My Top 5 Rom-Com's

I have made a tribute to my favorite kid movies and I decided that since I don't have very much to do now that I'm finished with my book, I'd make another tribute post. I chose to do this one on Romantic Comedies. Here are my top 5 favorites (in order).

5) 50 First Dates (Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore)

I first watched this one back in like 6th grade at my friend's slumber party. I never saw it again until fairly recently. I bought it at Target and watched it. I found that it had more inappropriate stuff than I thought, but after I cleaned it up, it became a super cute movie.

PLOT: Henry Roth is a veterinarian living in Hawaii who enjoys the company of vacationing women. He leaves the playboy life behind after he falls for Lucy, who suffers from short-term memory loss. Since she can never remember meeting him, Henry has to romance Lucy every single day and hope that she falls for him.

I find the plot endearing and sweet. I love the entirely random characters like Lucy's brother and Henry's hawaiian friend.

Favorite Quote(s):
Dr. Keats: Tom lost part of his brain in a hunting accident. His memory only lasts ten seconds.
Ten Second Tom: I was in an accident? That's terrible.
Dr. Keats: Don't worry, you're totally gonna get over it in about three seconds.
Ten Second Tom: Get over it? I mean, what happened? Did I get shot in the brain... Hi. I'm Tom.


4) You've Got Mail (Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks)

I remember walking in on my mom late at night and she would be watching this. I would sometimes sit and watch a little bit, but I never really understood it. However, I managed to remember the characters. I can't remember exactly when I watched it again. I believe I was in middle school. I was not firmly attached to it at first, but the more I watched it, the more I came to love it.

PLOT: Kathleen Kelly owns a small children's book store, but is coming under competition from Joe Fox's giant Fox Books, a megastore with a cafe and discounted books. The two become arch rivals, without realising that the romance they are conducting anonymously on the internet is with each other.

Tom Hanks is one of the best actors I have seen (and one of my favorites). He can play any role and he plays the role of the sarcastic and rich Joe Fox perfectly. I guess his character is one of the reasons why I like the movie so much. I love how the characters hate each other in person, but are in love with each other over the internet. Joe even gives kathleen advice on how to defeat her business rival (unaware that it is him).

Favorite Quote(s):
Joe: Maybe he's fat. He's fat, he's a fatty.

Frank: A hotdog is singing! You need quiet while a hotdog is singing!?


3) When in Rome (Kristen Bell and Josh Duhamel)

I first saw this movie in theaters. I had never even heard of it until my mom told me that we were going to it. So I did not know what to expect.

PLOT: Beth is at a point in her life where love seems like a luxury she just can't afford. Years of waiting for that perfect romance has made Beth bitter, and one day, while vacationing in Rome, she cynically plucks a handful of coins from a local fountain of love. Almost immediately thereafter, Beth finds herself fending off the advances of a diminutive sausage magnate, a lanky street magician, a doting painter, and a narcissistic male model. Meanwhile, a smitten reporter does his best to convince Beth that true love isn't just a topic of fairy tales and romance novels.

I really liked the movie after leaving the theaters. Everything about it was hilarious, but the male model is what really made it for me. I would drop out of my chair laughing at him. Believe it or not, despite him being my favorite character, I totally forgot about him until we bought the movie. Before we got to the theaters, all of the kids said we would cover out eyes and plug our ears if something too inappropriate came up and our parents would tell us when it was over. We never had to do that. The movie was one of the cleanest romantic comedies I had ever seen.

Favorite Quote(s):
Gale the model: I don't know whether to stare at my reflection or at you. That's how beautiful you are.


2) The Proposal (Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds)

I did not get to see this one in theaters. Even though I had seen the previews, I was not dying to see it. I finally saw it when my parents bought it. I saw part of the uncensored version first, but my dad stopped me and cleaned it up. Then I watched it for the first time.

PLOT: When high-powered book editor Margaret faces deportation to her native Canada, the quick-thinking exec declares that she's actually engaged to her unsuspecting put-upon assistant Andrew, who she's tormented for years. He agrees to participate in the charade, but with a few conditions of his own. The unlikely couple heads to Alaska to meet his quirky family and the always-in-control city girl finds herself in one comedic fish-out-of-water situation after another. With an impromptu wedding in the works and an immigration official on their tails, Margaret and Andrew reluctantly vow to stick to the plan despite the precarious consequences.

I thoroughly enjoyed the movie. The major sarcasm between the two main characters is so funny. I had a love-hate relationship with Maragret. She was so mean, but I still liked her. Then I liked her more as the movie went on.

Favorite Quote(s):
Margaret: What am I allergic to?
Andrew: Pine nuts... and the full spectrum of human emotion

Margaret: You know I can't swim
Andrew: Hence the BOAT


1) While You Were Sleeping (Sandra Bullock and Bill Pullman)

The way I first saw this is similar to the way I first saw You've Got Mail. I would walk in on my mom while she was watching it. Sadly, I saw the end several times without understanding it and so when I tried watching it for real, I remembered how it ended.

PLOT: Lucy is a lonely fare collector on the Chicago elevated railway who has a secret crush on a handsome commuter named Peter Callaghan. On Christmas day, Lucy rescues Peter from an oncoming train after a mugger pushes him onto the tracks. Peter falls into a coma, and Lucy accompanies him to the hospital, where a nurse overhears her fantasizing aloud, "I was going to marry him." Misinterpreting her, the nurse tells Peter's family that Lucy is his fiancée. The mayhem escalates, when Lucy meets Peter's suspicious yet charming brother and falls for him.

This movie will always remain not only my favorite rom-com, but also one of my all time favorite movies. The script is genius. There is not a dull moment at all. You are either laughing or crying the entire time. This is one of those movies that gets me screaming at the characters as if it were a horror movie. The two main characters have true onscreen chemistry that is fun to watch. The movie is perfectly cast even down to Peter's hospital roommate and the hotdog vendor.

Favorite Quote(s):
Peter: Remember the squirrels?
Jack: Don't even say it
Peter: First I knocked them out of the nest with a rock
Jack: Peter...
Peter: Then I saved them
Jack: Eww

Elsie: How did Joe Kelly get to be a lector? He takes marijuana.
All: Amen!

Lucy: The truth was... I fell in love with you.
Ox: You fell in love with me?

Peter: Everything is better. Everything looks better, feels better. Even this Chocolate-Peanut Butter tastes better.
Jack: Good. It's Fudge-Mint.