

[InaF3157]

I don't know what was worse: having watched Love Actually or having to suppress a tirade when the hordes around me start praising the shitty thing.

[murkrow]

I don't know what was worse: having watched Love Actually or having to suppress a tirade when the hordes around me start praising the shitty thing.

We will see them as broken husks.

[bluebell]

Hmmmmm.... I've not watched many Brit rom-coms... any suggestions?

I'm surprised you haven't found any Hollywood ones to your liking... there are so many good ones... my favorite American rom-com has to be "You've Got Mail"...

Oops, forgot about this thread. I think it's more of a cultural thing with sense of humour. 'You've Got Mail' is not my thing - I didn't find it funny at all (not helped by the fact I really don't like Meg Ryan in any of her roles) and I gave up halfway through.

I really liked 'Four Weddings & a Funeral', 'Love Actually', 'Much Ado About Nothing', 'Shirley Valentine' and 'Bridget Jones Diary (1 & 2)'. Er, I can't remember any more.

Actually, there is one American romantic comedy I enjoyed - '10 Things I Hate About You'. I've even watched it twice. :ninja:

[colmena]

my favorite American rom-com has to be "You've Got Mail"...

YGM is a remake of Shop Around The Corner.

http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=-9115311383729234034