A classic movie for fall

It’s officially fall which means it is time for another post about the best fall movies.  Last year we covered all the best football movies so this year I thought I would write about all the best fall romantic comedies.  At this point I have actually only thought of one but it is a classic—You’ve Got Mail.  Since Jules and I don’t have any high school football games to attend on Friday nights we are having fall movie nights instead and this week it was You’ve Got Mail which is a fav. 

            The movie came out in 1998 and I remember it being very modern and cutting edge at the time.  I suppose that was about 15 years ago and I was in the fourth grade.  It had technological phenomenon such as dial-up internet, chat rooms, and laptops that were 3” inches thick.  ( I think my mom actually got this movie because she thought it was a romantic comedy he might enjoy since it involved technology and computers).  It stars Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks—that is enough to make it a great movie.  As Jules put it during one scene in the movie—“Only Meg Ryan can make having a cold look adorable.”  As for Tom Hanks it is my opinion that he is one of the great American actors especially considering the wide range of parts he has played over the years.  We can thank him for classic movie lines such as “I’ve got a snake in my boot” (Toy Story), “Wilson!!!” (Castaway- who can spend an hour of dialogue talking to a volleyball?), “There’s no crying in baseball” (A League of Their Own), “Houston, we have a problem” (Apollo 13), and “Life is like a box of chocolates” (Forrest Gump).  Anyway, I digress. The premise of You’ve Got Mail is based off of The Shop Around the Corner- 1940s flick starring Jimmie Stewart.  (On some Friday night movie night several years ago Jules and I watched this and decided it was not one of the better movies Jimmie Stewart is in—the ending ruined it for us so this is not a movie we are recommending.)  In You’ve Got Mail the two main characters met over the internet and just exchange emails back and forth but don’t actually know who the other one is.  They met in a chat room—do these even exist anymore?  They send emails—really who does this now with Facebook posts and tweeting on Twitter?  They both run bookstores.  Meg Ryan owns a small children’s bookstore while Tom Hanks runs Fox Books, the mega bookstore that is going to take over everything.  Since the movie was made the downfall of the mega bookstore has taken place-- Borders no longer exists because of buying books online and the fact that books don’t even come on paper any more but electronically with a Kindle.  I think this movie also shaped my impressions on city life.  When I first moved to Kansas City 2 years ago I was under the impression that if you lived in a metro area you spent most of your time hanging out at bookstores or drinking coffee.  I attribute these views to the fact that I had no idea what Starbucks was (or cappuccino) until I saw this movie so it must be a city thing.

 In the movie they talk about how much they love New York in the fall and it reminds me of how much I enjoy fall descending on Kansas City this week.  If you can think of any other wonderful movies that need to make the list—or so we even have a list since only one doesn’t qualify as a legit list—please pass them along.