Lars and The Real Girl (2007)

     I was looking for my final rom-com movie to cap off my sembreak and stumbled upon a movie recommendation for Lars and The Real Girl. I was actually quite intrigued when I found out that Ryan Gosling was playing the lead character Lars and proceeded to watch it. After watching it, I have altogether mixed reactions, but not in a bad way.

The Art of Getting By (2011)

   This existentialist-fatalist turned inspirational movie is a touching movie to watch. The Art of Getting By is set in the cityscape of New York with main character George (a mature Freddie Highmore), a teenager who feels like nothing is worth anything in this mundane thing called life. Having those feelings consequently leads him to be in constant trouble in his school and at home. His artist’s spirit always distracts him from doing meaningful work and he is close to being expelled. He then meets Sally (Emma Roberts), where they start out as friends, being like-minded and all-- things develop like how life does, unexpectedly.

The Reader (2008): The Film Adaptation

     The Reader, a film adaptation of the book of the same title is a romantic drama movie that is fit for the emotionally mature and discerning individual; this movie is packed with themes to think about, and questions that are worth pondering. The plot is centered on young 15-year old Michael Berg (David Kross) who meets Hanna Schmitz (Kate Winslet), a much older woman, when he was sick and vomiting near her place. The two develop an affair which included a ritual of Berg’s reading to her; it lasted for a summer’s time and abruptly ended. Years later, Michael Berg becomes law student who is attending a public hearing regarding the trial of the six lady guards at Auschwitz, one of which is Hanna Schmitz.

Awkward (2011)

     Awkward is a show about 15-year old wallflower Jenna Hamilton(Ashley Rickards) who gets a confrontational letter about how “she could disappear and no one would notice.” She gets rattled enough to take some steps out of her comfort zone and also winds up being stuck in very awkward situations (this is more of an understatement). How awkward? She becomes mistaken for an unstable, suicidal teenager because of an accident, gets involve in complicated relationship problems, and has to deal with how she perceives her family sees her (a load of baggage). Pretty typical socially awkward teenage situations? More or less.

My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)

The Greek Wedding

  

   I’m still making the most of my break right now and I got insight on the loud and colorful culture of Greece as I watched My Big Fat Greek Wedding. The plot is set in Chicago: Toula Portakalos (Nia Vardalos), a 30-year old Greek woman who feels like the disappointment of her family because she find anyone Greek to marry. She meets Ian Miller (John Corbett), who is not Greek. This poses as a problem since according to tradition Greeks only marry Greeks and have Greek babies. My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a romance-comedy that can teach you a lot about family and the Greek etymology of words.

The Prince and Me (2004)

       Okay, so I’m still on a romantic comedy streak right here: The next on my must-watch list is The Prince and Me. A nice fairytale story—big change from Hawaiian themed 50 First Dates. Watching different romantic movies like this with all sorts of plots just goes to show that: you can find love anywhere—idealistic as it sounds. <3

 

50 First Dates (2004)

Still on my quest to relax and catch up with watching as much movies as I can. I just watched 50 First Dates today annnd--- I Loved it! I can’t believe I just watched this today. It’s now officially one of my all-time romantic comedy movies of all time. :D