What are some good/enjoyable movies where love/romance is an important factor to the story, but you wouldn't really classify them as a romance or rom-com?
Zombieland.
Well, it's just good to know that when the chips are down and things look grim you'll feed off the girl who loves you to save your own ass!
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Atropa - Feb 15, 2013 9:42:26 am PST #23563 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Scrappy - Feb 15, 2013 11:52:38 am PST #23564 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Excellent, Jilli.
Kalshane - Feb 15, 2013 3:47:44 pm PST #23565 of 30000
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
There's a lot of movies that have a romantic sub-plot, but if you removed it, it wouldn't change the outcome of the movie that much. (I was about to say removing Venkman's pursuit of Dana wouldn't change much in Ghostbusters, but then I remembered that the only reason he was really focusing on her case was because he thought she was hot. Though I want to say that's more gonnads than romantic.)
I will concede The Princess Bride as a romance and Gross Pointe Blank was a (kind of dark) rom-com. Though that's not the first word that I would use to describe either of those movies.
The Terminator is a good one.
I really need to see Zombieland one of these days. I'm annoyed I didn't take advantage when Netflix had it available for streaming.
§ ita § - Feb 15, 2013 4:09:08 pm PST #23566 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What would you describe The Princess Bride as? I can see that argument about the book, but not the movie. The title is about marriage, and the A plot is a couple who's torn apart and reunites despite death and kidnapping. There's a bit of other stuff, but in the movie, the sick boy is the B plot, and dethroning Humperdinck and avenging Montoya Sr's murder are secondary to the "rescue my love" mission.
Juliebird - Feb 15, 2013 6:39:53 pm PST #23567 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Rewatched Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, and the very last scene was the epitome of unspoken yet awesome special effects, because this time I paid special attention to RDJ's hands, and heck yes, he was missing half a finger.
I so appreciate that kind of thing.
The thing about The Terminator as a B plot romance movie is that I grew up in with a mom who viewed it as the A plot. I think that movie is a bit trickier, because I think the B plot romance is a stealth A plot in a way. Like, Kyle wouldn't have been there most likely if he hadn't already been in love with Sarah, and eventually the whole thing boiled down to him being there, loving Sarah, and consumating was the whole reason for the assassination attempt.
le nubian - Feb 15, 2013 11:39:39 pm PST #23568 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Beau and I just watched The Queen of Versailles and man that movie (documentary) is a trip. The NYT review said this was like looking in a mirror, and I didn't feel any connection to those in the film.
Reading articles with the director, she said the family has been over-spending when they were in financial crisis. While there was one scene that dealt with this issue, that wasn't at all clear to me. I thought their financial problems were due to the construction of 2 key buildings - not household expenses!
Polter-Cow - Feb 15, 2013 11:54:58 pm PST #23569 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
The Terminator is a good one.
...If you take away the romance, the movie doesn't happen.
Kalshane - Feb 16, 2013 3:56:56 am PST #23570 of 30000
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
I see The Princess Bride as an adventure/swashbuckling movie. Though the romance is obviously a very key part.
...If you take away the romance, the movie doesn't happen.
Right. Which was what I was trying to get at (and apparently explaining poorly). You wouldn't call The Terminator a romance, but the romance is important to the outcome (or existence, in this case) of the movie.
Juliebird - Feb 16, 2013 4:06:24 am PST #23571 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
What about Dark City (the original The Matrix)?
Jesse - Feb 16, 2013 4:19:28 am PST #23572 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Reading articles with the director, she said the family has been over-spending when they were in financial crisis. While there was one scene that dealt with this issue, that wasn't at all clear to me. I thought their financial problems were due to the construction of 2 key buildings - not household expenses!
Over-spending by building the new house, maybe. But also WTF Christmas???