Influenced by =/= ripped off

I remember them doing it with Secret Garden by Bruce Springsteen, breaking it up with lines from Jerry Maguire (and pretty much telling the entire central romance plotline in the process).

I remember them doing it with Secret Garden by Bruce Springsteen, breaking it up with lines from Jerry Maguire (and pretty much telling the entire central romance plotline in the process).

The trouble is, I can't just see it as an action movie because the soggy romance and one-dimensional characters and the steerage class full of jolly Irish and Italian stereotypes are all right in the foreground.

The trouble is, I can't just see it as an action movie because the soggy romance and one-dimensional characters and the steerage class full of jolly Irish and Italian stereotypes are all right in the foreground.

It's been mentioned above, but When Harry Met Sally is a great film. I'd say that's maybe his best.

It's been mentioned above, but When Harry Met Sally is a great film. I'd say that's maybe his best.

An arsehole working in television. Go figure.

An arsehole working in television. Go figure.

And at least the Home Alone films don't have the misogyny that hangs over the Hangover films.

And at least the Home Alone films don't have the misogyny that hangs over the Hangover films.

She thinks that's a piece of shit but has no issue with, say, Titanic? Damn muses.

She thinks that's a piece of shit but has no issue with, say, Titanic? Damn muses.

Bill Murray lifting up the tent in Moonrise Kingdom was one of my favourite film moments of the year (and one of the most funny, along with the Hulk beating up Loki).

Bill Murray lifting up the tent in Moonrise Kingdom was one of my favourite film moments of the year (and one of the most funny, along with the Hulk beating up Loki).

I was a little disappointed by Take This Waltz but I agree that scene (or I should say both scenes on the Scrambler) is/are excellent.

I was a little disappointed by Take This Waltz but I agree that scene (or I should say both scenes on the Scrambler) is/are excellent.

What do you mean, everyone loves the old 'angry woman in labour' scene you get in films with lines like 'ARGH! DAMN YOU MEN FOR GIVING ME CONTRACTIONS!', right? Right?!

What do you mean, everyone loves the old 'angry woman in labour' scene you get in films with lines like 'ARGH! DAMN YOU MEN FOR GIVING ME CONTRACTIONS!', right? Right?!

Agree with the mentions of Low and Sufjan Stevens, would also say I really like I Was Born on Christmas Day by Saint Etienne. Great song by a consistently great band.