True Romance
Got you! Just went you thought I went soft with my last entry here I have a movie where a guy’s dick gets shot off. BAM, Remy’s back, bitches.
True Romance, in every way, is my kind of romantic comedy/love story. Okay, so the comedy part may wax and wane a bit (as the film is VERY dark), but when Gary Oldman plays a white pimp with dreadlocks, one cannot deny that there is some subtle and sick comedy in here. We could also cite the Sicilian speech from the movie, but we probably shouldn’t. Also, the lead in the movie gets visited by Elvis when he needs a pep talk, and Elvis is played by Val Kilmer. There, comedy justified.
True Romance is a movie about two star crossed lovers who end up with a briefcase full of drugs and decided to just say fuck it and go on the lamb, even though they know they are being hunted. Think of a semi-different take on Bonnie and Clyde and you kind of have an idea of what to expect.
What I like about this film is that there are many elements of the “tragic love story.” Honestly, a more fitting title you have never heard. Yes, there may be beat downs and racism and pimps and sex and death, but guess what? That pretty much sums up love, don’t you think?
It should also be said that Quentin Tarantino writing this, and Brad Pitt’s stoner cameo cement it as one of better films with “Romance” in the title.