Ryan McNeilIt’s Valentine’s Day this week (hands up all the guys who forgot). On the surface, it’s a made-up holiday that provides a payday for florists and chocolatiers. On the other hand, if you truly love someone, it’s an excuse to take a moment and remind them about how you feel. I know – that sounds corny and optimistic, but hey – that’s me.
Of course another thing that’s “me” is eating, sleeping, and breathing movies…and indeed in amongst all my dark dramas and comic-based geekery, there is a romantic tale or two that strikes a chord for yours truly. So allow me to get all lovey-dovey for one post, as I rhyme off…
Hatter’s Top Five Favorite Movie Romances 
#5. DON JUAN DE MARCO…(1995) Because I’ve always wanted to talk to women the way Johnny Depp does in this movie.
#4. FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL (1994)… Because more often than not I talk to women the way that Hugh Grant does in this movie (read: disjointed, babbling, and full of “er”s, “um”s, and “y’know”s.
#3. SAY ANYTHING (1989)… Because as Lloyd teaches us, sometimes you have to love full tilt – even it it means getting your ass kicked by love.
#2. WHEN HARRY MET SALLY… Because (and I mean this in a good way) loving someone high maintenance can often provide endless entertainment from the never ending nuances.
#1. THE ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (2004)… Because I’ve never heard of a more romantic notion, than trying to re-remember someone you deliberately forgot, because you finally realize you can’t live without them.
Did I miss one? Feel free to leave comments naming your favorite romances, along with suggestions for the next top five.
hmmmmm ~ I’m wondering, in a genre that’s soooo huge, if you mightn’t need a top 10 (?)
somewhere on my list would be:
Truly, Madly, Deeply
Prelude to a Kiss
Happy Accidents
Maybe throw in a little Princess Bride peppered with While You Were Sleeping.
hmmmm ~ conundrums abound.
B
I applaud your number one pick. And sometime you should do a top 5 bro-mance list.
Quite a nifty list of your own there B!
As for Blake – love the idea! I’ll probably trot that one out in a few weeks to co-incide with the release of I LOVE YOU, MAN.
Now what films would I choose for such a five…?
Okay, I’m gonna go out on a limb here:
Brokeback Mountain — saw it again recently, and my heart broke again and again.
Yep, your first choice is a doozy – one of the best pure love stories I’ve seen captured on film.
Others that I would add to your current list:
– Sunrise (F.W. Murnau)
– Roman Holiday (William Wyler)
– Shadows In Paradise (Aki Kaurismaki)
– Pride And Prejudice (Simon Langton – the 6 hour one with Colin Firth)
– Whisper Of The Heart (Yoshifumi Kondo)
– Lovers Of The Arctic Circle (Julio Medem)
– The Road Home (Zhang Yimou)
– Punch Drunk Love (P.T. Anderson)
– The Fountain (Darren Aronofsky)
Bob, I had a hunch you’d like my number one choice. What can I say – you have great taste.
THE FOUNTAIN is an interesting choice. I remember liking the theme of deep, devoted love when I saw the movie…but likewise I remember being confused as all hell.