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Letters to Juliet, a review by Silence_of_Lambs

Summary:
In Verona, Italy the beautiful city where Romeo first met Juliet there is a place where the heartbroken leave notes asking Juliet for her help. It's there that aspiring writer Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) finds a 50-year-old letter that will change her life forever. As she sets off on a romantic journey of the heart with the letter's author, Claire (Vanessa Redgrave), now a grandmother, and her handsome grandson (Christopher Egan), all three will discover that sometimes the greatest love story ever told is your own.

My Thoughts:
What a wonderful idea for a romantic movie, what a beautiful scenario, now really is there a better environment for a romance than Tuscany?
Vanessa Redgrave as Claire! Haven't seen anything of her in a long time and she is brilliant in this movie.
"Letters to Juliet" is exactly what it wants to be: a classical romantic movie with the easily foreseeable Happy Ending, a Feel-Good-Movie that's enjoyable as long as it lasts and is forgotten one hour later.
It's just that the leading cast cannot compete with the plot, I don't know who told Amanda Seyfried that she is an actress, but he/she lied, Seyfried has the same acting capabilities as Ashton Kutcher and exactly the same mimic capabilities as Steven Seagal and this way always looks like the first walking and talking Barbie. Not to forget Christopher Egan, he would easily win any Heath Ledger look-alike contest and for this even copies the mimic of the antetype, sadly the look and the mimic alone don't make a Heath Ledger.
But hey, they are beautiful, and no one expected this film to get an Oscar nomination anyway.

This is a nice flick for Valentine's Day, not more not less. And it's OK this way, because it doesn't want to be more.

My Rating: (out of possible 5)

(From Michael's random reviews on January 24th, 2011)

Notting Hill, a review by DJ Doena

Julia Roberts    ...    Anna Scott
Hugh Grant   ...    William Thacker
Richard McCabe   ...    Tony
Rhys Ifans   ...    Spike
James Dreyfus   ...    Martin
Tim McInnerny    ...    Max
Gina McKee   ...    Bella
Emma Chambers   ...    Honey
Hugh Bonneville   ...    Bernie

Synopsis: She's an american actress who's gotten 15 million dollars for her last movie. He owns a travel book store and earns nearly nothing. But one day their paths cross and they virtually run into each other. And then she kisses him! But is this going to work? She, known by the whole world? Him, whose name is sometimes forgotten even by his mother? In London's Notting Hill their fate will be decided.

My Opinion: I love Julia Roberts in both her romantic movies as well as her more serious roles (e.g. Erin Brockovich). What I especially liked about this movie was, how they portreyed the gossip's part of the life of a star. I - personally - couldn't care less what they do outside the big screen. If I were the only consumer in the world all the gossip magazines would go bankrupt. The only time I'd really care would be when one of these beautiful actresses would fall in love with me.

(From DJ Doena's movie watchings 2009 on January 4th, 2009)

Tom's Random Reviews, a review by Tom

The Vampire Diaries: Season Three (2011/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Warner Home Video (United Kingdom) Director: Writing: Length: 848 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1 Subtitles: Danish, English, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish

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Plot:
The sexy and supernatural cast of The Vampire DiariesAwards:
Won:

Teen Choice Awards (2010)

Choice TV Villain (Ian Somerhalder)

Extras:

• Deleted Scenes
• Featurettes
• Outtakes

Another season which really captivated me. And now with that ending I am really want to watch the next season. But it will probably be a year until I get the chance to.

#	Episode	Rating
01	The Birthday
02	The Hybrid
03	The End of the Affair
04	Disturbing Behavior
05	The Reckoning
06	Smells Like Teen Spirit
07	Ghost World
08	Ordinary People
09	Homecoming
10	The New Deal
11	Our Town
12	The Ties That Bind
13	Bringing Out the Dead
14	Dangerous Liaisons
15	All My Children
16	1912
17	Break On Through
18	The Murder of One
19	Heart of Darkness
20	Do Not Go Gentle
21	Before Sunset
22	The Departed

(From Tom's Random Reviews on January 4th, 2013)