Meg and I drove to Melbourne last Friday (see
"Gloria's Day" for details).
We talked about the "Most Romantic" movies we
had seen. Meg brought up "Serendipity" and I
agreed that I had loved it. Though I felt that
given the size of the country etc. the couple
would most likely never get the book or note
back. Meg said if it was fate they would and
I said if it was me, as Murphy's Law was written
about me, it would not happen. Meg just laughed.
But we could not remember the book so while
stalled in traffic and inching ahead every few
minutes Meg googled it. The book turned out
to be "Love In The Time Of Cholera" by Gabriel
Garcia Marquez. A book I have never heard of.
In the 16 years Cliff and I have been together
and had "The Book Nook" and now "the Nook and
Cranny" there has never been a copy come across
the counter (does that not prove that if I was
looking for a copy to 'find true love' it would
be like looking for a needle in a hay stack.)
So imagine how surprised I was when I went into
Morwell PO and there was copy!!! So of course
I bought it and will read it over the next week
or two. I will also then be able to answer the
other questions that came to me. Was there any
reason why this book was used or was it just a
random choice? Did something happen in the year
the movie was made that made this choice a
natural one?
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Romantic Films According to ME!! (Part 3)
Of course I have not included full reviews of films
that were in the 'Friend Reunited' list, that I also
think are romantic, which were:-
"Dirty Dancing"
"Sleepless in Seattle"
" Gone With The Wind" (which was Fox Classsics on
Saturday 25th August, and I note that
"From Here to Etenrity" will be screened in September)
"Titanic"
"Casablanca"
"Breakfest at Tiffany's"
and
"Ghost."
A ghost features in "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" (1947)
Lucy Muir (Gene Tierney) moves to a rented cottage in
the country to save money after her husband dies.
However the ghost of the former owner Captain Daniel
Gregg (Rex Harrison)does not make it easy for her.
In "Truely, Madly, Deeply" (1990) Nina (Juliet Stovenson)
is on the brink of despair over her boyfriend Jamie's
(Allan Rickman) death. So he comes back to live with her.
Will her idealised memory of him survive his reappearance?
I have written about car accidents, comas and ghosts and
all three feature in "Just Like Heaven" (2005). Elizabeth
Masterson (Reese Witherspoon) is in a car accident. Soon
after David Abbott (Mark Ruffalo) moves into her apartment.
They are both shocked when Elizabeth appears in her/his
apartment. She thinks he is an intruder and he thinks she
is a ghost!
Love from beyond the grave is aslo part of the theme in
"P.S. I Love You" (2007) Holly (Hillary Swank) loses
husband, Gerry (Gerald Butler) to a brain tumour, but soon
after begins to recevive letters from him. They all end
in P.S. I love you.
"Over Her Dead Body" (20080 (also deals with 'love' admittly
a jealous one to begin with.) Kate Spencer (Eva Longoria ) is
killed by an ice sculpture that falls on her on her wedding
day. A year later her fiance Dr. Henry Mills (Paul Rudd)
is talked into seeing a psychic Ashley Clark, ( Lake Bell),
in ordwer to be alble 'to move on' They begin to fall in love
and that is when Kath's ghost really starts to play up.
In dealing with 'moving on' there is "Sweet Home Alabama"
(2002) in which Melaine Smooter (Reese Witherspoon) leaves
her husband (Jake Perry ( Josh Lucas) after a miscarriage.
She goes to New York where she changes her surname to
Charmichael and become a sucessful fashion designer.
She becomes engaged to Mayor's son Andrew Hennings (had to
love that as my maiden name was Henning!!) (Patrick Dempsey)
but she is still married to Jake.
Looking at different futures is the basis of "Sliding Doors"
(
that were in the 'Friend Reunited' list, that I also
think are romantic, which were:-
"Dirty Dancing"
"Sleepless in Seattle"
" Gone With The Wind" (which was Fox Classsics on
Saturday 25th August, and I note that
"From Here to Etenrity" will be screened in September)
"Titanic"
"Casablanca"
"Breakfest at Tiffany's"
and
"Ghost."
A ghost features in "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" (1947)
Lucy Muir (Gene Tierney) moves to a rented cottage in
the country to save money after her husband dies.
However the ghost of the former owner Captain Daniel
Gregg (Rex Harrison)does not make it easy for her.
In "Truely, Madly, Deeply" (1990) Nina (Juliet Stovenson)
is on the brink of despair over her boyfriend Jamie's
(Allan Rickman) death. So he comes back to live with her.
Will her idealised memory of him survive his reappearance?
I have written about car accidents, comas and ghosts and
all three feature in "Just Like Heaven" (2005). Elizabeth
Masterson (Reese Witherspoon) is in a car accident. Soon
after David Abbott (Mark Ruffalo) moves into her apartment.
They are both shocked when Elizabeth appears in her/his
apartment. She thinks he is an intruder and he thinks she
is a ghost!
Love from beyond the grave is aslo part of the theme in
"P.S. I Love You" (2007) Holly (Hillary Swank) loses
husband, Gerry (Gerald Butler) to a brain tumour, but soon
after begins to recevive letters from him. They all end
in P.S. I love you.
"Over Her Dead Body" (20080 (also deals with 'love' admittly
a jealous one to begin with.) Kate Spencer (Eva Longoria ) is
killed by an ice sculpture that falls on her on her wedding
day. A year later her fiance Dr. Henry Mills (Paul Rudd)
is talked into seeing a psychic Ashley Clark, ( Lake Bell),
in ordwer to be alble 'to move on' They begin to fall in love
and that is when Kath's ghost really starts to play up.
In dealing with 'moving on' there is "Sweet Home Alabama"
(2002) in which Melaine Smooter (Reese Witherspoon) leaves
her husband (Jake Perry ( Josh Lucas) after a miscarriage.
She goes to New York where she changes her surname to
Charmichael and become a sucessful fashion designer.
She becomes engaged to Mayor's son Andrew Hennings (had to
love that as my maiden name was Henning!!) (Patrick Dempsey)
but she is still married to Jake.
Looking at different futures is the basis of "Sliding Doors"
(
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Romantic Films According to ME! ! (Part 2)
Now I am not saying these are the 'greatest' romantic
films of all time, nor even the 'most' romantic, just
that I think they are some of the best romantic films
I have seenand enjoyed.
I was writing of accidents that seperated loved ones
so it brings me to "Forever Young" (1992). In early
1939 a car accident puts Helen (Isabel Glasser) in a
coma. The doctor holds little hope of her surviving.
Her boy friend Daniel McCormick does not want to see
her die agrees to be part of his friend's cryonic
freezing experiement, which is to last a year. But
the outbreak of WW11 and a warehouse fire means the
cryonic chamber is forgotten. It is not till 53
years later when two boys accidently reverse the
process that Daniel is revived. he must find out
what happened to Helen.
It is while Peter Callaghan (Peter Gallagher) is in
a coma, that Lucy Moderatz (Sandra Bullock) falls in
love with his brother, in "While You Were Sleeping."
(1995).
A car accident also features in "An Affair To Remember"
(1957)Nickie Ferrante (Cary Grant) meets Terry McKay
(Deborah Kerr) on a curise from Europe to New York.
Although involved with other people thay fall in love.
After docking they agree to seperate, but if they feel
the same way in 6 months they will meet at the top of
the Empire State Buiding. On her way there Terry is
so busy looking up at the Empire State building she
walks in front of a taxi and is crippled. Feeling she
would now be a burden to Nickie she makes no move
to contact him!!!
A taxi is also the cause of John Smith's (Ronald
Colman) accident in "Random Harvest" (1942). Thus he
is seperatded by loss of memory from his wife Paula
(Greer Garson.) Bring plenty of tissues for this one.
"50 First Dates" revolves around the fact that Lucy
Whitmore (Drew Barrymore) suffers from Goldfield
Syndrome, the inability to form new memories. Thus
Henry Roth (Adam Sandler) has to woo each day as of
it was their first time together!
"The Vow" (2012) Paige Collins (Rachel McAdams) and
husband Leo (Channing Tatum) are in a car accident.
Paige loses all memory of her life since just before
she left College. Leo must her fall in love with him
again. The title of the movie comes from part of
their wedding vow.
"The Note Book" (2004) revolves around the fact that
Allie Hamilton (Gena Rowlands) suffes from Alzheimer's.
She is a patient in a nursing home, where another
patient 'Duke' (James Garner) is reading her a love
story from a note book. It is the story of their love
and life together.
Losing one's memory is the theme of "Eternal Sunshine
of the Spotless Mind" (2004). After a hellish argument
Clementine Krucynski (Kate Winslet) has all memory of
her boyfriend Joel Barish (Jim Carey) wiped from her
mind. When he finds this out he under goes the
procedure too! Things become interesting when they
meet again!
Meeting years later after initally meeting is how
"The Way We Were" (1973) starts. Katie Morosky
(Barbra Strisand) and Hubbell Gardiner (Robert Redford)
first met, in 1930, in college. They meet again after
WW11. They marry and move to Hollywood and we follow
the up and down of their relationship.
WW 11 also features in "The Sound of Music" (1965).
Postulant nun Marie (Julie Andrews) is sent to be nanny
to an Austrian officer's Captain Georg Ludwig Von Trapp
children. They marry (remind you of "Who's The Boss"
and "The Nanny") and have to flee with the children,
giving everything up, to save thier lives when Germany
invades Austria.
Giving everything up, is what angel Seth ( Nicolos Cage)
does after falling for Dr. Maggie Rice (Meg Ryan)in
"City of Angels" (1998).
films of all time, nor even the 'most' romantic, just
that I think they are some of the best romantic films
I have seenand enjoyed.
I was writing of accidents that seperated loved ones
so it brings me to "Forever Young" (1992). In early
1939 a car accident puts Helen (Isabel Glasser) in a
coma. The doctor holds little hope of her surviving.
Her boy friend Daniel McCormick does not want to see
her die agrees to be part of his friend's cryonic
freezing experiement, which is to last a year. But
the outbreak of WW11 and a warehouse fire means the
cryonic chamber is forgotten. It is not till 53
years later when two boys accidently reverse the
process that Daniel is revived. he must find out
what happened to Helen.
It is while Peter Callaghan (Peter Gallagher) is in
a coma, that Lucy Moderatz (Sandra Bullock) falls in
love with his brother, in "While You Were Sleeping."
(1995).
A car accident also features in "An Affair To Remember"
(1957)Nickie Ferrante (Cary Grant) meets Terry McKay
(Deborah Kerr) on a curise from Europe to New York.
Although involved with other people thay fall in love.
After docking they agree to seperate, but if they feel
the same way in 6 months they will meet at the top of
the Empire State Buiding. On her way there Terry is
so busy looking up at the Empire State building she
walks in front of a taxi and is crippled. Feeling she
would now be a burden to Nickie she makes no move
to contact him!!!
A taxi is also the cause of John Smith's (Ronald
Colman) accident in "Random Harvest" (1942). Thus he
is seperatded by loss of memory from his wife Paula
(Greer Garson.) Bring plenty of tissues for this one.
"50 First Dates" revolves around the fact that Lucy
Whitmore (Drew Barrymore) suffers from Goldfield
Syndrome, the inability to form new memories. Thus
Henry Roth (Adam Sandler) has to woo each day as of
it was their first time together!
"The Vow" (2012) Paige Collins (Rachel McAdams) and
husband Leo (Channing Tatum) are in a car accident.
Paige loses all memory of her life since just before
she left College. Leo must her fall in love with him
again. The title of the movie comes from part of
their wedding vow.
"The Note Book" (2004) revolves around the fact that
Allie Hamilton (Gena Rowlands) suffes from Alzheimer's.
She is a patient in a nursing home, where another
patient 'Duke' (James Garner) is reading her a love
story from a note book. It is the story of their love
and life together.
Losing one's memory is the theme of "Eternal Sunshine
of the Spotless Mind" (2004). After a hellish argument
Clementine Krucynski (Kate Winslet) has all memory of
her boyfriend Joel Barish (Jim Carey) wiped from her
mind. When he finds this out he under goes the
procedure too! Things become interesting when they
meet again!
Meeting years later after initally meeting is how
"The Way We Were" (1973) starts. Katie Morosky
(Barbra Strisand) and Hubbell Gardiner (Robert Redford)
first met, in 1930, in college. They meet again after
WW11. They marry and move to Hollywood and we follow
the up and down of their relationship.
WW 11 also features in "The Sound of Music" (1965).
Postulant nun Marie (Julie Andrews) is sent to be nanny
to an Austrian officer's Captain Georg Ludwig Von Trapp
children. They marry (remind you of "Who's The Boss"
and "The Nanny") and have to flee with the children,
giving everything up, to save thier lives when Germany
invades Austria.
Giving everything up, is what angel Seth ( Nicolos Cage)
does after falling for Dr. Maggie Rice (Meg Ryan)in
"City of Angels" (1998).
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Romantic Films According to ME!! (Part 1)
In no order:-
"Somewhere In Time" (1980) In 1972 a play writer
Richard Collier (Christoper Reeve) becomes
fasinated by a photo of a turn of the century
stage actress Elise McKenna (Jane Seymour).
A half century seperates them yet they still
manage to fall in love. It's a tear jerker
ladies!
"Kath and Leopold" (2001) This film follows
the theme of time seperating people. It opens
in 1876 with Leopold Mountbatten (Hugh Jackman)
following Stuart Besser (Liev Schreiber) only to
fall with him through a portal on the Brooklyn
Bridge and end up in the 21 century. He meets
Kath McKay (Meg Ryan) and of course they fall
in love. But when will they live???
Following the theme of time seperating people
we have "The Lake House." (2006) Kath Forster
(Sandra Bullock) is living from 2006 to 2008,
and falls in love with Alex Wyler, although he
is living 2 years behind her, from 2004 to 2006.
A 'magic' mail box is their conduit.
Talking of mail bringing people together we have
"You've Got Mail" (1998). Two (book shop) business
rivals Kathleen Kelly (Meg Ryan) and Joe Fox (Tom
Hanks) met through their e mail and fall in love,
(even though they have other partners at the time.)
Bookshop romances also gives us "Nottinghill"
(1999) William Thacker (Hugh Grant) owns a travel
bookshop and who walks in one day, to buy a book,
but an American movie star, Anna Scott (Julia
Roberts). They fall in love in a topsy turvey
courtship.
Talking of topsy turvey courtships who could forget
"Four Weddings and a Funeral" (1994) told through
the eyes of the main character Charles (Hugh Grant)
who falls for American, Carrie (Andie MacDowell).
We follow a group of English friends as they find
and lose love. Who can forget the eulegy scene?
Bring the tissues ladies!!
Writing of following a group there is "Love Actually"
(2003) A film set in London, which begins 5 weeks
before Christmas as we follow 10 individuals whose
love stories intertwine.
Another group effort, this time from America is
"Valentines's Day" (2010) again individual love
stories where the people's stories intertwine.
Just love the part where the private car driver
asks the solider, home on leave (Julia Roberts)
has she ever shoped on the drive before and she
replies "Yes, once, big mistake - huge."
Which brings us to "Pretty Woman" (1990) A rich
business man Edward Lewis (Richard Gere) hires a
prostitute Vivian Ward (Julia Roberts) to entertain
him for a week. Of course they fall in love.
On the subject of prostitutes falling in love there
is "The Owl and the Pussycat" (1970) (I admit not
one of the greatest, but I love its' quirkiness.)
Felix (George Segal) is a 'writer' and rats out
Doris (Barbra Streisand) a prostitute to the land
lord because her noise keeps him from working.
Having no place to go she camps out in his flat.
Guess what happens?? Henry Buck (remember from
"The Graduate" also has a cameo in this film. A
little aside Henry Buck was the story Editor for
"Get Smart" T.V. series.)
Speaking of quirky "There's Something About Mary"
(1998) Ted (Ben Stiller) loves his high school
friend Mary (Cameron Diaz.) They are about to go
to the prom, when a zipper accident incapicitates
Ted. 13 years later he hires a detective to find
her as he still loves her.
"Somewhere In Time" (1980) In 1972 a play writer
Richard Collier (Christoper Reeve) becomes
fasinated by a photo of a turn of the century
stage actress Elise McKenna (Jane Seymour).
A half century seperates them yet they still
manage to fall in love. It's a tear jerker
ladies!
"Kath and Leopold" (2001) This film follows
the theme of time seperating people. It opens
in 1876 with Leopold Mountbatten (Hugh Jackman)
following Stuart Besser (Liev Schreiber) only to
fall with him through a portal on the Brooklyn
Bridge and end up in the 21 century. He meets
Kath McKay (Meg Ryan) and of course they fall
in love. But when will they live???
Following the theme of time seperating people
we have "The Lake House." (2006) Kath Forster
(Sandra Bullock) is living from 2006 to 2008,
and falls in love with Alex Wyler, although he
is living 2 years behind her, from 2004 to 2006.
A 'magic' mail box is their conduit.
Talking of mail bringing people together we have
"You've Got Mail" (1998). Two (book shop) business
rivals Kathleen Kelly (Meg Ryan) and Joe Fox (Tom
Hanks) met through their e mail and fall in love,
(even though they have other partners at the time.)
Bookshop romances also gives us "Nottinghill"
(1999) William Thacker (Hugh Grant) owns a travel
bookshop and who walks in one day, to buy a book,
but an American movie star, Anna Scott (Julia
Roberts). They fall in love in a topsy turvey
courtship.
Talking of topsy turvey courtships who could forget
"Four Weddings and a Funeral" (1994) told through
the eyes of the main character Charles (Hugh Grant)
who falls for American, Carrie (Andie MacDowell).
We follow a group of English friends as they find
and lose love. Who can forget the eulegy scene?
Bring the tissues ladies!!
Writing of following a group there is "Love Actually"
(2003) A film set in London, which begins 5 weeks
before Christmas as we follow 10 individuals whose
love stories intertwine.
Another group effort, this time from America is
"Valentines's Day" (2010) again individual love
stories where the people's stories intertwine.
Just love the part where the private car driver
asks the solider, home on leave (Julia Roberts)
has she ever shoped on the drive before and she
replies "Yes, once, big mistake - huge."
Which brings us to "Pretty Woman" (1990) A rich
business man Edward Lewis (Richard Gere) hires a
prostitute Vivian Ward (Julia Roberts) to entertain
him for a week. Of course they fall in love.
On the subject of prostitutes falling in love there
is "The Owl and the Pussycat" (1970) (I admit not
one of the greatest, but I love its' quirkiness.)
Felix (George Segal) is a 'writer' and rats out
Doris (Barbra Streisand) a prostitute to the land
lord because her noise keeps him from working.
Having no place to go she camps out in his flat.
Guess what happens?? Henry Buck (remember from
"The Graduate" also has a cameo in this film. A
little aside Henry Buck was the story Editor for
"Get Smart" T.V. series.)
Speaking of quirky "There's Something About Mary"
(1998) Ted (Ben Stiller) loves his high school
friend Mary (Cameron Diaz.) They are about to go
to the prom, when a zipper accident incapicitates
Ted. 13 years later he hires a detective to find
her as he still loves her.
Friday, August 17, 2012
Most Romantic Films of All Time (1811 - 2011)
I found this item on the UK & Co Friends Reunited Web Site.
Firstly I don't think films were around much till the
beginning of the 20th Centuary. I believe it was suppose
pto be 1911 to 2011!
These are the films listed in random order.
"10 Things I Hate About You" I enjoyed this film a nice one
about teen romance. Not one of the "Most Romantic" though.
"Lady and the Tramp" I have never seen this cartoon but I feel
it should have a section on its own like the Most Romantic
Cartoon Films. Then you would have "Snow White and the Seven
Dwarfs" "The Corpse Bride" and "Who Killed Roger Rabbit" (though
that is a mixture of both mediums.)
"An Officer And A Gentleman" It is a while since I have seen
this but I did not think of it as a romatic film.
"Ghost" A beautiful story of lost love.
And of cause another Patric Swayze film "Dirty Dancing" when
crushes and love come to teens!!!
"When Harry Met Sally" loved Meg Ryan fake Big O scene!! but
it was nothing compared to her in "Sleepless in Seattle."
"Titanic" that hand on the fogged up window BRILLANT, we did not
have to be shown naked bodies to know what was happening!!!!
"Gone With The Wind" when love is crossed!! a beauty.
Star crossed lovers in "Romeo and Juliet" classic Shakespeare.
In the same theme "Casablanca" I saw this for the first time
only last year though I had seen bits and pieces over the years.
I loved it.
I guess you could put "The Graduate" into the star crossed
lovers but it was Benjamin Braddock being seduced by Mrs. Robinson
(Anne Babcroft, who was a cougar before it became popular!!) when
he could have said no, that caused the problems, when he fell for
her daughter Elaine (Katharine Ross) rather than outside forces.
I have always thought of this picture as more of a coming of age
film than a romance. It is classified by the American film board
as a "coming of age/comedy drama". Buck Henry has a cameo in this
film.
"The Apartment" and "From Here to Eternity" can be loosely classed
together as they both deal with falling for a married person.
Though in "The Apartment" it is the female character (Shirley
Maclaine) who falls for a married man, (Fred Mac Murray) (funny to
see him in a baddie type role as I was so used to seeing him in
"My Three Sons" when I was growing up.) She comes to see her mistake
when the male character (Jack Lemmon) takes her under his wing (he
has secretly been in love with her for awhile.) Though I would hardly
classify it as one of the "Most Romantic" films I have seen. I have
only seen bits and pieces of "From Here to Eternity" (that beach
scene has a lot to answer for as I found sand gets into EVERYTHING!!!).
"The Princess Bride" I remember the farm worker saying "As you wish"
when ordered to perform tasks around the farm but whether I was
interupped or just decided not to watch the rest I can't remember but
I can't remember any more of this film (must not have been that great!)
"Moulin Rouge" I remember this as being so bad I turned it off after
about an hour of torture.
Films about prostitutes falling in love. "Breakfest at Tiffany's" which
I liked and "True Romance" which I did not.
This time both parties are married in "Brief Encounter" a doctor and a
bored suburban housewife. A 1945 British film which I though was O.K.
but not great. Certainly not a "Most Romantic" film.
"Pretty in Pink" another light hearted teen romance, I liked Molly
Ringwald in this. Again should not be in "Most Romantic."
I have never seen "City Lights" with Charlie Chaplin as a tramp (of
course) who falls fo a blind flower girl (Virginia Cherill).
"Romancing Mr. Bridgerton" was released July 2011 and I have not seen
it yet (nor read the books it was based on.)
"Bridget Jones' Diary" now come on "Most Romantic"??? it was a fun
film but that is all.
"Groundhog Day" okay it has a romance it it but "Most Romantic"??
"Juno" was not even a romance. Neither was "Harold and Maude" (classed
as a dark comedy.)
Give me your thoughts on "The Most Romantic' I'll put mine up tomorrow.
Firstly I don't think films were around much till the
beginning of the 20th Centuary. I believe it was suppose
pto be 1911 to 2011!
These are the films listed in random order.
"10 Things I Hate About You" I enjoyed this film a nice one
about teen romance. Not one of the "Most Romantic" though.
"Lady and the Tramp" I have never seen this cartoon but I feel
it should have a section on its own like the Most Romantic
Cartoon Films. Then you would have "Snow White and the Seven
Dwarfs" "The Corpse Bride" and "Who Killed Roger Rabbit" (though
that is a mixture of both mediums.)
"An Officer And A Gentleman" It is a while since I have seen
this but I did not think of it as a romatic film.
"Ghost" A beautiful story of lost love.
And of cause another Patric Swayze film "Dirty Dancing" when
crushes and love come to teens!!!
"When Harry Met Sally" loved Meg Ryan fake Big O scene!! but
it was nothing compared to her in "Sleepless in Seattle."
"Titanic" that hand on the fogged up window BRILLANT, we did not
have to be shown naked bodies to know what was happening!!!!
"Gone With The Wind" when love is crossed!! a beauty.
Star crossed lovers in "Romeo and Juliet" classic Shakespeare.
In the same theme "Casablanca" I saw this for the first time
only last year though I had seen bits and pieces over the years.
I loved it.
I guess you could put "The Graduate" into the star crossed
lovers but it was Benjamin Braddock being seduced by Mrs. Robinson
(Anne Babcroft, who was a cougar before it became popular!!) when
he could have said no, that caused the problems, when he fell for
her daughter Elaine (Katharine Ross) rather than outside forces.
I have always thought of this picture as more of a coming of age
film than a romance. It is classified by the American film board
as a "coming of age/comedy drama". Buck Henry has a cameo in this
film.
"The Apartment" and "From Here to Eternity" can be loosely classed
together as they both deal with falling for a married person.
Though in "The Apartment" it is the female character (Shirley
Maclaine) who falls for a married man, (Fred Mac Murray) (funny to
see him in a baddie type role as I was so used to seeing him in
"My Three Sons" when I was growing up.) She comes to see her mistake
when the male character (Jack Lemmon) takes her under his wing (he
has secretly been in love with her for awhile.) Though I would hardly
classify it as one of the "Most Romantic" films I have seen. I have
only seen bits and pieces of "From Here to Eternity" (that beach
scene has a lot to answer for as I found sand gets into EVERYTHING!!!).
"The Princess Bride" I remember the farm worker saying "As you wish"
when ordered to perform tasks around the farm but whether I was
interupped or just decided not to watch the rest I can't remember but
I can't remember any more of this film (must not have been that great!)
"Moulin Rouge" I remember this as being so bad I turned it off after
about an hour of torture.
Films about prostitutes falling in love. "Breakfest at Tiffany's" which
I liked and "True Romance" which I did not.
This time both parties are married in "Brief Encounter" a doctor and a
bored suburban housewife. A 1945 British film which I though was O.K.
but not great. Certainly not a "Most Romantic" film.
"Pretty in Pink" another light hearted teen romance, I liked Molly
Ringwald in this. Again should not be in "Most Romantic."
I have never seen "City Lights" with Charlie Chaplin as a tramp (of
course) who falls fo a blind flower girl (Virginia Cherill).
"Romancing Mr. Bridgerton" was released July 2011 and I have not seen
it yet (nor read the books it was based on.)
"Bridget Jones' Diary" now come on "Most Romantic"??? it was a fun
film but that is all.
"Groundhog Day" okay it has a romance it it but "Most Romantic"??
"Juno" was not even a romance. Neither was "Harold and Maude" (classed
as a dark comedy.)
Give me your thoughts on "The Most Romantic' I'll put mine up tomorrow.
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Grimm Brothers
Yesterday I was writing about "Once Upon a Time" and
said that most of the charcaters were based on the
Grimm Brothers (Jacob and Wilhelm) tales. These were
never considered suitable for children!!!
The first volumne contained 86 stories and was
published in 1812. The second volumne had 70 stories
and came out in 1814.
The books were reprinted in 1822 and had 170 stories.
The 7th edition was printed in 1857 and contained
211 stories.
There is another T.V. show called "Grimm" it strarted
on 28th Oct 2011 on American T.V. on NBC and can be
seen here on Fox 8 Wednesday night at 8.30 p.m. from
January 4th 2012.
"Grimm" ia a police procedual drama were many of the
characters have been inspired by Grimms' Fairy Tales.
Of course like "Once Upon A Time' some artistic license
has been used.
said that most of the charcaters were based on the
Grimm Brothers (Jacob and Wilhelm) tales. These were
never considered suitable for children!!!
The first volumne contained 86 stories and was
published in 1812. The second volumne had 70 stories
and came out in 1814.
The books were reprinted in 1822 and had 170 stories.
The 7th edition was printed in 1857 and contained
211 stories.
There is another T.V. show called "Grimm" it strarted
on 28th Oct 2011 on American T.V. on NBC and can be
seen here on Fox 8 Wednesday night at 8.30 p.m. from
January 4th 2012.
"Grimm" ia a police procedual drama were many of the
characters have been inspired by Grimms' Fairy Tales.
Of course like "Once Upon A Time' some artistic license
has been used.
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
"Once Upon a Time...."
Both Meg and I are following this. Even Mick
has got involved. However Meg and I do have
some questions.
Firstly Paige who is the Mad Hatter's daughter
Grace has not aged a day in 28 years. Surely
her teachers would have noticed this same girl
in the class room after 28 years!!!
All the other characters have not aged either.
Is everyone in the town from Fairyland and do
they keep- living the same year over and over??
Or are there people from our reality there??
Besides Emma and Henry.
Why does Henry believe the stories from the
"Once upon a Time..." Book? Is it because he has
noticed that he is the only one in town growing
older???
Most of the first stories were from the Grimm
Brothers tales. A collection of oral stories
they collected from all over Europe. They found
with these tales that often there was a similiar
tale from many countries so they took the best
elements from each and created a story from them.
So people said "That is like our tale of..."
Then came Jiminy Cricket, a Walt Disney character,
from the 1940 film "Pinocchio."
Now we have Lewis Carroll's Mad Hatter from "Alice
in Wonderland."
Both Meg and I have said we are happy that Belle
has been returned to Rumplestiltskin as we do not
believe he is all bad but as the saying goes
"absolute power corrupts absolutley" and it seems
that the lost thing he is seeking from the well
is not his son Bey but magic, as it has power!!
We wonder what he did to the spell so that though
everyone seems to have regained their memories
they have not returned to fairyland.
But the big question Meg said was is Pinocchio a
man again or his he still wood???
has got involved. However Meg and I do have
some questions.
Firstly Paige who is the Mad Hatter's daughter
Grace has not aged a day in 28 years. Surely
her teachers would have noticed this same girl
in the class room after 28 years!!!
All the other characters have not aged either.
Is everyone in the town from Fairyland and do
they keep- living the same year over and over??
Or are there people from our reality there??
Besides Emma and Henry.
Why does Henry believe the stories from the
"Once upon a Time..." Book? Is it because he has
noticed that he is the only one in town growing
older???
Most of the first stories were from the Grimm
Brothers tales. A collection of oral stories
they collected from all over Europe. They found
with these tales that often there was a similiar
tale from many countries so they took the best
elements from each and created a story from them.
So people said "That is like our tale of..."
Then came Jiminy Cricket, a Walt Disney character,
from the 1940 film "Pinocchio."
Now we have Lewis Carroll's Mad Hatter from "Alice
in Wonderland."
Both Meg and I have said we are happy that Belle
has been returned to Rumplestiltskin as we do not
believe he is all bad but as the saying goes
"absolute power corrupts absolutley" and it seems
that the lost thing he is seeking from the well
is not his son Bey but magic, as it has power!!
We wonder what he did to the spell so that though
everyone seems to have regained their memories
they have not returned to fairyland.
But the big question Meg said was is Pinocchio a
man again or his he still wood???
Saturday, August 4, 2012
BFI Results
The British film institute has voted on the sight
and sound poll which is taken every ten years.
This involved 800 film critics and experts.
The results for the top ten films are as follows:
1. Vertigo (1958) ( I have seen this and though it
was OK, but it would not be in
my top 10.)
2. Citizen Kane (1941)( which has held top position
since voting began in 1952!!!)
(I have never seen this film but
I do know that Rosebud came
from this film.)
3. Tokyo Story (1953) (Never heard of this)
4. La Regle Du Jeu (Rules of the Game) (19390 (Never
heard of this.)
5. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans. (1929)(Never heard
of this.)
6. 2001: A Space Odyssey. (1968) (Saw this couln't
understand it and no way would it
be in my top 10 films.)
7. The Searchers.(1956) (With John Wayne considered to
be the greatest western ever.)I
don't like westerns so wouldn't
watch this! I have never heard of
it nor would I include it in my
list.)
8. Man With A Movie Camera. (1929) ( A B&W silent film
about daily life in Russia. (All
I can say about this choice is just
how relevent would this be TODAY??)
(Never heard of it and wouldn't
watch it if I did know about it.
Nor include it in my list)
9. The Passion of Joan of Arc. (1928) (A B&W silent
film about the trial of this French
heroine.) Once again how good is
this film in today's tech age??)
(Once again wouldn't watch this.)
10. 8.1/2 (1963) (A B&W film about a blocked fim maker.)
(Have heard of this film and never
wanted to see it then and I still
don't. Wouldn't be in my picks.)
and sound poll which is taken every ten years.
This involved 800 film critics and experts.
The results for the top ten films are as follows:
1. Vertigo (1958) ( I have seen this and though it
was OK, but it would not be in
my top 10.)
2. Citizen Kane (1941)( which has held top position
since voting began in 1952!!!)
(I have never seen this film but
I do know that Rosebud came
from this film.)
3. Tokyo Story (1953) (Never heard of this)
4. La Regle Du Jeu (Rules of the Game) (19390 (Never
heard of this.)
5. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans. (1929)(Never heard
of this.)
6. 2001: A Space Odyssey. (1968) (Saw this couln't
understand it and no way would it
be in my top 10 films.)
7. The Searchers.(1956) (With John Wayne considered to
be the greatest western ever.)I
don't like westerns so wouldn't
watch this! I have never heard of
it nor would I include it in my
list.)
8. Man With A Movie Camera. (1929) ( A B&W silent film
about daily life in Russia. (All
I can say about this choice is just
how relevent would this be TODAY??)
(Never heard of it and wouldn't
watch it if I did know about it.
Nor include it in my list)
9. The Passion of Joan of Arc. (1928) (A B&W silent
film about the trial of this French
heroine.) Once again how good is
this film in today's tech age??)
(Once again wouldn't watch this.)
10. 8.1/2 (1963) (A B&W film about a blocked fim maker.)
(Have heard of this film and never
wanted to see it then and I still
don't. Wouldn't be in my picks.)
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