call me late, but I just watched this movie this afternoon. so 90's and I found out that this movie was out in 1998. well I'm just a kiddy that year so no wonder I just watched it now (pembelaan). and things I wanna share here is not how old the movie is but it's the movie it is.
honestly, 'youve got mail' is so typical Hollywood movie and nothing more special to explain. but the story and its plot gave me alot of thought. its cyber love condition and the fact how the instant messaging and email was so useful attracted me.
too cliche, yes. but enjoyable to see the story. 2 people met in a chat-room, using nicknames and hide all the specification of the real life. then they met in real life as a rival and never realized that they kept sending email each other in the cyber world. until one day the man suggested them to meet each other and when the man found out his cyber friend was also his rival, he ran. he was away for a moment until he figured out his feeling, he fell for the woman. and so on. as another drama holywood movie, it ended happily with the man and the woman who felt the same way as the man, being together and be honest to themselves. lovely.
now on,as I'm typing this post and chatting with some friends, I'm wondering how the story is so impossible in this age. but we'll never know what's coming to us. so who knows?
p.s.: and my favorite sentences of the movie is
I wanted it to be you. I wanted it to be you so badly.
