Valentine’s Day started in ancient Rome when Emperor Claudius II executed two men named Valentine on February 14th. Their death was then celebrated by the Catholic church, and it was known as Valentine’s Day. Nowadays, people can celebrate this good holiday with good movies to watch, Halloween has horror, Christmas has classics like Santa Claus, and even Thanksgiving has movies like Free Birds. Valentine’s Day is the perfect excuse to force anyone like your Valentine or a group of friends to sit around the house and binge-watch some corny chick flicks.
Every girl has to watch The Notebook at least once in their life; it’s like a cannon event. It’s the definition of a tear-jerker, the perfect amount of happy and sad. As for anyone who hasn’t seen this masterpiece, it’s about Allie Hamilton (played by Rachel McAdams) and Noah Calhoun (played by Ryan Gosling), it’s the classic love story of a rich girl falling for the boy she knows her parents will disapprove of. In the movie, we see their love story unfold first when they meet during the town’s fair, she rejects him, but he is so stubborn he climbs a Ferris wheel until she agrees to go out with him. Then, once Noah meets Allies’ parents, her father argues with her about his disapproval of their relationship. After Noah returns from World War II, he finds that Allie is in a new relationship with Lon Hammond (played by James Marsden). As we watch Noah fight for Allie while she is in this new relationship, it is revealed that Allie has been suffering from dementia, and every day, Noah comes into her room to read her their love story.
Two of the best Adam Sandler and Drew Berrymore movies are 50 First Dates and The Wedding Singer, which remember the masterpiece of Blended. My favorite rom-com with them was The Wedding Singer; it’s set in 1985, where Robbie Hart (played by Adam Sandler) is a broken-hearted wedding entertainer after he loses all hope in finding love when his ex-fiance leaves him alone at the altar. At one of his weddings, he meets a girl named Julia, who hires him for her wedding. He shortly falls in love with her and finds himself trying to win her over before she gets married to the wrong man. Along with every Adam Sandler movie, this movie is hilarious and has its moments where you feel nothing but sorry for his character, which is to help you root for him in the end. I love seeing these movies where “little guy” ends up winning. In this movie, the man Julia was planning on marrying at the beginning was the hardcore definition of a jerk. It was so obvious that he didn’t truly love her as Henry did, but it shows how blinded some people get when they (think) they’re in love with someone.
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before is such a great movie, I feel like a lot of people now could relate to Lara Jean and her love for reading and writing. Lara Jean (played by Lana Condor) is a Korean-American who lives with her two other sisters and her single father after her mother passes away. She finds herself infatuated with writing, especially writing letters to the boys she has fallen in love with. Lara Jean meets Peter Kavinsky, and they end up fake dating as an attempt for Peter to win his ex-girlfriend back. As time goes by and as they get closer, they truly start falling for each other when they open up to each other about their absent parents. We watch as their relationship blossoms more and more as the movie unfolds. These movies are relatable to any lover girl with a passion for reading and writing. I loved seeing all the scandals Peter and L.J.’s relationship had, like at Peter’s ski trip when they were caught kissing, and his ex-girlfriend was so jealous she ended up posting it on social media. These movies are so good; they’re funny, suspenseful, romantic, and such a good Valentine for anyone single or in a relationship.
The Fault In Our Stars is an amazing movie and book. I think every girl in her lifetime should read the book, watching as Hazel (played by Shailene Woodley) goes through her cancer support group and as her relationship grows Augustus (played by Ansel Elgort). The book is so good on its own, usually, movie adaptations of popular movies are very weird, but this one isn’t bad. I will say I don’t like all the changes they made. For example, when Augustus is having a breakdown as his condition worsens, in the book it’s not as shortened as it is in the movie. This movie is about a teenage girl, Hazel, who goes through the depression of her cancer and the pressures of her Mom to have a “normal teen” life despite her sickness. As she attends her support group, she meets Augustus or Gus. As they become closer and better friends, they eventually fall more and more in love (this is a romance, after all). I know so many girls who adore this story, as do I. I feel like this would be a good “tear-jerker,” maybe if you’re alone this Valentine’s.
To conclude, every holiday has a certain type of movie that will just hit every time you watch it. I love romantic movies. They bring us so much emotion. Some make you cry, laugh, and feel suspenseful; some movies make you feel everything all at once.
