What are the non-typical romantic films for Valentines?
Valentines Day is here again, the day of the year that we are told that it is now time to tell loved ones that you love them, the day that prices for chocolates, flowers and cards raise two fold, and the day that helps shops bridge the gap to the next commerically sanctioned celebratory date. Call me crazy but I believe you should tell your loved ones you love them all the time, not just one day of the year, however this is Filmstalker and we're here to talk about films.
With that, let's broach the subject of romantic films. Yet before we go to far I'm going to stop your train of thought and tell you that we're not looking at the typically romantic films, but films that are romantic with a twist, or romantic with a side plot, and those are much rarer and often much more special.
There are few examples I can think of, and that's probably a good thing because it leaves it much more open to you guys to think of them. Also, rather than my usual practice of leaping into a deep analysis of these films and characters, let me just outline a few and let you debate their significance and where, and even if, you find anything romantic in them at all.
Ghost and Always (one of my personal favourites) are perhaps at the more romantic side of this scale. Sure they are very romantic films, but in the end they are really about letting go, not loving more. I think that's a very important distinction. A big part of love is having the ability to let go of someone or something, even though you love them.
White Palace, Desert Heart and Untamed Heart are films where we see very unlikely couples come together and find love with each other. White Palace shows us the differences of age and class, Desert Heart of sexual orientation, and Untamed Heart of social grouping.
True Romance shows the faith and belief that lovers have with each other, and that whatever life throws at them, they can hold onto each other.
Secretary and Jade are examples of characters who are obsessive and quite dangerous with their love, these are perhaps the further end of the scale where films really aren't the typical romantic stories that we would expect.
So what films can you identify that aren't the typical romantic love stories? Anything from the Ghost's to the Secretary's? Any films which tell the story of love in a different way, from an odd perspective, or show a side not so often seen in romantic movies?
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