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Dec 8, 2008View in Crawl 4
Here is the formula (or version of it) of every chick-flick ever made (27 Dresses, Pretty Woman, One Fine Day, The Wedding Planner, and almost anything with Sandra Bullock or Meg Ryan in it):1) Stunningly attractive woman has a hard time meeting men, because of a fatal (but minor) flaw in her personality (clumsy, too hard working, too caring, tomboyishness, you get it - something no man would ever care about). This allows women in the audience to bond with her instead of hating her. 2) Stunningly attractive woman with minor flaw thinks she is in love with the wrong man, or has recently had her heart broken by the wrong man.3) Brash, handsome man suddenly appears in stunningly attractive woman's life. She hates him, but every other woman in the universe would beat her best friend with a lead pipe for a date with this guy.4) A series of strange/outlandish circumstances force these two people to be together, and the stunningly attractive woman realizes this is the man for her. This usually involves at least one scene at a dance or social outing where the man is shown to have feelings. 5) The stunningly attractive woman realizes this is the man for her, but its ALMOST too late, she/he about to marry someone else/ leave the country. 6) Deus ex machina, the problem resolves and they get married. None of the 3 movies I've mentioned have this formula, though Clueless comes closest.
Ahem. Check the info, both uncleosbert and Dysarthria. Specifically the gender. If I may quote someone obviously far wiser than myself in this case:"try responding to what i said, not the person you think i might be"The real irony is that Salome is a girl's name, and neither of you knew it.
Closed AccountDec 9, 2008
A movie about alien robots that can transform into anything they want has plot holes? NO WAI !!!!!!
dysarthriaDec 10, 2008
Here is the formula (or version of it) of every chick-flick ever made (27 Dresses, Pretty Woman, One Fine Day, The Wedding Planner, and almost anything with Sandra Bullock or Meg Ryan in it):1) Stunningly attractive woman has a hard time meeting men, because of a fatal (but minor) flaw in her personality (clumsy, too hard working, too caring, tomboyishness, you get it - something no man would ever care about). This allows women in the audience to bond with her instead of hating her. 2) Stunningly attractive woman with minor flaw thinks she is in love with the wrong man, or has recently had her heart broken by the wrong man.3) Brash, handsome man suddenly appears in stunningly attractive woman's life. She hates him, but every other woman in the universe would beat her best friend with a lead pipe for a date with this guy.4) A series of strange/outlandish circumstances force these two people to be together, and the stunningly attractive woman realizes this is the man for her. This usually involves at least one scene at a dance or social outing where the man is shown to have feelings. 5) The stunningly attractive woman realizes this is the man for her, but its ALMOST too late, she/he about to marry someone else/ leave the country. 6) Deus ex machina, the problem resolves and they get married. None of the 3 movies I've mentioned have this formula, though Clueless comes closest.
Closed AccountDec 11, 2008
Ahem. Check the info, both uncleosbert and Dysarthria. Specifically the gender. If I may quote someone obviously far wiser than myself in this case:"try responding to what i said, not the person you think i might be"The real irony is that Salome is a girl's name, and neither of you knew it.
Closed AccountDec 11, 2008
Ask your mom. She'll lie at first, but she'll come around. From my experience it's about 10 minutes or so.
Closed AccountDec 12, 2008
Knight's Tale is awesome