tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309932466795335827.post7275596057665725388..comments2024-03-10T08:57:07.915-07:00Comments on Kid In The Front Row Film Blog: The Romantic GestureKid In The Front Rowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17498466805415882523noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309932466795335827.post-22447825220442282232011-12-10T10:20:36.225-08:002011-12-10T10:20:36.225-08:00I feel like you ripped this directly from my brain...I feel like you ripped this directly from my brain. Well, maybe not directly because I doubt I could be quite as eloquent as you. This is something that I've thought about at length and I've come to a similar conclusion. However, I think that if you do go for the insane romantic gesture and you find that she doesn't run away immediately, then you've got a keeper.Josehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15474872955039330967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309932466795335827.post-21706052811788442632011-12-08T12:13:32.406-08:002011-12-08T12:13:32.406-08:00Is it weird that this made perfect sense to me? No...Is it weird that this made perfect sense to me? No? Okay.<br /><br />I love Cinema Paradiso. I saw it for the first time in college and one day my husband watched it with me when we were dating because letting me choose the movies despite how much he DIDN'T want to watch them is about as romantic as he gets. I cry almost every time.<br /><br />He prefers "Malena."Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11101047147789498304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309932466795335827.post-80726866414532433302011-12-08T12:02:01.890-08:002011-12-08T12:02:01.890-08:00The reason the big gestures don't work in real...The reason the big gestures don't work in real life is that we're conditioned to believe that nobody is as romantic as in movies. Therefore, when someone does something insanely romantic, we ignore the romantic part and focus on the insane.<br /><br />I agree that movies give us unrealistic expectations of what a relationship is like, but they also give us unrealistic expectations of Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05668422854191586225noreply@blogger.com