trailer break: ‘Nights in Rodanthe’

Mon, Sep 22, 2008

Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer…

I thought about maybe going to a screening of this tomorrow, even though I should be spending the day packing and getting ready to leave at like 4am on Wednesday for my trip to England. And then I discovered that this is based on a novel by Nicholas Sparks, and I knew I could give it a miss. Because whenever some guy bitches about women supposedly being so mushedly romantic, I point to Nicholas Sparks, who by all apparent evidence has a penis, and yet is the biggest purveyor of snake-oil sentiment this side of Lifetime Television anyway.

Nights in Rodanthe opens Friday, September 26.

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Anne-Kari

Mon, Sep 22, 2008 6:33pm

I believe this is what you, MAJ, would call “Relationship Porn”, yes?

MaryAnn

Mon, Sep 22, 2008 8:32pm

Oh yeah.

gengenger

Tue, Sep 23, 2008 6:53am

Looks like ‘Beaches of Madison County’

Anne-Kari

Tue, Sep 23, 2008 4:25pm

Hey MAJ – might I suggest you make a list of movies that have great romance in them that AREN’T relationship porn? I’d be interested in what you think qualifies.

I’ll even start you off with a classic: Pride and Prejudice (2005).

MaryAnn

Tue, Sep 23, 2008 10:06pm

Good suggestion, Anne-Kari. I’ll try to get around to that soon…

Anne-Kari

Sat, Sep 27, 2008 5:31pm

Massive insomnia last night has produced the following suggestions:

Say Anything
Truly, Madly, Deeply
Atonement
Persuasion (1995)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

More to come tomorrow, depending on my sleeping patterns. Hope you and Bronxbee are having a kick-ass time!

Anne-Kari

Sun, Sep 28, 2008 8:12pm

Another sleepless night has resulted in the following list of:

Films That Are Not Necessarily Romances Per Se But Have Huge Emotional Impact:

You Can Count On Me
Lost In Translation
The Sweet Hereafter
Gone Baby Gone
Empire of the Sun
The Shawshank Redeption

And then some more Films With Great Romance:

Brokeback Mountain
Nicholas Nickleby (2002)
Casablanca
Now, Voyager (ok, that one’s going to be a stretch for most but it’s a personal favorite)

OK. I’m stopping now – promise.

Anne-Kari

Wed, Oct 15, 2008 7:07pm

Hey there MAJ – I know this must be low on your list considering all the catching up you must be dealing with, but have you had further thoughts about the list I proposed? Inquiring geeks want to know.