the curious case of gabriel gan
i just saw the movie the curious case of benjamin button, and i say that it’s a good film. the film’s plot was good and the acting superb. brad pitt’s acting has really improved a lot. and of course, cate blanchett was in her element! she was just a sight to behold.
but what struck really me was the love story of the two protagonists. imagine this; they met when they were still young (although benjamin was curiously old), became friends, fell in love, benjamin left daisy, and they found each other again. and these all happened in the same old house where benjamin was left by his father.
theirs was a case of right love at the wrong time. In fact they fell in love with different people over a couple of time. and daisy fell in love with benjamin when he was still oddly old-looking. daisy in return stood by him even at death’s point. the events in their loves didn’t stop them from finding each other and finally being together.
at first, i couldn’t really understand benjamin’s rationale for leaving daisy and his daughter. it left me to think that it was strange for someone to declare great love but leaves them for whatever reason. i guess in reality, though, we do have to make some sacrifices, even up to the point of giving up that one single thing that we want the most...giving up that one great love even if it meant our very own existence.
on my way home, sitting alone on the metro, i was led to think about my own life and how my story would be concluded. it was case of personal curiosity. i am here, after barely three months since i left manila, a stranger in this strangely part of the world, where everything is so superficial and temporary (and very cold)... then i thought about my past. things about my youth, falling in love...and the strange things i did because i was so in love. then i asked myself; am i still capable of doing things again because i was madly in love with this person up to the point of losing myself all over again? benjamin and daisy lost everything when they lost each other. just as everything was fine, benjamin showed again, looking different but with the same old feeling for daisy. in the very end still found each other and went on with what they had. am i just as vulnerable as those two? Am i still capable of loving someone like i used to? or was i truly hurt that it might be next to impossibility to fall in love as intensely as a young man would? these form part my case. a case that i may have to find out myself as i continue to dwell in this remotely effervescent country...i hope i will sing a different tune next time...
but what struck really me was the love story of the two protagonists. imagine this; they met when they were still young (although benjamin was curiously old), became friends, fell in love, benjamin left daisy, and they found each other again. and these all happened in the same old house where benjamin was left by his father.
theirs was a case of right love at the wrong time. In fact they fell in love with different people over a couple of time. and daisy fell in love with benjamin when he was still oddly old-looking. daisy in return stood by him even at death’s point. the events in their loves didn’t stop them from finding each other and finally being together.
at first, i couldn’t really understand benjamin’s rationale for leaving daisy and his daughter. it left me to think that it was strange for someone to declare great love but leaves them for whatever reason. i guess in reality, though, we do have to make some sacrifices, even up to the point of giving up that one single thing that we want the most...giving up that one great love even if it meant our very own existence.
on my way home, sitting alone on the metro, i was led to think about my own life and how my story would be concluded. it was case of personal curiosity. i am here, after barely three months since i left manila, a stranger in this strangely part of the world, where everything is so superficial and temporary (and very cold)... then i thought about my past. things about my youth, falling in love...and the strange things i did because i was so in love. then i asked myself; am i still capable of doing things again because i was madly in love with this person up to the point of losing myself all over again? benjamin and daisy lost everything when they lost each other. just as everything was fine, benjamin showed again, looking different but with the same old feeling for daisy. in the very end still found each other and went on with what they had. am i just as vulnerable as those two? Am i still capable of loving someone like i used to? or was i truly hurt that it might be next to impossibility to fall in love as intensely as a young man would? these form part my case. a case that i may have to find out myself as i continue to dwell in this remotely effervescent country...i hope i will sing a different tune next time...
posted by vervepipe at
2:45 PM
1 Comments:
Maybe you just have to believe what love can do. Even if you have doubts on yourself about being capable of loving someone like how much you love(D?) your ex, if the right person comes, I'm sure you'll still give her everything that you can offer, to the highest level na naman! Kilala kita eh! All out ka naman lagi. Ang that's how love works. (wink!)
Wag mo na isipin na posibleng mangyari sayo yung story ni Benjamin Button. Iba ang kwento ng buhay mo. Hehehe! Pis!!!
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