The Best of Love Movies: May 2011

The Best of Love Movies

I am a true romantic. I get so deep into a love story that I find myself living it. This place is dedicated to give you all the scoops on your favorite romantic movies of all times. There are so many great movies out there, some of them, touch your heart and your soul, and some you feel you have to own because the story makes so perfectly good sense to you that you want it to be a part of you forever. Be touched and be moved by the following twenty most romantic movies I ever had the privilege to see and learn from and wish you could see too. There will be more to come but those twenty are just exquisite. Check them out!

20) About last night:

Demi Moore plays the character of Debbie, a girl who sleeps around with her boss while looking for Mr. Right in all the wrong places. Surprisingly enough, Debbie gets a one night stand with handsome Danny played by Rob Lowe whom she met at a bar. This one night stand prematurely evolved into a relationship. A relationship that none of the players are in the control seat to foresee a future. Are they meant to be? Can their relationship survive their differences? Sometimes what you wanted at the beginning of a relationship is totally different from what you really needed.

Director: Edward Zwick
Writers: Davide Mamet & Tim Kazurinsky
Cast:
Rob Lowe ... Danny Martin
Demi Moore ... Debbie
James Belushi ... Bernie Litgo
Elizabeth Perkins ... Joan
George DiCenzo ... Mr. Favio
Michael Alldredge ... Mother Malone
Robin Thomas ... Steve Carlson
Donna Gibbons ... Alex
Megan Mullally ... Pat
Patricia Duff ... Leslie
Rosanna DeSoto ... Mrs. Lyons (as Rosana De Soto)
Sachi Parker ... Carrie
Robert Neches ... Gary
Joe Greco ... Gus
Ada Maris ... Carmen
Release Date: 2 July 1986
Running Time: 113 Min

19) Breakin' all the rules (2004):

Jamie Foxx plays the character of Quincy Watson. He was so much in love with his long time girlfriend Helen played by Bianca Lawson, that he felt the need to take their relationship to the next level. Little did he know that she was going to break up with him as he was getting ready to ask her to marry him. So, he ends up writing a book about relationships which sprung into success. Such success followed with beautiful women who want to be a part of his life, even the ex as well. What a man to do! Will he find true happiness with the ex? Or was his soul mate right around the corner all along?

Director: Daniel Taplitz
Writer: Daniel Taplitz
Cast:
Jamie Foxx ... Quincy Watson
Gabrielle Union ... Nicky Callas
Morris Chestnut ... Evan Fields
Peter MacNicol ... Philip Gascon
Jennifer Esposito ... Rita Monroe
Bianca Lawson ... Helen Sharp
Jill Ritchie ... Amy
Samantha Nagel ... Sandra/Executive Assistant
Grace Chan ... Secretary
Danny Comden ... Sam
Octavia Spencer ... Stylist (as Octavia L. Spencer)
Heather Headley ... Herself
Patrick Cranshaw ... Mr. Lynch
Tate Taylor ... Attendant
Bob Stephenson ... Ticket Master
Release Date: 14 May 2004
Running Time: 85 Min

18) Broke Back Mountain (2005):
Jake gyllenhaal plays a cowboy who had horny sex with his co-worker while they were assigned on broke Back Mountain to watch herds of sheeps. Inevitably falls in love with the situation they had. Are they gay, or bi? That is the question; I want someone to answer for me. This story is so sad and deep because it lets you get inside and find your own answers to discrimination and prejudice that Gays, lesbians or bi are facing each day. Were they born like this? Did they choose to be gay? All in all, Jake’s character gets a beating by a bunch of homophobes which causes their lives to change forever. But was it real love, or carnal love that they felt for each other on broke Back Mountain and beyond it?

Director: Ang Lee
Writer: E. Annie Proulx & Larry McMurtry
Cast:
Heath Ledger ... Ennis Del Mar
Jake Gyllenhaal ... Jack Twist
Randy Quaid ... Joe Aguirre
Valerie Planche ... Waitress
David Trimble ... Basque
Victor Reyes ... Chilean Sheepherder #1
Lachlan Mackintosh ... Chilean Sheepherder #2
Michelle Williams ... Alma
Larry Reese ... Jolly Minister
Marty Antonini ... Timmy
Tom Carey ... Rodeo Clown
Dan McDougall ... Bartender #1
Don Bland ... Biker #1
Steven Cree Molison ... Biker #2
Anne Hathaway ... Lureen Newsome
Release Date: 16 December 2005
Running Time: 130 Min

17) Brown sugar (2002):

They met at a very young age but they shared a mutual love for the hip hop music. They grew away from each other but meet again as their lives couldn't be more different than one another but they soon secretly started to fall for one another, despite the fact that they both have a special person in their lives. Will they dump their significant others to be together? Will they find a way to pick up from where they left off as kids?

Director: Rick Famuyiwa
Writer: Michael Elliot
Cast:
Taye Diggs ... Andre Romulus 'Dre' Ellis
Sanaa Lathan ... Sidney 'Syd' Shaw
Mos Def ... Chris 'Cav' Anton Vichon
Nicole Ari Parker ... Reese Marie Wiggam Ellis
Boris Kodjoe ... Kelby Dawson
Queen Latifah ... Francine
Erik Weiner ... Ren
Reggi Wyns ... Ten
Wendell Pierce ... Simon
Kool G. Rap ... Himself (as Kool G Rap)
Pete Rock ... Himself
De La Soul ... Themselves
Tariq Trotter ... Himself/The Roots (as Black Thought)
Jermaine Dupri ... Himself
Talib Kweli ... Himself
Release Date: 11 October 2002
Running Time: 109 Min

16) Boomerang (1992):

Halle berry plays Angela Lewis, the character that falls in love with Marcus Graham played by Eddie Murphy character after he was dumped by his opportunist co-worker girlfriend. Soon after, Marcus gets back on his feet. And who wants him back, the ex girlfriend. Still very attached to the ex he cheats on halle as if she did not count. Angela sets him straight and goes on with her life. Faithfully enough, Marcus goes running after Angela because she was truly the woman for him. Will she accept him? Will he have the woman of his dreams?

Director: Reginald Hudlin
Writer: Eddie Murphy & Barry W. Blaustein
Cast:Eddie Murphy ... Marcus Graham
Robin Givens ... Jacqueline 'Jackie/Jack' Broyer
Halle Berry ... Angela Lewis
David Alan Grier ... Gerard Jackson
Martin Lawrence ... Tyler
Grace Jones ... Helen Strangé
Geoffrey Holder ... Nelson
Eartha Kitt ... Lady Eloise
Chris Rock ... Bony T
Tisha Campbell ... Yvonne
Lela Rochon ... Christie
John Witherspoon ... Mr. Jackson
Bebe Drake ... Mrs. Jackson (as Bebe Drake-Massey)
John Canada Terrell ... Todd
Leonard Jackson ... Lloyd, the Chemist
Release Date: 1 July 1992
Running Time: 117 Min

15) Closer (2004):
Jude law’s character meets this attracting American who comes to England just to erase the last boyfriend she had out of her mind. While crossing one of the busy streets of England, she has her eyes locked on Jude instead of paying attention to the street and consequentially gets hit by a Taxi. Who comes to the rescue, Jude the stranger, takes her to the hospital. He dumps the girlfriend he had then to be with her. She lived at his house, and months later, he is cheating on her with a much older American photographer. This is the lives of four complete strangers that get intertwined as the story develops, you got to see this movie, it’s very inspiring to man and woman alike.

Director: Mike Nichols
Writer: Patrick Marber
Cast:
Natalie Portman ... Alice
Jude Law ... Dan
Julia Roberts ... Anna
Clive Owen ... Larry
Nick Hobbs ... Taxi Driver
Colin Stinton ... Customs Officer
Release Date: 3 December 2004
Running Time: 104 Min

14) Disappearing acts (2000):

She was a singer song writer, and he was her mover, more like a helper. She was looking for her big break in the music industry, and with her he thought he could sing harmoniously in the bedroom that is. They fell in love, but love is simply not enough sometimes. He was not motivated to make anything out of himself; as a result, he was holding her back. She had to make a very difficult choice to let him go, or to take her singing career more seriously. She had to make up her mind because change comes from within, she couldn’t change him. He was coming and leaving, never a permanent fix in her life. So, she followed her dreams and it took her to great places. Will they get back together again? Will he make something out of himself?

Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood
Writers: Terry McMillan & Lisa Jones
Cast:
Sanaa Lathan ... Zora Banks
Wesley Snipes ... Franklin Swift
Regina Hall ... Portia
Lisa Arrindell Anderson ... Claudette
Q-Tip ... Reg Baptiste (as Kamaal Fareed)
Clark Johnson ... Jimmy
John Amos ... Mr. Swift
CCH Pounder ... Mrs. Swift
Aunjanue Ellis ... Pam
John Beasley ... Mr. Banks
Fernando Phifer Cameron ... Tyree
Dequan Henderson ... Marcus
Laz Alonso ... Martinez
Cleveland Sampson ... Walter
Thomas Day
Release Date: 9 December 2000
Running Time: 115 Min

13) Endless love (1981):

Just thinking back about this great movie, give me goose bumps all over. This is the story of two young kids that are with each other, spends countless hours of the day together. They were each other’s first in everything, first kiss, first love, and first sexual partner. They looked so perfect together but their parents were against the whole thing. This movie is so bittersweet it will leave you thinking you were watching a modern age Romeo and Juliet…very deep, very moving. You will not be able to take your eyes off the screen, it’s just that good, that touching.

Director: Franco Zeffireli
Writer: Judith Rascoe & Scott Spencer
Cast:
Brooke Shields ... Jade Butterfield
Martin Hewitt ... David Axelrod
Shirley Knight ... Ann Butterfield
Don Murray ... Hugh Butterfield
Richard Kiley ... Arthur Axelrod
Beatrice Straight ... Rose Axelrod
James Spader ... Keith Butterfield (as Jimmy Spader)
Ian Ziering ... Sammy Butterfield
Robert Moore ... Dr. Miller
Penelope Milford ... Ingrid Orchester
Jan Miner ... Mrs. Switzer
Salem Ludwig ... Mr. Switzer
Leon B. Stevens ... Judge
Vida Wright ... Sonia
Jeff Marcus ... Leonard
Release Date: 17 July 1981
Running Time: 116 Min

12) When a man loves a woman:

Some love are great love, some love will help you go the distance to make it right. They were married with three girls, they were the perfect couple, lived the perfect life in the eyes of their neighbors in their suburban home. Sometimes, things look so great on the surface but once you dig inside you start finding pus and all kinds of infections. That is how their lives were, the husband was a pilot, he was rarely home but he loved his family passionately, there is not one thing he would not do for them, but quitting his job. The wife played by Meg Ryan, was an under cover alcoholic, every time her husband went to work she will recoil back to drinking. She got so bad to the point the family took the toll. Will their marriage survive? Will she ever get sober? For the love of a woman captures the love a husband has for his wife and how far he will go to prove it to her. This film is exceptional there is not a doubt about it.

Director: Luis Mandoki
Writer: Ronald Bass & Al Franken
Cast:
Andy Garcia ... Michael Green
Meg Ryan ... Alice Green
Ellen Burstyn ... Emily
Tina Majorino ... Jessica Green
Mae Whitman ... Casey Green
Lauren Tom ... Amy
Philip Seymour Hoffman ... Gary
Eugene Roche ... Walter
Gail Strickland ... Pam
Steven Brill ... Madras tie guy
Susanna Thompson ... Janet
Erinn Canavan ... Shannon
LaTanya Richardson ... Dr. Gina Mendez
Bari K. Willerford ... Malcolm
James Jude Courtney ... Earl
Release Date: 13 May 1994
Running Time: 126 Min

11) When Harry Met Sally (1989):

I guess anyone who saw this movie already will say the scene at the restaurant when Sally played by Meg Ryan faked the orgasm was their best part. I guess it could have been mine too, but there are so many other intriguing and moving moments in this film to choose from. Their dialogues were so deep, so loving, and so intense that you wished the movie never ended or just wished you could come up with so many great lines to say to the special one in your life. I assure you this movie will leave you in such an amorous state, if you don’t have a partner in your life right now, you will need to get one so you can share this growing love and passion.

Director:Rob Reiner
Writer: Nora Ephron
Cast:
Billy Crystal ... Harry Burns
Meg Ryan ... Sally Albright
Carrie Fisher ... Marie
Bruno Kirby ... Jess
Steven Ford ... Joe
Lisa Jane Persky ... Alice
Michelle Nicastro ... Amanda Reese
Gretchen Palmer ... Stewardess
Robert Alan Beuth ... Man on aisle
David Burdick ... Nine-year-old boy
Joe Viviani ... Judge
Harley Jane Kozak ... Helen Helson (as Harley Kozak)
Joseph Hunt ... Waiter at wedding
Kevin Rooney ... Ira Stone
Franc Luz ... Julian
Release Date: 21 July 1989
Running Time: 96 Min

10) Indecent proposal (1993):

Demi Moore plays this character who’s married to a broke architect. In spite, they lead a normal life, they love each other passionately and you would think no one could come in between them. That is until they are scarce for money, and made a trip to Las Vegas in the hopes of hitting couples of jackpot and be home safe. But the question is, when enough will be enough for them. They get more than they could bargain for, but felt the need to go back to Las Vegas to double up or nothing their money, luck was not with them this time around because they lost all of it, in one shot. Meanwhile, they get acquainted with one of the big shots in the hotel casino whom had the eye for Demi; later that same night made them an offer they could not resist. Whoever lets their wife sleep with another man will never feel the same way ever again. They took him up on the offer, and hereon, they started to have problems in their marriage. Will they lose each other? Will they ever be the same again?

Director: Adrian Lyne
Writer: Jack Engelhard & Amy Holden Jones
Cast:
Robert Redford ... John Gage
Demi Moore ... Diana Murphy
Woody Harrelson ... David Murphy
Seymour Cassel ... Mr. Shackleford
Oliver Platt ... Jeremy
Billy Bob Thornton ... Day Tripper
Rip Taylor ... Mr. Langford
Billy Connolly ... Auction M.C.
Joel Brooks ... Realtor
Pierre Epstein ... Van Buren
Danny Zorn ... Screenwriter
Kevin West ... Screenwriter
Pamela Holt ... David's Girlfriend
Tommy Bash ... David's Father
Mariclare Costello ... David's Mother
Release Date: 7 April 1993
Running Time: 117 Min

9) Love and basketball (2000):

Gabrielle union plays in this classic tale of love but was one of the easy girls. Omar Epps and Sanaa Lathan played the characters Quincy McCall and Monica Wright. They were neighbors, they grew up together, they both played ball, but she was not the type to let a man control her. They were each other’s first love, and soon their egos took the best of them. They fell back in love with each other as they were going to college, they were the match made in heaven but once again they let their love for the ball game get in between them. Love was not the problem their egos were. Through it all, they will find their way back together because they truly were made for each other. It’s a very light hearted romantic film with all the right ingredients to make you tear a little, and laugh a little.

Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood
Writer: Gina Prince-Bythewood
Cast: Glenndon Chatman ... Young Quincy
Jess Willard ... Jamal
Chris Warren Jr. ... Kelvin
Kyla Pratt ... Young Monica
Alfre Woodard ... Camille Wright
Naykia Harris ... Young Lena
Harry J. Lennix ... Nathan Wright
Debbi Morgan ... Nona McCall
Dennis Haysbert ... Zeke McCall
Sanaa Lathan ... Monica Wright
Omar Epps ... Quincy McCall
Colleen Matsuhara ... UCLA Coach
Al Foster ... Coach Hiserman
Nathaniel Bellamy Jr. ... Highschool Referee #1 (as Nathaniel Bellamy)
Regina Hall ... Lena Wright
Release Date: 21 April 2000
Running Time: 124 Min

8) Meet Joe black:

Brad Pitt is Joe Black in this psycho-thriller, who is the reaper embodied in a young corporate body to supervise the life of a man he is supposed to take with him in the afterlife after his sixty-six birthday. The only problem is that the reaper is falling in love with the daughter of his mission. What is the reaper to do?

Director: Martin Brest
Writer: Ron Osborn & Jeff Reno
Cast:
Brad Pitt ... Joe Black
Anthony Hopkins ... William Parrish
Claire Forlani ... Susan Parrish
Jake Weber ... Drew
Marcia Gay Harden ... Allison Parrish
Jeffrey Tambor ... Quince
David S. Howard ... Eddie Sloane
Lois Kelly-Miller ... Jamaican Woman
Jahnni St. John ... Jamaican Woman's Daughter
Richard Clarke ... The Parrish's Butler
Marylouise Burke ... Lillian
Diane Kagan ... Jennifer
June Squibb ... Helen
Gene Canfield ... Construction Foreman
Suzanne Hevner ... Florist
Release Date: 13 November 1998
Running Time: 178
Facts: expensive film without special effects during its time

7) Proof of life (2000):

Meg Ryan’s character is married to one of those engineers, who get contracted from country to country to evaluate and create new avenues of income for third world countries. One day, while Tim Robbins’s character is driving home, he gets kidnapped, when pretty much, everyone gave up on him, his wife never did. His wife pushed all the doors open to find one of the best negotiators in the field whom fell in love with her in the process, in order to retrieve her husband. We are all looking for a beautiful and loyal person such as Ryan’s character in our lives.

Director: Taylor Hackford
Writer: Tony Gilroy & William Prochnau
Cast: Meg Ryan ... Alice Bowman
Russell Crowe ... Terry Thorne
David Morse ... Peter Bowman
Pamela Reed ... Janis Goodman
David Caruso ... Dino
Anthony Heald ... Ted Fellner
Stanley Anderson ... Jerry
Gottfried John ... Eric Kessler
Alun Armstrong ... Wyatt
Michael Kitchen ... Ian Havery
Margo Martindale ... Ivy
Mario Ernesto Sánchez ... Arturo Fernandez (as Mario Ernesto Sanchez)
Pietro Sibille ... Juaco
Vicky Hernández ... Maria (as Vicky Hernandez)
Norma Martínez ... Norma (as Norma Martinez)
Release Date: 8 December 2000
Running Time: 135 Min

6) Romeo and Juliet (1996):

We all know this story, but we can’t ever seem to stop crying at this heartbreaking ending. Leonardo dicaprio plays the character of Romeo; he falls in love with Juliet played by Claire Danes. Their families are arch enemies, they are forbidden to fall in love with each other but love just happens, it never asks for permission. Which leads them to the unthinkable, to fake their deaths, and hopefully they will get a chance to be together forever. Unfortunately, the plan fails, and puts us all in a corner full of guilt.

Director: Baz Luhrmann
Writer: William Shakespeare & Craig Pearce
Cast:
Leonardo DiCaprio ... Romeo
Claire Danes ... Juliet
John Leguizamo ... Tybalt
Harold Perrineau ... Mercutio
Pete Postlethwaite ... Father Laurence
Paul Sorvino ... Fulgencio Capulet
Brian Dennehy ... Ted Montague
Paul Rudd ... Dave Paris
Vondie Curtis-Hall ... Captain Prince
Miriam Margolyes ... The Nurse
Jesse Bradford ... Balthasar
M. Emmet Walsh ... Apothecary
Zak Orth ... Gregory
Jamie Kennedy ... Sampson
Dash Mihok ... Benvolio
Release Date: 1 November 1996
Running Time: 120 Min

5) She’s having a baby:

bacon play Kevins the character of a young married guy who has everything his friend played by Alec Baldwin has ever dreamed of but, he is still fantasying about other girls until his wife gets pregnant. Then, he starts really to show and to feel his love for her. Sometimes, we all need a wake up call, to keep us grounded.

Director: John Hughes
Writer: John Hughes
Cast:
Kevin Bacon ... Jefferson 'Jake' Edward Briggs
Elizabeth McGovern ... Kristen 'Kristy' Briggs
Alec Baldwin ... Davis McDonald
William Windom ... Russ Bainbridge
Holland Taylor ... Sarah Briggs
Cathryn Damon ... Gayle Bainbridge
John Ashton ... Ken
James Ray ... Jim Briggs
Dennis Dugan ... Bill
Larry Hankin ... Hank
Nancy Lenehan ... Cynthia
Isabel García Lorca ... Fantasy Girl
Reba McKinney ... Grandmother
Bill Erwin ... Grandfather
Anthony Mockus Sr. ... Minister
Release Date: 5 February 1988
Running Time: 106 Min

4) Sleepless at Seattle (1993):

Meg Ryan’s character is a sweetheart; she listens to that radio show about a little boy who needs a woman for his father. She feels almost compel to help this little boy but she also finds herself wanting to be that woman for his father. This movie makes you believe in fate more than anything, whatever was meant to be, no matter how long it takes you to get to it, you will. Needless to say, that Meg Ryan’s character gradually started to feel closer to the little boy’s father, even though, they have never met. So they set up a date and a place, to which they paid homage to this love story with Warren Beatty and Annette Bening whom by the way are real life sweethearts, to meet at the imperial state building. The rest we will live up to fate.

Director: Nora Ephron
Writer: Jeff Arch & Nora Ephron
Cast:
Tom Hanks ... Sam Baldwin
Meg Ryan ... Annie Reed
Bill Pullman ... Walter
Ross Malinger ... Jonah Baldwin
Rosie O'Donnell ... Becky
Gaby Hoffmann ... Jessica
Victor Garber ... Greg
Rita Wilson ... Suzy
Barbara Garrick ... Victoria
Carey Lowell ... Maggie Abbott Baldwin
David Hyde Pierce ... Dennis Reed
Dana Ivey ... Claire Bennett
Rob Reiner ... Jay
Tom Riis Farrell ... Rob
Le Clanché du Rand ... Barbara Reed
Release Date: 25 June 1993
Running Time: 105 Min

3) The list (2006):

In the same spirit as "breaking all the rules", this young professional finds himself proposing to his long time girlfriend in an audience of hundreds to only get publicly humiliated by the girlfriend dumping him. Brady plays this character to which he holds every girl he dates or will date up to a list of standards the women must possess but we all know no one is perfect. Unlikely enough, he finds a girl who has all of his prerequisites. Is this girl for real? Is he being played? Those are the questions he should have been asking himself but he fell in love with her to find out later that the girl was a poser. Nevertheless, she was really catching feelings for him as well, but would that suffice to get him to let go of the list, and take this woman as is?

Director: Brandon Sonnier
Writer: Marcus Folmar
Cast:
Wayne Brady ... Lewis
Sydney Tamiia Poitier ... Cecile
Flex Alexander ... Chet
Matthew Glave ... Phillip
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tatyana Ali ... Cynthia
Mike Baldridge
Gina-Raye Carter ... Mail Room Girl
Helaine Cira ... Alice
Reggie Currelley ... Auditor
Illeana Douglas ... Donna
Brad Dourif ... Johan Gabini
Keith Ewell ... Will
Marcus Folmar ... Commercial Director
Stephon Fuller ... Assistant Director
Jennifer Say Gan ... Karaoke Host
Natalie Garza ... Angie
Nicole Garza ... Tangie
Erica Gimpel ... Gail
Joy Hadnott ... Darlene
Tragedy Khadafi ... Boy
Jane Lynch ... Dr. Davina
Robyn Myhr ... Redhead
Julie Osburn ... Shirley
Rudy Quintanilla ... Hector
Nectar Rose ... Diana
Jack Shearer ... Mr. Idely
Concetta Tomei ... Ms. Fitch
Malcolm-Jamal Warner ... Randy
Release Date: 2006

2) The notebook (2004):

This movie will make you wonder about things, you have never wondered about. Such as love at first sight, or love after someone is long gone out of your life. This movie has the power to make you foresee your future with the mate you have right now. It has the right material, to make you think and question yourself as to the person you are dating right at this moment, are they for life, will they be there for you when you have Alzheimer’s, when you become forgetful of your own past, will they be there for you to read your own past to you, to make you remember how wonderful your past was, and how bless you have been to have such a loving companion by your side. This movie will make you dream, you had someone right now in your life that could love you unconditionally and thoroughly like Noah loved Allie.

Director: Nick Cassavates
Writer: Nicholas Sparks & Jan Sardi
Cast: Tim Ivey ... Rower
Gena Rowlands ... Allie Calhoun
Starletta DuPois ... Nurse Esther
James Garner ... Duke
Anthony-Michael Q. Thomas ... Nurse Keith
Ed Grady ... Harry
Renée Amber ... Nurse at Counter
Jennifer Echols ... Nurse Selma
Geoffrey Knight ... Barker
Kevin Connolly ... Fin
Ryan Gosling ... Noah Calhoun
Heather Wahlquist ... Sara Tuffington
Rachel McAdams ... Allie Hamilton
Andrew Schaff ... Matthew Jamison III
Matt Shelly ... Seabrook Boy
Release Date: 25 June 2004
Running Time: 123 min
Facts: Ryan Goslin, the main character, used to be in the Mickey Mouse Club.

Titanic (1997):
When you hear titanic you think disaster, catastrophe, and perilous fall of a ship. Well, you should also think of Leonardo Dicaprio and Kate Winslet, how they captured the characters they played so beautifully in this true story. This story is very well known by most Americans but the love story they added on to it made it even more popular. This love story made me wish I was already grown, because when I first saw it, I was so young and I could not wait to fall in love, and get someone to love me to the point to put their lives in immediate danger in order to save me, so unselfishly. This story made me think a lot about how soon one can fall in love but could still last a lifetime. This movie made me cry so much, that I could not even talk about it without sobbing. I was in a very sad mood for days after watching it for the first time. I don’t know about you but this movie is the ultimate love story of our time.

Director: James Cameron
Writer: James Cameron
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio ... Jack Dawson
Kate Winslet ... Rose DeWitt Bukater
Billy Zane ... Caledon 'Cal' Hockley
Kathy Bates ... Molly Brown
Frances Fisher ... Ruth Dewitt Bukater
Gloria Stuart ... Old Rose
Bill Paxton ... Brock Lovett
Bernard Hill ... Captain Smith
David Warner ... Spicer Lovejoy
Victor Garber ... Thomas Andrews
Jonathan Hyde ... Bruce Ismay
Suzy Amis ... Lizzy Calvert
Lewis Abernathy ... Lewis Bodine
Nicholas Cascone ... Bobby Buell
Dr. Anatoly M. Sagalevitch ... Anatoly Milkailavich
Release Date: 19 December 1997
Running Time: 194 Min

Vanilla sky (2001):

Vanilla Sky is one of those movies that took me at least three trials to finally understand it and when I did; it made me uneasy for days. I will tell you why in a minute. David played by Tom Cruise inherits his family magazine fortune does not have a worry in the world. Pretty boy love the girls and make them cry type of guy. He was bound to make one of them a jilted one. Cameron Diaz plays the character of the jilted ex girlfriend who could not stand to see David with anyone else but her, so she planned to kill herself and David in a car crash which did not go her way. David survives the accident with minor problems his face is forever disfigured though. What a pretty boy to do! His face was his reputation, his pride, his passport. So, he stayed home most of the time after the accident. Prior to the days leading to the accident he had met this pretty aspiring dancer played by Penelope Cruz, to whom he talked and had a one night stand with, but there was something about her. He wanted more, he was taken by her. But since the accident, he grew aloof, and was no longer the charismatic pretty boy anymore, so she disappeared out of his life just like that. Sometimes, you may think you can escape your life, it will still be happening in your mind. Either you like or not. As a result, he goes to see a doctor after he had seen so many commercials about their reconstructive surgery, he had all the money in the world, all he wanted was a surgeon that could tell him yes, they could fix his face. So, he did find that surgeon, and that company but the price he had to pay had nothing to do with money. It was with his memories. It made me uneasy because I can only imagine to think I may be living right now, but all that I do on a daily basis, all the people that I interact with and became friends with are not real; That I asked a doctor to put them in my mind and not to let me be aware of it. Well, that shook me a little and I am sure if you see it my way, it could do the same thing to you.

Director: Cameron Crowe
Writer: Alejandro Amenabar & Mateo Gil
Cast: Tom Cruise ... David Aames
Penélope Cruz ... Sofia Serrano
Cameron Diaz ... Julianna 'Julie' Gianni
Kurt Russell ... Dr. Curtis McCabe
Jason Lee ... Brian Shelby
Noah Taylor ... Edmund Ventura
Timothy Spall ... Thomas Tipp
Tilda Swinton ... Rebecca Dearborn
Michael Shannon ... Aaron
Delaina Mitchell ... David's Assistant
Shalom Harlow ... Colleen
Oona Hart ... Lynette
Ivana Milicevic ... Emma
Johnny Galecki ... Peter Brown
Jhaemi Willens ... Jamie Berliner
Release Date: 14 December 2001
Running Time: 136 Min
Facts: Penelope Cruz and Tom Cruise fell in love on the set and stayed together for couple of years.

The Loyal Friend

Once upon a time:

There were two best friends from New Orleans, who came from a poor background and was going to the big apple to make something out of their lives. Little did they know that life will never be the same afterwards…

They were on their way to New York by bus, they were talking their plans out on how many jobs they were going to apply for, and hopefully get their big break in the long run. Jonas, and Jeremy were friends since elementary school, they had the same dreams to be one day very successful in whatever they set their minds to accomplish.

They were both nineteen, they finished high school and felt that New Orleans had nothing to offer them. As they did not have any aspiration to go to college or to be musicians, so their minds were set for the big apple.

Here they were, in NYC, with no money, no jobs, just back packs with another pair of change clothes, and a notebook. They stayed in a couple of subways in Manhattan, and Jonas the most inspired one, decided to create a character and sell it to one of those big TV networks. Hereon, their lives started to change for the better, or worse depending on the way you see life.

Jonas created this character based on the life of an old man he knew from growing up in the n.o. he never really took this old man seriously when he used to tell him tales of witchcraft, sorcery, and vampires, but he felt there was some potential that could come out of these stories.

He brought the old man’s stories to life. He wrote a playwright, and he even designed the old man’s portrait. This old man’s name was tonton Marcel. He was dark skinned, with grey hair, with a face that has seen pretty much everything the world could bring unto his door steps. He was so old; he walked with a Cannes, and always wore a hat. He was well known by the neighborhood, every one respected him, he was one of those old men who never grew tired to give advice to youngsters or never too busy to tell kids a story of his past, full of life and adventures, stories that everyone thought was make believe, in reality, were very truthful.

Jonas became very successful by selling the stories to one of those big networks; he received his cut and invested some in stocks, bought a house in upstate NY, and totally dismissed his buddy Jeremy. As if he had never known him.
Jeremy could never find a job, it seems almost as if he had bad luck written all over him. Until one night as he was looking for a spot to fall asleep in central park, he saw an apparition of tonton marcel. He thought he was going crazy, he could not believe what he was seeing but it was as real as the plastic bags he carried with him everywhere he went. He was in total shock and asked tonton marcel what was wrong with him and how did he make it to NY.

Tonton marcel told him to not worry about how he made it to NY but what he is there to tell him. Tonton marcel told him about the stories, he used to tell them as they were kids, and he warned Jeremy to find Jonas to tell him to take the story back from the network he sold it to, or his life will be a living hell literally. Jeremy could not understand why. But he was the good natured and patient one, so he made it his mission to go to Syracuse where Jonas lived since his newfound fortune to warn him of this bad business. Jeremy begged in the city for two days until he made enough money to go see Jonas. Once he made it to Jonas’ doorsteps, he knocked and a maid opened the door for him, he asked the maid to see Jonas immediately. But the maid took almost what seems to be an eternity to take her stare off Jeremy to go get her master. She let him in after Jonas gave her the go ahead. And there Jeremy was, face to face with his childhood friend that made it and now he was about to tell him to take it all back or else.

Jeremy was never jealous of Jonas; he was never upset at Jonas for not taking him along. He was just waiting patiently for his big break but he had to put one foot in the door to do so, which Jonas did. In fact, he was happy for him at least one of them made it, he would say to himself at night under the stars.
Jonas greeted him, and they started to talk about everything and anything until Jeremy broke the news to him. Jonas told him that it was absurd; there was no way he would do such a thing. This old man has been dead for years, how can Jeremy of all people see him in central park? Jonas accused Jeremy of being jealous of his success in life. Jeremy told him, that he was not making this up, and tried numerous times to convince Jonas with no success. So Jeremy left and went back to NYC.

As he was making his way back to the central park one night, he saw tonton marcel again, this time he acted as if he did not see him, and went on about finding a spot to fall asleep.
Tonton marcel followed him and said: "it’s okay Jeremy, I know you can see me, and I know that you went to Jonas and delivered the message for me, and for your loyalty use these numbers in the New York lottery tomorrow and you shall receive your rewards for your hard earned services." Jeremy was speechless. He just took the piece of paper that had the number written on them from tonton marcel and as swift as the wind, tonton marcel disappeared.

Jeremy could not wait, the whole night, he was thinking about what he could do with this money if it was for real…he grew restless so he open his back pack and took the notebook he wrote his plans on ten years ago, when he was on his way to the big apple with his friend jonas, he opens the notebook and went over those plans again. There were only five wishes and they were:
Wish one: to go back to n.o. and buy my mom a house
Wish two: to open a center for kids with aids in New Orleans
Wish three: to open up a center for senior citizens for their entertainment
Wish four: to buy a house for me and Jonas
Wish five: to donate my time to volunteer work in homeless shelters.
It was so long ago, when he wrote this, and started to tear a little at the thought that he could possibly get to realize some of those wishes. So, he finally fell asleep peacefully.

First thing in the morning, he got up and went to the nearest convenience store, he applied the numbers that were given to him by tonton marcel to the lottery ticket and bought those numbers. Jeremy waited patiently outside an electronic store to run the NYC lottery ticket winners for the day. Hours went by, and it started to get darker, and at last, the announcer read off his ticket numbers to win the mega million dollars lottery. Jeremy was so happy and so calm, at that instant he started to cry. He could not stop crying. Passersby saw him and laughed at him, but he did not budge, he was crying because he knows exactly what he was going to do with all that money. He had a plan.

Jeremy became richer than most hard working people in the entire world in one day. He carried out his plan; he realized all of his wishes.

Ten years later... as he is volunteering in one of those homeless shelters, he spotted Jonas in the last clothes he saw him in ten years earlier. Without a second thought, he went to attend to Jonas, he hugged Jonas and told him how much he missed him all these years, Jonas was 39 now, he went to the big apple, realized his dream but never helped another soul, came back crawling into his hometown after he lost his house, he lost his stocks, he lost every thing he had ever own, and was pushed to go back to new Orleans or he could face jail time. So there he was 20 years later with nothing to show for.

Jeremy took him aside, as if nothing had ever happened before and told him that they had a house together, he was waiting for him to finally make it home.

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Gemini and Capricorn: the forbidden love relationship

This article is dedicated to all horoscope fanatics…it’s not about what you believe in sometimes, it is about how much is true from what you believe in…

A Capricorn is a very intense, workaholic, serious Earth Sign. This sign is very persistent, very stubborn, very intelligent, over-achiever and will not give up easily.

The Capricorn goes for deep relationships, they are very intense, and serious about whom they choose to be in their lives. A female Capricorn can scare a guy away because they tend to be too head-strong, and independent.

A Gemini is a very down to Earth sign, very sociable, very flexible, very hard-working, but tends to use the easy way out to make their money faster. This sign does not believe in doing anything the conventional way. The Gemini goes for the light relationships, does not want to feel pressured into doing anything.

When a Gemini and a Capricorn meet in a business environment, they can collaborate and put what they know on the plate and create wonders.

Now when a Gemini and a Capricorn want to be in a loving relationship, they have to be ready to ride the rollercoaster this relationship will board them on.

The day Aurora met Joshua she thought she would never get herself to talk to him let alone becoming his friend, and later his best friend. She thought he was a hypocritical, shady, two-faced individual who could never be loyal to anyone. She called him all kinds of names. She never thought this guy would become such an intrinsic part of her life.

The Gemini in Joshua was too much for the Capricorn in Aurora, she could not bear to be close to him for one second, but they worked in the same place, and they lived in the same area, so there was no avoiding each other. They saw each other pretty much everyday, there was no escaping it. Until the day, they were assigned to a remote location together that things started to fall into place for a friendship to grow. Joshua was much taken by the way Aurora was so independent; she was unlike most women he had known. He wanted to know more about her, as a result, they started to build a friendship together, and they told each other things that they would not normally tell to another soul. They were each other’s confidants. They became best friends, and soon inseparable.

As the months went by, they were going back home to their permanent place of work, they finished the assignment successfully, and they both gained a friend in the process. If only they left it at that, they started to grow deeper feelings for one another, and before they knew it, they were falling for each other. They were both irresistible to one another, for they have never quite met anyone with their qualities and demeanors before. They felt almost as if they had to seize this occasion as fast as they could. In fact, they started to date; no one could come in between them in the beginning. They were very different in many levels but we all know opposites attract. How much attraction can those two opposites create, should be the question.

In the first stage of their loving relationship, they were in the seventh circle of Heaven. Everything was perfect which is typical, when you feel that you have found the love of your life. You feel that there is nothing in this world that could possibly go wrong; you feel that God created this person for you and only you, and that they are your perfect match. But there was something more genuine between those two, they knew from the get go, that they were very different from each other but they were very supportive of one another, they were each other’s rock, they completed each other.

All great things must come to an end. So this utopia period of their relationship was coming to an abrupt end, when their true signs started to take over. Their true personalities, the ones they knew before engaging into the relationship were making themselves known again. Stubborn Aurora, and flexible Joshua, Intense Aurora, and light-hearted Joshua were truly coming out and leaving their imprints all over the relationship.

Nevertheless, they were still very much in love with each other; there was a burning fire within them, every time they thought of the other. They could not leave each other alone, even if they felt it was probably the right choice. They did not know what to make of their situation. They knew they loved each other passionately but at the same could not stand each other at times. They could not live with each other yet they could not live without each other. It was heart breaking, this feeling they felt inside, they could not deny it, and it was so very true, so very sweet, so very real, but so very bitter as well.

In efforts to save their relationship, they tried everything and anything, they asked friends for advice, co-workers, and family alike, every one saw only one solution to their problems to end it point blank but they were not ready to do so. What a loving heart to do? They stayed together, made each other’s lives miserable when they were together and more miserable when they were apart.

The only way, they finally ended it, which was the worst possible way to end something like this, because your feelings are still there, are still very alive but chose to transfer it onto someone else. They both still have very deep feelings for one another but they chose to move on with other people, it may be a little selfish for their respective new partners, because they will never love them as they loved each other and as they still do. But they were both aware that was the ideal solution.
May be a Gemini and a Capricorn are not made to come into a romantic relationship but once they start loving each other, it’s beyond any relationships, it’s eternal. They can’t be together forever, but their hearts will always be intertwined forever, and they will always feel this burning fire for one another till the end of times.

Note to self: if you are a Capricorn or a Gemini keep away from each other because it will never work. Together, you will create a hell of heaven and vice versa... Ultimately, you will hurt them more than you could ever imagine. I know countless of Gemini and Capricorns who have tried to be together, even tried to marry one another but it always ended sadder than it had began. Be friends instead because you will always have each other’s back and this connection you two have is for life.
RAM