The way we were
One of my favorite "Gilmore Girls" episodes is from Season 5 believe it or not. I love the episode "Say Anything", right after Emily makes that mess at her vow renewal & Luke & Lorelai break up. Lorelai watches "The Way We Were" & then calls up Luke & says something to the effect of I just need my best friend. I watch this episode every time I break up with someone. I find myself wanting to break up with people just so I can watch this episode again. So it made sense that I would watch "The Way We Were". There were some good moments to it, but I just didn’t like it. It’s like spinach, it’s good for you but you aren’t excited to see it. This is a spoiler so stop reading here if you don’ t want to know. When they are standing in the street at the end & Babs runs across the street I find myself thinking ‘The only way this movie could be saved is if one of them gets hit by a car right now". No one got hit by a car, so I wasn’t a big fan. I just found the movie to be a downer. So I wasn’t a fan of "The Way We Were", but I still like the episode of "Gilmore Girls" that quoted it. That didn’t make a lot of sense, I better simplify. "The Way We Were"= :( Gilmore Girls talking about "The Way We Were"= : )
Tags: gilmore-girls, movies, tv, the-way-we-were, robert-redford
This is also a favorite episode of mine… Although I wouldn’t break up with someone just so that I could watch it. But this episode always makes me cry. And it demonstrates how strongly Lorelai loves Luke, and how timeless is Luke’s love for Lorelai. I mean, how many guys do you know who would rush over to their ex-girlfriend’s side like that? Just like he came to the hospital when Richard had his operation. Luke does that for his family and for Lorelai and Rory. I think that says something about the girls’ relationship with Luke.
BTW, like many movies mentioned on my favorite show, The Way We Were is in my Netflix queue, but I haven’t gotten to it yet.
-TimK
March 16th, 2007 • 2:40 pm
That is also one of my fav episodes, but I actually liked the movie I cried for 30 minutes after it was over
March 16th, 2007 • 4:58 pm
One of these days I’m actually going to sit down and watch these old movies that people always talk about. Never seen Casablanca, Gone with the Wind, It’s a Wonderful Life…I could go on!
I’m keeping track of your list though…I’ll catch up eventually!
March 17th, 2007 • 8:31 pm
The Way We Were - that movie has always killed me. For some reason - even as a young teen, it really hit home. And at that point, I hadn’t even REALLY experienced true heart ache. But that movie always makes me ache. It’s a bit too real for me. But love the movie.
March 19th, 2007 • 9:13 am
I watched this movie with my mom a long timg ago in an effort to “bond.” Now that she is an official Gilmore Girls junkie, I wish we could try that whole “bonding” thing again…I think I’d enjoy it much more! Incidentally, my friend dated a guy named Hubbell…
March 22nd, 2007 • 2:49 pm