: You’ve Got Mail
Author: Miklos Laszlo (play), Samson Raphaelson (original film), Nora Ephron, and Delia Ephron
Director: Nora Ephron
I didn’t want to like this; though I like Tom Hanks and I’m huge Meg Ryan fan, I figured this was nothing more than a rehash of Sleepless In Seattle except on AOL. The e-mail aspect of things didn’t excite me (though I’m into technology) because I figured the film (like 99.9% of movies) would get it all wrong. I was pleasantly surprised. Meg was incredible, Hanks impressive, and the technology angle was barely visible (though I did like the subtle [and never mentioned] touch that businessman Hanks used a boring Windows PC and Meg a cool Apple Macintosh PowerBook — the screen shots were real, not faked). The writing was deft, and though I knew I was being manipulated and resisted until almost the end, I finally caved in. I guess I’m just a sap for this kind of stuff. Ultimately, the movie was so well done I watched the director’s commentary track! (Which was surprisingly good, I might add. Very interesting, both from technical and writing viewpoints. It helped that director Nora co-wrote the script — I’ve listened to director-only commentary tracks and they aren’t always insightful into the soul of the project.)
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