30 Days of Film - Day Five
Day 05 - Favourite love story in a movie
As I am rather a fan of rom coms this was rather a tough choice, but eventually I narrowed it down. I am a big romantic at heart, so I like a lot of romances that I probably shouldn't. In fact, I realise as I look back that the reason I liked a lot of films when I was a kid was for the romance. So anyway, these might not be the best films, they might have downright patronising messages, but what I'm interested in is the story of two people falling in love.
We have:
Pretty Woman (1990)
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
When Harry Met Sally (1989)
Love Actually (2003) (mostly Jamie and Aurelia - so I'm a Colin Firth fangirl, so what?)
Dirty Dancing (1987)
I Love You Phillip Morris (2009)
...
I could probably go on but instead I'll skip to the end.
Secretary (2002)
You may be surprised as this choice. After all, it's just porn, right? Wrong. It is one of of the sweetest, most hearwarming, most uplifiting and most charming love stories I've seen in quite some time.
Whilst, yes, it is about a secretary and her boss who embark on a rather...unconventional sexual relationship. (By unconventional I mean a fairly intense dominant/submissive relationship), if that's all you take away from it, then frankly, you weren't paying attention. Through their relationship Lee (played superbly by Maggie Gyllenhaal) gains a new independence, the independence to not blindly follow her families expectations but do what she wants and Edward (played equally superbly by James Spader) is able to overcome his insecurities and be more comfortable with himself. It becomes a true relationship of equals, each giving the other what they need. It is a story of two people who find someone who knows them, knows what they want and need and doesn't judge them for it. And frankly, what more do you want from life?
Fantastic casting and James Spader and Maggie Gyllenhaal have brilliant chemistry, making what could be a very uncomfortable subject a real joyous film.
As I am rather a fan of rom coms this was rather a tough choice, but eventually I narrowed it down. I am a big romantic at heart, so I like a lot of romances that I probably shouldn't. In fact, I realise as I look back that the reason I liked a lot of films when I was a kid was for the romance. So anyway, these might not be the best films, they might have downright patronising messages, but what I'm interested in is the story of two people falling in love.
We have:
Pretty Woman (1990)
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
When Harry Met Sally (1989)
Love Actually (2003) (mostly Jamie and Aurelia - so I'm a Colin Firth fangirl, so what?)
Dirty Dancing (1987)
I Love You Phillip Morris (2009)
...
I could probably go on but instead I'll skip to the end.
Secretary (2002)
You may be surprised as this choice. After all, it's just porn, right? Wrong. It is one of of the sweetest, most hearwarming, most uplifiting and most charming love stories I've seen in quite some time.
Whilst, yes, it is about a secretary and her boss who embark on a rather...unconventional sexual relationship. (By unconventional I mean a fairly intense dominant/submissive relationship), if that's all you take away from it, then frankly, you weren't paying attention. Through their relationship Lee (played superbly by Maggie Gyllenhaal) gains a new independence, the independence to not blindly follow her families expectations but do what she wants and Edward (played equally superbly by James Spader) is able to overcome his insecurities and be more comfortable with himself. It becomes a true relationship of equals, each giving the other what they need. It is a story of two people who find someone who knows them, knows what they want and need and doesn't judge them for it. And frankly, what more do you want from life?
Fantastic casting and James Spader and Maggie Gyllenhaal have brilliant chemistry, making what could be a very uncomfortable subject a real joyous film.