What is the greatest love story of all time?
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I'd say [500] Days of Summer
It's the most realistic love story I have ever scene (Minus the musical scene) and in the end even tho Tom and Summer don't end up together they are both happy.
I know its a different take on love stories but I found it completly refreashing
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1) Titanic - best ever, the tragedy at the end made us feel so much
2) Wuthering Heights - Heathcliff never gave up on Cathy and lived only for her
3) The Notebook
4) Atonement
5) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - another Kate movie
6) Pride & Prejudice
7) Romeo & Juliet
8) Anne of Green Gables/Anne of Avonlea
9) An Affair to Remember
10) A Walk to Remember
11) While You Were Sleeping
12) Cold Mountain
13) Moulin Rouge
14) P.S. I Love You
15) Wives and Daughters
16) Sense & Sensibility
17) North & South
18) Breakfast at Tiffany's
19) Now, Voyager
20) The Umbrellas of Cherbourg - weepie
But Titanic is definitely #1.
Gad, what a great topic and replies. I agree with almost everyone, except the ones I either didn't see or understand, or the ones who attack each other. I really don't understand why people do that. Stick to the subject; respect each other's opinions. Now here are mine, not necessarily in order:
--The Bible- God's love for His people, our lack of understanding or acceptance, and God trying anyway. Both Old and New Testaments witness to this.
--Persuasion- A love lost and rekindled- my favorite Jane Austen. Can't decide which filmed version: Amanda Root/Ciaran Hinds or Sally Hawkins/Rupert Penry-Jones rendition. Love them both
--Pride and Prejudice- only the Colin Firth/Jennifer Ehle portrayal. Others don't come close. I think the essence of the story is how their love for each other causes them to finally look at themselves honestly and assess their faults and try hard to change their own attitude and behavior.
--Love Actually- The film explores different kinds of love. One of my favorite parts is the sister's love for her mentally ill brother, portrayed by the great Laura Linney. I also like the Colin Firth story of how he learns Portugese and the young lady learns English. I love his proposal to her in broken Portugese.
--The Box- Two flawed individuals, who are really loving to each other and to those around them make a fatal mistake and must pay for it. I have favorite scenes: the one where Arthur places his gift for Norma behind him and waits for her to see it; the one where he sees her through the window, and looks longingly at her and she sees him but deflects his passion by smiling and looking down at her foot and he smiles back briefly and then looks serious; and the one at the wedding reception where they are slow dancing with each other and talking about his visionary experience.
--Jane Eyre- any well acted version, especially the ones which include all of the original novel. Not all of them do, even though perhaps well acted.
About The Notebook: my favorite element of the story is how Noah stays with Allie through her dementia, loving her all the more. I really don't think much of the earlier part of the story, I guess because I don't really like Ryan Gosling's or Rachel McAdams' portrayal of the younger Noah and Allie. It's just me, probably, but I find the young Allie screechily hysterical and the young Noah off-putting. Don't ask me why; I can't explain it.
--Sense and Sensibility- I love the novel, and the best rendition of it, I think, is the most recent (2007?) BBC production with British mostly unknown (to US viewers, I believe) actors. The scenery, especially of the area to where the Dashwoods move-- is just breathtaking. The Emma Thompson one is also excellent.
There are many more, but enough for now.
my favorites are
rose and jack
noah and allie
buttercup and westley
jamie and landon
charlie and tess<---eh...maybe not the greatest, but it ends happy :)
louis and lyla (August Rush)
Gerry and holly
christine and raoul
christian and satine
bill and jo (twister)
For all of you saying Romeo and Juliet, not to be a cynical downer (which I usually am when talking about this play) but that "love story" went on between a 13 year old and a sixteen year old in a time period of four to six days, I'm sorry but I honestly don't think it was real love that fast, especially since they weren't even together the full play anyway and if you added all their time together it couldn't be more than two days (I think) therefore I think they were more in lust than love.
Anyway I think The Notebook is up there, as is The Princess Bride purely because I think the grandpa actually calls it the greatest love story of all time
And people may hate on me for this, but I'm definitely putting Moulin Rouge up there
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Jack and Rose - Titanic
Noah and Allie - The Notebook
Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth - Pride & Prejudice
Colonel Brandon and Marianne - Sense and Sensibility
Jamie and Aurelia - Love Actually
Jamie and Nina - Truly Madly Deeply
Edward and Kim - Edward Scissorhands
The Beast and Belle - Beauty and the Beast
Edward and Bella - Twilight
Robbie and Cecilia - Atonement
Henry and Lucy - 50 First Dates