you've got mail!

I turned on the tv and flipped to Bravo TV. Watched Wedding Planner and then this film, "You've Got Mail" came on. I didn't have anything better to do, so I was like, "eh, why not? don't look so bad." I thought it started off cute. Kathleen Kelly (Meg Ryan) opens her vintage Apple bulky laptop and connects to the internet with dial-up. Excuse me, but it was a cute nostalgic moment. I remember the "good ol' days" when you had to impatiently wait to connect to the internet with dial-up, oh and that annoying little noise. Bad times, bad times. Anywho, Kathleen met this gentlemen through an online chat room and started emailing him, behind her partner's back, and she started falling in love with him. No shame. Little did she know, it was Joe Fox (Tom Hanks) the man behind this corporate book store down the corner from her book store. They didn't know who each other was so it was completely anonymous. While watching this, I thought to myself, "why are people more likely to open up with their most suppressed thoughts and feelings with strangers?" Is it because they're less likely to judge us? Or we've become so anti-social, we hide behind a screen to spill our thoughts and feelings? Who am I to say this? I hide behind a screen. It's not because we're anti-social, well some of us are, but that's not the point. We're too scared to say what is on our mind at the exact moment when we need to say it. This is what I got from this film. I dunno, maybe I'm crazy for babbling on and on about a film. I should stop here.

Let's all cherish this cute nostalgic moment, shall we? :')