The Lake House (2006)

Pefrect for a slow, quiet winter evening.It could've been a lovely Christmas movie, one of the best actually, but the final result is just another St. Valentine's one. St. Valentine's Day is an artificially made up holiday for me anyways and I personally do not celebrate it. If you love someone you love them and show it to them year round, every single day, not just on holidays.Now imagine - pristine snow, the lake house, a chimney, smoke going out of the chimney, qietly and peacefully falling snow, a Christmas tree inside or outside the house, 2 people on something soft and warm in front of the fireplace, cuddling , 2 glasses of wine, cooking together, looking into the eyes of each other, candles on top of the fireplace and/or around the house, Christmas lights around the windows and/or around the house, (eventually having a bath together), dancing slowly, a bit of kissing, ... did I say looking into the eyes of each other?... oh, yeah!.... that's a romantic setting for me.All actors' performances were pretty good. The guy who played Keanu's brother was really cute too and could've had a bit more significance/presence in the movie. There could've been some development between Mona and Shawn ; they seem cuite cute together. Good acting, all of therm, at least in my opinion. The slow dance together (Keanu and Sandra B.) was quite sensual. I really liked it; so warm and moving. Really romantic.A movie with a great potential, not realized.

I love and respect Keanu, i follow him as well. Movie is awesome beautiful story , beautiful movie ,Sandra is just awesome, acting is superb.The leaves , the breeze and the lake house with snow ,so romantic with a tragic ending .But the movie started from where it ended.Beautiful song ,overall the movie is very nice ,one should watch this movie.

The story is quite refreshing and unlike other movies I've seen. This is a remake based on a Korean movie titled 'Il Mare', which I am intrigued about now. Asian films are generally more emotion/character based than Hollywood films (I feel), as not everything is over dramatized. Well actually Korean dramas tend to over dramatize the staring which I find very cheesy but I'll have to watch that one to be able to compare both versions of the film.Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves did great in this film. Bullock is probably my favourite actress so there's that. The chemistry between them was so cute as well. Even though Bullock and Reeves are not actually in the same scene for a lot of the film they portrayed the bond that their characters have on screen really well. I feel like the chemistry they had when they weren't together was much better than when they were together. The ending scene just seemed a bit off.The editing too was well done. From the putting together of the film, to the soundtrack and the order of the scenes. The visual effects was a little outdated (but can't blame them since this did come out in 2006), but I could tell when she was in the bus/train that it was a green screen.Read more movie reviews at: championangels.wordpress.com

The movie really builds a good story and serves nice twists which wrap themselves well with the ending. Like Frequency (2000) there's no real time travel since the different time characters link one another through the time traveling mail. The story may just end right then and there when Alex sees Kate on the train but the creators decided to trade that with an even greater twists. I really like how the movie puts the circular story loop that ends with the beginning. And that gimmick makes it a classic Valentine's Day movie for me. The acting overall is quite nice. Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock are reunited after their old blockbuster hit Speed all those years ago. This movie sure shows that the chemistry between them from that old movie is still a helpful thing to make this movie great.