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 a classic love story, starring nicole kidman,
renee zellwegar, jude law.
you’ve got nothing much to loose with such a
cast. i like renee from a
lot of movies, and her acting in this one is particularly
good. (and i’ve
guessed correctly that she’ll won
supporting actress.) and i
like the handsome jude law too.
together with snowy mountain scences like those from a
scenic calender, the movie can be described exactly as靚人靚景. so for
sure i won’t be missing it.
i’m never a fans of
romance movie, and as usual, this one fails to convince me. i can never quite understand
why ada and inman would be so much in love. certainly i can understand
why they becomes attracted to each other, but definitely not why
they’re so much in love.
i mean, ok, for one, they’re the only blondes in
town, the only two fine-looking person
who stand out. who else
can they fall for except each other? well,
maybe i just don’t believe in love at first sight. i prefer those
kind where love grows from understanding and acceptance,
rather than a vague, often imaginary, image of who you want your
lover to be. with that
thought in mind, even ada’s most powerful words of “come back to me.
come back to me is my request.” fails to move
me. (no tears upon hearing
those words, ok dav?)
but maybe, just
maybe, the thing about this movie isn’t about the actual,
tangible (all wrong words…) love between them. but rather, it is the
anticipation, the wait, the undying will power that makes it
beautiful.
“i'm still
waiting, as i promised. i
would, but i find myself alone and at the end of my wits…”. it takes great courage for a
person to keep such a promise.
i know it personally, and i know how it feels like when
one is alone and helpless, when things seem to be
uncontrollable. you
don’t even know if the person you’re constantly
thinking about is thinking about you as well, or worse, if
he’s already forgotten who you are. (and in this case, if
he’s still alive.)
time just keeps moving on mercilessly, and while
you’re still pondering in his shadows, he’s left and
has already gone far far away.
“should i imagine you are dead and, that it is
to your spirit i am writing? no word from you in all this time.
if you receive this please know i am here and warring, too, with
a faint heart.”…once, i do have imagined
i’m writing to a nonexistent address, to an unreal person,
an image of you that’s still in my mind. the old you. “to be frank i
have forgotten your voice, to be honest i can't even remember
your face. somehow in my
heart you've occupied a place.
every now and then you make me fall, you bring me
sore.” from <<martin>>. i just dunno why.
i kept tight of my tears quite successfully at the
beginning part of the movie, as i know dav beside me there would
most definitely know if started crying. it is at the part where ada and
ruby lifted the log from sally’s hands that i can’t
hold them back anymore, and tears just kept pouring out. (i’ve to 兜住 them with my hands!!) bosie killing sally’s
husband didn’t have an effect on me; him killing the boys
didn’t affect me.
but somehow those two weak girls trying desperately to
take the log off a spiritually-dead woman moved me so
deeply. i guess it’s
the contrast between how someone can undervalue lives and how
others try so hard to save one that makes it so touching. At that moment, you’ll
kinda blame god for letting this happen. and ruby said it well, “god won't let it stand this way long.”
on some level, there’s a religious meaning
behind the aforementioned scene and the next i’m gonna
describe. when inman was
saved by the old woman maddy, she cut the throat of a young goat
for feeding him. “see i think there's a plan. there's a design. for
each and every one of us.
you look at nature, a bird flies
somewhere, picks up a seed, shits the seed out. a plant grows. bird's got a job, seed's got a
job.” although not
beautifullly put, the belief is simple. and that’s exactly my
belief. so when cal asked
about scientific findings overturning religious beliefs, i tried
to explain this thought to him, but was unsuccessful. (you know, basic communications
is hard enough, don’t expect me to express these vagues
ideas & philosphies fluently.)
i can somehow relate to ruby. of course i’m not as
strong as a character as she is, but i can relate to the way she
tries to leave a tough impression on others, partly for surviving
in this troubled times, and partly for hiding her vulnerable
heart. she just
can’t afford to be hurt again. “明明是太軟弱 偏裝作硬朗” from <<離開 是為了回來>>. it’s sometimes
hard to be doing this all the time. you’ll have to break down
once in a while. but that
doesn’t mean you’re weak. it’s just that you
can’t take everything onto your shoulders all the
time. and the way ada gets
mad at herself for not knowing how to do
anything practical is a reflection of me as well. sure i can write, read, draw,
play music, whatever, but these are seem to be useless if were
left alone to survive on my own.
I’ll probably get mad at myself too.
can’t believe i wrote so much for a movie
that i don't particularly like.
imagine what i can do with the ones i love.
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