Thursday Movie Picks: Enemies to Lovers (Romance Edition): Wandering through the Shelves hosts a weekly movie challenge in which you choose 3-5 movies based on that Thursday’s theme and explain why you chose those movies. Today’s theme is Enemies to Lovers (Romance Edition), so here are my choices!
bridget & mark (bridget jones’s diary)
Helen Fielding’s modern take on Pride and Prejudice…sort of! Bridget and Mark start off on the wrong foot almost immediately, with Bridget overhearing Mark insulting her mere moments after they met. Bridget is a woman trying to figure out her life, and Mark is a stuffy human-rights barrister. They begin to find common ground during their many encounters, which of course, leads to attraction and then… love! Renee Zellweger and Colin Firth had amazing chemistry, not only in Bridget Jones’s Diary, but the two sequels that followed. They’re definitely one of my favorite movie couples.
beatrice & benedick (much ado about nothing)
A classic enemies-to-lovers relationship. In William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing (adapted by Kenneth Branagh), Benedick and Beatrice hide their attraction to one another behind constant arguing and insults. Their friends can see the truth, so they all conspire to allow Beatrice and Benedick to overhear how the other is in love with them, which forces them to confront their true feelings. Claudio and Hero may be the couple getting married, but it’s Benedick and Beatrice that bring the passion to this story. It doesn’t hurt that Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson (who were married at the time) were SO good together in this film.
joe & kathleen (you’ve got mail)
“‘Joe’? ‘Just call me Joe’? As if you were one of those stupid 22-year old girls with no last name? ‘Hi, I’m Kimberly!’ ‘Hi, I’m Janice!’ Don’t they know you’re supposed to have a last name? It’s like they’re an entire generation of cocktail waitresses.” A modern remake of The Shop Around the Corner, You’ve Got Mail stars Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan as Joe Fox and Kathleen Kelly, business rivals who can’t stand each other… at first! Unbeknownst to them, they’re also online “pen pals” who have struck up a very meaningful friendship, and maybe more.
Brittani
February 4, 2022Nice classic picks!
Sara
February 6, 2022Thank you!
Birgit
February 4, 2022I am not a Renee fan but I did like her in the Jones movies and love Colin Firth. I still need to see Much Ado About Nothing. I enjoyed You’ve Got Mail but it did not give the charm of previous films made like In The Good Old Summertime.
Sara
February 6, 2022I haven’t seen The Good Old Summertime! I’ll have to check it out!
Wandering through the Shelves
February 10, 2022I’ve seen all.
I like Bridget Jone’s Diary. It is a lot of fun.
I tried watching Much Ado About Nothing a long time ago…but I think I might have been too young…I didn’t get it.
ThePunkTheory
February 25, 2022Oooh Bridget Jones’ Diary is such a great pick. I can’t believe I didn’t think of it myself.
Sara
February 25, 2022I absolutely love the Mark and Bridget relationship.