Films Not About Tragedy
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OUT-AND-OUT COMEDIES:
The Trouble with Harry (1955)—directed by Hitchcock, but a comedy!
Ruthless People (1986)—a kidnapping caper; still one of my favorite comedies
Hairspray (1988)—my favorite comedy of all time; will be a movie musical this summer
Serial Mom (1994)—another John Waters comedy, mostly shot around my high school and other familiar sites around Towson
Waking Ned Devine (1998)—one of those twee British comedies about village eccentrics; the scene of the two old men riding naked on the motorcycle alone is worth the price of admission
GalaxyQuest (2000)—a comedy about a Star Trek-like show
American Dreamz (2000)—a satire about a show like American Idol, with Hugh Grant as a combination Ryan Seacrest/Simon Cowell character
Le Chevre (1981)—a French farce about a girl who gets kidnapped and the two mismatched detectives who are sent to find her
The Dinner Game (1998)—another great French comedy about a suave handsome man who tries to play a trick one a clueless ugly one, and the reversals of fortune that ensue
COMEDIES, BUT DRAMATIC TOO:
A Room with a View (1985)---the original Merchant-Ivory blockbuster about pretty English people in Italy
Radio Days (1987)—Woody Allen’s film about growing up in the 1940s
Corrina Corrina (1994)---lovely film about the relationship between a widower and the woman he hires to watch his daughter
Il Postino (1995)---the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda befriends a rural postman in Italy; “heartwarming!” say the critics
Sense and Sensibility---Jane Austen; nuff said
L’Auberge Espagnole (2003)---European youth living together in Barcelona; “delightful!” say the critics
Love Actually (2003)---ensemble British comedy-romance; I love this film; but be warned: there is unexpectedly graphic sex---do not watch with your children or parents
Spellbound (2003)---hilarious documentary about kids in spelling bees
Goodbye, Lenin (2004)---a young man in East Germany tries to hide from his mother the fact that the Wall has fallen and Communism is dead
NOTE COMEDIES, BUT EASY TO LIKE:
Widow’s Peak (1994)---light intrigue in an English village
Chariots of Fire (1981)—about early 1900s British Olympic runners
Mountains of the Moon (1990)—wonderful, wonderful, little-known movie about the two men who discovered the source of the Nile in Africa; the first half is an action movie, the second half a psychological drama
The Last Seduction---slick thriller about a bad husband and his bad wife
Angels & Insects---fascinating movie about a young Charles Darwin staying at a rich man’s mansion and discovering what, and who, he really loves in life
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)---oooh, I love this movie! Sneaky, innocent-looking Matt Damon is Ripley
A Walk on the Moon (1999)---a 1950s housewife at a summer family camp is tempted by the “shirt man” . . . who happens to be Viggo Mortensen; contains my all-time favorite sex scene
Frequency (2000)---thriller about a troubled man who comes into contact with his long-dead father through a ham radio and tries to solve a mystery
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OUT-AND-OUT COMEDIES:
The Trouble with Harry (1955)—directed by Hitchcock, but a comedy!
Ruthless People (1986)—a kidnapping caper; still one of my favorite comedies
Hairspray (1988)—my favorite comedy of all time; will be a movie musical this summer
Serial Mom (1994)—another John Waters comedy, mostly shot around my high school and other familiar sites around Towson
Waking Ned Devine (1998)—one of those twee British comedies about village eccentrics; the scene of the two old men riding naked on the motorcycle alone is worth the price of admission
GalaxyQuest (2000)—a comedy about a Star Trek-like show
American Dreamz (2000)—a satire about a show like American Idol, with Hugh Grant as a combination Ryan Seacrest/Simon Cowell character
Le Chevre (1981)—a French farce about a girl who gets kidnapped and the two mismatched detectives who are sent to find her
The Dinner Game (1998)—another great French comedy about a suave handsome man who tries to play a trick one a clueless ugly one, and the reversals of fortune that ensue
COMEDIES, BUT DRAMATIC TOO:
A Room with a View (1985)---the original Merchant-Ivory blockbuster about pretty English people in Italy
Radio Days (1987)—Woody Allen’s film about growing up in the 1940s
Corrina Corrina (1994)---lovely film about the relationship between a widower and the woman he hires to watch his daughter
Il Postino (1995)---the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda befriends a rural postman in Italy; “heartwarming!” say the critics
Sense and Sensibility---Jane Austen; nuff said
L’Auberge Espagnole (2003)---European youth living together in Barcelona; “delightful!” say the critics
Love Actually (2003)---ensemble British comedy-romance; I love this film; but be warned: there is unexpectedly graphic sex---do not watch with your children or parents
Spellbound (2003)---hilarious documentary about kids in spelling bees
Goodbye, Lenin (2004)---a young man in East Germany tries to hide from his mother the fact that the Wall has fallen and Communism is dead
NOTE COMEDIES, BUT EASY TO LIKE:
Widow’s Peak (1994)---light intrigue in an English village
Chariots of Fire (1981)—about early 1900s British Olympic runners
Mountains of the Moon (1990)—wonderful, wonderful, little-known movie about the two men who discovered the source of the Nile in Africa; the first half is an action movie, the second half a psychological drama
The Last Seduction---slick thriller about a bad husband and his bad wife
Angels & Insects---fascinating movie about a young Charles Darwin staying at a rich man’s mansion and discovering what, and who, he really loves in life
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)---oooh, I love this movie! Sneaky, innocent-looking Matt Damon is Ripley
A Walk on the Moon (1999)---a 1950s housewife at a summer family camp is tempted by the “shirt man” . . . who happens to be Viggo Mortensen; contains my all-time favorite sex scene
Frequency (2000)---thriller about a troubled man who comes into contact with his long-dead father through a ham radio and tries to solve a mystery
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So what was your old high school, Lynn? Just so we'll recognize it in the John Waters movie :>)
I just figured out that I can comment back! (I know . . . DUH.) I went to Towson High; beautiful stone building.
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