Sheena asks:
Out of curiosity, are there romantic films that you would unhesitatingly recommend, besides Sense and Sensibility? Is that a post for another day? Two of my favourite films are The Scarlet Pimpernel (the Jane Seymour, Anthony Andrews version) and Moulin Rouge.
We discussed this back in 2005 when I revealed in a multitude of ways how uncool I am in my love of movies and television shows. But I will say that for Hanukkah this past year, Hubby got me a set of the entire season of Cupid PLUS unaired episodes from some bootleg DVD vendor overseas. *le sigh* Jeremy Piven. What a lovely Hanukkah gift.
But it’s never a problem to come back to a topic – particularly almost two years later, when we have more readers with certainly more opinions – many many more opinions!
I just figured out that when people were naming The Philadelphia Story, they didn’t mean Philadelphia. I was wondering what the hell was so romantic about Tom Hanks dying of AIDS.
Whew.
Heres’ my list. Mainly repeats. Just want to say hate Legends of the Fall or really any movie or book where the writer is so unskilled he just has to kill the woman character to make the buddy story work. I have an interest in teen movies. Love Steve Martin as a leading man: All of Me, LA Story, Roxanne.
Moonstruck
Say Anything
High Fidelity
Strictly Ballroom
Eat, Drink, Man, Woman
Like Water for Chocolate
The Sum of Us (young, gay, slightly chubby Russell Crowe)
Pretty in Pink
10 Things I Hate About You
Shakespeare in Love
Rushmore
Definitely late to this discussion, but wanted to echo a couple bitchery favorites
-Last of the Mohicans (yummy loin cloths)
-Persuasion
and wanted to add
Fresa y chocolate (Strawberry and Chocolate)—a great film set in Cuba.
Swept from the Sea—Ok, so the critics didn’t love it, but Vincent Perez is hot. The love scene in the cave…
Fun topic! I can’t wait to start netflicks up again
I love me the 1995 Pride and Prejudice. I watch the Lizzie and Darcy dance at Netherfield over and over again. 🙂
I also liked parts of the 2005 movie version. Keira was ‘meh’, but Darcy’s second proposal scene is soooooooooooooooooooooooooo romantic. I don’t care that it’s uncanon. I also liked the American ending and tbbbbt at the test audiences that said it was too sticky sweet.
I like Bridget Jones’s Diary, but not the sequel so much. Mark’s scene in the first one where he says “I like you. Just the way you are.” still makes me melt after umpteen viewings.
I liked “The Wedding Date” with Debra Messing and Dermot Mulroney. Nick is hot hot hot, especially without a shirt on.
And First Wives’ Club. Yes, two of the three couples don’t get back together and they shouldn’t. But one does—he learned that surface appearances don’t matter so much, and she’s willing to forgive him and try again. I like the part where they dance together at the opening of the Center near the end of the movie.
NCIS is still awesome! Tony is so damn hot I could tear off his clothes. Gibbs has his moments, too. And I feel secure enough as a hetero woman to say that if I went that way, I would totally find Ziva hot.
Huge fan of Persuasion, 1995 film version of the Jane Austen book. A non sappy heroine who realizes her folly of giving up her life for a skanky self absorbed self serving family and a noble hero. There is little physical or even verbal interaction between our two lovers but the looks between them “burn” and the end scene where he holds out his gloved hand and she place hers into it – one of the most sensual images ever. There is no eyecandy amongst the actors but the performances are so pure you don’t notice.
One more: Walk the Line. Great love story that happened to be true. And Joaquin Phoenix looks amazing in black.
Hated “Legends of the Fall”.
Loved “American Dreamer”.
Thankfull somenoe remembered “Roxane”. Steve Martin made a great romantic hero in that one.
“The Big Easy” is my all-time favorite romance movie.
I just can’t believe no one mentioned “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” with Paul Newman (double yumm) and Elizabeth Taylor. They generate enough heat to warm an Alaskan winter!
I have to say that one of my very favorite romantic movies of all time is The Umbrellas of Cherbourg. It’s so sweet and sad and if nothing else the wallpaper is really cool. But Catherine Denouve is beautiful and the music is great and you acclimate to everything being sung rather quickly.
Tykwer’s Heaven is also worth looking at, because it’s really a great film and also because Cate Blanchett is divine.
Oh, and Howl’s Moving Castle, because I say so.
Love Actually is very sweet and funny.
I watched Vanity Fair on the weekend. I loved me some men in tight breeches. Yummy. Well worth watching just to see James Purefoy.