Irish Kind of Love

"Your friendship has brought glorious Technicolor to my life." 

Being a hopeless romantic person as I always have been, I reaally dig that line. For me, it was the best line from last year's British drama-romcom, Love, Rosie. I saw the movie twice earlier today: first preview during lunch time at the office, and the second was few hours before the day turned to Saturday. I owe it to Nessie, who recommended this movie to me. A colleague had seen it before me, and I could say she triggered me to watch it, in a way. (Believe me, I still have long list of movies-I-should-see but I haven't seen them yet.) 

From the last preview, I knew that this film was based on a novel, Where Rainbows End or Where Rainbow Ends (?) - I forgot and I'm not in the mood to google the title immediately, so. Another discovery was the Irish movie industry has their share in the film as well. Several reviews which I have read sound rather awful - of course, I guess partly because the writer isn't a sucker for this film's genre. Unlike me. 

I don't know exactly why and what, but I easily knew that Love, Rosie is going to be on the same shelf of my favourite movie of all time's list, alongside Janji Joni and (500) Days of Summer, respectively. From the beginning, when Rosie was prepared to performed her task as best woman, I just knew.... I'd love this movie. The following minutes proved it was right. 

Now I understand it. The film has so much British love written all over the lines and scenes. Tee-hee, was it because the Irish movie industry? It could be. They featured Lily Allen's songs (Littlest Things and Fuck You), KT Tunstall's old single that I LOVE (Suddenly I See), also other notable songs and scores which are truly beautiful, and fitting. Still speaking about music, Rosie has Blur's 13 album cover stamped on the wall next to her bed. I spotted that. Obviously! 

There are too many soft spots: Alex's face is resemblance of a person, the beautiful setting of Rosie's rooftop, their outfit (!), British jokes (haha writing it in full confidence as if I'm a Londoner), the wordplay, and ultimately the scene + the music which blended together. Contrary to what The Guardian said or Rotten Tomatoes' consensus, this movie is a package of everyone's story of love, a sweet-heart-aching one. The story was good, it quite hit me. And, after a multiple missing, I'm just relieved that they ended up like that.