Wednesday, September 15, 2010

This Never Happened Before

So far the holidays have been great. I planned to laze around the house and watch all the movies that I have been 'collecting' in Doha. I have had several marathons finishing Glee, How I Met Your Mother (3 season over a weekend!), and an assortments of old (uncensored Sweetest Thing.. hahahha!) and a handfull new movies. I would recommend you to watch Single Man if you could get your hands on the DVD. Vair, vair chic despite the sad and ironic storyline.

And.. I watch Lake House again last night. Best gila cerita ni. So best that I will ignore how merepek it is that there's a magic mailbox that allow people to exchange letters across time. I will also ignore how kayu Mr Reeves in this movie. It got me thinking, there's so many romantic (comedy or tragic) love stories out there, which one is really my favorite? My favorite being the ones that I would recommend people to watch it (or force them to watch with me :P heheh).

Well, there's the Tom and Meg's collection, the Sandra's collection, the Julia's collection, Hugh Grant's and bla bla bla. I googled and see what's out there. Of course there's Titanic (cringed 100x, though I went to see it 3 times! 3 times! what the heck was I thinking). Jerry 'You had me at hello' Macguire (boleh la). Legends of the Fall (yes, this is crazy tragic.. tapi tah kenapa aku mcm hangin dgn Tristan dlm movie ni). Harry Met Sally (boleh la.. but not a big fan though). When a Man Loves a Woman (sakit jiwa sial tgk cerita ni). And of course, there's the endless list of classic that I have never watched: Love Story, Breakfast at Tiffany's etc etc.

So here's my personal favorite, in no particular order. Lazed the weekend away :)

1. The Notebook - Gila babi sedih, babi pun tak sedih macam ni. Sampai sekarang aku tak berani nak tengok lagi sebab takut ternangis sampai demam, kena MC... (hmm maybe it's not a bad idea :))



2. Love Actually - it has everything (granted that it was written by Richard Curtis who wrote Four Weddings and a Funeral & Notting Hill :)). I lobes it so much that I have a book that contain all the lines, scenes and photos from the movie. My favorite would hands down be Jamie and Aurelia.



3.Priceless (Hors de prix) - I've said it and I will say it again. Cerita ni best. Tres bein as the French say it. Fullstop. ( I think I have blogged about this before tapi tah bila)



4. Little Manhattan - If you didn't go awwww after watching this, watch it again.



5. The Lake House - as I mentioned before, though the storyline is merepek.. it was rather sweet and touching. And I love it even more... because it has this great song by Paul Mccartney.



This Never Happened Before - Paul Mccartney

i'm very sure
this never happened to me before
i met you and now i'm sure
this never happened before

now i see
this is the way it's supposed to be
i met you and now i see
this is the way it should be

this is the way it should be for lovers
they shouldn't go it alone
it's not so good when you're on your own

so come to me
now we can be what we wanna be
i love you and now i see
this is the way it should be

this is the way it should be

this is the way it should be for lovers
they shouldn't go it alone
it's not so good when you're on your own

i'm very sure
this never happened to me before
i met you and now i'm sure
this never happened before (this never happened before)
this never happened before (this never happened)
this never happened before (this never happened before)

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

of cos lah this never happened before.. sebab mengarut. hahaha.

little manhattan mmg comel.
love actually, dah berapa kali aku actually try to watch tapi macam tak paham-paham.

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maggie cheung said...

yo! nvr watched notebook before. bagi pinjam. best sgt ke? and citer tom ford tu.

among my favs:
1. closer - julia, jude, clive, natalie and that haunting damien rice song. to me, it's so good till bulu romaku tegak thinking of it!

2. sliding doors - gwyneth paltrow has nvr looked or sounded better than here! and john hannah!

3. notting hill. aku nak that apartment! love the friends. and hughie...aah... julia's such a bitch. i was cursing her on behalf of him thoughout hahah

4. once a thief - chow yun fat, leslie cheung, cherie chung all stylo thieving. nothing beats 80s hk movies

Juned said...

Cik Anon,

Haah ek, tak perasan pulak about the song. Hahahah. Memang it never happened before.

Cik Cheung,

Nothing beats the HK 6pm drama. Whatever happen to Dodo Cheng and Alex Mun?

Closer to romantic movie ke? More like tragic drama adalah. After watching the movie, aku rasa semua orang macam haram, sangat evil, takde hati perut. I was going..what the heck?! Only Natalie aje yang ok sket, though dia telah menipu nama dia all this while. The last scene tu mmg powerful la with the song playing in the background..... but actually in the play, dia kena langgar at the junction of the street.

Oh, aku takde la Notebook tu. Tgk kat astro. Cerita Tom Ford ada :), but in my hard disk. Hehehe

rani mukherjee said...

hmm closer tu takdelah sappy romantic TAPI its such a powerful take on r'ships and screwups. Jude sgtla ass-hole.
come to think of it, citer2 aku suka tak le sappy romantic (like moi!) tho i love dirty dancing (aku benci baby but the songs, songs and everything tight are awesome), wedding singer (it must be the boy george factor!), stardust (aiyoo that boy and claire danes are so gorgeous in it) and about last night (demi n rob lowe tp ini cerita sex n main dan main lg!!!)

dodo dah jd auntie dodo tak lama lg pupus like dodo bird! hk movies are better than drama sbb heroines lebih lawa..i so love auntie maggie n leslie cheung..nape bunuh diri??? kesian pakcik tong!!! btw kau penah tgk tak ada cerita psl 3 gals n their failed love lives - dodo, cherie chung and a very young, fresh faced maggie cheung. sedih sial. sure cry buckets kalau tgk.

Eh Ali setan lomantik tak?
err citer2 industan lagi lomantik tau.....

Zuned said...

Rani M,

No Ali Setan is not romantik. Apa yang romantiknya? Ali setan is a pop culture movie. Utk zaman itu. And it's da bomb!

Dirty Dancing. Hmmm... songs are great I agree. Takpe ke.. aku telah tgk youtube clips from the movie yg ada lagu Time of My Life tu... masa Patrick S mati. Hehaww..
But no, it's not romantic either. It's all about dirty dancing je if you ask me.

Ahhhh Stardust... ok yg tu a bit romantic. But more like the coolest fairytale ever!

And.. hell no, cerita hindustan tak romantik! Cerita hindustan semua adalah tear jerker ok. Though I like Kuch Kuch Hota Hai..(sbb lagu best), tapi tetiba ada sessi nangis2 termasuk si Salman K pun nangis.. apakahhh.

Come and think of it.. Forrest Gump dgn Jenny tu lagi romantic... heheheh.

akak rani m said...

ok kak rani nk rekemen satu citer industan yg sgt romantik pd akak:
hum dil de chuke sanam.
aisywarya rai (sblm dia jd bosan n perasan), salman khan n ajay devgan. sedih you....inilah satu2 citer industan yg aku suka (ada lg satu -taal) n tragik lg klasik pd aku.
kuch2 hota hai x lomantik. funnyla la bhai sbb ada itu johnny lever. perhaps mann is a bit romantic towards the end TAPI it's a direct duplicate of Love Story.

azura romantik x? hahaha. citer suara kekasih tu lg aku x penah tgk til end. pathetic sgt!

Juned said...

Akak rani,

Azura tu tidak romantic langsung. Bila dah besar ni baru perasan cerita itu penuh dengan keruntuhan akhlak remaja yang melampau. Ada ke boleh tinggal dengan boyfriend mat rempit?

Suara Kekasih tu mmg pathetic. Pun tak romantik la.. more to ridicule people about darjat dan harta.

Aha.. what's this hum dil de chuke sanam? Tak pernah tengok but I have googled it. Storyline macam interesting. I have to say... aisywarya tu mmg ngam if partnered with Ajay in movies. Maybe sebab tu cerita ni best kot.