Twitter is an excellent source for a lot of things and today it’s been used to name all the terribly good romcoms that have engraved themselves into our hearts. Somehow, the adorable film Music and Lyrics starring Drew Barrymore and Hugh Grant is getting name dropped a lot and I’m personally offended.
It all started when Dana Schwartz, from Entertainment Weekly tweeted out the below.
https://twitter.com/DanaSchwartzzz/status/982325921976745984
What followed was an onslaught of replies of all the romcoms through the decades that are just mind-numbingly stupid but strangely addictive.
The films were also split into three categories as to really decipher just what “terrible romcom” meant.
https://twitter.com/DanaSchwartzzz/status/982329468919296000
Fair enough, Good Luck Chuck was bloody shit.
But wait there’s more.
https://twitter.com/DanaSchwartzzz/status/982338359057039360
Translation: The better it is, the more likely it is to be pretty shit.
So what did people come up with?
Leap Year
Horrible but lovable.
Although both Amy Adams and Matthew Goode redeemed themselves in Superman and Downton Abbey respectively.
Just Like Heaven
So way before Mark Ruffalo became the Hulk he was doing romcoms with Reese Witherspoon. This particular movie’s definitely terribly good after you get over Reese’s character being a ghost and whatnot.
Made of Honor
McDreamy why?
Although, this is still one of my mother’s favourite movies.
What A Girl Wants
Rack off, this was a fabulous film and I couldn’t fault it a bit. Amanda Bynes will forever be a babe as will Colin Firth.
Many people still live for (including myself) the moment Daphne goes to her first ball after transforming her ‘boring’ dress into a fab one making Clarissa mega pissed.
Music and Lyrics
You’re absolutely lying if you haven’t had Way Back Into Love stuck in your head before. Music and Lyrics is just a sweet film in every sense and Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore completely pull it off. Also, Hugh Grant dancing to 80s music is all you need in life.
How this movie is even remotely terrible, I don’t know.
Bride Wars
Okay, kinda terrible but also kinda heartwarming-ly sweet?
27 Dresses
Yeah, look.
27 Dresses is pretty terrible on a lot of levels but people still watched it when it popped up on Netflix earlier this year.
Two Week’s Notice
Again, NO.
This movie was fabulous and the only shit thing in it was Donald Trump making a bad cameo.
Honourable mentions:
Nia Vardalos’ “I Hate Valentine’s Day” is astoundingly bad, it’s MTST3K-worthy.
— Joe Dator (@JoeDator) April 6, 2018
Nia Vardalos reunites with My Big Fat Greek Wedding husband John Corbett but it’s not enough to distract you from how seriously bad the film is. It’s not even slightly good AT ALL.
https://twitter.com/DforDavid88/status/982328790851379200
13 Going On 30 and Never Been Kissed was a hot mess. The Wedding Planner was adorable and don’t hate on Jennifer Lopez and Matthew McConaughey. Their little dance number in the movie is still a fave. The Nanny Diaries is a decent film… and that totally has nothing to do with Captain America being in it.
Chasing Liberty? Bad, bad, bad, and bad. Again, this stars Matthew Goode and American sweetheart, Mandy Moore who plays the president’s daughter and runs away to Italy to escape her dad’s security guards… only to run into an undercover 24-year-old top secret service agent. Yep, it’s First Daughter before First Daughter.
Speaking of which,
It’s one for the history books.
And finally, the most terrible romcom film ever.
Austenland
God, this is horrible but I’ve watched it a million times and I don’t know why.
Who said romcoms are dead?
