Happy Christmas!
Okay, maybe its a tad late for that. (Nonetheless, consider it said.)
Since I am a bit unpatriotic this time of the year and refuse to watch any rubbish entry to the Metro Manila Film Festival, I’ve rounded up the top three films I always watch during the holiday season.
1. LOVE ACTUALLY
(Universal Pictures)Peter: Who is it?
[Mark's sign reads "say it's carol singers"]
Juliet: It’s carol singers.
Peter: Well, give them a quid and tell them to bugger off!
I love this film because it is about all types of love – parent-child love, brother-sister love, romantic love, unrequited love…. Love.Love.Love. Love is all around! And I always find myself in awe of how they seamlessly stitched together all of the characters. Brilliant!
2. THE HOLIDAY
(Sony Pictures Entertainment)
Iris: You’re supposed to be the leading lady of your own life, for god’s sake!
Iris is the bomb! Don’t you just love her?! Well, I do. She’s such a romantic and I feel for her. And everything that happened to her in this movie is such a dream.( I often wish that something remotely like that would happen to me in one of my travels.) Maybe she could’ve gotten a more good-looking guy but heck, Miles is hysterical and sweet. I couldn’t help but root for him anyway! Nonetheless, Kate Winslet is simply divine and had enough wattage to power this entire movie on her own.
PS. I heart Arthur Abbot! He’s such a dreamboat!
3. THE LAKE HOUSE
(Warner Bros. Pictures)
Kate: One man I can never meet. Him, I would like to give my whole heart to.
Alex: She’s more real to me than anything I’ve ever known.
Hasn’t the dream of someone kept you going, one time or another? That dreamy romanticism did it for me. And of course it didn’t hurt that it starred Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock. (Love them!)
And of course, no movie marathon would be complete without my all-time favorite:
4. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
(Universal Pictures)
Mr. Darcy: You must know… surely, you must know it was all for you. You are too generous to trifle with me. I believe you spoke with my aunt last night, and it has taught me to hope as I’d scarcely allowed myself before. If your feelings are still what they were last April, tell me so at once. My affections and wishes have not changed, but one word from you will silence me forever. If, however, your feelings have changed, I will have to tell you: you have bewitched me, body and soul, and I love, I love, I love you. I never wish to be parted from you from this day on.
It’s Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet’s love story! Need I say more?! Needless to say, I love everything about this film – plot, casting, cinematography. While I did love Colin Firth in the BBC version, Joe Wright’s was, to me, simply perfect.
Yes, my christmas films are all well-written love stories. And for a romance junkie, that’s enough. 
Again, Happy Christmas!
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