My Finnish grandmother died of cancer far too young a couple of years before I was born. She is transcendently beloved for my older siblings. She is so very alive in their hearts and memory. I have never had a presence like that in my life, and as a child I leapt at any bit of her memory anyone described.
My Finnish great-grandmother, also beloved, died of the same cancer within weeks of my grandmother.
I would hear little things…
The Lake House Drinking Game
Sip:
1) Keanu talks to an inanimate object
2) Unnecessarily dramatic camera angle
3) Sandra wears capris
4) Keanu wears a blazer over a t-shirt/hoodie/turtleneck
5) Anyone wears a turtleneck
6) You recognize an outfit you wore in 2006
7) They sit/stand/walk in the same spot the other has just been
8) Keanu is earnest*
Gulp/Finish the Drink:
1) Keanu cries
2) Someone says, "It's about waiting."
*only if you want to get drunk
The setting, unimpeachable! Give me a darkly lit palazzo on a stormy night and I am satisfied!
The script, impeachable! Alas.
It did not fully work, but I had a nice Sunday matinee and I did cry at the end so who I am to argue.
Michelle Yeoh, the queen as ever. Having a good and freaky time.
For those of you who have been tracking, Jamie Dornan again sang in a film (for about 15 seconds but we're counting…
Remember that time in the early 2000s when Mark Ruffalo was the go-to guy for high-concept romantic comedies? What a time to be alive.
