Last night I was channel surfing as usual after the hallowed Sun Tv drama marathon
As usual nothing seemed to catch my eye
There seemed to be some interesting movies playing but most of them had already started
I then hit upon channel 68..and saw a quick flash of someone that looked like Jack Black..in a trailer for the next movie time slot
Hmmm
A Jack Black movie?
Now that was something I could enjoy
The opening credits started rolling and I saw the names..
Kate Winslet
Cameron Diaz
Jude Law
Ed Burns
whaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?
no Jack Black?
I knew I saw him..I did I did I did!
Oh well anyways then I thought..
Hmmm..Kate Winslet AND Cameron Diaz?
America vs Britain?
That also sounded interesting to me.
So I kept watching.
For those of you who aren't as backdated as me..
The movie I was watching was ''The Holiday"
It started out very interestingly with a narration by Kate Winslet..
It really caught me off guard..
It went something like this..
" 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."
whoa.
and all this while staring at the dude she's in love with.
i have never seen Kate Winslet in any ''normal'' roles.
Y'know..I always sorta related her to Titanic..
or something to do with those English period movies..
Not as a conventional office going woman searching for love
So that too made me continue watching.
As most of my friends know..I do not like to watch romantic movies..or things they call..''chick flicks'' very often..unless its really funny..
I was super bored so I had to keep watching..
Not that I had to try much coz the movie was super interesting!!!
and YES..Jack Black was also in the movie!!
*yaaaaay*
Cameron Diaz was super cute in her role as a woman who had everything but love..I was amused at the way she'd TRY her best to scrunch up her face to cry but could not manage to squeeze out a single tear..the reason for that she'd reveal later in the movie..and then it was kinda sad.
Kate Winslet tugged at my heart strings everytime she hid her disappointment & smiled infront of others but burst into heartbreaking tears when alone..awwwwww
Jude Law..wow..wow..wow..the British men are really something different altogether aren't they..*gazes dreamily* ok ok fine prior to this movie i didnt really like him much coz of all those news reports of him & his scandalous love affairs..but the role he portrayed in this movie was really..dreamy...to me anyways.He plays the role of Kate Winslet's brother.
Jack Black..in a totally different role..playing a man dejected by finding love only to lose it..but delivered in absolute Jack Black humour..
Now aren't these 4 actors enough reason for you to catch this movie?
Yeah yeah its a Xmas holiday movie from way back in 2006 but its good!
Guys I promise you..this is no normal chick flick..its abt MEN too!!
Well I was so busy talking about the characters..I barely mentioned the basic plot..
It's about these 2 women from different parts of the world,
who meet online in a home-swapping vacation scheme.
Which basically meant they'd each travel to the other person's country and live in their home,and use their stuff and everything for that vacation period!
Hahah sounds absurd?
Anything works in the movies!
Anyways both these women are plagued by men-related problems and they happily set off to escape from their own miserable lives..but end up falling in love with the local guys they meet while on the vacation.
Unique storyline..unique actors that added a zest to the characters they portrayed..
If you have HBO Hits,catch it!
Definitely worth watching!!
This is me,Patricia
