1st / 2nd BACHILLERATO:
READING & LISTENING FOR PLEASURE
Today´s film: "Stuck in Love" (2013)
Meet
the Borgens. William Borgens is an acclaimed author who hasn't written a word
since his ex-wife Erica left him 3 years ago for another man. In between spying
on Erica and casual romps with his married neighbour Tricia, Bill is dealing
with the complexities of raising his teenage children Samantha and Rusty.
Samantha is publishing her first novel and is determined to avoid love at all
costs - after all she's seen what it has done to her parents. In between hook ups,
she meets "nice guy" Lou who will stop at nothing to win her over.
Rusty, is an aspiring fantasy writer and Stephen King aficionado, who is on a
quest to gain 'life experiences'. He falls for the beautiful, but troubled Kate
and gets his first taste of love and a broken heart. A tale of family, love
(lost and found), and how endings can make new beginnings. There are no rewrites in life, only second chances.
Link to official trailer:
Some links to the film soundtrack:
A link to a videoclip by Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros
and its lyrics
Another film : " About Time" (2013)
"About Time" is a British romantic comedy film revolving around time travel where a young man tries to change his past to have a better future. Written and directed by Richard Curtis, and starring Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams and Bill Nighy.
"About Time" is a British romantic comedy film revolving around time travel where a young man tries to change his past to have a better future. Written and directed by Richard Curtis, and starring Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams and Bill Nighy.
At the age of 21, Tim Lake discovers he can travel in time. Tim's father tells his son that the men in his family have always had the ability
to travel through time. Upon learning this, Tim goes back to the night of a
recent New Year's Eve party where at midnight he was too shy to kiss someone
and goes for the kiss instead.
The following summer, Tim's sister's friend comes to
stay with the family. Tim has an instant attraction and come the end of her
stay, decides to tell her. She tells him that he left it too late to do
anything, and so Tim travels back to the middle of the summer and tells her
earlier. This time, she says that they should wait until the end of the summer
and talk again. Tim realizes she doesn't like him back and that time travel
will not be able to help change her mind. He watches her leave, heartbroken.
Later, Tim decides to move to London to pursue a
career as a lawyer...
Official movie trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7A810duHvw
More "classic" films:
"Notting Hill" (1999)
Notting Hill is a 1999 British romantic comedy
film set in Notting Hill, London, released on 21 May 1999. The screenplay was
by Richard Curtis, who had written Four Weddings and a Funeral. It was
produced by Duncan Kenworthy and directed by Roger Michell. The film stars Hugh
Grant, Julia Roberts and Rhys Ifans.
The film was well received
by critics, and became the highest grossing British film released that year.
The film won a BAFTA, and was nominated in two other categories. Notting
Hill won other awards, including a British Comedy Award and a Brit Award
for the soundtrack, and is perceived to have become a cult classic over the
years.
William Thacker owns an independent travel bookshop in Notting Hill. He is divorced and shares his house with an uninhibited Welsh eccentric named Spike.
Thacker encounters Hollywood
star Anna Scott when she enters his shop to buy a book. Minutes later, the pair
collide in the street and his orange juice spills on her clothes. He offers his
house nearby for Anna to change. Afterwards she surprises Will with a kiss.
He then tries to forget
Anna, but finds it very difficult...
Official movie trailer
"Four Weddings and a Funeral" (1994)
Four
Weddings and a Funeral is a 1994 British romantic comedy film directed by Mike Newell. It was
the first of several films by screenwriter Richard Curtis to feature Hugh Grant.
The film was an unexpected success, becoming the highest-grossing British film
in cinema history at the time, with worldwide box office in excess of
$245.7 million, and receiving an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture.
The film follows the adventures of a group of
friends through the eyes of Charles, a debonair but faux pas-prone
Briton, who is smitten with Carrie, an American whom Charles repeatedly meets
at weddings and at a funeral.
Official movie trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JMuyzm3JRU
