Saturday, March 28, 2009

Lake House

Wow!! The Lake House is a really good movie! I'm a bit surprised as I wasn't expecting too much since it starred Keanu Reeves (and he is known for sappy love movies) but it's actually a really good movie with an interesting plot line. I do enjoy watching the connection between Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves, it's def pretty sexy! I did find the ending not possible and bit confusing (which year where they really in??!!??) But if you love either actors and love stories, this is def a must see!
Synopsis: Feeling that it's time for a change in her life, Dr. Kate Forster (SANDRA BULLOCK) leaves the suburban Illinois locale where she completed her residency and takes a job at a busy Chicago hospital. One thing she is reluctant to leave behind is the uniquely beautiful house she's been renting - a spacious and artfully designed refuge with large windows that overlook a placid lake. It's a place in which she felt her true self. It is a winter morning in 2006. On her way to the city, Kate leaves a note in the mailbox for house's next tenant, asking him to forward her mail and noting that the inexplicable painted paw prints he might notice by the front door were there when she moved in. But when the next tenant arrives, he sees a much different picture. Alex Wyler (KEANU REEVES), a talented but frustrated architect working at a nearby construction site, finds the lake house badly neglected: dusty, dirty and overgrown with weeds. And no sign of paw prints anywhere. The house has special meaning for Alex. In a happier time it was built by his estranged father (CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER), a renowned architect who allowed his professional acclaim to grow at the expense of his family life. Alex feels a sense of peace here now and commits to restoring the property to its original beauty. He disregards Kate's note until, days later, while painting the weather-beaten jetty he sees a stray dog run across the fresh paint and then towards the entrance of the house, leaving paw prints exactly where she said they'd be. Baffled, Alex writes back, saying that the house had no occupant before him and wondering how she could have known about the dog; while Kate, who just left it a week ago, imagines he is playing some kind of joke on her and fires back a reply. Just for argument's sake, what day is it there? April 14, 2004. No, she says. It's April 14, 2006. The same day, two years apart. Can this be happening? As Kate and Alex continue to correspond through the lake house's mailbox they confirm that they are, incredibly, impossibly, living two years apart, and each at a time in their lives when they are struggling with past disappointments and trying to make a new start. Sharing this unusual bond, they reveal more of themselves to one another with each passing week - their secrets, their doubts and dreams, until they find themselves falling in love. Determined to bridge the distance between them at last and unravel the mystery behind their extraordinary connection, they tempt fate by arranging to meet. But, by trying to join their two separate worlds, they could risk losing each other forever.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Dear Trish, yes, the Lake House is truly a classic....

I love it too, even after watching it so many years ago....

You might be interested to know that the Lake House is a remake of a Korean Movie - IL Mare - it is every bit as rmantic and touching as the Lake House....

Anyway, it's nice knowing htat the movie is not forgotten....

Both the Lake House and IL Mare are particularly special and meaningful to me...

Hey! You take care & have a good day : )

Warmest Regards,
Bear Bear
bear_bear2001@hotmail.com

Anonymous said...

Woa....I know this is totally unrelated to the Lake House but I didn't know Kay can sing....I think that's real sweet....I happen to see her choir pics...

And by the way, I think patent shoes are nice...I like the blue patent heels....again, patent shoes have a special place in my heart?

Anyway, I stumbled upon your blog because of the Lake House....

You take care ok : )

Bear Bear