It might be because I spend too much time in the realm of fiction (reading novels, watching movies, obsessing over tv), but I’ve been known to spend more than my fair share of time considering the pros and cons of men that don’t actually exist. The good. The bad. What they do right. What they do wrong. Why I can’t actually meet the men that Carrie Bradshaw dated.  And that’s probably partly because it’s easier to figure out the reasoning behind fictional characters than it is to figure out the reasoning of actual men. But that’s another story, for another day.

The point is that I know my fiction. I know my movies. And I know the men in those movies. And that’s why I feel perfectly justified in my list of the top ten most eligible movie men out there…

10. Richie Rich. Granted he’s a little young (Or at least he was back in the day when this film first came out.) but what he lacks in age he makes up for in cash. I mean the boy has a McDonalds in his mansion. If that doesn’t get you on this list, nothing will.

09. Harry Potter. He’s the savior of the wizarding world. Enough said.

08. Zack Mayo.  Of An Officer and a Gentleman. The one with Richard Gere. If you don’t know what I’m talking about go rent this movie right now…But back to the point. He may not be the richest or most prestigious guy on the list, but you’ve got to love a man in uniform, right? Right.

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This is a good one for anyone who’s totally suffered through the stuffy, Britannic eons of fussing and formality in Jane Austen novels, just to get to the juicy parts (ooh, Mr. Darcy): according to British screenwriter Andrew Davies, who is practically single-handedly responsible for the PBS “Masterpiece Theater” genre of television adaptation (i.e. video Cliff’s Notes), Ms. Austen was just as into sex as the rest of us girls.

“Sex,” says Davies, who has adapted, like, every single Jane Austen novel for the silver screen, “is in the air.”

It’s just that in Austen’s time, it was was more about what wasn’t shown, than what was. Read More »