characters

Sometimes when I watch movies I have a great affinity and attachment to a certain character. When I was younger there were a few that I thought would really fun to inhabit their world/wanted wanted to be like. There are probably more that I really liked, but these are the top three that I remember wanting to be. Side note: the 13 year old in me did and still does love these characters/movies.

Liesel Von Trapp from "The Sound of Music" -She was pretty, could sing well, was one of the "children" but was treated like an adult at times, and had a secret meeting with her boyfriend at a pretty gazebo. I love the part in the movie when the character sings "Edelwiess" with Captain Von Trapp, it's very pretty. I wanted to be Liesel and have fun in the Austrian countryside. I'm glad she wised up to her bozo-nazi boyfriend and dumped him in the end, especially since she learned that seventeen-going-on-eighteen is really not that much older and wiser.

Daphne Reynolds from "What a Girl Wants"-I think I liked her life/adventure in the movie more than actually wanting to be her. She lived in NYC and then discovers she's related to a British lord who turns out to be Colin Firth, yes please! Daphne travels to England to introduce herself to her newfound dad and tries to join his life. She is quirky and funky and does her own thing. Gets into scrapes but manages to make a triumph out of them in the end, winning the admiration of almost everyone. Daphne also meets a cute young singer who always happens to be around and likes her just the way she is. Especially when he takes her punting on the Thames or on the back of his motorcycle...sigh. I wanted to wear funky yet cute clothes like Amanda Bynes does in the movie and when she transforms that hideous dress into something so pretty and unique that she steals the show. Also, she wins over her dad (did I mention her dad is Colin Firth?) and helps him give up a life he didn't want, ultimately uniting her mom and dad again. This movie was made for the tweens and I ate it up.

Kathleen Kelly from "You've Got Mail"-She lives in the Upper West Side of New York City and owns a children's bookstore. What else could I ask for? Oh, and she lives in a cute brownstone apartment and gets to bop around the city, visit fun places and eat at cute restaurants.  She picks up pumpkins to decorate her store while walking to work. And her neighborhood has cute Halloween carnivals.Kathleen Kelly the character is pretty cute, she is spunky and really good with kids. I'll have to admit the romance with Tom Hanks doesn't make me swoon so much as other romances (Tom doesn't make me swoon) but there are a lot of funny lines and they have a Mr. Darcy/Elizabeth Bennett thing going on. But yeah, if it were still possible in this day and age to own an independent bookstore, let alone in NYC, that life would totally be up my alley.