My best romantic movies

Clarck Gable and Vivien Leigh in their pre and post civil war romantic drama. The costume, the background, the actors, and the director himself,--everything in one and perfect place. Of course, it's my grandparents' era and I love it too.

Somewhere in Time is a film likened to a classic Gone with the Wind style--one of a few films which prevents them from ever becoming dated.

I was merely a teen when I watched this film. Yet, it is still witin me. When someone left you words of endearment like "Come back to me" and a beautiful pocket-watch, wouldn't you be mystified?

Richard ( the late Christopher Reeve) is a neophyte playwright attending his first ever premier when a mysterious old woman enters into the scene whilst fans are congratulating him on the success of his play. The woman places her hands on Richard saying: "Come back to me" then disappears. Baffled, Richard discoveres that she left something behind him to hold onto his hands--a beautiful turn-of-the century- pocket-watch.

Believing that this woman has something do to with his life, he decides to investigates and finds her name as "Elise" (Jane Seymour), a famous actress at her time in 1912.

Soon Richard wakes up from exhaustive dreams and sees her Jane Seymour standing with a look of 'deja vu'.

Just watched this film again last night, and I'm still captivaed and maybe this time with a bit of surrealism in me. The film is more of a capsule-of-the-moment on how timeless and rare true love can be and how quickly it can be taken from us.

Twenty years later, it is now a legend because there's really nothing else you can compare to it. Oh, if you have seen Kate and Leopold or Titanic, you'll possibly be more objective when giving a rating to this movie. Somehow this one stays with you...and somewhere...time is just there waiting for us.

The movie is far beyond watching it or listening to the music. We live in a collecting society, where the ancient urge to own little pieces of a story can be indulged on a fantastic scale. Together Jack and Rose form a pair of polar opposites, male and female, poor and rich. Jack stands for freedom, no boundaries, not accepting the limits imposed by society. At the beginning of the film, Rose is aligned, against her will, with society's conventions, encouraged by her own mother's grasping will to marry the dark prince of society.
Later, when the ship goes down, Jack gives her the vital knowledge of how to survive by staying out of the water as long as possible and swimming away from the suction of the sinking ship. Watching this movie --my heart goes on and on.

Humphrey Bogart makes a difficult sacrifice, giving up the chance to be with the woman he loves. His reward, his elixir, he brings away from the experience, is his new alliance with Claude Rains. As he says, in one of the most famous tag lines in the history of the movies, "Louie, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship." I can still watch this movie without getting sick and tired of it.

A classic and remarkable movie. Robert's portrayal of a dedicated journalist has been an encouragement to others in similar situations. Yes, I don't fear for my career.

historical novel with the streisand added

romantic comedy--sweet and the taste lingers.

An era where no one dared to write about, but only one person--Jane Austen!

The value of womanhood re-evaluated.

Another Cinderella story, only with a big difference--time and place.