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Surprising Romance
Poll Results...
For the last three years, I have conducted two separate
romance polls on this site for both men
and women.
Each one provides those who take part in it a number of choices to describe
what is considered to be a shared romantic experience.
In all honesty, I was convinced that the "candlelight,
soft music, and two glasses of wine" was going to be the choice of the
majority of visitors. In fact, as one who considers himself to be
a bonified true romantic and reasonably knowledgeble on the subject, I
was sure of it.
I was wrong. My candlelight scenario came
in third place.
With over 3,000 people taking part in the poll, I found
myself taken back that women listed their favorite romantic moment as "cuddling
on the sofa and watching a movie together." Men seemed to indicate
that cherishing their women was most important but the sofa, couch, and
movie came in second place.
The "cuddling-sofa-movie" thing blew me away.
You see, I've always been the kind of guy who thought
that bringing her a bouquet of flowers, a bottle of wine, and a promise
of a special evening out together was the real "stuff" of romance.
However, after thinking about it, I, too, much prefer cuddling on the sofa
and watching a good movie.
With this new realization came the need to publish it.
I also felt a need to do whatever I can to assist others in facilitating
this obviously favorite activity of most lovers. Since my sofa won't
accomadate everyone and I only have two good cuddling arms to go around,
it seemed to me that my better contribution would be to provide short reviews
of the best romance flicks that are currently available.
So, here's my pics for the kind of movies that touch the
heart and are sure to leave two people feeling very warm and fuzzy together.
Hopefully, you and the one you love best will find them to be the best
choices for those "sofa moments" together.
As for me, a special lady has asked me to share the evening
with her so I am going to bring along one of the videos below and watch
it with her. On the sofa. Me and her. Together.
Romance. Isn't life wonderful?
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Vincent Recommends
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Gillian on Her 37th Birthday
Two
years after the death of his wife Gillian (Michelle Pfeiffer) in a boating
accident, grieving widower David (Peter Gallagher) discovers that his obsession
with her has alienated his sensitive teenage daughter Rachel (Claire Danes)
and caused him to lose touch with reality. He learns, with the help of
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of grieving and loss, filmed on Nantucket, was co-written by David E. Kelley,
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The Notebook
Nicholas Sparks' first best seller
romance novel comes to life on the big screen. An old man reads a
love story to an old woman in a nursing home. The story he reads follows
two young lovers who meet one evening at a carnival. But they are separated
by Allie's parents who dissaprove of Noah's family, and move Allie away.
After waiting for Noah to write her for several years, Allie meets and
gets engaged to a handsome young soldier |
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stops by his 200-year-old home that he restored for her, "to see if he's
okay". It is evident that they still have feelings for each other, and
Allie now has to choose between her fiancé and her first love. |
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Message
in a Bottle
Nicholas
Sparks does it again with this story about a long distance love connection
that is made when Penn, a Chicago journalist, discovers a love letter that
Costner, a widowed sailboat repairer, let drift into the ocean. She quickly
tracks him down and an honest bond forms between the two. When he discovers
that she hasn't been entirely honest with him, the betrayal threatens to
ruin what has been, so obviously up to this point, a wonderful, romantic
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Runaway
Bride
A down-and-out big-city reporter
(Richard Gere), in a last-ditch effort to save his tarnished career, chases
a scoop on a mercurial, small-town girl (Julia Roberts) known as the Runaway
Bride, due to her habit of leaving her grooms-to-be on the alter. Director
Marshall once again directs the stars who made his PRETTY WOMAN a worldwide
smash in 1990. |
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TITANIC
Featuring spectacular special effects set amidst the backdrop of one of
the most tragic events of the 20th Century, James Cameron's award-winning
TITANIC stands as one of the greatest Hollywood spectaculars of all time.
Beginning with an undersea expedition in the 1990s, in which scuba divers
are searching the sunken ship for lost relics, a painting of young RoseDeWitt |
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Winslet) is found. This triggers a flashback to the young woman's story
as it happened on the doomed Titanic. Rose is a daughter of privilege on
her way to be married to an arrogant but wealthy young man (Billy Zane).
Despairing, Rose finds herself falling in love with Jack Dawson (Leonardo
DiCaprio), a carefree and poor young artist who is also aboard. When the
great ship strikes an iceberg and begins to sink, Rose and Jack have only
each other as their world falls apart around them. |
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Peggy
Sue Got Married
A charming twist on the Rip van Winkle fairy tale, PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED
tells the story of Peggy Sue Bodell (Kathleen Turner), a 43-year-old wife
and mother who, while attending her high school reunion, faints and wakes
up back in 1960. Peggy Sue lives with her mom and dad, attends high school,
and dates her future husband (Nicolas |
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knowing what her future holds make Peggy Sue change her life while she
has the chance? Kathleen Turner received a well-deserved Oscar nomination
for her role as a middle-aged woman encountering the problems of a teen. |
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What
Dreams May Come
Four years after the tragic
death of their children in a car accident, Dr. Chris Nielsen (Robin Williams)
is estranged from his wife, Annie (Annabella Sciora), a painter who finds
solace in deep and mystical expressionist landscapes. When flustered Annie
calls him for support, he rushes out to help and is killed in a road accident.
His ghost is greeted by an old mentor, |
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| Albert (Cuba Gooding Jr.), in Ghost-of-Christmas-Past-style
and leads him to Annie's side. But when Chris realizes that his adherence
to the corporeal world is torture to himself and the living Annie, he breaks
free of his Earthly bonds and dives into the visual smorgasbord that is
the afterlife. There he splashes though clods and gobs of technicolor paint
in breathtaking landscapes suggested to him by Annie's paintings. From
there, to grandiose Romanesque cities of flying children, Chris and his
old dog are met by a gorgeous stewardess, who reveals herself as a nearly
forgotten face from his past. As Chris reconciles with his children in
a world where imagination is his palette, in the real world Annie becomes
sicker and sicker, and finally enters the afterlife herself. Due to the
myriad rules of the Other Side, she is unable to join Chris or her children,
and Chris begins a fight for his future with his soul mate. |
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The mission of this not-for-profit website is to promote clear insights
and toleration regarding the many variations of primary relationships that
exist in our world. We ask for neither acceptance or approval but
hope that each visitor who reviews the pages of this site will leave them
with a better understanding of the numerous cultural, historical, preferential,
religious, sexual, and sociological approaches to coupling that have always
existed and will continue to exist as long as there are at least two human
beings living on this planet. If the effort put into creating and
maintaining this site results in others coming to the realization that
the basic human need to love and be loved takes on many forms which are
accepted by those who practice them, whether right or wrong as determined
by the personal belief system of others, then it will have served it's
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