Trainwreck

Summary

Ever since being a little girl, Amy was believed that monogamy wasn't realistic as told by her rascal father. Now older and working for a magazine, Amy lives by that same credo- being free from stifling, boring romantic relationship. When Amy is assigned to write a new article for the magazine, she starts falling for the subject she's writing about, a charming and successful sports doctor named Aaron Conners.

Romance Movies

Romance Movies

This will be a list of my top ten Romance movies i have watched over the years. This list wont be in any order or ranked, it will be randomised.

The Notebook

  In the 1940's in South Carolina, a mill worker Noah and a rich girl Allie are desperately in love, but her parents don't approve of them being together. Noah goes off to serve in world war II and it seems to be the end of their love. Allie becomes involved with another man and it set to be married to him and when Noah returns to the small town years later after their summer romance together, Allie can see clear and their romance is anything but over.

This movie has to be one of my favourite Romance movies of all time and it will be named as a classic for years to come. It was adapted from the novel and what an adaption it was! The movie is emotional in every aspect as its funny, sad, relate-able and passionate to the max.

If you're a passionate person and love romantic movies then this film is perfect for you as it pictures how true love should be and how it was back in the 1940's. 

A Walk To Remember

The story resolves around the love and loss of two characters Landon Carter and Jamie Sullivan. The two very different characters find themselves unexpectedly thrown together after a practical joke by Landon and is forced to partake in the school play and is helped by the beautiful but invisible girl Jamie.

This is one of those sad romantic movies but sometimes they're the ones that are the best. Also have you ever herd "opposites attract?" Well this movie proves it all and shows us anyone can fall in love at any time, even if its the most unexpected time of your life. 

The story of how the two met was original and i think its one of the first movies I've seen have this type of story line. If you have seen 'The Fault In Our Stars' its kind of the same plot. 

Titanic

Footage of the departure of the fateful voyage of Titanic, tells the story of the events of the tragic night of the fictional characters Rose who is the upper class survivor and Jack who is the lower class survivor of the Titanic. As an old lady, Rose tells the story how she fell in love with Jack and the horrible disaster that torn them both apart from each others arms. 

If you haven't herd or seen Titanic then you must be a hermit or some kind of modern caveman because this is one of the most iconic movies of all time, which broke box office records and it still one of the biggest box office movies of all time.

Written and directed by the legendary James Cameron, he got the iconic movie 11 Oscar wins under its belt, including best picture and best director, which he deserves with crazy respect. I'm surprised none of the actors got any piece of the pie as they played the characters very well and made the story satisfying to watch.

The Vow

When page wakes up from a coma following a car accident, she has no memory last years she has spent with her husband Leo, The last things she remembers is living with her rich parents and has to choose the life between the life she knows or getting to know her husband all over again.

I'm sure this is an unoriginal story plot because there's other plenty of other movies out there that have the same summary but this one stood out to me the most as i loved the characters/actors for the movie and they made it worth watching in my opinion.

This is the type of movie where you think "imagine if that happened to me." Can you actually imagine though? It would be so frustrating losing your wife/husband to something so tragic and watching them slip away by each day of your life. Lucky for the two it was a happy ending, it was a cliff hanger but one where it made the viewers choose on how the two ended together. 

10 Things I Hate About You 

In the the updated version of the Shakespeare's play 'The Taming Of The Shrew' the new kid in high school Cameron James is head over heals for the popular girl Bianca Stratford, but Bianca's father won't allow her to date anyone until her rebellious sister starts dating. Another boy from school also wants Bianca so he gets Patrick Verona to attempt to win over her rebellious sister to take to the school dance so he has a chance with Bianca. Who will end up with who?

10 Things I Hate About You is one of the 90's classics that everyone loves and i mean everyone! If i asks anyone about the romantic list, there is no doubt that this movie will be in there somewhere, i will put a bet on it!

This movie is a teen romance movie so all the high school teens who's going to prom or what ever, would love this movie and maybe able to relate to it in some way or another. 

The Last Song

Set in small beach town called Tybee Island, Georgia. Where Steve, a divorced father gets the chance to spend the summer with his teenage daughter Ronnie and his younger son Jonah. Rather would rather be in New York back with her friends because she believes her father abandoned her three years ago. Ronnie falls in love with a local boy from the beach town and she reconnects with her father through the love of music.

The only decent Miley Cyrus movie i have ever come across and its a very good one as well because shes not crazy and she seems normal as ever. She played her character very well and the story is sort of similar to A Walk To Remember and its a very emotional movie to watch. 

Ever since watching this movie i'v always wanted to live on the beach as it seems so peaceful with the sound of the waves crashing and seeing the sun shine on the edge of the rippling ocean water. 

Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth actually became a real couple together after filming The Last Song and it became serious but the relationship ran its cause and the two ended the relationship, maybe because Liam thought she was crazy? Also the theme song Miley sings for the movie is one of y favourite ballads and you should all listen to it now.

The Girl Next Door

A straight-arrow high school senior falls in love with the perfect "girl next door", only problem is that she's a former porn star. He realises that if he wants the women that he loves, even if she used to be a porn start, he better be willing to risk it all and experience a journey that he could't of prepared himself for.

When i first watched this movie it was around the time of my high school prom and the movie is also set around a high school prom and it got me so obsessed watching this movie because we know how teens get with the opposite sex and all the hormones kicking in, so imagine taking a porn star girl to your high school prom! That would be the best, well for a male it might be any way!

After watching this movie a dozen of times as a horny teenage boy, i developed the biggest crush of the lead female actress who played the porn star Elisha Cuthbert., and im pretty sure she would make some straight females crush on her hard as well.

The Great Gatsby

An adaption of F. Scott Fitzgerald novel 'The Great Gatsby, set in Long Island 1929. A Midwesterner Nick Carryway is lured into the lavish life of his mysterious neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Carryway will soon see through the cracks of Mr Gatsby rich existence, where obsession, madness and tragedy await for them both.

Another timeless classic for both the novel and the adapted movie, The Great Gatsby. No other actor could of played the 1920's themed movie any better than Leo DiCaprio as he is very suitable for these types of roles as we have seen him in numerous of old themes movies such as Titanic, J. Edgar, Shutter Island, The Aviator, Gangs Of New York & many more!

The movie won 2 Oscars for Costume Design and Production Design and it was well deserved as the costumes were spot on and very eye catching to watch.

About Time

At the age of, Tim discovers he can time travel in time and change the what ever happens in his life, including his love life. He decides to make his life better by getting a new girlfriend, but she turns out not to be as easy as he thought, as he learns the process of time travel and what it might change for the future timeline. 

One of the most original modern time movies i have seen which has the concept of time travel involved, accept from 'The Time Travelers Wife' which is also a good movie. About Time was different to me because it as humorous and dorky in some ways and the underdog gets the girl of his dreams by using his time traveling powers. I also liked if he went back in time to change something, he would also change something drastically in his present life such as the gender of his new born baby. Oh and by the way i like Rachel McAdam's movies OK! 

Zack & Miri Make A Porno

Life long platonic friends Zack and Miri look to solve there financial problems by making an armature adult film together. As the camera's start filming, the two of them begin to feel different and develop feelings for each other, but it's not as simple as they thought it would be. 

Zack & Miri Make A Porno is probably the funniest romance movies on the list, as you can tell by the title. Its the situations they get themselves in to and the process of trying to make a adult film and its just funny thinking about it, let alone watching the movie. Also whats funnier than seeing Seth Rogan make a porno? And what's better than seeing the gorgeous actress Elizabeth Banks half naked? Nothing! 

If you up for a Rom-Com then this is the one to watch as we see the funny moments turn in to unexpected love from the two main characters of the movie. 

Conclusion

Everyone loves a romantic movie, even if they don't know it is a romantic movie from the start, such as Zack & Miri Make A Porno. I think majority of male would like that movie and wouldn't have a clue it was a romantic film. Another example would be 'The 40 Year Old Virgin'. that's another great romance movie and all i'm saying is that some of the best movies are romantic because they capture the deepest emotion from inside of us all, not just love but every kind of emotion there is. 

Romance movies are the ones that people can relate to the most as everyone will go through the emotions we see on the movie screen in reality. They're can be some up's & down's but remember that everyone's life is one big romantic movie in some way or another.

Discussion

1. What did you think of the list?
2. What movie did you enjoy watching off my list?
3. Will you be watching any off my list? & What ones?
4. Do you have a list?
5. Whats your favourite and worst romantic movie ever?

The Longest Ride

The Longest Ride

A former bull riding champion falls in love with  college student Sophia, but conflict paths threatens to tear them apart: Luke is trying to make a come back on the bull riding circuit, while Sophia is about to start her dream job in the New York art world. when the couple are stuck on how to work things out they are inspired by a elderly man Ira, whose decades long romance with his beloved wife withstood the test of time.

Thoughts & Experiences

Its been two days with out a blog post and i'm having cold turkey withdrawals from not writing! So i decided to change things up and watch a romantic movie for you, since a lot of you will probably love love romantic movies and ill admit it, i love romantic movies as well! 

As you guest correctly the movie i watched last night was the new upcoming film, The Longest Ride. The Longest Ride has to be one the best romance movies i have seen in  along time, instantly putting it on my top 10 lists. When i was watching the Longest Ride i couldn't help compare it to other romantic movies like "The Notebook," & "Dear John." After the movie was over i had to google it, and it turns out it was the same novelist (Nicholas Sparks) who wrote the two novels, including The longest Ride.

At the start of the movie it shows us a bull riding rodeo, where men have to ride a large bull for 8 seconds to qualify for the next round, Introducing us the male lead role, Luke Collins. Luke Collins is a champion bull rider and has just drawn the largest and meanest bull on the rodeo circuit. When Luke gets on to the bull you can see how feisty and angry the beast is, as it is rattling the bull cage before entering the open circuit.  The gates open for Luke and the maniac bull and the crowd goes wild as they see Luke and beast fight it out for 8 seconds, but something goes wrong as you see Luke get thrown off the bull furiously.

I Loved the beginning of the movie as it was different from other romantic movies and started off thrilling and exciting to see rodeo bull riding from the start. I Believed that something bad happened there and then as it cut off and made me think what could of happened to Luke when he fell off. 

Fast forward 1 year later from Luke's bull riding accident, and bring in the female lead role Sophia Danko. Sophia is a sorority college student and is asked by one of her sorority sisters to go watch a bull riding rodeo with the other sorority sisters for the day. Sophia and her sorority friends are now at the rodeo having a good time and watching the riders do their thing and Sophia is fascinated by one of the riders, who turns out to be Luke. Luke is on top of one of the bulls nervous than ever before, bringing flash back images from his accident 1 year ago, but Luke manages to contain his feelings and completes his bull ride for 8 seconds, making him the champion of the local tournament.

Sophia & Luke have a brief encounter at the tournament as he runs away from the charging bull he just defeated and climbing the gates in front of Sophia. Sophia can see that Luke dropped his hat in the process of running away and shouts him to give it him back, but he tells her to "keep it." Smooth!

The two have anther encounter at the rodeo after party and finally have a chance to introduce themselves to each other, but the encounter was short and sweet as one of Sophia's sorority sisters is to drunk to look after her self, making Sophia take her home, and Luke agrees to call her. I'm Guessing for a date or to hang out.

A couple of days later they haven't spoken or haven't called each other, so Sophia finally gets the courage to call him and they both agree to go out on a date. Finally! 

Luke & Sophia are enjoying an afternoon by the lake, engaging in some good food and conversation. Sophia tells Luke that she wont be in college for long as shes taking a job in New York and this makes Luke sad as you can tell by his facial expressions. Luke asks to take Sophia home because it is interrupted by a down fall of rain, but while they are driving home Luke sees something and stops his car. When Luke gets out, he sees a car that has crashed off road in to a tree he tells Sophia to call 911. Luke drags an elderly man out of the burning car and puts him in his truck, while Sophia grabs a box that is still in the burning car because the man was begging them to rescue it from the wreckage. 

It went from romance to super hero movie in the space of 5 minutes, it was a incredible transition. The dinner date by the lake reminded me of summer time for some reason, probably because the scenery was beautiful and sunny. Then when everything was all lovey dovey the scene changed to an action movie, where we see Luke rescue the elderly man from his car. I guess this worked in his favor because its showing off his many hero skills in front of the girl he likes. 

Luke & Sophia have just dropped of the elderly man off at hospital and Sophia agrees to stay there till he wakes up. The two apart ways as they think nothing will happen between them both and Luke drives off in to the stormy night. Sophia is now alone in the waiting room along with the box she rescued from the burning car and opens it up. Inside are hundreds and hundreds of letters, so she decides to open one up and read it. The reading cuts to a new scene a old decade of the elderly mans memories of his first love and how they came to meet each other.

This part was so emotional and warming as it shows us Ira's first memory of his first love in a letter he wrote. I think the decade was from the 40's  from what i can tell from the clothing and vehicles. In them days it was all so romantic and true, because there wasn't technology like we have today's world, which i think ruins the whole romantic side because who writes letters these days? its all text and social media romance. I would of loved to have a romance from the 40's era where it was at its best in my opinion.

As Sophia goes to take the box of love letters to Ira, she can see him there arguing with the nurse to eat something, but he refuses. Sophia tells him to eat something and she will read the letters to him because he struggles to read, even with his glasses on. Sophia begins to read another letter and the memories flow wild with emotion. Sophia tells Ira she will come back tomorrow to read more letters to him and for the duration of there newly found friendship.

I thought this was brilliant and clever of the producers to get Sophia to go back to the hospital to read the letters to Ira, to have two different love stories in one movie. I have never seen this in a movie before which made it very unique for the me, i'v seen flash backs before but not as many to make up a new story for a movie like The longest Ride achieved.

Conclusion

 

When i watched the The Longest Ride it reminded me of the great romantic movies like i mentioned before. I think this could be one of the greats for years to come and i think the viewers would love this unique adaption of the Novel. 

The first encounter with Sophia and Luke was well planned out and didn't rush in to anything serious like most movies would. The accident with Luke made me think that this could be a barring for him in his life and for Sophia as well, but could they find the strength to endure it together with out being torn apart?

The best part for me was the memories of Ira and his love Ruth. This is what made the movie unique and stand out, it was interesting to see how Ira's life would turn out after some hard times, in both of their lives. The two very different era love stories were very similar to each other as both had hard times and had to keep the strength to stay with one another, but gradually overcome the hard situations like most couples would in reality. 

Overall the movie was very emotional in good and in upsetting ways but what romantic movie isn't? The story was superb and gripping, which i think most romantics will love. 

Characters/Actors

Britt Robertson is the gorgeous actress who plays the gorgeous Sophia Danko. Britt did a good part in capturing the emotion of a girl who is madly in love, making me believe she was actually in love with the rodeo cow boy. I'v been watching Britt for about 4 years now in TV & Movies and she absolutely deserves the recognition she is getting today.

If you think this guy looks like a younger version of Clint Eastwood, its because its his son Scott Eastwood. Scott Eastwood did a fine job in being a Texas rodeo cowboy and what a gentlemen he was. I think the women would love a guy like Scott's character Luke, as he was kind, thoughtful and knew how to treat a women at best. 

Alan Alda was the old Ira who was in the car crash. he made me think he was heartbroken and lost since the death of Ruth. He didn't seem happy any more until Sophia read the letters he wrote to Ruth. I think Alan could make older viewers relate the situation he was in and the circumstances he faced in the movie.

Jack Huston played the best part for me because i haven't seen him act before and he played the part very well and uniquely. he started off as a shy man who fell in love with a women out of his league, to become a man who came out of his shell which Ruth brought out the best in him. As a British actor i actually thought he was American with the accent he spoke in the movie.

Oona Chaplin is the Spanish actress who plays foreign character Ruth. Ruth moved to America due to the war and lead her to meet her true love Ira. Ruth has a love of art and collected art over the years of Ira & Ruth's marriage. Over the years they have collected a rare bunch of paintings that are worth millions, which Sophia & Luke discover at the end of the movie. 

Discussion

1. What did you think of the overall movie?
2. What was you favourite scenes? & Why?
3. What could of been improved in the movie?
4. What was you least favourite scenes? & Why?
5. Was the actors/actresses suitable for the roles? 
6. Who was you favourite character? & Why?
7.  Did you think the movie was as good as the novel?
8. Is the movie better that the book?
9. Is the book better than the movie?
10. What movie would you compare this to for similarity?