Like Holiday in Handcuffs? Though to be fair, the guy she kidnapped was a complete stranger she forced to pretend to be the boyfriend who had dumped her minutes earlier. Months later, after she’s been arrested and released, they do make a go of it.
It’s not a work of art, but one of my coworkers in college told me that her father stalked her mother “until she got tired of trying to fend him off and gave in,” and when I asked, she said, yes, literally stalking her by following her around and spying on her etc. So I guess stalking can work in real life. Quimby, as we’ve discussed in multiple threads, it doesn’t usually work that way because women tend to find likable guys more attractive and unlikable ones less attractive, so if he’s a creep to a woman who is mentally stable, she’ll find him a lot less attractive than before he started acting disturbingly.
Ewen McGregor sees Alison Lohman at a circus, works for free at the circus to find out information about her, travels to her college and asks her out. She replies that she’s already engaged. He starts to walk off, them screams that he loves her and he WILL marry her.
Later, he shows up at her dorm, with a field full of her favorite flower. She sees it, and goes to talk to him. Her fiancée shows up and kicks Ewen’s ass. Alison dumps hubby-to-be, and gets together with Ewen.
If that happened to ANY girl IRL, she’d have had his ass thrown in jail within the hour.
It seems to me that it’s often the other way around. People (both male and female) find attractive people of the opposite sex to be more likable and unattractive ones, less likable.
That’s actually a subversion, though. She finally chooses Ben Stiller, because he’s the first guy to care about what would make her happy, even if it’s not being with him. He gets the girl, not by being persistent, but by giving up.
Due to circumstances beyond your control, the woman you love is spending Valentine’s Day alone and, presumably, surrounded by attractive jerks (they’re everywhere, you know). Happy V-Day!
ever wonder if any creepy guy ever broke up with his girlfriend in order to stalk her?
It has happened at least once. If you have a copy of Tomas Guillen’s book Toxic Love, you can read about Stephen Harper’s weird little life.
(note: this case is also portrayed in the Forensic File’s episode “Without a Trace”, however, that show focuses on the forensics (duh) and glosses over Stephens weirdness)
How about Untamed Heart? It’s been a while since I saw it but I remember it being supposedly sweet and romantic but creepy as heck, really.
Christian Slater’s weird loner character saves Marisa Tomei’s waitress character from a couple of rapists - the only reason he’s there to save her is he’s been following her home from work. Later it’s revealed that he sneaks into her bedroom at night and watches her sleep. She takes him in 'cause basically he’s the nicest most caring guy she’s met, which doesn’t say much for the people who she usually hangs around with I guess.
Actually, I just re-watched this. I’m not 100% sure that it qualifies. He didn’t really stalk Linda. He pursues her while rebelling against the notion of marrying Susan, but ultimately tells her the truth. He DOES end up going to her house at 3am, but the story seems more linear, and doesn’t really have him stalking her.
As has been mentioned, an awful lot of romantic comedies. I remember in the movie version of Bus Stop, the guy goes to the bus station and lassos Marilyn Monroe and drags her off, it was played as whacky fun.
I think the ultra-creepy Seven Brides for Seven Brothers takes the crown on this one.
But only in his dying dream. In the Meg Ryan/Tom Hanks romcoms, on the other hand, they switch off stalking each other and it’s all totally dreamy, because they’re so cute together. Or something.
