{ The Lake House [no spoilers] }

[delga]

I'm fairly pretentious about my movie viewing but I do have a few notable exceptions: see 13 going on 30 for example. Oh, and Proof of Life (which, for UKers who can get five, is on tomorrow night). That being said, The Lake House hits a middleground. It's not ditzy and utter rubbish but it's hardly Crash.

It's a romance drama with Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock, the latter of whom I find to be hugely underrated; she's fabulous in everything she's been in. The basic premise is that they're corresponding, but they're two years apart. They're connected by a "magic" (of sorts) mailbox outside a glass house that sits by a lake. At separate times, they each have lived there. They fall in love. But the story is about families, too, and isolation, and connections. It is a romance so I don't think it will be for everyone. But it's such a lovely story, a little cliched but more than watchable. I really recommend it. You can see the trailer here.

Comments

[binglexjells.livejournal.com]

The Lake House sounds a lot like my favourite movie ever... but I guess it's hardly an original concept, so there's no point in complaining. It sounds like fun, though.

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

If you get the chance, definitely go to see it. It's not the world's most original concept, agreed, but the film is really worth it.

[denorios.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed The Lake House - just got back from seeing it. I thought it was beautifully shot and I loved the whole tone of it, really slow and melancholy. And I thought Keanu and Sandra Bullock were really good. It was very much a warm fuzzy smile n'awwwww kind of movie, you know?

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

Yes! And I came out feeling all happy, too. I wish I didn't guess the dead man plotline, but I did. But the ending! Oh yay. I was so pleased, lol.

[denorios.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I guessed it too. But it's a Hollywood chick flick, it was always going to have a happy ending!

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

I was really worried that his death was going to be the big reveal and that it would have a sad ending, a la Message in a Bottle. I wanted their love to win!


...which it did. So yay!