Tonight, love is in the air, and we focus on great romantic scenes. No I didn't include Dirty Dancing. As you will see, romance to me typically involves impossible or failing relationships. What, is that weird? Anyway, I had trouble finding the particular scenes I wanted, so this involves some substitutes. Note how, by and large, the effect of supreme romance and passion is achieved in these clips without graphic sex and/or violence, or shirts off homoerotic volleyball scenes. Nobody puts Baby in a corner!
Its A Wonderful Life. Hee haw! Not typically thought of as a romantic movie, the almost slipped in phone scene is priceless. Giving up all your hopes and dreams to be with someone-that's love.
Witness. Impossible love. A great song. Dancing. Your sister's beat up Volvo station wagon in the barn. Being a widow and still getting busted by your dad. Kelly McGillis no doubt was thrilled to trade in Maverick and Jodie Foster for Han Solo.
To Catch A Thief. Sometimes you just have to get out of your own way and let things happen. Scroll past the first 45 seconds or so, for some fireworks.
The Way We Were. Painfully unwatchable endings, part I. In the best love stories, the lovers don't wind up with each other. They played this song at my cousin Debbie's funeral; this was her favorite movie.
Body Heat. Apparently in Hollywood the line between "extremely hot" and "assault" can be somewhat ill-defined.
Picnic. Repressed sexual tension. Older loser guy/younger semi-innocent local babe. Moonlight. Dancing. Tea lights? Even an otherwise lame movie deserves one truly standout scene.
Pride and Prejudice. Apparently in Hollywood (and in Jane Austen), "no" sometimes means "oh yeah!" Politeness was never so passionate.
The Thomas Crown Affair. Faye Dunaway stars as the greatest chess-playing fembot ever. Dig the groovy music. But Steve McQueen was totally cool here.
Rear Window. Nothing beats a great wake-up call.
Roman Holiday. Unwatchable endings, Part II. I never understood why the Princess couldn't marry Gregory Peck. Some sort of anti-Americanism no doubt.
Breakfast At Tiffany's. This isn't usually how relationships with "maybe I love you but I'm too special and weird to ever show it" chicks end. Usually, it starts with texting you to break dates. Then you notice that your phone calls start to get returned less quickly or not at all. Then she casually mentions happy hours and parties she's recently attended to which she did not invite you. Before you know it, she's not even sending you a Christmas card. I've heard.
Sixteen Candles. I know, I know, this movie is lame. Ha, ha, very funny. But the ending was nice. I hope they use a tablecloth the next time they serve dinner at that table though. "Hey Howard, there's your chinaman!"
North By Northwest. That makes three from Hitchcock. Go figure. I have a suit just like the one Cary Grant wears in this scene (actually its two scenes), but it hasn't done anything like this for me. Guess I need a new tailor. This is a bit lengthy, but overall excellent.
Next-we end with comedy scenes. Expect Fawn Leibowitz to make an appearance.
3 comments:
The most heart-wrenching scene of all: end of Gone With The Wind--Scarlett finally realizes that Ashley is a wimpy loser and that Rhett is the guy for her. She runs after him to tell him she loves him and she's sorry she's been such a flake but he doesn't care anymore. He's done with her and he walks out the door and she's alone in that stupid, gaudy mansion with everything that means nothing.
My daughter would like to include the spaghetti scene from Lady and the Tramp.
You missed my favorite line from Body Heat - "You're not too bright. I like that in a man!"
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