Life reminiscent of a movie

[+ purplekow]

Today, as I was leaving my office, I ran into a salesperson I knew in passing. She stopped to talk for a moment and I felt obligated to introduce my friend Harry to Sally the saleperson. We all chuckled about the movie When Harry Met Sally. Naturally we mentioned the faking it scene and the "I'll have what she's having" line.

Later in the day, a sweltering day in NYC area and I took my dog to the dog park. In passing someone mentioned that we were not even to the dog days of August and it was so hot. I said that it may not be a August but this was a Dog Day Afternoon and in unison the other dog owner and I started chanting "Attica, Attica".

I began thinking about those two movies and realized apart from there famous lines, I really did not recall much about the movies. It seemed to me that a lot of interactions with escorts are like that, the flash of brilliance and the memorable moment but nothing long term that marks a friendship or a romance.

So, I am not sure which of these questions, if any, are of interest to the forum, but these are the three that come to mind for me:

 

Have you had instances like this where a title of a movie or play just fits right into the conversation?

 

Does one iconic scene make a movie a must see or is familiarity with the scene out of context enough?

 

Is the flash of brilliance enough of a base to consider starting a relationship or is time an essential ingredient?

 

Answer any or all or move on as you see fit.

[Diverdan]

PK... you raise some very interesting questions. I think the flash of brilliance is enough to get things started, but time IMHO is essential to a long term, satisfying relationship and all that entails. I have had some of those flashes with guys, but the only ones that I truly remember fondly are those with whom there was some extended time together.

 

There are scenes in a movie that often stand out,but for a movie to be a "must see" in my experience requires much more than one scene. I may be dating myself, but I think of such great movies as Ben Hur, Bridge on the River Kuai (sic?), the Star Wars series, Cleopatra, the original True Grit, to name just a few, where I think it is the entire move, not just a scene or two that makes the movie great.

 

Thanks for sharing and making me think about a lot of things tonight !!

DD

[+ sam.fitzpatrick]

Is the flash of brilliance enough of a base to consider starting a relationship or is time an essential ingredient?

 

Absolutely, a flash is enough. To quote a Jerry Herman song, "It only takes a moment for your eyes to meet and then, your heart knows in an instant you will never be alone again."

[+ Gar1eth]

Absolutely, a flash is enough. To quote a Jerry Herman song, "It only takes a moment for your eyes to meet and then, your heart knows in an instant you will never be alone again."

 

Does it mean anything in particular that I know one of the next lines of this song is " to be loved your whole life long"?

 

Gman

 

PS one of my favorite movies-- I think I was about 10 when it came out-- I dont care what the critics said.