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Cinema goers' favourite love scenes
Magic moments
Cinemagoers' favourite love scenes
Rebecca Allison
Friday February 7, 2003
The Guardian
Cheesy love scenes are nothing new in the world of film but it takes a
certain magic formula to melt the hearts of British cinema-goers, who
appear to require a hefty dose of sadness to get that stiff upper lip
wobbling.
Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze's famous pottery scene in Ghost has been
voted the most romantic film moment of all time in a survey of film
lovers by UCI Cinemas. Their clinch, when ghost Sam reveals himself to
grieving Molly at the pottery wheel, received more than 22% of 3,010
votes cast across Britain in the poll of the best heart tugging
moments in film history.
Ali McGraw's death scene in the classic weepie Love Story was second
in the poll.
Among the other moments with romantic appeal were Hugh Grant's upper
class Charles declaring his love for Andie MacDowell's Carrie in Four
Weddings and a Funeral, and the famous farewell scene in Casablanca.
"The favourite film moments chosen here by our guests are a really
interesting mix of tear jerkers, passionate declarations and scenes to
make you smile, which all go to prove that us Brits are really a
romantic nation at heart," said UCI spokeswoman Lianne Chenery.
The average attendance went up by 13% last Valentine's Day, and UCI is
anticipating a similar rise this year, she added.
Top 10. From Ghost to Titanic
1 Ghost pottery wheel scene (Demi Moore, Patrick Swayze)
2 Love Story Jenny's death in Oliver's arms (Ali McGraw, Ryan O'Neal)
3 Four Weddings and a Funeral love of timid,upper-class Charles for
charming American girl Carrie (Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell)
4 Pretty Woman the Rodeo Drive shopping spree (Richard Gere, Julia
Roberts)
5 Casablanca Ilsa and Rick's airport farewell(Humphrey Bogart,Ingrid
Bergman)
6. Brief Encounter Laura returns to her husband to sound of
Rachmaninov (Celia Johnson, Cyril Raymond)
7 Gone With the Wind kiss between Rhett and Scarlett after the fall of
Atlanta (Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh)
8 From Here to Eternity the clinch on the beach (Burt Lancaster,
Deborah Kerr)
9 Bridget Jones's Diary reunited in the snow (Renee Zellweger, Colin
Firth)
10 Titanic Rose and Jack at the prow with arms outstretched (Leonardo
DiCaprio, Kate Winslet)
Follow Ups:
Eleanor Parker, realizing she is "beaten on the board", breaking up with Christopher Plummer in THE SOUND OF MUSIC just as he begins trying to break up with her. Get that vaseline on the lens for the close-up... Best line: "And, somewhere out there, is a young lady who, I think, shall never be a nun... Auf wiedersehen, darling." More moving than when Chris and Julie finally get together a few minutes later.The two female protagonists' first love scene in David Lynch's MULHOLLAND DRIVE. Forbidden love, dream/wish fulfillment ("Have you ever done this before?" "I don't know... but I want to, with you"), an opportunity to say in death (or near-death) what one couldn't say in life ("I'm in love with you, Rita... I'm in love with you"), and some genuine but still classy eroticism. I'm actually serious about this... it could have easily degenerated into a trashy Russ Meyer moment--there are probably some who will see it this way--but, especially after seeing the film all the way through and thus being able to put it into context, this is heartbreaking in a way only Lynch could have conceived.
djprobed
Is in Hustonīs "The Dead", when Gretta, sobbing and half asleep, tells Gabriel (her husband) about her first love, that unfortunate Michael Furi who literally died for her love by singing that ballad ("The lass of Armagh", I think) under her window, while the snow fell all over his sick body, driving him to an untimely death..., and then she, still sobbing and lost in her memories, falls asleep, while Gabriel, suddenly realizing both that he didnīt know his wife, how much she had loved, and still loved, that boy, and how much he himself loved her, looks through the window and says his monologue about how the snow was falling all over Ireland, his life, the dead ones,...Two love scenes in one, none of them seen with our eyes, while both relived into ourselves, both loaded with a melancholy that is more intense than the fiercest scene of passion and flesh, truly epiphanic and human as nothing Iīve ever seen or heard of.
Thatīs my choose.
Regards
BF
Orejones, I haven't seen this film, but your description is so compelling I am devastated.
nt
See it forthwith. Houston bowed out with one of the great moments in literature and cinema.
One of the best, ever.
Hi,
an eclectic and personal top ten......1)Shakespeare in Love...."It's a new world!"
2)Ryan's Daughter, scene where the moonlight shines through her nightgown as she runs up the hill to meet her English lover.
3)Blue's Brothers, the scene where Belushi,lying face down in sewage, talks his way out of getting machinegunned by Carrie Fisher.And then drops her in the sewage; which was utterly an inconceivable act to me at the time.
4)A Walk in the Clouds, vineyard scene where they are waving warmth on
the chilled grapevines, the grape stomping scene, hell the whole damn movie. One of my favorite movies; it's a romance, so the senes aren't rolling around in a hayloft, but entrancing nonetheless.
5) Fools rush In, scene where Selma Hayek is standing on the stairs, there is great music playing the background, and Matt pops the cork......
6)Piece of Cake, scene where Moggy seduces his friend's girlfriend.
7)The Philadelphia Story where Hepburn says.."My, she was yar"
8)Moonstruck, the scene where Cage is arguing with Cher, and winds up carrying her in his arms
9)Bull Durham, first time for Costner and Sarandan, in kitchen?
10)Young Frankenstein...."Sweet mystery of life, at last I've found you"
Devlin and Alicia, must be one of the strongest ever.
"Bigtop Pee Wee" had the longest screen kiss in cinema. It was both hilarious and nauseating. Good stuff. The air was filled with love.
...would have to be the bedroom scene in Nic Roeg's Don't Look Now, where the foreplay and lovemaking is intercut with the couple (Julie Christie & Donald Sutherland) getting dressed.As for Pretty Woman, I understand completely. An unlimited charge card for a day long shopping spree on Rodeo Drive *is* better than sex...and lasts longer.
I know my wife would like to try both experiences.
"Oh, Daddy doesn't mind a little scandal. He's a senator."
Unlimited daytime shopping spree on Rodeo Drive, night time skinnydipping with Viggo, late night "music" via the Circes in the cottage by the sea...yeah, that would be a good day.
Your post in general made me laugh. I wondered why my wife didn't mind a bit - was even enthusiastic - about seeing The Two Towers with me. She's not a fantasy/SF fan, and she never read the books. Suffice it to say now I know.I have simple tastes - Kate Winslet and a bottle of '61 Bordeaux would be sufficient.
"Oh, Daddy doesn't mind a little scandal. He's a senator."
...some people say the LOTR films are "guy" films.Au contraire. FOTR/TTT are one, big smorgasbord of masculine splendor waiting to ignite female lust. Young, old, middle aged, blonde, brunnette, rehead, greyhair, tall, short, gay, straight, thin, stout...LOTR is chock full of gorgeous males, with something for nearly every girl's fancy. Even the dead guy, Theodred, is hot. (The Easterling on the right is looking pretty good too.) But Viggo...strong, sensitive, writes poetry, musician, rides horses, likes musical gals, cleft chin...oh my...(thunk.)
BTW, you knew Peter Jackson gave La Winslet her first film role in Heavenly Creaturs, yes? HC finally got released on DVD in something close to its original form last fall.
...is, by a wide margin, the women's top-rated film at the Internet Movie Database. I guess it wasn't romantic at all.Shopping at Rodeo Drive is romantic? Is it even sad? In that case, my top scene choice would be in American Beauty when Kevin Spacey tells his wife that he bought a muscle car, raises his fist, and shouts: "I RULE!"
...the Ang Lee version...are you sure the IMDB thing isn't the Pride and Prejudice British/A&E miniseries???AS for shopping, see above.
You're right about P&P being an A&E miniseries. By women, it had a 9.7 rating (9.1 overall), but has recently been removed from the top listing, I presume, because it wasn't a theatrical release.
Very romantic! Yes indeed...alarmingly, I find I agree with my sisters for once.Alas, made for TV. BTW...this P&P miniseries provides the subtext (hah) for Bridgette Jones Diary and the amusement of Colin Firth's csting.
Now you know.
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