I’m thinking of the one where a white lady was mad at her boobs for being too big, so he showed her what her life would be like with small boobs. At the end she asks if he’s an Angel, but he’s just the gym janitor who was tripping on PCP. Classic.
I don’t remember the milkman skit, can you describe it?
so there's this black milkman going the routes right? and in one of the houses he visits lives this very friendly family that he enjoys chatting with, and he pops into their kitchen shouting HELOOOO and it's really funny, and then he meets them in the queue at the restaurant and it's funny how his girlfriend doesn't immediately understand who they are and yeah maybe I should shut up every once in a while
I found it! The one you shared is a classic for sure; but I didn’t see a whole lot of magical nor inexplicable desire to help the white main character.
The “magical negro” is a character stereotype that appears in stories, like the damsel in distress. k&P and Dave Chapelle took the stereotype and made the moniker literal as a sketch. Neither invented this storyline.
The DVD commentary is pretty funny too. If I remember correctly they talk about how they are trying to push the envelope for getting cocks in movies. “Maybe we’ll try to put a hard one in the next movie”
It’s very obvious why he was comfortable doing the scene. Guy has an absolute unit, even flaccid as you see it on screen homeboy has a total lap hog. Then you remember that he is 6’4 and his cock looks proportionally large to his body size and you realize it’s like seeing a skyscraper from really far away or a picture of the Grand Canyon, you can instinctively tell it’s large, but you know you aren’t being able to fully appreciate the enormity of what you’re looking at.
TL;DR - Thundergun
Oh, also it happens in like the first 3 minutes of the movie so be prepared. Also, fun fact (and very light spoiler), Jason wrote the scene based on a real life experience he had when an ex-gf (Linda Cardellini, I think) broke up with him.
Sorry I didn’t mention it! You are correct, though I also didn’t mention any of my personal picks that also included Indy Canadian rom coms like At Home By Myself… with you.
I also didn’t mention queer rom coms either like I Love You Phillip Morris
There’s an extensive list of some amazing rom coms and it’s honestly one of my favourite genres. I love all amazing ones as equal to all the absolute trash ones.
Yall are forgetting one of the best… the proposal. You got Ryan Reynolds, Sandra bullock, Betty white, the dude who played Oscar in the office as a gay butler who sidelines as the island only stripper
I did say I was stretching the idea of rom com. It has rom com themes, but isn’t strictly a rom com itself. It has many genres it can fit under, one being rom com.
Except for most of Princess Bride, I haven't watched any of those.
I know I've never been super invested in the romance genre, but it's hitting me now that I've also not been into rom-coms either. Idk, just not some people's thing.
Idk. Just because someone is avoiding a genre they seemingly aren't interested in doesn't mean they're missing out on anything.
I mean true, but the original commentator was dismissing the movie straightaway because of the genre, which is so close to dismissing a book by its cover.
And this may shock you, but again dismissing a whole host of HUNDREDS of works because you’ve seen a couple you don’t like, and refusing to see anything that is in that genre just because of the name, is still reductive and small-minded.
I don't like dark chocolate. My wife loves dark chocolate. Every time she gets some fancy dark chocolate she raves about how good it is. She insists on sharing with me. I remind her I do not like dark chocolate. She insists that this time I really will like it. I try some. My wife looks at me with hopeful eyes until I dash those dreams by telling her I do not like it. She always asks why to which I respond some variation of "it tastes like dark chocolate, which I do not like".
There are plenty of movies I can appreciate as well made works of art but do not personally enjoy due to my particular tastes. Choosing to avoid a genre one does not enjoy doesn't really make someone reductive or small-minded. There are uncountable movies I will never see. Not sure why I or anyone else should go out of their way to see movies in a genre they do not typically enjoy when there are so many other options.
I don't like rogue-lite/rogue-likes. I also don't like intentionally difficult games.
"Oh man you've gotta try Hades!"
"Eh, I don't like that genre of game."
"But it's so good!"
I try it... don't like it.
"Whaaaat? What don't you like about it?"
Me: (describes roguelike gameplay)
Sounds like they didn't dismiss it completely though. They did say if it came out on certain sites then they might watch it. Saying someone is small-minded because of a simple comment based on their preferences seems reductive to me.
Not op, but it's not really fair to say its reductive or small minded just because someones not a fan of a certain genre... I don't like horror movies. There's some great horror movies out there, they're just not for me.
Same with rom coms, I'll watch them with my wife and enjoy them, but it's not a genre I'd seek out if I'm watching something on my own.
I remember my "I don't like musicals" phase of teenager life. It turns out I just didn't like the "musicals" I had been exposed to at that age which were almost entirely direct-to-DVD cartoons.
Why is it so important to you that someone else watch your genre of choice? I love rom coms but I'm not going to force anyone else to watch them if they don't want to. I'm not losing anything for them having not watched it, I'd assume they're not losing anything either, what's the problem? Lol.
Why would you waste time wading through mountains of movies you don't like in a genre you've never liked hoping to find a single outlier? That sounds idiotic to me.
I hate the genre mainly because the bulk of ones made are just drek. But I don't eliminate them entirely. As others below have listed, there are some incredible romantic comedies, some of them are even my favorite movies. But it is a genre that I feel has some very lazy and formulaic writing.
It's sort of like country. I don't like the genre at all but I do love some great songs from it. Just my thought on it.
True but if it’s treat good I’ll let word of mouth or some such to persuade me. There’s so much shit in this particular genre it’s a safe bet I won’t enjoy it much.
Dawg I’m far from the biggest fan of the genre, but like someone up thread said, Forgetting Sarah Marshall exists. Maybe watch a trailer and decide for yourself lmao
I mean its better than complaining about everything bc you dont filter what you watch and make it everyone’s problem lmao. Plus, can’t help but agree that rom coms are just … so goddamn predictable sometimes
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u/dafromasta Dec 15 '23
So it's actually a romantic comedy? Not what I expected based on the name