It’s Thursday, which means it’s time for the Thursday Movie Picks feature. This series is hosted by Wandering through the Shelves and offers you a weekly prompt to post some movie recommendations/talking points according to the theme. Usually, you are supposed to post about 3-5 examples, which I find a very manageable amount.
The entirety of February is dedicated to a special Romance Edition, focusing on many, many typical romance tropes and themes. Since this is the third week in a row with the theme, I think you get the gist. Today is all about Forbidden Love, which isn’t my favourite trope in love stories although I understand the appeal, but let’s see what I can come up with.
What Maisie Knew
Starting out with a controversial pick, maybe? What Maisie Knew has a lot of complex adult relationships, but I also like to think of the love shown towards Maisie. She receives the most attention and warmth from those who aren’t actually her parents. Is that forbidden? No, but it should be forbidden for parents to be so negligent and self-centered.
Anyway, there’s also some intricate falling-in-love-stuff though, so … that part can be the forbidden love part if we aren’t counting the surrogate parents feelings towards the child.
Beyond the Lights
Noni, a famous but troubled and very unhappy singer almost ends her life, but gets rescued by police officer Kaz. In order to hide this truth from the media, Kaz has to lie, which he does not like. Eventually he falls for Noni though, but their worlds are so vastly different. Can. they. make. it. work??
Womb
This movie is SO messed up. Basically, this lady is so in love with her partner, that she carries out a pregnancy of his clone, essentially raising the love of her life. I will not go any further, you can see how that pans out yourself in the movie, but … it’s messy.
If you missed previous installments of the Romance Tropes Edition, you can check out the following:
Life and Other Disasters 