"The Lakehouse"

I haven't cried watching a movie in a while.

Did I cry during Atonement? I may have. Teared up. No - I teared up during The Lakehouse but I didn't cry.

So - The Lakehouse. Loved it. Two-thirds of the critics didn't but I never pay attention to them anyway. I'm not going to rehash the plot - you can look it up yourself. It's actually a re-make ofa 2000 Korean film called, Il Mare. - a man and woman fall in love through letters they've exchanged but they, in fact, exist two years apart from each other...she in 2006 and he in 2004. You have to pay attention.

Listen - I can't stand Sandra Bullock. I don't remember the last movie I saw her in. Keanu Reeves I can take but he's not in my top 100 actors. But the architecture of the lakehouse (it was built in Chicago for the movie and then dismanteled) sucked me in. I'm a huge Frank Lloyd Wright fan (who is mentioned in the movie) and I've been researching some play ideas based on Wright. The music's great (Paolo Conte) and the love story - the love story suckered me in right away. I know what it's like to long for someone who's out of your reach (however you wanna define that), so I felt empathy toward both characters.

I was begging like a little girl for the characters to end up happy.