Now on the other side, Serendipity evokes mixed reactions in the audience. No other movie has achieved this to the degree that this one does. It is a complete love story, mind you, but we feel the love, we don’t see it. And even then, they just hold hands to supplement the longing-feeling that the audience feels by this point. And his conversations with his father make for some of the funniest lines as well, you really do laugh out loud! As everyone knows, the most endearing part about the movie is the absolutely negligible contact the leads have prior to their finally meeting on top of the Empire State building. His presence makes the story more believable, and it is a strategically well-written part. He makes for a wonderful supporting act, lending the movie with just the right amount of innocence. Hanks’ ends are made by his son in the movie, Jonah, essayed heart-warmingly by Ross Malinger (who now works as an Automotives manager!). But that is justified, as the initial efforts from Mr. And other ones where Meg Ryan is the one embarrassedly bonking her way from place to place spying Tom Hanks. And hey, don’t chastise me for being sexist, that’s the movie! Directed by Nora Ephron, it takes countless shots at women’s idea of romance, what with the scenes where the girls in the movie cry over An Affair to Remember and the men just gape. And she shines through this one, making us empathize for her character, as she acts as irrationally as a woman in love, would. Remember When Harry Met Sally? Yes, we adore Billy Crystal, but she was the real star of that movie. The perfect blend of goofiness, wit, dramatic chops and utter cuteness make her a safe bet for any movie in that genre. He is the single-most prolific actor of the 21st century, while she seems to have been made for rom-coms. There have not been two other actors in the history of American cinema more adored than Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. Both movies are set in New-York, both the movies make unsubtle references to stars all through, both the movies have fate-finding-your-love as the central driving force, both movies have very romantic soundtracks (featuring Louis Armstrong) and both the movies have very charming supporting actors who guide the leads in their quest for the one true love. On the other hand, what makes Serendipity enriching is the concept behind it: A series of fortuitous accidents that leads us to our destiny. Sleepless in Seattle is a movie of touching innocence, carried through by two actors who could spend an entire 3 hours just peeling bananas on a kerb while talking and we would still enjoy it. So I love both the movies, in a lot of different ways and a lot in the same. So why’d I watch them back to back? I don’t know, something came over me. But no, I’m a guy, at a more-or-less stable state in life, who’s watched two very good movies. In fact, they might think I’m a tub of chocolate ice-cream and a couch away from being a depressed, wishful old maid or fat girl – who’s just broken up. Watching Sleepless in Seattle and Serendipity back to back alone on a train wouldn’t seem normal to a lot of people. I finished watching two incredibly romantic movies, and I’m quietly reflecting on them having drawn the curtains and completely isolated myself. Okay, maybe you do ‘kill’ time that way, but I have no qualms with time so I’d rather spend it with myself. You don’t compulsively need to talk to the people around you to kill time. So meeting people on trains, and sharing an experience with them, though admittedly enjoyable for some, seem forced to me. By anything, I obviously don’t mean your basic bodily functions, but things that make you think, things that make you feel. Actually, doing just about anything on trains is a beautiful experience. Tom Hanks is Sam, the architect who has moved to Seattle after the death of his wife his cute eight-year-old son Jonah calls a radio talk show about his depressed and insomniac dad and chivvies him into talking about his feelings live on air: the story of "Sleepless in Seattle" makes every single woman in America want to hug him, including feisty Baltimore journalist Annie, who falls in love with Sam right then and there, and does some pre-Google sleuthing to track him down.Watching movies on trains is a beautiful experience. Ephron cleverly reverses this situation and gives the man the heart-wrenching disability – bereavement. The movie references the 50s weepie classic An Affair to Remember, in which wheelchair-user Deborah Kerr famously can't keep her romantic appointment atop the Empire State Building with Cary Grant. The 1993 smash Sleepless In Seattle is this week's Valentine's Day re-release on the big screen, and it's a movie to which director and co-writer Nora Ephron brought her terrific flair, wit and nous, although she propagates the terrifying fallacy that a widower makes a wonderful romantic catch.
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