Saturday, February 27, 2010
Today was an awesome day. =)
The whole day was spent so happily and I finally caught a movie after SO LONG.
The movie that I caught with Pampam was "Dear John", an film adaptation of the book by Nicholas Sparks. Hmm... I didn't remember reading the book when I first saw the movie but about 15 minutes into the movie, the storyline struck me as familiar. Turns out that I did read that book a couple of years back, probably during the Nicholas Sparks craze (message in a bottle, the notebook).. I thought that the movie was good. Well portrayed.
------SPOILER ALERT-----
The whole story revolved around this autistic father. Problem is, he wasn't thought to have that condition, and it wasn't explicitly stated but rather, hinted at. You'll probably need prior knowledge about the symptoms and behavior of autism to pick up on the clue that the father suffers from that condition.
Autistic people tend to require structure in their life. In fact they thrive in environments where they have absolute control in. They do repetitive things. They are also unable to express feelings or personal thoughts and opinions. Autistic people also have fear of change- new surroundings, new people. They open up when talking about things that they love but often speak of them in absolute fact devoid of emotional attachments. It is highly likely that if you are a stranger, you would be ignored by them too.
END OF SPOILER
I realise that I tend to like films that allow imagination or gives room for interpretation. For this particular film, I liked how hints were subtle thus making you think deeper to draw the correlation between scenes.
Ycamp. I'm looking forward to it. =)
(completely irrelevant: the tinge of sadness still strikes me, it seems as though I don't want to you to be mine but I need you to be around a lot. =s Do I make sense?!)
The whole day was spent so happily and I finally caught a movie after SO LONG.
The movie that I caught with Pampam was "Dear John", an film adaptation of the book by Nicholas Sparks. Hmm... I didn't remember reading the book when I first saw the movie but about 15 minutes into the movie, the storyline struck me as familiar. Turns out that I did read that book a couple of years back, probably during the Nicholas Sparks craze (message in a bottle, the notebook).. I thought that the movie was good. Well portrayed.
------SPOILER ALERT-----
The whole story revolved around this autistic father. Problem is, he wasn't thought to have that condition, and it wasn't explicitly stated but rather, hinted at. You'll probably need prior knowledge about the symptoms and behavior of autism to pick up on the clue that the father suffers from that condition.
Autistic people tend to require structure in their life. In fact they thrive in environments where they have absolute control in. They do repetitive things. They are also unable to express feelings or personal thoughts and opinions. Autistic people also have fear of change- new surroundings, new people. They open up when talking about things that they love but often speak of them in absolute fact devoid of emotional attachments. It is highly likely that if you are a stranger, you would be ignored by them too.
END OF SPOILER
I realise that I tend to like films that allow imagination or gives room for interpretation. For this particular film, I liked how hints were subtle thus making you think deeper to draw the correlation between scenes.
Ycamp. I'm looking forward to it. =)
(completely irrelevant: the tinge of sadness still strikes me, it seems as though I don't want to you to be mine but I need you to be around a lot. =s Do I make sense?!)
