GUEST COLUMN: Five Best Movies for the First Date

Five Best Movies - Make the First Date Perfect

by Sandra Manson

There is a well-known expression about how much depends on the first impression. Imagine this situation: you met a charming girl on the NaughtyDate website, and you find out that she is a pleasant and sweet companion. Now you need to invite her to a first date, but what is the best way to arrange a meeting?

A great option would be a movie. This approach has important advantages - firstly, for about two hours, you practically do not have to talk. Of course, you will discuss the moments of the film, but this is an interesting topic for conversation. Moreover, after the end of the film, you will already have a reason to talk. Secondly, you can understand if your partner likes such a pastime. Thirdly, just enjoy a good movie and teach aesthetic pleasure.

Movie Selection Guidelines

Yes, watching a movie is a great option for a first date, but even here you can make a mistake. Therefore, we will tell you about the most common potential errors and nuances that are worth paying attention to.

Films with Beautiful Actors

You will be compared with the ex-boyfriends of friends and ex-boyfriends of girlfriends. And if you have hope in this fight, then Michael Fassbender and Bradley Cooper may not leave a chance. You can be infinitely confident in yourself until Ryan Gosling in shiny shoes tells your girlfriend that only losers dress in the GAP and drink a cocktail in the bar through a pipe, and only Steve Jobs is allowed to wear sneakers. Probably not worth creating

Movies with Perfect Heroes

In order not to encounter the syndrome of high expectations, just in case, exclude films with noble, intelligent, and generous heroes, even if you shaved, went on a date with flowers and bought tickets at your own expense. In other words, you can immediately cross off half of the films with Colin Firth and recall the comedies with Simon Pegg or Ben Stiller. Of course, young billionaires with a sports physique and a lot of free time (which they are ready to devote their attention to) exist, but somewhere in a parallel reality. Do not go there on a first date.

Movies with Erotic Scenes

The case when you do not need to go to 50 Shades of Grey, even if this is the last movie on earth. Try to avoid films that make the girl feel uncomfortable, and get ready for the fact that the most intimate thing on this date is to share one popcorn for two. Let your first meeting be romantic and pleasant, and not vulgar and with dirty hints.

Subtitled Movies

This option can kill any romance. Firstly, with subtitles, documentaries or non-mass films from festivals are most often shown. There is no certainty that your companion will react to him like Julia Roberts on the opera in Pretty Woman. Secondly, almost nothing is visible from the last row (a tribute to the classics), and you have to squint and spoil your entire film. Thirdly, in order not to miss anything important, you will constantly look at the screen, and when you turn on the light, you risk finding an empty chair nearby.

Melodrama

In an ideal world, a girl begins to cry, and you, with the words “well, well,” hold out a handkerchief to her. In reality, she can find out ahead of time that you, too, are letting out a tear over the adaptations of Nicholas Sparks, and a little hate you for your red nose and spoiled makeup. Let the first date evoke extremely favorable and positive emotions.

Aggressive Films

Of course, action movies with Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and other muscular heroes are the "golden classics." These may be your favorite films that you are ready to watch every day. But this is not the best option for the first meeting. It is assumed that it is on the first dates that joint memories and jokes that only you understand will begin to form. I think your companion hardly wants them to be related to the way brains are kicked out of someone in the Tarantino movie.

Movies with Complicated Scenario

A date at the cinema is also a test of how you fit together emotionally and intellectually. Checks will not work if after viewing you both can’t say anything except: “What was that?” It’s dangerous to go not only to David Lynch or Lars von Trier but also to films like Beginnings or Arrivals. The script should be such that you can easily be distracted, and then continue from anywhere and pick up the point. Moreover, maintaining a conversation after the end of the film will be much easier, and you will have a large number of topics for conversation.

Duration of the Picture

It is unlikely that Saving Private Ryan saved at least one date in the history of mankind. Choose something in the region of one and a half to two hours, otherwise, the girl may get tired of you even before you tell how you are doing at work. Exclude also long directorial versions and other long films. Your companion must have the strength to continue the date.

Favorite Directors

If at the time of the first date you had a more serious relationship with Woody Allen than with a girl, then do not rush to introduce them. In the end, you are unlikely to be ready to find out what Machete Kills” she likes more than Magic in the Moonlight.

Best Movies for a First Date

Well, it's time to recommend some interesting paintings that you, along with your companion, look with pleasure. Follow these tips and your first date will be enjoyable and romantic.

A Walk to Remember

The film is based on the eponymous novel by Nicholas Sparks. The plot focuses on high school student Landon Carter, one of the school’s most popular students. The next trick costs Landon very dearly - contrary to his wishes, the young man is forced to do socially useful work: now he will have to help the laggards, and also take on one of the roles in the upcoming theatrical production of the local drama circle. So he meets the nondescript girl Jamie: in normal times, he would have passed by, but in this situation, she became for him the only way to solve the problem. Jamie agrees to work out with Landon, but in return asks not to fall in love with her - a high school student easily makes this promise. But the circumstances are in a completely different way.

Coyote Ugly

A great choice about strong and charming girls who are ready to go to their dream. The main character, Violet, dreamed of singing her songs all her conscious life - for this purpose she left New Jersey and went to conquer New York. However, contrary to her expectations, she failed to attach her demo recordings to any music studio. In order not to come back, Violet takes a job at the local Ugly Coyote bar, where the first beauties entertain the audience. To achieve success, the main character will have to overcome the inborn fear of the scene, and a new acquaintance will help her in this - a young man named Kevin.

Kate and Leopold

Now a little medieval romance and fantasy. Yes, the charming Hugh Jackman is filming here, but he is not a superhero, but plays the role of a sweet and romantic medieval nobleman. This is the story of the incredible adventures of Leopold - the Duke of Albany, who from the 19th century moved through the “hole” in time to the 21st century. Leo finds himself in the city center, where danger awaits him everywhere: people in this world are in a hurry somewhere, and there are also automatic carts that make nasty sounds along the roads. Here he meets a successful woman, Kate MacKay, who at first does not believe Leopold. When the truth clears up, Kate realizes that Leo should not be left unattended in any case.

The Notebook

Another film from our review, which is based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks. On the pages of a battered notebook, the love story of Ellie and Noah, young people from different social backgrounds living in South Carolina, is carefully recorded. Fate brought them together - a summer full of passion, they will never forget, but soon Ellie will have to leave these lands and return to her usual life, and Noah will remain here, in a rural settlement. They were separated by their parents and World War II, but when the horrors ended, the girl found a new guy for whom she was going to marry. Can Noah interfere with this ridiculous decision of his beloved?

Serendipity

A light romantic comedy that will make you smile and feel positive emotions. On New Year's Eve, in a New York store, fate brings Jonathan and Sarah together. Two strangers discover that they are attracted to each other. She invites him to a cafe with the saying "Providence", and then he calls her to the rink. To check the force of gravity, they decide to send their coordinates to the world: Jonathan writes his phone on a five-dollar bill, and Sarah - on the inside of the cover of the book Love in the Time of Cholera. They exchange the bill, and the girl sells the book to second-hand book dealers: if they are destined to be together, then the cherished phone number will soon be in the hands of one of them.

Bonus: P.S., I Love You

Of course, this is a small violation of the rules (charming Gerard Butler and sentimental melodrama), but it’s very difficult to pass by such a beautiful film. The basis of the picture, in which the main roles were played by Gerard Butler and Hilary Swank, is based on the eponymous best-seller of Cecilia Ahern. Holly and Jerry are madly in love with each other - they also say about such people, "they lived happily ever after and died on the same day." By chance, Jerry dies much earlier, and Holly is left alone. Unable to overcome the loss, she is plunged into depression. However, Jerry was able to predict that his beloved would be very difficult, so he prepared seven messages for her, which should support the girl in this difficult moment. She will find each new message only after she has followed the instructions from the previous one. At the end of each letter, there is a postscript - "I love you."

Conclusion

Cinema is a great art that helps us to feel delighted and positive emotions, unites single hearts, and helps to find true love. Remember that the right picture will help make the first date perfect and leave only positive impressions. Now you know all the important information, may luck favor you.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Sandra Manson is a passionate journalist who has been contributing to major media publications. She enjoys writing about human psychology and lifestyle. Sandra also runs her blog https://singlehearts.org where she covers topics of great interest in modern society.