About halfway through the film Broken English:

“What are you thinking?”

Nora is laying her head back on Julian’s chest. The bath suds cover their nakedness. His arms intertwine with hers and wrap around her torso. He waits for a response, but she simply stares into space from behind blank eyes.

“Hey.” He splashes some water on her.

They have just made passionate love, and they were happy. She was happy. And if her pattern holds, the happiness will soon reach its abrupt end.

As it’s two days before Valentine’s Day, instead of coming up with a proper “Friday Fun” post, I thought I’d slack off and just list some of my all-time favorite romantic movies (and TV show episodes).

(BTW, pictured to the right are the flowers I bought for the Missus this year, which she picked out, and which I paid for with money she had earned. But apparently they’re still sweet and quite special. See what I mean when I say that I’m “the husband of a wonderful wife,” and not the other way around?)

And now, here are the movies…

• The Lake House - Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves get sucked into a time-warping mailbox, where they dance to a song that hasn't been written yet. A wonderful melding of intense romance and cheesy sci-fi. Made my cry. (Won't tell you why.)

• Gilmore Girls episode "Love, Daisies and Troubadours" - The town troubadour demands the town enforce his rightful monopoly to play music on the streets of Star's Hollow, and Rory explodes, because she's actually still in love with Dean and can't bring herself to tell him. Meanwhile, Max buys Lorelai 1,000 yellow daisies—not 999, not 1,001—because it's better than chopping Luke's head off. Lorelai cries but still doesn't know whether she wants to accept his proposal of marriage, even though he's a great guy and she's in her mid-thirties and not getting any younger.

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