Romantic Comedies

Last night, I watched Notting Hill, and I decided to give you all a list of my favoritwe romantic comedies. They're great to watch when you are feeling pissed about your job... (o:

(Not in any particular order:)

Notting Hill - Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts...Julia plays a world famous actress, Hugh plays a regular guy from Notting Hill... almost a fairy tale in reverse, with the regular guy falling in love with the famous women (instead of the peasent girl and the prince...) two very strong characters, both bringing something different to the relationship, a fantastic tale of some intrinsic truths about true love...compromise, understanding, and honesty. Very sweet and very funny.

When Harry Met Sally - Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan - Two aquaintences, become friends. During their friendship, they learn all about each other, and begin to see each other's quirks as charms...(I love the way Harry describes Sall'y food oreringhabits later in the movie, something like, "She orders things in a way that the chef didin't even know it could be so good...) The two try for a Will and Grace type platonic relationship, except that neither is gay...so eventually, as Harry tells Sally on thier first meeting, sex does get in the way... A beautiful, funny story with a great cast...one of my all time favorites...great sound track...

The American President - Michael Douglass, Annette Benning - The story of a political lobbyist and the widowed American President...similar to Notting Hill, can they fall in love with the whole world watching? But charming in its own way. Michael Douglass plays a president who is trying desperatly to have his own life and be a popular president, a role he idealistically believes is true, while opponents of his use every trick to turn his personal life into media fodder. (I love idealists...) My only beef with this movie...I thought they had sex way too fast...they barely knew each other, hadn't spent much time together yet...I don't know...it just didin't come off as romantic...but all in all a great movie...warm and charming...great supporting cast (Michael J Fox, Martin Sheen) Again one of my favorites...



Those are a few of my favorites...sigh...