I liked talking romcoms last week very much. Now it is time to discuss specific romantic scenes. Bess might have suggested this, or someone else, or was it a romantic song post? If this was your idea, dear reader, ping me and let me give you credit!
There are many cinematic gems to shout about, but here are two I'm rather sweet on:
"My Brilliant Career": This 1979 film, based on a 1901 novel, ably evokes the turn-of-the-last-century Australian outback. It also has a truly interesting romantic scene, one that has stayed with me since I first caught it on cable.
If you've seen it you know I'm about to say the words "pillow fight." Judy Davis and Sam Neill -- both amazing -- are pre-sweethearts when they get in this epic, outdoor pillow fight that isn't particularly sexy or romantic but rather competitive and sweaty. And it goes on and on and on and on.
They dash around the exterior of this big farmhouse and under various bowers and into fields. It's sunny and little flies are buzzing and everything just feels at a boiling point.
Not to get film-school-y and Monty-Overbove-esque on this movie, but the pillow fight helps these repressed, Edwardian-era characters just work out some stuff they can't say or act on. I searched for a photo but could only find the cover of a DVD.
This. Scene.
"Pride & Prejudice": The Colin Firth-Jennifer Ehle P&P. The scene where Mr. Darcy watches Lizzie play the pianoforte with open, obvious pleasure. Nothing more to say. We've all seen it. So good.
What's your favorite romantic movie scene?
