Alone in the Movies

Monday, October 26, 2009 at 6:45 PM
Due to the absence of yesterday's post on my thanksgiving roll, there shall be two now.

Day 6:
I thank God that I can learn from my mistakes that I've made, some of which I am still paying dearly for it, and to come to Him for forgiveness.

Day 7:
I thank God for the hard lessons in life that makes me learn endurance, humility and wisdom

I wonder if there is a male version of the emotional side of a PMS.

Just came back from watching 500 Days of Summer. This is the first movie in years that I have decided to watch alone and definitely I have not regretted doing so. The other movies that I have ended up watching alone I've regretted to some degree. This movie is different. It gave me a lot to think about myself. I went in having some expectation that I will be able to identify with the characters in the movie, having read the background and synopsis. That expectation was fulfilled but not in the way that I was expecting (kinda contradictory, I know). Anyway, I enjoyed the movie very much. The visuals in the movie were very striking, some with hand-drawn graphics and others with the interplay between neutral and dull-ish colours with the cast's expressions. But the thing that really got me was that I "get" the characters. I understood so much of what is going on with them that it feels like I know them. Strange feeling at first but somewhat comforting. Like I said, it gave me so much to think about myself which is part of the reason why I would like to watch it alone. It's almost like a safety blanket of sorts. If you haven't watch it, please do. What you make of it is up to you but the very least I can say is that it's not some cheesy happy ending romantic movie you see most of the time.

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