I have a confession:
There is this obsession I have. It's a movie. I could watch this movie every single day for the rest of my life and never grow weary of it. I know this, dear Internet, because I have put this theory to test. Its name was Over Winter Break. See, I have this tendency to not leave my house over breaks. I have no idea why this is. The Cavallaro family can get pretty sassy, so you'd predict it to be the other way around. And while I sit at home, I can watch this movie virtually ON REPEAT.
What is this movie, you ask?
You've Got Mail.
I think it might be one of the ultimate chick flicks. I have thought many times on why this is. And here's what I have gathered thus far:
- Meg Ryan is the ULTIMATE posterwoman for chick flicks. I do not know why this is. It probably has something to do with that she is HOT. And I mean pre-collagen Meg, not post. She is just hot. and empowering. Which is hard to be, simultaneously
- Tom Hanks I think might be the posterman for chick flicks. I know that doesn't really make sense. But also, it does. And did I mention that Tom Hanks is even hotter than Meg Ryan? I might not have a perfect sense of good-looking men, considering my dream man was Vince Vaughn, who has recently broken my heart and got himself engaged (go figure), but MAN, THAT MAN IS FINE.
- there is something about their mundane banter that is fulfilling to a woman's soul.
- THE DRAMATIC IRONY OF IT ALL! You know, dramatic irony, which is when the reader knows something that the characters don't yet. it's like a secret.
- if you aren't moved by that scene where they are theorizing about the 152 in NY152, you're not human.
Enough with this. I have to go watch it again.
3 comments:
i'm glad to know that i'm not the only one to stay at home during breaks. i've never seen you've got mail. maybe i should stop by and watch it with you.
There are at least two of us in this world that love that movie this much. I'm so glad I'm not alone...
ummm mr. 152 insights to my soul.
amen, dear mara. i didn't even know of your love for YGM when i posted my "take it to the mattresses" comment the other day. how's that for dramatic irony?
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