Give Yourself The Gift Of Watching These Classic Rom-Coms This Valentine’s Day

the federalist ^ | February 14, 2021 | Elle Reynolds

[leaning conservative]

While You Were Sleeping is a great movie. Charming, funny, great cast.....& not saccharine. Sandra Bullock is delightful.

[dfwgator]

I always liked “So I married an axe murderer.” It’s good for a laugh.

Phil Hartman stole that movie, in that one scene....'This way to the cafeteria!'

[CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC]

While You Were Sleeping is one of our all time favorites too ... one of those rare movies we can see at least once every year and never get tired of.

Also in that category: Family Man, A Walk In The Clouds, Overboard, Sweet Home Alabama, House Sitter, and Frequency. All but Frequency have romance, but its strong affirmation of the importance of family ties far outweighs its status as a crime drama.

Most people consider It's A Wonderful Life as only a "Christmas Movie," but the scene of Jimmy Stewart & Donna Reed sharing the phone receiver is one of the sexiest scenes ever filmed without having to show a lot of bare skin.

[Jamestown1630]

I like ‘Frequency’ a lot.

[Theophilus]

it’s pretty good so far! Notwithstanding directed by Meathead.

[Ladysforest]

My favorite movie with those two is The Three Amigos. I especially love when they all sing the little cowboy song.

[Jamestown1630]

People can have talents beyond their political beliefs.

[xp38]

I remember reading a revue of It’s A Wonderful Life where the critic said it is the movie where Stewart shows the greatest range of acting in his storied career. The movie wasn’t a big hit on initial release but of course has become part of the American cultural fabric. If one could give retro Oscars Stewart should get one for that movie.

[Theophilus]

Amen! Thanks for the tip!

[Jamestown1630]

I was kind of hoping that in the end, he’s become a writer of children’s books. But who knows what’s down that road???

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

There are ten hot dogs in a pack and eight buns per pack.

This has been the case since the 1940s.

[Jamestown1630]

You can always chop those other two dogs into baked beans, and make a wonderful meal worthy of Pope Frankie.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

But would that not fill the beans with pride? :)

Homemade Beanie Weenies.

Every time my nieces visit I have to make them.

[MayflowerMadam]

i liked the one with Spencer Tracy and Elizabeth Taylor, but not the Steve Martin version. Martin Short was hilarious, though.

[Jamestown1630]

Oh, gosh. Pride is a sin...

Beans only, for Frankie, then. We wouldn’t want him to get a swelled-head...

[leaning conservative]

Oh yes! And the Donna Reed/James Stewart phone scene is pure sex. It’s why a woman in a turtleneck & pearl earrings is so much sexier than a dress slit to the crotch & loads of cleavage.

[leaning conservative]

I am now watching The Way We Were. I know there are not many Streisand fans here, but I love this movie & I love the song. Le sigh.....

[leaning conservative]

James Woods is soooo young in this, practically a baby.

[Lakeshark]

The original rom-com: Much Ado ABout Nothing. Pretty good rendition played and directed by Kenneth Branaugh in 1993.

[Jamestown1630]

I grew up absolutely LOVING Streisand. I think I first saw her doing a Central Park concert in the late 1960s.

I remained a fan until she started spouting off about her politics. I lost interest in her, then.