tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post8765946381441259622..comments2024-03-22T14:48:09.697-04:00Comments on Dell on Movies: Thursday Movie Picks: RomanceDellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-39197965045405382022018-02-17T08:13:38.548-05:002018-02-17T08:13:38.548-05:00There are tons. Thankfully, 99% of them don't ...There are tons. Thankfully, 99% of them don't involve the Cullen family.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-25134499488428227622018-02-15T14:05:14.595-05:002018-02-15T14:05:14.595-05:00Love your theme within a theme...there are lot of ...Love your theme within a theme...there are lot of Vampire romances out there.Wandererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02942463921185187112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-25951154217834855162018-02-12T00:24:14.055-05:002018-02-12T00:24:14.055-05:00Most people haven't heard of Ganja & Hess....Most people haven't heard of <i>Ganja & Hess.</i> I hope you do get to see <i>Thirst.</i> It's an amazing vampire flick.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-17372090803926260812018-02-11T10:22:03.157-05:002018-02-11T10:22:03.157-05:00NOt heard of your first pick. Was actually staying...NOt heard of your first pick. Was actually staying away from Thirst but how you've explained it makes me want to see it. I LOVE A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night - such a great film. The imahery is superb and beautifully shot. The romance is subtle too, despite the whole, vampire thing. Love it!Katie Hoganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01176992567322682222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-18697677948570925112018-02-11T08:55:46.082-05:002018-02-11T08:55:46.082-05:00Thirst is all that and more and very different fro...<i>Thirst</i> is all that and more and very different from <i>Oldboy</i>. I think the main reason the vampire endures is because it is extremely malleable. It can stand in for all sorts of things, allegorically and metaphorically speaking. It can always be used as part of a commentary on whatever ails the world.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-16021726945303645482018-02-10T14:15:37.970-05:002018-02-10T14:15:37.970-05:00Good choices Wendell! When I watched Thirst, I was...Good choices Wendell! When I watched Thirst, I wasn’t expecting it to be erotic and romantic. I was thinking would be closer to Oldboy, but it turned out to be less violent than that one. <br />The vampire element is interesting, I see it as an allegory for illness, being afraid of that illness, yet turning into a vampire also is perceived as a cure. A film I want to rewatch, thanks for reminding me!<br />The Thirst score is beautiful, especially the main theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCEL61nuyAQChrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09395044055566348346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-53250526987653546182018-02-10T09:31:33.436-05:002018-02-10T09:31:33.436-05:00Yes, Thirst is amazing. A Girl Walks Home is anoth...Yes, <i>Thirst</i> is amazing. <i>A Girl Walks Home</i> is another good one. Sorry to say, though, I hate, hate...HATE <i>Only Lovers Left Alive.</i>Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-90599255468989837442018-02-10T09:29:43.499-05:002018-02-10T09:29:43.499-05:00Yay, Thirst! Ok-bin Kim is beyond remarkable. She ...Yay, <i>Thirst</i>! Ok-bin Kim is beyond remarkable. She owned that movie and disturbed me in the best way possible.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-35755482748590527812018-02-10T09:28:35.034-05:002018-02-10T09:28:35.034-05:00Happy you love it. What a wonderful take on the va...Happy you love it. What a wonderful take on the vampire.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-90009014453434015282018-02-10T09:27:34.337-05:002018-02-10T09:27:34.337-05:00Fix it. Fix it soon.Fix it. Fix it soon.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-44591522823820182212018-02-10T09:27:05.833-05:002018-02-10T09:27:05.833-05:00Please watch Thirst soon. It's probably my fav...Please watch <i>Thirst</i> soon. It's probably my favorite vampire movie of all-time. I'm very curious to see how you feel about that and <i>Ganja & Hess.</i> <i>A Girl Walks Home</i> is fantastic.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-53182990022838154762018-02-10T09:23:53.573-05:002018-02-10T09:23:53.573-05:00Yay! Glad to see some love for those movies. I thi...Yay! Glad to see some love for those movies. I think they're both fantastic.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-46654082133558248322018-02-10T09:22:46.015-05:002018-02-10T09:22:46.015-05:00Thanks! It is way more stylish than most movies. T...Thanks! It is way more stylish than most movies. This is much more arthouse than horror.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-17963486537991300642018-02-10T09:20:37.654-05:002018-02-10T09:20:37.654-05:00Thanks! A Girl Walks Home is a good one.Thanks! <i>A Girl Walks Home</i> is a good one.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-24651077023355988332018-02-10T09:18:28.131-05:002018-02-10T09:18:28.131-05:00Whenever blaxploitation horror is discussed, Ganja...Whenever blaxploitation horror is discussed, <i>Ganja & Hess</i> will invariably be mentioned. However, if you actually watch it, you'll see that it doesn't belong. It's a label unfairly thrust upon it because it has an all-black cast, black director, and came out in the early 70s. For comparison's sake, <i>Blacula</i> and its sequel are both thoroughly blaxploitation. This movie has almost nothing in common with either of those, other than being about vampires. Even then, this has a completely different take. <i>Ganja & Hess</i> an arthouse film through and through.<br /><br />I haven't seen any of your picks for this week, though I am interested in <i>Waterloo Bridge.</i>Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-63525521223791514882018-02-10T07:25:12.863-05:002018-02-10T07:25:12.863-05:00I really enjoyed AGWHAAN. Hope you get to see it s...I really enjoyed AGWHAAN. Hope you get to see it soon.Dellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634519605152190304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-36196525185259628732018-02-09T17:18:54.465-05:002018-02-09T17:18:54.465-05:00I've only seen Thirst, which is amazing, but r...I've only seen Thirst, which is amazing, but really want to see A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night. As far as vampire romance goes, I also really liked Only Lovers Left Alive! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01331091010144097513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-19629326398330730542018-02-08T11:45:03.414-05:002018-02-08T11:45:03.414-05:00Awesome theme within a theme! Thirst is one of my ...Awesome theme within a theme! Thirst is one of my all time favorite movies. Ok-bin Kim's performance is remarkable! s.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13987831438787776712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-20663395375415956672018-02-08T10:55:03.675-05:002018-02-08T10:55:03.675-05:00I've only seen A Girl Walks Home Alone at Nigh...I've only seen A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (I loved it by the way) but I loved your theme! Sonia Cercahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07313734872038610058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-54272083903098456302018-02-08T09:57:10.453-05:002018-02-08T09:57:10.453-05:00I've heard such great things about Thirst and ...I've heard such great things about Thirst and still have yet to watch it. I need to fix that. Same with A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night.<br /><br />Love this theme within the theme!Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11480863610135936930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-55730426611992792362018-02-08T09:03:26.128-05:002018-02-08T09:03:26.128-05:00I own a copy of Thirst and haven't pulled the ...I own a copy of Thirst and haven't pulled the trigger on it yet--I really need to. Ganja & Hess is on one of my many lists, so I'll be getting there eventually.<br /><br />I loved A Girl Walks Home. SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-45886382977557112872018-02-08T07:31:55.544-05:002018-02-08T07:31:55.544-05:00I love your theme within a theme! I really enjoyed...I love your theme within a theme! I really enjoyed both Thirst and A Girl Walks Home At Night. I haven't seen your first pick. Brittani Burnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07975067259283007280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-87476735958800969352018-02-08T07:28:56.319-05:002018-02-08T07:28:56.319-05:00I haven’t seen these films but love your theme and...I haven’t seen these films but love your theme and the bodies would pile up. I wouldn’t mind seeing your first pick because it sounds more stylish than the regular stuff during that time.Birgithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-65001246852333720722018-02-08T02:30:05.859-05:002018-02-08T02:30:05.859-05:00I haven't seen these films but I love your the...I haven't seen these films but I love your theme within the theme! I really want to watch A Girl Walks Home Alone One Night.Big Screen Small Wordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15047376725272000920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227751790693713235.post-41490232177684526292018-02-08T00:26:42.927-05:002018-02-08T00:26:42.927-05:00Well Dell what an unusual theme within the theme f...Well Dell what an unusual theme within the theme for romance week! I heard of the second two of these but have seen none. I have to say that the first though is the one that sounds the freakiest and coming right smack dab in the middle of the blaxploitation craze sounds like it was part of that genre with a bit of a twist. One of the movie stations has been running a series of those in the last month, Coffy, Friday Foster, Vampira (SO stupid!) to name a few, so maybe it will find its way onto the roster. <br /><br />I went considerably less bloodthirsty for mine, more the course of true love is never smooth.<br /><br />Waterloo Bridge (1940)-A distinguished officer walks slowly across London’s Waterloo Bridge one evening during WWII pulling a talisman out of his pocket he falls into a reverie of his great lost love. On that same bridge in WWI then young soldier Roy Cronin (Robert Taylor) meets ballerina Myra Lester (Vivien Leigh-fresh off GWTW) when they are forced into a shelter during a bombing raid. Falling almost immediately in love they plan to marry but Roy is called to duty before they can and Myra pledges to wait for him. Having stayed out with him beyond curfew she is dismissed from the ballet and when Roy is reported killed in action full of hopelessness she falls into a life of degradation. On the stroll a year later in Waterloo Station Myra meets Roy, recently released as a prisoner of war and he whisks her off to his family estate in Scotland but is it too late for the pair? Beautifully directed by George Cukor, tragic and heart wrenching romance was the personal favorite of both Vivien Leigh and Robert Taylor of their respective filmographies.<br /><br />The President’s Lady (1953)-In 1789 newly appointed Tennessee Attorney General Andrew Jackson (Charlton Heston) seeking living quarters at the farm of the Widow Donelson (Fay Bainter) meets her daughter Rachel Robards (Susan Hayward) recently separated from her abusive husband Lewis. They strike up a friendship and after an abortive attempt by Rachel to repair her marriage fall in love. Word soon arrives that Lewis has divorced her and the pair marry. Two years hence they discover that Lewis never finalized the papers and their union is bigamist, he is now suing on the grounds of adultery however. Truly free they remarry but scandal plagues them for the rest of their days as Andrew rises higher and higher in politics towards the presidency but their love remains strong. Tender romance with a very strong central performance by Susan Hayward looks at the mores of an earlier time and shows that mudslinging and the damage it causes are nothing new. <br /><br />Love with the Proper Stranger (1963)-Young naïve Angie Rossini (Natalie Wood) finds herself in quite a predicament after letting her guard down once and having a one night stand with feckless musician Rocky Papasano (Steve McQueen)….she’s pregnant. Seeking Rocky out she finds he at first doesn’t remember her but he steps up to help with the situation and despite interference from her very Italian family, his former showgirl squeeze and Rocky’s fears an attraction slowly blooms but there are bumps ahead before romance triumphs. Two movie stars at their peaks make this both gritty and swoony at the same time. joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.com