Why do French films always seem cooler than other types of films? I just finished watching A Very Long Engagement which is a Very Long Movie :P
I saw this movie when it was shown in 2004 and all I remember about that viewing was how I thought it was a very long movie. At 25, I was pretentious. I decided to see that film with a couple of colleagues who didn't tell me that they've already seen the movie before...so just imagine how much more longer it felt for them. One left before the movie ended and the other dozed off during the movie...while I pretend to be really engaged in the film. After seeing the movie again last night, I realized how dim witted I was at 25...hahaha! It is just now that I got to really appreciate how brilliant the plot was...how all the sub-plots came together to lead you to one of the most feel good movie endings I've ever seen. It was wonderful how I felt my heart get warm after Mathilde read Germain Pire's letter saying "He's alive." It's just now that I really got to enjoy how parts of the movie were narrated. I don't even remember seeing Jodie Foster the first time I saw the movie...hahaha! I suppose the best thing about seeing the movie the second time is that this time, it didn't actually seem that long ^.^
It's crazy how 7 years ago feels so long ago. I feel like an entirely different person. I'm not really sure whether it's actually a good thing or a bad thing. I suppose life's like this...you just keep on changing...not changing could only mean you're no longer living. We go through life wishing for things...hoping to be this and that ...thinking that once you get it or you become what you thought you need to be you'd finally be content only to find out that there'll be new things to want and new things to be...then you go through yet another quest. The thing with me is that it seems like I've been moving from one quest to another without really finding what I need to find. I guess that makes me kinda like Mario on Mario Bros...always completing each level (of course except the last one) a few seconds too late. It feels like I'm always given a glimpse of what I can have only to end up still not getting it. Though it's kinda pathetic how I'm comparing myself to Mario (shouldn't I be the Princess???) I suppose I should know better...that in each quest there are things to learn...that after each level Mario gains new powers...that each time it seems like he's about to run out of life a green mushroom is strategically placed where he needs it the most...and in the end he kills the dragon and saves the princess. I guess I can pitch this idea to Nintendo...a girl power version of Mario Bros. where Princess Peach gets to save Mario and Luigi from Koopa :P
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