Anyone who has listened to the podcast for a few weeks knows that I’m a sucker for a good love story. Romantic comedy, tearjerker, etc… But the fact of the matter is, I don’t really know why this is the case. I think, in a broad sense, I tend to love movies that focus in on human interaction and emotion, whether it be through romantic relationships, the family dynamic, self discovery, coming of age, or some other topic that fits under that wide umbrella. I could probably write an article about each of those, but for now I’ll try to focus on romantic relationships. From there, I’m going to try to classify movies into certain situations and talk about why movies of that variety appeal to me or what I tend to take away from them.
I’ll say up front, this article will probably contain spoilers but I will try to remain relatively light on the spoilers. That being said, if you haven’t seen any of the three Before films from director Richard Linklater (Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, and Before Midnight), then I suggest you halt upon reading this article and go watch all three of them immediately. Similarly, I think you should go unspoiled into Crazy, Stupid, Love which I find to be a fantastic film. Finally, I’d like to note that I’m omitting one rom-com/chick flick that will likely be discussed more in-depth at a later date, but I also didn’t quite know where to put it. But suffice it to say that one of my favorites is nowhere to be found on this list.
Without further ado, onward with the article.
