Ep 63 - Isn't It Romantic

Its a rom-com kinda day with a conversation about ISN’T IT ROMANTIC. A lot of intro talk is spent on nostalgia and remakes, so it’s perfect to get into talking about this meta film that is a pastiche homage to the classic rom-coms of the 80s-00s.   Raquel loves being able to catch the hyper specific references to particular films, while Raphael, admittedly not too well versed in the genre, enjoys how it plays with the broad tropes of the style. ISN’T IT ROMANTIC manages to do something that so many genre meta films doesn’t really pull off which is it manages to actually be the thing that it is skewering while still managing to skewer it. Is this the SCREAM of rom-coms??   Raquel also weighs in as a doctor of psychology on the topic of the effects of movies like rom-coms on self-image. A fun, light conversation about a fun, light movie!     The Generation Splice is a film podcast where retired psychologist Dr. Raquel Martinez, a Baby Boomer through & through, & her son Raphael Jose Martinez, a cranky millennial punk rocker/film writer, discuss various films through the lens of their generation & personal experiences. Every week one host picks a movie to dissect & see if they can splice together the generation gap via their love of film.   Feel free to write to us! Give us some film suggestions at [email protected] or @gensplicepod on Twitter.   Raphael is on Twitter and Letterboxd at @citycelluloid. You can find his film writing at cinefile.info and film-cred.com