Movie: Me Before You

Dear Pipsqueaks,

Warning: Movie Spoiler! A theme from the movie will be discussed in this post, so if you do plan to watch this movie any time soon, then come back to read it after! However, if you're waiting to watch this on the plane, then it's safe to read now. It won't be on the flight program for a good four or five months anyway (you know who you are!)

So yes, the movie portrayed the clash of two very different lives, and how they got together only for the lady to find out that prince charming didn't plan to stay for long. Basically, the guy had a very extreme and fulfilling life of adventures - the kind that most people could only dream of. Then came the accident that left him pretty much a vegetable except for being able to speak. Yah dah ya dah (trying not to spoil too much of the plot). 

Then we find out that he had given his parents a deadline of 6 months. He had decided this 'new life' isn't the one he wants, and has signed up to basically kill himself. And that nothing was going to change his mind - but he never expected to meet her. (That's all I will be spilling from the movie, promise!)

Well, the 'argument' here is whether the guy was being selfish. I think you can look at it in two ways. One, he doesn't want live in shame of not being able to do anything himself. He can no longer go out and pick up girls, travel the world and do crazy stunts. It's just too embarrassing for him now. On the other hand, he may realise how much pain he is putting everyone through. With him being totally helpless, the family has to function around him, and life seems to stop or pause for everyone else because of him. Too much guilt for one person to handle.

I suppose if I were ever to be in that situation *knocking on wood that I will never be* I would choose to leave after I have said all the needed goodbyes. I would want to make sure all those that I love will be able to feel my love forever, even without my presence. I would hate to be the reason my loved ones continue to suffer...even if they are all willing. Because I am unwilling to see them suffer. 

Maybe, then, he is selfish after all.

But seriously, watch this movie. It's a very typical love story but it has its moments. Not to mention the Queen from Game of Thrones. Gotta admit - she's got a killer smile. JUST WATCH IT!

Life of Pi

Dear pipsqueaks,

Spoiler alert: if you haven't watched the movie and you plan to, postpone reading this post until after!

An epic journey of a ignorant boy and a feisty Richard Parker filled with the most breath-taking scenes. I can't even begin to explain how much afterthought this movie had brought upon me. Then again, not everyone perceived the movie in the same way. Possibly because I've been taught and trained at school to be analytical about everything, every scene, and every word. It came across with one particular message that almost shouted out at me...

"I suppose in the end, the whole of life becomes an act of letting go, but what always hurts the most is not taking a moment to say goodbye."

"Do You Come From Time?"

Dear pipsqueaks,

*spoiler alert: this post will mention the movie "In Time"- if u've already seen it or u don't plan to see it, then read on!*

For a movie that I didn't put much expectations when I walked in, it was surprisingly quite entertaining (another perfect example to expect nothing to avoid disappointment). Of course, not for Justin Timberlake's moves but, as a whole, the story was quite mind-boggling. Feeling like, all of a sudden, I've dropped out from the sky into a world with completely new rules, it did take a few seconds for some references to register (a coffee for 4mins?! Is that expensive or what?). A quick background: it portrays the world where time is wealth in all forms- health, money, status, etc. Time can buy u anything ur heart desires, including more time. What a funky way of thinking eh? Whoever dreamt up this world must have been friends with the person that made up the storyline for "Daybreakers" where Vampires ran the world- it's not a typical fangs movie! Just check it out n u'll know what I mean.

Anyways, as I was saying, it makes u think a lot. Complaints about lack of time/health (in such a case, the discussion's more than just hours or days, but more along the lines of "years", which in turn leads to sickness or simply old-age) n money. But if u really think about it, the two does go hand in hand. On the one hand, u can have all the time in the world, but having no money will be a miserable experience (I'm sorry, I hate to burst ur fairytale bubble, but u can't live on love only. Ur landlord will not take ur paper-drawn hearts for rent, nor will the cashier at the groceries). On the other hand, u can have all the money in the world, but it's nothing u can take with u to the grave (u'll need another currency for where ur going *nod*). So, in the end, it's the two on different ends of the scale. U can't live with one without the other, even more, they have to be in sync, or in mirror of one another.

The Fight

Dear pipsqueaks,

*spoiler alert: this post will mention the movie "real steel"- if u've already seen it or u don't plan to see it, then read on!*

It may seem like a really predictable movie where the underdog wins in the end, but i'd like to hint u otherwise. Regardless, the ending wasn't the point- it was the "climb" to the top, the "process" to the product, the "dough" to the cookie, the "fight" to the finish. Have u ever done something ur sure to succeed? How did it feel when u've completed it? Hm, I'm gonna bet it was satisfying, but nothing more than that. Reason? Because u already knew u could do it- there was no doubt, so equally, there was no fight. But, on the other hand, beating a challenge brings a totally different feeling when u finally cross the finish line. Whether that came with victory- is a another story. The point, is that u've made it through, however excruciatingly difficult, every step of the way. U fought with all u've got. That's what counts.

Movie: Contagion

dear pipsqueaks,

*spoiler alert: the following post talks about a movie that’s currently playing in theatres. Don’t read this yet unless u’ve already seen it or u don’t plan to watch it.

Such a movie makes u wonder about so many things. Patient zero. How does something so easily preventable snowball into a worldwide epidemic? U’d think we’d know better by now eh? I mean, really, they’ve been teaching us all these tips since, oh maybe, preschool! Don’t put stuff in ur mouth; don’t touch random things; wash ur hands before u eat; stay home when ur sick...all those years of nagging, u don’t think it’d kick in by the time u’ve entered the real world? Nope. People just don’t care enough. Yes, u’ve got the most important things to do, ya-da-ya-da blah blah. But think about it this way, the whole thing could hv been prevented if the genius chef would’ve bothered to wash his hands.