Sideways, The Movie. The rest can stand at the side.

The movie Sideways is really a must-watch. It was the winner of Oscar for the Best Adapted Screenplay, and let me tell u, it deserves it. Eventhough until now, after I have just watched the movie just today, i can hardly remember the cast's names. No gorgeous stars to sweep u off your feet but it has everything else to compensate for it : caustic humour and brilliant acting , one sad man, one himbo (one with brawn but no brains), two gutsy ladies and yes, beautiful vineyards in California and WINE!

Story about a divorced secondary school teacher, Miles who suffers from chronic depression who wants to treat his going-to- get- married friend Jack on a wine-tasting road trip in California to mark the end of his bachelorhood. Haha, notice the irony? One sad divorced man trying to throw a 'farewell party' for his friend before he is blisfully married, wants his friend to have a rocking good time during the trip but mars it himself with his low-spirit, hee. One their way, they meet with two kick-ass women Maya and Stephanie who know their stuff in wine. The combination of 4 of them in one movie in itself is a potent wine that will knock u out in no time, haha. Sparks were flying from the chemistry of interaction between the 4 characters and the conversations between Miles and Jack were especially wickedly hilarious!

Here are some of the quotes i managed to find online. Contents are fully respected in their original form:

(When Miles is depressed over the publisher's refusal to get his novels published and Jack tries to comfort him)
Miles: Half my life is over and I have nothing to show for it. Nothing. I'm a thumbprint on the window of a skyscraper. I'm a smudge of excrement on a tissue surging out to sea with a million tons of raw sewage.
Jack: See? Right there. Just what you just said. That is beautiful. 'A smudge of excrement... surging out to sea.'
Miles: Yeah.
Jack: I could never write that.
Miles: Neither could I, actually. I think it's Bukowsky.

(When Maya asked Miles about his novel)
Maya:What's the title?
Miles: "The Day After Yesterday."
Maya: Oh... You mean today?

(Maya talks about why she loves wine, my personal fav :) )
Maya: No, but I do like to think about the life of wine, how it's a living thing. I like to think about what was going on the year the grapes were growing, how the sun was shining that summer or if it rained... what the weather was like. I think about all those people who tended and picked the grapes, and if it's an old wine, how many of them must be dead by now. I love how wine continues to evolve, how every time I open a bottle its going to taste different than if I had opened it on any other day. Because a bottle of wine is actually alive - it's constantly evolving and gaining complexity. That is, until it peaks - like your '61 - and begins its steady, inevitable decline. And it tastes so fucking good.

(Jack asks Miles if he is still seeing the psychiatrist)
Jack:Are you still seeing that shrink?
Miles: I saw him on Monday. I spent most of the time helping him with his computer.

(Miles lamenting about his insignificance)
Miles: Well, the world doesn't give a shit what I have to say. I'm not necessary. I'm so insignificant I can't even kill myself.
Jack: Miles, what the hell is that supposed to mean?
Miles: Come on, man. You know. Hemingway, Sexton, Plath, Woolf. You can't kill yourself before you're even published.
Jack: What about the guy who wrote "Confederacy of Dunces"? He killed himself before he was published. Look how famous he is.
Miles: Thanks.