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| Lost for words - Love Actually |
Love Actually has scored the number 1 spot in a recent poll of the best romantic movies to ‘snuggle’ to by the appropriately named movie rental outfit LOVEFiLM and behavioural analysis firm Mindlab International, reports The Daily Mail. And the pollsters say that there’s a real science behind why romantic films can get us in the mood for luurrrve.
“If an on-screen couple share a passionate kiss, the mirror neurons in the viewers’ heads will fire as if they were doing the kissing,” says Mindlab International's resident neuropsychologist Dr David Lewis.
“They will experience the same powerful and pleasurable emotions that are being depicted on screen.”
He notes that romantic films can up adrenaline and heighten sexual attraction.
“When a couple watch a romance together each person mistakenly attributes a part of the adrenaline buzz produced by the film to the presence of their partner,” says Lewis.
“Couples are far more likely to touch, hold, hug and kiss one another than couples watching a less emotional film.”
LOVEFiLM editor Helen Crowley adds that a romantic movie session “may even help to ensure the evening concludes in the way you’d hoped.”
Here’s the Top 10, with particular head-scratching at the inclusion of Disney Pixar’s Wall-E!
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| What the?!! Wall-E |
- Love Actually
- The Notebook
- Wall-E
- Notting Hill
- Dirty Dancing
- Ghost
- Pretty Woman
- Titanic
- Jerry Maguire
- Casablanca
And for those less romantically inclined, here are ten Anti-Valentine’s films from this millennium, courtesy of Kirk Baird of The Toledo Blade.
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| She loves me/She loves me not.... (500) Days of Summer |
- High Fidelity
- Lost in Translation
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- Broken Flowers
- (500) Days of Summer
- Crazy Heart
- Blue Valentine
- Barney’s Version
- Like Crazy
- Take This Waltz
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