Top Three Love Scenes

As I was thinking of my next movie to talk about, one of my friends and I got into a conversation about the best love scenes in any movie. Almost instantly we came up with: "The Notebook," "Titanic," and anyone who has talked to me in the last few weeks will know, "Zack and Miri Make A Porno."









What I found most interesting about this conversation was that the only movie that played an actual song during the scene was "Zack and Miri" (see my previous post). In "Titanic," what I call the ultimate love-story, there is the instrumental version of "My Heart Will Go On," a song that everyone instantly knew, which was written for the film. The scene was so short, quiet similar to the time that Jack and Kate had together.

"The Notebook," which soundtrack is less than amazing, has a light score playing as Noah and Allie have sex for the first (second) time after years of being apart.

This got me thinking of what makes a good love scene. All three movies have intense build up. In "Titanic," the love scene happens hours before the ship is hit with the ice berg and the view has no idea of whether or not Jack is going to survive. "The Notebook" has years of build up, with an addition of the intense canoe ride that takes place between Noah and Allie when she comes to visit him. In "Zack and Miri," the build up is knowing that they are going to have sex, and it is just a matter of how it will change their relationship.

I thought that a song would be a major factor in our deciding of what makes the scene, but in reality it is just icing on the cake. What is really important is the chemistry between the actors, the context, and the uniqueness of the story that is being told.