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:-) Most gracious.
Merry Christmas.
I want to wish everyone a Merry, Happy, and Warm Christmas! And a Happy, Peaceful New year. Blessings to you all.
I don't think I resemble any Bond girl much, perhaps Nathalia a bit? Every now and then I get the random comment "Did anyone ever tell you you look like Audrey Hepburn/Keira Knightly/Natalie Portman/Winona Rider (choose one)?" comment, I suppose that's a compliment!
Anyway, I stopped by to wish each and everyone here a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year O:-)
Merry Christmas @4EverBonded.
Merry Christmas to all, and as Tiny Tim would say, God bless us everyone.
let me welcome you on board. Its a bumpy ride sometimes, but we can hold our own among the guys nevertheless ;)
Well, I have neglected this room myself. Maybe I throw in a random question:
So Ladies AND Gents, what is your favourite romance film - one old, one new.
New for me is: Sleepless in Seattle. A real teardropper at the end - every time :\">
Old: A love Affair comes to mind first (Deborah Kerr, Cary Grant.)
Oh yes, good one.
Whats your new one?
There is no other for me really. No "newer" romance comes to me, but I will think on it. My idea of "new" is late 90s to now, but everyone has their own idea of that I guess. Maybe Casino Royale for how smitten I got for Vesper just as Bond did. Though, it isn't a sole romance film...but of course neither is Casablanca.
Nice questions @Germanlady, but one that I will probably have to think about for a while.
Old - any with Audrey Hepburn, but I think I would go for My Fair Lady, although it doesn't compare to The Pygmalion it's still great because I have a soft spot for musicals and Rex Harrison was just great.
New - this is the difficult part... can I get back to that in a couple of hours?
I remember doing a play with an slightly older married woman and I was enthusing about some big romantic film. She said something really interesting. She said "The funny thing is, in almost all of those movies the couples would just break up in a few weeks after the film ended. They're not about love, they're about infatuation. And infatuation never lasts."
At first I was horrified, then angry. Like most teenagers I needed to defend the films that I liked and needed to prove to other people that they were wrong to not love the same films - they just needed the benefit of the experience of someone like me (younger and without having ever had a serious relationship!) to show them the error of their ways. But the funny thing is, after getting experience dating a lot of women, and being in a few serious relationships, I realized that she was right.
Because of that I don't often seek out "romantic" films per se. I do still love me a melodramatic, tragic love story like Moulin Rouge, but it being so OTT is part of the style and charm (it also, features Nat King Cole's Nature Boy, one of my favourite songs of all time.
Probably the best "romantic film" that I've seen in years is The Constant Gardner, featuring the current Mrs. Bond and the current M in stellar performances. I was gotten by the misdirection; it was branded and advertised as a thriller but becomes a touching film about the nature of commitment, values, and devoted love.
One film that I loved was a dramedy from the 80s (I don't want to spoil it by naming it because, although it was big and critically loved at the time it and its stars have become forgotten now) about a love triangle. The triangle was resolved, but then there was a brief coda of the three people from the triangle sitting in a park talking. You realized after a few moments that this was set 10 years in the future. Basically, all the drama, all the romance, all the tears, all the victories that were felt over those few weeks ten years before were just a few weeks out of hundreds that these characters had experienced - and it was just a brief blip in their lives with no lasting effects. I thought it was brilliant, and then I totally understood what that woman I had done the show with had been talking about.
It's amazing the drama, the romance, the sweeping feelings of joyous victory and the utterly destroying feelings of despair we can get from romance, and then it all just slowly evaporates over time, just leaving us wiser and having some sweet memories (I tend to forget the pain, it fades over time).
Wow, I'm sure that some of the more angrily macho guys here will say that I DO belong in the Girl's Room! ;-)
A classic on every conceivable level. When you consider that Westley and Buttercup share the kiss that defeats all other kisses with its passion, I would definitely think it is safe to call it a romance. ;)
Here's a picture of the main characters through the years, played by Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy.
http://www.anamappe.com.br/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/lovefromthemovies.jpeg
I have been meaning to watch these!
Love is a many splendored thing with Jennifer Jones and william Holden.
Before Sunrise sounds interesting.
Alright maybe I can't count King Kong but I think the first two still count as romance films.
..and you certainly connect with him. I always cry at the end and the best film remain the first one.
The first one? You mean the original film and not the remake?
old: Breakfast at tiffany's. Mainly because the girl I've been dating recently has a similar character as Hepburn's in the film.
new: Love actually, ful title: Love is actually all around. A British film doing what British films do best, combining love, humour and loss.
I would have a long list if I think it through; let me just add today:
The Sundowners (Mitchum/Kerr) - really a drama, with comedy, takes in a lot of things including adventure but the family is at its heart and the two main leads have incredibly realistic and lovely chemistry. (About 1964, maybe a little earlier)
Roman Holiday (Peck/Hepburn) - Even with the ending, where duty wins, you just know that so much love has grown and helped shape these characters' lives. Audrey is one of my favorite actresses, ever; pure joy to watch.
Bridget Jones's Diary - hilarious and romantic
Four Weddings and a Funeral - witty and romantic
(so I have 3 films listed by the same wirter/director team, I think - LA, FWAF, BJD)
The Quiet Man (Wayne/O'Hara) - one of my fav John Wayne movies with the strongest, loveliest, and most spirited of leading ladies; set in Ireland, which is a plus for me, too.