Two good movies in the last 5 days.
When I am in dire need of inspiration, I need to watch some good movies.
Or read some good books.
Or do some traveling.
Obviously movie is the most instant one.
I wasn't a big fan of novels like Notebook or Dear John.
But One Day has interesting premise.
This guy was a mess for almost twenty years.
This girl, as one of the famous lines in the movie goes,
"made him decent.. and in return he made her very, very happy".
By the time Anne Hathaway's character died,
the guy had turned decent.
but deep inside, he was in bigger mess than before.
he had decent living, but he lost the spark of his life.
So that was 'One Day'.
'Warrior' is quite a different story.
It also takes on 'slow boil' approach (with 2 hours++ duration, it has plenty of time),
but it's pretty much a story of father and sons.
of brothers.
of family.
It has no fancy robot, no catchy dance or theme song, and no charismatic lead.
But it was gripping emotionally.
Ordinary premise, ordinary characters.
Just some unimpressive, flawed men fighting for worthy cause.
The heart of the matter is always the matter of the heart.
And since it's the matter of the heart, it is not about words.
I thought 'Warrior' wonderfully portrayed how the conflict between characters were resolved with many unspoken, meaningful gestures, rather than words.
And I appreciate how both leading characters communicate their pain to us simply through their face expression and again, silent gestures.
Tin Tin maybe the talk of the town this month.
But heart to heart, I don't think this movie is anywhere inferior.
When I am in dire need of inspiration, I need to watch some good movies.
Or read some good books.
Or do some traveling.
Obviously movie is the most instant one.
I wasn't a big fan of novels like Notebook or Dear John.
But One Day has interesting premise.
This guy was a mess for almost twenty years.
This girl, as one of the famous lines in the movie goes,
"made him decent.. and in return he made her very, very happy".
By the time Anne Hathaway's character died,
the guy had turned decent.
but deep inside, he was in bigger mess than before.
he had decent living, but he lost the spark of his life.
So that was 'One Day'.
'Warrior' is quite a different story.
It also takes on 'slow boil' approach (with 2 hours++ duration, it has plenty of time),
but it's pretty much a story of father and sons.
of brothers.
of family.
It has no fancy robot, no catchy dance or theme song, and no charismatic lead.
But it was gripping emotionally.
Ordinary premise, ordinary characters.
Just some unimpressive, flawed men fighting for worthy cause.
The heart of the matter is always the matter of the heart.
And since it's the matter of the heart, it is not about words.
I thought 'Warrior' wonderfully portrayed how the conflict between characters were resolved with many unspoken, meaningful gestures, rather than words.
And I appreciate how both leading characters communicate their pain to us simply through their face expression and again, silent gestures.
Tin Tin maybe the talk of the town this month.
But heart to heart, I don't think this movie is anywhere inferior.
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