one of my favorites

Something There
Beauty and the Beast at MOVIECLIPS.com

Something rough into something tender. And a pretty lyric. What's not to love?

Welcome Warmth!

So, the groundhog said spring is coming soon. He better be right.
Annnddd.
The best movie:

Groundhog Day - Ned Ryerson - watch more funny videos

Anndd...me wanting spring:







flowers and warm weather, come now!

ps, that last photo is detail from a much larger painting by Alma Tadema called Spring Rush In. Its pretty magnificent, I suggest you take a further look!

pps: the girl is Gwenyth Paltrow from a Vogue shoot a few years back. Its the only photoshoot I've ever liked her in.

Quotables

You know those movies and moments you just always seem to use in real life? Just those 2 lines that come up, and then you look around the room to see who else caught them. I love that. Movie quotes are my favorite.
I just had to give a presentation in my film and literature class, and so quotes came up. That seems to be one of the most quotable movies of all time:



And then I got to thinking about some of the other scenes my family often references...




There are literally hundreds. But every time I hear someone reference a line I know, I feel a little...connected. Familiar. I guess that's what I love. Its like an instantaneous bond.

Here's to bonds.

Until The End Of Time

Oh for the melancholy...




This is the song that I've grown up with, that me and my siblings used to sing all the words to and take turns with the parts. I only recently watched the movie in all its emotional magnificence.



This is Moulin Rouge. Overdramatic, ridiculous, but absolutely gorgeous.


I don't know why Ewan didn't become a singer...his voice is unbelievable.

I talked to the characters and answered YES! to lots of what they were asking eachother....

I watched this horrible movie with cowboys and dust and snakes eating cowboys in a dusty river and I was too disgusted to go to bed, so I watched this scene to quiet my soul.
It performed the quieting task so marvelously I thought it might do the trick for other souls needing quieting.


Elizabethtown

My favorite!

Can't tell you how many times i've watched this movie, I just know I'm never tired of it.
And I don't show you her in these scenes, but it stars the breathtaking Grace Kelly. Go watch High Society!

The best guy in the world

warning: you will immediately want to watch this movie:

final montage of clips to some amazing foreign song:

warning: after watching this movie, if you're a girl, you'll be single for the rest of your life because no man will ever be as talented, beautiful, and quirky as Sam.

If i had any self control, I would only post one video and let you lust enough to search down more, but I can't help it.

He makes me giddy.

Favorite Movies 2009

Well, I don't know about you, but looking over our top selling media for this year embarrassed me. What shallow, silly, and often downright bad picks! I'm rather ashamed of our country.

TOP BOX OFICE HITS

1. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

2. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

3. Up

4. Twillight Saga: New Moon

5. Avatar

6. The Hangover

7. Star Trek

8. Monsters Vs. Aliens

9. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

10. The Blind Side

Oh Well, it was a bad year for the movies. I've yet to see Blind Side, which is hopeful but otherwise, this year was sorry!

Still, this is focusing on the loveliness, so I scrounged through and found 3 movies that I could actually happily recommend.

Best Cartoon:

Up

I'm sure you've heard it a million times, but Pixar really did do it again!

It's funny, its sweet, and ever so original.

Best Romantic: 500 Days Of Summer

This is the first romance that doesn't end the way you expect it to. And the first romance that tells you that in the very first scene. It's tells the story in such a creative, quirky way that you fall in love, anyway.

Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt both give spot-on brilliant performances.

Best Family:

17 Again

Family films have become so predictable and stupid that its hard to find a good one. And while 17 Again wouldn't win any awards for outstanding originality, it has enough funny moments and interesting curveballs to be entertaining and amusing. There's also a bit of a thoughtful moral to encourage conversation in families.

Plus, I'm sorry, but Zac Efron is just beautiful. Left those High School Musical days behind!

I tried really hard to find a top action movie, but I really struggled. Everything was just so LAME! Haven't seen Avatar yet, maybe that will fill the spot. Lets hope!