Who do you think is the most passionate or most romantic couple on screen?
The best I could do was Gomez and Morticia Adams of the Adams Family. Surely we can do better than a cheesey 60s sitcom and the 90s movies based on it!
I was inspired to ask this after watching PBS’ Nova Tuesday night. They were repeating “Einstein’s Big Idea”, a show about E=mc^2 and some of its scientific antecedents.
They did a segment about Lavoisier. His wife was very interested in science, his work particularly. The show had a scene of the newly wed Lavoisiers discussing his work on oxidation of copper and iron. They were standing in his lab, less than an inch apart, staring deeply into each others’ eyes while conversing about leading edge science of the day. I have never seen chemistry portrayed so passionately! It was less a science lecture, and more like watching Gomez and Morticia Adams. It was so - so French!
Jack and Ennis from Brokeback Mountain. That first kiss after they haven’t seen each other for four years is pretty much what I think of when I hear the word “passion”.
Sherridan/D’Len from Babylon 5. They weren’t physical, but they were passionate about each other.
Adama/Rosilyn from BSG. Not only have they been shown smoking dope and basking in the afterglow of what had to be some righteous boot-knocking, they share a sort of unspoken “old lovers intimacy” that translates well on screen.
I never believed Tom Cruise was into Katie Holmes, but his chemistry with Nicole Kidman in Far and Away was fantastic.
TV couples? I don’t know about most passionate, but my vote for most romantic goes to Mulder/Scully from The X-Files. 7 years of mental and emotional foreplay before the first kiss makes for amazing romance.
Bruce Banner (Edward Norton) and Betty Ross (Liv Tyler) in The Incredible Hulk. The way they look at each other is just the hotness. And that love scene with Bruce shirtless and Betty in that plaid shirt – yowza. Ed Norton’s hands are glued to Liv Tyler’s ass the entire time. I imagine he kept calling for retakes.
Beecher and Keller from HBO’s OZ, especially in the last season. When Keller ties Beecher to the chair and does this little dance of threat/seduction, with that red strap… DAMN.
The first couple I thought of (that hasn’t been mentioned already) was Madmartigan and Sorsha from Willow. I understand that they got married shortly after the movie, and it certainly showed.
