Yet More Movies
November 30, 2008 – 7:11 pmI think I’m nearing the end of this movie marathon thing. After all, school begins tomorrow.
After yesterday’s politics and mysteries, today’s theme was apparently romance. Hardly my type, but one’s got to broaden one’s horizon.
It Happened One Night
Cute romantic comedy, another movie directed by Frank Capra, starring Clark Gable. It’s about a rich, spoilt girl who runs away from home and on the way to New York, meets a reporter. So they travel together and of course, fall in love. And along the way, there are many hilarious incidents, from the famous hitchhiking scene to the fighting couple act. Great movie, all in all. Although I wished I was watching with someone, because it’s kind of dull having to watch it on your own.
The Notebook
I can’t believe I actually watched this thing. Anyway (MAJOR spoilers ahead, don’t read if you’re going to watch the movie, because I’m giving away the ending), the movie was slightly redeemed by the whole old people thing. As in the old Allie had Alzheimer’s (that reminded me of ‘Away From Her’, which is just two posts below this), and old Noah still loved her. And read the Notebook, which was the story of their romance, to her to make her remember (There! I’ve spilled everything now! You don’t have to watch the movie anymore). Other than that, it would have been yet another ‘girl-falls-in-love-with-guy-but-break-up-and-meets-another-guy-and-gets-engaged-except-meets-first-guy-so-dumps-poor-fiance’. Well, yeah, so most of the movie was like that, actually, and I don’t know why I always feel sorry for the second person who is bound to get dumped. Maybe that’s why I quite liked Tuck Everlasting (more major spoilers ahead), because the girl didn’t wait for her first love and got married anyway. One thing: Noah actually had a beard when the scene shown in the poster occurred in the movie. Just a little nitpicking.