I have epic dreams some nights, almost cinematic in scope. Until I'm able to get those visions up in lights, here are the essential requirements for the next movie I'll drop $12 to see:
Romance, with lots of tortured longing and meaningful brushes of fingertips. No Threes Company misunderstandings, puhleese, but a meaningful challenge would be nice (distance, background, family, etc.)
Action, with s car chase like the Bourne identity movies. No gratuitous Kung Fu scenes, although the "Morpheus is fightin' Neo!" scene cannot be equaled. So lets say no gratuitous scenes unless they rival The Matrix.
Easy in the eyes leading man. I don't have a type but I knows it when I sees it! If he has good manners, that'd do it for me, too.
Artful cinematography: Amelie, La Vie En Rose, stranger Than Fiction. Again, not gratuitous like Punch Drunk Love.
Memorable but not distracting soundtrack like High Fidelity: unfamiliar tracks of familiar (to me) artists or music from bands that my favorite bands would go see.
Happy ending: not predictable per se but the guy gets the girl, they escape jail, and don't end up destitute. The anti-Princess Bride, if you will (book version, not film)
Good foley, like the scene from 50 First Dates when Drew clubs that guy with the aluminum bat.
Humor to make me rip my stitches. This is a tough one because I only laugh out loud at very particular jokes, but they range from 1st grade humor to wry British wit. Good luck with that request.
And then if you could also make it available on itunes so I can watch from the comfort of my heating pad (it's really cold in our house) that'd be ideal, too.
You might like Northanger Abbey. Not really LOL humor but the leading man is witty. You can watch it in 10 minute increments on YouTube. It's not as distracting as it sounds : )
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