From Russia, With Love
Tired of Hallmark Channel movies with one too many high powered female executives that find love matters as much, or more, than that corporate ladder? Tired of films that glorify marital infidelity and amoral hook up culture? Women, tired of your male SO refusing to watch 'that romance garbage' with you?
Try some Russian films and TV series. More traditional values on display. In general, more positive spin. Men who are strong AND somewhat noble. Women who are strong, courageous AND still behave like cis normative women ;-)
Full disclosure: in real life, Russia has a high rate of infidelity due to a number of grim statistical realities. And the Russian worldview is darker than what Americans hold. But the country was isolated from many of the trends that we take for granted in the West and in modern times the Orthodox Church is once again a moral compass. This makes for many films, and TV series, that have a "50s feel" of positive romance and human potential, another symptom of Russia's isolation from progressive trends.
What follows is a list of Russian productions that are life-affirming, have good romance story lines and—at least for me and a few other male friends—are 'chick flicks' that are watchable by men even in preference to watching a guy film', at least now and then ;-)
Try some Russian films and TV series. More traditional values on display. In general, more positive spin. Men who are strong AND somewhat noble. Women who are strong, courageous AND still behave like cis normative women ;-)
Full disclosure: in real life, Russia has a high rate of infidelity due to a number of grim statistical realities. And the Russian worldview is darker than what Americans hold. But the country was isolated from many of the trends that we take for granted in the West and in modern times the Orthodox Church is once again a moral compass. This makes for many films, and TV series, that have a "50s feel" of positive romance and human potential, another symptom of Russia's isolation from progressive trends.
What follows is a list of Russian productions that are life-affirming, have good romance story lines and—at least for me and a few other male friends—are 'chick flicks' that are watchable by men even in preference to watching a guy film', at least now and then ;-)
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