Ahh, my sentimental heart beats widely at the thought of seeing those two together on screen once again.
The first Tom and Meg movie I saw was "Sleepless in Seattle." "An Affair to Remember" was one of my favorites at the time, and I had record low expectations for "Sleepless in Seattle" because I just knew nothing could match up to the tragic love story of Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr. ("Is it pronounced Car or Ker?")
Now, when I watch "Sleepless in Seattle" it seriously seems to me like the movie is 20 minutes long. It flies by! I can quote it almost verbatim. Everything is perfect! The transitions from scene to scene are great, and my favorite moments are the little details through facial expressions and tiny things that make the movie such a classic, i.e., when she sits down on the piano keys after coming to a frank realization. Annie Reed and Sam Baldwin were meant to be together, and just like his former wife, he knew it the first moment he saw her.
The suspense of Tom and Meg only seeing each other for an approximate total of a mere two minutes is golden. The audience yearns for the two of them to embrace and end up together from the beginning of the film. And when he takes her hand at the end... movie magic! To me, that is more romantic than anything Nicholas Sparks has ever dreamed up.
And then, five years later, Nora Ephron strikes again. (Major props to this woman for adding so many one-liners to my everyday vocabulary.)
"You've Got Mail" is one that gets better and better the more times I watch it. (Fox. F-O-X) Again, the viewer is in agony of whether or not NY152 and Shopgirl will say goodbye to their current significant others and realize that they are M.F.E.O.
Joe Fox and Kathleen Kelley fall in love with each other via old school, dial-up email. As explained in the film, they met in a chat room they both claim to have never been before.
All the while unknowingly unaware that they are chatting with their professional enemy and competition. Luckily, Joe Fox falls in love with her first and enchantingly wins her over, brings her favorite flowers when she is sick and makes her "want it to be him so badly."
Even now, I can hear Tom Hanks's voice in my head and imagine he is saying to me, "Don't cry, Auburn girl. Don't cry." Somebody pass the tissue.
Preach, Rosie, preach.
