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 gave a feeling of <<momento>> from
start till end. the overlapping & intertwining timeline
and events, (the resulting hundreds of "?" over the
audience's heads), narration from the antagonist, & the parts
with just the breathing from characters and no background
music. the big difference is, <<momento>> has a flow to it,
which 21 grams lack. the events and idea behind <<21
grams>> is just too simple to be put into such a way.
bb says this one is like
<<traffic>>, but better. <<traffic>>
is just too long and she couldn't finish watching it before she
fell asleep. again, i have only an unwatched vcd. so here's a math question: arrange these 3 movies in ascending order
of better-ness :P.
anyways, it's quite easy to see where the story is
going, once you figure out sean penn with no beard and sick sean
penn with beard is the same person. maybe
it's just me.
the idea behind the movie is quite heavy,
though there's not very much to think about (how seldom is this
for the too-many-thoughts vivi!!) some parts during the middle of
the movie seem too long and boring. (...and bb fell asleep.)
the way jack (benicio del toro) lives his life according to the bible
LITERALLY disturbs me a lot. but in reality, there ARE some
people who act like that. they don't really understand the meaning
behind these "dao li"/spirit but you can't deny their
strong faith.
the way a person lives, whether living his own
life or "gaining it back" in this case, no matter how
short the time, will have an effect on someone somehow. you
won't live for no reason. in this case, sean penn's lengthened life gave
both cristina (naomi watts) and jack back their peace of
mind.
guess that's what the idea of "21 grams lighter
after death" is about. never fully understand it and
didn't catch the words too well towards the end of the
movie. will
look it up in scripts later if i have time.
so never say you've got no purpose in life.
interesting side topic: the cooler
water container that jack drank from at the beginning of the
movie reminded me of the one in steven's. wish
everything is going well for him and his family. (oh
btw, conincidentally, i'm writing this on his bday today. should
send him an e-card after this. :>)
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