Favorite Movie Lovers Pt. 2

Valentine’s Day is this Sunday.  Here’s part 2 of my favorite loved up movie couples.

ALBERT BROOKS & MERYL STREEP IN “DEFENDING YOUR LIFE.”  Brooks meets his potential paramour Streep at a post death weigh station called Judgment City.  They bond, share their pasts and wonder where their eternal lives may be headed.

I DON’T REMEMBER MERYL STREEP EVER LOOKING PRETTIER AND BEING AS CHARMING AS SHE WAS IN “DEFENDING YOUR LIFE.”

WILL FERRELL & MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL- “STRANGER THAN FICTION.” Easily my favorite Will Ferrell movie as he plays a straightlaced IRS auditor who has to investigate Gyllenhaal’s past income tax issues.  She hates him until he shows there’s more to him than just a money counting government official.  This is one of those great moments I can’t get enough of.

WILL FERRELL UNWITTINGLY TURNS ON MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL BY PLAYING THE ONE SONG HE KNOWS ON THE GUITAR IN “STRANGER THAN FICTION.”

JIMMY FALLON & DREW BARRYMORE- “FEVER PITCH.”  Fallon’s movie career hasn’t been much to note but his portrayal of Ben the school teacher & Red Sox fanatic who boldly falls for Barrymore’s ‘Lindsey’ a corporate climber is funny and poignant.  This clip is when they take a second stab at a date after a not so good first outing when Lindsey suffered from food poisoning.

JIMMY FALLON AND DREW BARRYMORE MIXED WELL IN THE ROMCOM “FEVER PITCH.’

TOM HANKS & ROBIN WRIGHT- “FORREST GUMP.”  Forrest always said he and Jenny (Wright) went together “like peas and carrots.”   It just took years for her to understand that.  My favorite scene is when Jenny tells Forrest she wished she could’ve been with him during his many travels and he says she was.  Forrest always thought about his girl.  (Sniff)  Here’s the clip when Forrest makes a first proposal to his girl. 

EVER TRUE TO HIS JENNY, THAT’S FORREST GUMP.

ROBERT DUVALL & TESS HARPER- “TENDER MERCIES”- If this movie isn’t my favorite of all time, it’s definitely in the top 3.  Duvall is Mac Sledge, a rundown and out alcoholic country singer who finds redemption from the patience and kindness of a widowed single mother, Rosa Lee. (Harper) Unlike many male-female romance movies, Mac’s marriage proposal isn’t the climax of this great film.

ROBERT DUVALL AND TESS HARPER MAKE AN UNLIKELY BUT LOVING COUPLE IN “TENDER MERCIES.”