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Thursday, August 11, 2005
Before I start talking about the actual title of my post, I just want to apologize to James for all the headache, stress, insanity, nuttiness, and whatever else I might have caused her by my music! Don't worry, once I finish this post, I am changing it to a different, less annoying song. But, I'm sure that about any song one acci'dently has going three times at once is rather annoying. So again, I'm soo sorry!!! (But I must admit I had to laugh a couple times about it... ;-)) Now, back to the title of the post... WARNING: IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THIS MOVIE AND DESIRE TO DO SO WITHOUT ME SPOILING IT FOR YOU, STEP AWAY FROM THE COMPUTER, GO SEE IT, AND THEN COME BACK AND TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK OF MY ANALYSIS! Now...I saw this movie last night with my mother, my brother, Benjamin, and my two cousins, Hannah and Paige. For the third Tuesday in a row, I saw a movie for only 50 cents at the dollar theater. It's becoming a tradition! Sadly, it's most likely a summer "tradition", so I will not be able to continue it for very long. Sorry--back on the subject. I'm not exactly sure what I wanted to say about this particular movie, but I did want to say something. I can start by saying that I cried in at least three different places (probably more than that). And this wasn't just a little glistening of the eyes; this was a tears-rolling-down-the-cheeks-wanting-to-sob-out-loud-but-knowing-that-would-be-dumb-to-do-in-a-theater type crying. I don't remember the last time I've cried that much in a movie. Actually, I'm pretty sure I never have! The story was one about four gi'rls who have literally been together since birth. They were all planning on spending their summer in seperate places. The night before they are to be seperated, they go shopping and buy a pair of pants that mysteriously fit each and every one of them. The mysterious thing is, they are all very different sizes! They decide these pants are a "gift" and make rules to share them equally throughout the summer. The movie tells the story of what happens to each gi'rl on her summer adventure. Carmen goes to visit her dad in South Carolina. When she arrives, he hesitantly tells her that he is living with a woman who has a son and a daughter and they are planning on getting married by the end of the summer. Carmen begins to feel left out and unwanted amoung this new family, and finally decides to go back home to her mother. Carmen's story is a bit emotional, but not as much so as Tibby's. Tibby has to stay home while all her other friends go to exciting places. But she probably has the best experience of them all. Her story involves a little gi'rl named Bailey, who starts out annoying her incredibly. But, after finding out that Bailey has lukhemia, she starts spending a lot of time with her. It starts out as feeling sorry for her, but as the summer goes on, she gets to know Bailey and starts to love her as a good friend. The next two gi'rl's stories involve, of course, guys. One goes to Greece to visit her grandparents and finds her dream guy who helps her open up and really find out 'who she is'. The other one goes to Mexico to a summer soccer camp. She is a beautiful and amazing player. She decides she 'wants' one of the head coaches, and becomes obsessed with doing everything she can to get him. In the end, she finds out that what she wanted and thought would make her happy really only left her feeling empty and lonely. This story was about love, dea'th, life, and everything that comes along with it. I think the most interesting thing for me was that I sort of wanted what all the gi'rls had, but I also realized that they were finding their hope in all the wrong places. While they seemed to still find happiness, I knew that the whole message of the movie was not right. Don't get me wrong, I loved the movie! But, I don't think I loved it for all the right reasons. The producers definitely did a great job in getting the audience involved and feeling for the characters (Did I mention that everyone in our row cried, including Benji!?). Yet still, it made me at first want the wrong things. After thinking about it, though, I really did realize how empty and hopeless I would be if I continued to long for and try to get all the things these gi'rls got. I'm not sure exactly what the point of this post was...I'm still very thoughtful about the movie and this was all rambly and scattered and probably didn't make a ton of sense. I guess I'll just end the post, then. I'm not sure I would reccomend this movie to everyone - even though it's rated PG, it has some perhaps more hidden meanings, and is perhaps a bit questionable in a couple of places. It also has a little bit of language that, though mild, is still inappropriate. The worldview isn't great, but it definitely made me think, so it's very good in some ways. Anyhow, you can decide if you want to see it or not. Sorry this post is so long...I'm not exactly expecting everyone to read it all. Quote of the post: "Love without truth is like feeding someone suger-coated kitty litter. Truth without love is like feeding someone razor blades." --My Dad's friend Verse of the post: "Starting a quarrel is like breaching a dam; so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out." --Proverbs 17:14 Song of the post: "Falling Away With You" --Muse Charity | 2:32 am Comments-[ comments.] |