Top 100 Movie Romances (?)

[kellinator]

http://www.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/Movies/06/11/afi.romance.ap/index.html

Interestingly, a really large number have unhappy endings. I think there's really something to the resonance of the lost love idea... I mean, Shakespeare wrote lots of happy endings, but no one mentions those couples. It's always Romeo and Juliet instead. (Though a lot of the happy couples [i.e., Beatrice and Benedick] seemed more believable to me than Romeo and Juliet, but I digress...)

Still, I'm happy to see some favorites of mine on here... Casablanca, The Princess Bride, Beauty and the Beast, Titanic (yes, I liked Titanic, and I'm not afraid to admit it ;) ).

Comments

Romance Flicks

[fourtines.livejournal.com]

I've always thought of Romeo and Juliet as less about "love" or "romance" and more about society. Romeo and Juliet didn't kill themselves to be together - they committed suicide because their lives sucked already, and their only escape from the brutal realities of their lives was each other. Their relationship was totally adolescent, unrealistic and I find everything about that play to be melodramatic. It's one of Shakespeare's worst.

I've never really cared for Romeo and Juliet . I like Hamlet...

As for romance flicks, I enjoy Amelie , Le Double Vie de Veronique, Frankie and Johnny , The Remains of the Day, Music From Another Room and Great Expectations ( the modern version with Gwyneth Paltrow)

Re: Romance Flicks

[fourtines.livejournal.com]

...oooh...and Til There Was You . And Til There Was You has a happy ending!