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<p>Knocked up wasn't so bad, but then came doozies like Killers, One for the Money, The Ugly Truth, New Years Eve, Life as we know it...</p>
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<p>Blurg.</p>
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<p>Apart from knocked up I'm fortunate not to have seen any of those others, I think shes got a new series starting on tv that I will be avoiding too.</p> -
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Nepia" data-cid="469519" data-time="1422247808">
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<p>Ahem, all good, I don't know of any good romcoms from that era. If Katherine Hiegel isn't your bag then how about Matthew McConaughy - he was in every one that Heigel wasn't in the mid 2000s until about 2 years ago.</p>
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<p>Some actual recommendations: 500 Days of Summer, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, Celeste and Jesse Forever, the Before Sunset trilogy, and Say Anything is a classic old one. They should all be floating around fairly cheaply on DVD at the moment.</p>
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<p>How many times have you seen the notebook Nepia?</p>
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<p>How many times have you seen the notebook Nepia?</p>
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<p>Be honest.</p>
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<p>Once. As I've said many times I'll watch any genre of film - except for Matthew McConaughy/Kate Hudson romcoms and Heigel ones apparently going by Mokey's list above.</p>
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<p>I'm secure enough in my manhood to admit to watching and enjoying all those ones I listed.</p>
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<p>Watched The Drop tonight, thought it was a pretty decent film. To go all Jegga mode
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<p>Once. As I've said many times I'll watch any genre of film - except for Matthew McConaughy/Kate Hudson romcoms and Heigel ones apparently going by Mokey's list above.</p>
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<p>I'm secure enough in my manhood to admit to watching and enjoying all those ones I listed.</p>
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<p>Watched The Drop tonight, thought it was a pretty decent film. To go all Jegga mode all it lacked was some decent totty. </p>
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<p>Ugh, yes, Kate Hudson has starred in some bloody awful trash. Actually, there are so many bad ones it's hard to say which is worst, but I truly loathed Something Borrowed. One of the most disgusting plotlines ever - 'heroine' sleeps with best friend's (nasty selfish cow) fiance 'hero', but it is ok cos she liked him first at law school. They keep cheating, won't tell bestie, wet mop groom won't call off wedding cos his mum has depression and is SO EXCITED about it. Blah blah blah oh lookie it's all sorted cos actually bitch bestie was cheating with fiance's friend and is pregnant to him and THE END.</p> -
Mokey,<br><br>Just pick up cheap some old Tracey/Hepburn movies. Or anything from the golden age of romantic comedy when the plots weren't written for teenagers.<br><br>Ironically given the reality of the times, women in romcoms from the 40's were often stronger, more intelligent and sassier than what were given today.
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Virgil" data-cid="469506" data-time="1422241114"><p>go to imdb.com and look at anything Katherine Heigl as done, i hear she only does very good romcom's ;)</p></blockquote>I'll suffer through them just because it's Katherine Heigl.
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<p>Katherine Heigl is ordinary, and vastly over rated.</p>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="mariner4life" data-cid="469600" data-time="1422322384"><p>
Katherine Heigl is ordinary, and vastly over rated.</p></blockquote>
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<p>Rom com - Warm Bodies. I liked it.</p>
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<p>Yeah I really liked that too, I have no idea how Nic Hoult is a movie star (or how he dated Jennifer Lawrence for a few years), but that was very good.</p>
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<p>Re Nightcrawler, saw a great idea the other day presenting Collateral, Drive & Nightcrawler as an "LA by night" trilogy. Really works eh</p>
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<p>Saw <em><strong>John Wick</strong></em> last week.</p>
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<p>Keanu being staggeringly cool. God its a fun film. Just some ridiculously cool shots where he excutes people while driving & so on. Its basically a Statham movie, only cooler & more violent.</p> -
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<p>The imitation Game: I thought this was bloody good, obviously they took some liberties with the 'true story' but that's to be expected with this type of movie - which might annoy some people but it didn't effect my enjoyment of it like The Butler. Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightly were bloody good (Knightly seems to have figured out how to act in the past couple of years) and the supporting cast were good as well.</p>
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<p>I think it was a good overview of Turing without being a complete life story obviously.</p>
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<p>I also enjoyed this, I dont know alot about Turing to question or be annoyed by any liberties. </p>
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<p>Against the Sun, another based on a true story when the 3 crew of an American plane are forced to ditch it the Pacific during WW2 and it's 3 crew are left on a tiny life boat.</p>
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<p>I also enjoyed this, I dont know alot about Turing to question or be annoyed by any liberties. </p>
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<p><strong>Against the Sun, another based on a true story when the 3 crew of an American plane are forced to ditch it the Pacific during WW2 and it's 3 crew are left on a tiny life boat.</strong></p>
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<p>A couple of things that bugged me, not sure where it was sheer luck (in the true part) or just laziness on the part of the writers as a couple of things were rather unbelievable, but otherwise a decent story (if not a familiar one) </p>
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<p>Seems weird to have that one out at the same time as Unbroken which shared part of the same storyline.</p>
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<p style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Yeah I really liked that too, I have no idea how Nic Hoult is a movie star (or how he dated Jennifer Lawrence for a few years), but that was very good.</p>
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<p style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Re Nightcrawler, saw a great idea the other day presenting Collateral, Drive & Nightcrawler as an "LA by night" trilogy. Really works eh</p>
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<p>He was good in Skins. Although the kid from Unbroken might surpass him and Dev Patel as the two most famous ex Skins cast members.</p>
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<p>seems to happen a bit, usually a 'blockbuster' version and a lower budget version of a similar story.</p>
