Day 20 Best love triangle Here we are – Day 20. My favourite love triangle goes all the way back to Twin Peaks again, as I give you that wonderfully comedic triple-act of Lucy Moran, Deputy Andy Brennan and clothing salesman Richard Tremayne. I know it’s a little hokey, but I love these three and […]
Read more "28 Days of Love on Screen – Day 20 – Best Love Triangle"Day 18 Best ‘forced proximity’ love story Feeling better today. This one is easy today and I MUST go back and watch this film again as it’s been far too long. Forced proximity is when our two characters can’t get away from each other, and that’s how the romance begins. Imagine they’re stuck in a […]
Read more "28 Days of Love on Screen – Day 19 – Best ‘forced proximity’ love story"Day 18 Best ‘meet cute’ on screen Quick one today, as I’m not feeling great. My vote for this goes to Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts meeting in Notting Hill. A great premise and well-written and acted. There are things about the film that I don’t like, but their meeting is very well done indeed. […]
Read more "28 Days of Love on Screen – Day 18 – Best ‘meet cute’ on screen"Day 17 Best ‘Unrequited Love’ Story Very recent, this one; but something that’s really stuck with me ever since I saw it. I didn’t expect to be as taken with Netflix’s 3 Body Problem as I was, but when I watched it, I was hooked. I found the story of Will and Jin to be […]
Read more "28 Days of Love on Screen – Day 17 – Best ‘unrequited love’ Story"Day 16 Best Pickup Line What’s the best opening line you’ve ever heard on screen? The best hook that gets the romance going. Well, for me there’s no doubt. It’s Michael Biehn as Kyle Reese (The Terminator, 1984) with this one… “Come with me if you want to live?” Cheers and see you tomorrow, Richard […]
Read more "28 Days of Love on Screen – Day 16 – Best Pickup Line"Day 15 Best Father or Mother of the ‘Bride’ If a couple are to be together, sometimes they have to overcome the obstacle of a parent or two. Be that Spencer Tracy or Steve Martin, Keith David or Anne Bancroft, they’re usually a massive obstacle. For me, my vote goes to Robert De Niro in […]
Read more "28 Days of Love on Screen – Day 15 – Best Father or Mother of the ‘Bride’"Day 12 Best Use of a Love Song on Screen Another day, another David Lynch connection. My vote for best use of a love song on screen goes to Roy Orbison’s 1963 song, In Dreams, in 1986’s Lynch classic Blue Velvet. Dean Stockwell’s lip-synch performance is utter brilliance. Orbison wasn’t best pleased about how the […]
Read more "28 Days of Love on Screen – Day 12 – Best Use of a Love Song on Screen"Day 11 Best couple who never were They never were, and that’s probably as it should be, but they’re just so wonderful together that it has to be Special Agent Dale Cooper and Audrey Horne. Those of you who know me and follow this site may be surprised that it has taken me so long […]
Read more "28 Days of Love on Screen – Day 11 – Best Couple Who Never Were"Day 10 Best ‘opposites attract’ couple I was a day early with the last one – getting ahead of myself. Today I’m thinking about couples in films who are chalk and cheese. Opposites attract! I thought about Barbra Streisand and Ryan O’Neal in What’s Up Doc? from 1972 (which I love), but I’ve gone for […]
Read more "28 Days of Love on Screen – Day 10 – Best ‘opposites attract’ Couple"Day 9 Character you know is going to get dumped by the lead as soon as you find out they are together You know the situation. The story starts and the lead character is seeing / engaged to someone. You know as soon as you see this person that they’re going to get the elbow! […]
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