What's your choice? Best-worst romantic movies

[Yawn]

Maybe this was more appropriate on Valentine's Day, but I've heard something the last couple of days on TV ...commercial or something ... that keeps playing the theme for "Love Story" which made me hate that movie; hence, the question.

But what's your thoughts on the best and the worst in that movie category? (I bet some of us guys would call the worst whatever was the favorite of our exes).

 

[Flip Wilson]

Shakespeare in Love was shaping up to be the worst for me, but I fell asleep about a third of the way through. The wife really appreciated that, considering we were in a theater and had paid full price for it.

My vote for best is Casablanca.

 

[Yawn]

Damn, I can't think of a favorite.

When Harry met Sally, maybe? It had some humor.

 

[BigSleeper]

My vote for best is Casablanca.

Second that.

 

[Yawn]

Just called up a top 25 ranking.

Titanic. Not bad.
Jerry McGuire? Never thought of it as one.
Ghost? That struck me from the standpoint of getting a lost loved one back...my dad had died the week before I saw that.

 

[Flash]

Of the modern era? Only because I haven't seen a lot of the classics ...

Best: Love Actually
Worst: Tossup between that one with Kutcher about getting hitched and that one with Mandy Moore about getting hitched

 

[Captain_Kirk]

Best: Briana Loves Jenna 8)

 

[Oggiedoggie]

Best: "Debbie does Dallas"

Worst: "Natural Born Killers"

 

[Huggy]

I liked Sleepless in Seattle.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Best: Kramer vs. Kramer...

 

[JR]

Moonstruck is one of my favourites.

Annie Hall is great.

Nothing beats Casablanca.

I hate Titanic with a passion. Ditto anything starring that chinless ****** Hugh Grant.

 

[Captain_Kirk]

I like Titanic, but the problem with that movie is they made it into a love story and that was completely unnecessary. You could have set it up with the story lines of some of the passengers' lives before the voyage: there were certainly more than a handful of rich and famous in first class, and they could have contrasted that with those in steerage or 4th class.

Not to mention, the story itself was the disaster of the ship sinking and over a thousand people perishing.

I guess the love story was the sugar to make the medicine go down in having a 1000+ people die on screen. But, Jesus H, it was 80+ years ago, I don't think people need the blow softened. Just tell the effin' story.

 

[sportschick]

Did not mind the love aspect of Titanic at all. It was like two movies in one -- a sappy chick flick and an action movie.

I don't really do romantic movies generally though, so I don't really have anything else.

Maybe Sense and Sensibility as the best?

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Liked Titanic and Sleepless in Seattle. Love Story is so-so for me, but I like the ending when the son walks away from his father.

Pearl Harbor was O.K, but they could have done without the love triangle.

 

[Tripp McNeely]

I'm not sure if this falls under this category, but I liked "Jersey Girl" for some reason.
I liked Affleck's traditional romance with Liv Tyler and I liked his "romance" with his daughter. And before anyone can misconstrue what I mean, I felt Affleck and his daughter had a great relationship. When he took her to the city (New York) and was walking with her and then at the end, when he dances with her. She protected him as much as he protected her.
If I'm ever lucky enough to have a daughter someday, I hope we can have that type of relationship.

 

[sportschick]

Now that my brain's working . . .

(and that Tripp mentioned a Kevin Smith movie)

Best: Chasing Amy
Worst: Gigli

 

[JR]

The problem with the "love story" aspect of Titanic is that the relationship between Jack and the Kate Winslet character is historically impossible.

There is no way--none--that in the class bound post-Edwardian society of 1912 that these two would have ever sat down at the same dinner table together, let alone party in third class. The whole premise is preposterous.

I mean, I understand poetic license but this is like creating a historical-based film about WW1 and having the Germans win.

 

[Yawn]

I'm going to respectfully disagree with JR because this was the beginning of a true women's liberation era and I do think, in spite of the classism of the time, that there were women, as there are now, who get smitten with the Johnny Reb of the time. On that ship he fit that bill. Besides, looking at the ***** of a character that her mother was, wouldn't a lot of kids want to buck that kind of mom?

 

[Mizzougrad96]

As Good As it Gets would be near or at the top of my list...

Nice call on Chasing Amy... An A+ film until the last 20 minutes which sucked...

Jerry Maguire would have to be on this list... When Harry Met Sally... Pretty Woman... Casablanca is a classic...

Sleepless in Seattle sucked...

Titanic didn't suck, but it doesn't hold up well...

Annie Hall may be the most overrated movie of all time, even though I know I'm in the minority on that one...

I actually thoroughly enjoyed My Best Friend's Wedding and I am not much of a Julia Roberts fan...

 

[Mizzougrad96]

I'm actually going to defend Hugh Grant here...

About a Boy was great...

Four Weddings was very good...

Notting Hill was watchable...

Nine Months was very funny...