Isn’t she lovely ? I just added this 2 DVDs to my “Meg Ryan collection”:
As you should notice, at least for some time, I’ve stopped buying scifi/action movies. Guess why 
I know what you’d say after reading this post: it’s easy to copy and paste songs and memorable quotes in a blog. You’re right, I know you’re right (guess the movie :-)). But if reading such quotes makes you laugh or you want to see the movie again then the mission is accomplished. If, on another level, you feel something too then the mission is accomplished twice.
And, after all, on such a day (see the previous post), maybe it’s good to laugh.
Sally: He just met her… She’s supposed to be his transitional person, she’s not supposed to be the ONE. All this time I thought he didn’t want to get married. But, the truth is, he didn’t want to marry me. He didn’t love me.
Harry: If you could take him back now, would you?
Sally: No. But why didn’t he want to marry me? What’s the matter with me?
Harry: Nothing.
Sally: I’m difficult.
Harry: You’re challenging.
Sally: I’m too structured, I’m completely closed off.
Harry: But in a good way.
Sally: No, no, no, I drove him away. AND, I’m gonna be forty.
Harry: When?
Sally: Someday.
Harry: In eight years.
Sally: But it’s there. It’s just sitting there, like some big dead end. And it’s not the same for men. Charlie Chaplin had kids when he was 73.
Harry: Yeah, but he was too old to pick them up.
And, my favourite of all times (beware: doing that could not work in real life, even if you _mean_ it):
Harry: I love that you get cold when it’s 71 degrees out. I love that it takes you an hour and a half to order a sandwich. I love that you get a little crinkle above your nose when you’re looking at me like I’m nuts. I love that after I spend the day with you, I can still smell your perfume on my clothes. And I love that you are the last person I want to talk to before I go to sleep at night. And it’s not because I’m lonely, and it’s not because it’s New Year’s Eve. I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible. [emphasis mine]
Sally Albright: You see? That is just like you, Harry. You say things like that, and you make it impossible for me to hate you. And I hate you, Harry. I really hate you. I hate you.
Italian translation (voice version, differs from subtitle):
Harry: Ti amo quando hai freddo e fuori ci sono 30 gradi. Ti amo quando ci metti un’ora ad ordinare un sandwich. Amo la ruga che ti viene qui quando mi guardi come se fossi pazzo. Mi piace che dopo una giornata passata con te, sento ancora il tuo profumo sui miei golf. E sono felice che tu sia l’ultima persona con cui chiacchiero prima di addormentarmi la sera. E non è perché mi sento solo, e non è perché è la notte di Capodanno. Sono venuto stasera perché quando ti accorgi che vuoi passare il resto della vita con qualcuno, vuoi che il resto della vita cominci il più presto possibile.
Sally: Ecco… tanto sei il solito imbroglione! Dici cose del genere e mi spieghi poi come faccio a odiarti io? .. E invece io ti odio… ti odio sul serio… ti odio.
Of course this is THE Rob Reiner movie, the good one vs. the crappy one I saw a few days ago.
And remember: if possible see the original version and not the dubbed one. The example above should convince you.
Everyone of us has some important days to remember: your birthday, your anniversary, your car insurance fall due date, …
But this day should be common to all mankind since today we are asked to remember what happened in Europe during WWII: the biggest (and unfortunately not the last) genocide in history.
In 2004 and 2005 I visited the Colleville American Cemetery and the landing beaches of Operation Overlord (see the gallery) which we remember as the beginning of the liberation of Europe from Nazi occupation. Today we remeber the Soviet troops opening the gates at Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.
The last trip of 2005 was in Nuremberg (beginning of december) so I visited the places where Hitler rose his crazy army (you can use Google Earth to take a virtual tour).
In 2006 I wished to visit Auschwitz-Birkenau during a trip through Czech Republic and Poland. Currently this trip is delayed with much to my regret. I’ll take the virtual tour.
Some suggested reading/viewing:
So, I’m wandering on my iPod trying to organize music in good playlists and I came around this little diamond, first heard in the Top Gun soundtrack (1987), I suggest to listen it right now, reading the lyrics. Here we go:
You never close your eyes
Anymore when I kiss your lips.
And there’s no tenderness
Like before in your fingertips.
You’re trying hard not to show it, (baby).
But baby, baby I know it…You’ve lost that lovin’ feelin’,
Whoa, that lovin’ feelin’,
You’ve lost that lovin’ feelin’,
Now it’s gone…gone…gone…wooooooh.Now there’s no welcome look
In your eyes when I reach for you.
And now you’re starting to
Criticize little things I do.
It makes me just feel like crying, (baby).
‘Cause baby, something beautiful’s dyin’.
You lost that lovin’ feelin’,
Whoa, that lovin’ feelin’,
You’ve lost that lovin’ feelin’,
Now it’s gone…gone…gone…woooooahBaby, baby, I’d get down on my knees for you.
If you would only love me like you used to do, yeah.
We had a love…a love…a love you don’t find everyday.
So don’t…don’t…don’t…don’t let it slip away.Baby (baby), baby (baby),
I beg of you please (please), please (please)
I need your love (I need your love),
I need your love (I need your love),
So bring it on back (So bring it on back),
Bring it on back (so bring it on back).Bring back that lovin’ feelin’,
Whoa, that lovin’ feelin’
Bring back that lovin’ feelin’,
‘Cause it’s gone…gone…gone,
and I can’t go on,
woh-oh-oh-ohBring back that lovin’ feelin’,
Whoa, that lovin’ feelin’
Bring back that lovin’ feelin’,
‘Cause it’s gone…gone…gone…
And I can’t go on.. wooooahYou’ve lost that loving’ feeling, Righteous Brothers, 1965
Notice the categories: just some feeling that is turning into something else (I shall quote Pink Floyd: On the turning away)… It is just too easy to repeat the same copy & paste for another meaningful song: Unchained melody (featured in Ghost, 1990).
Left as an exercise to the reader. Go see the movie, handkerchief ready.
A bunch of useful links for the upcoming Olympic Games:
Just finished upgrading to WP2.
Appena visto.
Poteva essere un film drammatico accettabile se non fosse che alcuni attori sono delle scarpe e il finale buonista è un po’ troppo esagerato (troppo facile lo scambio di coppie alla fine accettato facilmente da tutti, magari le cose fossero così semplici!).
Tranne Diane Keaton (da rivedere quantomeno nei due “Father of the bride”, devo ancora vedere la saga de “Il Padrino”) direi che gli altri sono un po’ sottotono, forse colpa anche dei dialoghi in italiano (ovviamente perso il riferimento tra “The family stone”, il nome della famiglia che è Stone e la pietra dell’anello protagonista del film).
Sarah Jessica Parker non la sopporto anche se sembrava ben calata nel disagio della fidanzata che non riesce a farsi accettare dalla nuova famiglia… Dermot Mulroney non mi sembra neanche un attore visto che è mono-espressione, già non mi ispirava in The Wedding Date.
Just bought these ones:
I suggest also Jersey Girl, the last masterpiece of Kevin ‘Silent Bob‘ Smith (working on Clerks 2).
due r..e b..n..e
Se qualcuno leggesse, capirebbe.
Here is a quick list of the movies I’d like to see:
Microserfs by Douglas Coupland
Storia del Giappone by Edwin O. Reischauer
