# That Magic Moment **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [February 12, 2018, 5:16pm UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/that-magic-moment/1471 "2018-02-12T17:16:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MWollaeger](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/discuss.dramatica.com/mwollaeger/32/82_2.png) [@MWollaeger](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/MWollaeger)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2018, 5:16pm UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/that-magic-moment/1471/1 "2018-02-12T17:16:54Z")
Can anyone recommend a movie where two characters see each other and \>\>BAAM\<\< they are struck with each other? Love at first sight. Ideally, this would be a movie where this happens as early as possible, but I’d also rather have good moments, so if those come late, so be it. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![mlucas](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/discuss.dramatica.com/mlucas/32/275_2.png) [@mlucas](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/mlucas)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2018, 5:45pm UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/that-magic-moment/1471/2 "2018-02-12T17:45:51Z")
What about Ariel and Prince Eric in Disney’s _The Little Mermaid_? Ariel saw him first, but I think there was a magic moment like you describe when he starts to wake up on the beach, after she rescues him. Also, I hate to do this to you but … _Twilight_ (the first one). Bella sees Edward in the cafeteria first; she’s intrigued but I’m not sure if he notices her then or their eyes meet? Then just after that is the Biology class scene where they sit together – awkward, but definitely instant mutual attraction (and some other stuff, like Edward having to keep from chowing down on her). Not sure if that’s what you’re looking for. ---
**Author:** ![MWollaeger](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/discuss.dramatica.com/mwollaeger/32/82_2.png) [@MWollaeger](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/MWollaeger)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2018, 6:00pm UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/that-magic-moment/1471/3 "2018-02-12T18:00:55Z")
_The Little Mermaid_ is a great example, mostly because I know it! _Twilight_… I never found it to be very convincing, but that is also helpful actually. Thanks for the suggestions. ---
**Author:** ![LunarDynasty](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/discuss.dramatica.com/lunardynasty/32/2515_2.png) [@LunarDynasty](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/LunarDynasty)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2018, 7:16pm UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/that-magic-moment/1471/4 "2018-02-12T19:16:16Z")
George and Mary at the dance in _It’s a Wonderful Life_. Bruce Willis’ and Kim Basinger’s characters in _Blind Date_. Jane Austen’s _Persuasion_ (starring Ciaran Hinds) is about rekindling a failed romance, but there’s tons of unspoken, thick emotion in just their looks. You know what they’re thinking without their saying it. There’s a great mutual moment of this towards the end. ---
**Author:** ![jassnip](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/discuss.dramatica.com/jassnip/32/452_2.png) [@jassnip](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/jassnip)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2018, 8:19pm UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/that-magic-moment/1471/5 "2018-02-12T20:19:48Z")
Well, there’s Romeo and Juliet. And Titanic. And then… [Here’s a few more](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lrb_hlpxM4c) ---
**Author:** ![kf27](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/discuss.dramatica.com/kf27/32/1285_2.png) [@kf27](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/kf27)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2018, 8:38pm UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/that-magic-moment/1471/6 "2018-02-12T20:38:10Z")
Here is a bunch of examples: > **[Love at First Sight - TV Tropes](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LoveAtFirstSight)** > > Love at First Sight. It's a staple of Fairy Tales, love songs, and the Disney Animated Canon. Two characters meet, and fall deeply, madly, passionately in love with each other immediately. This is one of the most common and oldest story … ---
**Author:** ![Prish](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/discuss.dramatica.com/prish/32/33_2.png) [@Prish](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/Prish)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 12:41am UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/that-magic-moment/1471/7 "2018-02-13T00:41:31Z")
1939 Goodbye Mr. Chips Probably, Doctor Zivago Maybe, Marty Robert Taylor’s Waterloo Bridge Tarzan, probably all of them when they first met For now ---
**Author:** ![Audz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/discuss.dramatica.com/audz/32/2061_2.png) [@Audz](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/Audz)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 2:44am UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/that-magic-moment/1471/8 "2018-02-13T02:44:12Z")
Imagine Me & You is pretty much love at first sight-- even says so in the trailer: [![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/uploads/dramatica/original/2X/7/7bcac83980ffce2537969e92c6bb9747aa5e9dac.jpeg "imagine me and you trailer") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98erlm_4GE8) ---
**Author:** ![museful](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/discuss.dramatica.com/museful/32/577_2.png) [@museful](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/museful)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 4:55pm UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/that-magic-moment/1471/9 "2018-02-13T16:55:47Z")
What about _Sleepless in Seattle_? Even before watching that scene again for this post, I recalled when they meet each other as being very convincing (although it is at the end of the movie – it isn’t the first time that they have met – I guess he sees her in the airport.). I just rewatched that scene, and I can see why it stuck in my memory. You could also count the moment that Annie heard Joe him on the radio. For her, it was almost like love at first listen. Interesting that the magic moment for her was at the beginning of the movie based on what she heard and his magic moment was based on what he saw. The difference between men and women, I guess! There are certain actors and movies that remind me why I love acting and why I have a degree in filmmaking and theatre rather than having something “useful” like nursing. Every once in awhile, my acting bug is reawakened. Although I was in that world for 20 years, I don’t know if I ever will return, but seeing great performances always remind me why I dedicated half my life to it. Sidenote: _When Harry Met Sally_ also pops into my head because of the lack of a love at first sight theme. I’m not sure I’ve seen that entire movie from beginning to end, but another Meg Ryan movie where she excels. ---
**Author:** ![Prish](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/discuss.dramatica.com/prish/32/33_2.png) [@Prish](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/Prish)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2018, 5:55am UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/that-magic-moment/1471/10 "2018-02-14T05:55:19Z")
It might be an instantaneous falling in love with a family, which happened to an uncle of mine, who had a very happy marriage until his passing. The family unit (person with kids) might reflect the parent who had and was raising them. I thought of Sleepless for my list, but was on the fence because I was too close to its real life happening…haha. ---
**Author:** ![MWollaeger](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/discuss.dramatica.com/mwollaeger/32/82_2.png) [@MWollaeger](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/MWollaeger)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2018, 4:59pm UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/that-magic-moment/1471/11 "2018-02-14T16:59:07Z")
haha. Thanks everyone. This has been helpful to give me things to think about! ---
**Author:** ![whitepaws](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/discuss.dramatica.com/whitepaws/32/1038_2.png) [@whitepaws](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/whitepaws)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2018, 5:23pm UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/that-magic-moment/1471/12 "2018-02-19T17:23:21Z")
Sorry I’m late in responding. I’ve been busy with other things lately. Somewhere in Time [![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/uploads/dramatica/original/2X/3/3af94017a2826c809e87365190f304393219b238.jpeg "Somewhere In Time") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o36EXzADXWc)