Friday, October 21, 2011

Game: Movies with Healthy Romantic Relationships

Inspired by this.

I submit...

Well...

Oh.

Some Indian movies with romance in them that I liked are Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na, Zindagi Milegi Na Dobara, Jab We Met, Socha Na Tha, Pyaasa. In the first, the lead pair are best friends and date other people but only find out they are in love a little before the end of the movie. In the second, one half of one of the lead couples is possessive, manipulative and thoroughly unlikeable; another couple is adorable, but the woman seems to have no other purpose in the movie than to rescue the man. In the third, the lead pair are friends but only get together in the last few minutes of the movie. In the fourth, ditto. (See a pattern here?) In the fifth, too, more or less.

I've recently loved watching Up in the Air and How Do You Know, but no, no healthy romances there either. I like Notting Hill, but there wasn't much trust there, at least on one side.  

Another movie I love so much I've seen parts of it at least half a dozen times on TV is Music and Lyrics. The lead pair talk to each other, complement each other, and are both intelligent and funny and weird in different ways. They seem like real people (even though one of them is a rich aging but still really hot pop star). And even though there's the standard mistake causing lack of trust followed by reparation and reunion, the mistake wasn't unforgivable (especially as our hero redeems himself) yet the heroine's presence in his life inspires him to become a better person. So yeah, healthy enough, overall.

So that's all I have. You?

7 comments:

mindspace said...

If only
When a man loves a woman

These are the two movies I watched lately and cried a lot.. something that happens usually. They are about 'healthy' romantic relationships & the acting is so good you can feel their pain and love... Pls watch if you haven't already.. the first one is little tragic but has a great message..
Cheers
Tara

mindspace said...

i meant, something that doesnt happen usually.. the crying bit that is.

Unmana said...

mindspace: Thanks, I'll check them out!

Sumedha said...

I liked most of those movies you mentioned, especially Jab We Met and Music and Lyrics. I also really like You've Got Mail. Though I'm not entirely sure how much I believe in online relationships, they do progress beyond that, and she falls for him after knowing him in real life. And it wasn't silly and sappy, which I usually appreciate. :P

On a side note, I LOVE Girls with Slingshots! Thanks so much for linking to it, I've been obsessed with it since I saw it here!

Unmana said...

Sumedha: Glad to share the work of artists I like! Have you looked at Questionable Content?

transmogrifier said...

I was recently watching Chashme Buddoor, and the sweet relationship between Ms Chamko and Farooq Shaikh brought this post to mind :)
And yes, thanks so much for introducing us to girlswithslinghots!

transmogrifier said...

I was recently watching Chashme Buddoor, and the sweet relationship between Ms Chamko and Farooq Shaikh brought this post to mind :)
And yes, thanks so much for introducing us to girlswithslinghots!