Favorites: The Holiday

“I've found almost everything ever written about love to be true. Shakespeare said "Journeys end in lovers meeting." What an extraordinary thought. Personally, I have not experienced anything remotely close to that, but I am more than willing to believe Shakespeare had. I suppose I think about love more than anyone really should. I am constantly amazed by its sheer power to alter and define our lives. It was Shakespeare who also said "love is blind". Now that is something I know to be true. For some quite inexplicably, love fades; for others love is simply lost. But then of course love can also be found, even if just for the night. And then, there's another kind of love: the cruelest kind. The one that almost kills its victims. Its called unrequited love. Of that I am an expert. Most love stories are about people who fall in love with each other. But what about the rest of us? What about our stories, those of us who fall in love alone? We are the victims of the one sided affair. We are the cursed of the loved ones. We are the unloved ones, the walking wounded. The handicapped without the advantage of a great parking space! Yes, you are looking at one such individual. And I have willingly loved that man for over three miserable years! The absolute worst years of my life! The worst Christmas', the worst Birthday's, New Years Eve's brought in by tears and valium. These years that I have been in love have been the darkest days of my life. All because I've been cursed by being in love with a man who does not and will not love me back. Oh god, just the sight of him! Heart pounding! Throat thickening! Absolutely can't swallow! All the usual symptoms.”

-Iris

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Favorites: Waiting For Forever

'Some day you will find me
I haven't gone too far
I miss the way we were back then
How we laughed
I can feel you in my heart
There's a world in your eyes
I can see it getting brighter
All the hours that we turned into days
We were young seemed like life would go on last forever
All I had was you by my side
Some day you will answer
Remember how we were
When all our hopes and dreams
Floated in the air I feel it in my heart
I can feel you in my heart
That's the way that it was in the past you remember
When we ran through the wind and the rain
We were young seemed like life would go on last forever
Now everything has changed'

Worlds Apart by The Mostar Diving Club

Damn, I cried during the movie played.

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From Ashton Kutcher in 'No Strings Attached'

Source: soulfulcaptivity @tumblr

I was shooting a scene in my new film, No Strings Attached, in which I say to Natalie Portman,

“If you miss me, you can’t text, you can’t email, you can’t post it on my Facebook wall. If you really miss me, you come and see me.”

I began to think of all of the billions of intimate exchanges sent daily via fingers and screens, bouncing between satellites and servers. With all this texting, emailing, and social networking, I started wondering, are we all becoming so in touch with one another that we are in danger of losing touch?

It used to be that boy met girl and they exchanged phone numbers. Anticipation built. They imagined the entire relationship before a call ever happened. The phone rang. Hearts pounded. “Hello?” Followed by a conversation that lasted two hours, but felt like two minutes and would be examined with friends for two weeks. If all went well, a date was arranged. That was then.

Now we exchange numbers, but text instead of call because it mitigates the risks of early failure and eliminates those deafening moments of silence. Now anticipation builds. Bdoop. “It was NICE meeting u.” Both sides overanalyze every word. We talk to a friend, an impromptu Cyrano: “He wrote nice in all caps. What does that mean? What do I write back?” Then we write a response and delete it 10 times before sending a message that will appear to care, but not too much. If all goes well, a date will be arranged.

Whether you like it or not, the digital age has produced a new format for modern romance, and natural selection may be favoring the quick-thumbed quip peddler over the confident, ice-breaking alpha male. Or maybe we are hiding behind the cloak of digital text and spell-check to present superior versions of ourselves while using these less intimate forms of communication to accelerate the courting process. So what’s it really good for?

There is some argument about who actually invented text messaging, but I think it’s safe to say it was a man. Multiple studies have shown that the average man uses about half as many words per day as women, thus text messaging. It eliminates hellos and goodbyes and cuts right to the chase. Now, if that’s not male behavior, I don’t know what is. It’s also great for passing notes. There is something fun about sharing secrets with your date while in the company of others. Think of texting as a modern whisper in your lover’s car.

Sending sweet nothings on Twitter or Facebook is also fun. In some ways, it’s no different than sending flowers to the office: you are declaring your love for everyone to see. Who doesn’t like to be publicly adored? Just remember that what you post is out there and there’s some stuff you can’t un-see. But the reality is that we communicate with every part of our being, and there are times when we must use it all. When someone needs us, he or she needs all of us. There’s no text that can replace a loving touch when someone we love is hurting.

We haven’t lost romance in the digital age, but we may be neglecting it. In doing so, antiquated art forms are taking on new importance. The power of a hand-written letter is greater than ever. It’s personal, deliberate, and means more than an email or text ever will. It has a unique scent. It requires deciphering. But, most importantly, it’s flawed. There are errors in handwriting, punctuation, grammar, and spelling that show our vulnerability. And vulnerability is the essence of romance. It’s the art of being uncalculated, the willingness to look foolish, the courage to say,

“This is me, and I’m interested in you enough to show you my flaws with the hope that you may embrace me for all that I am but, more importantly, all that I am not.”

- Ashton Kutcher -

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Favorites: 4 Movies I Have To Watch This May

Well, I’m a movie freak. I love the one with love, fight, and thoughtful plot involved in it. Love, such never let me go, beauty and the briefcase, a crazy little thing called love, or something like the tourist and inception. Inception is not about love but worththinking, I mean, people need their genius brain to watch this movie. From all good movies that I've found in some sites of movie, here’s the list of movie that I have to watch this May (take a look, maybe there's your fave too):

1.      No Strings Attached

It has been played since about several months ago (I know that so) but I didn't have any spare time to go to the cinema and watch this movie and anyway, I think the cinema on this city didn't have NSA on their screen to play. 

No Strings Attached movie poster

Well, it’s about Adam and Emma, they're friends and hardly tryna to keep their friendship away from something more physical. But as time goes by, they know that this relationship needs something more than just what friends “do”. 

Adam and Emma

Adam and Emma

And after all the things that happen between ‘em, the have to face one rhetorical question: “Can you just have sex, without love gettin in the way?”

Some say the movie friends with benefits have a very same plot with NSA,

Friends with Benefits - No Strings Attached

but yeah I prefer this one (read: NSA) cause, for godsakes this one has Ashton Kutcher on it! Lol~

2.      Something Borrowed

One night I go online and accidentally found this movie synopsis in a site I forgot the address. It’s kinda touching and romantic and I think, worthwatching.

Something Borrowed movie poster

“It’s a thin line between love and friendship”

Back to the old thing: Love and Friendship and the conflict between ‘em. I haven’t see the trailer so I don’t know exactly what movie said so. So I brought the synopsis from a great site, called: Rottentomatoes

'Rachel (Ginnifer Goodwin) is a talented attorney at a top New York law firm, a generous and loyal friend, and, unhappily, still single-as her engaged best friend Darcy (Kate Hudson) is constantly reminding her. But after celebrating her 30th birthday, perpetual good girl Rachel unexpectedly ends up in the arms of the guy she's had a crush on since law school, Dex (Colin Egglesfield)...who just happens to be Darcy's fiancé. As one thing leads to another in the frantic weeks leading up to Darcy's wedding, Rachel finds herself in an impossible situation, caught between her treasured friendship with Darcy and the love of her life. Meanwhile, Ethan (John Krasinski), Rachel's constant confidante and sometimes conscience, is busy evading the affection of Darcy's hopelessly love-struck friend Claire (Ashley Williams) while harboring a secret crush of his own; and the charming and irrepressible Marcus (Steve Howey) has designs on Rachel that don't necessarily exclude any other woman who catches his eye.'

3.      One Day

They have Jim Sturgess and Anne Hathaway in the same movie! What a movie! I love ‘em both, so much. So it’s like a miracle when I found this movie and look at the cover with their name on it. Great!

One Day movie poster

The story starts with the college life of Emma (oh, the name again) and Dexter. After spending the night together on the night of their college graduation, Dexter and Em are revisited each year on the same date to see where they are in their lives. They are sometimes together, sometimes not, on that day.

Fanart by Epiclyenchanted @tumblr

One Day Book Cover

It based on novel with the same title which is published on 2009. God, I need to find the book, too. But, many people say Anne is just too perfect for this story, umm, where did it go wrong? I really have to watch this movie.

4.      The Tree of Life

Tree of Life, very wise title. It’s a family drama movie staring Brad Pitt (Oh, they must be a very lucky family). But Jack, the son of the family is not lucky having him as his father. He learned a very different thing form his parents. His mom taught about love and mercy while dad talked about how to put ourselves first of anything, The story ends in hope, acknowledging the beauty and joy in all things, in the everyday and above all in the family—our first school—the only place that most of us learn the truth about the world and ourselves, or discover life’s single most important lesson, of unselfish love. 

The Tree of Life movie poster

Unfortunately, it’s still an upcoming drama film. And the good news, the film is scheduled to premiere In Competition at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.

That's the list! Great great movie, I wish I have any spare time to watch these four movies. Starts from tonight, I’ll go watch NSA, 1st :)

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Favorites: Princess Diary

The Princess Diaries

Michael: Why me?

Mia: Because you saw me when I was invisible.

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Favorites: 'Never Let Me Go'

“Oh, I don't know what it is but I have feelings for her that I cannot just ignore, my glorious ballet dancer.”

- Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro

This movie just got me thinking, 
that maybe it is love, when you just say nothing seeing the one you love being with somebody else, until the day they realize that you never once left their sides.

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