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A Walk to Remember (2002)
A wonderful film
Although this movie is for high school students, I found something that really imspires me. I guess it really doesn't matter the age.
When we were young, we dreamed about a wonderful love. It happened to someone but not everyone. I don't believe that there is a person like Carter exist on this planet. Perhaps I am too skeptical. But who else can be so loyalty and faithful to their lover when one knows the other is dying.
Especially they are young that they are too young to know what is life.
The director or the author of this book is somehow drawing a picture of our future life style. Whatever the religion you believe in, it is obvious the form that we should approach. In this century, we are facing the bigger and even worse problems are our new generation. We are desperately searching the solution to solve this so-called "hopeless" disease that causes all the parents in digging the hole of depression. This movie is a good one to think where we can really hold the line but not to sacrifice too much our joyful and of course moral sense. The most important is freedom.
From my point, this can never be satisfied without certain rules applied. Imagined that if our new generations can behave like in this movie, this world can never have a chance to get worse.
On the other hand, we should have a simple living environment. When people don't have not much choices to make, life can be easier. That is to say, life can have less all kinds of darkness power to poison our mental condition.
The young actor is acting perfectly and naturally. Especially when he said "I love you" to the actress, his eyes showed the greates sorrow and the compassion. The most attractive moment I've ever seen. Perhaps he is young so the passion within his eyes does not pollute much.
When you get older and your dreams never fulfilled, it would only come to the real in the movie. That's why this film is so wonderful to bring you back to the past and your dreams without space and times limit.
The Pianist (2002)
The silence of the past sorrow
I've seen this move over 10 times. This movie is not more than a personal story and touched heart so much and so deep. One of the reason I like it is because this movie does not lead all the audiences to criticize how bad of Nazi German. Of course, we do not need to emphasize this world known fact. But to share personal passion, appreciation and so complicated sorrow inside the heart with those who never experienced such great tragedy in the past human being's history.
The author was very lucky at that time. I believe that God must be with him in every second. We must also thank God to protect such a great pianist on the earth from being killed so we would have a great chance to listen to such wonderful music. Unlike his family or the German captain who saved his life, especially the captain, after his long torture in the Russian's war camp, his death came to the end peacefully. Whether the author did or did not try to save the captain's life, the answer is no longer important. The sorrow, the suffering, the happiness and the silence of the past were all gone to the dust. But we must not forget that the German captain did save the author's life so he could dress up and play the piano on the stage as he always wished. After all, not all Nazi German were bad or even evil.
The author's mind was clear that he was not interested to criticize on both side. Perhaps he wasn't even sure in which side should be blamed. We are human being and we make mistakes everyday. But we must not forget not to make any extreme excuse to go cross the line-killing.
Carolina (2003)
What a beautiful but normal firm.
This movie leads us to see the true beauty inside human being whoever we missed everyday on the corner of street. It also gives us a little bit inside of the personality of the director. He does not like to judge people by their position, language or even the color of screen. I love the characteristics of Grandmother. Although she was not born in a rich and educational family, she had fate in her believes in God that every life is a gift. Her love is what we are missing and keep losing in our new generations.
But this firm also raised a interested question, a debatable and arguable that acted by the grandmother. She shared her past romance with her granddaughters. She dated whoever he is (marry or not) whenever she needed. I always believe that there is a line for everyone to follow which is our mortal sense. Can we just go date a man without thinking his situation? Can we just not to worry about the consequence that will be taken by our children silently and normally that we finally realized we are setting a bad example for them?
On the other hand, as the actor mentioned, live a little. That means life can be just that simple and easy. No need to setup a lots of rules to block us to enjoy everyday. But, without following the rules, we will not have a better view to examine ourselves what we are missing. It is difficult to maintain in the line but not be a prison of our mind.
I've watched this movie over 20 times but not tired of it. It reminds me a lots and refreshes me the life style.