Slept at 8PM last night and woke up in 1AM in the morning. Sadly, I couldn't sleep anymore. Therefore, I watched two movies to kill time. I saw Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind and American Beauty. They were two good movies. But I have to say American Beauty beats the former.
In Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind, Jole and Clem were lovers but grew hatred with each other. Clem thinks Jole is boring while Jole thinks Clem fucks everyone so that she would be liked by them. Then, they went to a doctor to erase their memories of each other. However, "destiny" made them meet again and eventually fall in love. It was a kind of a cliche, a try hard My Sassy Girl. I guessed the plot of the movie in the first 20 minutes.
Suprisingly, there was a twist. When they met back again for the second time, they found out that they were lovers in the past and that they erased the memories of each other because they can't stand the shit of the other. The question posted was "if you two knew that your relationship wouldn't work out in the future, would you continue?". It was quite an open ended question. I'd say that the movie did not post the question quite clearly as one has to ponder about it before realizing it. A 3 out of 4 stars would be a decent rating.
In American Beauty, it was a pretty dark movie. It was about the life of a family man having the mid life crisis. The life of the family was in turmoil due to the lack of communication. The strong point of the movie is that it reflects the reality of a typical family with a rebelous teenager. There was a quote in the movie that the father said that "I would like to tell my daughter that her angst will eventually pass. But I don't want to lie to her because it won't". It shows that parents are not as strong as we see them. They are very much vulnerable with everyday problems just like normal human beings.
The movie portrays how a man can live again. Since the family has lost its luster, they sought for the their own happiness. This was the dark part. Each one of them had their struggles but eventually found their joy. In the end, it shows that there is always an immense underlying beauty in every aspect of life, a benevolent forces that dances in the background and that all we have to do is observe. It always shows that even in the most ugly aspects of life, beauty can be found. It seemed to remind the audience that there is a constant need to observe the beauty from every shitty object of life because if you don't, you might lose yourself.
Good movies for the last night of freedom. Today, the second semester of the first year of my law school will start. I am a bit of excited. What new laws will we learn this semester? When I was in my undergraduate of Economics, I thought I understood what the bureaucratic system of our country is. But when I entered law school, I realized that I have so much to learn about the crap in our republican and democratic system. There I wonder, how the hell does our lawmakers cope up with the sophisticated mechanics of our laws. Then I realized, they don't. Haha, I guess I would have to blog that for next time. This second semester, believe in oneself and nothing is impossible.
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