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

posted 14 years ago by kattlee
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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....

"Ev'ryone deserves the chance to fly!"

[–] Glittermegj 11 years ago

I just feel bad for the fruit in this film, when they aren't knocking it over to have wild sex they are chomping down on it on the bus or stealing it off trees then throwing it down on the ground then picking it back up and then putting it down on a table only to roll off it again hehe the fruit went through alot !! Ben in the cringeworthy line "I love Pie" ....

I LOVE THIS FILM BY THE WAY but some parts bug me ..

LIKE driving out of the nursing home into thin air in record speed she only left the door seconds before ....... someone explain that

[–] kattlee 11 years ago

YEAH!

"Ev'ryone deserves the chance to fly!"

[–] chiluvr1228 11 years ago

I don't understand why Laura felt the need to wear a disguise at all when she was running away. Martin assumed she was dead so it wasn't like he was going to go to the train stations, airports or bus terminals with her picture asking anyone if they saw her.
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[–] fiatlux-1 11 years ago

I think this was just extra protection...in case Laura screwed up somehow. Something she might have missed, some water or sand on the floor...etc.

She does this in the book too, even continues to wear her disguise anytime she goes out in public!

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

[–] chiluvr1228 11 years ago

Thanks!

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[–] nutsberryfarm 10 years ago

ben always talking about 'the college'. i get it! you work at a college!

today's special: shrimp ceviche!

[–] fiatlux-1 10 years ago

When you have no job & no job prospects, by all means buy NAME BRAND foods & AFRICAN VIOLETS!

Clothes too! How did she amass such a large country-girl style wardrobe so fast?
Those dresses cost a fortune.

How did she pay the bills in her new rental house?!
I suspect the film was indicating that Chloe was springing for the bills (how else did she pay for her real nice nursing home),but couldn't the film just say that?

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

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[–] WishfulDreamer 10 years ago

I consider this movie a guilty pleasure. You guys are spot on with all the hilarity!

How about:

*"LAURAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"
* Ben: I love pie. with that creepy facial expression.
* Martin attacking the guy in the car shouldn't have been funny...but it so was!
* The over-the-top face Martin makes when he goes to attack Chloe, on top of that ridiculous accent.
* Martin running out the door of the nursing home and Laura is already long gone. How? lol

[–] wiebejammen 10 years ago

The next time you eat a clam, make sure it was caught that morning.

Wanna make God laugh? Plan something.

[–] nutsberryfarm 10 years ago

ben's poor pot roasting skills.

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[–] FunkyCat79 9 years ago

Laura/Sara obtained her drivers licence real quick when she goes to visit her mother in the nursing home, considering she didn't have a licence when she moved to Cedar wherever

Also when Martin pretended to be a cop when interrogating the mother, would she not recognise his accent?

[–] fiatlux-1 9 years ago

What makes you think Laura/Sara got a drivers license?? She likely just drove without one, took a chance.

Chloe likely heard Martin's voice only a couple of times, ever in her life.

It sounds like it was whirlwind romance between Laura & Martin, so with Chloe being blind & in a nursing home (and Martin almost surely finding 'excuses' not to visit her before they were married), she probably rarely had any contact with Martin.

And she'd DEFINITELY not heard his voice in the almost 4 years they were married, since he was *in charge* then and went where he wanted.

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

[–] nutsberryfarm 9 years ago

i think the mother was a bit out of it...

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[–] jenc2009 9 years ago

The way Martin pronounces her mothers name CLOY.....

Really grates on me!

When in doubt.... ADD MORE WINE!!!!!!!

[–] fiatlux-1 9 years ago

How Laura suddenly has such a strong Southern accent, once she is in Iowa.
What, was she *smoothing* that out with Martin, much like her messy hair?! 

Listen to how she speaks when she first talks to Ben in her kitchen.
Or how she speaks to her mom at the nursing home.
I know Julia herself is from Georgia, but it seemed strange how her accent just *appears*.

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

[–] Em0411 8 years ago

Maybe a strong Southern accent snuck out of Julia Roberts and they left it in the movie? She is actually Southern and that can happen even when people lose their accents or train out of them. Sometimes jut a word or sentence comes back in the original accent, unplanned.
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When you get up in the morning, how do you decide what shade of black to wear? (Shallow Grave)

[–] kattlee 9 years ago

Gone Girl has the same "qualities" as SWTHE.....same ridiculous scenes......

everyone deserves the chance to fly!

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