Not usually my cup of tea,
but there are a few romance movies that I enjoy as far as the strength of the love-story:
5. Ghost - I ain't 'fraid no ghost. Especially if it takes on the form of a dirty dancing roadhouser like Patrick Swayze. BTW, I think Demi Moore is one of the finest lookin' actresses ever.
4. Punch Drunk Love - Whoa whoa... wait a second....
A movie about the unforseeable strength & power that can result when two souls take the jump into the unfamiliar territory of the map of the human heart ( a map whose directions only reveal themselves on a need to know basis) & it stars Adam Sandler, who actually acts in it?
And it's good?
The seventh seal hath been broken.
Repent.
Afore it's too late.
3. Casablanca - The classic of all classics.
2. Roman Holiday - 80% of the success of this movie's depiction of romance is just a result of Audrey Hepburn's presence, alone. She had the ability to make anyone fall instantly in love with her.
1. Bridges of Madison County - A truly romantic story of how the escapist fantasy high/feeling that initially results with falling in love must eventually be realistically dealt with as the conditions & responsibilities of one's current situation come quickly creeping back in. I once heard that, in the context of human history, couples pairing up for the sake of true love is still relatively young. We as a species over-all , have not evolved enough yet to be able to deal & accept each other in a manner that would be considered as unconditional love ( which is the only real love). And it is because of this that the world population has yet been unable to formulate an effective means of discussion that would truly begin a process of unity between it's racial, social & gender factions. And maybe this is why so many of us make decisions more for the sake of security, emotionally as well as socially & financially . Decisions that may impede on our ability to follow our hearts & therefore sway us , individually and socially, from a path that would lead us to true love before it's too late.
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Right now, all I'm wearing is a mustard-stained wife-beater T-shirt, no pants & a massive sombrero.
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