We just finished the Screwball Comedy/ Romantic Comedy unit. The first film we watched was His Girl Friday, the Screwball Comedy. This film really grinds my gears; it was so easy to predict what was going to happen. Having the film being so obvious and plain didn’t keep me entertained. The dialogue was fast and I also didn’t like that about it. His Girl Friday was by far my least favorite film we have watched.
On the other hand Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, the Romantic Comedy, was so different than I thought that it caught me off guard and because of that it kept me engaged in the movie. Having us seeing the events not in chronological order was brilliant. After I started to catch on to the way thing were played I enjoyed it a lot more. It didn’t have a lot of humor, I thought it would have a lot more laughs being a Romantic Comedy and having Jim Carrey in it, but I didn’t. I was kind of glad it didn’t have a lot because it would have ruined the sadness and drama going on and ruin the movie in general.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind has been the movie we have seen so far that has kept me most engaged.
4 comments:
I agree with you that His Girl Friday was a very big bore and also the jokes they made were not that funny. Maybe it’s because it was made a long time ago. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was also one of my favorite movies but the only thing that I didn’t like about it was that I figured out what the ending was going to be like half way through the movie. Besides that I thought it was a good movie.
I delete my comment because I accidentally pressed publish. Anyway, I knew the Movieman would end up liking Eternal Sunshine even though he was so pessimistic about it. It really burns my broccoli when the Movieman doesn't like good movies, though that occasion is rare. I agree with your assessments of both movies, and I agree that it really chars my chicken when the movie is extremely predictable. I also totally agree that it's a good thing Eternal Sunshine didn't have many laughs, because it would've ruined the more important part of it. That would've broiled my bacon if that happened, to be perfectly frank.
I'll have to disagree with ben. I thought that Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was a really bad film. I don't like watching films where I have to think a lot, and this film really makes you get into the plot and actually think.
i agree that His Girl Friday was very perdictable. i really didn't find it that interesting and like you said it also "grinds my gears" too. however i disagree with you on Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, i also found this movie very boring, maybe i just dont like romantic/screwball comedy's but i thought that this movie was just about a guy complaining about how bad his life was.
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