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Facetious wrote:

Possible inclusion for hip hop list: The Go! Team?

Hmmmm... Has strands of hip hop, no doubt, but I probably wouldn't add it. Though maybe one could make an argument for it along the lines of some of the "questionable/arguable" selections that I've already included.
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TiggaTrigga wrote:

Are you done with listening to hip hop albums for now?

Not sure right now ... maybe...

For much of the year, I've been more consumed by paintings (and, at various points along side this, sculpture ... on occasion, architecture), than anything else. Cinema had a good run, but my consumption of paintings/visual art has hardly waned so has made it a little tougher to stick with another art for very long while this remains the most consistent central interest. Especially when confronted with creative geniuses the likes of Michelangelo, Leonardo and others, you can't find what they bring to the table anywhere else and can only get a similar "fix" with geniuses on the order of Beethoven, Bach, Mozart and approach it with some others. So I guess what I'm saying is that it's a hard knock life having to deal with that Laughing

So, recently, I finished revising my "Greatest" (7.3 and above) and "Great" (6.8/10-7.2/10) paintings lists to where their formatting is fixed and now includes artist pages for each selection (the artist pages still in early stages) where their additional images/links are now located (instead of all on the main pages, which was causing massive slows, especially in edit mode). This took a stupid amount of time to rearrange and it's a good thing I wasn't being secretly recorded while doing so because of how many obscenities I flung at my laptop screen.

I'm not sure what I'll get into next. I revisited When Harry Met Sally last night and it gave me a mild urge to maybe work on a romantic comedies sub-genre list. Some of the more recent lists that I've worked on (including hip hop) where I intentionally had "below 6.8" as part of my focus, has paid off in terms of confidence/accuracy in these ranges, which is leading to some re-thinking of some film ratings, and romantic comedies would of course be as good as a genre as any to tackle this area.
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Working on this at the moment... Genre requirements may be a tad loose. Key for inclusion is that it must mix comedy/satire and romantic relationships or sex as its primary, main themes being developed/expressed across the film. Naturally, as the rating gets higher, the "standard romantic or sex comedy" that is known by mainstream tendencies (such as When Harry Met Sally or Sleepless in Seattle being quite standard, classic examples), often gets murkier, more originally, daringly, diversely, audaciously expressed. Bunuel especially is a bit tough to judge in terms of whether the films I've (tentatively) included should be added, as the satire can be pretty black and the "comedy" perhaps too deft (Belle de Jour). Next to such selections will be indications that I am unsure of qualification, so may need to think about it some more or revisit to double check if the themes are strong enough as main points of the film. Recommendations welcome of course...

Best Romantic Comedies/Sex Comedies

9/10
<<<<<9.0>>>>>
Brazil - Terry Gilliam (1985) [The Final Cut, 142 minutes] questionable genre selection/under consideration and may be removed
<<<<<8.8>>>>>
North by Northwest - Alfred Hitchcock (1959) questionable genre selection/under consideration and may be removed

8/10
<<<<<8.2>>>>>
Belle de Jour - Luis Bunuel (1967) questionable genre selection/under consideration and may be removed
8 ½ - Federico Fellini (1963) questionable genre selection/under consideration and may be removed
Love Exposure - Sion Sono (2008)
<<<<<8.0>>>>>
Limelight - Charlie Chaplin (1952)
<<<<<7.8>>>>>
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover - Peter Greenaway (1989) questionable genre selection/under consideration and may be removed
Being John Malkovich - Spike Jonze (1999) questionable genre selection/under consideration and may be removed
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Michel Gondry (2004)
Natural Born Killers - Oliver Stone (1994) [Director's Cut, 123 minutes]

7.5/10
<<<<<7.7>>>>>
Conspirators of Pleasure - Jan Svankmajer (1996)
Viridiana - Luis Bunuel (1961) questionable genre selection/under consideration and may be removed
Badlands - Terrence Malick (1973) questionable genre selection/under consideration and may be removed
<<<<<7.6>>>>>
The Rules of the Game - Jean Renoir (1939)
The Apartment - Billy Wilder (1960)
Children of Paradise - Marcel Carne (1945) questionable genre selection/under consideration and may be removed
Bonnie & Clyde - Arthur Penn (1967) questionable genre selection/under consideration and may be removed
Irma La Douce - Billy Wilder (1963)
The Graduate - Mike Nichols (1967)
Tootsie - Sydney Pollack (1982)
The Phantom of Liberty - Luis Bunuel (1974) questionable genre selection/under consideration and may be removed
<<<<<7.5>>>>>
A Zed & Two Noughts - Peter Greenaway (1985) questionable genre selection/under consideration and may be removed
Playtime - Jacques Tati (1967) questionable genre selection/under consideration and may be removed
The Ballad of Cable Hogue - Sam Peckinpah (1970) questionable genre selection/under consideration and may be removed
Breathless - Jean-Luc Godard (1959) questionable genre selection/under consideration and may be removed
Pierrot le Fou - Jean-Luc Godard (1965) questionable genre selection/under consideration and may be removed
Modern Times - Charlie Chaplin (1936)
<<<<<7.4>>>>>
American Beauty - Sam Mendes (1999)
Forrest Gump - Robert Zemeckis (1994)
Chungking Express - Wong Kar-wai (1994)
Amelie - Jean-Pierre Jeunet (2001)
Life is Beautiful - Roberto Benigni (1997) questionable genre selection/under consideration and may be removed
Sullivan's Travels - Preston Sturges (1941) questionable genre selection/under consideration and may be removed
Annie Hall - Woody Allen (1976)
Baby Driver - Edgar Wright (2017) questionable genre selection/under consideration and may be removed
To Catch a Thief - Alfred Hitchcock (1955) questionable genre selection/under consideration and may be removed
<<<<<7.3>>>>>
Manhattan - Woody Allen (1979)
L'Age D'Or - Luis Bunuel (1930)
Bringing Up Baby - Howard Hawks (1938)
The Truman Show - Peter Weir (1998) questionable genre selection/under consideration and may be removed
Airplane! – Jerry Zucker; David Zucker; Jim Abrahams (1980) questionable genre selection/under consideration and may be removed
The Great Dictator - Charlie Chaplin (1940)
Some Like it Hot - Billy Wilder (1959)
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - Shane Black (2005) questionable genre selection/under consideration and may be removed
The Draughtman's Contract - Peter Greenaway (1982) questionable genre selection/under consideration and may be removed
Smiles of a Summer Night - Ingmar Bergman (1955)
City Lights - Charlie Chaplin (1931)
Something Wild - Jonathan Demme (1986)
The General - Buster Keaton (1926) questionable genre selection/under consideration and may be removed
Baby Doll - Elia Kazan (1956) questionable genre selection/under consideration and may be removed
The Gold Rush - Charlie Chaplin (1925)

Probably 7.3/10+ but too undecided on exact rating/ranking
Trouble in Paradise - Ernst Lubitsch (1932) rating tentative/may need revisit
Heaven Can Wait - Ernst Lubitsch (1943) rating tentative/may need revisit
The Lady Eve - Preston Sturges (1941) rating tentative/may need revisit

7/10
<<<<<7.2>>>>>
The Rocky Horror Picture Show - Jim Sharman (1975) rating tentative/may need revisit
A Matter of Life and Death - Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger (1947) questionable genre selection/under consideration and may be removed
Ninotchka - Ernst Lubitsch (1939) rating tentative/may need revisit
Play It Again, Sam - Herbert Ross (1972) rating tentative/may need revisit
Charade - Stanley Donen (1963) rating tentative/may need revisit
The Fisher King - Terry Gilliam (1991) questionable genre selection/under consideration and may be removed
The Science of Sleep - Michel Gondry (2006)
It Happened One Night - Frank Capra (1934)
I Was a Male War Bride - Howard Hawks (1949) rating tentative/may need revisit
<<<<<7.1>>>>>
Wayne's World – Penelope Spheeris (1992) questionable genre selection/under consideration and may be removed
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World – Edgar Wright (2010)
Amateur - Hal Hartley (1994)
The Royal Tenenbaums - Wes Anderson (2001) questionable genre selection/under consideration and may be removed
Peggy Sue Got Married - Francis Ford Coppola (1986)
Harold and Maude – Hal Ashby (1971)
The Purple Rose of Cairo - Woody Allen (1985)
The African Queen - John Huston (1951) questionable genre selection/under consideration and may be removed
American Graffiti - George Lucas (1973) questionable genre selection/under consideration and may be removed
Tuvalu - Veit Helmer (1999) rating tentative/may need revisit
Wild at Heart - David Lynch (1990)
The Scarlet Empress - Josef von Sternberg (1934) questionable genre selection/under consideration and may be removed
<<<<<7.0>>>>>
Her - Spike Jonze (2013)
Boogie Nights - Paul Thomas Anderson (1997)
Lady Bird - Greta Gerwig (2017) questionable genre selection/under consideration and may be removed
Booksmart - Olivia Wilde (2019)
Wall-E - Andrew Stanton (2008)
Sideways - Alexander Payne (2004)
Punch Drunk Love - Paul Thomas Anderson (2002)
Heathers - Michael Lehmann (1989) questionable genre selection/under consideration and may be removed
Groundhog Day - Harold Ramis (1993)
Sherlock Jr - Buster Keaton (1924)
The Cameraman - Buster Keaton (1928) rating tentative/may need revisit
His Girl Friday - Howard Hawks (1940) questionable genre selection/under consideration and may be removed
The Circus - Charlie Chaplin (1928)
Steamboat Bill Jr. - Buster Keaton (1928) rating tentative/may need revisit
Almost Famous - Cameron Crowe (2000) questionable genre selection/under consideration and may be removed
High Fidelity - Stephen Frears (2000) rating tentative/may need revisit
La La Land - Damien Chazelle (2016)
Silver Linings Playbook - David O. Russell (2012)
Lars and the Real Girl - Craig Gillespie (2007)
Lost in Translation - Sofia Coppola (2003) questionable genre selection/under consideration and may be removed
L' Atalante - Jean Vigo (1934) questionable genre selection/under consideration and may be removed
Being There - Hal Ashby (1979) questionable genre selection/under consideration and may be removed
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes - Howard Hawks (1953) rating tentative/may need revisit
<<<<<6.9>>>>>
Nurse Betty - Neil Labute (2000) questionable genre selection/under consideration and may be removed
Bridget Jones' Diary - Sharon Maguire (2001)
The Edge of Seventeen - Kelly Fremon Craig (2016) questionable genre selection/under consideration and may be removed
Hannah and Her Sisters - Woody Allen (1986)
My Fair Lady - George Cukor (1964) rating tentative/may need revisit
The Shop Around the Corner - Ernst Lubitsch (1940) rating tentative/may need revisit
Working Girl - Mike Nichols (1987)
The Breakfast Club - John Hughes (1985) questionable genre selection/under consideration and may be removed
<<<<<6.8>>>>>
Romancing the Stone - Robert Zemeckis (1984)
Stranger Than Fiction – Marc Forster (2006) questionable genre selection/under consideration and may be removed
National Lampoon's Animal House - John Landis (1978)
Risky Business - Paul Brickman (1983)
L.A. Story - Mick Jackson (1991)
The Seven Year Itch - Billy Wilder (1955) rating tentative/may need revisit
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! - David Zucker (1988)
Palm Springs - Max Barbakow (2020)

6.5/10
<<<<<6.7>>>>>
Moonstruck - Norman Jewison (1987) rating tentative/may need revisit
<<<<<6.6>>>>>
Chasing Amy - Kevin Smith (1997)
Rushmore - Wes Anderson (1998) rating tentative/may need revisit
<<<<<6.5>>>>>
Singin' in the Rain - Stanley Donen; Gene Kelly (1952) rating tentative/may need revisit
Four Weddings and a Funeral - Mike Newell (1994)
Sabrina - Billy Wilder (1954) rating tentative/may need revisit
The Philadelphia Story - George Cukor (1940) rating tentative/may need revisit
<<<<<6.4>>>>>
Say Anything - Cameron Crowe (1989) rating tentative/may need revisit
Big - Penny Marshall (1988)
<<<<<6.3>>>>>
Grosse Point Blank - George Armitage (1997) rating tentative/may need revisit
Juno - Jason Reitman (2007)
(500) Days of Summer - Marc Webb (2009)
When Harry Met Sally - Rob Reiner (1989)
The Opposite of Sex - Don Roos (1998) rating tentative/may need revisit
Sleepless in Seattle - Nora Ephron (1993)
Breakfast at Tiffany's - Blake Edwards (1961) rating tentative/may need revisit

6/10
<<<<<6.2>>>>>
My Big Fat Greek Wedding - Joel Zwick (2002) rating tentative/may need revisit
As Good as it Gets - James L. Brooks (1997) rating tentative/may need revisit
Aladdin - Ron Clements and John Musker (1992)
Roxanne - Fred Schepisi (1987)
The 40 Year Old Virgin - Judd Apatow (2005)
<<<<<6.1>>>>>
Sixteen Candles - John Hughes (1984) questionable genre selection/under consideration and may be removed
Beauty and the Beast - Kirk Wise and Gary Trousdale (1991)
<<<<<6.0>>>>>
Shakespeare in Love - John Madden (1998) rating tentative/may need revisit
There's Something About Mary - Peter Farrelly; Babby Farrelly (1998) rating tentative/may need revisit
Bruce Almighty - Tom Shadyac (2003) questionable genre selection/under consideration and may be removed
Superbad - Greg Mottola (2007) rating tentative/may need revisit
Fast Times At Ridgemont High - Amy Heckerling (1982)
Shrek 2 - Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury and Conrad Vernon (2004)
<<<<<5.9>>>>>
Jerry Maguire - Cameron Crowe (1996)
Cat Ballou - Elliot Silverstein (1965) rating tentative/may need revisit
I Married a Witch - Rene Clair (1942) rating tentative/may need revisit
American Pie - Paul Weitz (1999)
<<<<<5.8>>>>>
Splash - Ron Howard (1984)
Bell, Book and Candle - Richard Quine (1958) rating tentative/may need revisit
Forgetting Sarah Marshall - Nicholas Stoller (2008)
You've Got Mail - Nora Ephron (1998)

5.5/10
<<<<<5.7>>>>>
Midnight in Paris - Woody Allen (2011)
<<<<<5.6>>>>>
<<<<<5.5>>>>>
Ghost - Jerry Zucker (1990) rating tentative/may need revisit
Pretty Woman - Garry Marshall (1990)
<<<<<5.4>>>>>
Something's Gotta Give - Nancy Mayers (2003) rating tentative/may need revisit
Shrek - Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson (2001)
Wedding Crashers – David Dobkin (2005)
<<<<<5.3>>>>>
Coming to America - John Landis (1988)
Knight and Day - James Mangold (2010)
Cool World - Ralph Bakshi (1992)

5/10
<<<<<5.2>>>>>
Knocked Up – Judd Apatow (2007) rating tentative/may need revisit
Ratatouille - Brad Bird (2007)
<<<<<5.1>>>>>
Notting Hill - Roger Michell (1999) rating tentative/may need revisit
<<<<<5.0>>>>>
The Princess Bride – Rob Reiner (1987) rating tentative/may need revisit
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - David Hand (Walt Disney) (1937)
<<<<<4.9>>>>>
<<<<<4.8>>>>>
French Kiss - Lawrence Kasdan (1995) rating tentative/may need revisit
Clueless - Amy Heckerling (1995)
10 Things I Hate About You - Gil Junger (1999)

4.5/10
<<<<<4.7>>>>>
<<<<<4.6>>>>>
Yesterday - Danny Boyle (2019) rating tentative/may need revisit
<<<<<4.5>>>>>
Legally Blonde - Robert Luketic (2001) rating tentative/may need revisit
<<<<<4.3>>>>>
The Mask - Chuck Russell (1994)
Eurotrip - Jeff Schaffer (2004)

4/10
<<<<<4.2>>>>>
Nine Months - Chris Columbus (1995) rating tentative/may need revisit
<<<<<4.1>>>>>
The Wedding Singer - Frank Coraci (1998)
<<<<<4.0>>>>>
Desperately Seeking Susan - Susan Seidelman (1985) rating tentative/may need revisit questionable genre selection/under consideration and may be removed
Married To The Mob – Jonathan Demme (1988) rating tentative/may need revisit
While You Were Sleeping - Jon Turteltaub (1995)
<<<<<3.9>>>>>
Revenge of the Nerds - Jeff Kanew (1984)

3.5/10
<<<<<3.5>>>>>
Cinderella - Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, and Clyde Geronimi (1950)
<<<<<3.3>>>>>
Earth Girls Are Easy - Julian Temple (1989) rating tentative/may need revisit

Recommendations/Haven't Seen:

(NOTE: Scaruffi's rating to the right of title in parenthesis, to give general order of importance for me ... plus asterisks means it's one of his "unofficial" ratings)

Design for Living - Ernst Lubitsch (1933) (6/10)
The Merry Widow - Ernst Lubitsch (1934) (6/10)
Sylvia Scarlett - George Cukor (1934) (7.4/10)
Top Hat - Mark Sandrich (1935) (*7/10*)
Swing Time - George Stevens (1936) (6.5/10)
Mr Deeds Goes to Town - Frank Capra (1936) (7.3/10)
My Man Godfrey - Gregory La Cava (1936) (*7/10*)
The Awful Truth - Leo McCarey (1937) (*7.1/10*)
Holiday - George Cukor (1938) (7/10)
The Palm Beach Story - Preston Sturges (1942) (6.5/10)
Cluny Brown - Ernst Lubitsch (1946) (6.5/10)
Adam's Rib - George Cukor (1949) (7.3/10)
Roman Holiday - William Wyler (1953) (7/10)
Kiss Me Stupid - Billy Wilder (1964) (7/10)
Man's Favourite Sport - Howard Hawks (1964) (7/10)
Barefoot in the Park - Gene Saks (1967)
Minnie And Moskowitz - John Cassavetes (1971) (6/10)
A New Leaf - Elaine May (1971)
The Heartbreak Kid - Elaine May (1972)
The Unbelievable Truth - Hal Hartley (1989)
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge - Aditya Chopra (1995) (*7/10*)
The Last Days of Disco - Whit Stillman (1998) (*6.7/10*)
Monsoon Wedding - Mira Nair (2001) (*7/10*)
Dil Chahta Hai - Farhan Akhtar (2001) (*7/10*)
Love Actually - Richard Curtis (2003) (*5/10*)
Munna Bhai MBBS - Rajkumar Hirani (2003) (*7/10*)
The Devil Wears Prada - David Frankel (2006) (*4/10*)
Jab We Met - Imtiaz Ali (2007)
3 Idiots - Rajkumar Hirani (2009) (*6.5/10*)
Crazy, Stupid, Love. - John Requa and Glenn Ficarra (2011) (*6/10*)
Bridesmaids - Paul Feig (2011) (*6/10*)
The Artist - Michel Hazanavicius (2011) (*7/10*)
PK - Rajkumar Hirani (2014) (*6/10*)
The Night is Short, Walk On Girl - Masaaki Yuasa (2017)
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TiggaTrigga

AfterHours wrote:

Some of the more recent lists that I've worked on (including hip hop) where I intentionally had "below 6.8" as part of my focus, has paid off in terms of confidence/accuracy in these ranges, which is leading to some re-thinking of some film ratings, and romantic comedies would of course be as good as a genre as any to tackle this area.

Well if you're looking for another potential below 6.8, listen to Luv(sic) Hexalogy by Nujabes. He's actually pretty critically acclaimed, yet Scaruffi hasn't mentioned him at all. I honestly think the album's pretty good, but idk what you/Scaruffi would rate it.

homelessking

Insights on For Alto? :^)

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TiggaTrigga wrote:

Well if you're looking for another potential below 6.8, listen to Luv(sic) Hexalogy by Nujabes. He's actually pretty critically acclaimed, yet Scaruffi hasn't mentioned him at all. I honestly think the album's pretty good, but idk what you/Scaruffi would rate it.

Thanks! Haven't heard it. Feel free to remind me if I haven't got to it and you see that I'm listening to hip hop again. I may return to hip hop soon (or maybe non, I'm not sure...) as I would like to fill out that list a bit more plus there are several already on there that I need to revisit -- my interests are just kind of fickle right now beyond the sustained consumption of paintings/visual art.
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homelessking wrote:

Insights on For Alto? :^)

Sorry, it's been quite a while for that album, and I'm not really listening to any jazz much these days. But maybe remind me when I am? I can never stay away from any of my favorite arts for too long, so it's bound to happen. As often though, it is crucial to hear the playing as gesticulations, vocalizations, distressed or intense thoughts, outcries, yearnings, the like... (if one listens attentively, one can hear when the performer is "internalizing" and "speaking more outwardly", so these sorts of expressions can at least be estimated and often closely judged at least to the point of "more likely than not").
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Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week(s): 5-30-2022 - 6-5-2022
Metamorphose de Narcisse - Salvador Dali (1937)
Silver Linings Playbook - David O. Russell (2012)
Lars and the Real Girl - Craig Gillespie (2007)
Hannah and Her Sisters - Woody Allen (1986)
Risky Business - Paul Brickman (1983)
Working Girl - Mike Nichols (1987)
Sherlock Jr - Buster Keaton (1924)
L.A. Story - Mick Jackson (1991)
Palm Springs - Max Barbakow (2020)
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! - David Zucker (1988)

Top 10+ Albums/Movies/Visual Art for the Week(s) - Rated 2.8/10 to 6.7/10
Chasing Amy - Kevin Smith (1997)
Four Weddings and a Funeral - Mike Newell (1994)
Sleepless in Seattle - Nora Ephron (1993)
(500) Days of Summer - Marc Webb (2009)
Big - Penny Marshall (1988)
You've Got Mail - Nora Ephron (1998)
Fast Times At Ridgemont High - Amy Heckerling (1982)
American Pie - Paul Weitz (1999)
Splash - Ron Howard (1984)
Midnight in Paris - Woody Allen (2011)
Top Gun: Maverick - Joseph Kosinski (2022)
Wedding Crashers – David Dobkin (2005)
Coming to America - John Landis (1988)
10 Things I Hate About You - Gil Junger (1999)
While You Were Sleeping - Jon Turteltaub (1995)
The Wedding Singer - Frank Coraci (1998)
Revenge of the Nerds - Jeff Kanew (1984)

FAMILIAR FILMS - RE-RATED:
Hannah and Her Sisters - Woody Allen (1986) Not Rated to 6.9/10
Working Girl - Mike Nichols (1987) 5.8/10 to 6.8/10; 6.8/10 to 6.9/10
The Breakfast Club - John Hughes (1985) 6.8/10 to 6.9/10
Risky Business - Paul Brickman (1983) Not Rated to 6.8/10
L.A. Story - Mick Jackson (1991) 6.3/10 to 6.8/10
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! - David Zucker (1988) Not Rated to 6.8/10
Chasing Amy - Kevin Smith (1997) Not Rated to 6.6/10
(500) Days of Summer - Marc Webb (2009) 6.7/10 to 6.3/10
When Harry Met Sally - Rob Reiner (1989) 6.1/10 to 6.3/10
Sleepless in Seattle - Nora Ephron (1993) 4.9/10 to 6.3/10
Fast Times At Ridgemont High - Amy Heckerling (1982) 5.5/10 to 6.0/10
American Pie - Paul Weitz (1999) 5.6/10 to 5.9/10
Splash - Ron Howard (1984) 5.7/10 to 5.8/10
You've Got Mail - Nora Ephron (1998) 4.7/10 to 5.8/10
Ghost - Jerry Zucker (1990) 5.3/10 to 5.5/10
Pretty Woman - Garry Marshall (1990) 5.3/10 to 5.5/10
Wedding Crashers – David Dobkin (2005) 6.4/10 to 5.4/10
Coming to America - John Landis (1988) 5.6/10 to 5.3/10
The Wedding Singer - Frank Coraci (1998) 6.0/10 to 4.1/10
While You Were Sleeping - Jon Turteltaub (1995) 4.9/10 to 4.0/10
Revenge of the Nerds - Jeff Kanew (1984) Not Rated to 3.9/10

NEWLY WATCHED FILMS - RATED:
Silver Linings Playbook - David O. Russell (2012) 6.9/10; 6.9/10 to 7.0/10
Lars and the Real Girl - Craig Gillespie (2007) 6.9/10; 6.9/10 to 7.0/10
Palm Springs - Max Barbakow (2020) 6.8/10
Midnight in Paris - Woody Allen (2011) 5.7/10
Top Gun: Maverick - Joseph Kosinski (2022) 5.3/10 ... Personally not a huge fan of this sort of cinema, but it was entertaining, fun, and is conveyed with an unflagging conviction, intensity and determination that the first one never really had, and thus manages a bit more import, suspense and emotional grip, with Maverick quoting the original and surpassing it in pretty much every way (save perhaps the amusing, sometimes hilarious, subtext of the first). The flight scenes here are among the best ever filmed in terms of pure action spectacle (aided by the fact that they are clearly really flying and filming inside and around actual F-18s) and so those sequences get pretty palpable, both the ferocious sound design and the immersive cinematography. It is nice to see an action film that doesn't rely so much on CGI, a rarity these days, so even if I'm not a huge fan of blockbuster action cinema in general, I nevertheless respect the effort and integrity put into this from a technical standpoint, and I hope it proves rejuvenating to producers/directors in this regard so that more films do the same. The film checks all the dramatic, suspense and action boxes that a big budget blockbuster popcorn flick should, with Cruise delivering a vastly superior performance to his much younger self in the original. This was very much made for the big screen, so if you're going to see it, see it in theaters.
10 Things I Hate About You - Gil Junger (1999) 4.8/10

TOP 50 WORKS OF ART OF THE YEAR (2022)
Sistine Chapel: Ceiling and The Last Judgment - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1512; 1541)
St. Peter's Basilica - Michelangelo Buonarroti, Donato Bramante, Carlo Maderno and Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1626) [Architecture]
Brazil - Terry Gilliam (1985) [The Final Cut, 142 minutes]
Lorca - Tim Buckley (1970)
The Beethoven Frieze - Gustav Klimt (1902)
Citizen Kane - Orson Welles (1941)
Spiderland - Slint (1991)
Persona - Ingmar Bergman (1966)
North by Northwest - Alfred Hitchcock (1959)
Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Isenheim Altarpiece - Matthias Grunewald [includes sculpture by Nikolaus Hagenauer] (circa 1512-1516)
The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa - Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1652) [Sculpture and Architecture]
The Gates of Hell - Auguste Rodin (1889 "Expressionist" Version) [Sculpture]
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1822)
Marquee Moon - Television (1977)
The Velvet Underground and Nico - The Velvet Underground (1966)
The Doors - The Doors (1966)
Touch of Evil - Orson Welles (1958)
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808)
Symphony No. 6 in A minor "Tragic" - Gustav Mahler (1904; 1906)
Europe After The Rain II - Max Ernst (1942)
Piano Sonata in B Minor - Franz Liszt (1853)
Sandham Memorial Chapel: The Resurrection of the Soldiers & War Murals - Stanley Spencer (1929)
Violin Concertos Nos. 1-4, "The Four Seasons" - Antonio Vivaldi (1723)
Symphony No. 4 in E Minor - Johannes Brahms (1884)
Symphony No. 8 in B Minor "Unfinished" - Franz Schubert (1822)
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor "Appassionata" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1805)
The Sacrifice - Andrei Tarkovsky (1986)
St. Matthew Cycle: The Calling of St. Matthew; The Inspiration of St. Matthew; The Martyrdom of St. Matthew - Michelangelo Caravaggio (1602)
The Last Supper - Leonardo Da Vinci (1497)
Y - The Pop Group (1979)
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1820)
It's Such a Beautiful Day - Don Hertzfeldt (2012)[/b]
Apollo and Daphne - Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1625) [Sculpture]
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon - Pablo Picasso (1907)
Guernica - Pablo Picasso (1937)
Medici Chapel: The Sagrestia Nuova - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1555) [Sculpture and Architecture]
I Lie Here Buried With My Rings and My Dresses - Backxwash (2021)
Early Bourgeois Revolution in Germany - Werner Tubke (1987) [aka, "Peasants' War Panorama"]
Blue - Joni Mitchell (1971)
Rock Bottom - Robert Wyatt (1974)
Pieta - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1499)
The Entire City [Zurich Version] - Max Ernst (1936)
Mission: Impossible III - J. J. Abrams (2006)
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor "Choral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1824)
Strange Days - The Doors (1967)
Consumer Revolt - Cop Shoot Cop (1990)
Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette (1995)
David - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1504)
Moses - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1515)
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Facetious

Gender: Male
Age: 24
Location: Somewhere you've never been

Suggestions for rom coms:

A bunch of Lubitsch films: Trouble in Paradise, Design for Living, The Merry Widow, Ninotchka, The Shop Around the Corner, Heaven Can Wait, Cluny Brown
Some Cukor: Sylvia Scarlett, Holiday, The Philadelphia Story
Some Wilder: Sabrina, The Seven Year Itch, Kiss Me Stupid
Some Hawks: I Was a Male War Bride, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Man's Favourite Sport?
Some Sturges: The Lady Eve, The Palm Beach Story
Some Elaine May: A New Leaf, The Heartbreak Kid
Top Hat
Swing Time
The Cameraman
Mr Deeds Goes to Town
My Man Godfrey
Charade
Barefoot in the Park
Roman Holiday
The Awful Truth
Adam's Rib
Chasing Amy
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Play It Again, Sam
Moonstruck
The Unbelievable Truth
Monsoon Wedding
The Last Days of Disco
High Fidelity
The Artist
Palm Springs
Minnie and Moskowitz (Cassavetes' take on the genre)
The Night is Short, Walk On Girl (anime film)

These ones are not favourites but they're popular so you might as well:
10 Things I Hate About You
Legally Blonde
Love Actually
Crazy Stupid Love
Bridesmaids

Some Bollywood romcoms if you're into exploring that:
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
Jab We Met
Dil Chahta Hai
Munna Bhai MBBS
3 Idiots
PK

Edit: Could Baby Driver possibly count?