A good story

I’m a sucker for movies, I’m more of a sports guy when it comes to TV but I get caught up on movies. Yesterday I had the day off so after spending the morning writing a paper, I happened upon ‘Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist’ its one of those cute love storyish movies. It has recognizable characters, and good dialogue (it captures those awkward / poignant / cheesy moments wonderfully). What makes movies or TV shows for that matter stand out for me are little moments, the ones that feel real, this movie has many great moments in it. One such moment is when Nicks calls Nora at the beginning of the end of the movie, there is a moment when she hangs up, bites her lip (to stop herself from smiling), flips her hair back and then just smiles. That’s a real moment, we’ve all felt that way when someone who we’ve just met calls us up and says something stupid and it makes us feel special and happy and we start to smile. Everything feels right in the world because we know that person was thinking about us. Those moments are real and this movie does a good job capturing not just that moment but many others.

Here are a two quotes and why I liked them:

"Other bands, it's about sex. Or pain. Or some fantasy. But The Beatles, they knew what they were doing. You know the reason The Beatles made it so big? 'I Wanna Hold Your Hand.' Fucking brilliant, perhaps the most fucking brilliant song ever written. Because they nailed it. That's what everyone wants. Not 24-7 hot wet sex. Not a marriage that lasts a hundred years. Not a Porsche or a million-dollar crib. No. They wanna hold your hand. They have such a feeling that they can't hide. Every single successful love story has those unbearable and unbearably exciting moments of hand-holding."

Awesome.

Said to Nick by his (gay) friend while he’s trying to sort out the events of the night. This line got me thinking, it’s been over two years since I’ve been in a real relationship, I’ve had a few girls come in and out of my life, but no one really special. This line brought me back to the wonderful little things about being in a relationship, like reaching out for the persons hand when you’re walking down the street, or waking up next to them and being content to just be close. Those are good moments in life and its not all the time that you meet someone who makes you want them.

NORAH: That reminds me of this part of Judaism that I really like. It’s called Tikkun Olam. It says that the world is broken into pieces and it’s everybody’s job to find them and put them back together again.
NICK: Well maybe we’re the pieces, you know, maybe we’re not supposed to find the pieces, maybe we are the pieces.

Is it tremendously profound? I say no. But it’s the kind of thing a person says to another person when they’re looking each other in the eye, and are both a little unsure of how the other feels. Like I said before it feels real and that’s why I enjoyed this movie so much, have a wonderful Tuesday everybody.