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Best love scene of all time

posted 12 years ago by TheAstor
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It's a big call I know, but for me this is by far, by far, the best love scene I've ever seen in a movie. I'm of course referring to the scene where she's dressing Tom Cruise's in armour. It's just so intimate, and tender, and beautifully done. No words are spoken, an no words need to be spoken, it says so much. And they barely touch each other, she just kind of rests her head on his should at the end, and it's just beautiful, it's powerful.

And the significance of it all, her dressing him in her dead husbands armour that he killed, wow, just wow. So unlike Hollywood, no titillation, no gratuitousness or nudity.

Second favourite for me is the scene from The Bourne Identity where Jason is cutting Maria's hair, that was my favourite love scene of all time till I saw this.

[–] LManTheFinest 12 years ago

I agree!
It didn't go full on hollywood and have an extreme closeup of them pashing the **** out of each others faces then undressing each other and then having sex and seeing their bodies full on petting each other, no exagerated orgasm. NONE OF THAT!!!

Yet it still powerfully showed the love between them two, more powerful then most movies where they do what was mensioned above.

I also like at the very end where they make eye contact in the distance when they reunite. That alone was touching.

[–] Kawada_Kira 11 years ago

Yeah I really liked the way this movie handled the romance between Algren and Taka. It was more subtle and realistic, and therefore much more believable, than I ever thought Hollywood was capable of.

No disrespect intended, sir, but shove it up your ass!

[–] BeBeBlue7 11 years ago

It was tender and powerful. I wish more films could be more subtle instead of so graphic. Capable actors, writers and directors can deliver beautiful scenes like this one.

[–] chiluvr1228 11 years ago

Beautifully done.

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[–] FoolishCarriage 10 years ago

as far as being realistic; I remember reading an article and the actress mentioned she didn't see why Taka would fall in love with the man who killed her husband.

I think it's a cultural thing, a thing of the era they lived in as well. Taka loved her husband. She knew he was a Samurai warrior. She understood honor very well. He was subject to death in battle, as all warriors were. She was probably mentally prepared for that for some time.

Her husband was not merely killed; that is, he was not murdered by the American soldier. Her husband died bravely in battle, a "good death," as it were. The death was not personal, and not delivered by an unworthy coward -- but rather by another warrior who prevailed honorably. Taka is required to accept that.

I'm sure she was upset; she said she was. She nevertheless did her duty and followed what was expected of her. Her tending to the American did not dishonor her husband in any way.

They spent time with each other and that was unavoidable. Spending time with others means you get to know them. She watched his behavior with her children, towards herself, towards her people. He demonstrated bravery and honor, and respect for the people around him. He did not consider himself superior to them, nor think of them as "savages."

All these things contributed to the likelihood that a relationship would develop between them; and I think the movie handled it so beautifully. I, too, love the scene where she dresses him for battle in her dead husband's armor. He receives this privilege because he has earned it. I think it's unspoken that the dead warrior would have approved.

[–] jsu2 11 years ago

I agree. It was a really good scene; best love scene I've seen in a movie.

They obviously paid tribute to it in The Wolverine (2013) when Mariko is dressing Wolverine up.

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[–] Crown_vic_7 11 years ago

I agree. Very intimate without the need to be brash. Magnificent. The best scene to me is the ending where Algran and Taka make eye contact. Beautiful, Elegant, Unworldly, Brilliant. So much emotion there without being eccentric.

[–] roger-395 11 years ago

Very well said. You could tell something emotionally was building between Algren and Taka but in a conservative culture, typical Hollywood treatment would have been way over the top. Their simply brushing of lips said all that needed to be said or done! The entire scene was beautiful. I think it also demonstrates just how far down the path Algren had come to understanding village culture that he could accept being dressed in the armour of the man he had killed by that man widow and not feel so awkward as to avoid the kiss. I think that scene clearly demonstrated that he was willing to die for those people.

[–] MercurialAquarian 11 years ago

I remember reading somewhere that there was great debate over the kiss itself. I'm glad it was included. Less is certainly more here.

Objection, your Honor. You can't preface your second point with "first of all."

[–] Zanderio 10 years ago

Yes, your are totally right, I loved it too. I was expecting a sex scene after that but thankfully it didn't happen.