I decided that after watching more films and giving my Top 10 – Tragic Love Stories post more thought that a second part of tragic love stories should be done. Mainly because lets face it so many tragic love stories seem to happen on the movie world. I have taken into consideration the comments on what is now Tragic Love Stories: Part 1 – with people letting me know which films they feel have the most tragic love stories in them. I agreed with a lot of them as well, but had already done the first list.
This part contains quite a lot of more recent film love stories and some which were missed from Part 1!
THIS POST CONTAINS SPOILERS
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September 2, 2011 | Categories: Top 10 | Tags: (500) Days of Summer, A Star Is Born, A Walk to Remember, An Education, Anne Hathaway, Atonement, Brad Pitt, Carey Mulligan, Claire Danes, Drama, Heartbreak, James Mason, James McAvoy, Jim Sturgess, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Judy Garland, Kate Winslet, Keria Knightley, Leonardo DiCaprio, Love, Mandy Moore, Meet Joe Black, One Day, Peter Sarsgaard, Ralph Fiennes, Revolutionary Road, Romance, Romeo & Juliet, Shane West, The English Patient, Top 10, Tragic Love Stories, Zooey Deschanel | 4 Comments »
Well let’s just say that I pretty much hate Valentine’s Day! So decided to do an anti-Valentine’s day list of films, because lets face it real life isn’t all flowers and chocolates! People get hurt and hearts are broken, so I don’t understand why we should have one day that is supposed to be when we declare our love for someone?!?! If we truly loved them wouldn’t we just randomly buy them gifts and tell them of our love whenever we felt like it?
Anyway check out the following 10 films which have made my list . . . not for the people wanting to see love in a nice way with the happily ever after ending!!!
What are your favorites?
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February 14, 2011 | Categories: Top 10 | Tags: (500) Days of Summer, American Beauty, Annette Bening, Anti-Valentine's Day, Brokeback Mountain, Bunny Boiler, Carey Mulligan, Cheating, Chocolate, Clive Owen, Closer, Diane Lane, Erika Christensen, Family, Fatal Attraction, Flowers, Glenn Close, Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jude Law, Julia Roberts, Kate Winslet, Kathleen Turner, Kevin Spacey, Leonardo DiCaprio, Love, Men, Michael Douglas, Natalie Portman, Relationship, Revolutionary Road, Richard Gere, Romance, Sex, Stalking, Swimfan, The War of the Roses, Top 10, Unfaithful, Valentine's Day, Women, Zooey Deschanel | 1 Comment »
The 10 films I found the best from the year 2009. Yes you may think its now April, but I was trying to keep it to films from 2009 based on the year they were made rather than UK release date as that is often different to the US release date. Anyway I didn’t want to end up with a confusing list not containing some of the best of 2009 because I saw them at the beginning of 2010.
Check it out see if you agree with many of the films! As I am sure some of the films included would not have been expected.
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April 17, 2010 | Categories: Top 10 | Tags: (500) Days of Summer, 2009, Alec Baldwin, An Education, Avatar, Best Films, Best Movies, Brian Clough, Carey Mulligan, Clint Eastwood, Colin Farrell, Comedy, Crazy Heart, Drama, Football, Francois Pienaar, George Clooney, Heath Ledger, Invictus, It's Complicated, James Cameron, Jeff Bridges, Johnny Depp, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jude Law, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Matt Damon, Meryl Streep, Michael Sheen, Morgan Freeman, Nelson Mandela, Oscars 2010, Peter Sarsgaard, Romance, Rugby, South Africa, Steve Martin, The Damned United, The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus, The Road, Top 10, Up in the Air, Viggo Mortensen | 13 Comments »
Well my original plan was to have this top 10 done and out on Valentine’s Day mainly because tragic love stories where people don’t end up together seem to be more of a reality than the rom-com’s with the whole cliché of they lived happily ever after the end. I decided to make a long list of possible films which I could have put in my top 10 list.
In the list you will find many different love stories but all a lot shorter than they should have been.
Casablanca, Gone with the Wind, The Bridges of Madison County, Splendor In The Grass, Titanic, Brokeback Mountain, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Romeo & Juliet, City of Angels, Ghost, Love Story, A Walk to Remember, (500) Days of Summer, Phantom of the Opera and The Way We Were.
Tragic Love Stories: Part 2
WARNING: This post contains spoilers!!!
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February 18, 2010 | Categories: Top 10 | Tags: (500) Days of Summer, A Walk to Remember, All I Ask of You, As Time Goes By, Barbra Streisand, Brad Pitt, Brokeback Mountain, Casablanca, Cate Blanchett, City of Angels, Clark Gable, Clint Eastwood, Crying, Demi Moore, Ditto, Gerard Butler, Ghost, Gone with the Wind, Heath Ledger, Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Kate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio, Love, Love Story, Meryl Streep, Movie Quotes, My Heart Will Go On, Natalie Wood, Patrick Swayze, Phantom of the Opera, Rain, Robert Redford, Romance, Romeo & Juliet, Splendor in the Grass, Tears, The Bridges of Madison County, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Way We Were, Titanic, Top 10, Tragedy, Tragic Love Stories, Unchained Melody, Viven Leigh, Warren Beatty, Whoopi Goldberg | 39 Comments »
I love “My Best Friends Wedding” as you may already know I am a massive fan of Julia Roberts aka Jules in my world. Yet it is quite a strange film in terms of the ending really isnt what you would expect from Hollywood but is it more realistic? In my world yes it is. Its heartbreaking at times but thats life isn’t it. I have probably watched this film more times that people can actually imagine. Quite a few months ago I eventually got round to see “Made of Honor” which I had heard was like MBFW but the other way round. I however have to totally disagree with that and this post will end up in a rant that men always win no matter what the situation is.
Made and released more than 10 years apart really shows the direction in which romantic comedies aka rom-coms have come over the years. That direction is down. Don’t get me wrong some have been quite good like “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” and “(500) Days of Summer”. But way exactly have I enjoyed these? They have more realistic moments in them and manage to connect to the audience in different ways. Especially (500) Days of Summer it is so realistic and good how throughout the film it reminds us it is not a love story it is a story about love, and showing how different your expectations are in comparison to what reality is.
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February 5, 2010 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: (500) Days of Summer, 1997, 2008, Best Friend, Cameron Diaz, Dermot Mulroney, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Friendship, Julia Roberts, Love, Made of Honor, Men, My Best Friends Wedding, Patrick Dempsey, Rom-Com, Romantic Comedy, Vs, Wedding, Women | 6 Comments »
Ricky Gervais hosting the awards which will be an experience, I will keep updating this blog post as the show goes on.
- The opening speech he headed straight for Steve Carrell with jokes about “The Office” and plastic surgery.
- Very good opening jokes which seemed to go down well with his audience.
- Nicole Kidman is the first up presenting best supporting actress in a motion picture.
- Which goes to . . . Mo’Nique for Precious.
- First speech of the night is a very emotional one with tears and dreams being reached, a rather long speech.
- I have just spotted Julia Roberts for the first time
- Toni Collette won best actress in a tv show comedy/musical.
- ooo Robert De Niro is there !!!
- First Meryl Streep spotting
- Sir Paul McCartney presents best animated feature and is rather amusing, which has a great shot of Julia Roberts laughing.
- Winner of best animated feature is Up
- Kate Hudson introduced some clips from Nine
- Ricky Gervais saying we have had some worthy winners and some not so worthy winners. Plugging his own film.
- Felicity Huffman who decided she messed up what she was saying so started over. She has totally lost what she’s trying to say.
- Best actor in a TV series drama goes to . . . Michael C. Hall for Dexter.
- Best actress in a TV series drama goes to . . . Julianna Margulies for The Good Wife.
- Just spotted Mickey Rourke kissing Mike Tyson.
- Harrison Ford introduces Up in the Air.
- Cher and Christina Aguilera presenting the best original song . . . The Weary Kind from Crazy Heart.
- Best original score . . . Up
- Best mini series or tv movie presented by Amy Adams and Josh Brolin. Goes to . . . Grey Gardens.
- Something that always amuses me about the Golden Globes has to be how difficult it is for the winners to get onto the stage if they are not on one of the tables right next to the stage.
- Tom Hanks introducing Julie & Julia.
- Colin Farrell who looks very good I might add. Presenting best actress in a comedy or musical . . . Julia Roberts is sitting next to Paul McCartney. Meryl looks embarrassed with both of her nominations. Goes to . . . Meryl Streep for Julie & Julia.
- She wants to change her name to T-Bone . . . T Bone Streep hahaha. I really do love Meryl the more I see her, she really is just brilliant. Awww she got rather emotional talking about her mother and how she is really grateful for everything.
- Helen Mirren introduces Precious.
- Kevin Bacon won best actor in a mini series or TV movie for Taking Chances.
- Drew Barrymore won best actress in a mini series or TV movie for Grey Gardens.
- Cameron Diaz introducing It’s Complicated.
- Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler presenting best screenplay for a motion picture . . . Up in the Air. I am so pleased about this!!! Also Gerard Butler was very cute not letting Jennifer Aniston see the paper then saying I’m not telling you haha.
- Jason Reitman got rather emotional towards George Clooney.
- Jennifer Garner and Ashton Kutcher present best actor in a comedy/music on TV . . . Alec Baldwin won for 30 Rock, but he wasnt able to attend the awards.
- Samuel L. Jackson introduces Inglourious Basterds. He then introduced Sophia Loren who got a standing ovation from the audience.
- Best foreign language film . . . The White Ribbon (Germany)
- Best TV series Drama . . . Mad Men.
- Taylor Lautner introduces (500) Days of Summer.
- Halle Berry presenting best supporting actor in a motion picture . . . Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds which I think was a pretty obvious choice.
- Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio presenting Martin Scorsese with an award. Was brilliant seeing them on the stage together and talking about everything they have done in the films and what an impact he has had on films. Leo sees Marty as his friend and mentor, thats nice !!!
- Marty’s speech was just brilliant after seeing clips from his films. Everyone in the audience gave him a standing ovation, Kate Winslet and Julia Roberts lead the cheering which was great. You can tell that everyone respects Marty by the way they were watching him.
- Jodie Foster introduces The Hurt Locker.
- Mel Gibson is presenting after a very cheeky joke from Ricky Gervais about drinking. Director of a motion picture . . . James Cameron for Avatar. Could this be the first hint of the Oscar going to James Cameron too??? He thought his ex-wife was going to win it.
- Best TV series comedy/musical . . . Glee. Yes, I really was hoping that Glee would win this. It’s brilliant! All of the cast decided to get on the stage as well.
- Reese Witherspoon presenting motion picture comedy or musical . . . and the winner is The Hangover.
- Mickey Rourke (yay) presenting actress in a motion picture drama. He always seems so shy when he has to talk on a show like this.
- The winner is . . . Sandra Bullock for The Blind Side.
- Best actor in a comedy or musical . . . Robert Downey Jr for Sherlock Holmes. This is a bit of an outside win I reckon. I love him though he is brilliant. A very funny speech as well.
- I am really hoping that George Clooney is going to get the best actor award, will find out in a few seconds.
- Kate Winslet is presenting best actor in a drama . . . Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart. Who got a standing ovation from the audience. They really let his speech be a long one !!!
- The last award of the night best motion picture drama !!!
- Presenting this my favorite Julia Roberts. She really does have a great smile. The Golden Globe goes to Avatar !!!
- Interesting I was hoping for Up in the Air. O well never mind, this will make the Oscars more interesting.
January 18, 2010 | Categories: Awards | Tags: (500) Days of Summer, 30 Rock, Alec Baldwin, Amy Adams, Ashton Kutcher, Avatar, Cameron Diaz, Cher, Christina Aguilera, Christoph Waltz, Colin Farrell, Crazy Heart, Dexter, Drew Barrymore, Felicity Huffman, George Clooney, Gerard Butler, Glee, Golden Globes 2010, Grey Gardens, Halle Berry, Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren, Inglourious Basterds, It's Complicated, James Cameron, Jason Reitman, Jeff Bridges, Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer Garner, Jodie Foster, Josh Brolin, Julia Roberts, Julianna Margulies, Julie & Julia, Kate Hudson, Kate Winslet, Kevin Bacon, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mad Men, Martin Scorsese, Mel Gibson, Meryl Streep, Michael C. Hall, Mickey Rourke, Mike Tyson, Mo'Nique, Nicole Kidman, Nine, Paul McCartney, Precious, Reese Witherspoon, Ricky Gervais, Robert De Niro, Robert Downey Jr., Samuel L. Jackson, Sandra Bullock, Sherlock Holmes, Sky Movies, Sophia Loren, Steve Carrell, Taking Chances, Taylor Lautner, The Blind Side, The Good Wife, The Hangover, The Hurt Locker, The Office, Tom Hanks, Toni Collette, Up, Up in the Air | Leave A Comment »
In build up for tonight’s Golden Globes I have decided to post my predictions. Who I want to win but who I think will win (if those are different). I am looking forward to the show tonight and quite curious of how Ricky Gervais will get on as the host. Lots of my favorite actors and actresses should be in attendance as well which makes it even better before it starts. Onto my predictions . . .
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January 17, 2010 | Categories: Awards | Tags: (500) Days of Summer, Avatar, Christoph Waltz, Crazy Heart, Daniel Day Lewis, George Clooney, Golden Globes 2010, Inglourious Basterds, Invictus, James Cameron, Kathryn Bigelow, Marion Cotillard, Matt Damon, Meryl Streep, Morgan Freeman, Nine, Penelope Cruz, Ricky Gervais, Sandra Bullock, The Hangover, Up, Up in the Air, Vera Farmiga | 1 Comment »
The award season was well and truly kicked off last night with the 15th Annual Critics Choice Awards.
I think most of it is pretty predictable. We will have to see how the Golden Globes go on Sunday night.
The winners are . . .
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January 16, 2010 | Categories: Awards | Tags: (500) Days of Summer, A Serious Man, An Education, Anna Kendrick, Avatar, Carey Mulligan, Christian McKay, Christoph Waltz, Clint Eastwood, Colin Firth, Crazy Heart, Critics Choice Awards 2010, Emily Blunt, George Clooney, Inglourious Basterds, Invictus, It's Complicated, James Cameron, Jason Reitman, Jeff Bridges, Jeremy Renner, Julianne Moore, Julie & Julia, Kathryn Bigelow, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Marion Cotillard, Matt Damon, Me and Orson Welles, Meryl Streep, Mo'Nique, Morgan Freeman, Nine, Precious, Quentin Tarantino, Sandra Bullock, Saoirse Ronan, Stanley Tucci, The Blind Side, The Hurt Locker, The Lovely Bones, The Proposal, The Road, Up, Up in the Air, Vera Farmiga, Viggo Mortensen, Woody Harrelson | Leave A Comment »
Now to the second part of the countdown . . . films 40-31 . . .
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January 11, 2010 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: (500) Days of Summer, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, Best Films of the Decade, Best Films of the Decade 2000's, Cate Blanchett, Colin Farrell, Comedy, Daniel Day Lewis, Decade 2000-2009, Drama, Ed Harris, Gangs of New York, Heath Ledger, Imelda Staunton, In the Valley of Elah, Jack Black, Johnny Depp, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jude Law, Judi Dench, Julianne Moore, King Kong, Leonardo DiCaprio, Love, Mamma Mia!, Meryl Streep, Mrs Dalloway, Musical, Naomi Watts, Nicole Kidman, Notes on a Scandal, Peter Jackson, Pierce Brosnan, Romance, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, The Hours, The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus, Tommy Lee Jones, Vera Drake, Virginia Woolf, Zooey Deschanel | Leave A Comment »
The 67th Annual Golden Globes take place on 17th January 2010 and are the first major awards to be handed out in what will be another busy awards season. Because I had been slipping with the blog for the last few weeks I still had not posted this years nominations.
Closer to the ceremony I will post my predictions on who I think will walk away with the Golden Globe on the night.
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January 6, 2010 | Categories: Awards | Tags: (500) Days of Summer, A Serious Man, A Single Man, An Education, Anna Kendrick, Avatar, Brothers, Carey Mulligan, Christoph Waltz, Christopher Plummer, Clint Eastwood, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Colin Firth, Coraline, Crazy Heart, Daniel Day Lewis, District 9, Duplicity, Emily Blunt, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Gabourey Sidibe, George Clooney, Golden Globes, Golden Globes 2010, Helen Mirren, Inglourious Basterds, Invictus, It's Complicated, James Cameron, Jason Reitman, Jeff Bridges, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Julia Roberts, Julianne Moore, Julie & Julia, Kate Winslet, Kathryn Bigelow, Marion Cotillard, Matt Damon, Meryl Streep, Michael Stuhlbarg, Mo'Nique, Morgan Freeman, Nine, Penelope Cruz, Precious, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Downey Jr., Sandra Bullock, Sherlock Holmes, Stanley Tucci, The Blind Side, The Hangover, The Hurt Locker, The Informant, The Last Station, The Lovely Bones, The Messenger, The Princess and the Frog, The Proposal, The Young Victoria, Tobey Maguire, Up, Up in the Air, Vera Farmiga, Where The Wild Things Are, Woody Harrelson | 2 Comments »
I have watched a few movies recently and thought that the actor in it has a fantastic career ahead of them so decided to make a top 10 list of those actors. With a few reasons why I think they will keep progressing and go on to do great things (potentially), from the movies I have seen them in. I decided to define the young actor, as an actor under the age of 30.
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October 6, 2009 | Categories: Top 10 | Tags: (500) Days of Summer, 10 Things I Hate About You, 17 Again, 21, Across the Universe, Ben Barnes, Channing Tatum, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Disturbia, Dorian Gray, Eagle Eye, Finding Neverland, Freddie Highmore, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, High School Musical, Jim Sturgess, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Juno, Michael Cera, Oscar Nomination, Robert Pattinson, Ryan Gosling, She's the Man, Shia Labeouf, Superbad, The Notebook, Top 10, Transformers, Twilight, Wall Street 2, Young Actors, Zac Efron | 13 Comments »
If this is the direction that the romantic comedy genre is heading in . . . then I LOVE IT. Yes, I was very impressed with this film and found it funny, romantic, heartbreaking and just brilliant all rolled into one. Yes it was different and not a traditional Hollywood romance and falling in love. I think that it captured more what happens in the real world nowadays. From seeing the trailer’s of this film I thought I seemed very much like Summer (Zooey Deschanel) but after seeing the movie I am only like her in certain parts.
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September 7, 2009 | Categories: Reviews | Tags: (500) Days of Summer, 2009, Chloe Moretz, Comedy, Drama, Geoffrey Arend, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Love, Matthew Gray Gubler, Review, Rom-Com, Romance, Romantic Comedy, Sex, Zooey Deschanel | 14 Comments »
Every week I am going to have a cinema plan of films that I am going to try and see on certain days (depending how many new films come out and what is still on).
This is all possible due to having an Unlimited Pass at Cineworld.
So here it goes week 1 which starts today Friday 4th Sept and runs until Thursday 10th Sept.
Friday: 500 Days of Summer
Monday: District 9
Tuesday: G.I. Joe: The Rise of the Cobra
Wednesday: Julie & Julia
Thursday: Dorian Gray
That is the plan for this week 5 new films, so keep checking the blog to see if I manage to see all of these films.
September 4, 2009 | Categories: Cinema, Cineworld | Tags: (500) Days of Summer, Cineworld, District 9, Dorian Gray, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Julie & Julia, Unlimited Cineworld Pass | Leave A Comment »
Does not seem to be many for July ?!?!?!?
Public Enemies – Top FBI agent Melvin Purvis (Christian Bale) is dispatched to take down John Dillinger (Johnny Depp) and his fellow gangsters during a booming crime wave in the 1930s…
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs – When Sid (John Leguizamo) gets into some trouble, it’s up to Manny (Ray Romano), Ellie (Queen Latifah), Diego (Denis Leary), and Scrat to save their friend…
Bruno - Flamboyant Austrian fashion reporter Brüno (Sasha Baron Cohen) travels the world in search of the latest style trends and opinions on all things pop culture…
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – In his sixth year at Hogwarts, Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) discovers even more about the evil Lord Voldemort’s past, thanks to his mentor Dumbledore (Michael Gambon) and mysterious textbook marked…
(500) Days of Summer – An offbeat romantic comedy about a woman (Zooey Deschanel) who doesn’t believe true love exists, and the young man (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) who falls for her…
The Ugly Truth – A macho morning TV show correspondent (Gerard Butler) makes a bet with his love-challenged producer (Katherine Heigl): If his tips on how to land and keep a guy don’t work…
Funny People – Veteran stand-up comic George Simmons (Adam Sandler) is given less than a year to live, and befriends an aspiring comedian (Seth Rogan), whom he hires as his personal assistant…
April 23, 2009 | Categories: Up and Coming | Tags: (500) Days of Summer, Adam Sandler, Bruno, Christian Bale, Daniel Radcliffe, Denis Leary, Funny People, Gerard Butler, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, IMDb, John Leguizamo, Johnny Depp, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Katherine Heigl, Michael Gambon, Public Enemies, Queen Latifah, Ray Romano, Sacha Baron Cohen, Seth Rogan, The Ugly Truth, Zooey Deschanel | Leave A Comment »
