Day 12


Edmond Rostand wrote in Cyrano de Bergerac, "A kiss is a secret which takes the lips for the ear."   The kiss is something shared between two people who love each other.  In French, there are actually three words for "to kiss."  One is kissing a baby or a friend or a greeting, one is kissing in love, and one...let's just say it has more to do with biology than love.  But, the kissing for love is the pure kissing that I'm talking about.  It is the kiss that is a secret.


Day 12: Best Movie Kisses, Star Wars

Let's face it, the newest three Star Wars were little more than garbage.  However, the first three were good. As I've analyzed it throughout my life, I think a lot of that was Harrison Ford.  The first time you watch this clip, just watch it for the beauty of the kiss.  Then watch it again and imagine that instead of Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford, it is Hayden Christiansen and Natalie Portman.  It will because ridiculous more than anything else.




Day 12: Best TV Kisses, Merlin

 We are back!  But we saw the forbidden kiss between Arthur and Guenevere.  We have to see them kiss when they're not afraid to let the world know.  And here it is!


Day 12: Best Animated Kisses, How to Train Your Dragon

Hiccup and Astrid have a quite adorable relationship.  Also, we don't need to wonder who is wearing the pants here.  It's Astrid.  I have included a couple of previous seconds from earlier in the movie to make the running gag make sense.




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