“In my earlier days writing about movies, I wrote a blog post for Valentine’s Day where I rounded up the best movies with no romantic subplots.
“The idea was to push the want for romance aside in favor of something devoid of it, something difficult to do in a time when it felt like all movies and shows had some sort of romance whether it called for it or not.
“A prominent entry was a science fiction action film, one that limited the “love” plots to surrogate parents.
“A film that wouldn’t make that list is this year’s Valentine’s Day subversion film, The Gorge, a science fiction action flick built around a forbidden romance.”
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