# For Men Only: Your Favorite Romantic Scene in A Movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 23, 2005, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-men-only-your-favorite-romantic-scene-in-a-movie/305096 "2005-05-23T15:00:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![stanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@stanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stanger)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2005, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-men-only-your-favorite-romantic-scene-in-a-movie/305096/61 "2005-05-24T17:05:45Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > _Ladyhawk,_ the scene in the pit where the two cursed people see each other for the first time since they’ve been cursed. As far as a complete scene is concerned, this is one of the greatest. Another favorite of mine is the scene in LOTR where Aragorn is sleeping and dreaming in Rivendell and is woken by a kiss from Arwen (played by the severely fetching Liv Tyler). When I saw this in the theatre, I said to a friend next to me," **That** is how a man should be woken every day of his life." Apparently I said it a bit louder than I thought because I heard another guy a few rows behind me say,“Amen.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2005, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-men-only-your-favorite-romantic-scene-in-a-movie/305096/62 "2005-05-24T17:27:44Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > Actual boards with messages on them. Ah, I know what you’re talking about. Yep. Great scene. > [@stanger](#): > > I said to a friend next to me," That is how a man should be woken every day of his life." I don’t know. It would keep Ms. Tyler awful busy. ---
**Author:** ![Karpata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/50afbb/32.png) [@Karpata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karpata)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2005, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-men-only-your-favorite-romantic-scene-in-a-movie/305096/63 "2005-05-24T17:50:25Z")
Naomi Watts and Laura Harring in Mullholland Drive… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2005, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-men-only-your-favorite-romantic-scene-in-a-movie/305096/64 "2005-05-24T19:09:31Z")
Two of the more memorable scenes are in Zorro, firstly where Banderas and Jones are fighting, and secondly when they are dancing. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2005, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-men-only-your-favorite-romantic-scene-in-a-movie/305096/65 "2005-05-24T20:35:00Z")
> [@carlotta](#): > > Ok then, I guess men and women are not so different after all, since I love many of these scenes, and one of you nailed my very favorite ( **kevsnyde** , you’re a man of excellent sensibility). Aw, shucks. Do I win anything?! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2005, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-men-only-your-favorite-romantic-scene-in-a-movie/305096/66 "2005-05-24T20:44:35Z")
This woman agrees with the men on _Ladyhawke_ and _When Harry Met Sally…_ Would you believe I have a copy of _Sense and Sensibility_ that I’ve still not watched? Wonder if I can dig it up. ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2005, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-men-only-your-favorite-romantic-scene-in-a-movie/305096/67 "2005-05-24T21:38:25Z")
_Pride and Prejudice_ (the A&E miniseries) - When Lizzie admits to Mr. Darcy that she’s in love with him. That scene turns this big, lumbering grizzly bear into a simpering pile of mush every time. ---
**Author:** ![Kiros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/439d5e/32.png) [@Kiros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiros)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-men-only-your-favorite-romantic-scene-in-a-movie/305096/68 "2005-05-25T00:28:38Z")
Nothing from movies really jumps out at me, other than I tend to recall badly done romances affecting a movie detrimentally (Star Wars prequels, Spiderman movies, and many more) more often than I recall a romance that is extremely well done (Shakespeare in Love jumps out in that regard). There is one little set of dialogue from television that is borderline-romance, but I think is really good. It’s in one of the second season episodes of The West Wing… I think 17 People, but I’m not sure. Josh and Donna are talking about some things that happened when Donna was first starting to work for Josh. Donna had gotten into an accident, and her boyfriend had stopped to tell his friends he wasn’t going to be able to go out with them on the way to the hospital… and while at the bar, he ended up having a beer with them and getting a little sidetracked. Josh says something like, “If you were in an accident, I wouldn’t stop for a beer.” Donna’s response, as she walks out of the room, is, “If you were in an accident, I wouldn’t stop for red lights.” The way she delivers that line _always_ gets me. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-men-only-your-favorite-romantic-scene-in-a-movie/305096/69 "2005-05-25T16:53:48Z")
[QUOTE=mhendo] Excellent scene in a great movie. Thanks - good to see another _Breaker Morant_ fan out there! Another scene that just occurred to me: in _The Incredibles_, there’s a montage with Mr. Incredible getting back into shape and getting his mojo back. He and his wife (the former Elastigirl) pass in the hallway, and she uses her stretching ability to goose him from several yards away. She also drags him back into the house for some lovin’ just as he’s about to leave for work. Good stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-men-only-your-favorite-romantic-scene-in-a-movie/305096/70 "2005-05-25T18:50:57Z")
_Ladyhawke_ is a very good pick for this thread, I think. Also, I want to rave about a South Korean movie called **[3-Iron](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0423866/)** I just saw at the Seattle film festival. It’s extremely unconventional, and I strongly recommend you know as little about it as possible when you see it (it’s getting a repertory release in the U.S.), but I will say that it’s easily one of the best romantic movies I’ve seen in the last ten years. Completely original, and totally satisfying emotionally. Utterly beguiling from beginning to end, and the last two minutes are just breathtaking. If I see another movie during the festival that’s anywhere near as good as this, I’ll be a happy filmgoer indeed. Strongly, strongly recommended. ---
**Author:** ![cosmosdan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-men-only-your-favorite-romantic-scene-in-a-movie/305096/71 "2005-05-25T19:04:56Z")
In this John Travolta movie the scene where Kyra Sedgewick is washing his hair. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-men-only-your-favorite-romantic-scene-in-a-movie/305096/72 "2005-05-25T19:17:26Z")
_Kiss The Girl_ from _The Little Mermaid_ ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-men-only-your-favorite-romantic-scene-in-a-movie/305096/73 "2005-05-25T20:49:55Z")
**Star Trek II: the Wrath of Khan** : During Spock’s death scene, when he & Kirk are on opposite sides of the see-through door. Spock: “Jim, I’m dying…and I want you…to know…that you have always been…the…greatest…love…of…my…life!” Kirk: “I’ll miss you Spock! Like the deserst miss the rain!” Cue romantic music, pan in as both men lean their faces towards each other… Well that’s how _I_ remember the scene! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-men-only-your-favorite-romantic-scene-in-a-movie/305096/74 "2005-05-25T20:52:13Z")
Frill! _deserts_ not deserst! ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-men-only-your-favorite-romantic-scene-in-a-movie/305096/75 "2005-05-25T21:27:37Z")
Liam Neeson in _Rob Roy_: “If it’s a boy, call him Robert. If it be a lass, name her after my love, Mary McGregor.” ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-men-only-your-favorite-romantic-scene-in-a-movie/305096/76 "2005-05-25T22:01:44Z")
hmmm… I always liked the scene in **Love Actually** where the kid is running through the airport trying to find the girl he likes. Then the girl comes back and kisses him. I also like the part where Colin Firth proposes in the restaurant. I think the bathtub scene in **Big Fish** between Ed and Sandra Bloom is one of my favorites as well. Very good acting in this scene as well. I also like the scene in **Garden State** when Andrew and Sam are sitting by the fireplace and they have their talk. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-men-only-your-favorite-romantic-scene-in-a-movie/305096/77 "2005-05-25T22:37:39Z")
_Parting Glances_, when Michael tells Nick that Nick is the only one he ever truly loved. Nick: It’s not fair. You’ve been in love a bunch. Michael: Just once, really. Nick: Now he’s gone right? Michael: [shaking his head] He’s right here. ---
**Author:** ![cosmosdan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-men-only-your-favorite-romantic-scene-in-a-movie/305096/78 "2005-05-25T23:02:51Z")
In this Kevin Kilne movie; when Tom Selleck kissed Kevin. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-men-only-your-favorite-romantic-scene-in-a-movie/305096/79 "2005-05-25T23:04:59Z")
When Maurice and the groundskeeper, Alec Scudder, kiss for the first time. Passion and great romance. ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2005, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-men-only-your-favorite-romantic-scene-in-a-movie/305096/80 "2005-05-25T23:56:00Z")
I like the scene in _When Harry Met Sally…_ where Harry finds her at the New Year’s Eve party and tells her all the stuff he loves about her. My favorite is still the one in _The English Patient_, when Naveen Andrews’ character straps Juliette Binoche’s character into the parachute/bungie cord thing, hands her a flare, and sends her flying all around the temple to look at the paintings on the wall. The rest of the movie I could pretty much take or leave; I had the same “would you just _die_ already?” reaction as Elaine Benes. But that scene was astounding. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-men-only-your-favorite-romantic-scene-in-a-movie/305096.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-men-only-your-favorite-romantic-scene-in-a-movie/305096.md?page=5)