“He’s making violent love to me, mother!”
Once more with the Mary Hatch/George Bailey thing. It’s an obsession.
“Reading from top to bottom. Lisa. Carol. Fremont.”
Lisa: How’s your leg?
Jeff: Hurts a little.
Lisa: And your stomach?
Jeff: Empty as a football.
Lisa: And you’re love life?
Jeff: Not too active.
Lisa: Anything else bothering you?
Jeff: Mm-hm. Who are you?
Is there are more dramatic entrance than Grace Kelly in Rear Window? She’s beautiful.
Rom Coms?
Tossing and turning last night so I put on Can’t Buy Me Love to help me to get to sleep. Loved that movie as a kid. It’s pretty stupid. Yet I feel that’s a classic. Whatever happened to Amanda Peterson? She fell off the face of the earth or what?
Anyway, I was thinking about why there isn’t any good romantic comedies. There’s plenty, but I don’t like much. Maybe it’s just me. I get so cynical about it that light-hearted screen gems don’t do much for me.
Isn’t it romantic?
Well, it’s St. Valentine’s day. Here’s to all the fools taking their significant other out to town, dinner, and a movie. If only I could. *sigh*
Yet, when romance is involved, I get my thrill from the cinematic projector. And one of the more romantic of movies that I love is It’s a Wonderful Life. Wha?
Most people see this movie as the ultimate sentimental Christmas holiday movie. How can it be romantic?
Easy. It’s filled with scenes that’ll make you feel love.
Remember the scene with the young Mary Hatch whispering in George’s bad ear, “George Bailey, I’ll love you until the day I die.” Try that on a girl. She’ll appreciate it.
Remember the scene of the recently graduated Mary Hatch bored at the graduation dance. She listens the guy talking to her, but she doesn’t seem to hear him. Then she catches a glimpse of George Bailey coming her way and she lights up. “Well, hello.” That’s electrifying.
Remember the scene where George and Mary throw rocks at the old house. “What did you wish for, Mary?” The coy look she gives him. “Buffalo gals, won’t you come out tonight? And dance by the light of the moon.” You’ll chase after girls that give you that sly run around.
Remember the scene on the phone. “Tell him it’s a chance of a lifetime.” Yes. It is. To love and be loved. “Now you listen to me. I don’t want any plastics and I don’t want any ground floors. And I don’t want to get married *ever* to anyone! You understand that? I want to do what I want to do.” And she wants to be there with him. The raw emotion of the that scene.
I could go on, but you get the picture. There are many of them in it. So on this day of romance, pop in your DVD of It’s a Wonderful Life. Replace the Christmas holiday feelings with romantic thoughts thanks to George and Mary’s romance.