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In a New York Minute
Jan. 2nd, 2008 05:42 pmWritten at 5:15AM
Recently, I made a couple of discoveries about my choice in movie genre: I'm a fan of the fluffy, British love comedy. On a similar token, I'm also a fan of the New York fluffy story. Enchanted made me realize this second theme. I bet it's related to my interests in Science Fiction. Many of the Marvel Comics lines are set in NYC or just outside. The setting is highly pertinent to the story. X-Men would not be the same without Westchester County or Peter Parker without his cheapo flat. So it's a fav setting when it has a whimsical nature. Other movies I like that have this theme are: Serendipity, Sweet November, Maid in Manhattan, Kate & Leopold, and Someone Like You. And mostly, they are about, typically an eccentric, or different thinking woman, getting the man who is too wrapped up in himself. Usually he's a lawyer, or wears a three-piece suit. She manages to get him to discover the simpler things in life, and they find love. The characters are different, but the plot doesn't change much.
HEH! Now it makes total sense why I fell so hard for Nathan Petrelli and am a Petrelicester to boot! So Heroes plays with the story and puts Peter in the female role. See! Petrellicest is canon and not just subtext. LOL The writers are playing with old plots, but just changed the two people involved. Hehe. This is awesome. Okay, that discovery was fun. Now it's time for work!
Seether's "Fake It"
Recently, I made a couple of discoveries about my choice in movie genre: I'm a fan of the fluffy, British love comedy. On a similar token, I'm also a fan of the New York fluffy story. Enchanted made me realize this second theme. I bet it's related to my interests in Science Fiction. Many of the Marvel Comics lines are set in NYC or just outside. The setting is highly pertinent to the story. X-Men would not be the same without Westchester County or Peter Parker without his cheapo flat. So it's a fav setting when it has a whimsical nature. Other movies I like that have this theme are: Serendipity, Sweet November, Maid in Manhattan, Kate & Leopold, and Someone Like You. And mostly, they are about, typically an eccentric, or different thinking woman, getting the man who is too wrapped up in himself. Usually he's a lawyer, or wears a three-piece suit. She manages to get him to discover the simpler things in life, and they find love. The characters are different, but the plot doesn't change much.
HEH! Now it makes total sense why I fell so hard for Nathan Petrelli and am a Petrelicester to boot! So Heroes plays with the story and puts Peter in the female role. See! Petrellicest is canon and not just subtext. LOL The writers are playing with old plots, but just changed the two people involved. Hehe. This is awesome. Okay, that discovery was fun. Now it's time for work!
Seether's "Fake It"
