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JaneInNY |
Posted: January 21st, 2015, 1:12pm |
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Ok, I have a weekend of movie watching coming up. I'm writing a romantic drama and need some inspiration. Would love some feedback.... and go!!!! |
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Posted: January 21st, 2015, 1:16pm |
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JaneInNY |
Posted: January 21st, 2015, 1:17pm |
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Ha! Not quite. Sci-fi/Romance not my thing. |
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Reef Dreamer |
Posted: January 21st, 2015, 1:27pm |
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Recently watched the fault in our stars. Not bad and pretty sad.
Out if Africa is sad by the end if you consider it in the right bracket
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mmmarnie |
Posted: January 21st, 2015, 2:02pm |
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"The Notebook" made me want to kill myself, so that's a good one. "The Way We Were" and "Love Story" are two oldies but goodies. |
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James McClung |
Posted: January 21st, 2015, 2:12pm |
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LocationWashington, D.C. Posts3293 Posts Per Day 0.49 |
Blue Valentine. Romantic and dramatic in equal measure. Good rec for people who want something harder-hitting than the Notebook. Fucking devastating. |
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Heretic |
Posted: January 21st, 2015, 2:16pm |
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LocationVancouver, British Columbia, Canada Posts2023 Posts Per Day 0.28 |
Brokeback Mountain.
And a second on Blue Valentine! |
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eldave1 |
Posted: January 21st, 2015, 2:27pm |
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LocationSouthern California Posts6874 Posts Per Day 1.95 |
My personal favorite is Good Will Hunting. |
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AnthonyCawood |
Posted: January 21st, 2015, 3:18pm |
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Rust and Bone, Blue is the Warmest Colour and Time (KimKi-duk)
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JaneInNY |
Posted: January 21st, 2015, 3:56pm |
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Blue Valentine is at the top of my list! My script can go in a couple of directions at different levels of sadness and i just don't know which way to go. So as I've read, the best thing is to watch as many movies as I can. Looking forward to being weepy mess lol. Thanks everyone! |
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IamGlenn |
Posted: January 21st, 2015, 4:12pm |
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LocationDublin, Ireland, Europe, The World. Posts692 Posts Per Day 0.20 |
Blue Valentine most definitely! Not mad into romance flicks but this one is absolutely amazing. Loved it.
I know it's more of a comedy but 500 Days Of Summer definitely has drama elements and is a brilliant film. |
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JaneInNY |
Posted: January 21st, 2015, 4:25pm |
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Heard 500 was great. I'll add that too. I love me some romance, sex, violence and sadness. (Not all at the same time ha!) Deep emotional movies. You know what I mean. |
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IamGlenn |
Posted: January 21st, 2015, 4:28pm |
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Oh Almost forgot
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
Excellent! |
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JaneInNY |
Posted: January 21st, 2015, 4:31pm |
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Oh love Eternal Sunshine! |
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IamGlenn |
Posted: January 21st, 2015, 4:37pm |
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I know I said I'm not into Romance films but thanks to this thread I'm now remembering so many I love..
Now if you don't mind I'm off to watch The Notebook and have a good cry.
Cheers. |
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JaneInNY |
Posted: January 21st, 2015, 4:51pm |
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Enjoy!!!! That one was a killer! |
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Posted: January 21st, 2015, 6:15pm |
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Yep, Eternal Sunshine is a must. For variety and different 'styles' add: Sense And Sensibility Her Baz Luhrmann's Romeo & Juliet (to inspire visuals) Baz Luhrmann's Great Gatsby (not the dry original with Mia Farrow/Robert Redford) Crazy Stupid Love I'd avoid: Love Actually (some people love it, but not me - too clichéd and had me groaning even though I'll concede some scenes are pretty good) There you are. Now you're going to be stuck in a darkened room with a box of tissues and they'll be sending out a search party for you. |
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IamGlenn |
Posted: January 21st, 2015, 6:46pm |
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Baz Luhrmann's Great Gatsby (not the dry original with Mia Farrow/Robert Redford) |
Oh no! Just earlier I was saying how much I disliked this one. Boring and over the top visuals with very little in the way of a story. I will agree, however, with Her. Love that one. |
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Posted: January 21st, 2015, 7:02pm |
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Oh no! Just earlier I was saying how much I disliked this one. Boring and over the top visuals with very little in the way of a story. |
Glenn, I was pleasantly surprised because I disliked the original so much and didn't expect anything of the remake, and of course Baz always makes things look so hyper real (your version of 'over the top' - think The Red Curtain Trilogy of films) but if you read some of the screenplays they're quite inspiring in terms of teaching you how to write filmically - jmh. |
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JaneInNY |
Posted: January 21st, 2015, 7:14pm |
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Loved Her!!! I didn't see Gatsby yet, was on the fence. Crazy Stupid is on my list.
LC- please I get so emotional over sad movies. Ugly cry and everything! Then, even when its over I still cry. |
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IamGlenn |
Posted: January 21st, 2015, 7:23pm |
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Yep, Luhrmann is all about the extravagant. I don't mind that at all if the story is strong but I felt that's where it was lacking. I quite liked Moulin Rouge and Romeo & Juliet. Hated Australia though!
Admittedly, I haven't read any of his scripts..
Oh, and Crazy Stupid Love is great!
What about Punch Drunk Love? I like that one. |
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Pale Yellow |
Posted: January 21st, 2015, 7:26pm |
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The Notebook *sad just thinking about it* |
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JaneInNY |
Posted: January 21st, 2015, 7:29pm |
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The Notebook tears my heart out, like Terms of Endearment. |
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Posted: January 21st, 2015, 7:48pm |
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LocationThe Great Southern Land Posts7581 Posts Per Day 1.34 |
Yep, Luhrmann is all about the extravagant. I don't mind that at all if the story is strong but I felt that's where it was lacking. |
Absolutely agree - but that would be F.Scott Fitzgerald's fault - I always thought the story was pretty bland.
Oh, and Crazy Stupid Love is great! |
It definitely is. Worth watching for the scene with Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone: Take off your shirt. Seriously? It’s like you’re photoshopped!
What about Punch Drunk Love? I like that one. |
One of the best things Adam Sandler (and Paul Thomas Anderson) has done. Hey Jane, if you want to cry watch Steel Magnolias. And, the sentimental girly-girl in me loved the love story in August Rush too. Jonathan Rhys Meyers |
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Grandma Bear |
Posted: January 21st, 2015, 8:08pm |
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Being sort of dyslexic, I read this as Blue Velvet... I have a serious question here. As a person who only watches darker fare and despises rom-coms and even worse, sad romantic dramas, I can't understand why anyone would want to watch them. I'm not stupid, I know a lot of people, mainly women, love them, but why do you love them? Why on earth would anyone want to cry? Laugh, I can see, but cry? I don't get it. |
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Posted: January 21st, 2015, 8:25pm |
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Being sort of dyslexic, I read this as Blue Velvet... I have a serious question here. As a person who only watches darker fare and despises rom-coms and even worse, sad romantic dramas, I can't understand why anyone would want to watch them. I'm not stupid, I know a lot of people, mainly women, love them, but why do you love them? Why on earth would anyone want to cry? Laugh, I can see, but cry? I don't get it. |
Don't let some of the guy's fool you. They cry as well (well, some of them do, not all). Imh, it's the same parallel of why you enjoy being scared on a roller-coaster or watching a horror movie - just a different gene I guess. You experience the emotion vicariously through the character. With romantic films you relate, with horror you can experience terror and scare yourself stupid but be safe. Perhaps you don't have the tear-jerk factor in your DNA, Pia. Nothing wrong with that. I love all the dark stuff - Blue Velvet, True Romance are two of my favs, but I also love a good weepy. I hate it when they overdo the saccharine that'll ruin it for me. Richard Curtis is a terrific writer but 'Love Actually' nearly sent me around the bend. I'd say I'm in the camp of around 80% dark stuff to 20% the other way. |
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Posted: January 21st, 2015, 8:37pm |
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Posted: January 21st, 2015, 9:26pm |
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Being sort of dyslexic, I read this as Blue Velvet... I have a serious question here. As a person who only watches darker fare and despises rom-coms and even worse, sad romantic dramas, I can't understand why anyone would want to watch them. I'm not stupid, I know a lot of people, mainly women, love them, but why do you love them? Why on earth would anyone want to cry? Laugh, I can see, but cry? I don't get it. |
I don't like sad ones, personally. I love rom/coms though. I avoid sad movies. Some people say they like a "good cry". I have enough stress and heartache in my life that I don't meed any more. |
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Posted: January 21st, 2015, 9:37pm |
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To me, crying is for tragic events and funerals. I can't imagine wanting to pay for it the experience. Some people have asked me how I can like horrors and dark stuff, but I live with a "comedian". I hear jokes and laugh heartily every day. I just need relief from it, comic that is, every now and then. |
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Posted: January 21st, 2015, 9:56pm |
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To me, crying is for tragic events and funerals. I can't imagine wanting to pay for it the experience. Some people have asked me how I can like horrors and dark stuff, but I live with a "comedian". I hear jokes and laugh heartily every day. I just need relief from it, comic that is, every now and then. |
Yeah...I think it's about what balances out your life. |
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JaneInNY |
Posted: January 21st, 2015, 10:09pm |
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I don't know what it is about sad love stories. I'm drawn to them. I love horror movies equally. |
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