The Lake House

 

Kate Forester and Alex Wyler meet through the Lake House's mailbox. They are exactly two years apart.  Kate politely asks Alex to forward her mail. She moved in a new apartment and starts a new position as a doctor for a different hospital in Chicago. The paw prints she mentions in her letter suddenly happens the next day, while Alex renovated areas around the lake house. 

Kate witnesses an accident with a pedestrian crossing the street, she runs to where he is and tried to make him respond. This event matters in the future. It's something that was impossible and yet possible for two lovers.

He responds to her letter and says no one lived in the lake house for several years. She also corrects the year and says it's 2006. Some say this is like the story called Persuasion. The apartment building Kate says she lives is under construction and Alex sees it isn't finished in the year 2004. She says it snowed in that exact year, date and time and sure enough it did snow and Alex sneezes. 

The mailbox handle moves and Jack barks in aw when it happens. The both introduces themselves to each other, Alex is an architect and says they have the same dog. And they both lived in the lake house in different times. They take a walk around town and connect. Alex leaves a message on a wall for Kate. 

Alex has a strange relationship with his father because he acts as though nothing could ever bother him. Everything is a joke and some ideas demands his attention if he pays attention. Alex plants a tree next to the apartment building and then it suddenly appears in Kate's time. He spends time with his brother at the lake house. 

Kate asks Alex for a favor, she tells him she left behind her book Persuasion while getting on a train to Madison. He keeps the book and placed it underneath the apartment floor. He says she's beautiful and the attraction grows into something more than being pencils. Alex makes reservations for them at a popular restaurant...Two years from that day.

Kate talks to her ex about getting close to a guy at her surprise birthday party. She kissed a perfect stranger and her ex sees it all- two years ago. Jack runs off to a neighborhood and it was at Kate and her exes home. Alex invited to Kate's birthday party. Kate wasn't happy about the party and was annoyed. 

In Kate's time she goes to a bar and meets her fellow coworker and came to the conclusion she kissed Alex. Two years ago Alex arrives to the party and is excited to see Kate. Present day Kate tells her friend she would like to give her heart to the man who is difficult to meet. She came to the conclusion it was Alex she kissed two years ago.  

At the party, two years ago, Kate sits on the porch and Alex joins her. They talk and Alex asks her about the novel Persuasion and Kate it's her favorite book and wondered why he asks her that question. They dance for a while and they kiss. 

The next day they talk about what happened and that he had a girlfriend. She asks why he didn't say anything. Then Alex's dad is sick and he sees him in the hospital. Of course his dad says it's nothing. He tells Kate his father built the lake house. He tells Kate everything that happened between his parents and the harsh thing he said about his mother when she died. Then Alex loses his father.

Kate finally waits to see Alex at the restaurant he booked to meet Kate and she waited for hours and he doesn't come. Disappointed, Kate quits corresponding with Alex and goes back to her ex. Alex hands over the keys to the lake house and tells Morgan it's what Kate wants and Jack shows up.

Kate finds her book Persuasion hidden in the floor. Alex thinks of Kate on New Year's and things look sad. However there is still hope.

Kate and Morgan want to remodel a house and chooses Alex's brother company to finish the project, Kate sees the lake house on the wall and asks who drew it and Henry says his brother did it and then he said he died. Kate runs off to the lake house and writes the the letter and said it was him who died that day in the city when he crosses the street. Alex waits, like Kate said and he comes to the lake house and they are happily together. 

The Lake House is a wonderful romantic movie and I enjoy watching it. It shows genuine love between two adults ready for love. It deserves 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟!

Letters to Juliet

 

Sophie is a talented writer who goes to Verona, Italy with her busy fiancé. First she authors a story about the famous end of world War two's time Square kiss. Sophie discovered amazing facts concerning that historic event. This opening for the movie sets everything in motion for a romantic story. 

Sophie had a fiancé named Victor and he owns a restaurant. So he books a trip to Italy to gain new suppliers for his business and Sophie goes with him. Victor is loving every moment of his new restaurant endeavors and Sophie wants time off, and plans to visit a historic, tourist attractions. Sophie is able to get away from food and wine for a moment and visits Juliet Capulet's estate, where tourists can send letters to Juliet and tape them to the wall. Sophie is impressed with the scenery and woman appears with a basket and collects every letter. Sophie follows her to a restaurant and inside a back entrance where there are other ladies writing replies to each note.

The women are called Juliet's secretaries and they respond to each letter. They write in faith its the best response to each person. Sophie is impressed and sees more of what they do and their chef gives her a treat to say thank you. She tries talking to Victor and he smells the treat and eats it. The next day he goes with her to the restaurant that houses Juliet's secretaries and Victor stays in the kitchen and Sophie follows the same woman to Juliet's wall and comes across a loose brick and discovers a letter behind it. She's amazed because it was written in the year 1957.

Sophie reads the letter to the secretaries and it's from a British woman who falls in love with an Italian man who owns a farm. Sophie writes her a letter and she receives it. Her grandson comes to their office and tells them he isn't thrilled with his grandmother receiving her letter and walks away. Sophie follows him and there is his grandmother- Claire standing near Juliet's wall. The secretaries listen to her story and finds her love story sad because her family did not approve of Lorenzo.

Claire's grandson, Charlie, says his grandfather was the love of her life and of course had she not have married the way she did, he wouldn't be here. Claire decides to go and found Lorenzo. Sophie wants to go with them and she does. Along the country side of Italy, Sophie's friendship to Charlie grows and intensifies and the journey takes a lot of patience.

 They find many Lorenzo's and in the beginning it was anticipated desire this trip worthwhile but after a while it wasn't fun anymore and Charlie becomes frustrated and wants to protect his grandmother. Then there was a Lorenzo that died...Then later they drive to a beautiful farm and there Lorenzo was. Then Claire and Lorenzo connect again. And he invites them dinner and there's kind words exchanged.

While Sophie is involved with the love affair, she writes this story and everyone forgets about Victor...All except Charlie, it becomes apparent after he kisses her. Charlie and Sophie care a lot for each other but then there's Victor. Sophie returns home and submits this story to her boss. She invited to Claire and Lorenzo's wedding and told Victor she's going alone and she ends their engagement. 

After the wedding, Sophie and Charlie talk and she on a balcony and Charlie climb up to tell her he loves her and it looks like a Romeo and Juliet scene. Except, Charlie falls and Sophie runs to see if he's alright and he is and they kiss. Everyone surrounded them and laugh.

This romantic movie is worthy of an award because it's that lovely. It creates desire in viewers to travel and find love elsewhere. It's a cute tale of rekindling a romance that was lost some time ago. A great 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 film.

365 Days

 

Sometimes when it comes to romantic movies, the fantasy of love and marriage looks incredibly majestic.  Who on earth would give a woman 365 days to fall in love with him...Well Don Massimo did with a woman named Laura Biel. The opening of this movie shows Don and his father making some kind of business deal and they get shot on top of a building. According to him she was there that day and that's how they first met. He sees her again at the airport and discovers who she is.

Laura Biel is into her dildo and Don likes flight attendance girls. They are both active and its evident the movie is becoming more erotic. There's a fantasy involved with the script and they are not afraid to show it to the world.

Laura goes on a trip to Sicily- a place that's very familiar to Don. Well, Laura makes the trip with her boyfriend and they argue most of the time they're together. One particular day she wonders off and Don talks to her. She kept on walking and was spotted by his bodyguard who helps take her away to one of his homes. She wakes up and sees a photo of herself on the wall. Don shows up and tells her what he wants...He's giving her the chance to fall in love and after 365 days he will let her go. 

He also shows her a picture of her boyfriend being intimate with another woman. She yells and says she has her own life and freedom. She grabs his gun and points it at him. Somehow she ends up back in a room and somehow leaves again and sees Don and his men killing someone and she faints. She gets in the shower and Don joins her. 

He invites her to dinner and she's behaving civil and they go shopping and he buys her a lot of clothing. They go on a private jet and she tries to leave. When in Rome you must do as the Romans do. There's ice cream and parties and a secret pleasure room with portrait of Don with a lion by his side. She watches a woman go down on him and she can't leave. The guy has equipment that keeps her bound. His desire is marriage, however, he is seeing other women.

Don goes to a club and Laura isn’t invited and there's a private room where he socializes with a group of men and women. Laura gets dressed and goes to the club and a guy spots her and so does Don. A fight happens and Laura sees more violence again, and his mafia lifestyle doesn't seem right for her.

On his amazing yacht he swims naked and they get it on like they've known each other for a long time. They go out and she is beginning to fall in love with him. Plans for the wedding and wedding dress arrives and a scene of an accident is hidden from the camera.

365 Days is an erotic fantasy that becomes a film based on drama, romance and love. It has a lot of nudity...And it looks like they"ve used certain objects also used in Fifty Shades of Grey- the extended bar. This movie deserves 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 from RMR. The reason is because of the the fantasy of keeping a woman against her will. These things happened during barbar

Penelope

 

Because of a family curse, Penelope was born with a snout and pig ears. After long years of boys born into the family, and only one girl, poor Penelope is the victim of the family curse. Now it's time for her to find love, Johnny (Max )shows up after dozens of suitors ran away. He is hired by a reporter to help him prove Penelope has a snout. For some reason she hides from him. Then a relationship starts to develop and Penelope finally shows herself to Johnny. She runs away while Johnny is standing there.

She knows why he's there and still asks Max to marry her so the curse will be broken. She runs away and stays at a hotel. The reporter creates an article on a missing pig. She calls the reporter and she gives him pictures of her face. She doesn't have fangs  nor other things Edward said she has. She keeps a scarf over her face while staying in the city. Penelope becomes friends with Annie. 

Penelope sees her parents and then runs away. Annie thinks she's hiding from the law. Then she faints and Annie and the pub owner sees her snout. Years of hiding Penelope becomes a problem when Penelope is accepted in society. Edward apologized to Penelope for running away. Of course it's a hoax and he proposed to her. Johnny finds out and confronts Edward. 

Penelope says no to marrying Edward and when she says she likes the way she is, the curse was broken and the snout disappeared. A brand new Penelope awakens and everyone adjusts to the new her and Penelope moves on and becomes a teacher.

Her mother spent years trying to protect her from the public and never thought she would ever be accepted. All those guys ran away without trying to get to know her inwardly. Then came Johnny and a wonderful new beginning for her. Penelope wants to see Johnny and they talk and kiss. They love each other and tell the story. A cute movie with a sweet ending. It's  definitely worthy of 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟. 

Bridgerton Season One

 

Daphne Bridgerton is a debutante who suddenly becomes the diamond of the season to wed an eligible suitor. One suitor Daphne finds annoying is Nigel Berbrooke. It's the worse choice for Daphne to court such a man and since Lady Whistledown column argues on why this is happening. Daphne's brother, Anthony Bridgerton, thinks Berbrooke is a perfect choice. 

While attending her first ball, Daphne accidentally bumps beside Simon Basset- the Duke of Hastings. She honestly didn't know who he is, however Simon thinks she does until her brother greets him. First impressions mattered that night and Daphne's future could now change for the better. 

Anthony Bridgerton knows his friend Simon well to know he goes to brothels and has no intention to marry. As far as he's concerned Daphne is better off with Nigel Berbrooke but Daphne refuses to court him. In fact, Anthony is the reason why potential suitors won't make a house call to the Bridgerton estate.

Daphne attends another party and stands alone in the garden when Nigel Berbrooke shows up and demands to have her hand in marriage. He grabs her and she punches him in the ace when Simon appraises her hitting Nigel to the ground. Then Daphne is worried about what people will think seeing her alone with two men. Simon suggests they pretend to be a couple in the eyes of Lady Whistledown and eligible suitors will come knocking on her door and they did.

Simon Basset was a child who had some difficulty talking and no one can't blame him, considering who his father is. Lady Danbury sees him alone with his tutor. He lived this way for several years and Danbury takes him in her home and raises him. He wrote his father letters and his father never opened them. His father said Simon was his worst failure. It's no wonder he said he would never marry. There's the question on how he would leave Daphne.

Though this was a good idea for Daphne to gain suitors, she has romantic dreams about Simon. He encourages her to touch herself and she does. It becomes apparent she's falling in love with Simon.

After Simon punches the crap on Nigel Berbrooke, he gives the Bridgertons a legal document stating Daphne and Nigel are to wed. Her mother has an idea to invite Nigel's mother for brunch and their servants talked to his family servant and the rumor ends up on Lady Whistledown that Nigel got a servant pregnant and refused to help them financially. Then Nigel left town to avoid the scandal.

Queen Charlotte reads Lady Whistledown and encourages her nephew to develop a relationship with Daphne. Simon helps this along by ending their deceptive courtship. Daphne is devastated when he ends their relationship and goes to another ball where she dances with the prince. Simon Basset leaves the room while the two danced. Lady Whistledown says Daphne has the opportunity to have a prince.

She and her mother are welcomed to the palace . And the prince gives Daphne a beautiful necklace. She thinks of Simon, and while attending a boxing match, they see each other and pretend they don't know the other is there. Later there was another ball and she talks to Simon in the park and he kisses her and suddenly Anthony punches him and says he will marry his sister and Simon says he cannot. 

A duel is summoned and Daphne rides off to stop them. She doesn't understand why Simon would rather die than marry. So it's announced Daphne will marry te Duke. Easy said than done...the Queen refused to give tem her blessing and they had to form a meeting with  her majesty. They tell her why they should marry and then she agrees to bless their union. 

They marry but he's not talking until they arrive at the Inn. They consummate their union in the most romantic way and they arrive at the Hastings estate in the country. There's a lot more love making and Daphne believes Simon can't have children. One night in the office they make love and she sees him suddenly take a rag in his hand. She then asks her maid how a child is conceived and she and Simon make love and She's on top of him and wouldn't let off. They argue and she asks how he could lie to her. Scandal happens to her brother and they leave for London. 

They're angry for some time and while attending the opera, she discovers she's not pregnant and cries. Simon told her they would be married by name only. They host a ball and it rains on them when she tells him he deserves to be love and his father was wrong. The two of them are so in love they have a baby and Daphne becomes a great Duchess .

This series of Bridgerton is a great season that I still watch today and it deserves 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟. 

The Professional Bridesmaid

 

Maggie is a professional bridesmaid/wedding planner who takes on a high-profile wedding and she must hide her true identity from the entire wedding party and others seeking to make the wedding public news in the community where everyone knows the mayor's daughter. She hides her real name and financial status. 

She also has to hide her true self from Henry...A guy she met at the park and suddenly sees again at Alexis' house. Maggie had to make her home a temporary getaway until the wedding. The wedding planner that started the job quit and it became known she didn't work for Alexis anymore.

The mayor's daughter invites all her bridesmaids to dinner in a restaurant and conversations on who Maggie is starts going on and the topic of the bridal shower becomes the main topic with the ladies that will attend. Her made up name Maisie sounds familiar, and she has to go along with the story on how they met. This line of work seems harder than it looks for Maggie. And the next day Henry is standing in Alexis's house.

Alexis is upset they haven't found the perfect location for the bridal shower and Maggie assured the place where it can be held.  The bridesmaid dresses are an issue and Maggie encourages her to pick her favorite. Maggie helps Alexis stay calm and assured the wedding will go as planned.

The manager of the mayor's campaign tells Maggie it's now her job to keep Henry focused on the wedding and not the mayor's campaign. Henry is an investigative reporter, and his questions always goes back to Alexis's father's job. This idea brings Maggie and Henry together. However, she not allowed to tell him She's a professional bridesmaid.

Henry becomes a pro on the topic of weddings, flowers and dresses. He's actually enjoying their talks together and a friendship starts to develop and it's all while Maggie is keeping her name and true business a secret. Where there are secrets, there's a lack of trust that comes along with it. How this all pays out is very interesting to the viewer.

Maggie is so informative on the history of wedding traditions. Henry is impressed and gives Maggie a red rose. It's a pretty scene that's so cute inside the flower shop. It looks like dating without asking to go on a date. He assures Maggie he believes in love and commitment.

When the bridesmaids and the bride spend some time at the spa, Maggie saves the day by saying Alexis made a fabulous choice with choosing the right dresses. And they can compromise on the accessories. Although Maggie is super talented...She needs some help with her French.

At the bridal dress boutique, Henry and Maggie tell each other about their former relationships and what they learned from it. Maggie tells her friend about everything going wrong and how much she likes Henry. She hates keeping secrets from him.

While at a dance class, Henry dances with Maggie and he's a really good dancer. And he asks Maggie out to dinner and she says yes.They are dancing really slow together and it's romantic.

At dinner Maggie explains why she loves weddings and it would probably insult the haters.  Her point of view makes people want to have positive experiences with every wedding they attend. He brings up the lie Maggie is a wine distributor and asks how this is possible since she spends so much time at weddings. Henry also discovers Alexis prize horse's name was Massie. So he's on to her.

At the bridal shower, it's apparent Maggie is working. Henry shows up and believes she working. Henry and Maggie talk in the park and he asks if she'd like to go on a real date after the wedding and says yes. But will they make it?

At a brunch Henry overhears Maggie's conversation with the mayor. When the conversation is over, Henry calls Maggie by her real name. He remembers how he called her name twice in the park and she didn't respond to Massie. He feels betrayed and let down.

So the wedding is still on for Alexis and all is well except Maggie's heart. Alexis tells Henry the entire truth and says Maggie became a true friend. They start dancing and Maggie introduces herself and Henry kisses her. Two months later, the are still in love and staying strong.

This movie is cute and fun to watch and it represents true love that deserves four 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟. 

Ophelia

 

Ophelia is a beautiful woman who works as one of the queen's ladies in waiting. Born as a little peasant girl, she finds herself in a castle her father also works for, however they are not as privileged as their associates. This story is found in Shakespeare's Hamlet story of murder and love. In Ophelia's story, she is far more stronger as a woman and a wife. She is well read and has a love for nature and swimming.

One night, Ophelia reads to the queen about a story of a woman who receives pleasure from another man. She smiles as she reads on about this lovers affair. For some reason te other girls laugh at the thought of Ophelia reading. They often laugh at Ophelia...Maybe it's improper teasing however something special happens to her.

After long years of being educated abroad, Hamlet returns home to greet his parents. Ophelia sees him and walks on to enjoy swimming. With no thought anyone else is there, Hamlet comes to the lake and finds Ophelia there. Ophelia is wet and it's improper for him to see her that way. And he accidentally dives in the water and Ophelia runs off. After this incident, Hamlet and Ophelia find themselves together, alone. 

During a party at the palace, Hamlet follows Ophelia to the garden and kisses her. He also took a red ribbon from her hair. Strangely, Hamlet's uncle sees the ribbon and uses his sword to lift it off of his person. The two fight at swords play, and Hamlet wins first. His relationship with his uncle is dry one, full of hate. 

Hamlet kisses Ophelia and says his father would never allow it. Hamlet leaves home once again. The week he leaves becomes strange. Ophelia sees a man cloaked in black and suddenly the king is poisoned by a snake and dies. And the king's brother takes his throne. Hamlet returns angry about his uncle stealing his crown. He bows and walks away enraged this happens.

Hamlet and Ophelia choose to Mary in secret and they consummate the marriage. The secret is kept and one day while Ophelia is waiting on the queen, Hamlet's uncle comes in wearing the same clothes the night the king died. She checks his cloak and finds snake poison inside its pocket. He sees Ophelia standing there and asks if his nephew gave her a trinket of their love and he discovers her ring. He holds her by the neck as her father follows them in the grand hall. She is forced to speak to Hamlet there. Ophelia tells Hamlet she found venom in his uncles cloak. They watch the two speak and they believe Hamlet is mad.

Hamlet hires actors in the palace to entertain everyone. They enacted the day the real king died. Hamlet appears mad and withdraws his sword to kill his uncle and Ophelia stands in the way. Her father is fearful he lost his position with the throne and Ophelia is removed as the queen's ladies in waiting. So her father goes to talk to the queen and Hamlet thinks he's his uncle and struck hiss sword at him and her father dies. Hamlet said he was sorry and was led away.

Ophelia's brother returns to have vengeance for his father's death. The new king tries to have Ophelia married to someone else and it doesn't go through because his uncle is strange. She takes poison from the queen's sister and pretends to be mad. She runs off to the lake and swallows the poison and pretends to drown. Ophelia is placed in a coffin and a friend helps her out. She goes to the queen's sister's place and said she to much poison. The queen appears and helps Ophelia cut her hair to appear as a boy. 

The duel goes on between Hamlet and Ophelia's brother. Hamlets uncle poisons the sword Ophelia's brother uses. And they started then her brother cuts Hamlet's arm and then Hamlet cuts his arm. Then Hamlet falls down and his mother checks to see if he is alright. She knows he was poisoned and takes her son's sword and kills the king with it. Invaders force themselves in and the kingdom is lost.

Ophelia said to Hamlet before e died,he vowed to love her. His honor was more important and she leaves without him. She makes it to a safe place and had a little girl. This movie is a wonderful watch because it's full of love and hate. The romance is believable and there's definitely chemistry between the two. It receives a special five 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 rating from RMR.