Movie 1 recommendation
As Good as It Gets is a 1997 film which tells the story of an obsessive-compulsive, cantankerous, and homophobic writer named Melvin Udall (Jack Nicholson) who, because of his anxiety disorder, lives in a world that has shrunk to about the size of his apartment and the books he authors. Nevertheless, and despite himself, he befriends his regular waitress (Helen Hunt), a single mother, and his homosexual neighbour (Greg Kinnear). It is a drama played out among flawed people in an imperfect and postmodern world.
I thought this movie was a little slow with its pace, but director James Brooks is probably one of the most sensitive ingenuous man i have ever seen. He has such a great eye for details that although as the movie progresses, one doesn't really understand how the plot is going to unfold, but everything ties up beautifully at the end. An uncertain but a potentially bright future for Melvin whom, through his love for Helen, eventually picks up himself from his self-collapsed world of OCDs and obsessions with health and personal hygiene, is indeed a bittersweet ending to this intricately woven movie.
Movie 2
The Holiday is a 2006 romantic comedy set in the United States and the United Kingdom. It is directed by Nancy Meyers and stars Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, and Jack Black. Two women fresh from a breakup trade homes impusively online, to find that this change of address changes their lives.
Why watch this movie?
1. Jude Law.
2. Cameron Diaz.
3. Jude Law falls in love with Cameron Diaz. AWwwwww.
4. The 2 people who cannot be more wrong for each other falls madly in love over the short holiday. Jude Law, a single father from London with 2 awfully cute daughter "who sews, and has a cow in his backyard" and Cameron Diaz, a movie trailer maker, career-minded CEO of her company in L.A., who is filthy rich and distrusts commitment to relationships.
5. Directed by Nancy Meyers, the same woman who did Something's Gotta Give.
6. Theres an awfully cute dog in the show.
7. For not so good looking man, yes, Jack Black eventually got Kate Winslet through his sincerity.
8. This film was written specifically with actors Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, and Jack Black in mind.
How to make it better:
Watch it with a bunch of girls (whom you don't really know), sit around with lotsa cheesecake, dorittos, pop and triscuit snacks with tomato,cheese,red peppers and zeisty italian dressing. Scold Jasper (helen's ex) vehemently whenever he appears on the screen and go awww at every Jude Law appearance.
