Thursday Movie Picks: Romantic Comedies

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This week's theme from Wandering Through The Shelves in romantic comedies! I hate these, really I do, but these three are some of the bigger ones I actually enjoyed.

Mean Girls
                                    
Words cannot describe how much I love this movie. High school girls are awful, and this is pretty much spot on. Especially the comment about dressing like a slut on Halloween. I still laugh at that.

 The Girl Next Door
This film is kind of a stupid comedy, but I think it works. I love Emile Hirsch, Paul Dano, and Chris Marquette. They're a good team.  

 10 Things I Hate About You
Heath Ledger AND Joseph Gordon-Levitt in the same movie? I love it. Here's the part where I admit I loved some rom coms as a teen, this is one of the few I can actually say I still love. 

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  1. Paul SFebruary 5, 2015 at 7:10 AM

    Mean Girls is so fetch.
    I don't care if it's a guilty pleasure, it's funny and twisted in equal measure and there are so many quotable lines.You could have a ten minute conversation just using lines from the film.

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    1. Brittani BurnhamFebruary 5, 2015 at 8:54 AM

      omg yes. I probably quote this film at least once a week. I love it. It's so gifable as well.

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  2. DanielFebruary 5, 2015 at 8:51 AM

    LOVE 10 Things I Hate About You. Remember when Julia Stiles was the Next Big Thing?

    I ADORE Mean Girls (and everything Amanda Seyfried does in it is GOLD), but that is really stretching the definition of "romantic comedy"! I actually love that in the end it is really about friend relationships as opposed to romantic relationships.

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    1. Brittani BurnhamFebruary 5, 2015 at 8:55 AM

      It definitely doesn't end as a romantic comedy, but the fact that a good portion of the conflict was centered around a romance makes it work for me. Plus to be honest, I don't like very many rom coms. It was hard just finding these three.

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    2. WandererFebruary 5, 2015 at 12:00 PM

      I was just about to say the same thing but both Daniel and Fisti beat me to it. Rom-com Genre does get a bad rap doesn't it...for a popular genre it produces a lot of crap and seem like quite a number of us had quite some difficulty coming up with three this week.

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    3. Brittani BurnhamFebruary 5, 2015 at 1:08 PM

      I like a challenge, though. :)

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 5, 2015 at 9:12 AM

    I love Mean Girls...but gurl...romantic comedy?

    LOL...but I LOVE THAT WE BOTH HAVE 10 THINGS!!!!

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  4. Wendell OttleyFebruary 5, 2015 at 10:46 AM

    Mean Girls is a great movie so I won't argue it at all. I really like The Girl Next Door, too. Just never had any inclination to watch 10 Things. Meh, maybe I'll give it a shot.

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    1. Brittani BurnhamFebruary 5, 2015 at 11:24 AM

      I love 10 Things. It's funny and sweet and very nostalgic.

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  5. joel65913February 5, 2015 at 11:10 AM

    Didn't much care for The Girl Next Door but the other two are really fun films. Just got around to Mean Girls this year, I'd been putting it off because it just didn't look like my thing but it was quite engaging.

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    1. Brittani BurnhamFebruary 5, 2015 at 11:24 AM

      I think a lot of people, myself included wrote Mean Girls off right away. I saw it in theaters just for something to do and ended up loving it.

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    1. Brittani BurnhamFebruary 6, 2015 at 7:10 AM

      Julia Stiles has an excellent resting bitch face. I used to see everything she was in when I was a teen. Her and Kirsten Dunst.

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  7. Kevin PowersFebruary 5, 2015 at 5:19 PM

    All three great picks! I loved The Girl Next Door so much. Great update of Risky Business...sort of. Elisha Cuthbert is, well, words just can't describe. For some reason, I never considered Mean Girls a "romantic comedy" but I get it. It's probably the best teen movie ever written. Thanks, Tina Fey! 10 Things I Hate About You is probably my wife's favorite movie. I like it too

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    1. Brittani BurnhamFebruary 6, 2015 at 7:09 AM

      Apparently I'm the only one that considers it a rom com. lol

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  8. MyerlaFebruary 5, 2015 at 6:36 PM

    I'm not a romcom fan I have a completely irrational hatred of The Back Plan, a film where Jennifer Lopez can't get a boyfriend (yeah...right) but I absolutely love 10 Things I hate About You.

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    1. Brittani BurnhamFebruary 6, 2015 at 6:56 AM

      lol rom coms are not my thing either. I'm glad so many other people love 10 things!

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  9. UnknownFebruary 5, 2015 at 6:52 PM

    I almost picked 10 Things I Hate About You. I am not a huge fan of Mean Girls -- I think it comes down to our age difference. :-) The Breakfast Club was my generation's coming of age movie.

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    1. Brittani BurnhamFebruary 6, 2015 at 6:56 AM

      Oh for sure. I definitely watched The Breakfast Club when I was younger. Mean Girls came out when I was a junior in high school, I believe.

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  10. thevoid99February 5, 2015 at 7:11 PM

    Mean Girls and 10 Things I Hate About You are awesome... The Girl Next Door is alright though I have issues with its music choices.

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    1. Brittani BurnhamFebruary 6, 2015 at 6:55 AM

      I just love the trio in that film. They were fun to watch.

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  11. Big Screen Small WordsFebruary 5, 2015 at 8:47 PM

    I got caught up watching Mean Girls last night; it's hard to pry your eyes away when it was that good. I think it's Rachel McAdam's best role to date. 10 Things I Hate About You is amazing, one of my favorites as well!

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    1. Brittani BurnhamFebruary 6, 2015 at 6:50 AM

      Oh yes, Mean Girls is probably everyone involved's best work. It's perfect.

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  12. KatyFebruary 6, 2015 at 12:17 AM

    Nice list! My whole life growing up was 10 Things I Hate About you. I'm not a huge fan of Mean Girls but I can't help but quote it all the time.

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  13. Lights Camera ReactionFebruary 6, 2015 at 5:22 AM

    I keep hoping someone gives Julia Stiles a good role, I do miss her
    Great picks though, especially Mean Girls and 10 Things.

    I might do something similar for a Valentines Day feature.

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    1. Brittani BurnhamFebruary 6, 2015 at 6:48 AM

      I liked that she popped up in Silver Linings Playbook, but yes she hasn't been doing much lately.

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  14. JoshFebruary 19, 2015 at 8:03 PM

    Mean Girls has quotes for everything. "That's so fetch." "Boo, you whore!" "You go, Glen Coco!" Love it!

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    1. Brittani BurnhamFebruary 22, 2015 at 11:19 PM

      Yes it does. I think I quote it at least once a week.

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