You've Got Mail

      One of my favorite things is flipping on the T.V. and seeing that one of my old favorite movies is on. Tonight it was You've Got Mail, starring Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks from 1998. It is one of the best romantic comedies I have ever seen. If you have not seen it I highly recommend it. I got to watch it from start to finish, though granted with movies that have been modified for television they have to edit some things out. So I will soon have to go and watch the VHS tape. My favorite scene is when Meg Ryan, who is Kathleen Kelly in the movie, is closing up her book shop. When she is about to leave the store she looks back and has a memory of her and her mother, who had passed away, dancing. See the book shop was originally owned by her mother, and when she passed it was left to Kathleen. For 42 years the shop had been running so well, until a big bookstore chain called FOX Books opened up and put her little store out of business. Whilst all this is happening, Kathleen has made herself an AOL pen pal, or should I say email pal. Little does she know, the wonderful person who she is emailing is none other then the owner of FOX Books: Joe Fox. He finds out when they decide to meet and he is to know her by the book Pride and Prejudice and a single crimson rose. He sees who it is and goes in, and she is just appalled to see him there and has no clue this is actually the man who is slowly stealing her heart. See Kathleen, as you can imagine since he shut her store down, didn't like Joe at all. But as her store closes and she is now writing her own children's book (which, through their emails, Mr. Fox had encouraged her to write). They keep running into each other and slowly their friendship is no longer computer-based. Then it is finally time for them to meet. In Riverside Park there is a bench with a garden. When Mr. Fox and his dog Brinkly show up she says one of the best lines ever: "I wanted it to be you, I wanted it to be you so badly." It is simply beautiful. 

Of course there is so much more to the movie, this is just a small summary of one of the movies that built me. I love movies, everything from the acting to the music. This movie has everything. Again, if you have not seen it, do! I hope you all have a wonderful Sunday. 

-Megan