Movies that Make Us Swoon

A while back I was fortunate enough to catch the Saturday night movie on the television. This is a bit of a big deal because said movie started in the ‘kid zone’ – you know, that time when your darling munchkins are still up, awake, and wanting to hang in front of the telly with you, so you usually find yourself trapped watching some form of PG hell. 

Unless we’re talking MacGyver, because we all know that’s 60mins of heaven, right there. (The original version, of course).

Aaaanyway, the pleasant surprise for this weekend was (cue drumroll)… 
DIRTY DANCING!!!

And, because I managed to snag the remote first, my husband and nine-year-old son were lucky enough to watch it with me (well, until it got to the ‘grown-up zone’, and Jnr had to trot off to bed mid-movie with a pout – which meant he was enjoying it!).

This film brought back all the feels for me—literally. So much emotion. So much drooling. So much crying my husband couldn’t believe it. Here is why it makes me swoon:

It has one of the most quoted movie lines ever:

It has cute, playful characters who still come across as crazy sexy:

It has a heroine who isn’t afraid to lay it all on the line with her man, and make the first move:

It has a hero prepared to make that public declaration of love - when Johnny gets up on stage with Baby and states he’s gonna do his kind of dancing with a great partner, (and I’m paraphrasing):

“Somebody who’s taught me about the kind of person I want to be.”

Hand me that box of tissues. 

And finally, it has a hero who has all the right moves, who can lift his partner (let’s face it, ladies, we’d all love to be swept off the dance floor), and for me, my first ever movie flash mob with what HAS to be THE sexiest dance moves ever.

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