When Khunnai goes romantic

Khunnais,

From time to time, you might find yourself falling trap into the ambiguous thing called love or something felt weirdly similar. And then after a while, you find yourself unconsciously (and unwillingly) falling out of it. Don't get panic. The concept of love and romance can be recreated even when you are alone. It's the year 2000, anything can be done, honey.

You might have heard of this movie genre called "romantic comedy". But since we are khunnais, we don't just watch this formulaic film of this genre, but also watch other melodrama romance films. And when khunnai goes romantic, khunnai does it in style. The following are the scenes where khunnai is struck, speechless, wants to either laugh or cry (or both at the same time). They are not in any particular order, but they are all romantic.

The Age of Innocence
In a world of tradition. In an age of innocence. They dared to break the rules.

Archer and countess Olenska and their forbidden love in the high manner society of New York in 19th century. Aside from sumptuous costumes and settings, you would be attracted by the desire to express love and longing but unable to, so great that it's gonna burst. The entire movie was based on all these desires that they have to subside. Watch the scene where Archer simply taking off the button of countess Olenska's glove and gently kissed her hand. It's almost unbearable to watch.

Watch this video @ 2:20


Four Weddings and a Funeral
He's quite engaging. She's otherwise engaged.

Back in time when Hugh Grant didn't have so many crow's feet on his face. We were introduce to him in this movie and, boy, how much we have adored him ever since. In Four Weddings, he was awkwardly charming, he was the epitome of Peter Pan syndrome. We knew the type, yet we still fall for them anyway. Watch the scene when Charles was fumblingly telling Carrie he loves her, trying to compare to David Cassidy (his hit song was "I think I love you".) Finally he kinda knew what he felt, thou slightly too late since he was just done seeing her trying her wedding dress & all. It was adorable and therefore effortlessly romantic.

Watch this video @6:25


Sleepless in Seattle
What if someone you never met, someone you never saw, someone you never knew was the only someone for you?

Before Kate Hudson, Katherine Heigl, Anne Hathaway, there was Meg Ryan, a queen of romantic comedy (before she decided to pursue drama and failed miserably and injected too much botox into her lips). In this movie, it was the second time she paired up with Tom Hank. We love the pair, thou, quite magically they barely were in the scenes together. And that's why we think it is so romantic. The plot plays with cheesiness so much so that it became so not cheesy and just plain romantic. Watch the scene when Sam was talking about his deceased wife. I mean... I was dump-folded. And I was 15.

Watch this clip.


Before Sunset
What if you had a second chance with the one that got away?

I love them both, Sunrise & Sunset. But Sunset is more bitter, thus more romantic :) There are tons of phrases that knock you down like getting punched in a face. There are lines like:

'Memories are wonderful things, if you don't have to deal with the past.'
'I guess when you're young, you just believe there'll be many people with whom you'll connect with. Later in life, you realize it only happens a few times.'
'You can never replace anyone,because everyone is made of such beautiful specific details.'

Again, I love the entire movie, but romantically? OK, let's see 2 clips.

Watch @ 4:10 and watch the clip below to fully get what it feels like to be Celine



High Fidelity
A comedy about fear of commitment, hating your job, falling in love and other pop favorites.

He's done it in Say Anything, he did it again in High Fidelity. John Cusack, The ultimate guy next door. The movie, which based on the book of the same name written by Nick Hornby (who is a wonderful author), is a must for every music lover. If you the type that creates mixed tape (or mixed CD or iPod playlists, depending on the generation), if you the type that is pop culture junkie, you watch too many movies, listen to too many songs, read too many novels, then you'll probably love this movie. The movie opens with this:

'What came first, the music or the misery? People worry about kids playing with guns, or watching violent videos, that some sort of culture of violence will take them over. Nobody worries about kids listening to thousands, literally thousands of songs about heartbreak, rejection, pain, misery and loss. Did I listen to pop music because I was miserable? Or was I miserable because I listened to pop music?'

Watch this scene when Rob proposes to Laura, but of course in Rob's way. I happen to think it's one of the most romantic proposal I've ever witnessed on big screens.


And those are only 5 movies. I still have many more in the list. Let's have episode 2 on this, khunnais. Till then, if love doesn't come knocking on your door, go rent (or download) these 5 movies and watch them over & over & over...