A few Fridays ago, I was in a bad/sad mood for no apparent reason. Hey – it happens, right?! Brad was going out, and I decided to stay home. I just wanted to veg on the floor with Bruin. (Note that my attention-crazed puppy incessantly barks at me if I sit on the couch – where he is also allowed – because I also have to constantly play with him.)
Anyway, TV was bad that night, so I checked out the pay-per-view choices. I saw that P.S. I Love You was available; I had mildly been interested in it when it came out, but since I didn’t like Hilary Swank very much or go to the movies often, I hadn’t seen it. I needed a light, chick-lit type movie, so I went ahead and ordered it.
I started crying five minutes into the movie. If you haven’t seen it, I don’t want to give anything away, but oh my god is this a tear jerker. After the initial incident that caused me to weep, I thought “ok, now it will probably get funny or something.” I couldn’t have been more wrong. Well, it was funny and entertaining in many places, but it was mostly so sad. Sad in sad ways. Sad in happy ways. Sad in wishful ways.
I bawled the entire length of the movie. By bawl, I mean my body was shaking, I could barely catch my breath and my head started to pound from the overwhelming emotion pouring out of me. Bruin was confused and just sat there watching me at first. Then, he moved onto my lap and started kissing away my tears. (Oh how I love that little guy!)
By the time the movie was over, I basically had a migraine and my eyes were swelled to the size of baseballs. I took Bruin out and went to bed.
This may seem like a plea not to get you to see this movie. It’s just the opposite. P.S. I Love You is now one of my all time favorite movies. It’s a heartwarming story with fantastic actors and star power. Gerard Butler, where have you been my whole life?! And, Hilary Swank, I’m not sure why I didn’t like you – maybe a combination of your 90210 days and how you creeped me out in Boys Don’t Cry – but I’m a fan now.
If you’re feeling sad or in a crappy mood, you may want to watch it with an extra box of kleenex though.
2 responses so far ↓
Katie // July 23, 2008 at 8:18 pm |
I’ll watch anything with Gerard Butler…Grrrrr!
magicdancer // July 24, 2008 at 4:08 am |
“P.S. I Love You is now one of my all time favorite movies. It’s a heartwarming story with fantastic actors and star power. Gerard Butler, where have you been my whole life?!”
I couldn’t agree more. This movie is in my top 5…top 3…possibly even #1. And I know what you mean about bawling your eyes out. I think it was somewhere around the 15th viewing before I got through it without tears.
And Gerry!! WOW! I sure know who he is now. Oh, what I’ve been missing, but I’m making up for it by watching all his movies and joining all the websites and forums dedicated to him. He’s got it all!