Monday, February 4, 2008

My Favorite Movies

These are my 5 all time favorite movies (they are not in any particular order). As you may notice 3 out of the 5 are Hugh Grant movies. I have to say that he is not one of my favorite actors but he happens to be in 3 of my favorite movies. Of course, my other favorite movies are the Harry Potter series...which I think have become my obsession he he he

Title: Four Weddings & a Funeral

Cast: Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell, John Hannah, Kristin Scott Thomas

Plot Outline: This film follows the fortunes of Charles (Hugh Grant) and his friends as they wonder if they will ever find true love and marry. Charles thnks he's found "Miss Right" in Carrie (Andie MacDowell), an American. This British subtle comedy revolves around Charlie, his friens and the four weddings and one funeral which they attend.


Title: Nine Months

Cast: Hugh Grant, Julianne Moore, Tom Arnold, Joan Cusack, Jeff Goldblum, Robin Williams

Plot Outline: Samuel Faulkner (Hugh Grant) panics when he learns that his girlfriend of 5 years, Rebecca Taylor (Julianne Moore), is pregnant. Samuel is a child psychiatrist who is frustrated by children. Samuel doesn't want the baby, but Rebecca wants to settle down, even if she has to be a single mother. After a breakup and a makeover by Samual's friend Sean (Jeff Goldblum), he realizes that he loves Rebecca very much, and he will his child. Samuel proposes to Rebecca, and learns to love his child and life.

Title: Notting Hill

Cast: Julia Roberts, Hugh Grant

Plot Outline: Every man's dream comes true for William Thacker (Huggh Grant) , successless Notting Hill bookstore owner, when Anna Scott (Julia Roberts), the world's most beautiful woman and best-liked actress, enters this shop.



Title: While You Were Sleeping

Cast: Sandra Bullock, Bill Pullman, Peter Gallagher, Peter Boyle, Jack Warden

Plot Outline: Lucy's (Sandra Bullock) life consists of constant loneliness that is until she saves Peter's (Peter Gallagher) life. Now she is part of his family, and with a strong heart and fate on her side, others begin to realize what a terrific person she is, especially Jack (Bill Pullman), Peter's brother. an extraordinary true to life sequence of events begin to take place as Lucy and Jack become closer and learn more about each other and themselves than one would ever expect from such coincidental, yet believable events.

Title: You Got Mail

Cast: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Greg Kinnear, Parker Posey, Jean Stapleton, Steve Zahn, Dave Chappalle

Plot Outline: Kathleen Kelly (Meg Ryan), owner of a little and famous bookstore for children's books, has an affair. Being together with Frank Navasky (Greg Kinnear), a well known journalist, she betrays him by emailing secretly and anonymously with a man whom she met in a chat room. Suddenly, her business gets endangered by the opening of Fox Books discount store just "around the corner". She meets Joe Fox (Tom Hanks), son of the owner, and soon gets annoyed by his arrogant way of managing business matters. Although getting advice by her anonymous mail-pal, she has to close down her store. But Joe Fox's life suddently gets out of control when he learns that his anonymous mail-pal is nobody other than Kathleen Kelly.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Annie Hall

Rocky

The Graduate

Blazing Saddles

Jaws