[movie 2007] P.s. I Love You

[Guest monchichi]

ORLY? yess im gonna ask helen to go

cant wait to see this film~

*edit

HOORAY i got my coupon thing. hopefully i can get in >=D

LOL yeah Helen just msged me about it on facebook hehehehe. I heard it's first to come is first to be served so I'll prob head down to chaddy 2 hours earlier and man the gates @ pancake parlour next to the cinemas hehehehe.

^ yea i know i was going huh when they said that the setting would be in NY

and the trip that Gerry set up was for Ireland... hmmmm

and this is probably a dumb question... but who is this william character?

i saw the character list on wikipedia and a william came up...

i don't remember reading his name in the book...

was he made up for the film?

YEAH! I was wondering the same thing!!! T_T I think it is an original character made for the movie but I really don't see any reason for it...? Or maybe William is

the guy she meets at the milkbar at the end???

[viviians]

LOL yeah Helen just msged me about it on facebook hehehehe. I heard it's first to come is first to be served so I'll prob head down to chaddy 2 hours earlier and man the gates @ pancake parlour next to the cinemas hehehehe.

AHAHA. i'll probably do same. maybe i'll just hang out at chaddy for the whole day

[juhee]

i heard that Gerard Butler and Hilary Swank are going to interview each other

its something on moviefone

MORE PICTURES!

^this picture threw me completely off

credits: ropeofsilicon

[DDuk]

OMG why is Gerard Butler SO HANDSOME!?!?! ><

makes me go fangirl everytime i see picture #8!

[Guest Angel Cakes]

Are you serious?

I FREAKIN' LOVED THAT BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's the only book that actually got to my heart. I cried so much when reading one of the letters he left her.

Plus it was funny at some bits i can't wait for the 21st now, i'll probably cry during the film too LOL.

[Guest BayByOjaH]

I didn't know this was based on a book~

The movie looks really good... & I wanna see it~

[juhee]

interview with both gerard butler and hilary swank...

Extra First Look for PS I Love You

http://youtube.com/watch?v=4JjQS3BcejQ

^you see a huge clip of gerry's striptease... *blush blush*

[Guest pandoras0nymph]

thats so sweet!!! i love it!! gosh.. i want to watch it! what a change from gerard shouting SPARTA!!

[juhee]

9 NEW CLIPS OF PS I Love You!!!

http://www.collider.com/entertainment/news...286/tcid/1/pg/1

oh and btw the character William is totally made up for the film...

there was an interview with Cecila Ahern and she approved of the character...

William is a person Holly meets when she takes a trip to Ireland...

also here is an audio interview discussing PS I Love You and other stuff...

http://media.collider.com/collider_audio/P...ollider.com.mp3

[Guest paulinee]

So the whole book is kinda different from the movie. Damn. I wanted to see the cast of the siblings...

No wonder I had no idea who William was. I was like, "who..?" I had to go back to read it again. >.<"

It was a really good book, and maybe the movie will turn out pretty good. Hm, in some ways HIlary Swank reminds me of Jennifer Gardner.

[Guest ilikepho]

I have the book at them moment...going to read it before I watch it

[Guest yokemun]

just read the book and i'm totally in love with it...

cried so much and laugh so hard...

and now the movie...i think i'm gonna cry buckets watching this!!!!!

[Guest del32]

Still havent read the book, but my friend has suggested me to read it first, before watching the movie cause it's such a tear jerker

[juhee]

another interview with the three guys of PS I Love You and a little bit of Hilary Swank in the end...

http://www.theinsideronline.com/news/2007/12/14671/

[Guest shazvaz15]

I LOVE the book...

and they seem to have good chemistry!

can't wait to watch it

[juhee]

^ speaking of on screen chemistry~

Gerard Butler and Hilary Swank on Moviefone Unscripted!!

http://us.video.aol.com/player/launcher?ar...;pmmsid=2039435

^really cute~

http://us.video.aol.com/player/launcher?ar...;pmmsid=2039438

^when they talk about working with the crew

http://movies.aol.com/movie/ps-i-love-you/...ng-pain/2039437

^how to channel pain into acting...

*its soo cute how they finish and start each other's sentences... lol

[Guest *.:StarryEyeSurprise:.*]

I heard that 'the letter' the old korean movie has the EXACT same plot as this book

I bet the author plagiarised

[Guest monchichi]

I heard that 'the letter' the old korean movie has the EXACT same plot as this book

I bet the author plagiarised

Who cares? Apparently Harry Potter was plagiarised too but it's still damn good and is still worth reading.

Anyway, I watched the P.S. I Love You free screening today with my friends... and as promised, here is my review...

P.S. I Love You - (crappy) Review

It's been a loooooong day, so bear with me ^^; I'll darken the parts which I think will be spoilers.

The Good

OOook. The good points of the movie are:

* Funny moments were tweaked. I think the book focused a lot more on the emotional side of Holly's loss and her heartbreak while the movie added a lot more light hearted and fun moments in it which were quite enjoyable - particularly Harry Conick Jr's performance (

as the dopey bar guy

).

* The chemistry was good between Holly and Gerry ~ I can honestly believe that I was watching two people completely in love rather than two actors who are pretending to be in love.

* They stayed true to some of the characters and the plots - Karaoke bar, her best friends.

* There were a few tear jerking moments, especially near the end (though definitely not as much as the book - I can vouch that with confidence).

* A light hearted and fun movie to watch with very few dark moments. Definitely a good movie for those who are into romantic/chick flick movies.

* Gerard Butler is a sexy fox.

The Bad

The bad... well, mainly a comparison of the book and the movie together. The movie, on its own, is pretty good and I recommend it to anyone who hasn't read the book yet but if you have read the book, don't expect anything great. Moving on...

* While the two mediums (book & movie) possess the same name (P.S. I Love You) - both are different in storyline and characters. Not completely different but just enough to completely disappoint those who have read the book and are expecting a decent adaptation. Like I said in The Good, both movie and book provide a different experience for the reader/viewer. One is funner than the other but, in my own opinion, not by much.

* The book focused on all aspects of Holly's life after the death of her husband/bestfriend/soulmate like her family, her friends and herself. That's what I loved about the book. However, the movie concentrates mainly on Holly and Gerry's life together and the memories they shared ~ possibly to give Gerard Butler more screen time? o_O LOL In any case, I wanted to see more of Holly's family but

in the movie, only her mother and her younger sister (who is only a minor character BTW and is completely different from the book) remain

.

* It was too sugar coated for me. The book presented real issues and real emotions I could actually relate to like the fight with her and her best friend whereas the movie didn't do much with that. It was... too fairytale-like to me so I couldn't really involve myself with the movie like I did with the book and therefore couldn't feel any empathy for Holly's character during the movie.

* Gerard Butler's Irish accent was terrible LOL Well, not that terrible... or maybe I wasn't listening properly and I was staring at him too much hehehe.

* The last line of the movie... was, IMO, lame:

P.S. Guess What?

=.=;

The Conclusion

If I were to view the movie as its own, I would say it was pretty decent but not quite as good as The Notebook which is my favourite romantic movie of all time and touched me very deeply. However, when I compare it to the book ~ well... yeah. The book basically kicks the movie's butt even with the help of Holly and Gerry's chemistry. It was as if... the screenwriter for the movie never even read the book properly or took a few of the ideas presented in the book, twisted it and made it into another movie while slapping on the same title. Some of the changes... I have no idea why they changed it... it seemed a bit unnecessary?? And they focused too much on the couple... even though they were extremely sweet together.

I could rant all day about how the movie was almost completely different to the book (not the mention the fact that they left out my most favourite character in the book!! Grr...

Richard

) but as I said earlier, that doesn't mean you have to sit through the entire movie all grumpy - the movie itself is quite enjoyable but it's just not as good as the book.

My personal rating (compared to other romantic movies I've seen): 6.5/10 ~ -1 Too 'sugary' or generic (in other words, just a normal romantic movie and nothing really special), -1 The pacing of the movie was slightly weird (to me) and didn't flow too well, -1 Left out my fav character (LOL a bit biased there...), -0.5 The ending.

Anyway, that was my opinion of the movie. Don't let it put you off from watching it because, as I said atleast twice already, it really is a decent movie to watch and romantic movie buffs will definitely love it. All those who've read the books, discard your expectations and pretend you're just watching any other old movie and you'll probably enjoy it too.

BTW, 'William' is

kind of the movie replacement of 'Rob' in the book (the guy Holly meets at the end) but they changed his character to be Gerry's bestfriend in Ireland from long ago... unlike the book, he gets more screentime

.

[juhee]

^wow thanks soooo much for the review!!!

*sighs* i guess i should go into the theater with my expectation low...

and with the book's storyline out of my head...

eek i read the spoilers... and the so how the movie ends will def. make me go...

wth~ so the ending doesn't end with Gerry's last letter?

[Guest monchichi]

^wow thanks soooo much for the review!!!

*sighs* i guess i should go into the theater with my expectation low...

and with the book's storyline out of my head...

eek i read the spoilers... and the so how the movie ends will def. make me go...

wth~ so the ending doesn't end with Gerry's last letter?

No problems! I tried to keep it as unbiased as possible!

Hrmm... not exactly. But you have to watch the movie to find out what I'm talking about! XD

I shouldn't say anymore in case it ruins the movie for everyone but I really, really want to! >.< But you should be pleased with the movie if you like Gerard Butler... he gets a LOT of screen time for a dead character (LOL) and the scenes of Holly and Gerry together are very sweet.