| More To Life Than Ourselves |
While this is not your typical romantic comedy, it is in fact the differences that make this a true masterpiece. The move starts with Roberts having a meal with her good friend and editor George. (George happens to be gay.) It is interesting that George is not ashamed of being gay, but on the other hand he doesn't scream it from the rooftops either. He is to be the voice of reason in this comedy full of mishaps. Roberts is happy to get a call from her past romantic partner Michael, but this soon turns to panic when she realizes that he is getting married in less than a week to someone else. (Julia is basically getting an invitation to the wedding.) George tries to calm Roberts down, but to no avail. She is determined to break the wedding. Whether we are routing for her, or feel her actions are absurd and cruel, somehow, we do get the impression that she is fighting a doomed uphill battle. We meet Kimmy, and we have little reason to doubt that she and Michael are a proper match. To be sure, there is one weak point in the relationship that Roberts finds and exploits, but let's be fair. What relationship DOESN'T have some weak point? Roberts realizes that her plans have backfired, and she desperately calls George for help. George tries to be a real friend to Roberts, but Roberts's new idea starts to wear down even George's patience. (Having George pretend to be her future husband to make Michael jealous.) While George plays along, it is clear that he has had it with this whole thing, and in a bit of frustration, he in a musical and theatrical way, humiliates Roberts. George nails down the whole crucial crux of the matter when he says: "Do you really love him, or is this just about winning?" Roberts then starts to lie about George. Her determination to win this lost cause causes her to start being dishonest about her real friend George. It is interesting that when we see Michael and Roberts together, we can infer that their relationship had serious flaws. There is usually (if not always) a visible tension between Michael and Roberts. In a final desperate attempt to stop the marriage, Roberts does something that is not only deceptive and cruel, but flat out illegal. (FRAUD to say the least.) Only then does her conscience start to wake up. But even though she is starting to realize that there is more to life than our own passions and desires, she still fights desperately to win back this man who doesn't love her anymore. (This is underlined in a comical, but yet tragic car chase.) Only after Roberts realizes her cruelty as well as her absurd actions does she realize that if someone doesn't love you, you can't really make them. This movie a masterpiece complete with a a great story, superb acting, and a harmonious mixture of tragedy and comedy. But even more than that, it underlines that sometimes triumph comes NOT from getting what we want, but reaching the point where we can rise above our own passions and desires to do what is right. While there is a certain sadness in the restoration of order, we also know it is right. But joy reenters when George proves himself a real friend and is there for Roberts. I think this is one of the best movies one can watch on Saint Valentine's Day. In a commerical society that promotes romance, this movie reminds us that often our passions and desires have to take a back seat to what is morally right. |
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| Julia will steel your heart!! |
Julia Robert is a friend to a guy who is about to get married.
There's one problem she loves him, she tries to break up the wedding.
And in the process she figures out that he's truly in love with her.
At the end the wedding was a success, and Julia falls for a different
guy at the reception.
I rate this movie a 9 from 1to10!! |
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