Generally, my preferred style of movie just isn’t romantic comedies. And if they’re just romantic dramas, even more so I’d rather not watch them. Action, Thriller, War-themed, Drama, Inspirational, Indie, Foreign - those are my kind of genres. I mean, of course there are a few that I do like - one of my favourites is You’ve Got Mail (oldschool) & I remember The Proposal (more recent) sticking out in my mind particularly.
Anyways, I’m saying all this because I just had an epiphany! I do like romantic movies, just a very niche section of it.
Well, I was watching Jane Eyre today and that’s when it dawned on me how much I enjoy period romance films. Pride & Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Sense & Sensibility and now Jane Eyre. I enjoyed that movie immensely, so much to say that may be one of the best movies I’ve seen this year.
Romance back then depended on a touch of a hand, or a flirtatious glance or playful polite banter. People fell in love with one another without having even kissed yet, much less touched each other. Something about the chivalry, the politeness, the etiquette, the innocence of romance then, the subtle chase, the presence of an unspoken love almost always thwarted by an arranged marriage or accidentally misplaced affections is just so thrilling to me - though probably completely and utterly boring to many others.
Therefore! I was so impacted by Jane Eyre that I decided to share this epiphany i had - though probably uninteresting to many more others, but I do implore (good gosh, i’m starting to even write in their old ways) you to give Jane Eyre a shot or any of the above mentioned movies if you’re feeling like a change, like some old-fashioned, clean, proper romance.
Cos not everything is about that one night stand or that guy at the bar, you know? ;)
