Are you ready for some cheesy romantic movies? Because this week's theme for Wandering Through the Shelves's Thursday Movie Picks is letters and all I could come up with are movies driven by love letters — I hope this is not the first symptom of me falling in love. Anyway, without further ado, here are my picks. And grab some Kleenex if you decide to watch any of them.
Dear John (2010)
While on summer leave, a US Army soldier, John (Channing Tatum), falls for a college student, Savannah (Amanda Seyfried). But then 9/11 happens, John signs up again and the two start exchanging letters. Or at least that's what I remember about it as I saw it almost 10 years ago. I cried, of course, because I was a sucker for romantic movies back then.
The Lake House (2006)
A lonely doctor (Sandra Bullock) moves to a lake house and soon starts exchanging letters with the house's previous owner, a young architect (Keanu Reeves). There's a problem though, she is in 2006 but he is in 2004, and when they decide to meet in a future date, he doesn't show up. I haven't seen this in years so I don't know how I'd feel about it today, but I've seen this plenty of times in the past and cried every single time. I convinced my brother to watch it once but he gave up because, according to him, the different timelines were confusing. Go back to shitty Stallone and Schwarzenegger movies, then.
P.S. I Love You (2007)
When her husband, Gerry (Gerald Butler), dies of cancer, Holly (Hillary Swank) is wrecked. On her 30th birthday, much to her surprise, letters from Gerry starts arriving. I don't remember much about this either, only naked Neegan — oops, I mean Jeffrey Dean Morgan —, the way Gerry pulled it off and that I cried. A lot.
P.S. Netflix has all three so expect to see them reviewed on the blog soon. Especially my third pick as I've been meaning to rewatch it.
I skipped all of these lol. I've had a lot of people tell me to watch P.S I Love You though so maybe one day I'll give in.
ReplyDeleteI feel kinda bad for watching all of them tbh
DeleteSometimes you just need a sappy, romantic movie and all three of these fill that bill. Of the three I like P.S. I Love You much more than the other two.
ReplyDeleteI went with older films, two favorites and an enjoyably old-fashioned John Huston Cold War thriller.
A Letter to Three Wives (1949)-Three well to do suburban wives (Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern and Jeanne Crain) are preparing to chaperone a children’s outing to an island picnic when they receive a letter from their mutual fremeny Addie Ross that she won’t be joining them because she’s left town and in so doing has taken one of their husbands with her. Cut off from the world for the day each wife reviews her marriage wondering if she’s the one now husbandless. Incisive look at personal relationships was nominated for many Oscars (and should have garnered a few more) and won best screenplay and director for Joseph Mankiewicz.
This was one of my selections for Dell’s Girl Week a few years back.
https://dellonmovies.blogspot.com/2016/11/girl-week-2016-letter-to-three-wives.html
The Letter (1940)-The film opens on a pan of a sleepy night on a Malaysian plantation when the peace is shattered by a gunshot. A man stumbles out of the house and down the stairs followed by a woman (Bette Davis) emptying her revolver into him. She tells her husband and the law that the man, a family friend, was attacking her and maintains her innocence throughout a trial but suddenly the dead man’s Eurasian wife sends word through an emissary that she possesses a letter that holds secrets. Top notch drama contains one of Davis’s best, most contained performances guided by William Wyler.
The Kremlin Letter (1970)-An unauthorized letter is sent to Moscow alleging the U.S. government's willingness to help Russia attack China. Former naval officer Charles Rone (Patrick O'Neal) and his team are sent to retrieve the missive. Going undercover they successfully reach out to Erika Kosnov (Bibi Andersson), the wife of a former agent, now married to the head of Russia's secret police (Max von Sydow). Their plans are interrupted, however, when their Moscow hideout is raided by a cunning politician (Orson Welles). Decent cold war thriller directed by John Huston loaded with familiar faces including George Sanders and Max von Sydow.
I’m so glad to hear I’m not the only one who enjoyed PS I Love You.
DeleteI don't know why PS I love you got such bad reviews, it was a really moving film and the acting was really good
ReplyDeleteI don’t know. I guess because there’s Butler in it 🤷🏻♀️
DeleteI haven't seen any of these except bits of The Lakehouse. None of these really appeal to me because i am not usually a big Romance movie fan
ReplyDeleteI watched the first two because of the actors and the last because I liked the title lol I was so shallow back then
DeleteI'm sorry but I really don't like any of these films.
ReplyDeleteAnd I can’t blame you for it.
DeleteThe only one I've seen is The Lake House, but I can't remember much.
ReplyDeleteI don't mind romantic movies, but I can't stand overly sappy ones. And I especially can't stand Nicholas Sparks ones so I will probably never watch Dear John.
I hate Nicholas Sparks’s too!
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