You're gonna be bothered by how cool I am.

IMDB's daily links list is often a rich source of interesting blog posts, but it's sometimes also a rich source of posts that make ME want to blog right back. Case in point, Entertainment Weekly Online's 24 Rom-Com Cliches We'd Retire. I agree with some of these, but others are downright ridiculous, and some only have a couple of examples - hardly a cliche. Let's have a look, shall we? (Bolded headings lead to EW's thoughts on the cliche in question.)


"Men never get this movie."

( My opinions, let me show you them. )

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I said it several times above, but I'll say it again. Cliches are not a bad thing and something that people need to fortheloveofGod stop. If something is stale and annoying in a film, it's because it's written or acted in a stale and annoying way, not because a cliche is being used. The real problem here (and I agree there is one) is when filmmakers just push a cliche button like an automatic microwave timer button. The cliche is not going to do your job for you. You actually have to work to make it charming and make it not feel like a cliche.

Interview with HP screenwriter, Steve Kloves

Psst. Guess what? The Hagrid love-fest at the end of COS wasn't his idea - and he hates it as much as we do!

Check it out, though. It's an interesting interview. And I can't help being giddy at the phrase "consummate their feelings" about Ginny and Harry. :P