so… all I can say is, its very western… which is not surprising. thank goodness they named it 500 greatest movies instead of films (well, movies sounds less snobbish and more you know, for entertainment, which fits the list) Anyway to see it all at the original source follow the link
to see which ones i’ve watched look under the cut.
41. Fourteen Love Stories (2004)
Love–he seemed to have missed it. Or was the love that others told about a mere fabrication of perfervid imagination, an exaggeration of the commonplace, a glorification of insipid monotonies such as made up his love life? Was love a combination of circumstances, or sheer native capacity of soul? In those days love was, for him, still the eternal puzzle; for love, as he knew it, was a stranger to love as he divined it might be. “Dead Stars” by Paz Marquez Benitez
Well, first of all, this has “Dead Stars.” Anyone who knows me knows how much I love it. And then of course, there are the other love stories, from classics like “Dead Stars” and “Midsummer” (Manuel Arguilla), to more modern ones like “Passengers” (Luis Katigbak) and “Alma” (Maria L.M. Fres-Felix) and even to fantasy like “Dust Monster” (Gilda Cordero-Francisco), the collection has a love story for every kind of love you can think of (well, not every but close enough.)
stumbled on these interesting (and yeah, funny) Mac vs. PC ads:
US Version
UK Version
And then saw this new PC commercial which I think kicks the Mac commercial’s virtual ass:
And, of course, there are the parodies like this south park version:
haha. wala lang.
42. Bluebeard’s Egg and Other Stories by Margaret Atwood (1983)
As for me, I will die no doubt of inertia. “Unearthing Suite”
Admittedly, I love Margaret Atwood as a poet more than a novelist or short story writer but I’m still looking for more of her poetry books [I have Morning in the Burned House which I really really like and one of her collected poems volumes which I also really really like but I still have to find the one I really really love.] Anyway, she writes things, stories and poems, in a way that I really connect with, which is why I’m a fan of her work. This is a collection of fairy tale-ish short stories (hence the title).
43. Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand (1897)
That is not the story! You remember
When Beauty said “I love you” to the Beast
That was a fairy prince, his ugliness
Changed and dissolved, like magic . . . But you see
I am still the same
I admit, I read Act 5 over and over, more than I read the entire book. But it’s just so romantic. This is one of those books that I itch to buy everytime i see it just so I have lots of editions (I haven’t succumbed yet but you never know). And because I love it so much, I’ll quote the letter:
Farewell Roxane, because to-day I die—
I know that it will be to=day,
My own dearly beloved—and my heart
Still so heavy with love I have not told,
And I die without telling you ! No more
Shall my eyes drink the sight of you like wine,
Never more, with a look that is a kiss,
Follow the sweet grace of you—
I remember now the way
You have, of pushing back a lock of hair
With one hand, from your forehead—and my heart
Cries out—
Cries out and keeps crying: ‘Farewell, my dear,
My dearest—
—My own heart’s own,
My own treasure—
My love—
—I am never away from you. Even now,
I shall never leave you. In another world,
I shall be still that one who loves you, loves you
Beyond measure, beyond—
okay, it’s bitin if you don’t read the entire thing but now you have to read the entire thing. really.
44. The Hours by Michael Cunningham (2002)
There’s just this for consolation: an hour here or there when our lives seem, against all odds and expectations, to burst open and give us everything we’ve ever imagined.
Another example where I love the film more than the book (with Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep and Julianne Moore. A score by Philip Glass. How can I not love that? Not saying it’s better than the book but I just love watching it more) But the novel is so beautifully written that enriches my love for the film and basically for the story of the three women intertwined.
45. The Princess Bride by William Goldman (1973)
–true love is the best thing in the world, except for cough drops. Everybody knows that.
Admittedly, I love the film version more than the book (mainly because of the charming casting) but most of the film’s dialogue is taken from the book, yes, including the most famous ones, namely:
Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.
and
Never get involved in a land war in Asia.
Anyway, the bottom line is, watch the film then read the book. Or read the book then watch the film. Just make sure you do.
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