I wasn't a sucker for rom-coms but I've enjoyed my fair share once a while, a lot named by you here! And I've also watched one day recently, and also the movie version before, which I enjoyed but also was left feeling a bit off, so this series saved it. It was unnerving though already knowing the ending before. And I, like you for Sparks, went on to buy the book from Nichols, the first for me cause I never read romantic books. It's fun to analyze it.
Anyway, you're right, rom-coms mostly feature the exciting part of a romantic love, the initial, the chase, the falling in love and then despite everything got together. Then we let the "after" happen in real life cause it's not exciting, it's work, commitment, and keep falling in love again. There is one movie I can suggest to you here - "Before Midnight", it features the after. BUT you must watch from the beginning for this trilogy - before sunrise and then before sunset first, for the usual rom-coms part.
My rom-com stage was back in the '80s—I loved them back then. Say Anything, The Princess Bride, Some Kind of Wonderful, etc. While I recognized the titles of many of the movies you mentioned, I may have only seen one or two. However, I will run this show past my wife and see if it gets her 👍🏻. That show seems more "we" than "me".
I wasn't a sucker for rom-coms but I've enjoyed my fair share once a while, a lot named by you here! And I've also watched one day recently, and also the movie version before, which I enjoyed but also was left feeling a bit off, so this series saved it. It was unnerving though already knowing the ending before. And I, like you for Sparks, went on to buy the book from Nichols, the first for me cause I never read romantic books. It's fun to analyze it.
Anyway, you're right, rom-coms mostly feature the exciting part of a romantic love, the initial, the chase, the falling in love and then despite everything got together. Then we let the "after" happen in real life cause it's not exciting, it's work, commitment, and keep falling in love again. There is one movie I can suggest to you here - "Before Midnight", it features the after. BUT you must watch from the beginning for this trilogy - before sunrise and then before sunset first, for the usual rom-coms part.
My rom-com stage was back in the '80s—I loved them back then. Say Anything, The Princess Bride, Some Kind of Wonderful, etc. While I recognized the titles of many of the movies you mentioned, I may have only seen one or two. However, I will run this show past my wife and see if it gets her 👍🏻. That show seems more "we" than "me".
This Netflix series WRECKED me. I watched it twice…
*heading to library*