My favorite movie of all times!!!

Rating: 10/10 (30 March 2009)

This movie is my favorite movie ever! I say that based on the fact that i could (and have) watch it over and over again. It's just so sweet it went right to my heart and stayed there. It does fall in the romantic comedy category but it's so much more and I definitely recommend it to everyone although I'm sure it will definitely find more fans among the female population.
Reason number 1 for loving this movie: the story. It's just such a lovely combination of funny, love and drama that it just brings a rainbow of emotions that not many movies do. I cried and laughed and cried again and so on...Although it's a love story I don't find it cheesy, it's quite refreshingly realistic in some aspects (as shown in the many little fights Holly & Gerry have). I wish maybe Holly was less bitchy at times but I think in the end that would have hurt the story a little and stolen from the humour of the situations so I guess it's for the best she was as she was portrait.
Reason number 2 for loving this movie: the cast. Gerard Butler is funny and handsome and just overall adorable and after seeing this movie I instantly became a fan (you should watch "Frankie", by the way). His singing and dancing are just the cherry on top amounting to a pretty dreamy leading man. I could go on and on but this is not about my crush on him so I'll just stop right here. Hilary Swank was very adorable too and I think it was a great choice. Wonderful performance, funny in all the right places and dramatic enough to make me cry. I definitely enjoyed the supporting characters as well: Harry Connick Jr. was so cute and funny, Lisa Kudrow and Gina Gershon as well. Jeffrey Dean Morgan I knew from Grey's Anatomy and he was just as charming as I had remembered but when Gerard Butler is around there isn't any competition really.
Reason number 3 for loving this movie: the soundtrack. I looked it up after seeing the movie and have been listening to the songs ever since. Personal favorites: "I love you till the end" by The Pogues & "Galway girl" by Steve Earl.
Last but not least it was made after a book so that was a nice surprise - I usually prefer the book in comparison with the motion picture but in this case since the movie came first into my world I preferred not to read the book. The movie was perfect and it was enough. (*sigh and thinking of watching it again...)