We talk a lot about on the Birkat Elyon blog about celebrity engagements and weddings. And why wouldn’t we? After all, who doesn’t love hearing all about celebs’ incredible rings, proposals and weddings? We certainly do!
But what about their on-screen personas? More actors and actresses than we can possibly count have played characters who got engaged in some simply incredible ways – we’re talking about engagements so perfect and/or so over the top that only Hollywood could script and create them. They may not be real, but they’re really fun to dream about. So let’s dream a little and remember six of the best movie proposals ever!
The Wedding Singer
Let’s start with something a little silly, but also still pretty sweet. Adam Sandler movies these days may not be what they used to be, but there’s no question that the funnyman used to be really, well, funny. In 1998, he and Drew Barrymore starred in the classic goofball comedy The Wedding Singer, in which Sandler played Robbie Hart, the titular singer, and eventually got engaged to Barrymore’s character, Julia. Robbie is a born romantic and, with a little help from Billy Idol and one of his fans, knocks Julia’s jerk of a fiancé out of the picture and sings her a song he wrote as they’re flying to Vegas. It all ends with Robbie getting down on one knee and Julia saying “Yes!”
Walk the Line
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Walk the Line chronicles country music legend Johnny Cash’s rise to fame, with Joaquin Phoenix starring as Cash and Reese Witherspoon as his love interest, June Carter. As the two are performing on stage, Johnny puts June on the spot, tells her his feelings for her and asks her to marry him. After she accepts, the audience cheers. Talk about a proposal to remember!
Ever After
Inspired by the classic fairytale Cinderella, Ever After: A Cinderella Story is set in 16th-century France and subtracts all the supernatural/magical elements of the fairytale in a supposed bid to tell the “real” story of Cinderella. It’s also another Drew Barrymore movie, with Prince Henry (Dougray Scott) eventually apologizing to Barrymore’s Danielle for being kind of an ignoramus and proposing by placing the fabled glass slipper on her foot. She starts crying and falls into his arms. The two kiss and end up living happily ever after.
When Harry Met Sally
Famous for one of the most well-known one-liners in cinema history – “I’ll have what she’s having” – When Harry Met Sally chronicles the amazing 12-year journey of Harry (Billy Crystal) and Sally (Meg Ryan) as their lives continually cross paths through chance encounters. The two attempt to prove that a man and a woman can be “just friends” but eventually realize they love each other. Sally is skeptical of Harry’s true feelings at first, but she’s won over when he delivers this perfect line: “When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.”
Runaway Bride
What would this list be without at least one appearance by Richard Gere and Julia Roberts? In this 1999 rom-com, Maggie (Roberts) plays a young woman who’s been through a number of relationships that have ended poorly. She’s even left three men waiting for her at the altar and become famous in the tabloids as the eponymous “Runaway Bride.” She leaves a fourth at the altar for Ike (Gere), but again gets cold feet before the two are themselves set to marry. Eventually, she reunites with him, and she proposes. This time she actually makes it to the altar and seals the deal.
Sex and the City
It was probably inevitable that Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) and the gang from HBO’s Sex and the City TV show eventually get their own film, and, sure enough, they did four years after the show – known for its frank discussions on sexuality and romance – went off the air. In the movie, Carrie gets engaged to longtime love interest “Big” after the two plan to move in together, but she fears that, if things end badly, she won’t have any right to the penthouse because they wouldn’t have been married. That first engagement eventually falls apart, but the couple reconcile later in the film, with Big proposing to Carrie in the penthouse’s walk-in closet using diamond-encrusted shoes in lieu of a ring.
Cubic Zirconia Engagement Ring
Not everyone has a pair of diamond-encrusted shoes to use in place of a diamond ring, but there is another great alternative that many couples are turning to: cubic zirconia engagement rings. CZ rings made using the “Russian Formula” have all the beauty of real diamonds but without the extreme cost. That means you can get the giant engagement ring stone of your dreams without going bankrupt!