you don't wanna be in love, you wanna be in love in a movie!

The above statement is very true and accurate when it comes to me. The quote comes from the movie Sleepless in Seattle and rings so true that many of my friends and family have often said it to me!

But why wouldn't I want to be in love in a movie? Movie guys say the best things and are so super sweet! Here are some of my favourite lines or scenarios:

The Young Victoria Albert says to Victoria: You are my whole existence, and I will love you until my very last breath.

Gone with the Wind Rhett says to Scarlett: I've loved you more than I've ever loved any woman...

Pride and Prejudice Mr Darcy says to Eliza Bennet: ... you must allow me to tell you how much I ardently admire and love you.

Someone Like You Eddie comforts Jane when she is crying, and when he looks after her in the work meetings, invites her to a party on New Years Eve and tries to push through the crowd to get to her.

Labyrinth Jareth says to Sarah: Everything you have wanted I have done...Just fear me, love me, do as I say and I will be your slave.

I'm sure there are so many more...but that's all that is in my head at the moment. And I have to say: Is it really too much to ask for?

vampires

With the popularity of Twilight I feel that Vampire lore is getting miscommunicated, and it is very frustrating! So I have decided to list my interpretation of the Vampires basics.

Dracula (by Bram Stoker), originally Vlad the Impaler who was the saviour of Transylvania. He was a genuine historical figure who actually did impale his victims on spikes. Bram Stoker made him a romantic character by focusing on his search for love and commitment. This Dracula can be killed by a stake through the heart or decapitation. He isn't impressed by garlic or crosses, but I don't believe they really hurt him.

Dracula (played by Gerry Butler in Dracula 2000) was actually Judas the betrayer (the guy who betrayed Jesus to the Romans). He was paid in silver, which is why silver can hurt him. He hung himself at dawn, which is why sunlight can hurt him. And his betrayal led to Jesus' death, which is why he doesn't like crosses. I don't believe garlic has any effect on him. He is also looking for true love.

Lestat & Louis (by Anne Rice) are some of the most 'humanistic' vampires. They can go out in sunlight, it will kill them, but crosses and garlic have no effect on them. They can be quite vicious or quite placid. But they are monsters, they have fangs, and they're not looking for true love (although they are probably looking for sex).

Angel & Spike (from Buffy the Vampire Slayer) are probably my most favourite interpretations of vampires. They don't have souls (unless cursed by Gypsies) and therefore can be quite evil and vindictive. A whole lot of fun! They're affected by the regular things such as stakes through the heart, sunlight, crosses & garlic. These vampires are usually looking for love, or at least companionship and a little bit of fun!

Underworld (the movies) have a fairly traditional view of both vampires and werewolves. Vampires and werewolves are locked in an immortal struggle (as they should be), werewolves can be killed by silver while vampires can be killed by sunlight (or UV bullets), stake through the heart, etc.

Moonlight (TV Show) features a vampire who works as a Private Dectective, he is very cute though! Stakes don't kill these vampires, they just imobilise them. Sunlight doesn't kill them either, but it can make them sick. The only way to kill one of these is to cut off its head or burn it.

Twilight (based on the movies only) is full of mistakes and crappy decisions. The Vampires in Twilight sparkle in sunshine, they don't burn up they just shimmer! They also don't seem to have fangs or be very animalistic - how boring!! There also seems to be an issue with their werewolves who aren't so much man-wolf hybrids, but men who turn fully into wolves. As everyone knows, a werewolf is a man-wolf hybrid and therefore when they have changed into a werewolf they are half man-half wolf, not a full wolf!