like The Holiday

Katrine 2022-04-19 09:01:34

I just watched the movie The Holiday at this holiday season and I can't wait to say how much I love it! It's the most fun, sweet, loving movie I've seen in recent years. The two leading actresses are great. Cameron Diaz who plays Amenda is so cute and attractive that she even didn't know that she was; Kate Winslet who plays Iris is so charming and terrific that I totally can't put together her and how she was before being a 180 pound fatty woman at the Titanic time. They were both good in the movie with fantastic ability of reading the lines. It's a movie about getting away from the miserable current life, going to a completely new place, meeting new people, experiencing new lives, and bumping into new love unexpectedly...

It got me into thinking that maybe it's always a good way to know yourself better when you are away from the place you've been living in; maybe doing something you don't think you will do can finally do you good; maybe it's not one's weakness but human nature that people, as the old saying goes, would never treasure what they've already had until they've lost it; maybe even if you don't find love, love will find you; maybe love just starts as simply as the moment you see this person and you feel your heart pounding, the indescribable strike deep inside, without saying a word to each other; and maybe what you've been believing that you won't be able to do right in relationships is just because you haven't found the right one to do with...I guess the critics would comment it as an ordinary chick flick with cliche plots and lines, but I don't care. A movie that got me immersed for two hours and made me laugh and happily cry is worthy of any credits, even if just from me.

Well, just watch it, if you have time.

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  • Michelle 2022-03-22 09:01:27

    Handsome men and beautiful women, tossing and turning, abandoning, exulting, etc...

  • Josie 2022-03-23 09:01:32

    Jude Law is so cute and handsome, but also makes people not live

The Holiday quotes

  • Amanda: Okay, let's say we just make this happen. We each commit to flying back and forth as much as we can.

    Graham: Yes! It's doable, definitely.

    Amanda: And then let's say in 6 months we hit a wall. Like I can't constantly be away from work or the girls can't deal with you leaving so often. Then we start to feel the tension, we know this isn't going to work, so we start fighting because we don't know what else to do. And after a long, tearful- at your end...

    Graham: I like it

    [sarcastically]

    Graham: .

    Amanda: -phone call we say goodbye. And that'll be it, for real. It's not like we're ever going to bump into each other. And then what's left? Two miserable people feeling totally mashed up it hurts. Or...

    Graham: Thank you.

    Amanda: Or maybe we should just realize that what we've had these past few weeks has been perfect. And maybe it won't get any better than this. And maybe we're trying to figure this thing out because it makes us feel so good to feel this way, and maybe the fact that I'm leaving in 8 hours makes this far more exciting than it might actually be.

    Graham: You're seriously the most depressing girl I have ever met.

  • Graham: I have another scenario for you.

    Amanda: Good.

    Graham: I am in love with you. I apologize for the blunt delivery, but as problematic as this fact may be, I am in love. With you. And I'm not feeling this because you're leaving, and not because it feels good to feel this way- which by the way, it does, or did before you went off like that. I can't figure out the mathematics of this, I just know I love you. Can't believe how many times I'm saying it. I never thought I'd feel this way again, so that's pretty phenomenal. But I realize I come with a package deal- 3 for the price of 1. And my package perhaps in the light of day isn't all that wonderful, but I finally know what I want, and that in itself is a miracle. And what I want is you.

    Amanda: I wasn't expecting 'I Love You'. Can you not look at me like that? I'm trying to find the right thing to say.

    Graham: I think if the obvious response doesn't immediately come to you, uh, we can just, we should just talk about something else. Like possibly what a complete ass I am. I do recall you promising me you wouldn't fall in love with me. Must pay better attention.

    Amanda: I've never met a guy who talks as much as me. But just for now, be quiet.