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I have been anticipating this film for quite a while now and it is due for release in the UK in the next few weeks. I do have a slight crush going towards Channing Tatum as well which is another factor in wanting to see this film. I am a big fan of Nicholas Sparks novel’s turned films as they always seem to have a tragic love story in them. Check out an older post I made about Nicholas Sparks novel’s turned into Movies.
Oscar-winning couple of actress Kate Winslet and director Sam Mendes have today announced that they are splitting up and planning on getting a divorce. I was rather shocked by this but thinking back to the Oscars Sam was not with Kate. Are they another couple to fall to the 7 year itch?
I am a big fan of Kate and thought it looked like her and Sam were together for the long haul, the way they spoke about each other when they worked together on Revolutionary Road. They always appeared strong as a couple. But I guess we never know what goes on behind closed doors.
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I wouldn’t usually make blog posts like this one but I am such a fan of Kate and wondering what others thought of this sad news?
If you have not been on my blog before you may not know my deep love for Million Dollar Baby. It is my favorite film EVER. Whilst having a search on my computer I came across pictures grabbed from one of the trailers and decided to make it into a blog post. Mainly because it really did put across the whole point of the film, about Maggie’s dream.
Today’s quote has been very true for myself over the past few months and still at the moment I reckon. It pretty much sums up love in my opinion, as you really cannot actually help it. This is from “Save the Last Dance”.
“You cant help who you love, you’re not supposed to.”
Well my original plan was to have this top 10 done and out on Valentine’s Day mainly because tragic love stories where people don’t end up together seem to be more of a reality than the rom-com’s with the whole cliché of they lived happily ever after the end. I decided to make a long list of possible films which I could have put in my top 10 list.
In the list you will find many different love stories but all a lot shorter than they should have been.
Casablanca, Gone with the Wind, The Bridges of Madison County, Splendor In The Grass, Titanic, Brokeback Mountain, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Romeo & Juliet, City of Angels, Ghost, Love Story, A Walk to Remember, (500) Days of Summer, Phantom of the Opera and The Way We Were.
WARNING: This post contains spoilers!!!
Intertwining couples and singles in Los Angeles break-up and make-up based on the pressures and expectations of Valentine’s Day. Kinda like Love Actually but instead of Christmas and London . . . Valentine’s Day and LA.
Today’s quote is one of my favorites about love or wanting to be with someone. I find it so honest and more real than most we find in the movies.
“I didn’t come back to tell you that I cant live without you, I can live without you. I just don’t want to.”
Today’s quote comes from another guilty pleasure of mine “Hook”.
“Do you know that place between being asleep and awake, that’s where you still remember your dreams? That’s where I’ll always love, that’s where I’ll always wait for you.”
Today’s quote comes from “Riding in Cars with Boys” which I found a difficult watch but some of the events and quotes are still memorable.
“Sometimes we love people so much that we have to actually be numb to it, because if we actually felt how much we loved them . . . it would kill us.”
I love “My Best Friends Wedding” as you may already know I am a massive fan of Julia Roberts aka Jules in my world. Yet it is quite a strange film in terms of the ending really isnt what you would expect from Hollywood but is it more realistic? In my world yes it is. Its heartbreaking at times but thats life isn’t it. I have probably watched this film more times that people can actually imagine. Quite a few months ago I eventually got round to see “Made of Honor” which I had heard was like MBFW but the other way round. I however have to totally disagree with that and this post will end up in a rant that men always win no matter what the situation is.
Made and released more than 10 years apart really shows the direction in which romantic comedies aka rom-coms have come over the years. That direction is down. Don’t get me wrong some have been quite good like “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” and “(500) Days of Summer”. But way exactly have I enjoyed these? They have more realistic moments in them and manage to connect to the audience in different ways. Especially (500) Days of Summer it is so realistic and good how throughout the film it reminds us it is not a love story it is a story about love, and showing how different your expectations are in comparison to what reality is.
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