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My Favorite Movie to crack on...let's make a list


I would just love a thread listing all the annoying, bad, stupid and ridiculous scenes in this terrible movie....all in the name of ingratiating Julia Roberts as "America's Sweetheart" at that present time.....
Thing is........I LOVE watching it because it IS so bad......

but I will start.....when Ben is watering the yard, just exactly what IS he watering while doing that stupid rendition of West Side Story...for a drama teacher, how could he not know the words to that song....

The posing of Julia Roberts in just the right light with that toothy big mouth grin.......especially in the Brown Eyed Girl scenes......trying to emulate Pretty Woman???

She is running from her abuser, actually running for her life after jumping off the boat yet takes the time to clean the floor, cut her hair, take off her wedding ring.....o,

OH so many many more....and I haven't even begun with Martin....





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He was watering the hedges and the grass, by the looks of it. Though I've not seen anyone 'water' quite that way, song aside. He knew the words I think, he was just goofing around.

But Laura had to clean up the floor, she left water trails. He had to think she was dead.
And cutting her hair appeared to be necessary for the wig to fit right, but not sure about that.
Flushing the ring was just stupid of Laura to do, but there had to be a plot device so he could prove she was alive.

Martin: Let's see, a man who has EVERYTHING and just *beep* all over it. All he had to do was be kind to her, she loved him so much! She even loved him when he didn't beat her as often !
And its better to TRAP someone against their will than be a loving human being. Martin was so dumb, he had it all.


"I'd say this cloud is Cumulo Nimbus."
"Didn't he discover America?"
"Penfold, shush."

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When Martin is on the phone with the lady who was a friend of Laura's, and she mentions the big bruises... the camera spin and Patrick Bergin's face are hilarious. Like, "Whaaaaaaaaaaa????"

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so over the top........LOL


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She had to take the time to clean up; otherwise, he would know someone had been in the house. She cut her hair so she could fit it all under the wig cap. I agree about the wedding ring though... She should have sold it at a pawn shop! ;)

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Yeah but she only cut like 6 inches off her hair....considering how long and thick it was, that surely could not have helped much with the wig fitting? My hair is much shorter and not as thick, and even I have had trouble getting a wig to fit.

I agree about the wedding ring though......there had to be something to tip him off that she wasn't really dead. Couldn't that have been the phone call though? That whole ring thing really pisses me off! hahaha

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Giddily trying on dozens of hats and costumes in the drama department. Sure, it's a lot of fun ... when you're FIVE.

::Ben, with smarmy expression on face:: "I love pie."

Laura to Ben the day after he practically rapes her on the stairs: "I'm glad you're here," when the correct line would be, "Get lost, you tool."

Martin: "LAAAUUUUUUUURA!!! LAAUUUUUURRRAAAAAAA!"

Martin: "I'm sorry we quarreled." Quarreled? Seriously, who says that?

The way Martin drinks from a drinking fountain. NYUM! NYUUUM! NYUUUUM!

Martin's moustache.

All of the hair on Ben's head.





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omg.....keep going, I'm seriously lol!


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This is freakin' hysterical and I won't "quarrel" with you about it. ;D


"Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man."

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Ugh that hair! I get it was 1990...but just seeing that hairdo annoys me. It’s so pretentious and extra!

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I actually love the movie but I can find humor in almost everything so here goes:

Laura and Ben go around on the Ferris wheel half a dozen times but apparently never look down for even a second to see Martin standing there who is not five feet away and fully visible to us as we go on the ride through the camera.

Apparently none of the nursing homes where Laura's mother has lived pay any attention to the rules of confidentiality. They're willing to tell anyone who claims to be anyone, everything.

I don't even know how long and at what incredibly high temperature a person would have to cook a roast in order to burn it enough to catch fire.

Laura is some hungry lady. After the carnival, she and Ben have a picnic outside and then she goes inside to make toast before bed.

The wedding ring in the toilet --just plain dumb, and the mustache....cringe! Looks like a 1970's porn star.





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I guess love *blinds* people.

And, not to mention the original nursing home that Laura's mom was in just happens to be the ONLY one I've heard of that does not keep records on visitors!

The roast? Well, the fat can catch fire. That happened to me once. But the roast itself ignited, and that seems unlikely. Good point.

I wondered about the picnic too lol! Maybe Ben only served wine and some potato chips or something.



"I'd say this cloud is Cumulo Nimbus."
"Didn't he discover America?"
"Penfold, shush."

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she headed straight for the fridge after the party too very hungry lady lol

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How did Laura get from the Cape Cod house to the bus? Walk? Call a cab?

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When Martin gets pissed when he learns Laura had become a great swimmer he does all those weird twists and turns as if he's disoriented and then he grabs one of those weird decorative objects (what are they anyway, really - just heavy grey balls?) and smashes the phone? And I suppose no one he was working with really cared that he just demolished his telephone? That cheap-ass coat of his when he's driving back is pretty silly too.
I play cards with J.D. Shelnut, chief of PO-lice! So kiss my ass, you old bastard!

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Hey Cass,
Usually, when I find out a member of my family is a good swimmer or even learns how to swim, I take the largest and heaviest object I can find and reign blows upon my mobile device!!..........can't see what you find so odd about that...lol


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And I suppose no one he was working with really cared that he just demolished his telephone? That cheap-ass coat of his when he's driving back is pretty silly too.

Watching the film again, I think Martin was the boss. At first, I thought he was just 'higher up' than others, hence his own office. But I think he was the boss, as he had his own secretary plus he was so incredibly wealthy.

So if I saw my boss furiously smash their phone, I would look away and make SURE I was busy very quickly! Martin's coworkers likely did the same.


"I'd say this cloud is Cumulo Nimbus."
"Didn't he discover America?"
"Penfold, shush."

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My sisters and I always quote the line, "Come to me...Martin...Walk this way."

Just the stilted delivery of this line has become a running joke with us. It's supposed to be a tense part of the movie, and all we are doing is cracking up at it.

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