Yes, I'm downloading.... And it must have a caption for green On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 11:19 AM, Josney Ribeiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > Hi Alll, <http://lahorerang.com/index.php> > <http://lahorerang.com/index.php> > List of movies must watch on a romantic date...... > > <http://lahorerang.com/index.php> > <http://lahorerang.com/index.php> > > *Love Story (1970) * <http://lahorerang.com/index.php> > > The music helps I have to say has an amazing impact once again on recent > viewing but that's not the whole story by far. One of the best and most > popular and enduring love stories on celluloid you can find. Ali McGraw and > Ryan O'Neal star in a film that will have you reaching for the tissue box > without doubt. Its funny how often romance is linked with sadness but I am > not getting into that here. We have everything that a tearjerker can throw > at you- rich boy, poor girl, opposing father, success, disaster, fatal > illness etc. Superbly filmed and an emotional rollercoaster. Fabulous and a > must-see, just watch it on your own though of you are prone to tears. > <http://lahorerang.com/index.php> > > <http://lahorerang.com/index.php> > > *Titanic (1997) * <http://lahorerang.com/index.php> > > Would you like someone to die for you, or want to die for someone? In > tragedy we often find the barest soul of romance and so it is with this > movie. The romance is not so much in the characters but in the fact that it > is so intense and so brief and so unfairly taken away within a setting of > huge drama. Self sacrifice may be the romantic ideal being portrayed here > but there are few us of who watched this without a tear. At 3 hours, we are > overtaken by every emotion and for days afterwards the movie leaves a > haunting impact. But it is the drama of the two lovers that affected the > worlds audiences the most. Superb. <http://lahorerang.com/index.php> > > <http://lahorerang.com/index.php> > > *Sleepless in Seattle (1993) * <http://lahorerang.com/index.php> > > I cannot believe this is only ten years ago. To me it feels like a film > from folklore, certainly in terms of perfect romantic movies. Meg Ryan and > Tom Hanks may be too sweet a pairing for some but in terms of romantic > fantasy land this is about as close to heaven as one can get. Beautifully > scripted and filmed and pulling on our heart strings with required, it is > the perfect vehicle for the starts of the show to illustrate why they are > both romantic stars. Meeting on top of the Empire State building - well who > wouldn't! There are some reviews on the web that try and analyze this movie > as if it was Ben Hur, lets not bother. Instead grab your pop corn and settle > in with your sweetheart. <http://lahorerang.com/index.php> > > <http://lahorerang.com/index.php> > > *Pretty Woman (1990) * <http://lahorerang.com/index.php> > > When asked, it came back in almost every top 10 I was given. Maybe it was > the dream pairing of Julia Roberts and Richard Gere, maybe it was the story > of a girl finally made good. Maybe it was simply about boy choosing girl > just when you think he might not. Whatever aspect you wish to focus on, this > is top class romantic entertainment that over the years has not aged one > bit. Critics should take note of the people's view as there were some unkind > reports on this movie. Clearly these guys have no heart. Rent and watch and > remind yourself how on screen romance should look. Yes it may be a re make > of Pygmalion but quite frankly, who cares. > <http://lahorerang.com/index.php> > > <http://lahorerang.com/index.php> > > *City of Angels (1998) * <http://lahorerang.com/index.php> > > My personal favorite and one that is hugely successful in terms of > presenting the answer to the complex romantic equation of romance, love and > mortality. Meg Ryan again and based partly on the classic earlier film Wim > Wenders' movie, Wings of Desire, City of Angels is beautifully filmed and > acted, Meg being particularly on form. Nicholas Cage as the angel Seth finds > himself at odds with the world by falling in love with Meg who looks almost > as angelic as Nick throughout. Ultimately Seth's fall from grace to be with > the woman he loves tugs at the heart but nothing on earth can prepare you > for romantic dram of the final moments. From the opening heart breaking > scene, to the angels portrayed as beings of light , aloof in high places, > this movie appeals on every level Glorious and gorgeous in every way with a > music score to match. <http://lahorerang.com/index.php> > > <http://lahorerang.com/index.php> > > *Casablanca (1942) * <http://lahorerang.com/index.php> > > This classic and adored timeless classic is really a romantic melodrama. > Often quoted ("here's lookin' at you, kid" and the always misquoted "play it > again Sam"), it has lost none of its romantic value in the last 61 years. > Against a wartime backdrop we are presented as viewers with a classic love > triangle where two men vie of the affections of the same woman. Humphrey > Bogart in splendid form as the exiled loner and the film its self attends to > the theme of lost love. The ending is a romantic classic. If it is Sunday > evening and raining outside this is the one for you (both). > <http://lahorerang.com/index.php> > > <http://lahorerang.com/index.php> > > *An Affair to Remember (1957) * <http://lahorerang.com/index.php> > > One of my favorites, the essential romantic storyline is that Cary Grant, > an eligible bachelor is set to marry an heiress. Fortunately or > unfortunately depending on your viewpoint he meets Deborah Kerr whilst > traveling alone on a luxury yacht and realizes he's engaged to the wrong > woman. Just to complicate matters, she is engaged to the wrong man. In the > end they agree to spend six months apart and if they still love each other > they will reunite six months later at the top of the Empire State Building. > Of course the threat of tragedy strikes. Even today elements of this > storyline find their way into modern romantic productions. I have to mention > one of the top cinematic romantic moments when Cary Grant walks into Deborah > Kerr's room and sees the painting she had bought but which he had painted. A > great romantic treat. <http://lahorerang.com/index.php> > > <http://lahorerang.com/index.php> > > *The Way we Were (1973) * <http://lahorerang.com/index.php> > > I have always been a great fan of Robert Redford and it is easy today for > the younger generation to forget not only his but Barbara Streisand 's > formidable talents. Here we have two young lovers with differing political > ideologies who come together, one the conservative , the other a radical. > Its an odd thing but there are aspects to the American cinema of the early > 1970's that have never been emulated (see The Last Picture Show for example) > anywhere else and this embodies many sensitive romantic ideals that are > rarely portrayed today. Miss Streisand won a deserved Oscar for her > portrayal of the woman in love and the music will make your spine tingle. > Lovely. <http://lahorerang.com/index.php> > > <http://lahorerang.com/index.php> > > *Doctor Zhivago (1965) * <http://lahorerang.com/index.php> > > The year I was born was 1965 but Omar Sharif still looks better today than > I ever have. The music is mesmerizing, the, film work unbelievable and epic > and the love story, simply stunning. Recently re-released in special edition > DVD format, this is one for a weekend in and perfect for lovers of romantic > movies everywhere. Julie Christie still look as gorgeous as ever and the > perfect romantic heroine for this film. Set against the backdrop of the > Russian revolution, Sharif and Christie portray two lovers who are separated > and brought together again by war and fate. Once again it is a movie that > combines romance and tragedy as the two appear to be intertwined but for a > treat of cinematic vistas and passion this is a must see. > <http://lahorerang.com/index.php> > > <http://lahorerang.com/index.php> > > *Brief Encounter (1946) * <http://lahorerang.com/index.php> > > Celia and Johnson and Trevor Howard star in this romantic classic. A > housewife by chance meets a married Doctor at a railway station. What > transpires is a cinematic masterpiece of inspired passion and unrequited > love between an English middle-class man and woman. Even the title has moved > into general romantic speak. If you haven't seen it then put it at the top > of the pile because you cannot be classed as educated in the art of romance > until you have. My own note is that I was told it was filmed at Carnforth > railway station at the edge of the English Lake District. > <http://lahorerang.com/index.php> > > <http://lahorerang.com/index.php> > > Oh and we now want to add the fantastic John Cusack movie, *High Fidelity*- > just because ! > <http://lahorerang.com/index.php> > Happy romantic viewing! <http://lahorerang.com/index.php> > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "English Learner's Cafe" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/english_learners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
