The Lake House

Went to watch sneaks on the Lake House last night, meaning that I caught it before most of the general population in S’pore. Did not watch the Korean film Il Mare prior to this, so I can’t do any comparison between the two. But yeah, because I haven’t watched romantic movies for so long, was kinda anticipating this and hoping for it to be good.

TJ’s rule # 1 for romantic movies (or all movies in general): there must be a happy ending. To him, if the ending is sad i.e. the protagonist dies/is injured/does not end up with his/her lover etc. then the show will never be great in his books. Hopeless romantic tt guy… but yeah… I don’t really agree, cos sometimes there more beauty/poignancy if the leads do not end up together, but are happier as a result, or it just wasn’t meant to be, but the process was still a most beautiful love story. Rambling in the morning, but I hope you know wat I mean.

My rule # 1 for romantic movies: leave logic out of the window while watching it. If you think too hard, it will never make sense, robbing it of the loveliness. Come on, the mere notion of two people meeting and falling head over heels in love all within the span of 2 hrs should already send alarm bells ringing. Not to mention ghosts who don’t leave cos of unfinished business and end up being brought back to life by the man of her dreams (Just like heaven) or people who can correspond via letters (who does that in 2006 anyway? Use email for goodness sake) and can even send letters back and forth in time over a two-year gap using a mailbox. So leave logic out of the window, and prepare tissues, cos allowing yourself the freedom to feel and experience other ppl’s love story is a sweet awwww feeling…

Haha not bad, throughout this whole entry I did not give away any of the plot that’s not already being overplayed on the trailers. Loved the soundtrack… It just set the entire mood of the movie… Especially the song by Paul McCartney: This never happened before. Simple but beautiful lyrics:

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