Everybody has this perception of this thing ‘tentatively
titled Love’ and it manifests in film with its varying expressions and complex
definitions...honestly the marine food chain seems less intricate! Romantic films
as such to me put forth things that appeal to us only because it’s an escapade
from the reality which is perhaps not as perfect as we want it to be. So here’s my list of favourite
silver screen love stories that don't necessarily make it to every conventional list.
WARNING: The usual
expectations of ‘The Notebook’, ‘A walk to remember’, ‘P.S I love you’, ‘When
Harry met Sally’ and ‘Serendipity’ etc., won’t be met here but I promise not to
disappoint.
10. The perks of being a wallflower: A movie by Stephen
Chobsky that stars Logan Legman, Emma Watson and Ezra Miller is I hate to use
this word ‘coming of age’ because it makes being an adult look less complicated
but so is its classification; it’s simply about how confusing things like love
and life are and how sometimes we may not exactly know what we think we know.
9. Brokeback Mountain: Anybody who calls this the ‘gay
cowboy’ movie better stay out of my way. Revolving around two cowboys Ennis and
Jack (played brilliantly by Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal) is about choices
we desire but fear to make and the love story executed so beautifully by Ang
Lee moves you, simply can’t miss this one
8. Vertigo: Alfred Hitchcock is maddening to say the least.
To lose a loved one can be bearable but twice and due to your fear of heights. Harsh?!
Starring James Stewart and Kim Novak...sheer brilliance presented in the genre
of a psychological thriller.
7. True romance: OK get past the shocking language, get past
the gore and bloodshed and there you have it a Quentin Tarantino love story. Trouble
brews for Clarence and Alabama and you have a perfect mix of romance and
violence. Don’t miss a brilliant performance in a tiny role by Brad Pitt.
6. Garden state: People you have simply got to love Zach Braff and his script, direction and acting in this movie is in one word
AWESOME. So watch this movie to just get rid of the troubled mindsets we carry
around until we realise there’s actually no need for it.
5. 500 days of summer:
It started off in the traditional manner of boy meets girl and boy falls
in love and the girl umm doesn’t! Starring Zoey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon Levitt
this movie by Marc Webb tells us that love necessarily need not reciprocate
always the way you want it to.
4. Lost in translation: This movie by Sofia Coppola speaks
so much while saying so little. Starring Bill Murray as a bored movie star and Scarlett
Johansson as a lonely newlywed stuck in Japan. This movie can mean anything you
want it to mean and that’s the true beauty of it.
3. Harold and Maude: You can love this movie or hate it but
all it really goes out to show is love doesn’t really conform to any barriers
or forms...it’s just love and that’s exactly what happens when a obsessed
suicidal 19 year old meets a zealous awesome 79 year old and Hal Ashby presents
a realistic picture with his stunning cast especially Ruth Gordon.
2. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind: There isn’t any
movie in the world I love more than this Charlie Kaufman masterpiece. Would
you erase the person you love out of your memory because you simply can’t take
the pain of their shortcomings? Well the eccentric and impulsive Clementine
(Kate Winslet) does and Joel does too only to get even but he realises he wants
to cherish those memories forever. Whoever said Jim Carrey can't do anything beyond comedy needs to watch this one!
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| Signing off with a brilliant short film 'I'M HERE' about love that holds no imperfections.... |
1. There’s no one on this list because you can feel free to
put whatever you feel reflects love for you and if I told you mine, where’s the
romance in that?! ;)
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