Vintage Love
It kind of seems out of place to blog about something as futile as Rom Com's in a time when the news are so full of dramatic events. I will do it anyway because I definitely do not want to give in to fear and let this summer be poisoned by feelings of insecurity and intolerance.
Thanks to the summer program of commercial TV I can re-watch and partly re-live the glorious 90ties rom com's, and one above all, "Four Weddings and a Funeral".
No need to say that I have seen this movie one million times but every time that I watch it I reconnect to the younger me that saw it for the first time in 1994.
The combination of wit, fashion, style, complicated and yet airy relationships, the gorgeous city of London in the background were almost an intoxicating mix for the young me waiting impatiently to start adult life.
This movie helped me picture how intriguing and glossy my future life could be. Well as you know it did not exactly turned out that way although it could definitely be worse. Let's try to evaluate.
I can make a list of all the elements making 90ties rom com's like "Four Weddings and a Funeral" so dreamy and see to what extent this are present in my life. In this way I can settle scores with the 17 years old me.
1) Have a lot of heartache - Check
2) Finding true love - Check
3) Finding true love in the form of a charming, good looking, intelligent, witty and rich man - Well, let's not forget that these are still Hollywood productions, nevertheless I am sure I did not do that bad at all here either
4) Be surrounded by intelligent, fun loving and cultivated friends - I am not exactly surrounded, but I would definitely define my close friends as intelligent fun loving and cultivated, so that's a check again, if we are not too strict
5) Live in a beautiful house - Check I would say
6) Live in a beautiful house in a beautiful city - And this is were I really failed, no excuses
7) Have an interesting and well paid job - Check
8) Have an interesting and fashionable wardrobe - Check
9) Spend my free time on fun, fashionable and cultural activities - Give me a break, I am trying to do my best here. Rom com's never reach that point when the couple has children and horse riding lessons and play therapy appointments. I can tell you I had my good share of quality free time, now the real challenge is to try and keep it up, tricky very tricky.
All in all I do not think I did that bad, but as you can imagine the 17 years old me was very strict and hard to please, so I am really not sure she would be happy if she could see in her future. Too bad, but I am sure she would be pleased to know that I am not giving up.
Thanks to the summer program of commercial TV I can re-watch and partly re-live the glorious 90ties rom com's, and one above all, "Four Weddings and a Funeral".
No need to say that I have seen this movie one million times but every time that I watch it I reconnect to the younger me that saw it for the first time in 1994.
The combination of wit, fashion, style, complicated and yet airy relationships, the gorgeous city of London in the background were almost an intoxicating mix for the young me waiting impatiently to start adult life.
This movie helped me picture how intriguing and glossy my future life could be. Well as you know it did not exactly turned out that way although it could definitely be worse. Let's try to evaluate.
I can make a list of all the elements making 90ties rom com's like "Four Weddings and a Funeral" so dreamy and see to what extent this are present in my life. In this way I can settle scores with the 17 years old me.
1) Have a lot of heartache - Check
2) Finding true love - Check
3) Finding true love in the form of a charming, good looking, intelligent, witty and rich man - Well, let's not forget that these are still Hollywood productions, nevertheless I am sure I did not do that bad at all here either
4) Be surrounded by intelligent, fun loving and cultivated friends - I am not exactly surrounded, but I would definitely define my close friends as intelligent fun loving and cultivated, so that's a check again, if we are not too strict
5) Live in a beautiful house - Check I would say
6) Live in a beautiful house in a beautiful city - And this is were I really failed, no excuses
7) Have an interesting and well paid job - Check
8) Have an interesting and fashionable wardrobe - Check
9) Spend my free time on fun, fashionable and cultural activities - Give me a break, I am trying to do my best here. Rom com's never reach that point when the couple has children and horse riding lessons and play therapy appointments. I can tell you I had my good share of quality free time, now the real challenge is to try and keep it up, tricky very tricky.
All in all I do not think I did that bad, but as you can imagine the 17 years old me was very strict and hard to please, so I am really not sure she would be happy if she could see in her future. Too bad, but I am sure she would be pleased to know that I am not giving up.
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