'When Harry Met Sally' AKA the ROMCOM/CHICK FLICK Thread

[Ed Hocken]

You heard it first.

Rerb does not like red heads.

[Abraham Smashington]

Oh I love the red heads, but Molly Ringwald? Pass. Ally was always hotter.

[Abraham Smashington]

Now if we were discussing Tiffany vs. Debbie? TIFFANY ALL THE WAY

[Ed Hocken]

I don't even know how you could argue for either one?

[Abraham Smashington]

CAuse she's fucking hot. And since they both did Playboy I feel I have the proper information to judge them as hot or not. Tiffany >>>>>>>Debbie

[Ed Hocken]

Okay, moving on.

[Lisa]

It's been 25 years since 'Breakfast Club' came out. Discuss.

I saw it for the first time when I was taking summer school algebra after freshman year. Our teacher was pretty lax and one day he didn't feel like doing anything, so we watched it. Fell in love with it immediately and haven't looked back.

I've always loved this movie, too, from the minute I saw it. But one of the problems I had with it - well, not with the movie, but with the aftermath - was that one of my friends tried to force himself into BEING the Judd Nelson character. He was really insecure, was the best friend of the cool guy on campus (yeah - this was *college!*), and used to knock himself out to try and be just as cool. He wasn't, but he was our friend and we accepted his non-coolness. So the minute we saw "TBC", that was it - he went out and got a trench coat, black fingerless gloves, and cool guy shades. Walked around for the next YEAR answering everyone with as many of Judd Nelson's lines as he could. By graduation, we wanted to beat him to death.

Ally > Molly

Oh, hell, no!

[Abraham Smashington]

Sorry. Molly Ringwald (and this is coming from someone who is obviously younger than the demo when the movie came out, and pretty much every movie she was in) was never attractive or even likable in my eyes. I "grew" up with those flicks and never dug her. Ally Sheedy was always hotter in my opinion.

[Timothy225]

CAuse she's fucking hot. And since they both did Playboy I feel I have the proper information to judge them as hot or not. Tiffany >>>>>>>Debbie

*Ihavethoseissues,too!fist* to Rorb.

Re: Ally vs. Molly, I'd have gone for either or, personally. Both of 'em reminded me of gals in college (high school girls were all rocking Stevie Nicks, Debbie Harry, or Pat Benatar styles. College was all about the Brat Pack).

TBC was easily in the top three of Hughes' pics. Great ensemble, nailed the vibe teens in my neck of the woods were expressing at the time. I could sympathize most with Anthony Michael Hall's character (no shit, Tim? Really? Yep!), and we had way too many Emilio Estevez' jocks at my school. Good thing most of 'em needed my help to fuckin' graduate. Made a lot of bank off those gorillas.

[Ingrid]

Ally > Molly

I have to side with Rob on this one. While I never had a problem with the Ringwald, Sheedy to me is just cuter. Just watched 'Short Circuit' the other day, love it!

[Ben Thomas]

This thread popped up in a search and I thought it was worth reviving to draw attention to Celeste and Jesse Forever. Rashida Jones is outstanding in it and its one of the better, more interesting romcoms to come out of the States in a while, in my opinion.

[Captain Russ]

Sorry. Molly Ringwald (and this is coming from someone who is obviously younger than the demo when the movie came out, and pretty much every movie she was in) was never attractive or even likable in my eyes. I "grew" up with those flicks and never dug her. Ally Sheedy was always hotter in my opinion.

And then she went and fucked it up by conforming. The dander art made her hot.

Yeah, this is three plus years behind, but fuck it.

[Abraham Smashington]

truth.

[teledork]

Not Harry/Sally, but "Sleepless in Seattle" stays at the top of my limited romcon list in perpetuity. Unless we're counting Shaun of the Dead since it's a zomromcom. In that case, Sleepless drops to second