We’ve all got our favourite movies,
but there’s a vast difference between
a movie you love of all time
vs. 
a movie you savour by yourself most of the time.

I say ‘most of the time’ because there have probably been many times i watch these movies,
yet they’re mostly by myself (sometimes with a partner cos i want to share the love)
yet, there’s nothing like trying to relive the liberating moments i feel during my favourite parts of these films.

There are other movies out there that compile the rest of my Me Time movies –  
Now and Then, Dirty Dancing, Clueless,
Sex & The City, Bridget Jones’ Diary, Grease,
anything with Hugh Grant.

But the 5 below are my all time favourite hug-myself-on-the-couch shows,
some of which my closest friends may have no remote idea i even like.

1. Empire Records

Oh God how i love this movie.
And the soundtrack is unbeatable.
It is how i envisioned my later teenage life.
I love how it’s filled with unbridled teenage lust, lies and money problems,
and most of all, how everything ends with love and music.
WIN.

Plus it’s got Liv Tyler and Renee Zellweger when they first started acting.
I wanted to have a top and skirt just like hers when i first saw it as a teen

Every time i finish watching it,
i always sigh, “That. Was awesome.”

2. Amadeus

Ok i stumbled upon this film in my dad’s VCD collection some time in the 90s
and was curious about the eight Academy Awards it won.
Eight? Seriously?
It MUST be good if it could get 8, i thought,
so i slipped it in the player and watched it.

It is one of my favourite ‘alone’ movies ever.
I not-so-secretly love long movies set in a period scene
and i was won over simply because it was about the life of Mozart
cos i had a deep interest for classical music.
(Well, i still love classical music now, i enjoy Mozart’s symphonies while working)

Years ago, i watched it again alone late at night when i was sick
and had the most beautiful dream of my life.
My ENTIRE dream was a classical song,
from beginning to end.
There were no images in my dream (strange for me, that)
and i felt like i was floating in comforting spongy darkness
as the dream skipped its way, from note to note.

Probably why this movie made my Top 5,
because it gave me the BEST SLEEP OF MY LIFE.
I tried doing it again (watching it and have a song dream) but it didn’t happen 

3. Any movie based on book by Nicholas Sparks

I know this is cheating cos i’m not naming ONE particular movie,
but i love a good sobfest from time to time
and Nicholas Sparks never fails.
The story and acting is always good,
and i’m sure to cry till i soak the pillow i’m holding.
Which is the reason why i prefer watching it alone.
Clem teases me when i cry during movies which i find SO irritating cos i just want to be IN the moment and character and let me cry in peace goddammit!
(However, i must add that he watched one of the movies and it was SO sad even he kept quiet.)

The first one i ever watched was The Notebook,
and honest to god, i thought it was gonna be some shitty slow movie,
but it was GOOD! It’s so easy to fall in love with the characters and they always cast some good looking bugger or chick in there that you can’t help feeling you could fall in love with and therefore feel their pain too.

Last Nicholas Sparks movie i watched was The Last Song (when i was sick last week)
and i was slightly pessimistic cos Miley Cyrus was in there (sorry Claudia)
but it turned out to be a typical N.Sparks sobfest phew hee hee.

So if you feel like a good cry (don’t you ever feel like you just need one for no reason sometimes??) find yourself a Nicholas Sparks movie.

4. A Little Princess

I think it was Yishyene who lent me the VCD when we were 15
and it’s such a nice GIRLY movie to watch.
Innocent almost Disney-like storytelling.
Oh, and an emotional (but HAPPY!) ending too.

I tried forcing Clem to watch it,
he took one look at the cover
gave me a look of pain and said, “Really?”

I wanted to hit him.

5. Amelie

Most of you know this, i’m sure.
Even Clem loves this movie so i’ve just watched it again recently.
It’s such a cute, quirky story that’s shot so wonderfully and quick that there’s always a scene you don’t remember or love admiring again anyway.
I’d lend the DVD to friends cos i wanted them to watch it too,
and once i didn’t get it back for so long…
i think this friend thought i was obsessed with getting it back from her 
Sorry! I just love it so much!
And i’ve already bought a few copies cos other friends who borrowed it never returned it and lucky for them, my blasted memory didn’t allow me the recollection of who they were!

A movie every happy person should own!

Along with the experience of watching movies alone
comes my Me Time movie survival kit.
Just little treats i keep next to me whilst i curl up in delight.

Dove chocs are the perfect thing to keep stuck to my mouth
as i nibble slowly on the smooth milky chocolate.
My Me Time moment survival kit also includes…
a big soft pillow to hug!
Not forgetting a box of tissues for sobfests (it’s inevitable!)

It’s nice to hear the chocolate wrapper crinkling
as i wait for the scenes and drama to unfurl.
Hugging a pillow to my chest,
hand ready to reach out for tissue,
and the other, slowly savouring the silky smooth sensation of Dove Chocolates.
Because if i go too fast i’d be done with the whole bar before the movie ends!

Once, i thought instead of going out to a bar
how about trying a movie night at home in my natty short and cotton t-shirt?
It was really, one of the BEST nights i had to myself!

Sigh. Love.
It’s that simple…
Dove chocs (i really like the Dove Crispy chocolate)
Box of tissues (or snotty blanket :p)
Big pillow

That simplly wraps up my Top 5 ‘Me Time’ Movies.

Do you have any of your own you’d like to share?
I like happy or sobby drama ones please 

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