Red Roses For My Lady
As promised, here are ten more romantic movies in celebration of February, American Heart month and Valentine’s Day. What did you get for Valentine’s Day? I got a single long-stemmed red rose! It’s beautiful.
- Dirty Dancing (1987) – Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze, (omg he was beautiful), had the best time of their lives in this low-budget sleeper film which went on to gross more than $200M worldwide.
- The Princess Bride (1987) – Adapted from William Goldman’s book, it’s a tale of “boy meets girl”, boy is lost at sea, girl reluctantly agrees to marry evil prince but she gets kidnapped; The whole thing is complicated however since it‘s a fairy tale…”and they all lived happily ever after”.
- Say Anything (1989) – John Cusack, the under-achieving student serenades the class valedictorian with a boom box. Entertainment Weekly called this the greatest modern movie romance.
- When Harry Met Sally (1989) – Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan have an on-again, off-again romance over a 12-year period. Harry is based on Rob Reiner and Sally on writer, Nora Ephron and well…”I’ll have what she’s having”.
- Ghost (1990) – A romantic fantasy where romance transcends death. Patrick Swayze (he’s dead) and Demi Moore (still living) re-connect through a phony medium, Whoopi Goldberg, who won an Oscar for her performance.
- Sleepless in Seattle (1993) – A romance where the lovers never meet until the end and based on An Affair to Remember. Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks finally meet at the top of the Empire State building, oooh so romantic.
- True Romance (1993) – Romance Quentin Tarantino style! A call-girl and a comic book nerd who kills her pimp and takes off with a suitcase full of cocaine. Patricia Arquette and Christian Slater play the not-so-heroic lovers.
- Titanic (1997) – Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Wynslet are the young lovers who picked the wrong boat. This was the highest grossing film and held the title for 12 years until Avatar surpassed it. Personally (and it is MY blog) I think it was a dumbed down version with bad casting and an unnecessary re-make.
- You’ve Got Mail (1998) – Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks in YET another re-make; original ideas anyone??? The movie title is a take-off from Yahoo’s email arrival announcement and the original movie was titled The Shop Around the Corner and starred Jimmy Stewart and Margaret Sullivan.
- The Wedding Singer (1998) – Poor Adam Sandler, left at the altar by his fiance and a wannabe rock singer ends up singing at weddings, serenading other couples. BUT Drew Barrymore comes into his life and all is good. A super 80’s soundtrack, the movie grossed $123M.
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Bill Ding and his band of clowns are the security patrol for this blog site. He is a favorite toy from the 50*s. By the way sometimes a blog is just an ego-maniacal stream of conscience.
Did you put True Romance up for me? Or do you believe it should be there? Because after hearing the first lines of the movie:
” I kept asking Clarence why our world seemed to be collapsing and things seemed to be getting so shitty. And he’d say, “that’s the way it goes, but don’t forget, it goes the other way too.” That’s the way romance is… Usually, that’s the way it goes, but every once in
awhile, it goes the other way too.” You know it’s not your usual romance! Love the original music for it and my favorite scene is with Christopher Walken and Dennis Hopper. A scene showing the ultimate love a parent has for their child!
Love you Auntie Mame!
Love you too and your Top Ten Romantic Pic will be the BONUS film next week.
Great Post!! I cant belive I have never seen Dirty Dancing.