25 years Sleeping in Seattle: The movie makes us believe in love - ANNIE HALL

Thứ Ba, 26 tháng 6, 2018

25 years Sleeping in Seattle: The movie makes us believe in love

The 90s was the golden age of Hollywood comedy.

These are the years of youth of such beautiful people as Julia Robert, Sandra Bullock, Drew Barrymore.

They appeared in films such as Nothing Hill (1999), My Good Friend's Wedding (1997), Addicted to Love (1997), Pretty Woman (1990) and more.

But one of the most unforgettable and most impressive films must have been Sleepless in Seattle - Sleepless in Seattle with colorful couple Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan .


The fateful meeting of the two main characters atop the Empire State Building in New York City at the end of the film has become a popular cultural icon. It tells us about fate and love that are real things in life.

Over the past 25 years, the technological revolution has changed the lives of today's people. We no longer use hand letters, no longer watch movies on VHS tape, no longer listen to radio ...

Cinema too, the visual and technical advancement as well as the innovations in storytelling have changed the taste of the audience. The romantic comedy is no longer the strength of Hollywood, instead blockbuster movies, super heroes dominate the market.

Sleepless in Seattle , however, remains in the hearts of audiences for its clarity and clarity that we do not seem to see again.



The scene has become a popular American cultural symbol of Sleepless in Seattle

Belonged to the romantic comedy, so the film story is not difficult to guess. Sam Baldwin (Tom Hanks) becomes the rooster when his wife dies. That was a huge loss for Sam, because Maggie was a wonderful wife, whom Sam said

"I knew it the first time I touched her, as if I had come home, a house I had never known before."

Sam decides to take his son, Jonah (Ross Malinger) from Chicago to Seattle to remake his life and to try to forget his dead wife. Sadness of the father deeply affected his son.

Although young, the boy Jonah is understandable and wants his father to have a new wife. Jonah decided to call the nightclub radio talkative column of a radio program with the intention of finding a wife for his father.



Annie and her fiancé are getting married

Sam's share on the radio has shaken many women. Among them happened to be the young girl and dreamer Annie Reed (Meg Ryan) live in Baltimore - located in the other half of the United States. At that time, Annie decided to marry with Walter (Bill Pullman).

But there was something in Annie that was different after listening to the radio. She felt her heart vibrate.

Annie, who loved An Affair to Remember (1957) by actress Gary Grant and Deborah Kerr, wanted to find someone to make her feel real, a love to be raised. by "miracle".



Tom Hanks as Sam - a single father

How the movie is going, we can all guess. But that does not matter, the story is the least that makes Sleepless in Seattle more attractive.

The attraction lies in the two actors Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, how they come together and how they have never met, even thousands of miles away, yet they still make us believe they have feelings. together.

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The clever humor, the contrast in the minds of men and women, the innocence of a child seeking to find the right woman for his father gives Sleepless in Seattle the clear beauty that these Romance movie in modern times no longer.



Tom Hanks is old and now - WireImage

There are a lot of cute scenes to impress the audience, such as the scene at the dinner table, where Sam's sister was chokingly told the story of An affair to remember .

Husband and Sam can not understand the feeling of "oanh". But they both cried like two kids when they talked about the dirty war movie The Dirty Dozen (1967), in turn the sister went hungry. A close, lovely and friendly audience contrast.

Sleepless in Seattle has beautiful angles made by cameraman Sven Nykvist. He was behind the camera in numerous films by Swedish legend Ingmar Bergman.


Meg Ryan the old days and now

That explains why the scenes in the movie are so well-crafted that it combines with jazz greats like Jimmy Durante's As times go by or Nat King Cole's Stardust to make the movie always in the state. Dreamed and filled with love.

Meg Ryan is a Hollywood muse. The 57-year-old has appeared in so many love-struck comedies like When Harry meets Sally (1989), You've Got Mail (1998), City of Angels (1998) ...

However, Meg Ryan's career slumped after 2000, with the latter being no longer seen by audiences.

Tom Hanks, on the other hand, has had a huge career as he has been involved in a number of big and small films and won two Oscars in the five nominations so far.

In 1993, both actors were young, they were beautiful and represented a Hollywood with beautiful dreams of love, where people could change fate, pursue destiny to find happiness for myself.

Sleepless in Seattle is, therefore, one of the most beloved romantic comedies that every generation of audiences can hardly forget.



Noel in Sleepless in Seattle

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