[1] Love Actually 真愛至上
The film begins with a voiceover from David (Hugh Grant) commenting that whenever he gets gloomy
with the state of the world he thinks about the arrivals terminal at Heathrow Airport, and the pure uncomplicated love felt as friends and families welcome their arriving loved ones. David's voiceover also relates that all the known messages left by the people who died on the 9/11 planes were messages of love and not hate. The film then tells the 'love stories' of many people。
Each story is linked in some way except for Billy Mack and his manager, who are not friends with any of the characters; however, he appears frequently on characters' radios and TVs; his music video provides an important plot device for Sam's pursuit of Joanna; the pair also cross paths with the other characters in the closing Heathrow scene. John and Judy work with Tony who is best friends with Colin who works for a catering company that works at the office where Sarah, Karl, Mia, and Harry work and also catered Peter and Juliet's wedding.。。
這是一出10個愛情故事竄成的喜劇雜燴:失去母親的小男孩終日郁郁寡歡,繼父不知該如何安慰。當他得知繼子喜歡上學校里最美的女孩,便熱烈地鼓勵兒子去追。小男孩為了贏得小女孩的關注,廢寢忘食地練習架子鼓,只為了在圣誕節的晚會上能與她同臺演出。勇敢的他,甚至為了最后的一記道別瀟灑地突破機場的安檢區。兩個孩子的母親面對了婚姻危機。丈夫感情出軌,把項鏈送給了別的女人,給她的,則僅是一張她熱愛的女歌手的CD。她找了借口倉皇躲入臥室,在歌聲中隱忍啜泣。轉個身,又夸張地大笑著,迎向嬌女愛子歡喜的面容。 丈夫最終幡然醒悟。
推薦理由:最感人的是每對情侶之間的“白板告白”,每次看到都淚崩!當音樂響起,心中總是暖暖的。
[2] The Notebook 戀戀筆記本
The story begins with Noah, an 80 year old man, reading a story from a notebook to a woman in a nursing home. Noah, 31, returns from World War II and finishes the restoration
of his Antebellum plantation-style home after his father's death. Meanwhile Allie, 29, sees the house in the newspaper and decides to pay him a visit。
Their reunion after fourteen years brings on a flood of memories and strong emotions in both of them. They have dinner together and talk about their lives and the past. Allie comes to know how her mother prevented her from reading Noah's letter. They talk about what could have happened between them without her mother's interference. At the end of the night, Noah invites Allie to come back the next day and promises her a surprise. She could not refuse. During this time, her fiancée Lon tries to reach her at the hotel, but Allie does not reply and he begins to worry.。。
一個浸潤著鮮紅與純白的愛情故事,寫在一本灑滿昏黃的筆記本上,被一位老先生(詹姆斯·加納飾),一遍一遍的講述。老太太(吉娜·羅蘭飾)總是靜靜的聽著,好奇的追問結果。在一家療養院,這樣不變的場景每天都會上演。筆記本上,秀美的字跡,記載著發生在那個夏天的愛情。艾莉(蕾切爾·麥克亞當斯飾)是富有人家的千金,她隨家人來到小鎮避暑。在一個充滿夢幻的游樂場,邂逅了諾亞(萊安·高斯利飾)。諾亞沒有錢,卻活的很快樂。艾莉在他那學會了自由,得到了歡笑,兩人很快熱戀起來。然而在艾莉父母的阻撓下,相愛的兩個人,就被分開在夏天結束的那一刻。隨著諾亞的365封信被偷偷藏起,艾莉在7年后終于放棄了等待。就在她要步入教堂的前一天,突然在報紙上看到了諾亞曾許諾給自己建造的白色房子。一切記憶,全部蘇醒……也許,應該蘇醒的,不是故事中的,而是聽故事的人。
推薦理由:電影表達了人類對于真愛的渴望。里面老Noah的一句臺詞:"Your mother is my home." 印象很深。