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wicker park
2006-03-15, 12:24 a.m.

this entry might seem bizarre, but i need to get it off my chest (especially to cornbarn).

i don't really like the term guilty pleasure, cause i think if you like something you like something, whether it is supposedly cool or not.

but one movie i enjoy (if i had to consider it a guilty pleasure) would be wicker park. it stars josh hartnett (hunk) as the main character, who is involved in a really bizarre five-way love circle. the whole story revolves around him trying to find the woman he loved but lost.

the main things i really enjoy about this movie are:

-skeet ulrich' character (he is a classically trained actor!)
-the big city meets winter scenario (which is my favorite scenario in any film. if it is about chicago, new york, boston etc., and it is set in the winter, i am hooked)
-the last 20 minutes, especially the end scene where josh hartnett embraces his lost love at the airport (i have cried at this part every time).

i guess it would be considered a guilty pleasure since it is more of a chick flick, and some of it could be seen as cheesy.

some of my favorite lines in the movie are as followed (take note, these lines will blow you away):


"sometimes when you see someone from afar, you develop a fantasy. and then when you see them up close, nine times out of ten you wish you hadn't."
-josh hartnett to the woman who had been stalking him

"love makes you do crazy things...insane things. things in a million years you thought you'd never see yourself do...but there you are doing them. and you can't help it."
-the stalker telling josh hartnett why she is crazy

"i am not going to apologize for what i have done. it's for me to live with now...now you see me as i
am."
-the stalker telling josh hartnett about how it feels like to be crazy

"you want me to know what? know what matthew? that i am not the girl that can break your heart?"
-josh hartnett's fiance, when she finds out he is actually in love with another woman. she is really mad, but also really sad.


tonight was only my third time to see this movie. the first time was septembter of 2004. the second time was march 2005. i know these dates because each where important times of my life, and this movie really touched me when none others did.

in conclusion, i know some will probably not like this movie very much. but to me that is the greatest thing about movies-their ability to effect people on different levels. it is fun when i share a favorite movie with someone, because it creates a sense of connection with them. but i also enjoy when i share a favorite movie by myself. a movie that i like that others may not can often carry a higher meaning with it, for i am experiencing emotions that i feel, solely on what i think. to me this is a more pure way to gauge what i actually am touched or moved by. and it is for this reason as well why i enjoy going to the movies alone, because when i am by myself i am not suppressing emotions in fear of being seen or riduclued by my friends. so it allows me to focus on the movie for what it is, helping me to be in better tune with how i feel.

so i guess that is why wicker park would be considered a guilty pleasure (if i had to consider it).

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